Baltimore, MD – Maryland has received a Top Ten ranking in energy efficiency by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). Maryland has been in the Top Ten list for eight consecutive years, ACEEE began issuing the annual rankings in 2006.
The ACEEE annual report scores states based on six areas including: appliance standards, buildings, combined heat and power, state government, transportation, and utilities. Maryland's enviable ranking is due to the State's dedication to energy efficiency and stand out programs like the Combine Heat and Power (CHP) Grant, the Maryland Smart Energy Communities (MSEC) Grant, as well as our stringent building energy code classifications.
The State's CHP program once again received a perfect score from ACEEE. CHP systems combine technologies to maximize energy efficiency and reduce waste. In traditional fossil fuel power plants, two-thirds of the energy used to generate electricity is wasted in the form of heat discharged to the atmosphere as well as through electricity transmission, achieving a combined efficiency of only 33 percent. By combining electricity generation and waste heat capture, CHP systems can operate at levels as high as 80 percent efficiency. To date, 44 businesses, nonprofits, and local governments in Maryland have received CHP grants. Our local CHP projects represent over 63 megawatts of new, resilient energy generation within the state. The State is currently accepting applications for this cycle of CHP through February 15, 2019, applications are available online https://energy.maryland.gov/business/Pages/MEACHP.aspx.
Another featured State program noted in the 2018 report is the Maryland Smart Energy Communities (MSEC) Program, which allows local governments to adopt two of three policies related to energy efficiency, renewable energy, and transportation petroleum reduction. The MSEC Program began in 2013 and now has nearly 70 members. More information about MSEC can be found here https://energy.maryland.gov/govt/Pages/smartenergycommunities.aspx .
To read the detailed report card for Maryland, follow this link: https://database.aceee.org/state/maryland. To read the overall 2018 report, follow this link: https://aceee.org/state-policy/scorecard .


In recent times, health experts and nutritionists are recognizing its flavorful qualities and boasting it's exceptional health properties which are many. Bone broths contain dozens of nutrients and minerals such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, in forms the body can easily absorb.
Vietnamese Pho and Chicken Noodle Soup are stables favored around the world and it's because of the secret powers found in this nutrient rich, easy to digest meal. Read on to learn of the benefits found in bone broth.
Healing. For centuries, it has been used as a medication to treat multiple gastrointestinal disorders, such as infant diarrhea, Crohn's disease and hyperacidity etc.
Bone broth is full of collagen and gelatin. Those substances help to heal the lining of an inflamed gut and improves microbiote. This delicious and nutritious drink did miracles for many of my patients who consulted many gastroenterologists who didn't find anything wrong but left them with an inflamed gut and terrible discomfort. I usually put them on a very strict diet without aggressive fibers and 1 liter of chicken bone broth a day to pamper their gut. They talk about "life transformation". It is magical! Chicken bone broth is THE miracle remedy for leaky gut. Stay tuned and check my post about leaky gut!
Amino Acids. Bone broth is such a fantastic one-stop shop for boosting nutrition and strengthening the immune system that it also contains "conditional" amino acids such as glutamine and proline for just in case. These are chronically essential elements to function however in or under a stressful state the body is unable to produce — but that's okay! Because Chicken Bone Broth is here to save the day.
Immune system. Bone broth is one of the most beneficial foods you can consume to restore gut health which in turn strengthens your immune system and inflammation response. Bone broth also promotes restful sleep, boosts energy and stabilizes your mood.
Joint support. The presence of glucosamine, hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate in chicken bone broth are aids in providing additional joint and muscle support which wear and tear as we get older. Bone broth is one of the best sources of collagen and gelatin which acts as a natural cushion between bones.
Delicious and nutritious. Let's not forget! Whether infusing it in your favorite chicken pot pie recipe, using it as a substitute for water in gravies, as an oil replacement when making a quick stir fry, or simply to sip on as a hot tea when down with the flu, it is delicious and packed with healthy flavor.
I guarantee that by incorporating chicken bone broths into your routine diet, you will begin feeling more energetic, lighter on your feet, and stronger from within. You will start winning hand-to-hand combats (against life), wake up feeling fresh, and be more active and productive all day.


"Mark- We appreciate the great job you and your crew did on the recent remodeling of our bathroom. All phases of the work from demolition to plumbing and electrical were completed efficiently and professionally. The ceramic tiling on the floors, wainscot and shower area is very attractive. We love our new bathroom. Thank you. "


Hello everyone and welcome to this week's .gif party. As we know, coming back from a three day weekend is a drag. It's like having a Super Monday, that just happens to be Tuesday. But we're here to make your extra busy for no reason day slightly better. Let's take a step back from those spreadsheets, hit "end" on that conference call, press play on this sweet soundtrack and scroll slowly through these gifs until your mind is at ease.
Without further ado, let's start the show.
This T-Rex wants YOU to feel loved.
Instructions Unclear, Slippers Not Recommended.
Never, ever forget to pack the essentials.
"Get over here string!" Several Mistakes were Made That Day.
Time to Face Monday Tuesday the Only Way We Know How! Wrap ourselves up like a burrito.
Happy Tuesday everyone. Now back to work. Sigh..


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Better Horses airs weekly on a world wide program that has over 25 stations across the Midwest as well as a local show "Better Horses Connected" airing Saturday mornings on KFKF Country 94.1 FM. These programs offer education and information on a wide range of topics such as horses, horses training, cowboys and cowgirls, some cattle and even Roy Rogers!
The "Better Horses Connected" radio show aires weekly on Kansas City's KFKF Country 94.1 FM on Saturday mornings. It is our local version of the Better Horses Radio Regional World Wide Show. With hosts, Ernie Rodina along with Ed Adams Better Horses Connected zooms in on local news and events while at the same time utilize enjoying top midwest talent. You can also listen live every Saturday morning at 5:00 am CST or visit our podcast "Better Horses"
Host Ernie Rodina and Ed Adams discuss horse tips with todays equine professionals.
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We learned that one may not do business with idolaters on idolatrous festivals, lest the idolater praise his god in response to the deal. Does this also apply to private holidays that an idolater makes for himself? What about people who join in the celebrations, but aren't believers in idolatry: may one do business with them on the festival?


