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British MilBud Cut a Start, the US should follow, and Go Much Further
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By Kevin Martin
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Nearly every day while I was in London (October 6-12), the newspapers carried stories about the new British government's budget review. While there was justificable consternation about proposed cuts to education, child benefits, pensions and other human needs programs, the good news was the Tory-Liberal Democrat government was facing up to the reality that cuts in the military budget were inevitable.
The cuts announced earlier this week were substantial, though many would argue they should have gone deeper. Overall, Britain's military budget of about $59 billion per year (less than one-tenth the US military budget) will be cut by about 8% over the next four years. Ten percent of military personnel will be cut (though the government intends to maintain 10,000 troops in Afghanistan for up to five more years), and cuts to fighter jets, aircraft carriers, tanks and artillery were announced. Our colleagues at the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the British-American Security Information Council were pleased (as was I) that the decision on whether to build new Trident nuclear weapons-carrying submarines was deferred for at least five years. Also, the government announced a 25% reduction in the operational nuclear warhead stockpile from 225 to 180.
Other than foolishly retaining a vestige of its colonial past when "the Sun never set on the British Empire" by playing junior partner to the United States' global military imperium, why in the world does Britain need any aircraft carriers, submarines or nuclear weapons?
Of course, the Big Cahuna in global military spending is the US, which spends about as much as the rest of the world's countries combined. In December, a deficit reduction commission will report to the president and Congress its recommendations for spending cuts. We'll need to stay tuned and get active to ensure the bulk of the spending cuts come from our outrageously bloated military budget, rather than from human needs programs and Social Security. More on this soon, as Peace Action and our allies are building an education and action campaign around the commission's report, which follows on our participation in U.S. Rep. Barney Frank's Sustainable Defense Task Force..
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Here comes the fun police. The post is about RSVs, when does sexism come into this topic? Why even mention it? If you dont agree with the soul comment that is fine that is your opinion but nowhere in your comment do i see anything relating to a RSV which is the whole point of this post.
Bikes are things - none of them have a soul, neither are they sexed so calling them she is a bit, well sexist.
I just did a few days riding around Tasmania on a RC51 SP1 Honda. If you want a daily rider, this is not the bike you want. It is uncomfortable, overgeared, peaky. Riding in a town meant staying in first gear. It needs 4-5000 RPM to get going.
This particular bike handled like rubbish as well. Very vague in the corners. I don't know if this a trait of all of them. This was the worst bike I have ridden in a long time. After a short time, I envied my brother who was riding a Honda 700 Transalp, that's how bad it was.
The SP1 is probably at home on the racetrack but regular street riding is not it's forte.
Spoke to a friend who had an RC51, he is splitting his riding time between an FZ09 and an HD bagger. Sure as hell misses his RC51, but did confirm that in its stock form it was really unrideable around town. He had his regeared and installed a PC for daily street use.
Had three Bimota's so far - a KB3, DB4 and a DB2. Still have the DB2 but haven't ridden it in a while (still my favorite Bimota!). Also had an RSVR Mille ('04) and an '03 Tuono Factory, an MV Brutale 750 and a 910R amongst others. Held an AMA Pro Roadracing license in my younger years. Other than the DB2, the only one of the above that I still have is the Tuono (bought in '05), and it is the only one of the above that I ride regularly. It is the single most fun motorcycle I have ever owned!!! Can't say that enough.
Over the years, mine's morphed with a big bore kit and some suspension and wheel mods, but the core hooligan sport bike is still there. On real roads, it will keep up with all the clipon sportbike boys, and after a 400 mile day, I can still stand and walk (somewhat of a feat as I get a bit older). For short (less than a week) tours, it is my go to ride. Toss on a tank and tail bag, and good to go. Did a 1500 mile four day trip last fall on it and had a blast. The Rotax V twin engine is nearly indestructible with only minor maintenance (if you follow the Aprilia forums, it's not uncommon to hear from folks with 75,000 miles on them with no major issues!). Best of all if you're looking to buy, they are stupid cheap.
Definitely not the prettiest bike I've ever owned, but one of the best and definitely the most fun!
Chuck, it certainly helps. Initially I had my sights set on the Gen1 RSV Mille. However, after doing more forum surfing and with owners chiming in I'm now giving some serious consideration to Tuono Factory. Just like Chris said here, people either hang onto their Tuonos or regret selling them. I think 2004, the last year of Gen1 Tuono, is the one to have in Factory trim.
As I mentioned before, it boils down to finding a new home for the SB8R. Once that is accomplished I will double down on my Aprilia search. Until the I can only peruse the ads and do more info gathering.
I have a duc ST4S, kind of an overlooked all arounder with superbike bones (996 motor). I found it on Craigslist in LA last summer for $5,500. It's a 2003 had 1700 miles on it.
Point is, it's fun shopping, there are some real gems out there, maybe don't get too focused on a particular model, you never know what jumps out at you that you didn't think about.
Jack, I hear what you are saying about keeping options open. For me reliability is key, but aside from RC51 no Japanese bike really peaked any interested. I guess I am not a fan of the mainstream. I toyed with an idea of a Duc, but researching Aprilia I learned how reliable and low maintenance these bikes really are, well the first gen RSV and Tuonos anyway. Plus they are not as common as the Ducs and require less maintenance. The Rotax engine will last and last with proper care and the rest of the bike is built pretty well.
I initially settled on the RSV Mille, but Tuono makes more sense to me if I am keeping my YB10. I checked the link you've attached. Nice Tuono and certainly the model to get (Factory R) but for that kind of scratch I would prefer to buy it from the original owner. There was a glitch with the odometer on these bikes. When the battery would go stone dead, the mileage had a tendency to reset to zero. Didn't do it in the km though. I thought about that when reading the description of the auctioned bike: mileage BELIEVED to be 4500.
Low price is another attribute of Aprilia. A clean RSV Mille or the last of the Gen 1 Tuono can be had for under $5k in great shape. At present I think that once I get the bike situation sorted it will remain that way for a while, unless I will decide to sell another one off. I just don't see buying any more bikes for a while.


