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CIU Centre for Self- Directed Education.
Register your kid!
For many kids, particularly Indigenous kids, the regular K-12 education system isn't working. Current solutions offer more of the same. More homework, more testing, more tutoring, more after school 'enrichment'. We don't need more of what's already failing and we don't need an "Indigenized" version of the regular system, we need different. Radically different.
What's the Problem?
Our education system is struggling to meet the diverse needs of our youth and is not adequately preparing them for the complex and interconnected world they will face. Many ingrained education practices, as well as the very structure of our education systems, are counterproductive to real learning and to the successful transition into adulthood, active citizenship and full employment. We see this reflected in student disengagement; unprecedented levels of anxiety and depression; and, inequitable educational outcomes. This is particularly true among our Indigenous youth who suffer drop-out rates that are double the national average. If Canadians intend to alter this trajectory, we need to completely re-imagine the system.
Ironically, research indicates that the methods used by first cultures around the world are solidly grounded in how humans learn best. Hunter-gatherer societies, which characterized our species for most of human history, passed on skills and knowledge by relying on children's innate curiosity, desire to play and drive to master the tools of their culture. Children are, in fact, born learning machines. Far too often, however, traditional schooling systematically erodes this enthusiastic capacity in our youth, Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike.
Redesigning education – away from conformity and towards curiosity. We are proposing an entirely different model of learning in a pilot school, located in Toronto, Ontario. It will be designed for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students to attend together. Children from 4 to 19, led by their innate curiosity, will take charge of their own learning path in an experiential, land-oriented, democratically run system. They will play together, work together and grow together in an environment of mutual respect and exploration. This self-directed environment is both aligned with traditional ways of learning and proven effective in this complex digital age. Youth will leave this school prepared to be productive, self-reliant adults in an ever more quickly changing world.
Reconciliation must inspire Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples to transform Canadian society so that our children and grandchildren can live together in dignity, peace, and prosperity on these lands we now share.
Honouring the Truth, Reconciliation for the Future. Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, 2015.
Why Self Directed Learning?
Because it capitalizes on children's innate curiosity and natural drive to learn, and it is strongly supported by evidence in anthropology, psychology and history. Sudbury Valley School has been using this model successfully for over fifty years and, since then, many other schools, including Agile Learning Centers have continued to prove the model's value. Moreover, the structured model creates an environment where children gain the skills to steer their own lives and learning, problem solve, and prepare for productive and meaningful futures. Over seventy-five percent of graduates go on to higher education and these graduates prove to be emotionally resilient, confident and independent learners who are self-motivated and adaptable to rapid change.
To foster children who will thrive in today's constantly changing world, we must entrust them to steer their own learning and development.
Peter Gray, Free to Learn
What would the CIU Centre for Self-Directed Education look like?
Learning is self-initiated and driven by innate curiosity and play. In an enriched environment, children pursue learning through the lens of their own interests; actively exploring their unique passions. Specially trained staff provide role-models, extra resources and just-in-time-instruction.
Staff include Indigenous and non-Indigenous adults who will follow and support the learning and exploration of individual pursuits and passions--including cultural traditions and land-based practices.
The environment is democratic. The School Committee runs the school and everyone has a vote. Students learn through direct experience to function as productive members of a democratic society--with all of its choices and responsibilities.
All students/staff are held accountable and responsible for their actions and behavior. A Justice Committee, which convenes daily, engages students in problem solving and determining remediation and/or consequences.
Age mixing is essential. Smaller children naturally want to emulate bigger kids and learn from their activities. Acting as role models, older students develop empathy and leadership.
The school will be a learning opportunity where students can get hands-on skills training through self-run corporations, social-enterprises and supported work experiences.
The learning environment will be integrated with the community. Project-based learning will be extended inside and outside the walls of the school. Elders, mentors, businesses, higher education and community organizations can all be part of this enriched, learning-by-doing education.
Who is Leading the Charge?
After decades of commitment to education and First Nations advancement, Classroom Connections has identified this approach to learning as uniquely addressing both the needs of our youth in general, and specifically the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. Together with our community partners the CIU Centre for Self-Directed Education will revolutionize traditional schooling to optimize all children's ability to learn and succeed in a dynamic world.
Gail Anderson (Past Executive Director, Ontario Public School Boards Association)
Patrick Buffalo (Samson Cree Nation Elder)
Kevin Costante (Former Ontario Deputy Minister Education)
Peter Garrow (Akwesasne Education, Former Education Director AFN)
Dr. Peter Gray (Evolutionary and Developmental Psychologist and Researcher, Boston College)
William Hogarth (Board of Governors University of Guelph, Former Director York Region School Board)
Jeff Hopkins (Founder, Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry)
Frank Kelly (Executive Director, Council of Ontario Directors of Education)
Kelly Lendsay (CEO Indigenous Works)
Shailla Manitowabie (Toronto Youth)
Sarah Midanik (Executive Director, Downie-Wenjack Foundation)
Rhiannon Rosalind (President and CEO, Economic Club of Canada)
Don Tapscott (Author, Business thought leader, Executive Chairman Blockchain Research Institute)
Toronto Native Organizations (i.e. Native Child and Family, Nishnawbe Homes, ENAGY Youth Council, Wigwamen Housing)
Learn more here:
Peter Gray: Mother Nature's Pedagogy: Insights from Evolutionary Psychology
Kids explain how structure, rules and responsibility work at Self-Directed school
https://sudburyvalley.org/
Alliance for Self-Directed Education: Trusting children to learn
Peter Gray: Self-directed learning fundamentals
Listen to interview on VoicEd radio
More resources
It's time to Change it Up!
Join us, make change happen.
If you are interested in the school, please see Unschooling School, where we are working to build the right climate for self-directed schools within the public system.


Best wishes in your new endeavors! 🙂 And keep yourself on the sunny side.
Enjoy the changing of the seasons on your trip around the sun!
I continue to be inspired by you long after our working side by side day after day. You make me want to be a better person. Thank you for sharing these thoughts as I have greatly enjoyed reading your blogs.
I've loved reading (and being inspired by) your posts! I can't even remember how I found your blog, but your topics and writing style always spoke to me. I wish you all the best in your next adventures.
Thank you all for your kind comments! You've inspired me to keep this on the list of possibilities in the future.


IO Biotech and Merck & Co recently signed an agreement to assess IO Biotech's lead candidate IO102, an anti-cancer vaccine, in combination with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC).
Under the agreement, conducted through a Merck subsidiary, IO Biotech will conduct the Phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating the combination therapy, the company states in a press release. Merck, known as MSD outside North America, will provide Keytruda.
The planned trial, possibly opening this year, will be an open-label, randomized study of the safety and efficacy of IO102 plus Keytruda, with or without chemotherapy, as a first-line treatment for mNSCLC patients.
IO102 is an IDO-derived immune modulating therapy with a dual mode of action, in that it aims to kill both cancer cells and normal cells with immunosuppressive functions. This action could increase the effector responses of surrounding T-cells.
IDO stands for indolamine 2,3 dehydrogenase, an enzyme involved in immune system regulation. IDO inhibitors increase an amino acid (tryptophan) that is critical for T-cell responses, and that reduces the activity of immunosuppressive cells in the tumor environment.
IDO-derived therapies have been shown to have a favorable safety profile, and IO101 — a forerunner to IO102 — showed signs of promising anti-tumor activity in a prior, investigator-initiated clinical trial in advanced NSCLC patients, the company reports on its website.
According to IO Biotech, IO102 could potentially be a suitable, safe and effective add-on treatment to checkpoint inhibitors like Keytruda.
Keytruda is a monoclonal antibody designed to identify and block the PD-1 receptor, allowing T-cells (white blood cells involved in the immune response) to better "find" and eliminate cancer cells.
Keytruda was granted accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a first-line therapy for metastatic non-squamous NSCLC, in combination with chemotherapy — Alimta (pemetrexed) and Paraplatin (carboplatin) — in May 2017.
The approval, for patients with all PD-L1 levels, was based on data from the KEYNOTE-021 Phase 1/2 clinical trial (NCT02039674), published in The Lancet Oncology.
Tagged Biothera Pharmaceuticals, collaborative agreement, combination therapy, IO Biotech, IO102, KEYTRUDA, Merck, pembrolizumab, Pfizer.
How can I apply clinical trial for Keytruda?
I read can also treat prostate cancer. Is this true?


