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Q: Javascript Animation API : calling a function after each iteration I'm using Javascript Element.animate()
 to create an infinite scroll animation.
here's a snippet of my code:

for(var i = 0; i < rows.length; i++){
var scroll = rows[i].animate([
  // keyframes
  { top: '-' + container.clientHeight + 'px' },
  { top: '600px' }
], {
  // timing options
  duration: 10000,
  iterations: Infinity
});
}

my question is, can I call a function after each iteration ?

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Opinion & Blogs » Back Page
OPINION: The Stone Brewing Bistro: a Good Deal for Richmond
by Chuck D'Aprix
I am writing in response to the Oct. 23 editorial concerning Stone Brewing's plans to construct a bistro on the site of the current Intermediate Terminal Building. As a resident of the Greater Fulton neighborhood and as a career economic development and historic preservation professional, I feel compelled to bring to the fore some essential information relative to the proposed project.
I am not a shill for Stone Brewing – I have no affiliation with Stone in any way. Rather, as a resident of the neighborhood in which Stone is located, I took the time to examine the proposed Bistro project and to familiarize myself with the proposed amendment that awaits City Council. I encourage others to do the same.
Allow me first to address the financing of the proposed Bistro. I have heard some refer to this project as a sweetheart deal. Hardly. As with Stone's brewery, this project will be financed with bonds—not a grant. Think of this as an $8 million loan, a very popular economic development tool employed around the country when a project involves a publicly owned building. Stone is obligated to pay back these bonds over 25 years – with interest. Then, after 25 years of payments, with interest, Stone then must pay $25,000 to purchase the property.
The city's exposure in the proposed deal is significantly limited. For example, the bonds are tethered to the revenue created by the facility – thus, the city's bonding capacity is not diminished. Moreover, the city is only obligated to pay 80 percent of the project improvement costs up to $8 million. Anything more than $8 million, Stone is obligated to pay. This ensures that the building has sufficient value to cover the bonds in the unlikely event of a default.
Stone Brewing already is having a profound economic impact on the city. It has paid more than $420,000 in real property taxes and $ 1.6 million in personal property taxes. Even a conservative estimate indicates that the proposed Bistro will yield more than $25,000 a year in real property taxes. Of course, Stone already employs a number of local residents, and the Bistro will employ many more. I took the time to look at the economic impact of similar Stone Bistro projects in other cities and it was impressive. I encourage readers to visit the Stone website and to look at the quality of the projects Stone has developed. The Stone Bistro in San Diego has become a major regional tourist attraction.
As one with a background in urban design and who is a resident of Greater Fulton, I absolutely want the proposed building to be well-designed and contextually appropriate for our community. I was pleased to learn that there will be an extensive design review process that will allow for significant public input.
The Urban Design Committee will, of course, review the plans for the proposed project and the public will have the ability to comment and offer opinions. After review by the Urban Design Committee, the Planning Commission will evaluate the plans. Again, there will be an opportunity for public comment. Finally, the plans will make their way to the director of planning and development review. I would add that Stone has a history of holding neighborhood meetings to elicit community opinion. It is, however, incumbent on us as residents to make sure we get the building we deserve – there will be plenty of opportunity for input.
It would seem logical that any discussion around the demolition of the Intermediate Terminal Building should address the historic significance of the property. I have spent a career advancing the notion that historic preservation and economic development are inextricably linked. However, key to that proposition is the existence of an historic structure. I take a back seat to no one when it comes to historic preservation. I align myself in this instance with the historic preservation consultants retained to review the property, as well as the state agency charged with determining eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places.
In determining that the building was not eligible for the National Register, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources said, "The complex has lost integrity of setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and appreciation and is not eligible for the National Register." This buttresses the work of the experts at Dutton and Associates, a highly respected firm. There is a reason we have standards to determine whether a building is historic. Those standards were applied by historic preservation professionals in this instance and the Intermediate Terminal Building was found wanting.
Simply calling a building a landmark does not make it one. Interpreting and advancing the story of the commercial shipping history in Richmond does not hinge on salvaging a structure that rests in a flood plain and is beset by numerous structural issues. The history of Rocketts Landing and its environs can be told eloquently and artfully absent this decaying building – a building not even fit for storage at this juncture. Stone spent approximately a million dollars examining the structural viability of the Intermediate Terminal Building. Its engineers identified significant barriers to meaningful redevelopment. Any other developer would be faced with the same insurmountable issues.
A key issue for me is building height. Current zoning calls for 45 feet and Stone has agreed to that height in the amendment that awaits council. The current building height is 53 feet – therefore, the new building will be less imposing than the current structure. I was encouraged to read that there are numerous utility and maintenance easements on the property and that they will be honored.
As a resident of Greater Fulton, I appreciate the investment Stone has made in our neighborhood. It has generously supported our nonprofit organizations and has become an integral part of our too-long-underserved community. The history of Fulton for years was one of disinvestment. It is heartening to have Stone Brewing and the City of Richmond work in concert to craft a meaningful project that will benefit our neighborhood and city.
Chuck D'Aprix is a 35-year economic development, historic preservation and commercial district revitalization professional. He has run economic development and downtown revitalization agencies in three states and has consulted in more than 300 communities nationally. He recently started a community development corporation in his neighborhood of Greater Fulton.
Opinions expressed on the Back Page are those of the writer and not necessarily those of Style Weekly.

