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Have you ever wanted to peer deep into the galaxy and find something you never knew existed? Did you ever want to see space in a way that you never have?
It looks as though Microsoft is planning on making this happen in spring. According to numerous reports, its upcoming WorldWide Telescope program will allow people to look deep into space and see much more than they ever dreamed possible.
But before you jump for joy, you might want to throw that Mac out - you'll only be able to do it on a Windows machine.
Despite the fact that most of the developers used Macs to create the program, and many in the space community use Apple computers in their professional lives, Microsoft told journalists on Tuesday that its latest service would only run on Windows for the foreseeable future.
The news that the WorldWide Telescope won't play nice with Mac or Linux came as a shock to many journalists and future users who expected Microsoft to offer its upcoming service on all platforms. That said, the company did say that it will work on getting a Mac version out as soon as possible, but added that it won't be any time soon.
"To make it truly cross-platform," one developer said, "I'd basically be looking at three to four years of development." Plus, he added, "it doesn't hurt if a few people buy Windows."
Regardless, the WorldWide Telescope looks promising and could be a popular tool when it is made available for download in the next few months.


Bucharest, 24th of May 2007 – As the value of information and specialized knowledge becomes more and more important in the modern society, the European countries focus on developing and promoting alternative solutions to the traditional educational system.
AeL, the eLearning solution developed by SIVECO Romania, transforms the traditional educational process into an interactive and attractive activity, which leads to a greater participation from pupils' part and to a faster and lasting assimilation of the information.
Nowadays, it is no longer sufficient for pupils to memorize some information and be able to exactly reproduce it. They need the ability to make sense of it and associate it with previously obtained information, in order to offer in real time, creative and adequate solutions. The educational software solutions offered by SIVECO Romania aim at maximizing the pupils' results and increasing the teachers' efficiency.
"Nowadays, computer literacy is essential. Nevertheless, the computers by themselves don't bring significant advantages to the educational process. ELearning solutions, software and educational content are needed, and the teachers have to learn how to use and integrate these resources into the daily learning process", declared Stefan Morcov, Line of Business Director with SIVECO Romania.
In Romania there is an increased need for educated work force, capable of using the new technologies and quickly adapt to a constantly changing environment.
This trend will continue and will intensify in the future. In this context, the use of the eLearning solutions became a mandatory component for the success of any development project.
The eLearning solutions offered by SIVECO Romania are dedicated to the formation of creative future generations, goal oriented, that interact easily and are capable to efficiently assimilate the information.
For further information regarding the eLearning solutions offered by SIVECO Romania please visit: http://www.advancedelearning.com.


We live in the world. We are women. We feel the expectations and pressures to "keep up with ourselves" from what the world tells us. We want to feel beautiful and desired. We want to feel valued. And because we are women, we have a God-given ability to see beauty and to bring that beauty into the world, starting in the most intimate of places, our hearts. A woman's heart reflects a pureness and love that is admired and should be cared for.
Proverbs 4:23 tells us, "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it."
When we guard our hearts and our purity, we bring beauty to others. We give a glimpse of God's holiness and goodness. This kind of true beauty is what the Lord wants for us. The world sees through dark glasses; its vision stops at the surface level. Dressing to show off our body only brings a temporary value and a surface level self-worth that is quick to leave. As Christians we understand this.
Dressing modestly is of value. It enhances our inner beauty and doesn't focus on our body. When the focus is on our inner beauty, our heart, we will be desired and valued because of the substance of this beauty.
But, so often this teaching of humility and modesty leaves us with the impression that we cannot and should not give any attention toward our outward beauty. We think we shouldn't be interested in the clothes we wear or what's in style. That our desire to want to feel beautiful is vanity, and any indulgence in this is when guilt sets in. But, this is simply not true; it is a lie from the enemy that God does not want good things for us, or that these concerns are too small for God to care about.
The truth is God cares about ALL parts of our heart. Every little bit. He loves that we get joy from putting things together that make us feel beautiful. He loves our creativity and how we use it for our own style that inspires others. There is no shame in loving and wanting to feel beautiful. God created beauty; he loves to see us inspired by it!
I see style and fashion as a language that we use to connect with other women. Putting effort into our style shows we know our value and that we are loved. We make a conscious decision each morning on what outfit we will put on for that day that reflects the beauty, personality, creativity, and purity of our hearts. We can be stylish, modest, and confident knowing that the Lord delights in our happiness!
CW: Gather Her is an evening of fashion and faith meant to refresh her through power messages, dinner, pampering and a time to share, create and grow with other dreamers and women of purpose.


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Abrogation Of 370 Is The Need Of The Hour: VP Venkaiah Naidu
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday backed the scrapping of special status under Article 370 to Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was the need of the hour.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. PTI Photo
By: Agencies
Updated: 11 Aug 2019 02:09 PM
CHENNAI: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday backed the scrapping of special status under Article 370 to Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was the need of the hour. The issue should also be seen from the national perspective and people of the country should stand with their counterparts in J and K, he said here at the launch of his book, a chronicle of his two years in office.
"Abrogation of Article 370 is the need of the hour... it is in the interest of the nation for its safety and security,"Naidu said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was also present at the book launch, asserted removal of special status will lead to end of terrorism and progress of the region.
Shah also spoke on the Vice President's link with Article 370. "As a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Naidu had protested against Article 370. A professor asked him whether he had seen Kashmir. To this, Naidu retorted that even the two eyes in our face do not see each other. But when one gets hurt, tears roll down from the other," he said.
Crediting the Vice President for the clearance of the bill to revoke Article 370, Shah said he was a bit apprehensive about moving it first in the Rajya Sabha. "It was due to Naidu's leadership that the bill got passed there," Shah said.
Venkaiah Naidu

