Arrival of the wing skins in our workshop.
Good pictures of what high-complexity kiteplane production jobs will be like, trapped indoors handling toxic materials, for AWES intended to operate in the glorious outdoors, without human assistance.
Low-complexity "rag and string" reverses this formula: SS kites might roll out of an automated factory at several km/hr, and the many kite-pro jobs would be outdoors, sailing in the sky, with supervised auto-piloting, and cold beer.
Nice to have both scenarios in play.
Ordering parts, parts arriving, future plans to power the grid: typical AWE news. What about "renting office space"? So when this is all due to come together and start powering the grid, should we expect the typical AWE cone-of-silence news blackout?
We could make predictions on that. AP-3 is their last pre-commercial prototype.
They need to at least finish building that and test it and then build another one. Their first commercial system might not be utility scale. So I'd say that there won't be anything happening soon.
There's a bunch of new info on their site.
Let's see who's best at predicting project success and failure.
@awesystems @RyanVuNL The landing gear is indeed not a very common sight. It is intended to be strong enough to withstand every foreseeable landing impact and stiff enough to keep structural deformation under loading to a minimum. Loads are more complicated than what a normal aircraft encounters.
Thanuja presents "her" Arresting Hook System, which is ready for production. The AHS is an add-on designed for safe landing for test flights without tether. AHS is based on proven technology: the hook engages with an arresting line and enables rapid deceleration on the platform.
We're really getting a lot of detail here. There's a picture of the inside of AP-3 with ribs and everything.
A lot of stuff to discuss, but people here aren't very intersted in that.


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World's biggest battery and solar farm to be built in South Australia
The "world's biggest" battery and solar farm is set to be built in South Australia, in response to recent widespread blackouts which crippled the state's electricity supplies.
Over the past six months, South Australia has suffered at least four major blackouts, with one leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power in 40 degree Celsius heat.
In response to the energy crisis, Lyon Group has announced a billion dollar (760 million U.S. dollars) project to create a battery and solar farm, which would employ 270 workers to build and maintain 3.4 million solar panels and 1.1 million batteries.
At an announcement late Thursday, Lyon Group's David Green said the project would be 100 percent equity financed and will generate 330 megawatts of solar power, however experts are divided on whether or not the massive investment in the farm would bring enough "resilience" to blackouts.
Ian Hore-Lacy from the World Nuclear Association said further reliance on "weather-dependent" renewable energies would mean South Australia could still suffer from blackouts in the future.
"This is a fascinating project, but it will inevitably take South Australia further from having reliable low-cost power," Hore-Lacy said in a statement.
"Events in South Australia have shown that reliance on weather-dependent renewables requires dispatchable and synchronous power supply to keep the lights on.
"A 100 megawatt (MW) battery system of undeclared capacity (MWh) is not going to be much help in a 3 GWe system even if it turned out to be 400 MWh.
"Spending a lot of money on more wind or solar with a low capacity factor will make the provision of reliable dispatchable power less economic, and erode the state's energy security."
However Martin Sevior, Associate Professor of Physics at The University of Melbourne, said there would be great benefits considering the location of the farm. Morgan, South Australia receives more sunlight than in Adelaide, the state's capital city.
"Provision of fast-acting, high-power systems like this provides resilience against catastrophic events, like the state-wide blackout event last September," Sevior said.
"The location of the system in the Riverland region of South Australia provides geographical resilience as well.
"In general, the provision of cost-effective, grid-scale storage capability is essential as we move to a grid where the majority of energy is provided by wind and solar sources. This announcement is an important step towards this."
In the fallout to the blackout crisis, the federal government laid the blame on the state's existing reliance on renewable energies, calling for increased investment in coal-fired power stations, however a report on the blackouts released earlier this week refuted those claims.
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) said overly sensitive wind farm protective measures meant wind turbines were shut down to avoid being damaged in high winds. The AEMO said if the turbines had remained on, the blackouts might not have been as serious, or might not have occurred at all.
The circumstances surrounding the blackouts have also caused a rift between the state Labor – or left-leaning government – and the conservative federal government, while earlier this month the federal government announced a multi-billion dollar plan to upgrade the nation's hydroelectric power scheme in order to cope with an increased energy demand. Enditem
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var selText = document.getSelection(); //suppose "great" is selected
alert( "selected ->" + selText + " len is " + selText.length);

A: Because you're getting a DOM selection object instead of a String. To get the text, call toString().
var selText = document.getSelection().toString();

The reason the string successfully shows up in the alert, is that the concatenation causes an implicit toString() to occur.

A: The MDN documentation states.

In the above example, selObj is
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It's suggesting you call document.getSelection().ToString().length;

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Last call for Summer Kindermusik this week!
Busy Days! Set your baby's day to classical music. With a little more Tchaikovsky in your "Twinkle, Twinkle" repertoire you'll discover new ways your baby benefits from the classics as you both develop an appreciation for the world's most respected music. Each lesson features new activities and songs you can sing for all the places you go together—the store, the playground, the doctor, and more.
learning about the great outdoors, nature-friendly ideas and all kinds of interesting creatures unique to the coastal environment. We will dive into lessons like Ahoy There, On My Beach Blanket, Coastal Waters, Riding the Waves, and In the Deep Blue Sea. So put on your beach clothes and join us for an ocean adventure!
Creatures in My Backyard. Give your child something to sing about in her own backyard. Be the flower from the "seed's" perspective. Big Kids Run and jump in rain puddles made from hula hoops. Shoo pretend flies and sing and dance to "Shoo Fly." Parents fly babies from flower to flower like buzzing bees, and explore instruments and more!
Children are naturally curious and delighted by the world around them. Creatures in My Backyard encourages you and your child to explore your environment and make new discoveries. Through music, movement, storytelling, and instrument exploration, your child will uncover the creatures living in her own backyard – from birds, turtles, squirrels, and rabbits to flowers, caterpillars, and bumble-bees! Your child will experience Nesting in a Tree, Digging in the Dirt, Flying to a Flower, Hiding in the Grass, and Sitting on the Porch. So put on your sandals and join us for a backyard adventure!
4-6 year old children improved 37% on standardized tests!
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Evolution of a drummer … What a cool thing to see!
Thank you Molly McGinn for posting this as I think it is a fantastic display of what consistant musical experiences can evolve into. This young man is so talented! It starts when he is two years old!
Musical Fairy Tale Tea Party a success! Check out our Video!
