It's Wednesday! And, as we told you last week, that means it's time for the photo of the week. Each week we will be presenting a different mystery photograph which we need your help identifying. This week, we have an unknown machine for you. If you know what it is, you can post a comment or email Rachel with your answers. Thanks for your help!
Taken sometime between 1910 and 1950, this photo shows a piece of machinery used in the can-making industry. It is not clear what this machine was used for precisely, but it appears in the Murray-Latta Collection, which consists of other photographs related to the production of tin cans for the salmon canning industry. Looking closely at the picture, this machine is possibly reforming flattened can side pieces into rounded shapes. This photograph measures 8 X 10 inches.


Spray 10-inch nonstick skillet with cooking spray. Add pork and onion; cook over medium heat 7 to 10 minutes or until no longer pink, stirring frequently.
Stir in taco seasoning mix and 3/4 cup salsa. Cook 2 to 3 minutes or until thoroughly heated and sauce is of desired consistency, stirring occasionally.
In large bowl, combine dressing ingredients; blend well. Add meat mixture, lettuce, broken chips and tomatoes; toss to mix. Spoon onto individual serving plates. Sprinkle salads with cheese. Garnish as desired.
Spatter does matter, so cut down on stovetop spatters by topping your skillet with a mesh spatter screen. Unlike a solid lid, the mesh screen allows steam to escape so food fries rather than steams. Look for this handy gadget in discount and department stores.


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tgkill returns 0 on success; otherwise, tgkill returns one of the errors listed in the "Errors" section.
tgkill returns this error if pid or tgid are less than zero. This call is only valid for single tasks.
This error is returned if pid exists but no longer belongs to the target process.


SAO PAULO, March 4 (Reuters) - A group of bondholders of construction conglomerate Odebrecht SA proposed on Monday the restructuring of $3 billion in bonds requiring new collateral and a cash infusion to allow a four-year extension on maturities.
In a proposal publicized by the bondholders advisers, Rothschild & Co and law firms Davis Polk and Pinheiro Neto, bondholders require payment with no discount from the bonds' face value.
Bondholders also ask for an immediate cash infusion of $375 million by Odebrecht SA into the construction unit, that is the guarantor of the bonds, and the pledge of shares in petrochemical company Braskem SA as collateral.
The proposal is radically different from what Odebrecht had floated to bondholders in recent meetings, a discount of 70 percent over the bonds value, Reuters reported.
Odebrecht is the controlling shareholder in the company, and its stake is already pledged as collateral to the conglomerate´s largest banking loans with local creditors such as Banco Bradesco SA.
The conglomerate, implicated in a multinational corruption scandal, has been in negotiations with LyondellBasell Industries NV for a merger between the two companies.
Bondholders also ask to be consulted before asset sales.
In an e-mailed statement, Odebrecht said the publicly released proposal "was not discussed" between the company and its bondholders and is "unfeasible". The conglomerate added its advisers are working on a formal proposal that would be consensual.


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Q: Checkbox as button I trying use SLDS Lightning design system at a checkbox. My checkboxes should look like as button and when I click on it I try change background color.
For example: https://www.lightningdesignsystem.com/components/forms/#flavor-checkbox
I try edit below code:

     <ui:inputCheckbox aura:id="x" label="label" click={!c.voidJS}" class="line" />

To something like this

  <input type="checkbox" name="checkbox" id="monday" />

    Mon

but I don't know how I should void JS function when I click at checkbox.

A: I do this with below code - maybe someone use this:

