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A restorative circle in the wake of a police shooting
from the article by Andrea Brenneke in Tikkun:
....In the weeks after the shooting, members of the Williams family reported strained interactions with members of the police department, including increased scrutiny and harassment by bicycle patrol officers where they worked and sold their art at the Pike Place Market. Tensions were building. Something had to be done to address the immediate needs for safety and improve the relationship between the family, the community, and the police department.
....There was no restorative justice system in place nor any prior experience with Restorative Circles, so I worked with Kathryn Olson to create a shared understanding of the process we would use to hold this circle. We modified aspects of the Restorative Circle process to address the unusual circumstances. I was able to hold pre-circle meetings with the family members, friends, and community members, but it was not possible for me to meet in advance with most of the police department participants. Instead, I worked with Ms. Olson and provided her written summaries of the Restorative Circles process to share with the other participants in the Seattle Police Department. In all of this, I aimed to stay true to restorative principles and be flexible with the form of how the process unfolded.
To focus the Restorative Circle, I worked with Rick Williams to explore what was said or done that he wanted to bring to it. In advance, everyone recognized and agreed that the subject and details of the shooting would be off limits: investigation of the use of force was underway, an inquest was planned, potential civil liability of the City of Seattle was at issue, and civil and criminal accountability of the officer remained to be determined — all of these were obvious barriers to open and direct communication. Yet, we realized we didn't need to talk about the details of the shooting itself to address the dynamics and conditions that gave rise to it and continued after it.
Rick Williams decided to focus instead on interactions between the family and other police officers following the shooting that were symbolic of the tensions between them and the increased scrutiny, harassment, and lack of respect the family was experiencing from the police. For example, an officer said to Rick, "You people need to learn how to obey." As another example, a teen-aged member of the Williams family asked an officer: "I am a carver and these are my tools. If I have this knife, will you shoot me, too?" The officer responded, "You don't want to test that theory now, do you?" By choosing an action following the shooting, but symbolic of the underlying tensions, we found a portal through which to explore the deeper rifts and ongoing conflicts between the Seattle Police Department, the family, and the community.
Who needed to be present to resolve the conflict? Rick and Eric Williams, brothers and master carvers; friend and carver, Dan Martin, and his wife, Connie Sue Martin, another lawyer for the family; two leaders of the Chief Seattle Club, an agency that provides services and support to urban Native Americans; Police Chief John Diaz, as well as three key departmental officials in the chain of command above the officers (who were not present because they could not be identified); Sergeant Fred Ibuki, an officer Rick Williams trusted, who knew his father and three generations of Williams family carvers; and Kathryn Olson from the Office of Professional Accountability. Rick Williams's children were invited but chose not to participate. I served as facilitator along with a co-facilitator, Susan Partnow.
On September 13, 2010, we held the Restorative Circle for over three hours at the Chief Seattle Club in a sacred space designed for traditional Native American healing circles.
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Top German court rules against ban of far-right NPD
The neo-Nazi group's politics are 'incompatible with democracy' but it poses no real threat, says Germany's top court.
A button that reads "Arguments instead of bans"' seen after the conclusion of the session of the Federal Constitutional Court
The German Federal Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled on Tuesday against a proposed ban of the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD).
In its second rejection of an attempted ban of the neo-Nazi organization — in 2003 it turned down a similar request — the court ruled the NPD does indeed "intend to replace the existing constitutional system with an authoritarian state that adheres to the idea of an ethnically defined "people's community," and its basic political concept was "incompatible with the principle of democracy."
However, the court said the NPD's chances of succeeding in this "endeavor" were very low.
"The ban failed not because the NPD isn't pursuing anti-constitutional goals but because it is too weak and inconsequential to make its goals a reality," Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said in a statement Tuesday.
"This is a strong sign that we have addressed the issue of the NPD successfully," he said, adding that authorities will carry on monitoring the party's activities and he would continue to ban organizations of the extreme right.
The NPD has lost ground in recent local elections, partly because of the rise of the Alternative for Germany, a right-wing party launched in early 2013 that is more in line with Austria's FPÖ and the National Front in France. The NPD no longer has seats in any state assembly — a far cry from its peak around 1969, when it got 4.3 percent of the national vote and narrowly missed getting into the Bundestag, the lower house of the federal parliament in Berlin.
In September the NPD gathered only 24,365 votes in elections in the northern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, pushing it below the 5 percent threshold for seats in the local parliament.
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Facebook Announces its Cryptocurrency Known as Libra
Libra is a cryptocurrency that's expected to let you buy things and send money to people, all for little to no cost to the consumer.
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Facebook has announced its ingress into the cryptocurrency game with the announcement of Libra. Libra is a cryptocurrency that's expected to let you buy things and send money to people, all for little to no cost to the consumer. It works similar to that of other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Etherium, and Dogecoin, where no central bank owns it. Unlike Bitcoin however, Libra is expected to have a stable value with the backing of various currencies across the globe like the dollar and yen.
Facebook themselves will not own the cryptocurrency according to multiple reports. Instead they will only have a vote in Libra's governance along with founding members like Uber, Visa, and Spotify, who have invested at least $10 million into the project. Partners like Uber and Spotify are expected to soon accept Libra as a method of payment for services and subscriptions in the near future.
The project is expected to promote an open-source blockchain as well as its own developer platform with Move programming language. The project is also going to work with businesses to accept payments in Libra and eventually offer discounts and rewards to Libra users.
Libra users will be able to hold all their currency in a digital wallet expected to launch in 2020 called Calibra, which Facebook also announced. The app's services will also be integrated into Facebook's services like WhatsApp and Messenger for when its users want to transfer money from peer to peer.
Many people have already expressed concerns about the new cryptocurrency, especially since it's got Facebook's branding on it. One reporter from MarketWatch wrote that consumers might be tempted to overspend because the cryptocurrency is more akin to a credit card than to actual cash and will think that it's "Facebook's Money" instead of their own. That same reporter also mentioned that the success of Libra will depend on if users will be able to understand how it works.
We should know more about Libra within 2020 as their cryptocurrency wallet Calibra is expected to launch within that year. Anyone who wants to get notified about when Calibra launches can visit its website and sign up for its newsletter. If you wish to learn more about Libra you can read their white paper, which is what a cryptocurrency publishes detailing the info regarding their currency, on their official website.
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CHICAGO (SUN TIMES MEDIA WIRE) - A string of armed robberies has been reported the past two days on the Northwest Side.
In all the attacks, suspects walked up to people, took out a handgun and knife and demanded property, according to an alert from Chicago Police.
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about 12:55 a.m. on Monday in the 4100 block of West Roscoe;
about 1:20 a.m. on Monday in the 4500 block of West Armitage;
about 2:20 a.m. Monday in the 5200 block of West Melrose; and
at 2:28 a.m. on Monday in the 2900 block of North Lockwood.
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Anyone with information about the robberies was asked to call Area North detectives at (312) 744-8263.


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A lovely pale yellow/green: in the glass it even looks crisp and delicious. It smells like an apple that gave apples a good name (before so many were bred down for conformity, blandness and yield)...really sweet, ripe and alluring, yet always dignified, with notes of lemon blossom, lime and cassis. When you taste a wine like this it's easy to see why Watervale has got such a lofty reputation.


The Reserve Bank left the Official Cash Rate unchanged today for the 3rd time in as many meetings.
In keeping with a feeling of subdued activity we see Barfoot & Thompson released their house sales figures for November. Sales for November 2010 were 668 properties against 862 properties in November 2009.


