Eilidh is a contemporary dancer from London. She began training at Falmouth University, and went on to gain a masters qualification in dance from University of Chichester, whilst performing with mapdance Company.
Since finishing training Eilidh has continued to teach and perform in the dance world. From music videos, to character-based roles at festivals and even dancing in interactive baby shows.
Along the way she's fallen in love with teaching in the fitness industry, and all her weird and wonderful experiences have been injected into her high-energy classes. Expect technical precision, positive vibes and great tunes to carry you through the burn!


At Q2, we are driven by a culture of partnership and dedication to empowering community banks and credit unions with digital banking solutions that help them stand apart, scale smart, and grow beyond.
Q2 is a leading provider of secure, cloud-based virtual banking solutions headquartered in Austin, Texas. Q2 enables regional and community financial institutions, or RCFIs, to deliver a robust suite of integrated virtual banking services and engage more effectively with their retail and commercial account holders who expect to bank anytime, anywhere and on any device.
Q2 solutions are often the most frequent point of interaction between its RCFI customers and their account holders. As such, Q2 purpose-built its solutions to deliver a compelling, consistent user experience across digital channels and drive the success of its customers by extending their local brands, enabling improved account holder retention and creating incremental sales opportunities.


SANTA CLARA, Calif. - August 17, 2011 - Gale Technologies, a leading provider of infrastructure automation software solutions that power IT as a Service for labs, enterprises, and service providers, today announced its membership in the NetApp Alliance Partner Program as a Cloud Management Partner. Gale Technologies is collaborating with NetApp to integrate the GaleForce automation software with NetApp's open-management APIs and to deliver the GaleForce Turnkey Cloud Solution for customers. With this partnership, customers will be able to implement private and hybrid cloud solutions in just two steps and as little as two weeks, to dramatically accelerate IT service delivery.
The GaleForce software is an advanced infrastructure provisioning and orchestration framework that provides template-based automated provisioning of bare metal, physical, and virtual resources, spanning across storage, networking, computing, and virtualization technologies. The GaleForce Turnkey Cloud Solution for NetApp is a solution bundle that includes the GaleForce software and new GaleForce resource adapters for the NetApp® Data ONTAP® and OnCommandTM software interfaces, and support for the NetApp Storage Service Catalog. With these GaleForce resource adapters for NetApp storage products, together with adapters for compute and network resources, and pre-built automation workflows, organizations gain newfound agility and simplicity that allows them to easily define service-level templates for storage services and publish them to the GaleForce self-service catalog. The GaleForce Turnkey Cloud for NetApp therefore provides a ready-made solution for three of NetApp's main tenets of the path to a private cloud - Automation, Service Catalog, and Self-Service Enablement.
"The challenge in today's IT organizations is building a cloud infrastructure out of legacy and existing infrastructure that can run all their workloads, virtualized or not, while also leveraging the benefits of new technologies and standards in a way that makes sense in their operations," said Garima Thockchom, vice president, marketing of Gale Technologies. "The GaleForce Turnkey Cloud Solution for NetApp benefits companies by allowing them to get the most from their infrastructure investment and enabling them to automate the provisioning of any workload environment at any scale across multiple vendors and technologies."
Gale Technologies will be demonstrating the integrated GaleForce Turnkey Cloud Solution at VMworld 2011, in Las Vegas from August 29 to September 1, in booth 871. Gale will also be participating in NetApp's booth 402.
NetApp collaborates with leading automation and analytic software vendors like Gale Technologies to provide seamless integration with NetApp® open-management APIs. This integration provides end-to-end cloud management, including full-stack orchestration, self-service portals, metering, and reporting. To learn more about NetApp's cloud management partner solutions, visit www.youtube.com/user/NetAppTV#g/c/F2B53DC61A1B869D.
With over 100 live deployments powered by its products, Gale Technologies is a trusted provider of advanced software solutions that automate and orchestrate IT resources - allowing organizations to accelerate and streamline the delivery of infrastructure as a service and cloud computing environments. As a pioneer of innovative solutions for end-to-end resource provisioning, scheduling, and automation across networking, server, storage, and virtualization technologies, Gale allows thousands of users to schedule and execute workloads on a shared, heterogeneous, dynamic environment with unprecedented flexibility. Gale's customers report CAPEX and OPEX savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars per site from converting legacy silos of IT environments into fully automated and shared dynamic environments that can be securely accessed 24/7 from anywhere in the world. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Gale serves a global customer base with offices in North America and Asia. For more information, visit www.galetechnologies.com.
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The main mission of Jazan University's English Language Institute (ELi) is to ensure the highest quality English language teaching for all Jazan University students & graduates. ELi appoints highly qualified professionals from various educational and ethnic backgrounds. It is one of the most diverse institutions in all of Jazan University working for the betterment of the students. The teaching faculty of the ELi holds PhD and Master's degree in Literature and Applied Linguistics with an extensive teaching experience in English as a Second Language (ESL). ELi faculty staff members are from different linguistic and cultural background such as the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Bangladesh, India, Algeria, Pakistan, Yemen, Sudan, Syria, Jordan, Morocco and Egypt. Our multi-lingual & multi-cultural faculty works collectively, bringing a wealth of knowledge, expertise and training to the ELi and its students.
ELi Newsletter In the presence of Dr. Abdulluh Zughaibi, ELi Dean, Dr. Majid Garawi, ELi Deputy Dean, head of ELi units, committees and coordinators. The Publication Committee formally launches its first issue of ELi Newsletter.


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Home Advertising K2 Design Posts $1.46 Million Loss for 4Q
K2 Design Posts $1.46 Million Loss for 4Q
By Beth Cox | March 29, 1999
Reeling from a management restructuring, New York City-based K2 Design Inc. posted a net loss for the fourth quarter ending Dec. 31 of $1.46 million, or 43 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $307,066, or eight cents a share in the same period a year earlier.
Fourth quarter, revenues were $483,088, compared with $3.11 million in the fourth quarter of 1997. Decreased sales and a one-time severance charge of $400,000 contributed to the fourth quarter loss, the company said.
For the year, revenues were $6.42 million, compared with $7.50 million in 1997. Net income was $1.23 million, or 35 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $1.70 million or 46 cents per share, in 1997. Net income in 1998 is principally the result of a $2.99 million gain from the sale of discontinued operations.
"As anticipated, our management restructuring impacted revenues and earnings in the second half of 1998," said Matthew de Ganon, executive chairman of K2 Design. "However, the changes have positioned K2 for growth in our core specialty of developing online businesses, sales and marketing strategies. This has already proven successful, since over the past six months, K2 Design has landed several new accounts. The outlook for 1999 is very encouraging."
In October, Lynn Fantom joined the company as president and CEO. Fantom was previously an officer of several companies owned by the Interpublic Group and served as chief executive officer of Interpublic subsidiary Lowe Direct.
David Centner, the former chairman, CEO and co-founder of K2 Design Inc., left the company in September 1998.
Recent new K2 clients include NCR Corp., the Puerto Rico Convention Bureau, USAccess Bank and VarsityBooks.com.

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6. Commander Samuel Bookatz Presents Portrait of Adm. Ross McIntyre to Undersecretary of Commerce Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. and Dr. Wayne C. Grover.
7. Commander Samuel Bookatz Presents Portrait of Adm. Ross McIntyre to Undersecretary of Commerce Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. and Dr. Wayne C. Grover.
8. Commander Samuel Bookatz Presents Ross McIntyre Portrait to Undersecretary of Commerce Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.
This sketch shows Robert Digges Wimberly Connor, head of the Department of History and Government at the University of North Carolina, was chosen by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to serve as the first Archivist of the United States.


