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News and politics, primarily about the borough of Queens, but extending to all of New York City and beyond.
Queens LGBT delegation to City Council mum on Speaker Mark-Viverito's proposal to expand NYPD
April 16, 2015 / Louis Flores
"This is the opposite of a profile in courage."
Councilmembers Daniel Dromm and Jimmy Van Bramer duck calls to disclose whether they support an expansion of NYPD.
By LOUIS FLORES
As City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Spanish Harlem) continues to push for a plan to fund an increase of 1,000 new officers on the New York Police Department's force, the Queens LGBT delegation to the City Council remain mum on the plan.
Councilmembers Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) and Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) refused to tell Progress Queens whether they supported Speaker Mark-Viverito's proposal to increase the NYPD's budget allocation to pay for an expanded police force.
Their silence on the Council speaker's plan comes at a time when municipalities across the nation, New York City included, are examining the systemic discrimination and lack of accountability for misconduct in police forces.
After vid of cop assaulting Elsa went viral, NYPD opened Internal Affairs investigation https://t.co/qBfwwbzEPj #A14 https://t.co/Clr6OObvs7
— Keegan Stephan (@KeeganNYC) April 16, 2015
In New York City's LGBT community, law enforcement have been shown to profile gay men, transgender women, and members of religious minority groups, for example, people of the Muslim faith, a situation that was depicted in the film, Naz + Maalik, as examples of state-sponsored forms of discrimination.
For a period of time, the NYPD had gone so far as to criminalize the possession of birth control if being carried by transgender women, who are then further profiled to be sex workers on no legal basis.
Given the reluctance on behalf of the LGBT Queens delegation to the City Council to publicly speak about the plans to expand the NYPD, Progress Queens spoke with one of the most prolific LGBT activists in New York City.
Speaking of Councilmembers Dromm and Van Bramer, the activist Pauline Park, who resides in Queens, said, "It is their obligation to speak to the media, because that is how the public is informed about what they are doing," she said.
Council Speaker Mark-Viverito has rested on the rationale that the added 1,000 police officers would "go a long way towards ensuring public safety and better community relations," justification which Ms. Park told Progress Queens she found questionable, saying that it was by no means a straightforward issue that adding more police officers would make citizens safer, "especially for LGBT people of color in Queens, especially in Jackson Heights, where members of the community face racial, gender identity, and religious profiling," she said.
Speaking generally about the direction of police reforms over the last few years, Ms. Park told Progress Queens that, "I think that there has been a slight change in tone, but there is no substantative difference Bloomberg-Kelly and de Blasio-Bratton," she said, referring to former Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his police commissioner, Raymond Kelly, and to the successor administration, headed by Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-New York City) and his respective police commissioner, William Bratton.
Ms. Park said that she had a concern that the added police officers would exacerbate the profiling that LGBT New Yorkers faced, resulting in the "opposite affect of making us safer."
A mass demonstration intending to be peaceful took place on Tuesday against the police department's record of brutality and lack of accountability resulted in the arrests of 42 activists and the injury of one anti-police brutality activist, Elsa Waithe, who was recorded on video being shoved by a police officer into a metal tree guard, resulting in injuries that required hospital treatment. The police department reported that two officers were allegedly injured during the protest, but some activists disputed that assertion.
The coordinated pattern of silence from the Queens LGBT delegation to the City Council may foretell their eventual support for the Council speaker's budget increase for the NYPD, some activists feared. If true, then such eventual support would represent a reversal in the ethos of the Queens lawmakers' rise to elected office.
Daniel Dromm, left, campaigning for City Council in 2009 at a campaign rally in Jackson Heights, Queens. Before he took office, Mr. Dromm was more of an activist against NYPD discrimination against the LGBT community. Source : Louis Flores
Before being elected to the municipal legislature, Councilmember Dromm had advocated for justice in the case of Robert Pinter, one of several gay men who had been wrongly profiled and arrested by NYPD on trumped up prostitution charges. Speaking at a 2009 rally in Sheridan Square in Manhattan, Mr. Dromm praised Mr. Pinter for having stood up and said "No!" to the "shame, fear, and the homophobia that people try to place on us as LGBT people."
Sadly, Ms. Park said, most members of the public and most members of the LGBT community did not follow public policy closely, allowing elected officials to duck inquiries from the public and from the media about their public policy positions. Ms. Park said that it was obvious to her that Councilmembers Dromm and Van Bramer were avoiding taking public positions on the Council speaker's proposal to expand the police force in order to tell different constituency groups different things in private.
Speaking specifically of Councilmember Dromm, Ms. Park said that when the LGBT community compared the councilmember's former record of outspokenness against discrimination with his current avoidance of the media, "This is the opposite of a profile in courage."
Ms. Park said that she believed that Councilmember Dromm was being politically selfish for putting his own political needs above the needs of the larger LGBT community, which Councilmember Dromm has long claimed to represent.
Councilmember Dromm's motivation was self-serving, she said, because he did not want to buck the speaker or the mayor, adding that, "For him to go against them, it would be a political risk. He wants to continue to be in their favor."
According to information obtained by Progress Queens, in the time leading up to the 2013 municipal elections, some minority community leaders in Councilmember Dromm's district were privately seeking an LGBT activist to run in the Democratic Party primary against Councilmember Dromm, if for nothing else than to challenge the Councilmember Dromm's failure to challenge the former City Council leadership's unwavering support of the NYPD during the controversy over the police department's use of stop-and-frisk as a tactic to deliberately target minorities, the LGBT community included. The practice of stop-and-frisk was later determined to have been unconstitutional.
For his part, Councilmember Van Bramer's official biography on the City Council Web site indicated that he has fought for "equality for all" throughout his career.
Council Speaker Mark Viverito is term-limited form being able to run for reelection to the City Council in the 2017 election cycle. Her spectacular transformation from a #BlackLivesMatter supporter to a police hawk may indicate that she is trying to appeal to big business interests for a potential future career in the private sector.
Big business interests from the donors to each of the New York City Police Foundation and the Police Athletic League of New York City to the members of each of the Partnership for New York City and the Real Estate Board of New York have expressed support for NYPD Commissioner Bratton, a chief proponent for the neoconservative and discriminatory "Broken Windows" policing tactics that grassroots police reform groups want to see ended.
For instance, on Thursday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce was set to endorse District Attorney Daniel Donovan (R-Staten Island) for Congress, even though District Attorney Donovan deliberately mismanaged the grand jury proceedings against the officer responsible for placing Eric Garner in a homicide-inducing chokehold in a "Broken Windows" arrest turned deadly.
An expansion of the police force would fly in the face of reform advocates' demands that the priority in policing is to end discrimination and to introduce an independent system that guarantees accountability for NYPD officers engaging in misconduct or brutality, including homicides.
If Council Speaker Mark-Viverito plans to pursue a post-political career in big business, then she would be joining her predecessors, the former Council Speakers Christine Quinn and Gifford Miller, who have sought to reestablish themselves through a post at a political insider institute at Harvard University and as a real estate investor, respectively, to improve their appeal to big business interests.
By becoming a police hawk, Council Speaker Mark-Viverito, a previous advocate for social and economic justice that had, at times, irked big business interests, may be turning to her sudden support of police expansion as an éntrée for a post-political post with big business interests, some police reform advocates say.
The failure of LGBT officials to challenge City Council and City Hall leadership is taking place as Mayor de Blasio has been caught exaggerating his police reforms as he has sought to downplay swelling impatience with his failure to enact reforms that go to the root cause of police brutality and misconduct.
More on Progress Queens
Council Speaker Corey Johnson, who voted to water-down police identification bill, demanded ID of NYPD officer who used excessive force on him -- and was rebuffed
Michael Rizzi, a retired NYPD officer arrested for laundering proceeds of escort business, is sentenced to prison
WEEK IN REVIEW : Conflicts of Interest Board fines three top NYPD officers for accepting gifts
Hakeem Jeffries calls on the DOJ to expand its investigation of the NYPD
City refusing to grant activist group permits for anti-gentrification, police reform march in Brooklyn
Pressure escalates for NYPD Commissioner Bratton to account for, or resign as a consequence of, police brutality
Bratton again indicates he will retire from NYPD, this time under cloud of corruption scandal
Statement-taking by CCRB of Progress Queens publisher called off after private recording was denied
Hetero Shame : In lead up to Gay Pride, Bratton says NYPD don't owe LGBT community apology for Stonewall Inn raid
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Blackrock (in irlandese An Charraig Dhubh) è una località della Repubblica d'Irlanda. Fa parte della contea di Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, nella provincia di Leinster.

