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Academy schools and pupil performance
Stephen Machin
Andrew Eyles
A number of countries have implemented various policies in an attempt to boost the performance of state-maintained schools. This column looks at the latest of these – the academies programme in England. Compared with reforms in other countries, the scale and pace of the academies programme is unprecedented. So far, academy attendance has led to gains in achievement, and the increase in autonomy has enabled schools to boost performance. It is too early, however, to tell whether the early success of sponsored academies will translate into success for the wider programme.
Professor of Economics, Centre for Economic Performance London School of Economics and Political Science
School reforms and boosting performance
A well-functioning compulsory education system is essential to a country's performance, but how is publicly funded education best provided? And how can innovative policies boost the performance of the state-maintained school sector, especially when reaching out to disadvantaged pupils?
Pursuing answers to these questions has led some countries to initiate reforms to their school systems, which have led them away from the conventional 'local' or 'community' school model. For instance, Sweden introduced a voucher system in the early 1990s that enabled pupils to attend privately owned schools ('free' schools) funded by public money. Public schools in municipalities with the largest growth in free schools exhibited positive test score gains relative to similar schools in other municipalities, suggesting that the increased competition brought about by free school growth had a positive impact on public-school performance (see Bergstrom and Sandstrom 2005, Björklund et al. 2005, Bohlmark and Lindahl 2015).
Another significant reform has taken place in the US where, since 1992, charter schools have changed the way many pupils are being educated. Charters are typically newly established schools that enjoy greater autonomy than the rest of the public school system. Like free schools, they are privately owned but publicly funded. While initial evidence on charters was mixed, recent studies, which typically compare individuals who 'win' a place at an oversubscribed charter via lottery with those who 'lose' a place, suggest that charters can improve test scores and impact positively upon medium-term outcomes such as college enrolment (see Abdulkadiroglu et al. 2011, Angrist et al. 2013, Fryer and Dobbie 2014). The positive effects are most pronounced for charters located in urban areas, serving less-privileged students and adhering to the 'no excuses' model, which stresses behavioural norms and work ethic (see Fryer and Dobbie 2013).
While these reforms may appear to be far-reaching – around 16% of Swedish pupils attend free schools, and 2.5 million US pupils attend charters – they pale in comparison to the reforms that have recently been taking place in England.
Academy schools
Introduced in the 2002/03 school year by the Labour government of the time, academy schools enjoy more autonomy than traditional community schools. The original ('sponsored') academies are able to operate outside of local authority control and are managed by a team of independent co-sponsors who delegate management of the school to a largely self-appointed board of governors responsible for hiring staff, performance management, the curriculum, and length of the school day. Unlike most charter schools, academies are typically conversions from pre-existing schools.1
The initial programme was relatively modest in size and aimed at improving performance in failing schools. However, the growth of academies following the election of the coalition government in 2010, which quickly widened the remit of the programme with the Academies Act, has been striking. The Academies Act enabled a wider range of schools to gain academy status; notably, it allowed high-performing schools to convert to an academy without entering into a sponsoring relationship. The result is that 60% of England's secondary schools now have academy status.
While it is too early to assess the impact of the academies programme as a whole, Eyles and Machin (2015) have looked at the effect on test scores of attending one of the 106 sponsored academies that opened between the 2003 and 2009 academic years. As previously noted, the schools that became academies under the Labour government were somewhat atypical. Naïve comparisons of test scores of pupils attending these schools with those attending other state-maintained schools can lead to biased estimates of the causal effect of academy attendance on test scores for two reasons. First, schools that converted in this period were poorly performing schools deemed to be failing. Second, the decision to attend an academy school is non-random, meaning that unobservable characteristics correlated with both academic achievement and the decision to attend an academy may confound the causal effect we wish to estimate.
To avoid these pitfalls, outcomes were compared for pupils who were enrolled in an academy school prior to conversion, but who took their exams in the school post conversion, with pupils attending schools that later became academies under the same Labour government programme. Focusing on students enrolled in the academy before conversion ameliorates concerns related to non-random school choice. Similarly, studying pupils that sit their exams at a school that later becomes an academy as a control group nets out unobservable confounders (e.g. 'ethos' to become an academy) at the school level.
The findings are that academy attendance can lead to sizeable gains in pupil achievement. Figure 1 shows event study estimates of the effect of academy attendance on standardised tests (Key Stage 4, KS4) taken in the final year of compulsory schooling. The y-axis denotes standard deviation changes.
Figure 1. Effect of academy attendance on standardised tests, taken at final year of compulsory schooling
In Figure 1, the academy conversion effect is allowed to vary by the number of years since the academy converted, with the year of conversion denoted as year c.
Therefore, pupils who sit their exams in an academy four years post conversion exhibit test scores that are on average around 0.2 standard deviations higher than pupils in similar schools that become academies later.
Figure 2 splits the academy conversion effect by predecessor school status, that is, according to whether pupils attend a community school that converts to academy status or whether they attend any other type of state-maintained school that converts. The contrast is important because it is community school conversions that led to the greatest gains in autonomy.
Figure 2. Effect of academy attendance on standardised tests, split by predecessor school status
As can be seen, it is pupils who attend community schools that become academies before they sit their final exams who are driving the overall results.
This suggests that large gains in autonomy enable schools to boost performance.
The question of how autonomy is used to improve performance is an important one. The Department for Education's (2014) survey of academy schools sheds light on the question of 'Do Academies Make Use of Their Autonomy?' According to the survey, the most prominent changes are those in school leadership, the procurement of services that were previously provided by the local authority, and curriculum changes. Our research highlights the role of head teacher turnover. In the initial year of becoming an academy, schools are 60% more likely to change their head teacher than schools that have yet to convert.
Given that academy schools now dominate the educational landscape in England, it is natural to ask to what extent the above effects can be meaningfully extrapolated to the surge of academies that opened post-2010. Although the coalition government continued with the sponsored academies programme, most of the growth of the academy sector (almost 80% in the preceding five years) has come from high-performing schools, known as 'converters', voluntarily converting to academy status without entering into a sponsoring relationship.
Along with Olmo Silva (Eyles et al. 2015), we document significant differences between schools that became sponsored academies and those that have opened as converters. We show that post-2010 converter academies are very different in terms of pre-conversion characteristics when compared to schools that become sponsored academies. Prior to conversion, converter academies tend to have high levels of attainment and few pupils eligible for free school meals. On the other hand, those becoming sponsored academies are drawn from the bottom of the attainment distribution and serve many disadvantaged pupils.
Whether the differences between converter academies and sponsored academies are manifested in differences in performance effects is unclear; similarly, the question of the extent to which a successful, but small-scale, intervention can be rolled-out with equal success on an almost national scale remains open.
The academies programme can be seen as the latest in a series of attempts to find innovative schooling strategies that boost the performance of state-maintained schools. Like Sweden and the US, the English education system is moving beyond the traditional state-maintained school. But compared with reforms in those countries, it is doing so on a scale and at a pace that are unprecedented. Whether the early successes of sponsored academies translate into success of the wider programme remains in doubt. What is clear is that the academies programme, and some aspects of its mode of operation, can offer important lessons regarding the optimal provision of state-maintained education.
Abdulkadiroglu A, J Angrist, S Dynarski, T Kane and P Pathak P (2011), "Accountability and Flexibility in Public Schools: Evidence From Boston's Charters and Pilots", Quarterly Journal of Economics, 126, 699-748.
Abdulkadiroglu A, J Angrist, P Hull and P Pathak (2014), "Charters without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston", NBER Working Paper 20792.
Angrist J, S Cohodes, S Dynarski, P Pathak and C Walters (2013), "Stand and Deliver: Effects of Boston's Charter High Schools on College Preparation, Entry and Choice", NBER Working Paper 19275.
Bergstrom F and M Sandstrom (2005), "School Vouchers in Practice: Competition Will Not Hurt You", Journal of Public Economics, 89, 351–80.
Bjorklund A, M Clark, P Edin, P Frederiksson and A Krueger (2005), The Market Comes to Education in Sweden: an Evaluation of Sweden's Surprising School Reforms , Russell Sage Foundation, New York.
Bolhmark A and M Lindahl (2015), "Independent Schools and Long-run Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Sweden's Large-scale Voucher Reform", Economica, 82, 508–551
Department for Education (2014), "Do Academies Make Use of Their Autonomy?" https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/do-academies-make-use-of-their-autonomy
Dobbie W and R Fryer (2013), "Getting Beneath the Veil of Effective Schools: Evidence from New York City", American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 5, 58–75.
Dobbie W and R Fryer (2014), "The Medium-Term Impacts of High-Achieving Charter Schools", Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming
Eyles A and S Machin (2015), "The Introduction of Academy Schools to England's Education", Centre for Economic Performance, Discussion Paper No 1368
Eyles A, S Machin and O Silva (2015), "Academies 2: The New Batch", Centre for Economic Performance, Discussion Paper No 1370.
Fryer R (2014), "Injecting Charter School Best Practices into Traditional Public Schools: Evidence from Field Experiments", Quarterly Journal of Economics, 129, 1355–1407.
[1] Not all charters are new schools; some pre-existing schools in Boston and New Orleans have converted to charter status. The effects of attending a school that subsequently gains charter status are studied in Abdulkadiroglu et al. (2014). In a similar vein, Fryer (2014) looks at the effects of injecting charter school practices into traditional public schools in Houston.
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Why the NHL will not see as big of a dip in Northern Markets
Monday, November 26, 2012 Damian Romano No comments
by Kenny Lindberg
With the announcement of more cancellations of NHL games now into January, more and more fans are becoming worried about the state of the NHL. While this may not of been his hope, Gary Bettman can thank the "Filter Leagues" such as the AHL, ECHL, and Canadian Hockey Leagues for keeping interest in the sport at least in the northern half of the United States, and also Canada.
Fans in Pennsylvania are actually some of the more spoiled fans around with four teams in the state, and also Wheeling which is just a short drive away for those in Southwest PA to go and watch during the lockout. While Penguins fans have the Wheeling Nailers to go and support from a Penguins stand point, they also can take a long weekend and head out to Wilkes-Barre and see the AHL Penguins, and also travel up to Erie to watch some of the more prominent future Penguins come in and take on the Erie Otters. The other teams in the state include the AHL Hershey Bears, and ECHL Reading Royals.
Each of these leagues have seen a boost in attendance due to the lockout, which is showing that fans are not leaving the sport of hockey, rather they are focusing their expendable income on other forms. Also, Penguins staff members such as Bill Guerin, Jason Botterill, Dan Bylsma, and Todd Reirden frequenting these games, to check in on future Pens. For example, in Erie where the arena is under construction, crowds are regularly large, and the number of Penguins jerseys are almost to the point of Erie Otters jerseys on a given night. It also helps that Doug Smith brought the fact that Bylsma, and Guerin among others were in attendance at the second game of the season against London, that has likely helped spark the interest in Erie games amongst Pens fans especially on games Penguins prospects ascend on the Erie Insurance Arena.
The AHL is experiencing one of their most talent rich season in history with the likes of Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Jordan Eberle, Brayden Schenn, and Simon Despres all lacing up their skates in the league, who without the lockout would probably not spend any significant amount of time their unless on a rehab assignment. One quick look at the league standing shows just how deep and youthful most teams in the league are, as you can likely find at least one player on each team who would likely see regular playing time in the NHL and then teams like Oklahoma City who are absolutely loaded with NHL regulars.
Even a league like the ECHL is seeing some unparalleled talent levels as players such as Brandon Dubinsky, Joey Crabb, and Scott Gomez are playing in the league for the Alaska Aces. Even though the Wheeling Nailers do not feature talent like Alaska they still are benefitting by having players such as Reid McNeill, and Adam Payerl who without the lockout would easily be logging time in the AHL.
Luckily for Gary Bettman, the depth that sport has produced in recent years is so great that the sport will not really dip to a point like it did during the last lockout, especially in areas such as Pittsburgh, Buffalo, and Minnesota in the United States, and also any of the current markets in Canada because let's face it no matter what happens, their still hockey crazy up in the Great White North. The real test for the NHL when it does come back is how will the league bounce back in markets like Phoenix, Florida (both Panthers and Lightning), Columbus, and Raleigh which do not feature the quality of play during the lockout as the northern markets do.
Ultimately time will tell how the National Hockey League will recover, but no matter what Gary Bettman should send a big thank you basket to the other leagues who are presently keeping the sport alive and well in the United States currently.