We shouldn't allow Canadian blood and plasma donors to become a revenue stream for private companies looking to make a profit. But this doesn't mean we can't compensate them.
As Canadians, we are inclined to be skeptical whenever we see the word "profit" associated with any aspect of our health care system, so it's not surprising that the issue of paid plasma donation has sparked a national debate. Many worry that paid donation would threaten the principles underlying our public system. But this needn't be the case.
Right now, a private company called Canadian Plasma Resources (CPR) operates two clinics in Canada — one in Saskatchewan and one in New Brunswick — where they offer donors up to $50 in gift cards for their plasma. CPR has applied to Health Canada for licenses to open several more clinics.
However, Senator Pamela Wallin has proposed a bill to put a stop to that. If passed, Bill S-252, the Voluntary Blood Donations Act, would mean a federal ban on donor compensation.
We do not collect enough plasma in Canada to meet the needs of patients. Canadian Blood Services (CBS) collects both blood and plasma through unpaid donations, and while it collects enough for direct transfusions, it does not amass enough plasma for plasma-derived-medicinal-products (PDMPs), which treat many serious conditions, including immunological disorders.
That's why Canada imports 80 per cent of the plasma it needs for PDMPs from the United States, where donors are paid. This puts us in a precarious position, since U.S. clinics could decide to sell all their plasma to their other buyers. Plasma self-sufficiency is an important goal, and the only countries that have achieved it rely to some extent on paid donation.
Wallin is concerned that a paid donor system would exploit the vulnerable, including "young people at universities who are always short of cash." But if students need books, and patients need PDMPs, what's wrong with a mutually beneficial arrangement? And if payment were truly exploitative, how could we justify buying plasma from paid American donors?
Wallin's more central defence of her proposed bill is that we shouldn't introduce a profit-motive into the blood system. She points to the recommendation against paid donation issued by the Krever Report in response to the tainted blood scandal of the 1980s, when 2,000 Canadians contracted HIV and more than 30,000 contacted Hepatitis C from tainted blood transfusions.
The thing is, while the scandal had many causes, the compensation of Canadian donors wasn't one of them. Canadian donors at the time were unpaid.
When Wallin says that profit has no place in our blood system, she is more closely echoing the Romanow Report, which issued recommendations in 2002 regarding the ongoing sustainability of our public health system, for which it found widespread support across Canada. Vitally, it found a belief that profiting from health care is "un-Canadian" and offends Canadian values.
Altruism is an important national value that is supposedly jeopardized by paid plasma donation. Payment is thought to incentivize people to do things out of self-interest rather than out of a concern for others, and so leads them, Wallin says, "to do things for the wrong reasons."
But payment and altruism are not incompatible. Canadian doctors receive a wage for the work they do, and we don't assume that they care only for themselves rather than for the people they treat. We don't accuse them of practising medicine "for the wrong reasons," or of jeopardizing Canadian values when they cash their paycheques.
The introduction of profit into the blood system might threaten another Canadian value identified by the Romanow Report, that health care should be distributed based on need, not ability to pay.
CBS collects plasma from donors and supplies it to hospitals (or to pharmaceuticals to manufacture the PDMPs used by hospitals) for distribution to those in need. CPR pays donors, but this happens on the collection side of things, and so doesn't affect distribution. And yes, it has a profit-motive. But so do our other medical suppliers, and this doesn't seem to offend Canadian values because it doesn't derail the distribution of care on the basis of need.
Wallin says, "Canadian donors are not meant to be a revenue stream for private companies looking to make a profit." Her concern is that Canadian plasma should serve a more important goal than to line the pockets of private shareholders. And she is absolutely right about this.
The most important reason for paying donors is to increase and secure Canada's plasma supply. CPR wants to create profit for its shareholders, so it might sell the blood it collects here to a higher bidder abroad. CPR's profit-motive means it can't be counted on to increase Canada's plasma supply and this is a good reason for Health Canada to not license any more of its clinics.
But it isn't a good reason to support a ban on donor compensation. To increase and secure our plasma supply, compensation could be offered by a non-profit agency instead. And indeed, Bill S-252 does include an exemption that would specifically allow CBS to compensate donors, should the bill become law. Of course, CBS has said repeatedly that it won't pay donors, in which case, we need another not-for-profit to do so.
A non-profit system of donor compensation subject to public oversight would increase Canada's plasma supply without the risk of it going to the highest bidder. It could also enforce safety measures that can be more difficult to regulate when plasma comes from private clinics.
We shouldn't allow Canadian donors to become a revenue stream for private companies looking to make a profit. But this doesn't mean we can't compensate them. Bill S-252 would foreclose the important option of a new vehicle for non-profit donor compensation, and that's why it should not become law.
A previous version of this column read that "CBS collects plasma from donors and sells it to hospitals." The use of word "sells" may have been misleading in this context, since CBS is, in fact, a non-profit organization that is funded by provincial and territorial governments. The wording in the above text has therefore been tweaked. A previous version of this column also omitted the fact that if Bill S-252 becomes law, CBS would be exempt from a prohibition on compensating plasma donors. The above text has been changed to reflect that point.
Vida Panitch is an associate professor of philosophy and the director of the Doctoral Program in Ethics and Public Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa. Her research and teaching focus on the moral limits of markets and specifically of markets involving the human body.
Why does Canada use more human plasma than almost any other country?


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Home Departments Q&A Q&A with Suren Rao Ph.D.
Tell us about your academic background and what brought you to the Gear Research Institute at Penn State.
I was raised in India, and my father was an engineer, so it wasn't a difficult decision for me. I chose mechanical engineering because I like to see and feel what I'm working on. After I'd received my undergraduate degree I went to work for an institute that developed new equipment for the Indian machine tool market. I then completed my master's degree at McMaster University in Ontario and earned my doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A few years after earning my Ph.D.—I spent three years at Battelle Laboratories—I went to work for National Broach, where I was in charge of product development. That gave me a great deal of experience with parallel axis gears, spur and helical gears, and gear finishing and grinding, and I introduced a series of CNC machines for gear manufacturing while I was there.
I left that company in 1990 and joined the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C., which basically funds academic research. After a few years in that position I heard of an opening with the Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State. This lab is classified as a university affiliated research center, or UARC, for the U.S. Navy, and they were interested in establishing a gear manufacturing research facility there. To make a long story short, they needed someone to head up the facility that eventually accommodated the Gear Research Institute. It had existed in the Chicago area since 1982, but we brought it to Penn State in 1996, about three years after I joined the university. In addition to being managing director of the GRI, I am also a senior scientist with the Applied Research Lab.
How is the institute structured, and what activities are conducted there?
While the GRI is affiliated with Penn State, it is an independent, not-for-profit corporation that is supported by membership dues and research funding. The institute is governed by a board of trustees representing GRI members, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American Gear Manufacturers Association, and our staff is made up of myself, a number of my colleagues on the university's faculty, three full-time technicians, and graduate students from the College of Engineering. We have an Aerospace Research Bloc, where companies such as Boeing, Curtiss Wright Controls, and Timken, among others, join together to support research in that particular area. We also have single-client sponsors such as Rolls Royce and Northrop Grumman Marine Systems.
As for our activities, we do a lot of gear inspection, so we have very well-established capabilities in that area. We have a gear measurement lab equipped with two inspection machines and a coordinate measuring machine, and it is my opinion that we probably have the most comprehensive gear testing capability in the country. So we're equipped to break a lot of teeth, whether that's by single tooth or running gear fatigue, and we can test gears to their destruction. We carry out research for consortiums, individual companies, the federal government, and a host of other clients. We get to work on these fascinating projects, and they get the benefits of a team of academic researchers tackling the challenges faced across the gearing spectrum, whether that be aerospace, automotive, or industrial. And we really don't look at the value of the projects presented to us so much as whether or not we can offer a solution.
What are the institute's areas of particular expertise?
There are two main areas that we get involved in, both of which I consider to be my own specialties as well. One is the affect of manufacturing on durability, especially the finishing processes on components such as gears. Another involves looking at a variety of materials for gear applications, which mostly involves steel at this point in time, but the next few years will probably see us examining materials such as high-temp alloys. We also get into research involving gear noise and various finishing technologies. So you can see what an incredible resource the Gear Research Institute is for this industry, with the added benefit of getting engineering students excited about gear manufacturing.
Suren Rao, Ph.D. contact him at (814) 865-3537 or sbr1@psu.edu. He is with the Applied Research Laboratory at The Pennsylvania State University. The author wish to acknowledge the support of the Aerospace Bloc of the Gear Research Institute for conducting the effort described in this paper. To learn more go online to [www.gearresearch.org].