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Stazione di Blackrock

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
Coordinate dell'Irish grid: O211296

Centri abitati della contea di Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

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Q: iOS: CGAffineTransformScale moves my object Building on a question I had earlier.
Simple button trying to transform a label. I want it to shrink by 0.5, which works but for some reason it also moves the object as it does it. The label jumps up and to the left, then transforms.
- (IBAction)btnTest:(id)sender
{

    [UIView animateWithDuration:1 delay:0 options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseInOut animations:^{
        lblTest.transform = CGAffineTransformScale(lblTest.transform, 0.5f,0.5f);
    }completion:^(BOOL finished) {
        if(finished){
            NSLog(@"DONE");
        }
    }];
}

A: I'm presuming from the question that you're using auto layout: In auto layout, if you have a leading and/or top constraint, after you scale with CGAffineTransformMakeScale, the leading/top constraint will be reapplied and your control will move on you in order to ensure that the constraint is still satisfied.
You can either turn off auto layout (which is the easy answer) or you can:

*

*wait until viewDidAppear (because constraints defined in IB be applied, and the control will be placed where we want it and its center property will be reliable);

*now that we have the center of the control in question, replace the leading and top constraints with NSLayoutAttributeCenterX and NSLayoutAttributeCenterY constraints, using the values for center property to set the constant for the NSLayoutConstraint as as follows.
Thus:
// don't try to do this in `viewDidLoad`; do it in `viewDidAppear`, where the constraints
// have already been set

- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewDidAppear:animated];

    [self replaceLeadingAndTopWithCenterConstraints:self.imageView];
}

// Because our gesture recognizer scales the UIView, it's quite important to make
// sure that we don't have the customary top and leading constraints, but rather
// have constraints to the center of the view. Thus, this looks for leading constraint
// and if found, removes it, replacing it with a centerX constraint. Likewise if it
// finds a top constraint, it replaces it with a centerY constraint.
//
// Having done that, we can now do `CGAffineTransformMakeScale`, and it will keep the
// view centered when that happens, avoiding weird UX if we don't go through this
// process.

- (void)replaceLeadingAndTopWithCenterConstraints:(UIView *)subview
{
    CGPoint center = subview.center;

    NSLayoutConstraint *leadingConstraint = [self findConstraintOnItem:subview
                                                             attribute:NSLayoutAttributeLeading];
    if (leadingConstraint)
    {
        NSLog(@"Found leading constraint");

        [subview.superview removeConstraint:leadingConstraint];

        [subview.superview addConstraint:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:subview
                                                                      attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterX
                                                                      relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual
                                                                         toItem:subview.superview
                                                                      attribute:NSLayoutAttributeTop
                                                                     multiplier:1.0
                                                                       constant:center.x]];
    }

    NSLayoutConstraint *topConstraint = [self findConstraintOnItem:subview
                                                         attribute:NSLayoutAttributeTop];

    if (topConstraint)
    {
        NSLog(@"Found top constraint");

        [subview.superview removeConstraint:topConstraint];

        [subview.superview addConstraint:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:subview
                                                                      attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterY
                                                                      relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual
                                                                         toItem:subview.superview
                                                                      attribute:NSLayoutAttributeLeft
                                                                     multiplier:1.0
                                                                       constant:center.y]];
    }
}

- (NSLayoutConstraint *)findConstraintOnItem:(UIView *)item attribute:(NSLayoutAttribute)attribute
{
    // since we're looking for the item's constraints to the superview, let's
    // iterate through the superview's constraints

    for (NSLayoutConstraint *constraint in item.superview.constraints)
    {
        // I believe that the constraints to a superview generally have the
        // `firstItem` equal to the subview, so we'll try that first.

        if (constraint.firstItem == item && constraint.firstAttribute == attribute)
            return constraint;

        // While it always appears that the constraint to a superview uses the
        // subview as the `firstItem`, theoretically it's possible that the two
        // could be flipped around, so I'll check for that, too:

        if (constraint.secondItem == item && constraint.secondAttribute == attribute)
            return constraint;
    }

    return nil;
}

The particulars of your implementation may vary depending upon how you've defined the constraints of the control you want to scale (in my case, leading and top were based upon the superview, which made it easier), but hopefully it illustrates the solution, to remove those constraints and add new ones based upon the center.
You could, if you didn't want to iterate through looking for the constraint in question, like I do above, define an IBOutlet for the top and leading constraints instead, which greatly simplifies the process. This sample code was taken from a project where, for a variety of reasons, I couldn't use the IBOutlet for the NSLayoutConstraint references. But using the IBOutlet references for the constraints is definitely an easier way to go (if you stick with auto layout).
For example, if you go to Interface Builder, you can highlight the constraint in question and control-drag to the assistant editor to make your IBOutlet:

If you do that, rather than iterating through all of the constraints, you now can just say, for example:
if (self.imageViewVerticalConstraint)
{
    [self.view removeConstraint:self.imageViewVerticalConstraint];

    // create the new constraint here, like shown above
}

Frankly, I wish Interface Builder had the ability to define constraints like these right out of the box (i.e. rather than a "leading of control to left of superview" constraint, a "center of control to left of superview" constraint), but I don't think it can be done in IB, so I'm altering my constraints programmatically. But by going through this process, I can now scale the control and not have it move around on me because of constraints.

As 0x7fffffff noted, if you apply a CATransform3DMakeScale to the layer, it will not automatically apply the constraints, so you won't see it move like if you apply CGAffineTransformMakeScale to the view. But if you do anything to reapply constraints (setNeedsLayout or do any changes to any UIView objects can cause the constraints to be reapplied), the view will move on you. So you might be able to "sneak it in" if you restore the layer's transform back to identity before constraints are reapplied, but it's probably safest to turn off autolayout or just fix the constraints.

