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When Olivia Ginn, 19, graduates from Goshen College she will be the first in her family to have finished a college degree. Ginn said that going to college was always her plan, even though her parents did not graduate from college.
Summer 2013 was already shaping up as a busy time for new Goshen College men's basketball coach Neal Young. Young, in his post less than two months, was in the midst of moving to the Maple City with his wife Maggie the first week of June when he got a phone call from his doctor that changed his life forever. Young had cancer — specifically, lymphoblastic lymphoma.
A St. Louis-based organization called Project Peanut Butter (PPB), which produces fortified peanut butter for malnourished children in Africa, needed two people with construction experience and the flexibility to spend a year abroad. Mark Histand '08 and Alex Caskey '10 had both.
Goshen College grad Sarah Elizabeth Miller will candidly discuss her history, passion and work ethic as a professional television and film makeup artist and contestant on the SyFy channel's Face Off.
Elise, Mary and Jenna Ramseyer are triplets whose experiences at Goshen College, both together and apart, have helped them grow to appreciate their unique relationship even more.
Goshen College will present its 2013 musical celebration on Friday, Dec. 6 and Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 8 at 4 p.m. This special celebration of the holiday season will feature five choirs and orchestra, along with audience participation on traditional carols, all in a concert hall festively decorated with garlands, lights and trees.


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Q: php array not forming properly Initial javascript to get a string/array:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#table").tableDnD({
    onDrop: function(table, row){
        var rows = table.tBodies[0].rows;
            var debugStr = "";
            for (var i=1; i<rows.length; i++) {
                debugStr += rows[i].id+":";
                //debugStr += rows[i].id;
            }
        data = debugStr; // colon seperated
        }
    });
});
function sendData()
{
    var packed = ""; // Initialize packed or we get the word 'undefined'
    for (i = 0; (i < data.length); i++) {
    if (i > 0) {
        packed += ",";
        }
    packed += escape(data[i]);
        }
    document.data.data.value = packed;
    document.data.submit();
}
</script>

Now in the PHP...
Return my array/string from post:
$packed = $_POST['data'];
$data = split(":", $packed);
for ($i = 0; ($i < count($data)); $i++) {
  $data[$i] = rawurldecode($data[$i]);
  $data[$i] = str_replace(",", "", $data[$i]);
  $data[$i] = str_replace(":", ",", $data[$i]);
}

create an array from it:
$arrayUpdated = array();
foreach($data as $value) {
    print_r($value);
    $arrayUpdated[] = $value;
    }

which returns:
Array ( [0] => 9,8,6,5,4,3,2,15,1,0, )

when I was expecting:
Array ( [0] => 9, [1] => 8, [2] => 6, [3] => 5, [4] => 4, [5] => 3, [6] => 2, [7] => 15, [8] => 1, [9] => 0, )

what have I got wrong?
Thanks,
Andy

A: Since you're using JQuery already, wouldn't it be easier to send the data in JSON format rather than manually building it into a colon/comma separated and then manually spliting it apart in PHP?
In your JS page, replace most of your sendData() function with a call to $.toJSON(data);:
function sendData() {
    document.data.data.value = $.toJson(data);
    document.data.submit();
}

In your PHP code, simlpy use json_decode() to load your data into an array with exactly the same structure as you had in Javascript.
$data=json_decode($_POST['data']);
print_r($data);

*Note: you may need an extra JQuery plugin to get the toJSON() method -- See http://code.google.com/p/jquery-json/ for more info.

A: Not a direct answer- but if you need a quick fix you could do (in PHP):
// if $myarray=Array ( [0] => 9,8,6,5,4,3,2,15,1,0, ) ;

$myarray=explode(",",$myarray[0]);

Also, note that the split function is deprecated in PHP 5.3.0, you can replace with explode.

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package com.insano10.puzzlers.bigdata;

import com.insano10.puzzlers.sets.Powerset;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.IntWritable;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Job;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Mapper;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Reducer;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.FileInputFormat;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.output.FileOutputFormat;

import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.DataOutput;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

public class LargePowerSets
{
    private static class SetWritable implements Writable
    {
        private final IntWritable size = new IntWritable(0);
        private final Set<IntWritable> set = new HashSet<>();

        public void addAll(Set<IntWritable> subSet)
        {
            set.addAll(subSet);
            size.set(set.size());
        }

        public Set<IntWritable> asSet()
        {
            return set;
        }

        @Override
        public void write(DataOutput dataOutput) throws IOException
        {
            size.write(dataOutput);
            for (IntWritable element : set)
            {
                element.write(dataOutput);
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void readFields(DataInput dataInput) throws IOException
        {
            size.readFields(dataInput);
            for(int i=0 ; i<size.get() ; i++)
            {
                IntWritable intWritable = new IntWritable();
                intWritable.readFields(dataInput);
                set.add(intWritable);
            }
        }

        @Override
        public boolean equals(Object o)
        {
            if (this == o) return true;
            if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;

            SetWritable that = (SetWritable) o;

            if (!size.equals(that.size)) return false;
            return set.equals(that.set);

        }

        @Override
        public int hashCode()
        {
            int result = size.hashCode();
            result = 31 * result + set.hashCode();
            return result;
        }

        @Override
        public String toString()
        {
            return set.toString();
        }
    }

    private static class PowerSetWritable implements Writable
    {
        private final IntWritable size = new IntWritable(0);
        private final Set<SetWritable> set = new HashSet<>();

        public void add(SetWritable element)
        {
            set.add(element);
            size.set(set.size());
        }

        public Set<SetWritable> asSetOfSetWritables()
        {
            Set<SetWritable> setOfSets = new HashSet<>();
            for (SetWritable setWritable : set)
            {
                setOfSets.add(setWritable);
            }
            return setOfSets;
        }

        @Override
        public void write(DataOutput dataOutput) throws IOException
        {
            size.write(dataOutput);
            for (SetWritable setWritable : set)
            {
                setWritable.write(dataOutput);
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void readFields(DataInput dataInput) throws IOException
        {
            size.readFields(dataInput);
            for(int i=0 ; i<size.get() ; i++)
            {
                SetWritable setWritable = new SetWritable();
                setWritable.readFields(dataInput);
                this.set.add(setWritable);
            }
        }

        public boolean isEmpty()
        {
            return set.isEmpty();
        }

        @Override
        public String toString()
        {
            return "total sets: [" + set.size() + "] -> " + set.toString();
        }

        @Override
        public boolean equals(Object o)
        {
            if (this == o) return true;
            if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;

            PowerSetWritable that = (PowerSetWritable) o;

            if (!size.equals(that.size)) return false;
            return set.equals(that.set);

        }

        @Override
        public int hashCode()
        {
            int result = size.hashCode();
            result = 31 * result + set.hashCode();
            return result;
        }
    }

    public static class PowerSetMapper extends Mapper<Object, Text, Text, PowerSetWritable>
    {

        public void map(Object key, Text value, Context context) throws IOException, InterruptedException
        {
            //value is our smaller set in a comma separated line (e.g.{ 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}
            StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(value.toString(), ",");

            Set<IntWritable> set = new HashSet<>();
            while(tokenizer.hasMoreTokens())
            {
                set.add(new IntWritable(Integer.parseInt(tokenizer.nextToken())));
            }

            Set<Set<IntWritable>> powerSet = Powerset.usingBinaryString(set);

            PowerSetWritable powerSetWritable = new PowerSetWritable();
            for (Set<IntWritable> subset : powerSet)
            {
                SetWritable setWritable = new SetWritable();
                setWritable.addAll(subset);
                powerSetWritable.add(setWritable);
            }

            context.write(new Text("theOnlyKey"), powerSetWritable);
        }

    }

    public static class PowerSetReducer extends Reducer<Text, PowerSetWritable, Text, PowerSetWritable>
    {
        public void reduce(Text key, Iterable<PowerSetWritable> values, Context context) throws IOException, InterruptedException
        {
            PowerSetWritable resultPowerSet = new PowerSetWritable();

            for (PowerSetWritable subPowerSet : values)
            {
                if(resultPowerSet.isEmpty())
                {
                    for (SetWritable subSet : subPowerSet.asSetOfSetWritables())
                    {
                        resultPowerSet.add(subSet);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    for(SetWritable existingSet : resultPowerSet.asSetOfSetWritables())
                    {
                        for(SetWritable subSet : subPowerSet.asSetOfSetWritables())
                        {
                            SetWritable copyOfExistingSet = new SetWritable();
                            copyOfExistingSet.addAll(existingSet.asSet());
                            copyOfExistingSet.addAll(subSet.asSet());

                            resultPowerSet.add(copyOfExistingSet);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            context.write(new Text("overall powerset"), resultPowerSet);
        }

