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Could 'Submission' Be America's Sept. 11 Novel?
The Submission is a gorgeously written novel of ideas about America in the wake of Sept. 11. It tackles subjects like identity politics, undocumented immigrants and the stress fractures of democracy. Maybe the most audacious question that's posed by Amy Waldman's debut novel, however, is the implicit one that lingers long after a reader finishes it: Namely, could it be that a decade after the attacks, America finally has theSept. 11 novel — one that does justice, artistically and historically, to the aftershocks of that day?
Of course, there have been other serious fiction contenders that have ruminated on Sept. 11; among them, Joseph O'Neill's Netherland; Deborah Eisenberg's short story collection, Twilight of the Superheroes; Don DeLillo's Falling Man; and Ken Kalfus' dark tour de force, A Disorder Peculiar to the Country. But The Submissiondistinguishes itself by its panoramic scope and, also, by the ease with which it pulls off the literary magic trick of being at once poetic and polemical. Arguments about America are hashed out relentlessly on the pages of this novel, yet Waldman never stints on character development, plot or the pleasures of her inventive language. Ever the English teacher, I even found myself making lists of all the startling verbs and metaphors Waldman comes up with: For instance, describing a tough woman laughing, meanly, at another's expense, Waldman writes: "Her laugh burst forth, breaking up her face like jackhammered cement." This is an assured, ambitious novel that appeals to both a reader's senses and intelligence.
The central situation here will sound more contrived in my summary than it is in Waldman's execution. Here goes: Two years after the attacks, a jury of artists, academics and one noncredentialed civilian — a Sept. 11 widow — has been convened to sift through some 5,000 blind design entries for a memorial at the site of ground zero. In the opening chapter, a winner is chosen and then the dumbfounded jury learns that its pick is an American Muslim architect named Mohammed Khan. The chief champion of Khan's design was the Sept. 11 widow, Claire Burwell.
Waldman succinctly characterizes Claire's grief for her late husband this way: "It had been two years. He appeared in her dreams but vanished on waking, and she spoke of him in qualities — positive, ebullient, smart, principled — that had no texture." Claire initially loves the design for a rectangular walled garden as a memorial — especially, the fact that it would be composed of both life-affirming greenery as well as steel trees made out of salvaged scraps from The World Trade Center. But, as soon as Khan's name is leaked to the public, controversy rages about the identity of the architect and his garden design: It seems Islamic to some critics. In fact, Lou Sarge, a Rush Limbaugh-like radio personality, charges that the garden is Mohammed Khan's sly strategy to construct an Islamic martyr's paradise on ground zero. Claire finds herself pressured to rethink her support for the garden. At a raucous public hearing in New York, one bereaved father poignantly states his objections: "We, who have carried the weight of loss, are now being asked to carry the weight of proving America's tolerance ..."
Khan himself is an aloof guy who doesn't play well to the media: He's outraged that, as an American, he should even be called upon to justify his patriotism. As more and more voices pile into the national debate, the arguments become more complicated. A scholar opines that the World Trade Center Towers themselves contained Islamic architectural features; another Sept. 11 widow speaks out to ask if there will even be a place for her husband's name on whatever memorial will be built given that he was one of the many undocumented immigrants who worked at the towers, cleaning bathrooms and hallways.
The Submission is sure to generate a lot of discussion in book clubs across the land about the promises of democracy. In so doing, Waldman's novel itself serves a powerful memorial to Sept. 11 and the struggles of America in its aftermath.


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Plan your meals – Have options – and stock up on what you'll need. One of our routines is to bake muffins and send home the leftovers for the next day. I always make sure I have the ingredients for this. I am prepared to cook spaghetti and meatballs or chicken nuggets with celery sticks and ranch dip. Ice cream – check. Cookies – check. Campbell's Star Wars soup – check. Fresh fruit – check. Chocolate pudding – check. Yes, the kitchen is always open at grandma's.
Books – I always keep some of my favorites at my house and we read our grandson's choices among these. Yes, this is a changing library adapted for age and season.
Plan activities - We may have a building or craft project, puzzles, outdoor activities such as a Crayola Grab and Go game or sidewalk chalk. Outings have included a simple visit to the park two blocks away and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The dinosaurs!!!!
Be flexible – Young children need a break and so do you. You really don't have to do everything you have planned. If they just want to play alone for a while take some time to relax so you'll have energy a little later. If you have a big thing planned like going to the Museum of Natural History make sure it is a good day for the activity. If your grandchild does not seem up to it, maybe another time would be better.
Keep It Age Appropriate – Yes, kids get to do and eat things differently than when they are at home. But that doesn't mean anything goes. My grandson is in first grade and one of the things that means is that some of his classmates get to see PG movies. That is off limits with his parents and so a request to see a movie that I know will not be allowed does not get an okay.
Make sure you are medically ready – I knew that my grandson had an inhaler and it was always in his bag when he visited. The first time he needed it and I took it out I almost panicked because it was in three parts and I didn't immediately see how to put it together. Thankfully, my then 4 year old grandson said, "Give it to me Grandma, I can do it." And thankfully he did. Nowadays, my closet has children's Tylenol and a couple other children medications.
Safety – Our home is child friendly but it is not childproof. When Zach was in preschool we had him sleep on an air mattress in our room, the door was kept closed and he was told to use the bathroom next to our bedroom. Next he slept in the room that was his Mom's and because the hall bathroom is right next to the stairs, he used our bathroom if he got up during the night. Now we have enough confidence that such precautions are not necessary. Make sure you plan a safe environment for a sleepover. Your grandchild won't just be in the family room and kitchen.
I was in Barnes and Noble today and looking for a book to bring to a baby shower. Catching my eye were three books about sleepovers with grandparents and as I looked through them I thought they were perfect. If you will be having a grandchild sleepover for the first time you may want to get one of these books. All of them are well illustrated and oh so true!. These are good books to keep at the grandparents' house and read during the visit.
All three of these books have 5 star customer ratings at Amazon with hundreds of reviews and they all are available in hardcover and kindle editions. So no matter what your reading "style, there is an edition for you.
This book is written and illustrated with humor and truth. The grandma and granddaughter are just enjoying their time together and they have a loving relationship.
Everything from the fun in the park to reading together in bed is realistic and will be comforting on sleepover visits.
Don't forget the Grandpas! This book by the same author/illustrator is equally as good. And so us! This one features a grandson and his grandfather having a blast together.
And for a book about both grandparents this book is one in the very popular (for good reason) Llama Llama series. The little llama is on his first overnight visit with his grandparents and has forgotten his "fuzzy llama" which we all know can be very serious. But his grandpa helps find a solution and it is a successful sleepover. This potential situation is one that every child, parent and grandparent can identify with. Like the other books, this one is wonderfully illustrated and will bring smiles to the faces of grandparents and grandchildren alike.
What a cute book...and I love this post. I was smiling thru the whole thing.