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Michele Bachmann Drops Out of Presidential Race
Rep. Michele Bachmann will "suspend her campaign," a senior campaign official told ABC News today, hours after placing last in the Iowa caucuses and vowing to continue in South Carolina.
Bachmann cancelled plans to travel to South Carolina this morning and scheduled an impromptu news conference for later today.
Bachmann staked her candidacy on Iowa, the state in which she was born and raised. In September, campaign manager Keith Nahigian called Iowa a "must win" state.
Bachmann placed sixth out of the six candidates competing here in Tuesday's first-in-the-nation caucuses, receiving only 5 percent of the vote and losing in Waterloo, the town where she was born.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/bachmann-drops-out-of-presidential-race/
Not really surprised about this since she finished last yesterday in voting. She hasn't really endorsed anyone, I wonder if she will?
Do you think she now runs for Senate?
MenInTights
not a plastic bag
Her concession speech was fantastic. I really like Bachmann even if I'm not sure that I could vote for her. I doubt she runs for Senate. She will probably lobby for more responsibility inside the House. Would love to see her replace Boehner.
rainbow 11!
oh GOD. I fucking HATE her. So thank god for this. I hope she doesn't run for anything, she is a horrible woman. I'm surprised she lasted that long, to be honest. I didn't expect much from her.
"I would rather shit and cry than strain and nap all the time."
cool farts
Might as well keep post this in this thread.
Rick Perry surprises staff, stays in race - Jonathan Martin - POLITICO.com
Rick Perry decided to stay in the race afterall. I'm surprise, but he has the money to stay in. Maybe he's banking on Santorum taking a chunk out of the Gingrich support down there.
Babe_Ruth said:
I was glad to see Perry stay. He's the type of candidate that can catch a fire and come from behind. He's just extremely likable. I was bummed this morning when I heard he was out.
KSpiceFantastic
Haters gonna hate.
It was a given that there would be some casualties after Iowa, and Bachmann is the first, and rightfully so. Some of her views were completely out of left field and would not work in today's society. The economy is the #1 issue and she would cite her experience as a tax evasion processor for the IRS? No. That just doesn't cut it for the Presidency.
Regardless, the first casualty is there, and I expect Perry or Gingrich (or both) to drop after South Carolina. As of now, it is a three horse race between Romney, Santorum, and Paul.
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KSpiceFantastic said:
I was listening to the Rush update this morning and Gingrich seems to now have a personal vendetta against Romney. Rush used the analogy of a stock car racer that has decided to crash his car into another even though it will destroy both of the cars. There are a lot of people like me that just won't vote for Gingrich and think he's an ass but at the same time love to hear him take on opponents and respect his argument.
Gingrich has really become the wild card. Not because he can win, but because of what he can do.
CaptainObvious
Embrace the Suck
Actually I'm not that surprised. Many small businesses in New Hampshire are disenfranchised with the current administration and are seeking something else economically. Of the GOP contenders Perry presents as the most conservative from an economical standpoint.
Facts don't care about your feelings, and neither do I.
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Voters guide: LA County Board of Supervisors District 3
By Greg Hartmann Last updated May 31, 2022
Three prominent Democrats are vying to replace Sheila Kuehl as Los Angeles County supervisor for District 3, which covers swaths of the San Fernando Valley and the Westside.
District 3 covers much of the Valley as well as well-heeled sections of the Westside, including Santa Monica and West Hollywood, and coastal communities like Malibu. Under redistricting, District 3 lost some key areas, including the Hollywood Bowl, the LA County Museum of Art, the La Brea Tar Pits and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to the 2nd and 5th districts.
Kuehl, who has represented the area since 2014, announced she would not seek reelection.
Among the issues the candidates have raised are homelessness, crime, oversight of the Sheriff's Department and housing.
Santa Monica Pickleball Center Head Pro, Julio Rivera Named…
January 27th Bike/Pedestrian Safety Operation
'Heart Of Gold' Santa Monica Teen Juggles…
Reading from other publications
Who will succeed Shelia Kuehl?
(Daily News)
Meet the candidates for District 3
(Spectrum One)
Stakes are high for the powerful job of LA County supervisor
(KCRW)
Critics say new District 3 is too conservative
(Santa Monica Mirror)
A guide to District 3 issues and candidates
(Larchmont Chronicle)
More guides to the election:
Parents, Students Protest High School's Ban on Unvaccinated Students at Graduation
Report Finds High Levels of Mold at Santa Monica Elementary School
Santa Monica Pickleball Center Head Pro, Julio Rivera Named Head Coach of Orlando…
'Heart Of Gold' Santa Monica Teen Juggles Soccer, School And Support
SMO's uncertain future – Santa Monica Daily Press


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Director Peter Jackson's body of work is extensive. He brought J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings saga to life in two award-winning trilogies, and his films have garnered dozens of Oscar nominations. Despite these cinematic feats, he perhaps has never helmed a project as significant as his 2018 documentary, They Shall Not Grow Old.
The root of this success, it seems, is Jackson's uncanny ability to interpret literary and historical canon, thus offering something authentic and palatable to moviegoers. A New Zealander, Jackson has strong ties to the U.K., and thus leapt at the opportunity to create a meaningful World War I film. The result, is a chillingly realistic look at the men of the "Lost Generation," whose anonymous faces have been left to history, in a war whose frontlines were no doubt a "meat grinder," sending soldiers as young as 16 to their graves.
Viewed against the footage of hand-crank cameras that's both choppy and distorted, Jackson's filmmaking team bumps it up to a higher frame rate, adds color to the muddy trenches and expansive French fields, and essentially humanizes the first generation of soldiers to know machine gun fire and chemical weapons.
Jackson made a definitive choice early on in the production process, preferring not to act as a historian and lecture on the political history of this "Great War." Instead, he approaches They Shall Not Grow Old as someone interested in the life of the everyday infantryman or gunner, someone who would have had to battle trench-foot or blitz a German line. As many of the phantom voices in the film suggest, the common English soldier — brought off the fields or out of the factory — did not care about the larger political jockeying. They simply aimed to do a job.
They Shall Not Grow Old features a veteran's take on the cause and scope of the war, with one gentleman mentioning "that fellow" that was shot in the Balkans. (This was the assassination of Austro-Hungarian heir, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which led to a crisis that would result in war). Another describes the sense of distance from these sparks, with many assuming the conflict would fail to reach England. Nevertheless, British soldiers would soon be mobilized — with some 15-, 16- and 17-year old boys among them. They'd leave the barracks and find themselves amid the harsh realities of a world at war.
Jackson's work was co-commissioned by 14-18 Now and Imperial War Museums (IWM), in association with the BBC. To bring the project together, the filmmakers reviewed 600 hours of interviews from the BBC and IWM, and 100 hours of original film footage. Opting to steer clear of narration, titles and largely any sense of time or place, Jackson instead forces viewers to comprehend the ways in which an infantryman might see the war: Unaware of the time that's elapsed or key strategic decisions made by military higher-ups.
It is a unique approach from Jackson, who in a post-show Q&A describes some of his more salient techniques. Jackson walks viewers through the soundtrack, the work of voice actors to dub the silent footage and his efforts to slow down the quick, mechanical movements of the subjects. In its entirety, the film, since duplicated a number of times, has felt the wrath of time and storage, but Jackson's digital augmentation is arguably the most significant onscreen attempt to document the World War I experience. He experiments with time and technical features to make the soldiers more like their counterparts 20 years later, who have traditionally been portrayed onscreen more.
It is with great care and respect that Jackson tackles this subject. A credits scene commemorates his grandfather, a British veteran of the war. It is through that lens that viewers can now view some of the filmmaker's creative choices across his oeuvre. Particularly inspired by Tolkien — who famously served in the Lancashire Fusiliers before penning his future hits — Jackson has an incredible ability to conjure up emotion, coupling that with vivid canvases and, in this case, the European war theater.
While the stiff, digitally enhanced movements of the soldiers initially feel jarring, They Shall Not Grow Old eventually becomes a groundbreaking project bound to aid the academic side of World War I studies and introduce an entire generation to the tribulations of trench-going teens.
For world leaders at the time like Kaiser Wilhelm, Tsar Nicholas II, French President Raymond Poincaré, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, World War I may have been a chess match. For the soldiers it was a blood-soaked Armageddon. For Jackson, it has become a human experience that should not be confined to museum storage.