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Bradley voters support Bill Lee, Marsha Blackburn
By AUTUMN HUGHES
Posted 11/7/18
Bradley County voters went to the polls to bolster several candidates who won their respective election races Tuesday. The following is a combination of election night returns and Associated Press coverage of Tennessee's major races.
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Posted Wednesday, November 7, 2018 10:00 am
Bill Lee
Chuck Fleischmann
Scott DesJarlais
Lee has promised to work to fix the state's health care system, saying it may take 15 to 20 years. Unlike Dean, the Republican said he would ultimately lobby the Tennessee Legislature to vote against Medicaid expansion, should lawmakers ever get close to doing so."
Bradley County voters went to the polls to bolster several candidates who won their respective election races Tuesday.
The following is a combination of election night returns and Associated Press coverage of Tennessee's major races.
Governor:
In the governor's race, 26,121 voters (77.35 percent) cast their ballots for Republican Bill Lee. Democrat Karl Dean was a distant second among Bradley County voters, garnering 7,287 (21.58 percent) of the vote.
Lee will become Tennessee's next governor, replacing outgoing GOP Gov. Bill Haslam, who served the maximum two straight four-year terms as Tennessee governor, as allowed by the state constitution.
Lee is chairman of a Franklin mechanical contracting, facilities and home services company. His positive campaigning and religious faith became defining characteristics of his election bid, although he's faced criticism for not providing specific details on key policy positions.
Lee also says he supports school choice, a position his opponents say will result in school vouchers.
U.S. Senate:
Bradley County voters put 24,431 votes (71.87 percent) toward making Republican Marsha Blackburn the first female U.S. senator from Tennessee.
The congresswoman defeated Democratic former Gov. Phil Bredesen on Tuesday by closely aligning her bid with President Donald Trump, who made three visits to the state for her.
Bredesen earned 9,030 votes (26.56 percent) in Bradley County.
Blackburn has sought to undermine Bredesen's reputation as an independent thinker by tying him to national Democrats at every turn. Blackburn was first elected to the House in 2002 and has called herself a "hardcore, card-carrying Tennessee conservative."
The race set a state record in spending among the campaigns and outside groups interested because of its implications for the GOP's 51-49 Senate majority.
Blackburn will replace retiring Republican Sen. Bob Corker. She represents a rightward shift from Corker and other more centrist senators that Tennessee has historically elected.
U.S. House of Representatives:
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann and U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais, both Republicans, took commanding leads over their Democratic and Independent challengers.
• 3rd District – Fleischmann received 7,177 votes (81.86 percent) in Bradley County over his closest challenger, Democrat Danielle Mitchell with 1,421 votes (16.21 percent), and Independent Rick Tyler a distant third with 159 votes (1.81 percent).
Fleischmann was a heavy favorite to win the District 3 race and return for a fifth term in Congress. The Ooltewah Republican's district winds from the Kentucky state line in northeast Tennessee to Chattanooga in the south. Fleischmann is one of six incumbents seeking a return to Washington to represent Tennessee in the U.S. House.
Fleischmann currently serves on the House Committee on Appropriations.
• 4th District – DesJarlais received 16,523 (71 percent) of Bradley County's votes, compared to Democrat Mariah Phillips receiving 5,849 (25.13 percent) votes and Independent candidate Michael Shupe receiving 855 votes (3.67 percent).
DesJarlais has won a fifth term in Congress. The South Pittsburg physician was considered the favorite to win the race in District 4, which includes the Nashville suburb of Smyrna, the city of Murfreesboro and several southeast Tennessee counties. DesJarlais was one of six incumbents seeking a return to the U.S. House in Tennessee.
DesJarlais now opposes abortion rights, but he has faced a series of personal scandals that included affairs with patients, urging a mistress to seek an abortion and once holding a gun in his mouth for hours outside his ex-wife's room.
DesJarlais serves on the House Armed Services committee and has said he supports strong border control and reducing taxes for families and small business.


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Tag: HMS Natal
Across the course of World War One, 5 Royal Navy warships were destroyed by sudden explosions causing the deaths of 2291 sailors of which 98 were known Irishmen. 38 of the lost sailors were Ulstermen. These ships were HMS Bulwark lost 1914, HMS Princess Irene lost 1915, HMS Natal lost 1915, HMS Vanguard lost 1917 and HMS Glatton lost 1918.
On 26 November 1914, the 15,000-ton battleship, HMS Bulwark was moored on the Medway in Sheerness. While the men on board were having breakfast, the ship suddenly exploded. An eyewitness saw 'a great volume of flame and smoke shot into the air. The ship seemed to split in two and then heeled over and sank'.
The sudden explosion was heard across a 30 mile radius. Once the smoke cleared no trace of the ship remained. The Times lead with the strapline 'Ship's company almost eliminated. The Bulwark disappeared in three minutes. The explosion shook every building in the vicinity, and some of the debris was thrown six miles'.
The Belfast Newsletter printed an eyewitness statement 'At first we could see nothing but when the smoke cleared a bit we were horrified to find that the battleship Bulwark had gone'. He continues describing finding a body in the water 'The poor fellow was terribly mutilated. One arm was torn off and hanging as if by a thread, while the body was terribly cut about. He looked as if he had been dragged for miles over rough stones, His clothing was in shreds and his flesh cut through'.
Stoker William Gray HMS Bulwark
There was considerable damage in Sheerness and more than 700 men on the ship were killed. Winston Churchill reported the disaster to the House of Commons later that day, noting that only 12 had survived. There were rumours of sabotage or enemy action, but Bulwark was almost certainly destroyed after cordite was ignited and there may have been some mishandling of the powder charges.
30 Irish men were killed in the explosion, 7 of them from Ulster.
The Ulstermen were: Seaman James Begley of Greencastle, Donegal aged 24, Stoker (1st) Jeremiah Byrne of Kilcar, Donegal aged 38, Seaman Edmund Finn of Red Bay, Antrim aged 34, Able Seaman James Thomas Gardner of HM Coastguard Station, Carrickfergus aged 46, Stoker Hugh Gilmour of Banbridge, aged 36, Stoker William Gray from Hogarth Street in Belfast aged 32 and Lieutenant Alexander Cyril Montagu from Cromore in Portstewart aged 24.
HMS Princess Irene
Cordite, the propellant that once hurled British bullets and shells, is notoriously unstable and less than six months later there was a second sudden explosion on ocean liner Princess Irene built at Dumbarton in 1914 for Canadian Pacific Railways. She had been commandeered for war service as a minelayer and became HMS Princess Irene. On the morning of 27 May 1915 while in the Medway for a refit, a huge explosion tore through the vessel, shaking the ground for miles around and showering the surrounding villages with bodies and debris.
The Belfast Newsletter reported that 'the explosion…was even more violent than that which accompanied the blowing up of the battleship Bulwark. Flying debris was scattered for a considerable distance, and a number of men on other ships in the vicinity were injured'.
'A packet of butter which is known to have belonged to the vessel has been picked up in a garden in Newington, which is about 8 miles as the crow flies from Sheerness, and at the same place two towels bearing the words "Allan Line", were picked up along with a large piece of wood bearing marks that it belonged to the Princess Irene'.
Stoker James Maxwell, HMS Princess Irene
One mechanic working on a ship 1000 yards away was hit by debris and died the following day, and a little girl aged 9 was picked up dead on the Isle of Grain having been struck by a piece of iron from the ship. On Princess Irene 200 men died, along with 78 shipwrights, apprentices, skilled labourers and boys from nearby towns and villages. Once again sabotage was suspected, but the conclusion was that the mine charges were unstable and were awaiting replacement.
19 Irish men were killed in the sudden explosion, 6 of them from Ulster.
The Ulstermen were: Stoker (2nd class) James Larmour from Lilliput Street, Belfast aged 19, Stoker (2nd class) James Maxwell of Barbour Street, Greencastle aged 20, Able Seaman John McAdorey of Garmoyle street, Belfast aged 30, Stoker 2nd class Matthew McEnroe of Union Street, Derry aged 19, Leading Stoker John Carleton of Belgrave Street, Belfast aged 23 and Stoker (2nd class) Alexander McMurray of Bangor aged 22.
HMS Natal
Just over six months later another explosion occurred near Cromarty, Firth on HMS Natal, a Warrior-class armoured cruiser. On 30th December 1915 the Captain was hosting a Christmas film show on board the warship. Invited along were wives of officers and nurses from a nearby hospital ship. Just as the party was starting at around 3.25pm, a series of massive explosions tore through the rear part of the ship and she capsized within 5 minutes. Reports that she had been torpedoed by a German U-boat or detonated a mine were proven false when examinations of the wreckage revealed that the explosions were internal. The Admiralty court-martial concluded that the explosion was caused by an ammunition explosion, possibly due to faulty cordite. The Admiralty issued a list of the dead and missing that totalled 390 in January 1916, but did not list the women and children on board that day, perhaps embarrassed by the loss of non-combatants. Losses are now listed between 400 to 421 people.
Stoker William McConkey, HMS Natal
The Ulstermen were: Boy 1st class Francis Pasteur Goodman of Keady, Armagh aged 17, Stoker 1st class William McConkey of Agnes Street, Belfast aged 20, Armourer's Crew John Stratton of Portadown, Armagh aged 20, Stoker 1st class William Walsh of Spamount Street, Belfast aged 26, Boy 1st class Robert Woodney of Queensland Street, Belfast aged 17, Able Seaman Henry McKee of Malone Road, Belfast aged 24, Carpenter's Crew Thomas McKeown from Cookstown, Tyrone aged 23, Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Nathaniel Taylor from Rockvale, Katesbridge aged 22 and Stoker 1st class Thomas Newell of Lachagh street, Belfast, aged 22.
HMS Vanguard was a St Vincent-class dreadnought battleship built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She spent her whole career assigned to the Home and Grand Fleets. Aside from participating in the Battle of Jutland her service during World War I generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea. Just before midnight on 9 July 1917 at Scapa Flow, Vanguard suffered an explosion caused by an unnoticed stokehold fire heating cordite stored against an adjacent bulkhead in one of the two magazines which served the amidships gun turrets. She sank almost instantly, killing an estimated 804 men with only two picked up alive.
In terms of loss of life, the destruction of the Vanguard remains the most catastrophic accidental explosion in the UK, and one of the worst accidental losses of the Royal Navy.
Able Seaman J McCracken, HMS Vanguard
30 Irish men were killed in the explosion, 15 of them from Ulster.
The Ulstermen were: Ordinary Seaman Alexander Baird from Upper Meadow Street, Belfast, aged 19, Stoker John Devine from Ballymoney, aged 32, Ordinary Seaman William Harvey, from City Street, Belfast, aged 18, Able Seaman Joseph McCracken of Crimea Street, Belfast aged 26, Stoker 1st class Samuel McIlvenny from Stratheden Street, Belfast aged 24, Naval Schoolmaster Hugh Robert Murray from Halliday's Road, Belfast aged 22, Stoker 1st Class, William George Reid of Mervue Street, Belfast aged 23, Carpenter's Crew Charles Magee Thompson from Gracehill, Ballymena aged 23, Midshipman Randal William McDonnell Johnston from Glynn, Co Antrim aged 17, Carpenter's Crew Bernard Ferris from Co Derry, aged 22, Stoker 1st Class Hugh Fisher from Portaferry, Co Down, aged 27, Able Seaman Samuel Montgomery McCargo from Co Antrim aged 21, Carpenter's Crew John Wilson Adams from Spittal Hill, Coleraine, aged 29, Stoker 1st class Thomas Rainey Agnew from Spamount Street, Belfast aged 23, Shipwright 2nd class John Neville from Cregagh Road, Belfast aged 37.
HMS Glatton
HMS Glatton and her sister ship Gorgon were originally built as coastal defence ships for the Royal Norwegian Navy, as Bjørgvin and Nidaros respectively. She was requisitioned from Norway at the beginning of World War I, but was not completed until 1918 although she had been launched over three years earlier.
On 16 September 1918, before she had even gone into action, she suffered a large fire in one of her 6-inch magazines. Attempts to deal with the fire failed and she had to be torpedoed to prevent an explosion of her main magazines that would have devastated Dover as well as other vessels nearby loaded with oil and ammunition.
Able Seaman William Brown, HMS Glatton
It was found that the piling of clinker against the magazine bulkhead provided the source of the ignition of the cordite causing the explosion. Her wreck was partially salvaged in 1926, and moved into a position in the North Eastern end of the harbour where it would not obstruct traffic. It was subsequently buried by landfill underneath the current car ferry terminal.
2 Irish men were killed in the explosion, 1 of them was from Ulster.
The Ulsterman was: Able Seaman William Thomas Brown of Jonesboro Street, Belfast aged 20.
These five ships, needlessly lost during the First World War were not the victims of enemy action but rather the mismanagement of explosives and at least 2291 lives were lost.
A list of known Irish men on board these ships is available by contacting me by email.
There were 5 other Allied ships lost during the war to explosions. Italy lost the battleships Benedetto Brin and Leonardo-di-Vinci. Japan lost the battleship Kawachi and the battle cruiser Tsukuba and Russia lost the battleship Imperatritza Maria. A cordite explosion also occurred on board the Chilian ship Capitan Prat however this did not lead to the loss of the ship. In addition cordite handling problems caused 3 battlecruisers to fatally explode during the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
Servicemen images courtesy of http://www.greatwarbelfastclippings.com
Author KarenPosted on November 20, 2014 January 10, 2018 Categories First World War, Royal NavyTags First World War, HMS Bulwark, HMS Glatton, HMS Natal, HMS Princess Irene, HMS Vanguard, Irish Sailor, Sudden Explosions:


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Former Ohio State players don't rush to judgement on Meyer
Alex Tichenor Independent sports writer
Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer's job is potentially under fire, but several ex-Ohio State players in Canton for a Beyond the Game event won't bury their alma mater's head coach without knowing all the facts.
PLAIN TWP. As a group of former Ohio State football players mentored Stark County youth at GlenOak Stadium, an inferno continued to engulf the program they still proudly represent.
The flames leapt even higher Friday, as Urban Meyer put out a statement via Twitter, hoping to clarify some things regarding his knowledge of a sexual assault incident involving ex-wide receivers coach Zach Smith in 2015.
In the statement, Meyer claimed to have reported the incident to university higher-ups at the time, while also addressing the comments he made at July's Big Ten Media Days, when he claimed he did not learn of the incident until this year.
"My intention was not to say anything inaccurate or misleading," Meyer wrote in the statement. "However, I was not adequately prepared to discuss sensitive personal issues with the media, and I apologize for the way I handled those questions."
It left a murky situation just as uncertain.
But the former players at GlenOak, gathered for Beyond the Game's Friday Night with the Buckeyes event organized by Massillon alum Devin Jordan, made one thing clear: they need to know more before they bury Meyer as head coach of the Buckeyes.
"In any of these situations, whether it's Ohio State, or whether it was Penn State a few years back, we need to wait for the facts to come out before making assumptions," said Tim Anderson, a defensive tackle on the Buckeyes' 2002 national championship team who now teaches at Perry High School. "All of the stuff will come to light and the university will react the way it needs to."
McKinley grad Tyler Everett echoed the sentiments of his former Buckeyes teammate.
"When it first comes out, everybody reacts," Everett said. "But we have to wait until all the facts come out to see what really happened. It's unfortunate for everybody involved: Zach Smith, (Courtney) Smith, their kids, Coach Meyer. When the whole thing is settled, then we'll know how we should talk about it."
Another thing the players also agreed was the surprise that Meyer's job as head coach went from one of the most secure in the country to one of the most uncertain.
"I was surprised," Canton South grad Devon Torrence said. "You never want to hear anything bad about your alma mater. It's unfortunate what was going on. Hopefully we get more details and things clear up. I would hate to see Urban leave the university. Hopefully something positive can come out of it."
Anderson, returning from a secluded family camping trip void of technology, only found out about the Meyer ordeal about 24 hours ago, making him hesitant to say too much on the topic.
"All of a sudden, I get a text about things," Anderson said. "And then I texted a friend, "is Urban getting fired?" in kind of a joking way and he texted back, "it could happen."
Despite the firestorm around them, none of the Buckeyes rushed to judgement either way. None of Anderson, Everett, Jordan and Torrence indicated whether Meyer should stay on as head coach or be relieved of his duties.
"The truth will come out," Everett said.
Reach Alex at 330-775-1129 or alex.tichenor@indeonline.com.
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The Copper Canyon CL830 Log Cabin Ceiling Light features a cylindrical semi-flush design with many different log cabin shapes laser cut into the sides of the light. The bottom of the light features three trees. The sides of the light are lined with warm natural Amber Mica and the bottom is lined with frosted white acrylic to allow for maximum light output.
The Copper Canyon CL830 Log Cabin Ceiling Light features a cylindrical semi-flush design with many different log cabin shapes laser cut into the sides of the light. The bottom of the light features three trees. The sides of the light are lined with warm natural Amber Mica and the bottom is lined with frosted white acrylic to allow for maximum light output. Made in the U.S.A.


