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GAO Report on Climate Change: Three Recommendations for the Secretary of Defense
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) just released a report detailing the actions being made by the U.S. Department of Defense (Dod) to adapt to climate change, and ensure readiness in the face of future climatic changes. As we have often highlighted, the DoD has been very forward-leaning on this issue (across both Republican and Democratic Administrations), as it cannot afford to play politics with military readiness. As reported by io9:
The Department of Defense has identified five climate change phenomena that could affect its operations: (1) rising temperatures; (2) changes in precipitation patterns; (3) increasing storm frequency and intensity (coastal and inland); (4) rising sea levels and associated storm surge; and (5) changes in ocean temperature, circulation, salinity, and acidity.
Despite considerable progress by the DoD on adapting to climate change, the GAO has some suggestions for improvement, including three recommendations to the Secretary of Defense:
In order to provide DOD decision makers with comprehensive information on the vulnerabilities of its facilities to the potential impacts of climate change on its missions, the Secretary of Defense should direct the Senior Sustainability Officer and Climate Change Adaptation Working Group to–through the Assessment Group–develop a project plan and milestones for completing DOD's screening-level vulnerability assessment and direct the services to–in coordination with the Assessment Group–develop plans and milestones that describe how they intend to use the data collected through the assessment in support of climate change adaptation planning.
In order to facilitate the efforts of installation planners to efficiently implement the requirements of the Unified Facilities Criteria and DOD Instruction 4715.03, the Secretary of Defense–in conjunction with the Secretaries of the military departments–should provide further direction and information that clarifies the planning actions that should be taken to account for climate change in installation Master Plans and Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans. At a minimum, further direction could include definitions of key terms, such as the definition of "climate change" recently included in DOD Manual 4715.03; further information about changes in applicable building codes and design standards that account for potential climate change impacts; and further information about potential projected impacts of climate change for individual installations.
In order to improve the military services' ability to make facility investment decisions in accordance with DOD's strategic direction to include climate change adaptation considerations and additionally, to demonstrate an emphasis on proposing projects with an adaption component to installation planners, the Secretary of Defense should direct the Secretaries of the military departments to clarify instructions associated with the processes used to compare potential military construction projects for approval and funding so that, at a minimum, climate change adaptation is considered as a project component that may be needed to address potential climate change impacts on infrastructure.
Click here for the full report.
Tags: climate change and security, Department of Defense, GAO, military, U.S. military
By Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia in climate and security on July 1, 2014 .
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Salesforce Named #1 CRM Provider for Seventh Consecutive Year
Salesforce, the global leader in CRM, announced that for the seventh consecutive year it has been named the #1 CRM provider by International Data Corporation (IDC) in its latest Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker. Salesforce grew its overall market share position and increased its revenue more than any other Customer Relationship Management (CRM) vendor.
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Appinium Announces Major Update to the Most Effective Way for Salesforce Users to Leverage Video, Multimedia, and Learning
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Their ViewTrac app allows Salesforce users to view a wide range of data for video, podcasts, interactive video, and multimedia assets, including; who is watching those videos, who is interacting with the video, who is listening, how much of those videos they watched, where they watched them and at what point they engaged with them. With ViewTrac, Salesforce users can ensure that their multimedia assets are always being viewed by the right people at the right time to drive behavior.
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Patterson joined Salesforce in 2019 as Chair of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Salesforce's fastest-growing region globally. Earlier this year, Patterson was named President and CEO of Salesforce International where he led the company's go-to-market strategy across all international regions. His appointment to President and Chief Revenue Officer is effective August 1 and he will be based in San Francisco.
"Gavin is an outstanding global leader and I'm delighted to welcome him as the Chief Revenue Officer of Salesforce," said Marc Benioff, Chair and CEO, Salesforce. "Gavin's global experience, network, and public company CEO experience uniquely position him for this critical leadership position at Salesforce."
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"Every company and community in the world is focusing on how to safely reopen and get to a new normal," said Bret Taylor, President, and COO, Salesforce. "With Work.com, we're bringing together powerful new technology, our partners, and network of experts to help organizations reopen and recover from this crisis while putting employee and visitor health and safety first."
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ABSYZ, a Salesforce Platinum Partner Acquired by Youngsoft Inc.
The Acquisition Is a Strategic Move to Achieve Growth and Combines the Expertise of Both Organizations in Their Respective Domain
Youngsoft Inc., the premiere technology and consulting firm, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the majority stake in ABSYZ Software Consulting Pvt. Ltd, a Platinum Salesforce Partner with specialization in Salesforce.com and related technologies.
The acquisition will enable Youngsoft to leverage the strengths of ABSYZ as a Salesforce Platinum partner to service its customers across multiple verticals to achieve their goals.
Speaking about the acquisition, Anshul Jain, Director and Chief Executive Officer, ABSYZ, said, "When you combine Youngsoft's global scale and reach with ABSYZ's core Salesforce.com expertise, and best-in-class team, brand, and partners, the result is a formidable force in the industry. Besides the Salesforce.com platform, ABSYZ had already started working on Digital, Mobility, AI and Blockchain in 2018 and with this acquisition, we get to leverage deep expertise from Youngsoft in these areas. We are also super excited that now team-ABSYZ can boast of industry leaders as mentors."
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Established in 2011, ABSYZ is headquartered in Hyderabad, India with offices in San Francisco, US and Bangalore, India and has nearly 120 employees worldwide. ABSYZ is a trusted service provider to some of the world's leading companies, including Fortune 500 companies.
Adding their views, James Haveman, Director (former Director for Michigan Department of Community Health), Youngsoft; Paul Boyer, Board Advisor, Youngsoft and Vice Chairman Emeritus of Meijer Inc.; and Stephen Pickett, Director, Youngsoft, said, "The Board is pleased to welcome ABSYZ to the Youngsoft family. This acquisition adds to the latter's talent, product, and professional strengths both domestically and internationally. Many of the greatest technological successes have emanated from the joining of two strong partners. We are sure to achieve milestones through this partnership as well."
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Commenting on the progress of the company, Balesh Lakshminarayanan, Director and CTO, ABSYZ, said, "As we inch closer to a new decade, the challenges and opportunities ahead of us are phenomenal. We are glad to have kept pace with the technological trends and will continue to deliver value consulting to our customers. ABSYZ has grown exponentially in the past few years. Going from a very humble beginning from an apartment in Hyderabad to an 8,000-square-feet office in the central IT hub of Hyderabad was a roller coaster ride. This journey wouldn't have been possible without the support of our customers, partners, and our teams dedication and passion towards salesforce. I extend heartfelt gratitude and thanks to everyone involved."
"Youngsoft is happy to welcome the incredible and talented team from ABSYZ to the Salesforce family. A majority of our North American clients are looking to expand on the flexibility and efficiency of the Saleforce.com platform and a trusted solution and implementation partner. This is a very strategic move to achieve growth and serve our clients," said Rupesh Srivastava, President and CEO, Youngsoft.
The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals and is expected to be closed in the first quarter of 2019. NNV Satish & Co acted as financial advisors to ABSYZ during the process.
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Mvix Adds Over 150 Business Data Sources to Their Digital Signage Software
The Software Now Includes over 150 Data Sources like Salesforce, Google Analytics, HubSpot, MySQL, Quickbooks, Shopify, Netsuite and More
Mvix, a leading provider of content-rich digital signage software and solutions, announced the launch of a data integrations portal with over 150 business data sources and integrations.
The portal, which lives within the Mvix digital signage software, includes data sources like Salesforce, Google Analytics, HubSpot, MySQL, Quickbooks, Shopify, Netsuite and more. Using data from these business tools, users can create charts and dashboards to display KPIs and performance on digital signage screens.
Connect business data
Within the data integrations portal, Mvix users first add their data sources such as Salesforce, Google Analytics, HubSpot, MySQL, Google Sheets and Excel, Amazon Redshift and more. Having all of this data in one place centralizes business data, creating a single source of truth for the business.
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Using a smart builder, the data is used to create custom reports and charts showing performance metrics and KPIs. The charts can be grouped together to create dashboards.
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A marketing dashboard will include charts for total inbound leads and lead sources, impressions and clicks from ads, number of new trials, cart abandonment rate and weekly site visitors.
A company health dashboard will have charts displaying the fiscal progress, customer lifetime value, overall return rate, average days until second order, customer pain points and more.
Dashboards help teams to better understand and visualize key metrics that will help their business grow faster.
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The dashboards are then deployed to digital signage screens to keep large teams in sync and inspire focus.
Since the dashboard display is auto-updated anytime the data changes at the source, the on-screen content is always fresh and relevant. This real-time dissemination of business intelligence data within or across teams can help companies make quicker decisions.
For example, a marketing dashboard can be used to monitor buying behavior and inform marketing strategy.
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By broadcasting the dashboards on digital signage screens, employees are kept in the loop so they can align their efforts to the goals that matter most.
"The Mvix data integrations portal houses core business data in one place. Blending insights and data from business apps like Google Analytics, Quickbooks, Facebook, Excel and many others will truly establish a data-driven culture and accelerate growth," says Mike Kilian, senior director of business development. "When easily seen on digital signage screens, performance metrics and KPIs will be at your team's fingertips and always on their mind."
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Formstack, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company with a mission to transform the way people collect data and put it to work, announces the acquisition of Toronto-based QuickTapSurvey, a leading provider of mobile and offline surveys.
With the acquisition, Formstack is doubling down on its investment in the mobile forms category and plans to combine the best features of the QuickTapSurvey and Formstack products into one, full-service offering for mobile offline data capture on the Formstack platform. QuickTapSurvey will remain a standalone mobile surveys product and will benefit from additional capabilities through the Formstack platform, including workflow automation, HIPAA compliance and more than 40 native integrations, such as Salesforce, MailChimp and WebMerge.
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AdStage, a leading marketing technology company with $900MM+ in annual ad spend under management, announces the release of AdStage Join, which automatically connects ad data from leading networks like Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn to Google Analytics and Salesforce. The technology allows marketers to instantly optimize ad campaigns based on actual sales, setting a new standard for ROI measurement. With companies increasing marketing and sales alignment, AdStage Join enables paid marketing campaigns to align with sales goals. AdStage Join launches December 4, 2018.
3Q Digital's CEO, David Rodnitzky stated, "Optimizing paid marketing campaigns based on sales data was a painful challenge until AdStage Join. We can now automate the connection of ad data to Salesforce, saving us countless hours in spreadsheets, and providing us with critical information that we can put to use for our clients immediately."
Marketers often optimize paid campaigns on top-of-the-funnel metrics, but the vast majority of those interactions don't result in paying customers. The lead generation marketers who do want to incorporate sales data often turn to spreadsheets. But using spreadsheets for large data sets is time-consuming, error-prone, and requires manual updating.
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With a multitude of beautiful handmade jewelry to wear, finding the right jewelry display idea to store them at is equally important to enjoying your pieces anytime you want. No matter the size of your storage area, here is a look at more than a dozen beautiful jewelry display ideas you can make yourself or implement right away to give your newly created pieces a new home.
For a small and fashionable earring display, take a frame and attach some picture wire across to drop your earrings on. This is the perfect earring display for those pairs you keep finding yourself going to and wearing all the time. Add layers to this display option by hanging a variety of colorful earrings of varying lengths.
Take a tray or use some scrap wood to create this hanging shelf with small trays for displaying your jewelry on. This handmade shelf was made with wooden thread spools for attaching necklaces and bracelets on with a mesh background for earrings that can be easily hung on. The use of additional trays left on the bottom is a perfect option for rings and other accessories you want in easy reach.
Convert your jewelry display into fashionable decor by creating a frame gallery across your wall. Use different colors for the frames and a variety of styles and sizes to display your jewelry on. Use wire or thin wood pieces with hanging hooks to attach your pieces to.
Get unconventional and attach modern hardware to a burlap wrapped board to display your pieces from. Turn finger cup handles upside down to drop pieces in and use knobs and handles for hanging earrings and necklaces from. Decorate your display further by wrapping ribbon around or adding color to the burlap by painting.
Create a display piece for your necklace in some of the most underutilized space of your bathroom, on the side of your cabinet or inside the door. Simply attach some screw eye hooks and a small piece of wood to hang your colorful necklaces from in groupings.
If you enjoy a more traditional and elegant display, take a mirror tray and add small plates and pedestal vases to lay your jewelry about. This is a great solution for many of your regularly worn accessories, adding a touch of chic elegance to your area.
This bold jewelry display is a perfect example of combining color and boldness to hang jewelry from. Attach hardware to the back and sides to extend your space. This can be hung up on the wall or stand upright on your dresser or shelf top.
It doesn't take much space to create a center for all your accessories and jewelry. Here is one inspiring image that shows how you can use wall space and display stands to organize and display your pieces while adding a center mirror to view yourself in.
Grab a thread display and attach it to the wall for some quick, inexpensive, and functional ways to hang your bracelets and necklaces from. This is a perfect idea for the grab on the go type of person that wants an easy stand to store her pieces in reach.
Coordinate your jewelry items with other accessories such as scarves or head wraps by using a multi purpose display such as this one. With a mesh backdrop for earrings and shelf for other pieces, a bar and hooks added to the bottom give a perfect solution to store wraps and other coordinating pieces. This is a great display to use and change out each season to keep your items easily accessible and viewable.
One of the best storage solutions for jewelry and accessories is to look for underutilized space. In this closet, the wall is not being used and serves as a perfect fit for jewelry to hang from. This can make it easier to see your jewelry and pick them out to match your outfit at the same time. Look for any easily accessible nook or cranny in your home to expand your storage ideas.
If you want to keep your tabletop and counter space clear, use dividers to store your jewelry in the drawers. With this idea, a simple tray on top makes a perfect grab and go solution for transitioning pieces and the drawer keeps your less frequently used jewelry stored but still within reach.
Keeping your jewelry display organized and standard in design is a great way to keep your pieces within easy reach. With this bar display, small slates of wood are stained with added hooks and dowel rod to hang your pieces from. This is a great idea for anyone that wants to colorize their displays or add some extra touches onto the wood.
There are so many uses for reusing a pallet, converting it into a jewelry display is just one more way to create your own personalized storage. With just nails or hooks, sporadically hanging your pieces on the thickened pieces or wood and use the shelf space for stacking other accessories or displaying picture frames on.
Hidden storage is a great idea to conceal your jewelry pieces if you choose not to keep them on an open display. A mirror wall unit allows you to use your storage pieces in two ways. Keep your pieces organized by type and have a mirror to view yourself in when you are putting them on. This is a great solution for anyone that has a lot of pieces or store or want to keep your room looking neat and minimalist.
For a cheap and easy solution, attach curtain walls to a wall space in your closet and hang scarves, bracelets, and necklaces from them on hooks. This is perfect for an ever expanding jewelry collection and where pieces can be in easy reach and near the outfits you will be coordinating with. It is a perfect multi purpose solution for many.
Cork board is inexpensive and can be found in any office store. Grab yourself a four pack of cork squares and mount them to your wall, using pieces to hang your pieces from. This is a perfect solution for many that may want to change around their jewelry display and switch out frequently worn pieces for quick access.
Turn your jewelry display into wall art and decor by layering multi purpose storage options. In this example a frame with foam backing is used to attach earrings to with a shelf and coat rack for hanging thick chunky bracelets and necklaces on. This is great for people that want to use the color and texture of their pieces to add a nice decorative element to their room while creating a functional storage piece.


