Meghan, age 4, eagerly reads all the volumes of the Little House series, books usually read by children five or six years older than she.
Alan, age 7, completes in a childish scrawl all the exercises in a college-level introductory algebra text, with only incidental tutoring from his teacher and parents.
8-year-old Victoria is in tears after reading an excerpt from Uncle Tom's Cabin, and responds by composing a poem detailing her personal reaction to the injustices of slavery.
Martha is a full-time college student -- at the age of 10.
What do these children have in common? All are exceptionally gifted, sharing the characteristics of an extremely high intellect, a heightened sensitivity to the world around them and to larger moral issues, and discrepancies in development which mark the normal pattern of development for the highly gifted in early childhood. In addition, in most cases they (and their parents) also face the challenge of finding educational programs that meet their needs.
Highly gifted children include those who score extremely high on individually administered IQ tests (generally three or more standard deviations above the norm, or in the 145-150+ IQ range, depending on the test used), as well as child prodigies in areas such as music, mathematics, or chess, children with extremely developed talents in unusual areas, and profoundly intellectually gifted children above 170 IQ.
These children are very rapid learners, especially in areas of strong interest, often outstripping the knowledge of their teachers and the resources of the curriculum or the local library. As a result of their accelerated intellectual development, they often must copy with discrepancies between their intellectual abilities and understanding and their physical, social, and emotional growth. The practical consequence of these discrepancies in development within the family may be a child who is able to discourse with you about Einstein's theory of relativity one minute, but insists that she will not eat her vegetables the next!
In future columns, we will explore other areas of special concern for the highly gifted child, including testing and identification, school placement, family growth and development, advocacy and legislative change, and the unique development issues and concerns faced by the children themselves.
Hollingworth, Leta S. (1942) Children Above 180 IQ, Stanford Binet: Origins and Development. Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York: World Book Company. Full text of Children Above 180 IQ is now available from Project Gutenberg in HTML, EPUB and Kindle formats.
The issue of school placement and educational decision-making is one of the most difficult and demanding tasks families of exceptionally gifted children face. Highly gifted children, by their very nature, may defy the usual patterns of child development with which most schools and parents are familiar. And for both teachers and parents, instead of being able to rely on tried and tested methods, the experience of developing an appropriate educational program for these children may resemble more the experience of charting unknown territory in the Amazon jungle!
Finding ways to make the school experience both productive and meaningful for highly gifted children is the shared challenge of the teacher, the parents -- and the child herself. This column and the next one focus on the unique skills necessary to develop appropriate school placements for extremely gifted children.
Karin, age seven, has been tested with four different IQ measures. Karin's elementary school administered a group IQ test, and she scored 145. Her full-scale score on the individually administered WISC-R was 140; on the K-ABC, 143; and on the Stanford-Binet Form L-M, above the norms of the test, but estimated at 180+.
If we know a child is gifted, is it important to know how gifted? The answer is yes. The kind of educational program that is appropriate for a child of 160 or 170 IQ is not the same kind of program that is appropriate for a more moderately gifted child. Obtaining an accurate assessment of a highly gifted child's abilities may be difficult, because of the limitations of the tests themselves. Most modern measures of intelligence do not have a high enough ceiling to fully tap the abilities of these children. Karin's scores are more meaningful when we consider that the highest score possible on the group test was 145 and that several of her subtest scores on the WISC-R were at the ceiling. In this case, the Stanford-Binet Form L-M (the "Old Binet") remains the test of choice for highly gifted children like Karin, because of its higher ceiling (it is possible to extrapolate scores above 164), and because of an unequaled research history of over 70 years with the Stanford-Binet From L-M and it's previous editions, in the study of gifted children.
Jeffrey completed pre-algebra in the sixth grade, with honors grades. He took the Scholastic Aptitude Test at age 11 and scored above 500, qualifying for a special fast-paced summer program in algebra. Yet his response to this opportunity was "But this is my last summer to play Little League baseball and I really want to play Little League!"
Andrea, at the same age, achieved similar scores on the SAT. Her response to the school officials who suggested "enrichment" opportunities while remaining with age peers for social reasons was an adamant "I don't want to do extra work, I want to go ahead in my work!" She attended the Johns Hopkins program, completing Algebra I in 3 weeks over the summer.
The developmental patterns of highly gifted children are marked by discrepancies between intellectual, physical, social, and emotional factors. Such discrepancies are an absolutely normal part of the development of a highly intelligent child, and should be accepted as such. The implications of this, however, mean that an educational decision that is right at one point in the child's development may not be right at another. It doesn't necessarily mean that the original decision was a wrong one -- it only means that all educational decisions need to be continuously reviewed within the context of the child's ongoing development. Jeffery and Andrea, at the same age and with similar abilities, had different developmental needs. Jeffery joyfully played Little League that summer (and later became the only 7th grader in the history of the school to take Algebra I). For Andrea, acceleration was an increasingly comfortable pattern, and she entered college early.
Laura was unhappy in her third-grade class, despite weekly participation in the gifted program and ad attempt to individualize the regular classroom instructions. When her mother approached the school with her concerns, the principal replied, "But all the other gifted children in this program are doing just fine, Mrs. Smith. What is wrong with your daughter?"
Kyle's mother, on the other hand, had encouraged her local school to begin a full-time self-continued class for gifted and highly gifted children. When Kyle's needs changed after the first year of the class, school officials listened carefully to his mother's concerns and adapted his program.
Don't be afraid to attempt a major educational intervention if it is warranted.
Expect to make mid-course corrections.
Listen to the child, and involve him or her in making educational decisions.
School placement and education decision making for highly gifted children remain the most challenging task parents and schools face as these children develop. In the last issue, we focused on three important areas to consider as educators and parents make decisions regarding school placement for the highly gifted. These included: obtaining an accurate assessment of the child's abilities; making educational decisions within the context of the child's total development; and being flexible.
This month's column focuses on three additional recommendations to assist parents and teachers as they develop appropriate school placement options for highly gifted children.
Linda needed the academic challenge that college coursework provided, yet she was only twelve years old. After exploring a variety of options, Linda's parents worked out an arrangement with the local school: Linda would take her core academic courses at the community college, but participate in arts, physical education, extracurricular, and social activities at the junior high.
Most schools and parents have little experience with grade skipping, early college entrance, radical acceleration of two or more years, or homeschooling. Yet there are times when such interventions may be the most appropriate educational decision. When it is, have the courage to try it. And remember, no decision is irreversible -- if it doesn't work out, another avenue can always be explored.
An ambitious program of enrichment and acceleration was established for seven-year-old Rory. But after an exciting and enthusiastic first semester, Rory complained bitterly after the Christmas holidays that he hated school. His special classes, which were so much fun in September and October, now seemed like "baby work," and he did not want to finish his projects.
What happens when an appropriate educational program is designed, the child has participated productively and happily for several months -- and then, all of a sudden, the program isn't right anymore? This is a common problem with highly gifted children, and a potentially embarrassing one for the parents, who may have worked very hard with the local school to develop this program for their child. It is also almost always a frustrating problem for teachers and gifted education coordinators, who may already have stretched their own energy and school resources to the limit. It is important for everyone to remember that the highly gifted child may have "gotten beyond" the program of curriculum before his parents or teachers were ready for him to be finished with it! At this point, a "mid-course correction" is indeed in order, and parents and teachers should meet to discuss other ways of adapting the school program.
These children often have a clearly defined sense of what they need and when they need it. It is important, at an early age, for them to feel they have a sense of control and ownership in the educational decisions that affect their lives on a daily basis. By listening to them and finding ways to incorporate their ideas, we affirm their self-esteem and their growing understanding of their own giftedness; we also teach them educational survival strategies that will be important to them in the high school years and beyond.