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So Farewell to Diaby but Hello to Who? Additions will arrive but after I suspect the Big Club Domino Effect
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I do not remember the last time I had a week so busy. However, this was also coupled with the fact next to nothing Arsenal-related was happening. The big news is probably Diaby leaving the Club after almost ten years. The Frenchman was recently listed as a free agent come July 1st. As @Arseblog rightly pointed out it doesn't necessarily mean he'll go, it just means he's out of contract, he can still be offered a new one, but nonetheless I think he will be released. Which is very sad. Diaby is a brilliant footballer, he just couldn't catch a break with injures ever since that horrible Dan Smith tackle left Abou's ankle in tatters.
However, I'm not here to talk about Abou Diaby. Maybe I could have, but I feel I'm not the right man. I'll leave you in the very capable hands of @7amkickoff instead. I'll also list two of my favourite pics with Diaby below. As someone rightly noted, after this Abou is only a Katie Hopkins headbutt away from becoming a national hero.
Diaby chokeslams Barton
Diaby single-handedly kicking racism out of football
Today, in the wake of all the transfer speculation, I wanted to concentrate on something else, namely: what factors are involved in purchasing a player. Of course it's my own opinion, I do not possess the knowledge to exhaustively describe the whole process. I also won't talk about things like "sorting out agent fees" because, frankly, it's of little interest to both me and you, my dear readers.
Finally, I think we should all be looking forward to our summer acquisitions. I'm sure Arsene will make additions, even if those won't be the ones we want/expect him to. I'll elaborate on that last point a bit later. So here goes my vision.
Should be an obvious factor, but one which is nonetheless overlooked by many Arsenal fans. It's understandable: we all want the best for our Club and as such are looking at the best players, who are, most of the time, either not up for grabs or out of our financial reach.
Yes, we are the mighty Arsenal, however we aren't able to compete for players like Bale and Pogba. Not because these guys will necessarily be averse to the idea of joining us, rather because their sellers will likely have their heads turned by the likes of Real and City.
Good, but expensive
We do not have the financial muscle to compete with these giants. Simple as that. We might scream all we want how the players' price tag rarely reflects the true value of the player, but it's the harsh reality of today's transfer market.
This makes me appreciate Arsene Wenger even more. For years (for almost two decades, actually) he has been able to find brilliant players for low to reasonable fees. He has shown he can splash the cash on players he really likes and badly wants to have on his team, but his general philosophy remains the same: buy and develop or buy a ready-made product for reasonable money:
"Santi has been voted man of the match (FA Cup Final). I think he has not cost £150m. Coquelin was one of the best on the pitch. You have to always look at the real quality of people. I am not against spending money. I have shown that recently. But I want a good rapport between price and quality."
An absolute steal for 12 million
I haven't tracked this pattern for longer than two years, however it can most definitely be said Ozil and Sanchez were acquired due to Arsene's ability to see two steps ahead and bide his time. Oh, and count Welbeck in. He may not be as flashy or lucrative, but the principle is the same with him.
Ozil was bought after Bale's addition made the German surplus to requirements at the Galacticos (Mesut Ozil. Surplus to requirements. How funny it sounds). Suarez to Barcelona made Sanchez to Arsenal possible. Falcao to United gave us the opportunity to snatch up Welbeck on deadline day.
In other words, sometimes being reactive pays off more than being proactive. If you are just keep your eyes open to what's happening in the transfer market, you can reap the benefits.
Not bad for a domino effect
The Arsene Wenger effect
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it also pays off having a brilliant manager. Players not only want to play for certain clubs or for paychecks, they also want to be under the tutelage of certain managers. Arsene Wenger is one of these managers.
The phrase almost every our new player drops, the one about how happy he is to have the opportunity to work with Arsene Wenger, has become a punchline. Players are people, not robots (surprise, surprise!) and they too want to hear how needed they are, what plans Arsene has in store for them. All it sometimes takes is a conversation in German or the promise to play you in your preferred position:
"I thought: 'What he is telling me is what I have missed at Real: transparency, trust, respect. He told me exactly how he sees me [as a player], how he wants to use me, what he expects from me and what he hopes I will contribute."
Few managers can say they possess the charisma to attract players single-handedly. Arsene can. Appreciate it.
Arsene made this guy join us
We may not expect it, but it surely will be good
Carl Jenkinson, Gervinho, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Joel Campbell, Park Chu-Young, Andre Santos, Mikel Arteta, Per Mertesacker, Thomas Eisfeld, Lukas Podolski, Olivier Giroud, Santi Cazorla, Nacho Monreal, Yaya Sanogo, Mathieu Flamini, Mesut Ozil, Mathieu Debuchy, Alexis Sanchez, David Ospina, Calum Chambers, Danny Welbeck, Gabriel Armando de Abreu, Krystian Bielik.
These are the players we've bought in the last four years. I didn't go back further, as we were heavily pressed on the financial front and, barring occasional good players (like Koscielny, Vermaelen, Sagna, Arshavin and Ramsey) bought absolute poverty.
The age of austerity ended in 2012
However, let's return to the list at hand. I noticed two (really simple) patterns:
Few of these players truly flopped
Few of us expected Arsene to sign these exact players
But, I hear you say, are you calling Gervinho, Santos, Park Chu-Young and Yaya Sanogo successful transfers? What are you smoking?
Chill, I'm not saying these guys were great. However, there are two further things you have to keep in mind:
All these unsuccessful transfers (bar Sanogo) happened four years ago, in one window
None of them cost us much
Gervinho is our most expensive failure. He cost 10 million. Santos is 2nd, cost 6 million. And even their uselessness is debatable. Both had good spells at the Club, they just didn't adapt in the end. In an era where clubs are willing to offer 50 million on Kane or Sterling, where Balotelli and Falcao (flops if there ever were any) cost 16 and 20 mil respectively, I think you can forgive Arsene a couple of not wholly successful players for such meagre sums.
Sanogo and Flamini cost us nothing. Campbell (and the jury is still out on him) cost us 1 million.
The point I'm trying to get across? Arsene makes bloody good acquisitions. Especially when he has the money. Look at our last three years. Bar Sanogo and Flamini and maybe Podolski, ALL of the players Arsene bought are invaluable. They are all successful. All have a future at the club, whether short-term (due to age, like Cazorla) or long-term.
Finally, expect the unexpected. I do not remember the last time Arsene bought a player which was hyped up by the fans and media alike, but, as I've demonstrated above, Arsene has a penchant for making bloody good transfers. If Arsene buys someone, he'll be a success.
Arsene will make you an offer you won't refuse
You may shed a tear or two upon reading this article. If my logic is anything to go by (and I think it is), we won't buy Martinez. Or Benzema. We may not even buy Schneiderlin or Cech.
But we will buy players. And these players will be good players. So take a seat and grab the popcorn. The show is about to begin.
Until later
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One Response to So Farewell to Diaby but Hello to Who? Additions will arrive but after I suspect the Big Club Domino Effect
Astro June 13, 2015 at 12:41 pm #
i like ur analysis n I also believe that Arsene Wenger will not buy the like of Cesh who is 33 years of age for that ridiculous price couple with the player plus cash deal reported by the press. we have better n younger keepers both within the club n out can we can depend on. Also does Sterling worth the £50 million asked by Liverpool? i love the way Wenger do his business n he should keep it up.


