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Charities warn of rise in cyberbullying after schoolgirl's suicide
Warning comes after inquest finds 15-year-old killed herself hours after receiving threats on a social networking site
Natasha MacBryde was found dead on a railway 150 yards from her home after suffering 'awful and unacceptable' online bullying. Photograph: PA
Charities have warned of an increase in cyberbullying after an inquest this week disclosed that a teenage girl killed herself in February just hours after receiving an abusive and threatening message on a social networking site.
Jeremy Todd, chief executive of the charity Family Lives, said the online bullying of Natasha MacBryde was "awful and unacceptable". The 15-year-old was found dead on a railway 150 yards from her home in Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. On Thursday a coroner called internet "trolls" who left abusive messages on an online memorial page to the teenager "vile and disgusting".
"Cyberbullying is on the increase," said Todd. "Parents are way behind their children in terms of keeping up with the technology used. When you can see what has happened to this teenager we can see that this is incredibly dangerous."
"Trolling" – the act of deliberately leaving abusive and bullying comments on social networking profiles – was on the rise and children needed to be better policed by parents and social networking sites, he said.
Since January 2009 the charity has seen calls to its bullying helpline increase by 13% and calls about cyberbullying soar by 77%. Todd called for an investigation into the practices of the social networking site Formspring, based in the US, which allows users to post questions or comments anonymously, and where the comments about Natasha were made. "The notion of anonymity on these websites needs to be challenged, because there can be tragic consequences," he said.
In an inquest into the teenager's death, coroner Geraint Williams described how, within a week of her suicide, bullies targeted a tribute Facebook page, made jokes about Natasha's death and called her a "whore". One of the perpetrators had been caught and prosecuted, he said.
The inquest heard that hours before her death, Natasha – a pupil at the private Royal Grammar School in Worcester – had been sent a message which called her a "slut hiding under all your makeup. Start acting nice to people or you will lose everyone. Mark my words."
Her mother, Jane MacBryde, told the inquest that her daughter had been bullied by a clique of girls at her school who called themselves "The Ten". She died of multiple injuries after she walked on to a train line and was hit by a train north of Bromsgrove station. The inquest recorded a verdict of suicide.
Richard Piggin, deputy chief executive at the anti-bullying charity Beatbullying – which has received 1.2m calls to its CyberMentors website since it was launched in 2009 – said new technology, including GPS features on sites such as Facebook that could inform bullies of the exact whereabouts of their victim, could be dangerous and made it very difficult to escape bullies. "In the past if you were bullied at school you could find sanctuary at home, but now bullying can happen 24 hours a day, on your mobile and social networking sites. If you are on your own in your bedroom at night, how can you escape?"
According to the charity, 30% of 11- to 16-year-olds have been cyberbullied. The anonymity and distance of the internet also made victims vulnerable to bullying from greater numbers of peers while making it easier for bullies to behave more viciously than they might in "real life", said Piggin. "There is a perception that you can get away with it online. Bullies don't see the immediate consquences and can pretend it is just a joke."
Formspring has also linked to the suicide of a 17-year-old American student, Alexis Pilkington, and 15-year-old Phoebe Prince, who was bullied on Twitter, Craigslist and Facebook.
Websites such as Formspring and LittleGossip.com should scrap anonymity, said Piggin. "We need to see increased moderation from social networks and independent regulation of this sector," he added.
Formspring says users can block anonymous questions. "The hidden identity feature should never be used to ask questions that are mean or hurtful," it states. The company did not immediately respond to requests for an interview, but instead issued a statement: "Formspring extends its deepest sympathy to Natasha MacBryde's family and loved ones. We are committed to the safety of our users and have reached out to law enforcement to provide any assistance we can in their ongoing inquest."
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Q: How to print even numbers using a for loop? I find this simple "for loop" exercise.

Using a for loop print all even numbers up to and including n. Don't include 0.
let n1 = 22;

// Example output:

// 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 OR each item on a new line

I found a way to solve this but I don't think its elegant at all.
Here is my code:

let n1 = 22;

for (let i = 0; i < n1; i++){

   let  b = i * 2;

    if (b <= n1){
        if (b == 0) {} else
        { console.log('Count',b);}
    };

};

How can I improve it?

A: Just count by twos:

for (let i=2; i <= 22; i+=2) {
     console.log('Count', i);
}

A:

for (let i=2; i <= 22; i+=2) {
     console.log(i);
}

all the best

A: Here using while loop:

const count = { index: 0, n1: 22 }

while(count.index < count.n1) {
  console.log('Count', count.index += 2)
}

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IceChat is an IRC client for Windows. In this thread I will show you how to set up your Centravi ZNC in this rather a simple client.
Once you have installed it, launch IceChat. You will see this window which you can close.
We can see the program window now. Click Add New in the blue bar on left. You will be asked to write in Server name which is znc.centravi.org.
Port Number is next. Write in your port, 9009 is used in this example, and click Next.
After that you are asked to add Channels, Nickname (which is required) and Auto Perform. You don't have to fill these because your ZNC has the information. Click Next until you get to this window.
Check that your Server Name is znc.centravi.org and Server Port matches your actual ZNC port. Then click Startup in the list on left and see this window.
Here you need to fill in your Server Password. It cosists of your auth nick, a colon and your ZNC password. If your nick was Test and your ZNC password 123456, your Server Password would be Test:123456. You can tick Auto-Connect on IceChat Startup if you would like to connect to your ZNC right away after you launch IceChat.
To save the setting, click on Save.
Now you can connect to your ZNC. Choose znc.centravi.org from the list of your servers and click Connect in the blue bar on left.
I will also tell you how to set highlight in IceChat. It's a piece of text that is set special and when it appears in your chatting windows, you will get highlighted.
To set it click Options and Text Highlighting.
Tick Enable Text Highlighting and click on Add.
Now you see this window.
Text to Highlight: Text you want to get highlighted at. It can be for example your nick.
Select Highlight Color: You can choose from a variety of colours that the highlighted text should have.
Command to run (Optional): Set a command to be performed on highlight if you want.
Sound to Play (Optinional): Set a sound to play when the text to be highlighted appears.
Choose if you want the highlight to be performed on Message, Nick or both Message and Nick. Then click on Add New Item and Save in the window for managing highlights.
You can more of them.


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Q: Ruby Method Explanation so I'm working through some examples of Ruby Methods from the rubymonk website and am having trouble interpreting what is going on in the code below. More specifically, I was hoping that someone might be able to help explain in layman's terms what each line in the code from the 'calculate' method is describing? I really appreciate any and all help!
  def add(*numbers)
     numbers.inject(0) { |sum, number| sum + number }
  end

 def subtract(*numbers)
    sum = numbers.shift
    numbers.inject(sum) { |sum, number| sum - number }
 end

 def calculate(*arguments)
   options = arguments[-1].is_a?(Hash) ? arguments.pop : {}
   options[:add] = true if options.empty?
   return add(*arguments) if options[:add]
   return subtract(*arguments) if options[:subtract]
 end

A: options = arguments[-1].is_a?(Hash) ? arguments.pop : {}

Create a new hash called options. This will either be assigned to the last element in the arguments array, or an empty one if that is not a hash. In ruby, like python, using -1 as an array index gets you the last element in an array.
options[:add] = true if options.empty?

Set the value in the hash that matches the key :add to true if the hash you just created is empty.
return add(*arguments) if options[:add]
return subtract(*arguments) if options[:subtract]

return the result of add or subtract with the same parameters you passed to this function, based on the state of the options hash you just created.
For example:
arguments = [{}, {:add => false, :subtract => true}]

would induce the subtract method if used as your parameter.


Homemade grinder tree on wheels. Fabricated from c-section iron. Intended to hold and organize multiple grinders. Mast features pegs for grinder discs.
That's a lot of grinders. One of these days I hope to have a router tree.


