it's the evening of day 20 of my 40 day challenge. 40 days of no substances and no calorie counting. 20 days in: i've learned a few things.
no substances: i'm fun, and can party just as ridiculously sans alcohol. i've been out with friends drinking late on weekend evenings, dancing til the wee hours, totally sober. well, okay, maybe the diet cokes hyped me up a bit. so maybe 99% sober.
some people haven't been inviting me to things as much, fearful that i wouldn't go or that i wouldn't have fun without being able to drink. but i don't blame them; i would probably suspect the same of most of my friends. luckily i also have a bestie who is doing the challenge with me. and we look very cute sober at a movie on a saturday night.
first dates, cocktail parties where i don't know anyone, and business dinners are all a little terrifying without any alcohol. however, i've met a few brave dates open to the challenge, and made friends at parties and dinners despite the sobriety.
personally, i've been feeling more confident and happy: realizing i'm fun on my own and that i can make it through these events sober has translated into less fear overall. the confidence has even bled into other areas of my life. i've stood up for myself with colleagues that weren't listening to my expertise, and i've expressed my needs to friends and partners more readily.
it's also made me much more sympathetic to people who have quit drinking. i've always thought that recovering from bulimia was very hard because food is something that is necessary: you cannot exist in a world where people do not eat. although i had sympathy for anyone in any type of recovery, i still felt like "but you don't HAVE to be around (insert drug or alcohol here) if you don't want to!"
but i don't know how true that is for alcohol, really. it's quite pervasive in our social lives. although i'm quite happy not drinking right now, i also know that it's not forever. so to my sober peeps: i'm sorry if i minimized your struggle, even if only in my own mind. also: i'm totes up for sober parties, even after my 40 days are up.
i'm more present when i'm eating with friends. i listen to them talking instead of re-counting the number of calories i have consumed thus far at the meal. i can reply to them and engage in conversation instead of calculating whether i have enough calories left in my day to have a bite of the dessert they ordered.
it has been hard, a million moments of each day. i've created a few thought exercises to distract myself when i start to try to count something on my plate when eating alone or start to try to remember all the things i've eaten in a day. (they involve trying to remember very minute details in other areas of my life.) but, in general, it feels like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. not basing my self-value on a number, and whether or not i feel like it is the right number, is freeing.
i no longer wake up after a day where i decided i had 200 too many calories with a sense of dread: a feeling that i had to make up for being "bad" the day before by eating less or exercising extra, trying to find extra time for working out or brainstorming places to save calories. or even panicking because i might have a social event in the evening that i knew would involve alcohol--and extra calories. which leads me to the following.
and the combo of the two: alcohol has calories. i've definitely played the sorority girl game of eating less to drink more. i've run extra to drink more. i've chosen which drinks to enjoy based on their calorie count (no different than foods).
not drinking for the past few weeks has taught me how afraid of alcohol calories i really am: on mornings of social functions i used to feel anxiety. lately i have not. and, scarily enough, i've realized it's because i don't feel internal pressure to run an extra few miles to prep for the looming alcohol calories. i can workout the normal amount without the fear of "going over" the calorie count i've allotted for my day.
if it was one of my friends saying things like this to me, i'd give the advice i always do: wasting time worrying about this in advance of the actual situation is not helpful. and so, i keep up the meditation and the yoga. i practice. and i trust that i can keep flying that line between the sea and the sun.