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Change in football ticket policy upsets some ISU faculty
The mixing of athletics and academics has taken another twist this year at Iowa State University — one that has some I.S.U. professors staying away from football games. Iowa State for the first time required faculty and staff to make a donation to the athletic department in order to purchase season football tickets in the prime seating areas.
Statistics professor Bob Stephenson decided not to buy tickets because of the policy, and isn't in the stands for the first time in almost three decades. Stephenson says they started sitting in the seats in the upper deck on the east side of the stadium near the 35-yard-line for some 27 years ago. He says they've had those tickets for all but one year when he was on a sabbatical leave The general public has been required to make donations up to $5,000 to renew season tickets for prime seats.
The faculty and staff donations range from $100 to $1,000. Stephenson says the break on donations makes up for the extra accommodations he makes for student athletes, and taking away the privilege illustrates the ever widening gulf between athletics and academics on campus. I.S.U. associate athletic director, Frank Nogel, disagrees, saying the donation is fair.
Nogel says the faculty and staff are sitting in some of the best seats in the building and the people all around them are donating. Nogel says donations from faculty and staff for basketball season tickets have been required all along, so requiring a donation in football shouldn't be a surprise. Nogel says the faculty and staff at all other Big 12 schools make the same donations as the general public. He says the money goes toward athletic scholarships and other students needs, which helps the Cyclones compete in the conference.
Faculty and staff negotiated a different deal at the University of Iowa when the school sought donations to renovate the stadium. Iowa professor emeritus, Jude West, led a focus group to get faculty input, and says mandatory donations would not have gone over well.
West says the faculty members and staff would have been "quite upset with that type of breakdown." West says he was on the faculty for 45 years and was a loyal fan and says that should be one of the reasons he would not have to donate. The University of Iowa grandfathered in current faculty and staff, but required new staff members to pay half the amount of the general public. All other schools in the Big Ten require staff donations to match public donations.
I.S.U.'s Stephenson admits the cost of the donation would not amount to that much per game and he could buy tickets that wouldn't require a donation. Still, Stephenson says he and two or three other professors decided on principle to not renew their tickets. Stephenson wonders if the general public is now occupying seats that used to be held by staff that were faithful in good and bad seasons.
Stephenson says: "The faculty members would year by year buy the tickets regardless of how the team was doing. I don't think that the general public is as loyal in that way, I may be wrong." Iowa State says 85% of season ticket holders, including faculty and staff, renewed this season.
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Four Barrel, burned by sexual misconduct backlash, changing its name
Justin Phillips Jan. 8, 2018 Updated: Jan. 8, 2018 8:56 p.m.
Four Barrel, burned by sexual misconduct backlash,...
1of4The Mill co-founder and founder of Four Barrel Coffee Jeremy Tooker at the new bakery and coffee bar at 736 Divisadero on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 in San Francisco, Calif.Photo: Beck Diefenbach / Special to The Chronicle 2013
2of4Richard Tarlov at the Canyon Market Coffee Bar in San Francisco. Janet and Richard Tarlov, the co-owners of Canyon Market, carry the Four Barrel espresso blend at the coffee bar and also sell Four Barrel beans. Janet Tarlov said they are trying to figure out the best decision for their business in the wake of lawsuit against Four Barrel over sexual harassment.Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle
3of4Four Barrel coffee beans for sale on the shelves at Canyon Market in San Francisco, on Mon. January 8, 2018. Janet and Richard Tarlov, are the co-owners of Canyon Market, carry the Four barrel Espresso blend at their coffee bar as well as several Four Barrel coffee beans for sale. They are still trying to figure out what is the best decision for her business in the wake of Four Barrel's recent sexual harassment lawsuit.Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle
4of4The Four Barrel espresso beans ready for grinding at Canyon Market in San Francisco, on Monday. Co-owner Janet Tarlov said the news about Four Barrel is "really upsetting," and she's still trying to decide what to do about about her partnership with the company.Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle
Businesses are distancing themselves from Four Barrel, the embattled San Francisco coffee roaster at the center of a Chronicle investigation in which eight women accused the company's founder, Jeremy Tooker, of sexual misconduct.
Tooker has left the company, and in the wake of the backlash, Four Barrel's remaining two owners, Jodi Geren and Tal Moore, said Monday that they are changing the name of the company to the Tide. They also plan to make the company's employees its new owners.
Wendy Lieu of Socola Chocolatier and Barista in San Francisco began serving Four Barrel coffee roughly four years ago. She decided over the weekend to end her business partnership with the company, and said that a new name will not bring her back.
"It's not about what they're going to do. This whole thing is about what they didn't do. How they failed the employees. I mean, time's up," Lieu said. "The name change and everything — that's not what their focus should be on right now. Their focus should be on making sure employees feel safe to come forward."
Red Rock Coffee in Mountain View, which sold Four Barrel, announced via Twitter that it would no longer buy coffee from the company, adding that it hopes Four Barrel finds a way to "change for the better." Le Marais Bakery, which has cafes in the Marina and the Castro, also said on Twitter that it would stop carrying Four Barrel products. Similar posts were made by Spiller Coffee in Atlanta, Strange Matter in Michigan and Fresh Pot in Portland, Ore.
A lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court on Friday against Four Barrel and Tooker alleged that Tooker sexually assaulted multiple women and harassed others over several years. The names of eight women appeared in the suit — two of them as plaintiffs — and all of them provided testimony detailing a toxic work environment rampant with sexual misconduct. Tooker has not responded to inquiries.
On Saturday, Four Barrel announced that Tooker had agreed to leave the company. The company's remaining owners said Tooker will divest and will no longer be affiliated with it in any capacity. On Monday, they said that Tooker's shares — 50 percent of the company — will be given to employees, and they plan to eventually have the company be 100 percent employee-owned.
On social media, members of the specialty coffee community have called for boycotts of the Four Barrel brand. The company's Mission location was closed on Saturday and Sunday but reopened on Monday; its Portola location was also closed Saturday but open Monday. The Mill, Four Barrel's partnership with Josey Baker Bread on Divisadero, was closed Saturday but reopened Sunday.
Josey Baker, owner of the eponymous bread company, said in a statement that he was "deeply pained" to hear about the victims' experiences at Four Barrel.
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Molly Flynn, a coordinator with CoffeeToo, an organization seeking to combat harassment in the coffee industry, said, "People are angry. We've been talking more about sexual harassment existing in the coffee industry and how it's prevalent, just like in the food and wine industry."
Flynn said her group is assisting former Four Barrel employees with job placements at other coffee businesses in the Bay Area. Algorithm Coffee Co. and Souvenir Coffee Co. in Berkeley have posted job openings directly mentioning the Four Barrel lawsuit and its fallout.
Still, some Bay Area businesses are struggling over whether to sever ties with the company.
For almost a decade, Canyon Market in Glen Park has sold Four Barrel products, including espresso made from Four Barrel beans and the beans themselves. Co-owner Janet Tarlov said she's trying to decide what to do about about the partnership.
"It's really upsetting. It truly is," Tarlov said. "We opened around the same time, both us and Four Barrel, and we've worked with them the entire time. I'm just not sure how we handle this going forward."
Tarlov said a customer emailed her suggesting that Canyon Market end its relationship with Four Barrel.
Tarlov said she understands the customer's stance, but ending the venture with the company is more complicated than it seems. She says employees at the coffee company would be affected by other retailers abandoning the brand in droves.
"There are a lot of people that aren't Jeremy, that are partners, people who work for the business, who are going to be affected by all of this," she said. "As business owners, we understand that, so it's something to take into account."
Tarlov said she had a personal relationship over the years not only with Tooker but also with the entire Four Barrel management team, which makes her decision more complicated than it would be for other businesses. Four Barrel trained the baristas at Canyon Market, she said, and Canyon has purchased coffee-related equipment from Four Barrel.
Others in the community, like Socola's Lieu, are waiting to see results.
"Four Barrel is taking a step in the right direction, but you cannot make everything right with one move and a name change," Lieu said. "Time will tell if they follow through and drive real change both inside their company and out."
Justin Phillips is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: jphillips@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @JustMrPhillips
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Justin Phillips joined the San Francisco Chronicle in November 2016 as a food writer. He previously served as the City, Industry, and Gaming reporter for the American Press in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He extensively covered the growth and transformation of Southwest Louisiana's multibillion dollar energy sector. Justin also served as a columnist for the American Press where he won a Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press Media Editors award for his weekly food column. In the past, Justin spent time working in the newsrooms of the Contra Costa Times, the Tri Valley Herald, and the Oakland Tribune. He studied journalism at Louisiana Tech University.
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Timeline Questions
Q: What are the dates and deadlines I need to know about 36|86?
A: 36|86 is June 4-7, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. Applications are open from January 4 to March 15, 2017, and Village 36 companies will be announced April 6.
Eligibility Questions
Q: What industry sectors are eligible to apply?
A: All tech-enabled businesses within these focus areas: Advanced Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Clean Tech, Consumer Products, Digital Media, E-Commerce, Education, Environment, Financial Services, Healthcare IT/Services, Internet of Things, Logistics, Marketing, Mobile, SaaS and Virtual Reality
Q: Are medical devices and/or biopharmaceutical companies eligible?
Q: What is the fundraising cut off?
A: $5 Million at the time of application
Q: Does non-equity financing count towards the $5 Million threshold (grants, loans, etc.)?
Q: Does convertible debt from private investors count toward the $5 Million threshold?
A: Yes
Q: How long can my company have been in business and still qualify as a "startup?"
A: Your company formation date must be no earlier than March 2012.
Q: Where does my company need to be based in order to be eligible for Village 36?
A: Your headquarters (i.e. primary place of business) must be based in one of the following Southeastern states or in Washington, DC: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia.
Q: If I have previously applied or participated in Village 36, can I apply again?
A: Yes, if you fit the eligibility criteria listed in these FAQs.
Other Relevant Questions
Q: What criteria are the judges using in reviewing my application?
A: The judges will score your application by considering these areas:
Market – size, current trajectory, scalability, potential for disruption
Solution – product/market fit
Model – business model and go-to-market strategy
Validation / Traction – capital, revenue, customers/users
Management – the right expertise on the team
X Factor – this company will be an outstanding representative for the SE region
Q: Why should I want to come to the 36|86 event in Nashville?
A: We will provide unparalleled education, awareness and networking for our entrepreneurs. In addition to pitching on-stage in front of 900+ people for a cash prize, the 36 companies will be part of an investor speed-dating session and have the opportunity to network with some of the country's and region's leading venture capital firms. We had 168 investors attend in 2016, representing 100 different firms. The potential media exposure will be terrific, as we had over 30 different media outlets in 2016 and we expect a similar number in 2017.
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Four detained in killing of senior journalist in Bihar
Patna: Four suspects have been detained in connection with the killing of a senior journalist of Hindi daily Hindustan in Bihar's Siwan district, police said on Saturday.
Rajdeo Ranjan, the Siwan bureau chief of the Hindi newspaper, which is part of the HT Media, was shot dead at a busy market near the Station Road on Friday night, a district police officer said.
"Four people have been detained for questioning in this case," the officer said.
"A manhunt has been launched to arrest the killers soon."
The Bihar Police headquarters sent a Special Task Force (STF) and Special Operations Group to Siwan late Friday night.(ALSO READ:Two journalists shot dead in Jharkhand and Bihar in last 24 hours, 3 detained in Siwan).
"We will nab the people behind the killing and will not spare any one," Bihar Police chief P.K. Thakur said.
Rajdeo Ranjan's family said he had no enmity with anyone and was busy preparing for the last few days to celebrate his 17th marriage anniversary.Coming close on the heels of the killing of teenager Aditya Sachdeva in Gaya district, the murder of the journalist has been described by opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as another addition to the fast mounting proof of "the return of jungle raj in Bihar".
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has condemned the killing and directed top police officers to take prompt action in nabbing the culprits.
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package org.jbpm.runtime.manager.impl;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;