Hi friends! I am SO excited to be testing recipes again!
Marathon training had drained all my energy, which is why these have been few and far between.
I was able to get a couple yummy recipes done over Labor Day, so you'll have a month of fall-flavored recipes coming at ya!
Continue reading to see how to make Oatmeal Cream Pies that everyone will love.
I promise you that you'll be a rockstar to everyone you share these with. Out of all 4 bakes that I brought to my coworkers, these were by far the office favorite!
If you try this recipe, drop a comment below and share them on Instagram with the hashtag #LetsDoughThis. Be sure to tune in to my Instagram story (@TheLittlePinkBakery) on Saturday for the next Saturday bake!


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Integrated borehole, radar, and seismic velocity analysis reveals dynamic spatial variations within a firn aquifer in southeast Greenland
By: Siobhan Killingbeck, N. C. Schmerr, L. N. Montgomery, A. D. Booth, P. W. Livermore, J. Guandique, Olivia L. Miller, S. Burdick, R. R. Forster, L. S. Koenig, Anatoly Legchenko, S. R. M. Ligtenberg, C. Miege, D. K. Solomon, and L. J. West
https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089335
Perennial water storage in firn aquifers has been observed within the lower percolation zone of the southeast Greenland ice sheet. Spatially distributed seismic and radar observations, made ~50 km upstream of the Helheim Glacier terminus, reveal spatial variations of seismic velocity within a firn aquifer. From 1.65 to 1.8 km elevation, shear‐wave velocity (Vs) is 1,290 ± 180 m/s in the unsaturated firn, decreasing below the water table (~15 m depth) to 1,130 ± 250 m/s. Below 1.65 km elevation, Vs in the saturated firn is 1,270 ± 220 m/s. The compressional‐to‐shear velocity ratio decreases in the downstream saturated zone, from 2.30 ± 0.54 to 2.01 ± 0.46, closer to its value for pure ice (2.00). Consistent with colocated firn cores, these results imply an increasing concentration of ice in the downstream sites, reducing the porosity and storage potential of the firn likely caused by episodic melt and freeze during the evolution of the aquifer.
10.1029/2020GL089335
Utah Water Science Center
e2020GL089335, 10 p.

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Q: To find out the first occurrence of a property (no need to be exactly matched) Can you tell me how to find out the first occurrence of a property (no need to be exactly matched) by using Underscore.js ?
I have tried this.But it returns only the exactly matched property.Let's say on my list where it has townName like Rocky Point.But I need to pick the Rocky also.So how can I do that ?
var schoolDistrict = _.find(vm.schoolDistricts, function (d) { return d.townName
== result.data[0].PropertyData.School; });

e.g.
vm.schoolDistricts = [townName:'Rocky Point',...]

result.data[0].PropertyData.School = 'Rocky'

A: OP's feedback: I have used as shown below and working fine :)
var schoolDistrict = _.find(vm.schoolDistricts, function (s) { return
s.townName.toLowerCase().indexOf(result.data[0].PropertyData.School.toLowerCase(
)) !== -1; });