Recorded live at the Paradise Garage, King Street, New York in 1979 by Larry Levan.
In the booklet, the artist name for track 2-7 is "John Gibbs & The U.S. Steel Band"
The packaging of this edition is a slipcase where the white parts glow in the dark, and it holds 2 individual digipak sleeves and a booklet.
A subsequent edition was issued in jewel case.
When this first came out, I didn't really get it, being more into the eclectic Loft sound. 11 years on from the release, this Levan mix just gets better and better and is played all the time, especially in the car where I can turn it right up.
To some modern ears I guess the mixes sound ropey, there are some key clashes, but to me the sound if full on, proper songs for the most part, dripping with emotion. Can't beat it!
Beautifully packaged, great booklet and liner notes, and only cost 9 bucks brand new.
Pick good records and Play them. Enjoy yourself, and help the crowd do the same.
This is one of the most imperfect live mix CDs available, and would simply not obtain a release if it was recorded by a current DJ.
But this was recorded in much more primitive times, when DJ technology wasn't as developed, underground clubs were not all about perfect mixing and 8 hours of identical, formulaic music.
On this CD, you can hear manual adjustments to record speeds, trainwreck mixing and even some ill-advised mix selections, as well as analogue sound quality.
Why then, is this CD apparently so great?
Because you can really feel the passion the DJ has for the music, and the quality of the music is so high that the recording's technical imperfections don't detract from the experience.
Just imagine that you are there. Imagine that your first rave in 1988 was really a visit to the Paradise Garage in 1970s, and just imagine how you would have felt. Would you have been listening out for technically-perfect DJing, or would you have been having the time of your life, at the start of something significant?
Since buying this, I have listened to this dozens of times, and it still sounds amazing. Buy this and listen to history being made. It really is that good.
Excellent historical document - this was just a regular night at the Paradise Garage recorded on tape , while the action was on . You can hear that it's from a tape , because track 11- People's Choice- "Here We Go Again" .. is split into 2 parts , something that happened a lot when the 45 minutes of a cassette's running-time was over , before the song was finished . This is 80 minutes of pure Paradise Garage spirit caught in the act .. He used 2 Thorens turntables without pitch control and a very primitive mixer ,so all of the turnovers are made manually . The only extravaganza you hear here are parts of the intro to an old Grand Funk Railroad track layed over the last song "ERUCU'" by Jermaine Jackson.. children's voices saying - " obey your mother and your father , do what the teacher says and everything will be allright .".another kid says : "I believe there are more people that are bad , than there (are) good ; when you're good you'll live forever , when you're bad you'll die when you die.."
When first purchasing Larry live at the garage my first thoughts were how good it must have been to hear his set in 1978, and why don't they make records as classy as that anymore.
Attention, at this moment you hear music history. The mix isn't that what most of us understand as a technically perfect DJ-set, but I can imagin that THIS was an absolutely INSANITY at this time! Listen and feel the avantgarde in it. Yes.