Design secrets of The Secret Garden in Richmond!
Alyson Savage is a busy and talented lady. Not only is she the owner of The Secret Garden in Richmond - a fabulous two-bedroom property with a hot tub in the walled garden - but Alyson also owns Niche Living in Barnard Castle, a gorgeous little shop that specialises in everything you need to make your home beautiful.
Working as an interior designer – Alyson also knows a thing or two about creating the perfect holiday let having designed lots of them from start to finish. The Secret Garden is the first holiday home Alyson has created for herself, and was originally her own beloved cottage in Richmond.
When I first discovered the cottage I absolutely loved the name and the fact that even though the property is so close to the centre of Richmond, the walled garden is so quiet and peaceful. I come from a gardening background (I owned a garden centre at the time) so discovering The Secret Garden seemed like fate!
I was always interested in design and I started off designing gardens and sourcing gorgeous pieces for my own home. It got to the point I was collecting so many pieces that opening a shop was the next logical step. I opened the shop Niche Living in Barnard Castle and went from designing gardens to designing houses. I love sourcing beautiful items from around the world and pulling a look together for my customers.
Every piece in The Secret Garden has come from Niche Living and I really wanted to make it into a beautiful haven for guests. I've used key pieces to really elevate the room – for example, I've used a £2,500 rug in the living room and covered furniture in fabrics from the shop to create unique statement pieces. I think it is so important that a property has a personality and isn't bland!
One of my favourite pieces is the kitchen dresser which has been painted to give it a new lease of life. Other items (such as the headboards) are completely bespoke to finish off the look of the room.
The wallpapers and paints are Farrow and Ball and Zoffany – not only does this give strong colours but good quality paints are easier to clean and touch up so that everything looks fresh.
Any design tips you can give us?
Lighting is so important in creating a mood in the property, but it is important that lighting should work for different situations. In the cottage, for example, guests can choose between soft and strong lighting. Keep furniture clean and simple – less is more sometimes. It is worth spending on good quality furniture that is built to last and try to go for timeless looks that will work from season to season.
Don't forget about the outside space as well. I decided to go for a hot tub with the Secret Garden to make a real sanctuary for guests. There's also a table and chairs, a selection of plants and twinkly lights to make things even more special on darker nights.
Do you have any other secrets you can share?
One thing I think works really well is having a signature scent for the property with a quality diffuser. It's something people notice immediately and elevates the cottage. It's also really important to keep your quality level throughout. For example I use 460 thread count Egyptian cotton sheets that are super soft for guests.
The Niche Living shop is in Barnard Castle as well as online and sells a variety of decorative items for the home. The Secret Garden is available to book through Gorgeous Cottages. If you are thinking of letting a holiday cottage, give the team a call on 01642 263 249.


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**Exploring Tate Art Open Data, 2014, JavaScript and R code.**

Why visualise the Tate's collection dataset?

The Tate is the UK's largest art institution. The free and open release of Tate's collection data shows just how far open data has come in the last decade, and makes a major resource available for study. This resource allows us to follow two lines of investigation.

The first is into the history of art, using the Tate's collection as a model of art in general, particularly of British art. The Tate's collection data describes the form, content, attribution and dates of a sample of art from the past several hundred years. This is a history of art, and as long as we place it in its historical context it can be a useful one.

The second is institutional critique, to analyse the Tate's collection and contrast it with other collections and with other models of the history of art (verbal, data-based or otherwise). Rather than allowing or controlling for the historical context of the data this makes recovering and examining that context the focus.

It's possible to succeed or fail at each, and neither requires taking the claims of Museums to represent history or of data to represent reality at face value or in a vacuum. Data visualisation and statistical analysis are ways of dealing with datasets that would take a human reader many years to examine. They are forms of rhetoric, but they are also useful tools.

With suitable modesty of aims and suitable reflection on the historical and political contexts which have given rise to our tools and materials, let us begin…

(From /2014/02/19/exploring-tate-art-open-data-0/)

You can see the results here:

    <code>              name         gender                 dates
     Bateman, James :   2         : 112   dates not known:  59
     Doyle, John    :   2   Female: 521   born 1967      :  42
     Hone, Nathaniel:   2   Male  :2894   born 1936      :  38
     Peri, Peter    :   2                 born 1930      :  36
     Stokes, Adrian :   2                 born 1938      :  36
     Wilson, Richard:   2                 born 1941      :  34
     (Other)        :3515                 (Other)        :3282
      yearOfBirth    yearOfDeath                      placeOfBirth
     Min.   :1497   Min.   :1543                            : 491
     1st Qu.:1855   1st Qu.:1874   London, United Kingdom   : 446
     Median :1910   Median :1944   Paris, France            :  57
     Mean   :1887   Mean   :1920   Edinburgh, United Kingdom:  47
     3rd Qu.:1941   3rd Qu.:1982   New York, United States  :  43
     Max.   :2004   Max.   :2013   Glasgow, United Kingdom  :  35
     NA's   :57     NA's   :1309   (Other)                  :2408
                        placeOfDeath
                              :2079
     London, United Kingdom   : 442
     Paris, France            :  82
     New York, United States  :  45
     Roma, Italia             :  22
     Edinburgh, United Kingdom:  18
     (Other)                  : 839
    </code>

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You can find details for how to get the source code on those pages.