Another way :
You could do a primitive check if either string is a substring of the other. You could also make the strings lower case for a better search:

var schoolDistricts = [
  {townName:'Rocky Point'},
  {townName: 'Roc'}
];

var searchString = 'Rocky'.toLowerCase();

var res = _.find(schoolDistricts, function(s) {
  var townName = s.townName.toLowerCase();
  return townName.indexOf(searchString) !== -1 || searchString.indexOf(townName) !== -1;
});

console.log(res);
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A: Use RegExp pattern to test if the name contains the text, with the i flag to ignore case:

var schoolDistricts = [{
  townName: 'South Rock'
}, {
  townName: 'Red Herring'
}, {
  townName: 'Rocky Point'
}, {
  townName: 'Whatnot'
}];

var school = 'Rocky'; // replacement for result.data[0].PropertyData.School

var pattern = new RegExp(school, 'i');

var result = _.find(schoolDistricts, function(d) {
  return pattern.test(d.townName);
});

console.log(result);
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#ifndef THIRD_PARTY_BLINK_RENDERER_CORE_CSS_RESOLVER_VIEWPORT_STYLE_RESOLVER_H_
#define THIRD_PARTY_BLINK_RENDERER_CORE_CSS_RESOLVER_VIEWPORT_STYLE_RESOLVER_H_

#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/core_export.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/css/css_property_names.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/css/rule_set.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/page/viewport_description.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/platform/geometry/length.h"

namespace blink {

class ComputedStyle;
class Document;
class DocumentStyleSheetCollection;
class MutableCSSPropertyValueSet;
class StyleRuleViewport;

class CORE_EXPORT ViewportStyleResolver final
    : public GarbageCollected<ViewportStyleResolver> {
 public:
  explicit ViewportStyleResolver(Document&);

  void InitialStyleChanged();
  void InitialViewportChanged();
  void SetNeedsCollectRules();
  bool NeedsUpdate() const { return needs_update_; }
  void UpdateViewport(DocumentStyleSheetCollection&);

  void CollectViewportRulesFromAuthorSheet(const CSSStyleSheet&);

  void Trace(Visitor*);

 private:
  void Reset();
  void Resolve();

  enum Origin { kUserAgentOrigin, kAuthorOrigin };
  enum UpdateType { kNoUpdate, kResolve, kCollectRules };

  void CollectViewportRulesFromUASheets();
  void CollectViewportChildRules(const HeapVector<Member<StyleRuleBase>>&,
                                 Origin);
  void CollectViewportRulesFromImports(StyleSheetContents&);
  void CollectViewportRulesFromAuthorSheetContents(StyleSheetContents&);
  void AddViewportRule(StyleRuleViewport&, Origin);

  float ViewportArgumentValue(CSSPropertyID) const;
  Length ViewportLengthValue(CSSPropertyID);
  mojom::ViewportFit ViewportFitValue() const;

  Member<Document> document_;
  Member<MutableCSSPropertyValueSet> property_set_;
  Member<MediaQueryEvaluator> initial_viewport_medium_;
  scoped_refptr<ComputedStyle> initial_style_;
  MediaQueryResultList viewport_dependent_media_query_results_;
  MediaQueryResultList device_dependent_media_query_results_;
  bool has_author_style_ = false;
  bool has_viewport_units_ = false;
  UpdateType needs_update_ = kCollectRules;
};

}  // namespace blink

#endif  // THIRD_PARTY_BLINK_RENDERER_CORE_CSS_RESOLVER_VIEWPORT_STYLE_RESOLVER_H_

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Tag: I.O.U.
New Song of the Week – PHILIP MORGAN LEWIS: "I.O.U."
On August 3, 2021 August 26, 2021 By EclecticMusicLoverIn Reviews3 Comments
British singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Philip Morgan Lewis is one of the most creative and prolific artists I've come across in my six years as a music blogger. He's become a favorite of this blog, and this is the fifth time I've featured him since November 2017. Drawing upon a wide range of genres and influences, including alternative rock, blues, R&B, garage rock, folk and EDM, the London East Ender crafts his own unique style of blues-soaked rock that's perfect for his distinctive raspy vocals. His singing voice sounds like no one else, making him one of those artists you immediately recognize upon hearing his songs.
Over the past decade, Philip has released an impressive amount of music, including his superb 2017 album Grief Harbour (which I reviewed), two EPs and scores of singles. Among those I've written about was "Come Find Me Back", which I premiered this past April along with its wonderful accompanying video. The hauntingly beautiful song spent 10 weeks on my Weekly Top 30. He quickly followed with two more singles and an EP Lost Soul Sessions, and now returns with yet another new single "I.O.U.", which I've chosen as my New Song of the Week.
Released via Tx2 Records, "I.O.U." is his second collaboration with Belgium producer Orfeo Brigande, who co-wrote and co-produced the track. Philip played guitar and sang all vocals on the track, Orfeo programmed the beat and synths, and Karl Velsch played additional guitar. The track will be included on his upcoming EP NOW + THEN, to be released September 1st.
One of the many things I like about Philip's music is its unpredictability, and that no two songs ever sound alike. With every release, we're treated to an entirely different sound and vibe than the song before, and "I.O.U." is no exception. The song has a slow, sensuous vibe, with Orfeo's moody synths and keyboards creating a sultry, almost cinematic groove, over which Philip and Karl layer a marvelous blend of funky and distorted guitar notes. As always, Philip's raspy emotive vocals are soulful and evocative, conveying his ardor in a way that's soothing, but also smoldering with a white-hot desire.
The lyrics speak to someone who brings so much joy and love into your life that you feel an intense love for them in return, along with a grateful feeling of indebtedness – expressed by the initials "I.O.U." In them, you've found someone so perfect, you need look no further for anyone who could possibly be better.
Ain't gonna dig down deeper
There ain't nobody like you
Ain't gonna look no further
I want somebody like you
For the love you've given me
Is hard and dirty babe
And I.O.U.
Ain't gonna dig it down
Don't want nobody but you
Connect with Philip: Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram
Stream his music: Spotify / YouTube / Apple Music
Purchase: Amazon / Deezer / Bandcamp