Many millions of people use the World Wide Web on a daily basis, but without the Internet, there would be no WWW and without networking technologies, there would be no Internet. This one-day course is designed as a primer for anyone wishing to understand about networking and the Internet.
The course is split into a number of key sections, each one focusing on a topic relating to networking and the Internet.
The first section examines the development of Networking and the Internet and some of the key people involved. This section also looks at the organisational bodies responsible for the running of the Internet.
The second section concentrates on the basics of network communications with a brief overview of the 7-layer OSI networking model before examining how devices communicate.
Technologies discussed here include Ethernet, NICs, MAC addresses, IP addresses (both IPv4 & IPv6), NAT, DNS, Hubs, Switches and Routers. Delegates will get hands-on experience of networking by using command-line utilities such as IPCONFIG, TRACERT, NSLOOKUP and NETSTAT along with other tools such as WHOIS.
The third section is dedicated to higher-level networking protocols such as SMTP, POP3, IMAP, FTP, HTTP and VoIP.
The fourth section examines how the Internet is connected - it's topology - and includes the differences between IP Transit and Peering and looks at the tiered structure of Network providers, Autonomous Systems, and Internet Exchanges.


One of my favorite things to do with my children during the week is take them for yogurt at our favorite local spot, Sonny's Yogurt in Cedar Grove, NJ. Everything from the time of day we go to the way my children attack the dispensers has become almost ritualistic and sacred to me.
My almost 2 year old baby girl knows where "chocolate" is and once I hand her the cup filled with a dollop of ice cream, she makes her way to the scale and places her cup on it, patiently waiting for the lovely girl to hand her a spoon and her tasty treat. While Lyla quickly finds herself a spot at a table, Ava hovers over the colorful array of condiments, carefully selecting one of every color gummy worm. All the while I watch and smile on the inside reminding myself to live in the moment.
I never get tired of watching the way they do things so innocently and sweetly.


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The new Razer Blade Stealth 13 packs a GTX 1650 into a 15mm body: colour us impressed
By Adam Speight
Reviews and Evergreen Writer
September 4, 2019 5:01 am BST
Razer's unveiled a new Blade Stealth 13 laptop it's pitching as "the world's first gaming ultrabook," and on paper there's certainly plenty to back up this claim.
The new Razer gets its title by squeezing the traditionally desktop Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card into a 15mm body. whether this makes it "world's first gaming ultrabook" or not this is still a serious fete of engineering as the laptop also weighs in at just 1.3kg.
Related: Best gaming laptops
Razer Blade Stealth 13 (GTX Model)
Along with the impressive graphics card inclusion, the Razer Blade Stealth 13 comes with an Intel 10th Gen Core i7-1065G7 processor inside and a 512GB PCIe SSD.
The GTX models of the Razer Blade Stealth 13 come in two variations – you get to choose between a Full HD or 4K UHD touch display.
Razer will still be selling a model without the GTX 1650 which is simply powered by Intel Iris Plus integrated graphics – and comes in Mercury White.
Razer Blade Stealth 13 (Mercury White)
Returning to the GTX models, the Full HD display variant comes with a matte finish while the 4K UHD model has a glass panel with touch integration. Both models come in Razer's classic matte black chassis.
Related: Razer Blade Stealth 13 review
The pricing of the new Razer Blade Stealth 13 laptops starts at €1679.99 (~£1527). The laptops will be available from the end of September in the US and Canada. UK availability is currently listed as "coming soon".
Along with the new Blade Stealth 13, Razer revealed an upgrade to the base model of the Razer Blade 15. The new Razer Blade 15 will now be powered by the Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti graphics card.
The Razer Blade 15 comes with an i7-9750H processor and you can choose between a 144Hz or 60Hz Full HD display.
Razer Blade 15
Pricing is slated as €1699.99 (~£1546) for the 60Hz model and €1,899.99 (~£1727) for the 140Hz model. Both models are available now in the US and Canada with details on more regions expected soon.
Adam joined Trusted Reviews as a staff writer after graduating from Newcastle University with an MA in Multimedia Journalism. He has a background in covering everything from consumer tech and video ga…

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This was my fourth time seeing DMB this time as part of the H.O.R.D.E. tour alongside Blues Traveler, the Spin Doctors, Lenny Kravitz and others. I think I have found a new band to follow around now that the Dead are no longer touring.
First show started the love!!
Great to see a show in your home town!!! DMB was awesome.
This was the first time I had a chance to see Dave Live. I live in California if that gives you a clue as to my wantingness to see them. It was on the top of a mountain with a full moon and the late summers of Utah. It was beautiful.
Great show after the storm blew through Lenny Kravits set. the delay made the other bands shorten their sets, but great otherwise. even better if you stayed the next day for Phish.
This was a very stormy afternoon in turn made for a tight brief show. Still to this day stands out that fantastic jam that nobody ever seems to talk about.I think i might have one of the few recordings of this show if there is any out at all. We sat front row center directly in front of dave recording as all security moved to the end of the aisle.Wild mind melting going on this afternoon DMB in all its glory.
Rusted Root, Lenny Kravitz, Dave Matthews Band, Blues Traveler. Little did I know that my first concert ever (I was 16) would be one of my favorites of all time. Very fond memories of this one.
All I remember is it rained like crazy! After DMB got off when Lenny Kravitz was playing a transformer blew up it was crazy!
bumped into him at a bar the day before. Good times!
The show that made DMB classic in my mind. First time I saw them live.


Major Depressive Disorder is a mood disorder defined by symptoms of loss of motivation, decreased mood, lack of energy and thoughts of suicide. Bipolar Disorders are mood disorders characterized by depressive and manic episodes of varying lengths and degrees.
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Did you always wanted to have a get away in the mountains, while still 25 minutes away from Santa Barbara's downtown? Get away from the East Coast weather and camp 210 days a year in Rancho Oso Campgrounds in the most delightful 1 bedroom/1 bath camping trailer with A.C. and with views of the canyon. Yearly renewable lease of the site is 4,052.00 (includes water, trash and sewage) plus 570.00 for Thousand Trails Membership. Access to 2 swimming pools (one is heated), Hot tub, horse rides, horse boarding, hiking, activity/T.V. area lounge with A.C., Cash transaction only. Public Wi Fi /phone available from Lounge. WiFi purchase for unit available. It won't last!


Phuket is famous for its clubs and party atmosphere. Every minute in this land is crazy and keep fascinating more party-thirsty people. While after the carnival of alcohol and dance, you might cool your head and body in amazing museum in Phuket and spend delight time there. UME pick up the top 5 museum in Phuket for those who to look for something a little bit different and dig more about the island.
Located in Phuket Town, Phuket Trickeye Museum is the first trickeye 3D museum of southern Thailand. It offers the opportunity to engage and interact with modern installation art truth Its permanent collection and temporary exhibitions that stimulate creativity and imagination. The faking view comes once when you set a foot into the museum which make you watch and become a part of the picture yourself! The most wonderful moment of visual art trap may be the moment of "wake up". With surprise and visual tease, the moment cannot always make visitors looking carefully before art.
Come and encounter the beautiful creatures from Thailand's lakes, rivers and the Andaman Sea! Phuket Aquarium is located at the end of Cape Panwa and it takes approximately 30 minutes to arrive. It is regarded as a major destination on Phuket Island, attracting around 300,000 visitors each year, for both local and foreign tourists. Here, you will have a choice go through a vast variety of habitats from tropical mountains to coral reefs in the deep sea. And also learn more about tropical knowledge in lively aquatic displays and interactive exhibits.
The Thai Hua Museum is dedicated to tracing back the history of the Chinese people in Phuket. They have a great effect on local merchants and living habits in the nineteenth century from the first big immigrants, which also advance the local business into a powerful trading center. Opened in 2010, the museum was converted from the oldest Chinese-language school in Phuket- the old Thai Hua school which is a classic "Sino-Portuguese" styled building, blending European styles with Chinese touches. The galleries on the ground floor display various aspects of the Thai-Chinese culture, such as buildings, dress, education and food, most displays in tableaux format.
Phuket is famous for its party atmosphere, clubs and bars. Patong gathers especially wild artists so just to have a really good time here and face to face with A group of talented Thai artists. The community is called "Phuket Art Village" where divided to 8 galleries from talented Thai artists who live and work in their studios here. All of craft painting and displays are decorated in their own galleries. You would call the exhibition in a way of lifestyle for you would totally get into a world of artist life and feel free to wonder the creative home-studio-galleries packed fully with contemporary artwork.