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Summer Bucket List: How'd We Do?
This morning I sit alone at my computer with my cup of Blueberry Bliss (I am a Teavana convert). The kids returned to school this morning and now I must return to my various volunteer duties and toy with the idea of getting a job (the guilt of a SAHM with no kids at home...it is fierce). It is time to declare summer over and move on to the joy that is autumn (my favourite!).
We had so much fun playing along with The Happy Family Movement and their Summer Bucket List Challenge this year. It was our first year and it was so fun to plan out our summer wishes. I also made new friends on the facebook group and even won one of the blog giveaways. Yay!
We're not great goal setters, we're more pantsers (as in "fly by the seats of our"), so how did this little experiment in ultimate summer planning go?
Visit 3 waterfalls Yes--we did 5 and we still have waterfall fever. Blogged a bit here and here and here. Still have photos to blog of the day we did 3 in one day.
Ice cream for dinner We did this a few times, but our first opportunity was back in May.
Movie night with snacks We managed to do this a couple of times too, but I didn't take photos.
Get a penpal This was N's item, and she met some new friends at BFF camp and exchanged addresses with a girl from PEI. We'll see how it pans out! A also made a penpal at BFF camp and has already sent off her first letter.
Plant a garden I built a garden (thanks Pinterest) and planted herbs and marigolds, but I didn't get the lettuce and peas and carrots planted. So I'm calling this a half success. The good news is that I have the garden ready to go for next year. And my flower beds are doing pretty well. I'd like to add some new fall bulbs, but that's for a different list.
Read 100 books We forgot to keep track! Whoops! I've read probably 50, though many of them were short free reads (I like you, kindle). Hubby probably only got to 15-20, but he prefers non-fiction, so he doesn't devour books like potato chips the way I do. The kids read every day, but they often re-read favourites, so if you count each time through as 1 book, they made 100, other wise it's probably 50-75. Still a good reading summer!
10 Random Acts of Kindness We found this one hard to keep track of too. We didn't manage any co-ordinated family acts of kindness, but every now and then someone would report doing a personal act of kindness. I'd like to take another, more focused, run at this. Perhaps this will be the year we finally do the 12 Days of Christmas Kindness.
Watch a meteor shower We tried, but we either had bad weather or we were away. We were really looking forward to the Perseids shower in August but it happened while we were at camp. The girls and I caught a bit of the show but I don't think the boys did. Next year!
Play in sprinkler Yes...sort of. We hooked up the sprinkler and it didn't seem to do much, so the kids decided it's more fun just to spray each other with the hose...while bouncing on the trampoline. They did that LOTS this summer. We were given a new sprinkler by friends and couldn't get it to work either. We think it's a water pressure problem. We've been having water troubles (again).
Sleepover A had a sleepover at a friend's house, but the other two weren't invited anywhere and I wasn't up for throwing something. We did have house guests a few times, so we had sleepovers then!
Scrapbook (complete an album in progress) Another summer has gone by with me not getting to my scrapbooking supplies. Argh! I miss it.
Family hike We went on a few walks, and a few of our waterfalls (Hayes) involved a decent hike, but we didn't get around to doing a separate hike.
Make a basement playroom (clean basement, put up shelves, etc. we're not renovating, just organizing) We cleaned out all of our recyclables, and I cleaned up and out the pantry, but we're not there yet. Still a lot of organizing and cleaning to do.
Swim in a lake We didn't make it until July, but what a swim it was! Got a couple other good swims in too.
Swim in a pool The girls and I got some pool time at BFF Camp, but the boys didn't make it and we didn't get to swim together. Another half tick.
Swim in the ocean Just the once, but it was lovely.
Stargazing A little, but my vision in my head of us lying on blankets looking at stars never really happened (too many mosquitos!).
Family camp We didn't get the opportunity to camp as a family. Sad.
Make a new family playlist and listen to it a lot! Made in time for Canada Day. Great list! Our favourite summer song has been "Brave".
Go spelunking Sadly, no. We did some internet research and it seems the province isn't the best spelunking spot. I've bookmarked a couple of ideas of places we might brave, but it's looking like a guided tour might be best.
Karaoke Party with Cindy Yuppers!
Camp Chip Yep! Great camp this year!
Rainy day PJ party We had a lot of rain and we're very lazy, so this got checked off a few times.
Visit a farm The girls and I visited a Dairy Farm while at BFF Camp. The boys could use a farm day still though. Fortunately Open Farm Day is coming soon. We'll just slide this to a fall list.
See MaryLou Nichols and Lennard Nichols Yes. Yay.
Watch a sunrise I watched a few, but we didn't wake up as a family specifically to watch.
Campfire with s'mores The girls had s'mores a couple of times at camp, but we haven't had our own family bonfire yet. Fire bans were plentiful this summer.
Make 100 friendship bracelets We made it to 40 and ran out of steam.
Library program We signed up, and the kids read every day, but they didn't fill out their passports and we didn't make it to any of the program days, so this one is another half check.
Board game night We had a board game night when my Mom was visiting in July, and then last week when we were unplugged we had one every night...and we taught the kids Euchre. Good times.
Watch a sunset We enjoyed a few, but I only photographed our lake time.
Make cookies A few times! Also multiple batches of fudge and a loaf of banana bread or two.
Playdates with at least 2 different friends/families The girls each did, but C only had playdates with one friend. He says he's ok with that though.
Play on 3 different playgrounds 4 at last count. Fun!
Wii Marathon As with rainy day PJ parties, there were plenty of rainy days for Wii marathons.
Picnic for Daddy's birthday Indoors, but it counts!
Hide and seek The kids played lots, the kids and I played a couple of times, but we haven't done a massive family version. We did come up with Hide and Go Teddy though, where I hide Blue Teddy and the kids have to find him. This is C's new favourite game.
Kingsbrae Garden Concert Loved it.
All in all, we've all declared the summer a success. There were some things we forgot to put on the list, like Harvey Community Days and blowing bubbles, but we did them anyway. We kept finding reasons to hang out in St. Andrew's and renewed our Aquarium Membership, something we weren't sure we would do. We had unplanned visits from both my Mom and Stepdad in July AND my Dad and his family in August. We developed waterfall fever and fell a little more in love with our province. We laughed a lot. We had late nights and early mornings and long, lazy afternoons (often with naps). We looked for Northern Lights, marveled at fireflies, caught frogs and grew pretty flowers. We made new friends, we cherished old friends. We made memories. It wasn't all sunshine and roses, but when we look back the good far outweighs the bad and hopefully will be the part we remember.
We enjoyed the Summer Bucket List so much that we're going to make a shorter Fall Bucket List, which will include a few little things that we didn't get to this summer (like our bonfire with s'mores and visit to a farm). I'll keep blogging here and there so we don't have radio silence again too (I still have a few summer things to blog).
Thank you summer. Thank you bucket list. Thank you Happy Family Movement.
We have been super busy lately with a combination of being horribly lazy (lots of rain days around here) and trying to pull ourselves and our gear together for the big Guiding Camp that starts on Sunday.
Into this enter a phone call last week from my Dad. He and his family are moving from Ontario to Newfoundland. We couldn't let them pass through the province without seeing them, so we're adding in a layover from them, oh, tonight sometime. Combined with all our camping gear everywhere, that's going to be interesting.
So we're checking items off the list, having fun, keeping busy (and then some), but I don't have time to edit photos or blog our experiences. Hopefully soon! In the meantime, I'll be away from the internet from Sunday morning until, well, at least Sunday morning. Sorry blog!
Last Monday morning the kids had appointments for their dental cleanings. Our dentist is only a couple of blocks from Hubby's work, so we drove him to work, parked there, and planned to walk to the dentist. Except we had an hour to kill before our appointment.
Lucky us, we were also only about a block from an elementary school, so we added another playground to the 3 we've visited so far this summer!
This school, Montgomery Street Elementary, has a climbing tree that the kids LOVED. They just kept coming back to it again and again.
You can pack a lot of fun into one hour!
We think that, just like waterfalls, we should bump our number of playgrounds up from 3. I wonder how many we can get to before summer ends?
When Hubby and I first moved to New Brunswick 13 years ago the Nichols family were among our very first friends. MaryLou was (is) a beautiful scrapbooker, and I was also into scrapbooking, though I was self taught from the internet and had never actually met anyone else with the hobby. I did such a happy dance when I realized I had found someone as crazy about paper and photos as me! Lennard and Hubby enjoyed gaming and man talk together. As couples we shared faith, callings, hobbies and so much more. They were warm and welcoming and helped us feel that this was really our home.
When we decided to stay in New Brunswick and purchase a house, they stepped up friendship in a MAJOR way; there was a problem with the legalities, discovered only days before we were supposed to move in and the lease was up on our apartment. We were about to be homeless, and renting a motel room for an unknown length of time would likely have bankrupted us. They graciously offered to share their home for the "week or so" it would take to clear up the issue. The week turned to two...to three...and so on. We ended up living with them for almost 2 months! That's true friendship (and did I mention that those two months went up to and PAST my due date with the Princess?).
MaryLou was our first visitor when the Princess was born, first to make her laugh, gave her her first girly outfit (and the one she came home from the hospital in). As good friends do, they were there for our ups and downs (as we tried to be there for theirs). We've cried together many times and laughed together many more. When they decided to move out west, closer to family, we celebrated for them and mourned for us.
And we sit every day on their old grey couch and think happy thoughts of them.
When we heard that they might be flying out here this summer "see Len and MaryLou" went to the top of my Summer Bucket list. When they got weathered in an extra day in Gatineau, it started to look like it was going to take some tricky planning to pull off, but we got to see them! They stopped in for a VERY quick hello at church and I didn't even cry until we were back in the car!
It may have been the fastest visit in history, but it was wonderfully dear. Thank you Lennard and MaryLou for coming to say hi!
You can follow their amazing cross-country flight on their blog, Nichols' Nuthouse. The trip is most of July, so hit the archives and start at the beginning. MaryLou has taken some incredible photos!
After a crazy beach day and silly game night, Wednesday dawned gloomy and grey. We waved Hubby off to work (he only took two vacation days) and shortly after we waved Mom and Terry off on their way back home.
And then we all exhaled, wound down, and were DONE.
We did a lot of laying around. There was some movie watching, some reading, some light housework, but mostly we just let ourselves go. We all agreed to stay in our pj's and do absolutely NOTHING. Around mid-morning the sun tried to shine and Sweetpea asked me if she could make some cookies. Sounded good to me!
Triple chocolate chunk cookies. They were super yummy!
No sooner had she put the cookies in the oven when the skies opened up and the rain started pouring down. Suddenly our nothing day turned instantly into "rainy day pj party" and "Wii marathon", with fresh-baked cookies to celebrate.
3 bucket list items in our wonderful, lazy day. Sometimes doing nothing is the best gift of summer.
One of our summer bucket list items is "swim in the ocean", and Mom and Terry love St. Andrews as much as we do, so, even though they'd made a day trip there on their own already, we all piled in our cars and went off for a day at the beach.