No game here, who am I kidding, just packing like a mofo. Vacation starts as soon as I cross the finish line tomorrow so I better leave everything ready and hurry to a PR (as if it was that easy). It kills my organization/packing that I am incapable of making a decision about what to wear during the race until the last minute. I will probably decide the second before I check my bag at the start.😣😣😂 that's as last minute as it gets!
I had a cold the last three days which made me anxious and upset (and I am sure obnoxious as well!) but all good now: NO EXCUSES!
Now some pictures, because that was the real point of this post but, of course, I got derailed.
Carolina and I picking up our bibs at the expo yesterday. It took us about 6 hours. Rough estimate but not so far off. I probably chatted with the 2000 people there!
Free weird shot! BECAUSE America!
And this happened this morning!!! Aren't these the cutest thing you've ever seen? No worries, see them again and again and again and again.
See you on the other side friends!!!
← Who Will Win a Prize??? Guess my Finish Time at the NYC Half next Sunday!
Oh, I gotcha. I stayed for "walk through" of the course presentation.


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Extracurricular: A Non-traditional High School K-Drama (Drama Review)
I never intended to watch Extracurricular, let alone review it. I did so at the behest of a friend, and I am glad I did. I enjoyed it for being different. I am not a fan of high school K-dramas, but Extracurricular is anything but a typical high school drama. On the contrary, it's dark with an intense take on serious issues from compensated dating, paid protection services, peer and parental bullying, and academic pressures to name a few. Despite its many characters, Extracurricular centers around four teenagers, the main one being the awkward loner Oh Ji Soo (Kim Dong Hee), the headstrong yet selfish female lead Bae Gyu-Ri (Park Joo Hyun), pretty girl Seo Min-Hee (Jung Da Bin), and class bully Kwak Ki Tae (Nam Yoon Su).
At first glance, Ji Soo is a lonely, parentless, timid teenager, and with his perfect grades, he seems on track to attend any of the top three universities in South Korea. But despite his academic achievements, he lacks motivations and views ambition or dreaming of a future as an expensive financial burden, which he hustles to support by secretly managing an illegal protection provider service for a group of teenage girls who participate in compensated dating. It's this stark contrast between the mild-mannered Ji Soo and the hustler that makes Extracurricular an exciting watch.
Unlike Ji Soo, Bae Gyu-Ri (Park Joo Hyun) comes from a wealthy family, bullying her into taking over the family business at such a young age, but also runs her hustle on the side. She comes off as confident and strong-minded, if not crude, but the more one learns of her, the less appealing she becomes, and even more so after she discovers Ji Soo's truth and starts blackmailing him. Despite getting more insight into her less than appealing family life, which I am sure was the catalyst for her subsequent behavior, I couldn't empathize with her, especially for what she does to Ji Soo. She turns his life a living hell. From an organized systematic business in a blink of an eye, everything starts to unravel for letting his guard down and trusting the one person he shouldn't have. The ripple effects of that ensnare not only him, but everybody else involved.
Extracurricular primarily explores the traumas of compensated dating through Min-Hee, who mainly engaged in the service to pay for expensive items and support her boyfriend Ki Tae's gaming habit. But stops participating after a traumatic encounter with an abusive client, which leaves her anxious to continue, but also because she attracts the attention of the police. The drama is exceptional in how it shows the destructive effects of the service itself, but as events unfold, the lack of complete portrayal of the dehumanization that many survivors of trauma experience in Min-Hee made it hard for me to empathize with her or even understand the devastating consequences of a society that treats women and young girls in particular who undergo traumatic sexual encounters as disposable objects.
Beyond compensated dating Extracurricular touches on peer and parent bullying. It mainly showcases peer bullying through Ki Tae, who bullies Ji Soo and others he deems weaker than himself. I felt the show doesn't provide valuable insight into why Ki Tae bullies, since we never get to know him personally. We only observe superficial aspects of him, not what drives him, and as such we don't get a deeper understanding of the significance of bullying, especially in South Korea. The show doesn't really delve much in it, especially the ramifications.
As for parent bullying, we get an aspect of it through Gyu-Ri's parents, who perfectly exemplified the high, and most times unrealistic expectations parents place on their children at an early age in that part of the world. I had a hard time believing they were her birth parents in how deplorably they pimped, for a lack of a better word. In that sense, the drama touches on the consequences of parental bullying in general. It doesn't directly address Gyu-Ri's situation with her parents or the repercussions. On the other hand, the way the show portrays Ji Soo seemed unrealistic -- a teenager without parents or a family who practically raises himself becomes as studious and as focused as Ji Soo -- questionable at best. I found the depiction of him as a parentless teenager who can balance the rigid South Korean educational system while at the same time running a demanding side business without anyone in the system noticing a bit far-fetched. He does so much, but he never gets caught until Gyu-Ri enters his life and makes a massive mess of it.
Still, one of the strongest points of Extracurricular is that it doesn't portray characters as inherently good or evil. All the main characters have moral failings; Ji Soo arranges criminal activity, Gyu-Ri blackmails Ji-soo, Min-hee engages in what Korea considers prostitution, and Ki Tae is a bully. Further, the drama doesn't condemn them for their actions, but instead showcases situations where we as viewers can make our own judgments. Unequivocally, Kim Dong Hee shines as Ji Soo and depicts the character's emotional complexity to the fullest. Park Joo-Hyun performs well as the finicky Gyu-Ri, who constantly switches between an innocent and downright crazy person.
The show is a definite departure from the cliched high school drama genre, and I commend it for the in-your-face method it uses to bring the issue to the forefront, especially the very real dangers of compensated dating. I, for one, didn't know that such a service as compensated dating existed before watching this drama. And to know that older men, or should I say people engage much younger people, sometimes as young as 11 years old for sex, are abhorring. It is difficult to express how terrible it was to know that children, teenagers, and young adults are putting themselves at such a risk for whatever reason and are exploited for it.
Extracurricular starts strong and tackles some serious issues. Still, I felt it lost its focus as it moved further into its development, because it took on too many such issues simultaneously and failed to address them fully in its quest to be different than the cliched high school dramas. That does not take away from the superb performances from the cast, in particular Ji Soo's muscleman Choi Min Soo (Choi Min Soo) and Homeroom teacher Jo Jin Woo (Park Hyuk Kwon). Most importantly, the show paints a vivid picture in its narrative that just because someone appears okay on the outside, it doesn't mean they are on the inside, and pretending otherwise may have detrimental consequences, as clearly depicted in this drama.
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Kairos is Masterful (Drama Review)