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Children's Health releases 15th edition of Beyond ABC, a comprehensive report assessing the quality of life for children in North Texas
Children's Health℠ releases 15th edition of Beyond ABC, a comprehensive report assessing the quality of life for children in North Texas By: | Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Six-county report reveals progress and areas of need regarding children's access to health care, behavioral health, nutritious foods, poverty, quality early education and more
DALLAS (Nov. 14, 2017) – Children's Health℠ today released the 15th edition of Beyond ABC: Assessing the Well-Being of Children in North Texas, a 98-page report examining the quality of life for children in Dallas, Collin, Cooke, Denton, Fannin and Grayson counties.
Produced biennially in collaboration with the Institute for Urban Policy Research at the University of Texas at Dallas, Beyond ABC is a comprehensive assessment of the four factors – pediatric health, economic security, safety and education – that shape children's lives across the region and influence their opportunities for the future.
"The strength of a community can be measured by how well it cares for its youngest and most vulnerable residents," said Christopher J. Durovich, president and CEO of Children's Health. "The insights gleaned from this report emphasize that while we've seen some improvements and successes, much work remains. Armed with this powerful data, we implore everyone to treat our mission—to make life better for children—as a call to action."
Highlights from the 2017 report show:
Lower rates of uninsured children—but more work is needed
Rates of uninsured children in Dallas, Cooke, Fannin and Grayson counties are still twice the national average. More than half a million children in Texas are uninsured overall.
The number of children covered by Medicaid has increased. Nearly 50% of children in Dallas County are enrolled in Medicaid.
High rates of childhood poverty and food insecurity across the region
One in 5 children in North Texas lives in poverty. Children living in poverty are seven times more likely to be in poor or fair health.
Food insecurity has consistently declined in the region since 2013, but all six counties still exceed the national average. One in 4 children in Dallas, Cooke, Fannin and Grayson counties is considered food insecure.
Nearly half a million children in North Texas qualify for free or reduced-price lunches in school. However, many still miss meals on weekends or during the summer.
A steady increase in housing instability among children
One in 10 homeless children lives in Texas. Unstable housing and homelessness among youths have long-term impacts that include higher risks of behavioral health problems, criminal behavior and victimization, and poor education outcomes, among others.
A persisting need for access to mental and behavioral health services
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among children ages 10 to 14 nationally, and youth suicide rates have remained steady across North Texas.
An estimated 122,009 children in the region live with an emotional disturbance or disorder (including anxiety, bipolar, conduct, obsessive-compulsive and eating disorders), while nearly 30,000 have a serious emotional disturbance.
Texas ranks last in per-capita funding for people with mental illness.
North Texas children are still struggling in school
Nearly 30,000 North Texas third graders—more than half—are reading below grade level, a powerful predictor of future high school graduation.
Cultural competency plays a role; nearly 1 in 3 Dallas County students is an English-language learner (Limited English Proficiency), compared with 1 in 20 in Fannin County.
A critical need to improve care for children in the Texas foster care system
CPS caseloads in all six counties exceed the national best-practice threshold of 17 cases per worker. Fannin County's average caseload in 2016 was triple the national recommendation at 50.3.
North Texas has half as many approved foster homes (1,244) as children needing placements (nearly 3,000). The number of approved foster care homes decreased in Dallas, Denton and Fannin counties, while increasing in Collin, Cooke and Grayson.
As in previous years, the 2017 Beyond ABC report was developed with input from an advisory board comprising representatives from key North Texas community organizations whose work influences pediatric health, economic security, safety and education. The advisory board established the final list of indicators and provided real-world insights, ideas and solutions to provide context around the data in the 2017 report. The research staff at the Institute for Urban Policy Research at the University of Texas at Dallas then worked to gather the most consistent recent and historical data available for each of the six counties. For many of the indicators, this data is as recent as 2016.
As the leading pediatric health system in North Texas, Children's Health has produced Beyond ABC since 1996. Whereas previous versions of the report have been published annually and focused on Dallas County and the Northern Corridor in alternating years, the format was updated in 2015 to feature a single report covering six counties in the Children's Health service area: Dallas, Collin, Cooke, Denton, Fannin and Grayson. Beyond ABC is now published every other year in mid-November.
To download the full report or order hard copies, visit www.childrens.com/beyondabc.
About Children's Health℠
Children's Health℠ is the eighth-largest pediatric health care provider in the nation and the leading pediatric health care system in North Texas, providing a full spectrum of health care services — from daily wellness and primary care to specialty visits and critical care. Holding eight disease-specific care certifications from The Joint Commission, Children's Health has been consistently named one of the nation's top pediatric providers by U.S. News & World Report. The Children's Health system includes Children's Medical Center Dallas, as well as Children's Medical Center Plano, Our Children's House inpatient rehabilitation hospital, multiple specialty centers, Children's Health Pediatric Group primary care practices, rehabilitation facilities, home health, physician services and the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern. For more information about Children's Health, visit www.childrens.com.
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And credit-handler :
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const router = express.Router();

// @route  GET credit success
// @desc   Get credit success screen
// @access Public

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How can I refer the request /credit/success to the success function , and
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A: Just update the server.js middleware usage mentioned below:
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Then you can access the end point by accessing i.e
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A: In server.js you will need a single line:
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Many more Thai development companies also target this increasingly lucrative sector of the market, and all new buildings will have an English speaking sales team, reception, and management members. For those purchasing condos and apartments in Bangkok, there is an incredibly large market for luxury upscale units.
Recently completed condominiums have begun a movement of competition for those who are selling or leasing their properties and units, creating even more options for potential buyers. Over the past couple of years, more than 19,000 units have been started or completed.
Many of the recent developments tend to be around the areas of Sukhumvit, Sathorn and Silom. The size of the units typically range from 45sqm to 80sqm and include one or two bedrooms. For the high-end condos in these areas, three to four bedrooms ranging from 90sqm to 190sqm are quite common. There is also an emerging market for buying bargains in modest or ageing buildings (that might have had difficulties during the '97 crash), renovating them and selling them on at a profit.
The latest trend in purchasing condos is the off-plan method, in which buyers no longer need to see the actual unit they will be buying. They simply trust in the company's reputation and make their decision based on the development's show rooms. This is not at all uncommon in Bangkok and thousands of units have been sold via this method.
Buying pre-built qualifies you for good discounts; up to 30 per cent. If the project sells out and is successfully completed the value may rise even further. Typically a deposit and instalments are due throughout the building schedule (up-to 18 months), with transfer of ownership upon completion of building and payment.
Many investors make good income from these, selling before transfer from the developer is made, also avoiding transfer tax. In some cases, the more progressive developers offer to lease the units on your behalf, with guaranteed returns sometimes in excess of 10 per cent, although this figure is unusual. However, buying 'off spec' is risky and projects do fail, leaving buyers out of pocket. Despite the lessons learnt from the 1997 financial crisis – which left many half finished buildings dotting the Bangkok skyline even a decade later – companies regularly run out of capital or encounter cash flow problems.
It's very important to thoroughly vet the developers' reputation, the rate of sales in the building, and the economic outlook, as these all conspire to leave some investors in an ugly legal situation that sometimes becomes difficult to resolve fairly. In other cases, the developer has defied building restrictions, counting on bribery to resolve any problems. Authorities have begun to crack down, though, and some buildings have had their construction approval suspended as a result of illegal activities.
Bangkok's condominium market's selling prices today average around 120,000 baht per square metre in the city centre. Prices continue to increase at around 10 per cent a year.


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Apostle Betty Peebles Of Jericho City Of Praise Dies
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Apostle Betty Peebles, the Senior Pastor of Jericho City of Praise church in Landover, Maryland has passed away according to their website.
It is with a sorrowful spirit that I announce the passing to glory of my beloved mother and your beloved Apostle, Betty P. Peebles. Her smile will forever be etched in our hearts. Please continue to keep my family and the church family in your prayers. Information on services & celebration is forthcoming.
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Apostle Betty Peebles was married to the late Bishop James R. Peebles, Sr., for 40 years until his passing in 1996.
Along with her husband, they founded Jericho Baptist Church in 1969. She is the mother of three sons, the late Reverend James R. Peebles, Jr., Elder John R. Peebles, Sr. and Assistant Pastor Joel R. Peebles, Sr. She has three daughters-in-law and eight grandchildren.
According to WPGC Radio, Apostle Betty Peebles has authored over one hundred books that have been embraced by the Body of Christ. You can listen to a heartfelt message from Herkules about the impact that Apostle Peeble had on his life on the WPGC website.
Our prayers go out the family, church family and friends of Apostle Betty Peebles. She accomplished a lot through her ministry and her light will be missed.
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December 23, 1945 – July 22, 2019
Robert K. Olson, 93, of Seeley, WI died on July 22, 2019 at Aspen Acres Care Center in Hayward.
Robert "Bob" was born December 23, 1925 to Sigurd F. and Elizabeth (Uhrenholdt) Olson in Ely, Minnesota.
He lived in Ely until he graduated from Ely High School in 1944. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II during 1944 and 1945. After his discharge he attended Northland College in Ashland, WI and Carleton College in Northfield, MN where he majored in International Relations and graduated BA cum laude 1949. He then earned a Master's degree from the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) at the University of Denver in 1951. During that time he met and married Yvonne O. Urbank of Rhinelander, WI.
Bob was appointed to the US Foreign Service in July 1956. He served in various capacities at U.S. Embassies in Benghazi, Libya, Beirut, Lebanon, Paris, Ottawa, Canada, and Rome with special assignments to Vietnam for two years with the Third Marine Amphibious Force (3MAF) and to the Department of State in Washington, D.C.
Bob retired in 1976 and continued his own work free-lance. He settled in the family home in Seeley to begin a ten-year program of renovation and estate management. In the meantime, he continued with special assignments with the State Department. He and Yvonne lived for two years in Oxford, England where he attended Oxford University and earned a second Master's degree for his work on the problems of North/South international relations. He also lectured at Oxford and U.S. colleges and universities and for two years was Executive Director of the Institute of World Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
While living in Seeley, Bob was founding President of the Northwest Chapter of the Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association (WWOA), and Founding President of the Listening Point Foundation based in Ely. He wrote and published two books and numerous articles on international affairs and U.S. foreign policy. He was a member of the Atlantic Council of the U.S. (Washington, D.C.) and the UK Royal Institute of International Affairs (London).
Bob's recreations have been travel, forest management, gardening, landscaping, cross-country and downhill skiing, hiking, and reading. His friendships, local and international, have been one of the most cherished treasures of his life after the matchless love and companionship through war and peace, at home or abroad, of his beloved wife of sixty years.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Yvonne; his son, Burnham Keith; and his brother Sigurd Thorne Olson of Juneau, Alaska.
He is survived by his son, Derek Olson of Seeley; nephews, Robert and Gregory Olson; and a far-flung family of cousins and their children.
Bob will be cremated and his ashes interred next to his wife in Seeley Riverside Cemetery.
For additional information, please contact the Hayward Funeral Home at 715-634-2609 or leave your condolences online at www.bratley-nelsonchapels.com.


