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Q: RxJS merge when previous stream receives first value Short explanation of what I want:
I have an array of observables and I want the results of all of them to come through the same stream. Initially I want the first observable to be activated, and as soon as an observable receives its first value, I want the next observable to be activated.
Long explanation of what I want:
The solution I am looking for lies somewhere between the RxJS creation operators "merge" and "concat".
I have an array of observables. Each observable will have several emissions over time. I want to queue these observables after each other so that initially only the first observable is activated (this is similar to how "concat" works).
Then, as soon as the first observable receives its first value I want the second observable to be activated. As soon as the second observable receives its first value I want the third observable to be activated, and so on. (This is different from "concat". "concat" waits for the previous observable to be finished, but in my use case I want to wait for the previous observable to have received it's first value)
There will be only one resulting stream that emits the values from all the activated observables (this is similar to how "merge" works).
I do not think there is a specific RxJS operator for this, but I hope a solution can be found by mixing multiple operators.

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as soon as the first observable receives its first value

Observables don't receive values, subscribers do; this distinction is important here, because it matters at which point we subscribe to each observable. For example, if we don't think of this in terms of subscribers, then
merge(
  a$,
  a$.pipe(first(), switchMapTo(b$)),
  b$.pipe(first(), switchMapTo(c$)),
)

would be a solution – but my assumption here is that this isn't what you meant. It does get us closer to a solution, though. What we'd need instead is this:
merge(
  a$,
  a$.pipe(first(), switchMapTo(b$)),
  a$.pipe(first(), switchMapTo(b$.pipe(first(), switchMapTo(c$)))),
  // …
)

Of course we need to find a generic solution for this. A naive approach would simply be to "recurse":
const activatedMerge = (sources) => {
  const activatedSources = sources.reduce((result, source, idx) => {
    result.push(idx === 0 ? source : result[idx-1].pipe(first(), switchMapTo(source)));
    return result;
  }, []);

  return merge(...activatedSources);
};

activatedMerge([a$, b$, c$]).subscribe(console.log);

There might well be a better solution than this, unfortunately I ran out of time. Hope this helps anyway.

A: Cascade Merge
This should do what you describe, it just recursively merges a new stream each time a first value is seen from the previous stream.
function cascadeMerge<T>(...observables: Observable<T>[]): Observable<T>{
  if(observables.length < 1) return EMPTY;
  return observables[0].pipe(
    mergeMap((v,i) => {
      if(i === 0 && observables.length > 1){
        return concat(
          of(v),
          cascadeMerge(...observables.slice(1))
        )
      }
      return of(v);
    })
  );
}

The benefit of this over something like:
merge(
  a$,
  a$.pipe(first(), switchMapTo(b$))
)

is that you only subscribe to each stream once. You don't have to worry about hot vs cold observables or if you're multicasting.
cascadeMerge(a$, b$, c$).subscribe(console.log);


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MIDDLEBURY, Vt.-Scholar and writer Paul O. Carrese will give a talk at Middlebury College titled "Courting Trouble? Liberalism, Judicial Power, and Community" at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 8 in the Robert A. Jones Seminar Room of the Geonomics Center for International Studies on Hillcrest Road off College Street (Route 125). The public is invited to attend this free lecture, which will be followed by an open discussion.
As recent years in Vermont and New Hampshire have shown, judges are both powerful and controversial in American political life. Courts are the dominant arena for such national issues as abortion, independent counsel investigations, and other hotly contested political questions. Courts also are becoming more politically prominent around the globe and in international relations.
American conservatives long have complained of judicial activism, but recently several prominent political theorists have criticized the "judicializing" of politics in the name of a healthier liberalism, and especially in the name of community and self-government.
Carrese will give his presentation with the goal of initiating a subsequent discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of such powerful courts in liberal democratic politics.
Carrese won a Rhodes Scholarship upon graduating from Middlebury College in 1989, and spent several years at Oxford University, where he earned master's degrees in both theology, and in politics and philosophy. He earned his doctorate at Boston College and taught for two years at Middlebury College before moving to a faculty position at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. He is currently a post-doctoral fellow in the department of government at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous articles, and was co-editor with Robert Faulker of a special school edition of John Marshall's "Life of George Washington," published by the Liberty Fund. He has completed a book, "The Cloaking of Power: Montesquieu, Blackstone, and the Rise of Judicialized Liberalism," which is under consideration for publication by several university presses.
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Zoo Hypothesis is the title of a studio album by Chicago band Tub Ring, released in 2004. The song "Alexander in Charge" contains a sample from the movie Taxi Driver.

Track listing
"Tiny, Little" (1:39)
"Death of the Robot" (1:30)
"The Promise Keeper" (4:43)
"Sharpening the Sticks" (1:50)
"I Could Never Fall in Love with You" (1:49)
"One With my Surroundings" (2:03)
"Habitat" (3:29)
"The Night Watch" (1:02)
"Dog Doesn't Bite" (3:22)
"Alexander in Charge" (2:27)
"Raindrops" (3:03)
"The Viking Song" (1:01)
"We are the Righteous" (1:55)
"Return to Me" (2:40)
"Wealth of Information" (2:38)
"Vehicle" (3:23)

All songs written by Tub Ring, except "The Night Watch" written by Roughly Enforcing Nostalgia & Tub Ring

Personnel

Kevin Gibson – Vocals
Rob Kleiner – Keyboards
Jason Fields – Bass
Dave Tavares – Drums
Shawn Sprinkel – Guitar

Additional Musicians:
James Cole – Drums (track 4)
Matthew Phelan – Violins & Turntables
Dave Winer – Trumpet
Dave Smith – Bariton Sax
Sara Sleeper – Additional Lead Vocals on tracks 5 & 16
Dave Byron – Additional Lead Guitar
Theresa Brooks – Bassoon & Background Vocals
Kathy Brooks – Background Vocals
Dan Jeremy Brooks – Sampling, Programming & Background Vocals
Swan – Additional Guitar and Background Vocals