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require 'lou/transformer/step'

module Lou
  module Transformer
    # never raise this...
    class NeverError < StandardError; end

    def self.extended(base)
      base.class_eval do
        self.transformer_steps = []
        self.transformer_error_class = Lou::Transformer::NeverError
      end
    end

    def revert_on(error)
      self.transformer_error_class = error
    end

    def step(transformer)
      transformer.tap do |t|
        self.transformer_steps += [t]
      end
    end

    def up(&block)
      Transformer::Step.new.up(&block)
    end

    def down(&block)
      Transformer::Step.new.down(&block)
    end

    def apply(input, total_steps = transformer_steps.count)
      applied_steps = 0
      begin
        transformer_steps.last(total_steps).each do |t|
          input = t.apply(input)
          applied_steps += 1
        end
      rescue transformer_error_class => e
        revert(input, applied_steps) if total_steps == transformer_steps.count
        raise e
      end
      input
    end

    def revert(output, total_steps = transformer_steps.count)
      reversed_steps = 0
      begin
        transformer_steps.first(total_steps).reverse_each do |t|
          output = t.revert(output)
          reversed_steps += 1
        end
      rescue transformer_error_class => e
        apply(output, reversed_steps) if total_steps == transformer_steps.count
        raise e
      end
      output
    end

    protected

    attr_accessor :transformer_steps, :transformer_error_class
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Snowshoeing at Pierce Cedar Creek
Andy Fitzpatrick
HASTINGS - The gentle crunch of snow underfoot and the hooting of owls might be the only sounds heard Saturday night, even if 40 people are stomping through the woods.
At Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, a full moon snowshoe hike will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday and allow visitors the trails at 701 W. Cloverdale Road in Hastings to explore the land at night. They'll be able to rent snowshoes on site or bring their own.
Pierce Communications Coordinator Sara Lien Edelman said the snowshoe hikes have been well-attended in the past, and it's an unusual, fun way for a family to spend time outside.
"If you're looking for a really entertaining way to exercise, it's really good fitness," Lien Edelman said. "It's a great workout."
Hitting the trail Wednesday, that much was clear. Walking with snowshoes lets one move easily on the top of snow, rather than sinking into it, said A.J. Smith, the Pierce research and data coordinator — and experienced snowshoe hiker. It can make for a quiet hike, where the real sounds — or the stillness — of the nighttime forest are heard.
Still, lifting the extra weight and walking slightly differently than normal can be felt in the legs, especially when hills are involved.
It's not intense, though, and the advantage is obvious.
"If you're trying to walk through feet of snow, you're post-holing," Smith said. "You're driving a big hole and lugging through that snow. What snow shoes allow you to do is float on the top and just sink in slightly, and maneuver through the woods and whatever type of area you're interested in going through."
Another advantage is ease of access to the natural world; owls, foxes, coyotes, hawks and the mice they're chasing might be seen Saturday night. And on one of the longer hikes of the night, a trip onto the surface of a frozen lake is on the schedule.
There are two basic kinds of snowshoes. One is the traditional version, made out of wood and featuring cloth or leather webbing. That kind stretches back to early Native Americans and European fur trappers working in North America. Smith said they were actually more used among what is now the lower 48 states than in the Alaskan region, because those indigenous people were hunting more on ice than on snow.
The modern versions, made out of metal tubing and plastic, feature spikes on the bottom for ice-walking, and are a bit easier to maneuver.
"There are advantages to both and it's more fun to make your own out of old-school materials," Smith said.
If any of the above has convinced someone to try it out for the first time, Smith and Lien Edelman had these tips:
Walk this way: "There's the outside of each one and when you're walking, you're trying to brush those two in line with each other but then not step on it as you step down," Smith said. "So you step up, then at the end step out just a little bit so it's not awkward."
Toes up: Smith said lifting with the toes with each step will make walking easier. "So it's kind of a little bit more of a step," Smith said. "The newer ones are a lot easier to do that with, just based on the bindings, how they fit your feet."
Keep back a bit: Try to not tailgate the hiker in front of you. "You never know what the other person's going to run into," Smith said. "Give yourself a little bit of room so you're hiking together, but not on top of each other, so if they stop you're not going to step on their snowshoe and trip or something."
Save your cell phone: Lien Edelman said that when she was on a past hike, someone was texting and dropped the phone into the snow. While the snowshoes kept the person on the surface, the phone was lost under the powder. "It took them a while to find it," she said.
Contact Andy Fitzpatrick at 269-966-0697 or afitzpatrick@battlecreekenquirer.com. Follow him on Twitter: @am_fitzpatrick
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In the night of Saturday, September 15 (local time), the Typhoon struck the city, Baggao in the province of Cagayan.
It is reported, Mangkhut Typhoon stronger than hurricane Florence, which was released on the East coast of the United States. Its power is equivalent to maximum hurricane of the fifth category. Maximum winds of up to 285 kilometers per hour.
At risk are more than 5 million people. The Philippines government has already evacuated thousands of residents, closed schools and sent rescuers and military personnel to assist.


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A Brief History of the Joy Cann 5 Mile Memorial Road Race
Joy Cann died after a courageous battle against cancer in December 1992; she was only 32 years old.
A popular runner with the Huncote Harriers, she regularly competed in the local road race league and completed the London Marathon in 1990.
The Club organised the first Ladies only race, in Joy's memory, on 9th July 1993 around the old 'Wakes 5' course. The inaugural event attracted 67 Ladies and was won by Heather Jennings (Beaumont Leys Running Club).
The event remained a low-key affair until July 1995 when the race was combined with the local charity fund raising 'Huncote Wakes Day'. The race had a brand new course and men ran for the first time in a separate race.
In 1997 the event went under one final radical change: the Men's and Ladies races were combined for the first time and the start and finish of the race was moved to the Huncote Leisure Centre and the popular Wednesday evening date was established, where is has remained ever since.
A share of any profits made from the race are donated to charity. Donations have been made to all of the following charities over the last 20+ years:
The Cancer Unit at the Leicester Royal Infirmary (where Joy was cared for).
The Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust
The Helen Webb Trust
The Lord Mayors Scanner Appeal
Huncote Junior School
Huncote Children's Play Group
Huncote Children's Netball Group
Huncote Animal Rescue Centre
'When you wish upon a Star'
The Manor Croft Day Centre
Rehabilitation Unit at Leicester General Hospital
Rainbow's Appeal
Prostaid
Leicestershire Animal Aid
Pink Ribbon Foundation
Leicestershire Parents of Diabetics Group
Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance
The Laura Centre
Heartlink
Downs Heart Group
Leicester Children's Holiday Centre (Mablethorpe).
Friends of Birkett House School.
Macmillan Cancer Support.
Sketchley Hill Menphys Nursery, Burbage
Edgar's Gift
LRI Our Space Appeal
The Neonatal Unit at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro
The Nottingham Hospitals Charity in memory of Bella Hurst
Diabetes Camps
Bodie Hodges Foundation