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Faced with EU AML Regulations, Bitcoin Social Tipping Platform Terminates Service
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A popular service for tipping social network users has announced that it will cease functioning on New Year's Eve. BottlePay links social accounts with Bitcoin wallets to allow users to reward each other for agreeable content.
The news comes in response to EU anti-money laundering regulations. BottlePay has confirmed that users will still be able to withdraw funds up until the end of the year.
Regulations Force Bitcoin Tipping Tool to Call it Quits
According to a press release published earlier today by BottlePay, the social Bitcoin tipping service, will cease to exist at the end of the year. The company cited incoming EU money laundering regulations as the reasoning behind the sudden termination.
To maintain our integrity as service providers, and to protect the interests of our users, we have taken the painful decision to shut Bottle Pay down rather than become subject to the new #5AMLD regulations.
Please withdraw funds within the next 2 weeks.https://t.co/dZltbf7vjn
— Bottle Pay (@bottlepay) December 13, 2019
The custodial wallet provider is based in the UK and since the nation is in Europe, for now at least, it would need to comply with new anti-money laundering regulations coming in on January 10, 2020. BottlePay claims that the measures would require it to demand too much information from its users to continue offering a service comparable to that it currently does. Rather than transform it into something barely recognisable, the team has decided to call it quits.
Those behind the service write:
"The amount and type of extra personal information we would be required to collect from our users would alter the current user experience so radically, and so negatively, that we are not willing to force this onto our community."
BottlePay says it has already terminated all its tipping bots on Twitter, Reddit, Telegram, and Discord. It is also not accepting new signups or deposits as of the time of the announcement. Any funds that have already been sent but not claimed will be returned to the sender within a week.
For those already using the service, withdrawals will remain online until 13:00 GMT on December 31. BottlePay will donate any funds still in wallets after this time to The Human Rights Foundation.
The company assures its existing users that any Bitcoin held in wallets is perfectly safe. It encourages its users to take down any payment page links from social profiles, to withdraw funds, and to uninstall the browser extension.
This is not the first time the evolving regulatory landscape has left cryptocurrency companies in a difficult position. When faced with a similar predicament, the once-anonymity-focused exchange platform ShapeShift alienated many of its users by introducing "know your customer" checks and identification verification.
Evidently, BottlePay is keen to not disappoint its users in such a way. It writes:
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What's So Great About Halloween?
(This is an article written by my dear friend, Phyllis Kruger).
Many years ago I was introduced to Halloween by my Primary teacher. She made it such a fun day. We learned a fun song and made a mask with a brown paper bag. A sheet completed my "costume," I could hardly wait to get it home and perform for my family (which were my Grandparents). My Grandmother helped me get dressed in my sheet and brown paper bag mask. I emerged and performed for my Granddaddy who responded with proper appreciation. When I grew old enough to go "Trick or Treating" it was still fun even without a costume. There were never tricks, in my experience, because people provided a treat – even at the height of the depression.
Unfortunately, that has all changed because of our "liberated" culture some have chosen to resurrect practices of "Satan's High Dark Day". While this "truth" existed historically in our Christian Nation it was not generally flaunted as it is today. Some years ago, I learned from Charles Swindoll that Halloween is a very significant holiday for all protestant believers, yet I rarely hear or see it printed. (I was aware that Martin Luther had a hand in the Protestant church, but I didn't know the significance of Halloween). It was Halloween, October 31st in 1517 when Martin Luther nailed his Theses of Contention to the Wittenberg Church door. It brought about liberation of the Word's truths and placed it into the hands of the common people.
At that time in the Church, the way to salvation was not clear. In fact, the understanding of salvation was downright erroneous. There were some clergy teaching that a person could be saved, or forgiven of their sins by purchasing what was called an indulgence. This concept totally removed contrition and repentance from a person's life. A person could be saved from hell, simply if he or she had enough cash and paid the price. This clergy also taught that people could be delivered from purgatory if an indulgence was purchased on their behalf. Luther argued that if the Pope actually had the ability to release souls from the clutches of hell and purgatory, then why didn't he simply do it? Why did the exchange of money need to take place? This errant theology actually hindered people from finding salvation in Christ as it gave a false sense of security. If salvation could be purchased then why would Jesus Christ have had to die?
Luther taught that Salvation is not from good works, but a free gift of God, received only by grace through faith in Jesus as Redeemer from sin (Romans 3:24-25). He was officially branded a heretic, publicly defrocked, rebuked and excommunicated which merely fueled his fire. The man remained the embodiment of authentic courage. I learned that we used to celebrate a holiday on October 31st called Reformation Day. I even read of a Reformation Day Conference in Colorado Springs, this year, the title is "Martin Luther Saint and Sinner". My inclination is to say, "Aren't we all".
So let us remember the primary reason to celebrate October 31st is for one of the many great truths promoted by Martin Luther, which is found in the Bible in Romans 1:17, "The righteous shall live by faith." And that faith is in Jesus Christ.
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The power of noise and the art of prediction.
Xiao, Z. and Higgins, S. (2017) 'The power of noise and the art of prediction.', International journal of educational research., 87 . pp. 36-46.
Data analysis usually aims to identify a particular signal, such as an intervention effect. Conventional analyses often assume a specific data generation process, which implies a theoretical model that best fits the data. Machine learning techniques do not make such an assumption. In fact, they encourage multiple models to compete on the same data. Applying logistic regression and machine learning algorithms to real and simulated datasets with different features of noise and signal, we demonstrate that no single model dominates others under all circumstances. By showing when different models shine or struggle, we argue that it is important to conduct predictive analyses using cross-validation for better evidence that informs decision making.
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Over the past decade, Gen Z and Millennials accounted for more than half of the growth in the population of pet owners, according to the report Gen Z and Millennials as Pet Market Consumers: Dogs, Cats, Other Pets, by Market research firm Packaged Facts.
Further, the report estimated that the 57 million 18- to 39-year-old pet owners account for 41 per cent of all adults owning pets.
Many businesses find that adopting pet-friendly policies both attracts and retains workers.
According to CBS News (Employers offer "pawternity" benefits to attract animal lovers) pet-friendly policies could range from offering new pet owners "pawternity leave" to help adjust newly adopted pets to a new home or allowing workers to use paid time off when pets become ill.
A host of IoT, big data, and analytics solutions keep pet owners informed in real time about what their pets do and how happy they are when their owners work away from home.
"Many owners have to leave their dogs for long periods while they are at work," said Nick Hill, founder, and CEO of Sure Petcare, which provides pet monitoring technology.
Sure Petcare sells the Animo activity tracker and behavior monitor for dogs.
This IoT device is placed on a dog's collar and collects data on a 24/7 basis.
Device storage enables it to retain data for as long as three weeks.
This data is then uploaded to the cloud and is accessed by dog owners on their mobile devices.
However, when users link into the cloud, they get more than just data.
Animo uses an adaptive algorithm that learns, interprets, and provides facts specific to the dog.


