So Football season started last night. Ryan turned the game on after he got home and it instantly felt like Fall. I wasn't even in the room. I was in the kitchen. Which is actually where I like to spend my football season. It really isn't about the game friends, it's all about the food. And these Grilled Brats with Warm Cabbage Slaw are just begging to be a part of your next tailgate.
If you would've asked me a few years ago, I would've said that I was not a football fan at all. But I must say it's actually kind of growing on me.
For one, the weekends during the fall are all about football so I started watching it more.
And second, when I started paying more attention, I started asking Ryan questions about how the game was played. Other than touchdown, I honestly didn't know anything.
I'm sure I was a joy to watch football with. But after I started asking questions, Ryan was nice enough to explain the rules of the game. Or some of them. There are a lot in football. I think that's why I wasn't a fan before.
But now that I know a little more, I don't mind watching.
In between visits to the kitchen of course. Because who am I kidding, everything is always about food with me. Especially football with all of the eats, the jalapeno poppers, the dips, the wings and now, these brats. Food rules.
Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook onions and cabbage just until onions start to brown slightly. Add in vinegar and mustard. Mix well. Cover and cook 10 minutes or until cabbage is softened. Stirring occasionally. Turn to low to keep warm while cooking the bratwurst. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Puncture bratwurst with a fork so they don't explode when cooking.
Once your grill is hot cook bratwurst 15 - 20 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 160 degrees. Make sure to turn them a few times so that they brown evenly.
Place bratwurst in a bun, top with warm cabbage slaw. Serve.
Um holy yum! This is the perfect football/ hangover food!
Dang girl. I want to have a football party with you! These look amazing!


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Is mid-water bouyancy a classic example of a balanced but unstable system?
I came to this thought experiment as I was pondering good teaching examples of stable and unstable systems. It occurred to me that stable systems are really quite abundant. For a shoot-from-the-hip example, the speed of a car is stable about a given speed given a constant rate of fuel injection, since any perturbation will disappear over time. To be perfectly illustrative, here is a ball on a hill. Note that the forces are balanced in both these cases, but stability is different.
Now, the above illustrates the concepts well enough, but I like to present something that's slightly more non-trivial and try to get people to exercise real physical understanding.
A submersible with a compressible cavity. A model sufficient for this will be that of a weight attached to a balloon. Saying it's an airtight bag instead of a balloon might be more straightforward, as it avoids the contribution to pressure from the balloon elasticity itself.
I want to make the qualitative argument that given the buoyancy and gravitational forces are balanced at some underwater point (obviously below the surface and above the ocean floor), this point is unstable.
The logic is that the balloon will increase in volume and decrease in density as it gets closer to the surface, where the pressure is lesser. Correspondingly, increasing depth and pressure contracts the balloon. That means that upward movement causes a net upward force and moving down causes a net downward force. Unstable.
Several questions
Does this imply that any submersible (below the surface and above the floor) must actively maintain its depth level? Is the condition associated with this claim that the submersible be more compressible than the liquid? What about a compressible atmosphere?
Are there passive control systems that could maintain a depth setpoint?
Would anyone like to address the problem and questions with equations, derivatives, and all that good stuff?
education stability hydrostatics
Alan RomingerAlan Rominger
$\begingroup$ This might be of some interrest: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_diver $\endgroup$ – Georg Oct 13 '11 at 17:52
$\begingroup$ @Georg Indeed, that link does mention the exact phenomena I alluded to. It's rather wordy about it too: "It might be thought that if the weight of displaced water exactly matched the weight of the diver, it would neither rise nor sink, but float in the middle of the container, however, this does not occur in practice." $\endgroup$ – Alan Rominger Oct 13 '11 at 19:24
$\begingroup$ To complicate matters, even if the balloon remained unaltered, the seawater salinity and density could alter over time and the point of balanced forces will change. This is Metastability..much like the upright beer can in front of me :) $\endgroup$ – osknows Oct 13 '11 at 22:56
The assumption here is that the water is more incompressible than a balloon, so that the density variations in the water are less than the density variation in a balloon. This is true for a balloon, but false for a submarine made of steel. The compressibility of steel is roughly 80 times less than the compressibility of water, so if the submarine has thick steel walls, it will make a stable depth equilibrium using bouyancy alone. You can maintain a depth with a submarine by adjusting the density very slightly to the one appropriate for water at a given depth.
For the balloon, the equilibrium is unstable, but for there to be an equilibrium at all requires that the balloon skin be made of a material significantly denser than water, and the depth where there is balance, the air will be compressed enormously.
EDIT: Submarine compressibility
(In response to the comments of Zassounotsukushi)
When a submarine is submerged in water, the compressibility is not determined by the bulk compressibility of steel, because the pressure stress has to travel through the much thinner hull to get from one side of the submarine to the other. The actual stress in the hull is increased.
To see how much it is increased, roughly, consider a model submarine which is a square-box-cylinder, with walls of thickness w and side-length L. The pressure is a flow of momentum per unit length equal to PL from one side (times the length) of the box to the other, through the sides of the wall, and if the thing were perfectly solid, the compressibility would be roughly 80 times less than water.
But the momentum must flow from right to left through a region of width 2w instead of the full width L, as it would be in a solid steel cylinder, so the actual momentum current in the side of the box is increased by a factor of L/2w. For a round cylinder, up to a factor of order unity (it will be between .5 and 2), the analogous factor is R/w.
For a typical submarine, I found a hull width w of 30 cm, while a spatious radius is 6m. The ratio is 1/20, so the submarine is about 20 times more compressible than bulk steel. But this still makes the submarine 4 times less compressible than water, and makes the equilibrium stable.
Steel balloon
In order to make a hollow steel balloon neutrally bouyant, ignoring the density of air, the ratio of unoccupied volume to occupied volume is as the ratio of the density of steel to air volume is as the ratio of the density of steel to water, about 8 to 1. Since this ratio is much smaller than the bulk modulus ratio of 80 to 1, a neutrally bouyant steel balloon will acheive a stable equilibrium. This was the model I originally had in mind for a submarine, and for this model, the walls are extremely thick, and the bulk compressibility is only changed by a factor of order 10 at most, not 80.
But this model is nonsense: it is assuming an empty submarine! The accurate description is above.
Ron MaimonRon Maimon
$\begingroup$ A major point I will take issue on is equating a submarine to steel. A submarine is much more than that, and although steel is less compressible, I think a hollow steel can would be more compressible than water. $\endgroup$ – Alan Rominger Oct 14 '11 at 4:43
$\begingroup$ I considered this, but a sufficiently thick hull has a compressibility which is indistinguishable from that of bulk steel. I believe submarines are in this limit, but if you have better information let me know. There is no reason to downvote when in doubt. $\endgroup$ – Ron Maimon Oct 14 '11 at 5:03
$\begingroup$ I actually think that's not the case. Consider two different thicknesses. The steel in the thinner case will be subject to more material stress, and it will contract more. I see no reason this shouldn't continue to hold when comparing a 100% steel volume to that same volume with a cavity in it, no matter how small. Practically, you could assess that change from the change in pressure in submarines as they dive, which is known to change. But I thought they also had some variable volume bags that they used to control buoyancy anyway. $\endgroup$ – Alan Rominger Oct 14 '11 at 12:16
$\begingroup$ @Zassounotsukushi: You are right, of course, I had a bogus intuition. The extra compressiblity of a cylindrical hull with thickness w is approximately w/R, where R is the cylinder radius. For a 30cm thick pressure hull (this is what I found by google), and an 6m radius, this ratio is 1/20, which still gives the submarine a factor of 4 less compressibility than water (but not 80). I will modify the answer. $\endgroup$ – Ron Maimon Oct 14 '11 at 19:36
To obtain the highest degree of generalism, I will refer to a reference state at the buoyant point. The volume of the object at that point will be $V_0$ because it is a reference value, and mass will just be $M$, because it is constant. Since this is a discussion about stability, the non-linearity of compressibility is not of great interest, so I'll write the following form to relate volume and external pressure for the object. Note that if we compare, say, a rock in water, this is meaningless because the pressure that makes the density of the object and the fluid the same is absurd.
$$V = V_0 - \rho_w g h \frac{dV}{dP}$$
Although other contributors can relax this assumption, I'm interested in assuming a truly incompressible fluid. For experiments in the bathtub, that's sufficiently correct. The implication of this follows:
$$F_b = \rho_w g V = \rho_w g \left( V_0 - \rho_w g h \frac{dV}{dP} \right)$$
$$F_g = -Mg$$
$$a = \frac{F_b+F_g}{M} = \frac{g}{M} \left(\rho_w V_0 - \rho_w^2 g h \frac{dV}{dP} -M \right) $$
Also, for the stable point, it is buoyant.
$$0 = \frac{g}{M} \left(\rho_w V_0 -M \right) $$
Thus, we have the much more simple form:
$$a = -\frac{ (\rho_w g )^2 }{M} \frac{dV}{dP} h $$
Thus as long as the object is a constant mass, the only way for it to have a stable point is for $\frac{dV}{dP}$ to be positive, and this is very difficult. I do not know of ordinary thing that fits this criteria. In order to accomplish my desire to have a passive system that gives a stable buoyant point, I will need to relax the assumption that $M$ is constant, and use that to make something useful.
$$M = M_0 - \rho_w g h \frac{dM}{dP}$$
$$a = \frac{\rho_w g^2}{M} \left( - \rho_w \frac{dV}{dP} + \frac{dM}{dP} \right) h $$
I hope you can follow the algebra, it's just straight from prior equations. Now, can $\frac{dM}{dP}$ be positive? Why yes it can. It can also be big enough to counteract the $\rho_w \frac{dV}{dP}$ term.
Have 2 tanks, one of fresh water, one of salt water (higher density). Have a submersible consisting of a bag of salt water with a tube connecting it to the salt water tank attached to a floatie.
Here it is in the fresh water tank. It's stable!
When the device rises above the buoyant point, the fresh water pressure is lower than what the head should be for a salt water column. Now, hypothetically, the entire volume of the salt water bag rushes for any differential movement above this point. Hilariously, the buoyant force is literally a step function, as I tried to illustrate in the image.
So now school kids can make a diver that is unstable and one that's stable!
To add some equations for this, let's note that the operating principle is exchange of a different kind of fluid. Then we can relate the change in volume and mass.
$$dV \rho = dM$$
This simplifies the prior equation.
$$a = \frac{\rho_w g^2}{M} \left( - \frac{\rho_w}{ \rho} \frac{dM}{dP} + \frac{dM}{dP} \right) h = \frac{\rho_w g^2}{M} \frac{dM}{dP} \left( 1 - \frac{\rho_w}{ \rho} \right) h $$
Now this gets us very close to formulating a useful general formula. Note first that it's very easy to get a $dM/dP$ that is negative. It's easy to obtain a matter outflow with increased pressure. Because of that, it's preferable to use a working fluid of a higher density than water, making the terms with the densities negative and the system stable. In the system I described, $dM/dP$ is really a Dirac function provided a large reservoir of salt water. I guess you could call for a stationary balloon instead. I still don't know how to achieve this with a passive system on-board the device.
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Liz's Paper Loft: Sweet Wishes ~ Birthday Card!
Good Morning my paper loving friends! Today I have a couple of things to share with you. I have a birthday card filled with lots of embellishment and something on a more personal note.
This is a card I made for my niece for her 18th birthday!
For the easel card base I use a pre-made card from Jinger Adams Designs.
I made some changes to the pre-made rosette. It came with a brad, but wanted a button instead. So next time you reach for your embellishments, you may just want to customize them!
The butterflies are made from wood, I colored them with copics, then used glossy accents to make them shine! The "h and b" were cut two times, once in chipboard and then in paper. Added some more glossy accents. I'm really in a glossy accents kind of mood! :) Lastly I attached them to washi tape banners.
This card is more than a birthday card...it was a "keep my mind off things card". Sometimes with the new year come changes, some small and some big. Well that's what happened to me this weekend! You see very early Saturday morning, my husband and I took our youngest daughter to the airport so she could go to college...2400 miles away! She only got accepted this past Wednesday and was on a plane 3 days later. It took me about 3 hours to make this card, I never spend that much time on a card. This day of crafting was about the process and not about the product!
In between crying and hugging we took a few pictures at the airport. She told me I couldn't post them on Facebook, however she never mentioned my blog!
I told her she didnt' have to go but she was determined! She wanted to make sure that when she landed in Nashville, that everyone knew she was a 49er fan and not a Titans fan! lol!
Thank you for indulging me with some family pictures!
What a gorgeous card Liz!! LOVE the papers and all the embellishments!!!
Your family pictures are so sweet! Thanks for sharing them! Congrats on your daughter's acceptance!
Liz ~ what a heart-warming story behind how your card 'came to be.'! Congrats to your daughter for her acceptance into college and her courage in traveling such a distance to attend. Her willingness to take a risk, combined with determination/persistance will serve her well. Inspiring young lady, indeed. Your card is gorgeous, and all the more because it truly is 'made from the heart.' Thank you for sharing.
Okay, that last picture made me cry. Stay strong, Liz! I'm glad you got in some crafting therapy. Your card is really beautiful!!!
Oh what a sweet card Liz! All the embellishments are adorable! I wish your daughter the best! What a fun journey for her and big hugs to you all as you adjust! Thanks for sharing your story and pictures-super sweet!
It's so bittersweet when our children grow up and leave the nest. Thank goodness for technology! Cell phones & skype have made a huge difference in our family.
It takes time to adjust-but you have friends praying for you!
Love your card-I know she'll cherish it!
Amazing card! I love all the glossy accented bits! The colors are wonderful, too!!
My heart goes out to you with your daughter so far from home! Wishing many long phone calls and care packages sent to make those miles melt away.
wishing your daughter all the best at collage!!!
Gorgeous, Love the details of your card. Congrats on Daughter getting accepted and Wishing her luck on her studies. Thanks for sharing pictures.
Gorgeous card! My heart aches for you, I'll never forget when my son got on the plane to Alaska to serve our Country! I was so heart broken and proud at the same time. So happy he is back here in Louisiana!!!
Liz ~ I am bawling my eyes out here!!! You and your hubs are AMAZING parents ~ do you know how I know this ~ you didn't stop her!!! You put your feelings aside so she can have this wonderful journey! Applaud!!! HUGE, HUGE HUGE hugs to you ALL! I did chuckle a through out your post ~ the FB thing ~ not the blog ~ ROFLMAO and the hat!! LOVE that girl too! I would TOTALLY pick the 49ers over the Titans too!
Okay as for your card ~ GORGEOUS!! Your niece will just LOVE and treasure it! BEAUTIFUL work as always! Again HUGE HUGS!!!!!


