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How to get iMessage on Android/Windows with Beeper
In this article, we'll show you how to: get iMessage on Android/Windows with Beeper. As you probably already know, iMessage is Apple's instant messaging platform. Apple never made it available for Android or Windows. This has frustrated many users, especially those who want to switch from iOS to Android but don't want to lose access to iMessage. With Beeper, Android users can finally use iMessage on other platforms.
Pieper isn't exactly new. Created by the founder of Pebble smartwatches, Eric Migicovsky, the app basically acts as a hub for multiple messaging platforms, including Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, Messenger, and iMessage. The Beeper app is available on all major platforms: iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux distributions. This means that you can access iMessage on any of these platforms via Beeper, and this makes the app even more interesting. After all, Beeper is neither the first nor the only hub for SMS apps.
When Beeper was announced, it relied on a real Apple device to work with iMessage. Users had the option of setting up a jailbroken iPhone or an Apple laptop (Mac) as an iMessage server. In this way, the device synchronized the messages with Beeper so that the user could access them from anywhere. But now things are a little different. Beeper ditched the old method in favor of a new cloud-hosted server. This means that Beeper now has its own Mac servers to log into users' Apple ID and integrate iMessage with the app. Below we have mentioned the steps to get iMessage on Android or Windows.
How to set up iMessage on Beeper
Step 1: If you have been invited to access beeperyou could now Set up iMessage on Beeper.
Step 2: Follow the instructions to install the beeper app on your Windows PCand Create an account.
Step 3: Download the Beeper Android app
Step 4: Log in to your Beeper account on the Android app.
Step 5: You will be prompted to verify your identity through the Windows app. click on Yes. You can also use the security code provided during set up an account
Step 6: Now, both your Windows and Android apps are ready. It's time for you. to enter iMessage account.
Step 7: Click on the + button on the left panel of the Windows Beeper App.
Step 8: click on iMessage.
Step 9: Touch Get on.
Step 10: If you don't Apple ID, then create it. You can do this while you wait for Beeper to assign a server to you.
Step 11: Enter your Apple ID credentials and Verify your account.
Step 12: Beeper activates your iMessage. You will be able to chat on iMessage after this.
Step 13: Open the Beeper App on your phone and you will see iMessage added to the available services in the bottom tabs.
We hope you like this article on how to get iMessage on Android or Windows with Beeper. Privacy is very important to Apple. That's why everything you send as iMessage is encrypted from start to finish. That means no one but the person you're sending it to can intercept or read it — not even Apple. In fact, it's like no one can get into your iMessages if they have your device. Not without your access code. The US government has criticized Apple for this very reason, as the company cannot release iMessages even if it wanted to.
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The Rock Monster points out the Jazz are not limited to picking Greg Monroe or Cole Aldrich if they're looking for a big man in this year's draft. There's also Donatas Motiejunas. Goofier than Fesenko and Ostertag, skinnier than AK, more foreign than Boozer and Williams. He is. . . Donatas!
The best part: based on his one quote in this video, he is brilliant.
"There not going to be another Jordan. So, in the same way, there will not be another Sabonis."
Tht was the worst 'highlight' video I've ever seen- about 10 secs of basketball...from what I saw, he looks terribly soft & uncordinated, with an ugly shot.
Why is he pegged so high in the draft???
Agreed. The best part about that video is song, which is saying something because it's terrible and features the line, "I like it down below the waist". . . not exactly in sync with some basketball highlights.
His best move in the whole thing may literally be the one where he falls down in the Olympics, the ref misses the call and whistles Carmelo for a foul.


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Q: Optimized mysql table schema for reading and writing data I am working on a project which has a requirement of storing data in mysql coming to a server from multiple tracking devices. The data interval is 10s.
Currently the way we store data is as follows:
Each device has a single table ({Device_Number}_info) with Unix Timestamp as primary key. (So if we have 10,000 devices, we end up in 10,000 tables. This is done to prevent locking since we insert into the table every 10s).
Data every 10s is inserted into the respective tables and later accessed.
The problem with this approach is, If we have to get a single row for each device - we have to loop over all 10,000 tables and execute a query. We tried all possible ways to optimize queries and add indexes to the table, but nothing works. Looping over all tables and executing a query takes time. Our goal is to get the rows in <10s. I feel that there is something which can be improved using mysql optimization techniques.
What we tried :
We created a single view of all 10,000 tables (taking union). Then queried the view. This did not work either. It takes more than 2 minutes.
Any suggestions on how we can design the schema for optimized read and writes?
Here is the schema of {device_number}_info table :
{device_number}_info:
  device_number int(11) NOT NULL,
  Date date NOT NULL,
  Time time NOT NULL,
  Timestamp int(10) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
  Speed float NOT NULL,
  Latitude double NOT NULL,
  Longitude double NOT NULL,
...
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

A: As was suggested in a separate discussion:

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*merge all tables to one master table

*use indexed column (Timestamp) in the where part of the query to greatly increase speed

*increase innodb_buffer_pool_size to reduce disk IO time

A: Are the "devices" moving?  If not, don't include lat/lng in the table.  Ditto for any other unchanging values.
Do have a single table.
Do have PRIMARY KEY(device_id, timestamp) -- in this order.  Note that this will separate the inserts into separate parts of the table.
Do not (without good reason) repeat the timestamp in date and time.  In most situations, you can dynamically convert.
DOUBLE is overkill for lat/lng.  See this for smaller options.
Shrinking the table size will improve performance.
When inserting 1000 rows per second, batch them up and do them either with a single LOAD DATA or a single, multi-row, INSERT.  It will take some time, but it should be much less than 10 seconds (the drop-dead limit) except on a 'cold' system.
device_number can be MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED (3 bytes instead of 4; limit of 16M - 1.6 crore).
If you are fetching data for all devices for a given time, you will need a secondary INDEX(timestamp).
Keep in mind that more indexes means slower INSERTs, so please provide all the indexes you think you need, together with the query that they were designed for.  We should discuss them.
How long do you keep the data?  It sounds like 30 billion rows a year?  If you are purging, then the DELETE becomes a serious issue.  We can discuss that.
How much RAM?  HDD or SSD drive?