Even in a more stable world, undisturbed by the collateral damage of a warming climate, sand beaches and dunes are forever growing, shrinking, changing shape and moving as storms and waves do their familiar work.
For decades the Army Corps of Engineers has defended the sandy coastline from Cape Cod to the southern tip of Florida, dredging or pumping up offshore sand to replenish eroding beaches, and plowing up sand ridges to prevent more wave and surge damage to coastal properties.
Their current efforts in both New Jersey and Florida are much in the news.
The ten miles of Miami Beach have depended on sand replenishment since the 1970s, but nearby sources of offshore sand have now run out. Where will more sand come from? North Carolina? The Bahamas? At what cost? And can there be a Miami Beach without a beach for tourists to frolic on?
Meanwhile, for years the Army Corps of Engineers has been busy building sand ridges and dunes seaward of beach communities along the New Jersey coast. Where they have been prevented from building by beach-front homeowners, Hurricane Sandy did its most impressive damage. Most people who own such homes now recognize that having a dune blocking their view of the ocean is far better than having their home swept away, and have granted easements to have the remaining dunes built.
Not all agree, of course, not wanting to lose their ocean views, and feelings have run high. Since dune protection isn't much use if there are gaps in the dunes, the State's Supreme Court has granted communities the ability to take ocean front space by eminent domain where holdouts refuse to grant easements, and the reamining dunes will no doubt soon be built.
Sand ridges plowed up in front of shore front homes will provide only short-term protection (fema.gov).
These are of course very short-term solutions. Beach replenishment is so clearly unsustainable, financially costly, and environmentally damaging, while plowing up sand ridges in front of beach-front homes does not make them dunes – they are temporary and unstable mounds of sand. These defenses will fail.
Instead, in the face of rising sea levels and increasingly intense storms, now is the time to initiate long-term responses. New Jersey's Gov Christie understands this, and no doubt feels constrained by the stubbornness of coastal home owners. Florida's Gov Rubio apparently does not accept the reality of climate change, so any leadership in Florida must continue to come from the county and municipal level.
Managed retreat is probably the best long-term option. The sand spits and barrier islands along the east coast should become free of human communities, left as sanctuaries and as natural buffers against the sea and climate changes that are occurring. We need their protection, and they need to be free to respond dynamically to the resculpting forces of winds and waves. Where barrier islands do not exist, communities need to retreat inland and to higher ground if it exists.
We can start this soon, with care and organized planning. If we wait, we will still have to do it, but it will be done in the face of catastrophe, the worst of circumstances.
And Miami Beach? Loss of its beaches is not its greatest problem. Miami is the US city most vulnerable to the impact of sea level rise, and it has nowhere to go.


I am not familiar with the starter you mention. Could you post a picture or two of one out in the open then one or two of the starter installed? Thant would help us to help you.
The USL starter/generator were a very unique design in that they were incorporated into the transmission side of the flywheel! You can't see any starter from the outside when looking at the bell housing. They were used by a few cars in 1914,15 and maybe a bit longer. My friends 14 Moyer has a 24 volt USL in it. Our 15 Mercer also has one but by then they were a 12 volt system. Both our USL's are in good operating condition. Some Ramblers and Overlands also used USL's in some models. In our case one of the problems with this system is that the armature is exposed to the dust created by the clutch. The brushes have to be cleaned on a regular basis.
What does the term "USL" stand for? Does anyone have a picture of one of these starters? I have a starter system from an early Seagrave and it is huge but not does sound like what you describe. A picture is worth a thousand words.... I would also like to see a picture of your Moyer and the Mercer! They sound like very nice cars.
Hi @alsfarms, I am Ken's Friend from up the road. I own the 1913 H.A. Moyer. Yes the ULS starter generator on my car is a 24 volt for starting then runs twelve volt for light and charging. it runs two twelve volt batteries now. Also from the owners use and car instruction. the car is hybrid as well. They say to run the car up to 5 miles a hour on the starter then engage the gasoline motor.
I love the picture of your Moyer. Would love to hear it start (and run, of course)! I have pictures of the internals, and a video of my starter motoring. The restoration is nearing completion in my 13 Overland 69FE. I am trying to learn how to post these pictures/video. USL is United States Lighting and Electric Company. I know they had offices in San Francisco, but do not know if that was the site of the home office and production. The list of Overlands with these starters was started in New Zealand, and do not wish to detract from his efforts or take any credit for his efforts for which I am thankful. I just want this information out there and accessible.
Hope this info us useful.
Nice list.USL starters were really elegant, but as you can see, also short-lived, no doubt because of their complexity, and later availability of simpler and cheaper systems. The 1913 system A was a 24/12 volt system. By 1918, system E was 12 volt.
I had a 1917 Nelson engine at one time but the bell housing was not on it and thus no USL system remaining. There is however one surviving Nelson car and it should be so equipped.
Would love to contact that Nelson owner, but do not find a listing in the HCCA roster. Any hints on how to find the owner of this (1917?) car?
I found the Nelson, the only remaining one. Very unique automobile. The USL system is in FRONT of the engine, resulting in a sort of flywheel both in front of and behind the engine. Any others??


Season the fillets steaks and sear on all sides, then keep aside.
Add in the cream and cook for an extra two minutes.
Cut an 8 x 15 cm circle out of the pastry sheet.
Place the spring roll pastry on the table top.
Spoon some mushroom duxelles into the centre.
Place the beef on top of the duxelles and spoon some mushroom onto the steak.
Fold the spring roll pastry over to make a parcel.
Place one disc of puff pastry onto the table top.
Place the beef and mushroom parcel in the centre.
Place another puff pastry circle on top of the mix and seal together with egg wash, pressing the sides using your fingers. Egg wash the top.
Leave to rest in the freezer for about 10 minutes.
Remove from freezer and egg wash the top a second time.
Score around the pastry cutting the edges in 1.5 cm increments.
Decorate by scoring the top with curving lines from the centre to the edge using the back of a small paring knife (draw a heart if you're feeling romantic).
Place on a baking tray and bake in a pre-heated oven at 175C, for approximately 15-20 minutes or until the base is golden brown.


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GREEN BAY AREA REGIONAL NEWS: Brown County
International College students studying locally concerned about deportation in the fall
by: Eric Richards
Posted: Jul 9, 2020 / 06:16 PM CDT / Updated: Jul 9, 2020 / 06:16 PM CDT
GREEN BAY, Wis.(WFRV)- On Monday, trade schools, colleges, and universities were notified by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, that if enrolled international students do not return to in person courses this fall, they would either have to transfer to another school, or exit the Country.
I.C.E also says that new visas will not be issued to schools that are offering a mix of online and in-person classes going forward. Local 5 spoke with Sylvester Ndifor, a student at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College in Green Bay, is concerned that he might have to depart the states and head back to Cameroon Africa. "In the Fall for example, I have a class, I have clinicals at the hospital, that I need to do. I know last semester, we had clinicals online. So there is a possibility that we might have clinicals online," said Sylvester. In Africa, internet access is not on the level of other countries like the U.S. which could make online classes much more difficult.
Latest coronavirus in Wisconsin updates
NWTC says that in the Fall, they will offer both in person and online courses as the nation continues to navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic. They have already began to streamline in-person classes for students who are taking Summer courses. Classes offered currently have a limited amount of students in the room at a time.
In a statement to Local 5, NWTC says, "NWTC is planning to offer in-person and blended programs this fall which means that according to the new rules, international students enrolled at NWTC would be able to stay in the United States to complete their program of study. The college recognizes that the delivery method is subject to change in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We would work with international students at that time with respect to their courses and ability to stay in the US. NWTC greatly values international students who are an integral part of the diverse culture of the United States, including the Northeast Wisconsin community. We are here to support our students and ensure their success," said NWTC President Dr. Jeff Rafn
For now Sylvester, who has two semesters left before graduating, says that he believes that he is okay, and would not be immediately deported back to his home country, but is concerned for those of his fellow classmates who are. "I don't think that it is fair. It is not our fault that Coronavirus has taken over the world. We just want to get our education."
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That headbanger thought applies only in a tiny fraction of situations. Here is one:
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(WFRV) - Locals can now register for a COVID-19 vaccine at 12 Meijer locations in Wisconsin.
According to a release, Green Bay, Appleton, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan locations will have COVID-19 vaccinations.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers is blasting federal officials for promising to release the remainder of their COVID-19 vaccine stockpile when it apparently had already been exhausted.
Evers said Friday that Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar promised governors earlier this week that the Trump administration would release vaccine it was holding in reserve to speed inoculations.

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There is wisdom in refraining from something because it just doesn't feel right. You may not know the reason for your hesitation, but your mind is telling you to beware.
There are times, of course, when we do know the reason. We don't want to write the report or go to the movie and we can cite the basis.
But what about those times when you resist doing something and the situation doesn't fit either of the above? We don't sense a threat or problem and we can't cite a reason.
My completely unscientific belief is that procrastinating until you are in the mood may not be a cop-out. It may instead be a mode of mental preparation; an acknowledgement that if you tackle the task later you will do a better job.
That's my rationalization and I'm sticking to it.