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        Configuration conf = new Configuration();
        Job job = Job.getInstance(conf, "power sets");
        job.setJarByClass(LargePowerSets.class);
        job.setMapperClass(PowerSetMapper.class);
        job.setCombinerClass(PowerSetReducer.class);
        job.setReducerClass(PowerSetReducer.class);
        job.setMapOutputKeyClass(Text.class);
        job.setMapOutputValueClass(PowerSetWritable.class);
        job.setOutputKeyClass(Text.class);
        job.setOutputValueClass(PowerSetWritable.class);
        FileInputFormat.addInputPath(job, new Path(args[0]));
        FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, new Path(args[1]));
        System.exit(job.waitForCompletion(true) ? 0 : 1);
    }
}

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Jim Bob Bryant was an assistant coach at Williamston for four state championship games.
RALEIGH � Jim Bob Bryant was an assistant coach at Williamston for four state championship games. At Havelock, the Rams� sixth-year mentor is enjoying his third-consecutive trip to the 3A state finals.
The pageantry and experience never gets old.
Havelock is scheduled to play Concord at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. The Rams won titles in Chapel Hill in 2011 and Winston-Salem last season.
Bryant relishes in seeing the expression on the faces of his players.
Bryant brought his entourage to Monday�s event, including athletics director Mitch Williams, Principal Dr. Jeffrey Murphy, and coaches Caleb King, Kenny Frazier, Chris Crowe, Garrett Crowe and Shane Williams.
N.C. State football coach Dave Doeren addressed the coaches, administrators and media members in attendance.
�You are making history with young men and their families,� Doeren said. �This is a week they will never forget. When the last second goes off on game day, you will know that you are the very best at your level at that very time.
Havelock (15-0) won the eastern 3A regional championship with a 44-20 victory over Eastern Wayne last week. Up next is a rematch with unbeaten Concord (15-0).
The Rams ran away with a 55-21 win over the Spiders a year ago in Winston-Salem.
Havelock held a normal practice Monday. It will do the same on Tuesday before practicing at East Carolina on Wednesday.
The Rams will practice on Thursday, and then have a school sendoff on Friday, followed by a walk-through at N.C. State.
Bryant said his players are ecstatic about playing for another state title.
Not only is it a boost for the school and students, Bryant said it brings some pride to the Havelock community.
�(Running back) Derrell (Scott) said it best in a newspaper article. He said �Havelock is a football town,� Bryant said. �When I came in here and hired our staff six years ago, they had fallen on hard times in football, but they had a strong tradition.
Havelock will begin selling advance state championship tickets at 11 a.m. Tuesday and will continue during normal school hours Wednesday and Thursday and again from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday at the school. They are $9 each. Tickets at the gate are $10.


Paras Griffin/Getty ImagesFor the second time this year, Drake has taken an album straight to the top of the Billboard 200 album chart.
His collaborative project with Future, What a Time to Be Alive, sold 334 thousand copies — the second-biggest sales week for an album in 2015.
It also tallied an additional 41 thousand equivalent album units, which takes into account sales and streams of album tracks.
What a Time to Be Alive debuted on Sunday, September 20, with no advance promotion.
Drake also went to #1 on the Billboard 200 earlier this year with If You're Reading This It's Too Late, which sold 495 thousand copies in its first week.


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Toddler's food aversion leads to CT scan and neuroblastoma diagnosis
Norton Healthcare Provider / News / Adult Services / Cancer / Toddler's food aversion leads to CT scan and neuroblastoma diagnosis
Emaleigh Smith was born with a heart murmur, so her parents were on the lookout. At about 10 months, she started having unexplained eating issues, including food aversion. She started on feeding therapy.
After about eight months, a computed tomography (CT) scan showed neuroblastoma in her chest, near vertebrae — hugging her aorta.
Emaleigh was admitted to Norton Children's Hospital on April 26, 2018 — the day after her CT scan. David S. Foley, M.D., pediatric surgeon with Norton Children's Surgery, affiliated with UofL School of Medicine, did Emaleigh's tumor biopsy the next day. She also had a bone marrow biopsy.
During the next six months Emaleigh spent a lot of time in and out of the Addison Jo Blair Cancer Care Center at Norton Children's Hospital, under the care of the team at Norton Children's Cancer Institute, affiliated with UofL School of Medicine. The goal was to shrink the tumor and prevent any spread.
Emaleigh underwent chemotherapy and eventually surgery. Her mother, Andrea, recalls that at one point she thought: How could this tiny, 17 1/2-pound girl handle all of this?
Surprisingly well, as it turned out. Emaleigh never let anything keep her down. She played as usual. She was always excited to meet new people and would run up to hug them or shake their hands.
An extra-long IV line allowed the toddler some room to roam
"We nicknamed her 'The Mayor' because she never met a stranger," Andrea said.
During inpatient stays the nurses gave Emaleigh an extra-long IV line so she could be mobile. The active toddler often visited the nursing station and offices where everyone recognized her joyful babbling.
"The staff was wonderful. We became like family," Andrea said.
In late May 2018, after two rounds of chemotherapy, tests showed that the cancer hadn't spread to Emaleigh's bone marrow. Since the tumor in the toddler's chest hadn't spread, surgical removal was a viable option.
Dr. Foley scheduled surgery for late June. He cautioned they might be able to remove only 85% of the tumor that was so near Emaleigh's aorta and vertebrae. After the three-hour procedure he happily reported: They were able to get it all.
Andrea calls Dr. Foley "an angel on Earth."
Emaleigh got four more rounds of chemotherapy to make sure her lymph nodes were clear of suspicious cells. Her last treatment was Sept. 17, 2018.
Follow-up scans brought the best news yet: Every test and tumor margin were clear.
A very low risk of recurrence
Emaleigh continues to do well. She still talks with everyone she meets. She enjoys her beloved collection of Minnie and Mickey Mouse toys, many of which came from people touched by her spirit. And, she adores her brother, Zachary, who is approaching his first birthday.
Because Emaleigh has reached her one-year, last-treatment anniversary, her follow-up oncology appointments move from monthly to every three months. Her follow-up scans move from every three months to six months.
Kerry K. McGowan, M.D., hematologist/oncologist with Norton Children's Cancer Institute, told the Smiths that Emaleigh's risk of recurrence is not zero, but is very low.
"She has a personality bigger than a star. She is happy and smart, and all the things she should be," Andrea said. "That's what I focus on."
To refer a patient to Norton Children's Cancer Institute,
use our online form.

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By Rachael Buckland, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Migration and Border Policy Program.
On Wednesday the Department of Immigration and Border Protection announced that Australia has met its September 2015 commitment to issue an additional 12,000 refugee visas to people displaced by conflicts in Syria and Iraq.
Anne Richard, former US Assistant Secretary of the State for Population, Refugees and Migration, sheds light on the US-Australia refugee deal's aims and objectives.
The Migration Policy Institute unpacked the data collection and reporting requirements embedded in US President Donald Trump's recent executive orders on immigration.
ABC's Four Corners aired The Age of Consequences, a PBS International documentary examining the nexus between climate change, displacement and conflict.
Ahead of the UK triggering Article 50, University of Oxford's Migration Observatory has collated key data and commentary on the effect of Brexit on EU-UK labour migration.
Writing for the Guardian, Oxford University's Alexander Betts and Paul Collier highlight the importance of granting refugees a legal right to work.
The Overseas Development Institute's Abigail Hunt discusses how mobile technology can be used to break down barriers faced by refugee women in accessing and entering the workforce.
The Asia Foundation published a study analysing the implications of migration and remittance on social structures in Nepal.
Amnesty International's Ahmed Elzobier expressed concern at the criminalisation of human rights work in Sudan.