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HIGH IMPACT FOOTBALL LEAGUE (OOC) »
Rule Change Discussion Board »
Rule Discussion #12: ERFA Trade Ban
Author Topic: Rule Discussion #12: ERFA Trade Ban (Read 214 times)
GM Eli
The 500 Post Club
Just putting this up here for discussion currently, given some of the things that have happened lately and some of the blowback that is coming from it.
I would like for us to discuss possibly enforcing a trade ban on all players signed during ERFA until after training camp is complete. Some effort on the GM's part to protect the players as a whole may help to pacify the HIFLPA and put players minds at ease who are starting to feel like loyalty is something that is lacking from current GM's.
« Last Edit: June 17, 2019, 11:12:52 PM by GM Eli »
GM T-Bone
@GMBoneKC
Re: Rule Discussion #12: ERFA Trade Ban
Nah, if people want to risk pissing off players and agents, that's on them.
That's fair but the response currently is less of a "screw that GM" and more of a "Screw ALL HIFL GM's" and that's not a good look for any of us in regards to future negotiations and stalling the stream of players leaving HIFL for the XFL.
GM Pancho
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Quote from: GM T-Bone on June 17, 2019, 11:15:06 PM
Quote from: GM Eli on June 17, 2019, 11:17:01 PM
Somebody is feeling guilty. I've been clear in my press conference that when they say that ... they obviously don't mean me.
What do I have to feel guilty about? I didn't cause the backlash tonight lol.
GM Jon
IMPACT BOWL VI AND VII CHAMPION!
Prediction Admin / PBL Moderator
Beef / Broccoli 1328
Quiffy
This 100%
GM Kirk
Beef / Broccoli 2
You're driving prices up for yourselves with that attitude, but just keep pretending that everything is fine and see where that gets you.
Quote from: GM Kirk on June 17, 2019, 11:58:32 PM
GM's will always find new ways to drive prices up. No need to put locks on things that don't need to be locked.
Here's my thing, trying to look at IC things from an OOC perspective:
1. GM's voted down expanding the roster and raising the salary cap, which upset the HIFLPA and cultivated negative feelings towards GM's in the league in general.
2. The backlash from Bell after being traded by BD to atlanta shortly after signing his contract with St. Louis was not directed specifically at BD. It was directed broadly at HIFL GM's.
I'm not saying that we NEED to incorporate a ban, or even that we should, but that it's something that should be talked about.
IC, the GM's pushing something that would seem to favor protecting the players somewhat wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. And it's not like it's a full season, the way this discussion is written up anyway, it's just stopping trades on ERFA signed players until after training camp. GM's would have freedom to trade those players before pre-season started.
If it's a no it's a no, that's fine. But I think it's something we might come to regret down he line.
You're forgeting Elias and Woods last season and AMC trying to walk out of the league as well. The players are at breaking point and they have options now.
Elias and Woods were the mistakes of a new GM to the game. And AMC was the result of a GM who was absent. But they're all good points, Kirk.
Be better at your jobs. That's really what the storylines are about. We've made our beds. Now we GM in it. It's not even like last season where a new cat made some boo boos. We got "vets" still making rookie moves and mistakes.
I get to take advantage of those mistakes. I'd never have landed Elias and Storm if it wasn't for mess ups.
The HIFL PA can negotiate this deal in there collective bargaining agreement.
I'm not one to help GMs not make mistakes. If it makes my job harder, bring it on.
I agree Pancho, and while those storylines are about being better at ones job, it's also about the ones who are good at doing their job suffering consequences from ones who aren't doing their job as well.
Limiting the potential consequences and backlash from another GM's mistakes isn't a bad thing is it?
Also, Jon, the attitude at the time those mistakes were made was "Screw Stark for doing this" but the attitude now, again, is "screw the HIFL GM's"
It's a different tone and response entirely. Nobody is here to prevent other GM's from making mistakes. I'm talking about limiting other GM's from suffering consequences because of other GM's mistakes.
Why limit consequences? It's part of the challenge of this game.
If you think that's gonna stop things from happening, it won't. It's just delaying an inevitable.
We're literally playing a game where we are at the mercy of a mods whim. Let's not overthink this.
And as for me suffering the consequences of a young GM's mistake .... well it sucks to sucks. Adopt the philosophy and millions of things get explained away without any stress.
GM Stark
We are at a point right now where--while yes it's great that we have this extra money in cap and have more roster space--that's being negated solely by the fact that just because you're offering your players over $20MM, does not absolve you of the fact that you're neglecting core roster spots. The market is going up because we're in a bidding war with XFL guys who want to take away star players who are quite unhappy with the precedent we've set in the HIFL.
And if you want to talk about mess-ups, at the end of the day, I made no more financial mistakes after my mishaps at the start of the season. I didn't spend a lot of cash that I didn't need to, and I kept that ship afloat during a time when the team's expectations were up in the air. If you want to throw around your money, more power to you, but understand this is going to have a trickle-down effect on a lot of guys who can't afford that and in turn those guys will be taking contracts from the XFL. We're not talking about mistakes, we're talking about the market becoming saturated to the point where guys getting over 10 sacks last season are going to be looking to get a Timothy Cobbs payday come later seasons.
I'm not opposed to any players going to the XFL if they want to.
If they do, you move on to you next player.
At the end of the day, it's each GMs responsibility to sell their team, their coaching staff, the league... etc when you pitch to a player. And to build a good relationship with agents and players.
Quote from: GM Jon on June 18, 2019, 01:12:42 AM
Agreed. No one says you have to keep your guys. No one says you can't let them walk. It's all a part of the game and challenge. If it wasn't the XFL it would be something else.
That doesn't do me any good if I want to retain that guy and I end up having to pay over $20MM in a franchise tag. I want the choice to at least TRY and get the guy I want to retain. If the asking price is too steep, that's taking an option out of my hands and doesn't give me a lot to work with during contract negotiations.
Taking a gamble on a guy is one thing, betting the whole farm is another. My job is to make sure I put the players, coaches, and staff in the best situation possible. We're on thin ice with the agents, the coaching staff, and the HIFLPA if we don't try and mitigate this problem.
Quote from: GM Stark on June 18, 2019, 01:20:29 AM
And dealing with changing market value is a part of the game. The game is fluid and moves in different areas. It's what REAL GM's deal with on a constant basis. Look at the Nationals and Bryce Harper or Anthony Davis and the Pelicans
I think you have to decide what's best for your team. The beauty of what Talon has created and that we as a faction of GM's have helped establish as a living breathing game is what makes this an amazing experience. We as GM's must decide how we want to build our teams. The two year cut where we try and get key free agents and Smart trades or do we take the time to build through the draft and free agency for the 3-4 season cut. We all have to deal with the same issues of players leaving and wanting a lot of money but it's what we do prior that allows us to partake in the madness or sit in the sidelines thinking up a new game plan. Everything in this league is predicated on what you did the prior season. We all want to have a pretty good team with some foundational players and still have good draft picks with a ton of cash to spend on key free agents, and we could if we built it that way prior. If all the players were affordable what fun would it be. I like that XFL is causing chaos. I make a ton of mistakes, but I still love new challenges.


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The State of Mental Health in Lancaster County
May is Mental Health Month! We recently sat down with Emily Pressley, D.O., a psychiatrist with Penn/Lancaster General Health and Lancaster Osteopathic Health Foundation Board Chair to get her thoughts on the availability of mental health services in Lancaster County.
How long have you worked with Penn/Lancaster General Health?
I've been with Penn/Lancaster General Health for about thirteen years and most of that time has been spent on the inpatient mental health unit. I currently serve as the medical director of the inpatient unit. Previously, I worked as a nurse for many years at Community Hospital which game me a multi-faceted experience with patient care.
In your opinion, what is the current state of mental health in Lancaster County?
In the past five years, the inpatient mental health unit has grown from 5 to 36 beds. But the need for mental health services in Lancaster County far exceeds this capacity. My unit sends about 58% of patients needing psychiatric admission to other hospitals. And there still does not exist a child and adolescent inpatient unit in Lancaster County so young people who need inpatient psychiatric care must be sent elsewhere, often to other parts of the state. This situation alone adds to the stress of the family and makes an already difficult situation much worse.
What strategies has Penn/Lancaster General used to address mental health?
Penn/Lancaster General Health plans to build a freestanding hospital in partnership with another provider to serve the growing mental health needs of the community. The hospital will include acute and adult units, duel diagnosis unit for patients with substance abuse, an adolescent unit and a geriatric psychiatry unit. The biggest challenges facing the Lancaster mental health community is lack of access to psychiatrists, especially child physiatrists along with the scarcity of inpatient mental health beds. Also, a shortage exists of supportive living environments for the chronically mentally ill and long waits for the State Hospital that puts a strain on acute care units.
What are the biggest issues regarding mental health nationally?
As a nation, I believe that the incarceration of the mentally ill while lacking adequate treatment and resources has created a huge problem for our society. And the surging opiate addiction epidemic that is mostly affecting our young people demands immediate action. We are losing so many young people to addiction.
To learn more about our organization, please visit www.lohf.org. For additional questions or concerns, please contact us. Thank you!
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The costs are: £25 for a month, £70 for 3 months or £250 for 12 months.
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If you park in the Iliffe Way car park, purchase a £2 car park ticket, take it to the museum and get it stamped and then display this in your car you can park all day.


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Q: SQL command not printing to label I'm trying to output a SQL command to a label. I'm connecting to the database alright but the output isn't correct.
Here is my code
SqlCommand com = new SqlCommand("Select SUM(IncCost) FROM Incomings WHERE CONVERT(DATETIME, IncDate, 103) <= GETDATE()");

totalInc.Text = com.ToString();

loadDatabase(com);

I'm trying to add up all of the values within IncCost that are either today's date or earlier and later dates won't be added until that day.
The output I'm currently getting for the label totalInc is:
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand

(Also the date I'm using is DD/MM/YYYY and I think I'm converting it to date/time correctly.) Cheers in advance for any help, I'm sure it's an easy fix!