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What's The Big Deal About Facebook?
Everyone everywhere is talking about it. Politicians, scholars, teachers, youths and even my next door auntie who does not know anything about Facebook.
I stumbled on the the Star Blog section at Stomp.sg just now, when i should be studying, and there was this big question posted up to the Star Bloggers of Stomp. What is the big deal about Facebook, anyway?
Like all great ideas and inventions, eventually you'll have people who love the idea very much and people who loathe it to the core. That's how our world works actually. When the computer first came out, there are those who hailed it as the next technological breakthrough and there are those who predicted that computers would not even last a year in the market. One example would be the famous quote, "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." by Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977. Today, it is undeniable that computers play a huge part in our lives, in your lives too, i could say because you're using a computer to read this post.
When Crocs first came out, many fashion critics bombarded it's hideous looks and commented that this kind of footwear would not last even a day in markets. Well, we all know today that Crocs is one of the best selling footwear in the world and the critics were wrong.
Same goes for Facebook, actually. The anti-Facebook people are commenting about how bad it is, how it could jeopardize our youth and how it serves no other purpose other than wasting your precious time. As much as these anti-Facebook people would complain, Facebook is here to stay and it's on its way to grow even larger. Unless of course some other genius comes up with a better idea than Facebook.
So what's the big deal about Facebook anyway that's creating such huge waves all over the world?
I dunno about the adults, but i think that the big deal about Facebook must certainly be centered around us youths. We're the bunch that make Facebook what it is in the first place before the adults decided to hop in the bandwagon.
As one sociologist by the name Danah Boyd puts it, youths love social networking sites like Facebook because it helps us to socialize into society. Socialization, after all, is a very important process in every human's life in which we learn to fit in into society by interacting with others and leaning the norms of society.
Due to the ever modernization process that is happening in our world, the normal methods of socialization, such as hanging out in the malls or catching fish by the rivers, are becoming increasingly few due to a few reasons. One being that well, there's not much rivers that we can catch fish from nowadays with all the pollution going on and stuff. Two, teenagers nowadays become increasingly overwhelmed with responsibilities at school and the age that we're allowed autonomy are getting older and older thus causing us to spend more time at home than anywhere else. And thirdly, due to the increasingly safety concerns, we're not allowed to leave home at all. The world outside is viewed ever more as a dangerous place and to "protect" us, we're required to stay home most of the time.
So when this three factors come together, you'll end up with a child that is stuck at home most of his time, cut off from the rest of the world like a frog living under a coconut shell as the old Malay saying goes. This in turn, could have negative effects on the child as he would not be exposed to the day to day interaction with friends and as a result, would develop inadequate socializing skills. I for one, happen to be in this category of people because my mum was too worried that i would learn all the bad stuff outside. So in the end, i became much like a nerd without friends during secondary school.
One might argue that school itself could serve as a socialization place for teenagers. However, school is a place with rules the students must follow and students are not allowed to experiment freely on the things they like. What teenagers really need is a place that they can be themselves and socialize freely without adult's supervision. And that's where Facebook comes in.
With all the features such as The Wall, photos sharing, relationship statuses, comments and news feed, it practically brings the whole socialization process online. And that is why Facebook is a big deal to be reckoned with. Because for us teenagers who are constantly stuck either at home or at school most of the time, Facebook offers us a glimpse to the lives of our friends. It allows us to share the same experience as our friends, one of the most important criteria of maintaining a lasting friendship.
Without Facebook, guys like me, who have a 24 hour curfew slapped unto me (it's my brother now, since i'm away at university) would miss out on a lot. Without Facebook, we would have no idea what is happening in the world of our friends and we would have no idea what are our friends up to. Facebook offers us the ability to share experience with our friends, to know what's up and to prevent us from becoming total loners in our own home. Of course, running away from home would be a great idea too but that's too dangerous. So yeah, at least for us teenagers, Facebook means a great deal to us alright. Which is why we constantly spend time on it.
And like it or not, Facebook is the new way of socializing in the modern world today. And like it or not, it's here to stay. Either you're in or either you're out.
i think facebook is attractive because of its uniformity. surprisingly facebook is very systematic.but yes facebook is great!


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This time, investors and traders agree it is not going to be like 2014. There can be a big move in the market as in 2004 and 2009. Long-only investors do not have the tools or the psychological make-up to manage a portfolio that changes a lot. Derivative traders are looking to make serious money in a short span, but they can also end up losing a lot.
With the election season upon us, fake news is increasing, but so is the mistrust of news circulated on social platforms. That's encouraging, except fake-news creators are also stepping up their game.
India chokes on smog; can't drink off the tap. Yet, the environment isn't a poll issue. Here's why.
While political parties try to appear concerned about the environment, issues ranging from pollution to mining are often relegated to the background. Although these issues seriously impact lives, they are unable to influence people's voting behaviour.
When a party becomes an enterprise: why no rival can match the BJP's mammoth digital Election Inc.
Narendra Modi's face has launched a thousand digital enterprises, most of them on Facebook. They are now at the forefront of his party's election campaign.
Talk to the hand: Can nerds help revive the Congress party?
After the walloping in 2014, when the BJP taught it a lesson on using technology and social media in election campaigns, India's oldest political party is upping the ante on a tech- and data-led transformation. Central to that is giving new voice to the party worker on the ground.


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Keep in mind that a fresh specimen is best. Anything more than 12 hours old will not provide accurate results.
If you can't bring in the specimen within an hour of collecting it, make sure to place it in the refrigerator.
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The athletes, sports clubs and sports federations who are active today, are operating in a legal environment in which they must comply with numerous obligations in diverse domains.
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Did you work for Inland Revenue at Croydon 4 or Epsom branches?
A former civil servant is considering taking legal action against Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs, formerly Inland Revenue, after she developed the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma.
She is calling on other former Inland Revenue employees to come forward with any information they might have about the presence of asbestos at the Croydon 4 and Epsom branches between 1961 and 1996.
Helen Wickings, 65, from Surrey, started work with Inland Revenue at the age of 16. Apart from a break to have children she was employed there almost her entire working life.
She first noticed symptoms before Christmas last year when she started to have trouble breathing. Over the holiday break her symptoms got worse and when she returned home she needed to have six pints of fluid drained from her lungs. In March this year she was finally diagnosed with mesothelioma, an incurable and ultimately fatal condition caused by exposure to asbestos.
With advice from asbestos specialists Thompsons Solicitors and the backing of her trade union, PCS, Mrs Wickings is now looking to claim compensation from HMRC, who she alleges negligently exposed her to asbestos.
She clearly recalls the first time she was exposed - between 1973 and June 1976 when she was working as a part time Clerical Assistant at Inland Revenue's Croydon 4 office.
Her job involved doing filing on a regular basis and it was often necessary to take files to and collect files from the ground floor storeroom where archives were kept. There were high and very dusty filing racks in the storeroom, as well as dusty radiators underneath the windows.
Mrs Wickings worked at Croydon 4 again between 1988 and 1996 as a Revenue Executive. For some of this time she supervised staff who worked in the same ground floor storeroom and often worked with them. She remembers there being a fire in the storeroom that required it to be sealed for some time and believes this was due to asbestos contamination.
Mrs Wickings also recalls being exposed to asbestos as a Tax Officer Higher Grade (later re-titled Revenue Executive) at Inland Revenue's Epsom office between 1984 and 1988.
Her job involved going down to the boiler room to read the meter and order more fuel if it was low. The room was old and full of old exposed pipes. On one occasion she recalls hearing an alarm going off, and when she went to investigate she discovered the alarm was coming from the boiler room as it had become flooded.
She recalls that shortly after the flood, outside contractors were called in to remove asbestos from the boiler room. They brought a caravan with showering facilities which was parked in the car park and they entered the boiler room through the external access door which led from the boiler room out into the car park. The men were all wearing protective suits and masks.
Mrs Wickings says her mesothelioma diagnosis has been devastating for her family, particularly her disabled husband Ernie, a retired civil servant who suffers from the effects of polio which he had when younger and for whom she is a carer.
Thompsons Solicitors would like anyone who can assist with information about Mrs Wickings' working conditions at Inland Revenue between 1961 and 1996 to contact Ann-Marie Christie on 08000 224 224.