Hang on, it's another long one!
There's a beautiful building at the entrance to the beach that has showers, bathrooms, changerooms, meeting rooms....it used to be open to the public and part of what made the beach fantastic. Sadly it was completely closed off and we were directed to change in a rather nasty port-a-potty thing. It was EWWWW. I very sincerely hope that the closure is temporary and that the new owners (Mariott) will have it open to beachgoers again soon!
Once we had our suits sorted and our spot on the sand staked out (except the men, they decided to sit in the shade and read) it was time for the water!
I have one mermaid...excuse me, sea otter, who is fearless in the water. She had leapt off the deep side of the floating dock before I even got down there. She makes me thankful for lifeguards, though it was almost low tide with the tide still going out, so it wasn't exactly deep.
My other two are a little more cautious and like to get in the water veeeeeeeeeeerrrrry sloooooooooowly.
They eventually get the hang of it though!
Once everyone was happily in the water (except Grandma, who decided it was too dirty for her after being spoiled in Cuba this winter) I put my camera away and had a little swim time myself. It was wonderful! All I remembered from swimming in the ocean last was that it was cold and dirty and tasted terrible, but this time the water was nice and warm. Ok, it was dirty (seaweed city!) and it still tasted bad, but I floated so nicely! I really enjoyed playing around. Sweetpea and I started swimming together and I showed her how I could throw her if she stood in my clasped hands. I had tried to teach her a couple of years ago but either I wasn't doing a good job of teaching or she just wasn't ready...either way, it failed big time then. This time she got it on the second try. Her eyes lit up and she was hooked. I must have thrown her around for a half an hour or more. When I finally got tired and begged for a break I floated on my back, and she came and floated on top of me with a giggled "We're SEA OTTERS!!!". Funny girl. It was some seriously great one on one time.
Meanwhile, the men enjoyed the shade (smart, this Mama got a pretty good sunburn!) and Grandma guarded the beach.
The Boy tired of the water first and changed back into his street clothes. He bugged the Grandma a bit, he bugged the Daddy a bit, and then he noticed the playground behind the Daddy and set off to play. Once the Princess figured out what he was up to she charged off to play too. Sweetpea was having too much fun in the water to ever get out, but once I decided I couldn't throw her any more she came out to play too.
Eventually we needed to feed the masses, so we brushed off the sand, threw on some clothes, and headed into town in search of food. We ended up at the Lumberjack, a yummy little sandwich shop, where we enjoyed the cool ocean breezes and warm company found on the back patio.
When we finished eating we enjoyed wandering the town a bit and even doing a bit of shopping, but the kids' main focus was ICE CREAM. We satisfied that one with a twist, enjoying a spot of gelato before hurrying off to the aquarium to make sure we were on time for the seal feeding.
I told Mom she needs to use the "hair ornament" photo on the left as her new fb profile.
...and I think I've maxed out this post, just like we maxed out our day. We had pizzas and a salad bar once we finished up at the aquarium and went home. It was a very full and very fun day--hopefully a good one for Mom and Terry's last day with us.
PS. For those keeping track, we get to cross off "swim in the ocean", "play on 3 playgrounds" (this was our 3rd) and later that night, "have a board game night".
Monday of Mom and Terry's visit dawned just as hot and nasty (or was it worse?) as the day before.
Shortly after lunch Terry started not feeling well again and went out to the car to rest. I gave Mom my key so she could take him home while we bought a watermelon and then headed home ourselves. We bought the watermelon just fine but...we were in the mood for some greater adventure than just going home. We had some printed out directions in the car to some different waterfalls that were practically on the way home, so we decided to detour a bit.
Our first choice (and a good one!) was Garden Creek Falls. It was incredibly easy to find, just off the Fredericton on-ramp to the TCH and down a little ATV trail.
Again the lack of rain meant that the water was just a trickle (a friend told me that she was there with her family last month and it was rushing water) but we liked it like that; so much easier to scramble up and down and over and under!
The cold water felt soooooo good in the heat. We definitely dragged out our playtime.
Flush with our success and wonderfully cooled from the water, we drove off to find our next waterfall just down the road from the next exit. Alas, that one was completely dried up, though we could see evidence of where it should have been. Not even a trickle. Then we were sad, hot and tired and headed home.
Waterfall Verdict: Everyone still likes Joslin the best of the ones we've been too, but we loved how easy Garden Creek was to get to, that it's practically on the way home (small detour) and the step style makes it really pretty. We'll definitely return again and again!
AND--we got home and ordered the Guidebook on amazon, because we've been having so much fun and wanted to support the blogger/author. What a great resource!
On the Sunday of our week-long visit with Mom and Terry we had a loose plan to check out King's Landing and have some fun time travelling, but we woke up to some crazy high temperatures and humidity and no one much wanted to move, let alone set foot outside the house. Terry has a medication patch that reacts with the heat and had already kept him from the Strawberry Social the day before, so we didn't want to risk him getting sick again. Instead we had a quiet, lazy Sunday morning at home (except me, I decided to do some gardening and managed to blister up both thumbs). By afternoon we were climbing the walls a bit and Mom and Terry had been talking about checking out the music down at the pub. There were flyers there earlier in the week for a "Celtic/Folk" group and they thought it would be fun to check out. It sounded good to me (better than sitting around watching Bugsy Malone, which is what Hubby and the kids did) and away we went.
The group was "Atlantic Standard Time" (I love a clever name) and they did a bit of everything; folk, blues, country...and when we mentioned during break that we came for Celtic, they went ahead and threw in a bunch of those too. They had a great sound and were super friendly and laid back, and best of all, they encouraged us to sing along. Loved it!
Our quest for local waterfalls continues! Mom said that she wanted to help us cross some items off of our list when she visited, so we gathered her and Terry and our friend Cindy and drove up to the Maliseet Trail to visit the waterfall we'd heard the most about; Hayes Falls. This one was recommended multiple times by local friends on facebook, including the local Outdoor Pursuits teacher at the high school. We'd heard that it was possibly the highest waterfall in the province and that the trials were well-maintained, so we were expecting great things.
Mom had knee surgery this winter and Cindy is waiting patiently for much needed surgery of her own. The trails were well maintained but there were roots everywhere. It was a bit tricky if you had bad knees. Walking sticks and canes were put to good use.
We finally got to the part of the trail where it split and you could go to the top of the falls or the bottom. Unfortunately, the trip to the bottom was very steep and way too treacherous for Cindy, and the view from the top wasn't great. We haven't had a great deal of rain in the past few weeks and the water flow was...kind of uninspiring.
There was a small, mostly stagnant pool at the base as well, about the size of a kiddie wading pool. No one wanted to go in.
Still, it was quite high and it was pretty. I think if we were to go back in the spring with the run-off or after a big rain in the fall it might be more awe-inspiring. The water lines on the rocks and the debris at the edges of the stream suggest a much more powerful display at different times of the year.
The trip back up had me thinking I need a better fitness routine (it probably would have helped if I'd stuck to the trail, but my boys and I decided it would be quicker to climb up our own way) but the view through the trees was enjoyable.
My boy and I were feeling daring, so we sat out on the edge of the falls and enjoyed the view from the top.
We had a light picnic at the top (yay for picnic tables!), explored a little more and then headed back out. We were on a bit of a deadline to get to the strawberry social at church and the hike and the heat were enough for most of us. We did enjoy the adventure and all the nature though! There are varied opinions but I thoroughly enjoyed the day out with family and friends.
Waterfall Verdict: The hike was hard for some, the kids were unimpressed, the bugs were bite-y. The Boy was very clear in declaring this waterfall a "boring, stupid, terrible waste". Harsh! I liked it, but was a little disappointed considering how many people had told us how great it is. I think we'll come back to it next spring and see if more water will improve our collective opinions. In the meantime, we're starting to think our first waterfall may have been the best.
*Everyone who recommends the falls on facebook spells it Hayes with the 'e', but the website we're using as our guide leaves the 'e' off. I have no idea what the "correct" spelling might be.
Immediately after coming home from Guide Camp we dove into a week of Vacation Bible School. The local Presbyterian church hosts with support from the neighbouring United Church and friends from the community all pitch in. Everyone is welcome, and the class I taught had catholics, mormons, united, baptist, presbyterians and kids that happily admitted that they don't go to any church. I'm pretty sure there were more denominations present in the other classes; didn't matter.
Our kids went last year and had a great time. This year I was approached by one of the organizers to help out as a teacher and I optimistically said yes. I had NO idea what I was getting myself into! I had dropped the kids off last year and only stayed to watch a bit on the first and last days. Having never attended such a thing as a child myself, I wasn't really sure what the lessons entailed or how much planning was involved.
I worried needlessly (I usually do). They were super organized and I had a lesson plan for each day with freedom to tweak it as needed. I was really only responsible for my lesson and supervision, the games were run by a bunch of teen volunteers, the crafts were prepared for us and just needed my guidance...all was well. Plus my class agreed that we had the COOLEST classroom ever--couches and a big comfy chair and a coffee table; it was more lounge than classroom and we felt very special.
The Boy had decided that he didn't want to go this year and was trying to get out of it, but we found out just a week before that some of the classes needed to be adjusted and I would be teaching HIS class and suddenly he was good to go. It was pretty flattering to me as a mom that he wanted me to be his teacher (I don't know how much longer that will last) and I had fun getting to be with some of his friends and classmates.
Our theme for the week was "PEACE" and we talked about all the different ways we could be a peaceful people and accept and share God's peace with the world. We had a different word of the day each day; Aloha, Shalom, Agape, Ubuntu, and Heiwa and we talked about what each word meant and how we could add it to our lives. It was really cool and really fun.
On the last day I pulled out my camera a bit; everyone was wearing their VBS t-shirts and having a blast!
"Snack" time. A daily feast!
I have to give a shout-out to my neighbour Barbara from up the road. On the first day we dutifully got up extra early and drove Hubby in to work so we could have the car, then went to pick him up at the end of the day. She found out what we were having to do and drove us the rest of the week. It made our week go so much smoother! Thank you Barb!
A couple funny faces from my class. You can see why I had such a fun time. I hope they ask me back!
The Princess went this year as a junior leader and got to help out with the Kindergarten class. She is now in love with those kids and hopes she gets to help out with them again next year. I think VBS will be on the Summer Bucket List for years to come!
The title of this blog comes from my best friend's mom; who critiqued my high school English journal as "full of superfluous fluff". This is where I embrace all that fluff and share it with you in its pure, unedited, rambling glory.