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Q: (iOS)how to make the button and label working? please take a look my code
-(IBAction)clickButton1:(id)sender{
label1.hidden=NO;
button1.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
NSString *sql = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"SELECT * FROM table order by id asc"];
    NSArray *all = [datebase selectData:sql columns:71];
    index = [all count]-1;
    if (index < 0) {
        NSLog(@"no");
    }
    else{
        for(i=0;i<=index;i++){
            NSArray *row = [all objectAtIndex:i];
            NSString *serid = [row objectAtIndex:0];
            NSString *logtime = [row objectAtIndex:1];
            NSString *post =[NSString stringWithFormat:@"?id=%@&logtime=%@",id,ttime];
            NSString *searchTerm = [post stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
            NSString *hostStr = @"http://www.theurl.com/sy.php";
            hostStr = [hostStr stringByAppendingString:searchTerm];
            NSData *dataURL =  [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL: [NSURL URLWithString: hostStr]];
            NSString *serverOutput = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:dataURL encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding];
            if([serverOutput isEqualToString:@"1"]){
                if (i==index) {
                    NSLog(@"success");
                }
            }
            else {
                NSLog(@"error");
            }
        }
    }
   }

i use the code,and clicked the button, but the label is still hidden, and so to the button1, but if i move the code only left
 -(IBAction)clickButton1:(id)sender{
label1.hidden=NO;
button1.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
  }

ok they work, so what's wrong with my code? can anybody help me? many thanks

A: USE NSLog(@"bla bla bla") for trace, like this:
-(IBAction)clickButton1:(id)sender {
    NSLog(@"bla bla bla")
    label1.hidden=NO;
    button1.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
}

to check connection with label1 and button1 in IB. (outlets)