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Alleniella is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Neckeraceae.

The genus was first described by S.Olsson, Enroth and D. Quandt in 2011.

Taxonomy
The genus name of Alleniella is in honour of Bruce Hampton Allen (b. 1952), American bryologist. It was published in Taxon Vol.60 (Issue 1) on page 45 in 2011.

Species
 Alleniella besseri (Lobarzewski) S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
 Alleniella brownii (Dixon) S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
 Alleniella chilensis (Schimp. ex Mont.) S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
 Alleniella complanata (Hedw.) S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
 Alleniella hymenodonta (Müll. Hal.) S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
 Alleniella remota (Bruch & Schimp. ex Müll. Hal.) S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
 Alleniella scabridens (Müll. Hal.) S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
 Alleniella submacrocarpa (Dixon) S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
 Alleniella urnigera (Müll. Hal.) S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
 Alleniella valentiniana (Besch.) S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt

References

Neckeraceae
Moss genera


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Q: C++ templates and overloading the subscript operator
I am trying to overload the subscript operator in order to use it to
  fill a template that is used in a map class.

This is the template structure
  template<typename K, typename V>
    struct Node
    {
        V       Value;
        K       Key;
    };

It is used in this class
Map Class
template<typename K, typename V>
class myMap
{
public:
    myMap();
    ~myMap();

    V& operator[] (const K Key);

private:
    const int       mInitalNumNodes = 10;   //Start length of the map
    int             mNumOfNodes;            //Count of the number of Nodes in the map
    int             mCurrentPostion;
    Node<K,V>       mNodeList[10];
};

I want to overload the subscript operator so that I can put a Key and a Value in to the mNodeList with this function call.
Class and Operator Call
myMap<char, int> x;
x[1] = 2;

How ever I keep getting errors on my overload implementation could you point me in the right direction.
Operator Overload
template<typename K, typename V>
inline V& myMap<K, V>::operator[](const K Key)
{
    // TODO: insert return statement here
    Node<K, V> newNode;
    newNode.Key = Key;

    mNodeList[mCurrentPostion] = newNode;
    mCurrentPostion++;
    return mNodeList[&mCurrentPostion-1];
}

Errors:
illegal index not allowed
initializing cannot convert from initializer to Node

A: Your return is wrong. You most probably want
return mNodeList[mCurrentPostion - 1].Value;

instead of
return mNodeList[&mCurrentPostion-1];

MCVE:
template<typename K, typename V>
struct Node
{
    K       Key;
    V       Value;
};

template<typename K, typename V>
class myMap
{
public:
    myMap()
        :mCurrentPostion(0)
        ,mNumOfNodes(0)
    {}
    ~myMap() {}

    V& operator[] (const K Key);

private:
    const int       mInitalNumNodes = 10;   //Start length of the map
    int             mNumOfNodes;            //Count of the number of Nodes in the map
    int             mCurrentPostion;
    Node<K, V>       mNodeList[10];
};

template<typename K, typename V>
inline V& myMap<K, V>::operator[](const K Key)
{
    // TODO: insert return statement here if Key already exists
    Node<K, V> newNode;
    newNode.Key = Key;
    mNodeList[mCurrentPostion] = newNode;
    mCurrentPostion++;
    return mNodeList[mCurrentPostion - 1].Value;
}

int main()
{
    myMap<char, int> x;
    x[1] = 2;
}


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Tornado's Survival Rate 'Not Just Luck,' Meteorologist Says The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., just a few miles from where the tornado hit Monday, had warned that bad weather was coming. But experts there say they're surprised the monster storm didn't cause more deaths, and they want to know why.
The Deadly Tornado In Moore, Okla.
Areas of Oklahoma and the Midwest were hit with a massive storm that spawned several tornadoes.
Tornado's Survival Rate 'Not Just Luck,' Meteorologist Says
Tornado's Survival Rate 'Not Just Luck,' Meteorologist Says 4:35
May 24, 20134:00 AM ET
Heard on Morning Edition
Hansi Lo Wang
Marc Austin monitors radar and issues warnings at the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla., on Thursday. Katie Hayes Luke for NPR hide caption
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Marc Austin monitors radar and issues warnings at the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla., on Thursday.
Monday's tornado in Moore, Okla., killed 24 people and caused an estimated $2.2 billion worth of damage. As the community reflects on what happened, one question is: How did so many manage to survive such devastating destruction?
Lifelong Oklahoman Kristi Freeman has seen her share of tornadoes, but she says the twister that tore through her neighborhood Monday was something else.
"This tornado was like a monster. It was like something that was alive. It destroyed your peace, your comfort," she says.
And it destroyed Freeman's home in Moore. Now she's one of more than 300 neighbors taking shelter in college dorms at the University of Oklahoma, just south of Moore in the town of Norman.
Freeman says growing up in Oklahoma means you always pay attention to tornado warnings.
"Oh, yes! In Oklahoma, oh, my God, yes! But even before the warning, if it looks cloudy outside, you check the news. You find out what's going on in your area. You never take that for granted," Freeman says.
About 10 minutes from the dorm shelter where Freeman is staying is the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. It was first to broadcast the earliest reports of Monday's tornado.
The brick and stone building with glass curtain walls is a hub for tornado forecasting — and for tourists.
"There are some people who plan their vacations around this building," says meteorologist Rick Smith, who has worked there for more than a decade.
It's always horrible to lose people, but considering how much damage [the tornado] did, and that there were children in school and people driving down the interstate, I find it very surprising that there were so few fatalities.
Meteorologist Daphne Thompson
On Monday, he was stationed in the heart of the building. Meteorologists are stationed in a set of fishbowl-like rooms facing a sea of computer monitors and TV screens tracking storms — surrounded by glass walls.
"It's configured this way with all this glass because there's an intense interest in weather here in Oklahoma," Smith says. "This building has 30,000 to 40,000 people that walk through it every year. It's a tourist attraction."
Meteorologist Daphne Thompson, who often leads tour groups through the center, says she's surprised there were only 24 deaths from Monday's tornado.
"I'm very shocked that the number is so low. I mean, it's always horrible to lose people, but considering how much damage it did, and that there were children in school and people driving down the interstate, I find it very surprising that there were so few fatalities," Thompson says.
Co-worker Smith says he's sure the relatively low death toll isn't a coincidence, but he's not sure what exactly worked.
"I'm really very, very anxious to hear some of the stories about what did people do. How did so many people get through this tornado? It's not an accident. It's not just luck or chance that the death toll is that low," he says.
Smith credits, in part, a close working relationship between the Storm Prediction Center and local emergency managers, plus school and hospital administrators.
"They can actually hear it in our voice, or read between the lines of the words we're using, that 'Oh, gosh, they're really concerned about it this time. This is really one of those days,' " Smith says.
Back at the dorm shelter at the University of Oklahoma, Kristi Freeman's teenage son shoots pool in a makeshift play area while she sits back on a couch nearby, reflecting over the past week.
Freeman wants to stay in Oklahoma, but she's done testing her luck in Moore.
"I love Moore, but I'm not staying there anymore," she says.