Like it or loathe it it's that time of year once again when everything seems to be dominated by Christmas – but, for motorcycle buffs there's plenty to get excited about.
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Home Mentoring What Really Makes a Direct Sales Company Take Off?
If you ask experts about what makes a direct sales company truly successful, they will often give you the same generic answers: A high quality compensation plan, some unique (and good) products, and a sound leadership team.
To me, this is like saying that water is wet and the sky is blue. Of course you need these things to be a successful direct selling startup! This is pretty much what every company tries to do. If you have these things in order, does that mean your new direct selling company will take off? Sure, it could, but frankly, it's just not enough.
I want to peel back the onion and go deeper into some of the traits of successful direct sales companies that explode onto the market, as opposed to the ones that plod along or fail.
How passionate are you really about your products, people, and company? Do you live and die by its success and the impact it has on others? Do you have a higher vision for your business? Has this company been building steam for years, waiting for the tipping point (now)?
Your customers and distributors can feel this genuine passion and they can tell when you really care about them. Being in it for the money or fame is completely transparent. Strategies based on pure greed alone may have worked in the past, but that is simply not enough to keep a business afloat these days. Like a forced romance, people know when you're not in it for the love.
The most successful startups tell their story. They share their trials and tribulations with the world. They put themselves out there with all their vulnerabilities. Forget the corporate formalities, forget censoring yourself. People don't want the sanitized wall of "a professional" between them and the product. Be real and people will gravitate to you.
Why is LuLuRoe killing it in direct sales? Ask the experts and they will have many reasons why.
From my perspective, one of the BIG reasons they are blowing up is that they brilliantly applied the Scarcity Principle to their product development cycle.
My wife loves the way their dresses fit her and she buys them up. She already knows what size and cut she likes. As LuLuRoe constantly puts out new prints and patterns, she can confidently purchase knowing it will fit just right. Here the catch, though: If she likes the print, she HAS to buy it right now because once that look is sold out, it's gone forever. It pushes her to make a purchasing decision now and it makes her feel special knowing that the dress had a limited run and that she won't see that same design on very many people.
LuLuLemon were pioneers in this technique of applying the scarcity principle. When you walk into one of their stores and see something you like, you have to buy it right away. Once it's gone, it's gone. Everything you buy from them is basically limited edition.
In my direct selling company, we totally missed the opportunity to apply this principle and we suffered mightily as the years went on. Things we created were not unique or innovative and they stayed in the catalogue for years. It quickly got boring.
If you want to stay fresh and be viewed as innovative from a product perspective, apply the scarcity principle.
I have come to believe that most companies really don't understand social media at all. To them, social media is one of the many communication methods they might use with customers, where they post interesting content and hope people notice.
The successful startups don't take this approach. They don't care about the number of "likes," they care about engagement. Is the audience engaging with my content? Do I have a community following who is passionate about my product? Is there a connection to the brand? Are the distributors acting as an extension of this community?
More often than not, the new startups will take a "fire and forget" approach, then encourage their distributors to do the same. Often the result is that we are simply annoying people with random, irrelevant content that they don't want to see. People unsubscribe from this nonsense very quickly.
Don't think small. Everyone will try to get you to think small. Instead, think big—or more specifically, think about how you can look big with a small budget.
More than likely, you will be swimming in a big ocean with much larger, more established competitors in the industry. Find ways to look big, while making them look small.
Yes, you can make a $100M per year competitor look small. First, make your branding and website modern—make it pop. Second, dominate social media and SEO with an aggressive community-building engagement strategy. Finally, launch with tools such as a mobile app that big companies are too slow and lumbering to adopt.
If you do this, the field—and top leaders in particular—will see you as a speed train they need to board.
I fully understand this is self-serving as I am a mobile app provider, but it's a lesson that I have to share. This startup has had an innovative mobile app from the beginning. Their main competitor—a company doing $100M per year that has been around for over 10 years—does not. Objectively, who do you think is innovative and who do you think is looking backwards instead of forward?
In direct selling, perception is reality.
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Ye's Yeezy clothing brand owes California $600,000, according to state tax liens
The alleged debts add to a growing portrait of chaos surrounding Ye and his businesses, which has been described by former associates and Ye himself in recent weeks.
Ye, then Kanye West, at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2020.imageSPACE / Sipa USA via AP file
Dec. 7, 2022, 1:00 PM UTC
By Ben Goggin
The rapper Ye has been vocal about his personal financial struggles and debts. In 2016, before he became a billionaire, he said he was $53 million in debt, and in the last month, he's claimed that four of his personal accounts have been frozen over claims of tax debt.
Now, government records reviewed by NBC News show that at least one of his businesses may also have six-figure debt issues.
The records, a series of state tax lien notices from the last two years, show the state of California claiming that Yeezy Apparel, a company managed and reportedly owned by Ye, owes over $600,000 in unpaid tax debt. Three separate notice letters were sent in July 2021, in February and in September. A lien is a claim made on a person or entity's assets in response to an alleged debt.
The alleged debts add to a growing portrait of chaos surrounding Ye and his businesses, which has been described by former associates and Ye himself in recent weeks. Forbes recently removed Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, from its billionaires list, citing his terminated business deals.
Four tax law experts said the amount owed by Yeezy Apparel is significant and could be a sign of deeper issues at the company.
"Multiple California tax liens, adding up to $600,000, that's certainly a sign of either extreme incompetence or extreme cash problems," said USC Gould School of Law Professor Edward McCaffery, who specializes in tax law. "That is kind of an Amber Alert for the financial health of the enterprise."
According to the state of California's government website, a lien may be imposed if a company or taxpayer doesn't respond to their letters about taxes owed, pay in full or set a payment plan.
Yeezy Apparel has been operating in California since 2017, according to public California business records, and was recorded as being active and in "good" standing in an annual filing in January. Yeezy is Ye's core fashion and lifestyle brand, known for its tumultuous collaborations with Adidas and Gap, both of which have been terminated over his antisemitic remarks. Yeezy Apparel is one of five active Yeezy limited liability corporations in California managed by Ye. In 2019, Forbes reported in a profile of Ye that he owned 100 percent of Yeezy. A year later, Yeezy took over $2.3 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans.
Ye banned from Twitter after antisemitic post
Lynn LoPucki, a professor of law at the University of Florida who specializes in secured transactions and bankruptcy research, said the liens also raise questions about California's debt collection policies.
"The state is subject to some criticism for just sitting on this when there is a going business there from which they could collect," he said.
Representatives for Ye and for Yeezy did not respond to a request for comment.
An NBC News investigation uncovered accounts from former colleagues who said Ye would use antisemitic language in the workplace and praise Hitler. The report unearthed a settlement agreement and payment between Ye and a former colleague that came after allegations of such comments.
On Monday, Ye painted his own picture of the financial chaos that he says he's living with, telling the far-right podcast host Tim Pool that four of his bank accounts had been frozen on a $75 million hold, and that he was told by his accountants that morning that he owes $50 million in taxes.
The Internal Revenue Service said, "Federal law prohibits the IRS from commenting on or confirming anything related to private taxpayer matters."
While the amount said to be owed by Yeezy Apparel is just a fraction of the multimillion-dollar figures cited by Ye himself, the liens fit into a pattern found among his other businesses.
NBC News found 17 government-imposed liens in California against three of Ye's businesses and a charity created in his name dating back as far back as 2012. Four of the liens were labeled active with no indication of them having been terminated or paid.
"Tax lien indicates that the state maintains that a debt is owing to the state," LoPucki said. The majority of the liens reviewed by NBC News were issued by the California Employment Development Department.
A representative for the department said it could not comment on taxpayer information.
Four experts who reviewed the liens agreed that they most likely pertained to payroll taxes, given that the department oversees payroll taxes and unemployment in the state.
"Those would be things like unemployment insurance and state disability insurance taxes, things like that," said Kirk Stark, the Barrall Family Professor of Tax Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law.
It's not clear what chain of events led to the liens being filed, but the four experts agreed that a lien being imposed indicates that there were most likely previous communications between the state and Yeezy Apparel that would allow the company to resolve or challenge the debts before a lien was imposed.
"They've gotten pretty serious before a lien is imposed usually. This is not the first step of a tax enforcement agency," said David Gamage, a professor of law specializing in taxes at Indiana University Bloomington.
"Consistently ignoring communications from the EDD would eventually be a basis for the department to just say, 'OK, well then you know, we're going to file this lien, and you know, set this in motion,'" Stark said, using an abbreviation for the Employment Development Department.
Of the liens listed as active with no indication of termination, the earliest is from the tax year 2020.
The experts who spoke with NBC News said the liens could be indicative of several larger business concerns.
"If you're screwing up on this, you've got bigger problems and there's probably other things you're not paying," said McCaffery. "But on the other hand, it could be consistent with just kind of a bare-bones operation that's a little sloppy."
It's not clear what the future of the Yeezy brand and its associated companies looks like following the termination of the Adidas deal.
According to Forbes, which reportedly saw internal Yeezy documentation in the process of assessing Ye's billionaire status, the Yeezy brand was "functionally tied" to Adidas during the period of their contract.
After the termination of the deal, Adidas said on an earnings call that it would continue to sell Yeezy designs under different branding.
"Let me be clear, we own all the IP, we own all the designs, we own all the versions and new colorways," Harm Ohlmeyer, chief financial officer of Adidas, said.
Zak Kurtz, co-founder and CEO of the law firm Sneaker & Streetwear Legal Services, said the paths forward for Yeezy as a viable business are limited given Adidas' ownership of much of Yeezy's intellectual property.
"What he can use is what he has, you know, his trademarks, and any new designs or any new stuff that he comes up with," Kurtz said. "And I think that's really where the brand has to go — in my opinion, they'd have to create new stuff."
Kenneth Anand, co-author of the sneaker legal and business book "Sneaker Law," added that the company could pursue another partnership with a major brand.
"It could align with a new licensee, perhaps one that can offer the same type of products and services that the Gap and/or Adidas did, although it seems unlikely that any companies would be willing to take a risk on a volatile brand and designer such as Ye," Anand, who has also worked as the head of business development and general counsel for Yeezy, wrote in a text message.
Anand said he could only comment on the company from the perspective of an industry expert, and noted that consumers had begun to turn on Ye.
"Ye's recent statements have clearly hurt the Yeezy brand," Anand wrote. "Consumers are openly declaring that they will no longer support and wear Yeezy, even if they have spent a considerable amount of money on the brand's products."
Ben Goggin
Ben Goggin is the deputy editor for technology at NBC News Digital.

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We are happy to announce that the fifth Quantum BioInorganic Chemistry Conference (QBIC-V) will be held from 8 to 10 July 2019 in Marseille, France.
We invite you to participate to this event that will focus on computational inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry, covering theoretical methods, novel applications, and combined computational/experimental approaches.
We look forward to meeting you at the wonderful city of Marseille.
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Librarians are teachers
By Sara Stevenson, Feb. 25, 2019
Photo by Matt Lankes for the Center for Public Integrity
My first reaction on hearing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's plan to give classroom teachers across-the-board $5,000 raises was ecstatic! Finally, the importance of teachers in student achievement was not only verbalized, but also deemed worthy of remuneration by leading Republican Texas lawmakers. However, in perusing Sen. Jane Nelson's Senate Bill 3, I quickly realized the omissions. The bill specifically defines the raise as intended for "classroom teachers."
While I am 100 percent in favor of giving classroom teachers a permanent $5,000 raise, I know from my career in education that teachers depend on other school employees to be successful — employees who also deserve a salary boost. For instance, without bus drivers, students would not be present to teach. Without cafeteria workers, our children could not focus on school due to hunger. School nurses, custodians, office employees, teaching assistants, counselors, assistant principals, principals and librarians are all crucial to the success of a well-run school, and their work directly affects student achievement.
Librarians in particular are unfairly excluded from SB 3. First of all, librarians are teachers. In fact, in Texas public schools, librarians cannot be hired unless they have at least two years of teaching experience and Texas teaching certificates. In addition, school librarians must have a Masters degree or be working toward one to be hired. Furthermore, unlike counselors, principals, and assistant principals, librarians are paid on the same salary scale as teachers.
Beyond prerequisites, training, and experience, librarians serve as intellectual leaders on their campuses. They are not just "helpers" to teachers, but teachers themselves, teaching classes regularly, especially in the important areas of literacy, digital literacy, research skills and the use of technology. Keith Curry Lance's intensive studies of Colorado, South Carolina and Pennsylvania schools prove a direct correlation between student achievement on state tests and the strength of school library programs. Stephen Krashen, professor emeritus at UCLA, showed in his multivariate studies that the presence of a library emerges as a consistent predictor of reading scores.
In spite of these and other studies, to say nothing of personal testimonies, school librarians have decreased in our nation in recent years by 20 percent. Furthermore, this decrease exacerbates inequity. According to a recent article in Forbes magazine:
"The shortage in public school librarian employment — which saw the most dramatic drop following the Great Recession of 2008 and hasn't recovered since — has hit districts serving minorities the hardest. Among all the districts that have retained all their librarians since 2005, 75 percent are white, Education Week reports. On the other end of the scale, student populations in the 20 districts that lost the most librarians in the same time comprised 78 percent students of color."
Most importantly, school librarians are the literacy leaders on our campuses. Our vocation promotes reading as the key to educational attainment and lifelong learning. Librarians are masters at creating reading events, programs and incentives, encouraging children to read more. In addition, they demonstrate that reading is its own reward by focusing on choice and access to a variety of books that meet individual student preferences. Studies show that adults who self-identify as readers are more likely to vote, and volunteer at higher rates in their communities. The work of librarians reaches far beyond K-12 schools to building an educated citizenry with long-lasting protections for the health of our democracy.
In Austin ISD, our librarians volunteer on the important district advisory council at a rate much higher than their distribution throughout the district. They are leaders on their campuses as well and often in charge of not just technology instruction but the technology itself. Excluding school librarians from the pay raise bill is extremely unfair and ignores their true role — not just as classroom teachers, but as campus teachers. It will discourage our best educators from entering this crucial field, inhibiting student achievement in the future.
Sara Stevenson
Former public school librarian
@ssteven2
Securing the future of educators
Patricia Macias, President, Texas Retired Teacher Association
We've built a big tent, now let's get lawmakers to act
Wynn Rosser, Chair, TEGAC Leadership Committee