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Born in Missouri, entertainer Dick Van Dyke was raised in Danville, Illinois, where repeated viewings of Laurel & Hardy comedies at his local movie palace inspired him to go into show business. Active in high school and community plays in his teens, Van Dyke briefly put his theatrical aspirations aside upon reaching college age. He toyed with the idea of becoming a Presbyterian minister; then, after serving in the Air Force during World War II, opened up a Danville advertising agency. When this venture failed, it was back to show biz, first as a radio announcer for local station WDAN, and later as half of a record-pantomime act called The Merry Mutes (the other half was a fellow named Philip Erickson). While hosting a TV morning show in New Orleans, Van Dyke was signed to a contract by the CBS network. He spent most of his time subbing for other CBS personalities and emceeing such forgotten endeavors as Cartoon Theatre. After making his acting debut as a hayseed baseball player on The Phil Silvers Show, Van Dyke left CBS to free-lance. He hosted a few TV game shows before his career breakthrough as co-star of the 1959 Broadway review The Girls Against the Boys. The following year, he starred in the musical comedy Bye Bye Birdie, winning a Tony Award for his portrayal of mother-dominated songwriter Albert Peterson (it would be his last Broadway show until the short-lived 1980 revival of The Music Man). In 1961, he was cast as comedy writer Rob Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show, which after a shaky start lasted five seasons and earned its star three Emmies.He made his movie bow in the 1963 filmization of Bye Bye Birdie, then entered into a flexible arrangement with Walt Disney Studios. His best known films from that era include Mary Poppins (1964), Lt. Robin Crusoe, USN and The Comic, in which he played an amalgam of several self-destructive silent movie comedians. His TV specials remained popular in the ratings, and it was this fact that led to the debut of The New Dick Van Dyke Show in 1971. Despite the creative input of the earlier Dick Van Dyke Show's maven Carl Reiner, the later series never caught on, and petered out after three seasons. A chronic "people pleaser," Van Dyke was loath to display anger or frustration around his co-workers or fans, so he began taking solace in liquor; by 1972, he had become a full-fledged alcoholic. Rather than lie to his admirers or himself any longer, he underwent treatment and publicly admitted his alcoholism -- one of the first major TV stars ever to do so. Van Dyke's public confession did little to hurt his "nice guy" public image, and, now fully and permanently sober, he continued to be sought out for guest-star assignments and talk shows. In 1974, he starred in the TV movie The Morning After, playing an ad executive who destroys his reputation, his marriage and his life thanks to booze. After that Van Dyke, further proved his versatility when he began accepting villainous roles, ranging from a cold-blooded wife murderer in a 1975 Columbo episode to the corrupt district attorney in the 1990 film Dick Tracy. He also made several stabs at returning to weekly television, none of which panned out--until 1993, when he starred as Dr. Mark Sloan in the popular mystery series Diagnosis Murder. He made a few more movie appearances after Diagnosis Murder came to an end, most notably as a retired security guard in the hit family film Night at the Museum. As gifted at writing and illustrating as he is at singing, dancing and clowning, Van Dyke has penned two books, Faith, Hope and Hilarity and Those Funny Kids. From 1992 to 1994, he served as chairman of the Nickelodeon cable service, which was then sweeping the ratings by running Dick Van Dyke Show reruns in prime time. Van Dyke is the brother of award-winning TV personality Jerry Van Dyke, and the father of actor Barry Van Dyke.
After Van Gogh's death, memorial exhibitions were held in Brussels, Paris, The Hague and Antwerp. His work was shown in several high-profile exhibitions, including six works at Les XX; in 1891 there was a retrospective exhibition in Brussels.[265] In 1892 Octave Mirbeau wrote that Van Gogh's suicide was an "infinitely sadder loss for art ... even though the populace has not crowded to a magnificent funeral, and poor Vincent van Gogh, whose demise means the extinction of a beautiful flame of genius, has gone to his death as obscure and neglected as he lived."[263]
He incorporated his children and grandchildren into his TV endeavors. Son Barry Van Dyke, grandsons Shane Van Dyke and Carey Van Dyke along with other Van Dyke grandchildren and relatives appeared in various episodes of the long-running series Diagnosis: Murder. Although Stacy Van Dyke was not well known in show business, she made an appearance in the Diagnosis: Murder Christmas episode "Murder in the Family" (season 4) as Carol Sloan Hilton, the estranged daughter of Dr. Mark Sloan.
After the altercation with Gauguin, Van Gogh returned to his room, where he was assaulted by voices and severed his left ear with a razor (either wholly or in part; accounts differ),[note 9] causing severe bleeding.[142] He bandaged the wound, wrapped the ear in paper, and delivered the package to a woman at a brothel Van Gogh and Gauguin both frequented.[142] Van Gogh was found unconscious the next morning by a policeman and taken to hospital,[145][146] where Félix Rey, a young doctor still in training, treated him. The ear was delivered to the hospital, but Rey did not attempt to reattach it as too much time had passed.[140]
The same thing happened at the Church of Belgium: In the winter of 1878, van Gogh volunteered to move to an impoverished coal mine in the south of Belgium, a place where preachers were usually sent as punishment. He preached and ministered to the sick, and also drew pictures of the miners and their families, who called him "Christ of the Coal Mines."
In Paris in 1901 a large Van Gogh retrospective was held at the Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, which excited André Derain and Maurice de Vlaminck, and contributed to the emergence of Fauvism.[269] Important group exhibitions took place with the Sonderbund artists in Cologne in 1912, the Armory Show, New York in 1913, and Berlin in 1914.[273] Henk Bremmer was instrumental in teaching and talking about Van Gogh,[274] and introduced Helene Kröller-Müller to Van Gogh's art; she became an avid collector of his work.[275] The early figures in German Expressionism such as Emil Nolde acknowledged a debt to Van Gogh's work.[276] Bremmer assisted Jacob Baart de la Faille, whose catalogue raisonné L'Oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh appeared in 1928.[277][note 15]
Van Gogh strove to be a painter of rural life and nature,[212] and during his first summer in Arles he used his new palette to paint landscapes and traditional rural life.[213] His belief that a power existed behind the natural led him to try to capture a sense of that power, or the essence of nature in his art, sometimes through the use of symbols.[214] His renditions of the sower, at first copied from Jean-François Millet, reflect Van Gogh's religious beliefs: the sower as Christ sowing life beneath the hot sun.[215] These were themes and motifs he returned to often to rework and develop.[216] His paintings of flowers are filled with symbolism, but rather than use traditional Christian iconography he made up his own, where life is lived under the sun and work is an allegory of life.[217] In Arles, having gained confidence after painting spring blossoms and learning to capture bright sunlight, he was ready to paint The Sower.[208]
Van Dyke publicly endorsed Bernie Sanders as his choice for the Democratic candidate in the 2016 US presidential election. Van Dyke, a New Deal Democrat, had not actively campaigned for a candidate since Eugene McCarthy in 1968.[59] In July 2016, Van Dyke said of Donald Trump, "He has been a magnet to all the racists and xenophobes in the country, I haven't been this scared since the Cuban Missile Crisis. I think the human race is hanging in a delicate balance right now, and I'm just so afraid he will put us in a war. He scares me."[60]
Ill from drink and suffering from smoker's cough, in February 1888 Van Gogh sought refuge in Arles.[14] He seems to have moved with thoughts of founding an art colony. The Danish artist Christian Mourier-Petersen became his companion for two months, and at first Arles appeared exotic. In a letter, he described it as a foreign country: "The Zouaves, the brothels, the adorable little Arlésienne going to her First Communion, the priest in his surplice, who looks like a dangerous rhinoceros, the people drinking absinthe, all seem to me creatures from another world."[114]
Van Dyke had four children with his first wife, Margie. The pair lived separate lives for years, before officially divorcing in 1984. The actor became involved with Michelle Triola, an ex-girlfriend of Lee Marvin, in the late 1970s. Trioia had been working as Van Dyke's agent's secretary when they first met. Van Dyke stayed with Triola for nearly 30 years, until her death in 2009. In March 2012, the 86-year-old actor wed 40-year-old makeup artist Arlene Silver.
Van Gogh's stylistic developments are usually linked to the periods he spent living in different places across Europe. He was inclined to immerse himself in local cultures and lighting conditions, although he maintained a highly individual visual outlook throughout. His evolution as an artist was slow, and he was aware of his painterly limitations. He moved home often, perhaps to expose himself to new visual stimuli, and through exposure develop his technical skill.[224] Art historian Melissa McQuillan believes the moves also reflect later stylistic changes, and that Van Gogh used the moves to avoid conflict, and as a coping mechanism for when the idealistic artist was faced with the realities of his then current situation.[225]
Conflicts arose between the brothers. At the end of 1886 Theo found living with Vincent to be "almost unbearable".[108] By early 1887, they were again at peace, and Vincent had moved to Asnières, a northwestern suburb of Paris, where he got to know Signac. He adopted elements of Pointillism, a technique in which a multitude of small coloured dots are applied to the canvas so that when seen from a distance they create an optical blend of hues. The style stresses the ability of complementary colours – including blue and orange – to form vibrant contrasts.[87][108]
In the best of all worlds the producers would take some responsibility for the kinds of things they're putting out. Unfortunately, they don't. And then I-- they keep saying we can't have our First Amendment rights abridged and we can't have censorship. Well we had it back in the Hays days [Production Code Administration, headed by 'Will H. Hays', the official Hollywood censor office], in the Johnson office days. And I think they should--maybe the American people might bring it back if things get bad enough.
It took Walt twenty years to talk Travers [P.L. Travers, author of the Mary Poppins novels] into giving him the rights for the picture and then she fought him tooth and nail all the way through it. She hated me, she hated Julie Andrews, she didn't think either one of us were right. After the premiere she met Walt in the lobby and said, 'All the animation has to go.' Walt said, 'Pamela, the boat has sailed.'
In these series, Van Gogh was not preoccupied by his usual interest in filling his paintings with subjectivity and emotion; rather the two series are intended to display his technical skill and working methods to Gauguin,[134] who was about to visit. The 1888 paintings were created during a rare period of optimism for the artist. Vincent wrote to Theo in August 1888, "I'm painting with the gusto of a Marseillais eating bouillabaisse, which won't surprise you when it's a question of painting large sunflowers ... If I carry out this plan there'll be a dozen or so panels. The whole thing will therefore be a symphony in blue and yellow. I work on it all these mornings, from sunrise. Because the flowers wilt quickly and it's a matter of doing the whole thing in one go."[243]


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How Do I Measure the Area of a Room in Square Feet?
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The area of a square or rectangular room can be calculated in square feet by measuring the length and width of the room in feet and multiplying the two numbers. The calculation of the area of a room depends on its shape, according to Math Is Fun.
For a triangular room, measure the floor and height in feet. Multiply these together and divide the result by two; the result is the area of the triangular room. To find the area of a circular room, measure the number of feet from a point on the wall to the center of the room to determine the radius. Multiply the radius by 3.14, and the result is the square footage of the room. For a half-circle room, divide the total area by two. Using these methods or a combination of them, the area of a room can be determined no matter its shape.
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Are you getting bored with your morning smoothie?
These Healthy Pancakes will be sure to please even the pickiest eaters. Nothing smells better on these fall mornings than these healthy pancakes cooking and warm pure maple syrup!
So next time you or your little one isn't keen on drinking their morning smoothie, give this recipe a shot.