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I want to assign a personId that is numeric. So person identifier abc will both have Id 1 and def will all have Id 2. How do I do this?
I've tried row num, rank etc, but can't seem to get it to work.
Cheers

A: DENSE_RANK would seem the correct option here.
select PatientId, PersonIdentifier,
DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY PersonIdentifier) as Id
from SomeUnknownTable

You want ranking because you want to assign multiple rows the same values (and this isn't a PARTITIONing situation). And you want dense ranking so that multiple rows assigned the same value don't "consume" additional values behind the scenes.

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View of the home from the street, with privacy fence.
You will step into graceful 1920s mountain living the moment you enter this lovingly restored and renovated cabin. From the gleaming wood floors to the claw foot bath tub, and from the rich pine planking to the comfortable sun room, you will feel welcome. A creek runs across the back of the almost half-acre lot that is shaded by dignified mature trees, and the back yard is flat and offers many nooks and entertaining areas. There is ample parking to the side of the home so feel free to invite guests over to enjoy bbqs on one of the patios or dinner parties in the formal dining room. The main level has a bedroom, bath, living area, dining room, kitchen, and sun room. Downstairs you will find a separate 2 bedroom/2 bath apartment with its own kitchen. If you need storage there is a large finished storage room that includes the laundry hookups. Everything you need is right here, in this home! Very rarely does an offering like this come on the market so be sure to see it today.