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USAMU's 'Home of Champions' & USA Shooting to Host ISSF Rifle & Pistol World Cup
Ammoland Inc. Posted on April 25, 2013 by Ammoland
Olympians Michael McPhail, Sandra Uptagrafft and Jason Turner set to lead Team USA into the ISSF World Cup USA.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. –-(Ammoland.com)- The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) and USA Shooting are prepping to host an International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup for Rifle and Pistol, May 5-12.
A total of 300 athletes, including 32 of America's top Olympic-style shooters, representing 41 nations are expected to compete.
Known as the Home of Champions, the USAMU, located in Ft. Benning, Ga., will play host to the ISSF World Cup for the seventh time. The relationship began in 1994 and the last previous World Cup was held in 2011.
"We take a lot of pride in hosting ISSF events and World Cups and recognize what an important opportunity this creates to showcase our sport in the U.S.," said Bob Mitchell, Executive Director of USA Shooting. "The opportunities to compete on our home soil against the best in the world are extremely limited and we're thankful for the ability to host this event in cooperation with USAMU and the first-class ranges they provide."
Twelve Olympians are entered to compete for the U.S. contingent including three USAMU soldiers including Michael McPhail (Darlington, Wis.), Jason Parker (Omaha, Neb.) and Eric Uptagrafft (Phenix City, Ala.). The Prone Rifle specialist McPhail just missed making the Olympic final in London, but rebounded in Changwon (Korea) World Cup to claim the silver medal. In his fourth Olympic Games, Parker's finish (30th) wasn't up to his usual high standard, but he came back to win the World Cup Final in Bangkok, Thailand. Uptagrafft earned a spot on the 2012 Olympic Team after a 16-year-absence as he was a member of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
"I am very excited to be competing in the Ft. Benning World Cup," said Parker. "It is always fun to compete on our home range with the support of family and friends. I have one goal in mind and that's to stand on the top podium and listen to our National Anthem being played."
Joining the USAMU trio of marksmen is 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Jason Turner (Rochester, N.Y.), who will be competing in the 50m Free Pistol event. But there are significant absentees particularly on the rifle side including Olympic medal-winners Jamie Gray (Lebanon, Pa.) and Matt Emmons (Browns Mills, N.J.) as both are taking time to recover after the Olympic year and nursing back ailments that have plagued them in recent years. Other missing Olympic teammates includes two formidable female rifle shooters in Sarah Scherer (Woburn, Mass.) and Amanda Furrer (Spokane, Wash.) who will be graduating from Texas Christian University and Ohio State University in the coming weeks. Also, pistol shooter Nick Mowrer (Butte, Mont.) will be unable to attend as he is finishing up his Basic Training after enlisting in the Army.
Rising National Junior Team members Alana Townsend, Starlin Shi, Connor Davis and Tyler Rico Aim for World Cup Success in Ft. Benning.
While their absence will be felt, it does make room for a talented crop of USA Shooting National Junior Team shooters, many of whom will compete in their first World Cup competition. On the pistol side, Starlin Chi (Potomac, Md.) is a three-time Junior Olympic champion and will test her junior success against formidable World Cup competition in the Women's 25m event while 2013 Junior Olympic Air Pistol Champ Alana Townsend (Kalispell, Mont.) gets her first World Cup nod as well from National Pistol Coach Sergey Luzov. Also making the team for this USA World Cup are 2012 Olympians Emil Milev (Temple Terrace, Fla.), Daryl Szarenski (Seale, Ala.), Keith Sanderson (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Sandra Uptagrafft (2012/Phenix City, Ala.), '08 teammates Brian Beaman (Selby, S.D.) and Brenda Silva (Riverside, Calif.), and four-time Olympian Elizabeth "Libby" Callahan ('96, '00, '04, '08/Columbia, S.C.).
"I'm excited to be able to compete in Ft. Benning again," said Milev, a four-time Olympian and 1996 Olympic silver medalist in Rapid Fire Pistol. "This is going to be my first international start after the Olympic Games and the anticipation is building up. I changed a lot of things in my training routine and I'm looking forward to this competition for affirmation of all the work I've done in the last six months."
"Our 2013 USA World Cup Pistol Team is a combination of the best veterans and young talents," said Luzov. "This is a great opportunity for our progressing juniors to test their skills in the world-class competition during the school year and prior to competing in the International Junior match in the Czech Republic later this summer. This Cup is also the first World Cup for our Team to experience the new ISSF Finals Rules."
New National Rifle Coach Marcus Raab will lead a team into World Cup competition for the first time that will be buoyed by the veteran presence of the USAMU rifle shooters mentioned previously and 2012 Olympian Jonathan Hall (Carrollton, Ga.). He'll supplement that with junior talent as well including fast-rising Air Rifle shooter Connor Davis (Shelbyville, Ky.), a Kentucky freshman who finished fourth at the 2013 NCAA Rifle Championships and recently won the air rifle competition at the 2013 National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships. Raab will conduct an Air Rifle Team training camp this coming weekend at the Civilian Marksmanship Program's South facility in Anniston, Ala., in preparation for World Cup and to solidify his World Cup starting spots in Men's Air Rifle. The team will then move on to Ft. Benning to meet up with the smallbore (.22 caliber) U.S. Team members and conduct final preparations in advance of the start of the World Cup match on Monday, May 6.