Today we have enjoyed many fairy tale and musical activities! We made butterfly puppets; played Old Queen Glory of the Mountain; listened to a story about Thumbelina and then danced with the Butterflies just like she did; played instruments with the instrument story of Momotarasan; visited an enchanted forest and danced with the animals where we met Goldilocks and she and Little Bear invited us to a TEA PARTY! Ms Julie told us the story of Jack and the Beanstalk while we were eating and then we got our own magic beans and made shaker instruments! Little Bear and Goldilocks gave us a bear to remember them with. We danced with our bears and shakers and rocked with moms and dads before going home. What a wonderful time we had!
I have needed a break!
I love what I do and it fills me up every day. ..
It is impossible to find the time anymore to spend quantity time with my family.
Last Monday my oldest daughter, Rosalie and son-on-law, Paul visited us in the midst of visiting everyone in the area. Paul's parents were Sunday, we were Monday, Paul's sister and a friend on Tuesday and they were on their way home to Mountain City, TN on Wednesday. It seems they caught a matinee of Harry Potter on their way back, which after calling my husband inspired him to email me and say "Harry Potter, 7 or 7:30?" so we went to the local theatre and enjoyed the latest movie.
I get totally absorbed in movies and books so it provides me with a much needed 'mind break' from my everyday. Some folks don't like Harry Potter's fantasy…I think it is a natural thing to enjoy stories of the imagination. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and look forward to reading the last book. I find science fiction and fantasy stories very satisfying. It is not all I read but I find I am drawn to it more often than not.
This weekend our younger daughter, Kendra, celebrated having gallbladder surgery. Yes, she invited friends to our house for a bonfire, slip and slide, games, hotdogs, s'mores and make your own music. I was even asked to sing for them. Kids in their early twenties are interesting it reminds of times long ago… Her friends are predominately musical and Christian so the mix was fun and easy going and not too crazy. The bonfire was probably the wildest thing that occurred. I am lucky to have grown children with great friends. Not only did several of them help her plan and set up the party, several others helped clean up! (as they should).
Kenny and I are off to visit his sister Lynn in Bunnlevel today. This is the first weekend in a while that I didn't spend time at the studio. I guess I was due.
I believe in Music as the most powerful means of communication in the world. Infants have memory of the music they hear in the womb. It is the lullaby sung by a mother or father to a child. It is the sing songy way a toddler enjoys sharing what he learned. It is the made-up song of a preschooler and her pride in singing it for you herself. It is the favorite song a child sings long after the CD player is turned off. It is that special song that reminds us of one we love. Music joins us together in emotional and memorable times. When we rejoice music help's us celebrate. When we cry music soothes our soul. When we worship, music reaches inside us, what we experience is the majesty of God, the prayerfulness of worship and we glorify God. Music is able to transcend cultures, and societies. It stays with us through the ages.
In my life I have grown up around music. My parents sang constantly around us and with us, even in the car. One of my favorite little child memories is dancing through the house with my brother to "Tarantella" and "Flight of the Bumblebee". My favorite part of school was singing in choruses, musicals and going on choir tours. When I was pregnant with my first daughter, Rosalie, I performed in the Carlisle Floyd opera, "Susannah", a modern tragic opera set in the North Carolina Mountains. This was during my fourth through eighth months of pregnancy. I will never forget the time Rosalie was 10, riding in the car and our family listening to NPR, when selections from "Susannah" were being played. Rosalie looked up and asked where she had heard that music before. That experience impacted my decision to teach music as I realized the power in music.
Teaching music gives me the opportunity to change the world, even just a little at a time. At every Kindermusik graduation I read 'The Legend'. It tells of a wise man climbing a mountain and looking out across the world. He saw dark clouds and heard angry voices, and knew the world was sad. Then some children came from different parts of the world. They ran into the meadow at the foot of the mountain – they smiled, joined their hands and started to sing. Suddenly, the dark clouds started to drift away, and the angry voices were silent. The children were singing and the world seemed to be listening. The wise man thought, "Perhaps, if these children were to come back here to sing tomorrow… and tomorrow… and were to come back next year…and the next…and if when these children were grown up, they could still come here to join their hands and sing, then the angry voices would be silent forever, the dark clouds would vanish, and the sun would shine all over the world… This is why I teach Music. It is the most powerful means of communication in the world!
Musical Fairy Tale Tea Party, July 21st!
This video is one I made. The singer is me. I recorded this about two years ago for my husband. It seemed appropriate for the holiday and so I added it to the Nashville Convention clip I made in July 2005 while we enjoyed the riverboat cruise. Though you can't hear the pops the views are beautiful! Happy Fourth of July to all!


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Is There a Silver Lining to Inflation Woes?
Can investors benefit in the current market conditions?
April 1, 2022 By John Jagerson and Wade Hansen, Editors, Strategic Trader Apr 1, 2022, 6:23 pm EST April 1, 2022
Inflation seems to be getting worse rather than better, and that is going to affect the market in the short term. It's not all bad, per se, but some stock sectors do better than others when inflation (and interest rates) are rising.
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That said, some do worse. This is a big week for inflation reports with both the Core Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index (PCE) and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) labor and unemployment reports due yesterday and today, respectively.
The PCE tracks the pace of price increases on consumer goods, and on Thursday, those numbers were in line with estimates that included an increase of 6.4% over the past year, the biggest jump since 1983. The Fed will watch this number, among others, to adjust interest rates. It will be a good indicator of how consumer defensive stocks — food, beverages, and other household products — will perform and whether they're good buys.
According to the BLS, the unemployment rate fell from 3.8% to 3.6%, and the U.S. economy added 431,000 jobs. Wages ticked up slightly, continuing the trend of hourly pay rising 5.6% over the past year. These are all positive factors helping to tamp down inflation for now.
We'll let you know what trends are on our watchlist in this week's rundown.
Monday's Livestream: What to Watch as Inflation Gets Worse
Last week, we warned of volatility after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell gave speeches on Monday and Wednesday. That volatility did follow to an extent; however, the market was fairly stable, and that behavior continued this week. Fluctuations have been related to inflation, and economic fundamentals outside of inflation are fairly positive right now.
Wage growth, lower unemployment rates, and low interest rates are keeping inflation at bay — for now.
Look for the Russia-Ukraine war to be a bit of a wild card, but we're hoping to see improvement on that front. Pressure on the energy market is definitely impacting inflation.
We're still watching the curve flatten between 2- and 10-year Treasury yields. When those values invert, it is one of many factors that can signal an economic downturn.
Bottom line: Real estate, commodities, and financials tend to do well in inflationary environments. If inflation continues to rise, and economic/wage growth is flat or negative, then avoid tech stocks, which tend to underperform in inflationary environments.