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Study: 43% of Wisconsin businesses say school districts' reopening plans could impact state's workforce availability
Nusaiba Mizan
Oshkosh Northwestern
OSHKOSH - School districts' back-to-school plans could impact the availability of Wisconsin's workforce, according to 43% of business representatives in a statewide survey.
"When we asked about school opening policies, we weren't surprised a significant number of business owners were expressing some level of concern," said Jeffrey Sachse, interim director of UW-Oshkosh's Center for Customized Research and Services, which administered the survey. "That has to be tempered in one part just because of the relatively late nature of when districts actually announced their reopening strategies."
Almost 40,000 business across the state responded to the survey administered by the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. and the New North.
The survey is one in a series of monthly surveys that gauge how Wisconsin businesses and the Wisconsin economy are doing through the pandemic. The surveys began in April. Other than questions on the impact of schools, there were questions on inventory, income change, productivity, and other trends.
RELATED:35% of Wisconsin businesses surveyed say they may close if current economic conditions continue
RELATED:Child care facilities continue to operate under state guidelines designed to keep children, staff safe
Most businesses reported less than a quarter of their employees need accommodations at work, such as scheduling changes and flexible hours, to take care of children during the COVID-19 pandemic as a new school year starts. Districts' back-to-school plans call for in-person classes, virtual classes or a combination of both.
Businesses expressed "pretty universally" that they were concerned about districts that had different schedules based on level of school, Sachse said, like a daily in-person schedule for elementary school students and a mix of virtual and in-person for middle and high schools.
Business owners also are concerned about neighboring school districts with different reopening plans. This would require balancing the schedules of employees across several school districts.
One-third of business representatives shared they were unsure or neutral about schools' impact on workforce availability.
Sachse said businesses are offering accommodations to employees with kids in school. Accommodations include switching shifts, moving start and end times, and flexible hours. Sachse said some businesses were interested in subsidizing child care fees but sometimes expressed frustration over a lack of available spots in child care.
"What we're hearing throughout this is businesses are being asked to do things that they don't normally do. They don't express a lot of comfort and confidence in doing it because they've never done it before," Sachse said.
Businesses are having to think about costs as they balance providing a new employee benefit, regardless of the urgency or the need, Sachse said.
Representatives from industries like education and health care shared they think school reopenings will have a significant impact, while representatives from industries like accommodation and food services shared they were unsure or neutral.
Manufacturing, construction and health care were the industries that expressed the most concern regarding school reopening plans, Sachse said.
Contact Nusaiba Mizan at (920)-431-8310 or nmizan@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter at @nusaiblah.