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A Green and Inclusive Recovery for Canada
P&A PT. 5 - Doing Time
Lest We Forget That Promised Land
Being Human Cuts Both Ways
But First, A Word From Our (Corporate) Sponsor
Democratic Economy
P&A Pt. 1 - The Eyes Have It
Poverty and Its Associates
London Free Press series on Employment
As jobs become meaningless, society unravels
Report Release: Why Are Workers Struggling in Good Times and Bad?
Getting Left Behind
An Innovative Partnership for London
The LPRC Joins Forces to Bring Discussions on BIG to London
Mid-Sized Cities Event Series
If Canada wants to help the poor, it needs a new way to measure poverty
Spotlight on the LPRC
A Developing Dispute in SoHo
Extended Heat Warning and London's Vulnerable Population
Save the Date! 2018 People's Forum on Mental Health & Mental Illness: Dealing with the Elephant in the Room
London's New Working Class: Exploring Solutions to Precarious Employment
Don't Turn Back Progress: responding to City Council rolling back min wage
Why Do Rich Nations Have So Much Poverty?
Creative Cities and Inequality: The conversion of Richard Florida to critical urbanism?
Pearson: Years of compromise scuttled by chopping basic income pilot
Angus Reid Institute: What does poverty look like in Canada
PEPSO Conference Recap
New Stats for Poverty in London
Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals
Homelessness: What's in a Word?
The Next Generation of Housing in Canada
The Time For Tinkering Is Over
Overview of MId-Sized Cities Researcher + Practitioner Roundtable
The Future of Work: Poverty Reduction in London, Conference Recap
Letter of Support for Safe Consumption Facilities
The Reality of Precarious Work for Young Adults
The Spectrum of Precarious Employment - Event Recap
Think global, act local. Think local, act global.
The proof is in the pudding...
Pearson: An ennobling struggle to build a life of purpose, hope
It's The Only Thing That Ever Has...
The Changing Face of Poverty: The Rise of Automation and the Gig Economy
Seniors' poverty rates on the rise in Canada
International Women's Day: An Opportunity to Uncover and Recognize Issues in Women's Poverty
The Widening Wealth Gap
The enormity of the task – but let's not let the size defeat us.
Understanding Food Security
Housing Resources as a "Social Service"
Is your work working for you?
NECC Reflection: Starting The Conversation: Exploring the Diverse Experiences & Issues Among London's Sex Trade
When the People Speak and Governments Listen
Bridges out of Poverty – "AHA! Again!"
Social Determinants of Health and Poverty – A Medical Perspective
One Hand Gives, One Hand Takes
Students Reflections on Poverty Through a Global Lens
Looking at Poverty Through the Lens of People with Disabilities
Poverty, Prostitution, and Human Trafficking
June is Senior's Month – Time to Raise Awareness about their Concerns
Old Mother Hubbard Went to the Cupboard...
Today's seniors facing complex problems
Reflections on a Life in Poverty
It's time to eradicate structural violence in London
Will my struggles pay off?
Taking action on affordable seniors' housing
Statistics never tell the whole story: A reflection on seniors' poverty
Seniors, technology and social action
Reflections on Seniors' Poverty
Innovation and Poverty Reduction Through an Intergenerational Workforce
A Job is (or was) the Best Social Policy
Wrapping Up Seniors' Month Through a Creative Lens
The Female Face of Poverty
Debating Ontario's Minimum Wage Increase: Part I
Debating Ontario's Minimum Wage Increase: Part II
By Anne-Marie Fischer, Manager LPRC Feb 11, 2016
As the new Manager of the London Poverty Research Centre, I have had a few weeks to settle into this role, get acquainted with colleagues and partners, work with the Board to confirm our ongoing priorities, and make plans to kick the already existing work of the LPRC into high-gear. This time has been one of great learning for me; it's not only confirmed things I have already thought or known, but has also brought to light new perspectives, new phenomena, and the reminder that the fight for poverty is an incredibly tough one.
I've learned that some things with the greatest potential start at the grassroots level. Walking in as the only staff member of the LPRC, I wasn't sure what to expect from a volunteer-driven organization. What I came to witness, and witness every day, is a Board who takes the LPRC work to heart, and makes daily contributions to our work and our community despite many other demands on their time. This is a group of people who came to the interest in developing the Centre from various and differing perspectives – lived experience, academic interests, community advocacy interests – and made these perspectives blend into one bold vision: to see an end to poverty in London, Ontario. I've often drawn upon the famous Margaret Mead quote in my work, and it certainly applies to the Board of the LPRC: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has". Will the LPRC change the world? It would be awfully bold for us to presume so, but we do believe that contributing to poverty reduction at the local level through compiling and disseminating locally-relevant research can help move the needle for poverty in London and Middlesex. Our team of thoughtful and committed citizens are here, and ready to support London through developing evidence-based practices that will change the way we address poverty at the local level.
I've learned that no one has all the answers. The fact that we still live in a society that is set up to marginalize shows that. We aren't quite sure how to take our conversations into action. Of course, there are effective models to address some issues associated with poverty, such as housing-first programs, or community-based mental health support clinics, but it is not yet evident what the right or best fit approach is for this community. We do research for many reasons: to confirm hypothesis, to interpret social trends, and to determine effective approaches to problems. The London Poverty Research Centre may not have all the answers, but we are a committed partner in helping our community explore, interpret, analyze and recommend effective approaches to poverty reduction strategies through research activities.
I've learned that on public issues, critics exist, and they can be harsh. Whenever someone "sticks their neck out" and works towards something that affects so many people, they automatically invite criticism upon themselves and I understood that when I took this role. To be a leader, criticism needs to be a part of the regular reflection process. Without criticism, we can't innovate. However, criticism that is coupled with personal attacks does nothing to contribute to innovation, moving forward, or harmonizing opinions on how we should work together. It isolates people. It creates a fear-based community that exists only on fostering an "us versus them" mentality rather than working towards any real change in those issues that cause divisions in the first place. Paul Born in his book Deepening Community states that a fear-based community is a dangerous place. I agree. This is not the type of community the LPRC wants to promote or participate in. This is not the type of community I'll participate in myself.
I've learned that London & Middlesex has an incredible amount of community literacy on issues of poverty, and we have a great amount of citizen experts informing the policy and research on poverty. As an advocate for Community Based Participatory Research, I have always placed great importance on community knowledge as a means to solve community issues. In my role, I will do what I can to continuously leverage this community knowledge, including participating in community conversations, meeting community members to hear their perspectives, and finding ways to intentionally include the lived experience at all stages of our research.
Finally, I've learned that poverty reduction happens when people show up. London & Middlesex is an incredibly proactive community that demonstrates the importance of involving citizens in its decision-making. We have seen the conversations that have happened with the Mayor's Panel on Poverty and the draft recommendations that are being worked on, because the community showed up, and are continuing to show up, to provide their input. We saw a group of citizens come together to weigh in on Basic Income Guarantee at the North East Community Conversation, all because they had a keen and personal interest to see change happen, and be a part of that change. We can no longer rely on governments or institutions to make the change. The change starts here, with the citizens.
–Anne-Marie E. Fischer (LPRC Manager)
The London Poverty Research Centre @ King's seeks to ask tough questions that reveal provocative solutions that allow us all to work towards seeing an end to poverty in London. You can reach us via our contact page.
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Nashville, 2012-2013
Director: Sana Hamri, Paul McCrane, Wendey Stanzler, Mimi Leder, David Petraca
Created by: Callie Khouri
Cast: Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, Clare Bowen, Eric Close, Charles Esten, Jonathan Jackson, Sam Palladio, Robert Wisdom, Powers Boothe, Judith Hoag, Michiel Huisman, Rya Kihlstedt, Afton Williamson, Nicholas Strong, Tilky Jones
Role: Sean Butler
Episodes: Season 1 (2012/2013), 5 episodes
Synopsis: Set against the backdrop of the Nashville music scene, the new drama revolves around a 40-year-old superstar Rayna Jaymes, whose star begins fading. She is forced to team up with Juliette Barnes on tour in order to maintain her label's support for her latest record, whose sales have been underwhelming.
* In the episode "You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)" Tilky Jones performs "Love Like Mine" (song and guitar) on the airplane.
A record breaking rivalry begins.