Wednesday: Mega-Cap Stock Splits Are Just What We Need
The S&P's massive growth over the past decade or so is in large part due to mega-cap stocks like Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL, NASDAQ:GOOG), Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), which have seen meteoric share prices. Shares of these stocks have been largely out of reach due to their exorbitant prices but can have lucrative returns for investors, even when individual shares are "split."
But this week, some mega-cap stocks announced they'll allow stock splits, which split shares of individual stocks among investors, making them far more affordable.
While that might sound a little scary for shareholders, the company's total market remains unchanged — there's still plenty of value to be had. If you've ever been interested in these stocks but thought they were out of reach of your price range, then now's the time to add them to your portfolio.
Both GOOGL and AMZN have announced plans for 20:1 stock splits this year. Based on current prices of $2,842 for GOOGL and $3,338 for AMZN, these splits would bring these share prices down to $142,10 and $166.90, respectively. That's a heck of a lot more affordable, isn't it?
Last Night's Livestream: Are Meme Stocks like GME, AMC, & BBBY a Buy?
Meme stocks like GameStop (NYSE:GME), AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC), and Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ:BBBY) launched higher last week but have started to fade over the past few days. So what is this telling us?
These stocks tend to be indicative of what level of risk traders are willing to bring back into their portfolios. Specifically, the resurgence of these stocks tells us that traders are willing to take on more risk in search of larger returns.
With traders not receiving bond returns anymore, there are not a lot of great options out there for generating returns in your portfolio. As most know, if we are going to remain in a high-inflation market environment, holding a lot of cash is not going to do you any favors.
With every day that passes and as inflation rises, the purchasing power of your cash is diminishing. We are seeing fund managers trying to deploy these funds somewhere, which brings us back to the meme stocks. For more on these meme stocks as well as our analysis of the S&P 500, the falling VIX, and rising Treasury yields, click here to watch a replay of last night's livestream.
Recent Wins
With Q1 2022 already past us, we wanted to take some time to review the profit opportunities our readers at Strategic Trader had the chance to see.
On average, our readers had the opportunity to score 4.38% per trade (we executed 34 trades this quarter), holding the positions for an average of 19 days.
Out of those 34 trades, we saw zero losers…and that's pretty darn fantastic for how volatile the last three months have fared.
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Don't forget to catch our twice-weekly livestreams on Mondays and Thursdays at 7:00 pm Eastern on YouTube.
We'll be back with you next week.
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Remote sensing is an increasingly important element of archaeological research. Aerial survey, satellite imagery and geophysical surveying are all key elements of modern day archaeology. Since the early twentieth century archaeologists have used aerial photography to study the landscape. In different lighting conditions poorly surviving archaeological monuments can be visible on aerial photography. Crop marks, or differential patterns of growth in crops like wheat, can also be seen best from the air. These traditional approaches largely depend on appropriate lighting, growth and weather conditions.
The ongoing development of remote sensing changes all this. Geophysical survey, such as earth resistivity, radar and magnetometry, produce detailed images of what lies under the ground. Airborne laser scanning techniques, such as lidar, offer huge new opportunities to archaeologists. With this, poorly surviving archaeological sites become visible and detailed landscape scale maps can be generated. Geographic information systems allow these new resources to be examined with other geographic data, improving mapping and analysis of the landscape.
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Car enthusiasts in India converted a Hyundai Accent into a 1969 Ford Mustang and its impressive
by Sayan Chakravarty
Poorly made replica cars often become an easy target for jokes and ridicule, but we often forget to appreciate the hard work of its creators. And it's important to recognize that such projects often originate from parts of the world where tooling and funds are in short supply. We stumbled upon this 1969 Ford Mustang replica on Instagram that is built on a humble Hyundai and it looks pretty darn cool! From a distance, it might actually fool you, unless you notice the wheels. A small Indian company named Dream Customs India created this replica and they claim to have completed the project in just 7 days, which is quite a big achievement if true. The Indian customization shop previously built a Lamborghini Aventador SVJ replica, which was also not bad.
The customizers used a 2009 Hyundai Accent as the donor car for the build. The exterior of the replica is the most impressive part that closely imitates the design of the 1969 Mustang. The proportions also look pretty accurate, which is quite impressive considering the Hyundai Accent's dimensions. There are very few details on the build and we aren't sure if the bodywork has been made out of fiberglass, but it looks pretty good. The front might look slightly off, but that would be nitpicking.
The interior is not as impressive, which is hardly a surprise. The cabin is an amalgamation of the Hyundai's original interior and some elements that have been modified to look like the original, including the iconic "double hoop" design. There's no information on the engine, but we are pretty sure that it doesn't have V8 under the hood. The video uploaded by Dream Customs India states that it will build you a Mustang replica for as little as 800,000 Indian Rupees (about $10,500), which doesn't include the cost of the donor car.
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Rob Hale is President and CEO of Granite Telecommunications and a co-founder of Copley Equity Partners. Hale currently serves on Copley's investment committee and also serves as an entrepreneur in residence to assist the development of Copley's portfolio companies. Hale founded Granite in 2002 and has grown the company into one of the largest privately held telecommunications services companies in the U.S., with revenues exceeding $1.3 Billion. Granite provides one-stop solutions for voice, data, Internet, wireless, video and secure network options throughout the United States and Canada. Granite services 86 of the top Fortune 100 companies, in over 600,000 plus locations, while employing 1,800 professionals. Hale is also the founder and board chair of Fox Rock Capital, founding owner of FoxRock Properties, a commercial real estate firm, and is co-owner of the NBA's Boston Celtics and majority owner of the Boston Cannons.
Hale has been recognized as a leading entrepreneur by several organizations and publications. He has been repeatedly recognized by Boston Business Journal-Power 50, which salutes the 50 most powerful people in Boston. He has held or holds leadership roles at Boston Children's Hospital, The Massachusetts Soldier's Legacy Fund, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Deerfield Academy, Connecticut College and Brigham & Women's Hospital. Hale has also been a Big Brother for 20 years.
Mr. Hale has had an incredible professional career but what is more impressive is his spirit of generosity and active participation in philanthropic endeavors. Granite Telecommunications donated $5 million to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through its 4th Annual Saving by Shaving event at the company's headquarters. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker joined Granite CEO Rob Hale and approximately 1,000 Granite teammates, their friends and family members in shaving their heads or beards in support of cancer research (Picture above). Now in its fourth year, and 2,700 shaved heads or beard donations later, Granite and Rob Hale have donated $15 million to Dana-Farber. Granite has been named repeatedly as one of the most philanthropic companies in Massachusetts. Granite also supports hundreds of other community charities in Massachusetts and throughout the world through additional company charitable activities. In total, Granite and Hale have charitable donations of $85 million in the past six years. BBJ named Granite the 3rd most charitable company in Massachusetts in 2016.