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Watches & Jewellery | Insiders
Waxing lyrical on the enduring appeal of IWC's Pilot's Watches
Text: Su Fen Tan
Tan Su Fen
We join Stanislas Rambaud, Managing Director for IWC South East Asia, and Ashvin Valiram, Group Executive Director of Valiram, for a roundtable to discuss the revered brand's long-standing relationship with the world of aviation
Come 5 August 2019, British pilots Matt Jones and Steve Boultbee Brooks will be flying a Spitfire (pictured above) in a 43,000km expedition around the world. Dubbed "The Longest Flight", the four-month mission is backed by Swiss manufacture IWC Schaffhausen, and will see the restored aircraft covering more than 30 countries (including stopovers in Japan, China and India) along the way. Always dreamed of seeing the iconic fighter plane in person? While Kuala Lumpur is not in the planned route, there is now a glorious life-sized replica perched in the Centre Court of Pavilion Kuala Lumpur.
Bringing its storied role in aviation to life with compelling storytelling in the heart of our city, IWC presents the Pilot's Watches Exhibition, a grand thematic showcase of the brand's latest Pilot's Watches—including the excellent new Spitfire line—along with 12 defining pieces from the manufacture's archives that have made a mark in the worlds of watchmaking and aviation.
In town for the launch of this landmark exhibition (the only one of its kind to be held in our region), Stanislas Rambaud, Managing Director for IWC South East Asia, sits down with Buro Malaysia in an exclusive roundtable session to discuss the event as well as the brand's long-standing relationship with aviation. Joining us is Ashvin Valiram, Group Executive Director of Valiram, who oversees IWC's main retail partner in Malaysia, Swiss Watch Gallery.
On the enduring appeal of pilot's watches and vintage timepieces...
Stanislas (S): "We live today in a world that is full of technology advances, technology that is evolving everyday. Our products are timeless products, and they also represent the DNA and the foundation of our brand. I think in a way, when people are buying watches, a lot of collectors are actually looking for specific watches that really translate the DNA of the brand. Vintage watches especially, really speak for a brand. If we look at IWC's pilot's watches, all the modern models are inspired by vintage watches—you can look at them as enhanced vintage watches, with more efficient mechanical movement. Since we've opened the new manufacture, we are able to also ramp up our production of in-house movements and invest more in R&D.
"It's also a trend. If you look at the demand over the last two decades, there was a time when people were looking for very big watches, and now we see people going back to the historical pieces. You have collectors who are looking for specific vintage watches like the Mark 11 for example, which was engineered for the Royal Air Force. They know that the first batch was produced in 200 pieces, and for them, the honour of owning one of these 200 pieces means a lot. I believe these watches also give its owner the sense of being part of the story.
"You will always find design elements on IWC watches that are vintage and iconic to the brand. The new Spitfire collection, for example, is inspired by the Mark 11. If you look at the Portugieser, the design is still very close to the first model we had in 1979. With IWC we have six collections with strong, distinctive designs, and they all belong in different universes with different storytelling; and of course they are all inspired by vintage watches of the brand."
READ MORE: An insider's look of IWC's new manufacture in Merishausen
On the importance for a storied brand such as IWC to look back in moving forward...
S: "It's great to have trends, but what makes a brand successful is consistency and its ability to remain loyal to its DNA. For IWC, we are first and foremost engineers, so since the beginning we've always combined precision engineering with pure and timeless design. This is our motto and we will remain loyal to that. But when we look at the future, we also want to improve the quality of our products and the value proposition for our clients. IWC is known for its innovation capabilities in terms of materials. We were one of the first brands to work with titanium and ceramic, we've also developed in-house patented materials such as ceratanium, which is an alloy that combines titanium and ceramic. This year we introduced hard gold, a new alloy of classic gold that is much more resistant and durable. In terms of design, vintage design elements remain very important for us; but in terms of technology and mechanics, we are always striving to improve our products and be on the front line of innovation. This is how we look to the future."
On the expectations for the ongoing exhibition...
S: "I expect many things from an exhibition of this scale. First of all we want to create and improve awareness in the market. We want to offer people a chance to discover IWC in a different way other than through our boutiques. This allows us to share our passion for adventure and aviation with strong storytelling for our pilot's watches, while giving both existing customers and people who are new to the brand to immerse themselves in the world of IWC. And of course, driving sales is one of our main objectives.
"At the same time this gives us the opportunity to draw attention to the boutique, which was recently relocated to a more prominent location—it is a larger boutique, and it is just next to the Pavilion centre court."
Ashwin (A): "The exhibition is quite sizable, encompassing the whole centre court of Pavilion. It's the first time we've done something like this specific to one brand. We've got a series of events planned to engage with the customers at a different level, and we're really excited to see the response."
On the shift in the local market's consumer demographic over the years...
A: "Obviously the watches are at a certain price point, and from that you get a certain demographic that appreciates it. We don't see a specific consumer profile exactly, but what we are seeing is a growing number of younger consumers. So younger people are more knowledgable about the brand, the heritage and the product lines, and they are buying it earlier and earlier. It's quite fascinating to see that shift. The market is getting broader and broader, and the knowledge as well as appreciation for these watches are getting deeper. Part of this shift can be contributed to the work being done by the brand and the retail partners to instill this culture and enthusiasm in people."
S: "That's great news to hear for sure, that our clients are getting younger and younger. These are the clients of tomorrow, and I think everything the brand does today lays the path for that direction. Things like this exhibition, quick reactions to market trends and customer demands, to partner with the right brand ambassadors like Bradley Cooper, being active on social media, and establishing our presence in the digital world (IWC was the first brand to be present on Net-a-Porter and Mr Porter)—they all go towards enlarging the scope of our customers and audience, and this is key to the success and growth of the brand."
A: "The thing with the digital world is, a lot of information are now served on a platter vs. 30 years ago where you'll really have to go and dig it up for yourself. That changes everything. Compounded with social media, the potential for engagement is just exponential."
Don't miss the IWC Pilot's Watches Exhibition, now running until Tuesday, 9 July 2019, at the Centre Court of Pavilion Kuala Lumpur. For more information on IWC's novelties, visit the website.
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Pre-SIHH 2019: Hermès, Vacheron Constantin, IWC Schaffhausen, Roger Dubuis, Girard-Perregaux


These days everyone incorporates fresh baby spinach into smoothies, dips and in salads, and rarely makes it into a side dish anymore; at least I think so.
We love sauteing fresh spinach and we make it often. Even our spinach with garlic and olive oil is still one of our favorites!
Sauteed spinach with tomatoes, garlic and olive oil is my husbands recipe. Easy and quick to make, his spinach dish always turns out sensational! No need to embellish with extra ingredients or weigh it down with creams or cheese. Simple and most delicious tasting!
Keep in mind that spinach practically shrinks to nothing when it's sauteed. So you can add in as much spinach as you need for your family.
In a medium size skillet, heat olive oil and add the garlic. Simmer on low heat for a few minutes, stirring until the garlic is translucent, about 2 minutes.
Toss in the diced tomato and saute for a few minutes, until tomatoes softens. Season with a little salt and pepper, to taste.
Toss in the baby spinach, and cover with a lid. Simmer on low flame for about 2 to 4 minutes. Stirring occasionally the spinach to infuse all the flavors together. Spinach will be done as soon as it wilts.
Taste, and season with salt and pepper, if desired. Turn off heat and transfer to a serving plate and serve.
Sauteed Spinach with Tomatoes is a wonderful recipe and will become a favorite side dish!
Go ahead and Pin this one! … and thanks for sharing!
Sauteed Spinach with Tomatoes is a simple and easy dish that's ready in minutes! This recipe makes a wonderful side dish that will compliment any meat, poultry and seafood, and will soon become a new favorite!
In a medium size skillet, heat olive oil and add the garlic. Simmer on low hear for a few minutes, stirring until the garlic is translucent, about 2 minutes.
Add in the diced tomato and saute for a few minutes, until it softens. Season with a little salt and pepper, to taste.
Toss in the baby spinach, and cover with a lid. Simmer for a few minutes. Remove cover and stir the spinach to infuse all the flavors together. Spinach will be done as soon as it wilts.
Taste, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Turn off heat and transfer to a serving plate and serve.
So simple…why have I never thought of this. Thanks!
Thanks Karen! Sometimes the simplest things turn out really good!