import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
import javax.persistence.Persistence;

import org.drools.persistence.info.SessionInfo;
import org.jbpm.runtime.manager.util.TestUtil;
import org.jbpm.services.task.identity.JBossUserGroupCallbackImpl;
import org.jbpm.test.util.AbstractBaseTest;
import org.kie.test.util.db.PoolingDataSourceWrapper;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.kie.api.io.ResourceType;
import org.kie.api.runtime.KieSession;
import org.kie.api.runtime.manager.RuntimeEngine;
import org.kie.api.runtime.manager.RuntimeEnvironment;
import org.kie.api.runtime.manager.RuntimeEnvironmentBuilder;
import org.kie.api.runtime.manager.RuntimeManager;
import org.kie.api.runtime.manager.RuntimeManagerFactory;
import org.kie.api.runtime.process.ProcessInstance;
import org.kie.api.task.UserGroupCallback;
import org.kie.internal.io.ResourceFactory;
import org.kie.internal.runtime.manager.context.EmptyContext;
import org.kie.internal.runtime.manager.context.ProcessInstanceIdContext;

public class PersistenceRuntimeManagerTest extends AbstractBaseTest {
    private PoolingDataSourceWrapper pds;
    private UserGroupCallback userGroupCallback;
    private RuntimeManager manager;
    @Before
    public void setup() {
        Properties properties= new Properties();
        properties.setProperty("mary", "HR");
        properties.setProperty("john", "HR");
        userGroupCallback = new JBossUserGroupCallbackImpl(properties);

        pds = TestUtil.setupPoolingDataSource();
    }

    @After
    public void teardown() {
        manager.close();
        pds.close();
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Test
    public void testPerProcessInstanceManagerDestorySession() {

    	EntityManagerFactory emf = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("org.jbpm.persistence.jpa");
        RuntimeEnvironment environment = RuntimeEnvironmentBuilder.Factory.get()
    			.newDefaultBuilder()
                .userGroupCallback(userGroupCallback)
                .entityManagerFactory(emf)
                .addAsset(ResourceFactory.newClassPathResource("BPMN2-ScriptTask.bpmn2"), ResourceType.BPMN2)
                .addAsset(ResourceFactory.newClassPathResource("BPMN2-UserTask.bpmn2"), ResourceType.BPMN2)
                .get();

        EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager();
        List<SessionInfo> sessions = em.createQuery("from SessionInfo").getResultList();
        assertEquals(0, sessions.size());

        manager = RuntimeManagerFactory.Factory.get().newPerProcessInstanceRuntimeManager(environment);
        assertNotNull(manager);
        sessions = em.createQuery("from SessionInfo").getResultList();
        assertEquals(0, sessions.size());
        // ksession for process instance #1
        // since there is no process instance yet we need to get new session
        RuntimeEngine runtime = manager.getRuntimeEngine(ProcessInstanceIdContext.get());
        runtime.getKieSession();

        sessions = em.createQuery("from SessionInfo").getResultList();
        assertEquals(1, sessions.size());

        KieSession ksession = runtime.getKieSession();

        assertNotNull(ksession);
        long ksession1Id = ksession.getIdentifier();
        assertTrue(ksession1Id == 2);

        ProcessInstance pi1 = ksession.startProcess("UserTask");

        // both processes started
        assertEquals(ProcessInstance.STATE_ACTIVE, pi1.getState());
        manager.disposeRuntimeEngine(runtime);

        runtime = manager.getRuntimeEngine(ProcessInstanceIdContext.get(pi1.getId()));
        ksession = runtime.getKieSession();
        assertEquals(ksession1Id, ksession.getId());
        sessions = em.createQuery("from SessionInfo").getResultList();
        assertEquals(1, sessions.size());

        ksession.getWorkItemManager().completeWorkItem(1, null);
        manager.disposeRuntimeEngine(runtime);
        // since process is completed now session should not be there any more
        try {
            manager.getRuntimeEngine(ProcessInstanceIdContext.get(pi1.getId())).getKieSession();
            fail("Session for this (" + pi1.getId() + ") process instance is no more accessible");
        } catch (RuntimeException e) {

        }
        sessions = em.createQuery("from SessionInfo").getResultList();
        assertEquals(0, sessions.size());
        manager.close();
        emf.close();
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	@Test
    public void testPerRequestManagerDestorySession() {

    	EntityManagerFactory emf = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("org.jbpm.persistence.jpa");
        RuntimeEnvironment environment = RuntimeEnvironmentBuilder.Factory.get()
    			.newDefaultBuilder()
                .userGroupCallback(userGroupCallback)
                .entityManagerFactory(emf)
                .addAsset(ResourceFactory.newClassPathResource("BPMN2-ScriptTask.bpmn2"), ResourceType.BPMN2)
                .addAsset(ResourceFactory.newClassPathResource("BPMN2-UserTask.bpmn2"), ResourceType.BPMN2)
                .get();

        EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager();
        List<SessionInfo> sessions = em.createQuery("from SessionInfo").getResultList();
        assertEquals(0, sessions.size());

        manager = RuntimeManagerFactory.Factory.get().newPerRequestRuntimeManager(environment);
        assertNotNull(manager);
        sessions = em.createQuery("from SessionInfo").getResultList();
        assertEquals(0, sessions.size());
        // ksession for process instance #1
        // since there is no process instance yet we need to get new session
        RuntimeEngine runtime = manager.getRuntimeEngine(EmptyContext.get());
        runtime.getKieSession();

        sessions = em.createQuery("from SessionInfo").getResultList();
        assertEquals(1, sessions.size());

        KieSession ksession = runtime.getKieSession();

        assertNotNull(ksession);

        ProcessInstance pi1 = ksession.startProcess("UserTask");

        // both processes started
        assertEquals(ProcessInstance.STATE_ACTIVE, pi1.getState());
        manager.disposeRuntimeEngine(runtime);

        sessions = em.createQuery("from SessionInfo").getResultList();
        assertEquals(0, sessions.size());

        runtime = manager.getRuntimeEngine(EmptyContext.get());
        ksession = runtime.getKieSession();

        sessions = em.createQuery("from SessionInfo").getResultList();
        assertEquals(1, sessions.size());

        ksession.getWorkItemManager().completeWorkItem(1, null);

        manager.disposeRuntimeEngine(runtime);
        sessions = em.createQuery("from SessionInfo").getResultList();
        assertEquals(0, sessions.size());
        manager.close();
        emf.close();
    }
}