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Q: Android Crashing With Retrofit static Instance When I use the static Retrofit object the application crashing with the below log
I cannot use the retrofit object without static because i am using it too often. Please let me know the workaround for the same
W/WindowAnimator: Failed to dispatch window animation state change.
        android.os.DeadObjectException
at android.os.BinderProxy.transactNative(Native Method)
at android.os.BinderProxy.transact(Binder.java:513)
at android.view.IWindow$Stub$Proxy.onAnimationStopped(IWindow.java:548)
at com.android.server.wm.WindowAnimator.updateWindowsLocked(WindowAnimator.java:302)
at com.android.server.wm.WindowAnimator.animateLocked(WindowAnimator.java:694)
at com.android.server.wm.WindowAnimator.access$000(WindowAnimator.java:56)
at com.android.server.wm.WindowAnimator$1.doFrame(WindowAnimator.java:128)
at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:894)
at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:698)
at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:630)
at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:882)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:815)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:104)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:207)
at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)
at com.android.server.ServiceThread.run(ServiceThread.java:46)

Some Time i get this error too
Fail to sendHttpRequest
                                              java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: HTTP entity may not be null
                                                  at org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils.toString(EntityUtils.java:115)
                                                  at org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils.toString(EntityUtils.java:151)
                                                  at miui.util.ErrorReport.c(SourceFile:396)
                                                  at miui.util.ErrorReport.sendReportRequest(SourceFile:353)
                                                  at miui.util.ErrorReport$1.a(SourceFile:369)
                                                  at miui.util.ErrorReport$1.doInBackground(SourceFile:366)
                                                  at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:295)
                                                  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
                                                  at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:234)
                                                  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1113)
                                                  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:588)
                                                  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)

Here is the retrofit object which is working fine
public static Retrofit getAPIClient(Context context) {
        return new Retrofit.Builder()
                .baseUrl(context.getString(R.string.base_url))
                .client(getOkHttpClient(context))
                .addCallAdapterFactory(RxJavaCallAdapterFactory.create())
                .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create(getGson()))
                .build();
    }

But when I converted this to static it is crashing
     if ( appApiClient == null ) {
                appApiClient = new Retrofit.Builder()
                        .baseUrl( context.getString( R.string.base_url ) )
                        .client( getOkHttpClient( context)
                        .addCallAdapterFactory( RxJavaCallAdapterFactory.create() )
                        .addConverterFactory( GsonConverterFactory.create( getGson() ) )
                        .build();
       }
      return appApiClient ;

A: public class RetroFitServiceGenerator {

    MySharedPreferences sharedPreferences;

    public static Retrofit.Builder builder =
            new Retrofit.Builder()
                    .baseUrl(BASE_URL)
                    .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create());
    public static Retrofit retrofit = builder.build();
    public static HttpLoggingInterceptor logging = new HttpLoggingInterceptor().setLevel(HttpLoggingInterceptor.Level.BODY);

    private static Context context;

    private OkHttpClient.Builder httpClient =
            new OkHttpClient.Builder();

    public RetroFitServiceGenerator(Context context) {
        this.context = context;
    }

    public <S> S serviceNOAuth(
            Class<S> serviceClass) {

        httpClient.addInterceptor(logging);
        builder.client(httpClient.build());
        retrofit = builder.build();
        return retrofit.create(serviceClass);
    }

}

Now you can modify or add Services based on your requirement like cache or authentication
and in your Class you just need to call :
 RetrofitAPI service = new RetroFitServiceGenerator(context).serviceNOAuth(RetrofitAPI.class);


Congratulations to the GMS Chorus members who were chosen along with approximately 110 other students to participate in the Western Illinois University Honor Choir. Students auditioned to be in the choir and the GMS students spent a lot of extra time rehearsing to get ready for the event. The Honor choir was under the direction of Dr. Brian Winnie, Director of Choral Activities at WIU. Hats off to Mrs. Woods and her students for singing in this event!


Our client, the oldest European fresh fruit exporter that specializes in the production, packaging, marketing, and industrialization of citrus and its byproducts, asked us to develop a mobile app to integrate farmers in the business process of fruit reception. This app is the first stage of a big project that implies the implementation of gamification mechanics intended to unite businesses with suppliers and customers digitally.
One of the project's essential tasks is to make data entry to the ERP system easier and smoother. To reach this goal, Program-Ace suggested using the information from farmers, cooperatives, and suppliers, meanwhile providing all suppliers with a rating to motivate them to give useful and accurate information.
Nevertheless, the business goals of the project were ambitious but simple: first of all, decreasing the waiting time for farmers in a queue before a factory ramp and diminishing rotting fruit losses upon reception.
The first few months after the introduction of a new mobile app showed significant shortening of the waiting time in the queues, so the management team felt exceptionally optimistic about the further development of the project.
Program-Ace provided gamification services for farmers and producers as a packaged solution that includes game scenarios uniquely adapted to client's business needs, equipped with all the necessary professional, visually-rich materials, and full-cycle mobile application development.
The primary goal was to enhance the communication and collaboration between the farmer and the plant, making the supplying process smoother and more reliable. The solution was intended to show farmers the best way to communicate with the plant employees and provide a set of instructions about the best time of arrival for a specific plant, the quality and quantity of fruits, and the suitable price.
Another task that we faced was to provide additional recognition for responsible farmers so that the plant employees can build and support a relationship with the best suppliers only. We applied advanced gamification mechanics to display the most loyal and active suppliers. On another hand, plant management has a tool for analyzing the impact of staff on farmers loyalty.
The mobile app is a fun and simple way to engage young farmers to become a partner of a plant or food exporter. Moreover, the supplier will have farmers involved in a new way, which will eventually become a cornerstone for enterprises in the future when the competition for a raw food will increase.
We have decided to reach the goals set above by providing a full range of services: from gamification consulting services and software requirement definition to mobile software development and post-implementation support.
A plan for the implementation of gamification that contained a description of a proposed game scenario, gamification mechanics and features to use, screens' wireframes, use cases, animation, and an explanation of how to calculate a soft currency.
Visual assets that include screens' design, icons, images, animation, storyboards, and other design elements.
We proposed to choose the Agile approach to software development so that the Program-Ace team was fully able to achieve the project's goals and ensure proper app delivery to the end-users through only several iterations.
In order to start working with a plant, farmers need to download a mobile app and do a simple sign up procedure just by entering their name, cell phone number, and company name.
After registration, the farmer can choose an appropriate time slot for fruit delivery. The app requires a farmer to enter additional information: field of occupation, track details, fruit kinds and quantity, certificates, etc.
When farmers arrive at the plant, the app displays push notification with a proposition to check-in on the line to ensure that fruit delivery will be served promptly.
The system automatically calculates a farmer's score depending on his/her punctuality and feedback from a plant manager.
For each fruit delivery, the farmer gets a certain amount of soft currency. This is not real money, but the farmer can exchange soft currency in an opportunity to get a better price or flexible delivery time.
Plant managers get push notifications about each farmer's check-in and special alerts when the waiting time exceeds the limits. The waiting time is defined as a difference between the time of fruit delivery registered in the ERP system and check-in time.
Plant managers regularly review the leaderboard of farmers to plan additional activities to engage farmers or to highlight the most successful suppliers with badges or awards.
Fruit Procurement App that is primarily designed for iOS and Android was developed by a team of one UI/UX designer, a full-stack developer, and a QA specialist. It took one month for our team to deliver and distribute the solution.
Uberization of food processing as a service opens vast market opportunities: any enterprise around the world that works with farmers and food cooperatives as suppliers. On the one hand, this is an excellent opportunity to solve a long-lasting issue with losses and queues, and, on another hand, to get a competitive advantage when preparing for the future development of the food market and to distinguish a business among competitors. Also, the product could be attractive for retailers who are willing to collaborate with farmers directly.
A 7% decrease in fruit loss on a whole production cycle.


The 17km Wuhu-Yanchi expressway will open to traffic within this year, according to the transport department of Anhui province. Work on the road started in 2009 and will cost some Rmb1.61bn.
The expressway will later be extended to Liyang, Jiangsu province, by which time the journey time from Wuhu to Shanghai should be shortened by an hour.