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Don't Rain on the Parade
By Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
Let's say you've had an interesting idea or moment of inspiration, or thought of a new project, or felt some enthusiasm bubbling up inside you. Your notions are not fully formed and you're not really committed to them yet, but they have promise and you like them and are trying them on for size. Then what?
If a family member or friend responds in a neutral or positive way, even if they also raise some practical questions, you likely feel good, supported, energized. But if that same person were to lead with a mainly negative response, focusing on problems, constraints, and risks - no matter how valid they are - you'd probably feel at least a little deflated, and maybe misunderstood, put down, or obstructed. Take a moment to reflect on how this may have happened to you, as a child or an adult.
This works the other way as well. If people come to you with an idea, passion, or aspiration, and you put their fire out with doubts and objections, they're not going to feel good, period - and not good about opening up to you in the future. Take another moment to consider how this could have happened in some of your relationships.
And this works the same way inside your own head. If you pour cold water over your own hopes and dreams, you'll live cautiously between the lines, sure, but you'll never know what warmth and light might have spread if you'd let them catch fire. Do you back your own play, cheerlead your own parade? Or are you too quick with doubt, limitations, cost analyses, reasons why not?
What kind of life would it be, never to rain on a parade, your own or anyone else's?
The points here apply both to when you're reacting to the (even harebrained) ideas of others, and when you're responding to your own inspirations and enthusiasms; you can also use them to stick up for yourself if someone starts drizzling on your parade.
Notice any reflexive pulling back, naysaying, or buzz-killing when you or someone else gets happily excited about something. Be aware of any personal history with parents or others who got into an elevated mood or a bit of grandiosity that led to trouble later - and how that history could be shaping your reactions to people and situations today that are actually quite different.
Remember that you can always still say no. In other words, just because there's some new scheme on the table doesn't mean you're locked into doing it. You can trust in your capacity to explore the idea fully - even if you or others are full of passion about it - while simultaneously knowing that you're reserving your rights.
It's OK to be quiet, spacious, even silent. OK to take some time to let things air out and take more shape before you respond. Even if your deep-down view is that this idea is insane, disastrous, or worse - often you don't have to say anything at all and it will collapse on its own.
When you do communicate - to yourself or to another person - try to start with what's true and useful in whatever is hatching. It's often fine to stay with that theme.
If you have concerns, expressing them usually goes best if they're both timely and wanted. (Ignore this suggestion if there's a compelling reason to do so.) Keep them relevant to the matter at hand; for example, if the cost of an idea is a few hundred dollars, whatever problems it has don't include the specter of poverty in old age.
Look at your family and friends. Look at yourself. What parades - what longings of the heart, big dreams, promises deferred, crazy ideas that just might really work - are eager to get started?
What could you do this year to open paths for them?
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Rick Hanson, PhD is a psychologist, Senior Fellow of UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times best-selling author. His books have been published in 29 languages and include Neurodharma, Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha's Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture - with 900,000 copies in English alone. His free weekly newsletter has 185,000 subscribers and his online programs have scholarships available for those with financial need. He's lectured at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide. An expert on positive neuroplasticity, his work has been featured on the BBC, CBS, NPR, and other major media. He began meditating in 1974 and is the founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom. He loves wilderness and taking a break from emails.
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Stroke mortality in U.S. adults aged 45 and over by ethnicity and gender 2010-2013
Published by Statista Research Department, Jul 1, 2015
This statistic displays the mortality rate caused by stroke among adults aged 45 and older in the United States from 2010 to 2013, by gender and ethnicity. During this period, the stroke mortality rate reached some 131.4 deaths per 100,000 population among non-Hispanic black women. Stroke mortality has decreased continuously over the last decades.
Stroke mortality rate among adults aged 45 and over in the U.S. between 2010 and 2013, by ethnicity and gender (per 100,000 population)
Non-Hispanic white 100.7 101.1
Non-Hispanic black 154.8 131.4
Non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander 92.8 83
Hispanic 91.9 81.6
Brain cancer cases in England 2018, by age and gender
Brain cancer mortality per incidence ratio in England 2016, by region and gender
Brain cancer cases rate per 100,000 population in England 1995-2018, by gender
Newly diagnosed brain cancer in England 1995-2018 by gender
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Research expert covering health and health care
Statistics on "Cerebrovascular disease in the United Kingdom (UK)"
Diagnoses of stroke in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018/19, by gender
Diagnoses of stroke in the United Kingdom (UK) 2011/12-2018/19
Incidence of strokes in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by age and gender
Incidence of strokes in the United Kingdom (UK) 2005-2017, by country
Individuals who have had a stroke in Scotland 2003-2019, by gender
30 day survival rate after stroke in Scotland 2004-2019, by gender
Cerebrovascular disease incidence rate in Scotland 2004-19, by gender
Mortality rate from strokes in the United Kingdom 2000-2018
Mortality rate from strokes in the UK 2018, by country
Stroke deaths attributable to certain risk factors in the United Kingdom (UK) 2017
Stroke: number of deaths in England and Wales 2019, by gender and age
Scotland: mortality rate of stroke 2004-2018, by gender
Scotland: cerebrovascular disease mortality rate 2004-2018, by gender
Stroke: number of deaths in Northern Ireland 2018, by gender and age
Healthcare costs of strokes in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015, by area
Non-healthcare costs of strokes in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015, by area
Number of patients prescribed a cardiovascular drug in Scotland 2009-2019
Gross ingredient cost of cardiovascular items in Scotland 2006-2019
Share of stroke mortality in U.S. adults by ethnicity and age 2010-2013
Stroke mortality rate in U.S. adults aged 45 and over by urbanization 2010-2013
Stroke mortality in U.S. adults aged 45 and over by race and stroke belt 2010-2013
Death rate of cerebrovascular diseases in Taiwan 2007-2018
Number of obese adults in the U.S. by ethnicity 2011-2012
Stroke deaths among U.S. adults in 2000 and 2015, by ethnicity
Adult obesity rates in Oklahoma by ethnicity 2019
Adult obesity rates in Vermont by ethnicity 2019
Adult obesity rates in Pennsylvania by ethnicity 2019
Adult obesity rates in West Virginia by ethnicity 2019
30-day mortality rate after hospital admission for stroke worldwide 2017, by country
Mortality rate due to cerebrovascular diseases in Spain 2016, by gender and region
Cerebrovascular disease in the U.S. Geriatric health in the U.S. Health Smoking Diseases
CDC. (July 1, 2015). Stroke mortality rate among adults aged 45 and over in the U.S. between 2010 and 2013, by ethnicity and gender (per 100,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 17, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/459678/stroke-mortality-in-adults-aged-45-and-over-by-ethnicity-and-gender-in-the-us/
CDC. "Stroke mortality rate among adults aged 45 and over in the U.S. between 2010 and 2013, by ethnicity and gender (per 100,000 population)." Chart. July 1, 2015. Statista. Accessed January 17, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/459678/stroke-mortality-in-adults-aged-45-and-over-by-ethnicity-and-gender-in-the-us/
CDC. (2015). Stroke mortality rate among adults aged 45 and over in the U.S. between 2010 and 2013, by ethnicity and gender (per 100,000 population). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 17, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/459678/stroke-mortality-in-adults-aged-45-and-over-by-ethnicity-and-gender-in-the-us/
CDC. "Stroke Mortality Rate among Adults Aged 45 and over in The U.S. between 2010 and 2013, by Ethnicity and Gender (per 100,000 Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/459678/stroke-mortality-in-adults-aged-45-and-over-by-ethnicity-and-gender-in-the-us/
CDC, Stroke mortality rate among adults aged 45 and over in the U.S. between 2010 and 2013, by ethnicity and gender (per 100,000 population) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/459678/stroke-mortality-in-adults-aged-45-and-over-by-ethnicity-and-gender-in-the-us/ (last visited January 17, 2021)


The theory has some weaknesses or at least points of contention, two of the most notable are those of the vocal minority and the internet. The internet (a.k.a. interwebs, series of tubes – thanks, Al) seemingly levels the playing field, where a minority opinion won't be felt by the individual as a minority opinion and might be voiced in that arena whereas the individual would have not been so vocal in another place of public discourse. Second, the vocal minority – you know these people, they may be the only one who thinks that cats need to right to vote, but they won't shut up about it and are seemingly outside of the effects of the Spiral of Silence.


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Four RMC graduates among those in Canadian military helicopter crash
April 30, 2020 April 29, 2021 Tori Stafford
Four of the six members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) aboard the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CH-148 Cyclone helicopter that crashed off the coast of Greece graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) here in Kingston. As was reported earlier, Sub-Lieutenant Abbigail Cowbrough of Nova Scotia


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Top Ten Most Karmic Moments for Animal Abusers in 2008
Published December 16, 2008 by PETA. Last Updated October 14, 2013.
Ever notice how bad begets bad? Well, in the world of animal abuse, folks often have a way of getting themselves hurt and even killed when trying to do the same to other animals. Besides the obvious "eat meat and die" connection, we at The PETA Files have seen quite a few instances of folks more creatively or elaborately harming or endangering themselves over the years—including large-scale property destruction and truly ironic animal attacks.
With that in mind, I bring you our Top 10 "Payback Is Hell" moments of 2008:
10. While striking his dog with a gun to make him release a bone, a man managed to shoot himself. Granted, I don't think there's any safe place to point a gun, but letting the "business end" face you as you swing it like a club? Wow. Maybe he'll think twice about hitting his dog next time—if he, ya know, survived.
9. What happens when you anger a 10-foot python who's been stuck in a cage for a long time? An intern at a Venezuelan zoo found out when he decided to play with the snake during his night shift. Turns out that snakes are fond of strangling and swallowing their prey (someone really should put that on Wikipedia).
8. Some people shoo wasps away with their hands. Others think it's fair play to go after them with lighted torches. One monk learned that when you play with fire, you (and your entire temple) might get burned (to the ground).
7. While tracking a deer whom he had shot and was in the process of killing, a hunter apparently misjudged a cliff's edge and fell off.
6. A New Jersey man tried to kill insects in his apartment with bug spray, but the propellant chemicals in the spray seemed to have some unforeseen consequences. He succeeded in killing many bugs, but probably not so much because of the poison as because of the explosion, which destroyed 80 percent of his apartment.
5. Though the purpose of "sea kitten hunting" is to dig a hook painfully into another being's skin, one guy seems to have misread the how-to manual and managed to drive the hook into his own hand.
4. Have you ever seen bears who were forced to perform in captivity and felt sorry for how helpless they look? Well, it turns out gigantic land mammals with sharp, sharp teeth aren't always that helpless—as demonstrated by the fatal attack that a bear at Predators in Action wild animal training center made against a trainer.
3. Why don't we allow children to drive? Because it's dangerous. Why do we allow children to kill animals with loaded firearms? Good question. Though some folks argue that children can be trusted with firearms if trained properly, I don't think that helps the two men who were allegedly shot by one eight-year-old boy who had reportedly been taught how to use a deadly weapon to hunt animals.
2. After being jailed on burglary charges, a man was attacked by another inmate who chewed off a part of his ear (ewww!). What are the odds that something so disgusting and awful would happen to someone? To top it off, what are the odds that it would happen to a man who had previously been charged with cutting off a dog's ears?!
1. Proving that using a .44 Magnum to kill mice is not a good idea, a trailer park resident managed to shoot herself and a bystander while trying to fire at a rodent who was simply trying to share her space. Is anyone else stunned that two accidental injuries occurred? PETA's humane mousetrap, on the other hand, has never hurt a living soul.
I guess it just goes to show that what goes around may actually come around, so please make wise decisions when interacting with animals—you might have to answer for your actions.
Do you have your own "payback is hell" story, in which someone's misdeeds to an animal don't go unpunished? If so, comment below; we'd all love to hear it!
Written by Sean Conner


Fresh on the tail of free agent frenzy, Kelcey Brade from the CTV Sports Vancouver joined Chris, Clay and Matt to discuss how the team fared in their plunge into the pool of free agents in the 21st episode of C4.
They start off by covering the position that never goes to sleep – goaltending – and give their thoughts on Ryan Miller signing with the Canucks. The boys also discuss Radim Vrbata, any further moves the Canucks may make this offseason and put their pride on the line by predicting whether the Canucks will make the playoffs (it's never too early for a prediction)!
And as always, they wrap things up with #AskCHB and Canucks Hakiu.