Advocacy ad running in the May 7th Wall Street Journal—the day of Gilead's AGM—chides Gilead on the price of its new Hepatitis C medication Sovaldi—$84,000 for a twelve-week course or $1,000 a pill.
At the AGM, a shareholder resolution, 'Patient Access as a Criterion of Executive Compensation,' which was put forth by Gilead shareholder & AHF President Michael Weinstein and would tie a portion of the discretionary compensation for Gilead's CEO John Martin, will be voted on.
IF YOU THINK $1,000 A PILL IS OK STOP READING THIS.
More than 3 million Americans have Hepatitis C. Gilead Sciences' Sovaldi is the latest attempt to gouge every last cent out of our health care system no matter the consequences on public health. Our State and Federal leaders are breaking the bank by paying whatever Gilead and its pharma allies demand without question.
At Gilead's AGM, a shareholder resolution, 'Patient Access as a Criterion of Executive Compensation,' which was put forth by Gilead shareholder & AHF President Michael Weinstein and would tie a portion of the discretionary compensation for Gilead's CEO John Martin, will be voted on.
It's estimated that the government purchases over 70% of drugs used in the United States today for use in programs such as the V.A., Medicare, Medicaid and a number of combined federal/state drug assistance programs. As such, AHF believes the government should also be far more aggressive in its dealing with the industry in order to reduce the taxpayers' burden for the cost of drugs.


Alabama has produced some great wide receivers during the Nick Saban era.
Julio Jones, Amari Cooper and Calvin Ridley have placed their stamp on the Alabama football record books and they are showing the world what they can do in the NFL. Alabama's next wave of great wide receivers happened to be in the same class. The Tide added three explosive wide receivers in their 2017 recruiting class.
Jerry, Jeudy, Henry Ruggs and Devonta Smith have had their fair share of big moments. Jeudy won the Biletnikoff Award, Smith made the catch on 2nd & 26 and Ruggs has been Mr. Reliable with his explosive speed and tough catches. The hole this group could leave in the next year or two has Alabama preparing itself early.
The biggest way the Tide can lessen the blow of losing these guys is to hit the recruiting trail hard for wide receivers in 2020. Nick Saban and company may have hit the jackpot when it comes to timing because this is one of the more talented wide receiver classes. 4-Star wide receivers, Dazalain Worsham and Javier Morton, have given the Tide their verbal commitments, but this wide receiver class is far from done.
5-Star wide receivers, Julian Fleming and Rakim Jarrett, headline this impressive wide receiver class as they compete for the title of the top wide receiver in the nation. Jarrett has heavily considered Alabama since the Tide offered him. He has been taking a close look at Clemson as of late and the Tigers are expected to be in the running late for him. Whoever lands Jarrett, is getting the toughest wide receiver in this class. His hands are soft, he runs his routes hard and he can eat up yardage after the catch.
Fleming is a true deep threat. His speed makes him hard to keep up with. It is only a plus that the Tide have a walk-on commitment from Fleming's high school quarterback, Stone Hollenbach.
Alabama will also have a chance to keep dominating the state of Alabama with the wide receivers that are in this class. Eddie Williams and JJ Evans are names that jump out. Evans turned many heads when he racked up 57 receptions, 1410 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns in nine games.
Williams is a lengthy wide receiver, who Clemson is also recruiting heavily. Alabama missed out on his former teammate and Clemson wide receiver, Justyn Ross. The Tide would like to keep this in-state talent at home. He is a lengthy recruit, who knows how to take advantage of jump balls.
Jermaine Burton, Xzavier Henderson, Deajaun McDougle and Troy Omeiere are some other names to keep an eye out for. It will be interesting to see who the Tide recruits the hardest and how many recruits they intend to bring in.


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Company Results & Forecasts
SSE to pay dividend but predicts a £250 million hit from coronavirus
Perth based energy giant reveals renewable energy generation was down over first quarter
SSE has confirmed it will pay a final dividend this year despite taking a hit of up to £250 million from coronavirus.
The Perth-based energy group said the impact on operating profit for the first quarter was in line with expectations and predicted that it would cost of £150-250 million over the course of the full financial year.
Over the three months to June 30, the company fell short of it projected energy generation targets for onshore and offshore wind, conventional hydro electric and pumped hydro. But output was up year on year at SSE Thermal, its gas-fired energy-from-waste business.
In a trading update, SSE said it would continue with its five-year dividend plan to 2022/23, including an 80p + RPI full-year dividend for 2020/21. In November 2020 it plans to pay a 24.4p interim dividend.
Chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies said: "Throughout the first quarter of 2020/21, our key workers continued to support the national coronavirus response by supporting the safe and reliable supply of electricity.
"Whilst the wider economic implication of the coronavirus continues to impact on the business, we've been investing in the green economic recovery and progressing our £7.5 billion capex plan of low-carbon investments, primarily in renewables and electricity networks.
"At the same time, we are delivering the comprehensive financial plan we set out last month at our full year results, continuing work on our disposal programme and successfully issuing over £1 billion in hybrid bonds.
"Although the key months of our financial year are still ahead of us, the steps we are taking leave us well placed to deliver on our financial objectives of promoting the long-term success of the company and paying dividends."
Retail & ConsumerPrimark owner warns of £1bn sales hit if lockdown is extendedThe company has been forced to close more than 300 stores around the world
Covid-19 project delays cause 20% fall in revenue for Wood Group
Wood GroupChief executive hails resilient financial performance against a challenging backdrop of the pandemic and oil price volatility
Glasgow Airport reveals 'material uncertainties' over its future
Glasgow AirportAccounts for the year prior to the coronavirus crisis already showed profits falling to £45.1m
M&S group revenue falls as sales slump during festive season
Marks & SpencerChief executive hails 'robust trading performance' in the face of volatile Covid headwinds
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A Practical Speech Synthesis System

The Festival Speech Synthesis Systems was developed at the Centre for Speech Technology
Reseach at the University of
Edinburgh in the late 90's.  It offers a free, portable,
language independent, run-time speech synthesis engine for verious
platforms under various APIs.  This book is not about the Festival
system itself, Festival is just the engine that we will use in the
process of building voices, both as a run-time engine for the voices
we build and as a tool in the building process itself.  This chapter
gives a background on the philosophy of the system, its basic use, and
some lower level details on its internals that will make the
understanding of the whole synthesis task easier.

The Festival Speech Synthesis System was designed to target three
particular classes of speech synthesis user.

Speech synthesis researchers: where they may use Festival as a vehicle
for developmeent and testing of new research in synthesis technology.

Speech application developers: where synthesis is not the primary
interest, but Festival will be a substantial sub-component which may
require significant integration and hence the system must be open and
easily configurable.

End user: where the system simple takes text and generates speech,
requiring no or very little configuration from the user.

In the design of Festival it was important that all three classes of
user were served as there needs to be a clear route from research work
to practial usable systems as this not only encourages research to be
focussed but also, as has been shown by the large uptake of the
system, ensures there is a large user community interested in
seeing improvements to the system.