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The museum, which was created in 2001 as part of Turvak, founded by the 50-year veteran producer-director of Turkish cinema Turker Inanoglu, greets visitors with a cinematic presentation on a mini-screen. On the screen are the famous stars of Turkish film, Filiz Akin and Kartal Tibet. In a section near the main entrance is an exhibition of documents representing Turkish cinema from the early 20th century up to today-contracts, stock shares, old movie tickets, correspondence of various kinds. The corridor on the left is like a time capsule, the walls on both sides hung with portraits of the seasoned actors of Turkish film. On the left side are photographs of the late departed. 'Little Lady' Belgin Doruk, handsome male lead Ayhan Isik, Bedia Muvahhit, one of Turkey's first female actors, the well-known comedian Kemal Sunal, who charmed audiences of all ages, Cahide Sonku, known as Turkey's Marlene Dietrich, Sadri Alisik who played 'Omer the Tourist', Aliye Rona, one of Turkey's best character actresses, and many, many others too numerous to mention here. On the right side of the corridor are photographs of the actors currently working in Yesilcam, from Sevda Ferdag and Ekrem Bora to Kadir Inanir and Turkan Soray, from Tarik Akan and Mujde Ar to Nuri Alco and Hulya Kocyigit. Over a thousand posters from Yesilcam, which has produced upwards of 6500 films up to now, are on display in the Lutfi Omer Akad Cinema at the end of the corridor. Here you can also get a glimpse of the technology of those days, which evokes certain nostalgia: a machine for developing film, montage tables, old 16 and 35 mm cameras, and the enormous old dollies that required two or three men to move.
Another section of the museum is the hall named for Fuat Uzkinay, who shot the first Turkish moving picture, which recorded the toppling of the Ayastefanos monument at Yesilkoy in 1914. Worth seeing here are the first sound-recording camera used by Muhsin Ertugrul at the beginning of the 20th century, and the 1920 model, 16 mm André Debrie camera with which three Charlie Chaplin films were shot. And television, which has developed in tandem with cinema since the 1970s, has not been neglected either. The first black-and-white and color cameras used by Turkish State Radio and Television (TRT), montage and synchronization instruments, portraits of famous television personalities, and select photographs from black-and-white as well as color television productions are deftly displayed in the Adnan Oztrak Hall.
On the top floor of the Museum of Cinema and Television is the 'Theater Museum'. Museum director Erol Senel explains that when they went to work to found the museum the theater actors were very helpful, sharing information and contributing a number of documents. "We thought we owed them a debt of gratitude, so we decided to set up a theater museum." Originally conceived as 'Selections from Turkish Theater from Yesterday to Today', this section was soon transformed into a museum itself. The transition from the traditional to the modern in Turkish theater, whose roots go back to the Karagöz and Hacivat shadow puppet theater, is traced step by step in the museum, one corner of which is allocated to 'ortaoyunu', a Turkish-style Commedia dell'Arte and one of the cornerstones of traditional Turkish theater. Characters Kavuklu and Pisekâr stand in front of the 'new world' stage while portraits of Nasit and Ismail Dumbullu, the great masters of ortaoyunu, adorn the walls. Muhsin Ertugrul, who turned theater into a profession in Turkey, occupies an important place in the museum as well. Exhibited here are a large number of personal items that belonged to Ertugrul, a man of 'firsts' in film but whose heart was always in the theater. The museum's oldest artifacts meanwhile are two theater tickets made of porcelain, dating back to the Byzantine Empire. Hand-made theater posters, stage costumes and Karagoz and Hacivat puppets are among the items on display in the museum reading room.
On the museum's giant stage posters of all the theaters and plays from Ottoman times up to the present are exhibited. On one side Afife Jale, Turkey's first theater actress, on the other Suzan Lutfullah Sururi, the country's original prima donna.
All of a sudden we hear a burst of applause for Irma La Douce from a theater in Beyoglu's Atlas Arcade, and shortly Yildiz Kenter slips out of herself and takes the stage as an energetic Arkadina. She is soon followed by Musfik Kenter, Kinar Hanim, Nisa Serezli, Burhaneddin Tepsi, Altan Erbulak, Zeki Alasya, Metin Akpinar, Sadri Alisik, Bedia Muvahhit, Sükran Gungor... the stream of actors is never-ending. Underwritten by Turker Inanoglu, his close colleagues and a host of actors, the Turvak (Turker Inanoglu Foundation) museums are two priceless treasures that shed light on the history of Turkish theater and film.