Misc:
Tanner Woodford – CD Layout
Joan Varitek – Cover Illustrations

References

Tub Ring albums
2004 albums

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Wild horses are facing life-and-death votes in Congress, so it's critical for their supporters to find ways to urge lawmakers and the public to stand with America's herds before it's too late.
Writing a letter to the editor of your local or regional paper is an easy way to spread the word about wild horses and the challenges that they face. In addition to reaching the newspaper's readers, such letters are reviewed by the staff of federal lawmakers. In areas that are home to wild horses or burros, such letters may also persuade editors to devote more space to the wild horse issue.
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Effective, humane on the range management tools for wild horses and burros do exist and are proven to work. In addition to fertility control, Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation advocates for a series of steps as part of its Wild on the Range Campaign. Read more about our campaign for humane, on-the-range management and sign our petition here.
The American people are overwhelmingly opposed to horse slaughter – and equally supportive of protecting wild horses. Polls consistently show that about 80% of Americans from rural to urban communities strongly oppose horse slaughter. The American people will not tolerate the shooting of healthy wild horses and burros that represent such a strong part country's history and culture. Read more about horse slaughter and sign our petition here.
Since 1971, wild horses and burros have lost 15.5 million acres of habitat under the management of the Bureau of Land Management.
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For a Kansas-born Midwesterner, Austin Gilmore's resume reads more like a "What do you want to be when you grow up?" wish list than an actual CV. His job history includes time as a TV and movie producer, actor, animator, author, board game designer, toy maker, and art director—just to name a few. He helped create the Emmy-winning TV miniseries, Hatfields & McCoys, produced the New York Times bestseller, The Explorers Guild, and toured the world as a band documentarian. On top of all that, Gilmore is a wildly talented illustrator. His new show Staring Contest opens at Gallery1988 in Los Angeles on April 2, 2021, and it will also be available to view online. I had the great pleasure to talk with Gilmore about his upcoming show, his art, and whether or not Field of Dreams is overrated.
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Yeah, that's right. I've been at Venn45 for about five years. It's a really fun place to work. We focus mostly on package design and branding, but we really do a little bit of everything.
And, before that you were a creative executive at Kevin Costner's Treehouse Films for seven years. During your tenure there you worked on a laundry list of big-name projects, including the Emmy-winning TV miniseries, Hatfields & McCoys, as well as several major motion pictures, including Man of Steel, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Draft Day, and many others.


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The very extraordinary piece of antiquity represented in the annexed wood-cut was found in a bog at Ballymoney, county of Antrim, and exhibited to the Royal Irish Academy by the Lord Bishop of Down, in March, 1829. Its material is that description of bronze of which all the ancient Irish weapons, &c. are composed, and its actual size is four times that of the representation. It is a tube, divided by joints at A and B into three parts, which, on separating were found to contain brass wire, in a zigzag form, a piece of which is represented in fig. G. This wire appears to have been originally elastic, but when found was in a state of considerable decomposition. At E and F are two holes, about one-eighth of an inch in diameter, and seem intended for rivets or pins to hold the instrument together. The birds move on loose pins, which pass through the tube, and on the other end are rings.
The material and style of workmanship of this singular instrument leave no doubt of its high antiquity. The Irish croziers of the sixth century are often ornamented with birds in this manner. But we confess ourselves totally unable to form even a rational conjecture as to its probable use, and should feel obliged to any antiquary who would throw light upon it.


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Q: Move jquery resizable handles out of the divs I have 3 divs. One inside the other.
jQuery
    $(function() {
        $("#div1").resizable({
            handles: "n, e, s, w, nw, ne, sw,se"
        });
        $("#div1").draggable();
    });

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.ui-resizable-handle { width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #000000; }
.ui-resizable-n { top: 1px; left: 50%; }
.ui-resizable-e { right: 1px; top: 50%; }
.ui-resizable-s { bottom: 1px; left: 50%; }
.ui-resizable-w { left: 1px; top: 50%; }
.ui-resizable-nw { left: 1px; top: 1px; }
.ui-resizable-ne { top: 1px; right: 1px; }
.ui-resizable-sw { bottom: 1px; left: 1px; }

As you can see the div1 is resizable,draggable and has absolute width and height. Div2 has 100% width and height and has absolute position. Div3 has the parameters to be centered horizontally and vertically.
I have a screenshot of what i want to do. I want the white handles to be outside the div like shown in the screenshot. The second div must stay with position:absolute. There is also a jsfiddle that contains my current code.
Please help me move the handles outside of the div.

A: I'm not sure if I understand your question.
But there is a Fiddle.
I've change only your css.

A: You need to move the handle's by more than you have in the css you've outlined. I've tidied it up a bit and you can see that here
.ui-resizable-handle {
    width: 10px;
    height: 10px;
    background-color: #ffffff;
    border: 1px solid #000000;
}
.ui-resizable-n, .ui-resizable-s {
    left:50%;
}
.ui-resizable-e, .ui-resizable-w {
    top:50%;
}