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It is the year 1940, in E. L. Doctorow's recent novel, and nine-year-old Edgar comes at last to the New York World's Fair and the beckoning World of Tomorrow. He espies the fabled Try Ion and Perisphere, pure white spire and sphere, mystic symbol of the fair, and he trembles with joy. Soon he is inside the General Motors exhibit, the fair's most popular: "We ran and took seats, each of us in a chair with high sides and loudspeakers built into them, they faced the same direction and were on a track. The lights went down. Music played and the chairs lurched and began to move sideways. In front of us a whole world lit up, as if we were flying over it, the most fantastic sight I had ever seen, an entire city of the future…." That fair may have been, as many think, the best world's fair ever. But it was not the last.
After a long break for World War II and its aftermath, world's fairs returned, first to Brussels in 1958, Then there was Seattle ("Century 21 Exposition") in 1962, and New York again in 1964–65 ("Peace Through Understanding"). After that came Montreal (Expo '67), San Antonio (HemisFair '68), and in 1970, Osaka, Japan. They were followed by Spokane (Expo '74) and Okinawa (Expo 75), Knoxville (Expo '82), New Orleans (Expo '84), and Tsukuba, Japan (Expo '85), not to mention Plovdiv, Bulgaria. And now, beginning May 2 and running through Oct. 13, there is Expo '86 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The centennial of Canada's big Pacific port city is being celebrated this year in a big way.
Still other world's fairs are scheduled for the years ahead: Brisbane, Australia, in 1988, and Seville, Spain, in 1992. And if fairgoers should grow restless during the intervening years, there is always the permanent, "world's fair" that opened near Orlando, Florida, in 1982—Disney World's Epcot Center. With the "Magic Kingdom" nearby, Epcot Center has a 10-nation "World Showcase" and, in pavilions sponsored by Exxon, AT&T, General Motors, and other corporations, a "Future World."
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Even if you have thousands of Facebook friends, you can probably only count on a handful in a pinch, according to a new study. The author, anthropologist Robin Dunbar, should know. He's the guy who came up with Dunbar's number, which shows that in the real world, people can only maintain about 150 stable relationships. For his latest research, Dunbar analyzed a UK study of 3,375 Facebook users between the ages of 18 and 65. On average, folks had 150 followers but said that they could only count on 4.1 of them during an "emotional crisis," and only 13.6 ever express sympathy.
Those numbers line up very closely with Dunbar's previous offline studies. "The sizes of the two inner friendship circles did not differ from those previously identified in offline samples," he said. Having a lot more than 150 followers doesn't change things much, either. "Heavy users of online social media do not have larger offline social networks than casual users, even though more of these may appear online for heavy users."
Social networks typically encourage promiscuous 'friending' of individuals who often have very tenuous links to you.
Unsurprisingly, you're likely to have a larger online social network if you're young, but older people tend to have more friends in real life. "A likely explanation for this difference probably lies in the fact that [social networks] typically encourage promiscuous 'friending' of individuals who often have very tenuous links [to you]," said Dunbar.
The results confirm the obvious: Each of us has limited time and emotional capacity for social interaction, whether we're online or not. However, social networks do offer one distinct advantage -- they allow busy folks to touch base with people and keep friendships on life support. "However, that alone may not be sufficient to prevent friendships eventually dying naturally if they are not occasionally reinforced by face-to-face interaction," says Dunbar.


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Gibsons Completes Final Closing of Industrial Propane Business Sale to Superior Plus LP
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CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gibson Energy Inc. ("Gibsons" or the "Company"), (TSX:GEI), announced today that it has completed the final closing of the sale of its Industrial Propane Business to Superior Plus LP ("Superior LP"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Superior Plus Corp. ("Superior"), pursuant to the option granted by Gibsons to Superior LP on March 1, 2017. Gibsons received a non-refundable payment of $435 million in adjusted cash proceeds in March, 2017, in exchange for granting Superior LP the option to acquire the Industrial Propane Business.
Today, Superior entered into a consent agreement with the Competition Bureau permitting Superior LP to complete the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares and units of the entities that carry on all of Gibsons' Industrial Propane Business under the Canwest and Stittco brands, for nominal additional consideration.
As previously disclosed, as part of the sale, Superior has agreed to 5 year wholesale supply and truck transportation agreements that offer Gibsons an ability to continue procuring propane volumes for Canwest and Stittco and provide Gibsons with bulk delivery rights to the associated branch distribution locations.
"The final closing of the sale or our Industrial Propane Business marks another significant milestone in the transformation of our business into a focused midstream infrastructure business," said Steve Spaulding, President and Chief Executive Officer.
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Recent Preston North End games have been perfect for striker Jayden Stockley to make a big impact
Jayden Stockley challenges Tom Lockyer in the air in Preston North End's 1-0 win over Charlton Atheltic.
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Jayden Stockley believes the last few Preston North End games have been perfect for him to have an impact.
The striker played the full 90 minutes and won the decisive penalty as PNE beat Charlton 1-0 at the Valley.
Stockley also came on after half an hour to change the recent Lancashire Derby against Blackburn and has been relishing the opportunity to showcase his talents.
"It was a great game," he said.
"The last couple of games have almost been tailor-made for me.
"It's been great to show what I can do.
"Some would call it the uglier side sometimes but it's something I like to thrive on, something that I hope I can do well for the team.
"Some days we won't need that, as the gaffer has gone to a more fluid front three, the gaffer always picks a side that he thinks is going to go out there and get the three points.
"He'll look at things and I'm really happy I could contribute today.
"We had that carrot of going top of the league and it is a good feeling.
"I know it's early in the season but it should give us real momentum.
"It's a really tough place to go, Charlton, they've started great this season so we knew it'd take a big performance to come away with the points.
"We got in at half time happy with the performance but a bit disappointed we weren't more clinical.
"To get the goal in the second half and defend like we did late in the game was really admirable for our team.
"I think it'll be a big lift for us going forward."
Having come on in place of Paul Gallagher after half an hour last time out, Stockley was glad to see the midfielder step up to score the only goal of the game from the spot.
On this occasion, it was PNE's no.12 that was used as an early sub, with him coming on for an injured Daniel Johnson.
Stockley said: "I was glad for him.
"It's a testament to the professionalism of him.
"He's someone we all look up to, there's the quality but also the leader that he is.
"For him to step up and put it away is great for his character and I'm really happy for him because no matter how old you are and how many games you play, I'm sure the buzz is still there and the disappointment is still there.
"He's one that I'm really happy for.


"Sovereign immunity does not preclude an award of emotional distress damages against the United States for willful violation of the Bankruptcy Code's automatic stay." Hunsaker v. U.S.A., No. 16-35991 (9th Cir. Aug. 30, 2018).
After Jonathan and Cheryl Hunsaker filed for chapter 13 bankruptcy the IRS continued to send them collection notices. The bankruptcy court found the IRS's conduct was a willful violation of the automatic stay under section 362(k) and awarded damages for emotional distress. The district court reversed on the grounds that Congress did not waive sovereign immunity for emotional distress damages.
Emotional distress damages may be awarded for willful violation of the automatic stay. Lansaw v. Zokaites (In re Lansaw), No. 16-1867 (3rd Cir. April 10, 2017).