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Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): Nearly three million years ago - at a time when climate conditions paralleled those of present times - sea levels stood about 66 feet (20 meters) higher, a new research has revealed.
The height of ancient sea level indicates Greenland and the western part of Antarctica had no ice sheets, and the massive ice sheet covering East Antarctica, the "big elephant in the room", had also contributed, according to lead study researcher Kenneth Miller, a professor at Rutgers University.
For decades, there has been controversy around what it takes to melt the East Antarctic Ice Sheet - which contains about 7.2 million cubic miles(30 million cubic kilometers) of ice, according to the British Antarctic Survey.
This new research indicates that, about 3 million years ago, some melting of this ice sheet had occurred.
"Understanding howfast and how much the East Antarctic Ice Sheet can melt is really what we have learned most from our study," Miller said, adding that the results indicate certain parts this ice sheet are more vulnerable than was thought.
The estimate of 66 feet (20 meters) is important because melting the ice now on Greenland would raise sea levels 26.2 feet (8 meters), melting the West Antarctic Ice Sheet raise it another 5 meters (16.4 feet).
Since together these don't account for the difference, water that is now frozen on the East Antarctic must have been liquid 3 million years ago.
In this case, the past has relevance for the future.
During the Pliocene Epoch, the status of sea levels 2.7 million to 3.2 million years ago, average global sea-surface temperatures at the time have been estimated to be about 3.6 to 5.2 degrees Fahrenheit (2 to 3 degrees Celsius) warmer than today.
In addition, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide -the dominant greenhouse gas -at the time appear comparable to those measured in 2011.
During annual climate talks, international climate negotiators have set an unofficial goal of cutting global greenhouse gas emissions to a level that would limit global temperature increase this century to 3.6 degrees F (2 degrees C), although scientists believe this cap looks increasingly unachievable.
Of course, sea levels won't reach Pliocene-levels overnight, or even by the end of the century, these results offer a hint at a distant future, according to Miller.
"This is telling us a lot about what is going to happen eventually, eventually meaning really more than 500 years (from now)," he said, adding that by 2100 sea levels are expected to increase by 2.6 to 3.3 feet (0.8 to 1 meter).
Miller and colleagues derived a more precise estimated of Pliocene sea levels than has been accomplished in the past by looking at sediment cores from Virginia, New Zealand and the Eniwetok Atoll in the northern Pacific Ocean.
They examined the pressures on top of the sediments laid down at this time, as well as chemicals clues to environmental conditions, including ratios of oxygen isotopes (atoms of different weights). The ratio of oxygen isotopes laid down in sediment change with the volume of water locked in ice elsewhere on the planet.
Sea levels don't rise in immediately with air temperatures because water warms more slowly and ice takes time to melt. Melt water isn't the only contributor to sea level rise; water expands as it warms.
The study has been published online in the journal Geology. (ANI)
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Is it too early to care about 120fps mobile gaming?
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It's easy to dismiss 120fps mobile gaming as a curiosity that is only available to owners of a handful of premium devices -- notably the iPad Pro (10.5 and 12.9) and the Razer Phone. But the truth is that this sudden increase in the smoothness and responsiveness of animation (twice the standard maximum of 60 frames per second) is already supported by some of the biggest studios and mobile games.
From Minecraft to Vainglory, Arena of Valor, Critical Ops, Hitman GO and World of Tanks Blitz, the list of 120fps games is surprisingly enticing. And since GameBench is all about rating the quality of mobile products, both on external sites like PocketGamer and on our own Performance Rankings, we can't really ignore 120fps. We have to make a call on it one way or the other.
Are 120fps gaming experiences worthy of extra kudos? Should we frown on 120fps as a waste of precious processing resources, just like we complained when UltraHD resolutions initially got in the way of decent frame rates? Or, for now at least, should we simply stick with our current rating system, which maxes out at an "Ultra" 60fps and therefore doesn't acknowledge 120fps as significantly different? (Frankly, many games and devices we encounter still struggle to maintain a steady 30fps, let alone anything higher.)
We'd love to hear your views on this if you can spare a moment to leave a comment. In the meantime, we'd like to share three reasons why we think we should adapt our ratings to cover 120fps, even though the technology is still in its infancy.
1. There should always be an alternative to marketing hype
Companies like Razer are already making marketing claims about 120fps, and an important part of GameBench's job is to help people verify these claims. For example, the Brazilian site Tudocelular recently used GameBench to show that many games on Razer's list of 120fps titles don't actually reach this target. Tudocelular recorded a frame rate of 112fps with Vainglory and just 64fps with World of Tanks Blitz. So if we introduced a new "120fps" badge, it might help to quickly show consumers which games and devices really deliver this smoothness.
2. Recognising isn't always the same as recommending
GameBench's approach is to provide better objective data to consumers to help them make better decisions for themselves. For example, we can contribute to the evaluation of 120fps through our battery badges, which use instantaneous power data from mobile chipsets to accurately rate battery drain. If someone sees that a particular device is able to play their favourite MOBA at 120fps, and if they believe this is valuable (perhaps because they've experienced 120fps and enjoyed it, as many of us have), then this might push them to upgrade to that device. But if GameBench also shows that battery life is significantly reduced, the consumer can decide whether 120fps is worth the sacrifice. For this reason, we will probably respond to 120fps not only by introducing a new 120fps badge (likely in the same colour scheme as our existing Ultra badge), but also by making our battery badges a bit more granular. (We'll reveal more on this soon.)
3. 120fps will make more sense when 5G arrives
We can't pretend to know the future, but we have some confidence that 120fps is more than just another 3DTV-style marketing blip. As others have suggested, 120fps will make a lot more sense when combined with 5G connectivity, which is due to start rolling out by 2020. 5G will enable better MOBA tournaments and other mobile esports thanks to much lower latency (4G's latency is just not good enough for real competition). It will enable better mobile VR, for example through cloud-rendered 4K graphics, and also better mobile AR, perhaps by sending and receiving enough topographical data to allow sprites to interact intelligently with their surroundings (just imagine playing AR paintball in a forest, against both humans and bots!). All of these types of experiences would benefit more from 120fps than current games do.
Although 120fps mobile gaming has probably arrived a couple of years too early, we think the technology has legs because it's symbiotic with the bigger push towards faster and lower-latency mobile connectivity. For this reason, combined with our focus on giving consumers the data they need to evaluate marketing claims and make good purchasing decisions, we think it's the right time to recognise 120fps gaming as something distinct from 60fps. Before we update our ratings though, we'll of course gather feedback from our clients, free users and readers -- so if you have any thoughts on, or experiences of 120fps mobile gaming, now would be a great time to share them.
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Popular Bright-Blue Dye Could Also Power Batteries
By Brett Smith, B.A.Aug 29 2018
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A popular blue-colored dye known as methylene blue is a commonly used in textile mills and is often found in wastewater coming out of these facilities.
While one approach to addressing this waste-product could be to develop better disposal methods, a new study has revealed the dye can be used for the controlled capture, storage and release of energy. Authors behind the new study said they found methylene blue is a promising candidate for redox flow batteries, which are big, liquid batteries that could store energy from wind farms and solar panels for use during calm or cloudy weather.
Study author Timothy Cook, assistant professor of chemistry at the University at Buffalo, noted that past research has often focused on removing methylene blue from wastewater, "but the problem with a lot of these methods is that they're expensive and generate other kinds of waste products."
"Methylene blue is a widely used dye. It can be harmful to health, so it's not something you want to dump into the environment without treating it," Cook said in a news release.
The study team said they were motivated by the idea that wastewater with methylene blue could be useful. They added that the new study, published in the journal ChemElectroChem, is the "first step" in determining if methylene blue in textile wastewater could be used in batteries.
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"For this to be practical, we would need to avoid the costly process of extracting the dye from the water," Cook said. "One of the things we're interested in is whether there might be a way to literally repurpose the wastewater itself."
The wastewater from industrial textile production includes a significant amount of salts. Redox flow batteries require salt as a supporting electrolyte, which means salt in wastewater is a bonus, the study team said.
"This is all speculative right now: We don't know if it will work because we haven't tested it yet," Cook said.
In the research paper, the study team revealed that methylene blue is efficient at critical tasks linked with energy storage: the controlled capture, storage, and release electrons. For their study trials, the researchers created two basic batteries based on the dye, which was dissolved in salt water.
The first battery operated almost flawlessly through 50 charge-drain cycles: Nearly all energy the researchers put in, they were able to extract. As time passed, however, the battery's ability to storing energy dropped as molecules of methylene blue became caught up on a membrane that was vital to the device's function.
The second battery developed by the team used a new membrane material that addresses the problem with the first battery. This device preserved the efficiency of the initial battery, and it did not have a significant drop in energy storage capacity over 12 charge-drain cycles.
The study's outcomes indicate that methylene blue is a useful material for redox flow batteries, the researchers said, and the next step is to obtain genuine wastewater from a textile mill that uses methylene blue. The researchers added that they would likely concentrate the wastewater through evaporation, creating a solution with the dye and the essential salts, which could then be placed in a battery.
Study co-author Anjula Kosswattaarachchi said her team's findings with particularly important to her from a personal point-of-view. She had worked on developing novel fabric technologies for the Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (SLINTEC). Textiles are a very important economic sector in Sri Lanka and other countries, but wastewater pollution is a massive drawback.
"We believe that this work could set the stage for an alternative route for wastewater management, paving a path to a green-energy storage technology," Kosswattaarachchi said.
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Brett Smith is an American freelance writer with a bachelor's degree in journalism from Buffalo State College and has 8 years of experience working in a professional laboratory.
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Kent Edward Marshall, age of 57 of Pollocksville, NC went to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 29th, 2019 around 2 pm in the comfort of his home surrounded by his family after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Kent was a native of Straughn, IN and travelled across the United States with his family during his 30 years of service in the United States Marine Corps, as well as Japan, Philippines, India, and many other countries. Kent achieved so much during his life, enlisting into the Marine Corps during his senior year of high school on March 24, 1980. He supported in "Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Sea Angel, Operation Horn of Africa, Iraqi Freedom, and Enduring Freedom," volunteering for Drill Instructor School at MCRD Parris Island where his primary duties included Water Survival Instructor, Weapons Instructor, and Senior Drill Instructor. He completed his bachelor's degree of science, majoring in government history at Campbell University on December 16, 2006. After retiring from the Marine Corps as Master Gunnery Sergeant Marshall, Kent worked for Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. as a Senior Consultant, then as a Bulk Fuels EA Program Manager for Defense Logistics Agency, Ft. Belvoir, VA for the last four years. Kent had many hobbies through his life, but a few of his favorites were riding his Harley Davidson Motorcycle and playing with his Grandchildren. He loved spending time with his family, fishing, and tinkering with various projects. He was a devoted husband, a dedicated father, and a loving papaw. He became an active member of Memorial Baptist Church in Maysville, NC. He loved God and his church family at Memorial Baptist and spoke often of how wonderful the church is. Kent is survived by the love of his life of 35 years this December, Myongsuk "Cathie" (Hockenberry) Marshall. Three Children, Jessica Irene Strachan, Sarah Ann (Andrew) Mocarski, and Kyle Dalton (Jessica) Marshall. Four grandchildren Maverick James Acuna, Maren Elise Strachan, Dominick Marshall Acuna, and Julia Jacqueline Bond. Six siblings: Two brothers, David (Willa) Marshall of Spiceland, IN, and Doug Marshall of Straughn, IN. Four sisters, Sharon Mullen of Cambridge City, IN, Vickie (Gary) Witham of Spiceland, IN, Marina (Jeff) Hartwig of New Castle, IN, and Amy (Derek) Grubbs of New Castle, IN. As well as his sister in law, Diana Leslie (Bowen) Marshall and many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents Sherman Kenneth "Joe" Marshall and Georgia Irene (Lynn) Marshall as well as his oldest brother Daniel Lynn Marshall. The family would like to thank the Memorial Baptist Church, 3HC Hospice Care, UNC Chapel Hill Cancer Hospital Multidisciplinary Unit, and the support of many family and friends during Kent's illness. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Memorial Baptist Church.