.ui-resizable-se {
    right: -5px;
    bottom: -5px;
}

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Local stores strive to preserve the bookstore experience – Grady Newsource
Soft music playing, a young boy and girl laughing and chasing each other through the colorful aisles, an older couple sitting at the bench by the door sharing a classic, rows upon rows of novels of all different sizes and genres, the smell of paper, and the promise of a good story.
In the digital age of 2021, it may seem independent bookstores are in decline. According to emarketer.com, 22% of global retail sales will be attributed to e-commerce by 2023, almost doubling since 2019. After COVID-19, the growth and use of online shopping skyrocketed even more, jumping to $26.7 trillion. With price, speed and safety in consideration, online stores like Amazon may seem to be the best choice, putting independent businesses in danger. To book lovers however, the multinational conglomerate has nothing on the bookstore experience.
"We are a totally different beast," said Avid Bookshop's operations and events director Rachel Watkins. She confidently spoke about what Avid, a local bookstore in the Five Points neighborhood, brings to the table.
"We don't compare to them [Amazon] at all, "Watkins said.
Amazon works using an algorithm called collaborative item-to-item filtering. According to their website, "Collaborative filtering is the most common way to recommend products online. It is "collaborative" because it predicts the preferences of a given customer based on other customers.
"I don't want an algorithm to decide what I'm exposed to," said Allison Hill of the American Booksellers Association. "Amazon's algorithm tells me of books someone has paid for to have in front of me, or they recommend books based on what others are reading or what I've read in the past. But I really want to read outside of my comfort zone and be exposed to new things.
Amazon is trying to increase sales with this profit-based algorithm. However, booksellers use their know-how to sell books. With personal interactions and conversations, booksellers are more likely to understand their customers and recommend a book that they will truly like.
"I try to find out what my clients like to read," said Trish Cummings of Wall of Books. "If we buy books that we know will be interested, we take them off the shelf and keep them. "
Every bookstore in Athens brings something to the community. Avid is focused on using its privilege of influence to help others. They defend the rights of the marginalized through the books they choose to sell, the events they organize and the charities they give in return.
On the other hand, Wall of Books is a second-hand bookstore. Thanks to their eco-friendly business model, their customers can come and trade their own books for discounts on the store's used book purchase.
The locality plays a huge role and many people in Athens take pride in being able to shop locally and give back to their community.
Gone are the days when we thought Amazon was good for consumers, "Hill said. "I think there's a much deeper understanding of what's at stake.
"When you shop on Amazon, very few of your dollars stay local, as you stop by a local bookstore and those dollars are donated to your community and their jobs," Hill said.
"As a society, we need to stop thinking of these stores as just businesses," Hill said. "You know that they play this important role in the fabric of our communities which is sometimes invisible, but it's really meaningful.
After the lockdown, local purchases will allow these independent businesses to operate and contribute to the community. The National Federation of Independent Businesses said 76% of small business owners were affected in one way or another by COVID-19. Now that it's safer to reopen stores, these owners have worked hard behind the scenes to make reopening the best and safest way for their customers.
Avid and Wall of Books both have contactless pickup programs in place. Cummings of Wall of Books said she "hides" and places orders for books in customer coffers to maintain social distancing. Likewise, Avid's Watkins had a window perch and a "We Miss You" sign to greet customers as they picked up their orders during the lockdown.
Launched over 100 years ago and supporting more than 1,800 bookstores across the county, including Avid, the nonprofit association of independent bookstores, helps support independent bookstores. They help out by building e-commerce platforms for websites, advocating for small business issues, and providing general education.
"I think at one point in the pandemic, people started to realize that some of their favorite businesses were closing, whether it was a restaurant, a cafe, or a bookstore, and people thought, 'oh, wow , we are really voting with our dollars for the communities we want to live in and we had better start supporting these stores, "Hill said.
In addition to supporting the community and obtaining personalized suggestions, these bookstores are places of comfort and learning. At Wall of Books, a group of men come almost every day to sit in the store, read and converse. They come for the environment and to be surrounded by what they love.
There are so many people who come and say, "I was having a really bad day and just needed to come here and relax," Watkins said. "We have such value for our customers. "
With a sense of community and coziness, these stores are no longer just places to buy books. These are places to come to relax, feel safe and have a positive experience.
"The bookstore experience can be life changing," Watkins said. "There's something very magical about walking into a store and knowing that you're going to discover something new, because one thing independent booksellers are really good at is suggesting books. "
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Eau Claire Selected as an All-America City Finalist - Press Release
Eau Claire, WI - The City of Eau Claire has been selected as a finalist for the 2014 All-America City Awards, the United States' most respected award for impressive civic and community accomplishments. To secure this an application was completed by a work group in the 2014 class of Leadership Eau Claire through the Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce.
The 2014 All-America City Awards will be held June 13-15 in Denver, Colorado. Ten Visit Eau Claire staff members and interns will join nine community leaders in Denver to compete and represent the City of Eau Claire. In addition, the Visit Eau Claire Fun Patrol will road trip to Denver and share Eau Claire's story along the way. The Fun Patrol will make stops in Austin, MN, Council Bluffs, IA, Kearney, NE, and Boulder, CO to engage residents.
The road trip commences on June 13 at 5:30 am as the Fun Patrol departs Eau Claire from Breakfast in the Valley at the Expo Center. Media partners are encouraged to meet Visit Eau Claire at the Expo Center at 5:00 am for interview opportunities with community leaders regarding the All-America City Award.
Eau Claire has been named as a finalist based on its innovative and collaborative civic engagement projects. The theme for the 2014 award is "Healthy Communities". Projects such as Phoenix Park, Clear Vision Eau Claire, and the astounding health care system in our area have paved the way for rebirth and growth towards quality of life improvements.
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Joe Mantello is an American actor and director who is best known for his work on Broadway in shows like "Wicked," "Take Me Out," and "Assassins." He was also in the original Broadway cast of "Angels in America" when he started his career.
Joseph Mantello was born in Rockford, Illinois, on December 27, 1962. His parents, Judy and Richard Mantello, both worked as accountants. His mother is half-Italian, and both his father and mother have Italian roots. He had a Catholic upbringing.
Mantello went to school at the North Carolina School of the Arts. With actress Mary-Louise Parker and writer Peter Hedges, he started the Edge Theater in New York City. He is part of the theatre group Naked Angels and works as an associate artist for the Roundabout Theatre Company.
His Journey As An Actor
Mantello moved to New York from Illinois in 1984, during the height of the AIDS crisis. He told a reporter in 2013 that he had gotten over a feeling he had as a young man, that "Early on, I was very embarrassed by the theatre for some reason.
I think it was because I felt more and more like I was gay, even though I didn't know what that meant at the time. Boys my age played sports where I grew up. When Mrs. Windsor wrote in my yearbook, "Have you ever thought about a career in the theatre?" it looked like she wrote "Faggot."
Mantello's first roles on stage were in Walking the Dead by Keith Curran and The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel. Mantello said this about his move from acting to directing: "Some people might disagree with me, but I think I've become a better actor since I started directing.
Since I'm no longer part of the process, I can see what actors do wrong. Part of me is no longer involved in the process and can look at it from a distance."
In February 2017, a new version of The Glass Menagerie opened at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway. Mantello was in the cast. In the play, Sally Field plays Amanda Wingfield, and Mantello plays Tom. The play is directed by Sam Gold.
In 2018, the American Theater Hall of Fame made Joe Mantello a member.
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A tall ship is a large, traditionally-rigged sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques. "Tall ship" can also be defined more specifically by an organization, such as for a race or festival.

History

Traditional rigging may include square rigs and gaff rigs, usually with separate topmasts and topsails. It is generally more complex than modern rigging, which utilizes newer materials such as aluminum and steel to construct taller, lightweight masts with fewer, more versatile sails. Most smaller, modern vessels use the Bermuda rig. Though it did not become popular elsewhere until the twentieth century, this rig was developed in Bermuda in the seventeenth century, and had historically been used on its small ships, the Bermuda sloops.

Author and master mariner Joseph Conrad (who spent 1874 to 1894 at sea in tall ships and was quite particular about naval terminology) used the term "tall ship" in his works; for example, in The Mirror of the Sea in 1906.

Henry David Thoreau also references the term "tall ship" in his first work, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, quoting "Down out at its mouth, the dark inky main blending with the blue above. Plum Island, its sand ridges scolloping along the horizon like the sea-serpent, and the distant outline broken by many a tall ship, leaning, still, against the sky." He does not cite this quotation, but the work was written in 1849.

While Sail Training International (STI) has extended the definition of tall ship for the purpose of its races to embrace any sailing vessel with more than  waterline length and on which at least half the people on board are aged 15 to 25.

Sail Training International

In the 21st century, "tall ship" is often used generically for large, classic, sailing vessels, but is also a technically defined term by Sail Training International for its purposes and STI helped popularize the term. The exact definitions have changed somewhat over time, and are subject to various technicalities, but by 2011 there were 4 classes (A, B, C, and D). There are only two size classes, A is over 40 m LOA, and B/C/D are 9.14 m to under 40 m LOA. The definitions have to do with rigging: class A is for square sail rigged ships, class B is for "traditionally rigged" ships, class C is for "modern rigged" vessels with no "spinnaker-like sails", and class D is the same as class C but carrying a spinnaker-like sail.

Class A

All square-rigged vessels (barque, barquentine, brig, brigantine or ship rigged) and all other vessels more than 40 metres length overall (LOA), regardless of rig. STI classifies its A Class as "all square-rigged vessels and all other vessels over  length overall (LOA)", in this case STI LOA excludes bowsprit and aft spar.  STI defines LOA as "Length overall measured from the fore side of stem post
to aft side of stern post, counter or transom".

Class B
Traditionally rigged vessels (i.e. gaff rigged sloops, ketches, yawls and schooners) with an LOA of less than 40 metres and with a waterline length (LWL) of at least 9.14 metres, one good example is Spirit of Bermuda.

Class C
Modern rigged vessels (i.e. Bermudan rigged sloops, ketches, yawls and schooners) with an LOA of less than 40 metres and with a waterline length (LWL) of at least 9.14 metres not carrying spinnaker-like sails.