Most copywriter blogs, articles and how-to's tell you how to write. I'm going to tell you what to write.
So, if you really want to know how to handle headlines, when to use bullet points and how to improve your punctuation, leave this page immediately and go type "copywriting tips" into your favorite search engine.
If you want to know what to write, read on.
First, who are you writing for? Since I'm a marketing copywriter, most of my clients have me writing for consumers (B2C) or businesspeople (B2B). So that's who I'm going to talk about by way of example.
One of my current clients is an online bookkeeping agency. Their goal is to sell their software services, which allow you to do your business invoicing and billing online. We have one project going on right now that involves offering a free special report with tips for doing bookkeeping the way professional accountants do it. As we were brainstorming the direction, my first questions were about who we were writing for—not only the types of customers but who accounted for the most revenue. While it turns out that 20% of their customers are small businesses and 80% are individuals, that 20% accounts for the highest number of customers who upgrade to the client's higher-value premium account. This insight led us to tailor our messaging and offer. Rather than offering generalized tips on bookkeeping, we're making the whole campaign around bookkeeping tips for small businesses. So now I, the copywriter, know exactly what to write.
When you know who you're writing for, you know what to write.
Even if you've got a product or service that could have a very wide audience, never assume that it's "for everyone". Clients who tell me that their product is for everyone simply need guidance on how to determine who their product is really for.
For example, I recently spoke with a client who is developing a biodegradable maxi pad. She said the product is for any female from age 14 to late 50s (puberty to menopause, obviously). Not true. Sure, any girl or woman who has a period could use the product, but that doesn't mean she will. First, there are plenty of women who just don't like pads. Doesn't matter whether the pad is biodegradable, has wings, or comes with a jetpack. They're not going to use it. Second, there are women who don't care about biodegradability, the pad's main feature. So that major selling point isn't going to interest them. Third, there are women who are loyal to other brands, as there are competitive biodegradable pads out there.
I could go on. But the point is, a good copywriter never settles for the claim that the product is for everyone. Air is for everyone, and to date, you don't need to buy it.
I'll say it again. When you know who you're writing for, you know what to write.
You also know immediately how to craft a better story, one with more meat on it. You don't have to do as much song-and-dance to disguise the fact that what you're writing is non-specific. You can have a real conversation with the person on the other end of your words. Which, incidentally, is very Web 2.0 and social networking-friendly.
So get to know your audience intimately first. Then you'll know exactly what to write.
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5 Health Challenges The World Will Face In 2015
Julia Belluz and Steven Hoffman | Vox | December 23, 2014
What comes next for the future of the world's health?... But these are the issues reason would suggest will set the world's health agenda next year...
7 Signs You May Have A Vitamin D Deficiency
Sarah Klein | Huffington Post | April 29, 2014
...In fact, about 80 to 90 percent of our vitamin D comes from sun exposure, says Dr. Michael F. Holick, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics at the Boston University Medical Center who has studied and published on vitamin D for decades. "The problem is [many of us] assume if you have a healthy diet that you're getting enough of every nutrient," he says...
A Standard Model For Evaluating Return On Investment From Electronic Health Record Implementation
Jonathan Perlin | Health Affairs Blog | January 6, 2014
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on Value and Science-Driven Healthcare views electronic health information as a pillar for the improved effectiveness, efficiency and safety of health care. Information is also fundamental to the concept of a "learning health system," which IOM has described as having the capacity both to apply and generate scientific evidence in the delivery of care. [...] Read More »
Across Pharma, Few Open Arms For Trial Data Sharing
Alex Philippidis | Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) | July 9, 2013
Industry inches toward consensus on limited sharing as EMA, GSK press for open access. Read More »
Addressing Chronic Illness Can Help Cure the U.S. Budget Deficit
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn | Health Populi | February 6, 2012
Chronic illness represents $3 of every $4 of annual health spending in the U.S. That's about $1.5 trillion. Living Well With Chronic Illness, a report from The Institute of Medicine (IOM), issues a "call for public health action" to address chronic illness through...
Affinity RNs Call For Halt To Flawed Electronic Medical Records System Scheduled To Go Live Friday
Press Release | National Nurses United | June 18, 2013
Affinity Medical Center RNs in Massillon, Ohio are calling on hospital officials to delay the planned June 21 implementation of the Cerner electronic medical records (EMR) system, until the hospital bargains with the nurses and proceeds in a safe manner. The direct-care RNs, represented by the National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC) in Ohio, an affiliate of National Nurses United (NNU), say that nurses, the primary users of the complex system, have had insufficient training, which will put patients at risk. Read More »
AHRQ Eyes Quality Improvement Project
Erin McCann | Government Health IT | January 7, 2013
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has requested that the Office of Management and Budget approve funding for a new information collecting project aimed at bolstering efficiency and value in hospitals and medical offices. Read More »
Better Coordination Of Care Could Save $1.5 Billion Annually
Tracey Walker | Managed Healthcare Executive | May 1, 2014
Improving the coordination of care for elderly patients with chronic diseases reduces costs, use of health services and complications, according to a new RAND Corporation study published online in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Bipartisan Policy Center's Health Innovation Initiative: Health IT Industry Officials Lying To Regulators With Impunity?
InformaticsMD | Health Care Renewal | February 14, 2013
A statement that health IT has a "lower risk profile" compared to other regulated healthcare sectors such as devices or drugs, in order to seek continued and extraordinary regulatory accommodations, is remarkable. It is either reckless regarding something that the statement's makers should know, or should have made it their business to know - or a deliberate prevarication with forethought.
Bloated Healthcare Costs Raise EHR Concerns
Patrick Quellette | EHR Intelligence | September 25, 2012
By all accounts, money is being made in the healthcare industry off of EHR adoption. But who's really saving cash and benefiting from these systems? Read More »
Cancer research gets a boost from EHR systems
Jennifer Bresnick | EHR Intelligence | April 1, 2013
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is harnessing the power of EHRs and data analytics by creating a "learning health system" called CancerLinQ, designed to aggregate information on treatments from disparate clinics and provide tailored treatments based on the outcomes of thousands of other patients. Read More »
CMS: Databases Can Be Used For Disaster Planning To Aid Vulnerable Populations
Susan D. Hall | FierceHealthIT | April 26, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will allow health information from eight databases to be used to identify vulnerable people who might need help during an emergency. Read More »
Count Down To Health Datapalooza IV
Staff Writer | HITECH Answers | May 30, 2013
The Health Data Initiative (HDI) was launched in 2010 by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) which has now grown into the Health Data Consortium... Read More »
Data Sharing Snafus Mar VA-DoD Hospital's Success
Marla Durben Hirsch | FierceEMR | October 17, 2012
Lack of electronic health record interoperability at a new hospital jointly run by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense is adversely affecting clinical care and costing the government millions of dollars, according to a new report published this week by the Institute of Medicine. Read More »
Deaths By Medical Mistakes Hit Records
Erin McCann | Healthcare IT News | July 18, 2014
It's a chilling reality – one often overlooked in annual mortality statistics: Preventable medical errors persist as the No. 3 killer in the U.S. – third only to heart disease and cancer – claiming the lives of some 400,000 people each year...

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Court Forces Plaintiff to Eat Crow[e] After Failing to Disclose Facebook Account
by Zapproved | Jun 10, 2015 | Best Practices, Case Law, Ediscovery
Crowe v. Marquette Transportation Co. Gulf-Inland, LLC, No. 14-1130, 2015 WL 254633 (E.D. La. Jan. 20, 2015).
Parties and their counsel must learn that courts view social media just like any other form of evidence in discovery—and preserve it accordingly.
In this case, the plaintiff, Brannon Crowe, sued his employer, Marquette Transportation, for a knee injury that he claimed happened on the job. Marquette believed that Crowe hurt himself while fishing, based on a social media message he allegedly sent to a friend. (The opinion does not clarify how Marquette obtained this message.)
Once the message piqued Marquette's interest, it requested the "unredacted, unedited" remainder of his account for the duration of his employment. Marquette even explained the process of how to download data from the social media site.
The court agreed to review the documents in camera before sharing them with defense counsel. However, Crowe objected to the request on several grounds before asserting, "in the spirit of cooperation," that he did "not presently have a Facebook account"—a fact he later echoed in his deposition. In fact, Crowe had deactivated his Facebook account just four days after receiving the company's discovery request.
The word "presently" should have tipped the defendant off that something was amiss; just a [few] months later, Crowe reactivated his account. When he did, Crowe produced 4,000 pages to the judge for review—a move that tried the court's patience given Crowe's plainly "inaccurate" testimony about his account. Although the judge engaged in a "preliminary review" of some of the documents, he asserted that he was "not about to waste its time reviewing 4,000 pages of documents in camera when it is patently clear from even a cursory review that this information should have been produced as part of Crowe's original response."
He took Crowe to task for failing to distinguish between deactivating and deleting an account, asserting that his "efforts to avoid producing this material have unnecessarily delayed the proceedings and wasted the time of his opponent and this Court." Therefore, the judge ordered Crowe to submit the production direction to the company along with his login credentials for "any Facebook account Crowe claims to have once had but can no longer access . . . so that Marquette can evaluate that response for itself." The judge also allowed Marquette another opportunity to depose Crowe on these issues.
Takeaways:
Counsel should always probe the extent of their clients' social media evidence. They should also be leery when clients disclaim the existence of any such accounts. Otherwise, the risk is high that their clients will attempt to hide or destroy evidence to protect their case.
Many of these parties forget that long after they remove or obscure posts or photographs, Facebook's activity log will record a digital trail. Discrepancies between the trail and the actual page will likely raise even greater suspicion as to why the posts were hidden or deleted. Therefore, counsel should advise their clients to retain this information and include social media sites in any preservation mandates.
Social media preservation