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Corbyn and Seumas' Record of Siding With Assad
Last night's statement from a Labour "spokesperson" on the Douma gas attack – no wonder no one wanted to put their name to it – was a textbook case of Corbynista equivocation in the face of evil committed by a regime opposed by the West. Corbyn's record on Syria speaks for itself.
He accepted a free trip to meet Assad paid for by a Palestinian group which blames Jews for the Holocaust, posing with the Syrian leader alongside Jenny Tonge, and writing afterwards that the junket had shown him evidence that "the Israeli tail wags the US dog".
He was the chair of Stop the War when they compared Assad to Churchill and repeatedly promoted Assad apologists, and he continued to back the group when they were condemned by Peter Tatchell for silencing victims of the Assad regime, and accused by Syria Solidarity UK of tacitly supporting Assad.
Following the Khan Sheikhoun gas attack, Corbyn refused to blame Assad despite Britain, the US and France all agreeing there was no doubt the regime carried it out. He did however appear on Russia Today to immediately endorse Russian reports of Syrian rebels using chemical weapons. He called for an "independent UN investigation". When such an investigation later found the Assad regime responsible, Corbyn said nothing.
He received a briefing from Declan Hayes, a notorious Assad apologist who has denied that the regime has used chemical weapons. He dined with Marcus Papadopoulos, who claimed "there was no massacre at Aleppo".
Corbyn's chief aide Seumas Milne has repeatedly apologised for the Assad regime, writing that warnings of chemical attacks by Assad were a "reprise of the falsehood that paved the way for the invasion of Iraq", praising Russian intervention in Syria as a "check to unbridled US power" and criticising Nato for working against the Assad regime.
Milne's deputy in the leader's office Steve Howell is even worse – he's repeatedly openly sided with Assad and accused the West of spinning the Aleppo slaughter.
Corbyn's favourite newspaper, the communist Morning Star, actually backed Assad's slaughter in Aleppo as "providing aerial support to troops fighting to drive extremists out".
Corbyn famously said that "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor". On Syria he doesn't even pretend to be neutral.
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Once the setup files are loaded, the setup will start with the following screen. You can change these to meet your needs (the default values should be fine for now).
Once you click Next, you can start the installation, click "Install now".
You will see the following screen, wait until it finishes loading.
In the following setup screen, you will see four options. Select Windows Server 2012 DataCenter Evaluation (Server With GUI).
After you click Next from previous screen, Read the License terms, tick the "I accept the license terms" and click Next.
Now It will ask you for the drive (or partition) you want to install Windows on. Here we will install it on the one partition we have.
NOTE: This will remove the contents on the partition. Either you create a partition to install windows on, or you can test this on a testing machine.
Now once we picked our partition, clicking on next from previous screen will start the setup. This process might take a while.
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The setup will finalize your settings, might take a couple of minutes.
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The estate consists of 240 hectares in Tupungato, Uco Valley (Mendoza). The area has idyllic wine-growing conditions. The vineyard is situated on the foothills of the Andes at an altitude of 1200 meters/4000 feet above sea level which is among some of the highest worldwide and within the Mendoza region. Due to its location, Domaine Bousquet's vineyard benefits from a cool climate and constant fresh air.
With rainfall averaging a scant 20 cm per year, water delivery to the vines can be well controlled. Irrigation is processed through a drop-by-drop system with pure mountain run-off, which creates lower pH in the grape, resulting in higher acidity, and more color in the wine.
Soils are sandy. Drainage tends to be excellent. Most soils are low in organic material due to elevation and climate, creating additional desirable vine stress.
The vineyard was virgin and was planted by Jean Bousquet after its purchase in 1997. Once the vines reach their optimum ripeness, the grapes are picked by hand and gathered in small trays.
All these great attributes give the grapes the possibility to attain an optimum maturation without having to use pesticides or any other chemical products, hence allowing Domaine Bousquet to produce high quality and healthy organically grown grapes which are then transformed to high quality organic wines.
The philosophy of Domaine Bousquet is to focus on preserving the grapes high quality characteristics, which is why gentle handling of the fruit is the guiding principle of our winery.
The team working in our cellar is detail oriented, and strives to combine traditional with modern methods in order to produce high quality and modern style wines.
The cellar has a capacity of about 2, 5 million liters of premium wine that include stainless and cements vats, and French and American oak barrels.
Grapes arrive in small boxes to the receiving area, where they are hand-sorted before going to the destemmer. After a gentle destemming, the fruit is then sent to tanks for maceration and then fermentation for 30 days approximately. The fermentation is carried out with selected yeast at a controlled temperature.
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Classic Films in Focus: CALAMITY JANE (1953)
Calamity Jane (1953) transforms a Western legend into a frontier Cinderella story, complete with the requisite ball, but instead of a prince our heroine is out to land a handsome cavalry lieutenant. This Warner Brothers musical, directed by David Butler, can't be faulted for its lack of historical veracity, since the real Calamity Jane's story remains deeply buried in myths, half-truths, and self-aggrandizing lies, and its charm relies primarily on the spunky charisma of Doris Day as the rough but lovestruck protagonist. With Howard Keel as her costar, Day gives one of her signature performances, bringing the feisty heroine both liveliness and loveliness as the story unfolds.
As Calamity, Day whoops, fights, and sings her way around Deadwood, a wild frontier town where the men pine for Chicago stage star Adelaid Adams. Calamity goes to fetch the sexy chanteuse but accidentally brings back her maid, Katie Brown (Allyn McLerie), instead. After a rough start, Katie proves a hit, but Calamity is jealous when both her pal, Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel), and her crush, Lieutenant Danny Gilmartin (Philip Carey), try to court Katie.
Day is absolutely the star attraction here, and the buckskin costumes give her an opportunity to deliver an unusually physical performance as both a singer and a comedienne. As she rides, shoots, runs, and bounces through her scenes her energy is simply irresistible. Ironically, it's the slow, quintessentially feminine song, "Secret Love," that won the Oscar for Best Song, even though Day's more boisterous numbers, especially "The Deadwood Stage," are much more fun. Howard Keel is in his natural element as Day's leading man; the two sound very good together in their musical segments and have a feisty chemistry that telegraphs the inevitable ending. Allyn McLerie also makes an excellent partner and foil for Day, and the budding friendship between Katie and Calamity adds another layer to the story that Cinderella fantasies usually lack. Philip Carey has the least rewarding role of the four major players, since his Danny is no prince, and our final judgment of each character stems from his or ability to appreciate Calamity, which Danny never proves himself able to do.
The theme, the setting, and the presence of Keel recall the 1950 musical Annie Get Your Gun, in which Betty Hutton plays another Western legend, the sharpshooter Annie Oakley. In both movies, the rugged, uncultured heroines adopt conventional femininity in order to get their men, but Calamity Jane avoids the worst sins of the earlier story by having Calamity retain the essential elements of her character. Calamity doesn't give up her old identity or her scrappy frontier spirit. She adds dresses to her wardrobe but keeps pants, too, and her ability to inhabit both modes is particularly emphasized when she sings the sweetly romantic "Secret Love" while dressed in a buckskin pants outfit. The ending also promises a much more egalitarian marriage than that achieved in the Hutton film, in which Annie loses a shooting match on purpose because her man can't stand to be beaten by a woman. In both pictures, Howard Keel plays the leading man, but his Wild Bill has a far less fragile ego than his Frank Butler. While it takes a pretty dress to make Bill aware of it, his affection for Calamity has been there the whole time, and the picture's final moment makes it clear that Calamity has developed a characteristically possessive view of their new relationship.
Be sure to appreciate the very funny Dick Wesson as Francis Fryer; his drag number is a hoot. For more of Doris Day, see Romance on the High Seas (1948), Love Me or Leave Me (1955), and Pillow Talk (1959). Howard Keel also stars in Show Boat (1951), Kiss Me Kate (1953), and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954). Look for Allyn McLerie in The Way We Were (1973), and catch Philip Carey in Westerns like Cattle Town (1952) and Springfield Rifle (1952). Other films directed by David Butler include Shirley Temple vehicles like Bright Eyes (1934) and Captain January (1936) as well as the Crosby and Hope road picture, Road to Morocco (1942).
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Labels: Allyn McLerie, Classic Films in Focus, David Butler, Dick Wesson, Doris Day, Howard Keel, musical, Philip Carey, Westerns
Classic Films in Focus: COVER GIRL (1944)


