Herbs and goats and deer, oh my!
Goat's milk. A three-day-old fawn. And lots of edible and medicinal plants.
These are the things you missed if you weren't at The Human Path's class on Foraging Wild Foods and Medicinals, held on private land in Leander.
As we toured around the property, our teacher, Sam Coffman, identified and described the uses for a number of wild plants on the property.
My very first attempt at milking an animal - you'd never know how happy I was from this photo.
Someone asked him how to tell if a plant is edible. He stressed that there's no mnemonic for doing this, and not to trust people who say to judge by the color of a berry or whatever trick someone tells you. Instead, he described a very slow process in which you follow a series of steps, waiting between five and twenty minutes between each one. First, you touch it and see if there's any reaction. If all goes well, rub a little of it on your palm. If all goes well, rub some onto more sensitive skin, such as the inside of your wrist. Then you can smell it, and then try applying just a bit to your mucous membranes (lips, nose). Then take a little taste. Finally, if there has been no reaction, you can try to eat it. To be safe, it's best to cook anything you're unsure about (if possible), as the heat breaks down many of the alkaloids that make plants unsafe.
With all this being said, Sam noted that if you're not used to them, wild foods – even the most innocuous of substances such as prickly pears – that are safe to eat and have medicinal qualities, can have negative effects on the body. As I discovered the next day, too much of anything can make you very sick, so you always need to tread lightly.
Mesquite: the leaves are used much like yarrow; they are astringent and hemostatic. The bark and root are mucilaginous. The pods make a great flour, and he shared some flat bread he had baked with mesquite flour. It tasted a lot like carob!
Western Wild Petunia: leaves are anti-inflammatory, could offer a treatment for poison oak (which was growing nearby); Sam pointed out that often plants that are helpful grow near those that are harmful.
Greenbriar: The new growth/tips at the top of the vines are edible; the larger leaves are not.
Goldenrod: stalks are good for hand drill fires, has lots of medicinal uses.
Ash Juniper (the 'cedar' trees everyone in Central Texas loves to hate): smooth muscle tonic, good for UTIs, but Sam recommended sparing use.
Wafer Ash: High in berberine, one of the constituents in goldenseal. Use mainly the wafer seeds and root.
Mustang Grape: the leaf is a good astringent; also useful to wrap foods in to cook them.
Yucca: root is edible but must be cooked a very long time. Used raw, the root contains saponins that make a good soap substitute. The seed pod is also edible when cooked. The stalk is good for hand drill fires, and the leaves are good for cordage.
Texas Bull Nettle: the ripe seeds are high in protein; smaller, less-fibrous roots are edible. Leaves not good for pot herb like the (unrelated) stinging nettle.
Antelope Horns: Related to herb Pleurisy, and is a good respiratory herb; also good for sore throats and is a diuretic.
After the herb walk, I heard a call that it was time to milk the goat, and I was there! I've never milked an animal before, and it was surprisingly difficult. Vickie showed me how to grasp the udders, but even then it was hard to get the hang of it. You really have to have strength and a certain amount of muscle memory to tease enough milk out of each squeeze. I managed to fill half a jar before I got tired… it's definitely something I'd like to do more often but given how much I love goats' milk (and the cheese you can make with it!) I think I need to work up to it.
And then there was the deer. The day before, Vickie's dog had apparently spooked the mother, and she ran off, leaving behind her tiny baby. Its future is still uncertain, but for now it's drinking goat milk and being adorable.


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Colorado State University, Pueblo professor Matt Harris teaches a class about the anti-slavery movement before the Civil War. He describes some of the movement's leaders including William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass, and discusses the influence of abolitionist literature such as narratives by former slaves and Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
We continue our eight-week series of interviews with former congresswomen. Barbara Kennelly served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1982 to 1999. She was the first woman named to the House Intelligence Committee and served as chair of the Democratic Caucus. She talks about how her early political career in Connecticut prepared her for Congress, and describes her work to reform Social Security. The U.S. House of Representatives Office of the Historian conducted this interview.
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Historian Peter Henriques talks about the relationship between George Washington and Alexander Hamilton. He explains why their collaboration was an important factor in founding the nation, where it went awry, and the historical accuracy of Hamilton: The Musical. Gadsby's Tavern Museum in Alexandria, Virginia hosted this event.
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Egypt's President Sisi Calls on World to Stand Against 'Plague of Terrorism'
Aswat Masriya
In his speech at the 70th UN General Assembly debate in New York Monday night, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah implored world leaders to unite in the fight against terrorism.
"Allow me to ask, how many Muslims must fall victim to this abominable extremism and odious terrorism to convince the world that all of us, Muslims and non-Muslims alike are fighting the same enemy, facing the same threat," asked Sisi.
"How much blood must be spilt before the international community realizes that the plague against which Egypt stands as the first line of defence …that there is no alternative to solidarity among all the peoples of the world to destroy it?"
Sisi referred to the situation in Libya where "extremist powers" have imposed their presence through acts "defying Islam and the values of humanity."
Sisi also warned against the division of Syria as a result of terrorism.
On the issue of the refugee crisis, Sisi said that "Egypt is hosting an increasing number of refugees" and emphasizes the need to settle disputes and open migration channels.
He stressed that the establishment of the State of Palestine along the 1967 borders with its capital in East Jerusalem would eliminate the most important cause of instability in the region.
He referred to Egypt's "ambitious" Sustainable Development Strategy which targets economic development, improving the investment climate and enhancing human capital by 2030.
Sisi said that the inauguration of the New Suez Canal project "was not only Egypt's gift to the world but it represents the embodiment of hope."
Egypt is seeking to run for non-permanent membership in the Security Council for the next two years, as part of its aspiration to achieve international peace.
The Egyptian president arrived in to New York Thursday to head Egypt's delegation to the UN's annual summit.
This is the second time Sisi attends the UN General Assembly meetings since his election in June 2014.
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What is compassion – and why is it important?
Most of us value compassion and agree that it is important both in our own lives as well as in society more generally. Undeniably, compassion is also part of our everyday experience of being human. We love and care for our children; confronted with someone in pain, we instinctively feel for that person; when someone reaches out to us in a time of distress we feel touched. Most of us would also agree that compassion has something to do with what it means to lead a good life. So it's no small coincidence that compassion turns out to be the common ground where the ethical teachings of all major traditions, religious and humanistic, come together.
Even in the contested political arena, compassion is one value that both sides of the spectrum are eager to claim. Despite our widely shared experience and beliefs about compassion, we fail to give it a central role in our lives and in our society. In our contemporary culture, we tend to have a rather confused relationship with values like kindness and compassion.
In the secular West, we lack a coherent cultural framework for articulating what compassion is and how it works. To some people, it's a matter of religion and morality, a private concern of the individual with little or no societal relevance.Others question the very possibility of selflessness for human beings, and are suspicious of sentiments like compassion that have other people's welfare as the primary concern. As a well-known scientist once remarked, 'Scratch an altruist and watch a hypocrite bleed'.
At the other extreme, some people elevate these qualities to such heights that they are out of reach for most of us, possible only for exceptional individuals like Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, and the Dalai Lama. Compassion then becomes something to be admired at a distance in great beings, but not relevant to our everyday lives.
Broadly defined, compassion is a sense of concern that arises when we are confronted with another's suffering and feel motivated to see that suffering relieved. The English word compassion, from its Latin root, literally means 'to suffer with'. According to religious historian Karen Armstrong, the word for compassion in Semitic languages – rahamanut in Hebrew and rahman in Arabic – is etymologically related to the word for womb, evoking the mother's love for her child as an archetypal expression of our compassion. At its core, compassion is a response to the inevitable reality of our human condition—our experience of pain and sorrow.
Compassion offers the possibility of responding to suffering with understanding, patience, and kindness rather than, say, fear and repulsion. As such, compassion lets us open ourselves to the reality of suffering and seek its alleviation. Compassion is what connects the feeling of empathy to acts of kindness, generosity, and other expressions of our altruistic tendencies.
When compassion arises in us in the face of need or suffering, three things happen almost instantaneously: We perceive the other's suffering or need; we emotionally connect with that need or suffering; and we respond instinctively by wishing to see that situation relieved. Compassion may lead to action; it is a readiness to help or to want to do something ourselves about another person's situation. Today, scientists are beginning to map the neurobiological basis of compassion and explore its deep evolutionary roots.
As a society, we have long ignored the fundamental role our compassion instinct plays in defining our nature and behaviour. We have bought into a popular narrative that seeks to explain all our behavior through the prism of competition and self-interest.
This is the story we have been telling about ourselves.
The thing about a story like this is that it tends to be self-fulfilling. When our story says that we are at heart selfish and aggressive creatures, we assume that every man is for himself. In this 'dog eat dog world' it is only logical, then, to see others as a source of rivalry and antagonism. And so we relate to others with apprehension, fear, and suspicion, instead of with fellow feeling and a sense of connection. By contrast, if our story says that we are social creatures endowed with instincts for compassion and kindness, and that as deeply interdependent beings our welfare is intertwined, this totally changes the way we view – and behave in – the world. So the stories we tell about ourselves do matter, quite profoundly so.
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I went on eBay and found the most cheapest set of brushes I could find! When they arrived after 4 months of waiting, they were REALLY bad fake MAC brushes made of thorns! I then decided to invest in a brush roll of expensive GENUINE MAC brushes and I fell in love with those! The only thing is, MAC brushes are very hard to get because I have to go into Central London to get them which isn't a journey I do often. And I don't like buying online after some bad purchases so I've learnt the hard way!
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Q: Value of selX and selY PuzzleView sudoku example Please download the following code :
http://media.pragprog.com/titles/eband3/code/Sudokuv2/src/org/example/sudoku/PuzzleView.java
In the code,
What initial value does selX and selY take and how? I'm asking this because there is a function call (getRect(selX, selY, selRect))that uses these two variables.. So, basically what values of selX and selY are passed during this function call?