These Jalapeño Cheddar Cornbread Bites make the perfect topping for chilis, soups and salads!
In the fall and winter I love to make lots of soups and chilis, and I like to come up with creative toppings to give them a little extra flair. I originally made these cornbread bites to go with my Amber Turkey Chili recipe, however I got asked about them a lot so decided to create a separate post.
In addition to being a great topping for any type of chili, these mini cornbread muffins also go really well with lots of different soups or as a side for a meal. Instead of using canola oil, I used safflower oil in this recipe. I've actually been using Chosen Foods Safflower oil a lot lately, as it is designed for higher heat cooking.
I've also been known to eat these all by themselves, slathered with a bit of butter and drizzled with a little honey, as an afternoon snack!!
Mini Muffin Pan – I love making mini muffins, they are great for a quick snack and good for portion control too. This pan also works great for mini quiches and other small tarts. They generally come in 12 or 24 muffins per pan.
Large Whisk – A whisk with a large head works well for stirring batter like this cornbread. I have several different sizes and types of whisks, as they are a super handy kitchen tool.
Preheat oven to 375°F. Spray two mini muffin pans (24 muffin cups) with coconut oil or other cooking spray.
In a medium mixng bowl combine the cornbread mix, egg, water and oil. Mix with a whisk until well combined. Add cheddar cheese and jalapeño, mix well.
Using a tablespoon sized cookie scoop, scoop the cornbread mix into the muffin pans. Bake for 12 minutes, until the edges begin to turn slightly golen brown.
Remove from oven and let cool. Use immediately or place in a freezer bag and freeze for up to two months.
I love cornbread and soup and this looks so good! I have seen Bob's Corn Bread in the market but have yet to try it. Will definitely do so now!
Thanks Raquel. I'm a big fan of many Bob's Red Mill products, so I'd definitely recommend checking them out.
Yes. I love this idea. So much better than your average crouton.


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The Hotel Under the Sand by Kage Baker
Stranded on an isolated island, Emma digs up something wonderful -- an old hotel. And with the hotel comes a ghostly Bell Captain named Winston who tells Emma the hotel's story -- a century or so in the past, a rich inventor named Wenlocke built the hotel. Along with it, he created an invention: the Temporal Delay Field, which would allow hotel guests to stay as long as they like, while no time passes in the outside world.
Crystal Nights and Other Stories by Greg Egan
There are hard science fiction writers, and then there is Greg Egan. No one stays truer to the precepts of hard SF to the point where several of his novels, and even a few short stories, come replete with footnotes and explanations pointing the reader towards a fuller detailing of the ideas presented in the story. In much the way that a work like John Coltrane's Giant Steps showed the limits of where jazz could go, Greg Egan's stories show just how far the concept of hard science fiction can be pushed and still retain its appeal as fiction.
The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb
reviewed by Dominic Cilli
The story picks up where it left off in Ship of Destiny, but shifts the action completely over to the Rain Wilds. Tintaglia has successfully led the tangle of serpents up the Rain Wild River to hatch into dragons, but the tangle is in bad shape when they begin to cocoon. The dragons that emerge are nothing like the majestic creatures that once roamed the skies. These dragons are incapable of flight, feeding and other essential daily activities. The task of feeding and housing the dragons then falls on the people of the rain wilds in the town of Cassarick.
1942 by Robert Conroy
reviewed by David Maddox
The year is 1942. The Japanese have just bombed Pearl Harbor. The American forces are in disarray. But what if Japanese Admirals Nagumo and Yamamoto had continued their attack? What if they had won the battle that day? What would the repercussions be then?
compiled by Susan Dunman
Recent audiobook releases received by SF Site include works by Christopher Moore, Rachel Caine, E.E. Knight and Lev Grossman. At times it's more convenient (and enjoyable) to hear the latest in science fiction and fantasy.
Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
an audiobook review by Nicki Gerlach
Cordelia Naismith, like all inhabitants of Beta Colony, has heard of the reputation of the Barrayaran military: efficient, soulless, and ruthlessly brutal. So when the base camp of her Astronomical Survey team is destroyed, and she is taken prisoner by Barrayaran Captain Aral Vorkosigan, the Butcher of Komarr, she has more than a little reason to worry.
Blood Groove by Alex Bledsoe
an audiobook review by Jennifer McCann
If you're looking for a vampire romance like Twilight, this is not the story for you. No, this is a dark, wet, sticky, ugly, gritty visit to the anti-Twilight. Beginning many years earlier, at the staking of the vampire, Baron Rudolfo Zginski, this is a tale of Old World vampiric culture clashing with the "tuned in, turned on, dropped out" culture of the 70s. Picture Roller Boogie meets Bram Stoker.
The Demon Spirit, Part 1 by R.A. Salvatore
After destroying the Demon Dactyl, there is hope that the end of the Dactyl means the end of evil in the land. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Instead, the armies of the Dactyl are now scattered throughout the land of Corona with no leader and are wreaking havoc on the countryside. Heroes from the earlier conflict meet Juraviel, the elf, who tells them how the Dactyl may have ruined the lands of the elves forever. Determined not to let the same fate befall humanity, the group decides they must now rid the land of the Demon Spirit that still inhabits Corona.
Mercy Thompson: Homecoming by Patricia Briggs and David Lawrence
reviewed by Charles de Lint
There's a growing trend of authors scripting comic books based on popular characters from their prose series. As a long-time comic reader, Charles often wonders if the readers of these tie-in comics are ever intrigued enough with the medium to go on and try other titles. He hopes so. And this particular title is good enough that it should certainly pique their curiosity.
Metatropolis edited by John Scalzi
Originally conceived as an audio anthology, the book is a shared world anthology set in a future in which cities have begun to be transformed from their traditional form. John Scalzi and the four other authors, Elizabeth Bear, Tobias Buckell, Jay Lake, and Karl Schroeder, have worked together the create new types of cities which co-exist in their world of the future.
Dog Days by John Levitt
Mason excels at improvisation, both in his jazz guitar playing and in his magic. He could probably play better music and be a better magical practitioner if he wanted, but he's content with his life as it is. Well, content enough until magical attacks start coming from nowhere to affect the status quo. He manages to deflect them by improvising magic from the feel, emotion, scent and physicality of his environment.
The last time Rick Klaw wrote an original story for comics, it never even made it to press. In 1997, he crafted the five-page "Pox," a Twilight Zone-like eco-thriller for an anthology that was never completed. Since then, he has adapted several Joe R. Lansdale stories -- most notably for Avatar's By Bizarre Hands series -- and penned lots of comic book criticism, but no original comic creations. But he spent the past week crafting his first original comic book story in over a decade. Seems odd that it has been so long since, for the first half of his writing career, all he wanted to do was write comics.
News Spotlight -- Genre Books and Media
a column by Sandy Auden
This month's column features Mike Carey on the latest supernatural exploits of exorcist Felix Castor in The Naming of the Beasts; Mick Sims and Len Maynard leave their safe house to reveal the truth about Department 18; and Mark Newton reveals his light touch during an interview about Nights of Villjamur.
The Case of the Dragon Slayer by Kouhei Kadono
The book is a cross between a typical buddy story and a serial killer profile story. One of the world's seven Dragons has been killed. As these dragons are god-like beings of near infinite power, this changes everything. The story follows the path of three people as they rush to discover not only who killed the dragon, but how.
Jupiter, Issue 25
Jupiter's issue XXV is subtitled Erinome. (As ever, these names of obscure Jovian moons make Rich feel terribly mythologically ignorant!) The feel of the magazine remains constant (Fantasy is welcome, but SF, even slightly old style SF, dominates), but Rich thought this was even better than the last issue, which he thought pretty good.
Rick takes a look at the movie, District 9, and the TV series, Defying Gravity. He also gives us a list of what SF is on TV in September.
Intergalactic Gazette by Madeleine Hart
Remember the first time you read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? Remember those delightful tangents that Mr. Adams went on to give you amusing little details about the world? Remember all the fun non-sequiterish conversations that the various characters would occasionally have? Now, imagine a book where the majority of the text is made up of those tangents and conversations instead of the plot.


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Oh dear. Was he banging his head on the post repeatedly because he couldn't keep Naula away?