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Pennsylvania-based nonprofit health provider Maternal & Family Health Services has confirmed cybercriminals accessed the sensitive data of close to half a million people.
MFHS revealed last week that it had been hit by ransomware that exposed the personal data of current and former patients, employees and vendors. The healthcare giant said it was made aware of the incident on April 4, 2022 but admitted that may have been initially compromised as far back as August 21, 2021.
When asked by TechCrunch at the time, MFHS declined to confirm how many individuals were affected. However, a notification from the Maine attorney general's office this week reported that a total of 461,070 people, including 68 Maine residents, are affected by the breach.
In a letter sent to affected residents on January 10 — more than nine months after the organization was first alerted to the ransomware incident — MFHS said that attackers accessed sensitive data, including names, addresses, date of birth, driver license numbers, Social Security numbers, usernames and passwords, health insurance and medical information, and financial information. The attackers also took credit and debit card numbers, the notification said.
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Softball Season Ends too Soon
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For PPCHS Varsity softball captains Erika Andal and Ariana Carreno, having their last high school season was supposed to be a special one, but that all came to an end with COVID-19. Erika and Ariana both started playing softball around the age of nine and continued playing for the last eight years. Being able to play their last season of high school softball should be memorable, but with recent events, their last season ended too soon. When asked how they feel about this Erika expresses, "I can't help but feel a little disappointed… it's my last season and I really felt like we were underdogs. We definitely could've gone so far and I would've loved to play my last season with such a fun and energetic team". Just two years prior, the Varsity softball team won the state championship and was on the road to do it again. With that, Erika hoped to go to states one last time and Ariana was excited for their senior night. With the team helping out to make it special, their night would've been one to remember, but shortly before that event wasn't able to happen, leaving them disappointed and saddened. "It will be difficult because I will never get my closure on that long chapter of my life", states Ariana. Student-athletes pour their hearts into their sport(s) and to have it be cut short can not only potentially impact their chances of becoming collegiate athletes but deprives them of life long memories made during their senior year season.
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AWESOME TOTALLY AWESOME'S REVIEW OF BALENCIAGA'S SPRING 2018 LOOKBOOK
By: Olivia Hill
I should open with the following statement: I know nothing about high fashion.
But I do know the difference between something aesthetically pleasing tickling my photoreceptors from an outfit that makes me think "What's going on here?!" Before any FIDM graduate pens a hate-filled e-mail to my editor, keep in mind the following is a humor piece. More importantly: know that I get it. You know who criticizes stand-up comedians? People who don't know the difference between a set up and a punch and then a tag. But everyone thinks they know humor because they've laughed once in their life. So, Fashion Industry, I invite you to kick back and have a good laugh with me as we discuss the Balenciaga Spring/Summer 2018 Lookbook from someone who thinks they know fashion because they dressed themselves daily.
I feel relatively safe talking about the following images, because it's evident that the Creative Director, Demna Gvasalia also has a sense of humor. The shoot plays into a 90's theme, and we get that extra funny detail of the backdrops resembling those that we grew so familiar with on school picture days or maybe even family trips to the photography studio at Sears.
The line for Spring and Summer 2018 has pieces that look so normal it makes me question everything. Why anyone would pay Balenciaga prices for that windbreaker that looks no different from the one at Kohl's is ridiculous. Then I look over to his pal's shorts over denim over rain boots combo and think, "ah, so now we're just bringing layering back." Until I take a look closer. That's three different options of leg wear sewn into one! The epitome of the fashion industry saying, "we sketched this concept while we were stoned."
Then we have the classic family portrait with a European twist. (To anyone who thinks that's racist, please note the girl in the red pants is literally wearing a shirt that says "Europe.") The two girls are giving their best Blue Steel, and the bone structure of the parental unit screams "I usually model much more unique pieces than this." But the real scene-stealer is the little bro rocking a leather jacket that has him emulating teen angst. Once again, the clothes pictured are so eerily normal one has to wonder if Balenciaga is pulling an "Emperor's New Clothes"-like trick on us.
In this photo, we see yet another pair of layered heavy material pants! But what we really need to talk about is the item you can wear when you're not sure whether it's hot or cold out. Whether the event you're headed to is casual or dressy. Whether you want to stop traffic or lay yourself down on a puddle so someone can walk over you. I'm talking of course about the denim sheath poncho. In this photo, it's paired with hot pink pumps, but believe me you, if I had my body draped in a denim sheath poncho, I'd match it with everything I own. That is, if I could even figure out how to wear this oddly diagonally cut illusion.
And finally, our Professor Snape's throwback Thursday photo from when he was just a Year 3 at Hogwarts. The obvious jab would be to point out that while the windbreaker looks heavy, no cold will be kept out with neck and sleeve holes that large. If anything you will be collecting so much snow the plows will get jealous. But that isn't why this look is absolutely asinine. No, the real reason my brain has just suffered from an aneurism is due to the sleeve of another shirt, pretending to be a scarf, but clearly flailing as it limply hangs out the top of the jacket like an obvious clip-in extension. I truly hope this was a creative decision and not the world finding out post-production that this model can not be trusted to get dressed on his own.
If you're looking for every day pieces to add to your wardrobe that say, "I'm trendy because this seemingly normal utility piece can't function like it's supposed to," then look no further than the Balenciaga Spring & Summer 2018 collection.
As for myself, until I come across a pile of cash in the street, I will have to live yet another pain-staking day without the ever so glamorous 3-in-1 pants.
Area Man Unable to Attend 'Keep Families Together' Rally Due to Daughter's Softball Team Commitment
Stanley family friend Leah Burt stated, "I was really surprised. I actually went to the rally because Taylor said Lindsey, the kids, and him were going to be there. But he was nowhere to be found."
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After Celebrating The Washington Capitals First Stanley Cup Win Ovechkin Wakes Up Without a Tongue
Alexander Ovechkin ("Ovi") told ATA that as a result of such win he was "Overwhelmed and honored at the possibility of being the 1000thspecially invited Russian VIP to meet with President Trump at the White House this year."
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My Love/Hate Relationship With #Supreme - Photoshoot with @ymanibarbee @adore.eu and Essay
Like it or not, Supreme will always be the litmus for streetwear. For old streetwear heads like me, there continues to be a love / hate relationship with Supreme. About a year ago, I was driving home from work and one of the neighbor kids (usually dressed head to toe in Pac Sun or even worse, Dallas Cowboys gear), cruised by me, riding a Razor scooter, with a mohawk helmet, wearing a Supreme box logo hoodie. I lost concentration and almost drove my car into the kids playing basketball in the driveway a few houses up.
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SHINE: ATA's INTERVIEW WITH SKATEBOARDING ICON ALPHONSO "ALF" RAWLS ON SKATING, HIS STREETWEAR COMPANY #EVERYBODY SKATES, AND HIS ART
Our latest Shine subject is Alfonso "ALF" Rawls. ALF is a skateboarding legend and really good soul who can still rip everything with freaky styley style.
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Kanye West & Lil Pump Roblox "I Love It," Video: How did we get here?
Kanye West. The man of many faces. Some say he's a god. Some being Kanye. Others, like J.Cole, think differently.
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An In-Depth Look at Soundgarden's Louder Than Love
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J.I.D. – Don't Underestimate What This Young Rapper Brings to the Table
Without pressing play, you may assume that J.I.D. is another one of the mumble rappers we don't need more of.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie will be taking on a new role in the world's most acute refugee crises, the American actress and United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.
UNHCR sources told Reuters they expected her to be named Special Representative on the Afghan refugee situation, to help resolve the fate of 2.7 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan and Iran. But a representative for the actress said there was no final agreement.
Jolie, who has served for 10 years as goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, and donated $5 million to its aid operations, declined to be specific, telling reporters: "We are looking at a few countries in the world.
"We're hoping to discuss it in the next few weeks but we want to research it properly and do it well," she said after addressing a meeting of UNHCR's Executive Committee in Geneva.
Antonio Guterres, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, said Jolie would become "our special envoy mainly for the most dramatic refugee situations that require a lot of advocacy" and help mobilize strong international support.
"We will be asking you to do more and more in this regard," he said.
The UNHCR later issued a statement saying that her expanded role had not yet been finalized. "A number of countries are under consideration and discussions are ongoing with relevant authorities regarding Ms. Jolie's additional role," it said.
"My personal experiences with UNHCR have been moving, sometimes heartbreaking, but always rewarding and unforgettable," she said.
Jolie, who makes her directorial debut with the Bosnian wartime romance film "In the Land of Blood and Honey," due to be released in December, has six children.
On recent UNHCR missions to Malta and Tunisia, she met families who had fled their native Somalia only to be uprooted again by fresh conflict in Libya, she said.
"I tried to imagine what it must have been like for a mother with children. To risk her life at sea trying to get to Europe from North Africa," she said, noting that some smugglers had been known to throw women and children overboard.
During a visit in March to the Afghan village of Qala Gadu, north of Kabul, where girls' schools and teachers remain targets of violence, a girl named Sahira pledged to complete her studies through to the age of 18 if the actress helped build a school.
"After decades of displacement and many years of war, we are entering a defining moment for Afghanistan," Jolie added.
The September 20 killing of Burhanuddin Rabbani, Kabul's chief peace negotiator, derailed efforts to forge dialogue with the Taliban to end the 10-year war and raised fears of a widening of Afghanistan's ethnic rifts.
Although millions of Afghans have returned home in the past decade, Pakistan and Iran still host 1.7 million and 1 million Afghan refugees, respectively, according to the agency.
Jolie made a surprise appearance on Monday night at the UNHCR's ceremony to honor a Yemeni aid group credited with rescuing thousands of Somali refugees who arrive in Yemen each year.
Miami-based Colombian pop icon Juanes performed his hits "It's Time to Change" and "Camisa Negra" (The Black Shirt). Norway's Sivert Hoyem, vocalist of the rock band Madrugada, sang "Prisoner of the Road," a ballad about fleeing violence.