LANSING — As a technology education student, the state of Michigan apparently did its homework because Lansing received some good grades recently.
For the third time in the past four years, the state finished in the top 10 nationwide for the delivery of online government services. And its Web site, www.michigan.gov, was cited as being one of the nation's best by two sources last year.
On top of that, Gov. John Engler signed a bill into law earlier this month that will create a Cybercourt for business disputes in the state. Engler said the high-speed, high-tech virtual courtroom will attract companies to Michigan.
"In a world where we can go from idea to IPO at warp speed, we need a connected court that can keep up," said Engler. "This bill creates the Cybercourt in Michigan, and I believe it will make Michigan uniquely attractive for the New Economy businesses the same way the state of Delaware has had an advantage for incorporation of major public companies."
Rep. Marc Shulman, R-West Bloomfield, sponsored the bill, and said the e-court would create a legal structure that would encourage firms to come to Michigan. The state hopes to e-gavel the Cybercourt into session by October.
The court is expected to reduce a company's litigation costs, especially for firms that are based in other states, and get business matters on the docket faster.
"Absolutely, it will cut costs. A lot of time they have to fly attorneys to different states to conduct cases; obviously, the cost of that can add up," said Matt Resch, deputy press secretary for the governor.
"Also, it's a time issue because in most circuit courts the business ideas can get pushed off to the last. The criminal cases are first, the family cases are first, and if there is a business dispute, it's often only taken up after these other things," added Resch. "This is a court specifically geared toward business."
The court will have jurisdiction over commercial actions that exceed $25,000. A case will be heard by a judge, not a jury, and the state Supreme Court will govern the court and assign the justices. Cybercourt decisions can be appealed to the Court of Appeals. The Cybercourt filing fee will be $200.
But both parties in a suit would have to agree to try the case in Cybercourt. Otherwise, the case would go to circuit court.
In other e-news, the Center for Digital Government placed Michigan ninth in the nation for the delivery of online services. The center's 2001 Digital State Survey ranked states in eight categories. Michigan was eighth in social services; ninth in law enforcement and courts; 15th in electronics commerce and business regulation; 15th in digital democracy; 11th in management and administration; and fifth in geographic information systems and transportation.
The state wasn't listed in the survey's top 25 for the taxation and revenue, and education categories. Last year, the state finished 11th overall.
"This award demonstrates that Michigan continues its national leadership in using technology to better serve citizens and businesses," said the governor. "We view this latest accolade as recognition that our vision for Michigan's e-government future is on target."
The Center for Digital Government, a national research and advisory institute, also placed Michigan seventh nationwide in its 2001 Best of the Web contest. The competition focused on the use of Web-based online technology to deliver services, the amount of time and money saved using those services, and how easy the site was to use.
The Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University gave the state's Web site an even higher grade, ranking it second in the nation. The center rated sites on 22 elements to determine which states scored highest for the availability of contact information, databases, publications, portals and number of online services.
Governing Magazine gave the state an "A" for IT management, and also selected Engler as one of its top public officials for 2001.