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Kentwood man charged in pregnant wife's murder
KENTWOOD, Mich. (WOOD) — A Kentwood man has been charged Monday in the murder of his pregnant wife, police say.
Richard James Guichelaar, 35, was arraigned on a charge of open murder.
Guichelaar's wife, Amber, 32, died Nov. 16 at the couple's home on Andrew Street near Kalamazoo Avenue and 52nd Street.
An undated photo of Richard James Guichelaar and Amber Guichelaar.
Richard James Guichelaar was arrested and booked into jail on Saturday.
Amber's death has been ruled a homicide with the cause listed as "asphyxiation by neck compression/ strangulation." It also says she was "assaulted by another person."
Kentwood man faces murder charge in pregnant wife's death
In court documents obtained by Target 8, investigators said Richard Guichelaar had called 911 on Nov. 16 and stated he had found his wife dead in their bed.
A photo of Amber Guichelaar interacting with a student in 2019. (Courtesy of SCHOOL NEWS NETWORK)
According to the detective on the case, Amber's husband was the only person home at the time of her death who was physically capable of causing the injuries that led to her death.
Amber graduated from Calvin College and taught Spanish at South Christian High School. She had most recently been employed by Kentwood Public Schools, teaching students who were learning English as a second language.
Kentwood Public Schools released a statement Monday, saying it will provide support to students and staff as the community grieves the loss.
Jamie Gordon with Kentwood Public Schools
The couple had two young children, and Amber was pregnant with a third child when she died.
A GoFundMe account has been created to support Guichelaar's two children.
Richard Guichelaar's bond is set at $2 million. His next court date is scheduled for Jan. 21.
Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call the Kentwood Police Department at 616.698.6580 or contact Silent Observer at 616.774.2345.
More Kent County Stories
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Those working to get eligible people vaccinated against COVID-19 have discovered some are taking advantage of the multiple-provider system by setting up multiple appointments, thus slowing down an already difficult rollout process with last-minute cancellations or no-shows.
"We are seeing some people who are registering to get vaccinated on multiple sites for multiple appointments and this is a real issue because when you make your registration, a set of things goes into motion," Kent County Health Department spokesman Steve Kelso told News 8 Friday.
Coronavirus vaccination becomes family affair
by Joe LaFurgey / Jan 14, 2021
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — At an office building turned vaccination center in Kent County, nurses work feverishly to administer the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
They average over 2,000 a day. But on Thursday, none was more special than the one given to Peggy Alexander.
MI educators push for more inclusive standardized test
by Dana Whyte / Jan 14, 2021
WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — Some educators in Michigan are pushing for the state's standardized test, the M-STEP, to be canceled this year because of the pandemic.
It's also causing them to take a closer look at the test itself with some saying it wasn't good enough to begin with.