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Sonic Origins Collection Announced for 2022
Discussion in 'General Sonic Discussion' started by HEDGESMFG, May 27, 2021.
classic sonic
sonic 3&k
sonic cd
sonic origins
taxman ports
TheGrandChawhee
I always saw Advance as Sonic 4 for that exact reason. Its funny how our minds work, like that universal thing of imagining a guy running alongside your car as you look out the window.
TheGrandChawhee said:
Its funny how our minds work, like that universal thing of imagining a guy running alongside your car as you look out the window.
Wait, that's universal? I always thought I was weird for doing that. :P
Anyway, I wonder whether it would be appropriate to get rid of some cumbersome BS in the original games, or if they'd make that kind of effort. Sonic 2's special stages are indeed special, especially frustrating with AI Tails. Using the same rules as the main game would not only be more consistent, but far less frustrating. Perhaps it's consistent with the alphas where Tails would kindly lose your rings, but they changed that for a reason. May as well do the same to the other game mode.
And the Carnival Night barrel is just terrible design. There is literally nothing to indicate to the player that you can move it by pressing up and down on the D-pad. Once you know it, it's easy, but you have to basically go learn it somewhere or figure it out by accident. I, for one, called the SEGA hotline. I was pretty irritated to find out it was so simple, even if obfuscated as all hell.
The way I see it is that a game/collection like this should have two settings; classic and anniversary.
Classic mode would be the original games remade but matching the original games as much as possible. Taking S1 as an example, Classic mode would probably mean the original spike behaviour, no spindash and the traditional lives system. But as this is likely a remake instead of an emulation, possibly based on 2013 mobile remaster, then some fundamental engine and design related differences mean that it wouldn't be exactly the same as the original in Classic mode, such as smooth rotation in the Special Stages or slightly tweaked boss arenas to suit widescreen.
Anniversary would then introduce more bells and whistles to freshen up the experience. Drop dash, spin dash, peel-out, no lives system, 7th Special Stage implemented for Super Sonic, possibly the elemental shields added to some levels... (And for other games, it would also include the Hidden Palace secret level in S2 or the removal of "the Barrel of Doom" from S3K). Just a bunch of enhancements and additions to the original games. Knuckles and Tails would definitely be available in anniversary mode, but might not be in Classic Mode.
I think the dreadful Sonic 1 GBA actually did this, and so did CD 2011 (with all of its QOL improvements hidden behind the S2 spindash modes). It's a bit of a pipe dream I know, but I really think that definitive versions of old games in long-running franchises benefit greatly from these sorts of things. You get the game in both what is essentially it's original glory, and enhanced editions that still keep the original spirit intact whilst bringing in elements from newer games in the series and some general modernising touches.
Brightened Eyes Member
I agree entirely with @Blue Blood
I'm getting really excited for the potential of this collection. I wonder what they could add to Sonic 3. It would be a bit lame if it didn't get anything cool like Sonic 1 and 2.
Pengi
Sonic Jam had three versions of each game: Original, Normal and Easy. For the sake of completeness, it would be nice to see Normal and Easy modes return. Normal had some minor adjustments (spring added to the underwater moving platform section in Chemical Plant, rings added to Final Zone and S2 Death Egg, Carnival Night barrel removed, etc.) while Easy mode made things significantly easier.
Easy mode only had one Act per Zone, but apparently level layouts were completed for all Acts, if you use the level select cheat. So Sonic Origins could offer "Easy (Full)" and "Easy (Short)" as separate options.
It's not really something designed for us, but it's perfect for very young kids just getting into video games.
Metalwario64
Strange, isn't it?
I currently don't think we are going to have all these fine little tweaks that you guys are wishing for. I hope I'm wrong though.
HEDGESMFG
As I've said before, the Mod scene in the past 6 months (2+ years really if you want to go back to S3AIR), has absolutely exploded in terms of what we can do with these games. So if nothing else, these features will at least eventually be added to the PC port which will run on even a potato and be much easier to patch. Despite being 30 years old, Sonic 1 now is an entire new experience with stuff like the "Sonic Forever" setup.
https://twitter.com/s1forever?lang=en
I just want a solid widescreen port of all the games with a good baseline that lets us do the rest as we need too and gets the games back into the mainstream. I have very, very fond memories of playing Sonic Jam as a collection back in the day (which at the time was almost as good as a compilation could ever get, save some sound emulation issues), and I want a new generation of gamers to get that same experience. Sonic Mega Collection (and Plus) were sadly steps backwards outside of some additional bonus roms, and the Taxman ports were far too hard for the average gamer to play properly (and even now are not very accessible even after being decompiled).
A lot of the 2013 releases' extras (like the Sonic 3 shields) were hidden behind cheat codes. I'd like for them to just be unlockables in Sonic Origins.
SuperSnoopy
I like Sonic Advance Member
Improving my art and studying Japanese
Pengi said:
So much this. It bugs me when I see people listing Super Sonic, the insta shield and elemental shields as new features in the 2013 version when they're not accessible under normal circumstances.
SuperSnoopy said:
It's great that they're right there for the decomps. They need to be a standard feature because they add a lot to Sonic 1 and 2 (I'll always love the insta-shield).
Metalwario64 said:
If Sonic Mania is anything to go by, the dev team certainly paid attention by having those extra features in that game (& Knuckles mode, Sonic's ability, etc.) be available as options for all save files rather than just a no save mode. If Christian is involved, then I'm sure that any exclusives will be available from the get go for all of the games in Origins.
The Other RaFaél
I'm just a guy and a man and a dude and I'm hungry Oldbie
Fatherhood, husband...hood and a few mobile apps.
Sid Starkiller said:
Iggy for Short said:
The Other RaFaél said:
I say if we're gonna start pairing Tails with Knux, then just give the player option to pair up any character together; Sonic & Tails, Sonic & Knuckles, Knuckles & Tails etc. of course with option to decide who leads and who is the 'sidekick'. Now comes the question..."but what would be the benefit of such a feature, unless each pairing comes with special ways in which the sidekick can assist the leader?" Well...exactly that. But I know Hell will freeze over* before we'd see anything like this in any S3&K re-releases, but hey.
Sonic Advance 3, anyone?
I mean, that's kinda how I imagined Sonic 4 would be as a kid. Not full-on "anyone paired with anyone", but I did imagine that in addition to Sonic & Tails, it would have Knuckles & Tails and Sonic & Knuckles. Like Advance 3, I imagined Sonic could ride on Knuckles' back when gliding, but unlike Advance 3, I also imagined he could hang onto Knuckles' back while climbing as well.
In all honesty, as a kid before I ever got to play Sonic 3, that's what I imagined it would be like when locked onto S&K. Up until I actually got a damn Sonic 3 cartridge, my imagination had about a year and a half to go completely wild over what the game must've been like, because I just didn't see it in the media much lol. Never saw the TV ads or any other screenshots, nor were there any kiosks at any stores.
Anyway, even though no such pairing option was available in S&K, which I did have, I figured it would have HAD to have been a thing when Sonic 3 was attached, because though I knew little about Sonic 3, I knew Knuckles was in that as well...so...in my 6 or 7 year old logic "Why not??". Sonic 3 was a really for real enigma (and maybe a slight obsession..) to me until February 1996 when my dad managed to finally track down a copy for me. Before then I'd only seen a total of three screenshots of anything from the Sonic 3 half of the game — the title screen, a shot of Sonic losing rings (in I now recognize as debug mode) in MGZ, and the Sonic 3 level select...how exciting*.
*I will say I was intrigued by the level shot after seeing FBZ (my favorite S&K level at the time) and "Mushroom...Valley", y'know before growing up and learning what the deal was lol.
Fadaway
I've heard that's a universal thing, and can vaguely remember doing the same. However, what I did more often when riding in the back of my dad's old car as a child was looking at the cars behind me on the road and imagining they had big metal teeth and were chasing me so they could eat me. I wonder if anyone else ever did that.
But, back to this Origins Collection, I'm hoping we get more information soon. Bleh.
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Jordan91 said:
Okay but IS Christian involved or not? Taking that as a sure thing is only going to lead to disappointment if he isn't.
Mana said:
Hence why I started that sentence off with the big IF.. I'm sure we will find out once Colors Ultimate blows over.
However, with the interviews/quotes and small tidbits of what we know (native widescreen, 60 FPS, not emulation, and considering 3 of the 4 games have already been given this treatment) then I wouldn't bet against Taxman being involved.
But again that's just my input, and for all we know it could possibly even be M2. Let's just wait until after Colors Ultimate releases and then we can give all the spotlight to Origins.
So far we have no reason to believe he is involved
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qwertysonic said:
There is strong suspicion due to the inclusion of Sonic the Hedgehog CD. At the same time, there is that PC port that was also used in Sonic Gems Collection, so...
BlackHole said:
Wasn't that emulated in Gems? IIRC all the games in Mega Collection and Gems Collection were emulated
No it was a port of the PC version in Gems Collection.
Even if the version of 1, 2, and CD in origins are the Taxman versions, so far there's no reason to believe Taxman is involved with this particular release. It would be crazy of them not to, but so far Sega only makes crazy decisions. They would have mentioned "in collaboration with Christian Whitehead" in the reveal trailer to build hype.