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A Beechcraft BE-55 aircraft with three people on board crashed when it attempted to land about 12:45 p.m. at Big Cypress Airfield in Clewiston. The plane had taken off from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport.
A twin-engine plane reported mechanical problems after taking off from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport and diverted to Clewiston, where it crashed before reaching the airport there Monday afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration reported.
The Beechcraft BE-55 aircraft had three people on board when it crashed in a field about four miles east of Big Cypress Airfield, officials said.
Minor injuries were reported, with one passenger having no injuries, Hendry County Sheriff's Capt. Susan Harrelle said. The passengers' names weren't released Monday, Harrelle said.
The pilot of the plane contacted the Sheriff's Office at 12:18 p.m. to report the crash. The location was within South Florida Water Management District property, Harrelle said.
The pilot told officials the plane seemed secure and not leaking any fuels, Harrelle said.
Harrelle identified the plane's tail numbers as N323MT. FAA records show it registered to 3 BS Aviation LLC out of Wilmington, Delaware.
The Flight Aware website, which tracks flights, showed the plane had arrived Sunday in Fort Lauderdale from St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport. The site shows the plane took off from Fort Lauderdale at 11:43 a.m. Monday for a return trip to St. Petersburg.
The FAA is investigating and the National Transportation Safety Board will determine the probable cause of the accident, FAA officials said.


The full list of companies on the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 has been released, profiling the 100 fastest-growing tech firms in the UK.
Compiled by Fast Track, the index lists the 100 fastest-growing privately owned tech firms in the UK, measured by sales performance over the last three years.
Amongst the companies to make the list this year were online money lender Wonga, a member of the Startups 100 2010 cohort, independent music retailer 7 Digital – founded by 2006 Young Gun Ben Drury – and flight search engine Skyscanner, shortlisted for Growing Business' 2009 Innovative Business of the Year award.
Marketing and advertising companies had a significant presence on this year's list, capitalising on the worldwide surge in online advertising which is set to exceed $100bn globally for the first time this year.
Online marketing firm MVF was ranked as the fastest-growing tech firm in the UK after growing sales at an average of 277.88% per year over the last three years, leading to revenues of £13.9m in 2013.
Founded in 2009, the company helps to find its corporate clients such as Mars and Nestle new customers by using technology to back online advertising campaigns.
The index also revealed that most of the companies were trading internationally – more than two-thirds of those featured were already exporting their goods or services abroad with a further 10 set to do so in the near future.
Broken down regionally, the majority of the companies featured on the list (52) were based in London, a statistic Fast Track said highlighted the strength of the capital's technology scene compared to other areas of the UK.
Total sales across the index amounted to £2.6bn, representing a significant improvement on the £518m total recorded three years ago.


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Owning to its demanding geographical location and climatic variation, the domestic flights in Nepal are mostly prone to flight delays and cancellation. As the Tribhuwan International Airport in Nepal doesn't have the technology of Instrumental Landing System, the adverse weather conditions like heavy rain, thick fog, strong winds, etc. may lead to flight delays and cancellation. Also, the topography of Nepal is difficult, therefore it is safe not to take off the flight in those adverse weather conditions.
As you can know from the best trekking season section in our website, autumn season (November- September) is the most preferred trekking season when the weather is dry, clear and stable. At this time of year, flight delays and cancellation is very rare. For other seasons, weather cannot be guaranteed. Monsoon season (June- August) is highly prone to flight delays and cancellation. The strong winds, rain and patchy clouds make the view unclear. Also, in winter season, flights may get cancelled due to thick fog.
Therefore, if you are travelling to Nepal, it is recommended to apportion one or two days for spare in case your flight gets cancelled and you are in short of scheduled time. In other cases, road transportation can be an option. However, in case of flight to Lukla, you may have to change your entire schedule if you are in short of time as there is no other option owning to its dramatic location.


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Jean Armand Charlemagne (born Bourget (Seine) 30 November 1753 – died Paris 6 March 1838) was a French dramatic author.

Originally intended for the church, he turned first to being a lawyers clerk and then a soldier. He served in the American War of Independence, and on returning to France (1783) began to employ his pen on economic subjects, and later in writing for the stage. He became the author of a large number of plays, poems and romances, among which may be mentioned the comedies M. de Crac à Paris (1793), Le Souper des Jacobins (1795)and L'Agioteur (1796), and Observations de quelques patriotes sur la nécessité de conserver les monuments de la littérature et des arts (1794), an essay written in collaboration with MM. Chardin and Renouard, which induced the Convention to protect books adorned with the coats of arms of their former owners and other treasures from destruction at the hands of the revolutionists.