A: Their initial value will be 0 since no where (in this file at least) is it set to anything else. As far as I can tell from the code you have provided, there is only one place selX and selY are set.
private void select(int x, int y) {
  invalidate(selRect);
  selX = Math.min(Math.max(x, 0), 8); <------ Here
  selY = Math.min(Math.max(y, 0), 8); <------
  getRect(selX, selY, selRect);
  invalidate(selRect);
}

selX and selY are only set when the select(int x, int y) method is called so I can't really give you the value for them. This means that the values that are passed into ..getRect(selX, selY, selRect) are whatever the last select set them to.
Without knowing where this method is called and what values are passed into it, it's hard to answer your question. I did notice however that the select method is called within these methods
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public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
  if (event.getAction() != MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN)
     return super.onTouchEvent(event);

  select((int) (event.getX() / width),
        (int) (event.getY() / height));
  game.showKeypadOrError(selX, selY);
  Log.d(TAG, "onTouchEvent: x " + selX + ", y " + selY);
  return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
  Log.d(TAG, "onKeyDown: keycode=" + keyCode + ", event="
        + event);
  switch (keyCode) {
  case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_UP:
     select(selX, selY - 1);
     break;
  case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_DOWN:
     select(selX, selY + 1);
     break;
  case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_LEFT:
     select(selX - 1, selY);
     break;
  case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_RIGHT:
     select(selX + 1, selY);
     break;

    ...

So it appears that they are set when the user touches the screen or uses the arrow keys.
You could put a breakpoint in here and check it out for yourself

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Our public process supports artists and a broad network of creative and allied professionals through our pre-qualified artist list, mentorship program for San Antonio-based artists, and special programs. The San Antonio Art Commission reviews and makes recommendations to guide our work.
Prequalifications
How the Public Art process works:
Pre-Qualifications
Every year the Department of Arts & Culture seeks applicants to be considered for a pre-qualified list for three-year duration. The pre-qualified list consists of artists and public art professionals, reviewed by a panel and approved by City Council, eligible for potential opportunities, including the creation of new public artworks, providing services for the City's art inventory, and collaboration with the Department of Arts & Culture to implement art in public places.
Our 2021 Call of Public Artists and Support Services is open from November 20, 2020 to January 18, 2021. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.
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Due to COVID-19 precautions, the Public Art Mentorship Course is currently on-hold until further notice.
Cultivating artists based in the San Antonio area for participation in the City's pre-qualified list is critical to the success of public art in San Antonio. Each year, the public art division hosts the Public Art Mentorship Course for emerging artists in the San Antonio area. Led by the City of San Antonio's Department of Arts and Culture with the participation of experienced artists and administrators, the course is open to roughly ten artists on an annual basis.
The Public Art Mentorship Course is a professional development opportunity where artists:
Attend educational sessions on contracts, budgets, the public art process and other key information about working in the public realm
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102 The Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period University of Pennsylvania
65 The Online Critical Pseudepigrapha Society of Biblical Literature
58 The Gospel according to St. John University of Birmingham
57 The Derveni Papyrus Università degli Studi di Genova, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki
56 The Confessions of Augustine: An Electronic Edition University of Kentucky
39 The Book of Ben Sira Rutgers University
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24 Inscriptions of the Northern Black Sea (IOSPE) Russian Academy of Sciences, The State Hermitage, King's College London (Department of Digital Humanities)
94 Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania British School at Rome, King's College London (Department of Digital Humanities)
93 Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica British School at Rome, King's College London (Department of Digital Humanities), University of North Carolina
116 Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Brown University
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Born Keir Wells, he is known within the Victorian Aboriginal and general community as Charles Pakana. A proud Aboriginal man of Tasmanian descent Charles is the second of three generations of Aboriginal journalists, Charles is the founder and owner of Connection Matters Radio and is the host of 3KND's much loved Sixties Sojourn show.
Charles is also an author and has been a public speaker on mental health. After many years of working on his onw mental health issues and becoming a strong advocator of raising awareness on mental health, breaking its stigma and seeking support, Charles yarns with Natasha about his personal journey.
From addiction to manic depression, in this very intimate interview Charles reveals some of his own realizations and strategies to work through mental health challenges. In honor of mental health awareness month Charles shares his highs, lows and why it is so important to have the sometimes uncomfortable conversations around our own mental health.


Europe's banking watchdog has called for there to be a rule across the bloc that will protect investors from the risks associated with cryptocurrency transactions.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has asked policy makers to consider introducing an EU-wide law for the rapidly-growing sector as an increasing number of people bet on the value of digital assets such as Bitcoin.
In a 30-page report on the sector, the EBA warned that a "significant portion" of activities involving digital currencies do not fall within the scope of rules for Europe's finance sector and consumers are at risk.
"Divergent approaches to the regulation of these activities are emerging across the EU," the EBA said in its report to the European Commission.
"These factors give rise to potential issues, including regarding consumer protection, operational resilience, market integrity and the level playing field."
Bitcoin was created over a decade ago but came to wider attention in late 2017 when its value surged to almost US$20,000 ($29,313). Its value has since plummeted, adding to fears that it is too risky among regulators, investors and bank bosses.
JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon last year said he regrets calling Bitcoin a "fraud", but added that he still had no interest in it.
As well as calling on the European Commission to consider a pan-European law for the industry, the EBA also criticised the energy consumption required for some crypto-asset activity. It said this should be looked at in light of the EU's sustainability targets.
Bitcoin, for example, uses huge amounts of electricity - equivalent to the energy consumption of Hong Kong, Singapore and Portugal - to maintain its network.
The lack of regulation for the cryptocurrency industry has been a concern for some time. In the UK, the Treasury, Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority have pledged to take steps in the coming months to address the threats posed.
On Tuesday, the Governor of the Bank of England said the central bank is upgrading its technology systems to that they are able to work with cryptocurrencies.
In an online question and answer session on the future of money, Mark Carney said that the Bank does not think cryptocurrencies are an effective form of currency due to their volatility. He cited the 40 per cent drop in Bitcoin's value over a fortnight in November.
However, he said he is "open minded" about the possibilities of distributed ledger technology (DLT), the system by which Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies store information about who owns what.
He said DLT, which includes Bitcoin's blockchain, could "serve the public better" than current payments systems, which "must now evolve to meet the demands of fully reliable, real-time, distributed transactions".
"People are increasingly forming connections directly, instantaneously and openly, and this is revolutionising how they consume, work, and communicate," said Mr Carney. "Yet the financial system continues to be arranged around a series of hubs and spokes like banks and payments, clearing and settlement systems.
"[DLT] is throwing down the gauntlet to the existing payment systems."
However, the Bank is also looking into whether cryptocurrencies could destabilise the financial system, Mr Carney added. He said he believed this is unlikely since cryptocurrencies make up less than 1 per cent of global GDP, but the Bank is investigating nonetheless.
Carney also reiterated the Bank's enduring support for cash payments, even as their popularity diminishes.
One in ten people use ApplePay to make the majority of their transactions, according to a survey by the Bank. A further six in ten mainly use card payments, with the remainder relying mostly on cash.
Carney said the Bank's support for maintaining physical cash is evident in its recent announcement of plastic £50 notes ($94) , which will sport the face of a British scientist.