Granite CEO Rob Hale, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch shave their head - resulted in $5 million donations to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
The Salesforce and Cannons Digital Leadership Summit in Boston was hosted on the roof-top of Optum's headquarters in downtown Boston. The venue was spectacular, with views of the iconic Fenway park and beautiful Boston skyline, making it the perfect setting for my interview with Rob Hale.
1. Remarkable business leaders seek customer feedback and adapt accordingly - Hale started our conversation by discussing his background and the successes and pitfalls of his career. He started his first company at the age of 23 and grew it to $150 million in annual revenue. Based on advice from Goldman Sachs, Hale took his company public and became a billionaire - at one point Forbes named Hale as the 7th wealthiest person in the world under the age of 40. Then the bubble burst, banks stopped funding CLECs, and in less than 18 months, Hale's company went bankrupt in February of 2002. In June 2002, only four months after bankruptcy, Hale founded Granite. Granite was asset light at the time so they did a wholesale deal with Verizon just to get back in the business. The plan was to implement switches for voice services. Granite's first two clients, Walmart and Walgreens asked Granite to consolidate, discount and manage phone lines and billing in a couple of their stores. This new service, ultimately led to an opportunity for Granite to deliver this service across the country, becoming a national wholesaler. Hale has created a $1.3 billion business with zero debt, by listening to his customers and pivoting based on early feedback from Granite customers.
2. Win with Grace, and learn to stand up after a loss - Hale played lacrosse at Connecticut College, coaches youth lacrosse in his community, and now is a majority owner of a professional lacrosse team, the Boston Cannons. He has spent his entire life as a player-coach, both on the field and at work. The first thing I saw when I visited Hale at Granite's world headquarters, is his open cubical (not office) in the middle of the other cubes, among Granite employees from new hires to middle and senior management. Hale is absolutely a player-coach with a desire to develop business professionals. "Successful people are able to learn to deal with defeat. Figure it out and fix it," said Hale.
3. Success is all about teamwork - Hale is incredibly modest but when he notes: "there is no telco that is as good as Granite with Sales and Customer Service." But if you are great in sales, but you cannot deliver on the operational side of the business, then what difference does it make? Business is all about offense and defense. "We keep our customers because it's all about customer service, and at Granite we are very good at customer service," said Hale.
4. Strong leaders earn the respect of their team by balancing empowerment and accountability- Hale shared a number of coaching lessons where the balance of empowerment and accountability is key to building a strong team. If your star player drifts from your team's core values and guiding principles, the coach must have the courage to do what's best for the team.
5. Leadership must come from the front - Responsive leadership at Granite means Hale himself is often involved with customer engagements. Granite customers are incredibly loyal to Hale and his company because of their exceptional ability to respond. Hale actively coaches employees at Granite, inspiring them to stretch high and achieve more.
6. Mistakes are going to happen in life - it's not about perfection, but rather how you respond to mistakes - In 2016, the average customer hold time at Granite was 8 seconds - the longest wait time last year was 90 seconds. The goal for 2017, is seven seconds of hold time. Granite's customer service performance is shown throughout their offices on screens so that employees, customers and partners can see Granite's commitment to customer service quality.
7. Excellent companies develop an employee path to progress - Granite generally promotes from within - today, Granite's 12 sales vice presidents all started as individual contributing sales professionals. Granite university was created to develop a talent path to progress, giving every employee an opportunity to grow through promotional opportunities.
8. When recruiting, find people who have dealt with bumps in the road - When recruiting talent, Granite looks for employees that have demonstrated excellence in one endeavor. It could be sports, music, education, writing, etc. Hale believes that individuals that have achieved excellence have also experienced bumps in the road. Hale also takes "coaching up" his employees to continue to achieve excellence.
9. "To those who are given much, much is expected." ― Maya Angelou. Hale takes giving very seriously. A very simple and powerful program at Granite is a weekly opportunity for employees to contribute to charities by donating $3 on Friday's in order to dress casually at work. Granite matches each employee's donation - this translates to $5,000-$6,000 of donations per week. Hale and his leadership team have developed and cultivated a culture of giving and generosity. Hale believes that a spirit of generosity helps Granite create good Karma in the community.
10. Visit your customers and listen and learn: Your customers will tell you where to go, according to Hale. Hale contributes Granite's success to his team's willingness to listen to their customers and adapt accordingly. Twice a week, Hale is on the road, visiting Granite customers. Hale works very hard to personally thank and learn from his customers. Customers will tell you about what's working in the present and what the future will look like.
On behalf of Salesforce, I would like to thank the Boston Cannons for partnering with us to develop an incredible thought leadership event. We are grateful for the opportunity to work directly with Ian Frenette, President of the Cannons, and Sara Berry, Vice President, Corporate Partnerships and Marketing, who were both actively engaged with our team throughout the process. In addition, I would like to thank my teammates at Salesforce: Karen Mangia, Vice President of Customer & Market Insights, Rob Desisto, Chief Value Officer, Bruce Richardson, Chief Strategy Officer, Stephen Toland, Account Executive, and Lee McCaw, Principle Success Manager.


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"Don't even think about proposing, sponsoring or voting for any medical marijuana bills .... Things can happen"
Oakland County, MI — The battle over medical cannabis is heating up in Michigan, and some law enforcement figures are getting desperate to block progress. It seems that one county sheriff has even gone so far as to threaten a lawmaker with violence.
According to Eileen Kowall, a former State House Representative and current Oakland County Commissioner, Sheriff Michael Bouchard approached one of her peers in the locker room at the YMCA with a hand on his weapon and said:
"Don't even think about proposing, sponsoring or voting for any medical marijuana bills. And drop the ones currently in committee, or well, you know, things can happen."
Mrs. Kowall said this is not the only time cops have made threats against those attempting to promote freedom and the right to effective medication. While explaining these occurrences to the Marijuana Patients Organization, she stated that "my encounter with the Sheriff (Michael Bouchard) was less intense but still a threat. What is happening is disgusting and my eyes have been opened."
The Free Thought Project contacted Sheriff Bouchard to request he speak on these allegations. However, our message was not immediately returned.
We also reached out toe Eileen Kowall, and have yet to receive a response from her office as well.
Medical cannabis was legalized in Michigan in 2008, which allowed people to grow the plant for themselves and other registered patients as "caregivers." However, medical dispensaries have never been allowed and the state Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that they can be shut down as public nuisances.