"I'm eager to get my first competition underway as the National Team Coach," said Raab. "We've assembled a competitive squad with a strong mix of veterans and rising junior talent and we'll see who is ready to meet the challenges of World Cup competition. This experience, on a range we're all familiar with, is going to be a great starting point for where we go from here in moving through the quad."
See below for a complete list of U.S. competitors.
All competitors are still adjusting to the new ISSF rules in place that have brought about the most extensive set of modifications in the sports history while implementing a completely new Finals format. After the qualification rounds, which are conducted under the old rules, the top-eight shooters advance to a semifinal-a new competition stage. The qualification score is not carried forward as all the semifinalists start from zero. The new rules push even greater drama on the final stages. The ISSF feels that the changes make medal decisions easier to understand, thus enhancing the viewing excitement for both spectators and TV audience.
China finished atop the medal standings in the year's only previous rifle/pistol World Cup in Changwon, Korea. Chinese shooters won eight medals, including four gold and four silver. Germany followed in second place with three gold and one silver.
United States Army Marksmanship Unit
ABOUT USAMU
The United States Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) was established on March 1, 1956 at the direction of President Dwight D. Eisenhower to raise the standards of marksmanship throughout the U.S. Army. The USAMU is a battalion of the U.S. Army Accessions Support Brigade, a subordinate unit of the Army Marketing and Research Group.
This unit has proudly represented the U.S. during every Summer Olympic Games that the United States has participated in since 1960, earning 24 Olympic medals. In 2012, the unit sent seven of its Soldiers to London to compete on the world's grandest stage, including the first combat-injured active-duty Soldier to ever compete in a Paralympic Games.
The extraordinary combined efforts of the assigned Soldiers and Civilians of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit are why we have come to be known as "The Home of Champions."
2013 World Cup USA Schedule
Sunday, May 5 – Pre-event Training
Monday, May 6 – Men's 10m Air Rifle & Women's 10m Air Pistol
Tuesday, May 7 – Men's 10m Air Pistol
Wednesday, May 8 – Women's 10m Air Rifle
Thursday, May 9 – Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (Stage 1) & Men's 50m Three-Position Rifle
Friday, May 10 – Women's 50m 3P Rifle & Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (Stage 2 + Finals)
Saturday, May 11 – Women's 25m Pistol & Men's Prone Rifle (Eliminations)
Sunday, May 12 – Men's Prone Rifle (Qualifying & Finals) & Men's 50m Free Pistol
Team USA World Cup Participants
Pistol (18 – 8 Olympians; 4 Juniors)
Brad Balsley (25m Rapid Fire/Uniontown, Pa.)
Brian Beaman (10m Air/Selby, S.D.)
Will Brown (10m Air; 50m Free/Twin Falls, Idaho)
Elizabeth Callahan (25m Sport; 10m Air/Columbia, S.C.)
Alexander Chichkov (25m Rapid Fire/Tampa, Fla.)
James Henderson (10m Air/Midland, Ga.)
Teresa (Meyer) Chambers (10m Air/Dearborn, Mich.)
Emil Milev (25m Rapid Fire/Temple Terrace, Fla.)
Sean Ragay (25m Rapid Fire/Columbus, Ga.)
Keith Sanderson (25m Rapid Fire/Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Darian Shenk (10m Air/Annville, Pa.)
Starlin Shi (25m Sport/Potomac, Md.)
Brenda Silva (25m Sport/Riverside, Calif.)
Daryl Szarenski (50m Free/Seale, Ala.)
Alana Townsend (10m Air/Kalispell, Mont.)
Jason Turner (50m Pistol/Rochester, N.Y.)
Sandra Uptagrafft (10m Air; 25m Sport/Phenix City, Ala.)
John Zurek (10m Air; 50m Free/Tucson, Ariz.)
Rifle (14 – 4 Olympians; 5 Juniors)
Connor Davis (10m Air/Shelbyville, Ky.)
Matt Chezem (50m Prone/Simi Valley, Calif.)
Dempster Christenson (10m Air; 50m 3P & Prone/Sioux Falls, S.D.)
Elijah Ellis (10m Air/Kingsport, Tenn.)
Hank Gray (50m 3P/Belgrade, Mont.)
Jonathan Hall (10m Air/Carrollton, Ga.)
Erin Lorenzen (50m 3P/Fort Wayne, Ind.)
Daniel Lowe (50m Prone & 3P/Olympia, Wash.)
Michael McPhail (50m Prone/Darlington, Wis.)
Jason Parker (50m 3P/Omaha, Neb.)
Tyler Rico (10m Air/Tucson, Ariz.)
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Vacaville Kid Fest was started in 1999, when an idea was born to create a "Children's Festival", a place where families could come and have a day of activities with their children at very little or no cost, and also have the opportunity to learn about many of the services and resources that were available to children and families. We adopted the theme "For the Child in all of us".
A group of City of Vacaville representatives, ranging from business owners and managers, nonprofit groups and media people were approached with the idea and met it with enthusiasm. And thus, Kid Fest was born.
The first Kid Fest Core Committee consisted of Shauna Manina, Meaghan O'Neill from Vacaville Police Dept., Linnea Dischinger from Vacaville Fire Dept., Todd Grames and Suzanne Green from Community Services Dept., and Reggie Hubbard from Housing & Redevelopment Dept. Other business people from The Reporter, Downtown Vacaville Business Improvement District, and others all committed to the vision of a day of low cost or no cost activities, free resources, and fun.
Our first event in 1999 had 1 stage and 40 booths, with everything from food, crafters and merchandise vendors, a wide range of social service and community nonprofit groups, free children's games and entertainment, bounce houses, and a very strong focus on child safety and health. From the beginning, a large component of the event has been the presence of Vacaville Fire and Police Depts., with their equipment displays, children's fire muster, and safety information.
By 2001, there were 2 stages of entertainment and over 120 booths participating in the event. The committee members have changed over the years, but the event has continued, and become part of the fabric of what makes Vacaville a family oriented community. The focus remains on child and family safety and health.