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Fiction by Massimo Bontempelli
Translated from Italian by Estelle Gilson
One morning when she and her mother were making the bed--she was on one side, her mother on the other--Cecilia showed the first sign of madness. She suddenly said, "The plain is moving. There will be a disaster." Her mother looked at her uncertainly. "What did you say?" and Cecilia answered, "What?" in such a way that it was clear she didn't remember speaking the sentence. Her mother repeated it to her. "The plain is moving. There will be a disaster." But seeing the look of total incomprehension in her daughter's eyes, some intuition warned her not to continue. However, the sentence remained on the mother's mind all day long; and that night in bed, when Cecilia was already asleep in the other bed, the mother was still murmuring, "the plain is moving." Several days passed, days that were exactly like every other day of the year. Cecilia helped her mother with the housework, did some mending, and sometimes she would cry. (One Sunday, two years before, they had gone to a movie.) Evenings, after the mother cleared the table and Cecilia shut the windows and put out their nightgowns, they would go to bed even though it was not yet completely dark.
It had occurred to the mother by now that her daughter might never marry. It wasn't a very pleasant thought, yet at the same time the mother knew she would be very unhappy if Cecilia were no longer there to shut the windows and put out the nightgowns.
She had long forgotten the girl's strange utterance when one afternoon, Cecilia looked up from her mending, stared her mother full in the face and said, "The horses were all a little tired this morning, Mamma." This time the mother leaped to her feet. "What's the matter with you, child? Are you sick?" and rushing toward Cecilia, cradled her head between her hands. Cecilia came to herself.
"What's the matter with you, Mamma?"
"You said the horses were all a little . . . "
"I never said a word about horses, Mamma," the girl shook her head. "Maybe you dreamed it."
But in the same sudden way, Cecilia began raving the following day, and then every day, several times a day, until, with a relative's help, she was admitted to the mental hospital in the next town.
The director of the hospital sent good reports to Cecilia's mother almost every week, although he didn't allow her to visit during the period the girl was under observation. Permission eventually arrived, however; and the brokenhearted mother came to the clinic. The director offered her a seat and proceeded to talk at great length.
"We are on the threshold of a cure. As we expected, Cecilia's delusions have finally settled into a constant fixation. She believes she is the Empress Theodora. The belief permeates her every waking act. It's painful to see, to be sure, but today we know how to treat such delusions. There is a specific medication, something new, which we here have developed" (and he nodded toward his assistant, who smiled). "We've already given the girl some trial injections with very good results. Her body is accepting them perfectly. We, therefore, feel certain that we can effect a complete cure. In full dosage, the medication will cause a kind of epileptic seizure, after which our Cecilia will be completely recovered."
"Completely recovered? She'll be like she was before?"
"She'll come home with me? We'll be together again? Oh, Doctor!"
"Now, let's go," the doctor interrupted and, leading the woman through a corridor, he stopped in front of a door and whispered, "She's in there." He pushed the door open, thrust his head in, and called out cheerfully, "Cecilia, your mother's here." Then he withdrew and motioned the woman to enter.
She stopped for a moment, dazzled by the white walls, then saw her daughter, who seemed to have become taller, standing next to the bed. The mother raised her arms, took two steps towards the girl, but felt frightened and stopped.
"Is that you, Mother dear? Thank you for having made such a long trip. They've treated you well, I hope, as befits the mother of the Empress?"
"Cecilia, darling," moaned the woman, who, leaning forward, noticed for the first time that the girl was draped in a sheet, as though it were a long mantle. She reached her side, held her in her arms for a moment. The girl let her mother kiss her, then gently pushed her away.
"Mother dear, I'm terribly sorry that important obligations will keep me from spending much time with you today. Please sit down in that armchair," she added, indicating a tiny seat at the foot of the bed.
The mother staggered, barely set her weight on the edge of the seat, and stammered meaninglessly. Cecilia, still standing, turned toward a corner of the room and spoke. "Ladies, prepare the blue suite for my mother; and guards, clear the antechamber, I won't be giving any audiences today. Mother, come look out this window."
Cecilia's mother obeyed. At the window, she took a deep breath. Below her, all she saw was a small courtyard with a strip of green edged in daisies. She turned toward her daughter again, uncertain whether to remain at the window or return to the girl's side.
"If you come back tomorrow morning and look down into that park, you will see me walking alongside the Emperor. That's when we discuss affairs of state and when he asks my advice. This morning," she lowered her voice mysteriously, "I ordered him to depose the Pope, who has been my enemy. Here, on the other hand," she raised her voice, extended her arms and turned her face to the white ceiling. "Here, everyone loves me and obeys me. But what are you looking at? Oh, the ceiling? Do you like the way those gold stars are set around the green cross?"
Just then, for a moment, in the midst of her horror, the mother saw the ceiling ablaze with stars. Her whole body shook, and she hid her face in her hands. When she regained her composure, she could no longer look at Cecilia, who was still speaking.
"There are so many other things to show you. Tomorrow morning, we'll start looking at my jewels, yes, and then the crown, the gold crown with gemstones and pearls, the one I wore for my coronation in Santa Sophia when I stood at the Emperor's side surrounded by sweet voices and incense. I think even the angels in heaven were singing then. No other woman in the whole world has ever experienced that. No other woman can know what it means to be so happy."
Cecilia fell silent with a luminous gaze in her eyes, but her mother's heart was filled with dread.
"Darling, my sweet daughter, you don't remember?"
"What should I remember, Mother?"
The older woman couldn't speak. She no longer recalled what she had wanted to say. She swayed as if she'd just found herself at the edge of a precipice. To cling to something, she raised her head and looked at her daughter's face. But even then, she couldn't sustain her glance. Cecilia, after a few moments of thought and with a distant gaze in her eyes, had begun to speak again.
"When one is very happy, one doesn't have time to remember. One thinks of the past only in unhappiness. I have everything, Mother. Will you come back on a ceremonial day to see me ride in the golden coach drawn by four white horses?"
The mother raised a hand to her forehead. "Yes, darling, I'll come."
And with her eyes closed she listened as though to a distant voice. "And my great ivory table? And the peacock garden? The moonlight feasts on the Bosphorus? The secret room where I make my own perfumes? The throne on which I receive the ambassadors of every country in the world? Mother, Mother." Now she was shouting in a rush of joy from her overflowing heart. "Mother, I want you to see me walking through the streets in my purple mantle, when the people throw themselves at my feet shouting 'Her majesty, her majesty.'"
Cecilia's mother found herself in the corridor with her back against the wall and no memory of how she got there. Someone discovered her and took her to where the doctor was waiting. As soon as she set eyes on him, the woman roused herself, stood erect and before he could utter a sound, declared in a dry, choking voice, "I forbid you to cure my daughter."
From The Faithful Lover: Short Stories by Mario Bontempelli. Published 2007 by Host Publications. All rights reserved.
Read more from the August 2007 issue
from "The Revenge of Capablanca"
Fiction by Fabio Stassi
From "Senza Polvere Senza Peso"
Poetry by Mariangela Gualtieri
From "Lampedusa Snow"
Drama by Lina Prosa
Massimo Bontempelli (1878-1960) graduated in Philosophy and Letters from the University of Turin. He worked as a journalist, teacher, and musicologist, and served as an artillery officer during the First World War. In 1926 he founded the controversial literary journal 900, whose editorial committee included James Joyce, Max Jacob and Rainer Maria Rilke. One of the most brilliantly inventive writers of the twentieth century, and considered by many to be the father of "magic realism," Bontempelli was the author of over sixty volumes of poetry, drama, fiction, and theoretical writing.
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Estelle Gilson has translated works by Massimo Bontempelli as well as those of other major Italian writers previously unknown to American readers, notably Umberto Saba and Giacomo Debenedetti. Her translation of Saba's Stories and Recollections won several awards, including the MLA's first Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione prize for the best literary translation of the previous two years. Her translation of two Bontempelli novels, Separations, received ForeWord Magazine's Gold Medallion for Fiction in Translation. She has also published English translations of works in Hebrew and French, as well as modern versions of Juvenal's satires.
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Long Creek Falls is perhaps the prettiest of Blue Ridge Waterfalls. Fall Branch Falls is second in line – just depending on how far you are willing to drive and what your expectations are as far as the length of a waterfall hike, level of difficulty and your sense of adventure.
Long Creek Falls is a leisurely two mile hike (one mile there and one mile back). Your enjoyment will start as soon as you get on to F.S. 58 – spectacular views of Nontootla Creek along side the road. Your drive might be slow spaced – not because of the road, although can be slightly challenging after a strong rain – but because of the views. The trail will intersect F.S. 58 at an area called Three Forks, because of three beautiful creeks that join there to form Nontootla Creek. Hiking will lead you along a section of the Appalachian Trail and the Benton MacKaye Trail where both trails use the same foot path – just look for the white diamond and white rectangle blazers. The views are spectacular and the hike is cool, especially once you get to the vicinity of the waterfall. There are a number of spectacular little waterfalls on the way, which are fairly difficult to access. Take your time and wait until you complete the mile.
To get to Long Creek falls from Blue Ridge Take GA Hwy. 515 .8 mile east to Windy Ridge Road. Turn right and go .2 mile to the dead end with Old US Hwy. 76. Turn left, go .2 miles to Aska Rd. Turn right and go 13.5 miles to the end of the road. Turn right on Newport Road, go 4.5 miles. Turn left onto Doublehead Gap Road, and continue .8 mile to the intersection with USFS Road 58 on the right. Turn onto USFS 58 and go 5.3 miles to Three Forks. Noontootla Creek, a great trout stream is on your right as you go up the hill.
Walk about one mile, at which point the AT and BMT will part ways. There is a sign at this point towards the waterfall.
Enjoy the hike and scenery.