A: You need to have a connection to the database first, then you can create a command and execute it to fetch data from the database.
Try something like this:
// define connection string and query to execute
string connectionString = "server=.;database=YourDB;Integrated Security=SSPI;";
string query = "Select SUM(IncCost) FROM Incomings WHERE CONVERT(DATETIME, IncDate, 103) <= GETDATE();";

// set up connection to database and query command object
using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(query, conn))
{
    // open connection, execute command, close connection
    conn.Open();

    // you can use ExecuteScalar, since your query returns only a single value
    int sumOfIncCost = (int)cmd.ExecuteScalar();

    conn.Close();

    // set label text
    totalInc.Text = sumOfIncCost.ToString();
}

A: If you want the SQL Query to be in your label, set label.Text to com.CommandText.
If you want the result of executing the SQL Query to be in your label, execute it and set label.Text to the result, e.g. label.Text = ((int)com.ExecuteScalar()).ToString().

A: Only 3 Steps are required

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Memorial Athletic Field
Directions to Memorial Field
Directions: Port Townsend. Follow Water Street east in to downtown PT, turn left on Madison Street by City Hall, field is straight ahead.
Full sized football field. Full sized soccer field. Full sized baseball field. Stadium with seating, roof, team rooms, showers, restrooms, maintenance shed, inground automatic irrigation system, concessions stand.
Donation of State of the Art Automatic Irrigation System
In 2010 a group lead by Rich Stapf and Roger Hall organized the donation of a turn key automatic irrigation system. Many private donors participated. The firefighters of East Jefferson Fire and Rescue volunteered to do the work. The irrigation system is fully functional and saves thousands of dollars per year in labor from hand watering Events such as the Rhody Festival Carnival and the car shows do no harm to the system. It creates more usable field time since we don't have to water by hand during the day. Makes a healthier, more consistent athletic field. Thank you to all who participated in this donation.
No Alcohol in Memorial Field
Invitation to Reserve Memorial Field
Please consider renting Memorial Field for your next athletic or community event. Memorial Field is multiple purpose. Games, car shows, events, fairs, music festivals, concerts, are all welcomed. Fee schedule is found as a downloadable document attached to this page. To find out more, please call 360-385-9129 and speak with Matt Tyler.
Memorial Field Events
Port Townsend High School football and soccer (girls and boys) - home field. Chimacum High School Football - home field. One game per season for the Quilcene High School Football Team. Jefferson County Soccer Club games, Port Townsend Youth Football Club games, Port Townsend Little League games, Rhody Festival Carnival, Kiwanis Car Show, Rakers Car Show, Andy Mackey Music Festival, to name a few. Search below to see complete list.
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Good news! Fuji TV has announced that Good Doctor's final two episodes will have a 15mins extension each. This is the first time a Moku10 (Thurs 10pm slot) drama gets a 2-weeks consecutive broadcast extension. This drama slot was first started 34 years ago, and Good Doctor is its 133rd drama.
Episode 8 airs tonight at 10pm!


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Aquaculture Journal Articles
Appears in Collections: Aquaculture Journal Articles
Title: Genomic prediction of host resistance to sea lice in farmed Atlantic salmon populations
Author(s): Tsai, Hsin Y
Hamilton, Alastair
Tinch, Alan E
Guy, Derrick R
Bron, James
Taggart, John
Gharbi, Karim
Stear, Michael
Matika, Oswald
Pong-Wong, Ricardo
Bishop, Stephen C
Houston, Ross D
Contact Email: j.b.taggart@stir.ac.uk
Issue Date: 29-Jun-2016
Citation: Tsai HY, Hamilton A, Tinch AE, Guy DR, Bron J, Taggart J, Gharbi K, Stear M, Matika O, Pong-Wong R, Bishop SC & Houston RD (2016) Genomic prediction of host resistance to sea lice in farmed Atlantic salmon populations, Genetics Selection Evolution, 48 (1), Art. No.: 47.
Abstract: Background Sea lice have significant negative economic and welfare impacts on marine Atlantic salmon farming. Since host resistance to sea lice has a substantial genetic component, selective breeding can contribute to control of lice. Genomic selection uses genome-wide marker information to predict breeding values, and can achieve markedly higher accuracy than pedigree-based methods. Our aim was to assess the genetic architecture of host resistance to sea lice, and test the utility of genomic prediction of breeding values. Individual lice counts were measured in challenge experiments using two large Atlantic salmon post-smolt populations from a commercial breeding programme, which had genotypes for ~33K single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The specific objectives were to: (i) estimate the heritability of host resistance; (ii) assess its genetic architecture by performing a genome-wide association study (GWAS); (iii) assess the accuracy of predicted breeding values using varying SNP densities (0.5to33K) and compare it to that of pedigree-based prediction; and (iv) evaluate the accuracy of prediction in closely and distantly related animals. Results Heritability of host resistance was significant (0.22to0.33) in both populations using either pedigree or genomic relationship matrices. The GWAS suggested that lice resistance is a polygenic trait, and no genome-wide significant quantitative trait loci were identified. Based on cross-validation analysis, genomic predictions were more accurate than pedigree-based predictions for both populations. Although prediction accuracies were highest when closely-related animals were used in the training and validation sets, the benefit of having genomic-versus pedigree-based predictions within a population increased as the relationships between training and validation sets decreased. Prediction accuracy reached an asymptote with a SNP density of ~5K within populations, although higher SNP density was advantageous for cross-population prediction. Conclusions Host resistance to sea lice in farmed Atlantic salmon has a significant genetic component. Phenotypes relating to host resistance can be predicted with moderate to high accuracy within populations, with a major advantage of genomic over pedigree-based methods, even at relatively sparse SNP densities. Prediction accuracies across populations were low, but improved with higher marker densities. Genomic selection can contribute to lice control in salmon farming.
DOI Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-016-0226-9
Rights: © The Author(s) 2016 This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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DNA PROFILE OF COMMERCIAL PINEAPPLES IN MALAYSIA BY USING SSR MARKERS
SITI NORHAYATI ISMAIL
yati@mardi.gov.my
Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Research Centre, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), MARDI headquarters, Persiaran MARDI-UPM, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
NURUL SHAMIMI ABDUL GHANI Horticulture Research Centre, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), MARDI Pontian, KM 53, Jalan Johor, 82000 Pontian, Johor, Malaysia
SHAHRIL AB RAZAK Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Research Centre, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), MARDI headquarters, Persiaran MARDI-UPM, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
RABIATUL ADAWIAH ZAINAL ABIDIN Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Research Centre, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), MARDI headquarters, Persiaran MARDI-UPM, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
MOHD NIZAM ZUBIR Horticulture Research Centre, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), MARDI Pontian, KM 53, Jalan Johor, 82000 Pontian, Johor, Malaysia
ROZLAILY ZAINOL Industrial Crop Research Centre, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), MARDI headquarters, Persiaran MARDI-UPM, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
commercial pineapple varieties, genetic identification, heterozygosity, simple sequence repeat (SSR)
Nine commercial varieties of pineapples in Malaysia (Josapine, Maspine, MD2, Sarawak, Gandul, N36, Moris, Crystal Honey and Yankee) were collected from various places in Peninsular Malaysia and analysed for cultivar identifications using nine simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. A total of 27 alleles have been observed which ranged from 2 to 5 with an average of 3 alleles per locus. The polymorphic information content (PIC) value ranged from 0.3426 (Acom_82.8) to 0.6561 (Acom_67.2) with a mean of 0.4524 while the heterozygosity value ranged from 0.1097 (TsuAC021) to 0.8010 (TsuAC039) with a mean of 0.5481. The pairwise Nei's genetic distances had also been calculated and the value ranged from 0.0562 (Gandul and Josapine) to 0.6383 (MD2 and Yankee) with an average value of 0.3169. The above data emphasised a moderate level of polymorphisms among the nine varieties. A dendrogram was constructed by using the unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean (UPGMA) which showed all the nine successfully differentiated pineapple commercial varieties. A principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) was also had been generated which revealed an agreement with the dendrogram output. Therefore, these nine SSR markers can be used to identify the nine selected commercial varieties to ensure pure planting materials.
ISMAIL, S. N., ABDUL GHANI, N. S. ., RAZAK, S. A., ABIDIN, R. A. Z., ZUBIR, M. N., & ZAINOL, R. (2021). DNA PROFILE OF COMMERCIAL PINEAPPLES IN MALAYSIA BY USING SSR MARKERS. Malaysian Applied Biology, 50(3), 15–22. Retrieved from https://jms.mabjournal.com/index.php/mab/article/view/2209