Between this blog, PSIA, and random posts on forums, I've written a lot of words about skiing. But there are a lot of things that I've written that have never seen the light of day. Sometimes it's for the best, like the Party Ski screenplay I'm writing that never gets finished. But sometimes, I just feel like my writing doesn't really fit in any kind of outlet. As an example, here's an article that I was going to submit to the Eastern Division PSIA newsletter, but it didn't really come out the way I wanted it to. It's not bad, but I just felt that it wouldn't help people that much (maybe I'm wrong, I don't know). It's written to boost up people who are going for PSIA exams, so I apologize if it seems irrelevant to some, but I think everyone can benefit from the message: To get better at something, you gotta work hard on that thing.
Exams are stressful. They're arduous, draining, sometimes humiliating, and always intrusive. You've been honing your craft, skiing hard, teaching regularly, and you've come up with a bunch of dynamic moves, learning progressions and teaching methods that work great for you. And now those people are going to JUDGE you for those things? And their decisions have an impact on your pay, your standing in your ski school, and your life? The pressure can be extraordinary, so the most important thing to realize is that your fate is not determined by "those people", it's determined by you.
There's no secret to success. The way to getter better at anything is to do that thing. As a young comedian, Jerry Seinfeld made sure that he spent at least some time every day writing jokes. He'd put in an hour or two hours of solid, no interruption, joke writing every single day, try to come up with some funny material, and he would put a big X on his calendar when he was done for the day. After a few weeks, he'd have a chain of X-es on his calendar and his job would then be to "never break the chain", or, put differently, to keep working at what he wanted to achieve. And this was not a new, original idea. Benjamin Franklin had a similar system for a harder to quantify checklist that included "Frugality", "Cleanliness" and "Humility", things that all ski instructors should try to work harder on.
1. What am I doing today to make myself a better skier?
2. What am I doing today to make myself a better instructor?
If you're trying to make yourself a better skier, then ski. Ski before morning lineup, ski after your last lesson. Ski at night. Take a day off and ski at a mountain you're not familiar with. Ski with people better than you. Ski terrain that scares you a little. Ski terrain that scares you a lot. Use natural terrain features in a creative way. Use both sides of a berm to work on flexion/extension movements. Ski on one ski to work on balance. See how many turns you can make in a short section of trail. See how fast you can go, how many angles you can create, and what your upper limits are. Do skiing things that are out of your comfort zone like backcountry skiing, park skiing, and pond skimming. Ski, then cross off the day on your calendar.
If you can't ski, do something skiing related. Exercise to work your skiing muscles. Break out the rollerskis and get an XC workout. Don't have rollerskis? Simulate tree skiing by riding your bike through the woods on some singletrack. It helps your quads, your balance, and your vision. Water ski to work on some edge angles. Kayak to develop core strength. Do Yoga. Watch ski videos. Watch more ski videos. Watch ALL THE SKI VIDEOS (that's a big part of my training regimen). Do something and cross it off on your calendar. You earned it.
If you're trying to make yourself a better instructor, it's not about just accumulating knowledge. Yes, you should know all of the basics, a few of your favorite "stepping stones" and some technical terms that come up a lot, but great teaching is about more than pulling facts out of the air. Watch videos of random people skiing. Listen to other instructors describe that skiing. Work on your eye. Work on movement analysis. Develop plans for fictional clients. Come up with some creative ways to say and do things. Write an article or five. Teach kids? Watch some kids' movies. Learn what kids are into so you can relate to them.
Even if you have the teaching concepts down, maybe you need to work on other parts of the instructor life. Get better at public speaking. Get more comfortable speaking to strangers. Try to develop a more sunny disposition (easier for some of us than others). Learn about things other than skiing so you can engage with your clients. LEARN something new. Get taught something. Ask yourself: what did the teacher do that was helpful? Ask yourself about the unhelpful parts too. How could they be improved? Cross the day off! You're helping yourself be a better teacher.
Next ski season, instead of dreading the exam at the end of the year, embrace it. Look at the chain of X-es that you developed and realize that you've been working hard at this goal for a long time. You've made yourself a better skier, a better instructor, and a better person. You're coming in more prepared than you ever have, and you are in charge of how this thing plays out. You're ready. Just do what you've been doing for months.
I've been trying to live that mantra this year. My goal is to make the Telemark National Team and I'm trying to get as much Telemark skiing in as I can. I have about 20 days in so far, and I'm itching for more. Also, I need to be in phenomenal shape (because of the elevation at Breckenridge and the long tryout days), so I skinned up about 1,200 vertical feet on Monday after skiing Gore all morning.
Finally, I'd like to get better at Park riding, so I spent 2 hours in the cold on Monday night sessioning one flat rail in the West Mountain Terrain Park until I was confident that I could nail it. Next time I'm there, I'll spend 2 hours coming in switch until I have that move down. This might not help my tryout that much, but I'm kinda doing that for my own personal motivation - I want to be better, and that means I gotta work at it.
Matt I am always inspired by your writing. You think clearly, study the data and make solid conclusions that are more than tautology. Keep skiing and writing, I like learning from you.
Just came across this post and it was very interesting and for sure there is all truth in this latest piece. I am not that good a skier, as my MA has created some very long threads on various discussion groups but, I try and keep trying and even after lessons, I keep practicing, visualizing how to be be better at skiing but, there are times I just want to enjoy the moment. So, I ski and get into old habits but, I am OK with that since my goal is to enjoy the moment and not fret upon whether or not I be worried about how I link my turns. Great article for sure.


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Are you still designing web sites like it's 1999? If so, you're in for a surprise. Since the last edition of this book appeared five years ago, there has been a major climate change with regard to web standards. Designers are no longer using (X)HTML as a design tool, but as a means of defining the meaning and structure of content. Cascading Style Sheets are no longer just something interesting to tinker with, but rather a reliable method for handling all matters of presentation, from fonts and colors to the layout of the entire page. In fact, following the standards is now a mandate of professional web design.
3.3. Designing "Above the Fold"
5.3. Who Is Responsible for Accessibility?
8.4. Which Standard Is Right for You?
24.5.5. Which Should You Use?
29.6.1. Should You Worry About the Web Palette?


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Q: ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED when using selenium-wire I tried to do the usual task to scrape data from a website.
Because I found that the data in the website is actually HTTP requests, and I can see the json in the response, I want to scrape the json files directly.
Then I found this selenium-wire which said "Extends Selenium to give you the ability to inspect requests made by the browser."
It works as expected in the first page. I got the json file. But whenever I click the link in the webpage using the webdriver, the connection is broken, saying ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED.
I tried to switch back to selenium. It works again (without the json download).
So, are there any potential problems I can check with? and
Any other way to get the json? (Request seems not working because the websites need log in)

A: I found out that I'm getting this error if script finished execution. I put time.sleep(1000) at the end of the script. While a script is still running, link clicks and opening new pages work normally.

A: selenium wire works both for proxy authentication and without it
with authentication
options = {
    'proxy': {
        'http': 'http://username:password@host:port',
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driver = webdriver.Firefox(seleniumwire_options=options)

without authentication

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        'custom_authorization': 'Bearer mytoken123'  # Custom Proxy-Authorization header value
    }
}
driver = webdriver.Firefox(seleniumwire_options=options)