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Hearthstone Residential Fund 1 (HRF1) to acquire portfolio of houses and flats from Bovis Peer LLP
Date 02nd July 2018
Source Hearthstone Investment Management Ltd
Type Press release
HRF1 makes its first investments in North Eastern England and Wales
Hearthstone Investment Management Limited, a residential property (PRS) institutional investment manager, has announced it has exchanged contracts with Bovis Peer LLP for the purchase of a portfolio of 34 houses and a low-rise block of 19 flats for £7 million. The assets will be acquired by HRF1, a ten-year closed-end private equity vehicle investing into the private rented sector in UK regions.
The acquisition also represents the fund's first anchor investments in North Eastern England[1] and Wales. The houses are situated in Doncaster, Hull, Nottingham, Wakefield and Wigan, in areas where there is solid rental demand and good local infrastructure, but where there is a lack of suitable quality rented housing stock. The properties comprise a mix of two to four bed residences in five separate clusters.
The flats form a complete low-rise block and are located in Cardiff Bay, a new and developing suburb of the city with a wide variety of local amenities and excellent access to the city centre and beyond.
Andrew Smith, Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Hearthstone Investment Management explained, "While this is an investment portfolio of modern Bovis Homes-built properties, they are already tenanted and are therefore income-producing. More specifically, the houses are located in higher yielding areas which will help the fund to achieve its stated income objectives."
Richard Otten, Partner and Director of Asset Management, Hearthstone Investment Management commented, "This latest acquisition is particularly attractive as portfolios of good quality, modern stock are rarely available. We believe that with some targeted improvement expenditure, we will add value to the portfolio."
Advising the vendor is Davis and Partners LLP while Charles Russell Speechlys LLP is advising HRF1.
HRF1 is advised by Hearthstone Investment Management Limited, a 50:50 joint venture between the senior management team and Hearthstone Investments Plc. Five local authority pension funds, including the Derbyshire Pension Fund, Nottinghamshire Local Government Pension Fund, Staffordshire Pension Fund, Teesside Pension Fund and West Midlands Pension Fund together with the HRF1's senior management team, comprise the group of cornerstone investors.
[1] The regional definition of North Eastern England used for HRF1 includes Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and The Humber


Shaun changes from exercise to exercise really fast. Specially Vertical Plyo consists of exercises in which you need to change from ladder to floor to ladder to bands quite fast (including adding bands and removing them fast as well). You definitely should check out the different routines before you do them, to know when you need to change between exercises (I wish I did). It's also a good idea to look at all the programs which include Agility Ladder exercises to get the routines down. The Small Agility Ladder intro is ok but by far not enough to explain all the different routines you will be doing with the ladder. They are not supper complicated and checking them out once should be enough. However, due to the fact mentioned, that you change really fast and the exercises themselves don't necessarily last long, you are better off knowing what's to come, switch fast and get the accessories needed to not have more downtime then needed.
Another issue I run into is the choice of dumbbell weight. I currently only have up to 5kg dumbbells and they don't seem to be heavy enough for some of the exercises (for others I needed to go down to 4kg however). It's a good idea (again) to check through the exercises and know beforehand which weights you are going to use since Shaun doesn't give any kind of indication or hint what to look for.
Now that I have a feeling for Asylum with one week down I can see the differences between those three programs. I think I intuitively made the right choice to do the programs in the right order. Anything else would have led to me getting injured. I am absolutely certain about that.
I would definitely start with P90X again. It gives you a great base in every aspect of fitness and makes sure you are prepared for any additional workouts. I say this because you can easily modify P90X to your own level (with either weights, repetitions, breaks) and you will still get a lot of benefits and improvements out of the program no matter what your fitness starting point is. Specially the Yoga workout and Plyo helped me get ready for Insanity. Without those, my knees would have been a candidate for serious injury during Insanity. While P90X is a great overall program which REALLY works on every aspect of your health and fitness, Insanity is definitely working on your cardio. The Issue with doing Insanity first would have been that I would not have been strong enough, specially for the upper body workouts to get enough benefit from the program.Without Insanity, I would not have had the Cardio/Stamina to even get through the warm-ups in Asylum (even though I still struggle as is ;)).
I was a bit afraid that Asylum would be "too sporty" for me. Even though I love sports (tennis, skiing, softball, running) I never really was very good (or had the patience) at/for say swimming or running or athletics other then throwing. I am not a soccer player or basketballt player and I am not a swimmer. I am not really looking to increase any special sports performance per se and thus I wasn't really sure if Asylum was a good pick for me.
Well it was and is: While you are doing quite a few exercises you might be familiar with from Insanity, you are doing them a) in a way that challenges your coordination and b) it really forces you to keep control over your body. I never realized how "sloppy" and uncontrolled I have been doing a lot of exercises, specially jumps. Even though you THINK you are doing them as controlled as you can, you get sloppy without noticing, specially in Insanity (or Plyo X in P90X). The agility ladder REALLY forces you and helps you to focus and it leads to a much more controlled way of exercising. There is even a huge difference of doing the workouts/warm-ups with or without the speed rope. Using the rope automatically forces you to jump higher and more controlled while you can cheat if you are doing the exercises without the speed rope (which is an option and is also demonstrated by several members of the cast).
In a very rough summary, to me, Asylum feels like a condensed version of P90X (strength parts) mixed with Insanity (jumps, cardio and plank work) while (as mentioned) the program forces you to have control over every movement. The last part makes it probably the best workout I have done so far. While Asylum does remind me of P90X and Insanity, there are a lot of new or advanced moves (such as X jumps with resistance bands on both your ankles and in your hands or one legged power jumps) which will keep you motivated. It's very challenging to do jumps and plank work such as Plyo-Push ups with the ladder. As mentioned before, I would basically flare around without much control while going through the exercises. Asylum really helps you to keep your body under control, which is also one of the main reasons this workout is being advertised as the hardest of the Beachbody workouts so far.
How are you getting on with your digital art? I saw your snow white wip, is there more to come? Is digital still something you're still doing?
I will definitely finish snow white. Right now I just didn't have time to sit down and spend time (or set everything up anew). We still need a few more things to properly get our office working.
I found your blog through your YouTube videos. I had been looking for motivation to get in better shape and I was also diagnosed with Ms February 15 of this year. I already had the p90x and insanity programs just sitting on my shelf but after seeing another person like me not letting ms hold you back I am motivated to give both programs a go. You're an inspiration :).
It's like learning your body new from the start and will take a bit getting used to. Just take it slow and see how it goes. If you want, keep me informed how it goes.


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AngularJS directive for list of checkboxes

## Why this is needed?
In Angular one checkbox `<input type="checkbox" ng-model="...">` is linked
with one model.
But in practice we usually want one model to store array of checked values
from several checkboxes.
**Checklist-model** solves that task without additional code in controller.
You should play with attributes of `<input>` tag:

| Attribute          | Mandatory | Description                                   |
| :----------------: | :-------: | --------------------------------------------- |
| `checklist-model`  | Yes       | Use instead of `ng-model`                     |
| `checklist-value`  | No        | What should be picked as array item           |
| `value`            | No        | What should be picked as item, but unlike `checklist-value`, this does not evaluate as an angular expression, but rather a static value |
| `ng-model`         | No        | Every checkbok will span a new scope and define a variable named `checked` to hold its state. You can modify this name by using this attribute. |
| `checklist-comparator` | No   | A custom comparator. If it starts with dot(`.`) then it will be an expression applied to the array item. Otherwise it should evaluate to a function as an angular expression. The function return true if the first two arguments are equal and false otherwise. |
| `checklist-change` | No       | An angular expression evaluated each time the `checklist-model` has changed. |

* If you modify directly the value of the `checklist-model`, it is possible that the UI won't be updated. This is because this directive looks for the model in the parent, not in the current scope. Instead of doing `checklistModelList = []` it is better to do `checklistModelList.splice(0, checklistModelList.length)` or wrap it in another object.
* If you're using `track by` you must specify the same thing for `checklist-value` too. See [#46](https://github.com/vitalets/checklist-model/issues/46).