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Q: In an isomorphic single page application, what happens to clients when you deploy new server code? I think it's implicit that when implementing an isomorphic single page app that you've also developed a private api that your client will hit for updates.
My question is, when you push code changes to your server, there will be "stale" clients out there that are still running your old client code, and then hit your api with a possibly incompatible parameters and assumptions.
I see two possible solutions:

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*Version your api.  Your client code will have to hit the api with its current version number; your server code gets bloated with versioning logic.

*Implement some kind of sockets/push messaging to tell clients to do a full-page refresh to get the latest deployed code whenever a deployment occurs.  (Do these connections even remain intact after a server deployment?)

(Api versioning is a necessity if you also have mobile app clients to support, but for just a web site, seems like a lot of unnecessary work.)
Anyone else encounter or solve this problem?  Are there other options I'm missing?

A: I would suggest a combination of the two techniques. I would recommend versioning the API, and then having a version check that gets executed by the server on ever API call. If the version is not equal to the latest version you send a message back to the client that notifies them to do a full refresh.
This way your code shouldn't get bloated with a bunch of different versioning logic. You can just create a validate function that gets called at the beginning of every call and returns a message to update if the client is out of date.

A: I think put the application on maintenance schedule for few hour that you require for your code upgrade. Notify your user about that before. And choose a time when very less user active.


In the first installment of this series, we talked about a basic definition of what full service distributors do:they get books to the stores and other outlets that then sell them to the public. Today, let's talk a little about how they do this.
Distributors make life easier in many ways for publishers because they handle at least some, if not all of these kinds of tasks: creating and then taking and fulfilling stock orders from stores, creating marketing materials, representing books at trade shows, processing returns from stores.
In addition, some provide fulfillment for orders directly from the publisher's website or even via phone number they provide. The distributor receives books shipped from the printer, stores them and then packs each individual order as it comes in. If the distributor has collected the funds from a customer as well, they then pay the publisher their portion on a set schedule.
As far as the customer is concerned, all of this happens seamlessly behind the scenes and that's the idea. Once in a while you might here the phrase "distributed by such and such company", but if you're like me, it makes absolutely no difference as long as your purchase experience is good/you get what you want.
One other thing that you should note is that occasionally, the terms distribution and fulfillment are used somewhat interchangeably. Generally though, fulfillment means filling and shipping orders, it doesn't usually involve marketing activities.
Who are the distributors, what does it cost to use their services? More next week.
A few months ago, I did a short series on Lulu and the pros and cons of using it. Today, I'm going to start a new series about the topic of distribution. If you have any questions anywhere along the way, please feel free to either email me or put a note in the comment section.
Let's start with the most logical point-what is distribution?
First, let's talk about what is referred to as full-service or traditional distribution.
Consider this: there are thousands of publishers trying to sell thousands of books to the stores that sell them. Imagine the insanity if every store was contacted by every publisher about every book, old and new alike. The paperwork it would entail to fill the shelves would be absolutely insane. That's where the full service distribution comes into the picture.
Distributors catalog the inventory of multiple publishers, their representatives present the information to the bookstore buyers and the buyers place one order through the distributor. The distributor then facilitates getting the books to the stores either via their own warehouse or a wholesale warehouse. Stores may deal with more than one distributor for different lines of products because no one represents everything, but they are still dealing with far fewer entities than the first scenario.
If you walk into a B & N or other major store, the books you see got there via that process for the most part. This process is also generally what's in play when books sell in the thousands or tens of thousands+ copy level. It's definitely possible to sell decent quantities without distribution, but it is certainly a lot more challenging.
Do you want or need full service distribution for your book? Maybe, maybe not. Stay tuned.
Sometimes, we writers like to dream ourselves into the land of bestsellers. We think about what it might be like to be on the big lists, how we'd be set for our next book and the next one after that. All we'd have to do is write, our publisher would release the book and all is well until the next one is ready-lather, rinse, repeat.
In some ways, it kinda makes sense. If your writing continues along the same path as the first big book, those who bought the first, would likely flock to future books too. Launch it and they will come kind of thing, right? Well, not exactly.
There's a competitive dynamic that occurs even at the bestseller level, that I hadn't thought about until I read this about Dan Brown's upcoming book and what it means to other big name books.
In a nutshell, even the big players worry about whether their book will get attention. That's how much publishing has changed over the years. Readers have so much to choose from, even well-known names are not exempt from a little hand-wringing and stressing out at the point of a book's release. There are no guarantees at any stage of the game.
What does all this mean to you? Be prepared.
Even if you have an agent, or are picked up by a large publisher, be prepared for plans to change and that you may not totally understand why or believe the changes to be fair. Also, understand you may not get all the attention you think your work deserves. Be willing to grow.
If you aren't going the traditional route, be prepared to compete. You may or may not directly be competing with Dan Brown or others in that realm, but you may be indirectly. Be aware of the possibility and prepare as much as you can so that you aren't blindsided if it happens.
And if any of the above does happen, be prepared to be knocked back a bit, or maybe even knocked down. Most importantly, be prepared to get back up and to take more steps forward no matter how big or small.
The info she passed along via Facebook is about a new type of e-book reader program called Ripple that's geared for kids. Here's how it works in a nutshell: authors can make their read-aloud books available through the service, an adult purchases the ebook version, and then record themselves reading it via their own computer speaker. They then tell the child their book is ready for them, the child logs on and can hear the story being read to them by the person who purchased the book. The grownup involved might be a grandparent living in another city or potentially a parent working or serving outside the country.
I agree with the gentleman who posted the video, even if it's not quite here yet, it's something to keep an eye on. In the meantime, if you sell this kind of book, why not recommend/suggest what is available now to potential buyers? Using Skype to read a book live via the net or recording even a short video and emailing a link or uploading it is easier and easier to do, but not everyone will think of doing it, even if they're aware of the technology. Have them try it out with your book!
Short and sweet today. There's a lot of unique terminology to know in any industry and publishing is no different. It is also more important than ever to at least understand the basics because these days, an uniformed author can easily be a scammed, frustrated or disappointed author in no time.
To help you out, Agent Nathan Bransford has posted a great list of some of the stuff you need to know. Find it here Still have questions? Post them here and I'll do my best to clarify or find someone who can.
If you write a book (or create any kind of product for that matter) and you intend to sell it, you want attention. You want to do radio, have your picture on the front page of the paper. You want to be on TV-maybe even one of the top morning shows or even, (deep breath) Oprah.
Do you want all that or at least parts of it? Really? If you answer is still a resounding "yes", the next question is, are you ready if it happens?
Consider what happened in the last week to the Taviano family thanks to their 52 Zoos in 52 Weeks adventure. First, yes they really did that. Based from their home in Ohio, they put thousands of miles on their van, stayed with people they'd never met before except online and got as far as LA, CA.
When they did their last official stop at their hometown zoo in Columbus, they'd sent a media announcement to local TV and newspapers. TV showed up for the wrap up party on August 1. The segments aired the next day, hit the papers a day or two later.
From there the Associated Press picked up the story. By Mon/Tue there were hundreds of results if you Googled the story. Their story was picked up then bumped for something else several times. Then mom Marla was booked on a nationally syndicated radio show by Wed, then the whole family was flown in on Friday to NYC be on the CBS Early Show on Saturday.
Of course they had wanted and sought out publicity. But the thing about publicity is you can't totally control it like you can with advertising. You rarely know exactly who's going to grab on to you or your message and when. A week later, things are calmer, another radio show is scheduled last I read.
You want attention for your book, but are you really ready to handle it if it comes faster or bigger than expected? Are you comfortable giving a radio interview, to be interviewed on camera even if it's your local channel?
The Tavianos were relatively prepared for the attention they got; it's hard to be prepared for everything especially early on. But CBS was "out of their comfort zone" as Marla put it to her friends, family & fans as she asked for our prayers and support. And that's another key, as you prepare do the best you can, and also put together a support system. In this time of the www, there's no reason to even think about going it alone.
So once again, if you are blessed to get the attention you seek, are you ready? If not, what are you going to do about it starting right now?
BTW, if you want to read about cool zoos, and what God is doing through the Taviano family, visit www.52zoos.com or www.marlataviano.com You can also keep an eye out for the upcoming book.
What Else Do They Want?
In the last post, we talked about the fact that very often it will be the case that your readers/customers don't need your book and one key to being able to still sell it is to get people to want it.
While you're working on how to do that, another idea to consider is-what else might they want?
If someone buys your book, there's a possibility they'd like something else too that's either directly related or associated with it. Now you probably wouldn't do this if you only sell on Amazon, but if you sell in person at all, it is definitely a strategy to consider to put a few more dollars in your pocket in a very overcrowded book market.
Is there a concept or catch phrase in your book that would work well on a t-shirt, coffee mug or mouse pad? How about your book cover? Does a character wear a unique piece of jewelry that could be custom made for you to sell by a local jeweler or artist?
Is your book set in wine country or is a character a wine-lover or a foodie? Could you package your book with wine glasses, a wine scented candle or a cookbook?
Kids books are sold together with other products quite frequently, there's no reason adult books can't be too. Of course you don't have to make or write the things to go with it, but it shouldn't be to tough to find a way to make an attractive package deal.
Have you packaged your book with another product of your own creation or with someone else's? Please share with us!
Did that title statement catch you off guard? It did when I read the same sentiment in an article recently. But it didn't take long for me to understand how true it was.
1. If your book is non-fiction, there is a huge chance that all or part of your information is online and it's free. That's a big struggle the whole publishing industry is grappling with right now.
2. People are reading fewer books generally, but there were hundreds of thousands of new books published last year alone. And remember, that's on top of classics and other perennial best sellers.
3. If you are a reader, you may already have a backlog of books on your shelves along with a wish list, and your friends keep recommending more.
4. Decades ago, books were a major form of escape, entertainment and relaxation. Now there are numerous choices to fill free time.
How do you write and sell books if most people don't need them? You have to make them want to buy them. Want is different than need. You need to eat, but you might want chocolate instead of a salad. You need clothes, but you may want a particular brand over another that fills a similar need.
What's to want about a book? Maybe there's information in it they can't find easily for free. Maybe a writing style just hits the spot when they want something refreshing. Maybe it's because they met they met the author. Answer that question and you'll be well ahead of those who never stop to consider it.
So, why would people want your book?
You and I are writers and authors (or are at least we're working at it). We have lots of ways and lots of opportunity to communicate, commiserate and celebrate the world we work in. This is good because writing can be a lonely, frustrating and maddening enterprise sometimes.
But what about those who are essentially spectators to this world of words, editors and queries? I'd be willing to bet that most of us do not have a significant other or spouse who share our writing world. I don't. My husband is a musician (and a darn good one too :-)). Luckily for me he does understand and relate to "the arts", but not all areas of writing and music overlap by any means. Maybe some of you are in a similar boat, but others probably have family that aren't into such things at all, which makes what we do completely foreign and uninteresting.
No matter which is the case in any given family though, there is one common thread that exists-writers need support and encouragement. Yes, many of us can dig our heels in and push ahead without it, but life's much sweeter and less stressful when we believe others value what we do verses considering it a waste of time and effort.
Not sure how to make that happen? Or if your situation is going pretty well, can it be even better? Here's an excellent post with some simple ideas that can be used in either scenario. Getting things on track may be as simple as a quick forward to someone you love.
How are things in that place where writers & non-writers collide in your life? Do you have tips/stories about how the non-writers in your family support you? I'd love it if you'd share.