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HomeapproachesWorld Water Day
The Earth Needs Love March 21, 2021
Water is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a solvent). It is vital for all known forms of life, even though it provides no calories or organic nutrients. Its chemical formula is H2O, meaning that each of its molecules contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms, connected by covalent bonds. Two hydrogen atoms are attached to one oxygen atom at an angle of about 102.45°.
"Water" is the name of the liquid state of H2O at standard ambient temperature and pressure. The gaseous state of water is steam or water vapor. Water moves continually through the water cycle of evaporation, transpiration (evapotranspiration), condensation, precipitation, and runoff, usually reaching the sea. Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface, mostly in seas and oceans. Small portions of water occur as groundwater (1.7%), in the glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland (1.7%), and in the air as vapor, clouds (formed of ice and liquid water suspended in air), and precipitation (0.001%).
Water plays an important role in the world economy. Approximately 70% of the freshwater used by humans goes to agriculture. Fishing in salt and fresh water bodies is a major source of food for many parts of the world. Much of the long-distance trade of commodities (such as oil, natural gas, and manufactured products) is transported by ships through seas, rivers, lakes, and canals. Large quantities of water, ice, and steam are used for cooling and heating, in industry and homes. Water is an excellent solvent for a wide variety of substances both mineral and organic; as such it is widely used in industrial processes, and in cooking and washing. Water, ice, and snow are also central to many sports and other forms of entertainment, such as swimming, pleasure boating, boat racing, surfing, sport fishing, diving, ice skating, and skiing.
Humans and the Water Cycle
Humans are impacting nature very largely, but unfortunately, there are many things that we are ingrained so much that it is hard to change. There is a different amount of water is present in each country but they are using it in some ways. Some of the impacts on the water cycle are by; generating hydroelectricity, irrigation, deforestation, greenhouse effect as well as animal farming, and motor vehicle use.
Hydroelectricity involves changing the stored gravitational energy of water held behind the dam into electrical energy that can be used. While this is a non-polluting renewable way to generate electricity, it does have environmental impacts – especially when mismanaged.
The problem with irrigation is that it removes water from its natural source and often causes leaching and run-off where it is used. This removal of nutrients results in farmers using more fertilizers to keep their pastures productive while the waterways become polluted. Another problem is that salt is brought up from lower levels (salination).
Deforestation causes local and global climate changes. Deforesting in one area can affect the weather in another area because if trees are cut down, there is less water to be evaporated into the atmosphere and subsequently less rain as the water vapors travel from different areas. The land becomes drier and less stable. When it rains, instead of the water being soaked up, there is increased run-off and leaching. Areas can become more prone to both droughts and flooding.
The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon of Earth's atmosphere trapping a range of gases, which in turn capture infrared radiation to keep our Earth at a moderate temperature range compared to the other planets in our solar system. Human activity such as the burning of fossil fuels affects the overall increase of the Earth's temperature. Raising the Earth's temperature may mean that there is an increase in evaporation, melting of ice, or other processes of the water cycle that adversely affect the climate on Earth.
Water crisis: Why is Pakistan running dry?
Pakistan could "run dry" by 2025 as its water shortage is reaching an alarming level. The authorities remain negligent about the crisis that's posing a serious threat to the country's stability, reports Shah Meer Baloch.
According to a recent report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Pakistan ranks third in the world among countries facing acute water shortages. Reports by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) also warn the authorities that the South Asian country will reach absolute water scarcity by 2025. Researchers predict that Pakistan is on its way to becoming the most water-stressed country in the region by the year 2040.
Apart from the water storage issue, experts say that water wastage is also a big issue in the country. Abid Suleri, executive director of the Islamabad-based Sustainable Development Policy Institute, says the mismanagement takes place at many levels.
As the water crisis worsens in Pakistan, foreign diplomats and activists have taken to social media, urging people to save water. Pakistan ranks third amongst countries facing water shortages. One major reason is excessive use. 100 liters wasted washing a car with running tap water.
· Water politics
"We have only two big reservoirs and we can save water only for 30 days. India can store water for 190 days whereas the US can do it for 900 days," Muhammad Khalid Rana, a spokesman for the Indus River System Authority (IRSA), told DW.
"Pakistan receives around 145 million acre-feet of water every year but can only save 13.7 million acre-feet. Pakistan needs 40 million acre-feet of water but 29 million acre-feet of our floodwater are wasted because we have few dams. New Delhi raised this issue with international bodies, arguing that it should be allowed to use the western rivers because Pakistan can't use them properly," Rana said.
In 1960, the World Bank brokered the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) that gives Pakistan exclusive rights to use the region's western rivers — Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab — while India has the authority over three eastern rivers. The Pakistani government says New Delhi is not fulfilling its responsibilities under the IWT as it voices concerns over India's construction of new dams. Islamabad approached the World Bank complaining that India violated the IWT by building the dam on a Jehlum River basin, which it lays claim on.
Ways to Prevent Water Loss
· First of all, Pakistan's leaders and stakeholders need to take ownership of this challenge and declare their intention to tackle it. Simply blaming previous governments, or blaming India, for the crisis won't solve anything.
· Next, the government needs to institute a major paradigm shift that promotes the more judicious use of water.
· Don't use the toilet as an ashtray or wastebasket. Every time you flush a cigarette butt, facial tissue, or other small bits of trash, you're wasting gallons of water. Put them in the garbage, or better yet, recycle.
· 75% of the water used indoors is in the bathroom, and 25% of this is for the toilet. The average toilet uses 4 gallons per flush (GPF). You can invest in a ULF (ultra-low flush) toilet which will use only 2 GPF.
· Take shorter showers, one way to cut down on water use is to turn off the shower after soaping up, then turn it back on to rinse. A four-minute shower uses approximately 20 to 40 gallons of water.
· Turn off the water after you wet your toothbrush. There is no need to keep the water running while brushing your teeth. Just wet your brush and fill a glass for mouth rinsing.
· When washing dishes by hand, don't leave the water running for rinsing, if you have a double-basin, fill one with soapy water and one with rinse water. If you have a single-basin sink, gather washed dishes in a dish rack and rinse them with a spray device or a pan full of hot water. Dual-swivel aerators are available to make this easier. If using a dishwasher, there is usually no need to pre-rinse the dishes.
· Keep a bottle of drinking water in the fridge. Running tap water to cool it off for drinking water is wasteful. Store drinking water in the fridge in a safe drinking bottle. If you are filling water bottles to bring along on outdoor hikes, consider buying a personal water filter, which enables users to drink water safely from rivers or lakes or any available body of water.
· Recycle your water where you can. Collect the cold water you run before it's hot enough to shower or vice versa and use it to water plants or flush the toilet (known as a bucket flush). Rinse water from dishes and food preparation can be collected and used to soak other dishes.
· Don't run the hose while washing your car, clean the car using a pail of soapy water. Use the hose only for rinsing; this simple practice can save as much as 100 gallons when washing a car. Use a spray nozzle when rinsing for more efficient use of water.
· Reuse wastewater where possible. "grey water" is the water draining from your house's sinks, bathtubs, and laundry machine, which can be used to water plants (as opposed to "black water" from toilets, which needs to be treated). You can harvest greywater in a small way with a bucket in your kitchen or shower, or install a greywater system, which reroutes water from your drains to your landscape. Though not yet legal everywhere, codes are changing to allow more people to take advantage of this source of otherwise wasted water. The simplest systems harvest only water from the washing machine, which can add up to thousands of gallons per year. If you use greywater in your landscape, be sure to use only eco-friendly and plant-based soaps and cleaners in your home so you're not dousing your plants with industrial chemicals.