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Sanjay Dutt will watch Rajkumar Hirani's Sanju only after its release
Rajkumar Hirani's upcoming film 'Sanju', a film based on the colourful life of Sanjay Dutt, will have the actor to watch the film after its release. The trailer which is high on emotions talking about the shocking life of the actor has left Sanjay nostalgic and emotional.
The uncanny resemblance of Ranbir Kapoor in the lead role as Sanjay Dutt has stunned the audiences who're waiting to witness the latter's life on big screen with bated breath.
Sanju was conceived after 200 hours of audio recordings of unfiltered conversations between Rajkumar Hirani and Sanjay Dutt. The actor who is known to own up to all his controversies narrated his life stories to the filmmaker unabashed. The hours of conversation led Rajkumar Hirani to explore the possibility of making a film based on the colourful life of Sanjay Dutt. When the director approached Sanju to make an uncensored biopic, Sanjay agreed instantly.
Sanjay Dutt and Rajkumar Hirani
An emotional Sanjay has decided to watch the film only when it releases in theatres. He wants to relive his life as an audience. There are a lot of instances of his life that he is looking forward to watching, especially the memories with his parents.
Sanju Poster – Ranbir Kapoor as Sanjay Dutt and Manisha Koirala as Nargis Dutt
Sanju Poster- Ranbir Kapoor as Sanjay Dutt with his father Sunil Dutt played by Paresh Rawal
Right after the release of the trailer, Sanjay Dutt was inundated with multiple phone calls in the response of his unbelievable life story. Friends and well-wishers were surprised to learn about the lesser known instances about the life of Sanjay.
Rajkumar Hirani has been time and again treating the audience with posters which has stirred curiosity and anticipation amongst the audience to watch the film on the screen.
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Written and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, the film will also stars an ensemble cast in addition to Ranbir Kapoor which includes Paresh Rawal, Manisha Koirala, Vicky Kaushal, Sonam Kapoor and Dia Mirza amongst others.
Produced by Vinod Chopra Films and Rajkumar Hirani Films in association with Fox Star Studios. 'Sanju' is all set to be released on 29th June 2018
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On Sunday on ABC, the Whole Country Gets to See Injured DPD Officer's Brand-New Home
Danny Fulgencio
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Danny Fulgencio | October 16, 2009 | 4:43pm
Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of the day Dallas Police Lt. Carlton Marshall took a bullet in his neck during a narcotics raid in Oak Cliff. Extreme spinal damage, hearing loss and a stroke still limit Marshall's mobility. To make matters worse, shortly after Marshall's injury, his daughter began suffering from seizures. Coupled with those blows, their home's sinking foundation, a snake infestation and a sputtering septic tank on the lawn made the four-member Marshall family's existence a made-for-TV tragedy in need of a happy ending.
Enter ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. In blistering July heat Fort Worth-based Cheldan Homes, the cast of EM:HE and some local law-enforcement officers built a 4,080-square foot home for the Marshalls in just six days. That week has been condensed into an hour's worth of television: Sunday night at 7 on WFAA-Channel 8, the Marshalls' new home makes it national debut.
Musician Trace Adkins played celebrity volunteer for the construction. "He worked real hard," Marshall said at this afternoon's press conference at the Dallas Police Department HQ. He then said that during the thick of a sweltering summer, Adkins was encouraged to take a break -- at which point the performer said, "What, do I look tired?"
Marshall still works as an office manager for the South Central Division. He performs multiple tasks, including assistance for detective training issues.
Though he's forced to wear a cochlear implant and often uses a walker, Marshall hopes to graduate to crutches. At the conference, Marshall and his wife, Susan, smiled broadly before cameras and reporters. Score one for television. The teaser for Sunday night's episode is below.


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Although Pterosaurs are not technically dinosaurs it is still important to acknowledge their existence during the Mesozoic Era. I would not feel right running a blog about dinosaurs without including the iconic Pterodactyl in it. This fear inspiring, flying creature lived in slightly different forms during all of the Mesozoic Era (livescience.com). Pterosaurs, or pterodactyls as we know them, belong to the taxonomic order Pterosauria (livescience.com). All flying reptiles during the Mesozoic Era belonged to this order and were, in fact not dinosaurs. They were, however, the first vertebrates to fly (Brittanica.com).
This blog post goes out to you, Pterosaurs. Thank you for dealing with us commoners frequently misidentifying you as dinosaurs or birds. Thank you for having that silent 'P' – it has inspired many jokes and helped me win a spelling contest. Thank you for striking fear into the hearts of all of Jurassic Park's (fictional) visitors. Most importantly though, thank you for being so gosh darn cool.
*Please excuse me Pterosaurs, I am not a skilled enough poet to write an Ode to Pterosaurs.
**Many modern birds descended from dinosaurs, but the Mesozoic Era dinosaur could, fortunately, not fly (livescience.com).
This was absolutely eye-opening. Thank you for this beautiful ode to pterosaurs lovers everywhere. I hope to continue broadening my knowledge on dinosaurs through your blog.
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Don't get caught up in all the statistical information out there about the effects of divorce on children. None of the available statistics are going to tell you how your child is going to react.
The first year following a divorce is hardest on everyone. It's the first "everything," including summer vacation, Christmas and birthdays -- without an intact family unit. It gets easier as everyone settles into a new normal routine.
Very young children may feel confused or frightened at having to travel between two homes. School-age children may blame themselves for the divorce -- especially if the parents fought over issues related to their upbringing. Teenagers may act out socially or withdraw. They may even choose sides. You have to tailor your reaction not only to your individual child but to his or her age group. Be willing to seek professional help if the situation seems over your head or out of control.
This is probably the number one thing you can do to minimize the stress your child feels over your divorce. Don't say negative things about their other parent in their hearing. Help your child maintain a healthy relationship with your ex-spouse. Approach all co-parenting situations the same way you'd approach a business meeting and stick to what's important: your child.
Whenever possible, give your child some say over the parenting schedule or routine. Make sure that he or she knows they can call the other parent at any time. Encourage your child to ask questions and talk about his or her feelings.
Ultimately, you can guide your child through the difficult days following the divorce the same way you guide your child through anything: patiently. If you have more questions about divorce, professional guidance is available.


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Remembrance Sunday 8th November 2020
Remembrance Sunday in the Benefice
There will be an Act of Remembrance this Sunday 8 November in the form of a short, simple Outdoor Service at St.George's at 10.45am.
Everyone welcome but please respect everyone's space
An on-line service is still available thanks to the Revd's Jim and Barbara Hobbs and can be accessed by visiting the "Services" page
A Message from the Diocese of Chichester
A video will be made available for this weekend on our website and socials featuring chaplains from across the Diocese reflecting on the ways in which Remembrance Day will be celebrated differently this year, along with a prayer for this time. Remembrance Sunday commemorations have been subject to a lot of uncertainty this week, with the decision by the government to impose new restrictions.
After it was initially suggested that all services would have to be live streamed, the government announced in the House of Commons on Monday that outdoor services could take place as long as they were subject to social distancing.
Resources available for parishes without a streamed service.
Chichester Cathedral will be streaming a Remembrance Sunday service. Which can be watched here or via the Cathedral website here.
BBC television will be broadcasting the national Remembrance Sunday observances from the Cenotaph. See BBC Television schedules for Sunday morning.
Songs of Praise on Sunday is on BBC1 at 1315 presented by Aled Jones featuring Remembrance Sunday hymns.
The Royal British Legion have lots of resources available here


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Q: Form input correction & database query- Codeigniter I'm re-creating a registration for my website using Codeigniter. On my previous page, I did it in simple PHP and HTML. Now that I'm trying to recreate it in Codeigniter I seem to be running into difficulties.
The following code is a function that is called to validate an email address that the user puts in. It is supposed to query the database and check if the email already exists. If it does, print an error message, if not, everything is hunky dory.
function email_check($str)
    {
       $num = $this->db->count_all("SELECT email FROM mytable WHERE email='$str'");
        if ($num > 0)
        {
            $this->validation->set_message('username_check', 'Email already in use');
            return FALSE;
        }
        else
        {
            return TRUE;
        }
    }

However, I keep on getting MySQL errors. Along the lines of

Error Number: 1064
You have an error in your SQL syntax;

or
alternatively when I use
function email_check($str)
    {
      $database_email_check = ("SELECT email FROM myTable WHERE email='$str'");
      $email_check = $this->db->query($database_email_check);
      $num = mysql_num_rows($email_check);
        if ($num > 0)
        {

            $this->validation->set_message('username_check', 'Email already in use');
            return FALSE;
        }
        else
        {
            return TRUE;
        }
    }
}

gives the error

mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource

Any help would be appreciated. Including a facepalm and correction in my code.
I'm convinced it's something stupid that I just can't see.
Thanks

A: The function you're looking for is count_all_results, and you are only supposed to put the table name as your parameter for count_all_results.
$this->db->where('email', $str);
$num = $this->db->count_all_results('mytable');

See CodeIgniter's Active Record page for more info


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When Thomas Malone returns to Shetland after 23 years in jail for a crime he swears he didn't commit, Detective Investigator Perez must re-open a murder investigation.
Thursday 8.50pm on ABC and iview.
Douglas Henshall, Alison O'Donnell, Steven Robertson, Mark Bonnar, Erin Armstrong
The murder investigation takes Perez and Tosh to Glasgow as they try to uncover the reasons behind Maguire's brutal death. But old ghosts return to haunt Perez as his enemies try to prevent him from getting to the truth.
This episode was published 14 Jul 2019. It was available until Tue 13 Aug 2019.