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On the Wrong Side of DisCo – Part 2
Shreedhar Manek 5 years ago 4 min read
Students' Narrative
The end semester exams had ended and there was to be revel everywhere. And there was revel, but it was only a short part of a long night.
Alcohol was smartly sneaked into the rooms, but the drunkenness had come long before. This was not the first time alcohol was consumed, but it was the first time that they were caught. All because of one guard who was in no mood to let anyone get away that night, partially because of some manhandling and misunderstanding that took place between him and one of those who was drunk.
The students tried their best to stop the guard from making the call. But the call was made and the deed was done. One of those involved describes the scene just as one would an episode of CID. "They collected the bottles of alcohol in polythene bags and filed the information of the whole episode. The next morning, the file was on Zulu's table", they described.
What then followed was a couple of months of attending meetings and listening to professors discuss what they felt to be an appropriate punishment and what they did not. All this while classes ran as usual. "It seemed to us as if they called us whenever they were in the mood for entertainment. We would get an email at a short notice and we were expected to be there", one of the students said. Thus was the story of students who regularly missed classes, attending meetings without a miss.
The DisCo itself, they said, was more about them as individuals than about what they did. What they had done constituted the first meeting, but all meetings thereafter—including ones with their parents—was about what they did in college. What their grades were, how much money they spent every day, how many classes they missed, what positions of responsibility they held.
One of those involved describes the scene just as one would an episode of CID.
When asked about how fair they felt the whole indictment process, for the lack of a better word, was, they were hesitant but leaned towards it being unfair. "They made entire value judgements based on one or two factors", they said. "If you were with a high CGPA, for them it would be the first time you were doing something. But if your CGPA was low, you were a regular offender who just got caught for the first time."
In addition to the obvious dissatisfaction of using CGPA as one of the criteria in deciding the punishment, the students were baffled at how the professors did not hesitate to make statements based on the region from where the students originated. Specifically, two northern states. They claimed that one of the professors said these students were just bringing here what they regularly did back home anyway.
There are a number of issues that could land a student in front of the DisCo. One is, of course, anything that goes against institute rules. But the other, slightly more serious, is something that goes against the rule of the land—ragging. Ragging could easily be taken up by the victim at a level higher than the institute, but every effort is made to resolve it at the institute level so as not to attract any negative publicity to the institute. One of the students involved in a DisCo about ragging claimed that the punishment given for ragging cases was in accordance to the law and at par at what the court's decision would have been—debarring from placements. While this does seem to be a common punishment in institutes around the country, whether this is what any court has decided in the past or would decide in the future remains unverified.
The student representative attending the meetings with the DisCo was helpful. "They were neutral for the most part, but their influence helped for some issues and made a difference", said one student. They and the other students, however, expressed their displeasure when informed about who one of the new student representatives was.
The conversation with some of the students ended with them lamenting how rules were implemented non uniformly, not just for students with high CGPA's, but also for faculty members who choose to smoke at the rather popular and accepted smoking area in the campus—the passage from Vindhya canteen to SBH. "With the number of cigarette buds at that place, I refuse to believe that Prof. Rawat is unaware of it," one student said.
While the disciplinary committee is necessary for maintaining the minimum discipline that comes involved in the contract of trust that students share with the faculty, what constitutes breaches and what should constitute a breach is always a question that needs to be answered. Does it make sense to penalize students for something they are legally allowed to do and does not affect a third party? If it is in fact possible for it to affect a third party, should the institute put in due effort to make sure that it does not or prohibit the activity entirely?
Does it make sense to make smoking and drinking, both popular activities for college students everywhere, issues of the disciplinary committee? Is it still a surprise that college students smoke and drink?—I wondered, while I had smoke blown into my face.
Read about what the DisCo is and what it constitutes in in Part 1 here.
Shreedhar Manek
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Every now and then during a conversation, or in a situation where something unfamiliar arises, you pick up tid bits of advice that are either entertaining, informative or helpful. I personally love when the person you're talking to throws in a little hot tip that they have picked up along the way, whether it is relative to the conversation or not I have picked up some pretty interesting tips here and there. Not all of these tips however are as applicable as they are interesting, but should I ever need to get the smell of seafood out of my hands I'll know to rub lemon all over them! I thought that every now and then when I come across something really neat & helpful that I would share it with you!
A helpful tip I picked up from a book I read recently, The Happiness Project, was to take ten minutes at the end of each day to tidy up. I implemented this helpful hint the first evening after reading it & awoke the following morning feeling pleased with myself that I had done so. I didn't start my day off cleaning up from the one before and it certainly made the morning run smoother. While it seems like such a basic concept and thing to do, Luke & I can be a little too relaxed at times, especially when Romy is teething - anything goes! So committing to making the time to tidy up and get things organised for the following day has been one of my favourite helpful hot tips I've picked up in a while.
I moved back to the states and my house is still in a disarray, I'll try to implement this 10 minute rule instead of trying take it all on at once. I usually feel really overwhelmed after a couple of boxes, but maybe the slow and steady will help me catch up! Thanks for the tip!
I would get so disheartened if I didn't get everything done all at once, especially with unpacking. If you aim to just do ten minutes at a time, you usually get more done in that ten minutes of constructive tidying. Happy unpacking!
This really helps especially when you're living with messy people haha.
I've had my share of messy housemates in the past and no amount of tidying can compete with the rate of mess they would make. We resorted to a cleaning routine that turned me into their mothers!


The Barry Sheene Oceania Challenge.2013 Oct 25-26-27th 2013.
The New Zealand team won the recent Barry Sheene Festival of Speed at Eastern Creek and the Australians are coming back to Hampton Down this Labour weekend to see if they can grab the trophy on our home soil.
This year the holiday weekend falls a week later so Friday 25th will be the practise day, qualifying early on Saturday morning with racing thereafter and through to Sunday followed by prizegiving and a proposed social that evening. This will give race fans, competitors and crews they holiday Monday to travel home. Looking at the stats from last year neary 50% of the teams came from south of hampton Downs so its a good call by the organizing team.
All the accomodation at the Hampton Downs apartments was booked out primarliy by the Australians when they left last year so try the motel at Mercer, Pokeno, Tuakau Hotel or Pukekohe. There is very strong interest from Australia from competitors following the success of the first event at Hampton in 2012 and it looks like more than two container loads of bikes and sidecars will be coming from Australia. The big names will be announced once they are confirmed and news of the event will unfold on this website plus through our NZ motorcycle press, Motorcycle Trader & News, Kiwi Rider and Bike Rider in the coming months.
Arai 2013 Road Race Winter Series. The Hamilton Motorcycle Club Inc. will conduct a Motorcycle Race meeting for the first round of the Hamilton Motorcycle Club Winter Championships at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park on Sunday June 25th and the second on Sunday August 4th 2013.
Allways love to watch Jamies Lucky Barsted motorcycle trips.Inspiring and uplifting.
King of levels Round 1 in Timaru 13th July.Always a good meet with plenty of great competitive racing.See you there :) also winter series Round 3 at Manfeild on the same day 13th July for North Island Motorcycle Racing at its best.