There are now about 23,000 caregivers and 96,000 patients in Michigan. Lawmakers are seeking to allow the opening of dispensaries, which would benefit patients by providing cannabis products with precise, clearly labeled doses. Edibles and products with only cannabidiol (a non-psychoactive ingredient) would also become more available.
That type of bill failed last year as law enforcement voiced strong opposition, but it has a better chance this year, having already passed the House. Some cops are on board, but unsurprisingly it comes with a hitch. They will support the legalization of dispensaries only if the state shuts down caregivers.
Cops just can't stand the idea of giving people too much freedom.
"Once the system is up and running, there will be no need for caregivers to grow a product since the patient will be able to access marijuana at the dispensaries," said Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth, who testified on behalf of the Michigan Sheriffs' Association.
This would be difficult, though, as a ¾ supermajority vote would be needed to amend a voter-approved law. Rick Thompson, a board member of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), says this attack on caregivers by law enforcement has been a constant concern since 2011.
"We've never seen law enforcement agencies openly speak about destroying a core value of the Michigan Medical Marihauana Act until now, but they spoke about it so casually, it almost made it seem as if the decision has been made."
Other demands being made by law enforcement are to ban home delivery of medical cannabis to patients, ban internet sales, require bonding for product transporters, and allow local police and county sheriff's to inspect medical cannabis facilities. They even said that police should inspect caregivers and require licensing, raising the specter of cops barging into the homes of legitimate medical cannabis growers at will.
Law enforcement also wants a system for "enhanced roadside detection" of cannabis, even though these tests have not proven to be reliable.
Clearly, Michigan cops are in a state of anxiety about losing this front in the War on Drugs. Threats of violence, like those allegedly made by Sheriff Bouchard, indicate just how desperate some cops have become as lawmakers clear the way for freedom and medical advancement.
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Trump cancels UK visit, criticizes Obama for selling Old Embassy for "Peanuts"
Trump cancels UK visit, criticizes Obama for selling Old Embassy for "Peanuts"
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U.S. President Donald Trump canceled a visit to London scheduled for early this year, saying he was disappointed with the "Obama administration having sold" the U.S. embassy in the British capital.
"(The) reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for "peanuts," only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars," Trump said in a tweet late on Thursday.
However, the embassy website showed that the decision to move the location was taken months before Barack Obama took office in January 2009.
The U.S. Embassy & Consulates in the UK said in October 2008 that the embassy will be relocated for security reasons.
"Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO!," Trump said on Twitter.
Reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for "peanuts," only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars. Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO!
The Daily Mail earlier reported the cancellation of Trump's UK visit in which he was expected to inaugurate the new embassy.
The U.S. is leaving behind an imposing 1960 stone and concrete embassy in London's upmarket Grosvenor Square, an area known as 'Little America' during World War Two, when the square also housed the military headquarters of General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The new embassy on the South Bank is a veritable fortress set back at least 100 feet (30 meters) from surrounding buildings, mostly newly-erected high-rise residential blocks, and incorporating living quarters for the U.S. Marines permanently stationed inside.
The one billion-dollar-edifice overlooking the River Thames, was wholly funded by the sale of other properties in London.
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Buhahahaha dumbest excuse in the history of excuses ????. The coward is only afraid of the hostile reception he would receive from the Brits. His fragile ego can't take rejection. Tufiakwa
He must enjoy the fact that he's taking everyone for a ride.
LOL!! When in trouble blame OBAMA
"He blamed Barack Obama's administration for a "bad deal" despite the fact the move was agreed under George W Bush." BBC
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the reason you not coming to UK is cos you will witness the largest embarrassment of PROTEST larger than your inaugural crowd if you dare set foot here.
You are not welcome. never have never will
the stupid S….hole of a man, is canceling for fear of poor reception and failed lobbying for an invite to Meghan and Harry's wedding
Mudu oshiiiiiii
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We were strangers. I was an unknown writer, but still he took a chance on me - and the rest - as they say is history! Because of his insights into the book world, I built a career around my 22 healthy cookbooks and a self-help motivation title that took me around the world. I sold more than 2.2 million books and became a speaker on the lucrative speaking circuit.
Now, with more than 30 titles to my writing career - in both traditional publishing and self-publishing - including 22 best-selling cookbooks, a best-selling self-help title, a memoir, a debut novel and a screenplay adaption, I want to pay forward the trust and faith afforded me as an unknown writer by helping other unknown writers find their chance in writing and leading them toward their successful writing careers.
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Brooklyn should be renamed the Hipster Laboratory for Retro Research. Pick any underground music trend of the last 30 years, and the New York borough has produced a smattering of near-perfect clones. We all know about no wave and post-punk, so lets a look at twee: In addition to the Vivian Girls, there's Crystal Stilts, Cause Co-Motion! and the excellently named Pains of Being Pure at Heart. As with those other bands, the Pains reproduce the fuzzy, lo-fi pop of the Pastels, the Vaselines and Black Tambourine with startling precision. It all started in 2007 when the band came together specifically for the purpose of playing their friend Peggy Wang-East's birthday bash (who just so happened to be the group's super-cute keyboardist). Not long after, they released their debut EP, which boasts one of the best song titles ever: "This Love Is F*ck*ng Right!" This was followed by an acclaimed full-length in 2009, and a second album in 2011. The Pains might come off all innocent, cuddly and, uh, pure, but don't let them fool you. They are razor-sharp stylists.
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SYN.tv (Coby Green) — RJ Barrett's X-rays came back negative on his sprained ankle and he will be reevaluated next week, the Knicks announced Friday afternoon.
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Marcus Morris believes Knicks can't use new faces as an excuse any longer: 'Nah, f--k that'
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Knicks' RJ Barrett unsure of status following ankle sprain, will be reevaluated Friday
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Knicks Takeaways from Thursday's 121-98 loss to the Suns, including RJ Barrett's sprained ankle
SYN.tv (Alex Smith) — The Knicks fell to the Phoenix Suns 121-98 on Thursday night, and have now lost seven of their last eight games.
Knicks will be without Reggie Bullock for Thursday's matchup with Suns
SYN.tv (Colin Martin) — Since his return to action on Jan. 1 against the Portland Trail Blazers, Bullock has averaged 9.9 points per game in 23.6 minutes over eight games.
Westchester Knicks' Lamar Peters Q&A: 'I still haven't played my best ball yet'
SYN.tv (Ian Begley) — The 21-year-old could be the next Westchester Knick to sign an NBA contract. Big man Kenny Wooten inked a two-year two-way deal with the Knicks earlier this week. The club would have to open another roster spot to make room for Peters, who is free to sign a contract with any NBA team at the moment.