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sandybrackett / September 5, 2018
Fire Services Study Committee for August 30, 2018
Meeting Minutes – DRAFT
From the Desk of Heidi Sagar
The next Committee meeting will be September 6, 2018 at the Town Hall at 6:00 PM. The agenda will include preparations for the September 13, 2018 hearing.
Committee Members Present:
There were 11 people in the audience
Doug read Warrant Article 5, as amended at Town Meeting. He reiterated that this committee is a fact-finding, not a decision-making entity. He said that the Committee is working on a status report to present to the Town at the public hearing scheduled for September 13, 2018. He further stated that the Committee is still gathering information, and any report is a work in progress.
There was a discussion of the minutes of the previous meeting. Richard made a motion to accept the minutes as written. The motion was seconded by Bruce, and passed unanimously.
The Committee decided that notification for the upcoming hearing on September 13, 2018 should be posted at the Town Hall, Blue School, Town website, Landaff Ledger, and the public sign. There was further discussion regarding the need to post a newspaper notice. Mike Ransmeier said that he felt that the Select Board would approve the expenditure. It was decided that a notice would be made in the Caledonian and Bridge Weekly newspapers. Richard will handle the details.
Don reported back on the fire station assessment. He had been asked to research needed improvements and repairs that would be needed if the present structure were renovated. On August 22, 2018 Don met with Ron Howard, Kevin Schofield, Kathy Parsons, Bruce Ulricson, Jason Cartwright, and Mike Ball at the fire station to make that assessment. He provided a detailed listing of items that needed to be addressed.
Lower the walk-in door on the side of the building to improve safe access, and add a cricket over the door to protect from ice and snow.
Install a perimeter drain for the whole building to eliminate water seepage into the structure.
Install a septic system. Based on the estimated amount of use, it is thought that a household size system would meet the needs.
Regarding the septic system, Greg Russel has toured the area with Kevin Scofield and is familiar with the lay of the land. A soil test would be needed.
Install a small interior bathroom with sink and possible emergency shower device. This would fit into the existing building footprint.
Install a metal I-beam over the front doors, which would allow for the tanker door to be widened to 12 feet. The engine door is presently 12 feet, and adequate.
Install an exhaust fan system to vent the building when the trucks are started.
Ron Howard determined that there is presently blown insulation in the walls, but this needs to be checked and upgraded if necessary.
Wall vents are needed in the attic end walls.
There is a roof leak in the back room ceiling, and a mold problem that needs to be addressed. The present roof over that part of the building is nearly flat. It is suggested that the roof pitch be increased to deal with these problems. An increased pitch would also eliminate the need to shovel snow off the roof.
Install artesian well.
The steep entrance slope at the front of the building creates operational and safety issues for moving trucks in and out of the building. A possible suggestion to address this issue would be to eliminate the slope by digging out the existing cement floor. This option would also allow for the installation of a more efficient floor heating system, and add the possibility of a heated apron area which would increase safety and reduce risk.
Review electrical system for possible additional needs. The present system was upgraded within the last 10 years.
The main roof has missing metal. Option A would be to upgrade the existing roofing; option B would be stripping the whole existing roof and installing new roofing. Further inspection is required to determine the condition of the underlying wood structure in the roof.
Don will seek cost estimates for needed improvements. He will contact Jamey Carr and Capitol for the well; Thad Presby and Frank Dodge for building work; Kevin Schofield for ground and septic work, and Superior Insulation for insulation work.
Pat Webb committed that the I-beam was a great idea. He also reported that past studies had determined that there was adequate water on the site.
Kathy had concerns regarding the lowering of the concrete floor. She felt that it would be a very expensive project. She wondered if the problem could be addressed with better sanding and plowing. She asked if the road agent presently plows and sands the area. She also suggested that, when returning during slippery conditions, the truck might be driven forward into the station. Jason responded that the road agent does plow, but that there was still a problem with fresh snow before the plow arrived. He said that the Town and Fire Department had recently coordinated their radio frequencies, allowing them to communicate better. He said that the system was new, and he was hopeful that it would be helpful. He said that due to coverage issues, there could still be times when the road agent would be beyond range for contact. He explained that the reasoning for backing the trucks into the station was to insure that they were ready for a rapid response to any calls.
Doug thanked Don and the others on a good comprehensive report.
Claudia Lavoie had asked for an opportunity to address the Committee with her thoughts on the issue of public trust in the fire department. The Committee felt that, as this issue is a major concern with many in town regarding the debate over the future of the fire department, it would be appropriate to hear her thoughts. Claudia generally read from a prepared statement which follows in these minutes. In some instances she added to the prepared statement, and those comments are included.
Claudia began with the following statement: Upon hearing Chief Cartwright's comment at the August 13th meeting that he would like to know why townspeople may have lost trust in the Fire Department, I, as a long time supporter, felt dishonest, disingenuous, and hypocritical in not explaining why I have lost trust in the LVFD. I am not against the FD. I have lost trust. I speak for myself and myself alone. I have prepared a package for each member of the Committee and the Fire Chief. As a fact finding committee I hope you will address the concerns I present, for which I have provided documentation with the exception of the final three issues, which I feel have been discussed ad nauseam throughout town. After putting my thoughts on paper I was faced with the question "What to do?" I could dump it and continue to feel dishonest. I could wait until another, larger meeting. Or I could address this committee, which the Town has appointed. This was my choice. It is my most sincere wish that my comments are received in the spirit for which I intend them, which is to participate in our Town that I truly love.
Claudia then presented the following reasons why she, as a long term supporter of the Landaff Fire Department, has lost trust with the department.
A. In 2010 a long term CD of $61,819.00 was reported in the Fire Department report to the Town. This amount was removed from the report of 2011 and moved out of a Town account, without the permission or knowledge of the taxpayers, into a private Landaff Volunteer Fire Association account.
B. This brought the Attorney General into the Town of Landaff business involving auditors and bankers, scrutinizing accounts.
C. When the Association was told to return the money, the taxpayers were put into the position of having to pay legal fees to retrieve this money.
D. The Association then referred to the returned money as a "gift". It was not a gift! She added that she knows that the fire department raised the monies, but that it was not appropriate to move the funds without the knowledge and approval of the voters.
E. Upon the death of Francis Felton, in 2013, a memorial check was written to the Town of Landaff Fire Department. The thank-you was written from the Landaff Volunteer Fire Association, and the check deposited into the Association account, for which it was not written. (She provided copies of the check and note.) She also noted that the accounting of donations ceased after the death of Francis Felton, who had been the Treasurer.
F. In 2015, at Town Meeting, the FD put Article 26 up to be considered and voted on. Instantaneously, before one moment's discussion, this Article was amended to something barely recognizable, (to create an Irrevocable Trust Account), thereby bypassing the numbers of voters who had read the Town Meeting agenda, but had not found anything of great concern and did not attend the Town Meeting. Since the supporters of the FD had advanced knowledge of the proposed amendment to the Article (amended to "Trust"), the meeting was packed mostly with those supporters and the Article easily passed. She said that she was not opposed to the FD, but objected to the process.
G. Town Meeting 2017 Article 32 was included for a vote requesting $30,000 for a site review. There had been a very public petition circulated through Town requesting a paper ballot. Again, instantaneously, before a moment's discussion, the amount was amended to $7,000. A melee then erupted when a vote was called for a paper ballot, with accusations of the petitioners "slinking" through Town for signatures. She said that many felt uncomfortable with a voice vote due to what they felt was intimidation, and therefore wanted a paper ballot. She said that future votes should be by written ballots.
H. Assumption, by FD, of Town land belonging to the FD until proven wrong. (Here she refers to the fire station and land)
I. At Town Meeting 2018 Article 3 to vote to suspend operation of the LVFD was, again, immediately tabled and passed without one moment's discussion, thereby, depriving the taxpayers of their Constitutional right "to petition" and "be heard".
J. The present fire building was allowed to fall into disrepair; showing a lack of pride and commitment.
K. 2018 LVFD did not show up in a timely fashion to a brush fire on Pearl Lake Road. Two calls were made to 911, approximately 20 minutes apart. Lisbon and Bath arrived first.
L. On July 4, 2018, taking the unauthorized action of pumping water from hydrants in Lisbon to fill pools in Landaff. Something Lisbon residents pay for!
Fire Chief Jason Cartwright attempted to respond to Claudia's comments, but Doug suggested that, due to the complexity of the issue, it would be better to have the department try to create a written detailed cash flow timeline. He said that we need to track the money to create an open and transparent atmosphere. Doug asked for more detail about the cash flow with specific dates of transactions. He asked Jason to work with Pat Webb and report back to the Committee. He also suggested that the Select Board work on developing a timeline of the events, and report to the Committee.
Doug said that the department needs to be accountable to the public, and that the response to the brush fire needs to be researched and clarified. He said that the department seeks to serve the community and needs to review its performance to ensure that it is doing its best.
Don addressed the issue of the response to the brush fire. He said that he was the officer that made the decision to call Lisbon through the Mutual Aid System. He said that that decision was based upon the report that a dwelling structure was in danger, and his knowledge of Landaff FD personnel limitations due to illness and firefighters that were out of town. He said that this is the reason that we have Mutual Aid.
Pat Webb stated his opinion that the Committee has no authority to request an accounting from either the Association or the Select Board, as the matter has been resolved. He said that there was no point in re-litigating the issue. He said that the auditors were satisfied with the process. Doug asked if anyone has gone through the town auditor reports. Florence Webb responded that the town has not issued a report for many years. Town Clerk, Gayle Clement said that the reports are on file and available.