Typhoon Mangkhut retained its ferocious strength and slightly shifted towards more densely populated coastal provinces on Friday as it barrelled closer to the northeastern Philippines, where a massive evacuation was underway.
More than four million people are at risk from the storm, which the Hawaii-based Joint Typhoon Warning Center categorises as a super typhoon with powerful winds and gusts equivalent to a category 5 Atlantic hurricane.
It was initially expected to hit the northern tip of Cagayan province early Saturday, but it's now likely to make landfall farther south and closer to Isabela province then cut across the northern breadbasket, Philippine state forecaster Chris Perez told The Associated Press.
The change won't make much difference because of the typhoon's massive size, he said.


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Clusters COMPETE
For years now we and many others (ranging from the Harvard strategy guru Michael Porter, the Council on Competitiveness, and innovation scholar Rob Atkinson to the National Governor's Association, the Rural Policy Institute, Stu Rosenfeld, the National Academies, and the Center for American Progress) have been urging that greater attention be paid to the crucial role that regional industry or "innovation" clusters can play in enhancing economic performance.
The U.S., we have pointed out, lags other nations in fostering these distributed, "bottom-up" systems of business development, innovation, and talent matching. The time has come, we have kept saying, for America to make regional industry networks a defining aspect of the nation's efforts to catalyze the next era of high-quality job creation and growth.
So it's welcome that the newly released draft language for the reauthorization of America COMPETES Act--the nation's flagship effort to boost economic growth through innovation--includes a serious new title aimed at promoting growth through the establishment of a competitive regional innovation cluster grant program. Congress has at last begun to respond.
This is a big deal. At Brookings, we are gratified because the proposed program—which will be reviewed in the bill's markup Wednesday by the House Science and Technology Committee--embodies at least in outline the architecture for a new program we proposed two years ago. Far more important, though, is the practical value to the nation of something like the new initiative, and the broader significance of its inclusion in America COMPETES as sponsored by Rep. Bart Gordon, D-TN.
As I wrote last week, one of the great flaws of U.S. innovation policy today is that it pays too little attention to the practical commercialization of ideas and is still based on what the economist Greg Tassey calls the "black box model" of growth that assumes desirable goods and services magically appear as a result of the combination of R&D spending with the traditional inputs of capital and labor. This "magical" or linear model is misleading because it assumes that basic research gets easily or almost automatically translated into commercial activity. But commercialization doesn't happen automatically. In fact, the real-life commercialization process is pursued by small and large firms, trade associations, universities, community colleges, investors, and entrepreneurs in a universe jam-packed with complications, including information breakdowns, institutional inertia, coordination and communication problems, and poorly aligned incentives. Add to that the disaggregation of the American development system, through the globalization of the supply chain, and it's clear that U.S. growth and innovation activities are diffusing rather than cohering, drifting rather concentrating.
All of which suggests the need for the industry cluster program now embedded in America COMPETES. Clusters—geographic concentrations of interconnected firms and supporting organizations—are one important way that networks of companies, suppliers, and related institutions put the pieces of a fragmented development system back together. Through clustering, firms and other enterprises seek to cooperate or share resources--whether technology, workers, or suppliers--on certain matters even as they compete nationally and globally. Through such clustering firms benefit from valuable local knowledge, specialized local labor forces, technology diffusion, or strategic partners. Hence the need for efforts to foster these vital networks. However, due to lack of trust, talent, and resources, many clusters are less competitive than they could be. Consequently, it often falls to government to promote local initiatives that enhance intra-cluster collaboration.
And America COMPETES now offers a program of this kind--one not unlike a number of other initiatives being proposed by the Obama administration in the FY 2011 budget. According to the current text of Sec. 503 of H.R. 5116, the draft legislation calls for the establishment in the Department of Commerce of a two-part federal initiative that would:
establish a regional innovation cluster (RIC) grants program to "encourage and support the development of regional innovation strategies"
create a research and information program on regional innovation strategies, to gather and disseminate best practices in regional innovation strategies and collect and make available data on U.S. clusters
Through these provisions, the federal government will make available competitive grants and information aimed at stimulating the collaborative interactions of firms and other institutions in regions to produce more commercial innovation and higher wage employment. Under the grant program, specifically, the government will award competitive grants to the best, bottom-up proposals for advancing cluster activities--whether it be for planning activities, technical assistance, or market analysis--in individual regions whether by governments, non-profits, public-private partnerships, and other entities.
Certainly the new draft language isn't perfect. Because the bill would have the Commerce Department fund one-off cluster initiatives rather than regional programs that promote cluster initiatives more generally, it increases the likelihood of misfires, hinders regional flexibility and capacity to respond to economic change, and could reduce--rather than increase--cooperation among regional actors.
And yet, for all that, the arrival of region-talk and clusters in America COMPETES really does mark watershed in U.S. innovation policy. With the addition of clusters to COMPETES, after all, Rep. Gordon and others have begun the hard work of updating the last two decade's too-simple account of innovation and competitiveness. No longer is it believable that the nation possesses one single placeless economy and that commercial breakthroughs, jobs, and prosperity will result magically from a simple recipe of spending on R+D and human capital investments. And so it is extremely welcome that Congress has begun to recognize that the American economy is regional; that regional industry networks and clusters are a defining aspect of its organization; and that attending more astutely to the details of how innovations are commercialized in U.S. places is a necessary part of sound economic steerage. At last the nation's economic leaders may be waking up.
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Seattle teacher and activist Dan Trocolli explains why he thinks the call for a May 1 general strike is the wrong step for the Occupy movement.
ON SUNDAY evening, Occupy Seattle's General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to endorse a call for a general strike on May 1. The subject had been the center of contentious debate in the GA since the week prior when it was proposed.
I was one of a handful of people present who voted against the proposal. I might have expressed my viewpoint then if the facilitators had taken measures to ensure that opposing views were at least more proportionally represented. My reasons are as follows.
As a socialist, I think an economic system that profits off of the exploitation and oppression of those who produce the wealth needs to be replaced with a true democracy from below. I think that a key mechanism to bring that about is workers striking to stop that system and protect themselves from the worst excesses of the free market.
I want to see more strikes--and ultimately, general strikes. This is crucial both to rebuilding the labor movement in this country and ultimately changing a system where the 1 percent profit off the 99 percent.
However, I worry that most of the 99 percent won't heed the call to strike on May 1.
The first is that strikes don't mean much if whole workplaces don't go out. Even if you take the day off, if your coworkers aren't organized to walk out with you, it isn't much different to them than you calling in sick. The second reason follows that if people won't come out on May Day for a general strike called by Occupy, then many people will perceive the Occupy movement's influence as waning, which will make it more difficult still to build the movement and continue to challenge the 1 percent's rule.
Considering that Occupy events as of late have been a fraction of the size they were last fall, the question of how to expand Occupy to more of the 99 percent should be the heart of this debate.
Those who proposed the general strike argue that in order to draw more people in, more radical actions are needed. As a teacher, I learned that in order to challenge students effectively, we need to consider whether what we are teaching is beyond the students' Zone of Proximal Development. That means if we ask them to try something that is too far out of their comfort zone, we risk losing their attention or interest, as they may feel it's beyond their comprehension or ability.
A general strike might be a bit too far out of the comfort zone for most people in the U.S., where last year, there were fewer than 20 strikes involving 1,000 workers or more, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
No doubt there are many workers who would like to go on strike against their employer and problems at their workplace. But the question is whether they have the confidence that anyone else they work with would strike with them.
I WOULD venture a guess that there were few if any people at Seattle's GA Sunday who have even been in a strike, much less organized one. There are many lessons learned from being in a strike--like strategies to build up support in a workplace or knowing how to effectively challenge the employer if they try to prevent or retaliate--that are needed to successfully organize a general strike. Unfortunately, the vast majority of workers in the U.S. just don't have any experience with them.
These things and more need to be learned by many more working people before we are likely to see national general strikes in the U.S. A country like Greece, where there have been numerous general strikes in the last two years, has a much higher unionization rate than the U.S. and a tradition of working-class militancy that goes back to the struggle to overthrow a military dictatorship.
The last time there was a general strike in Seattle, in 1919, more than 100 unions involved. They organized a strike committee with three representatives from each to prepare for the strike and coordinate it once it was under way. Striking workers had a plan to deliver essential services to people outside for-profit structures.
At the GA in Seattle last Sunday, many of the most vocal supporters of the proposal argued that the general strike call is the first step toward achieving a general strike in the future--or even that the term general strike can mean something else entirely from what it has for radicals over the decades.
The danger in calling a general strike when it likely will fall flat is that this further delegitimizes the strike as a tactic for working people looking to fight back. This is even more likely to happen when a small number of people attempt to disrupt production--through blockades or pickets of workplaces--but haven't made the effort to win support from the majority or even a significant minority of the people who work there.
Perhaps this is what is intended when some radicals argue today for "disrupting the system" or redefining the term "strike" so that a strike doesn't necessarily need the support of workers involved. This runs counter to what socialists see as the key feature of the strike--the collective struggle of workers to stop production in a workplace, which can break down divisions among them and helps workers see their potential to affect larger change.
The Occupy movement in Oakland, Calif., did make a call for a general strike after a police attack on its camp that nearly killed Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen. The day of action on November 2 involved tens of thousands of people and was an inspiring and important show of solidarity against the repression of Occupy.
But it would be wrong to say that the successful day of action was a general strike, like the one that took place in Oakland in 1946 or the one in Seattle in 1919--which were based on the coordinated and collective action of large numbers of workers to stop production.
I would like to see a true general strike of millions of people across the U.S., collectively taking a stand against the greed of the 1 percent. However, as a history teacher and a union activist, I know that hope and passion--though they are important ingredients for change--will not bring about a mass movement.
The continued attack on working-class living standards the world over, while business profits get bigger, will push more and more people to question the priorities of our society. But that alone won't bring about a general strike. It will also take the hard work of organizing, reaching out to even wider layers of the 99 percent who haven't been mobilized yet to channel working-class discontent into activism and show workers they have the power to change capitalism's priorities.
Hopefully, in the process, we'll push the comfort zone leftward--and see more workers striking to win their demands.