Knicks Notes: On RJ Barrett's improved shooting as of late and Allonzo Trier's reduced role
SYN.tv (Ian Begley) — After starting the season shooting around 50 percent from the free-throw line, Barrett has made 77 percent of his free throws over the last 12 games. He's also hit 39 percent of his 3-point attempts in that stretch.
Kenny Wooten eagerly awaiting first game action with Knicks
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Knicks announce signing of Kenny Wooten to two-way contract
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Hudson Valley Cops Investigate Man Luring Kids At New York State Diner
Bobby Welber
Bobby Welber Published: January 23, 2023
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Warning: Police are searching for an "old man" who allegedly offered children money to get them to go into a bathroom at a popular diner.
Over the weekend, a social media post reported a man tried to lure a child into a bathroom at a diner in Orange County, New York.
Man Reportedly Tried To Lure Children Into Bathroom At Orange County, New York Diner
The post stated a man at the Cup and Saucer Diner in Pine Bush tried to lure kids into the bathroom by offering them money.
"CrawfordPD is aware of the complaint at the Cup and Saucer that has been posted on social media. We are working with the State Police at this time," the Crawford Police Department wrote on Facebook.
The social media post says the mother-in-law of the mother noticed the children walking with the unknown man to the bathroom. The mother-in-law grabbed the children, paid and left the Pine Bush, New York diner.
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The grandmother took the children to a nearby store, but the man allegedly followed them to Just a Buck and continued to try and talk to the children.
The man left after the grandmother went to a cashier and reported the man. Police were then called.
The man was reportedly an "older man" who drove a "green truck."
Police Have Pine Bush, New York Diner Suspect In Mind
The Crawford Police Department reports officers have identified a suspect and New York State Police is continuing the investigation.
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"The social media post about an incident involving children at the diner is being investigated by the New York State Police. We identified the subject involved and forwarded that information to them. We are confident that there is no risk to the public. As always be aware of your surroundings and if you see something say something," Chief Blasko wrote in an update on Facebook.
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;
using Csla;
using Csla.Data;
using Invoices.DataAccess;

namespace Invoices.DataAccess.MySql
{
    /// <summary>
    /// DAL SQL Server implementation of <see cref="IProductTypeNVLDal"/>
    /// </summary>
    public partial class ProductTypeNVLDal : IProductTypeNVLDal
    {

        #region DAL methods

        /// <summary>
        /// Loads a ProductTypeNVL list from the database.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>A list of <see cref="ProductTypeNVLItemDto"/>.</returns>
        public List<ProductTypeNVLItemDto> Fetch()
        {
            using (var ctx = ConnectionManager<MySqlConnection>.GetManager("Invoices"))
            {
                using (var cmd = new MySqlCommand("dbo.GetProductTypeNVL", ctx.Connection))
                {
                    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
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        private List<ProductTypeNVLItemDto> LoadCollection(IDataReader data)
        {
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Alan Menken Biography
Alan Menken (age. 72) is an American Grammy award-winning composer, music director, and producer who is famous and critically acclaimed for his musical in the novel God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. The Disney Legend first developed an interest in music and piano at a young age.
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He was born on July 22, 1949, in Manhattan USA. Alan is 72 years of age as of 2021 and will turn 72 come July 22, 2022. He celebrates his birthday on July 22 and is a member of the zodiac/ star sign Cancer.
Alan's father was a piano-playing dentist and his mother an actress/ dancer which created a foundation to venture into the entertainment industry thus he started concentrating on music at quite a young age. He started writing songs before joining college while aspiring to be an American singer/ songwriter/ author/ artist Bob Dylan.
While starting his journey into the film business, Alan wrote for the shows Evil Queen of the Galaxy (1980) and Atina, however, both shows were never produced. Besides acting, he helped compose music for the movie The Line (1980). Menken's breakthrough as a composer came through when partnered with Engel to compose music for the novel God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. The musical premiered at the WPA Theater and later the Off-Broadway Entermedia Theater.
He shared BMI works like Apartment House (lyric by Muriel Robinson), Harry the Rat, Midnight, Conversations with Pierre, and Messiah on Mott Street between 1974 and 1978. Alan played the piano and songs which were potential musicals in the Broadway at the Ballroom series. During his time at Broadcast Music, Inc Alan helped create The Present Tense, New York's Back in Town, and Big Apple Country.
Additionally, he helped create the musicals Real Life Funnies (1981), Diamonds (1984), and Personals (1985). He also worked with Howard Ashman on the musical Babe and play writer/ lyricist Tom Eyen in Kicks: The Showgirl Musical. Menken also partnered with Ashman to write the musical based on the horror-comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors.
Moreover, the musical Little Shop of Horrors is the highest-grossing Off-Broadway show ever. He also worked with David Spencer's in the 1987 musical The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz which was produced in Montreal in 2015. Furthermore, the duo worked together on Weird Romance. Menken worked with Ashman to write an animated musical for The Little Mermaid which was a huge success that created the rise of the Disney Renaissance.
The duo won an Oscar award in the category Best Song for the song Under the Sea. Additionally, Alan won an Oscar award for Best Score in 1989. However, Ashan passed on while the duo was working on the musical Aladdin, nevertheless, Alan had to work alongside fellow lyricist/ author Tim Rice to finish the project. Aladdin won an Oscar award in the category Best Song for A Whole New World. Additionally, Alan won an Oscar for Best Score.
Alan also worked with Stephen Schwartz in the Oscar award-winning musical Pocahontas. He also worked with David Joel Zippel in the 1997 musical Hercules. Menken has also composed music for the films Life with Mikey, Noel (2004), Mirror Mirror, Home on the Range, The Shaggy Dog, Enchanted, and Tangled. He also partnered with the songwriting duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul in composing songs for the live-action version of Aladdin.
Alan is currently working on songs for live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid, songs for Disenchanted, the remake of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Spellbound, and an Aladdin sequel. Menken composed music for the musical Beauty and the Beast whish showed on Broadway between 1994 and 2007.
He also partnered with Tim Rice on the musical King David which played at the New Amsterdam Theatre in the Broadway. Some of his credits on Broadway include Little Shop of Horrors (2003-2004), The Little Mermaid (2008-2009), Sister Act (2011), and Leap of Faith (2012).
He also helped write songs in the TV series Sesame Street, Polly, Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, A Christmas Carol (2004), The Neighbors (2013), Galavant (2015 – 2016), Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, The Little Mermaid Live!, and Central Park (2020).