Harry McGovern responded to Claudia's concern about the 2018 Town Meeting petition warrant article to disband the Fire Department. He said that he was asked by the Select Board to make a motion to pass over the article. The actual motion was made by Mike Bovin.
Harry McGovern, former Fire Chief, spoke at length on the issue of the funds. He said that the debate had gone on too long, and that no one had asked for his views. He noted that the FD was started in 1966 as a stand alone entity not supported by the Town. The Town did appropriate money for firefighting that was paid to other towns. But if it was not spent the balance went to the Landaff Volunteer Fire Department, through warrant articles. The building was deeded to the Fire Department by the school. They borrowed money from the Grange, which was repaid. Ernest Odell built a shed on his house, with his own money, for one of the engines. Over the years the volunteers worked hard to raise funds through their own efforts. The excess, after department expenses, built up over the years. The funds were kept in the Fire Department's checking account at Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank, along with the yearly Town appropriations. Every year the expenses exceeded the Town appropriation. Harry felt an obligation to insure that the money that the volunteers had raised be used for the intended purposes. The Town auditors advised that the taxpayer funds could not be mixed with the other funds. Harry said, that in consultation with the Select Board, the Department determined to separate the raised and donated funds into a separate account. All funds, raised and donated, were moved into a 501c account at the Passumpsic Savings Bank. An amount equal to the Town's yearly appropriation was kept in the checking account at Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank. Later, the Selectmen began making references to the 501c account as "Town Money". Harry tried to meet with the Select Board, but was told to wait because they didn't have time. When he was called to a meeting, he was met by the Town attorney, and accused of taking Town money. The Selectmen insisted that the funds were town money. The Town attorney suggested a trust fund as a solution. Harry said that he would confer with the Association and get back to the Board. Following that meeting, the Select Board sent a letter to the Association demanding that the funds be turned over to the Town. The letter included a deadline.
Harry added, that closing the Landaff FD will not get Lisbon here any faster, and the Town will pay more for fire protection than they are paying now.
Mike Ransmeier said that the FD became part of the Town in 1993. He said that action would move all FD assets to the Town. He said that funds were reported by the auditors as town funds after that date. He said that the Select Board only met with their attorney after attempts to recover those funds. He said that the Association had no authority to move town funds.
Claudia Lavoie asked, why did the attorney general get involved? Doug said that should be part of the report from the Association and Select Board. Jason said that the Association lacked clarity, and had concerns about how the money was going to be used. They were approached by the town with legal action rather than given the opportunity to talk it out. At that point they sought their own legal advice. They checked with the Attorney General about trusts, and were told to try to work it out with the town. He said that they were also informed that donations cannot be used to offset taxes; they must be utilized as intended by the donor. Doug asked Jason to try to distill the information into an understandable chronology to include in a report back to the Committee.
Mary Beaudin asked if anyone is accusing the Fire Department or its members of stealing any money. Mike Ransmeier responded that there were no missing funds. Mary restated her question, asking if any money was taken by the FD or the association for personal use. There appeared to be general agreement that no money was taken for non-fire department uses. Claudia stated that she does not think that any money was stolen or spent for non fire department expenses. Mike Ransmeier stated that there was a full accounting provided when the money was returned. He said that the issue was whether the Association moved the monies without proper authorization and in a timely manner. He said that the money was returned and there were no missing funds.
Jason clarified that scholarship awards provided by the Association do not come from tax funds. He said that a $10,000 donation provided for that purpose has been invested and provides funding for the scholarship program.
Doug addressed the issue of trust, saying that this was the saddest moment in town for him. He said that he doesn't know how to get out of it, but we need to talk and find a way to resolve the issues that are dividing the town. He said that we need to put an end to it and move on. He said that we need to restore trust, but how?
Florence Webb said that she was intimately involved in the process, and knows that no one involved thought that they were doing anything wrong. She suggested that there may be a massive breakdown of communication in the town. She is hopeful that we are beginning a dialog to correct that problem.
Becky McGovern added that she feels that this discussion may have helped.
Don said that it was a great discussion. Addressing Claudia's comment on pride in the department he said, that he had long thought that putting money into the old building would be a waste, and had expected that a new building would be built. He now thinks that maybe that was the wrong approach. He also pointed out that improvements have been made, such as new windows, electrical upgrades, and doors.
Pat Webb pointed out that the station building had recently been painted by the Grafton County Jail crew at a cost of about $450.
Jason Cartwright presented information on the Landaff Volunteer Fire Association as previously requested by the Committee. Some of the points were also covered in previous discussions.
Jason said that the Landaff Volunteer FD was a private department until Town Meeting 2015. Several members of the audience questioned that date, saying that it should be 1993. Jason agreed to do more research to find the correct date. He continued, reporting that the Town paid a yearly flat sum, with the remainder of expenses raised by the firefighters at the Auction and by private donations. All the funds from Town and private sources were kept in a private bank account controlled by the LVFD. Town funds were completely spent every year, with only private monies carried forward. He provided a chart showing the amount of Town and private monies spent from 2005 to 2013. Since 2003, the Town Auditors have recommended that Town funds not be in the same account with private funds. In January of 2011 the Fire Chief and Treasurer discussed creation of a Foundation with the Select Board, who said that they liked the concept to solve the audit problem. In July 2011 the NH Attorney General's office granted a charter to form the Landaff Volunteer Fire Association. In early 2012 Landaff Volunteer Fire Association and Landaff Volunteer Fire Department members went over the FD records to quantify amounts raised by or given to the department. Over the prior few years these funds had been raised to increase what had been saved previously, towards the day new equipment and an updated fire station would be needed. A breakdown of funds raised by Old Home Day auctions and private donations directly to the Association for the period covering 2006 to 2012 inclusive was included. The Association reports total private funds raised in that time period as $97,980. In September of 2012, $95,000 was moved from the private Landaff Volunteer Fire Department account into new Association accounts. An amount equal to the Town's annual appropriation was left in the Department account for operating expenses. The Town Auditor was provided with full documentation of the formation of the Association, including charter and bylaws, Charitable Trust Division certificate of registration, and financial records during the 2013 audit.
Jason said that the Association continues to provide support to the FD, with its major projects being setting aside funds for the purchase of a new fire engine, and possible construction or major renovation of the fire station.
Becky McGovern pointed out that the Landaff Volunteer Fire Association is not unique. She said that it is common for towns to have associations to help support their fire departments. She listed several with the dates that they were established: Jackson (established about 15 years ago), N. Conway, Woodsville Fire King Hose Co. (started 1889) est. 2006, Bath est. 1987, Littleton-Eureka Hose est. 1829, and Bethlehem EMS Inc. est. 1998.
Doug stated that the founding principal of the Association was to make the Fire Department better. He said that the members who raise the money need to control how it is spent.
Richard suggested that Jack Anderson be invited to attend the hearing on September 13, 2018. He felt that Jack could provide valuable expertise. After discussion it was decided not to ask for his attendance.
Doug again asked that the Association and Select Board try to put all the facts on paper regarding the dispute over funds, in an attempt to begin the healing process.
The next Committee meeting will be September 6, 2018 at the Town Hall at 6:00 PM. The agenda will include preparations for the September 13, 2018, hearing.
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Motown the Musical is going on tour and will play a four-week run at The Bristol Hippodrome from Thursday 10th January until Saturday 2nd February 2019.
Meanwhile, the London production continues to play to standing ovations at the Shaftesbury Theatre. It is about to go into its third year and is currently booking until 5th January 2019.
Vivienne, the City Centre BID team's digital marketing executive and in-house theatre buff, recently joined Steve and Nicola from The Bristol Hippodrome to watch Motown the Musical in London, getting an idea of what audiences can expect when the tour hits town.
Music lovers are in for a treat!
Motown the Musical begins and ends with Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, an Emmy Award-winning TV show celebrating the legendary record label's silver anniversary, and takes the form of Berry Gordy's reflections on the journey he's taken to reach that point.
We are taken back to 22nd June 1938 to see Gordy's reaction to Detroit boxer Joe Louis beat German Max Schmeling, a result that made Louis one of the first true African American national heroes in the United States. And left nine-year-old Gordy believing that he could do anything.
Less than 20 years later, he's on his way, having co-written the first of Jackie Wilson's five hit records, Reet Petite*, and bumping into Smokey Robinson and his group on a visit to Wilson's manager's office to sort out his royalties.
Those royalties are disappointingly low, so he borrows $800 dollars from his family to start his own company, releasing songs under several different labels to secure radio play.
By now I am already starting to lose count of the number of hits we hear and the pace continues relentlessly as we are taken through the 50s, 60s and 70s through to 1983. There are somewhere between 50 and 60 songs to get through, each one a delight to the ears. This means the story feels rather glossed over at times, but it piqued my interest enough to get me Googling several times over the next few days.
Be prepared to hear hits from The Supremes, The Four Tops, The Jackson Five, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and many more. Be prepared also for colourful costumes, bright lights, and nifty footwork. This show is a treat for the eyes and ears.
As you watch and listen, you'll find your feet tapping, you'll be struggling not to sing out loud, and you'll be overjoyed when finally the signal comes to get up and dance.
In summary, if you love music, you'll love Motown the Musical.
*It amused me somewhat that while Reet Petite is being performed there is a dart board on set – a reference perhaps to the occasion when Dexy's Midnight Runners performed their cover of Van Morrison's homage Jackie Wilson Said on Top of the Pops, with an image of two-times world darts champion Jocky Wilson on the screen behind them.