18th-century French dramatists and playwrights
French essayists
1753 births
1838 deaths

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Philadelphia is not only the City of Brotherly Love, it is also the City of Sisterly Effectiveness. The City now joins thirty-one other major American cities with women's commissions, dedicated to shining a light on issues that women experience through intersectional data-collection and discourse, and tearing down the barriers of male dominance in a variety of fields, sectors, and categories.
by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
On June 23rd 2016, twenty-seven members were approved and appointed to the permanent and newly-minted "Philadelphia Commission for Women", joining the progressive trends of other major American cities (New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Denver, Atlanta, Seattle, and San Francisco among them), to create a space in City Government specifically dedicated to the welfare of women, particularly for those women who are marginalized or in challenging situations, i.e. women of color, trans women, and women with disabilities. In their first year alone, the PCW tackled the topics of human trafficking, domestic violence, pay equity, and discrimination, hoping to spur awareness and generating effective solutions to make the City's women and girls thrive. The Commission hosted a myriad of events, such as "Women in Red and Blue", "Women's Equality Day", staged a "Read-In" to support the Stanford student who was raped by Brock Allen Turner, spearheaded a forum called "From Bangladesh to City Hall", and voiced their public testimonies on important country-wide and city-wide legislation.
But today, to mark the ending of this buoyant beginning year and the start of another, the PFW released a robust forty-page report, entitled "The State of Women and Girls in Philadelphia", comprehensively and critically analyzing national and local figures that fall beneath the broader categories of Health and Wellness, Economic Empowerment, Leadership and Civic Engagement, and Education. The aim of the report is to be impactful while remaining positive, outlining achievable goals with measurable probabilities of success.
The report also dedicates a whole section on "the value of an intersectional discourse", authored by Kimmika L.H. Williams-Witherspoon, Ph.D., the Associate Professor of Theater Studies and Playwriting at Temple University, in order to emphasize that the data collected for the report was used with the framework of intersectionality. Intersectionality, as defined by Kimberle Williams-Crenshaw in 1989, is "the study of simultaneous or layered social identities that are similarly affected by related systems of oppression (i.e. the effects of poverty, gender discrimination, institutional racism, structural oppression, patriarchy occupational segregation, and residential segregation)". Solutions proposed throughout the report, as well as breakdowns of what the figures represent, all take intersectionality into consideration, providing social-cultural contextualization, rather than a detrimental generalized conflation.
Unfortunately, the lives and schedules we lead as women who work, women who raise children, women who are caregivers, women who are breadwinners, women who lead, women who want to climb the ladder, women who do most or all of domestic chores, or children who will one day grow-up and become women, do not give us sufficient break-time to read about the issues that significantly affect us in our very own zip-codes. Therefore, I have taken the most perplexing numbers from each subsection of the report, and have provided them below. Most statements are directly cited from "The State of Women and Girls in Philadelphia", which can be accessed on The City of Philadelphia's website.
Poverty and Life Expectancy:
Philadelphia has the highest poverty rate (26 percent) among the ten largest cities in The United States.
If you were born in zip code 19106, you can expect to live to be 88 years old. But if your zip code happens to be 19152, your life expectancy is only 68 years old.
Your zip code determines the risk indicators associated with lead exposure, low birth weight, inadequate prenatal care, and teen pregnancy.
Health Insurance:
12.5 percent of adults in Philadelphia ages 18-64 are uninsured. The highest numbers of uninsured adults are in Upper North Philadelphia, Southwest Philadelphia, and West Philadelphia. Center City has the highest number of insured adults.
Infant Mortality Rate:
Philadelphia's infant mortality rate of 9 per 1,000 live births is the highest in the nation. African Americans' infant mortality rate is 13 per 1,000 live births.
The United States' average infant mortality rate is six deaths to 1,000 live births, which is the largest infant mortality rate in any developed nation.
The City of Philadelphia only has six maternity wards.
Black and Hispanic women (16.4 percent and 15 percent, respectively) sought late or no prenatal care at a rate twice that of White women (8.8 percent).
The implementation of paid parental leave is associated with an infant mortality rate reduction ranging from 2.5 to 13 percent. Pennsylvania does not have paid parental leave, and only five U.S. states have enacted laws for paid parental leave (our neighbors New Jersey and New York are among them).
Low Birth Weight:
In Philadelphia, 10.7 percent of all babies are born with a low birth weight. Hispanics are at 8.9 percent, while African Americans are at 13.5 percent, and Asians are at 7.9 percent. White babies are at 7.2 percent.
Domestic Violence:
An estimated 2,000 annual visits to Philadelphia emergency rooms are attributed to women who were assaulted by a spouse, an ex-spouse, boyfriend, or an ex-boyfriend.
Teen Suicide Rates:
In Philadelphia, 14 percent of 9th to 12th graders considered suicide in 2015, most being girls 10 to 14 years old.
Breast Cancer:
21.9 percent of women in Southeastern Pennsylvania 18 or older have not had a breast exam in the past two years, and 21.4 percent of women 40 years of age or older have not had a mammogram.
Smoking among women in Philadelphia has decreased from 2000 to 2015 by almost 5%.
Caregiving:
Women who leave the workforce to provide care may experience a lifetime loss of income and benefits ranging from $324,044.
Makeup of Workforce:
Although women comprise over half of the City's population, they own less than 40 percent of businesses.
African Americans make up 44 percent of the population, yet they only own 25 percent of businesses. Hispanics or Latinos make up 14 percent of the population, but only own a little over 10 percent of businesses. Asians represent 7 percent of the population, but make up 10 percent of Philadelphia's business owners.
38 percent of Philadelphia's jobs are credited to educators and to medical professionals. In the City, women outpace men, comprising 57.5 percent of the jobs in this sector.
Women earn $29,816 compared to men earning $35,599 in Philadelphia.
On average, women start their business with half as much capital as men ($75,000 vs. $135,000).
Women in Technology:
In 2015, Philadelphia came in first for gender diversity in the technology industry with women making up 30.8 percent of the workforce, ranking ahead of Washington DC, New York, NY, and San Francisco, CA. However, in 2016, Philadelphia dropped to 10th place, with women only making up 28.4 percent of the tech workforce. According to a recent McKinsey study, increasing gender parity in the workplace could add as much as $4.3 trillion to the country's economy by 2025. Pennsylvania alone could add over 8.59 percent to the state GDP.
Philadelphia is home to the largest and most active chapter of GDI (Girl Develop It).
Dreamit, based in Philadelphia, launched Athena in 2015, the first accelerator focused on developing female-founded tech startups.
The Gender Wage Gap:
In Philadelphia, women are paid 79 cents for every dollar paid to men (white, non-Hispanic), amounting to an annual wage-gap of $10,507.
In Philadelphia, African-American women are paid 68 cents for every dollar paid to men, Latinas are paid 56 cents for every dollar paid to men, and Asian women are paid 81 cents for every dollar paid to men.
38 percent of the total wage gap is the result of illegal discrimination.
The Institute for Women's Policy (IWPR) estimated that "If women's work was valued the same as men's, and if women were to receive the same hourly pay as men with the same levels of education and experience, women's poverty would be cut in half."
If this wage gap were eliminated in Pennsylvania, women would have enough money for:
80 more weeks of food
Eight more months of mortgage and utility payments
More than 12 months of additional rent
Women on Boards:
In Philadelphia, of 844 seats, only 120 went to women.
Of the nation's Fortune 500 companies, women of color only held 3.1 percent of board seats.
Women Elected in Office:
Women represent 35 percent of City Council, and 31 percent of the Philadelphia Delegation to the State Legislature.
In Philadelphia, only 22 out of 69 ward leaders are women.
Women in Civic and Cultural Organizations:
52 percent of the City's cultural nonprofits are run by women.
30 percent of the largest cultural institutions, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Kimmel Center, and Moore College of Art and Design, are headed by women executives.
Early Childhood Education:
For every $1.00 spent on pre-k, $1.79 is generated for the local economy.
A shortage of about 7,000 high-quality child care centers was found across Philadelphia. The most crucial areas are Center City, the far Northeast, Strawberry Mansion, the River Wards in North Philadelphia, and Southwest Philadelphia.
In June of 2016, City Council passed a sweetened beverage tax to fund 2,000 quality pre-k slots in Philadelphia, with an expanding number of seats through the following years. The funding generated is expected to cover 6,500 pre-k seats by 2020.
Uncovering Women's Hidden Genius in STEM:
"Women represent 80 percent of the nation's teachers, 50 percent of the nation's workforce, and 24 percent of the STEM workforce. Simply put, without women, there is no STEM future" - Jamie M. Bracey, Ph.D.