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Liam steps into his office a bright smile across his face. His phone sounds a text.
Picking it up he smirks, seeing Aria sent him a picture of her Gatorade with a message that read, "Rehydrating for tonight. ;)"
Liam coughs nervously as he loosens his tie.
He types back, "Are you saying what I think you're saying?"
She smirks as she types back, "Tonight, my love. Your place?"
Liam smirks. "Yes. Yes. And Yes. I'll pick you up at 8?"
Aria smiles excitedly as she answers, "Perfect, I can't wait!"
"Me either love, you have no idea," he replies.
"Here's something to hold you over…"she types back as she sends him a seductive photo of her in her black lingerie.
"I'll see you on my lunch break. ;)" he responds, laughing to himself.
Aria smirks, "Don't mess with me! You know you're probably planning on working through lunch." she types back.
"Am I that predictable, love?" he types with a chuckle.
Aria laughs as she sends, a ";)"
Liam smirks as he goes to answer back but gets rudely interrupted by his office door bursting open. Startled, Liam looks up to find his mother Gertrude standing before him, as Anne stands nearby, "My apologies, Mr. Whitmore, I tried to tell her you were busy. But-"
"That's alright Anne, I know how persistently hostile she can be," he says glaring at his mother as he stalks past her shutting the door. Anne sits back at her desk as she and Marco exchange worried looks.
"She! She! I am your mother. I will not be demoted to a simple pronoun. You have been ignoring my calls, my emails, and my texts….all because of THIS! HER!" she says throwing a magazine into his hands.
Liam looks down and sees the headline, "Manhattan's Favorite Bachelor Finds Himself in a Steamy Foreign Exchange." As two pictures of him and Aria in a heated make-out session are displayed.
He sighs, feeling violated.
"This is none of your business, mother. Aria and I are none of your business."
"None of my business. Liam, you are a Whitmore. And Whitmores do not settle. We do not marry beneath us. You cannot be serious about this girl. You haven't brought a girl home in years but THIS is who you end up going after. She is NOT suitable for you."
"Not suitable for me? Mother listen to yourself. I am 32 years old, I think I have the right to make my own choices concerning my own love life."
"You clearly need help…because you are acting like a boy! It's time you grew up and finally take your responsibilities seriously. This company is yours! Your father's family built it from the ground up. All with the intentions that one day you would take it on as your own."
"And I have mother. I have taken it on for my entire adult life. But I was never asked if I wanted to. Have you ever considered that maybe, just maybe this isn't what I wanted? That maybe I have other dreams?"
"Like what? Those little drawings you used to do?"
"They were paintings. I love painting mother, and I've been told that I'm pretty good. Considering I've been around art my whole life, I kind of have a decent handle on it."
"Liam. I appreciate your honesty. But think logically."
"I finally am, mother. Logically speaking, I am finally realizing it doesn't help me live a life worth living if I'm just feeding into someone else's dream for me. Your dream for me."
"And where has this new realization come from…this Aria girl?"
"Partly yes, but I have to be honest with you mother, it's always been there. I was just so afraid of letting you down that I kept up this charade. Especially, after dad passed, it became like a sealed fate. I knew with you and Sky at odds, I knew I was all you had. But seeing Sky go after her dream and watching her pave her own path, I just realized she is the bravest person I've ever known. She shouldn't be punished for that. For loving music, and for being good at it! And I shouldn't be punished for loving creating art either. Our whole lives you've pushed us to be people we're not. I can't do it anymore. I'm not trying to hurt you mother. I don't like fighting with you. I'm just finally speaking my truth."
Gertrude's face falls, the wrinkles in her face evident. Bags under her eyes. Her stern steady and cold. She lets out a sarcastic laugh.
"How quickly you selfish children forget."
"All those years your father and I spent, putting you in the best schools, giving you anything and EVERYTHING you could have possibly wanted. Expensive cars, vacations, parties with the elite and THIS is how you both repay us. Me. Your father is probably rolling in his grave right now."
Liam stares at his mother in disbelief, "When did you get this bitter mother," he says his tone low, dark, laced with pain and anger.
Gertrude turns on her heel and walks to the door, she turns back to hit him with one last carefully planted cruel remark, "I hope this girl is worth ruining your life over." As she stalks out of the room, her head held high, her heels clicking against the black and white tiled office floor. Everyone around her scurrying away.
Liam let's out a heavy breath as he slinks into his office chair.
Anne cautiously eases her way into his office as she closes the door behind her.
"Mr. Whitmore…I'm so sorry-"
"Anne, it is not even close to being your fault," he says sighing and shaking his head.
"Are you, alright? Can I get you anything?" she asks.
"How about a bottle of whiskey," he says with a slight chuckle.
"Bottom right draw," Anne says with a small smile as she leaves his office, closing the door behind her.
Liam opens it, and laughs, and he grabs it, taking a swig, he makes a wincing face.
Aria finishes her routine as her song ends. She laughs with a sigh of relief.
"Finally. I've got a real routine. Thank you GOD!" she says throwing her hands up and doing a little dance.
She walks over to the radio to shut it off and checks her phone.
"Oh my god, I have to hurry, Liam is picking me up soon!" she says to herself as she rushes out of the rehearsal space.
Aria looks in the mirror dressed in a black lacey lingerie set. She turns checking herself out. She smiles as she sprays some perfume on her chest and steps into a pair of high black heels. Fluffing her lightly curled locks, she touches up her red lipstick. Aria grabs her trusty little black dress and pulls it on.
Aria sits in her apartment, checking her phone constantly. Nothing from Liam.
"Ok. Don't freak out Aria. He's probably just running late. He'll be here," she says trying to calm her insecurities.
"Ok now, I'm getting worried, what if something happened." she says to herself as she grabs her phone to dial Liam's number.
His phone goes to voicemail after a few short rings.
"This guy thinks he is standing me up! Think again" she says angrily as she stands up and storms out of her apartment.
Aria storms into Liam's office with more fury then a woman scorned.
But her anger is brought to a crashing halt when she sees him passed out on his desk, an opened bottle of whiskey sitting on his desk.
She sighs as she walks over to him, she shakes him gently.
"Liam?" she says. Liam doesn't move.
"Liam!" she whispers forcefully in his ear.
"Ah, no please, not too loud, my brain is pounding," he says grabbing his head.
"Yea I bet," she says leaning against his desk, as she folds her arms. Her glare in place.
Liam looks up once he hears her voice, "Aria, love. Oh my god! What time is it?" he says looking around, confused.
Aria takes his wrist and shows him his watch- 10:45.
"Oh love, I am so sorry."
"Yea, me too," she says shaking her head.
"I didn't mean to miss our date, love…"
"Liam, what happened?" she says confused.
"My mother stopped by-"
"Wow. Ok, so this is how you deal with that. Getting wasted at work?" she says rolling her eyes, "Good to know," she says starting to walk to the door.
"Would you just wait? You never let me explain. You just make your own conclusion and you run."
"Quite frankly, I am tired of your explanations."
"Ok, fine. Leave. Everybody does," he says grabbing the bottle of whiskey and chugging it again.
Aria watches him as her face softens, she walks back over to him, taking the bottle from his hands.
Liam looks up at her, confused yet broken.
"What happened Liam?" she asks concerned.
"You don't have to pretend to care, the door is right there love," he says standing unsteadily.
Aria catches him as he loses his footing.
"Ok, you know what -let's get you home." she says grabbing his briefcase and his phone.
Aria and Liam exit the building, Liam's sleek black car parked right outside. His driver rushes out to give her a hand.
"What happened?" he asks worried.
"Your guess is as good as mine," she says.
"I was just about to check on him, he usually works late but not this late!" his driver says.
"So this is not a regular occurrence then?" Aria asks as they get Liam into the back seat of the car.
"No. Mr. Whitmore is more of a social drinker. Never drinks on the job."
Aria nods.
"Can we drop you somewhere on the way?" he asks kindly.
"Um actually I think I'm going to stay with him. Just to make sure he's ok." Aria says climbing in after Liam.
Liam wakes up on his couch, his head pounding, his apartment dark and silent. He goes to get up, and grabs his head, wincing.
Finally his eyes adjust to the darkness as he sees Aria sleeping in his nearby love seat.
He smiles slightly and quietly walks over to her, kneeling down he strokes her legs softly with his hands, "Aria," he whispers.
Her eyes flutter open, as she sees him kneeled before her, "Hey," she says cupping his face. "How are you feeling?" she says her eyes focusing on him, her face worried.
"Not great. What happened?" he says confused.
"You really don't remember anything?" she says.
"I assume alcohol was involved, but I'm not much of a drinker so I'm kind of…yea details are a little hazy," he says confused.
"Well…" she says getting up and taking his hand leading them to a seat on the couch as she clicks on a lamp.
"We were supposed to have our…special….sexy….night…"
"That I remember," he says smirking.
"Well that didn't really happen."
"I missed it?" he says sadly.
"Oh yea," she says her eyes widening. "You were supposed to pick me up for 8 and time just kept slipping by and you never showed. At first I just figured you were running late at work, then I was worried something happened, but then I got in my head and decided that maybe you were standing me up."
"I wouldn't do that," he says taking her hand in his.
"I don't know, I just got so mad at you and I went to your office, and there you were passed out with a bottle of whiskey."
"Oh lord, yes, that um, that sounds vaguely familiar," he says stroking his scruffy chin, as he winces in embarrassment.
"Do you remember why you all of the sudden decided to drink?" she asks.
"My mother stopped by." he says rolling his eyes.
"You did mention that," she says. "What did she want?"
"She came to discuss her disappointment in me. How I should be falling in line and doing what is expected of me." Liam says looking away.
"Oh Liam-" she says cupping his face.
"She also came to show me…this," he says reaching into his briefcase and pulling out the magazine.
Aria takes it and reads the headline.
"Wow!" she says her eyes wide, "we look hot," she says smiling up at him.
Liam looks at her confused, "Wait you're not mad? I thought you'd be offended. I know I was. And I'm used to having my picture in the papers."
"I mean look, I'm not thrilled to have my private life plastered across the cover of a cheap tabloid. But I mean it was bound to happen. You are part of rich elite society. And the headline, at least it's clever, right? You have to give them credit for trying." she says shrugging and tossing the magazine on his coffee table.
Liam laughs as he lets out a sigh.
"Did you really think I would hold this against you? I mean it's not your fault."
"I just didn't know how you'd take it? I didn't know if you'd feel like it was too much to deal with and walk away."
Aria looks down, suddenly ashamed. She exhales, annoyed.
"What?" he says worried.
"I completely understand why you felt that way. I run. A lot. When it comes to feeling anything even remotely romantic, I run. It's sad that you already know that about me. I mean even last night after finding you like that, I just wrote the end of the story myself and decided you were an alcoholic who couldn't be trusted and almost didn't let you explain."
"Wow. Ok, well I'm not an alcoholic. Just to clarify. I just had a bad day, and drank on an empty stomach. But I can see how it would look bad. But I'm glad you stuck around. Even though I don't exactly remember how I got you to stay." he says smirking.
"You showed me a little vulnerability," she says shrugging.
"What does that mean?" he asks starring into her eyes, as he strokes her cheek, she leans in placing a kiss on his lips.
"In the midst of calling me out for always running off, you sort of implied that you've been left by a lot of people. And just the way you said it, it broke my heart. I knew I couldn't leave you that way."
Liam nods, clearing his throat, he looks away, his hands pulling away from her as he stands up.
"Well um, thank you again, love. I appreciate it. And I am so sorry about missing our night. I will make it up to you," he says looking at her.
"I know you will." she says smiling as she stands up, she kisses him.
"You look ravishing by the way," whispers against her lips, before kissing her again, his hands pulling her waist toward him.
Aria laughs, "You should see what I'm wearing underneath this," she says raising an eyebrow as Liam sighs, he kisses her again.
"Trust me, if this hangover wasn't punishment enough already, I am now mentally kicking myself for not being able to get you out of that dress," he whispers in his husky, sexy, voice.
Aria laughs, "Aw, well don't do that. We'll get our night soon." she says kissing him. "I should get going. My cousins are probably freaking out, it's like 4 am."
"Ok, well let me call Will, so he can give you a ride-"
"It's ok, I'm fine-"
"Aria, love, its 4 am, shut up. You're taking the ride," he says placing a kiss on her shocked face.
"I'm sorry love, it's just that you protest so much. I just want you to be safe." he says with as sweet smirk.
"Nice save," she says smirking as she pulls him into a kiss.
Liam laughs as he wraps his arms around her waist.
"Bye," she says smiling up at him.
"Bye love, Thank you again," he says smirking.
"Anytime," she says blowing him a kiss as she leaves.
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I really enjoyed the first game, haven't plays the second installment yet, glad I didn't check the spoilers!
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Obviously, the demand is still building, I ordered in mid September and got 12592. Looks like 1500 since then.
Just wait until people start seeing the first ones out. I think it is going to be like wildfire, although many people still cannot afford it.
have been waiting over a year & 1/2, about # 400 !!
can't wait, a model s with dual is not he answer.
I have had my reservation for over 2 years already. I had a HPWC installed about a year ago, in order to get on a pilot program which provides electricity a very low rate and included a dedicated meter as part of the option. Well, since the HPWC is the only thing that meter connects to, the electric company has stops by monthly and does tamper and function checks, because they do not seem to believe me that I am waiting for my car, which will be the only thing connected to it. I am really anticipating production, and their visit this morning just reminded me again!
LeonardD - Best wishes in getting your car soon. A year with a lonely HPWC that's a new one!
Let's see... An used HPWC is a terrible thing to waste.
jjs, At least there was a tax credit for EV charging equipment at the time I made the purchase, so I did not really pay more than the current cost for the HPWC, and I had to have some [prior homeowner] amateur electrical issues that needed correction, so it was not a total waste.
I ordered my HPWC two week after reserving my Model X. Since I am running the #3 wires underground to my detached garage, i will wait till next Spring to complete the installation. I have a 100A breaker to run the power.