The length of a personal injury case is affected by many different factors, and some unfortunately, some of these factors tend to slow things down a lot more than we'd like them to without much reason. By getting an personal injury laywer on your side, you can have someone in your corner with the legal competence to tell just exactly how much any element of the case may hold the process up.
Though a lot of the fine details determining the pace of the case can be complex, it's still a good idea to be prepared for certain elements in the court proceeding process to always be a sign of things ending either sooner or later. The following are some of the most significant things with a big impact on the overall length of all personal injury claims that go to court.
In the wide majority of personal injury claim cases, there isn't any lawsuit that actually winds up being filed in the end. The defendant's lawyer may propose a bit of time to work out a settlement rather than going through with filing the lawsuit. You may either agree to the settlement right then and there, immediately ending the case, or you could choose to go forward with the lawsuit.
In order to have the best possible chance at getting a demand for compensation approved, most lawyers will bide their time while the claimant slowly recovers. As the the approval of a demand for compensation will hinge on just how deeply impacted the claimant was by their injury, the best chance to make a compelling argument on that basis would be when the claimant has already reached the limit of the possibility to improve.
If there's no further possible medical improvement that the claimant can have and they're still impacted by the injury's effects, the foundation of the plaintiff's case becomes far more stable.
If there's just not enough clarity provided by evidence at hand to determine whether the plaintiff or defendant is liable, a personal injury case may wind up being longer just by the simple virtue of being tricky to find out quickly.
Not all personal injury claims that are brought to court wind up being resolved with a favorable ruling for either the plaintiff or accused specifically. In some scenarios, the lack of information to become fully assured of the case's most critical elements can leave no either choice but to simply drop the case altogether.
There's a chance that delays in a case due to trouble with determining liability can actually be solved with new and decisive discoveries about the case, but in most cases, the timeline is commonly anywhere from one to two years on average.
The more monetary value that was involved in the damages, the greater the potential for things to wind up getting delayed. The primary party behind case slowdowns due to money is often the insurer themselves. Rather than agreeing to settle out on an extremely large sum of money right away, most insurers will instead use the upper limits of their rights to request as much additional information as humanly possible.
In some circumstances, a personal injury case plaintiff might find themselves in an extended war of attrition with an insurer that refuses to be satisfied or out of ideas for inconsequential details to request. To protect the outcome of your case against the threat of an insurer getting cold feet in front of big money, you'll definitely want to have an experienced personal injury attorney on your side to help read through all of the old tricks.


Yep, this really is my third consecutive post on V&A's India Festival. I can't help myself!- the leading show Fabric of India is a stunner and supporting talks and events have been fab too. I attended last week's V&A Fashion in Motion which this year shone the spotlight on Ashish Gupta. The retrospective catwalk show featured his high-octane, sequin rich, sports luxe designs from the last ten years. My faves included the camo parka, the slogan tees and dresses, his rainbow sequin separates and of course the blinged up shopping bags.
The Fashion in Motion series started back in 1999 and each year invites a leading fashion designer to showcase a retrospective of their work with live catwalk shows. Look out for the next show in 2016!


First of all, keep in mind that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
That's one of the most important things we cannot ignore when reviewing Omar's activities and statements. She may be a freshman member of the committee, but her seat on it gives her an outsize influence on the deliberation of U.S. foreign and security policy in the House. It also potentially gives her access to classified information about U.S. policy and intelligence that may not be readily available to all members.
It is in no way a deployment of click-bait wording to call her attendance at these events "secretive." The organizations and Omar don't answer questions about what she says and does during many of the fundraisers, and won't admit independent observers to record her comments and inform the public. Nor do they post videos or even in-house summaries of the events.
Since she is a public official, and all of the American people – not just her constituents in Minnesota – have every right to know what's going on at any such events that involve her, that's a serious problem.
CAIR has a number of documented ties to the Muslim Brotherhood; one of its officials, Jinan Shbat, recently expressed support for Hamas. CAIR Director Nihad Awad has also expressed support for Hamas in the past. Jinan Shbat has been linked to a Hezbollah supporter as well, Abbas Hamideh, leader of the extremist group Al-Awda, for whom she led a pro-Palestinian rally in 2016. Hamas and Hezbollah are both U.S.-designated terrorist organizations.
Islamic Relief has been criticized by numerous governments for funding terrorism and links to the Muslim Brotherhood. Israel's Shin Bet acquired intelligence revealing Islamic Relief's funding of Hamas, prompting a government ban. The United Arab Emirates has also listed Islamic Relief as a terrorist group. Bangladesh banned them too, and Sweden named them a Muslim Brotherhood front.
On Saturday 23 March, Omar appeared at a fundraiser for the CAIR chapter in Los Angeles, where yet another extremist with whom she has a long history is a fixture.
Given the affinity of CAIR officials for Hamas, it's worth noting what Hamas has been doing in Gaza for the past week (albeit with very little coverage from the U.S. media): violently suppressing protests against its brutal rule.
The first day of the now-persistent anti-Hamas riots in Gaza was also the day two of Hamas's longer-range rockets were launched toward Tel Aviv. Israel mounted a prompt response, attacking a list of terror targets in the Gaza Strip. But the story with potentially greater significance for the long-term fate of Gaza, the security of Israel, and U.S. policy in the region is the surprising sustainment of the anti-Hamas protest posture by disgruntled Gazans.
March 2019 is perhaps the worst time in the last 15 years to have a high-profile member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in lockstep with Kool-Aid-drinking extremists on the role and nature of Hamas.
The fundraiser in the L.A. area was held at the Hilton in Woodland Hills, as part of the CAIR-sponsored Valley Banquet, a relatively recent annual gathering. This event apparently allowed media coverage, based on the L.A. Daily News's Ariella Plachta being able to post a video clip from Omar's address at Twitter afterward.
Protesters showed up in surprising numbers, lining Canoga Avenue in front of the Hilton.
In additional video the number of protesters appears to be at least 300-400, but there are no videos that give a synoptic view.
The Daily News reporter's figure from the police of about 1,000 is not unrealistic – but it is robust. That's a lot of people concerned enough to come out on a Saturday and register their objection to Omar's sentiments – anti-Semitic, supportive of extremism – and role in national politics.
Omar will be at another CAIR fundraiser on Sunday in nearby Irvine, in Orange County. That one is closed to the public and the media.


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Casio, Super Mario Bros. collaborate for nostalgic $150 watch
Casio and Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. have released a collaboration timepiece based on the original 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System game.
The watch, which is part of Casio's G-Shock lineup, comes with a distinctive shade of red for its bezel, as well as light blue and gold accents reminiscent of the daytime sky and coins in the game.
The watch's band features a pixelated image of Mario function indicators that come in the game's iconic typeface.
The timepiece can be purchased from Casio Japan's online store for 17,600 yen or $150 USD.
Super Mario fans can now get their hands on a Casio timepiece that encapsulates memories of the original game.
The collaboration piece — part of the Japanese watchmaker's G-Shock lineup — features a distinctive shade of red for its bezel, along with a pixelated Mario reminiscent of his 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) iteration.
Meanwhile, light blue and gold accents on the face are reminiscent of the daytime sky and coins from the game.
Likewise, the typeface of the function indicators is the same font used in the Nintendo classic.
The G-Shock watch is a sharp contrast to Tag Heuer's 2021 Super Mario smartwatch, which featured the beloved Nintendo character in his modern, 3D appearance. That limited-edition watch has since sold out.
Turning the G-Shock watch's light on shows Mario jumping on top of a Koopa Troopa shell and hitting infinite 1-UPs.
As of this writing, the watch can be purchased from Casio Japan's online store. For $150 USD, the timepiece comes in a dedicated box and canister case.
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Q: ready queue(why queue specifically)? I have been wondering why ready queue,that we have in Operating systems is called a queue?I have studied various scheduling algorithms like round robin,priority scheduling,etc but only first come first serve uses the ready queue as a queue(implementingFIFO policy).
For example in priority scheduling if two processes arrive at different times while CPU is executing some third process,then after it is done,it will choose the process with higher priority.I feel it is kind of violation of FIFO policy used in Queues,i.e,first in first out.
So do we just call it a queue for the sake of calling it,or is there a deeper logic?

A: It is still called a queue because if there are two processes with the same priority, the process which was placed on the queue first will be executed first just like in a normal FIFO queue.

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Have you ever had a long strenuous day, and the only cure seemed to be a refreshing shower? Showers are one of life's simple pleasures, and sometimes we take it for granted. Having fresh running water seems like a human right at this point, and it's important to keep our showers clean, just like they keep us clean. To maintain a shower, having a professional shower cleaning can prolong the life of the original shower. Over time grout and caulk in bathroom areas become hard. With regular house movement grout will crack and holes are formed. When your shower has cracks in the grout and caulk, mold and mildew forms within them. If not taken care of with professional shower cleaning, you may be reducing the life expectancy of the shower.
Every time you shower, water gets in the cracks. The sheet rock behind the tiles soaks up the water, causing the shower walls to get spongy and that leads to larger problems.
When you see mold or mildew in the cracks, it is growing from behind the caulk and grout line. No matter how you scrub it does not come out. It is best to treat this immediately. If left untreated, water will get further into the shower walls and tiles will pop off. It's easy for your shower to get to this point, so knowing what to look out for, and keeping up with maintenance is vital. This is where professional shower cleaning comes into play. Drysteam can handle any professional shower cleaning job; big or small.