Prepare and store a media file in Amazon S3 in order to send as an MMS from your Flowroute number via the Messaging API v2.1.
Send the S3 file from your Flowroute number via the MMS API.
For Flowroute-specific requirements, follow steps 1 (Sign up and retrieve your API credentials) and 2 (Purchase a phone number) of the Send Your First SMS article.
To get started with Amazon S3, follow Getting Started with Amazon Simple Storage Service. Make sure that your S3 bucket is publicly accessible.
There are various ways to set your environment variables on startup for reuse in later sessions without having to type them in again. For instance, you can export them in your bashrc file. Please consult your administrator, OS documentation, or Digital Ocean's How To Read and Set Environmental and Shell Variables on a Linux VPS.
Please refer to the S3 Regions list in the AWS Regions and Endpoints reference page for up-to-date information on your specific S3 region.
Import your previously set AWS and Flowroute environment variables into Python variables.
Once those are set, declare your S3 connection.
Then, create an object called bucket using the previous connection object. Also, make sure to set validate to False as you will be dealing with objects within the S3 bucket instead of the bucket itself.
Next, use the Python uuid library to create a random string for use as a filename within S3. This is just a simple way to generate a random string.
Now extract the file extension from the file to be uploaded and recreate a filename using the random string.
Next, upload the file to your S3 bucket using the filename that was just generated. Note that you will also be setting the policy to public-read for the uploaded file.
Your uploaded file will now be publicly accessible on S3. Now we will derive the URL to pass to the Flowroute Messaging API.
Lastly, construct your JSON POST to the Flowroute API using the S3 media URL, the MMS information, and the Flowroute environment variables you have previously set.
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Luxury added to your bottle of Nyetimber Classic Cuvee English Sparkling Wine 75cl with the alluring wooden case with hinged lid. The case is made from wood, which is beautifully complemented with stainless steel hinges and clasp. This case adds the ultimate luxury to any gift and is delicately lined with silver satin.


How much compensation will I recover for my accident claim?
As specialist personal injury lawyers, we will assess your claim and ensure we recover maximum damages for you. We will obtain medical evidence documenting the injuries you have suffered and put together a detailed schedule of all of your out of pocket expenses. We will take detailed instructions from you about everything you have lost and all expenses you have incurred as a result of the accident.
We will assess each client's losses on an individual basis and ensure that they are put back in the position financially that they were prior to the accident happening.
As well as securing financial compensation for you, we will be here to support you and your family with any questions you may have. We will take you through the court process and will also advise you and help you to access rehabilitation at an early stage.
Don't worry about legal costs, we will discuss all of this with you in detail. There will be no upfront cost to you of bringing the claim. We will act for you on a 'No Win No Fee' basis supported by after the event insurance where appropriate.
Legislative changes which came into effect on 1st April 2013 mean that you will no longer be able to recover all of your legal costs from your opponent. We will keep you fully advised in this regard but you won't pay anything to us until your compensation is recovered.
At that point, any cost not paid by your opponent will be deducted from your compensation.
To reflect the fact that you will no longer be able to recover all of your costs, the Government has increased the amount of money you will recover for your injury by 10%.
There is no risk to you if you are unsuccessful and you will not have to pay any costs to us in that event. The insurance policy you have taken out will protect you against the cost of any disbursements that have been incurred and your opponent's legal costs.
A 'No Win No Fee' Agreement or Conditional Fee Agreement will help you to pursue your claim for personal injury.
When you instruct us to assist you we will assess your case and if we are happy to take it on on a 'No Win No Fee' basis we will advise you. If so there will be no financial risk to you if your case is unsuccessful.
At the conclusion of your case, if you are successful, your opponent will may the majority of your basic legal costs and disbursements i.e. for medical report, police report, Court fee etc. if you win, any of the legal costs not paid by your opponent will be deducted from your compensation but you will not pay anything until your claim has successfully come to a conclusion.
Can I make a claim if I am struck by a car door opening into my path?
Yes, if you have been injured as a result of someone, either a driver or passenger, opening their car door into your path they will be liable for your accident. It is the responsibility of the motorist and his passengers to check that it is safe before opening the door and the insurers of the vehicle will be responsible for dealing with your claim.
Can I make a claim if I strike a pot hole?
If you have been injured because you have been thrown from your cycle following striking a pot hole, you will be able to bring a claim against the local authority responsible for that stretch of highway if it can be shown that they have failed to inspect and maintain the road within a reasonable time frame. It is important to obtain good quality photographs of the defect at the time of the accident and illustrate the depth on your photograph by use of a ruler/matchbox etc.
Can I make a claim against a pedestrian?
Yes, you will be able to bring a claim against a pedestrian if it is clear that the pedestrian was at fault. For example, if a pedestrian steps out into the road and causes a cyclist to be injured then it is likely that compensation will be recoverable against that pedestrian, subject of course to them having the means to meet any claim.
Yes, if the driver of the vehicle which collides with you turns out to be uninsured in your claim will be redirected to the Motor Insurers Bureau who will stand in place of the insurer.
Can I make a claim against an untraced driver?
Yes, if you are injured by a driver who fails to stop and is therefore untraced you will be able to make a claim via the Motor Insurers Bureau through their Untraced Drivers' Agreement. We would advise you on this in detail when we speak.
Are cyclists obliged to wear cycle helmets and will it affect their claim if they were not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident?
Cyclists are not obliged by law to wear a helmet, however the British Medical Association strongly recommend their use when cyclists are using the public highway and especially in the case of children. The debate continues on the issues of contributory negligence for the failure of cyclists to wear a safety helmet and the issue has yet to be finally determined by the Courts. It is likely that a Court would find a degree of fault on the part of a cyclist for failing to wear a safety helmet, but only if his or her injury was sustained to the head and the wearing of a helmet would have prevented or reduced the head injury. However, a cycle helmet is designed for falling from a stationary cycle, and recent medical opinions show that wearing a helmet can make little difference in serious accidents.
To speak to one of our experienced cycle claim solicitors, contact us today on 08082789967 or alternatively, complete our online contact form and a member of our team will be in touch. You can also start your claim online here.


All of our procedures begin by injecting a small amount of local anesthetic through a very small needle. It feels like a little pinch and then a slight burning as the local anesthetic starts numbing the skin. After the skin is numb, the procedure needle feels like a bit of pressure at the injection site. If you experience any pain during the procedure, your doctor will inject more local anesthetic as needed.
It is typically done with you lying on your stomach. Your blood pressure and oxygenation will be monitored. In addition to your doctor and the x-ray technician, there will be a nurse in the room. The skin on the back is cleaned with antiseptic solution and then the procedure is done. Very small needles are placed within the joint capsule and a small volume (usually about 1 mL) is placed in each joint.