The Festival Speech Synthesis System was built based on the experience
of previous synthesis engines.  Design of a key architecture is
important as what may seem general to begin with can quickly become a
limiting factor, as new and more ambitious techniques are attempted
within it.  The basic architecture of Festival benefited mainly from
previous synthesis engines developed at Edinburgh University,
specifically Osprey [taylor91].  ATR's CHATR
system, [black94] was also a major influence on
Festival, CHATR's original core architecture was also developed by the
same authors as Festival.  In designing Festival, the intention was to
avoid the previous limitations in the utterance
representation and module specification, specifically in avoiding
constraints on the types of modules and dependencies between them.
However even with this intent, Festival went through a number of core
changes before it settled.

The Festival system consists of a set of C++ objects and core methods
suitable for doing synthesis tasks.  These objects include synthesis
specific objects like, waveforms, tracks and utterances as well as
more general objects like feature sets, n-grams, and decision trees.

In order to give parameters and specify flow of control Festival
offers a scripting language based on the Scheme programming language
[Scheme96].  Having a scripting language is one of
the key factors that makes Festival a useful system.  Most of the
techniques in this book for building new voices within Festival can be
done without any changes to the core C++ objects.  This makes
development of new voices not only more accessible to a larger
population or users, as C++ knowledge nor a C++ compiler is necessary,
it also makes the distribution of voices built by these techniques
easy as users do not require any recompilation to use newly created
voices.

Scheme offers a very simple syntax but powerful language for
specifying parameters and simple functions.  Scheme was chosen as its
implementation is small and would not increase the size of the
Festival system unnecessarily.  Also, using an embedded Scheme
component does not increase the requirements for installation as would
the use of say Java, Perl or Python as the scripting language.  Scheme
frightens some people as Lisp based languages have an unfair
reputation for being slow.  Festival's use of Scheme is (in general)
limited to simple functions and very little time is spent in the
Scheme interpreter itself.  Automatic garbage collection also has a
reputation for slowing systems down.  In Festival, garbage collection
happens after each utterance is synthesized and again takes up only a
small amount of time but allows the programmer nor to have to worry
about explicitly freeing memory.

For the most part the third type of user, defined above, will never
need to change any part of the systems (though they usually find
something they want to change, like adding new entries to the
lexicon).  The second level of user typically does most of their
customizing in Scheme, though this is usually just modifying existing
pieces of Scheme in the way that people may add simple lines of Lisp
to their <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.emacs</TT
> file.  It is primarily only the
synthesis research community that has to deal with the C++ end of the
system, though C/C++ interfaces to the systems as a library are also
provided (see the Chapter called Festival Details for more discussions
on APIs).

This chapter covers the basic use of the system and is followed by
more details of the internal structures, particularly the utterance
sturcture, accessing methods and modules.  These later sections are
probabaly more detail than one needs for building standard voices
described in the book, but the is information is necessary when more
ambituous voice building tasks are attempted.

Basic Use

The examples here are given based on a standard installation on a Unix
system as described in the Chapter called Tools Installation, however the
examples are likely to work under any platform Festival supports.

The most simple way to use Festival to speak a file from
the command line, is by the command

festival --tts example.txt

This will speak the text in <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>example.txt</TT
>
using the default voice.

Festival can also read text from <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>stdin</TT
> using
a command like

echo "Hello world" | festival --tts

Festival actually offers two modes, a text mode
and a command mode.  In text mode everything
given to Festival is treated as text to be spoken.  In comamnd mode
everything is treated as Scheme commands and interpreted.

When festival is started with no arguments if goes into interactive
command mode.  There you may type Scheme command and have Festival
interpret them.  For example

$ festival

....

festival>

One simple command is <SAMP
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>SayText</SAMP
> takes
a single string argument and says its contents.

festival> (SayText "Hello world.")

#<Utterance 0x402a9ce8>

festival>

You may select other voices for synthesis by calling the appropriate
function.  For example

festival> (voice_cmu_sls_diphone)

cmu_us_sls_diphone

festival> (SayText "Hello world.")

#<Utterance 0x402f0648>

festival>

Will use a female US English voice (if installed).

The command line interface offers comand line history though the up
and down arrows (ctrl-P and ctrl-N) and editing through standard
emacs-like commands.  Importantly the interface does
function and filename completion too, using the TAB
key.

Any Scheme command may be typed at the command line for example

festival> (Parameter.set 'Duration_Stretch 1.5)

1.5

festival>

Will make all durations longer for the current voice (making the voice
speak slower.

festival> (SayText "a very slow example.")

#<Utterance 0x402f564376>

festival>

Calling any specific voice will reset this value (or you
may do it by hand).

festival> (voice_cmu_us_kal_diphone)

cmu_us_kal_diphone

festival> (SayText "a normal example.")

#<Utterance 0x402e3348>

festival>

The <SAMP
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>SayText</SAMP
> is just a simple function
that takes the given string, constructs an utterance object from is,
synthesizes it and sends the resulting waveform to the audio device.
This isn't really suitable for synthesizing anythign but very short
utterances. The TTS process involves the more complex task of
splitting text streams into utterance synthesizing them and sendthem
to the audio device to they may play as the same time working on the
next utterance to that the audio output is continuous.  Festival does
this through the <SAMP
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>tts</SAMP
> function (which
is what is actually called when Festival is given the <SAMP
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>--tts</SAMP
> argument on the command line.  In Scheme the
<SAMP
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>tts</SAMP
> funciton takes two arguments, a
filename and a mode.  Modes are described in more detail in the Section called TTS modes in the Chapter called Text analysis, and can be used to allow special
processing of text, such as respecting markup or particular styles of
text like email etc.  In simple case the mode will be
<SAMP
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>nil</SAMP
> which denotes the basic raw
or fundamental mode.

festival> (tts "WarandPeace.txt" nil)

t

festival>

Commands can also be stored in files, which is normal when a number
of function definitions and parameter settings are required.  These
scheme files can be loaded by the function
<SAMP
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>SayText</SAMP
> as in

festival> (load "commands.scm")

t

festival>

Arguments to Festival at startup time will normally
be treated as command files and loaded.

$ festival commands.scm

...

festival>

However if the argument starts with a left parenthesis
<SAMP
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>(</SAMP
> the argument is interpreted directly
as a Scheme command.

$ festival '(SayText "a short example.")'

...

festival>

If the <SAMP
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>-b</SAMP
> (batch) option is
specified Festival does not go into interactive mode and exits after
processing all of the given arguments.

$ festival -b mynewvoicedefs.scm '(SayText "a short example.")'

Thus we can use Festival interactively or simple as a batch scripting
language.  The batch format will be used often in the voice building
process though the intereactive mode is useful for testing new voices.