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Famous Dutch Tulip Gardens
World famous Keukenhof flower garden now 'virtually' open.
The Keukenhof flower garden in Holland, with its seven million spring-flowering bulbs, boasts with some justification that it's the most 'beautiful spring garden in the world'.
But for the first time in its 71-year history, it's closed, as a result of the coronavirus lockdown.
However, its magnificent blooms can still be seen in all their multi-coloured glory - virtually - thanks to Keukenhof producing a superb 360-degree interactive video tour of its flower beds, which contain tulips, lilies, roses, daffodils and more.
More virtual experiences:
Virtual British Museum: Tour the exhibits of this incredible museum from the comfort of your armchair.
Rolling Surf: Ignore this if you're lucky enough to live beside the sea.
Cheer yourself up with a video tour of Murano, a little island off Venice, home to a spectacular display of glass over the centuries at the Museo del Vetro Murano
Fancy a vicarious adrenaline rush? Watch this incredible video of two men in wing suits leaping off a mountain and catching a ride home in an airplane.


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Find out the who, what, where, when, and why behind new singles, albums, tours, books and more from musicians and entertainers in the news.
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Who What Where When Why GGM Staff - March 23, 2019
Who: My name is Reese McHenry. I'm a female singer/songwriter/musician. I have a new record coming out April 12, 2019, called No Dados. I've been a musician since I was a teenager, and in 2009, I was told I...
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Captain America #324-325 (December 1986-January 1987)
I'm covering these two issues together because a significant portion of each issue is taken up with the adventures of Nomad (last seen in issue #309), whom Captain America joins up with at the end of the story. More interesting for our purposes is Cap's ongoing confrontation of the fallout from killing an ULTIMATUM agent in issue #321, especially the public's new perception of him (which would seem to reflect a distinct misunderstanding of who he is and what he stands for).
In issue #324, Cap bursts in on a quartet of armed men who turn out to much more afraid of him than they ought to be.
After Cap discovers their weapons actually shoot water, the four would-be militants explain themselves, justifying their "combat maneuvers" with Cap's actions in Switzerland. ("I learned it by watching you, Dad!")
As if he needed a reason, Cap thinks back in that fateful day, including his ironclad justification, which he accepts in his head but not his heart.
He repeats the gist of his speech to the media from the end of the last issue, which comes as an immense relief to the man with the bright blue shoes, before Cap hangs his head, not just for his own inability to forgive himself for his past action, but for the public's inability to do the same. (The pose in the second panel below anticipates Mike Zeck's unforgettable cover to Captain America #332.)
Let's take just a moment and check in with Nomad, currently busting drug dealers and leaving no uncertainty about who trained him.
We and Cap will catch up with Nomad in the next issue, but for now, Cap is back "at home," reflecting on the public's reaction to the news from Switzerland, including those afraid of him killing again and others who wish he would do it more often. (Yes, Frank, we see you.)
He reconsider SHIELD's offer from the last issue but dismisses it once again, remembering his role as a national symbol, and then contemplates the unthinkable.
On his way to New York to meet with his old boss, Cap gets an alert from a former partner, and even though he acknowledges it could be another prank call, he can't ignore it.
He gets to the truck stop and orders a burger, but doesn't get a chance to eat it—man, his day just gets worse and worse—because Whirlwind shows up, as the message said, and Cap already suspects he has been manipulated again.
Cap learns that Whirlwind has gotten an upgrade (courtesy of the Tinkerer, as revealed earlier in the issue), and immediately reacts to protect the onlookers.
Eventually Whirlwind flees, leaving Cap clueless… and subject to a heckler.
Cap takes off after Whirlwind on his motorcycle, but runs into a trap laid by—who else—the Trapster, and wonders why these two minor villains are suddenly out for blood.
Whirlwind's answer is yet another reflection of the incident in Switzerland, but Cap doesn't have time to ruminate on it… but the Trapster does confirm that the message from Nomad was a ruse (and a clever red herring on the part of writer Mark Gruenwald, given Nomad's reappearance in this issue).
It's no surprise that Cap prevails over these two-bit crooks, but he goes a bit overboard congratulating himself for doing it "without taking a life," as if he had succumbed to a long-held and strong desire to kill in Switzerland and now has to struggle to hold it in check. (This is reminiscent of Batman's frequently given reason for never killing, fearing if he crosses that line he would never stop.) He does apply the same "lesson" to his publicity problem, though, which is a relief.
Issue #325 is heavy on internal monologue, starting with the opening splash below, in which Cap gives perspective on how his mission has changed since the war and how it requires the constant and diligent use of judgment.
And we get an interesting comment on his shield as a target, like a fly in a urinal or a bright yellow bat-symbol on a dark knight detective's chest.
Oddly, he defends his well-known restraint on the basis of fairness—evening the odds, I guess, which is more appropriate for a game or sports match than the fight against evil—rather than proportionality or doing the least harm. And of course, one of the thugs makes a reference to Switzerland, which he once again needs to refute.
When the gentleman in green accuses Cap of an unforced error, he's more serious than Cap realizes…
…which he quickly learns, offering an early version of his line from Captain America: Civil War about not being able to avoid a "situation pointing south."
It would seem we could use a Marvel version of DC Comics' Gotham Central, showing the difficulties of the police department's job in a superhero universe.
As Cap walks away, he expresses a rare thought about the criminal justice process…
…which leads to fascinating questions about how to "maximize" justice—for instance, by sacrificing a "smaller amount" of justice to achieve a "larger amount"—or if justice is an ideal that cannot be measured or compared, and should simply be pursued without thought of trade-offs. For more on this, see Michael T. Cahill's article "Retributivism in the Real World," as well as his and my chapters in my edited book Retributivism: Essays on Theory and Policy.
Cap checks in with the Brooklyn crew (from issue #302) who repair his motorcycle (and who gave him the tip about the drug deal), and as usual he insists on paying for their services, while explicitly (and silently) appreciating their help.
Momentously, below Cap puts an end to the experiment that began in issue #237 when he moved into 569 Leaman Place in Brooklyn (although he decided to move out in issue #317 after his break-up with Bernie Rosenthal). He declares the conflict between fulfilling his duty and maintaining a private life too difficult, and chooses the former, thinking of himself first and foremost as a soldier, which is very interesting, being rare in this period.
(Someone more psychologically adept than this writer might accuse him of avoidance, but I won't go there.)
There is one aspect of his private life that Cap is holding onto, though, as he acknowledges at the end of the panels below.
"Don" is Don Daley, editor of the in-universe Captain America book as well as ours, and "Dave" is David Wohl, his assistant. (And yes, Steve Rogers wears parachute pants—in the late 1980s, who didn't?)
Back in his van, Cap receives another message about Nomad, about which he is suspicious…
…but follows through on nonetheless. The lead takes him to Nomad's friend Priscilla, who gives him information he uses to find his former partner (who earlier was discovered hiding on the yacht of the druglord known as the Slug and tossed overboard).
Cap notes that Nomad has become darker…
…which the younger man confirms in his own thoughts, while making plans to keep Cap out of sight at the right moment.
Nomad starts a fire in the yacht's kitchen, presumably to create chaos to cover his plans, which also keeps Cap busy trying to get the passengers onto rescue ships in an orderly manner—not that the Slug's men appreciate it.
His task finished, Cap goes in search of Nomad, finding him thrashing the Slug…
…and while Cap's primarily concerned with getting Nomad off the ship before it explodes, he also has concerns with his friend's version of justice, very different from Cap's own, the incident in Switzerland notwithstanding.
Cap would presumably argue that they haven't exhausted all options yet, but has to devote his attention to saving the Slug, while Nomad chooses to help others instead—which Cap, in all fairness, acknowledges is a valid choice, given that one has to be made.
Before long the yacht finally explodes, after which Cap and Nomad reunite in the water, the Slug emerging soon afterwards (later to appear in a wide variety of Marvel titles, including Captain America and Nomad).
Captain America (vol. 1) #324, December 1986: Mark Gruenwald (writer), Paul Neary (pencils), Vince Colletta (inks), Ken Feduniewicz (colors), Diana Albers (letters). (More details at Marvel Database.)
Captain America (vol. 1) #325, January 1987: Mark Gruenwald (writer), Paul Neary (pencils), Dennis Janke (inks), Ken Feduniewicz (colors), Diana Albers (letters). (More details at Marvel Database.)
Collected in: Captain America Epic Collection: Justice Is Served
PREVIOUS ISSUE: Captain America #323 and Marvel Fanfare #29 (November 1986)
ALSO THESE MONTHS: Avengers #274-275 (December 1986-January 1987)
NEXT ISSUE: Captain America #326 (February 1987)
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Captain America #324, Captain America #325, December 1986, January 1987
Captain America #323 and Marvel Fanfare #29 (November 1986)
Avengers #274-277 (December 1986-March 1987)