A new doc, Muscle Shoals, explores the legendary town and studios that changed American music during the '60s and '70s. The man at the center of it all, Rick Hall looks back on the work behind the hits.
How did a laid back little town in northern Alabama turn into a talent vortex so intense that the songs produced there forever changed the timbre of American music? To address the question, documentary Muscle Shoals takes a close look at the Tennessee River hamlet where Aretha Franklin found her groove, the Rolling Stones recorded "Brown Sugar" and Lynyrd Skynyrd invented southern rock.
Opening Sept. 27, Muscle Shoals features interviews with artists like Alicia Keys, Bono, and Mick Jagger, but the film's most compelling presence can be found in the person of producer/engineer/songwriter/businessman/control freak Rick Hall. Now 81, Hall, co-founder of Fame Studios, forged Muscle Shoals' sweet soul sound after enduring a bitter childhood front-loaded with personal trauma.
Raised in a dirt-floor country shack, Hall saw his brother die from a boiling water accident. His mother abandoned the family to work as a prostitute in Memphis, and a few years later, Hall's first wife died in a car crash.
Gifted with an uncanny ear for talent, Hall wrote songs and played guitar, mandolin, fiddle, and drums as warm-up to his engineering work at Fame studios. After Hall produced 1966 mega-hit "When a Man Loves a Woman" for Percy Sledge, Aretha Franklin and her team came calling.
In one afternoon Franklin recorded two singles that the Queen of Soul describes in the film as her personal "turning point." But after completing "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" and "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)," Hall got in a fist fight with Franklin's husband and never worked with the singer again.
So Bell doubled down. "I worked 24 hours a day, seven days a week to prove I could produce hit records with any group of musicians. All they had to do was listen to me and exactly what I said." Hall proved his point by supervising dozens of post-Swampers pop hits and earned Producer of the Year Grammy Award in 1971.
As Hall assembled a new crew of gifted back-up players, the Swampers' Muscle Shoals Sound Studios hosted the Rollling Stones, Paul Simon, Lynyrd Skynyrd and dozens of other pop acts entranced with the rhythm section's famously deep "pocket" of sound.


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Anita Hill vs. Clarence Thomas: When Conservatives Nipped the Concept of Sexual Harassment in the Bud
Twenty-seven years ago, the Voice exposed the way in which Senate Republicans attacked and vilified Anita Hill — and won. Now the Old Boys Club is applying the same playbook against Brett Kavanaugh's accusers.
by The Voice Archives
It was the most riveting daytime soap opera since the Watergate hearings — an all-male chorus line of U.S. senators attacking the morals and motives of Anita Hill, a conservative law professor who had accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. Thomas went on to be narrowly confirmed by the Senate, 52-48.
As Richard Goldstein reported in his postmortem in the October 29, 1991, issue of the Voice, "If feminists regard the Thomas hearings as a failure, the right truly will have won. In reality, this was an annunciation of a new, gender-based politics, with the potential to challenge the traditional configuration of left and right." Well, as the current confirmation hearings on Brett Kavanaugh are revealing, perhaps the challenge was not strong enough. That said, Goldstein also pointed out how even back then conservatives were happy to demonize the press: "Here was a network of women journalists speaking truth to entrenched male power. The right lost no time in demanding their heads."
Déjà Vu All Over Again: Will We Discuss Pubic Hairs During the Kavanaugh Hearings?
Amy Taubin zeroed in on the optics coming out of the hearing room: "Caught off guard, the TV people could do little more than set up their cameras and roll tape, while the White House was forced to improvise damage-control tactics that shifted daily." The Voice film critic exposed the holes in the GOP's script: "Understanding that TV is nothing if not narrative, the Republicans got to work like hack writers from Troma Films, tossing out one high concept after another. Friday's script — with Hill the dupe of a satanic, left-wing conspiracy — developed second-act problems when they couldn't work her support for [conservative judge Robert] Bork into the story line. Saturday was the spurned woman scenario; with the mention of Fatal Attraction, 11 courtesy calls became proof of erotomania. By Sunday, the scorned woman had developed delusions — possibly to cancel any weight that Hill's successful polygraph test might carry."
Laurie Stone asked why polls showed that a majority of women believed Thomas, even though "Hill passed a lie detector test. She had nothing to gain and everything to lose by testifying. She spoke credibly, weaving a story about Thomas he then proceeded to act out. Hill described a man who was crude, inept, driven. He asked for a date but couldn't take no for an answer. He hammered away, wanting to know why he was being turned down. He used his authority to feel big at the expense of making a woman feel small." Stone also discusses the social relations that got steamrolled by the male senators: "Throughout the hearings, the divided nature of human response was simplified or denied. Lost were distinctions between sexual harassment and harmless flirting. Flirting disappeared from public discussion, as if all inviting lines might conceal nasty messages. But every woman knows the difference between sex play that's welcome and being hit on while radiating don't. That don't is the crux of sexual harassment."
And finally, the absurdity of an all-male bevy of senators closing ranks around a big fan of the porn actor Long Dong Silver is captured in Lynda Barry's "A Cock & Bull Story."
More:1990sAmy TaubinAnita HillBrett KavanaughClarence Thomasfrom the archivesLaurie StoneU.S. Supreme Court


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Montez Sweat making strides as Preston Smith flourishes
Washington Redskins linebacker Montez Sweat looks across the line of scrimmage during an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally) more >
By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times - Thursday, December 5, 2019
ASHBURN — For Montez Sweat, the real film study begins when he gets back home after a long day at the practice facility. That's when the 23-year-old rookie linebacker begins dialing up video — and not just the footage from Washington Redskins games.
Sweat doesn't just scout upcoming opponents or evaluate Redskins game film.
He studies players in the NFL he wants to emulate.
In recent weeks, for example, the Redskins first-rounder zeroed in on Arizona's Chandler Jones and San Francisco's Arik Armstead — two of the league's top pass rushers.
Sweat has rare physical gifts — he's 6-foot-6 with an 83-inch wingspan and has posted a record-setting 4.41 in the 40. But earlier this season, he struggled, despite that size and speed, to have the kind of impact on the field he and the Redskins expected when he was taken in the first round of the 2019 draft.
Watching pass-rushers who are playmakers in the NFL is about seeing if he needed to do something different. It's about looking for techniques he could borrow.
"It's our profession," Sweat said. "Anytime I can find time, I watch it."
The extra work paid off. After recording 1½ sacks through his first eight games, Sweat has brought down the opposing quarterback at least once in three of Washington's last four.
He's now one of just seven rookies to have at least five sacks this season.
This week, the Redskins will go up against the Green Bay Packers, a matchup that will put a brighter spotlight on Sweat for reasons that extend beyond Green Bay's solid offensive line. The Packers, after all, are enjoying a career year from outside linebacker Preston Smith, who left Washington in free agency to sign a four-year, $52 million deal.
Unwilling to extend that type of offer to Smith, the Redskins instead traded up for Sweat in the draft — sending two second-round picks, including one next year, to the Indianapolis Colts. Given the Redskins' record, that pick is costly. Washington needs to Sweat to perform.
The Redskins have liked what they've seen recently.
"The biggest thing is that he has is he has that length," defensive coordinator Greg Manusky said. "When he uses it, good things happen."
Just a few weeks ago, Manusky was stressing patience when discussing Sweat. He noted how elite pass rushers like Khalil Mack had less than five sacks his rookie year (4). It took time to adapt to the NFL, he said. Even then, Manusky said he felt like Sweat had delivered on his draft position.
Manusky's explanation, too, didn't appear to be far off base. Since 2000, only 101 defenders have had five sacks or more in their rookie season, according to Pro Football Reference — an average of five players per year. Of those 101, 53 were drafted in the first round like Sweat.
The Redskins' history of finding pass-rushing help in the draft raised expectations, too.
In 2009, rookie linebacker Brian Orakpo finished with 11 sacks — a career-high, as it turned out, and the ninth-most of any rookie in the last 20 seasons. Smith, a second-round pick in 2015, had a productive year with eight sacks.
Smith's breaout year in Green Bay has also put more focus on Sweat. With the Packers, the 27-year-old has 10 ½ sacks, fifth-most in the league.
Washington didn't get that kind of production from the linebacker, and some fans blame the coaches.
"Do I see a different Preston Smith?" Redskins interim coach Bill Callahan said Thursday. "Pretty similar guy. Everybody matures, gets older, stronger, has new experiences, new position coaches, systems. With that, I think players evolve. … You just don't know what can make a spark in a player's career, whether it's a position coach, a coordinator, a system, new plays, whatever it may be."
But over the season, Sweat has grown into one of the Redskins' top performers on defense. According to Pro Football Reference, Sweat has 21 quarterback pressures (third-most on the team) and 11 hurries (second-most). His five sacks also only trails defensive end Matt Ioannidis.
Cornerback Quinton Dunbar said the main difference is a matter of experience.
"In this league, speed on the edge, you can really only show you speed off with technique and things like that," Dunbar said. "Speed alone, great tackles will slow you down or ride you by. You're not able to show that aspect of that game if you don't have the other tools to get to the speed, you feel me?
"In college, he was faster than everyone," he added. "He (ran) 4.41. He could just run around them. But now when you get to the league, you understand that everybody's fast and the great tackles play with technique. You gotta learn … your way."
Standing by his locker Thursday, Sweat paused when asked if he was happy with the way his season has gone to this point. He remained silent for several seconds before answering.
"I'm definitely not satisfied at all," Sweat said.
• Matthew Paras can be reached at mparas@washingtontimes.com.