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The New York State Bridge Authority (NYSBA) is a public benefit corporation in New York State, United States.  The NYSBA was born out of the necessity to build a bridge over the Hudson River to link the city of Hudson and the village of Catskill. It owns, operates, and maintains five Hudson River bridge crossings in the Mid-Hudson River Valley of New York State. It also owns and maintains the Walkway Over the Hudson, but that structure is operated by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.

Organization
NYSBA is guided by an unpaid 7-member Board of Commissioners (one seat of which is currently vacant) who are appointed by the New York State Governor. NYSBA's management team is headed by Executive Director Dr. Minosca Alcantara. In 2017, NYSBA had operating expenses of $51.08 million, an outstanding debt of $89.72 million, and a staffing level of 282 people.

NYSBA has been self-sufficient throughout its more than eighty-five year history, operating without Federal or State tax monies and reinvesting toll revenues to continue to maintain and improve these vital Hudson River Crossings.

History
The origin of the NYSBA was embodied in the Great Depression during the 1930s and 1940s. State finances were in short supply and an originally proposed plan for the state to build the Rip Van Winkle Bridge was vetoed by then Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt.  A possible precursor to the New Deal, Roosevelt supported the creation of an Authority, separate from state finances.

On March 31, 1932, Roosevelt signed into law a bill sponsored by Greene County Assemblyman Ellis Bentley that created the Bridge Authority as an entity that would issue toll revenue bonds to pay for what would become the Rip Van Winkle Bridge.

In 1933, during the construction of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, the Authority acquired the Mid-Hudson Bridge, originally built by the State Department of Public Works in 1930.

Of note, the toll for a round trip across the Mid-Hudson Bridge for a car with 3 passengers in 1933 was $2.20, more than the $1.75 charged today.  The 1933 $1 toll for a one horse wagon is no longer charged.

The Rip Van Winkle Bridge was dedicated in 1935.

The Bear Mountain Bridge, originally built by a private venture in 1924, was sold to the Authority in 1940.

The Authority dedicated the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge in 1957, the first span of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge in 1963 and the second span in 1980.

The Bridge Authority charges an auto cash toll of $1.75 for eastbound traffic on all five bridges. E-ZPass customers pay $1.35. The last rate increase was May 1, 2020, a 25 cent increase from the prior rate of $1.50.  Commercial tolls are based on axle count. NYSBA is a member of the E-ZPass electronic toll collection system.

In 2020 Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed to merge NYSBA with the New York State Thruway Authority but withdrew the plan after opposition from the Hudson Valley delegation to the state legislature, who feared it would be detrimental to the bridges and lead to higher tolls They believed Cuomo's real goal was to use NYSBA's budget surpluses to offset the Thruway Authority's deficits and subsidize its construction projects. The year's state budget did give Cuomo the authority to replace the Bridge Authority's entire board even if they had not finished their terms, and he did. Legislators accused Cuomo of trying to install a board that would be more amenable to the governor's merger plans; state senator Sue Serino of Hyde Park voted against confirming all of the replacements, and some of her colleagues from the region opposed some. One, Jen Metzger of Rosendale, said the Hudson Valley legislators would be watching the new appointees closely to make sure they were "independent thinkers".

Statutory authority
The law creating the New York State Bridge Authority is found in the Bridge Authority Act, currently Sections 525 to 542 of the New York Public Authorities Law and defines the Bridge Authority's mission as "to maintain and operate the safe vehicle crossings over the Hudson River entrusted to its jurisdiction for the economic and social benefit of the people of the State of New York."

The crossings listed in the statute are:  the Rip Van Winkle Bridge between Hudson and Catskill; the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge; the Mid-Hudson Bridge between Poughkeepsie and Highland; the parallel Newburgh-Beacon spans; and the Bear Mountain Bridge.

The Authority believes its mandate imposes a responsibility to provide reliable, safe and convenient access across the river to all lawful traffic and to achieve that goal within the framework of a sound long-term financial policy. The elements of that policy are:

An unqualified commitment to meet all obligations to the bondholders in the full letter and spirit of the Authority's General Revenue Bond Resolution and the covenants made therein;
A vigorous, integrated program of inspection, maintenance, repair and rehabilitation to insure the structural integrity of its facilities and the safety of its patrons;
Control of expenditures to the extent consistent with prudent stewardship and responsible administration; and
The lowest possible toll rates which at the same time enable the Authority to meet its obligations and responsibilities as well as provide for adequate financial reserves.