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Vincent C Burke
April 26, 1922 ~ September 13, 2018 (age 96)
Vincent C. Burke, 96, of Schnecksville, formerly of Slatington, passed away Thursday, September 13, 2018 at the Phoebe Home, Allentown. He was the husband of the late Lorna G. (Becker) Burke. Born on April 26, 1922, in Walnutport, he was the son of the late James and Marian (Kennell) Burke. Vince served as a 1st Lieutenant in the US Army/ Air Force during WWII. He worked as a senior staff accountant from 1941-1982 for the former Bethlehem Steel. Vince was a member of St. John's UCC, Slatington, he was former church treasurer and choir member for many years. He was also a member of the Slatington Masonic Lodge 440 F&AM, Lehigh Consistory, past president of the Union Cemetery Board and a 75 year member of the Allen O. Delke American Legion Post 16, Slatington.
He is survived by sons: Terry Burke and companion Sharon Spadoni of Wilson, Michael Burke and companion Ellen Mocarsky of Breinigsville; Daughters: Colleen Burke, Sharon Acampora both of Allentown; Grandchildren: Justin Burke and wife Dawn, Hannah Burke; Great-Grandchildren: Olivia & Aidan Burke. He was pre-deceased by a brother Leo Burke.
A memorial service will be held at 11 A.M. on Monday, September 17, 2018 at St. John's UCC, 15 S. Second St, Slatington. No calling hours. Arrangements are being handled by Harding Funeral Home, Slatington. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. John's UCC General Fund.
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First off, let me say that vacations are the best, or at least better than a regular day not on vacation. Whether it's a long weekend or extended 14-day excursion, I love a day on vacay. The only thing better? Two days (and so on – to infinity and beyond).
Vacation is filled with untethered time. You wake in the morning free to wonder what sort of adventures and entertainment you should pursue today. Work and chores and stress and the electric bill are off the radar. It's all about fun, fun, fun!
After your week away you return home and suddenly your time is tethered again – by responsibilities of normal life, which can put a damper on the sunniest of days.
Normal means setting the alarm clock. Making the bed. Brewing your own coffee in the morning and cooking your own breakfast, lunch and dinner. It is clearing your own dishes and washing them. Normal is not as exciting as vacation. It's more work and less free time.
This return to normalcy can leave one feeling empty – as in empty fridge and pantry. Chances are, you and the brood returned home hungry and food isn't going to purchase and restock itself. It takes a human being to do that. Too often that human is you. And the first thing anyone wants to do when coming home from vacation is head right out to the supermarket.
But before you can grocery your way to a full meal and belly, there's the pesky problem of a full laundry bin. Returning from a week at the beach or theme parks means one thing: dirty clothes. Who wants to take time during vacation to do laundry? They call it time off for a reason. Time off from laundry.
Before you can do the laundry you have to unpack it. I wasn't born with the unpacking gene. I could honestly go weeks without unpacking. Eventually the unopened suitcase becomes a regular part of the room landscape and you don't even see it anymore. It's invisible to the naked eye.
I've learned ignoring a suitcase isn't a good idea. The longer you wait to unpack after returning to home sweet home, the less sweet your laundry pile will be – if you catch my drift.
Speaking of freshly laundered scent, I won't even go into the overwhelming aroma that will abound if someone forgets to flush a toilet before departure. Flushing the toilet is an imperative task to complete prior to leaving for vacation, not upon returning from. I am fairly proud to report we are consistent flushers and as such haven't encountered a problem in this area – so far.
And yes, you will have to go back to work. But that's OK. Because work, while undeniably a four-letter word, is the very entity that makes vacations possible. And gives you time – during breaks and lunch and maybe office meetings – to plan for your next.


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History of BEC-TV
BEC-TV's production truck circa 2003
BEC-TV got its start in the mid 70's when the whole idea of Cable TV was still new. Northern Cable assigned a local channel for education and The "BEC-TV Network" was born. Daytime only programming was supplied by the three "Network Affiliates": WLIN (Lincoln High School) KTAV (Kennedy High School) and WJAG (Jefferson High School). All programing at that point was played back by Audio Visual students at Jefferson, under the direction of Byron Bekiares. The programming could only run during the school day when students were running the controls.
In 1979 the media staff at Kennedy High School, John Parker, and Tom Ringdal, devised a crude way to have unattended playback on the channel in the evening. At this point the most that could be done was 2 hours of programming, but it made the leap from programming only during the school day (which, by definition, had a very limited audience). Through these years BEC-TV had no funding and was just an added responsibility of the Audio Visual departments at Bloomington's three public high schools.
Finally…Funding!
In early 1982 Bloomington's Cable Commission, at the urging of John Parker, chose to more fairly distribute the Franchise Fees that come in as part of Bloomington's agreement with the cable company. Up to that point the Public Access and Government channels were being funded, but not the education channel. With a whooping annual budget of $12,000 for both equipment and staff, BEC-TV took on its first dedicated staffer, Tom Ringdal.
Ringdal was able to provide training and services to all of Bloomington's K-12 schools so they could contribute to the station. He also started recruiting high school students from across the district to team with him in creating programming.
Ringdal continued to create ways to automatically play back programming, allowing him to be in the field producing, rather than tethered to the station playing back shows. Remember that at this point in technology, all TV stations large and small had to run programs manually, and had a dedicated Master Control Engineer at the controls every minute they were on the the air. The idea of a station on "Autopilot" was mighty novel.


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"Nebraska's Official Fourth of July City" prepares for big celebration
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By Kristin Bauer
Published: Jun. 30, 2017 at 10:51 AM CDT
The Fourth of July is almost here, and the city of Seward is getting ready for its annual Fourth of July celebration.
Seward is recognized as "America's Small Town 4th of July City" and is also "Nebraska's Official Fourth of July City" so they take Independence Day very seriously.
Each year, they hold a big celebration featuring hundreds of events—including a grand parade, live entertainment and, of course, fireworks.
"We're really proud of our celebration in Seward," said Jessica Kolterman, Fourth of July committee member. "We have a lot of new things going on. A lot of people will be coming out. It's just a great time to spend the day in Seward."
The celebration is a tradition that has been going on since 1868. The annual festival attracts up to 40,000 people annually, according to a survey conducted by the Department of Economic Development in the 1980s.
"Throughout the entire morning, people keep coming, and the crowds grow all day. You see all kinds of interesting things going on," said Kolterman.
This year's theme is "Deep Roots—High Hopes." The celebration is listed as an official "Nebraska Statehood 150" event to help celebrate the Nebraska Sesquicentennial.
The fun will start on Sunday, July 2 with events like a '1917 Vaudeville Show' and a youth rodeo; however, most of the events are held on July 4.
"We try to incorporate new things every year and change it up. That way, every year you come back you have a new experience and find something different to do," said Kolterman.
Everyone is invited to attend those events, which start at 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday. The celebration will culminate with a giant firework show scheduled for 10:00 p.m. at Plum Creek Park.
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Q: Animation causing out of memory exception My application provides an outofmemory exception when an animation starts to play. What can I do?
The images in animation combined have a size of 512kb, that's 10 images.
My activity class is button_anime.
 public class Button_Anime extends Activity{

private static int SPLASH_TIME_OUT = 500;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_splash_about);
    ImageView loading =(ImageView) findViewById(R.id.iVArcRail_2);
    loading.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.about_button_anime);
    AnimationDrawable load =(AnimationDrawable)loading.getBackground();
    load.start();
    new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {

        @Override
        public void run() {
               Intent i = new Intent(Button_Anime.this, Home.class);
            startActivity(i);
            finish();
        }
    }, SPLASH_TIME_OUT);
  }
 }

My activity_splash_about.xml
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@drawable/withoutlogo" >

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/imageView1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="70dp"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
    android:background="@drawable/logoline" />

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/iVArcRail_2"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_below="@+id/imageView1"/>
 </RelativeLayout>

This is the animation file. about_button_anime
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <animation-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:oneshot="false" >
  <item
      android:drawable="@drawable/ab1"
      android:duration="50"/>
  <item
      android:drawable="@drawable/ab2"
      android:duration="50"/>
  <item
      android:drawable="@drawable/ab3"
      android:duration="50"/>
  <item
      android:drawable="@drawable/ab4"
      android:duration="50"/>
  <item
      android:drawable="@drawable/ab5"
      android:duration="50"/>
  <item
      android:drawable="@drawable/ab6"
      android:duration="50"/>
  <item
      android:drawable="@drawable/ab7"
      android:duration="50"/>
  <item
      android:drawable="@drawable/ab8"
      android:duration="50"/>
  <item
      android:drawable="@drawable/ab9"
      android:duration="50"/>
  <item
      android:drawable="@drawable/ab10"
      android:duration="50"/>