Special thanks to those who comprise the Philadelphia Commission for Women, work for the PCW, or contributed to this report. They are as follows:
Ajeenah Amir, Anjali Chainani, Yuan Huang, Nandi O'Connor, Steve Preston, Krishna Rami, Tammy Mullin, Allyson Batista, Myciah Brown, Robin Coleman, Maliya Lanier, Aamia Malik, Charles Williamson, Jovida Hill, Felicia L. Harris, Kathleen Padilla, Dawn Chavous, Mable Bakali, Karen Bojar, Ph. D., Morgan Cephas, Tara Chupka, Esq., Vanessa Fields, Marleny Franko, MD., Lisa Holgash, Maggie Holroyd, Roxanne Horrell, Esq., Farzana Rashid Hossain, MD, Lois (Soon Chun) Kang, Noelle L. Marconi, Danielle McDermond, Denise McGregor Armbrister, Rachel J. Pritzker, Esq., Betzaida Rosario, Jennifer M. Slavic, Shelley Sylva, Esq., Julia Terry, Anne Wakabayashi, Tiphanie White, Leigh N. Whittaker, Esq., Tonie Willis, Kimmikah L.H. Williams-Witherspoon, Ph.D., Emma Tramble, M.A., Nina Ahmad, Ph.D., Archna Sahay, Claudia F. Curry, Ed.D., Gabrielle Lantieri, M.S., and Jamie M. Bracey, Ph.D.
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EXETER — In an effort to provide residents with all relevant information surrounding the Cooperative Middle School building project, Superintendent David Ryan is sharing the details of each component through the district's spotlight series.
Each week, SAU 16 will delve into topics surrounding the proposed expansion and renovation project at CMS. In this feature story, SAU 16 seeks to educate its community members about the need for a multipurpose room.
The expansion and renovation project would create a multipurpose room at CMS that would be primarily used during the school day for the alternative physical education program (Alt. PE). Designed to provide an inclusive gym class experience to all students, Alt. PE offers activities including fishing, archery, bocce, snow shoeing, bicycling and wheelchair basketball. Many students also join the program to become mentors, helpers and friends to their classmates.
Currently, the Alt. PE program is taught in a 1,200-square-foot room designed for an industrial arts class. With the exception of rubber mats that have been placed on the floor, there have been no renovations to the room to meet the needs of the program. The room contains industrial plumbing fixtures, hanging electrical cords, and stores audio/visual equipment, all of which serve as possible hazards to physical activity.
The new multipurpose room would almost double the size of the current Alt. PE room, at 2,350 square feet, and would be designed with wall and floor coverings to support safe physical activity. The room would also offer storage and office space for two Alt. PE and health teachers. Currently, the two Alt. PE teachers at CMS work in an area that was designed for storage, not office space.
If the CMS renovation project moves forward, the current Alt. PE room would be made into six offices that would be used by counselors, therapists and other faculty — some of whom currently work in storage closets.
In addition to providing a more professional environment for staff members to work, the newly designed area would offer a much needed semi-private space for student services, including counseling. It would then allow storage, team and small classroom space to return its original purpose.
In addition to housing the Alt. PE program, the multipurpose room would be used by the CMS wrestling team during the winter season. Wrestling practices are currently held in the cafeteria because the gymnasium is fully scheduled throughout the winter after school by other sports teams. The multipurpose room would provide a space for CMS wrestling athletes to practice comfortably, and would also allow them to keep their mats on a rack in the room instead of carrying them to and from the cafeteria daily.
The CMS building project would also include the creation of an area next to the multipurpose room that would house specialized equipment for students that receive physical therapy, occupational therapy and sensory interventions. Some of this programming is currently held in a converted office designed for one adult. The room is too small for the programming it needs to support, and only one or two students can use the room at a time. For example, when a student uses the sensory swing in the room, multiple adults often surround the child so that they do not hit a wall.
Voters will be asked to consider the $17.8 million project to improve services for students, faculty and staff on March 12. All six towns that make up CMS — Brentwood, East Kingston, Exeter, Kensington, Newfields and Stratham must collectively pass the ballot item with at least 60 percent voting in favor for the initiative to move forward.
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Help Honor Dr. Dennis Gingrich & Fund the Future of Family Medicine
Dennis L. Gingrich, MD, FAAFP has trained and mentored generations of family physicians and now there is an AAFP Foundation endowed scholarship in his name. This new award helps promising future physicians from Pennsylvania attend the National Conference for Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students each summer in perpetuity.
This scholarship reflects all that Dr. Gingrich has done and continues to do with students and the profession.
As a professor at Penn State University College of Medicine, he has dedicated more than 25 years to helping students in the classroom, as a Family Medicine Interest Group Advisor, as part of the admissions committee and more. He also works tirelessly to enhance the profession through leadership with the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians, volunteer positions with the AAFP Foundation and various roles - including being a current member of the American Academy of Family Physicians Board of Directors and Academy Trustee on the AAFP Foundation Board of Trustees.
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December Episode Submissions! — Jew Too?
I'm trying something a little different this month. Rather than interviewing 3-4 people for this episode, I'm turning to you, my wonderful listeners, to provide the content! Let's show the Jewish world how Jewish families enjoy December holidays!
Record a 3-5 minute voice memo (or whatever your phone/tablet/computer's equivalent app is!) sharing a story about celebrating a holiday other than Hanukkah with dear ones who are not Jewish, OR about inviting dear ones of other faiths to participate in your Hanukkah celebration, or both!
Email your recording to jewtoopodcast@gmail.com! I'll use these recordings for the bulk of the content of the December episode! Get these to me no later than December 15 but the sooner the better!
Tell your friends who have great holiday stories to share, and get them to me as soon as you can so I've got lots of time to craft an episode full of holiday cheer for us all.
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Wells Fargo (WFC) to Divest 52 Midwest Branches to Flagstar
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With a view to cut costs, Wells Fargo & Company WFC has inked a deal with Flagstar Bancorp FBC to divest all of its branches in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. While the financial details were not disclosed, the deal is expected to close in the last quarter of 2018.
The 52 branches in consideration, including four branches of Wisconsin, comprise about $2.3 billion in deposits. Also, 490 employees working across the branches will continue to work with Flagstar.
Post this deal, Wells Fargo will cease to have retail banking presence in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. However, the bank will continue providing commercial banking, wealth management and retail brokerage services across the region.
The transaction is in line with the Wall Street biggie's target to reduce branches by about 800 by the end of 2020 to combat high legal expenses. Also, shift in preferences of consumers to online and mobile banking marks as another key reason behind the closures.
Troubles for Wells Fargo had begun from its retail banking segment in September 2016, when its employees had opened unauthorized accounts on behalf of its clients to fulfil sales targets. Following this, scandals in different areas of business had come to light, which put Wells Fargo under strict supervision of regulators.
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Man arrested for OWI following crash into health club
By: Brian Richard
A man is accused of drunk driving after he allegedly lost control of his truck and crashed into a health club in Vermilion Parish.
According to state police, Christopher Thibodeaux was driving west on LA 14 toward Kaplan around 3:30 a.m. when his truck veered off the left side of the highway and crashed into Olympus, a locally-owned health club in Nunez.
Thibodeaux was arrested by state police and booked into the Vermilion Parish jail on operating while intoxicated (OWI), careless operation and no seatbelt.
A witness says no one was in the building during the crash. The health club will remain closed as the owners clean up the damage.
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What is the most popular type of bedside lamp?
The most common option is a Bedside Table Lamps, wall lamp, pendant, and task lighting adjustable. Usually are placed on both sides of the bed are usually appropriate. (He says lighting experts note to avoid the installation of the ceiling down lights directly above the soft bed of light on the face level is more efficient and saves you from staring at a light bulb.) Here's what you should know about each type of lighting is recommended.
From the perspective of decorative, table lamp offers the widest range of options. It should be the bottom of the lampshade is about 20 inches above the mattress: A general rule of thumb when choosing a table lamp next to the bed.
Wall lamp to free up space or bedside table eliminates the need for a bedside table at all. Many of the designs are moving walls, making it the option with built-in flexibility.
Edit task lights pushed migration of laboratories and offices for the table bed. Choose a light bulb in any task, so you can read without disturbing your sleeping friend. Enjoy this awesome article about Bedside Table Lamps.