  <ui:inputCheckbox aura:id="x" label="label" click={!c.voidJS}" class="line" />

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I am always excited when May rolls around to celebrate my absolute most favorite activity, SCRAPBOOKING! And every year, Close To My Heart brings us a special line of goodies just for National Scrapbooking Month! This year CTMH is offering an exclusive set of Cut Above™ scrapbooking layouts during May only. Our Cut Above layouts kits truly make scrapbooking faster, simpler, and easier!
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A few years ago, a company called MacroSolve stopped creating products and started creating patent litigation. Its tool was a patent that claimed to cover mobile questionnaires. But after several of their targets decided to fight back, filing an ex parte reexamination request that wound up cancelling all of the claims of its patent, MacroSolve dropped their litigation campaign.
That should have been the end of the story—a poor-quality patent is issued, a company asserts the patent, and the patent gets invalidated. But as of last week, a new patent claiming the same basic idea is being used to go after a wide variety of restaurants under a new company name—Fall Line.
MacroSolve's original patent on a "System and method for data management"—the '816 patent—claimed to cover taking a questionnaire, turning the questionnaire into tokens, wirelessly sending the tokens to a remote computer, using the tokens to collect a survey response from a user, and sending the results back.
In other words, the same online web survey using HTML forms that I filled out when I registered for college classes, years before MacroSolve "invented" the idea.
MacroSolve took the '816 patent and sued over 60 different companies, ranging from airlines to retailers to hotels. They filed their suits in the Eastern District of Texas. Rather than face the expense of litigation, a number of companies took inexpensive licenses, but eventually MacroSolve sued Newegg and Geico. They chose to fight, rather than settle, filing a request for ex parte reexamination.
The USPTO took a look at the '816 patent and agreed that it should never have issued—they cancelled all of the claims of the '816 patent.
That should have been the end of the story. It wasn't.
In 2016—13 years after they had filed their original patent application—the Patent Office gave Ediche a new patent, the '748 patent.
But at the end of the day, the examiner issued the '748 patent. A little while later, Ediche transferred the patent to Fall Line3, which promptly sued a variety of companies, ranging from an American Airlines to Choice Hotels to Uber.
Goodbye To Questionable Patent #2?
After Fall Line sued Uber, Uber filed an inter partes review (IPR) against the '748 patent. Rather than face that review, Fall Line settled with the defendants and dismissed their cases. But that didn't solve the entire problem for Fall Line—another petition was pending, this one from Unified Patents. The USPTO determined that there is a reasonable likelihood that the challenged claims of the patent are invalid.
But even after the USPTO made that determination, Fall Line charged ahead, filing new lawsuits against a number of restaurants and two more movie theater chains.
There's a very basic problem with Fall Line's claims. As part of obtaining the '748 patent, Fall Line's predecessors agreed that the '748 patent wouldn't be enforceable during any period of time when the '748 patent and the '816 patent weren't owned by the same entity.
And, at least according to the records provided to the USPTO ,4 Fall Line doesn't currently own the '816 patent—when they acquired the '748 patent, the '816 patent wasn't included as part of the deal. Without the '816 patent, Fall Line is legally unable to enforce the '748 patent. Nevertheless, multiple cases seeking to do so are now pending.
Beyond the apparent lack of a right to enforce to enforce the '748 patent, the content of Fall Line's complaint shows that courts simply haven't done enough to ensure that patent plaintiffs provide meaningful allegations in their complaints. In theory, at the complaint stage a patent owner should identify a specific infringing product, specific claims, and explain how the elements of the claim are met by the product with some level of evidence for their allegations. Obviously, they won't be able to prove every last detail at this stage, but a plausible case supported by factual allegations is what the Supreme Court requires.
Unfortunately, Fall Line only provides conclusory statements that the accused product meets each element of the claim. Some of these conclusory statements don't even meet the threshold of plausibility—for example, Fall Line asserts that the Papa John's app creates a questionnaire, tokenizes it, and transmits it to a remote computing device. I haven't seen the source code for the Papa John app, but I feel fairly confident in asserting that it does not create any questionnaires. And none of them include any factual support.
It's possible to file a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim when faced with this kind of complaint, but that's hardly free. Without some kind of penalty for this kind of filing, plaintiffs can easily file insufficient complaints just to impose costs on defendants and try to generate settlement pressure.
The second major flaw in the patent system that the Fall Line case lays clear is the abuse of continuations. The original application that all of these patents derive from was filed way back in 2002. The current asserted patent was issued in 2016. That's 14 years of industry developing products which Fall Line now claims infringe a patent that didn't even exist when they began developing those products.
Fall Line has been able to tailor their claims to try to target successful industries that developed long after the original idea—a concern recognized in a GAO report several years ago. At some point, it should be impossible for a patent applicant to keep pursuing new applications and adjusting their claims to encompass industries they never dreamed of.
That concern is still alive in this case, for that matter. Fall Line has a continuation application pending. So even if the '748 patent, like the '816 patent, is held invalid, we can expect to do this all over again if Fall Line's continuation patent is granted. Patent owners complain that defendants can take "multiple bites at the apple" using IPR, even though the reality is that that almost never happens. How many times should a patent owner be able to try and assert the same obvious idea?