A: options = {
    'connection_timeout': None,
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        'http': 'http://username:password@host:port',
        'https': 'https://username:password@host:port',
        'no_proxy': 'localhost,127.0.0.1,dev_server:8080'
    }
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Rachel Z. Arndt is an MFA candidate both in the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program and in poetry at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her work has appeared in Popular Mechanics, The Awl, Pank, and elsewhere.
Michael Bazzett is the author of You Must Remember This, (Milkweed Editions, 2014), the winner of the Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry. His verse translation of the Mayan creation epic, The Popol Vuh, is forthcoming from Milkweed in 2016.
DeMisty D. Bellinger's fiction and poetry has appeared in many places, including Driftless Review and Specter Magazine. Her short-short "Tiger Free Days," first published in WhiskeyPaper, is on the Wigleaf's Top 50 Short Fictions of 2014. She teaches creative writing at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts, where she lives with her husband and twin daughters.
Erica Bernheim holds degrees from Miami University, The University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is associate professor of English at Florida Southern College, where she directs the creative writing program. Her first full-length collection, The Mimic Sea, was published by 42 Miles Press (Indiana University South Bend) in 2012. She is also the author of a chapbook, Between the Room and the City (H_NGM_N BKS, 2006) and her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Laurel Review, Oxford Magazine, DIAGRAM, and The Iowa Review.
Emily Bludworth de Barrios's debut book of poems, Splendor, is available from H_NGM_N Books. She is also the author of a chapbook, Extraordinary Power (Factory Hollow Press 2014). Recent work can be read in The Pinch, Tender, Jellyfish, New Delta Review, and elsewhere. Find Emily online at emilybludworthdebarrios.tumblr.com .
Tessa Bolsover is a writer, photographer, and musician from Portland, Oregon. She recently graduated from the University of Redlands Johnston Center For Integrative Studies with a BA in Creative Writing and Art. She is a member of the band Dearest, and an online junior editor for Ballad Of… Magazine.
Kirker Butler is a two time Emmy-nominated writer and producer who has written for Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, Galavant, and the upcoming Life in Pieces on CBS. His debut novel, Pretty Ugly was published by St. Martin's Press in March of 2015. He is also the author of the graphic novel Blue Agave and Worm. He lives in Los Angeles with his family.
Gary Clark was born and raised in New Haven County, Connecticut. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Drama from Dartmouth College in 1986, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry from the University of Oregon in 1992. Since 1993 he has worked at the Vermont Studio Center (he currently serves as president) in Johnson, Vermont, where he lives with his wife and three children.
Jeremy Clark is originally from Louisville, Kentucky. A Cave Canem fellow, his work also appears in Pluck! & Callaloo. He lives in Newark, New Jersey, where he is an MFA candidate & teaches undergraduate writing at Rutgers University.
Stella Corso writes and teaches in Western Massachusetts. She is a founding member of and core performer in the Connecticut River Valley Poets' Theater, also known as CRVPT.
Born in Washington D.C., Allison Donohue grew up in Centreville, Virginia. She received her BA in English, Creative Writing from Virginia Tech in 2012 where she also received the Creative Writing Poetry Award. Most recently, she completed her MA in English Literature with a focus on Poetics at Texas Tech University. In fall 2015, she starts her MFA at the University of Oregon.
Sean Thomas Dougherty is the author or editor of 13 books including All You Ask For Is Longing: Poems 1994-2014 (BOA Editions). He lives in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Adam Edelman is an MFA candidate in poetry in the New Writers Project at the University of Texas in Austin and the associate poetry editor for the Bat City Review. His hobbies include late French symbolist watercolor paintings and Star Wars Episode IV.
Juliet Escoria is the author of Black Cloud, published by both Civil Coping Mechanisms and Emily Books. She was born in Australia, raised in Southern California, and currently lives in West Virginia. For more, go to julietescoria.com.
Raymond Farr is author of Ecstatic/.of facts (Otoliths, 2011), & Writing What For? across the Mourning Sky (Blue & Yellow Dog, 2012). His chapbook, Eating the Word NOISE! was published in February 2015 by White Knuckle Chaps. Another full length collection of poems Poetry in the Age of Zero Grav is due out from Blue & Yellow Dog in mid 2015. He is editor of Blue & Yellow Dog, online at blueyellowdog.weebly.com.
Meg Freitag was born in Maine and currently lives in Austin, Texas. She is a recent graduate of the Michener Center for Writers, and was a finalist for UT Austin's 2015 Keene Prize for Literature. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Tin House, Narrative, Indiana Review, and Boston Review, among others.
Jules Gibbs lives and works in Syracuse, New York. Her first book, Bliss Crisis, was published in 2012 by The Sheep Meadow Press.
Dobby Gibson is the author of three books of poems, most recently It Becomes You (Graywolf Press). He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Karen Harryman's poems have appeared in Alaska Quarterly, Los Angeles Review, Verse Daily, Raleigh Review and The Cortland Review as well as other print and online journals. Auto Mechanic's Daughter, her first book of poetry, was selected by Chris Abani for the Black Goat Poetry Series Imprint with Akashic Books, 2007. Before moving to California she lived and worked in Kentucky for most of her life. She and her husband are currently raising their two daughters in Los Angeles.
Liz Hildreth has published poems, essays, and translations in various places. In Chicago, she writes commissioned poems on demand with the poetry group Poems While You Wait. She lives in Chicago and works with Johns Hopkins as an instructional designer.
Russell Jaffe is a teacher and artist living in Chicago. He is the editor of Strange Cage, a poetry press, and emcee of its reading series. His poetry books include This Super Doom I Aver (Poets Democracy, '13) and Introvert // Extrovert(Punk Hostage, '15). He is a contributing writer and Live Poeming editor for Queen Mob's Teahouse. He loves his wife, Carleen Tibbetts, and daughter, Celestine, and collecting 8-tracks, and drinking seltzer.
Davy Knittle's poems and reviews have appeared recently or are forthcoming in Denver Quarterly, Rain Taxi, and Boston Review. His collaborations with Sophia Dahlin are forthcoming in Eleven Eleven. He lives in Philadelphia.
Jill Kolongowski grew up on a dirt road in Michigan. She teaches writing and is the managing editor at YesYes Books. Her work can be found or is forthcoming in Sundog Lit, Southern Indiana Review, Lunch Ticket, Fugue, and elsewhere. She watches Chopped reruns and writes in a sunny apartment south of San Francisco.
Laurie Macfee is the Writing Coordinator at Vermont Studio Center, and Visiting Artist in Residence at the D'Arcy Thompson Zoological Museum in Dundee, Scotland, working on a digital book of redacted poems and images. Her past 20 years were spent in the visual arts, including museum education curator, gallery director, artist, and adjunct in book arts/photography. She recently received her MFA Poetry from Sierra Nevada College and is finishing a first manuscript, byte::sting.
Chris Mattingly is the author of the full-length collection Scuffletown (Typecast Publishing, 2013), and two chapbooks from Q Avenue Press, Ad Hoc (2010) and A Light for Your Beacon (2012). He earned a BA in English and Folklore from Indiana University, and an MFA in Poetry from Spalding University. In 2014, he co-founded Ledge Mule Press in Bloomington, Indiana with Dave Torneo and Ross Gay. Chris cultivates a great big garden and learned to cook from his Cajun grandma.
John A. McDermott, a native of Madison, Wisconsin, now lives in Nacogdoches, Texas, where he coordinates the BFA program in creative writing at Stephen F. Austin State University. His poetry has appeared most recently in Cobalt, the museum of americana, and Right Hand Pointing. His first collection, The Idea of God in Tennessee, is forthcoming from Aldrich Press.
Christopher Brean Murray's manuscript The Specific Ocean was runner-up for Sarabande Books' Kathryn A. Morton Prize in 2015. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in jubilat, Third Coast, Salamander, Puerto del Sol, Fou, andother journals. He is in the PhD program in creative writing and literature at the University of Houston, and he is the online poetry editor of Gulf Coast.
John Myers's other recent work is forthcoming in Denver Quarterly and Transom. He grew up in the Endless Mountains and lives in Tucson, Arizona.
Vi Khi Nao was born in Long Khanh, Vietnam, in 1979. In 2013, she graduated with an MFA in fiction from Brown University, where she received the John Hawkes and Feldman Prizes in fiction and the Kim Ann Arkstark Memorial Awards in poetry. Vi's work includes poetry, fiction, film and cross-genre collaboration. She is the author of two novellas, Swans In Half-Mourning (2013) and The Vanishing Point of Desire (2011), and was the winner of 2015 Nightboat Poetry Prize.
Daniel Nester is the author most recently of Shader: 99 Notes on Car Washes, Making Out in Church, Grief, and Other Unlearnable Subjects (99: The Press 2015). He is an associate professor of English at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York.
Clifford Parody holds an MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and lives in Lakeland, Florida, where he writes for the local newspaper, runs a small record label called Swan City Sounds, and hangs out with his wife, Jess, daughter, Charlie, and dog, Rogue. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Outlet Magazine and The Greensboro Review as the recipient of the 2015 Amon Liner Poetry Award.
Nina Puro's work is forthcoming or recently appeared in Guernica, H_ngm_n, Indiana Review, the PEN American Poetry Series, Pleiades, Washington Square Review, and other places. She is a member of the Belladonna* Collaborative and the author of a chapbook, Two Truths and a Lie (dancing girl press, 2015). The recipient of a fellowship to the MacDowell Colony, an MFA from Syracuse University, and a semi-finalist for the "Discovery"/Boston Review Poetry Prize, she lives and works in Brooklyn.
Jessy Randall's poems, poetry comics, and other things have appeared in Asimov's, McSweeney's, Rattle, and West Wind. She is a librarian at Colorado College and her website is personalwebs.coloradocollege.edu/~jrandall.
Thibault Raoult lives in Athens, Georgia, where he edits RealPoetik and records/performs music as Historic Sunsets. His latest book of poems, Disposable Epics, was published by Caketrain Press.
Ross Robbins is the founder of Portland, Oregon's Bone Tax Press and the Bone Tax Reading Series. His work has appeared in Assaracus, Hobart, and Vinyl Poetry. A chapbook, All in Black Blood My Love Went Riding, is available from Two Plum Press, and in November 2015, YesYes Books will release his full-length debut, Mental Hospital: A Memoir. Visit Ross by calling or texting 503.957.1974.
Beth Roberts is the author of Brief Moral History in Blue (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2001), and most recently published in The Volta. She works in marketing at Augustana College in Illinois.
F. Daniel Rzicznek is the author of two poetry collections, Divination Machine(Free Verse Editions/Parlor Press, 2009) and Neck of the World (Utah State University Press, 2007), as well as three chapbooks, Nag Champa in the Rain (Orange Monkey Publishing, 2014), Vine River Hermitage (Cooper Dillon Books, 2011), and Cloud Tablets (Kent State University Press, 2006). His poems have appeared in The New Republic, The Kenyon Review, Boston Review, Orion, Gray's Sporting Journal, and others. Also co-editor (with Gary L. McDowell) of The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Prose Poetry: Contemporary Poets in Discussion and Practice (Rose Metal Press, 2010), Rzicznek teaches writing at Bowling Green State University.
Claudia F. Savage has been a chef for people recovering from illness (a.k.a. the "food priestess"), a book editor, and a roller skating waitress. Her poems and interviews have been published in, or are forthcoming from, Water-Stone Review, CutBank, The Denver Quarterly, Iron Horse Review, Nimrod, Written River, The Buddhist Poetry Review, Cordella, and Bookslut. Find her at claudiafsavage.com and in her column about balancing parenting and art-making, "Leave the Dishes," at voicecatcher.com.
Jeffrey Skinner spent the month of June in Switzerland on a Guggenheim Fellowship in poetry. He was for part of that time Artist in Residence at the Hadron particle accelerator in CERN. This year he was given an American Academy of Arts & Letters Award. His latest book, Glaciology, won the Crab Orchard Open Poetry Competition. He has other recent poems forthcoming in Kenyon Review, POETRY, American Poetry Review, and Verse. He sings a little, but won't dance. Don't ask him.
Karen Skolfield's book Frost in the Low Areas (Zone 3 Press) won the 2014 PEN New England Award in poetry. New poems appear in Baltimore Review, Crab Orchard Review, Crazyhorse, Indiana Review, Pleiades, Waccamaw, and others; Skolfield is an Army veteran and teaches writing to engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Born in Philadelphia, Bruce Smith is the author of six books of poems, most recently Devotions (University of Chicago, 2011).
BJ Soloy just moved from the duplex wilderness of Missoula, Montana to Des Moines, Iowa and has poems published or forthcoming in Guernica, New American Writing, RHINO, FIELD, Colorado Review, Court Green, Hayden's Ferry Review, and BOAAT, among others.
Adam Tavel won the Permafrost Book Prize for Plash & Levitation (University of Alaska Press, 2015). He is also the author of The Fawn Abyss (Salmon Poetry, forthcoming) and the chapbook Red Flag Up (Kattywompus, 2013). Tavel won the 2010 Robert Frost Award and his recent poems appear or will soon appear in Beloit Poetry Journal, The Gettysburg Review, Sycamore Review, Passages North, The Journal, Valparaiso Poetry Review, and American Literary Review, among others. He can be found online at adamtavel.com.
Amy Jo Trier-Walker is a tree farmer in Indiana and the author of a chapbook, Trembling Ourselves into Trees, which is forthcoming from Horse Less Press in 2015. Her work can also be found in or is forthcoming from Handsome, LEVELER, A Bad Penny Review, Word For/Word, Timber, and Ilk, among others. She is the Art Editor at Black Tongue Review.
Lesley Ann Wheeler is a writer and teacher in Kansas City, Missouri. Her photo-essay "A Little Hell of Its Own" won the 2013 Bone Bouquet Experimental Prose Contest, and she has been a resident at the Wave Poetry Farm and Vermont Studio Center. She holds a BFA from the Pratt Institute, and an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Patrick Whitfill has work appearing or forthcoming in Threepenny Review, Subtropics, Southern Humanities Review, Colorado Review, Kenyon Review Online, and in other venues, as well. Currently, he lives in South Carolina, where he co-curates the New Southern Voices Reading Series.
Diana Whitney's first book of poetry, Wanting It, was released in 2014 and became a small-press bestseller. Her poems and essays have appeared in The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, The Crab Orchard Review, The Rumpus, and many more. She's grateful to have received a Promise Award in poetry from the Sustainable Arts Foundation and won the 2015 Women's National Book Association poetry prize. A yoga teacher by trade, Diana blogs about the darker side of motherhood for The Huffington Post and runs a yoga studio in Brattleboro, Vermont, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and fourteen chickens. Find her online at diana-whitney.com.
Chelsea Whitton holds an MFA in poetry from The New School. Her poems have appeared in various print and web publications, including Sixth Finch, Bateau, Ilk, Cimarron Review, and WomenArts Quarterly. Raised in North Carolina, she currently lives in Ridgewood, Queens.
Phillip B. Williams is a Chicago native and the author of the forthcoming book of poems Thief in the Interior (Alice James Books, 2016). He's also co-authored a book of poems and conversations called Prime (Sibling Rivalry Press). He is a Cave Canem graduate and has received a scholarship from Bread Loaf Writers Conference as well as a 2013 Ruth Lilly Fellowship. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Callaloo, Kenyon Review Online, Poetry, The Southern Review and others. Phillip received his MFA in Writing from the Washington University in St. Louis. He is the poetry editor of the online journal Vinyl Poetry and the 2015-2017 Emory University Creative Writing Fellow in Poetry.