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Q: How can I group object keys based their value? I have an object like below
var score = { 'A': 1, 'B': 2, 'C': 1 };

I want to create another object with key, value swapped and same valued keys grouped together, like below.
{ 1:['A', 'C'], 2: 'B' };

I dont want the single values, like 'B', inside an array. I want them alone.
Please help.
Hi thanks for the answers. Finally to remove the array syntax if there is only one element i did the following.
$.each(obj, function(key, arr){
    if(arr.length == 1){
    obj[key] = arr[0]
  }
});

A: You can do this:

var score = { 'A': 1, 'B': 2, 'C': 1 };

var obj = {};
for(var i in score) {
   if(!obj[score[i]]) {
   obj[score[i]] = [i];
   } else {
 obj[score[i]].push(i);
   }
}

console.log(obj);

EDIT:
In the case when you don't want array for a single element, you can use this:

var score = { 'A': 1, 'B': 2, 'C': 1, 'D':1 };
    var obj = {};
    for (var i in score) {
        if (!obj[score[i]]) {
            obj[score[i]] = i;
        } else {
            var temp = obj[score[i]];
            if (Object.prototype.toString.call(temp) === "[object Array]") {
                obj[score[i]].push(i);
            } else {
                obj[score[i]] = [];
                obj[score[i]].push(temp);
                obj[score[i]].push(i);
            }
        }
    }

    console.log(obj);

A: Possible solution, using Array#forEach.

var score = { 'A': 1, 'B': 2, 'C': 1 }, hash = {};
    Object.keys(score).forEach(v => (hash[score[v]] || (hash[score[v]] = [])).push(v));

    console.log(JSON.stringify(hash));

A:

var score = {
  'A': 1,
  'B': 2,
  'C': 1
};

var group = Object.keys(score).reduce(function(a, b) {
  var vKey = score[b];
  a[vKey] = a[vKey] || [];
  a[vKey].push(b);
  return a;
}, {});

console.log(group);

A: The following solution uses some more recent Javascript language features: object spread, array spread, computed property names, and the array concat method. Note that this method does not return an array for a single value as the question specifies.

const s = { 'A': 1, 'B': 2, 'C': 1 };

const o = Object.keys(s).reduce((a, k) =>
  ({...a, ...{[s[k]]: a[s[k]] ? [...a[s[k]]].concat(k) : k}}), {});

console.log(o);

The same solution is shown below, just fleshed out a little for more readability. It also includes an additional value ('D': 1) in the score which, if you pull apart the answer, shows the needs for the array spread. The comments show how the variable values change in each iteration through the loop.

const score = { 'A': 1, 'B': 2, 'C': 1, 'D': 1 };

const invertedScore = Object.keys(score).reduce((acc, key) => {
                          // iter'n#:   0     1      2            3
                          // key:      'A'   'B'    'C'          'D'
  const val = score[key]; // val:       1     2      1            1
  const prev = acc[val];  // prev:    undef undef   'A'       ['A','C']
  const chgd = prev ? [...prev].concat(key) : key;
                          // chgd:     'A'   'B'   ['A','C']  ['A','C','D']
  return ({...acc, ...{[val]: chgd}});
}, {});

console.log(invertedScore);

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In 2004, late Beatles great George Harrison was honoured with a tree in Los Angeles at Griffith Park. But in an extraordinarily ironic turn of events, the 10-foot pine tree has died due to — wait for it — an infestation of beetles.
The George Harrison Tree is located near the Griffith Observatory and features a commemorative plaque at its base. It will be replanted in the near future.
The Los Angeles Times notes that some other trees in the park have also fallen victim to bark beetles and ladybug beetles.
The tree is appropriate tribute to Harrison, since he was an avid gardener. Furthermore, he spent his final days in Los Angeles before passing away in 2001, making it all the more fitting.
Let's hope that the replacement tree doesn't fall victim to more insect attacks.


Place the oil, onion and pepper in a micro-proof round dish, cover with an upturned plate and cook on HIGH for 3 minutes, stir half way through the cooking time.
Stir in the tomatoes, olives, cheese and parsley. Beat the eggs with seasoning and pour into the dish, mix well. Cover with an upturned micro-proof plate and cook HIGH for 1min and 30 seconds. Stir well, pushing the cooked egg into the middle of the dish, shake to level.
Cover with the plate and cook on HIGH for a further 2minutes. Cover and leave to stand for a further 3 minutes or until the egg has all set. If liked, brown under a hot grill. Remove from the dish and cut into wedges. Serve warm with salad or wrap in baking paper and foil and serve cold on a picnic.
N.B. All timings based on an 850W Microwave, adjust according to other wattages.


Berty Tovías. International Teatre School is a drama school specializing in the training of actors and stage professionals.
The school is in Barcelona and the studies are based on the teachings of the French master Jacques Lecoq.
The studies have an international approach. 50% of the students come form other countries.
The school is a founding member of the ACET (Catalan Association of Drama Schools). The Professional Studies is a two year programme.