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Q: Why doesn't button draw correctly when using Auto Layout? I created a new Cocoa Application which is using auto-layout. On the window, I added a NSView which nearly fills the window. Inside of this NSView, I placed a button in the upper left corner. When I run the application and resize the window to its smallest width and then resize the window to its largest width, the button will not draw correctly. If I turn off auto-layout and try the same procedure, the button will draw correctly.
When resizing the window, I only grab & drag the right hand side of the window.
I'm sure I am missing something obvious, but I am not certain what that might be.
I have a sample test project here:  autolayout test

A: I can also reproduce this.  It appears to happen only to NSButtons (also NSTextFields, and probably many other NSView subclasses) that are aligned to the inner NSView's left edge; objects aligned to the inner NSView's right edge or horizontal center redraw appropriately.
I can fix it by creating an NSView subclass and replacing the inner NSView with an instance of the subclass.  but I believe I shouldn't have to.  Eric, I'd suggest filing a bug report as an Apple Developer: http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/


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Inspiration from biomimetics-the chemistry of mussel adhesives-was taken for imparting superhydrophobic properties to nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) matrices. A polydopamine (PDA) surface coating was introduced, acting as an anchor between the NFC scaffold and octadecylamine (ODA): PDA is coated onto the NFC scaffolds by its adhesive properties and the ODA is successfully attached to the PDA by a Schiff base reaction. The ultralow density of 6.04 mg/cm(3) combined with the high contact angle of 152.5 degrees endows the composite aerogel with superb buoyancy and excellent oil/water separation selectivity. Oil can be rapidly absorbed from a mixture of oil and water. In addition, the modified aerogel can take up a wide range of organic solvents, with the maximum absorption capacity reaching up to 176 g/g, depending on the density of the liquids. The novel superhydrophobic aerogel shows great potential as an adsorber for oil and solvent spills and as an oil-water separator.


Here we celebrate Jewish-Hindu couples by sharing some of our experiences and resources.
A Jewish-Hindu wedding under the mandap which was also the chuppah. The colors, scents, rituals and symbols all told the story of two people who were trying to honor their families and their traditions at this sacred moment in their lives.
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Arthur Fiedler ( — ) foi um maestro estadunidense, permanecendo por um longo período na Orquestra Pops de Boston.

Biografia
Fiedler nasceu em Boston, Massachusetts. Seu pai foi o violinista austríaco, que se apresentava na Orquestra Sinfônica de Boston, e sua mãe foi uma pianista. Ele cresceu em Boston e ingressou na Escola Latina de Boston, até seu pai se aposentar e retornar para a Áustria, onde ele estudou e trabalhou até retornar para Boston. Em 1909, seu pai o mandou para Berlim para estudar violino com Willy Hess e em 1915 ele ingressou na Orquestra Sinfônica de Boston sob Karl Muck como o violinista. Ele também trabalhou como pianista, organista e percussionista.

Em 1924, Fliedler formou a "Sinfonietta de Boston", uma orquestra de música de câmara, com membros da Sinfônica de Boston. Ele foi apontado como o décimo oitavo maestro da Orquestra Pops de Boston em 1930. Sob a direção de Fiedler, a orquestra fez inúmeras gravações para a RCA Victor, com um lucro de US$ 50 milhões. Fiedler também foi associado com a Orquestra Pops de São Francisco durante vinte e seis verões, começando em 1949.

Ofereceu-se como voluntário na Segunda Guerra Mundial para a Reserva Temporária da Guarda Costeira.

Arthur tinha muitos hobbies. Ele foi fascinado pelo trabalho dos bombeiros e viajou com seu veículo para assistir o trabalho dos bombeiros em grandes incêndios. Ele foi nomeado o "Capitão Honorário" do Departamento de Bombeiros de Boston.

Fiedler faleceu no Brookline, Massachusetts, aos oitenta e quatro anos, no dia 10 de Julho de 1979. Ele estava completando seus cinquenta anos à frente da Orquestra Pops quando faleceu. Em sua honra, a orquestra fez uma escultura com seu rosto e a fixou perto do Charles River Esplanade.

O seu último álbum, foi intitulado Saturday Night Fiedler.

Em sua honra, com vasta influência na música americana, a 23 de outubro de 1976 foi condecorado pela prestigiosa Universidade da Pensilvânia com a medalha de Mérito.

Em 10 de janeiro de 1977, Fiedler foi agraciado com a Medalha Presidencial da Liberdade pelo Presidente Gerald Ford.

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Ligações externas
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James Rood Doolittle (* 3. Januar 1815 in Hampton, Washington County, New York; † 23. Juli 1897 in Providence, Rhode Island) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker der Republikanischen Partei. Von 1857 bis 1869 saß er für den Bundesstaat Wisconsin im US-Senat.

Frühe Jahre
Doolittle wurde in Hampton im Bundesstaat New York geboren. In Middlebury in Vermont besuchte er die Middlebury Academy. Am Hobart College studierte er Jura. Sein Studium schloss er 1834 erfolgreich ab. Als Rechtsanwalt zugelassen wurde er dann im Jahr 1837. Mit einer Kanzlei machte er sich in Rochester selbstständig. Zwischen 1847 und 1850 amtierte er dann als District Attorney im Wyoming County. 1851 zog Doolittle nach Racine im Bundesstaat Wisconsin, wo er zwischen 1853 und 1856 als Richter tätig war.

Karriere als Senator
Bis zur Aufhebung des Missouri-Kompromisses war Doolittle Mitglied der Demokratischen Partei. Um 1856 wechselte er dann zu den Republikanern. 1856 wurde Doolittle dann als Republikaner für den Bundesstaat Wisconsin in den Bundessenat gewählt, die einmalige Wiederwahl gelang ihm 1862.

Während seiner Amtszeit als Senator war Doolittle Vorsitzender des Committee on Indian Affairs. Gemeinsam mit seinem Kollegen Jacob Collamer aus Vermont vertrat er die Minderheit für den Mason Report, der den Überfall von John Brown auf die Stadt Harpers Ferry untersuchte.

Im Sezessionskrieg unterstützte Doolittle die Politik von US-Präsident Abraham Lincoln. Ebenso entschieden wie er Lincoln unterstützte, vertrat er die Interessen Wisconsins im Kapitol. Während der Sommerpause 1865 besuchte er die Indianer westlich des Mississippi River als Vorsitzender eines gemeinsamen besonderen Ausschusses, der mit einer Untersuchung über den Zustand der Indianerstämme und deren Behandlung durch die zivilen und militärischen Behörden der Vereinigten Staaten beauftragt wurde. Der Ausschuss teilte sich dann in mehrere Unterausschüsse, um in mehrere Regionen gleichzeitig Untersuchungen durchzuführen. Doolittle war an der Untersuchung indianischer Angelegenheiten im US-Bundesstaat Kansas, dem Indianer-Territorium und dem heutigen Colorado beteiligt. Der Bericht des Ausschusses mit dem Titel The Condition of the Tribes wurde dem Senat am 26. Januar 1867 vorgelegt. Doolittle spielte eine herausragende Rolle in der Debatte über die verschiedenen Kriegs- und Umbaumaßnahmen und die Wahrung der Bundesregierung, er war aber immer darauf bedacht, dass die abgespaltenen Konföderierten Staaten trotz allem immer ein Teil der Union seien. Er war strikt gegen die Einführung des 15. Amendments.

Späte Jahre
Nachdem Doolittle aus dem Senat ausgeschieden war, kandidierte er 1871 für das Amt des Gouverneurs von Wisconsin, konnte sich aber nicht gegen Cadwallader C. Washburn durchsetzen. Daraufhin zog er sich endgültig aus der Politik zurück.

In Chicago fasste er wieder Fuß. Zunächst als Anwalt, später als Präsident und als Professor an der neu gegründeten University of Chicago.

1897 starb Doolittle in Providence im Bundesstaat Rhode Island. Er wurde auf dem Mount Cemetery in Racine beigesetzt.