Please, try out
* live demo: http://vitalets.github.io/checklist-model
* Jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/Ebv3p/2/
* Plunkr example (more advanced): http://plnkr.co/edit/pZLF0KesMDnIap0eCfSG?p=preview
* Plunkr example for [tree list](http://plnkr.co/edit/QPLk98pCljp8dFtptSYz?p=preview)

## Installation
1. Download [latest release](https://github.com/vitalets/checklist-model/releases) or use bower `bower install checklist-model` or install from npm `npm install checklist-model`
2. Add to app dependencies:
````js
var app = angular.module("app", ["checklist-model"]);
````

## How to get support
* Ask a question on StackOverflow and tag it with [checklist-model](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/checklist-model).
* [Fill in](https://github.com/vitalets/checklist-model/issues/new) an issue.

Please keep in mind to also create a Plunkr or JSFiddle example. This will greatly help us in assisting you and you can use one of the existing examples and fork it.

## Development
We're using grunt as the build system. `grunt jade` generates the demo file and `grunt server` starts the demo server that can be access at `http://localhost:8000`. Tests can be ran by accessing `http://localhost:8000/test`.

The best way to involve is to report an issue/enhancement and then provide a pull request for it using Github usual features.

### How to add a new test case
1. Create a new folder under `docs/blocks` named `your-test`.
2. Create under that folder `ctrl.js` to describe the test Angular controller, `view.html` to describe the view part in HTML and `test.js` for the Angular scenario test. You can use an existing test as an example.
3. Add a line like `- items.push({id: 'your-test', text: 'Your test, ctrlName: 'CtrlTestName', testValue: 'selectedItems'})` to `docs/index.jade`
4. Add a line like `<script src="../docs/blocks/your-test/test.js"></script>` to `test\index.html`
5. Run `grunt jade` to generate `index.html` from `docs/index.jade`
6. Run `grunt server`
7. Access `http://localhost:8000` for samples and `http://localhost:8000/test` for running the tests.

## License
MIT

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HARRISBURG, Feb. 14 – State Rep. Tim Briggs, D-Montgomery, announced today that he is introducing gun safety legislation in the state legislature as the nation marks the first anniversary of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., where 17 students and staff were killed and another 17 were injured.
Briggs added that gun violence in the United States takes many forms, including accidental shootings and suicides by firearms that have impacted thousands of children and families.
If passed, Briggs' H.B. 525 would require the safe storage of firearms in homes where children may be present. Failure to comply with this rule would result in a third-degree felony if it is used in a crime or if death or grievous injury is caused, or a summary offense (third-degree misdemeanor if a second or subsequent offense) if a child is simply found in unlawful possession of a firearm.


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Returns an unmodifiable version of the policy enforcements that were cached because they are not in violation of their quota.
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Returns the proper SpaceViolationPolicyEnforcement implementation for the given table.
Returns the proper SpaceViolationPolicyEnforcement implementation for the given table. If the given table does not have a violation policy enforced, a "no-op" policy will be returned which always allows an action.
tableName - The table to fetch the policy for.


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Hi all, while I 'm working on the Enterprise E Shuttle Bay post, here is a teaser for an upcoming pinup update….. This is Kendell and she is striking quite an elegant pose here in the cockpit doorway of a C-130 Hercules. Kendell and I did this shoot about two months ago and we're getting ready to shoot her take on the Star Trek red dress series any day now. She is fairly new to modeling, and with that said, she has a firm grasp on becoming legendary. Enjoy and more to come….
I love the old pin up look, she has the right face for it. Great photo.
she does and wait till you see her shots in the Huey!!!!!!
There is a Huey I wouldn't have noticed.
yup us Canadians are funny people considering our winter igloos have completely melted away leaving the whole country homeless til winter time so we can build back our igloos. now i am on the search for a modest cave that has been vacated by a hibernating bear.
She looks almost like a blend of the best features of Lisa Kudrow and Nana Visitor.
Kendell has a more modern feel to her work and she is great fun to shoot with.
See to me she kind of looks like Dianna Agron. Very nice shoot.
I'll have to look this gal up!!!
Kendell's eyes are absolutely mesmerizing. Kind and honest, but with just a hint of "I know something you don't." Another lovely young lady and more great pin-ups, John. Can't wait to see more!
I'll second the comment about the eyes. They really draw you in.
Yes she does have very hypnotic eyes!!!!
Another great pic. Kendell is another stunner, can't wait to see her in the red dress.
better yet bring your camera and we'll shoot together!!!
Wow! This is a great shoot. It also doesnt help that I am a suker for long legs.
We like this one John, cool to the max.
She's beautiful! I know others have mentioned it, but those eyes! Holy cow! One could get lost in that gaze…I'm sorry, what was I doing again? Ha! Love it!
she does have the I dream of Jeanie magic going with those peepers of hers!!! Yes master I will obey!!!
Oh, now she is cute. I like her face and eyes. Very classic looking face actually.


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This square greeting card is perfect for all who love abstract art or rock formation patterns. It depicts a picture of abstracted rock formations, inspired by the rocks at Seahouses in Northumberland. It would make a perfect thoughtful birthday card, thank you card or celebration card.
• Abstract Rock Formations greeting card, Seahouses in Northumberland.


As adults, we tend to have a good idea of what happens at the dentist's office, and some of these associations aren't all positive. If your child is about to go to the dentist for the first time, however, he or she doesn't really know what to expect. So why make that first appointment a great experience?
Your child's memory of this first visit can shape his or her attitude about oral care for the rest of his or her life. Here are some tips for making sure he or she is a lifelong happy dental patient. These regular visits (combined with proper home care) are an important way to ensure excellent dental and overall health.
Start your child early. Many dental professional recommend that your child sees the dentist by his or her first birthday. Not only will this allow the dentist to make sure your child's bite is developing healthily—it will also allow your child to get familiar and friendly with the dentist early on.
Make it positive. This first visit sets the tone for your child's future dental appointments. Prepare him or her for a good experience. Tell him or her that the office is friendly and comfortable and full of nice people. At our office, we'll make sure that all that and more is true!
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Introducing folks to the Australian outback since 1883.
BROKEN Hill in the heart of outback New South Wales is an old mining town rich in history and natural beauty.
On a recent escapade in an off-road-ready Isuzu MU-X we ventured a couple of hours' drive out of town to the Mutawintji National Park, known for its ancient aboriginal art including rock engravings and cave paintings. The area is protected, so guided tours must be booked to gain access.
We also stopped over at the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, the Kinchega Woolshed in Menindee, the Silverton Hotel (of course) and countless museums. The trip was topped off with fascinating natural beauty in all directions.
Never been to Broken Hill? The upcoming 2017 ARB Eldee Family Easter Event provides a fun-filled opportunity to pack the 4x4 and get away with the family this long weekend.
The event allows participants to take their 4x4s on the challenging, yet well-maintained station tracks. Most of the interesting and fun challenges over the three-day event are timed and are based on competency rather than speed.
Kids will be kept entertained with an Easter Egg Hunt on the Sunday – plus there's also a jumping castle.
Night times will be spent playing trivia, indulging in an ale or two (for the parents), and participating in a complimentary sunset tour.
Spectator packages are available if you don't want to participate in any of the off-road challenges.
The ARB Eldee Family Easter Event will run from April 14-16.


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New turret already in the game!
Our game now has its own shotgun! Hammer is already on the main servers!
Hammer is a short-range turret that deals massive damage up close. Essentially a shotgun, Hammer is capable of damaging several opponents with one shot at medium ranges. The damage each target receives, depends on the number of pellets hitting it.
Hammer fires at a rate similar to Smoky's, but it must reload after three shots. Reloading takes about the same time as Railgun.
Protection from Hammer will soon be added to several existing paints. Additionally, we'll be introducing new paints aimed primarily at protecting your tank from the Hammer's damage.
We have also improved the auto-aim mechanism for all turrets in the game. Now your gun can aim not just at a tank's hull, but at its turret as well. Hitting an opponent's turret can flip him over or knock off his aim considerably.
If you've been looking for a new challenge, or a new experience in Tanki Online, you might want to try out Hammer. This new turret, together with the improved auto-aim feature, brings lots of fresh, new gameplay for you to experiment with. Check them out in the arena, and don't forget to share your thoughts in the forum.
The Updated Battle List is live!