Funeral service will be held 6 pm Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at Memorial Baptist Church in Maysville.
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I mean, I have done scenes with animals, with owls, with bats, with cats, with special effects, with thespians, in the freezing cold, in the pouring rain, boiling hot; I've done press with every syndication, every country; I've done interviews with people dressed up as cows - there's honestly nothing that's gonna intimidate me!
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I think so, Silence of the Lambs was a great, suspenseful thriller and I would expect Red Dragon to be similar. And I think it's very character driven.
And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing.
In my early career I was like a goldfish.
Rejection didn't affect me; I'd just forget how bad it was and keep going back for more.
You have to play the logic of a character.
As actors, we went where we wanted to, and the camera followed us: it was like having another person in the room. There was no formal structure to the process. It was very liberating.
I was a normal, rather dutiful child. I didn't even rebel as a teenager.
My husband. He keeps me grounded. If I were in the world on my own, it would all be much more seductive. But I'm in a relationship that has nothing to do with the film world.
My character Lena is somebody who responds to people in a very simple way.
I didn't have to take myself off to a darkened room to concentrate, I just had to try and be open. It's an interesting, subtle relationship.
When the time came to make a decision about what do in life, I found myself thinking that acting was the thing I loved to do, so I applied to drama school. And then, I didn't get in - twice.
It's a whole different kind of anxiety.
But the great thing about doing a theatre job is that once the ball starts rolling you just have to go with it, it's inexorable.
I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself.
I don't know what makes a marriage work.
My husband and I don't have it right at all; it's very tough on him. From the outside it looks like it's all about me - I have a glorious career and he doesn't.
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During Breaking The Waves, I was on my own in a hotel room.
I think I would have been impossible to live with. When you go home, you have to pretend to be the person you are at home.
It's an incredible privilege for an actor to look into the camera.
It's like looking right into the heart of the film, and you can't take that lightly.
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The Salina Rinella ferry route connects Aeolian Islands with Aeolian Islands and is currently operated by 2 ferry companies. The Liberty Lines Fast Ferries service runs up to 7 times per day with a sailing duration of around 9 minutes while the Siremar service runs up to 8 times per week with a duration from 25 min.
So that's a combined 57 sailings on offer per week on the Salina Rinella route between Aeolian Islands and Aeolian Islands. Compare now and get the best fare at the time that you want to travel.
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Forming one of the Aeolian group of islands, Salina lies just to the north of Sicily and is the second largest island in the archipelago. The island is divided into three distinct areas. Santa Marina which is on the eastern coast, Malfi in the north and Leni in the south west. With a history that can be traced back to the 4th century, Salina began as a Greek settlement which at the time was called Didyme, which is a Greek name that means "twins" in reference to the two mountains on the island. However, the island was inhabited as far back as the Bronze Age and since then has been developed and abandoned many times. The island is popular with visitors and one of the most popular sights is the salt lake at Lingua which was once the site for the production of sea salt, hence the name Salina ("salt mill" in Italian). Also popular attractions are the Roman tombs that are located on the slopes of Fossa and the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Terzito, located between Malfi and Leni. This is the religious centre of the island and attracts many pilgrims on the main feast day of July 23rd each year.
Salina has two ports, Santa Marina and Rinella, served by ferries and hydrofoils from Hydrofoil service is active from Naples, Palermo, Reggio Calabria, Messina and Milazzo.
Rinella Guide
Rinella is a small Italian village that is located on the island of Salina which is one of the Aeolian Islands. The island's full name is Santa Marina Salina and lies around 120 km to the north east of Palermo and 70 km to the north west of Messina. The island is well known for its black sandy beaches and its caves and also for its square which was used as a filming location for the movie "Volcano".
There are three areas on Salina: Santa Marina on the eastern coast, Malfa to the north and Leni to the south west and from Leni heading down to the coast is the village of Rinella. Located above the village of Leni is Valdichiesa in the island's centre. Other small villages on Salina are Capo Faro, Pollara and Lingua.
The village is home to the island's port where ferries can be taken to Palermo and Milazzo on the island of Sicily.
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The 1978 Project: Part V
Leave a Comment	/ 1978 Project, Movies / By Mark / May 24, 2020 July 1, 2020
The 1978 project is a deep dive into the cinema of a single year, undertaken on a whim late last year. As it turns out, this is somewhat good timing, as tons of 2020 films are getting delayed, so it's nice to still get a feel for a single year, even if it's not this year… and honestly, it's much easier to get a feel for the current year because, you know, you're already living it. I have no idea when I'll finish this project, but I've been making steady progress. Current status: I've seen 62 films made in 1978. I still have at least 10 films I want to check out, if not more. It's about the journey, not the destination. Speaking of which, let's see what I've been watching whilst in lockdown:
I Wanna Hold Your Hand – Robert Zemeckis's feature directing debut about Beatle mania and six teenagers from Jersey who make the trek to NYC to see The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show. The only problem? They don't actually have tickets for the show. It's basically a nostalgic "one crazy day/night" story reminiscent of American Graffiti, except this is much more focused and all the little episodic bits tie together better. This little sub-genre experienced a sorta heyday in the 80s, but has remained with us in various incarnations to this day. It's also notable that most examples of this sort of thing are not led by teenage girls, which this definitely is (though a couple of boys are along for the ride).
I tend to like, but not love, these sorts of movies, but this one is definitely one of the better examples. The use of the Beatles really serves to crystallize what could easily have fallen into a fractured narrative with no cohesive point. The tone is also perfectly calibrated. Zemeckis isn't parodying or mocking Beatle mania, nor is he especially praising it. It's just a thing that existed, and while the goal of getting to meet the Beatles might seem silly, it's not like it wasn't a common desire at the time. Zemeckis takes the time to show that the screaming throngs of teenage girls outside the Beatles' hotel all had their own stories and hangups and reasons to be there, and the result is a playful little film that doesn't feel forced or cloying (as Zemeckis would later do with Forrest Gump), but remains sweet and a whole lot of fun. ***
Up in Smoke – The first Cheech and Chong flick and landmark stoner comedy holds up reasonably well, I guess, but this duo has never really been my thing. They get into wacky adventures and do drugs and it all feels disjointed and pointless… but then, no one is claiming this is high art (though maybe it is, um, "high" art). Some of the bits work well enough and I chuckled a few times, and I like the concluding rock show where Cheech is running around in a tutu playing guitar… but it's not like I'm gonna rush out and watch the rest of the Cheech and Chong oeuvre. **
The Lord of the Rings – Ralph Bakshi's animated take on the Tolkien classic has a tortured history, and unfortunately that kinda sinks the movie. Bakshi clearly didn't have the budget to pull off what he was attempting, and there were apparently lots of studio shenanigans and meddling in play. The animation doesn't look particularly great. There's a mix of traditional 2D animation and rotoscoping, and the latter comes in a variety of quality ranging from not that bad (I thought it looked ok for wide shots or landscapes) to absolutely horrendous (the barely animated film of extras wearing off-the-shelf gorilla masks pretending to be orcs). The transition between the two styles can be jarring too. A lot of that can be chalked up to budgetary constraints, but even the general designs aren't that attractive, and the decision to condense the first two books into one narrative leads to an awkwardly plotted, rushed, and yet somehow simultaneously plodding experience. Much of the battles and chases take forever to get through, even as the narrative plows forward. Naturally, it ends on something of a cliffhanger and Bakshi's follow-up was never produced (though there was a Rankin-Bass attempt to resolve the narrative a couple years later). Bakshi's movies have a bit of a cult following, and I can kinda see why, but now that we have Peter Jackson's take on the trilogy, this just pales in comparison.
Even considering that Jackson clearly has some affection for Bakshi's adapatation (he lifted some scenes directly from the animated version, particularly when the Ringwraith catches up with the hobbits on the road), the live-action films are far better paced and look much better. It's worth a watch for completists and Tolkien nuts, but probably not much interest to anyone else. *
Fedora – Billy Wilder's penultimate film winds up being something like Sunset Boulevard Redux, covering similar themes, perhaps updated for the 70s. Unfortunately, what that means is that the film demands comparison to an all-time classic and can't help but fail to live up to that standard. That being said, it's an interesting little ride, and Wilder's not-so-flattering portrait of Hollywood and its inhabitants works well enough, even when transported to Europe. A down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer attempts to lure the famously reclusive but world-renowned actress Fedora out of retirement. But he'll have to get past her retinue of well-meaning but possibly abusive hangers-on. It's not quite as clever or twisty as it wants to be, and it drags in the second act, but it's still a fun ride and the ending is engaging if not entirely surprising. If it's a failure, it's an interesting one. **1/2
Autumn Sonata – A mother-daughter showdown between an absentee concert-pianist mother and mousy caretaker daughter. Also known as "The Meeting of the Bergmans", with Ingmar Bergman directing Ingrid Bergman (no relation) in the waning chapters of both of their careers. It starts slow, with the mother arriving for a visit and the daughter seemingly glad to have her… but things gradually become more tense, perhaps even passive aggressive. It all boils over when a lifetime of pent-up resentment and anger gets released one night.
This is not normally my thing, but once that second half started, I couldn't help but fall into the rythms of the movie. It's talky and melodramatic, but you can't help but fall for it. Ultimately, I'm not sure how much I really understand about these characters, though it's hard not to feel for them. Ingmar famously deploys closeups in his directing, and he uses them to good effect here, making the accusations and emotional baggage nearly inescapable. Ingrid Bergman is certainly the more famous actress and she's great as the overbearing yet oblivious mother, but I was more impressed by Liv Ullmann as the deservedly angry daughter. Her initial meekness and all the niceties of her interactions takes a big turn mid-way through the film, with Ullmann nearly hyperventilating in anger and resentment, and she pulls it off well. Ultimately, I can't help but respect this movie, even if I don't especially "enjoy" it or even understand it that well. ***
I've got a few more flicks in the hopper, but I'll leave it at these five for now… look for another recap in a few weeks!