I drew my mother for the first time when I was in art school, and didn't draw her again until she had her first, then second stroke, and became like a child to me. Nothing prepares you.
When my mother passed, I was lost. I did not know how to survive but I started to paint, madly, and write, always. I pulled the despair out of me and onto paper.
I painted my pain, then angels, and then my mother began to nudge me, telling me it was time to paint her. I looked for her in the wedding photos that were taken when she was just nineteen. I found her in the hours, days and weeks that I spent looking into her face, her eyes.
Beloved mother, you never leave my side. Your beautiful, gnarled, arthritic feet rest in my lap, and I am home. You lie in the shadows of me, keeping me from harm.
Photo of my mother, Zalakha, with my daughter, Natasha, in the summer of 2010, before the first stroke.


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The cheery news came at the weekend during a solidarity visit to Governor Wike by the Amanyanabo of Opobo, King Dandeson Jaja and his Council of Chiefs.
The Governor revealed that key aspects of the Sakpenwa-Bori Road have been completed, with streetlights installed, adding that they have extended the dualisation of the road to Kono Town.
Project Engineer for Sakpenwa-Bori Road, Femi Fatola said that final works on the last two kilometers of the extension of the road are ongoing, adding that the contractor is primed to deliver project in line with approved specifications.
The construction of the Kira-Nonwa-Barayira-Sime-Eteo Road in Tai Local Government Area is nearing completion. This is a key economic road aimed at empowering the people.
Recall that Governor Wike had declared that completion of the road will be delivered as part of the first year anniversary of his second term.
True to his promise, the Governor last week released funds to the contractors to mobilise to site and work towards completing the road.
During his first term, Governor Wike was able to ensure that motorists drive into the ancient Opobo Kingdom, the first since the existence of the Kingdom.
With the resumption of work, the contractor is expected to conclude the earthworks, stone-base and asphalt of the remaining parts of the Opobo Axis of the Unity Road.
Project Engineer for Raffoul Nigeria Limited, Tunde Taiwo said that the Opobo Axis of the Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo-Nkoro Unity Road will be delivered by mid April 2020. He said that construction work will be carried out in different aspects to complete the road.
Chairman of Opobo-Nkoro Local Government Area, Mr. Eugene Joshua Jaja commended the Rivers State Governor for fulfilling his promise to the Leaders of the Kingdom.
Also speaking, a resident of Opobo, Mrs. Priscilla Jaja expressed gratitude to the Rivers State Governor for intensifying work on the Unity Road. She said Opobo people are happy that they have already started using the road. She prayed God to protect Governor Wike to deliver the project.
For the Andoni axis of the Unity Road, the Rivers State Government has also intensified work to ensure that the last bridge to Ngo town is completed before May 29, 2020.
Engineer Taiwo said that the company has started work on the last bridge to Ngo Town, the headquarters of Andoni Local Government Area. He said all the processes for the completion of the road have been stimulated since the State Government released additional funds.
The 10.2 Kilometre Road cuts Tai, Eleme, Oyigbo and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas of the state. The road was abandoned for 50 years.
The Rivers State Government has developed these roads to grow the economy of Rivers South-East Senatorial District. The roads link the area to markets in Port Harcourt, Aba and Akwa Ibom State.
The State Government has also delivered the Kpopie-Bodo Road in Gokana Local Government Area. The road was fitted streetlights.
Also in the Rivers South-East Senatorial District are key projects in the health and education sector. They include: Zonal Hospital, Bori, General Hospital Bodo, General Hospital Opobo, General Hospital Ngo, reconstruction of basic education schools in all the Local Government Areas.
Site Engineer for the Zonal Hospital, Bori, Deekae Dornubari said that the project is ninety percent completed. He said that the contractor is engaged in finishing touches, adding that the project will be delivered by the ending of December.