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YOUTH IS SERVED: G Adventures' new hostel environment
Hostels aren't what they used to be, nor are young travellers. With this in mind, G Adventures has partnered with leading Dublin-based OTA Hostelworld to combine the former's group adventure tours with the latter's global hostel booking platform to create a series of unique backpacking-meets-organized-travel experiences dubbed 'Roamies.'
The Roamies collection is designed to capture the free-spirited nature of adventure travel and combine it with the inherently social side of hostels with five- to 34-day tours limited to between 16 and 24 travellers.
Offered for sale by both companies, and available to be booked by travel agents through Toronto-based G Adventures, the collaboration will launch in May 2022, with a collection of 38 tours in 15 countries that will allow travellers to explore some of the world's "coolest destinations" while using 50 of the hottest hostels as a home-base and a place to both hang out and kick-start adventures.
With flexibility and free time built in, and optional activities available to book, all trips have the support of an expert chief experience officer throughout the tour.
Gary Morrison, CEO of Hostelworld Group says, "The reason why people go hostelling is to reach other people (and) a lot of the reason people go on short group adventure tours is not only to experience the world, but also to meet other people… so, we're similar if you're in the market to have an incredible social experience, combined with amazing adventure travel, which is a bit different from a luxury hotel kind of stay."
But while the accommodations may not be defined as 'luxury', they are certainly no longer the $10/day dorm rooms that many remember from the past.
"What I've learned," says G Adventures founder Bruce Poon Tip, "is how much the hostel community and hostels have evolved in the 20 years since I went travelling… when hostels were great socially but kind of scary for first-time travellers."
Now, he says, "they are so unique and every one is so different and they pride themselves on their own kind of businesses… they all have personality and capture the local flavour and the local areas as well."
Poon Tip adds that extensive research by G suggests that people book hostels for the experience and the social side – not the price – which matches further data suggesting that "people on the other side of this pandemic are experience driven."
Kokopelli Hostel Barranco, Lima, Peru
At the same time, many of G's 18- to 35-year-old clients are devoted to sustainability and community, which fits with the ethos of hostelling, which Poon Tip calls "the heart of the tourism eco-system."
"Together (with Hostelworld) we're creating a new style of travel for our customers that will allow them to have a better travel experience and support our model of community tourism, which is based on investing in as many local and small businesses as possible," says Poon Tip. "There is no better representation of that than in the hostel market, of which many are family-run businesses."
Morrison says the Roamies collection is the start of a longer-term partnership with G Adventures that will see more tours being added across further locations.
"Our mission is to help hostellers meet other travellers they want to hang out with while travelling, so partnering with G Adventures to offer a combination of hostelling and adventure travel made absolute sense. When young people travel, they want to do more than just see places – they want to make meaningful connections and have new experiences that positively change their perspective on themselves and the world."
He adds, "With so many young people missing out on trips of a lifetime in the last couple of years, Roamies will offer them an entirely new type of planned backpacking adventure in 2022."
Roamies trips are priced from $249 p.p. for a three-day trip, and countries include Albania, Austria, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Peru, Thailand, and Vietnam.


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Q: How to crawl other hash in other hash loop I have 2 hash in my Ruby code.
I wanna get data of "d" hash in "c" loop.
c = {"2"=>"20", "3"=>"30"}
d = {"2"=>"Du", "3"=>"Bist"}

c.each_with_index do |me,index|
    puts me
end

output is:
2 20 3 30
I wanna get this output instead:
Du Bist

A: Do as below :
c = {"2"=>"20", "3"=>"30"}
d = {"2"=>"Du", "3"=>"Bist"}

c.each_with_index do |(k,v),i|
    puts "#{d[k]} at index #{i}"
end
# >> Du at index 0
# >> Bist at index 1

# I don't know why you want each_with_index, instead of each here
# But here is how you can do.
c.each_with_index do |(k,v),i|
    puts d[k]
end
# >> Du
# >> Bist

c and d are Hash.c.each_with_index do |me,index| here, with each itration me first has the value as ["2","20"], then ["3","30"]. Thus puts me printing it as 2 20 3 30. You need to have a look at Hash#[].


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We take teams on unforgettable journeys, travelling to amazing cities and iconic stadiums, meeting heroes and making friends. Unrivalled on-the-ground knowledge means we can partner you with professional and national clubs for demanding training sessions, challenging games and inspiring behind-the-scenes tours.
We're soccer people doing tours, not tour people doing soccer.
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Earth Day Festival April 12 10:00a.m.-3:00p.m.
lots of fun and an exciting day of events!
From Route 78 take the Vista Village Drive exit and travel North. Vista village Drive changes name to East Vista Way. Follow to Vale Terrace Drive and turn right. Continue past the Main Entrance and turn left at the Second Entrance to Brengle Terrace Park, continue past the Senior Center and follow to the crest of the hill. Note: this road has been recently named Jim Porter Parkway and Google shows it in it's maps but the sign as you enter the park is 50' from Vale Terrace.
Turn left at the 'Welcome, Alta Vista Gardens' sign and left again. Follow the road around to our Garden House Headquarters.