Police

The New York State Bridge Authority has 1 sworn police officer who is assigned to the Bridge Authority's Command Center in Highland as well as numerous facilities under control of the Bridge Authority. Bridge Authority police officer is unarmed and  responsible for system-wide security. This officer also act as liaisons to the multiple police agencies whose jurisdictions overlap Authority facilities and perform traffic enforcement and incident response services.

Bridge facilities (north to south)
Rip Van Winkle Bridge (cantilever truss)
Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge (continuous under-deck truss)
Walkway over the Hudson (cantilever truss)
Mid-Hudson Bridge (suspension bridge)
Newburgh-Beacon Bridge (cantilever truss)
Bear Mountain Bridge (suspension bridge)

The Bridge Authority operates all 5 of the vehicular road bridges on the Hudson between the Bear Mountain and Rip Van Winkle Bridges. It also owns and maintains the Walkway over the Hudson, but does not operate it. To the north and south of its jurisdiction are, respectively, two of the New York State Thruway Authority's bridges: Tappan Zee Bridge to the south and the Berkshire Extension bridge to the north, known as the Castleton Bridge.

See also
 New York State Canal Corporation
 New York Power Authority

References

External links
New York State Bridge Authority
New York State Bridge Authority in the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
New York State Department of Transportation

Bridge Authority
Hudson River
1932 establishments in New York (state)

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Most people who visit Mount St. Helens visit the Johnston Ridge Observatory on the west side of the mountain. The highway is very nice and there is a great interpretive centre for visitors.
I am planning to visit Johnston Ridge on Sunday.? Today, though I planned on visiting the east side of Mount St. Helens at the lesser visited Windy Ridge Viewpoint.
The reason I planned to visit Windy Ridge is that I was intrigued by seeing Spirit Lake.? Also the terrain on east side is supposed to be more spectacular.? And it was!
The trip there was challenging. After driving about 4 hours form Pendleton, OR I turned south on Highway 25 at Randle, WA. Then it was 18 miles of twists and turns to Highway 99 and then another 19 miles on a very narrow mountain road that was most fogged in.? There are no guardrails and the road is very narrow in places.? Travelling between 20-40MPH, it was a lot of work.
As you drive up highway 99 there are many viewpoints.? Once of the stops is to see what is called the "Miner's Car".? You are still nine miles away from the mountain, but this car was hurled 60 feet into the air and then flattened during the eruption. The car?s owner and two family members tragically perished in a miner?s cabin nearby.
One of the places I wanted to witness was Spirit Lake, and when I got to the lookout for the lake the clouds had parted.
Spirit Lake is interesting as the lake that lies beneath the shadow of the volcano. When the eruption happened all the water in?Spirit lake was blown up and out onto the surrounding mountains. The water came back down and carried all the trees back down into the lake.
While I was at the Spirit Lake lookout a young Park Ranger came by and told me the story of how Harry Truman lived at Spirit Lake and how he refused to leave when warned that the mountain will soon erupt. She pointed out the approximate location where Truman had lives as owner and caretaker of Mount St. Helens Lodge. Sadly, he did not survive the event.
After seeing Spirit Lake I continued on to Windy Ridge.? It was partially fogged in, but you could only see the bottom skirt of Mount St. Helens.
A Park Ranger gave a 25 minute interpretive talk at the summit.? She did a great job as the talk was very good, funny and interesting.? She gave us all postcards of the Mountain, since we couldn't actually see it.
I spend about 45 minutes on Windy Ridge before I left.? The drive back down was very long.? I left Windy Ridge at about 3:00PM and I never made it to Cougar, WA until about 4:30PM.? A distance of 40 miles.
All in all it was a great side trip.? It was hard driving.? If you plan to go make sure you plan for a lot of time.
As I moved into the higher elevations it got very foggy as I ascended into the clouds.
Highway 25. Very narrow and curvey. The trees are mossy, and the roadway is lined with Foxglove in many places. It is pretty. If I was going to see a Sasquatch this is where it would have happened.
We Lived in Fernie at the time of the eruption, and remember the ash strewn all over the lawn. It was dark from disipate for at least a week.


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Rising Star: Connecticut Guard Ryan Boatright
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Ryan Boatright #11 of the Connecticut Huskies calls a play against the Villanova Wildcats during the third round of the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. (credit: Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)
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Shabazz Napier and DeAndre Daniels jump off the stat sheets from Connecticut's wins at Madison Square Garden this past weekend. The play of junior guard Ryan Boatright was just as important. On Friday, after Iowa State had cut a 17-point deficit to four with two minutes left, Boatright made what his coach called the play of the game. Driving right off a ball screen, he somehow spotted Niels Giffey in the left corner and contorted his body to snap a crisp pass that led to a back-breaking three.
Boatright hit some big shots of his own against Michigan State in Sunday's regional final, such as his three to push the lead to 10 in the second half, but it was his defense that was critical. Michigan State's senior point guard Keith Appling only scored two points and had twice as many turnovers (four) as assists. When the Spartans turned to Travis Trice for an offensive boost, Boatright smothered him. Trice was 0 for 4 from the field and had to be taken out of the game because Boatright made it difficult for him to get the ball up the court.
"[My coaches] tell me all the time that I'm the defensive stopper for the point guards," said Boatright, who has six steals in the past two games. "I take pride in my defense, picking them up 94 feet, the entire length of the floor. Even if I can't pick a steal, just turning them and turning them and getting them uncomfortable so they can't run the offense so smoothly. So even though my shots weren't falling today, I was going to do something to impact the game and today it was the defense."
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Boatright has an inconsistent release on his shot—he's shooting 38 percent this season—and, earlier this season, had a tendency to showcase his exceptional handle at the expense of ball movement, but he's playing his best basketball in the Tournament. He scored 16 on 4 of 10 shooting against Iowa State and scored 11 against the Spartans. Despite his size—he's generously listed at 6-feet, an inch shorter than his backcourt mate Napier—he averages 3.4 rebounds on the year.
"Ryan is growing up," said UConn coach Kevin Ollie, a former point guard who is very passionate about what he expects from that position. "Ryan is allowing us to coach him now. He's opening up and trusting us more. He's meant a lot to us, not only in the games you see [on TV] but what he's done in practice, being more vocal, being a leader." Ollie praised Boatright's unselfishness, and it has been clear during this Tournament run that he's been looking to distribute to the hot hand.
UConn will face No. 1 overall seed Florida in the Final Four on Saturday. The Huskies beat the Gators at home on Dec. 2 on a Napier buzzer-beater. Boatright had nine points and four assists in that game, but it was UConn's work on the other end of the floor that stood out. "I just remember a lot of scrambling on defense," he said after beating Michigan State. "We were everywhere—helping each other, closing out right, and rebounding the basketball. When we got to go out there and play them [again], we've got to play great defense."
Andrew Kahn is a contributor to CBS Local Sports who also writes for Newsday and The Wall Street Journal. He writes about college basketball and other sports at AndrewJKahn.com. Email him at andrewjkahn@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter at @AndrewKahn
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Mukherji, Pintor-Marin & Muoio Bill to Fast Track Green Building Projects Clears Assembly Panel
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(TRENTON) – Legislation sponsored by Assembly members Raj Mukherji, Eliana Pintor-Marin and Elizabeth Muoio that would fast-track environmentally friendly municipal construction projects was released by the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee on Thursday.
"Fast tracking green construction jobs will give a much needed boost to our state's economic engine," said Mukherji (D-Hudson). "Ensuring that engine is fueled with environmentally friendly projects is an added bonus that will pay economic and environmental dividends for years to come."
The legislation (A-2081) would instruct the state departments of Community Affairs (DCA), Environmental Protection (DEP), and Transportation (DOT) to give priority consideration to permit applications for green building projects.
The bill defines a "green building project" as any project designed in accordance with the green building manual prepared by DCA.
The green building manual contains all federal guidelines and regulations for energy efficiency in residential and commercial building construction. It is available to owners, builders and members of the public who participate in any program that encourages or requires the construction of green buildings. The manual further defines "green building" as "…those building construction practices that significantly reduce or eliminate the negative impact of buildings on the environment and their occupants and may consider, but need not be limited to five broad areas:
1.	Sustainable site planning;
2.	Safeguarding water and water efficiency;
3.	Energy efficiency and renewable energy;
4.	Conservation of materials and resources; and
5.	Indoor environmental quality.
"Creating new, green jobs in New Jersey is a win-win for our economy and the environment," said Pintor Marin (D-Essex). "Moving projects like these forward in an expedited manner will help prove to other manufacturing sectors that economic stimulus and environmental protection don't have to be mutually exclusive."
"This is a great incentive that will help encourage the building of environmentally-friendly buildings in the state," said Muoio (D-Mercer/Hunterdon). "By expediting the permit process for these specific projects, we can help strengthen our economy while being considerate of the environment."
The bill will now go to the Assembly Speaker for further consideration.
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