Residents in Jackson's Second Ward have an upcoming opportunity to meet with their City Council representative and learn the latest news from their neighborhood. Councilmember Freddie Dancy is holding a neighborhood meeting for the Second Ward on Thursday, April 25 at 6 p.m.
At the meeting, residents will hear from City Assessor Jason Yoakam. He will give information about special tax assessments and answer questions. An officer from the Jackson Police Department will also be at the meeting to talk about the latest police activity in the neighborhood.
The meeting is taking place at the Salvation Army, which is located at 806 E. Pearl St. in Jackson. All Jackson residents are welcome to attend.
Free admission to this local craft and vendor show. There will be food, activities, handmade items, woodworking, pet accessories, soap, candles, melts, lotions, decorations, and more!
Come out and join us to celebrate Earth Day! There will be kayaking, live music by Kevin Nichols, Paul McCormack's classroom critters, educational activities and more. There are many local organizations that will be at the event. So mark the date and bring the family!
Area residents are invited to the Martin Luther King Center from 5-7 p.m. Monday, April 29, to discuss an ongoing project aiming to enrich the MLK Equality Trail within the city of Jackson.
Project team members – including representatives from the Ella Sharp Museum, Consumers Energy, Jackson District Library, Jackson churches, and more – are asking local residents to take part in the community meeting Monday evening.
"We're hoping to gather public support and also gather public input about what people want to see along the trail on Jackson's south side," project leader and Ella Sharp Museum Director Diane Gutenkauf said.
The section of the trail set for updating runs from New Leaf Park on Fourth Street to the MLK Center located at 1107 Adrian St, and is roughly three miles long.
Ultimately, the group would like to create a "walking museum" along the trail that features African American history, whether that's local history, national history, something in between, or all of the above, Gutenkauf said.
"The group has been working diligently for the past couple of months and we're looking forward to working with more stakeholders moving forward," she said.
The meeting will begin after the Young People of Purpose's Parent Party at the MLK Center the same day, and will feature refreshments and food. Project members will give a short overview of the project before allowing participants to work together, voice their opinion, and be heard.
The MLK Equality Trail Project Team's mission is to create a world-class experience that inspires hope and opportunity within the Jackson Community.
Email Diane Gutenkauf at dianeg@ellasharp.org or call her at 517-787-2320 for more information.
The Optimist Club of Jackson hosts an annual banquet to recognize the contributions and efforts of our local law enforcement community. This year the Respect For Law Banquet will be held on Thursday, May 2, 2019, at the Optimist Ice Arena, 1300 W. North St., Jackson, MI.
This year's guest speaker is Chief Joe Thomas of the Muskegon Heights Police Department to speak about his interesting career path in law enforcement.
Please RSVP by Thursday, April 25, tickets are available at $25 per person or $40 for two. Tickets are available through the Optimist Ice Arena office 517-783-2664.
Don't miss out on a great dinner and company. 5:30 sharp dinner will be served. 6:00 Annual address and awards.6:15 Auction starts.
Delivery lightly donated products for auction to 1st Presbyterian Church Mon through Friday 9am to 4pm.
Call 517-782-9766 Ext 4 for questions and more details.
The 2019 Michigan Prayer Breakfast is modeled after the Presidential Prayer Breakfast. This year's speaker will be Jason Hanson, former kicker of the Detroit Lions.
Join thousands of consumers, providers, family members, and friends on the Capitol Steps in Lansing as a demonstration of the importance of mental health services in Michigan. This event is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate recovery, fight stigma, and educate the public and Michigan Legislature regarding the vast need of mental health services in our communities.
Transportation to the rally is NOT provided or arranged.
We suggest you arrive no later than 12:30 pm to secure parking and enjoy the festivities before the event.
For more information about the Walk A Mile event, please contact Rebecca Calkins at Rebecca.Calkins@LifeWaysCMH.org or 517.789.2490. We hope you can join us!
In the digital age, parents must be observant, engaged, and informed. We'll discuss digital realities, strategies, and practical solutions that will enlighten, equip and encourage parents who want to teach their children how to use technology responsibly. The talk will include specific recommendations for filters and detailed explanations of popular apps and parental controls.
The Protect Young Eyes team, led by founder, Chris McKenna, presents around the United States to students and adults about how to use technology responsibly.
Free admission, and free childcare provided for ages infant – 6th grade.
During the evening, downtown merchants will partner with talented local artists to bring art into downtown businesses.
The Downtown Jackson Art Walk is a free, walk-able, art-filled Friday evening that allows everyone to explore downtown Jackson's businesses and see the work of various local artists.
Thank you to the Jackson Anchor Initiative for sponsoring this event. Because of their sponsorship, there are no costs to our local businesses and local artists.
Spaces are on a first come, first serve basis. There are two separate events, one on Friday, May 10th from 5p-8p and the second on Friday, September 6th from 5p-8p.
Each artist will be showcased in a sponsor business and will have the opportunity to display and sell their artwork to the public!
More details about this event will be available soon, but don't wait to signup!
Hit up all your favorite Jackson museums on Museum Day for FREE!
Each participating museum will be open to the public free of charge, on Saturday, May 11, 2019. Some locations will keep it low-key with an "open-house style" reception and self-guided tours while others are hosting festivals, child-friendly activities, historical demonstrations and providing guided tours. Museum Day is a wonderful opportunity to check some Jackson County Museums off your bucket list and discover what they're all about.
The dedication of the McDonald Athletic Center is an exciting milestone in the life of SAU's community! We look forward to celebrating the legacy of Coach Donald A. "Mac" McDonald. A community reception will immediately follow the dedication.
The McDonald Athletic Center is located on Second Street.
Contact Michelle Crutcher at michelle.crutcher@arbor.edu or 517.750.6348 with questions.
Spring Arbor University will confer degrees to more than 400 graduates at its spring commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 18.
Brian Calley, President of the Small Business Association of Michigan and former Lieutenant Governor of Michigan from 2011-19, will provide the keynote address for both ceremonies. The ceremony for the traditional undergraduates will begin at 10:00 a.m. The ceremony for the off-campus undergraduate and graduate students will begin at 2:00 p.m.
Ceremonies will be held in the university's McDonald Athletic Center. For more information about commencement, please visit arbor.edu for details.
The Greater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau has been coordinating this family-friendly, community-building event for 25 years. Each year seems to reacquaint both visitors and residents with all that Greater Lansing has to offer. By purchasing a "passport" for one dollar, participants (local residents and visitors) are admitted into all participating attraction venues. For an additional 50 Cents participants can ride one of CATAs five designated bus routes and shuttle to and from a majority of these attractions.
Connect with the Facebook event page for event updates.