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Sustainability and Innovation at IBM: A Green Vision for 'Big Blue'
Words by Tom Murray
IBM recently discussed its sustainability goals – including an effort to procure 55 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2025 – and how the company is using technology to help solve environmental challenges.
More than five decades ago, IBM CEO Thomas Watson, Jr. stated: "Businessmen are influential leaders in public opinion. That is why it is so important that they be as open-minded and far-sighted in matters concerning the general public need as they are in questions relating to the operation of their businesses."
Today, Wayne Balta, vice president of corporate environmental affairs and product safety at IBM, is keeping Watson's commitment to sustainable business practices alive.
I recently spoke with Balta to learn more about IBM's sustainability goals—including an effort to procure 55 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2025—and how the company is using technology to help solve environmental challenges.
Here's an edited transcript of our conversation.
Where do you see the opportunities for collaboration as you try to tackle the carbon footprint of IBM's operations and supply chain?
Wayne Balta: Doing this type of work requires a lot of internal collaboration. We engage with IBMers who are responsible for different domains—from employees in our research division who invent technologies that better allow us to detect and analyze data, to those who operate our real estate infrastructure (including data centers), to the people in charge of the checkbooks and finance. This interdisciplinary collaboration is what we've learned yields the best results.
Externally, we ask our suppliers to establish their own environmental management systems and goals. It's essential for our suppliers to build their own long-term capacity to succeed and we continually endeavor to help them understand why this work matters.
Can you share some examples of partnerships with suppliers or other stakeholders that you've been involved in?
WB: We've partnered with a diverse group of organizations over the years on a variety of environmental subjects. One environmental partnership that I love to this day is the U.S. EPA Energy Star program. At the very beginning, 'Energy Star computers' was one of the initiatives that allowed Energy Star to take hold and to flourish. And look today at how pervasive Energy Star is.
These days, we're excited to see how the Responsible Business Alliance—something IBM helped create back in 2004—has grown. It began as a group of like-minded companies in the electronics industry working with each other and our suppliers to explain why good practices in this arena makes sense. Today there are over 140 members in the group coming from multiple industry sectors, and they collaborate to promote good practices across supply chains.
IBM is active in groups such as the American Council on Renewable Energy and Gridwise, Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance, and Clean Power Council.
How are you applying IBM services, data analysis and technology, like blockchain, and IoT, to improve the sustainability of your supply chain?
WB: Our world and the lives we're leading are being transformed by the existence and the continued generations of data, which are being coupled with new technologies that can be used to identify patterns and extract value. At IBM, we call this digital transformation.
An example of this at IBM is our work with The Freshwater Trust, SweetSense, and the University of Colorado to use blockchain and Internet of Things technologies to monitor the extraction of groundwater in California's Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta. The project aims to demonstrate a way to transparently measure groundwater extraction in real time, record the withdrawals, and manage those withdrawals of groundwater in a blockchain-based ledger.
Can you tell me more about IBM's new plastics recycling process called VolCat? It sounds like a real game-changer.
WB: IBM's research division came up with VolCat, short for volatile catalyst. It's a process that catalyzes chemicals at high temperature and high pressure to clean waste from PET, a plastic used in food and beverage packaging. It turns PET into a renewable resource so people who want to innovate and turn old plastic into new product can get that feedstock in a way that's more usable and more economically sustainable.
Editor's note: This story was previously published on Forbes and was reprinted with permission.
Image credit: Panumas Nikhomkhai/Pexels
Tom Murray
Tom Murray is Vice President of EDF+Business at Environmental Defense Fund. He focuses on challenging businesses and investors to raise the bar for corporate sustainability leadership by setting aggressive, science-based goals; collaborating for scale and impact; accelerating environmental innovation, and supporting smart environmental safeguards.
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The Filibuster That Killed SB5
by jmachie on July 2, 2013
Were you watching? At one point, almost 200,000 people were.
Senator Wendy Davis, a member of the Democratic party, began what was meant to be a 13 hour long filibuster in order to stop Senate Bill 5; and, in the end she succeeded, but not without both trial and tribulation.
Defined by the United States Senate, a filibuster is an:
"Informal term for any attempt to block or delay Senate action on a bill or other matter by debating it at length, by offering numerous procedural motions, or by any other delaying or obstructive actions."
However, a filibuster in Texas is different from one that might take place in another state and even from one that might take place at the federal level. In Texas, as we witnessed last, during the filibuster in front of the Texas Senate, Senator Wendy Davis was not allowed to do any of the following:
Go to the bathroom
Talk about any topics that are irrelevant to the issue at hand
While watching, I wondered to myself, "How can she talk and stand for 13 hours without moving or, you know, going to the bathroom?" Well, as a result of a wrongful claim that Senator Wendy Davis had raised three points that were irrelevant, or not germane, to the issue at hand, her filibuster was stopped– after 11 long hours. However, footage showed that Senator Wendy Davis remained standing until the end, and her colleagues stepped in to complete the filibuster for her.
But, why all this fuss over one measly senate bill?
Senate Bill 5 promises to raise the standards for abortion clinics to ones similar to those found in surgical clinics; and, it bans abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy, which is exactly when most women discover their pregnancy for the first time. Senate Bill 5 (SB5) would also eliminate 37 of the 42 abortion clinics in Texas, making it almost impossible for the women who need abortions to get them.
Therefore, its NOT a measly senate bill.
Its also hard to believe the intentions behind this bill, and Senator Wendy Davis stated, "Women realize that these bills will not protect their health. They will only reduce their access to abortion providers and limit their ability to make their own family-planning decisions."
The Drama
Along the way, there were dramatic moments.
When Senator Wendy Davis was stopped from completing her filibuster after reaching the 11 hour mark, the crowd screamed, "Let her speak." Order took more than a few minutes to be restored. Then, her colleagues took the mike on her behalf, doing the best to stall the vote on SB5.
At one point, it seemed as if things were not going to end well. It had come down to parliamentary inquiries, motions, and a myriad of other political maneuvers. I'm sure many of us were clenching our teeth and wringing our hands as we at times prayed with hope and at times moaned with frustration. But, just what was going on? Rules were being shoved down the throats of the people in the room, but no one wanted to swallow them– or even seemed to know them.
Suddenly, amidst the confusion, the bold voice of Senator Leticia Van de Putte, who had been ignored by the President and Chairman, dared to cry out:
"At what point must a female senator raise her hand or her voice to be recognized over the male colleagues in the room?"
At that point, it was game over– seemingly. The crowd erupted into cheers that lasted for minutes. Time was almost up, but it wasn't over yet.
Just minutes before midnight, the Republicans made their last scramble. A vote was taken, and the bill was passed.
However, when was the vote taken? News and media didn't know, and neither did many of the people– even the senators, present in the room.
The chaos continued.
In the end, the vote came in at 12:03– just three minutes too late for SB5 to survive.
2013 is about change, change that began in 2008 when President Barack Obama first said, "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Jennifer Machie writes for Jason McMinn of the McMinn Law Firm in Austin, Texas.
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New record-breaking LEGO Millennium Falcon has got it where it counts
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The garbage will do.
Image: lego
By Chris Taylor 2017-08-31 17:41:00 UTC
She may have done the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, whatever Han Solo thought that meant. But as of October 1, the Millennium Falcon will have broken a more tangible real-world record: largest LEGO set ever.
The previous version of the LEGO Falcon — the "ultimate collector's edition" — consisted of a mere (!) 5195 pieces. That put it 727 pieces behind the Taj Mahal, the world's largest LEGO set until now.
SEE ALSO: BB-8 finally gets the Lego kit it deserves
But the new ultimate collector's Falcon has made some special modifications. It now has a whopping 7,541 bricks — take that, Taj Mahal! — and will set you back $800 when it exits hyperspace and enters stores in a month's time. (You can pre-order here.)
That may seem a little pricy (you could almost buy a ship for that price, but who's going to fly it, kid, you?). However considering the previous model sold out and was going for upwards of $6,000 on eBay, this could actually be a pretty sound investment.
In any case, what you get for your hard-earned credits is two Millennium Falcons in one.
As you can see from the LEGO designer video above, the ship can be converted from the version seen in The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi to the original trilogy version by swapping out the radar dish and a couple of front pieces.
SEE ALSO: Sphero's awesome R2-D2 robot does the one thing no other's done before
The new collector's edition comes with LEGO figures from both The Empire Strikes Back and The Force Awakens — and what the designers call a "little romantic corner" so you can act out all the Leia-Han and Rey-Finn scenes you desire.
There are also a couple of Porg figures from The Last Jedi, presumably provided so the Chewbacca figure can chow down on them.
If you can track down one of the new record-breaking Falcons before it flies off shelves, you'll be getting a box so large it apparently comes with wheels.
The LEGO @StarWars Death Star fits in our yellow bag, but we have to apply wheels so shoppers can carry the next #LEGOStarWars set! 😱 pic.twitter.com/dd1d76B0W1
— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) August 29, 2017
A box like that, however, is certainly not going to allow you to avoid any Imperial entanglements. Good luck getting past the Toys R Us blockade with no questions asked.
Pre-order your LEGO Millennium Falcon here
WATCH: Neil deGrasse Tyson gets to the bottom of GMOs
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The Hopkins family cabin was located at the foot of the hill now called Bigler. In this photo Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins with baby Cecile. Photos were taken by Elmer Hopkins George's uncle.
Six Years on the Soleduck River Part 4
Thu Oct 24th, 2019 11:10am
After sharing the first installment of Geroge Hopkins' story about homesteading on the West End, David Hahn contacted me sharing the following story. Hahn's family now lives on the Hopkins' homestead.
"In July of 1995, Jeanette and Dean Laxton ( WF Hopkins was the great grandfather of Jeanette) drove down to my mom's house. I was outside working on a car when they drove up. So as I was getting ready to give her the "can't you read the signs speech" she waved this storybook at me and started talking. I was hooked into the Hopkins story from that point on. I gave them a tour and we used the pictures in the back to locate some of the sites. It never dawned on me that we have the only pictures and somehow we are keepers of the Hopkins Family photo history."
So now the Hopkins story has photos to share too, thanks to David.
Six Years on the Soleduck River
By George Hopkins
Another cougar incident occurred a year or two later. I was about twelve years old and had become fairly good in the use of cross-cut saw and ax.
I was about a quarter of a mile from home and possibly a hundred feet up on the hillside from the trail, and was sawing stove wood in an absorbed manner as I watched the saw cut into the big log. Suddenly I felt that something was wrong. I was being watched by something back of me on the hill.
Turning suddenly, I saw the head of a large cougar resting on the top of a log scarcely thirty feet from me. The animal was watching me closely. Without any sign of haste, I stood up, picked up my double-bitted ax and walked down to the trail and home without looking back. The cougar did not follow me. There were a great many cougars in the territory and several children had had similar experiences.
Men were followed along the trail at night. Mr. Franklin, walking home after dark one night, was followed closely by two cougars, one on either side of the trail. He did not even have a lantern.
My brother Elmer, bringing his pack horses over the Pysht trail, was followed persistently one night by a cougar. Occasionally, as the moonlight hit the trail behind him, he could see the cougar following closely. He kept close to the horses and was not otherwise bothered.
Another little incident must be noted, too: Mr. Gorder, who was youthful and spry in spite of his long red beard, was cruising out his claim one day with his big 44 strapped to his side. With his mind on anything but bear, he came to a waist-high windfall and vaulted over it. Imagine his surprise and consternation when he came down astride a good-sized black bear! The bear was as much surprised as Gorder was, and cleared out of there at once. The 44 remained in its holster, entirely forgotten.
There is another little wildlife episode that I like to think of. Our Fan had brought us a batch of pups and we soon disposed of all of them but one, which we called Ring. Ring was jet black with a white ring around his neck and we came to love him.
One day when Ring was about three months old we head a terrific ki-yi-ing down in the garden. We soon discovered that a wild cat had attacked Ring and had cut him up pretty severely. Fan had come to his rescue and chased the cat away, though Fan was no taller than the wild cat itself. We were so mad at the way Ring had been handled that Mother and I decided to do something about it. The only gun in the house was Father's thirteen-pound buffalo gun in which he used 45-70 ammunition although the true bore specification was 45-125, a fine-looking single-shot Remington with heavy octagon barrel.
I was able to find but one 45-70 shell and Mother soon came up with a ten-inch hunting knife that Dad had made from an old file. Thus armed, the two of us took after the wild cat with Fan's help. We followed it for nearly a mile in the dense woods. I can still see Mother following Fan along the top of a big Douglas fir windfall with the big hunting knife in one hand and keeping the brush out of her hair with the other, and me close behind with the buffalo gun. Needless to say, the wild cat got away and Mother and I got home safely, pretty well tired out, but with our ire somewhat lessened by the efforts, we had made.
The Eighth Wonder of the World:
On the East side of our land, the river came to our property flowing nearly due South. As it struck the high rock bluff on our eastern side, it turned from south to the northwest making a decidedly sharp turn more than ninety degrees, and in the bend thus formed lies a deep pool of quiet water known for years later as "Hopkins Hole," and possibly still is.
A few years after we left the ranch, a basket crossing was located here, and the maps showed "Hopkins Crossing." Just below this bend in relatively quiet water was our boat crossing. If one came down to the river on the far side all he had to do was to yell loudly and one of us boys would bring him over in the boat. We tried putting foot logs across the shallows just below the deep hole, but they would remain only until the next high water, so we had to depend on our boat.
Mother, May and I were down on our side of the river one afternoon when a homesteader by the name of Lee called from the opposite side. May went after him with the boat, since I was two or three hundred yards downstream, and started back with him. Some discussion started and he was put out somehow by May's uncooperative reply, and deliberately upset the boat in the deep water. He then swam on across and disappeared, leaving May struggling in the water!
In spite of the fact that she could not swim, she struggled and floundered and managed to stay afloat until she was nearly across when she began to go down. Mother waded in up to her shoulders and managed to grab her just as she sank. We did not see Lee again.
Then it happened, the "Eighth Wonder of the World", we called it.
A heavy rainstorm came and an exceptional high water, and the next morning there was a wonderful foot log over our deep hole, and it was high and dry. A big spruce had been felled by Foster Sawyer and his brother Leslie, two and a half miles upstream for footlog purposes near their cabins. When the river rose to an unusual height, the big log was washed out into the stream and floated down to our crossing.
The big butt end grounded on the north side of the river and the top swung hard up against the bluff on the south side. Finally, the log came to a stop with the top end high up on the bluff where it was lodged firmly in the rocks, and the butt end was pushed up onto higher ground on the north side.
We could hardly believe our eyes the next morning. The log was eight to ten feet through at the butt, and twenty-five to thirty inches at the top, and the length was close to one hundred and fifty feet. Mr. Sawyer reported the log to be eleven and one-half feet in diameter at one end, and two hundred feet long, but I am sure that these measurements were too large.
It can be determined that the length was nearer one hundred fifty feet. Numerous neighbors turned out to develop the new "gift" into a usable bridge, and the work was soon accomplished. The top surface of the log was hewed down to provide a flat surface that would be safe for travel, and then holes were bored at intervals along each side and posts and railings were erected, making the bridge safe for horses as well as foot travel.
Cutting the big spruce on the Sawyer place. On springboards (L) Leslie Sawyer (R) Foster Sawyer, and on the bottom Mr. Frankin (L) and George Town (R).