Are young savers who are auto-enrolled into the NEST pension scheme taking too little risk, asked the Mail. The reason it asked is that NEST's 'default' option for younger savers (aged 22 to 27) is a cautiously-invested fund with a large proportion of its money in safe investments. Yet, as experts agree, over the long term riskier investments like shares are virtually certain to deliver much higher returns, so most investment advisers would recommend young people to allocate their savings to a fund investing almost exclusively in shares.
NEST argues that its approach is valid because young 'first-time' savers are nervous and may opt out of the scheme if they incur losses in the early years. Experts argue that better communication, so that savers understand that paper losses on their funds in the first few years don't matter, is what's needed.


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Certainly one of probably the most frequent electrical wiring queries is on how to wire a swap. Whilst using switches in your house is sort of quick, wiring a person may well not be that simple for everyone. An ON-OFF switch is actually quite simple to wire. There are actually several types of switches, but for this instance, let us say you might be putting in a single-pole toggle switch, an exceptionally frequent change (along with the most basic).
There are actually a few hues of wires in the typical single-pole toggle switch: black, white, and eco-friendly. Splice the black wire in two and join them within the terminal screws - a single on leading as well as other within the base screw of your switch. The white wire serves being a source of uninterrupted power which is generally related into a light-weight coloured terminal screw (e.g., silver). Join the inexperienced wire to the ground screw of one's switch.
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Red Bulls and Whitecaps complete Parker for Felipe trade
10:47 PM WAT 02/03/2018
The MLS sides completed a monster swap deal on the eve of the season, with the Whitecaps picking up Felipe Martins as part of the exchange
The New York Red Bulls and Vancouver Whitecaps have worked out a massive trade on the eve of the MLS season, with Tim Parker heading to New York and the Canadian club acquiring Felipe Martins, $500,000 in allocation money and a 2018 international spot.
Parker, a St. John's University product and Long Island native, became one of the best center backs in the league in 2017, leading the Whitecaps in minutes played and netting his first career goal along the way.
"Tim is the type of defender we look for," said Red Bulls head coach Jesse Marsch said in a team release. "His soccer knowledge, athleticism, and one-on-one defending ability are qualities that fit with what we ask of our center backs. I know he is glad to be coming home to New York, and we think he will thrive in our style of play."
Football is a big puppet show and it's getting worse - Ziyech
'Not good news for European teams' – Finidi George reacts to Afcon 2021 scheduling
Arsenal must stop making silly mistakes - Pepe
When was the last time Everton beat Liverpool?
Midfielder Felipe was a big part of New York's Supporters' Shield-winning team in 2016 and has been a consistent performer in Major League Soccer since coming to the league in 2012 with the Montreal Impact.
The 27-year-old has played in at least 30 matches in each of his five MLS seasons, recording five or more assists in each season.
"Felipe has consistently proven to be one of the best box-to-box midfielders in Major League Soccer," said Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson in a team release. "He's fiercely competitive, very comfortable on the ball, and creative going forward. We firmly believe he's someone that will make the players around him better and we're delighted to add him to our group in the prime of his career."
The midfielder is Vancouver's 11th addition of the MLS offseason, with the club having also announced the signing of Jordon Mutch on Friday.
The allocation money received by Vancouver will be split over two years, with the club picking up $225,000 of targeted allocation money (TAM) in 2018 with the club adding $275,000 in TAM in 2019.
Vancouver opens its MLS season with an all-Canadian clash against the Montreal Impact on Sunday, while the Red Bulls will get some extra time to integrate Parker, with their league opener taking place March 10 against the Portland Timbers.


Here's a dirty secret: cool kids know that tabletop RPGs are ridiculously fun. And the format leads to meaningful social interactions, and wildly creative group storytelling.
Lubbock's Stormcrow Games (2155 A 50th) is here to provide space and the opportunity to meet new players on Thursday nights beginning at 7:30 p.m. New players are encouraged to show up at 6:30 p.m. to fill out character sheets. Games may include Dungeons and Dragons, Warhammer, Guild Ball, X-Wing, Star Finder, and more.
Playing games at Stormcrow is free, but bring some funds- there will be a shiny new dice set with your name on it. Stormcrow offers a wide variety of games including board games to play with the kids, party style card games and of course a vast selection of tabletop campaign style games.