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1. MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD DECEMBER 5, 2018.
2. MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD DECEMBER 19, 2018.
3. MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD DECEMBER 21, 2018.
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Following the appetizer of the two 12" singles "Trinidad (Disco Mix)" [EM1128TEP] and "J'Ouvert" [EM1129TEP], we now serve up the main dish, the fine 1977 album Steel Funk by John Gibbs and the Unlimited Sound of Steel Orchestra, a new addition to our 'EM Steel Pan Series'.
Trinidadian steel-pan player John A. Gibbs studied science at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica where he earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees and formed The Jamaica All Stars Steel Band. This was the start of a dual career in science and music that eventually took him to the United States.
He moved to Philadelphia in the mid-70s and met Philly arranger/producer Louis A. deLise, with whom he collaborated to create a new steel pan music, welding Trinidadian steel music to Philly soul. He researched and advocated a new style of steel pan music, describing the steel pan as an 'omnivibraphone' in his 1978 book The Unit Steel Band, in which he combined his scientific and musical backgrounds to illuminate the physics of the steel pan.
Gibbs' innate musicality comes to the fore on Steel Funk, where he compiles several years of experience with deLise into an appealing Trini-Philly groove union, with the five steel pan players of the Unlimited Sound of Steel Orchestra working in sync with a 30-piece studio orchestra of brass, strings and rhythm. The songs range from Calypso to film theme to pop standard, covers and originals, but Steel Funk is not a chintzy pastiche, it's a glorious unity. We offer this re-release as 'the 2014 version', newly remastered, with improved sound quality, a different track order and new cover art drawn by Yoshihiro Tsuyama/2Yang.
NOTE: All tracks are NOT duplicated on the two 12" singles "Trinidad (Disco Mix)" [EM1128TEP] and "J'Ouvert" [EM1129TEP].
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Liner notes & pics.
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Medical Malpractice on the rise, while patients keep losing cases
Despite Canada's vaunted medical "safety net", our hospital system is not very safe, and injured patients seeking redress face a years-long battle with little chance of winning. On top of that, plaintiffs – as taxpayers – often pay the defendant's bill.
Canada's patient safety performance is below the OECD average of 37 developed countries. Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) 2019 data shows Canada's overall performance aligns with the international average for 32 out of 57 health indicators, but we are below average on 12 indicators and above average on only 13. Tracy Johnson, a Director at CIHI, says, "We are lagging behind OECD countries in areas of patient safety. These are serious issues that are often preventable, and improving our performance in these areas will result in safer care for patients."
Obstetrical trauma rates (tears during vaginal childbirth) are twice the OECD average, and are not improving.
Rates of avoidable complications after surgery, such as lung clots after hip or knee surgery, are 90% higher than the OECD average.
Rates of foreign objects left inside patients after surgery increased by 14% across Canada over 5 years.
Ontario's Auditor General reported in December that nearly seven per cent of patients suffer injury in hospital. "Each year, Ontario hospitals discharge one million people," Bonnie Lysyk said. "Of those, about 67,000 people were harmed during their hospital stay." Ontario's rates of patient harm are second highest in the country, after Nova Scotia.
Hospitals didn't always comply with required safety practices standards.
Nurses fired for incompetence were often hired by other hospitals.
Disciplining doctors can take years and adversely affect hospital budgets. In one instance, a hospital spent $560,000 and took several years to discipline a doctor who had "practice issues." The same physician was also facing disciplinary actions at two other hospitals at the same time, which cost those institutions over $1 million.
The Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) provides liability coverage and legal support to physicians. Their latest annual report shows a general increase in new actions, but a marked decline in resolutions, indicating that cases are taking longer:
The vast majority of legal actions are in Ontario, followed by Quebec, BC and Alberta. Most actions are dismissed, discontinued or abandoned in Ontario, BC and Alberta, while in Quebec they are more likely to be settled or go to trial.
An analysis of 40 years of CMPA data shows that in the late 1970s, roughly 30% of cases that went to trial were decided in favour of the patient. In recent years, however, that figure dropped to closer to 20%, hitting only 13% in 2018.
The CMPA's huge financial assets allow them to mount an aggressive defence that few patients can withstand. Many plaintiff lawyers hesitate to take small cases because they know how costly it can be. "Most … medical malpractice lawyers would not really look at a case that's worth less than $250,000", said Paul Harte, a Richmond Hill lawyer who has worked on both the defence and plaintiff sides. He believes the CMPA's deep pockets allow them to drag out cases for years, causing many frustrated patients to give up.
To add insult to plaintiff injury, the CMPA gets hundreds of millions of dollars every year from provincial governments. About 75 per cent of the CMPA's funding comes from taxpayers.
Doctors do pay an annual fee to the association, but in the late 1980s – to address riding malpractice fees – the doctors' portion was essentially capped, and the remainder paid from provincial treasuries. Today, doctors pay the fee out of pocket but are reimbursed a set amount that varies from province to province. (In some provinces or territories, this can equal the full fee).
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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
import org.joda.time.DateTime;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.kuali.kpme.core.IntegrationTest;
import org.kuali.kpme.tklm.TKLMIntegrationTestCase;
import org.kuali.kpme.tklm.time.service.TkServiceLocator;
import org.kuali.kpme.tklm.time.timeblock.TimeBlockBo;
import org.kuali.kpme.tklm.time.user.pref.UserPreferences;

@IntegrationTest
public class UserPrefTest extends TKLMIntegrationTestCase{
	@Test
	public void testUserPrefFetch() throws Exception{
		UserPreferences userPref = TkServiceLocator.getUserPreferenceService().getUserPreferences("admin");
		Assert.assertTrue("User Pref is valid", userPref!=null && StringUtils.equals(userPref.getTimezone(),"America/Indianapolis"));
	}

	@Test
	public void testTimeZoneTranslate() throws Exception{
		TimeBlockBo tb = new TimeBlockBo();
		tb.setBeginDateTime(new DateTime());
		tb.setEndDateTime(new DateTime());

		List<TimeBlockBo> tbs = new ArrayList<TimeBlockBo>();
		tbs.add(tb);

		//HrServiceLocator.getTimezoneService().translateForTimezone(tbs, DateTimeZone.forID("America/Indianapolis"));
	}

}


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package com.microsoft.azure.management.datafactory.v2018_06_01.implementation;

import com.microsoft.azure.arm.model.implementation.WrapperImpl;
import com.microsoft.azure.management.datafactory.v2018_06_01.IntegrationRuntimeObjectMetadatas;
import rx.functions.Func1;
import rx.Observable;
import com.microsoft.azure.management.datafactory.v2018_06_01.SsisObjectMetadataStatusResponse;
import com.microsoft.azure.management.datafactory.v2018_06_01.SsisObjectMetadataListResponse;

class IntegrationRuntimeObjectMetadatasImpl extends WrapperImpl<IntegrationRuntimeObjectMetadatasInner> implements IntegrationRuntimeObjectMetadatas {
    private final DataFactoryManager manager;

    IntegrationRuntimeObjectMetadatasImpl(DataFactoryManager manager) {
        super(manager.inner().integrationRuntimeObjectMetadatas());
        this.manager = manager;
    }

    public DataFactoryManager manager() {
        return this.manager;
    }

    @Override
    public Observable<SsisObjectMetadataStatusResponse> refreshAsync(String resourceGroupName, String factoryName, String integrationRuntimeName) {
        IntegrationRuntimeObjectMetadatasInner client = this.inner();
        return client.refreshAsync(resourceGroupName, factoryName, integrationRuntimeName)
        .map(new Func1<SsisObjectMetadataStatusResponseInner, SsisObjectMetadataStatusResponse>() {
            @Override
            public SsisObjectMetadataStatusResponse call(SsisObjectMetadataStatusResponseInner inner) {
                return new SsisObjectMetadataStatusResponseImpl(inner, manager());
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public Observable<SsisObjectMetadataListResponse> getAsync(String resourceGroupName, String factoryName, String integrationRuntimeName) {
        IntegrationRuntimeObjectMetadatasInner client = this.inner();
        return client.getAsync(resourceGroupName, factoryName, integrationRuntimeName)
        .map(new Func1<SsisObjectMetadataListResponseInner, SsisObjectMetadataListResponse>() {
            @Override
            public SsisObjectMetadataListResponse call(SsisObjectMetadataListResponseInner inner) {
                return new SsisObjectMetadataListResponseImpl(inner, manager());
            }
        });
    }

}


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