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Alan pursued a college degree in Musicology between 1968 and 1971 from New York University's Steinhardt School. Additionally, he is an alumni of New Rochelle High School. He also went to Broadcast Music, Inc (BMI) Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Menken served as a musical director, ballet and modern dance accompanist, a vocal coach, a jingle writer, a songwriter, and an arranger.
Norman Menken (father) and Judith Menken (mother) born their son Irwin Menken and bred him in New York City USA. Menken's family belongs to Jewish ethnicity. His father worked as a boogie-woogie piano-playing dentist whereas his mother worked as a dancer, actress, and playwright. Menken spent most of his young years in New York City alongside his two siblings; Leah Menken and Faye Menken.
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Alan is presently enjoying his marriage life alongside his loyal wife Janis Roswick. The couple got hitched in November 1972 in an invite-only intimate wedding ceremony. The beautiful couple are proud parents of two children; Anna Rose and Nora Lily. Menken's family live in North Salem, New York.
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The Digital Transformation of a Trade Fair Stand.
In the name of Industry 4.0, RECCON received a request to digitally transform the existing Voith Turbo stand for Busworld 2017. It was also about the development of a consistent content-based central idea to represent the trend of e-mobility both in the claim, as well as in the key visuality.
Our guiding principle emerged: New Mobility – New Horizons. In combination with a visually emotional approach for the visitors, we were successful in creating a surprising experience that stood out much more than any other visualities concerning bus motifs! Visitors were led to the trend regarding the journey "off to new horizons." At the same time, all product exhibits were omitted – the service areas were represented by mapped media content on specially erected LED panels in the front of the exhibition stand.


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Introduction: Inheriting The Grid #2
[This text was originally published in AREA Chicago #2 in February 2006]
by Daniel Tucker
Our scale determines our goals.
At the recent international meeting of the Peoples Global Action (PGA) alternative globalization network in Haridwar (India), there was an explicit call for pga-affiliated groups to literally map themselves on the globe. Articulating the scale of its own organization and the various relationships to local contexts across the globe, the amorphous pga can better understand its own makeup, shape and potential impact.1 Being aware of the scale on which our work takes place, and the scale at which we hope to intervene, is essential in evaluating our impact, and in reexamining what's at stake in our struggles and our praxis. Our goals determine our scale.
We cannot talk about Chicago if we don't talk about scale.
There are more FBI agents working on political corruption in Chicago than in any other city in the country. The hired truck, city hiring, and minority contracting scandals combined to make 2005 a year of internal combustion for Mayor Daley's machine(2). What does this mean for those of us doing political organizing here—should we reorient our work towards a regime change in the 2007 elections? Would a change in leadership have material impact that would positively change the majority of residents' lives? We can look to the legacy of the late Mayor Harold Washington, who signifies the only real challenge to the Daley family Political machine in the last 60 years. It has been well documented(3) that Washington's work was hampered greatly by the entrenchment of local Politics in a machine of someone else's making. This requires people to consider closely: if we are going to actually implement large-scale change, to what extent can it be accomplished without utilizing some of the pre-existing infrastructure?
The scale of many practices encountered in these pages is so small. Small scale can have its advantages: flexibility, low budget, intimacy of process for participants. But within the context of a city of 9 million residents (metro area), with a total area of nearly 400 miles, vast suburbs, a Loop-centric transit system(4), and intense racial and social segregation, how can we imagine doing anything as a city or at a city-wide, trans-local scale? And in a moment of such political crossroads, at what scale will the most effective political and cultural work occur?
Sarah Lewison reflects on the challenges of working on a citywide scale in "Driving around with Ken Dunn". Her day-in-the-life notes reveal the serious obstacles to initiating recycling and urban agriculture projects with a commitment to social justice, such as competing with for-profit waste management firms that are more "efficient" according to their economies of scale. It certainly causes us to wonder what would happen to these grassroots infrastructural efforts if they had more efficiency standards demanded of them. Efficiency is clearly the key component of municipal infrastructure, but if we were trying to imagine an activist or critical infrastructure, wouldn't it need to leave room for the ethical motivations driving our activism in the first place?
Rachel Carlson published her famous book about pesticides, Silent Spring, in 1962, at a time when "ecology" had currency only within the field of biology. Today, the term carries broader recognition and significance within social, political, and economic discourse. In Chicago, Mayor Daley has taken to "greening" the city through the development of more parks, support for agriculture projects, and throwing around as much green language as he can get his hands on. Clearly, "sustainability" has become a useful buzzword for politicians, CEOs, and developers to signify social and environmental awareness. Sometimes the cultural and political value of "green" practices bears positive results, and sometimes it can be read as corporate "green washing"—suggesting that the language of greenness can easily be used to conceal or obscure more problematic issues and practices.
In the pages of this issue, we meet organizers like Ladonna Redmond from the Institute for Community Resource Development and Michael Bancroft of Chi-Town Chefs, who would like to see more sensitivity paid to the language of our food-related initiatives. Too often, buzzwords like sustainability ignore the most precarious members of society who both need and desire community and personal health. As suggested by Brian Holmes' Neoliberal Appetites, it is actually the logic of the free market economy that allows some members of society to purchase their local/sustainable/organic/free-range individual health in exchange for turning a blind eye to the structural inequalities of the two-tiered food system.
As Nancy Thomas and Daniel Block point out, we do not have to look far to see severely limited access to healthy and affordable foods in this city. We also do not have to look far to see environmental catastrophe, such as the hazardous industrial emissions that are impacting the health of Chicagoland citizens from Pilsen all the way down to Robbins, IL.
The urgency of considering community health in relation to rural/urban environments and food systems will require a more precise language that acknowledges race, class, and the political-economic shifts that are constantly reorganizing space and power and are so often ignored by the language of greenness. This issue starts develop some of that language, providing useful definitions and plenty of references for further research throughout the pages.
The functioning of food systems cannot be adequately explored without acknowledging the paramount issue of scale—in economic, geographic, and productive terms.
Agriculture makes up about 1% of the US's gross domestic product (GDP), yet it was the subject that caused the most tension at recent World Trade Organization (WTO) meetings in Hong Kong. The focus of the discussions was agricultural subsidies to farmers in the US and EU and the state of food sovereignty for developing countries. In this issue, we focus on food systems in Chicago, and explore vital efforts underway that are redefining the food infrastructure of the city. While certainly not comprehensive, there is an exciting constellation of activities ranging from the informal to the highly institutional that are taking on the challenges of production, distribution, and consumption of food in Chicago. Claire Pentecost's introduction to the food section explains that the enormous scale of the major player food retailers is the primary factor allowing them to set the norms for labor, trade, environment and technology in the food industry. Their scale determines their dominance.