Dr. Jason Johnson discusses the power of the NRA over current politicians and whether the ballot box is the best way to change the current gun control policies. Speaking after Parkland Fred Guttenberg, father of a Parkland shooting victim. Other panel members include Fernand Amandi (Podcast "Strange Days"), Karine Jean-Pierre (MoveOn.org) and host, Joy Reid.
Dr. Johnson discusses the possibility of gun control legislation with Charlotte Alter of Time Magazine, Scott Detrow of NPR, and host Richard Lui.
To see the video, click the photo or CLICK HERE.
Dr. Jason Johnson and Will Cain discuss Wayne LaPierre's comments that Boston citizens would have felt better if they had all been armed during the Boston Bomber manhunt.


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Chicago Gay And Lesbian Hall Of Fame Names 12 New Inductees
Filed Under:2012, Cook County Clerk, David Orr
Pride Rainbow FlagPhoto Credit: Thinkstock.com
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame has announced 12 people and three organizations that will become the newest inductees this November.
The Chicago Phoenix reports the nominees were submitted by the public and reviewed by a panel composed of former inductees. The names were released Friday by the non-profit Friends organization, which took over operations of the Hall this year in cooperation with the Chicago Commission on Human Relations.
The inductees this year include:
• Lois Bates, a longtime transgender activist and manager at the Howard Brown Health Center, where published reports say she created transgender groups for both youth and adults and worked on behalf of HIV prevention. Bates died last November at the age of 41, and is being honored for her 14 years as an advocate for transgender and other LGBT youth, the Tribune RedEye reported.
• St. Sukie de la Croix, 60, a journalist, columnist and author who is known as one of the foremost experts on the history of gay Chicago. A native of Great Britain, de la Croix he has written for several Chicago publications – including the Windy City Times and the old Free Press and Gay Chicago – since moving to the U.S. De la Croix has also acted as a tour guide on gay Chicago history, writes the "Queer Street" blog on the Tribune's Chicago Now site, and recently published the book Chicago Whispers: A history of LGBT Chicago Before Stonewall. He is being honored for his 25 years of commentary and research on gay Chicago, the RedEye reported.
• Sanford E. Gaylord, 47, an actor who has been seen onstage in numerous productions in Chicago, and co-starred in the 2001 TV drama "Kevin's Room" about the lives and struggles of five African-American gay men. Gaylord is also the founder of A Real Read, an African-American LGBT performance ensemble, which was inducted into the Hall of Fame five years ago. He is being honored for his 17 years as an actor, HIV/AIDS activist and creative person, the RedEye reported.
• William W. Greaves, 61, the longtime director of the City of Chicago Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues. He joined the council in 1995 and became director five years later, serving in that capacity until Mayor Rahm Emanuel revamped the city's advisory councils at the beginning of this year. He is being honored for his work as an political activist and editor focusing on HIV/AIDS, according to the RedEye.
• Keith Green, 35, a founding member of the Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus and an HIV treatment and prevention advocate. Green was appointed the director of federal affairs at the AIDS Foundation of Chicago last year. He is being honored for a decade of work fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic among African-American gay and bisexual men, the RedEye reported.
• Mark Ishaug, 48, president and chief executive officer of AIDS United. Ishaug joined the advocacy organization last year, after 13 years as president and chief executive officer as the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, and is being honored for his work as an activist and social service administrator, the RedEye reported.
• Bill Pry, 64, the co-owner of Skokie-based BBJ Linen, as well as a philanthropist and advocate. He is being honored for his 25 years of community service, the RedEye reported.
• Chuck Rodocker, 63, the owner of the Touché leather bar, in operation since 1977 and located for the past several years at 6412 N. Clark St. in Rogers Park.
• Heather C. Sawyer, 48, a civil rights attorney who has fought for gay rights since the early 1990s. She served for about 10 years with the gay civil rights firm Lambda Legal in Chicago, until moving to Washington, D.C. to serve as the senior counsel for the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary in 2007. She is being honored for her work in both capacities, the RedEye reported.
ΠHoney West, 51, a well-known Chicago cabaret singer and entertainer who has become known for integrating her transgender identity into her performance, the RedEye reported. She is being honored for her more than 25 years before audiences.
The organizations being honored include the Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus – an advocacy group dedicated to bridging gaps between traditional and nontraditional health care providers serving African-American gay men; Chi-Town Squares, the LGBT square dance group that is seen annually in the Gay Pride Parade; and Proud to Run Chicago, which organizes races and rallies during Pride Week in June.
Cook County Clerk and former alderman and interim Mayor David Orr, and Chicago Sun-Times columnist and former Chicago Reporter editor Laura Washington, are also being honored as friends of the community.
The Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame was founded in 1991, with a mission of making Chicagoans and people around the world aware the contributions of the city's LGBT community. Late newspaper columnist Jon-Henri Damski, pioneering gay businessman Chuck Renslow, the Howard Brown Health Center, and Gay Chicago — then known as Gay Chicago Magazine — were among the first inductees.
The new inductees will be honored in a ceremony on Nov. 12 at the Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St.


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package com.bozaixing.mobeweather.model.bean;

/*
 * Descr:   "县"信息封装类
 * Author:  bozaixing.
 * Date:    2017-03-28.
 * Email:   654152983@qq.com.
 */
public class County {

    // id
    private int id;
    // 县的名字
    private String countyName;
    // 县对应的天气ID
    private String weatherId;
    // 该县所属市的id
    private int cityId;

    public int getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getCountyName() {
        return countyName;
    }

    public void setCountyName(String countyName) {
        this.countyName = countyName;
    }

    public String getWeatherId() {
        return weatherId;
    }

    public void setWeatherId(String weatherId) {
        this.weatherId = weatherId;
    }

    public int getCityId() {
        return cityId;
    }

    public void setCityId(int cityId) {
        this.cityId = cityId;
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Service: Burial of his ashes in Bethany Lutheran Cemetery, Fairview, SD will take place at a later date.
Norman P. Nelson, age 97, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at Hudson Care and Rehab. He is survived by his daughter Linda Nelson, Schaumburg, IL. Burial of his ashes in Bethany Lutheran Cemetery, Fairview, SD will take place at a later date.
My deepest condolences to Linda and family.


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package org.kylin.service.strategy.impl;

import org.kylin.algorithm.strategy.Strategy;
import org.kylin.bean.WelfareCode;
import org.kylin.bean.WyfParam;
import org.kylin.service.strategy.StrategyProvider;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

/**
 * @author huangyawu
 * @date 2017/7/29 下午2:09.
 */
@Service
public class StrategyProviderImpl implements StrategyProvider{

    @Override
    public WelfareCode encode(WyfParam param, Strategy<? super WelfareCode, ? super WyfParam> strategy) {
        return (WelfareCode) strategy.execute(param, null);
    }
}


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Sunday, February 05 2017 18:25
New Poster plus Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Big Game (not 'Super Bowl') Spot!
On May 5, 2017, MARVEL's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 blasts into theaters, and tonight there's a new look at what Star-Lord and the crew have been up to. The new TV spot appeared during the "Big Game," not to be confused with the "Super Bowl," and most certainly not a presentation of the NFL on Fox (...or was it?). If you're like me and only care about the national sporting event for the commercials, this one is for you!
Published in Movies, TV and More
Wednesday, February 01 2017 17:36
"Come A Little Bit Closer," Hasbro's New Dancing Groot is Coming...
When the teaser trailer for MARVEL's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 arrived back in December, I was one of the people quick to deem the new "Baby Groot" as "Toddler Groot." I also said that "toddler Groot is gonna be the toy that kids want," and behold, Hasbro is answering the call. With Toy Fair in New York happening shortly, new toys are starting to emerge, and the folks at Hasbro just sent over the full details on their MARVEL GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: VOL. 2 DANCING GROOT Figure!
Get Ready: Marvel's Doctor Strange is coming home...
This past fall, Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange took audiences into a whole new realm of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), presenting the story of Dr. Stephen Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts. The biggest single-character introduction in the MCU, it also carried on Marvel Studios' winning streak as the 14th consecutive MCU film to debut at #1 at the domestic box office, and now the Doctor is coming home...
First Trailer for SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING Swings Online!
It's a complicated arrangement that made it possible for Spider-man to finally enter the MARVEL Cinematic Universe with an appearance in this year's Captain America: Civil War - one that paved the way for next year's Spider-Man: Homecoming. The interesting thing is that this next "solo" outing (which we've learned is partially a team-up with Iron Man) is a SONY picture created in partnership with MARVEL Studios (Disney) - and with actor Tom Holland in the suit, we're into the third big-screen Spider-Man of this century. I often wonder if casual moviegoers understand all the "hows" and "whys" of all of this superhero-switching, but as the first trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming has shown us tonight, this may be the most comic-accurate version we've ever seen, and one that looks to really bring Spidey into the universe that he so rightfully should be a part of. Check this out...
Sunday, December 04 2016 00:26
Ready for Toddler Groot? The New GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Vol. 2 Trailer is here!
Earlier this evening, I had four little girls (The Rock Daughters™ + 2 friends) huddled around a computer in my office to see the new teaser trailer for MARVEL Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. There's so much to love in this, I'll let the video mostly speak for itself, but I do have to mention that although they're still calling him "Baby Groot," Toddler Groot is going to be the toy that kids want next year. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is once again directed by James Gunn, and will hit theater screens on May 5, 2017. From The Walt Disney Company and its affiliated studios alone, next year is gonna be huge...
Saturday, July 23 2016 22:42
SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING - Concept Art & Details Revealed!
"A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Marvel Studios' CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging superhero in SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING" - That's the early synopsis given for the first SPIDER-MAN film to officially be a part of the MARVEL Cinematic Universe in a collaboration between MARVEL Studios and SONY. Tonight at San Diego Comic-Con, the film's villain was revealed to be The Vulture, with concept art posted by the team at MARVEL.com. Additionally, some additional credits confirm that Tony Stark (if not Iron Man) will be making an appearance when the film swings into theaters on July 7, 2017.