Importers will pay the price for shipping bottlenecks over Christmas, regardless of the reason. According to leading Customs clearance agency Platinum Freight ® Management, the onus is on the importer to be prepared where possible and anticipate and plan around issues that might arise.
Shipping and handling over the holiday season is fraught with set-backs and added costs. Historically proven strike action costs time and budget, public holidays the same. And this year Customs has reached rock bottom on duty reductions, meaning that for the first time in recent history, importers can't expect a reduction in duty fees.
With these three issues on the horizon, now is the time to make changes to orders and shipping plans.
The cost of strike action goes beyond the risk of getting stock on shelves too late, but also high wharf storage costs plus container rental fees from their shipping company for every day that the container remains un-emptied.
While striking is an unknown variable, the best course of avoidance is to book shipments early.
"Negotiate shipping times with suppliers now to get stock landed before strike action inevitably heats up. The smart importer aims to have stock in transit to warehouse by the first week of December," McRae advises.
One equally common setback importers often face is poor planning and lack of a tight logistics schedule addressing public holidays.
An effective safeguard against delays of this nature is to pre-clear goods before they reach Australia, which ensures little delay through Customs and the opportunity to plan efficient transport options once stock is confirmed landed.
The most at-risk importers for delays in processing over Christmas are first-time importers. These businesses can expect additional checks on shipments which can set back clearance as much as three to five days. This is unavoidable, so new importers are advised to work forward.
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2019 Had a Lot of Meaningless Baseball
by Ben Clemens
Have you ever been to a September game between two teams out of playoff contention? I have, and while I like a nice afternoon in the sun as much as anyone, the lack of excitement in the stadium is contagious. Empty seats are demoralizing to fans who want to root for the team — there's no one around to echo their cheers, so the cheers start to feel perfunctory. If you went to the game to get the thrill of baseball rather than for a pleasant afternoon, you're often in for a disappointment.
Of course, that feeling isn't exclusive to September. Last June 14th, for example, the Pirates took on the Marlins in a Friday night game. Per our playoff odds, the Pirates stood a 1.4% chance of reaching postseason play. The Marlins' odds rounded to 0%, and we have a lot of decimal places to round to. It was only June, but the two teams were already playing out the string. The crowd of 8,340 filled the stadium to roughly one-quarter capacity.
When pundits talk about baseball's competition problem, these games are the ones they mean. There are bound to be meaningless games throughout the course of the season: a 162-game schedule leaves plenty of time to separate the wheat from the chaff, and by September many teams are simply wrapping things up. Even then though, games don't have to be completely meaningless; even if the home team is out of it, an exciting visiting team can provide some motivation to fans.
When the streaking Mets visited the Pirates on August 2, for example, PNC Park drew an above-average number of fans for the Friday night clash, even though our playoff odds gave them a scant 0.1% chance to make the playoffs. There was at least still a reason to attend the game — the Mets were interesting, and there's some measure of joy to be gained from seeing your club take on a contender, and a vicarious thrill to beating them.
So if you want to get to the heart of what baseball's competitive balance problem does for interest in the game, look to the games played with no stakes. What exactly no stakes means depends on your philosophical bent, and I'll go into several variations, but first consider this definition: a game with no stakes is one where neither team falls in the 5%-95% playoff odds range at the start of the game.
When the postseason-lock Astros played the Mariners on the last day of the season this year, that game was essentially meaningless. Heck, when they played each other on August 1, our odds gave the Mariners a 0.0% chance at the playoffs and the Astros a 100% chance. Sounds pretty meaningless to me.
With those criteria in mind and a list of every game and each team's daily playoff odds, we can hunt down the percentage of pointless games in 2019. On first glimpse, the drop from 2018 to 2019 paints an encouraging picture:
But of course, we have no concept of what a scale should be for this. Is 30.9% a lot of meaningless games? It sure sounds like it, but maybe 2018 was more representative. Let's add in everything since 2014, the first year for which we store daily playoff odds:
Oh. Well that's not great. 2019 was an improvement on 2018, but 2018 saw a dramatic worsening of the competitive situation. That roughly tracks with Craig Edwards' earlier research — he noted a spike in competitive imbalance in 2018.
That metric paints with a broad brush. With our dataset, we can refine it. Let's exclude games where the home team is a playoff lock — from an attendance standpoint, those are suspect choices for "meaningless" games. If your team is playing lights out, you might be marginally less interested in seeing them play the Marlins, but you're mostly there because your team is great, not because of the opponent. Run it again:
The magnitude has changed a bit, but the rough shape remains the same. The 2019 season saw improvement from 2018, but 2018 was a huge outlier to the previous competitive situation. And it doesn't seem to be a matter of the way that I'm defining meaningless games.
Let's vary another term just to prove my point. This time, let's only look at whether teams have no realistic shot at the playoffs. A game between a playoff lock and a doormat holds no excitement for me, but for the sake of argument, let's say that good baseball is its own reward. Is that any better?
You could, if you were so inclined, say that the situation isn't quite so bad. But it was still worse in 2018 and 2019 than it was from 2014-17, and it's not as though we thought those years were the most competitive in baseball history.
That's a grim picture, and it agrees with Craig's earlier analysis. All that remains is to guess whether 2020 will be more like the last two years or the time before it. Without knowing any results, we can't do the same analysis; but we can at least make an educated guess.
We do have some data about 2020. While rosters aren't finalized, our Depth Charts projections do give us one data point — each team's projected 2020 winning percentage. Don't take these as gospel, because the error bands are meaningful; rosters have yet to be finalized, our playing time estimates can be sharpened further, and we haven't yet fed ZiPS into the projections.
Despite those limitations, however, we can at least take an educated guess. And that educated guess is incredibly promising: the standard deviation of estimated winning percentages is only .053, which would be the lowest mark in decades. Sounds promising!
There's reason to be skeptical of this conclusion, however. We're comparing projections of unknown accuracy to the winning percentages teams actually realized, which doesn't make much sense. The projections might have a systematic bias towards less variation. To get a better sense of what these projections mean, I looked at the standard deviation of projected winning percentages on the first day of each of the last six seasons. Stop me if you've seen this pattern before:
But despite the sameness, there's good news here. The gap higher in 2018 and 2019 is present in this data as well, and 2020 looks closer to earlier years than to those two outliers. Taking baseball's competitive landscape back to 2014-17 doesn't exactly sound like the golden years — there were tanking teams then as well, after all — but it's a step in the right direction.
We don't yet know how the 2020 season will play out. Projections are fallible, and they're merely point estimates anyway. If the past is any indication, however, there should be fewer truly pointless games this year. That's not quite a chicken in every pot and a playoff race in every city, but it will likely be an improvement on the past two years, and that's an encouraging thought.
Diamondbacks Add a Full-Time Center Fielder in Starling Marte
2020 ZiPS Projections: Seattle Mariners
Ben is a writer at FanGraphs. He can be found on Twitter @_Ben_Clemens.
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No game is meaningless when you can bet on it. Hence why relaxed gambling laws are a big deal to the MLB et al.


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State Religious Freedom Bills
In recent headlines, states across the country are passing state versions of the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act. In my home state, the Arkansas General Assembly is getting slammed for passing similar legislation, and our governor is under immense pressure to veto the bill. The primary opposition is coming from the GLTB community. I support HB 1228 because it protects religious freedom. However, since it fails to strike a proper balance between protecting Christians' fundamental need to avoid being an accessory to sin and otherwise treating all people as made in the image of God and therefore worthy of love, acceptance, and respect, I do not believe Christians should let this law be the standard by which they treat others. Scripture must set that standard.
You can read HB 1228 here. In a nutshell, it protects individuals, businesses, and religious institutions in their right to practice or observe their religion, including "the ability to act or refuse to act in a manner substantially motivated by a person's sincerely held religious beliefs" from any state action. The bill defines state action as "the implementation or application of any law, including without limitation state and local laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, and policies, whether statutory or otherwise, or other action by the state or any political subdivision thereof and any local government, municipality, instrumentality, or public official authorized by law in this state." In other words, no one in government may pass a law or rule which would require a religious person to act or refuse to act in violation of his or her sincerely held religious belief. The only exception was set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court in Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972), in that the government can prohibit such action if that prohibition is essential to further a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of furthering that governmental interest.
The chief gripe against this proposed statute is that it would allow Christian business owners to refuse to sell goods or services to anyone who is a practicing homosexual because it violates their sincerely held religious beliefs. Conservative evangelicals have long held that Scripture's teachings on homosexuality clearly place the practice as contrary to the will, holiness, and perfection of God, and I hold to that position as well. However, I do not believe the Bible condones refusing to do business with those who do not follow God's requirements in most circumstances (emphasis on the word most).
In short, Christians must treat people as they would want to be treated while refusing to be an accessory to sin. In some situations, the determination of how the Christian should act is simple. Christian grocery store owners and managers should not refuse to sell groceries to a practicing homosexual, even though this bill would allow it. Doing so is by no means making the store owner or manager an accessory to sin. Likewise, Christian restaurant owners should not refuse to sell their food to a practicing homosexual, nor should Christian barbers and hair stylists refuse to cut a practicing homosexual's hair. On the other side of that coin, however, Christian bakers must absolutely have the right to refuse to bake a cake for a homosexual wedding because doing so would make that baker an accessory to sin. Christian wedding photographers should likewise have the right to refuse their services to a same-sex couple. Christian churches should have the freedom to only perform wedding rituals for couples that meet the definition of marriage provided by Scripture.
Although this standard is painted as a bright red line, that line is not necessarily as clear as one might think. Should Christian lawyers refuse to draft a will that leaves the property of one person in a same-sex couple to the other? Should Christian accountants refuse to prepare and file a joint tax return for a same-sex couple? Should a Christian landlord decline to lease a house or apartment to a same-sex couple? These are the questions that Christian ethicists, theologians, and pastors must debate and the answer to which must ultimately be left to the individual conscience of the Christian who is faced with the situation.
In each instance, there will be varying opinions. Some Christian lawyers may feel that writing a will for a same-sex couple looks too much like a family affair and conclude that he or she would be an accessory to sin by writing it. Christian accountants may feel similarly about preparing and filing a joint tax return for a same-sex couple. Others may conclude that whether two people of the same gender are having sex has little to do with what happens to their property when they die or the manner in which they file their taxes.
But in either case, it is the individual's conscience before a holy God that must make the final decision. Not the government. Not the church. The individual. If a person cannot stand confident in their decisions as pleasing to God or ashamed in their decisions as displeasing to God, that person cannot practice religion. It is from interference in these moral decisions that society at large must be protected. This is why I support HB 1228.