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California Farm Bureau urges house to pass farm bill
"We thank Senators Feinstein and Harris for voting for it, and will urge California congressional members to follow suit."
CALIFORNIA – At a time of declining commodity prices, trade disputes and regulatory uncertainty, the California Farm Bureau Federation endorsed the federal farm bill adopted today by the U.S. Senate, and urged quick passage by the House of Representatives. "With its provisions for nutrition programs as well as farm programs, the farm bill is important in the city as well as on the farm," CFBF President Jamie Johansson said. "We thank Senators Feinstein and Harris for voting for it, and will urge California congressional members to follow suit."
Bureau President Jaime Johannson said the bill makes a number of improvements to conservation programs, including the popular Environmental Quality Incentives Program. It continues specific programs for fruit, vegetable, nut and nursery producers, as well as initiatives to benefit organic farming. The bill will also enhance trade programs to encourage exports of American farm goods.
Johansson said the bureau also welcomes farm bill programs to protect animal agriculture from catastrophic diseases, to allow dairy farmers to enroll in risk-management programs and to increase crop-insurance flexibility. "The farm bill also invests in agricultural research, including studies of ways to mechanize more on-farm tasks," Johansson says. "Farmers and ranchers face chronic problems in hiring enough qualified people, so this sort of technological research will be closely watched."
But Johansson said CFBF was disappointed the final bill did not do more to improve wildfire prevention and forest management. "Given the terrible impact of wildfires in California and elsewhere in the West, we need to manage our forests and wildlands better, and we will be advocating for that in the next Congress," he said.


This week's topic is Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning. We read two papers, Options-Critic and Self-Consistent Trajectory Autoencoder.
I wonder what interpolating the trajectory embeddings will look like. can this be used to create a transition policy trajectory?
My thoughts on machine learning, code, and math.


Many tech firms are facing an uncertain future and doing what comes natural: wait and see. The U.S. government reported that it received 199,000 H-1B visa petitions for the upcoming 2018 fiscal year -- 37,000 less than in 2016.
Many firms are clearly unclear about how the Trump administration will look at firms utilizing H-1B visas, but the uncertainty is enough to turn around what had been an upward trend year after year.
As the unemployment rate for many IT jobs nears 0%, firms will increasingly turn toward agencies to assemble teams of IT contractors on short and long-term projects.
This strategy can help fill in a gap created by short term uncertainty, but can also help facilitate a strategy that exploits a pool of contractors immediately available.
Grant Derner joined Lehigh Technical in November 2009 via Lehigh Technical's acquisition of PMH Resources. In his role today, Grant serves Lehigh Technical by calling upon a proven track record encompassing over 30 years of direct staffing industry experience to spearhead Lehigh Technical's support of IT Infrastructure, advanced engineering, and professional services.


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@name:      Modules/Core/Drivers/interface.py
@author:    D. Brian Kimmel
@contact:   D.BrianKimmel@gmail.com
@copyright: (c) 2013-2019 by D. Brian Kimmel
@license:   MIT License
@note:      Created on Mar 21, 2013
@summary:

There is no need to pre-load any interfaces.
The necessary interfaces are discovered when loading the "devices" that are controlled by PyHouse.

Controllers, which are attached to the server, communicate with the server via an interface.
"""

__updated__ = '2020-01-21'
__version_info__ = (19, 11, 2)
__version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))

# Import system type stuff
from typing import Optional

# Import PyMh files
from Modules.Core.Utilities.debug_tools import PrettyFormatAny
from Modules.Core.Drivers.Serial import Serial_driver

from Modules.Core import logging_pyh as Logger
LOG = Logger.getLogger('PyHouse.Interface      ')

class DriverInterfaceInformation:
    """
    ...Interface.xxxx
    """

    def __init__(self) -> None:
        self.Type: Optional[str] = None  # Null, Ethernet, Serial, USB, HTML, Websockets,  ...
        self.Host: Optional[str] = None
        self.Port: Optional[int] = None
        self._DriverApi = None  # Serial_driver.Api()
        self._isLocal = False
        # Type specific information follows

def _get_interface_type(p_device_obj):
    return p_device_obj.Interface.Type.lower()

def get_device_driver_Api(p_pyhouse_obj, p_interface_obj):
    """
    Based on the InterfaceType of the controller, load the appropriate driver and get its Api().
    @return: a pointer to the device driver or None
    """
    # LOG.debug(PrettyFormatAny.form(p_interface_obj, 'DriverInterface'))
    l_type = p_interface_obj.Type.lower()
    if l_type == 'serial':
        # LOG.debug('Getting Serial Interface')
        l_driver = Serial_driver.Api(p_pyhouse_obj)

    elif l_type == 'ethernet':
        from Modules.Core.Drivers.Ethernet import Ethernet_driver
        l_driver = Ethernet_driver.Api(p_pyhouse_obj)

    elif l_type == 'usb':
        from Modules.Core.Drivers.Usb import Usb_driver
        l_driver = Usb_driver.Api(p_pyhouse_obj)

    else:
        LOG.error('No driver for device: {} with interface type: {}'.format(
                l_type, p_interface_obj.Type))
        from Modules.Core.Drivers.Null import Null_driver
        l_driver = Null_driver.Api(p_pyhouse_obj)

    p_interface_obj._DriverApi = l_driver
    # l_driver.Start(p_controller_obj)
    return l_driver

class LocalConfig:
    """ This abstracts the interface information.
    Used so far for lighting controllers.
    Allows for yaml config files to have a section for "Interface:" without defining the contents of that section;
     getting that information is the job of the particular driver XXX