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Q: Speeding up loop calculating Jaro-Winkler distance in R I'm new here in more than one sense. First post regarding my first script in my first attempt of aquainting any programming language. In the light of that you might find this project to be overly ambitious, but hey, learning by doing has always been the way to go. I'm doing my best to meet stackoverflow-etiquette here, but let me know if I'm in violation of anything.
I wanted to write a piece of code that can apply some kind of fuzzy logic in matching a table of unstructured company names (e.g. Google) with a table of structured company names (e.g. Google Inc.) and Danish company identifiers (CVR).
I was able to find some bits of code by googling around, and I managed to manipulate them to work with my project. I found that the Jaro-Winkler algorithm that is contained withing the stringdist package works particularly well with company names. The script works perfectly fine when trying to compare and match 40 unstructured company names against a few hundred structured names, but I need to compare and match around 4000 unstructured names with a table containing 700k structured names. As you might have guessed this takes forever. To give you an idea, I've tried matching 6 unstructured names up against the 700k, which took three hours. A quick calculation tells me that if this is the average speed of the script, it will make me almost 3 months to process 4000 companies, which is a bit overwhelming. I understand that it has to do several billion calculations and that this cannot be done in a few minutes. If I could however minimize this to maybe just a few days I would be more than happy, and I feel like this must be possible.
So, I'm looking for methods to speed up this piece of code. I've already managed to improve it some by initially pairing up exact matches with the match() function, which leaves around 500 companies for further processing with the fuzzy matching algorithm. Still, that takes a long time to say the least.
I hope I managed to explaing myself clearly! Any suggestions will be highly appreciated.
library(stringdist)

#Reading the two files to be compared and making sure that I'm dealing with characters
companies.unstructured <- read.csv(
  "https://www.dropbox.com/s/opbk0s2q14l5c71/unstructured_companies.csv?dl=0",
  sep = ";",
  stringsAsFactors = FALSE
)
companies.structured <- read.csv(
  "https://www.dropbox.com/s/kyi0rvz77frr7sd/structured_companies_w_CVR.csv?dl=0",
  sep=";",
  stringsAsFactors = FALSE
)

#Using the match function to match up all 100% identical companies to avoid unnecessary workload for the Jaro-Winkler loop
companies.unstructured$CVR = companies.structured$CVR[match(companies.unstructured$Company,
                                                            companies.structured$Company)]
companies.exact.match <- companies.unstructured[!is.na(companies.unstructured$CVR), ]

#Creating a subset to work on with the Jaro-Winkler loop.
companies.unstructured.na <- subset(companies.unstructured, is.na(CVR))

#And here's the loop measuring the distance between the company names using the Jaro-Winkler algorithm.
distance.methods<- c('jw')
dist.methods<-list()
for(m in 1:length(distance.methods))
{
  dist.name.enh<-matrix(NA, ncol = length(companies.structured$Company),
                        nrow = length(companies.unstructured.na$Company))
  for(i in 1:length(companies.structured$Company)) {
    for(j in 1:length(companies.unstructured.na$Company)) {
      dist.name.enh[j,i]<-stringdist(tolower(companies.structured[i,]$Company),
                                     tolower(companies.unstructured.na[j,]$Company),
                                     method = distance.methods[m])
    }
  }
  dist.methods[[distance.methods[m]]]<-dist.name.enh
}

#matching up pairs of minimum distance
match.s1.s2.enh<-NULL
for(m in 1:length(dist.methods))
{

  dist.matrix<-as.matrix(dist.methods[[distance.methods[m]]])
  min.name.enh<-apply(dist.matrix, 1, base::min)
  for(i in 1:nrow(dist.matrix))
  {
    s2.i<-match(min.name.enh[i],dist.matrix[i,])
    s1.i<-i
    match.s1.s2.enh<-rbind(data.frame(s2.i=s2.i,
                                      s1.i=s1.i,
                                      s1Company=companies.unstructured.na[s1.i,]$Company,
                                      s2Company=companies.structured[s2.i,]$Company,
                                      CVR=companies.structured[s2.i,]$CVR,
                                      adist=min.name.enh[i],
                                      method=distance.methods[m]),
                           match.s1.s2.enh)
  }
}

EDIT: Here's some data examples to work with: structured_companies_w_CVR and unstructured_companies

A: I profiled your code and found some speedups. I kept as much as possible to your naming conventions so you can match the differences. I saved the files in my working directory for testing purposes.

*

*Created an empty dataframe based on the columns you need and the records you need. In the loop you update a record instead of using cbind. This speeds up the code quite a bit. I kept getting a system.time of 0. Because R doesn't know the size of the dataframe it makes constant copies with rbind and tends to slow down the process if you have a lot of rows. See also this post. Updating the records is a lot faster even if the dataframe is bigger then you need.
edit: I managed to remove everything except the match function from the loop and the rest for the dataframe can be done with vectors / input from other parts of data already available.

*I added a parallel option in the code and used stringdistmatrix. This function runs in parallel if available, but also you do not need any loop for the distance calculation.
code section:
library(stringdist)
library(parallel)

#Reading the two files to be compared and making sure that I'm dealing with characters
companies.unstructured <- read.csv("unstructured_companies.csv",
                                   sep = ";",
                                   stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
companies.structured <- read.csv("structured_companies_w_CVR.csv",
                                 sep=";",
                                 stringsAsFactors = FALSE)

#Using the match function to match up all 100% identical companies to avoid unnecessary workload for the Jaro-Winkler loop
companies.unstructured$CVR <- companies.structured$CVR[match(companies.unstructured$Company,
                                                             companies.structured$Company)]
companies.exact.match <- companies.unstructured[!is.na(companies.unstructured$CVR), ]

#Creating a subset to work on with the Jaro-Winkler loop.
companies.unstructured.na <- subset(companies.unstructured, is.na(CVR))

distance.method <- "jw"

# Parallel section starts here
# set number of cores to use.
cores = 3
# initialize cluster
cl = makeCluster(cores, type = "SOCK")

# create distance matrix, shortest column will be recycled.
# See stringdistmatrix documentation
dist.name.enh <- stringdistmatrix(tolower(companies.structured$Company),
                                  tolower(companies.unstructured.na$Company),
                                  method = distance.method,
                                  nthread = getOption("sd_num_thread"))

# get the minimun jaro distances from the matrix
min.name.enh <- parApply(cl, dist.name.enh, 2, base::min)

# stop the cluster
stopCluster(cl)
# Parallel section ends here

# create dataframe prefilled with empty values.
match.s1.s2.enh2 <- data.frame(s2.i = rep(NA, nrow(companies.unstructured.na)),
                               s1.i = rep(NA, nrow(companies.unstructured.na)),
                               s1Company = rep(NA, nrow(companies.unstructured.na)),
                               s2Company = rep(NA, nrow(companies.unstructured.na)),
                               CVR = rep(NA, nrow(companies.unstructured.na)),
                               adist = rep(NA, nrow(companies.unstructured.na)),
                               method = rep(NA, nrow(companies.unstructured.na)))

# fill s2.i with NA values for the length needed in the for loop
s2.i <- rep(NA, ncol(dist.name.enh))

# matching up pairs of minimum distance.
for(i in 1:ncol(dist.name.enh)) {
  s2.i[i]<-match(min.name.enh[i],dist.name.enh[,i])
}

match.s1.s2.enh2$s2.i <- s2.i
match.s1.s2.enh2$s1.i <- 1:ncol(dist.name.enh)
match.s1.s2.enh2$s1Company <- companies.unstructured.na$Company
match.s1.s2.enh2$adist <- min.name.enh
match.s1.s2.enh2$method <- distance.method
match.s1.s2.enh2$s2Company <- companies.structured$Company[s2.i]
match.s1.s2.enh2$CVR <- companies.structured$CVR[s2.i]