Class D
Modern rigged vessels (i.e. Bermudan-rigged sloops, ketches, yawls and schooners) with an LOA of less than 40 metres and with a waterline length (LWL) of at least 9.14 metres carrying spinnaker-like sails. There are also a variety of other rules and regulations for the crew, such as ages, and also for a rating rule. There are other sail festivals and races with their own standards, the STI is just one set of standards for their purposes.

Earlier description of classes
An older definition of class "A" by the STI was "all square-rigged vessels over 120′ (36.6 m) length overall (LOA). Fore and aft rigged vessels of 160′ (48.8 m) (LOA) and over". By LOA they meant length excluding bowsprit and aft spar.

Class "B" was "all fore and aft rigged vessels between 100 and 160 feet in length, and all square rigged vessels under 120′ (36.6 m) (LOA)".

See also a list of class "A" ships with lengths including bowsprit.

Lost tall ships
Tall ships are sometimes lost, such as by a storm at sea. Some examples of lost tall ships include:

 Asgard II, an Irish national sail training ship, commissioned in 1982, was lost in 2008 off the French coast. The two-masted brigantine is thought to have collided with a submerged object.
 Astrid ran aground in 2013 off Ireland, and then broke up in 2014 after being salvaged
 Bounty, a full-rig ship lost off the North Carolina coast as Hurricane Sandy approached in 2012.
 Concordia, a triple-mast barquentine built in 1992 and operated by Canada as a school ship; lost at sea in 2010, in a squall.
 Endeavour II, built in 1968; wrecked in a 1971 gale off New Zealand
 Fantome, a former yacht built in 1927, then operated as a cruise ship. Was lost in Hurricane Mitch in 1998.
 Lennie, built in 1871, ran aground on Digby Neck in 1889.
 Marques, built in 1917;  was lost in a 1984 Tall Ships Race.

Gallery

See also
American Sail Training Association
Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Race
Jubilee Sailing Trust
List of large sailing vessels
Operation Sail
Sail training
SAIL Amsterdam
Tall Ships Challenge
Tall Ship Chronicles
Tall Ships Youth Trust
The Tall Ships' Races
Windjammer

References

Further reading
 American Sail Training Association; Sail Tall Ships! (American Sail Training Association; 16th edition, 2005 )
 Thad Koza; Tall Ships: A Fleet for the 21st Century (Tide-Mark Press; 3rd edition, 2002; )

External links

 American Sail Training Association
 Another World Adventures

Lists of sailing ships
Sailing rigs and rigging
Ship types

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Deputy Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar will tomorrow fly a Dassault Aviation-owned Rafale fighter jet which reportedly has India-specific enhancements and software, Livefist has revealed.These India-specific enhancements include an Israeli satellite communications system, a low band jammer, towed decoy system, upgraded engine, additional modes in the radar and higher resolution in the Front Sector Optronics. By some accounts, these upgrades make the Rafale that India has contracted for better than the one inducted by the French Air Force. The 36 Rafale fighter jets, which India contracted for in a deal with France in 2016 at the cost of nearly Rs 58,000 crore, will start arriving in the country in September 2019. With just one year remaining, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has been quietly preparing to welcome the new fighter jets. According to The Hindu, the IAF has been readying the infrastructure required for the new fleet. Air Force stations in Haryana's Ambala and West Bengal's Hasimara will house a squadron (18 planes) each of Rafale fighters. The first squadron of the aircraft will be deployed at Ambala, a strategically located bases of the IAF nearly 220 km from the border with Pakistan. The base is also home to India's Jaguar fighter-bomber fleet. To house Rafales at the base, the IAF is constructing hangers, hardened concrete shelters and maintenance facilities at these bases. The government has sanctioned Rs 400 crore for this purpose The IAF has dispatched a six-member hand-picked team to France to train on Rafale fighter planes, Hindustan Times has reported. The team, which left for France on Sunday, has a fighter pilot, an engineer and four technicians. It will receive training at the Saint-Dizier air base in eastern France. According to an official quoted by the daily, the IAF will send multiple teams for training. These teams will be responsible for flying the aircraft back home, the official said.


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Discussion in 'HOWTO-Related Questions' started by webbies, Feb 8, 2007.
Do you use Debian Sarge?
yes I do. Your howto is also based on Debian Sarge isn't it?
No, because you're using Debian testing and unstable together with Sarge.
I think you will have to reinstall Sarge (don't use testing and unstable again).
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Ludwig Beck ( Biebrich , Wiesbaden , Hesse , 29 as June as 1880 – Berlin , 20 July as as 1944 ) was a colonel general ( Generaloberst ) German , and Chief of Staff of the German Army during the early years of the Nazi regime. In the early years of this he supported Hitler in his denunciation of the Treaty of Versailles and the German rearmament . He soon had serious doubts about the Nazi demand that all military members swear allegiance to Hitler as the maximum German Führer in 1934. Between 1935 and 1938 he was gradually becoming more and more disillusioned with the Nazi regime, particularly with its aggressive foreign policy. Due precisely to serious disagreements in this regard, which became public, Beck resigned as Chief of Staff in August 1938. From then on he became convinced that Hitler could not change for the better, and that he and the Nazi party should Be expelled from power. He then became a key figure in the conspiracies to overthrow Hitler, and would have been the Provisional Head of State if the July 20, 1944 bombing had succeeded . When he failed, and was arrested, he asked for a gun to commit suicide.
Born in Biebrich (now a suburb of Wiesbaden , in the federal state of Hesse ), he was educated within the Prussian military tradition . Between 1931 and 1933 he wrote an important manual of military tactics ( Die Truppenführung ), which made it possible for him to be assigned to the General Headquarters in 1933 , which he later became chief two years later.
In July 1934 he showed disagreement with the foreign policy of the regime. Beck was displeased with Adolf Hitler's efforts to expand the influence of the SS ( Schutzstaffel ) in the regular Army.
On the other hand, it considered that the territorial expansion of the Reich went too far after the invasion of the rest of Czechoslovakia in 1939 , after which it resigned in protest.
From 1939 he was in contact with other members of the German army (including Admiral Wilhelm Canaris , Marshal Erwin von Witzleben , Minister Hjalmar Schacht ) politicians and citizens planning a coup that would end the regime. In the event of the eventual overthrow of Hitler, he would have been part of the regent triumvirate that would negotiate peace with France and the United Kingdom , maintain the protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia, Austria and Western Poland as part of Germany and restore the Hohenzollern monarchy . 1
In 1943 he planned two unsuccessful attempts to kill Hitler and in 1944 was one of the main instigators of the July 20 plot .
After the collapse of the conspiracy, according to the story of Fabian von Schlabrendorff , the next day he was in custody of General Friedrich Fromm when he preferred suicide before facing execution preceded by torture. It is said that he was in such a state of nerves that he was still alive after two bullets were fired in the head, and he had to ask a sergeant for help.
In the film Valkyrie (2008) was interpreted by the English actor Terence Stamp .
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but like some cocktails, very dry.
The English teacher – what a sport!
'Til she assigned a book report.
was ripe for plucking, not for me.
but often suffered croup du jour.
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A comic's now made me her choice.
She's serious! I thus rejoice.
Phil Huffy lives and writes in upstate New York, an area known for its proximity to Lake Ontario and a regional specialty known as "Chicken French." He is himself a long time vegetarian, although he avoids kale. Phil likes to think on his feet, often returning from a walk or hike with some ideas or first lines of a poem. The writing comes later, often at the kitchen table.
Phil, You are a 'hoot'. I so enjoyed this couplet poem. Maybe I should take up vegetarianism for a try too at your very keen mind.eh?
My choice would be a librarian if she were not a vegetarian.
Now here's a guy with a sense of humor as well as a knack for poetry.