About the Author: Zain Ali is a Green Blogger and a Researcher at Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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Home Latest News Cloud Computing Anytime Collect adds NetSuite and Express edition
Anytime Collect adds NetSuite and Express edition
Bill Henslee, CEO of e2b Teknologies Inc
e2b teknologies has announced that it has integrated Anytime Collect into NetSuite cloud ERP. Anytime Collect is a well established accounts receivable management application. CEO and owner Bill Henslee of e2b teknologies commented: "NetSuite is one of the fastest growing cloud ERP solutions on the market, and Anytime Collect is one of the fastest growing B2B collections applications. The combination of our two products offers tremendous value to businesses to better manage their finances with improved access to working capital and increased cash flow."
It was demand from NetSuite users that drove the integration according to the press release. The solution uses automated email, invoice presentment, customer self-service bill payment and scheduled internal email alerts to assist the A/R account team to speed up collections from clients.
What isn't clear from the press release is what level of integration is supported by Anytime Collect. The solution supports three kinds of integration, scheduled sync, autosync and SQL integration. The first two rely on a data extract from the database. Autosync automatically uploads the file once it becomes available while SQL integration uses a live connection. One surprising thing to note is that Anytime Collect does not yet appear on the NetSuite SuiteApp store.
The software is already closely integrated with QuickBooks and Epicor. There is also further integrations into Sage, SAP, Oracle and others. It isn't clear if this integration is available for all the Anytime Collect products including the recently launched Anytime Collect Express.
Anytime Collect Express
The Express Edition was launched to meet the needs of smaller businesses. It aims to simplify the process and bring small businesses automation into their receivables process. Henslee commented: ""The idea behind the Express Edition is quite simple. To put accounts receivable on autopilot automating everything we possibly can so that smaller companies with limited staff can focus on managing exceptions instead of wasting time on mundane tasks that should be completely automated with today's technology."
Once set up the Express edition provides a fully automated process to chase down payments. This frees up staff to continue with other tasks. It relies on the workflow engine built into the cloud-based software. This automatically sends invoices and reminders, past due notices, collection dunning letters, account statements, and new customer welcome emails.
Benefits of collection software
The initial survey determines the parameters under which the software acts. This effectively adds a new member of staff to the small business. e2b technologies claims studies have shown companies using collections software recover their investment within a few months. Henslee added: "Most small businesses don't have enough time to manage their accounts receivable effectively. Anytime Collect Express Edition is kind of like hiring a professional collector since it automates everything up to the point that someone has to get involved to follow-up on severely delinquent accounts and it consolidates all of the information they need in one place so they have everything they need in one place to understand what's happened and what they need to do next."
At $99 per month the solution already offers integration for Sage Payments and merchant account providers such as Solupay. It also includes embedded training for new users to get them set up quickly. It gives users the ability to watch tutorial videos as well as chat with live support agents. They can also log calls and access the online community.
The concern for some customers would be the loss of customer service and the integration between sales and collections in some industries. Sending automatic reminders out to some clients at specific times often risks new business. Companies will need to consider carefully the risk to customer service when choosing the express edition over one of the more advanced ones.
With these two announcements e2bteknologies is widening their appeal to a wide range of companies. The NetSuite integration is timely with the Oracle acquisition of NetSuite reaching the final stages of integration. This may in fact be a cause for the absence of a listing on the app store. Internal processes at NetSuite have suffered as that integration process goes through its final stages.
For small businesses unable to cope with their A/R volume the Express edition is worth a look. The solution could recover the hours that are being or should be spent on chasing payments. PayStream Advisors stated that by implementing collection software they can reduce days sales outstanding (DSO) between 10%-20%. This brings benefits such as improved cashflow that cannot be ignored.
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Last month we left you with some overall data regarding the volume of searches and referrals our platform generated across our network from all of our channels. This was a global perspective that shows how powerful the DMO-site traffic can be resulting in 6.5MM referrals to your lodging partners.
This month, we want to look a little closer at the booking funnel, and how it performs by device, starting with the widget.
The widget is where the story and booking funnel begins. A widget load is anytime a widget loads on a page. Almost 200 of our DMO clients utilize widget(s) that JackRabbit have built. For the following data, that group of clients have been segmented out in Google Analytics.
In 2016, 51% of all widget loads happened on a desktop, 37% happened on a mobile device, and 12% on a tablet.
We can liken our widget load data to a page view of a DMO website, so this offers a perspective to DMO website traffic on a whole.
Of all of widgets presented to the DMO site visitors, how often are they actually utilized?
On a whole, a visitor clicks on our widgets 2.22% of the time. These ratios don't vary too much when broken down by device. Desktop is the highest at 2.49%, tablet is above-average with 2.26%, and mobile has a widget load to search ratio of 1.84%.
This number is very relative based on the setup of the site. For example, a DMO might see a very low percentage, less than 1%, because they have widgets placed throughout their site, including pages that are irrelevant to the booking process. Another DMO might have a very high percentage because the widget is only on the homepage, but they are missing out on traffic that could be generated from interior pages.
Back to the device percentages, the results make sense because, placement and accessibility play a part in the utilization of the widget. Often on mobile sites, the widget gets placed within a menu or an extra click is needed, which is proven to lower engagement.
Later this year, we'll be diving into this topic to give some engagement statistics based on widget placement, design, and access.
Since we've already discussed searches and referrals at length in our last blog, we don't have to dive in too deep here. We show that 57.13% of all searches happen on a desktop, 30.83% on a mobile device, and 12.04% on a tablet.
For referrals, 68.61% of all referrals were on a desktop, 20.80% on a mobile device, and 10.59% on a tablet.
The last step of the funnel we've been working through is with the website visitor being referred to a lodging partner. Here is where we get back to the 83.78% search to referral ratio as a global average. When the funnel happens on a desktop, the referral to search ratio is 106.6%. Mobile drops all the way down to 39.49% and tablet is at 42.63%.
There are a lot of numbers reported above, but what does the data imply? Let's look at it by device.
In terms of the JackRabbit funnel, desktop has the highest usability and the best performance rating.
Mobile is only behind desktop by 13 percentage points on how consumers are searching DMO sites (based on our widget load data). However, it rates lowest in performance.
Tablet devices aren't overly used, being that they only have 11.85% of the widget loads and 9.86% of all searches. It's performance rating, however, is proven better than mobile across the board.
Traffic reports get sent out on a monthly basis and they report on all of the data points above, unless we didn't build the widget. When reviewing the numbers in each report and comparing it to what's being reported here, it's important to consider the overall traffic on your website. For instance, a DMO site with a significant amount of mobile traffic can expect to see below average performance ratios. Alternatively, above average ratios should be expected the more desktop traffic a DMO site has.
All of the data presented above was collected through Google Analytics so it's agnostic to the results page template since we are currently servicing a responsive, desktop, and mobile template. This data is being offered to serve as benchmark data as the account management team is often asked how DMO sites measure up to other clients in terms of performance.
You've been hearing about our new Insight › Direct reporting capabilities for the last year now, and how those reports are able to provide really in depth data points on the booking consumer and what they are looking for specifically in terms of lodging needs.
We're going to use those same data points to report on booking trends across our network, including average daily rate, length of stay, conversion rates, and booking amounts.