This seems to be on the mind of people getting tinnitus.
My first instinct would be to say yes . . . But wait, what is a normal life?
First we have to think about what a normal life is. And that is not easy. It brings up the old question, giving a meaning to the word normal. Not only to the word normal, but to the phrase 'normal life'.
Going to school, then to College, finding a partner, building a house and then having kids and at the same time having an amazing job – is that a normal life?
Going to school, going to University and then landing a high-paid job – is that a normal life?
Being happy. Is that a normal life?
Doing everything to have fun. Is that a normal life?
Talking to people I get the sense that many define their life as normal when they do the same things over and over again. When they do the same things as their friends or members of their family. But does that mean it is a normal life?
Let´s just start by saying that normal is a subjective description for something. What is normal to me doesn´t have to be normal to anybody else.
Also, does normal mean that it is something we normally do or something that follows the norms others have set up?
For the longest time I have thought that normal meant doing the same things what I was doing before. Before my life got changed by tinnitus.
So what does count as normal?
For me, and again it is completely subjective, it meant that I just continued with my life as nothing had happened, but didn´t said life make me sick in the first place. Today I can say that I truly believe that, that the life I had back then is what made me sick. I mean "sick" as from the outside you could only see that I was depressed. . .
For me it was normal to eat and drink whatever I felt like.
It was normal to go out drinking and partying every weekend.
It was normal to hang out with my friends upper regularly.
It was normal to go to concerts.
My normal doesn´t have to be your normal, it often varies a lot from person to person.
So when my tinnitus went up to the point where it is now – it was really hard for me as I felt like I had to give up my whole life. Giving up who I was.
But let´s take a closer look!
Eating foods and / or drinking things that don´t make me feel good – that make me even feel worse or sicker . . . are not the kind of foods I want to take in. I might find those kind of foods to be delicious, but that doesn´t mean they are helping to me to feel better. So eating or drinking what ever I want isn´t really what I want to be my normal. This is what my tinnitus has taught me, so keep looking until I make the adjustments to what is good for me.
Now following a clean diet is what is normal to me. . . so we can change what we perceive as normal.
What about partying? Isn´t partying, especially at a young age something you have to participate in? For the longest time I felt like if I didn´t go out I felt like something was missing.
Over the last few years that changed. Music started to affect me, it affected me more and more so going out wasn´t fun anymore, not at all.
Well, it took me a while to find out that not every music affected me the same. For me it was especially music with high pitched tones, which you find especially at clubs that have electronic music on. As that isn´t the kind of music I really enjoy, well I finally decided that I would only go to places where I actually loved the music through and through – with hearing protection of course. I have tried many different ear plugs, there are some specifically made for musicians which you can use at concerts or for going out. When I use hearing protection going out can be fun again, but it has to be the right kind for each occasion.
Consequently I stopped going to places where I never felt so comfortable at and I just went because of friends or because I didn´t want to stay at home or because I felt like I would be missing out if I wouldn´t go. Now it seems like it has been personal growth or just a natural way of how things go when you are getting older.
Looking at it now I feel like it contributed to me showing up for myself and no matter what is going on around me doing what feels good for me and what is right for me.
Though I have to say that I do go out less, why then?
Through my tinnitus I have found other passions and things that I enjoy more than so cutting back on going out just came naturally for me and now I don´t miss it anymore. Not even a bit.
One thing I have to say is true, I don´t hang out with people all the time anymore. I used to want to hang out all the time. I man it, I hated being on my own. So I wanted to be around people all the time.
Then I felt really bad and it turned into the complete opposite – I didn´t want to see anybody anymore. All I did was staying at home, depressed and drowning myself in self-pity. It took me some time to find a way out of that hole…for that I had to dig deep and do some serious work on myself. I found a way back to think positive again, to accept myself, my current situation, to find out what I really want from life and to pursue that of course.
Following this work on myself I actually enjoyed spending time with myself and on my own. I really liked exploring myself and getting to know the purpose of my life as well as of life in general. I really started to enjoy keep working on myself and becoming a better person as well as widening my spiritual experience.
Not just that, now I love having a break from people just as much as hanging out with friends or family. So I´m trying to implement a balance between me-time, friends-time and family-time. And that actually feels really good.
When I do hang out with friends, then I always make sure that this happens at places that feel good to me. You know where you feel comfortable and what makes you feel good. Suggest where you want to go, invite friends to your house….just do what feels good. There is no point in agreeing to do something just because the others are doing it. And the most important thing is, it they are really good friends they won´t mind that you keep suggesting places to go to because they understand what you are going through.
And now let´s be clear – during the time I blamed my tinnitus for having a terrible life I actually had a terrible life. But I told myself over and over that I had an awful life.
It all depends on the point of few – when you feel like you have a normal life and like you are happy then this is what you will be. It depends on our perception of life and the thoughts you are imposing on it.
Once again it is all about your mind and thoughts, it depends on us what me make from it and what we do to feel better.
What is normal to you and what do you feel like you can´t do anymore?