    Interface:
       Type: Serial
       Host: pi-01-pp
       Port: /dev/ttyUSB0
       <Type specific information>
       ...
    """

    m_pyhouse_obj = None

    def __init__(self, p_pyhouse_obj):
        self.m_pyhouse_obj = p_pyhouse_obj

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Elephone P8 Mini review – Tech Advisor
A dual-camera at the rear and a 16Mp selfie camera with soft flash, a colossal 64GB of storage and 4GB of RAM. It doesn't sound like the kind of specification you would usually associate with a budget phone.
Believe what you're reading, though, because the Elephone P8 Mini is a circa-£120 Android Nougat phone with some impressive strings in its bow, and a worthy competitor to the UK's best budget phone, the Moto G5. Naturally, there is some cost-cutting too, which we'll come on to later in this review.
Also read: Best budget phones 2017
Elephone P8 Mini Price and UK availability
We've reviewed the black Elephone P8 Mini, which oddly is now marked as discontinued at GearBest, but red (£123.44/$159.83/138.72€) and blue (£123.78/$160.27/139.10€) options are available and shipping mid-August.
GearBest supplies the Elephone P8 Mini from its Hong Kong warehouse, which means on arrival in the UK you may be asked to pay import duty. This is calculated at 20 percent of the value on the shipping paperwork, plus an admin fee of around £11. Even allowing for this, the P8 Mini appears to offer amazing value, especially when paired with a good-value SIM-only deal.
Unlike many Chinese phones it supports all three UK 4G LTE bands, so there won't be any issues with connectivity (save for the omission of NFC). If you're concerned about buying tech from China, check out our guide before you take the plunge. (Also see: Best Chinese phones 2017)
Elephone P8 Mini Pros and Cons
• Budget price tag
• Latest Android 7.0 Nougat operating system with user-friendly interface
• 64GB of storage plus expansion through microSD (up to 128GB) offers plenty of space for all your files
• 4GB of RAM useful for multitasking
• 5in full-HD display is sharp and colourful
• Fingerprint scanner is responsive
• 16Mp is a very high resolution for a selfie camera, plus it comes with a soft LED flash
• Dual-camera on the rear
• Dual-SIM dual-standby
• Partly plastic build and low weight lends a cheap feeling to phone
• Not powerful enough for intensive gaming
• Battery won't last longer than a day
• Cameras are good for a budget phone, but not as impressive as they sound on paper
• No LED notification light
• No backlighting on capacitive buttons under screen
• Not the best audio quality
• No NFC
Elephone P8 Mini Design and Build
The P8 Mini has several things in its favour when it comes to design. For a start, it's genuinely nice to see a 5in smartphone with a full-HD screen – so many of the budget- to mid-range phones we review have massive 5.5in panels that are simply too big for some people's taste. Children are a perfect example, and with little hands they're much more likely to drop and break some of those larger handsets. (Also see: Best Android phones 2017)
Save for the omissions of waterproofing and Gorilla Glass screen protection (understandable at this price), it's difficult to see how the P8 Mini could have been better designed for a child. Not only is it well priced, which will keep most parents happy, but it has a compact and very lightweight frame.
Though the rear panel is metal, and the display obviously glass, the majority of the device is made from plastic. Top and bottom panels at the rear are plastic. The frame is plastic. The screen surround is plastic too, albeit polished to mirror chrome.
And despite all this plastic the P8 Mini still has a reasonably premium-looking design, with minimal bezels and a very slight 8.1mm width. It also feels pretty sturdy, with no obvious flexing or creaking as you apply pressure to the frame. It's the capacitive key labels below the screen and the toy-like light weight (just 133g) that give away its budget price.
The display is a full-HD panel from Sharp that Elephone says acts like AMOLED. It's certainly vibrant, with the same saturated colours we'd expect to see on AMOLED, and viewing angles are strong. It's not as bright as the panel you might see on a flagship – we measured a maximum 350cd/m2 – but of course this is no flagship. Clarity, though, is very good, with the 1920×1080-pixel resolution resulting in a density of 440 pixels per inch – higher than on an iPhone.
The P8 Mini has a very flat design, curved only at the extreme edges on the rear. The screen mirrors this effect with its use of 2.5D curved glass, which makes the gesture feel much smoother as you run a finger across the surface. (Also see: Best phones 2017)
Everything is where you would expect to find it, with a slot-loading SIM tray on the left edge – this can accommodate either two Nano-SIM cards (dual-standby) or a Nano-SIM plus a microSD card up to 128GB in capacity – and a volume rocker and power button on the right.
Down the bottom is a Micro-USB port (reversible USB-C is now found in some budget phones, but is not yet a given), a 3.5mm headphone jack and a row of drilled out holes from which the mono speaker can emit sound. It's not the best audio quality, but it's loud enough.
Above the screen you'll spot an LED, which serves as a soft flash for the selfie camera and helps it to take better photos in low-light. We like the idea of this feature, but it doesn't improve photography enough to warrant the P8 Mini's exclusion of a notification LED.
Things don't get better below the screen, where three Android-standard capacitive keys are found with no backlighting, meaning their legends are always visible and detract from the Elephone's overall design.
The P8 Mini looks better from the rear, thanks to that metal panel that is devoid of any labelling bar a small Elephone logo. At the top corner is a dual-camera that sits almost flush with the case, and though it is paired with only a single-LED flash it does look pretty cool.
Add to this the rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, centrally sited to land just under the index finger and quickly unlock the phone and wake the screen, and the P8 Mini doesn't look like a £120 phone.
Elephone P8 Mini Core Hardware & Performance
The Elephone P8 Mini runs an octa-core MediaTek MT6750T processor. With eight Cortex-A53 cores running at 1.5GHz and a generous 4GB of RAM, multi-tasking is quite possible on this budget phone, though its integrated ARM Mali-T860 GPU isn't up to much more than watching video and playing casual games.
That's exactly what we saw in real-world testing, with no sign of lag from the Android Nougat OS. Our benchmarks corresponded with these findings, recording results that are capable but not especially impressive. Hardcore gamers will unlikely be satisfied, but most other users should be able to handle their daily tasks just fine.
Performance is very much on par with the Snapdragon 430-powered Moto G5, one of the best-selling budget phones in the UK. Our benchmark results were almost identical to those of that phone, with 2,488 points in Geekbench 4 (2,338 Moto G5) and 40,922 in AnTuTu.
Gaming framerates were mirrored in GFXBench too, with 15fps scored in T-Rex, 7fps in Manhattan, 5fps in Manhattan 3.1 and 2fps in Car Chase. Even JetStream, the JavaScript benchmark, recorded 17.4 for both phones.
Of course, where this P8 Mini differs from the Moto G5 is in storage, and while both support microSD up to 128GB the Elephone offers a huge 64GB internal capacity compared to the Moto G5's 16GB.
The battery capacity is slightly lower than that of the Moto G5, rated at 2680mAh against its 2800mAh, but it should last a full day with medium usage. The Turbo Charge-compatible Moto G5 will charge faster though, with only a 1.5A charger supplied in the box for this Elephone. (Note that this has a two-pin plug, so you'll probably prefer to use your existing charger than find an adaptor.)
Elephone P8 Mini Cameras
The cameras are going to be one of the key specifications to convince consumers to buy this phone. On paper they sound amazing – a 16Mp selfie camera plus a dual-camera on a £120 phone? Wow.
However, we should say that the main rear camera is rated at 13Mp, in common with the Moto G5, and the second lens is a basic 2Mp snapper that can create very basic bokeh effects. The single-LED flash isn't up to much in low-light, so things look a lot more impressive on paper than the results appear in reality.
The rear camera was able to capture a good amount of detail, and in good light produced mostly realistic colours. The image is sharper in the centre than toward the extreme edges, however, and while HDR mode (second image) did a good job of lightening the shadows it made the entire image appear a little more washed out.
Shooting our low-light scene the Elephone P8 Mini appeared to do a good job for a budget phone, but when we compared to the results to that of a camera such as on the Galaxy S8 it became clear that it wasn't anything like as capable at lighting up the shot, and while text remained readable there was much more noise.
The camera app is relatively basic, with real-time filters and a handful of preset modes available, including Beauty, Blur and Panorama. HDR is either on or off, with no automatic option.
If video's your thing there are more capable smartphone cameras out there, with the P8 mini shooting in a maximum 1080p resolution and with no continuous autofocus.
The selfie camera has a huge megapixel rating at 16Mp, but as we know that doesn't always make for a decent quality photo. Snaps are very clear with standard settings, but it's easy to overdo things on the beauty mode and create an unnatural level of skin smoothing. The soft flash can help a little in low light, but it's by no means a perfect solution.
We'd also like to be able to unflip the photo, since selfies are automatically reversed to create a mirror image.
Elephone P8 Mini Software
The P8 Mini runs an up-to-date version of the Android 7.0 Nougat operating system, apparently with the ELE 1.0 OS over the top. To us it looks exactly like standard Android, and doesn't appear to include the extra apps other reviewers have mentioned.
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Home»Banana Fish, Vol. 8 (Paperback)
Banana Fish, Vol. 8 (Paperback)
By Akimi Yoshida
This is book number 8 in the Banana Fish series.
#1: Banana Fish, Vol. 1 (Paperback): $9.95
#10: Banana Fish, Vol. 10 (Paperback): $9.99
Nature made Ash beautiful; Nurture made him a killer!
VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s...
Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands--and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance... Epic in scope, and one of the best-selling shojo titles of all time in Japan, Akimi Yoshida put an electric shock into the genre and gained a huge crossover audience through Banana Fish's stripped-down, non-stop style.
Ash squares off with Arthur in a final showdown, but can Arthur be trusted to stick to the rules that he has set up? This showdown has Ash and Arthur surf a sea of blood through the bowels of the New York subway system.
Akimi Yoshida made her manga debut in 1977 with the college manga story her college story, A SLIGHTLY STRANGE NEIGHBOR. Her immensely popular series BANANA FISH, her longest work to date, ran from 1985 to 1994 and made her a superstar in the shojo manga world, injecting a new realism and narrative energy into the genre and attracting a large male crossover readership. Yoshida was honored twice with the top annual prize for excellence in shojo from Japanese publishing giant, Shogakukan.
Series: Banana Fish
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TANAKH > Parshat HaShavua > Bereishit > Lekh Lekha > SALT - Motzei Shabbat Parshat Lekh Lekha 5776
SALT - Motzei Shabbat Parshat Lekh Lekha 5776
Rav David Silverberg
The haftara for Shabbat Parashat Vayera is taken from Sefer Melakhim II (4), and tells the story of the isha ha-Shunamite – the woman who conceived after many years of infertility, following a blessing given by the prophet Elisha. The story begins by telling that Elisha would periodically lodge in the woman's home, and she and her husband eventually decided to build separate quarters in their home for the prophet. The Shunamite woman told her husband that such a gesture was appropriate because "Behold, I know that the man of God who always comes to us is holy" (4:9).
The Gemara in Masekhet Berakhot (10b) raises the question of how the Shunamite woman knew that Elisha was "holy." Two answers are cited, explaining that she never saw a fly near the table when he ate, or that when she changed his bedding, she never saw evidence of a bodily emission.
Both answers appear difficult to understand, but regardless, Rav Yisrael Salanter is cited as noting the significance of the Gemara's question. The Gemara worked off the assumption that a person's "holiness" is not something readily visible. A "holy" person does not necessarily look distinguished or act in an outwardly distinguished manner in his ordinary affairs. As much as we could assume that the Shunamite woman admired and respected Elisha, the Gemara nevertheless found it puzzling that she definitively described him as "holy." The Gemara therefore explained that the woman reached this conclusion on the basis of the way Elisha ate and his bedding, which demonstrated a unique level of self-discipline and purity of the mind.
In our pursuit of kedusha, we should focus not on how we appear to others, but on what we truly are and what we ought to be. Whether or not people perceive us as "holy" is not the yardstick by which to evaluate our level of sanctity, and thus our efforts should be directed towards changing ourselves, not changing our image.