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Quick Answer: How Technology Has Changed Our Lives Essay?
1 How technology changed our lives?
2 How technology will change our lives essay?
3 How technology has changed our lives conclusion?
4 What are three examples of technology that have changed lives?
5 Did technology improve our lives?
6 How important is technology in our lives?
7 Is technology good or bad?
8 How has technology made our lives worse?
9 How technology made our life easier?
10 What is conclusion of information technology?
11 What is the conclusion of modern technology?
12 Is technology making us less human conclusion?
13 What do you think is the most important technological change in the world today?
14 How has technology changed our communication?
How technology changed our lives?
Modern technology has paved the way for multi-functional devices like the smartwatch and the smartphone. Computers are increasingly faster, more portable, and higher-powered than ever before. With all of these revolutions, technology has also made our lives easier, faster, better, and more fun.
How technology will change our lives essay?
Technology has allowed us to connect with people with ease and has made many tasks so much easier. From listening to our favorite songs, to going to the mall, technology has made everyday life more convenient. We can text on cellphones, connect on social media and facetime with little to no effort at all.
How technology has changed our lives conclusion?
Technology has made our society make it to the point of ignorance to the fact that there might be a day when our technology does not work and they cannot, at the moment, live without it. We have grown to rely on our technology to make our lives easier.
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What are three examples of technology that have changed lives?
We thought it would be fun to look back to see what life was like just a decade ago, and how technology has changed our day-to-day interactions for the better.
Home entertainment.
Real estate property listings.
Ride-sharing.
Smartphones.
Financial awareness & education.
Shipping of goods.
Grocery shopping.
Online shopping.
Did technology improve our lives?
There's no doubt that life has become more comfortable, thanks to technology. It's almost unimaginable to live a day without the use of technology since it's present in nearly everything people use. Essential aspects of today's society, such as healthcare and education, have improved significantly thanks to technology.
How important is technology in our lives?
Technology is inevitable in our everyday lives. The development of new technologies helps to save lives; it improves work and makes the world better. In reality, technology has played a very important role in how we live in the world today and how we communicate in the atmosphere with everything around us.
Is technology good or bad?
Technology isn't inherently good or bad, it's the culture we build around it and the way we use it. Case in point: VPNs, which can protect your privacy or—depending on the VPN—could be harvesting your data. With the right regulations, technologies built around amassing data could be used to significantly improve lives.
How has technology made our lives worse?
Experts have found that in addition to making our lives more convenient, but there's a negative side to technology — it can be addicting and it can hurt our communication skills. Extended screen time can result in health ramifications like insomnia, eyestrain, and increased anxiety and depression.
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How technology made our life easier?
Technology helps them do their activities easier and it gives them freedom. As a result, they are more empowered, confident, and hopeful. Technology can do so much for many people. It's not just about being "cool." Using the latest technology can also make lives easier.
What is conclusion of information technology?
Information Technology helps businesses, governments, and individuals increase their efficiency and effectiveness. Rapid improvements in hardware and processing ability forces consumers to purchase new, relevant technology. On a market level, this rapid turnover creates demand.
What is the conclusion of modern technology?
In conclusion, IT technology is very useful for nowadays society, creating many new opportunities in different fields of activity, but when the limits are crossed and the population does not control anymore these gadgets there is a problem and can have serious consequences among the healthy development of the human
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Yes, Technology is making us feel less human:- We are increasingly depending on technological devices to guide us. For example, we keep reminders in smartphones and google the questions for answers. This affects cognitive skills, which is the essential quality of humans.
What do you think is the most important technological change in the world today?
Artificial intelligence is probably the most important and ground-breaking trend in technology today. The advent of smart homes, smart cities, and the Internet Of Things means that AI will be integrated more and more into our everyday lives.
How has technology changed our communication?
Money and speed The most obvious way technology has changed communication is by saving time and money. That's left us humans to get on with the more important things in our jobs and our lives. It's also allowed us to be way more creative in the way that we connect with others.
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Seasons serves indulgent afternoon teas which can be taken in the garden and on Sundays serves a traditional 2 or 3 course Sunday lunch.
The new "Garden Dining Pod" can be reserved for a more intimate and private dining experience. Seating up to four guests, the pod has glass walls to enable diners to feel at one with the beautiful one acre garden.
Every table in the restaurant comes with a perfect garden view and there is a delightful terrace for al fresco dining.
Fresh herbs are picked from our own kitchen garden and almost all our produce comes from a trusted list of local suppliers. Open throughout the day for hotel guests, local residents and passing visitors the restaurant offers a wonderfully intimate dining experience in a relaxed and informal setting.
High end cuisine. Top quality in every respect!
Seasons Restaurant at The Eastbury is located on Long street, Sherborne and is near the centre of the town. Head to the town centre and Long Street will be found in an easterly direction. The car park is located behind the Hotel and Restaurant.


A gallon of this super concentrated window cleaner will make 60 gallons of ready-to-use product. Simply dilute with water and mix.
Has special grease cutting agents in it to remove any oily films that may be on the glass. Will not streak.


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Capacity limits and gathering caps back in effect in Ontario today
TORONTO — Stricter public health measures are once again in effect in Ontario as of today, with capacity limits back in place in restaurants and a smaller cap on social gatherings.
Premier Doug Ford announced the new restrictions on Friday, saying the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is so contagious it threatens to overwhelm the health-care system.
Restaurants, gyms and many other indoor settings now have a 50 per cent capacity limit.
No more than 10 people can attend indoor social gatherings — down from 25 — and there's a maximum of 25 attendees at outdoor social gatherings, down from 100.
And cinemas, arenas and other large venues are no longer allowed to serve food or drinks.
The measures come as cases have been rising rapidly, with the seven-day average of new daily diagnoses sitting at 2,156 Saturday, compared to 1,194 a week earlier.
The province has also ramped up its COVID-19 vaccine booster campaign, and is due to expand eligibility to all adults starting Monday, provided it's been at least three months since they received their second dose.
Ford says the public health measures are meant to prevent the spread while people are getting their boosters and the shots are kicking in.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 19, 2021.


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Q: Call useEffect and re-render every time I call the same API On every call of the API I get a new image link (https://dog.ceo/api/breeds/image/random this is the API I am calling), I am using useEffect hook and calling the API.
Every time I click the button I want to hit the API, get the new value, and re-render the image.
When I  pass "dog" as a dependency to useEffect, I go into an infinite loop, all I want is when I click on the button I want to update the image.
  const [dog, setDog] = useState('')

  useEffect(() => {

    const getDogs = async () => {
      const dogsFromServer = await fetchDogs()
      setDog(dogsFromServer.message)
    }
    getDogs()
  }, [])

  const fetchDogs = async () => {
    const res = await fetch('https://dog.ceo/api/breeds/image/random')
    const data = await res.json()
    console.log(data.message)
    return data
  }

  const changeDog = ()=> {
    alert("changeddog")
  }

  return (

      <button onClick={()=>fetchDogs()}>Change Image<button/>

  );

A: I would move the dog state updating also into the fetchDogs function, you can call from the useEffect and from the button's onClick handler.
const [dog, setDog] = useState('');

useEffect(() => {
  fetchDogs(); // <-- load dog state on initial render
}, []);

const fetchDogs = async () => {
  try {
    const res = await fetch('https://dog.ceo/api/breeds/image/random');
    const data = await res.json();
    console.log(data.message);
    setDog(data.message);
  } catch (error) {
    // log error, etc..
  }
};

const changeDog = ()=> {
  alert("changeddog")
}

return (

    <button
      onClick={fetchDogs} // <-- load on button click
    >
      Change Image
    <button/>

);

A: Instead of fetching the data on the useEffect, you must do it on the click event.
Something like this:
function YourComponent(){
  const [dog, setDog] = useState('');

  const fetchDogs = async () => {
    const res = await fetch('https://dog.ceo/api/breeds/image/random');
    const data = await res.json();
    return data;
  };

  const handleGetDogs = async () => {
    const dogsFromServer = await fetchDogs();
    setDog(dogsFromServer.message);
  };

  return (

      <button onClick={handleGetDogs}>Change Image<button/>

  );

}

A: First, move the fetchDogs function outside of your component and move the getDogs definition outside of the useEffect, then call getDogs from changeDog and use that function in the button onClick:
const fetchDogs = async () => {
    const res = await fetch('https://dog.ceo/api/breeds/image/random');
    const data = await res.json();
    console.log(data.message);
    return data;
});

function App() {
  const [dog, setDog] = useState('');

  const getDogs = async () => {
    const dogsFromServer = await fetchDogs();
    setDog(dogsFromServer.message);
  }

  useEffect(() => {
    getDogs();
  }, []);

  const changeDog = ()=> {
    // alert("changeddog");
    getDogs();
  }

  return (

      <button onClick={changeDog}>Change Image<button/>

  );
}

Working example:


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"Delver" Review: The Most Immersive RPG I've Played
This procedurally generated dungeon crawler exudes charm in a way that few indie games do.
byJoel Lee
Joel Lee
A first-person block-based dungeon crawling experience for fans of roguelikes and action gameplay.
Of the many games I've played, there are only three that I'd call truly "immersive": an online text-based adventure named Legends of Terris, the first 3D graphical MMORPG named EverQuest, and the freeform exploration experience named Minecraft.
That is, until recently, when I loaded up a game of Delver and found myself transported into a world and feeling like I was actually there rather than seated in a chair, staring at a monitor, playing with keyboard and mouse.
You can think of Delver as a dungeon-crawling Minecraft with fantasy RPG elements and distinct, procedurally generated dungeons. Whereas Minecraft is about gathering resources to build things creatively, Delver is all about managing the limited resources you have to push your limits, survive, and retrieve the Orb from the deepest dungeon, then make your way back to the surface with it. It's hard, but engagingly so.
Despite the pixellated graphics, Delver does immersion better than any game I've played in the last five years. If you prefer games with retro graphics and you love first-person survival adventures, you'll love Delver's immersion. But what do I mean by "immersion"?
What is this strange monument?
For me, immersion is more than just graphics, mood, ambience, or story. I like to use the distinction between "in-character" and "out-of-character," where in-character is everything in the game world and out-of-character is everything in the real world. Immersion is when I'm so engaged with the in-character experience that all things out-of-character melt away. I forget that I'm playing a game when it's immersive, and not many games actually do this for me—but Delver does!
Everything comes together in a cohesive way, including the sound effects, texture design, and even the shroud of darkness that keeps you guessing at what's further down that cavern or corridor.
Mysteries hidden in the darkness beyond
I also appreciate that Delver offers a number of possible ways to build your character, but not so many as to be overwhelming. There aren't any character classes or any skill trees—only a few attributes (Health, Attack, Defense, Magic, Speed), different weapon types, and various spells that you can find in wands with limited charges.
Everything in Delver is procedurally generated: dungeon layouts, item stats, monster spawns, trap locations, etc. It strikes a right balance between too random and not random enough, leading to a gameplay that feels structurally the same across playthroughs but experientially different because you can't always make the same choices. You're forced to adapt based on the loot and dungeon layouts that you encounter on that run.
While I may not be a huge roguelike aficionado, I do think that Delver properly captures the spirit of what it means to be a roguelike even though it's a lot more action-oriented in gameplay.
Help! I'm being attacked!
Another thing I really appreciate, especially as someone with a background in competitive gaming, is how every action in Delver is skill-based. Sure, the weapons and spells may have a slight bit of randomization with regard to damage ranges, but every swing of a sword or stab of a dagger or loosing of an arrow is always the same. If you landed a killing blow, it's because you aimed and timed it well; if you get hurt, it's because you made a mistake.
And many mistakes you will make. Delver is not a forgiving game, particularly near the start of a new adventure. You're weak, you lack items, enemies are strong, and several ailments—like poison—can sap most of your life away in the blink of an eye. Yes, if you make a mistakes it's entirely your fault, and yes, you will pay for those mistakes in costly ways.
Gameplay-wise, the only real complaint I have is that Delver is surprisingly difficult. I'm a pretty skilled PC gamer, if I do say so myself, and I tend to end up in the above-average percentiles whenever dexterity and action games are concerned. But in 20 hours, I've yet managed to beat this game.
A map of one of the levels in The Dungeon
Here's why it's so hard: You start off at base camp, and you have to venture through 2 Dungeon levels, then 2 Cave levels, then 2 Sewer levels, then 2 Ruin levels, before finally arriving in Yithidia, which is basically Hell. At the end of Yithidia, you defeat the Lich to grab the Orb, and then you have to backtrack all the way through the levels—with the Lich waiting to fight you once again at each level's entrance. The longer it takes you to get back, the faster the enemy spawn rate increases.
I've reached the Orb numerous times, but have never been able to bring it back to camp. OK, so maybe it's my own failing, and maybe I'm not as skilled a gamer as I think I am. But knowing that I can't win, it'd be nice if I could tweak the difficulty a bit!
Treading water on the way to Yithidia
Don't get me wrong: the journey itself is more fun than winning, and I thoroughly enjoy the process of crawling through each level again and again, trying to survive my way to Yithidia for the hundredth time. Delver is entirely worth it even if you never beat it. I just wish there was a difficulty setting. It's a minor complaint.
I'm also a tad disappointed by the fact that Delver released in February 2018 and hasn't been updated since March 2018, at least according to its Steam community page. It's a polished game overall, and I understand that sometimes developers need to move on to other projects. But I'd be remiss if I neglected to mention this. Fortunately, there's always the ability to mod the game if you want to try adding new content. (Java programming skills required!)
Delver is an incredible indie game in that the final product is greater than the sum of its parts. Nothing about it is truly revolutionary or even interesting on its own, but as one complete unit, it's a lovely game that I highly recommend to anyone who enjoys dungeon crawling.
Stylish pixellated graphics
Immersive music and atmosphere
Fluid action-oriented gameplay
Procedural generation and replayability
Difficult to win
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We've all got them as part of our family history, haven't we ?
The odd tale woven by one of the older members of the family about someone (even older) they knew, about what they did, won a medal, made the nicest cakes, was in a cup final, or fouught heroically.
Usually there's a good grounding in fact, and often the action has been embroidered or aggrandised a bit, but it's only when you start digging around that you discover the truth.
There was a Family Legends Writing Workshop with Robert Douglas, author of Night Song of the Last Tram and 3 other books, at Tower Mill, Heart of Hawick, this afternoon; and 18 people attended to get some tips on writing.
There was a handout from the Hawick Heritage Hub about the Rutherfoord Mystery as inspiration, however, it wasn't needed, Robert Douglas read us a bit about his Uncle George, and after a writing exercise, it was clear that lots of people had interesting stories to tell.
Family Legends is a national story project and competition from Scottish Book Trust, to involve people all over Scotland in creative writing – using family stories and heritage as inspiration.
A selection of the most interesting and inspiring stories will be published in a book and the best five will be broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland.
To find out more, read stories and enter your own story (between 100 and 1,000 words) go to www.scottishbooktrust.com/familylegends.
The radio competition is open to UK residents only but the book competition is open to everyone.
Beware ! The closing date is 31st March 2011.


"I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad performances of Firemen of Death may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value."
You probably have listened to this track on the front page, if you havent done so, do it now.
It al started with an assignment. Koninglelijk was asked to make a creepy video with accompanying music for a Halloween party. The music known as "Beat 3.2" has eventually been scrapped from the video and only a short scrap of the video footage was used in the big Halloween video. Later we re-listened the music and one of us said something along he lines of: "Ik hou erg van paarden…" (= I Love horses very much). So we finished the lines in one train of thought "Ik hou erg van paarden, ik maak ze gaarne dood. Dan hak ik ze in tweeën en smeer ze op mijn brood." (= I love horses very much, I'd like to kill them, chop them in two pieces and smear them on my sandwich). Those lines were repeated and pasted in the song.
A few years later we revisited the song and in a weekend some new lyrics were added together with a chorus, we sang ourselves. It was horrible, but it had to do. A few days later we gave the song to others to critique. It was the owner of a local snack bar that gave us suggestions for some alterations and the advice to add the animal sounds. So we did. The animal sounds were so prominently present, we had to alter the song a bit. Beat 3.2 became Beat 6.0 and was later altered to Vee (= Cattle).
It was after the movie V for Vendetta was released we actually nicknamed the song Vee voor Vendetta (Cattle for Vendetta, doesnt sound right in English). It took a while since we actually gave the song that particular name, from nicname to official name Vee Voor Vendetta. VVV in short. VVV is also the name of the Dutch tourist information centre and a certain type of diet "Veel Vet Vlees" (A lot of fat meat).
There you have it, from a Halloween party assignment to a song about slaughtering cattle while accidentally advertising for a diet, tourist information and a movie.