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Electronic Arts announced it is canceling its Apex Legends Mobile and Battlefield Mobile games. And as a result, it is shutting down its Industrial Toys game studio. From a report: Apex Legends Mobile debuted last year, bringing Respawn Entertainment's hot Apex Legends shooter game to mobile devices. It won Apple's Game of the Year for 2022 as well...
Britain's Semiconductor Plan Goes AWOL as US and EU Splash Billions
As nations around the world scramble to secure crucial semiconductor supply chains over fears about relations with China, the U.K. is falling behind. From a report: The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the world's heavy reliance on Taiwan and China for the most advanced chips, which power everything from iPhones to advanced weapons. For the past two years,...
Intel Slashing CEO and Managers' Pay in a Bid To Preserve Cash
Intel, struggling with a rapid drop in revenue and earnings, is cutting management pay across the company to cope with a shaky economy and to preserve cash for an ambitious turnaround plan. From a report: Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger is taking a 25% cut to his base salary, the chipmaker said Tuesday. His executive leadership team will see their...
Wind and Solar Were EU's Top Electricity Source In 2022 For First Time Ever
AmiMoJo writes: Wind and solar supplied more of the EU's electricity than any other power source for the first time ever in 2022, new analysis finds. They together provided a record one-fifth of the EU's electricity in 2022 -- a larger share than gas or nuclear, according to a report by the climate thinktank Ember. Record additions of new wind and solar...
US Stops Granting Export Licenses For China's Huawei
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The Biden administration has stopped approving licenses for U.S. companies to export most items to China's Huawei, according to three people familiar with the matter. Huawei has faced U.S. export restrictions around items for 5G and other technologies for several years, but officials in the U.S. Department...
Spotify Hits 205 Million Paid Subscribers
Spotify packed on 10 million Premium customers in the last three months of 2022 to stand at 205 million, topping its previous guidance. Variety reports: The growth of its paid subs, up 14% year over year, was "aided by promotional intake and household plans," the company said. Overall, the streamer gained 33 million total monthly active users in the...
Intel Cuts Pay Across the Board To Avoid Layoffs
segaboy81 writes: Internal reports of Intel cutting pay across the board are flooding the internet. It's now confirmed that CEO Pat Gelsinger will take a 25% cut, while everyone else takes a 5% to 15% hit. What's worse is it looks like they will remain cash-flow negative throughout 2023 despite all this. Intel's December earnings were revealed last...
'De-Extinction' Company Will Try To Bring Back the Dodo
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Genetic engineering company Colossal Biosciences said Tuesday that it will try to resurrect the extinct dodo bird, and it's received $150 million in new funding to support its "de-extinction" activities. The dodo was already part of Colossal's plans by September 2022, but now the company has announced...
Microsoft Upgrades Defender To Lock Down Linux Devices For Their Own Good
Organizations using Microsoft's Defender for Endpoint will now be able to isolate Linux devices from their networks to stop miscreants from remotely connecting to them. The Register reports: The device isolation capability is in public preview and mirrors what the product already does for Windows systems. "Some attack scenarios may require you to isolate...
Sony Halves Reported Sales Expectations For Coming PSVR2 Headset
Sony is drastically scaling back its sales expectations for next month's launch of the PlayStation VR2 headset, according to a Bloomberg report citing "people familiar with [Sony's] deliberations." Ars Technica reports: The PlayStation 5 maker now expects to sell just 1 million PSVR2 units by the end of March, down from sales expectations of 2 million...


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SUMT: New Staffing
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Bob Jeavons writes:
I am delighted to be able to write and let you know the news that following a full recruitment and interview process Ruth Walker has been chosen and has accepted the role of SUMT Team leader from the 1st March 2017.
It is very encouraging that the best candidate has come from within the 'family' of SUMT and Ruth will already to be well known to many of you through her current work with the Cathedral and Diocese. Ruth 's early appointment will allow her to work closely with Alex Brown and the team for the first 6 months which should greatly assist in achieving a smooth transition.
I hope that you will have an early opportunity to meet with Ruth and that you will continue to give her and SUMT your own support which is so foundational to sustaining and developing our work with children and young people.
I have asked Ruth to say a little about herself and her sense of call to working on the Island:
A word from Ruth:
"For those of you who do not know me yet, my name is Ruth Walker and I am 28 years old. I moved to the Isle of Man after graduating from Durham University with a degree in Biomedical Science in 2010, to start a Gap Year with SUMT during which I was placed at the Cathedral in Peel.
During this year God captured my heart for both the Island and for the young people who live here. After completing an internship with SUMT, I took a full time role at the Cathedral in Peel in September 2012. Throughout this time I also completed an MA in Health, Youth and Community Development through De Montfort University, and took up a part-time role as Diocesan Youth Missioner for Sodor and Man. In my four and a half years in Peel my love for the Island and the work happening among the youth to bring God within reach of each child and young person, has continued to grow.
I am excited for the new challenge that I will be undertaking as Team Leader of SUMT from the beginning of March and I can't wait to work with all of you in various ways in the coming months and years as we try and reach this vision together."
Exciting days ahead...
We are all absolutley excited about having Ruth Walker on the team, and now please continue to pray.
-Pray that over the next few months to the end of August, Ruth and Alex would be able to form a seamless handover;
-Please pray for the two other schools work appointments that we hope to make in the very near future;
-Please also pray for the existing work (schools clubs, assemblies, big curriculum events, residentials, networking events, training, Gappers and our Degree student...) we need all of that to not simply continue, but to flourish amidst the transition.
Thanks so, so much for your continued support in prayer, action and finance. We look forward to a very positive future as a charity.