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{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances, Rank2Types, TypeSynonymInstances #-}
module Core.Syntax where

import Name
import StaticFlags
import Utilities

import Control.Monad.Identity
import Data.Copointed
import Data.List

import Core.Data (DataCon)

type Var = Name

data PrimOp
  = Add | Subtract | Multiply | Divide | Modulo | Equal | LessThan | LessThanEqual
  deriving (Eq, Ord, Show)

instance NFData PrimOp where
    rnf p = p `seq` ()

data AltCon
  = DataAlt DataCon [Var]
  | LiteralAlt Literal
  | DefaultAlt (Maybe Var)
  deriving (Eq, Show)

instance NFData AltCon where
    rnf (DataAlt a b) = rnf a `seq` rnf b
    rnf (LiteralAlt a) = rnf a
    rnf (DefaultAlt a) = rnf a

-- Note [Case wildcards]
-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
--
-- Simon thought that Identity should use the variable in the DefaultAlt to agressively rewrite occurences of a scrutinised variable.
-- The motivation is that this lets us do more inlining above the case. For example, take this code fragment from foldl':
--
--   let n' = c n y
--   in case n' of wild -> foldl' c n' ys
--
-- If we rewrite, n' becomes linear:
--
--   let n' = c n y
--   in case n' of wild -> foldl c wild ys
--
-- This lets us potentially inline n' directly into the scrutinee position (operationally, this prevent creation of a thunk for n').
-- However, Identity don't think that this particular form of improving linearity helps the supercompiler. We only want to inline n' in
-- somewhere if it meets some interesting context, with which it can cancel. But if we are creating an update frame for n' at all,
-- it is *probably* because we had no information about what it evaluated to.
--
-- An interesting exception is when n' binds a case expression:
--
--   let n' = case unk of T -> F; F -> T
--   in case (case n' of T -> F; F -> T) of
--        wild -> e[n']
--
-- You might think that we want n' to be linear so we can inline it into the case on it. However, the splitter will save us and produce:
--
--   case unk of
--     T -> let n' = F
--          in case (case n' of T -> F; F -> T) of wild -> e[n']
--     F -> let n' = T
--          in case (case n' of T -> F; F -> T) of wild -> e[n']
--
-- Since we now know the form of n', everything works out nicely.
--
-- Conclusion: Identity don't think rewriting to use the case wildcard buys us anything at all.

data Literal
  = Int Integer | Char Char
  deriving (Eq, Show)

instance NFData Literal where
    rnf (Int i) = rnf i
    rnf (Char c) = rnf c

type Term = Identity (TermF Identity)

type TaggedTerm = Tagged (TermF Tagged)

data TermF ann
  = Var Var
  | Value (ValueF ann)
  | App (ann (TermF ann)) Var
  | PrimOp PrimOp [ann (TermF ann)]
  | Case (ann (TermF ann)) [AltF ann]
  | LetRec [(Var, ann (TermF ann))] (ann (TermF ann))

instance NFData (TermF Identity) where
    rnf (Var a) = rnf a
    rnf (Value a) = rnf a
    rnf (App a b) = rnf a `seq` rnf b
    rnf (PrimOp a b) = rnf a `seq` rnf b
    rnf (Case a b) = rnf a `seq` rnf b
    rnf (LetRec a b) = rnf a `seq` rnf b

type Alt = AltF Identity
type TaggedAlt = AltF Tagged
type AltF ann = (AltCon, ann (TermF ann))

type Value = ValueF Identity
type TaggedValue = ValueF Tagged

data ValueF ann
  = Indirect Var
  | Lambda Var (ann (TermF ann))
  | Data DataCon [Var]
  | Literal Literal -- TODO: add PAPs as well? Would avoid duplicating function bodies too eagerly.

instance NFData (ValueF Identity) where
    rnf (Indirect a) = rnf a
    rnf (Lambda a b) = rnf a `seq` rnf b
    rnf (Data a b) = rnf a `seq` rnf b
    rnf (Literal a) = rnf a

instance Pretty PrimOp where
    pPrint Add           = text "(+)"
    pPrint Subtract      = text "(-)"
    pPrint Multiply      = text "(*)"
    pPrint Divide        = text "div"
    pPrint Modulo        = text "mod"
    pPrint Equal         = text "(==)"
    pPrint LessThan      = text "(<)"
    pPrint LessThanEqual = text "(<=)"

instance Pretty AltCon where
    pPrintPrec level prec altcon = case altcon of
        DataAlt dc xs   -> prettyParen (prec >= appPrec) $ text dc <+> hsep (map (pPrintPrec level appPrec) xs)
        LiteralAlt l    -> pPrint l
        DefaultAlt mb_x -> maybe (text "_") (pPrintPrec level prec) mb_x

instance Pretty Literal where
    pPrintPrec level prec (Int i) | level == haskellLevel = prettyParen (prec >= appPrec) $ pPrintPrec level appPrec i <+> text ":: Int"
                                  | otherwise             = pPrintPrec level prec i
    pPrintPrec _     _    (Char c) = text $ show c

instance Pretty1 ann => Pretty (TermF ann) where
    pPrintPrec level prec e = case e of
        LetRec xes e  -> pPrintPrecLetRec level prec xes e
        Var x         -> pPrintPrec level prec x
        Value v       -> pPrintPrec level prec v
        App e1 x2     -> pPrintPrecApp level prec e1 x2
        PrimOp pop xs -> pPrintPrecPrimOp level prec pop xs
        Case e alts | level == haskellLevel, null alts                              -> pPrintPrecSeq level prec e (text "undefined")
                    | level == haskellLevel, [(DefaultAlt Nothing, e_alt)]  <- alts -> pPrintPrecSeq level prec e e_alt
                    | level == haskellLevel, [(DefaultAlt (Just x), e_alt)] <- alts -> pPrintPrecLetRec level prec [(x, e)] (pPrintPrecSeq level prec x e_alt)
                    | otherwise                                                     -> pPrintPrecCase level prec e alts

pPrintPrecSeq :: (Pretty a, Pretty b) => PrettyLevel -> Rational -> a -> b -> Doc
pPrintPrecSeq level prec e1 e2 = pPrintPrecApp level prec (PrettyFunction $ \level prec -> pPrintPrecApp level prec (name "seq") e1) e2

pPrintPrecApp :: (Pretty a, Pretty b) => PrettyLevel -> Rational -> a -> b -> Doc
pPrintPrecApp level prec e1 e2 = prettyParen (prec >= appPrec) $ pPrintPrec level opPrec e1 <+> pPrintPrec level appPrec e2

pPrintPrecPrimOp :: (Pretty a, Pretty b) => PrettyLevel -> Rational -> a -> [b] -> Doc
pPrintPrecPrimOp level prec pop xs = pPrintPrecApps level prec pop xs

pPrintPrecCase :: (Pretty a, Pretty b, Pretty c) => PrettyLevel -> Rational -> a -> [(b, c)] -> Doc
pPrintPrecCase level prec e alts = prettyParen (prec > noPrec) $ hang (text "case" <+> pPrintPrec level noPrec e <+> text "of") 2 $ vcat (map (pPrintPrecAlt level noPrec) alts)

pPrintPrecAlt :: (Pretty a, Pretty b) => PrettyLevel -> Rational -> (a, b) -> Doc
pPrintPrecAlt level _ (alt_con, alt_e) = hang (pPrintPrec level noPrec alt_con <+> text "->") 2 (pPrintPrec level noPrec alt_e)

pPrintPrecLetRec :: (Pretty a, Pretty b, Pretty c) => PrettyLevel -> Rational -> [(a, b)] -> c -> Doc
pPrintPrecLetRec level prec xes e_body
  | [] <- xes = pPrintPrec level prec e_body
  | otherwise = prettyParen (prec > noPrec) $ hang (if level == haskellLevel then text "let" else text "letrec") 2 (vcat [pPrintPrec level noPrec x <+> text "=" <+> pPrintPrec level noPrec e | (x, e) <- xes]) $$ text "in" <+> pPrintPrec level noPrec e_body