True enough - some of these leaflet companies seem pretty dodgy. Have you had some bad luck with it?
What will increased immigration restriction mean to you?
Thanks for the reply! Have you ever employed a non-British worker, Haunted Worlds?
Anyone in the UKBF community that runs a festival/caters a festival?
Do any of you guys monitor business data/analytics?
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
using NBitcoin;
using Stratis.Bitcoin.Builder;
using Stratis.Bitcoin.Builder.Feature;
using Stratis.Bitcoin.Configuration;
using Stratis.Bitcoin.Configuration.Logging;
using Stratis.Bitcoin.Connection;
using Stratis.Bitcoin.Features.Consensus;
using Stratis.Bitcoin.Features.MemoryPool.Fee;
using Stratis.Bitcoin.Features.MemoryPool.Interfaces;
using Stratis.Bitcoin.Interfaces;
using Stratis.Bitcoin.Utilities;

[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Stratis.Bitcoin.Features.MemoryPool.Tests")]

namespace Stratis.Bitcoin.Features.MemoryPool
{
    ///
    /// Transaction memory pool feature for the Full Node.
    ///
    /// <seealso cref="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/6dbcc74a0e0a7d45d20b03bb4eb41a027397a21d/src/txmempool.cpp"/>
    public class MempoolFeature : FullNodeFeature
    {
        /// Node notifications available to subscribe to.
        private readonly Signals.Signals signals;

        /// Connection manager for managing node connections.
        private readonly IConnectionManager connectionManager;

        /// Observes block signal notifications from signals.
        private readonly MempoolSignaled mempoolSignaled;

        /// Observes reorg signal notifications from signals.
        private readonly BlocksDisconnectedSignaled blocksDisconnectedSignaled;

        /// Memory pool node behavior for managing attached node messages.
        private readonly MempoolBehavior mempoolBehavior;

        /// Memory pool manager for managing external access to memory pool.
        private readonly MempoolManager mempoolManager;

        /// Instance logger for the memory pool component.
        private readonly ILogger logger;

        /// Settings for the memory pool component.
        private readonly MempoolSettings mempoolSettings;

        /// Settings for the node.
        private readonly NodeSettings nodeSettings;

        ///
        /// Constructs a memory pool feature.
        ///
        /// <param name="connectionManager">Connection manager for managing node connections.</param>
        /// <param name="signals">Node notifications available to subscribe to.</param>
        /// <param name="mempoolSignaled">Observes block signal notifications from signals.</param>
        /// <param name="blocksDisconnectedSignaled">Observes reorged headers signal notifications from signals.</param>
        /// <param name="mempoolBehavior">Memory pool node behavior for managing attached node messages.</param>
        /// <param name="mempoolManager">Memory pool manager for managing external access to memory pool.</param>
        /// <param name="nodeSettings">User defined node settings.</param>
        /// <param name="loggerFactory">Logger factory for creating instance logger.</param>
        /// <param name="mempoolSettings">Mempool settings.</param>
        public MempoolFeature(
            IConnectionManager connectionManager,
            Signals.Signals signals,
            MempoolSignaled mempoolSignaled,
            BlocksDisconnectedSignaled blocksDisconnectedSignaled,
            MempoolBehavior mempoolBehavior,
            MempoolManager mempoolManager,
            NodeSettings nodeSettings,
            ILoggerFactory loggerFactory,
            MempoolSettings mempoolSettings,
            INodeStats nodeStats)
        {
            this.signals = signals;
            this.connectionManager = connectionManager;
            this.mempoolSignaled = mempoolSignaled;
            this.blocksDisconnectedSignaled = blocksDisconnectedSignaled;
            this.mempoolBehavior = mempoolBehavior;
            this.mempoolManager = mempoolManager;
            this.logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger(this.GetType().FullName);
            this.mempoolSettings = mempoolSettings;
            this.nodeSettings = nodeSettings;

            nodeStats.RegisterStats(this.AddComponentStats, StatsType.Component);
        }

        private void AddComponentStats(StringBuilder log)
        {
            if (this.mempoolManager != null)
            {
                log.AppendLine();
                log.AppendLine("=======Mempool=======");
                log.AppendLine(this.mempoolManager.PerformanceCounter.ToString());
            }
        }

        /// <inheritdoc />
        public override async Task InitializeAsync()
        {
            await this.mempoolManager.LoadPoolAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);

            this.connectionManager.Parameters.TemplateBehaviors.Add(this.mempoolBehavior);
            this.signals.SubscribeForBlocksConnected(this.mempoolSignaled);
            this.mempoolSignaled.Start();

            this.signals.SubscribeForBlocksDisconnected(this.blocksDisconnectedSignaled);
        }

        ///
        /// Prints command-line help.
        ///
        /// <param name="network">The network to extract values from.</param>
        public static void PrintHelp(Network network)
        {
            MempoolSettings.PrintHelp(network);
        }

        ///
        /// Get the default configuration.
        ///
        /// <param name="builder">The string builder to add the settings to.</param>
        /// <param name="network">The network to base the defaults off.</param>
        public static void BuildDefaultConfigurationFile(StringBuilder builder, Network network)
        {
            MempoolSettings.BuildDefaultConfigurationFile(builder, network);
        }

        /// <inheritdoc />
        public override void Dispose()
        {
            this.logger.LogInformation("Saving Memory Pool.");

            MemPoolSaveResult result = this.mempoolManager.SavePool();
            if (result.Succeeded)
            {
                this.logger.LogInformation($"Memory Pool Saved {result.TrxSaved} transactions");
            }
            else
            {
                this.logger.LogWarning("Memory Pool Not Saved!");
            }

            this.mempoolSignaled.Stop();
        }
    }

    ///
    /// A class providing extension methods for <see cref="IFullNodeBuilder"/>.
    ///
    public static class FullNodeBuilderMempoolExtension
    {
        ///
        /// Include the memory pool feature and related services in the full node.
        ///
        /// <param name="fullNodeBuilder">Full node builder.</param>
        /// <returns>Full node builder.</returns>
        public static IFullNodeBuilder UseMempool(this IFullNodeBuilder fullNodeBuilder)
        {
            LoggingConfiguration.RegisterFeatureNamespace<MempoolFeature>("mempool");
            LoggingConfiguration.RegisterFeatureNamespace<BlockPolicyEstimator>("estimatefee");