let me tell you a story: when i was growing up, god was a complex ray of light passing through stained glass without any refraction. i never understood the purpose of suffering until i found light i couldn't hold.
let me tell you a story: at the end of october there wasn't any more room in the boat; everyone had to make a choice, i made mine.
let me tell you story: there will be times when you are owed an apology and the earth isn't going to give you one. instead, you'll get a fissure in the ground that swallows you whole and you'll have to learn how to find warmth in the primal way that all living things do.
let me tell you a story: he asked me to come back so i came back, open like a flowering wound, head swirling like a pillar of pink smoke.
let me tell you a story: the day after lightning struck the tree in the backyard, i picked up the splintered branches and dug the rot out of the ground with my bare hands. there was nothing else i could do.
you shake your head and say you don't understand why i'm telling you these stories. of course you don't understand, what would you know about sacrifice?


Every time I go out to the garden there are new surprises. I think I give it a good once over every day, looking in all the nooks and crannies for new produce popping up and I still miss things. This evening the dogs and I drove down to check the mail box. They look forward to going with me every day. Believe me when I say, there is nothing like hot dog breath on the back of your neck on a summers day. We have to go about a mile down the road because the post office will not deliver to the end of our driveway. That's another story. As I drive out I always slow to a snails pace to ogle the garden before I reach the end of our lane.
Today I was surprised to see a miniature, green, baby pumpkin hanging from a vine. I stopped for a closer inspection and found another one further down the fence line. I was excited to see the little bulbous gourds. I know they weren't there yesterday. Unfortunately the vines want climb the fence and these pumpkins are hanging on the outside. Perfect for the dining pleasure of deer or any other critter that wants to stop by for a snack. You can't move the vines. If you do you will break the runners or clinging vines and the plant will die. Hopefully the little pumpkins will make it to adulthood.
I think Sonny would be real upset if we don't get pumpkins for pumpkin pie. I can see that pouty face now. I don't think I could bear that, so let's hope there are others hiding on the inside of the fence, either that or I will have to buy Libby's canned pumpkin from the store.
Finally a day that is not so hot and humid that you melt like an ice cream cone in a little kids hand. The storm we had yesterday cooled things off for the time being, but the force of the wind and rain blew over the tomato plant cages. Hopefully the fruit has not been overly bruised. I was barely able to push the cage prongs back down into the ground.
The plants are loaded with green tomatoes and are heavy and cumbersome to deal with. I'm afraid I will need Sonny's braun to properly set them. The lesson learned is that next year we need to use something better than cages and twine to support the plants. On the upside I was able to pick one Big Boy tomato and six plum tomatoes. They look pretty good considering they were at the bottom of the plants and were somewhat squashed when the cage toppled over. The string beans looked pretty pathetic today too. The hard rains beat them to death, but I think they will survive.
I also plan to plant another variety next year. These are called Tender Pods and if anyone has a suggestion on a better variety we would appreciate the comment. Preferably a stringless one. A few years ago Sonny and I planted string beans and they were like chewing hemp rope even after we pulled the strings off. We tried picking them at younger and younger stages, but to no avail. I don't even think a goat could have chewed those things up. If we tied them together I believe we could have made a hammock. I checked the zucchini today also and found two nice sized ones. They were perfect in every way. No matter how many times you check the plant you are bound to miss one. There is always one hiding in the undergrowth. It becomes a mutant zucchini, large enough and heavy enough to use as a club.
They are frightening when you come upon them. If left to their own devices they would gobble up the smaller ones and rampage the garden. Well, I guess if they can have an Attack of the Killer Tomatoes movie they could have one of the Killer Zucchinis. Sleep tight tonight, lock your windows and doors. It's out there, waiting.
Yesterday was a scorcher, and hard rains with thunderstorms were expected for today, so Sonny and I thought we better get our onions and potatoes harvested while the sun was shining. The tops of the potato plants were beginning to turn brown and the onion tops were already dry and laying on the ground. Those are sure signs that they were ready to be dug.