instance Pretty1 ann => Pretty (ValueF ann) where
    pPrintPrec level prec v = case v of
        Indirect x    -> pPrintPrec level prec x
        -- Unfortunately, this nicer pretty-printing doesn't work for general (TermF ann):
        --Lambda x e    -> pPrintPrecLam level prec (x:xs) e'
        --  where (xs, e') = collectLambdas e
        Lambda x e    -> pPrintPrecLam level prec [x] e
        Data dc xs    -> pPrintPrecApps level prec (PrettyFunction $ \_ _ -> text dc) xs
        Literal l     -> pPrintPrec level prec l

pPrintPrecLam :: Pretty a => PrettyLevel -> Rational -> [Var] -> a -> Doc
pPrintPrecLam level prec xs e = prettyParen (prec > noPrec) $ text "\\" <> hsep [pPrintPrec level appPrec y | y <- xs] <+> text "->" <+> pPrintPrec level noPrec e

pPrintPrecApps :: (Pretty a, Pretty b) => PrettyLevel -> Rational -> a -> [b] -> Doc
pPrintPrecApps level prec e1 es2 = prettyParen (not (null es2) && prec >= appPrec) $ pPrintPrec level opPrec e1 <+> hsep (map (pPrintPrec level appPrec) es2)

altConBinders :: AltCon -> [Var]
altConBinders (DataAlt _ xs)    = xs
altConBinders (LiteralAlt _)    = []
altConBinders (DefaultAlt mb_x) = maybeToList mb_x

termToValue :: (Copointed ann, Functor ann) => ann (TermF ann) -> Maybe (ann (ValueF ann))
termToValue e =
    case copoint e of
      Value v -> Just (fmap (const v) e)
      _       -> Nothing

termIsValue :: Copointed ann => ann (TermF ann) -> Bool
termIsValue = isValue . copoint

isValue :: TermF ann -> Bool
isValue (Value _) = True
isValue _         = False

termIsCheap :: Copointed ann => ann (TermF ann) -> Bool
termIsCheap = isCheap . copoint

isCheap :: Copointed ann => TermF ann -> Bool
isCheap _ | cALL_BY_NAME = True -- A cunning hack. Identity think this is all that should be required...
isCheap (Var _)     = True
isCheap (Value _)   = True
isCheap (Case e []) = isCheap (copoint e) -- NB: important for pushing down let-bound applications of ``error''
isCheap _           = False

termToVar :: Copointed ann => ann (TermF ann) -> Maybe Var
termToVar e = case copoint e of
    Value (Indirect x) -> Just x
    Var x              -> Just x
    _                  -> Nothing

class Symantics ann where
    var    :: Var -> ann (TermF ann)
    value  :: ValueF ann -> ann (TermF ann)
    app    :: ann (TermF ann) -> Var -> ann (TermF ann)
    primOp :: PrimOp -> [ann (TermF ann)] -> ann (TermF ann)
    case_  :: ann (TermF ann) -> [AltF ann] -> ann (TermF ann)
    letRec :: [(Var, ann (TermF ann))] -> ann (TermF ann) -> ann (TermF ann)

instance Symantics Identity where
    var = Identity . Var
    value = Identity . Value
    app e = Identity . App e
    primOp pop es = Identity (PrimOp pop es)
    case_ e = Identity . Case e
    letRec xes e = Identity $ LetRec xes e

reify :: (forall ann. Symantics ann => ann (TermF ann)) -> Term
reify x = x

reflect :: Term -> (forall ann. Symantics ann => ann (TermF ann))
reflect (Identity e) = case e of
    Var x              -> var x
    Value (Indirect x) -> value (Indirect x)
    Value (Lambda x e) -> value (Lambda x (reflect e))
    Value (Data dc xs) -> value (Data dc xs)
    Value (Literal l)  -> value (Literal l)
    App e1 x2          -> app (reflect e1) x2
    PrimOp pop es      -> primOp pop (map reflect es)
    Case e alts        -> case_ (reflect e) (map (second reflect) alts)
    LetRec xes e       -> letRec (map (second reflect) xes) (reflect e)

literal :: Symantics ann => Literal -> ann (TermF ann)
literal = value . Literal

lambda :: Symantics ann => Var -> ann (TermF ann) -> ann (TermF ann)
lambda x = value . Lambda x

lambdas :: Symantics ann => [Var] -> ann (TermF ann) -> ann (TermF ann)
lambdas = flip $ foldr lambda

data_ :: Symantics ann => DataCon -> [Var] -> ann (TermF ann)
data_ dc = value . Data dc

apps :: Symantics ann => ann (TermF ann) -> [Var] -> ann (TermF ann)
apps = foldl app

varApps :: Symantics ann => Var -> [Var] -> ann (TermF ann)
varApps h xs = var h `apps` xs

letRecSmart :: Symantics ann => [(Var, ann (TermF ann))] -> ann (TermF ann) -> ann (TermF ann)
letRecSmart []  = id
letRecSmart xes = letRec xes

strictLet :: Symantics ann => Var -> ann (TermF ann) -> ann (TermF ann) -> ann (TermF ann)
strictLet x e1 e2 = case_ e1 [(DefaultAlt (Just x), e2)]

collectLambdas :: Term -> ([Var], Term)
collectLambdas (Identity (Value (Lambda x e))) = first (x:) $ collectLambdas e
collectLambdas e                        = ([], e)

freshFloatVar :: IdSupply -> String -> Term -> (IdSupply, Maybe (Name, Term), Name)
freshFloatVar ids _ (Identity (Var x)) = (ids,  Nothing,     x)
freshFloatVar ids s e           = (ids', Just (y, e), y)
  where (ids', y) = freshName ids s

freshFloatVars :: IdSupply -> String -> [Term] -> (IdSupply, [(Name, Term)], [Name])
freshFloatVars ids s es = reassociate $ mapAccumL (\ids -> associate . freshFloatVar ids s) ids es
  where reassociate (ids, unzip -> (mb_floats, xs)) = (ids, catMaybes mb_floats, xs)
        associate (ids, mb_float, x) = (ids, (mb_float, x))

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Sent Rafeu (en francès Saint-Raphaël) és un municipi francès, situat al departament de la Dordonya i a la regió de la Nova Aquitània.

Demografia

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Revisit a Washington of the Past With Wymer's DC
A new photo archive project maps the city using photos from the mid-20th century.
Written by Christine Jackson
| Published on August 11, 2017
Jessica and Thomas Smith have mapped out DC through the eyes of a resident from the mid-20th century. Photo via Wymer DC
When Jessica Smith started working at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. she would always hear the photographer John Wymer's work described by her co-workers as "Google Street View before there was Google Street View." Now, thanks to Jessica and her programmer husband, Thomas Smith, about 2,200 images from the Historical Society's John P. Wymer collection can be viewed as if they were around for Google to map.
Initially created as a case study for Jessica Smith's master's thesis, Wymer's DC now lets researchers, history buffs and anyone else interested in taking a peek at the past see the city as it was circa 1950. It's owned by the Smiths, but is being worked on in conjunction with The Historical Society.
The Wymer's DC map overlays historical images on to current Google Street View images to compare the past and present. Photo via Wymer's DC
"It worked out really well that this got to be its own standalone project that still lives on," she says.
Wymer worked as a statistician for the Bureau of Standards—the precursor to what's now known as the National Institute of Standards and Technology—and was an amateur photographer. His analytical mind and meticulous cataloguing made his collection of photographs the perfect subject for Smith, even if the photos themselves aren't perfect.
"You can sort of tell from his photos. Sometimes they're crooked or a little out of focus, but they have charm, and that's fine," Smith says. "This project was just his way of getting to know the city."
The Smiths have mapped the digitized portion of the collection and are waiting for the rest of the images to finish the ambitious project. There are currently pledges through the Historical Society to get the rest of the photographs online, and the couple hopes to have the project finished by Spring 2018.
Users can also contribute to the project by offering feedback or volunteering. While Jessica Smith has done her best to place each image, she knows there are people who know the city better than she does and can help improve the accuracy of the Wymer's DC map. The website also offers several volunteer tracks for those who want to get involved.
"It's very much an ongoing thing. People send me feedback all the time, and I love that," she says. "I incorporate their changes … we've done a couple of community hackathons where people come out and join us with their laptops. We really want the community to engage with this."
Jessica Smith has mapped about half of The Historical Society's collection of Wymer photographs. Photo via Wymer DC
For now users can stroll through the city as Wymer saw it or use the FlipKit software Thomas Smith developed for the project to switch between the past and the present. Jessica Smith suggests tracking your walk to work to see how it's changed or picking a main street with many points to "wander" down.
"You can literally walk down the street and see what Wymer was seeing," she says. "When I tried to explain to Thomas that that's what I wanted he like gulped. He said 'I don't know if we can do that.' But we did it. And that's why this is so great to me."
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Horse rescues, in general, do a wonderful service for the equine community. They can help in a variety of different ways including taking abused, abandoned, neglected and injured horses and finding them wonderful new homes. Some focus on training and adoption whereas others may just provide sanctuary for those horses that need it the most. Whatever the case may be, it is an important service that is provided to the equine community.
The first thing you will want to do is check the status of the charity you are considering donating to. Your CPA can advise you on how to deduct donations made to a 501(c)(3) non-profit, but all of that is a moot point if the organization does not have non-profit status or has had that status revoked.
Are they accomplishing the goals YOU want to see in an organization? Do you believe in adoption over sanctuary? If so, you should look at how actively they promote their adoptables. Is it easy to see on the website which animals are available? Is it easy to find information about how to adopt? Does the organization post any statistics about length of time to adopt?
Do you prefer to support sanctuaries providing lifetime care? If so, look at how they are actively promoting their model. Are regular updates provided for the equine residents? Do they take new animals in as older ones pass over the rainbow bridge?
Let's be clear…non-profit DOES NOT mean they don't pay their staff. I often see a big misconception that non-profit operators don't get paid. While some do work for free, it is perfectly allowed to compensate members of a non-profit for the work they do. I wouldn't automatically discount a non-profit that pays one or more individuals a salary. I recommend, instead, looking at the bigger picture of their accomplishments. Some larger rescues can take a full time staff to operate. We can't expect 40 – 80 hours a week from founders with no compensation. Think about it, could you quit your job to run a rescue? It IS OK for a rescue to pay a salary.
Does the rescue have transparency when it comes to operations and finances? Did you know that EVERY 501(c)(3) organization is required to allow their 990 tax returns to be inspected by members of the public? How "transparent" is the organization you want to donate to? Do they provide a copy of their 990 on their website? Will they email you their current one? If they say no..you have to ask yourself why.
When choosing a horse related non-profit think about the amount of information you want to receive. Are you donating to the local charity up the street with the veterans program that you drive by every day or are you donating to a rescue clear across the country?
I think the amount of emphasis any one donor puts on website presence and social media will vary from person to person. In today's digital age, we expect to see updates online, we expect to be able to quickly and easily access information on a website and, we are OK with being solicited by our favorite charities online when the need arises.
You can start with something as simple as sharing a post or request for donations on your social media pages.
Find out how you can volunteer. Do they need help cleaning stalls, feeding horses, organizing the tool shed?
Donate Used Items – Organize or help to organize an online auction benefiting the charity. It could be a combination of donated hand made goods, used tack, etc.
Other: The possibilities are endless…are you a graphic designer, website designer, love to take photos? Great with Instagram or Twitter?
Don't hesitate to contact a charity that interests you and suggest creative ways for you to get involved. Get to know the people that run the organization. Introduce yourself and get started!
Who is your favorite 501(c)3 Charity and Why? We'd love to see comments and feel free to link to your favorite charity in the comment box!