As we know, web app development is a complex process that, on the one hand, consists of laborious work at the backend and, on the other hand, includes plenty of efforts while creating a nice-looking and responsive UI.
If you want to optimize the construction of your web applications, you need to find the best option for organizing your work with data as well as a fast and powerful js library for drawing app interface.
This variant can be implemented by using OData, an open data protocol for building RESTful API's, and by adapting Webix UI library to its rules of requesting and modifying data.
OData's goal is to enable a broad access to data regardless of the way it is stored. It allows requesting and updating resources via HTTP commands and provides an entire query language directly in the URL.
Well, if you are reading this post, you probably know a lot about Webix. If suddenly no, you can find more info here. All in all, I can say that our users find it fast and easy.
There is a wide range of services that expose their data using the OData protocol. Among them are such popular ones as Windows Azure Table Storage, Microsoft Dynamics, SharePoint, IBM DB2. You can find the full list of them here.
To show you how to build a feature-rich web app with a flexible backend and stylish user interface, we use a recently released DataBoom service. DataBoom is a DBAAS solution with a powerful rest API based on OData standard.
We've prepared some samples built with Webix and DataBoom. To check them please continue reading this post.
DataBoom is an online database that allows storing and retrieving data with a few lines of code without database administration and schema definition. You can create a free account and use an online database for working with OData.
To insert, update or delete a record in Odata way we need to send a request of an appropriate type. Odata conventions require sending a POST for creating a new record, PUT or PATCH for updating it and DELETE for deleting a record.
We also need to set a request header that specifies the type of data that goes to server. It should be "application/json".
Check the sample by this link.
Evaluate the sample of dynamic loading with OData.
Webix way of loading and saving data can be seamlessly customized to adjust to different data services and protocols. The library package already contains solutions for working with Faye, IndexedDB, DHTMLX connectors, REST API, browser local storage, etc. At the same time users are encouraged to write their own integrations.
On the client side we've made loading and saving adjustments with the help of webix.proxy interface. As a serverside background we've taken DataBoom, a cloud database that supports OData protocol.
All in all, Webix can be easily tuned to work with OData protocol to support the most common operations like retrieving and saving data, filtering and sorting it at the server-side as well as loading the data dynamically in case of a long dataset.
Do not miss the DataBoom service as well, it provides much more pleasant experience than conventional database and integrates with Webix very well. In addition to this, it is free for using it in small applications.
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Leonard Andres
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Leonard Andres was a famous racer during the 1930s, a respected tuner during the '50s and '60s, and a prosperous motorcycle dealer from the 1940s to the 1970s. He also served on the AMA's competition committee during the early 1960s, helping to guide motorcycle racing's rules and regulations. Andres' son, Brad, was the only rider in the history of AMA Grand National racing to win the championship in his rookie season. Leonard built his son's bikes during that championship-winning 1955 season.
Andres was born in Eureka, California, on March 19, 1912. As a youngster he got an old junked motorcycle running and began a hobby that would turn into a passion and career. Growing up in Stockton, Andres and his brothers started racing motorcycles around the dirt tracks of Northern California. Speedway racing was his favorite and he rode J.A.P. speedway bikes to numerous regional Class A short track victories during the 1930s.
By the middle '30s, Class C racing was gaining in popularity and Andres began racing a Harley-Davidson 45-cubic-inch model. The biggest victory of his racing career came when he won the 1937 Pacific Coast TT championship in Hollister, California. That race was the first-ever AMA national TT held on the West Coast.
The Andres name became very well known in racing circles. Not only was Leonard winning races, but his brothers Gene and Roy were coming up through the ranks on their way to becoming top West Coast racers as well.
Andres retired from serious racing in 1938 after he opened a Harley-Davidson dealership in Modesto, California. The business grew and he was able to buy two more dealerships in the coming years, one in Sacramento and another, later, in San Diego. Andres recruited his brothers to help him run the growing family business.
In the 1950s, Andres' son Brad began showing a lot of promise as a racer. The elder Andres helped his son by making sure he always had very well-prepared equipment. By 1955, Brad was ready to turn pro. With his father doing the tuning, 19-year-old Brad completed the most impressive rookie season in the history of AMA Grand National Series, winning five of the 13 races (including the Daytona 200) en route to the national championship.
Andres' reputation as a top engine builder was solidified in 1956 when his son's bike blazed down the beach at Daytona in qualifying at almost 5 mph faster than the next-fastest machine. Andres' engine-building services were in heavy demand. In later years, Ralph White and Cal Rayborn would win AMA nationals with engines tuned by Andres.
After Brad retired from racing, the elder Andres continued to build engines for other riders and he also served on the AMA competition committee during the early 1960s.
By the early 1970s, Andres retired from building racing engines. He ran his San Diego motorcycle dealership until selling that business in 1976. That marked the end of nearly 40 years of Andres running motorcycle dealerships. For the last 20 years of his life, Andres worked with his son Brad in the family's property management business. Andres died on Christmas Day in 1996.