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I love the collage style postcard on the app and the customised stamps. Presumably a collage style greetings card can only be done on the website?
I would use (a lot) an ability to create a card and set a date for mailing that card. A simple example is a birthday card, get it done the weekend before but send 2 days before the actual birthday date. (Or whatever lead time is appropriate for the country involved.) My immediate use is for my sister-in-law in an assisted living facility memory unit. She's still enjoying cards and one a day would be perfect for her current cognitive level. I'd make up, say, a half dozen and schedule them for one a day so she gets one each day but I can do a batch at a time.
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I am on a PC and do not appear to be getting an option to customise the 'stamp'. It appears as 'Touchnote'. Clicking on it has no affect. Help please.
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University Libraries' Special Collections is accepting applications to serve as a student curator for the spring 2019 semester. Three students will be selected to work with a librarian to create a one-case exhibit featuring materials from Special Collections. Applications will be accepted through November 5, and this opportunity is available to all Southern Miss undergraduate and graduate students.
The student curator program teaches students how to select items for display, install the materials, write labels and exhibit text, and publicize the exhibit. Student curators are required to select their topics and materials from the items found in Special Collections.
A list of topics by major can be found here. Topics outside of this list are also encouraged. For information on the most recent student curated exhibits, click here. To submit a topic, click here.
Contact Jennifer Brannock at Jennifer.Brannock@usm.edu or 601.266.4347 for questions about a topic or the process.