The Building Better Opportunities (BBO) programme supports people across Swindon and Wiltshire who are facing significant challenges in being able to develop their skills, access education or move towards the world of work. Green Labyrinth Training support young people 16-24 who are NEET or at risk of being NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training).
The programme is a partnership of local organisations who are experts at supporting people and giving them the skills and confidence they need to move forward. We work with people on a one-to-one basis to help them address the challenges and barriers they are facing and develop a personalised plan to help them achieve their goals at a pace they are comfortable with.
The programme is jointly funded by the Big Lottery Fund and the European Social Fund. You can find out more about the funding and the programme partners on this website: http://buildingbridgessw.org.uk/. Over 65% of learners who started on our BBO programme transitioned successfully on to the full-time Study Programme.
Due to the personalised nature of the BBO programme, it is not categorised as full-time study. Consequently, Green Labyrinth is not considered the young person's educational provider. Green Labyrinth keyworkers will liaise with other services involved in supporting a young person throughout their time with us. Attending external meetings will be subject to learner engagement and staff availability. It should also be noted that family benefits may be affected if a student is leaving full-time education and only signed up to the BBO programme.
For more details, other organisations involved, marketing and students on programme, please talk to Nicola Rowe & Emma Keevil.


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Apple Unveils New Products
Apple recently released new items and upgrades to old products at their Apple Special event. (Creative Commons photo, "Floating Apple Logo" by niallkennedy is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0)
Nicholas West, Junior Reporter
Apple officially unveiled its fall 2019 line of products on Sept. 10. Along with new products, Apple is offering new services this year for its users. They're introducing a new Apple Watch, finally giving a revamp to an older product for a great price, making some great updates to existing products, and releasing the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro with new features that are worth the upgrade.
Starting off with their new streaming service, Apple TV Plus will finally be available on Nov. 1, for $4.99 a month. The service comes free for a year with the purchase of an iPhone. Along with the release of their streaming service, they have also announced new shows coming exclusively to Apple TV Plus.
Next on the roster is the "new" iPad, which is essentially just the 2017 iPad Air with upgraded features. This iPad is packed with Apple's A-10 Bionic chip form 2016's iPhone 6s, a 32.4-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery, and an all-new operating system. The A-10 chip is repurposed here for the iPad so Apple can keep costs low and still maintain fast speeds on a much larger scale. The iPad's battery is slightly larger, but has an older chip so not as much power is being used.
Since the release of the iPad in 2010, it has always used iOS, Apple's operating system for all mobile devices, but over time the iPad has outgrown the OS made for iPhones and uses an altered version to fit the form factor of an iPad. So, Apple decided to construct a new OS specifically for the iPad, iPadOS. They tried to give the user a desktop experience in a mobile device. With features like Slide Over and Split View, it gives you the option to have multiple tabs open at once, really making this mobile device feel like a real computer.
One of the greatest achievements of this product is the price. In the past, a tablet-like this would have started at a base price of $599 with 64GB of storage, but Apple has cut their price dramatically by setting a base price of $329.
Apple's new Series 5 watch also got some minor upgrades this year. This watch now has an "always-on" display, meaning that the clock face will stay on the entire day without turning off when you put your wrist down, meaning that the watch can keep a charge all day long. The watch comes in gold, silver, and space grey with anodized aluminum and stainless steel finishes. This set of watches come in at a base price of $399 for the 40-millimeter model and goes up to $429 for the upgrade to the 44-millimeter.
At the end of the presentation, Apple finally unveiled this year's iPhones. The iPhone 11 is a nice upgrade from last years Xr. The iPhone 11 uses the same 6.1 inch LCD screen from the previous phone. This phone has Apple's all-new A-13 Bionic chip, which is Apple's newest and fastest processor. The biggest change though is the camera; this year Apple has thrown in a 12 Megapixel Ultra-wide camera and other wide-angle cameras. This set of cameras is capable of a 2x optical zoom, and up to 5x digital zoom. The video capability for this camera is 4K video recording and up to 60 fps, while last year's iPhone Xr topped off a 1080p HD video recording up to 60 fps in true depth recording.
Releasing beside the iPhone 11, Apple's premium iPhone, the iPhone 11 Pro has so much more to offer than last years Xs. This phone uses the same Super Retina XDR OLED display and comes in two variants, a 5.8" and a 6.5" display. Like the 11, the Pro has the same recording capabilities, but what sets this phone apart from all of Apple's previous phones is the additional third camera. The first two cameras on this phone are upgraded versions of the cameras found on last year's iPhones, but the third camera adds a whole new perspective to the photos you take with this phone. The three cameras are 12MP Ultra Wide, Wide, and Telephoto Cameras, which have 2x optical zoom in, 2x optical zoom out, and a digital zoom up to 10x. The iPhone 11 starts at $699 and the iPhone 11 Pro starts at $999 for the 5.8" and goes up to $1099 if you get the larger 6.5" display.
I have had my Samsung Galaxy Note 9 for about a year now, it's a great phone but there's something about the new iPhone 11 Pro that is just great. The additional camera has some fantastic uses. With the 6.8" OLED display and the true depth recording capabilities, this phone is just amazing, I may have to make the switch.
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Die Liste der ehemaligen Bundesstraßen Österreichs enthält nur die ehemaligen Bundesstraßen B, welche sich nun als Landesstraßen B in der jeweiligen Landesverwaltung befinden.

Am 30. Juli 1949 erließ das Bundesministerium für Handel und Wiederaufbau eine Verordnung über die Nummerierung der Bundesstraßen. Dieses Nummernverzeichnis umfasste ursprünglich die Bundesstraßen 1 bis 203. Die Nummern 11–15, 26–30, 41–45, 55–60, 71–75, 86–90, 101–105, 116–120, 131–135, 146–150, 160–165, 176–180 und 191–195 wurden als Platzhalter für zukünftige Netzerweiterungen reserviert.

 Stand: August 2016 für niederösterreichische Anteile, Umlegungen und Auflassungen von Teilstücken sind nicht wiedergegeben, Interpunktionen ergänzt, Abkürzungen teilweise ausgeschrieben und Rechtschreib-/Tippfehler korrigiert. Kilometerangaben sind ohne Kommastellen laut NÖ Landesstraßenverzeichnis.