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Anger grows in Nepal over Covid vaccine delays
"Nepalis died for Britain and India, now they are letting us die."
Alisha Sijapati June 18, 2021
British Gurkha veterans and their families march in London on 15 June, asking the British government, among other demands, to rush vaccine supplies to Nepal.
Outrage is growing against India and Britain, despite Nepal's long association with their militaries, for not responding to the country's desperate pleas for vaccines as the second wave of Covid-19 ravages the country.
Critics on social media and press commentators have reminded India and Britain that Nepal's nationals have shed their blood to defend them through wars in the past two centuries, and Nepal's Rana rulers had been particularly generous in donating money to institutions in British India and the UK itself.
On 15 June, Gurkha veterans in kilts and blowing bagpipes staged a demonstration in the heart of London, with family members carrying banners that read 'We fight for you. Help us fight Covid-19 in Nepal', and 'Gurkha Lives Matter'.
In May, British celebrities, war veterans, mountaineers, public health specialists and vaccine researchers wrote an open letter to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab appealing for emergency medical equipment and vaccines to Nepal. They included Sir Jeremy Farrar, Sarah Gilbert, Andrew Pollard, Sir Chris Bonington, Joanna Lumley, Michael Palin, Gen Sir Sam Cowan, and many others. Gurkha veteran Capt Ram Bahadur Limbu, one of only five living recipients of the Victoria Cross, signed the letter from his home in Kathmandu. A similar appeal was made to the US government through the Covid Alliance for Nepal as far back as early May.
Although Britain, the United States, and other European countries continue to fly in oxygen generators, PPEs and medical equipment to Kathmandu on relief flights, they have not sent what is most needed now: vaccines.
China, on the other hand, has donated 2 million doses of its Sinopharm VeroCell vaccines, and Nepal is poised to order another 4 million jabs from Beijing.
To be sure, Nepal was gifted 1 million doses of the Covishield AstraZeneca by India as early as March as a part of its 'neighbourhood first' policy, and the government paid an advance to the Serum Institute India for another 2 million doses. Only 1 million were delivered.
Britain also co-funded 2.268 million Covishield vaccine doses to Nepal via the COVAX facility, but only 348,000 were delivered in April before India stopped its export.
Kathmandu has repeatedly made special appeals to New Delhi to at least send the remaining 1 million Covishield doses it paid for, and to Britain to rush supplies so that 1.4 million elderly Nepalis who have been waiting for their second doses now for more than 12 weeks get their jabs before their immunity runs out.
Even though some individual European countries are willing to donate their surplus or unused AstraZeneca vaccines directly to Nepal, the EU has has insisted that it go through the COVAX channel which has pledged 100 million doses by the end of the year. But that would be too late for those waiting for second doses.
Last month, US President Joe Biden announced that 7 million doses will be given to countries in South and Southeast Asia, but there is no mention of when and how many are for Nepal. The G-7 leaders last week pledged another 1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines, half of it to be delivered by end-2021. But there are no signs of actual vaccines being readied for shipment to Nepal.
Most Nepalis blame their government for being too busy with internal power struggles to secure adequate vaccines in time. Nepal's embassies, especially in New Delhi, London and Washington DC have come under special criticism for not being able to convey Nepal's urgency. However, there is also deep hurt that Nepal is being treated so shabbily in its time of great need, especially by India and Britain.
Blood sacrifice
Of the 400,000 young Nepali men conscripted to fight alongside the British in the two world wars, nearly 50,000 were killed in action. Thousands of Nepali soldiers have died fighting in the Indian Army against Pakistan and China since Indian independence.
Archivist Santosh Khaderi says the sacrifice of Nepali soldiers should be honoured, and also the generosity shown by Nepal's Rana rulers towards institutions in British India and in the UK in the past.
Prime Minister Chandra Shumshere Rana gifted Rs330,000 (a lot of money in those days) to buy machine guns for its soldiers in British regiments. And in 1914, an emissary of Chandra Shumshere handed over as a 'personal gift' to the British War Office in London 31 machine guns for immediate dispatch to the front.
Photos: SANTOSH KHADERI
"Nepal was a poor country, but it is shocking to see how generous its Rana rulers were in supporting the British," Khaderi says. "They were giving away what was essentially taxes paid by poor Nepalis in the name of diplomacy. It is time for Britain to return the favour."
Another newspaper clipping from The Toronto World in 1916 reports on a 'special gift' of Rs200,000 from the Nepal government and Rs100,000 from the prime minister personally to Viceroy Lord Chelmsford in India as donation towards the British war effort.
Although the second wave appears to be cresting in Nepal, just as it has in India, the disease is still spreading in the community in the remotest parts of the country where there are scanty testing or treatment facilities. Public health officials say the death toll and infection rate is probably three times higher than what is officially reported.
On Friday, 2,768 confirmed Covid-19 cases were reported nationwide, with 44 fatalities. This pushes the total number of deaths so far to 8,641. There are still 65,000 active cases, with most in home isolation, but there are 872 in ICU and 246 on ventilator support.
Next week, the authorities are expected to ease the restrictions on movement in Kathmandu after nearly two months with a 'smart lockdown'. However, public health experts say that relaxing the rules when only 4% of the population has been vaccinated is sure to mean another surge.
After inoculating the 1.4 million people above 65 who are waiting for their second doses, Nepal needs to vaccinate at least 70% of its adult population for which it will need more than 40 million doses soon.
Former United Nations Under Secretary-General and Nepali diplomat Gyan Chandra Acharya told Nepali Times, "I don't see a possibility of Nepal getting vaccines from India now, but the West is hoarding more vaccines than it needs. What is stopping them from sending the urgently needed second doses to Nepal?"
EU ambassadors to Nepal were on hand at Kathmandu airport open 18 June to receive a shipment of medical supplies donated by Denmark and Ireland under the EU's Civil Protection Mechanism. But vaccines were not among the items in the shipment. Photo: EU DELEGATION TO NEPAL
What rankles Archivist Khaderi the most is the historical injustice of it all. Having studied Nepal-Britain relations, he is most disappointed at the way Britain is treating Nepal. The UK may be Nepal's main donor today, but in the past successive Rana prime ministers lavished presents on the British royalty.
Khaderi, who lives in Qatar, has uncovered archival material about Bir Shumshere Rana gifting 14 gold coins to Queen Victoria, even Jang Bahadur, who was the first royalty from the Subcontinent to visit Britain in 1850, showered expensive presents on Queen Victoria. Later, Dev Shumshere contributed Rs15,000 to Queen Victoria's Memorial Fund.
"It is really disappointing to see Britain and India bring so unwilling to help Nepal despite the sacrifices of our soldiers, the generosity and flattery that our rulers lavished upon them in the past, and to this present day through Gurkha recruitment," he says.
Indeed, what is most telling for foreign policy analysts is that despite the 'special relationship' between Britain and Nepal and the military ties, not a single British prime minister has ever visited Nepal even though British royals have been here.
Public health expert Sameer Mani Dixit of the Centre for Molecular Dynamics says the nature of Nepal's second wave is changing. While hospitals in Nepal needed oxygen during the peak of the infections in May, now it is vaccines that is most needed.
"Nepal has historical relations with India and the UK, but it is disappointing that particularly Britain has not done much in terms of vaccines. There have been pledges, but when will they get here? In 2023?" he asks. "Why get stuck with COVAX, Britain should send us doses directly since we helped defend their Empire. We are not begging. Nepalis died for Britain, now Britain should help Nepalis live."
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Green Plains Announces Upsizing and Pricing of its Common Stock Offering
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Green Plains Inc.
August 5, 2021, 9:02 AM ·4 min read
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Green Plains Inc. (NASDAQ:GPRE) today announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of $152.0 million of common stock at a price to the public of $32.00 per share, which was upsized from the previously announced $150.0 million offering. The net proceeds to the company from the offering, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $143.3 million.
The company has also granted the underwriters in the common stock offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 712,500 shares of its common stock on the same terms and conditions solely to cover over-allotments.
The company intends to use the net proceeds from the common stock offering for growth investments to further accelerate its downstream development opportunities.
The offering is expected to close on August 9, 2021, subject to customary closing conditions.
Jefferies and BofA Securities are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. BMO Capital Markets, Craig-Hallum Capital Group, Roth Capital Partners, and Stephens Inc. are acting as co-managers of the offering.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities referred to in this press release, nor will there be any sale of any such securities, in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, sale or solicitation would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. The offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus. When available, an electronic copy of the applicable prospectus supplement, together with the accompanying prospectus, can be obtained on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies of the prospectus supplement, together with the accompanying prospectus, can be obtained by contacting: Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, telephone: 1-877-821-7388 or e-mail: Prospectus_Department@Jefferies.com; or BofA Securities, by mail at NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd Floor, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, Attention: Prospectus Department, or email at dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com.
About Green Plains Inc.
Green Plains Inc. (NASDAQ:GPRE) is a leading biorefining company focused on the development and utilization of fermentation, agricultural and biological technologies in the processing of annually renewable crops into sustainable value-added ingredients. This includes the production of cleaner low carbon biofuels, renewable feedstocks for advanced biofuels and high purity alcohols for use in cleaners and disinfectants. Green Plains is an innovative producer of Ultra-High Protein and novel ingredients for animal and aquaculture diets to help satisfy a growing global appetite for sustainable protein. The Company also owns a 48.9% limited partner interest and a 2.0% general partner interest in Green Plains Partners LP.
This news release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Forward-looking statements reflect management's current views, which are subject to risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, anticipated financial and operating results, plans and objectives that are not historical in nature. These statements may be identified by words such as "believe," "expect," "may," "should," "will" and similar expressions. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied include: disruption caused by health epidemics, such as the coronavirus outbreak, competition in the industries in which Green Plains operates; commodity market risks, financial market risks; counterparty risks; risks associated with changes to federal policy or regulation, including changes to tax laws; risks related to closing and achieving anticipated results from acquisitions and disposals. Other factors can include risks associated with Green Plains' ability to realize higher margins anticipated from the company's high protein feed, clean sugar, specialty alcohol and carbon sequestrations initiatives; to achieve anticipated savings from Project 24; to successfully pursue its ongoing transformation strategy and other risks discussed in Green Plains' reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this news release. Green Plains assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
Green Plains Inc. Contacts
Investors: Phil Boggs | Senior Vice President, Investor Relations | 402.884.8700 | phil.boggs@gpreinc.com
Media: Lisa Gibson | Communications Manager | 402.952.4971 | lisa.gibson@gpreinc.com