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Q: Swift - Group elements of Array by value (2 by 2, 3 by 3, etc...) EDIT: I'm not asking a function to count an occurence. I'm asking a function to count an occurence 2 by 2, 3 by 3, 10 by 10, etc... this is my problem
I have an array of scores, lets say:
[2,2,3,4,4,4,4,5,6,6,8,8,8,9,10,10]

I would like to have a function that transform this Array into a Dictionary [Int: Int]() to have something like that:
func groupArrayBy(array: Array<Int>, coef: Int) -> Array<Int, Int>{
   // if coef = 2 -> 2 by 2, count occurence
   // Transform the array to:
   // [2: 3, 4: 5, 6: 2, 8: 4, 10: 2]
   // return Dictionary
}

(With coef = 3, it would be: [2: 7, 5: 3, 8: 6] -> 3 by 3)
I found nothing about that. Is it even possible ?

A: I am still a bit confused about the coefficient. However, let's suppose that what you want is to group any value N with the next N+coefficient values.
Then I would start by remapping the original array into the group values:
let items = [2,2,3,4,4,4,4,5,6,6,8,8,8,9,10,10]

let uniqueItems = Set(items)
var itemCoefficientMapping: [Int: Int] = [:]

let coefficient = 3
for item in uniqueItems.sorted() {
    // look whether exists some lower value that is not itself mapped to another value
    let normalizedItem = (item - (coefficient - 1)...item).first {
        uniqueItems.contains($0) && itemCoefficientMapping[$0] == $0
    } ?? item
    itemCoefficientMapping[item] = normalizedItem
}

// count  by mapped value
let counts: [Int: Int] = items.reduce(into: [:]) { result, value in
    result[itemCoefficientMapping[value] ?? value, default: 0] += 1
}

print(counts)

A: Here is my version where I filter on a range based on first value of the array and the coef variable, based on the result I slice away those elements already counted and filter again on the smaller array in a loop. This solution requires the input array to be sorted in ascending order
func group(_ array: [Int], coef: Int) -> [Int: Int] {
    var result:[Int:Int] = [:]

    var start = array[0]
    var end = start + coef - 1
    var arr  = array

    while start <= array[array.count - 1] {
       let count = arr.filter({ $0 >= start && $0 <= end}).count

       result[start] = count
       start = end + 1
       end = start + coef - 1
       arr = Array(arr[count...])
    }
    return result
}

And here is a recursive version of the above function
func group(_ array: [Int], coef: Int) -> [Int: Int] {
    var result:[Int:Int] = [:]
    if array.isEmpty { return result }

    let end = array[0] + coef - 1
    let count = array.filter({ $0 >= array[0] && $0 <= end}).count
    result[array[0]] = count
    result = result.merging(group(Array(array[count...]), coef: coef)) { $1 }
    return result
}

A: Your question is so confusing that what coef means or can we expect the input array is sorted, what output type you want. There's no Array<Int, Int> in Swift.
Assuming the input array is sorted and you want Array<(Int, Int)>, you can write something like this:
func getRanges(_ arr: [Int], _ step: Int) -> [Range<Int>] {
    return stride(from: arr.first!, through: arr.last!, by: step)
        .map {$0..<$0+step}
}
func groupArrayBy(array: Array<Int>, coef: Int) -> [(Int, Int)] {
    let grpArr = getRanges(arr, coef).map {rng in
        (rng.lowerBound, arr.lazy.filter{rng.contains($0)}.count)
    }
    return grpArr
}

print(groupArrayBy(array: arr, coef: 2)) //->[(2, 3), (4, 5), (6, 2), (8, 4), (10, 2)]
print(groupArrayBy(array: arr, coef: 3)) //->[(2, 7), (5, 3), (8, 6)]

My code is not so efficient and there may be someone who can show you more efficient code.

A: It may have another simpler code as this:
let aa : [Int] = [2,2,3,4,4,4,4,5,6,6,8,8,8,9,10,10]
let mini = aa.min()!
let coeff : Int = 3

let dict = Dictionary(grouping: aa) {
mini + (($0 - mini) / coeff) * coeff
   }.mapValues{$0.count}

print (dict)


DMX has emerged from behind bars and been all over the country making his presence felt once again in the game. After performing at SXSW, Dark Man X zipped to Kanye West's Sunday Service and dropped a strong prayer.
The moment with God was shared by Kim Kardashian who recorded X and the surrounding choir in all black as he kicked off the session with the morning prayer.
If you want to catch DMX in a city near you, he will be celebrating the 20th-anniversary tour for his It's Dark & Hell Is Hot classic.
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Ведран Смайлович ( 11 листопада 1956), відомий як «віолончеліст Сараєво», — музикант з Боснії та Герцеговини. Під час облоги Сараєво він грав Адажіо Альбіноні G-мінор у зруйнованих будівлях і, часто під загрозою снайперів, грав під час похоронів. Він переїхав до Північної Ірландії і працює композитором, диригентом та виконавцем.

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Він грав у Сараєвській опері, Сараєвській філармонії, Симфонічному оркестрі RTV Сараєво та Національному театрі Сараєво.

Смайлович вразив уяву людей у всьому світі, граючи на своїй віолончелі G-мінор Альбіноні протягом двадцяти двох днів на зруйнованій площі в центрі міста Сараєво після того, як мінометний вогонь убив двадцять двох людей, які чекали там їжі. Йому вдалося покинути Сараєво 1993 року, на другому році облоги, яка тривала з 5 квітня 1992 року по 29 лютого 1996 року (1425 днів) і його часто помилково ідентифікують як члена Сараївського струнного квартету, який грав під час облоги.

Канадська авторка Елізабет Велберн працювала разом зі Смайловічем над створенням дитячої книги «Відлуння від площі» (1998). Інший канадський автор, Стівен Галловей описав схожого персонажа в його бестселері 2008 роману, віолончеліст Сараєво. У книзі безіменний віолончеліст грає щодня о 16:00 22 дні, завжди в один і той же час і в одному місці, щоб вшанувати 22 людини, загиблих від мінометного вогню під час черги на хліб 26 травня 1992 року. Час мінометного обстрілу, є вигаданим. Смайлович публічно висловив обурення публікацією книги. Він сказав: «Вони викрали моє ім'я та особисті дані», і додав, що очікує вибачення та компенсації. У 2012 році відбулася зустріч між Смайловичем і Геллоуей, під час якої останній запевнив, що не хотів жодної шкоди, розповідаючи вигадані події.

Список літератури

Народились 1956
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Vallibria fue un semanario local que se publicaba en la ciudad de Mondoñedo desde 1930 hasta 1940.

Historia
Su director fue José Trapero Pardo, cronista oficial de Lugo, director de su museo provincial y miembro de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando y de la Real Academia Gallega. El semanario tenía un tono galleguista, y en sus páginas se combinaban los temas literarios y la información de la actualidad de la comarca.

La revista Vallibria acogió a lo más granado del periodismo cultural del norte de Galicia. Publicó en ella su primer artículo Álvaro Cunqueiro, y también participaron Francisco Fernández del Riego, Aquilino Iglesia Alvariño, Antonio Noriega Varela y Xosé Díaz Jácome.

La publicación estaba editada por Acción Social Católica, y recogía uno de los nombres medievales de la ciudad: el que le había puesto la reina doña Urraca al trasladar allí la sede episcopal de San Martín de Mondoñedo, traslado que confirmaría el 1 de marzo de 1117. La sede recibiría el nombre de "il loco vallibriensi" por el río en cuyo valle se asienta la ciudad.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Trabajo en Vallibria de Álvaro Cunqueiro.

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Quezon City Court Under "Lockdown" Over Suspected COVID-19 Death Case
May 18, 2020 by Olive Dutch
"Lockdown" Announced in Quezon City Court Following Suspected COVID-19 Death Case
QUEZON CITY COURT – The Hall of Justice in Quezon City was placed under a "lockdown" after a suspected COVID-19 death case.
Philippines is one of the over 200 countries and territories with confirmed cases of COVID-19. This coronavirus has claimed thousands of lives across the globe.
The worldwide coronavirus cases is more than 4.7 million now. More than 1.8 million patients of the disease have recovered while more than 300,000 lost their lives.
In PH, there is now a total of 12,513 cases recorded with 824 deaths. According to the Department of Health (DOH), 2,635 coronavirus patients have recovered from the disease.
Quezon City is one of the cities in the Philippines with confirmed cases of coronavirus. It is currently under a Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) due to the pandemic.
Recently, the Quezon City court or Hall of Justice was placed under a "lockdown". Based on a report on ABS-CBN News, it was due to a suspected COVID-19 death case.
Executive Judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert released a statement announcing the lockdown in the Quezon City court starting today, May 18. No one will be allowed to enter the building starting today.
Based on the report, the Executive Judge stated that the decision to place the court under a lockdown is to give time for the verification of the alleged report that an employee of an office in the building died of the disease.
Burgos-Villavert clarified that the said employee is neither working at the regional trial court (RTC) nor the metropolitan trial court (MeTC). The said person died of severe pneumonia and has visited the building before passing away.
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The company reported revenues of (US Dollars) US$52,877 million for the fiscal year ended December 2021 (FY2021), an increase of 6% over FY2020. In FY2021, the company's operating margin was 22.1%, compared to an operating margin of 20.3% in FY2020. In FY2021, the company recorded a net margin of 45.4%, compared to a net margin of 16.2% in FY2020. The company reported revenues of US$12,842 million for the third quarter ended September 2022, a decrease of 1.9% over the previous quarter.
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Q: Método dentro de NLTK em python que retorna uma árvore sintática Estou usando a bibloteca Floresta do NLTK e vi lá que tem umas sentenças com parse(árvore sintática) já criados. Porém, eu gostaria de um método que a partir de uma nova frase ele cria o parse em português.
Exemplos:
Uso hoje
floresta.parsed_sents()

e ele me traz uma árvore montada pra cada sentença dentro do corpus existente. Eu gostaria de passar novas sentenças em português e alguma(s) função(ões) python me devolver(em) a sentença com o parse igual a função acima devolve.