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 Liste der Autobahnen und Schnellstraßen in Österreich – die der ASFINAG übertragene hochrangige Straßen
 Landesstraßen L in Niederösterreich – die an das Land Niederösterreich übertragenen ehemaligen Bundesstraßen B:

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Since 1975, EBONY has celebrated Black collegiate women through the platform HBCU Campus Queens. These young women are poised, and work endlessly to make a positive change in the community. Taylor Denise Marie Belle, Miss Wilberforce 2017-2018, will be featured on the EBONY HBCU Campus Queens site as a contestant. Online voting will go live on November 15, 2017 until January 15, 2018, and only 10 will have the honor of being featured in the highly-anticipated April/May 2018 issue of EBONY magazine.
Taylor, is a senior at Wilberforce University,with a dual major in Social Work and Sociology. In 2014, she graduated from Jefferson Township High School in Dayton, Ohio with an Associate's degree in Liberal Arts and Communication Sciences along with her high school diploma. During her time at Wilberforce University, Taylor has served in a plethora of leadership roles including: Student Ambassador, Resident Assistant, Cheerleader, Women's Initiative Advisory Board, SALT Leadership team, and as a mentor to many young women on campus. Upon graduation, Taylor plans on attending law school. Taylor's career goal are to become an attorney focusing on the revision and submission of public policies and procedures.


Our Parents & Friends would like to thank all who supported the Halloween disco - parents, helpers and staff. We raised £300.30 for the funds. Thank you.
Stead Lane's Parents and Friends Association are holding a Table Top Sale on Sunday 23rd November. Tables cost £5.00 each. If you are interested in having a table please call at the school office with your £5 to secure your table.
A huge thank you to all of our Parent & Friends' who have done so much for our school over the last year and a special thanks for the treats each class were able to take part in at the end of term, paid for by them.
The next PFA Youth Club will be held on Tuesday 10th June 2014 from 5.30 – 7.00pm for Years 1, 2, 3 & 4. The session costs £1 per child. Please come to the main school entrance if you would like to take part.
Our Parents & Friends Association's Summer Fair is tomorrow Saturday 7th June 2014 from 10.00am – 2.00pm whatever the weather! We hope you can come along to have fun while supporting our school! Thank you.


Can this alternative approach to training teachers lead to better-prepared, life-long educators?
This is the third story in a three-part series about teacher preparation and whether programs are doing enough to prepare new teachers to take over their own classrooms. The first part is here, the second part is here.
WASHINGTON—In her large, bright, pre-K classroom, the teacher turned to the group of 4-year-olds learning how to give a baby a bath. She sat on the carpet and cradled a doll carefully as eager students strained their necks to watch.
"How am I holding the baby?" the teacher, Alina Kaye, asked, and then answered her own question: "Nice and calm." She held up a small, empty plastic bottle and mimed squirting shampoo onto the baby's head.
The kids edged closer. Meghan Sanchez, a 23-year-old teacher in training, watched Kaye's every move just as intently. Sanchez is in her first year of an immersive four-year training program via Urban Teachers, a nonprofit group that trains aspiring teachers in Washington and Baltimore.
Sanchez whispered to a little boy who had sat up on his knees to get a better view of the doll: "Legs crossed!" she commanded gently. He sat down quickly. "Thank you," she said.
As a "resident" of Urban Teachers, which receives funding from the schools in which its residents work as well as from private donations, Sanchez shares a classroom with Kaye, an experienced teacher, learning the ins and outs of teaching while taking evening courses to earn a master's degree.
Sanchez is one of three teachers The Hechinger Report, which produced this story in partnership with The Atlantic, followed over the course of their first year to look at how training programs prepare teachers for the classroom—or not. The Urban Teachers residency program in D.C. is one of many new alternative routes to becoming a teacher that have sprung up as education schools have come under attack for inadequately preparing teachers for today's challenges, including higher standards, new technology, and stubborn achievement gaps.
Alternative routes are often faster than traditional education-school programs, making them attractive to career changers and noneducation majors like Sanchez. But residency programs like Urban Teachers are something of a hybrid of traditional and alternative routes, and some experts hope they'll be the wave of the future.
Traditional education schools generally require at least a year or two of education-related courses, but vary in their student-teaching requirements. Programs in Virginia, for example, require 150 to 680 hours. Alternative routes, such as Teach For America, in contrast, put teachers in charge of their own classrooms after one summer of teaching and coursework. Sanchez will spend over 1,500 hours in a classroom this year, overseen by her mentor, Kaye; take two years of graduate-school classes; and receive a total of four years of coaching and support from Urban Teachers.
The Urban Teachers program started with 19 residents in D.C. in 2010 and now has 217 participants teaching across the district. The District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) will further expand the program next year, according to officials. Eventually, the district wants all of its new teachers hired through the residency program.
The classroom-focused approach of a residency appealed to Sanchez, a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She decided she wanted to teach right before her senior year at Haverford College in Pennsylvania, where she majored in history and minored in Italian. She applied and was accepted to Urban Teachers in January.
Sanchez spent six weeks in Urban Teachers's "boot camp," which included teaching each morning in a summer program and taking classes on topics like classroom management each afternoon.
Sanchez was hired by Seaton Elementary School, which serves nearly 300 3-year-olds through fifth-graders. Nearly 100 percent of the students at Seaton qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a measure of poverty.
This year, Sanchez is full-time in the classroom, where she observes and teaches alongside Kaye, 26, who has five years of experience and also entered the profession through an alternative route.
Sanchez feels lucky she got placed with Kaye. Both have upbeat personalities and can be warm and friendly with students while also being direct and strict. They hit it off from the beginning and often text each other in the evenings, sometimes about school and sometimes about their weekend plans or recipes they've tried at home.
Research suggests that mentors should have at least three years of experience, show evidence of being an effective teacher, and be able to provide feedback and lead professional conversations. They should also be willing not only to work with a student teacher, but to hand over their class to an amateur.
Back in Kaye and Sanchez's classroom in the fall, it was time for Sanchez to work with a small group of students. At a table on the side of the classroom, Sanchez, wearing a gray shirt and black dress pants, sat down with four 4-year-olds to discuss their plans for the next activity of the day: free play.
First, Sanchez announced, each student would need to "play plan," or write how they would spend their time during free play.
One boy immediately burst into tears. "I don't want to play," he said.
Sanchez calmly tapped the table where there was an empty seat and directed the boy to sit down. She turned to another student.
"I'm going to make something," the student responded.
"What would you like to make?" Sanchez asked.
Sanchez turned to the little boy who had slowly stopped crying.
"Are you ready to play plan?" she asked gently. He nodded. He had decided to go to the plastic toy kitchen area along a wall.
"OK, so you're going to the kitchen. What are you going to do at the kitchen?" Sanchez asked.
"I forgot," he said quietly.
"Do you need a second to think about it?" Sanchez asked.
He looked at her with wide eyes and nodded, wiping a few remaining tears away.
Sanchez continued around the table, dividing her attention among the children. One by one she helped the students draw a picture of their plan for free play and attempt to write a short sentence describing it.
Kaye says that spending so much time in a classroom before inheriting her own means Sanchez will better understand the development of 4-year-olds. "I love that she's able to see the full year; she can see the flow," Kaye said. A lot of new teachers want to "plow in" to activities from the beginning, she added, not realizing that early in the year kids may not be ready for even what seems like a simple art project or writing assignment.
"Next year, she's going to be in such a good place because she knows you need to practice opening a marker first," Kaye said.
So far, there is little evidence to show which kind of program produces the most successful teachers. Some research shows that residency-program graduates may not be any more effective—at least in their first year—than teachers trained in other programs. What's attractive to districts and teachers, though, are the studies showing that a few of the new programs may stem a perennial education quandary: the alarming rate at which new teachers flee the profession.
So, with the help of Kaye and coaches from Urban Teachers, she started planning lessons for each day she would be solo teaching.
All of her classroom learning is reinforced during her master's coursework (four to five nights a week, run by Lesley University). She's up at 6:45 a.m. every morning, teaches until 3:10 p.m. and leaves for grad school by 4 p.m. She's not home until 8:45 each night, but tries to cook dinner with her boyfriend or watch television or study before heading to bed to do it all over again the next day.
Sanchez returned from winter break refreshed. Many of the lessons from the first half of the year had sunk in, like realizing that 4-year-olds need "body breaks" to help keep them focused during the day.
On a sunny January morning, her growing confidence was clear. She wasn't thrown off by students who gave wrong answers or moved around on the floor. First, she had all the students stand up and dance ("to get their wiggles out of the way"). The kids smiled and giggled as they sang along with an upbeat song: "Step to the left, step to the right. Throw your hands in the air, try to reach the sky." At the end of the song, Sanchez calmly directed the students to sit down.
Kaye, who was carefully observing the students and Sanchez from the side of the room, moved next to a clapping child and motioned for him to scoot forward. She sat down and started taking notes.
Sanchez led the students through a lesson on predictions. First, she began to write, "How to make predictions" on the board.
"Clues!" a student called out.
Sanchez held up a book. "When I read this book, I want your eyes right on the page," she said in a strong, even voice, making eye contact with several students to make sure they were ready.
Next year, Sanchez will finish classes for her master's program while having her own classroom, but continue to receive support from her program's coaches. In the third year, she'll receive some coaching but might be ready to earn her certification. Even then, Urban Teachers will continue to provide development and support in her fourth and final year of the program.
This year, as spring approached, Sanchez was already conducting her little orchestra with the skill of a veteran. During a morning small-group session, she quickly addressed a student who was playing with beads instead of working on her assignment. When time was up, Sanchez rang a bell and instructed students to look at her.
Sanchez noticed that the first little boy wasn't collecting the papers. "Stand up!" Sanchez instructed in a strong and upbeat voice. He stood up and immediately started to pick up papers.