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Watson, J.W., D. Foster, S. Epperly, and A. Shah, 2004, Experiments in the Western Atlantic Northeast Distant Waters to Evaluate Sea Turtle Mitigation Measures in the Pelagic Longline Fishery. Report on Experiments Conducted in 2001-2003, US National Marine Fisheries Service, Pascagoula, MS, USA.
Bolton, A. and K. Bjorndal, 2004, Experiment to Evaluate Gear Modification on Rates of Sea Turtle Bycatch in the Swordfish Longline Fishery in the Azores Phase 3, Final Project Report submitted to the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service. Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research, University of Florida, Gainesville.
Mooney, T.A., P.E. Nachtigall, and W.W.L. Au, 2004, Target strength of a nylon monofilament and an acoustically enhanced gillnet: predictions of biosonar detection ranges, Aquatic Mammals, v.30(2), ps 220-226.
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Schools should look beyond the grades and focus on the students.
By: The Lincoln Log Staff
Tests, tests, tests. No matter where students are in the school system, from elementary institutions to college, tests are a fact of life. They are administered both at the local and national level; students in California may recognize the STAR test and SBAC test among others. But when we take a step back from the fixation on test scores and how they impact our chances of entering a prestigious college or earning a scholarship, a certain question arises: Do tests really gauge students based on their capability to perform well?
Unsurprisingly, standardized tests are almost universally unpopular among students and parents. According to a 2015 Gallup poll, 64% of national survey respondents said that there was "too much emphasis on standardized testing at public schools in [their] community." Clearly, people think that tests are overvalued, but for what reasons? There are many answers to this question: tests are a disadvantage for those unable to afford additional test prep, they provide little feedback for teachers, they create pressure to cheat, they induce stress among students looking for affirmation for their efforts, they change curriculum in a way so as to focus on test-taking strategies instead of basic learning and real-world applications, and so on. In summary, tests just don't sit well with people because they reduce student efforts and learning into a single assessment and score.
Students' health and wellbeing are also negatively affected in a world fixated on test scores; in Asian countries, reports of suicide and overstress from cram schools designed to raise students' assessment numbers are horrifyingly common. According to assistant dean Joseph Holtgreive at Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering, "If students believe that how they perform at one moment in time exposes the limits of their potential rather than serving merely as a snapshot of where they are in the process of growing their abilities, feelings of struggle and uncertainty become threatening rather than an opportunity to grow."
If the purpose of school is to give students an environment in which to learn and grow, why are tests so important? The premise that test scores are not reflective of student ability is also supported by evidence that written answers may not even be accurately evaluated. According to writer Dan DiMaggio, who worked in the past as a test-scorer, "Usually, within a day or two, when the scores we are giving are inevitably too low (as we attempt to follow the standards laid out in training), we are told to start giving higher scores, or, in the enigmatic language of scoring directors, to 'learn to see more papers as a 4.' For some mysterious reason, unbeknownst to test scorers, the scores we are giving are supposed to closely match those given in previous years."
What are the chances that a carefully written answer will get the proper evaluation when it's simply another task for thousands of underpaid, overworked scorers? Given everything we've seen so far, from national opinion to an unethical scoring system, the system of testing in our schools today is simply flawed. We need change in our school system to return focus to learning, which is desperately missing from today's test-centric curriculum.
Prom is not accessible to everyone
By: Wendy Zhu
Prom is a once in a lifetime experience. It have been around for decades. It is a time of excitement, and a place full of magic for many high schoolers. But it can also get very expensive quickly, between paying for hair and makeup, outfits, tickets and rides to prom, prom could cost a fortune for high schoolers and their families. For the girls, there's the dress, the shoes, the sparkly bag and other accessories, the hair, and their makeup. And for the boys, they usually have to take care of renting a tuxedo and possibly a limousine, dinner, a corsage, the tickets to the event, and any after-parties. It's a big expense.
According to Yahoo Style's 2017 "Prom Across America" survey, teens are spending an average of more than $600 on prom for their hair, makeup, outfits, tickets, and rides to prom.
"Compared to some other schools, like San Francisco International, their ticket price are $50 while ours is $85, but the fun we had is the same, not depending on where is location is at, but is about who we are with , that is what makes our prom unique and fun," said Ella Lee, a senior from Lincoln High School.
I believe that no matter how much one pays, whether it might be $50 or $400, the formal dances are meaningful to a student's high school experience. This four-hour event is spent dancing, laughing, and hanging out with those special people one cares about the most, and it is the one night students can get decked out to look their best.
How "Doki Doki Lit. Club" employs deconstructionism
By: Benjamin Sheh
"After all, I'm talking to the real you, now."
The character Monika surprised players all over the world when her declaration blew the fourth wall in the viral indie game Doki Doki Literature Club. The game saw a sudden boom in popularity around the end of 2017, and for a multitude of reasons. Players didn't know what to expect, what seemed like a dating simulator on the surface slowly devolved into a horror experience mixed with existential elements of human nature, along with an exploration of media as a whole. All this was created by Team Salvato, a developer studio run solely by one man. How did DDLC reach such grand heights?
DDLC is a horror game at its core, but players wouldn't know that at first glance. From the screenshots to game summary, DDLC presents itself as the typical Japanese anime dating simulator. (Right off the bat, this is already strange; Dan Salvato and his studio are based in the US, after all.) The main character is a blank slate like most dating sim protagonists, and meets girls in a school setting like one would expect. Nothing unusual so far. Everything changes, however, when one of the girls commits suicide and this literally resets the game. The player is faced with an "End" screen, and the game resets to its default condition. Upon starting again, the character who committed suicide suddenly glitches out and the game resumes as if she had never existed.
This is the first reason it achieved such popularity; DDLC is a game that uses meta elements to advance its plot. The experience breaks out of the confines of the game itself and makes you question exactly what it's trying to do. As you keep playing, the game starts to insert text files into its directory folder and shows the status of its in-game characters as data files. While most games hide their code from the player's sight, DDLC embraces it openly and intertwines it with the plot.
There is something uniquely fascinating about abandoning the player role. For all intents and purposes, the character Monika essentially becomes the protagonist — she has all the qualities that the player usually has, specifically influencing the outcome of the plot outside the confines of the NPCs. Monika herself believes that she is sentient; that she is on a higher plane than the other characters. Whether or not her awakened sentience is a result of the developer's direct actions according to the in-game plot is a question that has not been answered.The player is left to speculate how far Monika is aware of her existence.
One of the greatest things it has is the existence of the famous "stream jumpscare." It works like this: if DDLC detects that a recording software is running (which is often the case when a gamer is livestreaming their game to an online audience), Monike will begin talking to the actual audience ending with a jumpscare.
Photo caption: Monika's role in "Doki Doki Literature Club" sets the game apart from other visual novels, and breaks the mold for storytelling in video games as a whole.
Legal or not, many Lincoln students will consume weed
By: Maya Benmokhtar
Student smoking weed
In the state of California, consuming cannabis is now legal for those over the age of 21; however, all students at Lincoln High are under this age limit.
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. Its use is widespread among young people.
Personally, I know many of my peers smoke weed on a daily basis. Weed can be used for stress and other anxiety issues, but many students use it just for fun. Therefore, instead of jumping into conclusions as to why some students smoke weed and why others don't, I asked for students' opinions in the Lincoln High hallways....
Two Lincoln sophomores I interviewed responded that they smoke weed because of boredom stating, "I do it because I'm bored," and "I do it because it makes my thoughts more interesting."
Another student shared her concerns regarding the side effects of weed: "I don't smoke weed anymore because I started to get really paranoid when taking it. It used to be like the only thing that calmed me. Then I had a bad experience with an edible and ever since then, I freak out when I smoke it. My mom telling me all the bad things about it doesn't help either. She says that I'll have a mental breakdown if I keep smoking and what not. I know it's probably BS but now when I smoke, I feel like my mental health is so fragile and like I'll be messed up," says the anonymous Lincoln junior.
But what are the real known dangers of weed on teenagers and young adults? According to the Scientific American Journal, being high impairs attention, memory, and learning. Some of today's stronger varieties can make you physically ill and delusional. But whether marijuana can cause lasting damage to the brain is less clear. Some scary evidence comes from research in animals. Rats given THC, the chemical that puts the high in marijuana, show persistent difficulties in learning, memory, perception, and problem solving if exposed around the time of puberty—but not if they are exposed as adults.
Teenagers don't care much about scientific evidence or long term dangers of substances and products they consume. After all, isn't high school the time to experiment and discover yourself? We have plenty of time to worry about our longtime health in a few years.