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Lynn Robinson's mother was frantic. "I don't have cell service!" she yelled to her daughter. "If you fall, I can't call 911!" But three stories up a ladder, on an
A modern-day maritime village: At the mouth of the Neuse River, a cozy waterfront community unites around boating, architectural beauty — and "docktails."
by Susan Stafford Kelly
Lynn Robinson's mother was frantic. "I don't have cell service!" she yelled to her daughter. "If you fall, I can't call 911!" But three stories up a ladder, on an under-construction home, Lynn's spine tingled. After 26 years in the waterless landscape of Phoenix, Arizona, and 14 months of searching from "Kittery Point, Maine, to St. Augustine, Florida," with that I'll-know-it-when-I-see-it instinct, she'd found it.
"It" is River Dunes, a community located down a country road about five miles from Oriental at the mouth of the Neuse River, where 150 property owners come to get away, relax, retire, socialize, exercise, and — oh, yes — boat. Fifty percent of the beautiful vessels in the protected inland harbor are sailboats; 50 percent are powerboats. Or, as the community calls the beautiful, white-masted, and broad, white-hulled vessels, "blow boats."
Lynn and John Robinson at their home in Oriental. photograph by Matt Ray Photography
Lynn and her husband, John, aren't boaters (yet). But they are cooks, oenophiles, members of a large family, and devotees of traditional architecture and environmental stewardship, the latter two being major River Dunes draws.
Some 500 bottles resting in temperature-controlled racks form a literal wall of wine in oenophiles Lynn and John Robinson's open-concept living space. photograph by Matt Ray Photography
Some 26 different local, state, and federal groups and agencies were involved in the permitting alone in this environmentally sensitive area, River Dunes President Ed Mitchell says, referring to the 1,348-acre tract with 14 miles of shoreline. The second-generation Outer Banks ponies that contentedly graze in a pasture are one of the many ways that River Dunes remains true to the landscape.
Every morning, John Robinson drops a couple of crab traps from his dock, and almost every night, the couple feasts on fresh crab. "After the recent hurricane, duck decoys washed up on our shoreline," Lynn says, and, turning lemons into lemonade, the pair created a playful pile of the decoys on their shoreline.
The Robinsons' dock is a "vista" dock, meant for taking in nature. Owners with boats anchor them at the marina so as not to disturb aquatic vegetation. photograph by Matt Ray Photography
As for traditional architecture, the River Dunes Village buildings, with Yawl's Café for snacks and meals, the Grace Harbor Provision Store for kitchen basics, the Red Rickshaw shop for a hostess gift — or a sofa — were built to reflect the white clapboard and metal roofs typical of North Carolina maritime villages, with a nod to both history and nostalgia. Next up? A post office.
Friday nights, the Robinsons and friends — from Raleigh, Richmond, Greensboro — gather at the Harbor Club dining room, a post-and-beam structure constructed from repurposed buildings across eastern North Carolina. Menus are stacked on a table that once held pies for Sunday lunches at an old church Down East. Tobacco warehouse beams bear wooden pegs for coats; the wall lamps are actual oil lamps from ships; tissues spring from a vintage creel; hearth bricks were handmade in Salisbury. Dining on the screened-in porch, beneath lazy fans, or beside cozy fireplaces, you can gaze at the steepled chapel, as sweet and serenely unfussy as anything our forebears would have erected. The ecumenical church seats just 25 and sits on a lot overlooking "Yacht Boulevard" — rightly so, as it's meant to reflect the core values of the community, and, like the harbor, is a centerpiece.
Visitors come for the full-service spa and fitness center, and the year-round saline pool with hot tubs and cabanas. Firepits, bikes, kayaks, paddleboards, too. Amenities that transient boaters from Annapolis, St. Louis, Cape Carteret, or Beaufort — who are docked for a night or a week — can enjoy until it's time for "docktails."
"There's nothing like this marina from Charleston to the Chesapeake," Mitchell says. Folks seek out River Dunes via I-95 and Highway 70, but "the Intracoastal Waterway is our real interstate," he says. Just one more way for folks to join this community of full-time and part-time residents, transient residents, going-to-retire-here-one-of-these-days residents, and weekenders who know they'll wind up here eventually.
Even if boat ownership is a future plan for the Robinsons (like the skeet shooting range, rod and gun club, and additional pool on the River Dunes master plan), when the couple's yours-mine-and-ours family visits (26 for Thanksgiving, anyone?), a restored 1940s Core Sounder is available for cocktail or picnic cruises — the better to realize that "there's nothing between us and Ocracoke," as Mitchell says.
"Simple and timeless as a blue blazer," is how Mitchell describes River Dunes. Which may be the most priceless amenity of all to John and Lynn Robinson. Architecture, history, and simplicity. Simply stated, what all of us want to come home to: a sunset and a snug harbor.
Each cottage has its own front porch with a rocker — perfect for sitting a spell. photograph by Matt Ray Photography
Cottage Charm
River Dunes Village has 40 beds for visitors, but surely the most charming accommodations are the cluster of six cottages within a picket fence. Families, wedding parties, and plain old singles and duos stay in the metal-roofed cottages that fall somewhere between today's tiny homes and a full-grown version of the backyard playhouse that you longed to live in as a child. Each cottage has its own front porch with a rocker and lamp for evening reading, plus a shared screened-in porch with gliders and a long oyster table should you want to invite pals to enjoy the day's catch. After a day spent biking or out on the water, relax in a deep tub or a steam shower. Or throw yourself on the comfy bed in one of these nautical-themed bungalows and let someone else stoke the fireplace a few steps away.
River Dunes
43 Old Lighthouse Road
Oriental, NC 28571
riverdunes.com
Susan Stafford Kelly
Susan Stafford Kelly was raised in Rutherfordton. She attended UNC-Chapel Hill and earned a Master of Fine Arts from Warren Wilson College. She is the author of Carolina Classics, a collection of essays that have appeared in Our State, and five novels: How Close We Come, Even Now, The Last of Something, Now You Know, and By Accident. Susan has three grown children and lives in Greensboro with her husband, Sterling.
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Mariah Carey loves Sanrio?
Who is Mariah Carey?
Mariah Carey is an American songwriter as well as a singer who has released many blockbuster albums like "Love takes time", "Vision of Love" and "Someday".
After her marriage with Tommy Mottola, she started performing various shows with Sony Music, as her husband was the head of the Sony team. Later, Mariah Carey released her potential and that gave her enough confidence to do hip-hop too! She started incorporating latest hip-hop trends in her albums and those were massive hits. Her role in the film Precious is extra-ornery, which earned her immense fame and further Hollywood chances. She has won 5 Grammy awards, and was given the title "Songbird Supreme" by the Guinness World Records.
Lovely Sanrio Characters
@hellokittycollector2015がシェアした投稿 – 3月 30, 2018 at 3:54午後 PDT
Sanrio is one of the very few international brands that features a variety of toys. Some of them include childhood favorites such as Monchhichi, Hello Kitty, Chimutan and My Melody Collection. These soft toys mainly attract kids but it is also favorited by a few adults as well. They are designed with lovely pink and white color combinations. The soft and smooth texture is apt to be kept as pillows or pets besides you sleep. The Cinnamoroll comes with floppy ears and it resembles a puppy. The Bonbonribbon is portrayed as a friend of Sanrio for the month if March and most people think that it is just a marketing strategy! The brand features home decor items such as Little Twin Stars, Seven Silly Dwarfs and Hello Kitty clocks. These are just a few and the list goes on!
Why is the Cute Hello Kitty admired all over the world?
Though the Sanrio brand features a variety of toys or decor items, Hello Kitty is the all-time favorite for millions of people around the world. We have been thinking why is Hello Kitty liked all over the world? Well, just because it is cute? It might be, but that's not the only reason behind its fame. The lovely soft toy is designed in such a shape that kids love it. Also, the various sizes and the easier availability form an additional reason for the huge sale. You can get a Hello kitty that just fits in your hands or the ones that sit beside you on your couch. Why not try the best-ever soft toy that had captured the attention & love of people of all ages!
Hello Kitty in Mariah's bathroom
http://www.cyzowoman.com/2015/12/post_18192_1.html
Did you know that celebrities love to keep Hello Kitty toys and other accessories such as towels and toothbrushes in their bathrooms? Well, it's not new information for us but women over 45 years of age such as Mariah Carey are also interested in decorating their place with it. Mariah Carey had posted a picture of her bathroom on her Instagram account that reveals Hello Kitties in her place. There we can see a line up of Hello Kitty soft toys, curtains, hello kitty bags, those pink towels with lovely prints of Hello Kitty and a guitar with a Hello kitty doll on it. She adds that the number of toys is steadily overflowing in her place and she couldn't manage those by placing in an elegant manner.
Which celebrities have Sanrio in their space?
Not only does Mariah Carey love to keep Hello kitty in their rooms but other women such as Lady Gaga, the pop queen – Britney Spears, Cameron Diaz and Paris Hilton are also impressed by these lovely toys. They often entertain their fans by posting pictures of cute characters in their rooms.
There is no kid who dislikes this lovable character, Hello Kitty! We can even say that the other soft toy makers are jealous of this cutie. I remember the new mothers asking for Hello Kitty feeding bottles and diaper bags for their young ones, in the supermarkets. The quality, attractive nature and easier availability form the reasons for its worldwide fame.
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For International HX520 and 9900i models. Sold in pairs.
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Air cleaner fairing/shroud designed for International HX520 and 9900i models. The air cleaner shroud covers the air intake hose. Hardware is supplied. Sold in pairs.


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Q: Count same column from same table with different conditions I am using SQL on GBQ.
Here is a simplified version of my table :
Number | Amount | Name
 4        10       A
 1         0       B
 6        100      A
 8         0       C
 5         0       A
 4        10       C

None of the fields "Number", "Amount" or "Name" have unique values.
They all can be repeated many times.
I want to calculate the occurrences where each "Name" has Amount=0 divided by the Total occurrence of that Name.
Like the following : Count(Amount=0)/Count(Total)
For example :

*

*For A : 1/3 = 0.33

*For B : 1/1 = 1

*For C : 1/2 = 0.5

To have the total occurrences by "Name", I could do the following query :
SELECT COUNT(*) Total, Name
FROM MyTable
GROUP BY Name

To count Amount=0 for each "Name" :
SELECT COUNT(*) TotalZero, Name
FROM MyTable
WHERE Amount>0
GROUP BY Name

How can I get both Total and TotalZero columns as a result of 1 query, to be able to divide them ?
I tried the following query :
SELECT A.TotalZero/A.Total
FROM
   (SELECT COUNT(*) Total, Name
    FROM MyTable) A ,
   (SELECT COUNT(*) TotalZero, Name
    FROM MyTable
    WHERE Amount>0) B
GROUP BY A.Name

But I need a column to join the 2 tables on and I am not sure which one I should use.
Any help would be useful.
Note : The table in my example above is actually the result of a sub-query.