This was part of our little Christmas dinner for two. It's delicious, and it makes the kitchen smell delightful!
2. Stir in the salt, 2 tsp rosemary, Italian seasoning, black pepper, olive oil, and white whole wheat flour. Add the bread flour and stir until dough forms a ball.
3. Knead the dough ball on a lightly floured surface for 5 minutes (until smooth), adding more flour as necessary to prevent sticking.
4. Place the dough in a lightly-greased bowl and cover with a tea towel (not the terry kind). Let rise until doubled in size (about 1 hour).
5. Punch down the dough and form it into a round loaf. Place it on a cornmeal-dusted piece of parchment paper, cover, and let it rise until doubled in size again (about 45 minutes).
6. Preheat oven and pizza stone to 400 degrees. Whisk the egg and 1 tbsp water together to make an egg wash. Once the dough has risen, gently brush the top with egg wash and sprinkle with some rosemary.
7. Set the parchment paper on the heated pizza stone, and bake for 20-25 minutes until the top is golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped.


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Q: Find the $n$-th derivative of $f(x)=\frac{x}{\sqrt{1-x}}$ Find the $n$-th derivative of
$$f(x)=\frac{x}{\sqrt{1-x}}$$
First I just calculated the first, second and 3-th, 4-th derivatives and now I want to summarize the general formula. But it seems too complicated. Then I want to use binomial theorem or Taylor expansion... Also got no more clues.

A: This can be made a lot simpler by changing variables.  (Changing variables is commonly taught as a technique for  integration, but it can also be handy for differentiation.)
Introduce the new variable $u=1-x$.  Then $x=1-u$, and
$$f(x) = \frac{1-u}{\sqrt{u}} = u^{-1/2} - u^{1/2}$$
If we define a new function $g(x)=x^{-1/2} - x^{1/2}$ then this tells us that $$f(x) = g(1-x),$$ and therefore on taking derivatives we have $$f^{(n)}(x) = (-1)^n g^{(n)}(1-x)$$
This change of variables allows you to essentially swap out the problem of computing derivatives of $f(x)$ and trade it for computing derivatives of the (much simpler) function $g(x)$.
Now, the derivatives of $g(x)$ are
$$g'(x) = \left( - \frac{1}{2}\right)x^{-3/2} - \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)x^{-1/2} $$
$$g''(x) = \left( - \frac{1}{2}\right)\left( - \frac{3}{2}\right)x^{-5/2} - \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)\left(-\frac{1}{2}\right)x^{-3/2} $$
$$g'''(x) = \left( - \frac{1}{2}\right)\left( - \frac{3}{2}\right)\left( - \frac{5}{2}\right)x^{-7/2} - \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)\left(-\frac{1}{2}\right)\left(-\frac{3}{2}\right)x^{-5/2} $$
and in general if we introduce the notation $A_n$ to denote the product of the first $n$ odd numbers (for example, $A_1=1$, $A_2 = 1\cdot 3$, $A_3 = 1\cdot 3 \cdot 5$, etc.) then
$$g^{(n)}(x)=(-1)^n \frac{A_n}{2^n}x^{-(2n+1)/2} + (-1)^n \frac{A_{n-1}}{2^n}x^{-(2n-1)/2}$$
Now we recall that $f^{(n)}(x) = (-1)^n g^{(n)}(1-x)$, so that
$$f^{(n)}(x)=\frac{A_n}{2^n}(1-x)^{-(2n+1)/2} +  \frac{A_{n-1}}{2^n}(1-x)^{-(2n-1)/2}$$
The only thing left is to express the coefficients $A_n$ in a more convenient closed form; for that, see Proving formula for product of first n odd numbers.

A: Let $g(x)=x$, $h(x)=(1-x)^{-1/2}$. We can then say that $g^{[n]}=\begin{cases}x&n=0\\1&n=1\\0&\text{else}\end{cases}$ and that $h^{[n]}=(-1)^n\left(-\frac12\right)^{(n)}(1-x)^{-n-1/2}$, where $x^{(n)}$ is the falling factorial. Then, by the General Leibniz rule,
$$\begin{aligned}\left(g\cdot h\right)^{[n]}&=\sum_{k=0}^n\binom{n}{k}h^{[n-k]}g^{[k]}\\
&=g^{[0]}h^{[n]}+ng^{[1]}h^{[n-1]}+\sum_{k=2}^n\binom{n}{k}h^{[n-k]}g^{[k]}\\
&=\frac{x\cdot(-1)^n\left(-\frac12\right)^{(n)}}{(1-x)^{n+1/2}}+n\frac{(-1)^{n-1}\left(-\frac12\right)^{(n-1)}}{(1-x)^{n-1/2}}\\
&=\frac{(-1)^n\left(-\frac12\right)^{(n-1)}\left(x-2n\right)}{2(1-x)^{n+1/2}}\\
\end{aligned}$$
As per @Luca_Bressan's answer, we may also express the coefficients as $\frac12(-1)^n\left(-\frac12\right)^{(n-1)}=-\frac{(2n-3)!!}{2^n}$.