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Inglis, FL
Basic InfoPopulation/RacesIncome/CareersHousingEducationCrime/Crime RateOthers
Inglis is located close to the center of Florida. Inglis is between the Levy, Citrus county. Inglis has 3.64 square miles of land area and 0.01 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Inglis population is 1,306, which has shrunk 12.41% since 2000. The population growth rate is much lower than the state average rate of 21.14% and is much lower than the national average rate of 11.61%. Inglis median household income is $26,450 in 2010-2014 and has grown by 8.26% since 2000. The income growth rate is much lower than the state average rate of 21.62% and is much lower than the national average rate of 27.36%. Inglis median house value is $93,600 in 2010-2014 and has grown by 14.43% since 2000. The house value growth rate is much lower than the state average rate of 48.06% and is much lower than the national average rate of 46.91%. As a reference, the national Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate for the same period is 26.63%. On average, the public school district that covers Inglis is worse than the state average in quality. The Inglis area code is 352.
Median Household Income: $26,450 at 2010-2014—8.26% increase since 2000, rank #846
Median House Price: $93,600 at 2010-2014—14.43% increase since 2000, rank #648
Counties: Levy County, Citrus County
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Joe Zanotti likes a nice glass of wine. With typically 40-50 bottles of wine in his Pittsburgh-area basement at all times, Joe Zanotti believes he is a decent judge of wine, even though he wouldn't consider himself a connoisseur.
During a work trip to Israel in 2010, Joe Zanotti had his first taste of a great Israeli wine. Until this time, his experience with Israeli wines was limited to the sweet Mogen David wines. But he was seeing Cabernets, Merlots, and even some other white wines, all produced in Israel. Pittsburgh native Joe Zanotti had previously found Israeli wines too sweet, so he was expecting to find that in the Cabernet he tried. Instead, he was surprised to find a wine as good as, if not better than, the wines of Napa or Sonoma.
Joe Zanotti learned all of this while dining in a café in Tel Aviv. While looking at the menu, Joe Zanotti was surprised by the wine list. The selection was greater than he'd expected. Maybe he'd underestimated Israel, he realized.
While delving more deeply into the Israeli culture, Joe Zanotti learned a great deal more about Israeli wines. A colleague informed Pittsburgh resident Joe Zanotti that much of Israel is similar in environment to the coastline of California, where the great wines of the States are produced. With hot, dry days and cool nights, the arid sandy desert lands of Israel situated along the Mediterranean Sea are very conducive for growing grapes and creating perfect wines Joe Zanotti explains.
Once a year, Israel hosts the Israel Museum Wine Festival in Jerusalem, according to Joe Zanotti. This celebration and wine tasting attracts wine lovers from all over Israel, as the Pittsburgh native learned during his travels. Israeli wine is big business, notes Joe Zanotti.
In fact, others have recognized the great wines of Israel, Joe Zanotti learned. Several of Israel's wineries have won international awards. Vineyards are concentrated mostly in the northern parts of the country, Joe Zanotti says, with the Golan Heights releasing more than six million bottles a year. Vineyards in the Golan Heights produce Joe Zanotti's favorite wine, he says, called Yarden wines. Pittsburgh native Joe Zanotti says his other favorites include wines by Castel, Carmel Winery, and Ella Valley.
For Joe Zanotti, family heritage has always been important. Growing up in Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Joe Zanotti was always aware of his Italian and Slovak heritage enjoying the culture, foods and curtoms. In fact, he spent many weekends and long summer weeks at his grandparents' house in the nearby mill town of Braeburn.
Joe Zanotti has lived in Pennsylvania most of his life, mostly near Pittsburgh. After graduating from Burrell Senior High School, Joe Zanotti attended the Pennsylvania State University, where he majored in civil engineering. During college, he was an invited member of both the Chi Epsilon Honorary Society and Tau Beta Pi Honorary Society, both national engineering societies for honors students. Joe Zanotti attended graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh, where he studied structural engineering.
An experienced structural engineer with more than 31 years in the field, Joe Zanotti often travels throughout the USA and overseas for work. Joe Zanotti is currently employed by Camp, Dresser, & McKee, Inc., a worldwide engineering firm based in Pittsburgh. Joe Zanotti's work often stations him in many Asian countries such as Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam and in Middle-East countries such as Israel. He considers working overseas, such as when he helped rebuild a Catholic church in tsunami-damaged Banda Aceh, Indonesia, an experience that has been life changing.
Prior to Camp, Dresser, & McKee, Joe Zanotti was project design manager for MPS Corporation in Leetsdale. He worked as a structural engineer for Sargent & Lundy Engineers in Chicago, as well as Dravo Engineers in Pittsburgh. His professional associations include the American Society of Civil Engineers, International Concrete Repair Institute, for which he serves on the board of directors, and American Concrete Institute, for which he is a subcommittee member on the national level.
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Several interactive displays drew large crowds to watch and listen to demonstrations. Kids learned about the water cycle and especially enjoyed using an old-fashioned hand pump. Older children and adults were fascinated as different colored dyes traveled as "contaminants" through groundwater and septic sand tank models.
Interacting with well owners in person and face to face is an important complement to the day-to-day work done by Groundwater Science Section staff. The State Fair team distributed more than 600 flyers about PrivateWellClass.org and the ISWS Public Service Lab's capabilities, and collected nearly 100 email addresses. Section staff manned the booth in shifts to answer questions and provide more information about national-scale and Illinois-focused programs.
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17 Things You Never Knew About 'Mommie Dearest'
by Gary Susman
Before she died in 1977, Joan Crawford reportedly said that, if a movie were ever made from her life, Faye Dunaway was the only actress who could do the role justice. But "Mommie Dearest" was certainly not the biopic she had in mind.
Based on the 1978 memoir by Joan's daughter, Christina Crawford -- a controversial best-seller -- the 1981 film portrayed Joan as an alcoholic, a compulsive clean freak, and an abusive parent. And Dunaway's operatic performance, widely ridiculed when the film was released 35 years ago this week, tarnished not only Crawford's reputation but Dunaway's as well.
"Mommie Dearest" was actually a box office hit, though more for its over-the-top theatricality than its harrowing drama or truthfulness. Today, it's acknowledged as a camp classic and we celebrate its 35th anniversary with these facts every movie fan should know. 1.Anne Bancroft was initially cast as Joan, but she dropped out because she didn't like the screenplay. Back in 1963, when Crawford failed to get the Oscar nomination she expected for "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?", she offered her services as a surrogate for the several East Coast-based women up for Best Actress, should any of them win. Bancroft did win (for "The Miracle Worker"), and Crawford accepted the statuette on her behalf at the Hollywood awards ceremony.
2. Campaigning for the part, Dunaway showed up at producer/co-screenwriter Frank Yablans' house dressed and made up as Joan and nearly gave him a heart attack.
3. "We all had a good time making it," Yablans said in 2006. "This was a really happy set." No one else associated with the film seems to agree with him. 4.Rutanya Alda (above, right), who played Joan's long-suffering assistant, Carol Ann, came out with her own tell-all book last year about the production: "The Mommie Dearest Diary: Carol Ann Tells All." She has nothing but praise for Dunaway's performance, but she says the star would routinely upstage her. She also says Dunaway held nothing back during the knock-down, drag-out sequence where Joan attacks Christina, Carol Ann, and a visiting journalist.
5. Alda claims Dunaway was a terror to nearly everyone on the set, even to veteran, multiple-Oscar-winning costume designer Irene Sharaff, who came out of retirement to swathe Dunaway in period glamour. Sharaff walked off the film, for the first time in her 45-year career, out of frustration. Alda quotes Sharaff as saying, "You can enter Faye Dunaway's dressing room, but first throw a raw steak in there to distract her."
6. The notorious wire hanger scene is even worse in the film than in the book. In the book, Christina says Joan beat her for having wire hangers in her closet, perhaps because, when Joan was a girl, her mother had to work at a dry cleaner's, and the star hated being reminded of her former poverty. In the movie, which omits that bit of backstory, Joan actually beats Christina with one of the wire hangers. 7. After shooting that sequence, Dunaway was so hoarse from screaming that she lost her voice. She would go on to summon a vocal coach to set: Frank Sinatra. The legendary crooner, who had just co-starred with Dunaway in "The First Deadly Sin," spent 15 minutes showing her some vocal exercises that would ultimately restore her voice.
8. Other curses befell the production. Pages from Dunaway's script went missing on more than one occasion, and so did some of her costumes. An entire reel of film went to the developer and came back blank.
9. A pharaoh's throne from the 1956 classic "The Ten Commandments" found its way into "Mommie Dearest." Paramount set designers painted it white and included it among the furniture at the Crawford mansion.
10. The kitchen set, where Christina's soap opera "The Secret Storm" is filmed, may look familiar to some viewers. It's the same set on the Paramount lot used for the kitchen of the Cunninghams' house throughout the run of "Happy Days."
11. "Mommie Dearest" cost a reported $5 million to make. It grossed $19 million in North America and another $6 million overseas.