We got up early yesterday morning before the weather turned into a pressure cooker and grabbed up the spade fork and a bushel basket. The ground was still a little moist. It was easy for Sonny to use the spade fork to push up the potatoes while I pulled the plants out of the ground. We were excited to see a bunch of dirt covered tubers hanging from the bottom of the each plant. For weeks we have wondered what we would find, whether they would be a good crop or rotten or blighted. Since this is our first garden here and we didn't have time last fall to plow and fertilize and we weren't sure how things would grow. We harvested a little less than a half a bushel of red potatoes in various sizes. Some had to be thrown away because of bad spots, some were perfect and others had a few bad spots but will be usable. Not bad for our first year.
The yellow onions were easy to pull out of the ground. They were fairly small in size and probably came to approximately three pounds. We spread them out on an old window screen and placed them in the sun to dry for about a day. Then we will hang them to cure. They will get the dry papery skin that you see on the onions you buy at the store. We also pulled up the rest of the green cabbage. We were not impressed with the cabbage. It was ok but had a few too many worm holes. It is still edible, but I don't know if I will grow any next year. We did a few more chores around the farm then got ourselves cleaned up and went to town to do some shopping and see a movie where we could hide in air conditioning until the slightly cooler air of evening.
Our redheaded girls are growing into young ladies. Their combs and waddles are beginning to bloom and their tail feathers are starting to lengthen and fan out. Like most adolescent girls they are starting to preen themselves, stretching their wings and showing off their long legs.
Unfortunately they have the attitude of the Wives of Orange County or the Jersey Shore Girls. If we could speak chicken I believe we would hear a lot of gossip in the coop and I'm sure most of it isn't nice. Feathers become ruffled and ultimately a showdown ensues. It only lasts a second and I guess they are trying to figure out the pecking order. They absolutely do not like to be told what to do. If you open the hatch to let them out in the morning they don't want out. At night it's all on their terms. If you try to get them in one second early it ain't happnin. We don't have a gate on the fence so we have to go around to the main door of the coop, enter it and close the hatch.
If you shew them inside the coop, by the time you get around and enter the main door they've skittered outside again. They are always attempting to dodge curfew, unless you come out when it's already dark and they're all tucked in beddybye. Ah, nothing like Smart Alec teenagers. They do like us though when we bring them some nice juicy bugs. I guess that's equivalent to taking them to the mall.
I believe I mentioned in a previous blog that Ruby was going to have a new buddy. He's a year old brindle pit bull named Shiner. Here is his story. About eight months ago a young woman brought a little pit bull pup into the Veterinary Clinic where my daughter-in-law volunteers. She brought him in to get his vaccinations and asked if they knew of any one who would like to give the pup a home. She was at her wits end as her husband had just received orders to San Diego, California where pit bulls are banned. She had tried to find a home for him, but time was getting short. Her last resort was to send him to the animal shelter where they promptly told her that they would put him down the moment she walked out of the door. My daughter-in-law told her not to get her hopes up but maybe her in-laws would take him. She called the animal shelter to verify the ladies story and she got the same answer.
To tell you the truth I wasn't sure if I wanted a male dog. I have always had females. I wasn't even sure if a pit could be a good farm dog. They like to chase everything. I know because we have had them before, but despite that they were wonderful dogs. Sonny and I discussed it and I could not allow this little pup to be destroyed without having a chance. Every dejected, misfit animal seems to find my door. It took months before my son and his wife could get Shiner to us. By the way, my son named him Shiner and I figured out later that it is a Texas beer. They got him vaccinated and neutered him and taught him some manners. Ruby loved her new buddy the moment he arrived. They have become best friends. Shiner is a great dog. He is submissive and sensitive, likes attention and gives a lot of love. He knows he is the last man on the totem pole of the pack and I will keep it that way. Ruby is fed first, comes in the door first and gets cookies first. It is discipline. We have had him a month now and he is learning the rules pretty well.