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Q: PostgreSQL summarize features query I have a table of events for a user with many feature flags
CREATE TABLE features (
  user_id bigint
  , value text
  , feature_1 boolean
  , feature_2 boolean
  , feature_3 boolean
);

populating this
INSERT INTO features
VALUES
  (1, 'value a', true, false, false)
  , (1, 'value b', false, false, true)
  , (1, 'value c', false, true, false)
  , (2, 'value X', false, true, false);

give us
select * from features;
 user_id |  value  | feature_1 | feature_2 | feature_3
---------+---------+-----------+-----------+-----------
       1 | value a | t         | f         | f
       1 | value b | f         | f         | t
       1 | value c | f         | t         | f
       2 | value X | f         | t         | f
(4 rows)

Now I want to transpose this data on features to make it look something like the following
 user_id | feature_1_value | feature_2_value | feature_3_value
---------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------
       2 |                 | value X         |
       1 | value a         | value c         | value b
(2 rows)

and at the moment I am doing this with the following
WITH feature_1 AS (
  SELECT user_id, value FROM features where feature_1
), feature_2 AS (
  SELECT user_id, value FROM features where feature_2
), feature_3 AS (
  SELECT user_id, value FROM features where feature_3
) SELECT
  features.user_id
  , feature_1.value AS feature_1_value
  , feature_2.value AS feature_2_value
  , feature_3.value AS feature_3_value
FROM
  features
LEFT JOIN feature_1 ON features.user_id = feature_1.user_id
LEFT JOIN feature_2 ON features.user_id = feature_2.user_id
LEFT JOIN feature_3 On features.user_id = feature_3.user_id
GROUP BY features.user_id, feature_1_value, feature_2_value, feature_3_value;

this is starting to get unwieldily as more and more features get added. Is there a simpler way? is there some kind of crosstab query that can be used? some transpose function?