  </animation-list>

And this is my log cat.
 FATAL EXCEPTION: main
 Process: com.quinoid.thomasinternational, PID: 1514
 java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
 at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeAsset(Native Method)
 at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:587)
 at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeResourceStream(BitmapFactory.java:422)
 at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromResourceStream(Drawable.java:840)
 at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:2110)
 at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:700)
 at android.graphics.drawable.AnimationDrawable.inflate(AnimationDrawable.java:282)
 at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXmlInner(Drawable.java:937)
 at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXml(Drawable.java:877)
 at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:2092)
 at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:700)
 at android.view.View.setBackgroundResource(View.java:15303)
 at com.quinoid.thomasinternational.Button_Anime.onCreate(Button_Anime.java:19)
 at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231)
 at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)
 at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2159)
 at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2245)
 at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)
 at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)
 at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
 at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
 at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5017)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:779)
 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:595)
 at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

How can I get this animation running?
I have already provided largeHeap="true".

A: This will work like charm,
Make sure you put your images in the asset folder.
public class AnimationActivily extends Activity {

private Bitmap log_imgs[];
private Bitmap tempBitmap;
private Handler uiHandler;
private ImageView logo_view;
int img_cnt = 1;
protected int _splashTime = 91;
Thread splashTread;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    this.getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

    setContentView(R.layout.activity_animation_activily);
    logo_view = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.logo_view);
    log_imgs = new Bitmap[91];
    for (int i = 1; i <= 90; i++) {
        get_Images_Assest(i, "logo_pngs");
    }
    logo_view.setImageBitmap(log_imgs[70]);
    uiHandler = new Handler();
    // thread for displaying the SplashScreen
    splashTread = new Thread() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            try {
                while (img_cnt < _splashTime) {
                    sleep(30);
                    if (img_cnt <= 90)
                        update_view(img_cnt);
                    img_cnt++;

                }
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                // do nothing
            } finally {

                Intent i = new Intent(AnimationActivily.this,
                        MainActivity.class);
                i.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
                startActivity(i);
                AnimationActivily.this.finish();
                // overridePendingTransition(R.anim.slide_in,
                // R.anim.slide_out);
                // *** Put this in another
                // Activity***//overridePendingTransition(R.anim.slide_in,
                // R.anim.slide_out);
            }
        }
    };
    splashTread.start();

}

public Bitmap tempImg;

private void get_Images_Assest(int cnt, String folder_name) {
    try {

        InputStream is = getAssets().open(
                folder_name + "/" + "logo" + cnt + ".png");
        if (tempImg != null) {
            tempImg = null;
        }
        tempImg = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(is);
        // tempBitmap = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(tempImg,
        // tempImg.getWidth() * 2, tempImg.getHeight() * 2, true);
        log_imgs[cnt] = tempImg;
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

public void update_view(final int cnt) {
    uiHandler.post(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            try {
                logo_view.setImageBitmap(log_imgs[cnt]);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    });

}

public void onBackPressed() {
}

public void onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy();

    for (int i = 1; i <= 90; i++) {
        log_imgs[i].recycle();
    }
    log_imgs = null;
    splashTread = null;
}
}

A: I had the same problem, so I created a class to avoid from OutOfMemoryError. Android loads all the drawables at once, so animation with many frames causes this error.
FasterAnimationsContainer
FasterAnimationsContainer will help you to avoid from OutOfMemoryError. This class loads & sets and releases an image on background thread.
here's link
Easy to implement
public class ExampleActivity extends Activity {

FasterAnimationsContainer mFasterAnimationsContainer;
private static final int[] IMAGE_RESOURCES = { R.drawable.anim_1,
        R.drawable.anim_2, R.drawable.anim_3, R.drawable.anim_4,
        R.drawable.anim_5, R.drawable.anim_6, R.drawable.anim_7,
        R.drawable.anim_8 };

private static final int ANIMATION_INTERVAL = 500;// 200ms

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_example);
    ImageView imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageview);
    mFasterAnimationsContainer = FasterAnimationsContainer
            .getInstance(imageView);
    mFasterAnimationsContainer.addAllFrames(IMAGE_RESOURCES,
            ANIMATION_INTERVAL);
    mFasterAnimationsContainer.start();
}

@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy();
    mFasterAnimationsContainer.stop();
}
}

A: I had a similar problem with my background animation on devices with low memory.
The way I managed to fix it was by instantiating the animation programmatically instead of through the xml animation-list. I no longer run into out of memory issues with this view.
    AnimationDrawable animationDrawable = new AnimationDrawable();
    animationDrawable.setOneShot(false); // True = only once, False = continuous

    int[] resources = {R.drawable.ticket_background_animation_1, R.drawable.ticket_background_animation_2, R.drawable.ticket_background_animation_3};

    int duration = 30;

    for (int resource : resources) {
        animationDrawable.addFrame(ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, resource), duration);
    }

    relativeLayout.setBackground(animationDrawable);
    animationDrawable.start();

It's of course also very important to remember to stop the animation again in onDestroy()!
    ((AnimationDrawable) relativeLayout.getBackground()).stop();
    // Sets background to null to make sure the animation is garbage collected
    relativeLayout.setBackground(null);