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Letter to the editor March 12
March 12, 2015, 2:48 pm 0 Edit
Truancy number doesn't add up
I was shocked to read in the second sentence of Toby Tabachnick's article on the Community Day School ("At CDS, all paths of Jewish living lead to diversity, comfort," March 5) that truancy in the Wilkinsburg Public Schools "exceeds 75 percent." I immediately placed a call to the District's central office and found that the average daily attendance at our Kelly and Turner elementary schools exceeds 95 percent and the figure for our middle and high school is 90 percent. In terms of truancy, those averages would be less than 5 percent and 10 percent, respectively, a far cry from the figure Tabachnick cites. Our truancy rates at the elementary level, and indeed districtwide, have never approached the horrendous level of 75 percent.
While it is true that the school board discovered a serious attendance problem at the high school (only) last year, the right steps have been taken to correct that situation, including the addition of new honors and elective courses that make more students want to come to school and increased outreach to parents and guardians when students are absent.
The list of actions taken and gains achieved in the Wilkinsburg Public Schools over the last 12 months is too long to include here, but it does include increased use of technology, a new iPad initiative for students in grades pre-K through six, a redoubling of our focus on literacy and mathematics across all grade levels and a discipline policy that holds our students accountable for their behavior, including attendance. We are already seeing significant improvement, and we are confident that this trend will continue year after year.
Transformation of a school district is an uphill battle, but the Wilkinsburg School District is on the right track, as numerous reports in the local media have shown. The publication of erroneous data on our performance is not merely irresponsible, it undermines the dedication and commitment of our administration, our faculty and staff and, most of all, our students.
I'm happy that the parents who were the focus of your article found the right school for their son. School choice is a critical aspect of education in the United States, and it was interesting to read about the philosophy and operation of the Community Day School. However, I wish your reporter had called our district offices to check the facts before going to print with this article.
Ed Donovan
Wilkinsburg School District


Thurle is originally from Zimbabwe. She studied modern languages and literature before specialising in visual art. She has a textiles degree from Goldsmiths College and is based in Folkestone in Kent.
Thurle's delicate, often dizzyingly repetitive and complex paper works stem from an interest in the systems and structures of language, in the ordering of knowledge, and in the storing and accessing words. She transforms pages from books, atlases, dictionaries, and newspapers into small, fragile units and reconstructs them into structures and patterns, creating entirely new meanings.
Her tiny paper shapes capture empty space within walls of text, contorting logical meaning beneath the folds. She creates a space where all that falls outside the system, the non-definable, can exist. Her paper shapes clump together and grow as language – systems simultaneously powerful, rigid, organic, multi-layered, unpredictable and flawed; systems by which we determine our identities and build our worlds.


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Titan Machinery posts 32% rise in Q2 revenues
Titan Machinery, a retailer of agricultural and construction equipment, has reported 31.9% increase in its second quarter (Q2) fiscal 2013 net revenues to $410.1m when compared to $310.8m in the same period a year ago.
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The company attributed the revenue growth to its equipment, parts, service, and rental and other services.
Net income attributable to common stockholders for the second quarter of fiscal 2013 was $5.2m, compared to $6.2m in the second quarter a year ago.
Gross profit for the period was $70.4m, compared to $55.9m in the second quarter last year.
Revenues for the six months ended 31 July 2012 increased by 32.2% to $831.8m, compared to $629m for the same period last year.
Net income attributable to common stockholders for the first six months of fiscal 2013 was $12.7m, compared to $13.4m for the same period last year.
Titan Machinery's chairman and chief executive officer David Meyer said in the second quarter, the company generated organic and acquired growth for both of its agriculture and construction segments.
"With the combination of expected strong revenue and conservative stocking, we expect our new inventory levels to decrease by the end of our fiscal 2013 year after peaking in the current third quarter, "Meyer added.
"We continue to execute our growth strategy with strategic acquisitions and store openings across all of our Agriculture, Construction, Rental, and International growth platforms and are excited that our acquisition growth opportunities as well as our strong organic growth have us well-positioned for the future."
Founded in 1980 in West Fargo, North Dakota, Titan Machinery is a multi-unit business.
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Q: How to properly handled httpClient? This is my current code,
service.ts
export class ApiServiceFunction {
    constructor(
        private http: HttpClient
    ) { }

    // in app.ts for test connection
    testConnection() {
        return this.http.get(`${environment.apiUrl}/connection`)
        .pipe(
            catchError(err => {
                console.log('Handling error locally and rethrowing it...', err);
                return throwError(err);
            })
        );
    }
}

component.ts
  private testConnection() {
    this.ApiServiceFunction.testConnection()
    .subscribe(
      data => {
        console.log('data ', data)
      },
      error => {
        console.log('error ',error)

      },
    );
  }

Error shows in console

Handling error locally and rethrowing it... Unknown Error

app.component.ts:190 error  Unknown Error

zone-evergreen.js:2845 GET http://172.16.0.115:8080/connection net::ERR_INTERNET_DISCONNECTED

I want to get the error test
"ERR_INTERNET_DISCONNECTED"

A: we can handle it manually.
You should add the method that gives us user status
then in catchError block handle behavior
    get isOnline() {
        return navigator.onLine;
    }

    testConnection() {
        return this.http.get(`${environment.apiUrl}/connection`)
            .pipe(catchError(e => {
                if (!this.isOnline) {
                    return throwError('ERR_INTERNET_DISCONNECTED')
                }
                return throwError(e)
            })
    }

A: I believe you can simply extract the error from the error string, an example of how this can be done using regexp is as per below

const err = "zone-evergreen.js:2845 GET http://172.16.0.115:8080/connection net::ERR_INTERNET_DISCONNECTED unknown err";

const extractErr = err.match(/net\:\:([A-Z|_]+)/gm)[0].split('::')[1]

console.log(extractErr)


Located in Downtown Norfolk, NE, the Northeast Nebraska Area Agency on Aging (NENAAA) is one of eight Area Agencies on Aging in Nebraska. NENAAA is composed of 22 counties in Northeast Nebraska, which cover 27,000 square miles.
The Mission of the Northeast Nebraska Area Agency on Aging is to assist older adults to remain independent. This is done through a variety of programs and services.
Some of the services provided include chore service, care management, home-delivered meals, emergency response system, socialization, and legal services. Click here to see complete list of services.


What's the irrelationship angle in all of this?
Actually, it's pretty straight up Irrelationship 101 stuff: It's literally in our DNA to need one another, so the most powerful thing we can offer each other is willingness to "be there" for someone else—especially in times of crisis. This cuts into the isolation we feel when troubles come. Even better, the mutualityof giving and receiving leaves both parties feeling not only less alone, but cared for and cared about.
This is the polar opposite of irrelationship, in which caretaking is one-dimensional and includes no genuine sharing of heart and experience. Instead, it leaves both parties feeling oddly isolated and ripped off.
Steve was still not able to bring himself to ask Duane to reciprocate what he was giving him, which would have given Duane the same type of relief Steve was getting from their sharing. So Steve's also needing a shoulder to cry on never made it onto Duane's radar.
Ultimately, Duane's altered financial situation forced him to move to another town, resulting in a dwindling of his and Steve's contact. Steve's disease went into remission, but Duane wasn't around to hear about it and didn't pursue Steve to ask questions about it. About a year after moving away, Duane did call Steve once, but "the conversation was pretty much the same as it always was before he moved away," Steve said.
What take-aways can be gleaned from Steve's mixed experience with showing up for his friend Duane?
1. Generosity toward others provides relief from preoccupation with our own fears. Uncertainty and danger make the brain shut down "non-essential services" so that we can focus on others' more immediate problem. After a time, most (though not all) people will then down-shift into a more measured response. Meanwhile, respite from our own burdens provides opportunity to recharge. Then, when we return our attention to our own problems, we'll be able to address them with a frame of mind that's better prepared to determine our next steps.
2. Generosity and compassion give us purpose, although if our own wellbeing or survival are critically at risk, we may not "feel" generous—at least, not all the time.
3. Focusing on what's happening in others' lives lessens the likelihood that we'll be overtaken by self-pity or even panic. This leaves open a healthier space for self-care.
5. Focusing on others instead of our own problems has positive physiological effects: it reduces levels of cortisol and adrenaline in the bloodstream, which allows us to relax and improves our resilience.
There is nothing so valuable as having what we offer to others taken, made use of, and experienced as having value and being useful and helpful. Irrelationship blocks this.