A: You want a pivot query here:
SELECT
    user_id,
    MAX(value) FILTER (WHERE feature_1) AS feature_1_value,
    MAX(value) FILTER (WHERE feature_2) AS feature_2_value,
    MAX(value) FILTER (WHERE feature_3) AS feature_3_value
FROM features
GROUP BY
    user_id;

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Day 4 of Advocacy International: Championing gender and other strategies for effective engagement
Home / News / Day 4 of Advocacy International: Championing gender and other strategies for effective engagement
By APCNews
Page last updated on 6 July 2021
On the last day of the "Advocacy international: Advancing our digital rights agenda for Asia" workshop, participants explored ways to integrate gender into international advocacy and identified strategies for effective engagement in advocacy spaces.
The first session, led by Pooja Badarinath of the Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI), began with a brief overview of SRI and the work that the coalition does. SRI was formed in 2006 as a way to bring feminist activists into the main advocacy spaces at the United Nations (UN) in Geneva. At the time, UN mechanisms were mostly run by white men from the global North, and SRI was formed so activists and feminists from the global South could have a seat at the table, speak and decide for themselves.
An interesting discussion point during the session was how advocacy at various spaces can feel limiting and hostile, especially for women, queer people and people of colour. However, in recent years, activists have learned to work together, bridge movements and form transnational solidarity to communicate to the world that the issues that women and queer people are facing know no geographical boundaries. As Pooja noted, the UN will continue to discuss and make decisions about our bodies, and it is important work to make sure diverse voices are heard and the status quo is challenged.
A participant raised the issue of the security of activists while advocating in international spaces. It was shared that activists who speak out often face the ire of their governments back home, including harassment and censorship. The group shared some tips to counter this, including working with international organisations and having them deliver the message instead of individuals from the country of focus. Another suggestion was to work within a network that activists can access and trust, instead of putting all their information out in the open. It is also helpful to calculate risks and study the spaces where it is best for an activist to remain anonymous. Finally, a complaint can be filed with the UN so that they can step in and have bilateral discussions with the government involved.
The final session of the workshop was led by Gayatri Khandhadai, APC's Asia policy regional coordinator. To wrap up the four-day workshop, this was a practice-based session that aimed to help participants apply what they had learned from the previous days.
During this session, the participants focused on the various components of preparing for advocacy, namely the values of credibility, consistency, agility, strength in numbers, security and strategy. Different strategies when advocating in international spaces were also shared, including written statements, oral statements, policy briefs, recommendations, contribution of language to resolutions, side events and diplomatic briefings.
Participants also had an opportunity to develop a strategy on their own in breakout rooms, where they were able to pick an issue relevant to them and build a strategy to advocate for it, from deciding on the appropriate forum, understanding and analysing the stakeholders, the kind of messaging they would need, as well as the risks and challenges they would face in the process. Reporting back to the plenary, the participants shared that the exercise was helpful in applying what they had learned from the previous days as well as identifying the building blocks of an effective advocacy strategy.
The workshop concluded with the closing, an opportunity for participants to unwind and reflect on the week. In their feedback, participants particularly appreciated the efforts to make complex issues, spaces and mechanisms relatable and easily digestible, the compilation of resources which will remain accessible to them even after the workshop, and most importantly, the opportunity to meet and collaborate with others from the region who are interested in advancing digital rights.
For more information on the event and to explore the full agenda, please click here.
This workshop is being organised by the Challenge project, which is funded by the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights.
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As busy as the local college basketball scene has been the past week, another significant milestone was achieved by another local university that should not go unnoticed or unappreciated. The Wayland Baptist University Flying Queens women's basketball program was tabbed to be included in the 2019 induction class for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
The announcement was made this past weekend, and the official ceremony is set for early September at the shrine in Springfield, Mass.
The Flying Queens' program claimed this long-overdue recognition on the strength of its history, impact on the game of basketball and sustained excellence over a long period of time. Officially, the hall is inducting the program's 1948-82 era. The Queens were trailblazers for women's basketball, relying upon the support of community sponsors and issuing scholarships decades before the advent of Title IX legislation.
Wayland also played an important role in helping the women's game evolve to the familiar full-court, five-on-five brand of today. Longtime fans will remember when the women's game had six players on the court and was basically two half-court games of three-on-three.
Anyone with basic working knowledge of West Texas women's basketball is familiar with the Flying Queens' legacy. Legendary coach Harley Redin led the team to a 431-66 record and won six Amateur Athletic Union national championships. He coached 36 athletes who received all-America recognition some 65 times. Dean Weese, his successor, led the team to two more AAU titles and three NWIT crowds from 1973-79. The Queens won 131 consecutive games during a five-year span in the 1950s, a basketball record that still stands today.
Other recognizable names with ties to the program include former Lady Raider head coach Marsha Sharp, Patsy Neal, Jill Rankin Schneider and Lomea Odom.
According to the school's statement, the Flying Queens were named to the shrine by a veteran's direct-elect committee. Other achievements that paved the way for the program to be included are nine consecutive NWIT titles and more than 1,600 wins through the years – more than any team in history. The success continues as three WBU players were named NAIA all-Americans this season.
The hall's committee made the right move in voting this storied program to enjoy its rightful place among other basketball legends ranging from Meadowlark Lemon and the Harlem Globetrotters to Pat Summitt to Sheryl Swoopes to Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan. The Queens set a standard long ago and have maintained that standard for decades, opening doors and blazing trails for female athletes that were unavailable almost everywhere else.
"They helped pave the way," said current WBU head coach Alesha Ellis, who grew up in Plainview and has a deep appreciation for the historical meaning of this milestone.
We congratulate the Flying Queens on this well-deserved accolade. It has been many years in the making and is truly a team effort.


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The Rotary Clubs of Godalming, together with Citizens Advice Waverley, have launched the new Waverley Covid Support Fund to ensure financial support and advice is available to all those in need across the borough of Waverley. Cranleigh Rotary has also pledged support for this important initiative.
The fund has been set up in anticipation that job losses and economic hardship are likely to continue to affect the borough, long after the immediate health impact of the pandemic has reduced.
£11,500 had been raised at the time of the fund's launch on 24 August, with a final target of £50,000. The JustGiving page (see below) will show how the amount raised is progressing.
To find out more, visit the support fund's website at https://www.rotaryc19fund.org. If you wish to donate, please visit the JustGiving page:
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/rotaryclubofgodalmingwoolsack
A number of organisations in Waverley currently offer support to those living in specific areas. The new fund will work together with them to ensure consistent access to financial support for everyone, meaning no families or individuals fall through cracks.
The initial funding partners are Godalming Town Council, the two Rotary Clubs of Godalming, Rotary International and the Go Godalming Association. They have also secured agreement to cooperate with the Farnham Coronavirus Support Fund, Cranleigh Community Fund, Cranleigh and District Lions Club, Busbridge and Hambledon Church Family Support Fund and Henry Smith (Godalming) Charity.
As well as providing financial support, the fund will work closely with Citizens Advice Waverley, who will give tailored, practical, help and advice so that individuals can make best use of financial support provided.
HM Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, Mr. Michael More-Molyneux, commented: "Well done in organising this initiative, which is going to be such a support to so many living in the local area over the coming months, and beyond".
Chris Bedford, President, of the Rotary Club of Godalming Woolsack said, "We will do whatever we can to help meet such needs, no doubt including some people who might never have dreamed of seeking support in this way."
Liz Wheatley, President of the Rotary Club of Godalming said, "Having experienced redundancy, I appreciate how scary it can be and am delighted that our clubs have got together on this very worthwhile project, which could make all the difference to some of our residents."
Rotary's Waverley Covid Support Fund has been established by Rotarians in Godalming, with the support of Cranleigh Rotary and the other Rotary clubs in Waverley, and it has been endorsed by Waverley Borough Council.
The Trustees of the Rotary Club of Godalming Woolsack Charity Trust Fund (Charity number 1079545) will have responsibility for the Fund, but may delegate operational responsibility to a committee (including at least one Rotarian) for assessment of applications and decisions regarding provision of financial support.
For further information about this release please contact:
Michael O'Sullivan: mosullivan03@gmail.com phone 07768950801