A: Não sei quanto ao "em português" - ou mesmo em qualquer outra linguagem natural, como o inglês - mas pelo que eu entendi o parsed_sents retorna uma lista de frases já "parseadas", sem especificar como foi feita essa análise (automaticamente ou manualmente, para servir de exemplos). Para fazer a análise de uma frase nova, é necessário usar uma gramática, e então usar o método parse dessa gramática. Exemplo:
grammar1 = nltk.CFG.fromstring("""
  S -> NP VP
  VP -> V NP | V NP PP
  PP -> P NP
  V -> "saw" | "ate" | "walked"
  NP -> "John" | "Mary" | "Bob" | Det N | Det N PP
  Det -> "a" | "an" | "the" | "my"
  N -> "man" | "dog" | "cat" | "telescope" | "park"
  P -> "in" | "on" | "by" | "with"
  """)

Essa é uma gramática simples, com poucas regras e um vocabulário restrito. Ela pode ser usada assim:
>>> sent = "Mary saw Bob".split()
>>> rd_parser = nltk.RecursiveDescentParser(grammar1)
>>> for tree in rd_parser.parse(sent):
...      print(tree)
(S (NP Mary) (VP (V saw) (NP Bob)))

Fonte
O for é devido à possibilidade de existirem duas ou mais interpretações para a frase, caso ela seja ambígua. Outro exemplo (só de uso, pra gramática correspondente, ver link acima):
>>> pdp = nltk.ProjectiveDependencyParser(groucho_dep_grammar)
>>> sent = 'I shot an elephant in my pajamas'.split()
>>> trees = pdp.parse(sent)
>>> for tree in trees:
...     print(tree)
(shot I (elephant an (in (pajamas my))))
(shot I (elephant an) (in (pajamas my)))

A forma de usar o código, portanto, é essa. Se existem boas gramáticas para o português que possam ser usadas em conjunto com esse código (i.e. num formato aceito por essa biblioteca), aí já não sei dizer - mesmo porque a construção de uma gramática de escopo amplo é um problema bastante difícil.

A: O problema das arvores em português é o fato de não ter um tagger.
Você pode tentar fazer uma comparação entre seu texto e o floresta, mas ainda assim não é garantia que eles cubram todas suas palavras.
Você pode usar também o nltk.CFG.fromstring e montar sua arvore na mão, mas se ela for muito complexa acaba caindo no problema do tagger.
Não sei o tamanho da sua necessidade em criar isso, mas se quiser contribuir com o desenvolvimento de um tagger em português.

A: Eu escrevi recentemente um posto com um exemplo de como usar a SyntaxNet (do Google), treinado para Português, para extrair uma árvore sintáctica de uma frase, e usar essa informação com as estruturas do NLTK:
http://davidsbatista.net/blog/2017/03/25/syntaxnet/


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In Seville I discovered Sangria!
Before coming to Spain I had only experienced sangria as a young, poor, college-age (or dare I admit even younger) adult who would try most anything at a party. Sangria in my experience was a jug of Carlo Rossi with a bunch of fruit thrown in and set in the sun all day. It was terrible and made you feel terrible too!
True, it starts with wine and fruit. But may I just say, even cheap wine here is good. But they don't just pour you a glass of that. They mix it with orange juice and soda water! The wine, by proportion is the lesser of the three!
Anyway, video from Seville coming to the YouTube Chanel soon. We are in Cadiz now. Biking along the seafront and revelling in the ocean. And drinking sangria everyday!
-to leave the rat race behind and remind ourselves that we as individuals have value beyond our monetary income (or lack there-of). We are human BEINGS, not human doings.
-to put ourselves outside our comfort zone, which lets us grow.
-to find new artistic inspiration, and sometimes cool materials.
-to remind ourselves how lucky we are to live in Bozeman.
-to spend time together, playing and dreaming, away from work and responsibility.


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Not only will your WISH clinicians be at this brand new facility, but they will be joined by Dr. Lisa Jambusaria, UroGynecologist, and Ellen Newman, NP, Director of WISH Aesthetics. We are thrilled to have you join us in an office we are excited to call home!


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Wood-fired: Food folks stage dinners to save Santa Rosa barn
By Carey Sweet on December 17, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Photo courtesy Tierra Vegetables
There are barn raisings, and then there are barn movings. Either way, it takes a community to make it happen.
In the case of the old white barn that for decades has sat on former ranch land between Santa Rosa's Wells Fargo Center for the Arts and Highway 101 – property that is now slated for a new Sutter Hospital – it's taken a vegetable farm and a slew of chefs and food purveyors to get the job going.
That's why the first "Help Move the Barn Benefit Dinner" is scheduled for Dec. 22 and 23.
"Save the Barn" has been the battle cry from Tierra Vegetables' owners, brother and sister Wayne and Lee James and Wayne's wife, Evie Truxaw, for the past few months. They offered to give the rickety structure a home on their farm, which sits alongside the 101 about a mile and a half north of the Sutter site.
Yet legal complications being what they are, as reported in the Press Democrat, moving a pile of lumber is no easy task.
To help offset the estimated $200,000 cost of trucking the structure, Healdsburg celebrity chef Mateo Granados and a group of North Bay boutique food purveyors are putting on fundraising dinners next Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
The suppers, held in Tierra Vegetables' kitchen, will feature chicken mole of poultry from Yael Bernier of Geyserville, a platter of roasted cauliflower, squash, root vegetables, polenta and cabbage salad from Tierra Vegetables, corn tortillas from Santa Rosa's La Tortilla Factory, corn cookies from pastry chef Dominique Cortara of Forestville, and ice cream from Petaluma's Clover-Stornetta.
To get the party started, there will be popcorn appetizers from Tierra, and Kombucha fermented tea from Revive Drinks of Windsor.
Help Move the Barn Benefit Dinner: Dec. 22 and 23 at Tierra Vegetables, 399 Business Park Ct, #312, Windsor. Cost is $100 (checks or cash only), and reservations are required for the 40 seats per night. Call 707-837-8366 or e-mail evie@tierravegetables.com. Dinner is served at 6 p.m., and BYOB is encouraged.
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describe("<no-eval>", () => {
    const NoEvalRule = Lint.Test.getRule("no-eval");
    const fileName = "rules/evil.test.ts";
    const failureString = NoEvalRule.FAILURE_STRING;

    it("forbids eval", () => {
        const expectedFailure = Lint.Test.createFailure(fileName, [6, 13], [6, 17], failureString);
        const actualFailures = Lint.Test.applyRuleOnFile(fileName, NoEvalRule);

        assert.equal(actualFailures.length, 1);
        assert.isTrue(actualFailures[0].equals(expectedFailure));
    });
});

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Summary: The Administrative Assistant performs a wide variety of secretarial and administrative duties with minimal supervision. This position must demonstrate a high regard for confidentiality. Should also demonstrate daily, a committed and professional demeanor regarding the church mission and community/church member relations while performing all duties and responsibilities.
Reporting Relationship: This position reports directly to the Personnel Committee of Pilgrim Congregational Church. The position defers to and supports, the Pastor of Pilgrim Congregational Church.
Greets visitors in a courteous and professional manner. Assures office activities and efforts relate positively and directly to the priorities of the church.
Reports to the Pastor on a daily basis, keeping him/her informed of all activities performed at the church. Advise the Pastor of all pastoral care and visitation issues.
Assists the Pastor in scheduling and maintaining appointments and engagements.
Orders supplies for the office and worship services.
Maintains general church files, church correspondences, and reports.
Assists with help for the needy by dispersing bags of groceries from the Food Pantry and distributing grocery cards.
Publishes weekly worship order, monthly newsletter, and bulletins for special services.
Creates and sends e-mail events notices.
Maintains website and social media postings.
Processes I-9, W4, CORI, and job application forms.
Minimum of a High School Diploma required. Some college or business school preferred.
General secretarial skills, computer literacy (Microsoft Office, Publisher, Word), keyboard proficiency.
Minimum of 3 years of general business experience required. Minimum of 3 years prior office or Administrative Assistant or Bookkeeping experience preferred.