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New Profit Community Shaping the Future of Learning
A big team of New Profit staff and grantee-partners recently descended on Austin, Texas for SXSW EDU, an annual conference where leaders from across the education landscape gather for dialogue about the future of teaching and learning. It was a major moment for our community. Here's the backstory.
Over 20 years of supporting breakthrough leaders and systems change initiatives in K-12 education, New Profit has kept its eye on the innovation frontier, working to find, fund, and scale the impact of emerging, high-impact models. Organizations and initiatives we've supported include Teach For America, KIPP, New Teacher Center, Educators for Excellence, Black Teacher Collaborative, and the Pathways Fund, among many others.
In recent years, a large part of our K-12 education work has focused on accelerating the revolution in learning, which seeks to support the millions of vulnerable students who aren't being served by traditional classroom models. Our Reimagine Learning initiative, which has become a 500-strong network of organizations and people committed to supporting the diverse needs of all learners, and the related Personalized Learning initiative, a collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, are two examples of this work.
The group that traveled to SXSW EDU carried all the experience and insight from these initiatives into sessions at the conference. Our Personalized Learning initiative grantee-partners led a series of well-attended dialogues about reshaping education and creating a more equitable landscape for students:
Big Picture Learning, a network of schools innovating on student-centered learning, participated in Getting Graduates Employed: A New Job for K-12, a dialogue on workforce development models that are working in K-12 education. The organization also hosted a new business showcase of ideas developed by students from BPL schools across the country and both Carlos Moreno and Andrew Frishman, Co-Executive Directors, served as Mentors at SXSW EDU, connecting and sharing their insights and experience with future innovators.
The Learning Accelerator, an organization that works with teacher and school leaders to connect personalized learning approaches in their schools and systems, participated in Lady Boss: Female Leaders in Ed Entrepreneurship, about the unique challenges faced by female leaders in education.
LEAP Innovation's CEO Phyllis Lockett gave a keynote address titled Crawl, Walk, LEAP: Lessons on Personalized Learning. She shared insights from LEAP's work to partner with educators to pilot and scale new personalized learning approaches to reinvent our one-size-fits-all system and transform the way kids learn.
LEAP and the Highlander Institute, an organization that cultivates and disseminates innovative education solutions that improve educator and system capacity to provide personalized learning experiences, participated in Bridging the Gap: Piloting Innovation in Education. The session focused on what it takes to pilot personalized learning innovation in schools.
iNACOL, an organization that accelerates the advancement of breakthrough policies and practices through knowledge sharing and advocacy to ensure high-quality learning for all, hosted Personalized Learning & Competency Education Meet Up for networking and best practice sharing.
The Personalized Learning cohort also spent a day together in Austin discussing opportunities for their collective work to advance the personalized learning field.
Members of the New Profit team and community facilitated two additional SXSW EDU sessions about future-oriented, transformative approaches in K-12 education.
New Profit's Reimagine Learning initiative led a workshop on Facilitating Community-Engaged Strategic Planning, drawing on Reimagine Learning's experience collaborating with Salem Public Schools in Massachusetts to develop a community-driven strategic plan. Over the course of a year, our team partnered with Superintendent Margarita Ruiz and her Senior Management Team to facilitate dozens of meetings with six work teams driving the strategic planning process and to hold three community forums that enabled residents to provide meaningful input to ensure that the strategic plan genuinely represented stakeholder and community needs. Superintendent Ruiz—a system entrepreneur who possesses a bold vision for her district—joined our team in Austin to share how we authentically engaged the community in shaping the future of the district. We also shared a new tool with participants, An Educator's Guide to Community-Engaged Strategic Planning, which is both a codification of Salem Public Schools' planning process and a robust set of tools and strategies that other district leaders can use to facilitate their own community-engaged strategic planning processes. The key learning from our work in Salem is that people will support what they have helped to create. Salem Public Schools' 2017-2022 strategic plan had unanimous support from the School Committee because they—and so many others in the community—were instrumental in shaping it.
America Forward, New Profit's nonpartisan policy initiative, gathered leading education experts for a panel on Trauma-Informed Education Policy & Practice. Trauma and adversity deeply affects the way students learn. The panel discussed educator and community-led efforts underway to bridge research and practice into responsive public policy. America Forward and New Profit's Sarah Groh facilitated a conversation on this topic with Gisele Shorter of Turnaround for Children (New Profit grantee-partner), Rahn Dorsey, Chief Education Officer for the City of Boston, and Sarah Iddrissu of Educators for Excellence (former New Profit grantee-partner). Collectively, this session offered recommendations for policies that support the creation of trauma-informed learning environments in our K-12 classrooms and investments that will enable trauma-informed education practices, including the need for R&D and targeted professional development funding to support educators and practitioners on the front lines of this work. Read more here about America Forward and partner's trauma informed education policy recommendations.
The common superpower of these New Profit community members is their ability to translate research, science, and innovative ideas into policy and practice. Conversations like these at SXSW EDU help to both spread and shape their ideas and programs that are transforming K-12 education across the country by engaging the bold thinkers, practitioners, and leaders at the conference who are working on the ground across the country to advance teaching and learning.


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Home Parent Testimonial: Lisa and Victor Kohn
Parent Testimonial: Lisa and Victor Kohn
Investments can be risky, but scholarships are some of the soundest investments you can make.
Ask GW Parents Lisa and Victor Kohn. Their gifts to Power & Promise help two students—one receives a full four-year scholarship and one a partial four-year scholarship.
"We believe that scholarships are wonderful investments," said Lisa and Victor. "We love the idea of helping people that have the talent and the discipline to attend GW where their only impediment is money."
Their decision to support the university is rooted in the positive academic experiences of their two daughters: Lauren, CCAS '15, and Gabriela, CCAS '17.
"Holistically, everything—from the academics to their sorority—has been tremendous," said Lisa and Victor. "They have made great friends, enjoyed their coursework, and loved the fact they are in the middle of D.C."
Their appreciation of GW got the Kohns thinking—how many students are unable to afford the incredible education their daughters have?
"We are lucky we can afford them this opportunity, so we wanted to do something for the school," said Lisa and Victor. "In doing some research about philanthropy at GW, we came across the Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Scholarships and we realized it was the kind of thing we wanted to do."
"We have all the confidence that the university has selected the brightest and worthiest recipients," they added. "We feel very good knowing that those people are there now and are already benefitting from it."
The Kohns also support GW Hillel, which they consider "a home away from home" for Lauren and Gabriela, citing the leadership of Rabbi Yoni Kaiser-Blueth.
"We couldn't think of any reason not to do it," said Lisa and Victor. "We would love for all of our friends' children dispersed at universities around the country to have a warm place like GW Hillel. We are delighted to support it."
Cost was not a barrier for Lauren and Gabriela to attend GW. For the Kohns, a gift to Power & Promise affords less fortunate students the same "only-at-GW" opportunities Lauren and Gabriela have experienced.
"We read a lot about the debts many students have upon graduation, which is a hurdle when you are getting started in life," Lisa and Victor said. "If some of us who have been fortunate can make it less burdensome for others who have the talent to be at GW, then it's some of the best investments we can make."
"If some of us who have been fortunate can make it less burdensome for others who have the talent to be at GW, then it's some of the best investments we can make."
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Schubert: Four-Hand Piano Works, vol. 1 – Aebersold and Neiweem piano duo
> 01 Rondo in D Major, D. 608 (Notre Amitie est invariable)
comp: Franz Schubert
> 02 Sonata in B Flat Major - Mvt. 1. Allegro Moderato
> 03 Sonata in B Flat Major - Mvt. 2. Andante
> 04 Sonata in B Flat Major - Mvt. 3. Allegretto
> 05 Duo in A Minor, D. 947 (Lebensstume)
> 06 Rondo in A Major, D. 951
> 07 Fantasy in F Minor, D. 940, Mvt. 1. Allegro molto moderato
> 08 Fantasy in F Minor, D. 940, Mvt. 2. Largo
> 09 Fantasy in F Minor, D. 940, Mvt. 3. Scherzo, Allegro vivace
> 10 Fantasy in F Minor, D. 940, Mvt. 4. Finale, Allegro molto moderato
> 11 Fugue in E Minor, D. 952
This disc inaugurates a series of recordings of Schubert's four-hand music by two artists who have been closely associated with that repertoire for twenty-five years.
The two gave their first complete traversal of Schubert's four hand music on six live programs for WFMT Radio Chicago in 1987, a feat which they repeated a decade later on that station in commemoration of the bicentennial of the composer's death.
Of a performance of Schubert four-hand music at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. the Washington Post raved: the two are in complete sympathy with and understanding of, each other and Schubert.
Aebersold and Neiweem enjoy a wide-ranging career as exponents of music for both two pianos and piano, four hands. They have given hundreds of concerts in Europe from Iceland to Italy, and have toured with two pianos throughout the USA and Canada.
Classical Piano
Four Hand Reflections
Schubert: Four-Hand Piano Works, vol. 2
Brahms: Four Hands
Better Than Anything – Dave Miller Trio w/Rebecca DuMaine
OrchestraPro: Trumpet – Philip Smith
Euphonium Excerpts for Band – Mark Jenkins
Round-Trip Ticket – New West Guitar Group
Blue Shift – Rex Richardson and Steve Wilson
Whit Williams
James Markey
Rebecca Holden
Matthias Lupri