I believe that a lot of good can come from people who find the positive in their birth experience and share it with, well, anyone who will listen. This is an age where between 1 in 3 and 1 in 4 births occur by cesarean. Most women never experience birth before they find themselves in labour. Our society has very little practical experience with normal birth and we are afraid.
But there is a rising tide of people who know that birth needn't be treated like a disease or a medical emergency waiting to happen. There is a growing movement that is shouting and stomping feet and demanding maternity care reform. Change is coming and I sincerely believe that the day will come when we have the best of both worlds: the safety of modern medicine and the sanctity of trust in our bodies and the birth process. That change starts every time someone tells a positive birth story that empowers women to learn more and fear less.
I was born at home in the Yukon in the 1970's. I am so thankful to my parents for this gift: opening my eyes to the beauty of home both that very first time, and again when I birthed my son into my home as an adult. I am grateful for my mother's dutch doctor who, at my older brother's birth, showed her that maternity care didn't have to look like the standard North American medical model, a man who brought new ideas to a prairie town on a new continent and changed the course of birth in my family.
Both of my children were born at home with midwives in attendance. Neither birth went exactly as I'd hoped it would. My first resulted in a hospital transfer for retained placenta. My second caught us unprepared three weeks early and ended up being a neighbourhood event. I had envisioned quiet and intimate, not neighbours in the kitchen eating pizza. But when a 10 year old boy who had just seen my hour old daughter exclaimed "This is the best birthday party I've ever been to!" I saw the power of sharing positive experiences with everyone around us. Maybe when this boy becomes a father he will remember, just as I remember my mother's dutch doctor.


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Tidepool Optimizes Your Workday For Cognitive Highs And Lows
Gregory Ferenstein	8 years
Everyone has cognitive highs and lows. Some of us are night owls, while others are early birds. Tidepool is a mobile app that learns when you're at your cognitive peak and makes recommendations for how to structure your daily workflow.
"For example, the Snoozer game assesses cognitive processing speed, a cognitive ability influenced by circadian rhythms, sleep, emotions and diet, among other factors," explains Tidepool Co-Founder, Vamsee Nalamothu.
Snoozer is a simple reaction game where users tap enlarged clocks as quickly as they can. As users play the game at different times throughout the day, Tidepool learns when you're at your cognitive peak (or low).
"We are collecting information on processing speed over time along with these other variables," says Nalamothu. "When we collect the information needed, including a game of emotions to be released by the end of September, we will provide users with novel information on how they can improve their productivity."
In the future, Tidepool wants to incorporate all types of data, such as sleep and exercise data, which may be pulled in from health trackers. Personally, I know that if I do a quick Crossfit workout of seven minutes of burpees in the morning, I get a surge of mental energy. Tidepool, if successful, would recognize this and other more subtle changes to my mental state, and make suggestions accordingly.
Tidepool also attempts to help users understand their personalities. Before users can play any of the games, they have to go through a series of psychological diagnostics. The diagnostics ask users to rate themselves on outgoingness, anxiety, friendliness and several other intuitive descriptions.
I'm a "cool cat," which means I "excel at envisioning big ideas and then influencing and persuading others to come along with you." Thanks, for the warm fuzzy, Tidepool!
Brain training/personality assessment is a growing industry. Brain trainer, Lumosity, for instance raised a cool $31.5 million in 2012. Tidepool, itself, has raised $1.5 million. Research on brain games is mixed, at best, but the field is relatively new and there is much to be learned, especially from a large body of users.
You can download a beta of the Tidepool app here.


Here are a few pictures of my skilos (σκύλος) relaxing on a chair.
When we pass little kids on the street, their adults usually point to Bella and say, "Something, something, something, skilake (which I don't know for sure how to spell in Greece, but maybe looks like σκύλακι?)!" Skilaki is the diminutive form of the word "dog," so they're calling her a "little dog." I think it's adorable.
When I was researching how to spell "the diminutive form of dog in Greek," a lot of sites popped up referencing that part in the Bible where Jesus is approached by a woman who asks for her help, and he tells her that he's not going to throw food to a dog. It turns out that Jesus was using the diminutive form of the word, which provides a much, much less harsh interpretation of what went down there.
According to Wikipedia, which I take for granted as a credible source, "literally every noun" in Modern Greek has its own diminutive. Americans seem to be a lot less formal in our conversations. It's totally acceptable to say "Hi," or "Hey," or "See you," to a stranger, but Greeks expect strangers to be formal. So now I've got to learn the diminutive for "literally every noun," so I can make sure I never, never use it in the wrong context.
Today's cool news, actually yesterday's cool news, is that the interim prime minister for Greece was announced, and it's a woman! She is the country's first female prime minister. Early elections are set for September 20th, so she may not be in power for long, but what a cool thing!
And finally, here's a picture of the almost-full moon. There are a lot of full moon parties tomorrow night, that I think are also end of summer celebrations. The Argentinian embassy is hosting moonlit tango lessons and performances. Dare I?
Nice post as always! I heard she was the president of the supreme court...does that mean she's like the chief justice? Very cool indeed.
After you wrote this, I went to good, ol' Wikipedia and looked her up. She is a big deal. She's the most senior judge in Greece. After I looked her up, it lead to a spiral of reading about the Greek judicial system, then the individual courts, the the Greek Constitution. Eventually, I spiraled out, forgot what I learned, and had to look it up again just barely to respond to you. But she is rad.


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Farmington ist ein Meteorit, der als Steinmeteorit vom Typ L5-Chondrit klassifiziert wird. Er ist am 25. Juni 1890 in Kansas (USA) gefallen. Die gefundene Masse belief sich auf 89,3 kg.

Wegen seiner für L-Chondriten ungewöhnlichen schwarzen Farbe gehört Farmington zu den sogenannten schwarzen Chondriten (engl. black chondrites). Es wird vermutet, dass solche Meteorite ein starkes Schockereignis (Impakt, Kollision) erfahren haben. Farmington ist zudem der Steinmeteorit mit dem kürzesten gemessenen Bestrahlungsalter von etwa 30.000 Jahren.

Siehe auch: Liste von Meteoriten

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Home Hack News Siren Jack Vulnerability Could Allow Hackers to Trigger False Alarms !!!
Siren Jack Vulnerability Could Allow Hackers to Trigger False Alarms !!!
A serious vulnerability has been exposed in Siren Jack's "emergency alert systems" that could be exploited remotely via radio frequencies to activate all the sirens, allowing hackers to trigger false alarms.
The emergency alert sirens are used worldwide to alert citizens about natural disasters, man-made disasters, and emergency situations, such as dangerous weather conditions, severe storms, tornadoes and terrorist attacks.
False alarms can create panic and chaos across the city, as witnessed in Dallas last year, when 156 emergency sirens were turned on by hackers for about two hours, waking up residents and sparking fears of a disaster.
Dubbed "Siren Jack Attack," the vulnerability discovered by a researcher at Bastille security firm affects warning sirens manufactured by Boston-based ATI Systems, which are being used across major towns and cities, as well as Universities, military facilities, and industrial sites.
According to Balint Seeber, director of threat research at Bastille, since the radio protocol used to control affected sirens is not using any kind of encryption, attackers can simply exploit this weakness to activate sirens by sending a malicious activation message.
"All that is required is a $30 handheld radio and a computer," Seeber claims.
To perform the SirenJack attack, a hacker needs to be in the radio range and identify the radio frequency used by the targeted siren in order to send a specially crafted message.
"Once the frequency was found, analysis of the radio protocol quickly showed that commands were not encrypted and therefore vulnerable to forgery, rendering the system susceptible to malicious activations," Seeber explains.
Researcher finds that Outdoor Public Warning System implemented within the City of San Francisco, designed to alert residents and visitors of about possible danger, has more than 100 warning sirens that malicious hackers can exploit to cause widespread panic and annoyance across the city.
Seeber responsibly disclosed this issue to ATI Systems 90 days ago (on January 8). ATI Systems says the patch is being tested and will shortly be made available to fix its systems implemented in the City of San Francisco.
However, ATI Systems noted that installing the patch is not easy since many of its products are designed depending upon specific needs of each of its customers.
Therefore, customers are advised to contact ATI Systems to determine if they have a vulnerable configuration and/or flawed version of the system, and then take the appropriate steps suggested to remediate the issue.
Bastille researchers also encourage other siren manufacturers to "investigate their own systems to patch and fix this type of vulnerability," in case they find it.
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Esfandiar Behravesh - Technical Specialist at Mannava & Kang, P.C.
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Dr. Behravesh is currently director of instructional laboratory at the Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, which is a joint program of Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. Dr. Behravesh recently developed an RFID-based real time tracking system that can evaluate and improve learning experience for students.
Dr. Behravesh has published numerous papers in professional journals, such as the Journal of Biomedical Matter Research, Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, and Biomacromolecules.