            fullNodeBuilder.ConfigureFeature(features =>
            {
                features
                .AddFeature<MempoolFeature>()
                .DependOn<ConsensusFeature>()
                .FeatureServices(services =>
                    {
                        services.AddSingleton<MempoolSchedulerLock>();
                        services.AddSingleton<ITxMempool, TxMempool>();
                        services.AddSingleton<BlockPolicyEstimator>();
                        services.AddSingleton<IMempoolValidator, MempoolValidator>();
                        services.AddSingleton<MempoolOrphans>();
                        services.AddSingleton<MempoolManager>()
                            .AddSingleton<IPooledTransaction, MempoolManager>(provider => provider.GetService<MempoolManager>())
                            .AddSingleton<IPooledGetUnspentTransaction, MempoolManager>(provider => provider.GetService<MempoolManager>());
                        services.AddSingleton<MempoolBehavior>();
                        services.AddSingleton<MempoolSignaled>();
                        services.AddSingleton<BlocksDisconnectedSignaled>();
                        services.AddSingleton<IMempoolPersistence, MempoolPersistence>();
                        services.AddSingleton<MempoolController>();
                        services.AddSingleton<MempoolSettings>();
                    });
            });

            return fullNodeBuilder;
        }
    }
}

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Estonia is the 75th largest export economy in the world.
Estonia trades principally Telephones ($2.38B), Refined Petroleum ($533M), Cars ($451M), Prefabricated Buildings ($309M) and Sawn Wood ($268M), supplying these products for the most to Sweden ($2.09B), Finland ($1.65B), Russia ($1.28B), Latvia ($961M) and the United States ($931M).
Its top imports are Refined Petroleum ($1.27B), Cars ($850M), Telephones ($726M), Integrated Circuits ($376M) and Packaged Medicaments ($327M).
Estonian top import origins are Germany ($1.55B), Russia ($1.52B), Finland ($1.36B), China ($1.28B) and Lithuania ($929M).


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Q: QML Controls overlapping What am I doing wrong here. My items are overlapping each other in my listview using my custom delegate. Here is what i get...

Here is what im trying to do...

QML
import QtQuick 2.7
import QtQuick.Controls 2.0
import QtQuick.Layouts 1.3

Frame {
    ListView {
        implicitWidth: 250
        implicitHeight: 250
        clip: true

        model: ListModel {
            ListElement {
                done: true
                description: "Wash the car this could be a really long message with some multiline support\n we will see how it works."
            }
            ListElement {
                done: false
                description: "Fix the car"
            }
            ListElement {
                done: false
                description: "Sell the car"
            }
            ListElement {
                done: true
                description: "Wash the car"
            }
            ListElement {
                done: false
                description: "Fix the car"
            }
            ListElement {
                done: false
                description: "Sell the car"
            }
            ListElement {
                done: true
                description: "Wash the car"
            }
            ListElement {
                done: false
                description: "Fix the car"
            }
            ListElement {
                done: false
                description: "Sell the car"
            }
        }

        delegate: Row {
            spacing: 6
            width: parent.width

            Rectangle {
                id: newsicon
                width: 16
                height: 16
                color: "steelblue"
            }

            Column {
                Rectangle {
                    color: "lightgrey"

                    Label {
                        id: messageText
                        text: model.description
                        width: parent.width
                        wrapMode: Label.Wrap
                    }
                    Label {
                        id: dateText
                        text: "Dec 20, 2019"
                        wrapMode: Label.Wrap
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        ScrollBar.vertical: ScrollBar {
            active: true
        }
    }
}

A: Actually, your problem is that you've placed your labels inside your zero-sized invisible rectangle (since it has height==0 and width==0), both at position  (0, 0). Instead of putting Labels into Column you put Rectangle in it. That's why you've got that overlapping.

Personally I'd recommend you to use Layouts, e.g.:
Frame {
    anchors.centerIn: parent
    ListView {
        implicitWidth: 250
        implicitHeight: 250
        clip: true

        model: listModel
        delegate: RowLayout {

            Rectangle {
                id: newsicon
                width: 16
                height: 16
                color: "steelblue"
            }

            ColumnLayout {
                Layout.fillWidth: true
                spacing: 0
                Label {
                    id: messageText
                    text: model.description
                    width: parent.width
                    wrapMode: Label.WrapAtWordBoundaryOrAnywhere
                }
                Label {
                    id: dateText
                    text: "Dec 20, 2019"
                    font.italic: true
                    color: "grey"
                    wrapMode: Label.WrapAtWordBoundaryOrAnywhere
                }
            }

        }
        ScrollBar.vertical: ScrollBar { active: true }
    }
}

And you'll have:


Today I have some photos of a cute juvenile Purple Rumped Sunbird to share here. In fact these photos are not recent, I took these last February.
Immature sunbirds are more peaceful than adults, so I feel they are easier to photograph too.
Found this on the same bush where I normally spot the adult sunbirds.
Juveniles are more round in shape and yellowish in color than adult birds. The actual length of the on I found was about 2 inches only.
Hope everyone liked this cute little bird.
How pretty! Your images are wonderful.
Superb, the immature of this lovely bird is beautiful.


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Workday gains after earnings beat
Published: Dec. 1, 2016 at 4:11 p.m. ET
Workday Inc. [s:wday] announced slightly better-than-expected quarterly financial results Thursday, and the cloud-software company's stock rose higher in late trading. Workday announced a net loss of $114.1 million, or 57 cents a share, on sales of $409.6 million for the fiscal third quarter. After adjustments for stock-based compensation and other factors, the company claimed a loss of 3 cents a share. Analysts polled by FactSet expected Workday to report an adjusted loss of 4 cents a share on sales of $400 million. Workday shares jumped 5% immediately after the results were announced, but the gains calmed down to slightly more than 1.5%, with shares trading near $83 after ending the day's session down 3.2% at $81.60.
Tesla stock rallies toward longest win streak in 6 months, after President Biden touts moves to boost EV use
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Jeremy Owens is MarketWatch's technology editor and San Francisco bureau chief. You can follow him on Twitter @jowens510.


Our Dandelion Seeds Wall Decal shows two dandelion seeds, just landing after a long journey and ready to start new flowers. Includes two dandelion seeds, one facing left and one facing right. These seeds can be placed where ever desired on the installation surface. This decal is available in multiple colors and sizes (pictured in Black).
Dandelion Seeds Wall Decal is available in 32 removable colored vinyl options and various sizes. If your decal is larger than 46in it may come in multiple pieces. We will provide matchpoints to make installation easy.
I just put this up in my condo and can't begin to tell you how much I love it. Realistic and versatile, I took some of the seeds and spread them to other parts of my place. Really Cool stuff.