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Latest Bigfoot sightings and videos. ... People in the Sasquatch/Bigfoot Community point to "odd" formations of sticks and branches in the woods and ...
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THOM THE WORLD POET: Kangaroo/drone interaction
SKIPPY THE BUSH DRONE KILLER
INVADING HABITAT ,WE
now take to illegal skies easily
send in drones to film the wild
not realizing they might defend their child
Hawk or kangaroo,with enough sense to
leap and attack aggression/like a certain Australian
who invaded the emotional perimeters of a stingray
and found Mother Nature rules today.Hunters Best Be Aware!
They may not have guns like ours-but there are claws everywhere!
And before you can shout"Crocodile Dundee"
Your drone will be disabled
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Title track from the new EP... it features many scenes from my area including a quoit in Cornwall, Hartland Quay, Croyde and Bideford
A game-changer for the Amazon
An ambitious project is underway to create the largest environmental reserve in the world, protecting 135 million hectares of Amazon forest. That's more than twice the size of France! But it won't happen unless Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela's leaders know the public wants it. That's where we come in.
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THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN CATCHES THAT ONE LAST WAVE
The Gonzo Daily - Thursday
The weather is gorgeous, and I hope this doesnt mean a repeat of a few years ago when 'summer' lasted a few weeks in April and then it bucketed down until September. I wanted to rewrite the lyrics to "It might as well be raining till September" but I couldn't think of anything witty enough. A quick personal message - someone who is reading this is having a horrible time at the moment. Please send your love and healing vibes to her...
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THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Kate Rusby - Who Will Sing Me Lullabies
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Renaissance to perform Leamington Assembly show
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Steve Howe from Yes to perform Haymarket date
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John Shuttleworth - Rare TV debut - Vic Reeves
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Karnataka, Simple Minds, Frank Zappa, vintage rock biography, Hawkwind, Jon Anderson, and Yes fans had better look out!
The latest issue of Gonzo Weekly (#124) is available to read at www.gonzoweekly.com, and to download at http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/. It has Karnataka on the cover, and inside yours truly interviews the band's Ian Jones. Doug writes about Simple Minds, and Jon critiques a rather peculiar creature feature novel. Neil Nixon reports on an even stranger album than usual, Wyrd goes avant garde, Xtul gets even more peculiar, and there are radio shows from Strange Fruit and from M Destiny at Friday Night Progressive, and the titular submarine dwellers are still lost at sea, although I have been assured that they will hit land again soon. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and pademelons trying to choose (OK, nothing to do with small marsupials having difficulty in making choices, but I got carried away with things that rhymed with OOOOS) than you can shake a stick at. And the best part is IT's ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!
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The Colorado Avalanche head to Prudential Center to take on the New Jersey Devils on Saturday, October 7, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Avalanche at +110 and the Devils at -140.
Colorado had a record of 22-56-4 last year and away from home they had a record of 9-30-2. They were 7th in the Central Division. They tallied 166 goals and surrendered 278 goals for a point differential of -112. For the year they had an ATS mark of 22-60-0 and an over/under record of 36-36-0. New Jersey finished with a record of 28-40-14 including 16-17-8 on home ice last year. They were 8th in the Metropolitan Division. They scored 183 goals and gave up 244 for a goal differential of -61. Their record against the spread was 28-54-0 while their over/under mark was 31-32-0.
Semyon Varlamov had 6 wins and 17 losses last season in goal for the Avalanche. He had 745 shots against him and he surrendered 76 goals. He made 669 stops for a save percentage of 90%. Nathan MacKinnon scored 51 total points last year for the Avalanche. He had 16 goals last season with 247 shots on net giving him a shooting percentage of 7%. He had a total of 35 assists on the year and averaged 19.9 minutes played per contest. Matt Duchene averaged 18.3 minutes of ice time per game last season. In that time he had a shooting percentage of 12% by tallying 18 goals on 156 attempts. He had 23 assists giving him a total of 41 points on the year.
Marcus Johansson had 57 total points last season for the Devils. He had 23 goals last year with 124 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 19%. He had a total of 34 assists on the year and averaged 17 minutes played per contest. Cory Schneider had 20 wins and 27 losses last season in net for the Devils. He had 1,781 shots against him and he gave up 163 goals. He made 1,618 saves for a save percentage of 91%. Taylor Hall averaged 19.3 minutes of ice time per contest. In that time he had a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 20 goals on 229 attempts. He had 33 assists giving him a total of 53 points on the year.
The Avalanche gave up 274 power play opportunities and surrendered 64 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 77% last season. That was 29th in the league. They averaged 28 shots per contest and as a team shot 7.21% for the year. They allowed 32 shot attempts to their opposition per game and had a team save percentage of 89%, ranking them 29th in the NHL at stopping the puck. The Avalanche were 30th overall with 48 total points last year. They were 30th in the league with 166 goals and 1st in goals allowed with 278. They had 239 power play chances and scored 30 goals on those opportunities for a percentage of 13%. That was 30th in the NHL.
As a team, the Devils were 28th with a total of 183 goals scored while they were 6th with 244 goals surrendered last season. They averaged 28 shots per game and had a team shooting percentage of 8.03%. As a unit they gave up 31 shots per contest and had a save percentage of 91%, putting them 22nd in the league. The Devils had a total of 70 points last season, which was 28th in the NHL. They had 44 power play goals on 251 chances for a percentage of 18%. That was 22nd overall. They gave up 261 power play opportunities and surrendered 53 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%, ranking 23rd when short-handed.
New Jersey had a Corsi percentage of 47.1% as they tried 4,026 shots on goal while at full strength while they surrendered 4,528 shots on net when they had a full team on the ice. That ranked them 29th in Corsi percentage. They were 28th in the NHL in Fenwick percentage with 47.1% as they had 3,118 shots while they gave up 3,505 attempts on defense. The Devils started possessions in the offensive zone 47% of the time while their defensive zone percentage was at 53% for the year. That put them 29th and 2nd in the league in zone percentages respectively. They had 2,417 face-off wins as opposed to 2,492 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage was 49.2%. That was 20th overall in the NHL. On defense New Jersey had 1,655 hits and they blocked 1,023 attempts from opposing offenses, which was 28th in the league.