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ACLU benefit comp 'Music For Everyone' has something for everyone
By Mike Damante	on May 30, 2017 at 2:40 PM
They don't make compilations quite like "Music For Everyone" anymore, but maybe they should. "Music For Everyone" is a 27-song comp full of some of the biggest names in indie, punk, emo and rock to …
New music roundup: blink-182, Paramore, Goo Goo Dolls
blink-182-" California" (Deluxe Edition) Some of the songs from "California" proper sound they could have come from any of John Feldmann's homogenized-influenced bands and some forced blink-sounding …
New music roundup: New Found Glory, Smith Street Band, A Lot Like Birds
By Mike Damante	on May 1, 2017 at 6:22 PM
New Found Glory-"Makes Me Sick" New Found Glory is back with its riff-y, synth-heavy American summer pop-punk album "Makes Me Sick," which could be the second coming of "Coming Home." "Your Jokes …
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New music roundup: Saves The Day/ Senses Fail, Anti-Flag
New music roundup: War On Women, Bouncing Souls, Salem
Anti-Flag documentary 'Beyond Barricades' tells true story of punk band
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JDC Names Pamela Joy Shatzkes, Lior Sternfeld as Fred and Ellen Lewis JDC Archives Fellows
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The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee () announced that Pamela Joy Shatzkes and Lior Sternfeld, two scholars, were named Fred and Ellen Lewis Archives Fellows. Designed for scholars engaged in graduate level, post-doctoral, or independent study, the Fellowship — now in its second year — is for research in the Archives facilities in or .
'We're delighted to award the Archives Fellowship to Dr. Shatzkes and Mr. Sternfeld, scholars whose research will undoubtedly enrich our understanding of modern Jewish history. At a time when historic archives are being accessed in new and exciting ways, this Fellowship actively encourages the use of 's renowned collection by anyone seeking insight into Jewish life and 's life-saving work for nearly one hundred years,' said Global Archives Director Linda Levi.
Pamela Joy Shatzkes, a London-based scholar with a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics, is author of . Her Fellowship research will focus on the recovery of Jewish orphans who survived the Holocaust in the care of Christian families, monasteries, and convents. Lior Sternfeld is a Ph.D. candidate inHistory at the University of Texas at Austin. His Fellowship research will focus on the Jewish community in pre-revolution Iran who lived under the reign of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1941-1979).
The Fellowship — created through a bequest from former, longtime employee Ellen Lewis (whose family was helped by in the Shanghai Ghetto) — is designed for research in the fields of twentieth century Jewish history, general history, and humanitarian assistance, as well as other areas of academic or cultural research covered in the archival collections. An Academic Advisory Committee consisting of leading scholars as well as Board Member Jerome Spitzer and Adam Sacks of the Archives Committee was responsible for selecting the inaugural fellows. Scholars include ProfessorMarion Kaplan of NYU, Professor Jane Gerber of the City University GraduateCenter, and Professor David Fishman of the Jewish Theological Seminary.
's Global Archives document activities of the world's leading Jewish humanitarian assistance organization from its inception in 1914 to today. The repository houses one of the most significant collections in the world for the study of modern Jewish history. Comprising the organizationalrecords of , the Archives includes over 3 miles of text documents, 100,000 photographs, 1,100 audio recordings including 95 oral histories, 1,300 video recordings, and 157 recorded historic speeches and broadcasts. A sampling of these materials can be viewed at 's Global Archives website at .
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Ah, January. It is sadly upon us. Christmas will be over, and everyone will start looking towards 2014. I know the big things people start talking about in January are health, fitness, and weight loss. People struggle with yo-yo dieting and plans that don't realistically fit into their schedule. It doesn't have to be this way! Join in the January jump start challenge and feel better by the end of the month.
The January jump start is a 24 day Advocare challenge. The challenge runs from January 6-January 29.
So why would you want to do this? How about some cash prizes!
Also, there will be other prizes given away, for a total of over $1200 in cash and prizes.
What are my thoughts on the challenge? I was on vacation during mine so I didn't have any dramatic weight loss, but oh my goodness the increased energy is amazing, and I am more toned than before. Also, who goes out of town for 8 days during a challenge and still loses 4 pounds at the end of the month? The products also taste great (I love spark!) so it's not a chore to take them.
When you sign up for the challenge, you will receive 24 days worth of advocare products along with a nutrition guide and challenge planner/checklist. the products include the 10-day herbal cleanse complete with probiotics, herbal cleanse tablets, and the fiber drink, 14 meal replacement pouches, two boxes of spark energy drink, 56 MNS pill packs for the max phase, and a bottle of omegaplex to last the entire challenge. basically, it's a lot of product. at a cost of less than $8 a day, it's a deal and a sound investment for your health and happiness.
The meal guide that comes with the package is just that, a guideline. You can customize your meals to fit your likes and your needs, just follow some of the basic what NOT to eat principles given in the booklet and make the menu your own.
On top of these great products, I am here to support YOU! You will be able to email me anytime to get tips, advice on products, etc. I will give you as much support and encouragement as you would like, and even give tips on workouts etc. to accompany your challenge.
Here are before and after photos from my sponsor Janeetha. She is the one hosting this challenge and she is great! This is a photo collage of someone who participated in her previous challenge. How amazing are these results?
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Best Vineyards & Wineries in Jackson Michigan
Byredoak Last Updated December 1, 2020 Reading Time: 6 minutes
In the southern part of Michigan, the landscape in Jackson County is a beautiful and fruitful setting for vineyards and wineries. Open farmland and rolling hills dominate several small towns. When you're searching for "wineries in Jackson Michigan," you can't miss the best wineries in Jackson County. In addition to those estates, you can make day trips out of visiting other vineyards near Jackson, Michigan. Let's take a look at some of them.
Best Wineries in Jackson County Michigan
photo via Juli H on Facebook
Chateau Aeronautique Winery & Blue Skies Brewery
Since 2008, Chateau Aeronautique Winery & Blue Skies Brewery has been hand-crafting fine wine using Michigan grapes. It all started in Lorenzo Lizarralde's airplane hangar, and he opened a wine tasting room in 2009. You can taste dry, semi-sweet, and dessert wines at the airpark, which also features tours of the hangar and wine cellar.
In 2017, the Jackson, Michigan, winery opened a second location in the Irish Hills. It has a kitchen that serves a range of appetizers, entrees, salads, and desserts. You can enjoy a meal while listening to live music by local talent and tribute bands. Then in 2018, the company launched its Blue Skies Brewery, which hand-crafts seasonal beers and hard ciders.
Sandhill Crane Vineyards
As a family-run vineyard in Jackson, Sandhill Crane Vineyards is dedicated to making wine with only Michigan fruits. It was established as a hobby after Norm Moffatt retired. Later, his wife and sister got involved and turned it into a business. Eventually, one of his daughters became the winemaker, and the other became the business manager.
Since 2003, the vineyard has transformed into a wonderful family business, including the employees and customers. It makes small batches of wines, so the list is always changing. The main wine tasting room features numerous samples and a food menu of appetizers and charcuterie boards. On top of that, Sandhill Crane Vineyards has a wine tasting room at Dexter Cider Mill where you can sample and purchase any of its wines.
Lone Oak Vineyard Estate
In Grass Lake, Lone Oak Vineyard Estate is one of the wineries Jackson Michigan locals frequent for wines made with estate-grown grapes. The vineyard spans 25 acres of hillsides and makes 12 fine wine varieties. It's situated at the same latitude as the border of Spain and France, regions which produce some of the finest wines in the world.
Since 1997, locals and travelers have been enjoying the vineyard's dry, semi-dry, and dessert wines. Along with wine tasting events, the estate hosts dinners and live music events where you can order wine with cheeses and fresh-baked bread.
Cherry Creek Cellars
Taking pride in producing wines for everyone, Cherry Creek Cellars is a vineyard located in Brooklyn, which is just south of Jackson. It offers a picturesque setting for enjoying wine with family and friends. The Burtka family has run the vineyard for four generations and more than a century. The family opened the 5-acre vineyard estate to wine lovers in 2003.
Cherry Creek Cellars uses hybrid varieties from its vineyard to make quality red and white wines. Additionally, it makes a selection of hard ciders using locally sourced apples and other fruit juices. There's also a cafe that features panini, salads, wraps, and charcuterie boards. While you get a taste of the wine and food, you can enjoy live music events too.
Best Wineries Near Jackson County Michigan
photo via Black Fire Winery on Facebook
Black Fire Winery
With the dream of owning a vineyard and winery, former fire department lieutenant Michael Wells started a commercial vineyard in Tecumseh in 2005. It wasn't until 2016, though, that Black Fire Winery opened its doors, specializing in small unique batches of wine. You can visit its wine tasting room for samples of its constantly changing wine list. You can enjoy food appetizers and live entertainment as well.
Pentamere Winery
Also in Tecumseh, Pentamere Winery produces wines from fruits grown around the Great Lakes. In fact, the name "Pentamere" means "five seas." The first thing that you'll notice when you walk into the winery is the hole in the floor. Actually, it contains an 800-gallon fermenting tank. Smaller fermenting tanks and barrels are in the cellar.
Pentamere Winery makes dry, medium-dry, semisweet, sweet, dessert, and spiced wines for every palate. You can sample these in the wine tasting room, which is located in a more than 100-year-old building.
St. Julian Winery
As the most-awarded winery in Michigan, St. Julian Winery has been family operated for four generations and almost a century. It uses fruits from local farms to produce quality juices and wines. In fact, it has more than 100 products, including hard ciders and distilled spirits.
Fortunately, you can get a taste at any of its six locations, all of which are about one or two hours from downtown Jackson. Although the winery and distillery are in Paw Paw, the nearest wine tasting room is in Dundee.
photo via Howell's MainStreet Winery on Facebook
Whole Hearted Winery
Located in New Hudson, Whole Hearted Winery is a charity-supporting winery near Jackson, Michigan, that has only been established since 2019. Although Dan Weiand started making beer and wine in 2011, he spent years in between making, testing, and refining wines and flavors with friends. Now, you can try the dry and sweet wines by the sample or glass. You can bring your own food or have it delivered from nearby Jackson restaurants. Consider enjoying your wine and food in the outdoor heated igloo.
Howell's MainStreet Winery & Pizzeria
For perfectly paired wine and pizza, check out Howell's MainStreet Winery & Pizzeria in historic downtown Howell. The specialty boutique winery creates a charming wine-tasting atmosphere. The wine list includes a variety of white, red, sweet, seasonal, and dessert wines. The handmade pizzas are made in a stone oven with fresh ingredients, and the menu includes appetizers and fresh salads too.
Burgdorf's Winery
In Haslett, which is north of Jackson, Burgdorf's Winery was founded by David and Deborah Burgdorf in a three-car garage in 2005. Producing awarding-winning Truly Michigan wines, the couple started making artisan wine as a hobby and now has more than 40 years of experience.
While the winery has a new wine production facility, the gift shop and wine tasting room are still in the vintage garage. For just a few dollars, you can get five samples of rose, dry, semisweet, and sweet red wines.
More Than Just Wineries, Jackson Michigan is Fun for Families
Visiting all of these vineyards and wineries will keep adults busy for several days. However, what if you need activities for the whole family to enjoy? Jackson County hosts many family and kid-friendly events throughout the year. You can try out some of the best restaurants in the city, too.
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Wiping out species decreases resilience to climate change
It is tragic whenever any species is lost. Now it appears that the impact of species loss is far-reaching, much more than previously thought. The symbiotic relationships that develop in the environment as a result of high biodiversity make ecosystems more resilient to change. ...
It is tragic whenever any species is lost. Now it appears that the impact of species loss is far-reaching, much more than previously thought. The symbiotic relationships that develop in the environment as a result of high biodiversity make ecosystems more resilient to change. The loss of a species can knock that ecosystem out of balance, weakening its resilience thereby making it more susceptible to events such as climate change. These findings were revealed in a new study from biologists at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and published in the journal Ecology Letters. The impact of climate change is likely to be much worse if species are lost; this is the finding from a group of researchers. Their recently published study suggests that high biodiversity acts as an insurance policy for nature and society alike as it increases the likelihood that at least some species will be sufficiently resilient to sustain important functions such as water purification and crop pollination in a changing environment. 'It's the same principle as an investment portfolio - you'd be mad to put all your eggs in one basket,' says researcher Johan Eklöf. The researchers' experiments with eelgrass meadows in shallow inlets on the west coast of Sweden reveal that climate change can exacerbate the negative effects of losing sensitive species, and that the insurance effect of biodiversity may be weaker than what we typically assume. Eelgrass meadows in shallow inlets are important nursery habitats for cod and since the early 1980s the prevalence of eelgrass has fallen dramatically along the Bohuslän coast. This is thought to be due, in part, to eutrophication - the response of an ecosystem to the addition of artificial or natural substances. When eutrophication occurs it favours mats of filamentous 'nuisance' algae which shade and suffocate the eelgrass. The loss of cod in the area, in part has also resulted in a huge increase in numbers of smaller predatory fish. These predatory fish, in turn, reduce numbers of Grammarus locusta, herbivorous crustaceans which are effective grazers that normally control the filamentous algae. This type of cascade effect has become increasingly common not only in the world's seas and oceans, but also on land and many types of predator have been wiped out by hunting or fishing. What worries the researchers is that theory and observations would indicate that these effects could magnify the effects of global warming, which favours heat-tolerant but grazing-sensitive plants such as filamentous algae. At the Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Sciences' Kristineberg Marine Research Station on Gullmarsfjorden, researchers from the University of Gothenburg's Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences have developed miniature ecosystems in outdoor aquariums and have been investigating how future ocean warming and ocean acidification could affect the balance between eelgrass and filamentous algae. The effects were unexpectedly clear and unambiguous: it was the diversity of algal herbivores that determined the extent to which the ecosystem was affected by warming and acidification. 'High diversity meant that neither warming nor acidification had any real effect as the algae were eaten before they managed to grow and shade the eelgrass,' says researcher and biologist Johan Eklöf, who headed up the study. 'But when we simultaneously simulated the effects of fishing and removed the effective but vulnerable herbivore Grammarus locusta, the algae took over the ecosystem - especially in the warmer conditions.' The researchers believe that we should be concerned about the results. 'Most management is based on the assumption that we [can] afford to lose the most sensitive species because other, more resilient species will take their place,' says Johan Eklöf. 'But this may not be the case with future climate changes, as it can reduce the net efficiency of the resilient species - without directly affecting them.' However, the researchers are also careful to point out that there is still hope if society does decide to take action. 'If we protect the local biodiversity we still have, and restore the diversity we've lost, by for example protecting predatory fish stocks in coastal areas and reducing nutrient loading, then we'll probably be able to increase the ecosystems' resilience to climate change.'For more information, please visit: Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Sciences http://www.loven.gu.se/english/ Ecology Letters http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-ELE.html
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Permalink: https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/35167-wiping-out-species-decreases-resilience-to-climate-change