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Home » Project with No-Bid, Exclusive Contract on Public Land Is Still Missing Parts
Project with No-Bid, Exclusive Contract on Public Land Is Still Missing Parts
Monday, March 11, 2019, 12:51 pm
Results of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and inquiries by ELi indicate that, three months into the no-bid, exclusive contract given to developers Royal Valahkis on the debt-ridden public lands along Evergreen Avenue, those developers still haven't submitted two key components of the application: the traffic study and the rezoning application.
Paul Vlahakis tells ELi that he expects those to be submitted this week. In the meantime, the Transportation Commission and the Planning Commission haven't been able to take all required actions on the proposal.
Additionally, the two versions of the Brownfield tax increment financing (TIF) plan that were submitted for this project were both withdrawn by the developers months ago, with still no replacement TIF plan made public.
The absence of key proposal submittals hasn't stopped a three-vote majority of Council – Mayor Mark Meadows, Mayor Pro Tem Erik Altmann, and Ruth Beier – from moving to change laws aimed at allowing for more taller buildings downtown.
These changes are needed to pave the way for the Royal Vlahakis project, but will have much wider implications for East Lansing.
What the developers' delays in the proposal process have meant is that right now there is no end in sight for the $5.6 million public debt the developers are supposed to pay off if the deal goes as planned.
That's public debt on public land for which, in 2013, seven sets of developers expressed formal interest in redevelopment.
So far, the Downtown Development Authority and City Council are still only letting Royal Vlahakis have a crack at that land.
In February, Council also voted 5-0 to let Royal Vlahakis include two public parking lots in their proposal. These would be long-term leased to the developers in a deal that would not require approval of the voters, as a land sale would require.
Those public parcels are also not being made available for bidding by other potential developers.
Developers given an exclusive contract, with properties kept off the market:
The "Evergreen properties" is the name generally used to talk about a series of parcels along Evergreen Avenue just north of Peoples Church. These properties were purchased from private landlords by the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) in 2009. Some are shown below.
The properties were purchased by the DDA at inflated prices – about three times their assessed value – resulting in a long-term debt problem for East Lansing. They were acquired as the DDA sought to support a different, ultimately-failed project by another private developer, Scott Chappelle. (This was the infamous City Center II project.)
The DDA's purchase of the Evergreen Avenue properties have saddled East Lansing's government with "under water" properties on which about $5.6 million is now owed.
When the DDA voted three months ago to keep the Evergreen properties off the market by giving an exclusive deal to Royal Apartments and Vlahakis Development, the idea was to have redevelopment of the properties move relatively quickly, to finally solve this major debt problem.
In December, in the exclusive contract, Royal Vlahakis promised that, if all went as planned, they would buy the Evergreen Avenue properties for about what is owed. Vlahakis' company owns the private property on which Dublin Square sits, just across the alley from the Evergreen Avenue properties.
The image above shows what Royal Vlahakis wants to build along Evergreen Avenue, seen as if from above the tennis courts at Valley Court Park. Evergreen Avenue along the west side of the building would be turned into a greenway.
What else the project would involve, if built as proposed:
If built as planned, the $190 million project would involve construction of two major new high-rises on and around the area of Dublin Square, including land that is downtown and in part of the Oakwood Historic Neighborhood. It would be the third major redevelopment project within a half-block radius, and would be the tallest and biggest in footprint.
The Royal Vlahakis "Park Place" project would add to downtown a twelve-plex movie theatre and about 500 more apartments. Just east of the project area, the Center City District project adds 365 apartments. Just south of it, the DRW Convexity "Park District" project adds about another 300.
Proponents of the Royal Vlahakis plan praise the project's promise of added residential population, 20,000-square-feet of office space, movie theaters, restaurants, and public infrastructure improvements (sewers, roads, etc.). This image shows a rendering of the project as seen as if from above the back of People's Church.
The Royal Vlahakis project also promises to add automated parking for 600 cars, raising questions about traffic in the area, particularly on Abbot Road and for the nearby Oakwood Historic Neighborhood. (Disclosure: This reporter owns a house in Oakwood.) That's why the traffic report has been hotly anticipated by people watching the proposal.
Council moving on attracting bigger buildings in more of downtown:
Mayor Mark Meadows has been saying recently that he doesn't expect much movement on the Royal Vlahakis proposal anytime soon. Nevertheless, he, Altmann, and Beier have been looking to push forward changes to the City's zoning laws in anticipation of the project's consideration by Council.
Last week, the three voted to schedule a public hearing and likely vote on April 9 on Ordinance 1449. That's the ordinance that would allow 160-foot-tall buildings in a slice of downtown – which developers Royal Vlahakis need to build what they want to build on the Dublin Square property.
At last week's meeting, Council Member Shanna Draheim tried to push the public hearing and vote on Ordinance 1449 into May, but she was outvoted 3-1. (Aaron Stephens was away on vacation.) Draheim said that, before a vote on Ordinance 1449, she wants to see the people of the City have a public conversation about where they want to see tall buildings, and how tall they want them to be.
Meadows, Altmann, and Beier have already voted through another zoning change, Ordinance 1443, which allows for 140-foot buildings in a larger area of downtown. This is an ordinance also needed for the Royal Vlahakis project.
That ordinance passed 3-2, with Draheim and Stephens voting against and reiterating that they wanted a broader public discussion about height and density in the downtown before these changes to the law are made.
Both 1443 and proposed ordinance 1449 require a supermajority of Council for buildings of these heights: At least four members of Council have to support a project for it to be approved.
A "Request for Proposals" in the waiting:
When the DDA voted to give Royal Vlahakis the exclusive contract, it also voted to approve a "Request for Proposals" (RFP) for the Evergreen Avenue properties – a packet of information that could be used to invite other developers essentially to bid on the properties.
But, so far, the DDA and Council haven't been interested in seeing what other developers might propose for that land if that RFP went out. And, unless and until the DDA gets out of the contract made with Royal Vlahakis, no other developers can be solicited.
For now, that means waiting for the chosen developers to finish submitting the required materials.
Because of the height of the proposed project, the proposal will ultimately require support of at least four members of City Council. At the moment, it doesn't look like it has that support. Draheim and Stephens have been voting against moving quickly on the underlying zoning changes required for the project, and last week Beier expressed apparent dissatisfaction with the current design.
As it is, April 1 marks the day the DDA will have to start ramping-up the size of debt payments on the Evergreen Avenue properties under the latest restructuring of that public debt.
Learn more about the Royal Vlahakis Park Place deal at ELi's dedicated page on the project's history.
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