Several plots of land set within the 470 acres of Apes Hill Club, with views over the golf course to the sea and all the amenities of this resort.
Apes Hill Club offers both golf and social memberships, with a social membership included in the purchase of a home.
Set high overlooking the Caribbean Sea, the clubhouse will serve as a comfortable gathering place for all members of the Apes Hill Club family.
Apes Hill Club offers a diverse landscape of rolling meadows, dense forest and coral stone quarries, creating a dramatic setting for the community's homes.
Apes Hill has been planned so that each residence enjoys a view. The development is divided into eight neighbourhoods.
The plots currently for sale are all within the Great Hills area and vary in size between 22,000 and 28,000 square feet.
Apes Hill Club will upon completion include an 18 hole golf course, spa, tennis courts, state-of-the-art fitness equipment, polo centre, restaurants and bars.
Of the 39 lots available at Great Hill, only a few remain. Please contact us to reserve one of these exclusive plots, with prices starting from US$550,000.


At NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, a group of students successfully flew a prototype of an aircraft that could one day fly in the Martian atmosphere and send its findings back to Earth. Called the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars, or Prandtl-M, the small, remotely piloted glider aircraft flew 11th August at Armstrong.
Bodylski is participating in a NASA student programme aimed at developing skills learned at school and applying those abilities to a research challenge. The NASA Flight Scholars activity, which focuses on giving community college students an early opportunity to perform research, and the Education Unmanned Aerial Systems activity, which provides college students an opportunity to work on NASA UAS projects, are key components of the Prandtl-M team.
Bodylski worked on how to track the Prandtl-M last summer from Irvine, but this year he was accepted to come to Armstrong with the added responsibility of onboard avionics.
Those are some of the concepts of the programme, said Dave Berger, a key driver and manager of the two Education activities.
Inspiring and exciting students, while developing a talent pool for NASA and the aerospace industry, are key to STEM education that is a goal of the agency.
"Students can see the path to a technical, or engineering career path," Berger added.
That was the case with the Prandtl-M. It was through repeated challenge and learning that the successful aircraft flew.
Caitlin Kennedy, an undergraduate intern studying physics and astronomy from the University of Wyoming, said the Prandtl-M work has been a one-of-a-kind experience.
As an example, she explained how rooftop flights of six or seven Prandtl-M vehicle shapes where tested to determine which shape would be dropped from a Carbon Cub aircraft. Once a shape was decided, servos were added to control the ailerons.
For Emerson Baker, who is studying aerospace engineering at California State Polytechnic University in California, the processes of manufacturing a carbon-fibre prototype vehicle and learning about the failures and success of a flight project were exciting.
Some students have had their career paths altered by the programme already.
The designs began last summer with students flying designs down the halls at the NASA centre to more involved carbon fibre moulds. Before the successful test flight, the student crew and their mentors devised a steel construction launcher and tested six different flight vehicle shapes to determine which worked best and use the design for the next flight vehicle.
"We could give them the answers, but we give them the room to make their own discoveries and their own mistakes," said Robert "Red" Jensen, who is the Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems chief pilot and master technician for the Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Lab.
In addition to developing a Prandtl-M testbed aircraft, groups of students also worked on guidance and navigation autonomous systems and sensors, said Al Bowers, NASA Armstrong chief scientist and Prandtl-m programme manager.
The next steps will be to continue development and integration of the airframe and autonomous systems and meeting the challenges that happen when such systems are incorporated, he added.
With hard work and perseverance, the students believe the Prandtl-M and its systems they helped develop and validate will one day fly the skies of Mars.


Over the years, the Primate Rescue Center's Internship Program has grown into an incredible teaching and learning opportunity for interested individuals from across the globe. Interns become immersed in nearly all daily tasks that occur at the sanctuary, learning directly from primate caregivers about animal husbandry and assisting with a variety of tasks essential to maintaining a high-quality animal care program. PRC interns have gone on to pursue careers in the animal care field and many become caregivers at primate sanctuaries, including quite a few who have become caregivers at the PRC. For people seriously interested in focusing their time and energy toward learning how to provide captive primates an enriching and safe environment, our internship program is an invaluable opportunity.
Our 2019 Winter Session intern, Shelley Lownds, recently answered some questions about herself, so here's a chance for you to get to know a little about Shelley and her internship experience.
While it is very hard to pick favorites, Shelley has become particularly fond of Cory. "He has such a strong personality and knows how to make himself known," she mentions.
When Shelley isn't busy with school, she enjoys spending her free time playing volleyball, reading and hiking.
We are so grateful that Shelley is spending her winter helping us continue to give excellent care to the primates who live at the sanctuary.
We are still currently accepting applications for our 2019 Summer Session for applicants who do not require housing. For more information about the PRC Internship Program, check out this LINK and take a look at the internship requirements and application packet!


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Following on from Seán Keane's sold out concert last year, this year's concert will feature legendary singers Cathy Jordan, Eleanor Shanley, Colm O'Donnell and Don Stiffe and promises to be a fantastic night. The concert will take place in St. Joseph's Secondary School, Foxford on Thursday 18th Oct at 8pm. Band members for the performances will include Pat Coyne, David Doocey and Stephen Doherty.
Tickets for this event will be sold locally and are also available from Tel. 086 3999774 or foxfordtraditionalweekend@gmail.com. Booking advised. Doors open at 7:30pm. Tickets €20.
Tickets can also be booked online through Eventbrite - book here.
Featuring 'Guest Tutors', and world renown flute and fiddle duo, Michael McGoldrick and Dezi Donnelly, the Féile concert will take place in the Mayfly Hotel, at 8pm on Saturday 20th October. Other artists featured during the concert include Oisín Mac Diarmada, Samantha Harvey, the Aughamore Set Dancers and many visiting musicians and weekend tutors.
This promises to be a great night of music, song and dance. Tickets on the door - Adults €15 and under 18 free.
This is one of the many clips of Michael and Dezi performing.
"Come listen to Joe Mc Gowan recount the days of the 'rambling house' It was here that local news was exchanged, ghost and fairy stories told and the old lore passed on before the arrival of 'mass media'. The door was always open or at least unlocked. Dances and card games passed away the long winter nights. Everyone felt welcome and a visitor never had to knock: they just walked in".
Joe Mc Gowan is a native of Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo. His short stories have featured on local and national radio programmes such as RTE1s Sunday Miscellany. He is author of several books: In the Shadow of Benbulben; Inishmurray: Island Voices; Constance Markievicz: The People's Countess; Sligo: Land of Destiny; A Bitter Wind; Echoes of a Savage Land; The Hidden People, and most recently the classic Sligo Folk Tales.


Members of USD 398 board of education attended the Marion County Special Education Cooperative board meeting Monday night as a united front with one mission — they want out of the county cooperative.
School board members said they know it's going to cost more to provide services to special needs students but it's not about money. It's about providing the best possible services to its students.
Another idea that the special education cooperative could explore is the possibility of another entity borrowing $300,000 for the special education cooperative and the co-op repaying the loan through a lease-purchase agreement.
The loan proceeds then would be used toward the co-op's budget.
USD 408 was asked to consider purchasing the special ed building through a lease-purchase agreement but the board was not interested, USD 408 Representative Lyle Leppke reported.
Would the Technology Excellence in Education Network board consider purchasing the building? TEEN Director Brandi Hendrix was in attendance at the meeting and said the board didn't have funds in its budget to cover the loan should it default but the board was to meet this week if the co-op wanted to present information.
Goessel School District is not part of TEEN but Herington is. Goessel students are served by the county cooperative but Herington students are not.
Tony Zappone, cooperative representative of the Peabody-Burns district, said the board believes it can better serve special education students in the district by doing it in-house. The main reason was to be able to respond immediately to situations instead of having to go through the bureaucratic chain of command.
Not only was the school district promoting self-sufficiency for special needs students, it appeared they were also questioning the need for a cooperative.
"If each district had in-house services, the superintendents could get together to discuss the sharing of resources," Zappone said. "This cooperative is not the only model.
In order for the school district to withdraw from the cooperative, the special education board would have to approve the request. The information then would be passed on to the state board of education for a decision.
If the county special education board decides not to honor the request, USD 398 could appeal the decision to the state board of education.
When the state board makes the decision, it will look at the effects on the remaining four school districts, participating in the cooperative.
"The state will look at whether it will be harmful to Peabody kids and if it will cost the state more money," Cezar said.
Dan Miller, representing the Goessel School District, asked how much more it would cost USD 398.
USD 398 Board Member Barry Peter said their "dirt math" indicated that the school district can afford to do this.
Another issue facing the Peabody-Burns district that is a factor in their decision is being on improvement as part of the adequately yearly progress requirements. The school district had fallen short of the requirements last year, resulting in the state sending in assessors to assist the district to meet compliance requirements.
Another concern that Peter expressed was the fact that building principals did evaluations of special education cooperative staff members even though staff members actually are hired and fired by Cezar.
The Peabody-Burns District has located some resources at an affordable cost if it was allowed to provide special education services to students.