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namespace backend\models;

use Yii;
use yii\base\Model;
use yii\data\ActiveDataProvider;
use backend\models\TrainingSchedule;

/**
 * TrainingScheduleSearch represents the model behind the search form about `backend\models\TrainingSchedule`.
 */
class TrainingScheduleSearch extends TrainingSchedule
{
    public $startDate, $finishDate;
	/**
     * @inheritdoc
     */
    public function rules()
    {
        return [
            [['id', 'tb_training_class_id', 'tb_training_class_subject_id', 'tb_activity_room_id', 'session', 'status', 'createdBy', 'modifiedBy', 'deletedBy'], 'integer'],
            [['activity', 'pic', 'startTime', 'finishTime', 'created', 'modified', 'deleted', 'startDate', 'finishDate'], 'safe'],
            [['hours'], 'number'],
        ];
    }

    /**
     * @inheritdoc
     */
    public function scenarios()
    {
        // bypass scenarios() implementation in the parent class
        return Model::scenarios();
    }

    /**
     * Creates data provider instance with search query applied
     *
     * @param array $params
     *
     * @return ActiveDataProvider
     */
    public function search($params)
    {
        $query = TrainingSchedule::find();

        $dataProvider = new ActiveDataProvider([
            'query' => $query,
        ]);

        if (!($this->load($params) && $this->validate())) {
            return $dataProvider;
        }

        $query->andFilterWhere([
            'id' => $this->id,
            'tb_training_class_id' => $this->tb_training_class_id,
            'tb_training_class_subject_id' => $this->tb_training_class_subject_id,
            'tb_activity_room_id' => $this->tb_activity_room_id,
            'hours' => $this->hours,
            'startTime' => $this->startTime,
            'finishTime' => $this->finishTime,
            'session' => $this->session,
            'status' => $this->status,
            'created' => $this->created,
            'createdBy' => $this->createdBy,
            'modified' => $this->modified,
            'modifiedBy' => $this->modifiedBy,
            'deleted' => $this->deleted,
            'deletedBy' => $this->deletedBy,
        ]);

        $query->andFilterWhere(['like', 'activity', $this->activity])
              ->andFilterWhere(['like', 'pic', $this->pic]);

		if($this->startDate==$this->finishDate) {
			$query->andFilterWhere(['=', 'date(startTime)', $this->startDate]);
		}
		else{
			$query->andFilterWhere(['>=', 'date(startTime)', $this->startDate]);
			$query->andFilterWhere(['<=', 'date(finishTime)', $this->finishDate]);
		}

        return $dataProvider;
    }
}


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Q: Duda al ejecutar script de bash en linux [ERROR] Me piden a realizar lo siguiente:
Crear un script que:

*

*Pida un número al usuario entre el 1 y el 10.