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Is Microsoft Forcing Windows 10 On You?
Posted by yourcomputerstore On March 3rd, 2016 / No Comments
Windows 10 has seen the fastest rate of adoption of any OS in Microsoft's history. It's unquestionably a good product, and even better, at least for a limited time, it's a free product. That's a hard combination to beat, but for a variety of reasons, some people just don't want to upgrade, and that's their choice. A recent change in Microsoft's strategy, however, will make it increasingly difficult to say no.
The company is moving Windows 10 from a "Recommended Upgrade" to an automatic one. Most people have automatic updates turned on, because this is the mechanism by which they get the latest security patches for their operating systems. By including Windows 10 in this list, you may wake up one morning to find that the latest "update" you got, was a whole new OS you may not have wanted.
That's problematic for a certain segment of the computing population for a couple of different reasons. First, there are some management issues to contend with when upgrading to a new OS on any given machine. Will all the software that machine uses work with Windows 10? Most software does, because Microsoft has a pretty solid track record of making their operating systems backwards compatible, but as Windows 10 users have been finding out since switching, "most" and "all" are not the same thing. There have been, and will continue to be some software compatibility issues, and if users aren't prepared, or in a position to handle those, they could find themselves with non-functional software they need to get their work done.
The second issue revolves around users with metered internet access. These users only have so much bandwidth every month, and a staggering 6 Gigabyte upgrade to Windows 10 could push them over their monthly allotment, even if it's the only thing they do that month. That will either freeze them out of the internet entirely for the rest of the month in which the upgrade occurs, or see them paying exorbitant rates for going over their allotment. Not a good thing in either case.
Unfortunately, the only real solution here is to turn automatic updates off, which is a poor solution, because then you won't be getting those important security patches to keep your system safe. While Microsoft has been making great strides on the customer service and responsiveness front, this is unquestionably a step backwards for them.
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Q: SQL Reduce a value multiple times I have a value from a table that I want to reduce for each percentage e.g.
Table 1
ID    Percentage    FKID
1       5             1
2      10             1
3       4             1

Table 2
ID  AMOUNT
1   100

Declare @qty decimal

Select @qty = amount
From table2 where id = 1

Select @qty = @qty – @qty/100 * percentage
From Table1

I would expect 5% of 100, 10% of 95 then, 4% of 85.5.
So my overall total would be 82.1 but I keep getting % of the amount, so 5% of 100, 10% off 100 and 4% off 100.
Is there a way of doing what I am trying to achieve?

A: The only way (unfortunately) you can do this is iteratively; which means using an rCTE. Assuming that Percentage can't be a negative value:
CREATE TABLE dbo.Table1 (ID int,
                         [Percentage] int, --Ideally you should store percentages as a decimal, that is what that are after all. E.g. 10% = 0.10.
                         FKID int);

CREATE TABLE dbo.Table2 (ID int,
                         Amount decimal(5, 1));
GO

INSERT INTO dbo.Table1 (ID,
                        [Percentage],
                        FKID)
VALUES (1, 5, 1),
       (2, 10, 1),
       (3, 4, 1);
GO

INSERT INTO dbo.Table2 (ID,
                        Amount)
VALUES (1, 100);
GO

SELECT T2.ID AS ID2,
       T1.ID AS ID1,
       CONVERT(decimal(6, 2), T2.Amount * ((100 - T1.[Percentage]) / 100.0)) AS Amount
FROM dbo.Table2 T2
     JOIN dbo.Table1 T1 ON T2.ID = T1.ID
WHERE T1.ID = 1;
GO

WITH rCTE AS
    (SELECT T2.ID AS ID2,
            T1.ID AS ID1,
            CONVERT(decimal(6, 2), T2.Amount * ((100 - T1.[Percentage]) / 100.0)) AS Amount
     FROM dbo.Table2 T2
          JOIN dbo.Table1 T1 ON T2.ID = T1.ID
     WHERE T1.ID = 1
     UNION ALL
     SELECT r.ID2,
            T1.ID,
            CONVERT(decimal(6, 2), r.Amount * ((100 - T1.[Percentage]) / 100.0))
     FROM rCTE r
          JOIN dbo.Table1 T1 ON r.ID2 = T1.FKID
                            AND r.ID1 + 1 = T1.ID)
SELECT MIN(r.Amount)
FROM rCTE r
GROUP BY r.ID2;

GO
DROP TABLE dbo.Table1;
DROP TABLE dbo.Table2;

A: You're looking for the result of this expression since it doesn't matter the order of the multiplication.
100 * (0.95 * 0.9 * 0.96)

You can emulate chaining the products using LOG, SUM, and EXP to get the desired result
SELECT
  val.ID, EXP(SUM(LOG(0.01*(100-Percentage)))) * MAX(Amount)
FROM
  percents
    INNER JOIN
  val
    ON percents.FKID = val.ID
GROUP BY
  val.ID;

http://sqlfiddle.com/#!18/60c27/1

A: If the goal is to merely calculate a variable for a given Table2.ID ?
Then that method you used can work for it.
But tables contain unordered sets.
So you need to include an ORDER BY to respect the order that the percentages are subtracted.
Sample data:

CREATE TABLE Table2 (
  ID INT IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY,
  Amount INT
);

INSERT INTO Table2 (Amount) VALUES
  (100),(100)
;

CREATE TABLE Table1 (
  ID INT IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY,
  Percentage INT NOT NULL,
  FKID INT NOT NULL,
  FOREIGN KEY (FKID) REFERENCES Table2(ID)
);

INSERT INTO Table1
(Percentage, FKID) VALUES
 (5,1), (10,1), (4,1),
 (30,2), (25,2), (20,2)

T-Sql:

DECLARE @Id INT = 1;

DECLARE @qty FLOAT;
SELECT @qty = Amount
FROM Table2
WHERE ID = @Id;

SELECT
@qty = @qty-((@qty/100.0)*t1.Percentage)
FROM Table1 t1
WHERE t1.FKID = @Id
ORDER BY t1.ID;

SELECT CAST(@qty AS DECIMAL(16,2)) AS qty

| qty   |
| :---- |
| 82.08 |

A test on db<>fiddle here


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