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Summer Game Fest announced for June, just as E3 2021 rumors heat up
By Giovanni Colantonio	 April 2, 2021
Summer Game Fest is officially returning in June. The digital video game showcase was announced one day after a new set of rumors emerged about E3's own digital 2021 plans.
Summer Games Fest was founded last year by Geoff Keighley. The four-month event served as a way for developers to show off their game announcements last summer after E3 2020 was canceled. Keighley previously said that the event would return this year, but now we have some firm details on what it will entail.
The showcase starts in June, though no exact date was given. It'll highlight both AAA and indie games over the course of different events. The first confirmed event is Day of Devs: Summer Game Fest Edition. Co-produced by Double Fine and iam8bit, the digital showcase will feature exclusive news and gameplay reveals. Developers can currently submit their games for consideration.
More details on what developers are participating in the show and the planned schedule are coming over the next few weeks. Fans will be able to tune in via major streaming platforms, such as Twitch.
The announcement comes just as more confusion has set in about the future of E3. A new report from VGC says that the ESA is planning on rebranding E3 as the Electronic Entertainment Experience for its 2021 digital show. According to the report, it has considered introducing some form of paywall for the show, which could be how fans access hands-on demos.
E3 took to Twitter to deny the rumors, tweeting, "E3's 2021 digital show is a free event for all attendees. We're excited to fill you in on all the real news for the event very soon." No official details about the show have been revealed otherwise, except that it will take place from June 15 to June 17.
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The news is littered with data leaks and abuse of data collection but what can we do now that we are all so connected and reliant on these devices? It's not always simple and not always intuitive, but it is possible with a few apps and a little bit of learning.
Keybase is a PGP key directory at it's most basic level. What is really cool about Keybase and what sets it apart from any other PGP key directory is the social media mapping. You can verify that you are the same person on each social media site. From Facebook to Twitter to Reddit and GitHub! You can even prove that you own a particular website and post your public keys to your Bitcoin and zCash wallets.
There is also a social media aspect to Keybase itself. You can choose to follow any particular profile, and by doing so, you are contributing to the Web Of Trust. By following an account on Keybase, you are in a sense saying, "yes this person is who they say they are and I back this."
Keybase also has encrypted file storage that can be shared with any of your contacts within Keybase. Other cool features include PGP encrypted chat between you and another Keybase user or a group. They have also implemented a team feature that acts like Slack and encrypted Git for all your top secret projects.
Open Keychain is my favorite app for encrypting and decrypting data on my mobile device. All you need to do is import your PGP, Open PGP, or GPG keypair into the app and you're ready to go. The app even offers to use the Keybase data to look up other users you may want to send an encrypted file to making it very easy to send messages securely.
Open Keychain is available on both the Google Play Store and Fdroid.
This is a web browsing app that works to keep your information private while at the same time showing you how trustworthy any given site may be. It forces TLS (https) for every site that provides us protection from eavesdroppers.
The app also shows you what is trying to track you, how many trackers a webpage contains, and blocks those trackers. On top of all that DPE tells us if the encryption cert is reliable. The app opens without loading any web pages and if you use the URL bar to search it use DuckDuckGo to protect from search engine trackers.
DPE is available on Google Play, Fdroid, and as an APK download.
Plain text notes are lame and so many note apps default to this method, and that is why Standard Notes is now my go-to note-taking application. I write my blog drafts, store data I need across devices, and basically anything else I need to remember when I don't have my journal around. Standard Notes is encrypted with your username and password so don't forget them or else you will have a hard time getting your notes back.
I love this app so much that I'm saving up to buy there "pro" version. No more Evernote, Simple Note, or those lame built-in note apps on Android.


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I think Westosha is the toughest airport that I have used for training so far. I have never done very well there. The runway is narrow and the steep drop off right at the departure end of runway 3 can produce some weird air currents. I know that Sandy likes to take her students to 5K6 for crosswind practice because it is so challenging. Yesterday the wind was almost directly perpendicular to runway 3/21 so, that is were we went. I was only 50% on the day – three landings and three go-arounds. I wasn't happy with how I did but, Sandy wasn't too critical of my performance.
After the landings, we climbed up to 2700 feet for some power on stalls. I haven't done them for quit a while but still did fine. Next, I did some slow flight ending with a straight ahead power off stall. As I was climbing back up after the stall, Sandy pulled the power. I pitched for best glide, picked my field and went through the engine start procedure. I made my simulated emergency call, did the passenger briefing and, we both agreed, made my field.
We had also planned to do some turns around a point but, the airplane was scheduled after my flight and we ran out of time. The wind at KUGN was right down runway 5 and I made a good normal landing.
I still want to do another solo to polish up some of my maneuvers. Soon after that, I will do a practice checkride with one of the other instructors.


We have got a really exciting opportunity for you to work for a growing business offering Mobility high-end products and service to its clients. This role would be perfect for you if you are looking to work for a company that prides itself on providing its customers with a solution to their needs with product knowledge and service experience. Your duties in the role will be collecting and delivering all mobility products such as wheelchairs, profiling beds, mobility scooters, reclining chairs. Speaking to the customer requirements or faults and assisting where possible, either with your knowledge of product or experience of assisting in the repair. You will also be working with the workshop to assist with the repair of equipment of products as well as assisting with the setting up and services of the mobility product.


Record performance by Son … Dad is amazed!
This was son Dan's fish No1 for the day at Currawong Lakes. First out of 15 to hand. … 6 x rainbows and 9 x browns! No wonder Dan has the grin, 3rd cast 1st rainbow. And so it continued … damsel nymph took the 6 x rainbows (between 2.5 – 3.5lbs) pre lunch! Then … Continue reading Record performance by Son … Dad is amazed!
Mick hooks up to a nice wild brown trout — on the dry! … then releases same, beautiful colours on our wild browns. After getting blown off the river, headed to Currawong Lakes for the afternoon, and more success for Mick A very nice rainbow this time, again on the dry.


Call the office at (785) 286-1729. We have a 24-hour answering service available to take all your water emergency calls. Our on call personnel will be paged to return your call.
1. Check all the faucets in your house, including your outside hydrant. Objects can sometimes get clogged inside your service lines, temporarily disrupting service to a specific faucet. For example, you have no water in your kitchen, but have normal pressure and volume in your bathroom, you should call a plumber for this repair.
2. If you experience a sudden loss of pressure and volume in all the faucets of your home, call the office at (785) 286-1729. The pressure decrease could be caused by a break in the water main or a break in one of your service lines. Pursuant to the By-Laws of this District, the line from the meter to the house is the homeowner's responsibility.
Please call the office at (785) 286-1729 to report any suspicious activity that you witness. This includes activity near the water mains, water treatment plant, or a fire hydrant.


Andreis Lorenzo | PLATFORM MODEL "ANDREIS 2000 T5 B"
PLATFORM MODEL "ANDREIS 2000 T5 B"
It is suitable for trucks having a total weight from 12 - 15to.
Standard length: 5.200 - 7.000 mm.
Hydraulic towing lift, like photo mod. T 1,5 lifting - power Kg. 2.000 approx.


1966 Pony Ford Mustang RHD in Wimbledon White with Red Interior from Classic Carlectables. Model features opening doors, boot and bonnet to reveal detailed engine. Comes with certificate of authenticity. Limited edition of 550.