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require "ruby-hl7"

module CoreExtensions
  module HL7
    module MessageAdditions
      # rubocop:disable Style/ZeroLengthPredicate
      def to_s
        @segments.collect { |s| s if s.to_s.length > 0 }.join("\r")
      end
      # rubocop:enable Style/ZeroLengthPredicate
    end
  end
end

HL7::Message.prepend(CoreExtensions::HL7::MessageAdditions)

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Title Oh Johnny, oh Johnny, oh!
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There is much confusion about the doctrine of worship and variance in worship practice among those who are Presbyterian and Reformed and claim to accept the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Regulative Principle of Worship taught in the Confession. This book defines worship from the Bible and demonstrates that God regulates worship today. It then identifies the elements of worship for the NT Church and defends the practice of exclusive Psalm-singing without instrumental accompaniment. It also deals with many of the counter arguments and misinterpretations of the Regulative Principle of Worship.
Fifteen reasons why we sing the Psalms as praise-worship.
A chart showing the Old Testament Books in approximate historical order with a related time-line.
This commentary (in the form of daily meditations) is written from an explicitly young-earth and six-day creation viewpoint, within a Reformed and Covenantal theological framework.
A Bible Study Guide on the life of Joshua.
A Bible Study Guide on the book of Daniel.
Corresponding bookmark outline [print page twice, back-to-back, cut into four].
A Bible Study Guide on the life of Nehemiah.
A Bible Study Guide on the life of Esther and Mordecai.
Which Persian monarch was the Ahasuerus of the Book of Esther?
Among Bible scholars who accept the book of Esther as historical, it is generally believed that the Ahasuerus of Esther was Xerxes I. The primary reason is an apparent word association between the name Ahasuerus and the Old Persian word xshayârshâ. However, there are a number of reasons for equating Ahasuerus with Darius I (Hystaspes), the father of Xerxes I, including the fact that Darius spent considerable time in Susa, where he built a significant palace, whereas Xerxes did not spend much time in Susa, but in Persepolis. Events in the life of Darius can be correlated with dates for events given in Esther more closely than the events in the life of Xerxes.
Why Does God Use Covenants?
Examines the reasons why God may have chosen to structure his relationship with man in the form of a covenant and addresses the question of why he uses a covenantal form that was used by the nations surrounding ancient Israel.
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2) In what way is the "covenant of works" different from, or the same as, the other covenant administrations between God and man?
Exodus 34 provides an organizing principle for Law and shows that man, under covenant obligation to God, owes God a portion of each area of his: life (not to mix the unlike, firstborn, blood), worship, possessions, and time.
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It appears that man was a vegetarian before Adam's first sin and until the Flood. This essay examines the question of why man is now permitted (and in fact, required) to eat meat, in the context of the covenant meal, and the implications of this provision.
A manifesto which illustrates the Biblical principles that maximize the God-defined individual human and family rights and responsibilities and minimize the role and involvement of the state (governments) in the life of individuals and families.
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The view that is held by most Christians is that God's laws are at best personal guidelines for holiness and they are not to be considered standards for our nation. This outline, for personal bible study, considers representative verses from the Bible that answer the question posed in the title and show that God's Law applies to all nations, through all time.
A brief set of questions that can be used to evaluate whether a proposed law of a human legislature is consistent with Biblical Law and if it is proper law for the legislature to enact the law.
This study addresses the perpetual and universal requirement for all of mankind to keep the Sabbath holy. It considers the Biblical evidence that Sabbath-keeping is a continuing requirement under the NT economy and responds to the arguments against Sabbath-keeping. It then shows that the Sabbath Day was moved to Sunday (the Lord's Day) by Christ and responds to the contrary arguments of the Seventh Day Adventists. It then gives principles, with applied examples, for how the Sabbath should be observed in the 21st century. This study also demonstrates why the civil magistrate is responsible for enforcing Sabbath-keeping.
A modern-English rendering of John Calvin's two sermons on the Sabbath, preached in June, 1555; taken from Sermons on Deuteronomy, translated by Arthur Golding in 1582, and published in a facsimile edition by The Banner of Truth Trust in 1987. For a modern translation, made directly from the French, see the translation of Benjamin W. Farley, published by Baker Book House in 1980.
Tables comparing Biblical Christianity with a sample of other belief systems existing today, by selected key belief factors which highlight differences among the belief systems.
Ten principles for a Biblically correct view about God's creation of the universe, in six days, about 6,000 years ago.
Abstract: In "Eden's Geography Erodes Flood Geology" (The Westminster Theological Journal, Spring, 1996, pp. 123-154), John C. Munday argues that a cataclysmic view of a world-wide flood cannot be supported after an analysis of the geography of Eden. Munday bases his argument on two unproven assumptions: 1) Moses was the author of Genesis two and 2) the account was written from the perspective of the Israelites living in Canaan around 1500 B. C. These assumptions are invalid. It is more consistent with the data to attribute the account to Adam. He communicated it (possibly orally) from a pre-Flood perspective. Moses used Adam's account (unchanged) when compiling Genesis. The geographical terms in Genesis two are generic. They are not specific to any location, and could have been used for both pre-Flood and post-Flood geographic features. Eden's geography was destroyed by the Flood. Its location cannot be found in a post-Flood setting.
An applied commentary on the four Gospels organized to follow a chronological harmony of the Gospels, structured into 365 daily meditations.
Relates events recorded in the Gospels about the birth of Jesus to the death of Herod and concludes that Jesus was born in the spring of 4 BC.
A story about the birth of Jesus, told in the first-person from Joseph's perspective.
Answers the question: Does Romans 11 teach that there will be a mass conversion of the Jews before the return of Christ?
A Satirical Look at Secular Humanism.
A brief response to the myths, fables,'scientific' fabrications, and views of the bewitched.
An analysis of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ from a Biblical perspective. Addresses the question of whether or not it is proper to have images or representations of Christ.
In The Tyranny of Experts, William Easterly argues that the existence of rights is essential for overcoming poverty. However, he does not define 'rights'. What are the fundamental human rights which are missing in the countries which are poor? The problem of defining fundamental human rights is made difficult by a number of factors: 1. a lack of precision in definition, 2. a lack of universal acceptance, 3. the expanding definition of 'rights', and 4. a lack of an accepted objective standard.
A review of telecommunication and computer technology that is having an impact on the Church for good or bad. The Church may use modern computing technology for the advance of the Gospel as it did the printing press.
Set in 16th century Spain during the Inquisition ... Bartolomé Garcia accepts Lutheran teachings while studying in Paris. An urgent request from his father brings him back to Valladolid, Spain where he meets with a calamity—he is struck by a runaway carriage.
While under the care of Doctor Abram Mendoza, he meets Catalina, the doctor's daughter, who assists in his recovery.
Catalina , a rare educated woman in these times, and Bartolomé share an interest in learning. Not unexpectedly, they fall in love and promise to marry after Bartolomé completes his education.
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Q: Should one create shareable private class member or keep variable in method scope to pass it as a second method argument? Recently I had to refactor some legacy code. As in most cases, I had to split big parts of code into smaller, cleaner and readable functions. I ended with many functions, that had multiple, weird parameters. Let me show an example:
public void SendOrder(Order order, XmlOrder xmlOrder, Insider insider)
{
    string customerCode = CustomerServices
                 .Get(insider.CustomerId)
                 .Code;

    OutputData outputData = CreateOutputData(order, xmlOrder, customerCode);
    CreateReservations(order, customerCode, outputData);
    PlaceOrder(order, xmlOrder, outputData, customerCode);
}
...
private void CreateReservations(Order order, string customerCode, OutputData outputData)
{
    ...
    try
    {
        ReservationServices.AddReservation(reservation);
    }
    catch (BusinessException ex)
    {
        Logger.Log(ex);
        outpuData.Status = Statuses.BusnessError;
        throw;
    }
}

(That is just demonstration code, not real one)
The problem is I had to pass for example outputData to other functions just to change it's status if an exception happens or pass customerCode to multiple functions. Class is responsible of sending multiple, not connected messages to WebService, so when I was creating it, I didn't plan to put variables connected to given order as a class state. Is it a good practice to exclude such variables from function and make them class members? Are there any guidelines for situations like this? What are your practices and solutions for such problems?

A:
Should one create shareable private class member or keep variable in method scope to pass it as a second method argument?

There is a third option, which is to formally address logically separate abstractions by introducing another class.

Class is responsible of sending multiple, not connected messages to WebService, so when I was creating it, I didn't plan to put variables connected to given order as a class state.

It looks to me like you are dealing with several abstractions here.
Sometimes we use multiple parameters instead of creating a formal abstraction.  For example, we have an x coordinate and a y coordinate, and use those as parameters in several places.  They are meant to be taken as a pair — they are thus an informal abstraction.  To make the a formal abstraction we can create a Point class that binds the x and y together.  Now where ever we had passed the two variables, we pass the single abstraction.  A single abstraction is better than the variable pairs in that the client using these has fewer things to worry about, and the Point is more type safe and less error prone that the individual coordinate values (which might have been ints, for example).  For example, one could accidentally swap x and y; one could use x with the wrong y when dealing with multiple points.
Generally speaking, it would be a mistake to include the fields of a logically different abstraction as members of some other abstraction.  While it is hard to see from the code in your example, what the class in question is doing, it doesn't look like a good home just for passing parameters to these other functions (methods?).
When you're deciding whether to add fields to an existing class vs. create create another class, here is one way to think about it.  If they are logically separate abstractions then the should have separate classes.  If they are one and the same abstraction, then add the fields to the class.  Check the lifetime of the individual fields.  If they all have the same lifetime (and all the same lifetime as object (the class's instances)), that is consistent with being a single logical abstraction.  However, if some of the fields are uninitialized after the others are properly initialized (e.g. in the constructor or an init method), and the other fields are only initialized and valid during certain operation sequences, then they belong to a logically separate abstraction, which indicates separate classes.
In your example, order and xmlorder possibly form a logically separate abstraction for you to receive as parameter in the first method.
Further, outputData could be upgraded (either by adding fields to it or by creating a wrapper — use the above lifetime analysis to determine) to capture (order and xmlorder) and outputData and customerCode.
Thus, your code could look like this:
public void SendOrder(OrderBundle orderBundle, Insider insider)
{
    string customerCode = CustomerServices
                 .Get(insider.CustomerId)
                 .Code;

    OutputDataBundle outputBundle = CreateOutputData(orderBundle, customerCode);
    outputBundle.CreateReservations();
    outputBunlde.PlaceOrder();
}

(Quality type & variable names notwithstanding.)