A: We have $f(x)=g(x)h(x)$ where $g(x)=x$ and $h(x)=(1-x)^{-1/2}$. Hence using Leibniz's rule we have
$$f^{(n)}(x)=\sum_{k=0}^n{n\choose k}h^{(k)}(x)g^{(n-k)}(x)={n\choose n}h^{(n)}(x)g(x)+{n\choose n-1}h^{(n-1)}(x)g'(x) \quad(*)$$
It remains to compute
$$h^{(n)}(x)=\frac{1}{2}\frac{3}{2}\cdots \frac{2n-1}{2}(1-x)^{(2n-3)/2} =\frac{(2n)!}{2^{2n}n!}(1-x)^{(2n-3)/2}$$
and then substitute it in $(*)$ and simplify.

A: $x(1-x)^{-\frac 12}$
Generalized binomial theorem.
$x(1-x)^{-\frac 12} = x(1^{-\frac {1}{2}} + \frac {-1}{ 2}1^{-\frac {3}{2}}(-x) + \frac {-1}{ 2}\frac {-3}{2}\frac {1}{2}1^{-\frac {5}{2}}(-x)^2+\frac {-1}{ 2}\frac {-3}{2}\frac {1}{2}\frac {-5}{2}\frac {1}{3}1^{-\frac {5}{2}}(-x)^3\cdots$
$x(1-x)^{-\frac 12} = x + \frac {1}{ 2}x^2 + \frac {3}{8}x^3+\frac {5}{16}x^4\cdots$
$a_1 = 1\\
a_{n+1} = a_n{\frac {2n-1}{2n}}\\
a_n= \frac {(2n-1)!}{2^{2n}((n-1)!)^2}$

A: We can prove that
$$f^{(n)}(x) = - \frac {(2n - 3)!!\, (x - 2n)} {2^n (1 - x)^{(2n + 1)/2}}$$
for $n \ge 2$ by induction on $n$.
The base case is easy. For the inductive step,
$$\begin{align*}
\frac d {dx} f^{(n)} (x) & = - \frac {(2n - 3)!!\, 2^n (1 - x)^{(2n + 1)/2} + (2n - 3)!!\, (x - 2n) 2^n \frac {2n+1} 2 (1 - x)^{(2n - 1)/2}} {2^{2n} (1 - x)^{2n + 1}} \\
& = - \frac {(2n - 3)!!\, 2^{n-1} (1 - x)^{(2n - 1)/2} \, [2 (1 - x) + (x - 2n) (2n + 1)]} {2^{2n} (1 - x)^{2n + 1}} \\
& = - \frac {(2n - 3)!!\, (2n - 1)(x - 2n - 2)} {2^{n+1} (1 - x)^{(2n + 3)/2}} \\
& = - \frac {[2(n + 1) - 1]!!\, [x - 2(n + 1)]} {2^{n+1} (1 - x)^{[2(n + 1) + 1]/2}}.
\end{align*}$$


TALK-TALK: DON'T FORGET TO GET OUT AND LOOK UP!
Thanks for this... I'm in Oregon and actually didn't know this was happening... we're on a farm outside the city, so we have amazing nighttime sky views... I'll be out looking for my buddy Supermoon.
GREAT!!!! YOU WON'T MISS IT THEN! I'M SO HAPPY. YOU SHOULD SEE MY FACE!(LIKE I SAVED THE WORLD OR SOMETHING. LOL) LOLOLOL aWSOME!
THE MOON IS SO MASSIVE!!!
I NEED @CRYPTOSPA TO TELL ME WHAT HE THINKS IS UP WITH THE MOON!!


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 * @constructor
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export function CompareToDirective(){
    return {
        require: "ngModel",
        scope: {
            otherModelValue: "=compareTo"
        },
        link: function(scope, element, attributes, ngModel) {

            ngModel.$validators.compareTo = function(modelValue) {
                return modelValue == scope.otherModelValue;
            };

            scope.$watch("otherModelValue", function() {
                ngModel.$validate();
            });
        }
    }
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Telecommuting: what's in a name?
Development of Policy on the Telecommunications-Transportation Tradeoff: that's what we called our research project at the University of Southern California, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), in 1973. That was a good title for winning a grant from the scientists of the US government. It wasn't a good title for explaining our research to almost everyone else, especially the business and government organizations that we wanted to use for testing the concept.
The focus of the research team was to assess the possibility of substituting information technology for the daily commute to and from work by millions of information/knowledge workers. I decided that a catchy name might seriously help in recruiting participants. So, that October, I produced a portmanteau word: telecommuting. It was a combination of the words: telecommunications, commuting and computers.
Although our field test emphasis was on commuting we knew that the substitution of infotech could be applied in all sorts of ways to reduce or eliminate work-related trips. At first we thought we might call it teleworking, another word I coined, but we felt that the biggest bang would (and still does) come from reducing or eliminating commutes. So we continued to use telecommuting as our usual term.
Teleworking steadily gained in importance as a means of enticing executives to try it for their organizations. The reason is simple: the idea was that employees get paid for their work, not their commute. [Although subsequent research has shown that the stresses of commuting have real negative effects on worker productivity.] The costs of commuting don't show up in the chief financial officer's lexicon. The costs of work do. So telecommuting appealed to employees while teleworking appealed to their employers.
Yet, as our research expanded beyond the NSF grant, we found no problems in recruiting commuters but many problems in recruiting employers. So we started to use telework more frequently. I made the distinction between the two terms thusly: Teleworking is any form of substitution of information technology for work-related travel while telecommuting refers to that part of teleworking that involves, or substitutes for, the daily commute between home and non-home workplace.
Since those days in the last century(!) other words have evolved to describe teleworking. Technology has also exploded in making telework available to many jobs. The terms distance, remote and distributed working all have their adherents. It seems to me that hey all repeat our first error if you're trying to sell the concept to employers: they emphasize what's desirable for the workers, not their employers. Employers don't want to consider distance; remote makes them nervous and distributed is ambiguous. All the terms refer to the same process: telework.
So, if you're trying to entice an employer to try teleworking, point out the benefits to her, not to you.


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Q: Add user input of string into a list using blazor I've been tasked to add a string entered by a user from a form into a list of string using blazor. From what I can tell you're unable to bind-Value a list as it only accepts type string.
As I can only bind one value to the text box I'm not able to have multiple user inputs that can go into the list.
Is there a way that I'm able to enter the user input into a list, then enter more user input into the same list, but only using the one variable assigned to the bind-Value parameter?

A: You need to manually get the items from the Input and add them to the List.
One way to achieve this is to listen for specific Key events using @onkeydown.
In the example below, whenever the user presses Enter we'll take whatever was typed into the Input and add it to the list, then clear the input so the user can enter more items.
@page "/"

<input @bind-value="UserInput" @bind-value:event="oninput" @onkeydown="CheckInput"></input>

My List

@foreach (var item in myList)
{

@item

}

@code {

    private string UserInput { get; set; }
    public List<string> myList = new List<string> { "ItemOne" };

    private void CheckInput(KeyboardEventArgs keyEvent)
    {
        if(keyEvent.Key == "Enter")
        {
            AddToList(UserInput);
            UserInput = string.Empty;
        }

    }

    private void AddToList(string str)
    {
        myList.Add(str);
    }
}


This is part five of a six-part series recapping my presentation, "Happy Clients: An Intro to Digital Account Management," from Podcamp Nashville 2011.
If you do, you know how refreshing it is to be around children because they live in the present moment. Everything, their entire universe and all that they understand, exists right now.
There is no later. There is no yesterday. Delayed gratification is not a concept that they understand. It can be a beautiful thing.
The proposal needs to be ready now. The website needs to launch now. The campaign needs to go live now.
And, similarly to how we work with impatient children, we need to take our time. We don't give our kids candy bars to avoid meltdowns (or at least we shouldn't), and our clients are a thousand times more reasonable than our children.
People really need long stretches of uninterrupted time to get something done. You cannot ask somebody to be creative in 15 minutes and really think about a problem.
Whether we're defining the scope of work for a project or just creating a status report, we need to carve out the time to do it right. At the end of the day, you'll be more likely to look back on your work and be proud of it, and your client will appreciate it as well.