Finally! This NBA player welcomed his daughter in July, and we've been waiting for a look at her little face ever since. Lonzo is finally showing Zoey off and she's adorable — take a look!
Lonzo Ball, 20, and his girlfriend Denise Garcia, 22, have been a family of three since July — but it finally feels official! That's because the couple's daughter Zoey was featured on the latest episode of their show Ball in the Family. But for anyone who didn't tune in, Lonzo had them covered! The Lakers player posted a series of photos and videos of his baby girl to social media. "For everyone who missed her in the new episode," he said. How thoughtful is that? The first pic of Zoey was too cute for words. She was bundled up in a towel, the camera zoomed in close to her face.
While it's still impossible to tell whether she looks more like Lonzo or Denise, one thing's for sure. She's adorable! Zoey had on a pink onesie in the next picture, plus a giant white bow on her head. Aw! But if you thought the pictures of the basketball player's daughter were cute, the videos were on another level. She slept on Lonzo's chest while he listened to music in the first one, then practiced sticking her tongue out in the second. Now that we've finally seen her, we just cannot get enough!
So it's a good thing Denise shared a sweet shot of her own. "She puts the color inside my world," the new mom said.
Can we put in a request for Zoey's next Insta appearance? We'd love to see the little one rocking purple and yellow for her dad's team. How cute would that be?


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By next morning, one could see his point. The grass around the elegant swimming pool had been trashed and the animals had also investigated the nursery where figs and apricots are among the appetising produce grown for the hotel, which also has its own honey and olive oil.
Domaine de la Baume, the latest addition to the chain of delightful French hotels owned by the Sibuet family, is in properly wild country, in the forested hills of rural Haute-Provence. The mellow yellow, blue-shuttered bastide is sited on the underside of the mountainous road between the truffle centre of Aups and the hill village of Tourtour. Not a single other building interrupts the restful view from the terrace, which features in the vinous film A Good Year.
It's about two hours from Marseille airport, and you'll need a car to explore. The 40-minute drive over the hills to the pretty honeypot of Moustiers St Marie is exhilarating and passes the spectacular azure Lac de Sainte Croix. This, on a glorious late September day, was deserted when I picnicked here-the summer holidays, I suspect, are a different story.
Domaine de la Baume is the former home of the Expressionist artist Bernard Buffet-the master suite is named after his widow, Annabel-and has been redecorated with dramatic paints, lavish wallpapers and trompe d'oeil; my comfortable room, Hirondelle de Mer, was a haven of deep blues and reds.
The hotel had only been open a short time when I visited, but the food and service was first class. Although encouragingly busy, the atmosphere is drowsy, even hushed, prompting one couple to infer that they will stay loyal to Domaine de la Baume's smaller, vibrant sister hotel, about two hours west.
One can see why La Bastide de Marie, between Menerbes and Bonnieux, is such a perennial favourite. The thick walls, painted in earthy colours, make it both cosy and cool; the 15 bedrooms surround a courtyard, sun terrace and small, sparkling clean pool, and a second-rather chilly-pool is surrounded by peaceful sun-loungers. The terrace is a Provencal idyll, overlooking the hotel's own vineyard to the craggy hills beyond, and the staff are exceptionally jolly.
It's an easy hour from Marseilles airport-Avignon is even nearer-and a perfect base from which to pootle around pretty villages and the markets at Isle Sur la Sorgue and Lacoste. The quirky Les Beaumettes studio of artist Hervé Thibault is memorable-if you understand French, he is full of stories; go for a ride on one of the hotel's electric bicycles-you still have to pedal, but the boosting mechanism will have you whizzing up hairpin bends like a Tour de France entrant; read a book under a cypress tree or indulage in a spot of degustation at the next-door cave which supplies excellent wines to the whole chain.
Both hotels, which offer spa treatments, reopen in April. Rooms at Domaine de la Baume cost from €440 full board (+33 4 83 132727; http://en.domaine-delabaume.com); prices at La Bastide de Marie start at €390 per room, full board (+33 4 9072 3020; www.labastidedemarie.com). Fly-drive with British Airways from Marseilles (0844 493 0758; www.ba.com).