A: Class members should never be temporary storage data for some procedure, that would be noisy and confusing to anyone trying to understand the nature of the class. Of course if you randomly cut up a long function just to replace it with a number of functions with a limited number of lines, you will run into trouble with variable scope. A local variable cannot be in the scope of multiple functions.
So before cutting up a function "because it is too long", try to understand what it actually does logically and start from there. Each step may yield a result and does not have to know about stuff the other steps need to know about. Recognize and isolate those parts that are independent of the main logic. Those are the ones you want separate functions for.

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est le film du concert de Metallica à Fort Worth, Texas. Cette vidéo fut éditée en 1998 en VHS. Elle est également disponible en DVD.

Sur le DVD figure le concert, des interviews du groupe, un documentaire, des coulisses du concert, ainsi qu'une galerie contenant près de 1000 photos. Trois des chansons disposent d'une présentation multi-angle. Sur la VHS ne figure que le concert.

Le titre est également une contrepèterie du terme Stunning Cunts.

Durant la chanson Enter Sandman, toute la scène semble s'effondrer et exploser dans des effets pyrotechniques. Un technicien (appelé dans les bonus "Burning Dude") court sur la scène alors qu'il est en feu, pendant qu'un autre technicien est pendu par les pieds au-dessus de la scène. La fin du concert se déroule sous quelques lumières, apportant une atmosphère plus intime.

Liste des pistes

Disque 1
"So What"
"Creeping Death"
"Sad But True"
"Ain't My Bitch" (angles multiples)
"Hero of the Day"
"King Nothing"
"One"
"Fuel"
"Bass / Guitar Doodle"
"Nothing Else Matters"
"Until It Sleeps"
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" (angles multiples)
"Wherever I May Roam" (angles multiples)
"Fade to Black"
"Kill / Ride Medley"
"Ride the Lightning"
"No Remorse"
"Hit The Lights"
"The Four Horsemen"
"Seek & Destroy"
"Fight Fire With Fire"

Disque 2
"Last Caress"
"Master Of Puppets" (version courte)
"Enter Sandman"
"Am I Evil ?" (version courte)
"Motorbreath"

Fiche technique
 Musique : Metallica
 Producteur : Dana MarshallJoe Plewa
 Distribution : Elektra Entertainment
 Langue : Anglais

Références

Vidéo de Metallica
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Carcerian Stones – Retrieving an ancient tome
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We're continuing the D&D adventure story. Previously, we found our adventurers doing some crime scene investigation, were out of money, and located the wizard Arofell. We have Ryan the human DM, Dan playing Toth the goliath warden, James playing Heoriss the eladrin invoker, Ian playing Iofae the eladrin sorcerer, and Klenn playing Phileas the half-elf bard. And now…
"Mr Arofell?" Phileas tried again, raising his voice a bit louder this time.
"Wha?" The man woke with a start. And a shrieking wail blasted from his hands.
Everyone covered their ears.
"Oh, you're not Questin." The ear-piercing shrieks stopped.
"Who's Questin?" Toth asked.
"Oh, one of my colleagues who don't really like me, and he's been bothering me lately." Arofell stammered. "Anyway, who are you?"
"We're actually looking for you. The head monk at the abbey told us about you." Heoriss replied.
"That would be Vand. A bit stiff, but I like him."
"Do you know anything about a pair of babies being brought to Jorv, and some planar convergence that happened at the abbey?"
"Do you know anything about a foul black wolf-like creature?" Toth added.
"Do you know anything about this gold dagger?" Phileas showed the dagger from his accused murder scene.
"Do you have any quests for us?" Iofae asked.
James: Oh right, we need experience and money badly.
Klenn: Nearly forgot about our cash situation.
"Woah, woah, woah! Hang on a second! You don't barge into someone's lab and start barraging him with questions! Why should I help you?"
"Well, are you in need of assistance? We could help you cross the road?" Iofae suggested.
Ryan: Huh?
"We could help you cross your lawn?" Iofae continued.
Ryan: What?!
Dan: *snickering*
James: Oh… *muffled laughter*
"We could… help you cross your door?" Iofae faltered.
Ryan: Alright, what's going on?
Klenn: I believe those are lines from the movie "Up". Or at least of similar sentence structure.
Ryan: Ian!
Ian: Well… do you have anything we can help with? Other than crossing stuff.
"Well, I do have one small task I need done. Some days ago, a group of adventurers returned from an underground cave a couple of miles to the north west. They were lamenting the lack of any treasure. But one thing caught my attention. A book was mentioned. It was an ancient tome, set in the centre of the inner-most room they ventured in. They didn't take it, because they didn't know its value. But I do!"
"I want you to help me retrieve it. If you do that, I might be willing to help you with answering those questions…"
"Do we get to keep any treasure if we find them? Not that there are any left, since the adventurers probably cleaned them out…" Heoriss asked.
"I only need the tome. You can keep everything else. Don't lose hope. Those adventurers aren't the brightest men I've seen… They might have overlooked places…"
James: Alright! Treasure!
Klenn: So we go to the underground cave?
Ian: We need his help. We need money. We need experience. That cave's gonna give us all that. Yeah, I think our next course of action is decided.
Dan: So we just trudge towards the cave now? *narrowing his eyes at Ryan* Any more skill challenges?
Ryan: Nope. And at this point, I wanna tell you that I'm upgrading all of you to 2nd level.
Dan: Why?
Ryan: To make up for whatever disadvantages you had. Like lack of cash. Whatever storyline I had in mind is already introduced, so you should have more stuff to play with. Besides, I want to keep the story moving. I can't throw interesting stuff at you if you keep plodding at low levels. And we'll stop for the night. I'm tired…
The underground cave
Dan: Alright, the cave's next.
Ian: Feels like the Cave of Wonders in Kingdom Hearts.
James: Yeah, like "I wonder why there's no treasure in this cave."
Ian and Klenn: *laugh*
Ryan: Ok, you're all just outside the cave. What are you going to do?
The party moved into the cave. It was pitch black, so Iofae struck a sunrod against the wall, and it cast enough light to let them see where they were going. There were some scuttling sounds ahead of them, and they stopped. And a pale insect emerged from view. And it's the size of a man.
[some time later…]
James: I hate giant ants!
Dan: Ok, there's a treasure chest beside the exit. Let's open that.
Ian: No, wait!
Ryan: Too late.
As Toth stepped onto the granite tile in front of the treasure chest, a click sounded from the far left. The huge goliath barely dodged the javelin as he jerked himself back.
Ian: That's why there are skeletal remains on the right of the treasure chest. They were the adventurers who weren't careful. The javelin's probably poisoned. But I wonder how the trap resets itself?
As the party stood around Toth, relieved that he was fine, the javelin started moving back. There was a thin wire attached to the end of the javelin, and there was a mechanical sound at its opening.
Ian: Oh a self-reeling javelin. Klenn, can I borrow your sword?
Iofae moved swiftly before the javelin was fully recoiled back into the wall, and severed the wire with quick slashes from his dagger and Phileas' longsword.
Ryan: Impressive. The trap's disarmed for good.
Dan: Now can we open the stupid treasure chest?
After the party dealt with a few goblins, a run-in with some skeletons and a nasty mummy, they reached an open room with a dais in the centre. A wooden stand was lying on its side and a book laid close by.
James: Probably knocked over by the previous adventurers. Let me go check it out.
While Toth went looking for hidden rooms, Phileas retrieved the ancient tome and examined the book together with Iofae. Heoriss noticed something glinting at the bottom of the wooden stand, and found a curious object.
It was small and cylindrical in shape, fitting snugly into the palm of his hands. It was made of a material that's complete transparent, maybe from some precious stone, judging from its weight. A thin gold line extended from the centre of a circular face to its circumference. There was also a similar line, silver in colour. As Heoriss examined it, the silver line rotated this way and that.
"I think it's a compass." stated Iofae.
James: *rolls d20 against Arcana*
"And magical!" Heoriss hissed.
"You keep that then."
"Hey guys, there's some writing over here!" bellowed Toth.
On the wall in front of Toth, was a short sentence written in flowing script. "To enter, offer a drop of sacrifice." it read.
P.S. The wizard Arofell was using what's known as "Ghost Sound", a wizard cantrip in D&D.
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This exhibit of traditional mizusashi is presented by Shofu Kai, a group of ceramists at the Hawai'i Potters Guild who have been studying together to learn about the artistry of utensils used in the Japanese tea ceremony, a cornerstone of Japanese culture.
The mizusashi is the lidded jar that the holds the cold-water that is used to replenish the water in the kama (kettle). Mizusashi are classified by their shape, origins, and other characteristics. Four different styles of mizusashi used by the early tea masters will be presented: hoso (thin), hira (flat), kaku (square), and yabure bukuro (torn bag).
This exhibit will be on display until October 31st and may viewed in the front lobby of the Library during regular library hours.