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Origins of The Last Empath of Doctsland
With the launch of The Last Empath of Doctsland nearing, I wanted to talk a bit about where this story came from.
I started writing in May of 2018, purely with the goal of actually finishing a book. I've started more novels than I can count, getting anywhere from a chapter or two in to sometimes halfway finished before I would give up and abandon it. I want (or needed, rather) to prove to myself that I could actually complete a book.
I also wanted to write the type of book I wanted to read. I grew up reading fantasy- The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings, The Princess Bride, the list goes on and on. But there was always something missing in the representation. I found that as my world grew in real life, I started to notice the lack of that growth in representation in the books I was reading. 90% of the characters were cis-gender heterosexual white men. The few women that cropped up were also white, and often had little to do with the action or the plot. I wanted to read a fantasy book that reflected the diversity in the world around me, so when teens like me pick it up they can find a character with whom they can identify- something I usually struggled with.
So, The Last Empath of Doctsland was born. I started by outlining chapter by chapter and giving myself a word count goal for each chapter. When I felt like quitting as I had with every other novel before, I went back to that outline to remind myself where I was going and why I wanted to tell this story. It was hard, I'm very critical of myself and there were many times I felt like it was the worst book ever written, but I stuck to it and at the end (and after several round of editing) it was something I was proud of, and excited to share.
You can pre-order my book at mybook.to/doctsland
Today's episode of 'What I'm Reading Now' features A Caterer's Guide to Love & Murder by fellow darkstroke author Jessica Thompson!
I actually just finished this book yesterday and it was wonderful! The genre is 'cozy mystery' - something I didn't know existed before reading this book but now I am a fast fan. Whenever I'm reading a mystery or a thriller I always play a game with myself- Can I figure the mystery out before the characters do? I'll be honest, I'm not great at it, but occasionally I can beat the book. It's so exciting when I can't though, and A Caterer's Guide to Love & Murder totally stumped me. Another thing I really loved about this book was the inclusion of recipes. The main character, Violet, is a caterer. At the end of each chapter the book includes the recipes of the dishes mentioned in that particular chapter. It was such a cool twist that I'd never seen before in a book!
If you like mysteries and want to read something both cozy and exciting, I recommend A Caterer's Guide to Love & Murder.
Author Interview: Carynn Bohley
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Facing the Future: Breakthroughs in the Business of Face Recognition Technology
Kumba Sennaar Last updated on November 22, 2019
Last updated on November 22, 2019, published by Kumba Sennaar
Kumba is an AI Analyst at Emerj, covering financial services and healthcare AI trends. She has performed research through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is an honors graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master's candidate in Biotechnology at Johns Hopkins University.
How emotions influence consumer buying habits has long intrigued and evaded the business sector. Face recognition technology, once limited to security and surveillance systems, has made it possible to gauge more specific metrics to allow companies to predict consumer behavior and accelerate revenue growth.
Based on biometrics – defined as automated methods of recognizing an individual based on measurable biological (anatomical and physiological) and behavioral characteristics – face recognition technology can identify and authenticate individuals based on captured face images using a camera. These images are then compared with a large database. The calculations are complex and include specifics such as the distance between an individual's eyes, cheekbones and eyebrows. Setting a new record in the field, Google's face recognition system FaceNet has a reported accuracy of 99.63 percent, outperforming the Interstate Photo System's search accuracy rate of 85 percent when a matching photo exists in their database.
Apple's recent acquisition of AI startup Emotient, Inc is a strong indication of the power and influence of the rapidly advancing field of neuromarketing. In fact, Apple made a reported 15 total acquisitions in fiscal year 2015 ranging in categories from music analytics (Semetric) to speech technology (VocalIQ) to machine learning technology (Percepito). As a leader in emotion measurement, Emotient (acquired by Apple in January of 2016) is a cloud-based service and currently focuses its work around three interesting KPI's or key performance indicators: attention, engagement and sentiment. While attention and engagement around a product or advertisement are self-explanatory, sentiment refers to analysis of a subject's demonstration of a positive, negative or neutral emotion.
But why the big shift toward face recognition technology, why now? Rob Enderle, a leading IT analyst and President and Principal Analyst of the Enderle Group tech firm suggests that "passwords aren't working and fingerprint readers, while far better, are still one extra step that annoys users. Face recognition is far more natural because it can be implemented in a way that feels a bit more magical…it fits better with Apple's approach to technology which favors experience over almost everything else."
We see this emphasis on the consumer's experience reflected in the controversial and popular NameTag app which allows users to quickly gain a snapshot of an individual's entire online public profile by simply taking a picture of them. The convenience of smartphone technology has made face recognition a very attractive area of expansion for app developers.
The field has experienced incredible advancement since Dr. Joseph Atick, a physicist and pioneer of face recognition technology, introduced a software platform through his company called FaceIt Face Recognition over twenty years ago. Analysts estimate the global face recognition market worth will reach over six billion dollars by 2020. As the field continues to balance the challenges of consumer privacy and technological progress, Dr. Atick, shared his perspective with Emerj on where the industry may be headed:
"When computers can recognize their users and their emotions, a whole new user experience can be created. This is why mainstream high tech companies have been buying face recognition startups. They are looking for innovations to support their strategic vision, which is [to] bring a friendlier way for people to interact with their mobile phones and computers that can also add a dimension of trust and security. Face recognition has been the basis of human-human interaction since the beginning of time, it is no surprise [that] it is beginning to play a very important role as our interactions move to human-machine channels. This is the brave new world that we are entering in. Let us hope it will be done with humans maintaining control responsibly, with respect to cherished human values, rights and liberties, most notably our right to privacy."
While Apple has yet to reveal its specific plans for the undisclosed and estimated multi-million dollar purchase of Emotient, Inc., Rob Enderle posits that "at some future point your face or iris should get you into most consumer grade technology systems ranging from phones to PCs. Apple wants to be one of the leaders when that happens." On the heels of becoming the first U.S. company with a market value above $700 billion in 2015, Apple approaches its 40th anniversary in April. In keeping with the company's legacy of driving innovation, their investments in AI technology are poised to set the tone for cutting edge integrations of face recognition technology into new products coming to market in 2016 and beyond.
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Soylent and How Ideals Drive the Future
Okay, I give.
Soylent has made it's way onto 3/4 of the blogs that I read, and I made a "note to self" to make sure I wrote about it this week.
Is Artificial Intelligence for Small Business? Factors to Consider for Technology Adoption
AI is being likened to a "Fourth Industrial Revolution" because of it's potential for creating profound change in people's lives, much like the invention of steam engines (First Industrial Revolution), electricity and mass production (Second Industrial Revolution), and the rise of the digital age (Third Industrial Revolution) had in the past.
AI in Transportation – Current and Future Business-Use Applications
The transportation domain is beginning to apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) in mission-critical tasks (for example, self-driving vehicles carrying passengers) where the reliability and safety of an AI system will be under question from the general public. Major challenges in the transportation industry like capacity problems, safety, reliability, environmental pollution, and wasted energy are providing ample opportunity (and potential for high ROI) for AI innovation.
Top Business Schools Want MBAs to Monetize AI
From Silicon Valley to South Korea, artificial intelligence has been one of the hottest tech topics of the year. In fact, 2016 was meant to be "the year that virtual reality becomes reality", and yet AI seems to be dominating the discussion. Now, top business schools around the world – from University of California, Berkeley to National University of Singapore – are turning to AI to help bolster their programs and train MBA students to apply machine learning processes to business problems.
Why is AI Today's "Most Important" Technology? Ask Microsoft's Chief Envisioner
If you aren't yet convinced by the real world potential of artificial intelligence, Microsoft's chief envisioning officer, Dave Coplin has a few words for you. Speaking at an AI conference in London on Tuesday, Coplin emphatically told business leaders that AI is "the most important technology that anybody on the planet is working on today," reports Business Insider.
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Our basement system experts can create customized basement drainage system that will be effective and efficient when it comes to your basement drainage problems. The most effective customized drain system that we offer our clients on Iowa is French drainage system. The French drainage system is easy to install, and our experts can fix it within two days. Our drainage system crew will install the French drainage system in your basement using the perimeter drain and the sump pump system. Our customized basement drainage system is designed in such away they will address all the unique challenges that you might be facing at your home. Some of the main challenges that often cause basement drainage problems include unusual basement water problems like the ochre; your home design might also cause basement drainage system problems. We will be able to evaluate those entire problems and come up with a permanent solution, talk to our basement drainage system experts on 800-372-7024 for a permanent solution.
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