Agriculture has suffered similar consolidation. On one extreme, you have the most heinous industrial farms pumping out commodity crops like corn and soy that are barely edible and have more value in the abstract "futures" commodity market than in our shopping carts. On the other, you have organic urban growers operating at such small scales that they cannot get their products included in the distribution channels linked with convenience stores and markets in their own neighborhood. In their 1977 book, Food First: Beyond the Myth of Scarcity, Frances Moore Lappe & Joseph Collins tried to debunk myths about scale in agriculture by addressing questions like, "Isn't the backwardness of small farmers to blame?; Why don't small farmers produce more?; Isn't bigger better?" In 2004, Christopher Cook uses his book Diet for a Dead Planet: How the Food Industry is Killing Us to update what was started in Food First, and to describe how the food industry pressured farmers to "Get Big or Get Out."
In Chicago there is a wealth of food related activism, education and plain hard labor going on that is pointing towards local alternatives to the agricultural and market consolidation described above. In late January, the Genetic Engineering Action Network (GEAN) hosted a large meeting at DePaul University in order to begin the mobilizing their protest of the biotechnology industry at McCormick Place in April. And on February 10, 2006, right before this issue goes to print, the first annual Chicago Food Policy Summit will take place at the Chicago Cultural Center. Both of these first-time events will raise the topic of sustainable local food systems to wider audiences. Through direct action as well as policy work, we're on our way to better understanding the distinctions between the small-scale experiments—which help us imagine alternative dynamics of food production, distribution, and consumption—and those that can effect system-wide change, forever transforming the way Chicagoans get our food.
As for AREA, after two issues and nearly one year, there are a mere 10,000 copies floating around the city. The daily circulation for the Tribune's RedEye is 94,000. We have no ambition to compete with the stacks of unread RedEyes that litter the streets and subways every day. AREA is still finding and creating our readership. area is still beginning; it is more about research than about result and it will probably stay in that open-ended space for the duration of its existence. Our hope is that by working through difficult questions, critically framing important local topics, and continuously interacting with relevant and radical practices in the city, area will feed its activist research(5) back to those whose practices inspire and challenge us.
1. http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/conference2005/summary.htm/
2. On January 24, 2006 former city councilman turned UIC professor Dick Simpson released a study entitled Chicago City Council's New Found Independence. Simpson's study describes the increasing pattern of dissent among council members who are taking stands against the policies put forth by Mayor Daley.
3. William J. Grimshaw (1992) Bitter Fruit: Black Politics and the Chicago Machine 1931-1991.
4. A Transit system that recently denied the Citgo subsidy offer to help low-income transit riders— see No Discounted Transit for Oil By Aaron Sarver on http://www.inthesetimes.com/
5. Inspired by the non-academic activist and artistic research of international groups like Colectivo Situaciones (Buenos Aires), Precarious a la Derive (Madrid) What How and for Whom? (Zagreb), Euromovements.info, Platform (London), and Center for Urban Pedagogy (NYC).
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Staff at OSSE after receiving their CLASS certification.
Saturday May 17th, marked another great accomplishment for the SED Center staff at the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE). From experts at Teachstone, our staff learned about CLASS— the infant/toddler classroom assessment scoring system as an observational tool in the classroom. This tool enables one to develop an effective classroom interaction among teachers and infants as well as build a nurturing and responsive environment between teachers and students. These just serve as a few examples of the various topics touched on during the certification. As one of the first centers to receive the Introduction to CLASS Infants and Toddlers, the SED Center continues its standard to develop our professional capacities in order to better serve our community. We thank OSSE and Teachstone for this great opportunity and congratulate our staff on their initiative to further their education for the benefit of those we serve.
Sábado, 17 de mayo, marcó otro gran logro para el personal del SED Center en la Oficina del Superintendente de Educación del Estado (OSSE). De los expertos en TeachStone, nuestro personal aprendio sobre el Infant/Toddler Classroom Assesment Scoring System in the Classroom (CLASS). Esta herramienta permite desarrollar una interacción eficaz entre los maestros y los niños en el aula, así como también ayuda a construir un ambiente cariñoso y sensible entre profesores y alumnos. Éstos son solo algunos ejemplos de los diversos temas aprendidos durante la certificación. Como uno de los primeros centros que recibe la certificación CLASS, el Centro SED continúa su estándar de desarrollar nuestras capacidades profesionales con el fin de servir mejor a nuestra comunidad. Agradecemos a OSSE y aTeachStone por esta gran oportunidad y felicitamos a nuestro personal por la iniciativa de continuar su educación en beneficio de aquellos a quienes servimos.


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Q: MS Sync Framework occasionally misses an object to sync/incomplete syncs I just don't know what to search for and the searches I've tried all come up with unrelated issues.
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We are in a push only peer-to-peer situation where a data change leads to an event that sends a WebAPI notification to other peers, who then pull those changes (as opposed to the local pushing the changes to the remotes).
Here's what's happening:
Two events happen about half a second apart that cause two sets of 15 records to be created in the sync table.  Both events cause a WebAPI call to a remote that cause that remote to start the MSSFX process with the originating peer.  What we're finding is that the first MSSFX sync is downloading more than 15 records, and the second is downloading the remaining, except occasionally it misses one.  For example, we create 30 new records in two groups of 15; the first sync downloads 22 records, the second sync only downloads 7.  The missing record is never downloaded unless it changes later.
My Theory: I think what is happening is that the first process is downloading 22 objects, but then as a separate transaction, retrieves the knowledge containing 23 objects.  Then on the second sync, it doesn't "see" the extra object, and only gets the 7 objects for the next knowledge state.
So my question is: is there something I'm doing wrong?  Is there a way to make it transactional so I don't have to worry about the knowledge not matching the data?  Am I off base on my guess and that's not how it works at all?
To be clear: when I say downloaded, I mean the stats class the Synchronize method returns claims that number, and the sync database agrees, only 29 rows exists in the local while 30 exist in the remote.
UPDATE  I may have found the answer from this stack overflow question: How to make sure synchronization using the Microsoft Sync Framework was successful?
It looks like we're not on the newest version and there was a hotfix for concurrency issues.  If this turns out to be it I'll add it as an answer.  Not sure if it should be marked as a duplicate; I would have never found the above question if I hadn't been going through all "Microsoft Sync Framework" tagged questions one-by-one.  But I defer to the veterans of the site.
UPDATE 2 That was it.  I can run the same test now and nothing gets dropped.