12. After a month of release, Paramount recognized that viewers were coming to see "Mommie Dearest" for its camp value and treating it like "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," shouting back dialogue and even bringing their own cans of cleanser and wire hangers.
Over Yablans' objections, the studio changed the ad campaign accordingly. The new posters featured Dunaway's line (already a catchphrase) "No wire hangers, ever!" They also depicted a wire hanger dangling from the movie's title. And they had a new slogan: "Meet the biggest mother of them all."
13. An Oscar winner for 1976's "Network," Dunaway may have been hoping for another nomination for playing Joan Crawford, but while she did come in second for Best Actress at both the National Society of Film Critics and New York Film Critics Circle, "Mommie Dearest" was destined to sweep the Razzies instead.
Along with Dunaway's Worst Actress prize, the movie also won Worst Picture, Worst Director (Frank Perry), Worst Screenplay, Worst Supporting Actor (Steve Forrest, as a composite of Joan's boyfriends), and Worst Supporting Actress for Diana Scarwid, who played the older Christina. Scarwid beat her two nominated co-stars, Alda and Mara Hobel (the younger Christina), for the dubious honor.
14. Twins Cindy and Cathy Crawford, Joan's youngest children, didn't like the movie, and not just because they were written out of it. They disagreed with Christina's portrayal of Joan as a monster. "Christina says Joan was rotten, and I say she was a good person," Cathy said at the time of the movie's release. "She was tough on us, sure. You'd get a swat once in a while, but none of the physical beatings -- the coat hangers!"
15. Even Christina doesn't like the film, having called it "an enormous lost opportunity." When it came out in 1981, she complained that it should have been made more from her point of view than her mother's. "They made a Joan Crawford movie," she said. Nonetheless, she's introduced "Mommie Dearest" in person at numerous screenings over the past 35 years. 16. Christopher Crawford, depicted in the movie as having been strapped into his bed by his mother -- the film doesn't explain that this was Joan's attempt to curb his sleepwalking -- seems to be the only one of Joan's four children who felt "Mommie Dearest" accurately portrayed his childhood. As he said of the movie upon its release, "I lived it."
17. Now 75, Dunaway prefers not to discuss "Mommie Dearest," but earlier this month, she told People she had hoped the movie would provide a "window into a tortured soul, but it was made into camp."
Of the impact the film had on her reputation, she said, "I think it turned my career in a direction where people would irretrievably have the wrong impression of me, and that's an awful hard thing to beat. I should have known better, but sometimes you're vulnerable and you don't realize what you're getting into," Still, she said, she stood by her acting choices in "Mommie Dearest." "You can't be ashamed of the work you've done. You make a decision, and then you have to live with the consequence."
Mommie Dearest
PGMarch 31st, 2003
Based on 13 Critics
In this biographical film, glamorous yet lonely star Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway) takes in two orphans, and at first their unconventional family seems happy. But after Joan's attempts at romantic fulfillment go sour and she is fired from her contract with MGM studios, her callous and abusive behavior towards her daughter Christina (Diana Scarwid) becomes even more pronounced. Christina leaves home and takes her first acting role, only to find her mother's presence still overshadowing her. Read More
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Touring México
2020 John Chalmers July 2020
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By John Chalmers on the July 2020 Edition
There is no lack of things to do and see in the Manzanillo area of beautiful México! A seafood dinner at a favorite restaurant, joining friends for a scenic hike, enjoying the beaches and sea, shopping at the colorful markets, touring the Vive Plants orchid farm and the botanical Ola Brisa Gardens, and photographing birds at the beach and lagoons all add to enjoyment of the area.
Less than an hour's drive are the towns of Barra de Navidad and Melaque with their own special charms, a visit to the turtle sanctuary, or a day on the beach at Cuastecomates. Ninety minutes away is the state's capital, Colima, and from there a short drive leads to the charming Magic Town of Comala. A Pueblo Mágico, or Magic Town, is so designated by Mexico's Secretariat of Tourism for its beauty, architecture, traditions, culture, arts and crafts.
The more I see of México, the more I want to know about it! A five-day/four-night tour to Morelia, a sanctuary of the Monarch butterflies, and a stay in historic towns completely matched my desires! It was too much for a single story, so I described the first two days – Morelia and the Monarchs – in the June issue of the Manzanillo Sun.
This story begins when our tour group boarded our luxury bus to depart from Morelia on a trip that would include three Magic Towns – Tzintzuntzan, Pátzcuaro and Santa Clara del Cobre. An hour later, we arrived at the ancient archeological site of Tzintzuntzan, the capital of the Purépecha people who arrived in the area by Lake Pátzcuaro in the 12th Century. Our first stop was at the archeological site that is the location of the massive stone structures built before the Spanish conquest of 1519-21.
I admired the precision of the work that went into building the huge structures and semi-circular yácatas, the pyramids built hundreds of years ago. I always feel privileged to stand in awe and walk the space once occupied by ancient people, admiring the traces of their civilizations.
In addition to the surviving stone structures, a new stone museum at the site was opened in 2014 and displays artifacts found there.
Next stop was at Tzintzuntzan itself, a town of some 13,000.
There we were exposed again to history, and to the many products that tempted us in the markets. First, we visited the former monastery complex of San Francisco, which dates from the 16th Century, again stepping back in time for the experience. That was followed by checking out the arts and crafts in the markets, which always fascinate me with the workmanship in a wide array of products.
The trip through history continued on our next stop, Pátzcuaro, where we checked into the hotel, then had lunch and were taken on a walking tour by Ofelia, our guide from Mex-Eco Tours. Notable was that, like other places in the state of Michoacán, buildings were painted in red and white, with red and black lettering for signage painted to identify the names. No bright neon signs or flashing lights to be seen above the doorways or in the windows!
On foot we were able to see much of the central area, starting from the central park and ranging from historic structures and cobblestone roads to a high point providing a view of the town. Again I looked in wonderment at the historic buildings and enjoyed the cultural artifacts of Mexican people and traditions.
In this full day of travel and sightseeing, the next stop was San-ta Clara de Cobre, known for its production of items made from cobre (copper). Once mined in the area from the mid-1500s, copper from the mines was exhausted by the mid-19th century.
Today, copper arrives as recycled copper wire and cable. Thus the tradition of making products from that metal continues, after the art was revived some 75 years ago. Visitors now see a mind-boggling display of copper products ranging from items as small as earrings to huge pots and gorgeous enameled vases. Our tour included a workshop to see copper being heated and then shaped into a large bowl.
After a dinner at a restaurant of our choice, where many of us ended up at the same place, we stayed in Pátzcuaro at the Ho-tel Casa del Refugio. Next morning, we had the option of an-other walking tour or time on our own to soak up the character of the town or visit the shops and public buildings.
After a leisurely morning in town, a drive of less than an hour took us to the small town of Capula, known for its production of Catrinas, the skeletal female figurines in long gowns and wide hats. Although the Catrina figure is now associated with Mexico's celebrations of Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, its origins go back to a political cartoon by José Guada-lupe Posada 110 years ago.
A famous painting by Diego Rivera, whose face appears on the 500-peso bill, featured La Calavera Catrina and led to its popular appearance in Mexican culture and, less than 40 years ago, sculptor Juan Torres first produced the skeleton lady and after he established a workshop in Capula, the town became known for its production of Catrinas.
Today, the skeletal figures are not only of the slender female, but all manner of characters, female and male, presented in costumes depicting many walks of life. At Capula, they abound in shops where visitors have a choice for purchase among thousands of them! While some are very large, my choice was just a small Catrina to serve as a memento of that stop in the tour.
Our bus then continued on to Ajijic, stopping en route for a buffet lunch at a big restaurant on the highway. The day ended at our destination, the splendid and modern facility of our ho-tel for dinner and overnight stay, the Real de Chapala, located on the shore of Lake Chapala, Mexico's biggest lake. In contrast to the historic Hotel Misión Catedral at Morelia for the first two nights, and the modest, but charming Hotel Casa del Refugio in Pátzcuaro, our final night was at a luxurious resort.
After breakfast on our final day, we had opportunity to swim in the pool, go for a hike around the grounds and area, or enjoy the scenery and bird life at lakeside. A short drive took us to central Ajijic, a colorful and historic town. Many buildings there feature murals ranging from fanciful art to depictions of historical events and individuals who were important in the country's development.
After lunch on our own and time to stroll the streets or go for a walk with Ofelia, we boarded the bus for the final leg of the tour, arriving back in the Manzanillo area in time for dinner.
Following travel through hundreds of kilometers of great scenery in the area of the Sierra Madre mountains and in three states of Colima, Michoacán and Jalisco, we arrived home, rich-er for the experience. We had passed through over 500 years of history and culture from pre Hispanic days to modern and colorful México.
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