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Exeter boss Rob Baxter says he has discussed the form of second row Mitch Lees with England coach Eddie Jones.
Jones met Exeter's coaching staff this week for the first time.
Australian-born Lees, who is eligible to play for England, has started all but one of Exeter's games this season.
"He's been playing a big man's game in our side and doing it very well and I think there aren't that many players like that in the country at the moment," Baxter said.
The 27-year-old Lees, who joined Exeter from London Welsh in April last year, has scored tries in each of the last two games and kept the likes of England international Geoff Parling out of the side.
"He's probably been under the radar a little bit," added Baxter.
"I believe in what you see with your own eyes and I think Mitch's actions speak louder than any words I can say about him."
Baxter also discussed a number of his established internationals with Jones, who was in attendance last week as the Chiefs recorded a famous win over French Top 14 leaders Clermont Auvergne.
Exeter have also got off to an impressive start in the Premiership, winning five of their opening six games, and sitting second in the table.
"He was pretty impressed with where we stand in the table at the minute, the way we've been playing and we've had some good results," Baxter told BBC Sport.
"It was a meeting about where things are going to with players.
"There were no shocking revelations to me, he was just very easy to talk to, very straightforward, and talked a lot of common sense, which was the kind of thing we'd expect, and it was nice to hear.
"The only message I can give to our lads is 'well done so far, you've obviously caught his eye with how you've been playing and the performances you've put in, but the important thing is to make sure you're the form player when the squad gets selected in a few weeks' time'."


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Second man charged in robbery, death of 16-year-old pleads guilty
Adam Patrick was immediately sentenced to 11 years in prison
Adrianne Kelly
A Franklin man pleaded guilty for his role in the robbery and death of 16-year-old Dione Payne.Adam Patrick was immediately sentenced to 11 years in prison.Police said Payne was staying with Michael Geldrich's in Franklin to sell drugs.According to police, Patrick was also staying with Geldrich and buying drugs from Payne.Patrick, Geldrich, and Michael Watson are accused of robbing Payne, severely beating him, and then dumping him outside the Atrium Medical Center. Payne later died. In May, Geldrich pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, two counts of kidnapping, and tampering with physical evidence. He is scheduled to be sentenced at a later time after he cooperated with the prosecution of Watson.Watson is scheduled for trial in July.
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A Franklin man pleaded guilty for his role in the robbery and death of 16-year-old Dione Payne.
Adam Patrick was immediately sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Jury finds suspect guilty of murder in teen's slaying
Trial begins for man accused of killing teen in Franklin
Co-defendant testifies how teen was beaten to death
Man charged in beating death of teen pleads guilty
Police said Payne was staying with Michael Geldrich's in Franklin to sell drugs.
According to police, Patrick was also staying with Geldrich and buying drugs from Payne.
Patrick, Geldrich, and Michael Watson are accused of robbing Payne, severely beating him, and then dumping him outside the Atrium Medical Center. Payne later died.
In May, Geldrich pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, two counts of kidnapping, and tampering with physical evidence. He is scheduled to be sentenced at a later time after he cooperated with the prosecution of Watson.
Watson is scheduled for trial in July.


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COVID In Maryland: How Each School District Is Responding To An Uptick In COVID-19 Cases
By CBS Baltimore Staff November 11, 2020 at 11:25 pm
Filed Under:coronavirus and schools, Coronavirus Outbreak In Maryland: WJZ Complete Coverage, COVID-19, Health, Local TV, Maryland, Talkers
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — As a second wave of coronavirus hits Maryland, school districts statewide are reassessing plans for hybrid or in-person learning.
Many public schools started the school year with only virtual learning, but then either began some in-person learning this fall or submitted plans to begin in-person learning soon. However, an uptick in COVID-19 cases is leading to many of the district to pull back on their plans.
Here's a county-by-county breakdown of the decisions:
Allegany County Public Schools: ACPS returned to virtual learning this week due to a spike in cases. Learn more here
Anne Arundel County Public Schools: Anne Arundel County Public Schools will remain virtual for the first semester of the 2020-21 school year. AACPS had plans to reopen in mid-November, but will instead remain virtual, citing coronavirus health metrics. Learn more here
Baltimore City Public Schools: Baltimore City Schools announced November 10 they are scaling back reopening plans amid a surge in coronavirus cases statewide. The district reopened 27 schools instead of the original 44 on Nov. 16 in light of the rising number of cases. They later announced November 19 that all in-person learning and meal sites will be closed the week after Thanksgiving until December 7. Learn more here
Meanwhile, the Archdiocese of Baltimore said its Catholic schools will reopen for in-person learning in the fall. Students who don't feel comfortable learning in the classroom can take part remotely. Learn more here
Baltimore County Public Schools: As coronavirus cases in Maryland continue to climb, the Baltimore County Public Schools system said Wednesday it won't move forward with reopening four public separate day schools later this month as planned. In a statement, school officials said the county's positivity rate and the number of cases per 100,000 residents have "steadily increased" over the past week. Learn more here
Calvert County Public Schools: On July 24th, the Board of Education of Calvert County Public Schools voted to open virtually for 2020-2021 school year. Learn more here
Caroline County Public Schools: The county school board approved a plan to begin the year with distance learning. Based on current conditions, Caroline County Public Schools is planning to bring 4th, 5th, 6th, and 9th grade students back to school buildings on an AA/BB schedule. AA Schedule students will begin on Monday, November 30. BB Schedule students will begin on Thursday, December 3. Learn more here
Carroll County Public Schools: Carroll County Public Schools will began the 2020-21 school year virtually. After an outbreak was reported at one school, the district moved to virtual learning again on Nov. 19. Learn more here
Cecil County Public Schools: CCPS expanded their face-to-face learning to two days per week beginning the week of November 9, 2020. But a week later, they've moved back to only virtual. Learn more here
Charles County Public Schools: On Nov. 5, Charles County Public Schools was prepared to move to Phase 2 of its Reopening Plan; however, the recent rise in COVID-19 cases has caused the school system to pause the move to in-person learning for students. Learn more here
Dorchester County Public Schools: After a spike in COVID-19 cases and the positivity rate in Dorchester County, the schools decided to close school buildings indefinitely on Oct. 21. Learn more here
Frederick County Public Schools: Public school students in Frederick County will remain virtual for the fall semester of the 2020-2021 school year. Learn more here
Garrett County Public Schools: The Garrett County Board of Education voted on November 10, 2020, to move students to a red, fully virtual learning model beginning Thursday, November 12, 2020, and continuing until at least Thursday, December 10, 2020. GCPS is also cancelling all in-person extra-curricular activities and athletic events and practices effective immediately. Learn more here
Harford County Public Schools: Harford County Public Schools will return to virtual learning on Nov. 13, the school system announced. The system cited a surge in county coronavirus metrics, which have reached 15+ per 100,000 daily positive cases. Learn more here
Howard County Public Schools: Howard County Public Schools is latest school district to lay out a plan to return students to the classrooms, but right now students remain virtual. Learn more here
Kent County Public Schools: The schools are currently operating in a hybrid model with some in-person learning. Learn more here
Montgomery County Public Schools: Montgomery County Public Schools said it will remain in a virtual-only instructional model through the first semester. They have released a plan for hybrid, in-person learning for Jan. 2021. Learn more here
Prince George's County Public Schools: Public school students in Prince George's County will continue distance learning through January 2021, the district said. Learn more here
Queen Anne's County Public Schools: Queen Anne's County schools will continue virtual-only learning for the first semester of the 2020-2021 school year. The county's school board voted 3-2 on November 11 to delay moving to a hybrid reopening model due to health trends and the holiday season. Learn more here
St. Mary's County Public Schools: St. Mary's County Public Schools students continue to learn virtually. Learn more here
Somerset County Public Schools: Somerset County Public Schools will temporarily close all schools for in-person learning beginning Monday, November 9, 2020 through Friday November 27, 2020 due to the county's rising COVID-19 health metrics, coupled with an increase in reported COVID-19 cases among students and staff in the last two weeks. Learn more here
Talbot County Public Schools: On Monday, October 12, 2020, all students in grades PreK through 5 who requested In Person Instruction on their commitment form returned to school buildings with the AA BB day hybrid model. Learn more here
Washington County Public Schools: Washington County Public Schools (WCPS) is preparing for the transition to Stage 4 as described in the Return to Learn Plan. Stage 4 will begin no sooner than Monday, November 30, 2020. Learn more here
Wicomico County Public Schools: Students are learning virtually so far this year. The school has released a recovery plan. Learn more here
Worcester County Public Schools: Worchester County schools returned to a hybrid learning model as a part of Stage 2 of their responsible reopening plan. However starting on November 11, Stephen Decatur High School will be moving to distance learning until December 1. This decision was made out of an abundance of caution following a notification today that a third individual has tested positive for COVID-19 within the school over the past 24 hours. Learn more here
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A kind photographer helped honor the memory of a woman's late son while she photographed his newborn twin sister.
Heather Bowman went through IVF treatment to get pregnant. Not having a life partner, she knew she would have to raise her baby alone. When she got pregnant with twins, she was nervous after having already lost one twin pregnancy which she conceived through a donor.
Because Bowman has a unicornuate uterus, a condition when a woman only has half a uterus, her pregnancy was considered high-risk, and she said she was nervous for much of it. At 18 weeks pregnant, she found out her son, James, did not survive.
So when photographer Jessica Young came up with the idea to honor James, Bowman was overwhelmed. In a precious photo, Leticia is swaddled in a pink blanket that is connected to a blue blanket with little angel wings atop it.
Young said she has experienced loss herself so she wanted to do something for Bowman.
Bowman broke down crying and when the time came to take the photo, Bowman said the moment was priceless. She added that all her daughter could do was look over to where her brother would have been.