A: One method is countif():
SELECT Name, COUNTIF(Amount = 0) * 1.0 / COUNT(*)
FROM MyTable
GROUP BY Name;

Another method is conditional aggregation using AVG():
SELECT Name, AVG(CASE WHEN Amount = 0 THEN 1.0 ELSE 0 END)
FROM MyTable
GROUP BY Name;


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Definition of Controlled foreign corporation (CFC)
A foreign corporation whose voting stock is more than 50% owned
by U.S. stockholders, each of whom owns at least 10% of the voting power.
Legal document establishing a corporation and its structure and purpose.
Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation
Better known as CDIC, this is an organization which insures qualifying deposits and GICs at savings institutions, mainly banks and trust companys, which belong to the CDIC for amounts up to $60,000 and for terms of up to five years. Many types of deposits are not insured, such as mortgage-backed deposits, annuities of duration of more than five years, and mutual funds.
Controlled disbursement
A service that provides for a single presentation of checks each day (typically in
the early part of the day).
A legal "person" that is separate and distinct from its owners. A corporation is allowed to own
assets, incur liabilities, and sell securities, among other things.
A legal entity, organized under state laws, whose investors purchase
shares of stock as evidence of ownership in it. A corporation is a legal entity, which
eliminates much of the liability for the corporation's actions from its investors.
Business owned by stockholders who are not personally
liable for the business's liabilities.
Domestic International Sales Corporation (DISC)
A U.S. corporation that receives a tax incentive for
export activities.
Edge corporations
Specialized banking institutions, authorized and chartered by the Federal Reserve Board
in the U.S., which are allowed to engage in transactions that have a foreign or international character. They
are not subject to any restrictions on interstate banking. foreign banks operating in the U.S. are permitted to
organize and own and Edge corporation.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
A federal institution that insures bank deposits.
Foreign banking market
That portion of domestic bank loans supplied to foreigners for use abroad.
Foreign bond
A bond issued on the domestic capital market of anther company.
Foreign bond market
That portion of the domestic bond market that represents issues floated by foreign
companies to governments.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
a law passed by U.S. Congress in 1977 that makes it illegal for a U.S. company to engage in various "questionable" foreign payments and
makes it mandatory for a U.S. company to maintain accurate
accounting records and a reasonable system of internal
foreign money.
Foreign currency option
An option that conveys the right to buy or sell a specified amount of foreign
currency at a specified price within a specified time period.
Foreign currency translation
The process of restating foreign currency accounts of subsidiaries into the
reporting currency of the parent company in order to prepare consolidated financial statements.
Foreign direct investment (FDI)
The acquisition abroad of physical assets such as plant and equipment, with
operating control residing in the parent corporation.
Currency from another country.
The currency of a foreign country.
Foreign exchange controls
Various forms of controls imposed by a government on the purchase/sale of
foreign currencies by residents or on the purchase/sale of local currency by nonresidents.
Foreign exchange dealer
A firm or individual that buys foreign exchange from one party and then sells it to
another party. The dealer makes the difference between the buying and selling prices, or spread.
Foreign Exchange Market
A worldwide market in which one country's currency is bought or sold in exchange for another country's currency.
A fund containing the central bank's holdings of foreign currency or claims thereon.
Foreign exchange risk
The risk that a long or short position in a foreign currency might have to be closed out
at a loss due to an adverse movement in the currency rates.
Foreign exchange swap
An agreement to exchange stipulated amounts of one currency for another currency
at one or more future dates.
Foreign market
Part of a nation's internal market, representing the mechanisms for issuing and trading
securities of entities domiciled outside that nation. Compare external market and domestic market.
Foreign market beta
A measure of foreign market risk that is derived from the capital asset pricing model.
Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC)
A special type of corporation created by the Tax Reform Act of 1984 that
is designed to provide a tax incentive for exporting U.S.-produced goods.
Foreign tax credit
Home country credit against domestic income tax for foreign taxes paid on foreign
derived earnings.
Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation)
A Congressionally chartered corporation that
purchases residential mortgages in the secondary market from S&Ls, banks, and mortgage bankers and
securitizes these mortgages for sale into the capital markets.
Process by which a company receives its Articles of Incorporation allowing it to operate as a corporation.
Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation
A wholly owned subsidiary of the Midwest Stock
Exchange that operates a clearing service for the comparison, netting, and margining of agency-guaranteed
MBSs transacted for forward delivery.
Multinational corporation
A firm that operates in more than one country.
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
A federal agency that insures the vested benefits of
pension plan participants (established in 1974 by the ERISA legislation).
Possessions corporation
A type of corporation permitted under the U.S. tax code whereby a branch operation
in a U.S. possessions can obtain tax benefits as though it were operating as a foreign subsidiary.
Preferred Stock Stock that has a claim on assets and dividends of a corporation that are prior
to that of common stock. Preferred stock typically does not carry the right to vote.
Private Export Funding Corporation (PEFCO)
Company that mobilizes private capital for financing the
export of big-ticket items by U.S. firms by purchasing at fixed interest rates the medium- to long-term debt
obligations of importers of U.S. products.
Risk controlled arbitrage
A self-funding, self-hedged series of transactions that generally utilize mortgage
securities as the primary assets.


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Does Cannabis Banking Legislation Have a Chance in the Senate?
Home Does Cannabis Banking Legislation Have a Chance in the Senate?
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While there was much celebration surrounding the historic banking legislation vote in the U.S House of Representatives – and with good reason – it's important to remember that the bill has only completed part of its journey.
The next hurdle for the bill is the U.S. Senate. Political pundits are all over the board when it comes to predictions on this, because not only is this new territory for politics in general, but in case you haven't noticed, there is a lot going on in Washington D.C. currently.
"The chances of the SAFE Banking Act being signed into law by the end of the term are better than 50/50," Don Murphy, Director of Federal Policies at the Marijuana Policy Project, told The Marijuana Times. "By the end of the year, less than 50/50 [there only being about 3 weeks left in this year's session). While this might be one of our highest priorities, it is not near the top of either party's to-do list. Perlmutter's yes. Gardner's yes. (Notice that passage in the House earned little ink in the local Cap Hill papers. Impeachment has sucked all the air/interest out of the room. The Ds are on offense and the Rs are on defense. No time for anything else.)"
Before the legislation can even hope to reach the floor for a vote by the full Senate, it must survive the committee process; in this case, the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, chaired by Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID).
"Chairman Crapo indicated he wants to get a cannabis banking bill marked up by the end of the year, and we anticipate it will be similar to the SAFE Banking Act," said Cannabis Trade Federation strategic advisor and former Congressman Carlos Curbelo. "This week's historic bipartisan vote in the House undoubtedly builds momentum for Senate action. There is a growing sense of urgency behind resolving the cannabis banking problem because it would greatly improve public safety and increase transparency into the rapidly expanding state-legal cannabis industry. We are confident the Senate will concur with an overwhelming number of Democrats and Republicans in the House that this industry deserves the same access to banking services as all others."
While what's going on with Trump and the upcoming election may be out of our control, we can continue to put pressure on Senators to at least take a look at the banking bill. With everything the federal government is involved in, eventually time will need to be devoted to something other than Trump.
Call, write or contact your Senators on the Internet. Only constituents will be able to keep this issue in front of their reps in Washington D.C. in the midst of all that is going on. The progress is slow and sometimes it seems like it's too slow to make much of a difference, but the House vote proves that issues are advancing and that the momentum still belongs to those in the cannabis community.
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Ataraxia's Barb Youngs says that the company will hire 30 employees to manage the 50,000 foot Albion facility which will cultivate medical marijuana. According to reports, they have already received well over 100 applicants, some of whom are new to the industry.
The company will provide training in Denver for positions including trim technicians, supervisors and growers. Even though the company plans to hire 30 employees, the huge amount of applicants means that the positions are highly desired, so there is certainly some competition.
Ataraxia was chosen by the state of Illinois to participate in the four-year pilot program, which will be overseen by The Illinois Department of Agriculture.
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