*Gracias al script anterior compruebe si es un número.

*Si no es número valido, lo notifica y vuelve a preguntar.

*Si es un número valido, pase al siguiente punto.

*Realice la tabla de multiplicar del número y la muestre por pantalla.

Dentro de mi ejecutable .sh, he colocado el siguiente código:
#!/bin/bash
while true;
do
echo "Introduce un número entre el 1 y el 10"
read numero

if [[ $numero -gt 0 && $numero -lt 11 ]]; then

for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10;
do
echo "$numero x $i = "$(($numero*$i))
done

else
echo "El valor introducido no es un número, inténtelo de nuevo"
fi
done

Y me sale el siguiente error cuando lo ejecuto:
Introduce un número entre el 1 y el 10

5

script4.sh: 8: script4.sh: 5: not found

El valor introducido no es un número, inténtelo de nuevo

A: No estás ejecutándolo explícitamente con bash (y hay detalles como el [[ que sólo funcionan ahí -son bashismos-).
Asegúrate de usar
bash miscript.sh
o
./miscript.sh
Siempre dándole permiso de ejecución al archivo. Lo otro que necesitas es añadir #!/bin/bash  al comienzo del archivo, pero eso ya lo hiciste.
PD. Yo le pondría algo para que, si le pones 0, cierre el programa o algo. Pues, queda más bonito que cerrar con ctrl+c :)
PD2. Encontré una pregunta donde hay más detalles sobre ésto: SO en inglés

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Q: Argument type mismatch in JUnit I'm fairly new to Selenium webdriver and Java, previously I used Selenium IDE. I'm trying to read testdata from an Excel sheet. Which is then written to Eclipse console, which works, and should be used to execute the actual test, which doesn't work. The actual test is not executed because I get an error argument type mismatch. The code looks like this:
package Test_Excel;

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
import jxl.Sheet;
import jxl.Workbook;
import jxl.read.biff.BiffException;

@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
public class TestWithExcelData {

    // Our two parameters
    private final int input;
    private final int resultExpected;

    // Constructor
    public TestWithExcelData(int input, int result) {
        this.input = input;
        this.resultExpected = result;
    }

    @Parameters
    public static Iterable<Object []> data() throws BiffException, IOException
    {

        String FilePath = "C://Selenium//workspace//testproject//src//testdata//TestData.xls";
        FileInputStream fs = new FileInputStream(FilePath);

        Object[][] object = new Object[6][2];
        Workbook wb = Workbook.getWorkbook(fs);
        //locate the excel file in the local machine

        Sheet sheet = wb.getSheet("IOResult");
        int i=1; //avoid header row
        while(!(sheet.getCell(0, i).getContents().equals("end"))) //read data till it reaches the cell whose text is 'end'
        {

            object[i-1][0]=sheet.getCell(0, i).getContents();
            object[i-1][1]=sheet.getCell(1, i).getContents();
            System.out.print(sheet.getCell(0, i).getContents() + "\t");
            System.out.print(sheet.getCell(1, i).getContents() + "\t");
            System.out.println();
            i++;

        }
        return Arrays.asList(object);
    }

    @Test
    public void testSquareOff(){
        Assert.assertEquals(resultExpected, MathUtils.square(input));
    }
}

Is there somebody who can point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance

A: The method sheet.getCell(column, row).getContents() is returning a String, but your constructor expects int.
You may modify the two lines in the data() method:
object[i-1][0] = Integer.valueOf(sheet.getCell(0, i).getContents());
object[i-1][1] = Integer.valueOf(sheet.getCell(1, i).getContents());


The winners of the 2012 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition snapped some incredible images: astronomical objects from within our solar system and far into deep space. See more photos at the London Royal Observatory.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich's annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest showcases incredible images of the sky, ranging from views within our solar system to distant pictures into deep space. The transit of Venus, comets, nebulae, aurorae and more can be found, with winning entries from all around the world.
Deep Space Winner: M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy by Martin Pugh (UK/Australia). "I was always going to be excited about this image given the exceptional seeing conditions M51 was photographed under and the addition of several hours of Ha data has really boosted the HII regions."
Deep Space Runner-Up: Simeis 147 Supernova Remnant by Rogelio Bernal Andreo (USA). "Most images I've seen of this faint and large object deprive us from viewing the many other things happening around it. My goal was to produce an image that visually documents not only the main object, but also more of what's around it."
Deep Space Highly Commended: NGC 6960 The Witch's Broom by Robert Franke (USA). "This synthetic colour image was created with Ha and OIII filters. These narrowband filters greatly increase the detail while giving a reasonable representation of the nebula's colour. The Veil Nebula is located in the constellation Cygnus, at a distance of about 1400 light years."
Earth and Space Winner: Star Icefall by Masahiro Miyasaka (Japan).The stars fell from the heavens. The stars transformed themselves into an icicle.Stars sleep eternally here.
Earth and Space Runner-Up: Green World by Arild Heitmann (Norway). "This is a special shot for me since it captures the intense feeling of standing deep in the mountains, far away from light pollution, watching the finest lightshow on the planet!"
Earth and Space Highly Commended: Summer Nights in Michigan by Michael A. Rosinski (USA). "Ive been taking combined fireflies and star trail images since 2010 - its a learned technique. I noticed that, due to the hot weather, the fireflies seemed to be peaking much earlier than in either 2010 or 2011: four to five weeks sooner. With the heat-wave the fireflies were going bonkers on this particular evening, so I was motivated to capture them! I had to start imaging at 11pm, as it was too light before that."
Our Solar System Winner: Transit of Venus 2012 in Hydrogen-Alpha by Chris Warren (UK). "A single unprocessed raw frame shot between second and third contact. Our first and only glimpse of the transit before third contact, through a thin patch in the clouds at Blackheath in London."
Our Solar System Runner-Up: Mars in 2012 by Damian Peach (UK). "The entire face of Mars during its aphelic opposition of 2012 where the apparent diameter reached only 13.9 arcseconds. Many interesting details can be seen such as clouds surrounding the giant Tharsis volcanoes, and rifts and outlaying patches of ice around the north polar cap."
Our Solar System Highly Commended: Venus Transit by Paul Haese (Australia). "I wanted to record this for history and this was my last chance. Never again will I see Venus transit the Sun. I hope my six-panel mosaic is a fitting tribute."
People and Space: Venus-Jupiter Close Conjunction by Laurent Laveder (France). "In this image Venus is higher and on the right of Jupiter. I take my place in the lower right corner of the frame to complete the diagonal formed by me, the two planets, the Pleiades and Taurus. With my red flashlight on my head, I illuminate the beach. At low tide, the sand is wet and is reflecting the blockhaus."
People and Space Runner-Up: Lost in Yosemite [C 033706] by Steven Christenson (USA). "As two lost hikers stood in the distance of the Yosemite wilderness I was struck by how small they seemed against the immensity of our galaxy and how lost they might have remained had we not found them."
Young Astronomy Winner: Pleiades Cluster by Jacob von Chorus (Canada), aged 15. "This image was a test to see what would happen with such a long exposure. It was taken near dusk, with only two frames and an hour of exposure. This image has since become one of my best."
Young Astrophotographer Runner-Up: Daytime Lunar Mosaic by Laurent V. Joli-Coeur (Canada), aged 15. "I have always wondered why we never see mosaics of the Moon taken under a deep blue sky. I gave myself this challenge and was surprised by the unique result!"
Robotic Scope: The Sunflower Galaxy by Thomas Read (UK), aged 12. "I love this image as it shows fantastic detail in the spiral arms. I was curious about the Sunflower Galaxy and how to maximise photographic results for a distant galaxy."
Best Newcomer: Elephants Trunk with Ananasby Lóránd Fényes (Hungary). "I bought my first tube at the end of 2010. I didn't have any information about astronomy, so I started to learn the basic things about the sky and tried the serious astrophotography at the beginning of 2011. It is my first attempt at entering your competition. The Elephant's trunk is my 34th photo."