Welcome to our February blog post. We've had a productive start to the year already, and we're hearing similar stories from our clients too. If you're trying something new this year, we'd love to hear from you on how those changes are going, and whether we can offer a wider look at their impacts and other potential tax opportunities.
MYOB is currently touring their national MYOB INCITE event and we had the opportunity to attend the Brisbane show last month. MYOB is an Australian multinational corporation and a leader in business management solutions and accounting software.
With 'Connected Practice' as this year's theme, a number of insightful presentations were delivered on simplifying workflow, adding more value for clients and the importance of the advisory relationship between businesses and their accountant.
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6 Books to Read About Giving Back
Dictionary.com defines altruism as "the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others." If you strive to live an altruistic life, then you dedicate significant time, energy or support to those around you, either by donating with an organization you care about, volunteering with others or even showing your support for those in your community.
Sometimes, an altruistic life can be challenging. It can sometimes feel overwhelming, unsatisfying or even lonely. At times like these it's important to know that you're not in it alone. There are others out there in the world who want to make a difference, too. They even write books about it. We compiled a list of six of the greatest books to read about giving back. These books inspire the altruistic lifestyle and show anyone can make an impact on the world. Let's explore each of them more in depth.
1. Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think, Peter H. Diamandis & Steven Kotler
Published in 2012, this New York Times bestseller offers practical solutions to address some of the world's most pressing concerns, such as overpopulation, food, water, energy, education, healthcare and freedom. The authors offer a future where nine billion people have access to all of Earth's resources and everything else necessary for a first world standard of living.
2. Give Smart: Philanthropy That Gets Results, Thomas J. Tierney & Joel L. Fleishman
In this 2011 book, authors co-founder of The Bridgespan Group Thomas J. Tierney, and Duke professor Joel L. Fleishman, pool together their hands-on nonprofit knowledge to present a definitive guide to engaged philanthropy for donors.
3. Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption, Katie Davis
Originally published in 2009, Katie Davis's autobiography shares her story of courage and love. At just 18-years-old, Davis left her hometown, friends, family and boyfriend of Nashville, Tennessee, to move to Uganda, adopt 13 children and establish a ministry. If you want to read a personal impact story of altruism, this is the book for you.
4. A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn
From the same husband and wife team who brought to life the #1 New York Times bestseller Half the Sky comes their next best book in 2014. This book shares a deep examination of people who are making the world a better place, along with the myriad of ways we can support them. With research and reporting, the writers share on the art and science of giving.
5. Systems Thinking for Social Change: A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results, David Peter Stroh
David Peter Stroh's 2015 book helps readers contribute more effectively to society by teaching them what systems thinking is and why it is important in their work. It also provides concrete guidance on how to incorporate systems thinking into problem solving, decision making and strategic planning. For donors and nonprofit leaders, this is the book to start with.
6. 40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World, Howard Graham Buffett
What would you do if someone granted you $3 billion to accomplish something great in the world? In 2006, legendary investor Warren Buffett posed this question to his son Howard Graham Buffett. So, Howard set out to help the most vulnerable on the planet—nearly a billion people who lack food security. He gave himself a deadline of 40 years to put the resources to work on the challenge. In this 2013 manifesto, Howard shares his journey and an informative guidebook for how to ignite real changes in the world.
Altruism might feel like a lonely journey at times, but that could not be further from the truth. If you want to live a more altruistic lifestyle, start by checking out some of these six great books on giving back. Dive in, learn something new and be inspired to truly make an impact on the world.
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Bored to Distraction
Cinema of Excess in End-of-the-Century Mexico and Spain
Claudia Schaefer - Author
SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture
ISBN10: 0-7914-5887-3
Examines how recent Mexican and Spanish films act as untroubling distractions from everyday routines.
Popular culture in the 1990s, especially cinema, can be considered a showcase for the accumulated hopes and fears of the twentieth century. From the promise of material goods to the profusion of despair, from devastating tragedy to exaggerated rapture, a dizzying array of images assaults the eye. Drawing on recent films from Mexico and Spain, Bored to Distraction navigates this visual terrain, from melodrama to horror, looking for what, if anything, might be excessive enough to rouse us from our comfortable everyday routines.
"A very smart, theoretically informed, and provocative discussion of film in the context of a timely analysis of consumer-oriented cultures." — Debra A. Castillo, author of Easy Women: Sex and Gender in Modern Mexican Fiction
"Very well written and quite reader-friendly. Schaefer's theoretical framework is at the cutting edge of the field, and helps identify the place of the traditional cultural paradigm of leisure in the current production of middle class boredom and its economic and ideological ramifications." — Jaume Martí-Olivella, coauthor of The New Catalan Short Story: An Anthology
Claudia Schaefer is Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at the University of Rochester and the author of Danger Zones: Homosexuality, National Identity, and Mexican Culture and Textured Lives: Women, Art, and Representation in Modern Mexico.
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