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New book urges the left to embrace abortion as a 'social good'
Writing in Slate, Hanna Rosin touts a new book that urges women to abandon the "awfulization" of abortion and embrace it as a positive social good.
I had an abortion. I was not in a libertine college-girl phase, although frankly it's none of your business. I was already a mother of two, which puts me in the majority of American women who have abortions. Six out of 10 are mothers, which makes sense, because a mother could not fool herself into believing that having another baby was no big deal.
I start the story this way because Katha Pollitt, author of Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights, would want it this way. In fact any woman who's reading this piece and has had an abortion, or any man who has supported one, should go in the comments section and do the same thing, until there are so many accounts that the statement loses its shock value. Because frankly, in 2014, it should be no big deal that in a movie a young woman has an abortion and it's no big deal. We shouldn't need a book explaining why abortion rights are important. We should be over that by now.
The reason we're not, according to Pollitt, is that we have all essentially been brainwashed by a small minority of pro-life activists. Only 7 to 20 percent of Americans tell pollsters they want to totally ban abortion, but that loud minority has beaten the rest of us into submission with their fetus posters and their absolutism and their infiltration of American politics. They have landed us in the era of the "awfulization" of abortion, Pollitt writes, where even pro-choicers are "falling all over themselves" to use words like "thorny," "vexed," "complex," and "difficult" instead of doing what they should be doing, which is saying out loud that abortion is a positive social good.
Pollitt aims her book at the "muddled middle" who have been infected by the awfulization without thinking about it that much. To win them back she's crafted a lengthy Socratic response dissecting the contradictions on the pro-life side. If you know Pollitt's writing at all, it's no surprise what she believes. But by the end of the book, it's a surprise to realize that while the fight over abortion has been going on for more than 40 years, we've all forgotten what's at stake. The left especially has lost sight of its original animating purpose.
Amazing rationalization.Trying to make abortion as easy on the conscience as throwing out bathwater is despicable and nauseating. Abortion should be a wrenching decision and experience. To trivialize the killing of an unborn child is unconscionable and even many liberal women who support abortion rights will violently disagree with the premise of this book.
While it is true that only a small percentage of Americans believe that abortion should be illegal in all instances, a near majority - or a majority in some polls - believe that it should be severerly restricted. It is hardly a fringe position. And if pro-life activists want to try and make women feel guilty about getting an abortion, you can easily justify it by pointing out that it saves lives.
Promoting the rancid notion that abortion is a positive good, that it's just another form of birth control will not fly. Fortunately. most women have a conscience that will not allow them to think that what they're doing in killing their baby has any upside al all.


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Steve Stoute Launches Program Giving Artists 100 Percent Royalties
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Music industry entrepreneur and veteran record executive Steve Stoute has launched a new program that will benefit artists significantly.
On Thursday (July 9), Stoute's UnitedMasters program, a record label platform for independent artists, launched Select, which is a "subscription offering from the digital music distribution platform" that "provides artists with a suite of tools to operationalize independent success and the ability to retain 100 percent of their royalties."
The newly launched platform provides an alternative to the traditional music route, allowing artists to distribute their music to major streaming services from their iPhone or Android device. The artists have access to commercial success through promotional tools while retaining the rights to the masters.
"Disruption and democratization are in our DNA." Steve Stoute said in a statement. "We're tearing down the construct of 'gatekeepers' and putting independent artists in front of the biggest brands, allowing them to choose the terms of their deal, and maintain 100 percent ownership of their careers—all from their phone."
Artists who utilize Select are also given the opportunity to have their music featured across ESPN platforms such as SportsCenter, First Take, The Jump and more.
The cost of the app is $5 per month. Additionally, artists will receive access to deals with brands like ESPN, the NBA, Cash App, Apple and a host of others. There is also no limitation on distributing music to major streaming platforms including Instagram and TikTok.
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Q: Backup Solution for windows and ubuntu Are there any solutions out there that will backup all windows and ubuntu machines on my home network?
This needs to happen nightly.
I am looking for something like Windows Home server(which currently works freat for windows only machines), however, i have ubuntu machines in my house as well.
I also do not want to have seperate tools for each os, but rather one magic little app that handles most

A: http://www.amanda.org/ try this

A: I'm very happy with Bacula:
Bacula, the Open Source, Enterprise ready, Network Backup Tool for Linux, Unix, and Windows

A: BackupPC is the perfect fit for this. It is in the Ubuntu repositories which makes it very easy to install and set up.
You create shares on the Windows PCs that you want backed up, and you can either run Samba to create shares on the Ubuntu PCs or use rysnc to backup the Ubuntu PCs.
I use it in the same scenario and it has a really nice Web Interface that is easy to use and makes restoring files very easy too.
The bonus for me was that the backups are stored as files on disk and not in a database. This gives me an extra level of assurance as I can easily restore files even without having BackupPC running.
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Q: Issue converting currency from string in before_validation callback I'm having an issue stripping dollar signs and commas out of a currency before validations are run. For some reason the value is being set to 0 when saved.
class Property < ActiveRecord::Base
  before_validation :format_currency

  validates :street_name_1, presence: true
  validates :city, presence: true
  validates :state, presence: true
  validates :postal_code, presence: true
  validates :rate, presence: true, numericality: true

  private
  def format_currency
    self.rate = rate.to_s.gsub(/[^0-9\.]/, '').to_i # Strip out non-numeric characters
  end

end

When I do '$3,500'.to_s.gsub(/[^0-9\.]/, '').to_i in the rails console it correctly returns "3500". rate is being passed in to the model properly from the form as well.
For the life of me I can't figure out why it's not properly setting the value on save. Any help would be appreciated.
EDIT: I needed to override the default setter and do my gsub when the rate is set due to the database column being integer.
def rate=(rate)
    write_attribute(:rate, rate.to_s.gsub(/[^0-9\.]/, '').to_i)
end

A: Since you are storing the rate column as an integer, and you are using Rails, I propose that your remove the format_currency method entirely. Rails has a method to deal with currencies already: number_to_currency.
When you want to output the price, simple use the helper:
number_to_currency @property.rate

This gives you greater flexibility too, since you can localise it and pass it a number of other options. Have a look at the API.
Edit, as per OP editing the question:
If you want to save something in that format, why don't you apply the dollar sine in the model?
before_save :set_rate
def set_rate
  self.rate = "$#{rate}"
end