We have introduced him to the chickens but he knows he must stay back from the fence. He is learning to come when I call him and to stay close by, but he is a little hard headed. There have been a few puppy incidents but that's to be expected. He's just a year old and has a lot to learn. He's a good boy and we already love him. As for becoming a good farm dog? I think it's possible, but not without a lot of trials, as it would be with most any dog. A note on Ruby. She showed us this weekend how she has grown into a wonderful dog and has overcome her past. We took her to a rabies clinic to get her shots updated. A rabies clinic is done in a lot of towns where a vet comes out to a location to give shots at a discounted price. It helps those who wouldn't normally take their pets to a vet. Anyway there are all kinds of people and pets waiting in a line to get shots. People are talking and dogs are barking and excited. I thought Ruby would be frantic, panting nervously with her tail tucked between her legs. I couldn't have been more wrong. She was the best behaved dog there. No barking, friendly, and calm as a cucumber.
It just shows how with a lot of time and work a dog who was deemed useless, and unwanted could become the best dog in the world. I think it only right that Shiner be given the same chance. There are a lot of good dogs out there hidden under layers of dejection, rejection, and mistreatment. Some are deemed unworthy of life just because of their breed. All are thrown into a group. The animal shelters are full of unwanted dogs. If you think you want a dog check there first or check out the rescue organizations, and be sure to spay or neuter your pets. I don't know about anyone else, but our dogs are great company and I don't know what I would do without them. They are part of the family. We are a pack.
The root cellar build is finally completed. Ronald, Vickie, and their grandson Paul came early this morning to put the final pieces of the root cellar together.
They installed R19 insulation batting in the rafters and then covered it with sheeting to make the ceiling. Then they put on the roof vent and gutters. Ronald built five rows of 19″ wide shelves with 14″ spacing between the shelves. That will leave enough room to stack two quart jars on top of each other if I need to. It's a bit intimidating to look at all that shelving and wonder if I will be able to can enough stuff to fill them. I think my few jars of pickles and conserve are going to look lost in there right now. Ronald who is forever thoughtful, built me two step stools from leftover lumber so I will be able to reach the top shelves.
It will make it a whole lot easier than trying to climb the shelves like a monkey. I think I might be too old for that anyway. Might break a hip or something. Last but not least the door was installed. Now it actually looks like a building instead of a tomb. The only thing Sonny and I will have to do is paint the ceiling and and the outside block. Oh, and can, can,can….and hope and pray that our potatoes, sweet potatoes, and pumpkins do well. I think the completion of the root cellar was a little bitter sweet for Ronald. After all, it was him who has overseen and built every building on this property. Don't worry Ronald, you don't know it yet, but I have a few more projects up my sleeve.
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UEW dismisses Nigerian Professor over 'inciteful' comments
BY JOSEPHINE KUUBAIBONG - Jun 20, 2019 at 8:50am 100 COMMENTS
The University of Education (UEW) has, with immediate effect, sacked its visiting Nigerian lecturer, Prof. Augustine Uzoma Nwagbara over comments he made in a video that has since gone viral.
Prof. Nwagbara was arrested on Tuesday but later granted bail for allegedly inciting the Nigerian community in Ghana to devise strategies that will destroy Ghana's image internationally.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the University said the comments by the lecturer were inimical to the country's educational sector, hence his dismissal.
"The University is highly disturbed by the huge embarrassment his unguarded statement has brought to the institution, the Ministry of Education, and indeed, Ghana as a whole. The University after subjecting Prof. Augustine Uzoma Nwagbara to the internal disciplinary process finds him culpable of gross misconduct and has, accordingly dismissed him."
The University said, although Prof. Nwagbara has been on sabbatical leave from its Department of Applied Linguistics since October 2018, his comments after it set up an internal disciplinary process observed that the utterances were ' unsavoury, unethical and damning about the country, its history as well as its educational system. The University totally dissociates itself from the grossly irresponsible comments and condemns it in no uncertain terms."
"The University apologises to Ghanaians for Prof. Nwagbara disparaging remarks about this country's educational system and further indicates that the comment was full of factual inaccuracies", portions of the statement added.
Read the full statement below:
PROFESSOR AUGUSTINE UZOMA NWAGBARA DISMISSED FROM UEW
1. The University of Education Winneba wishes to inform the general public that it has taken a very serious view of the video circulating on social media, involving Prof. Augustine Uzoma Nwagbara.
2. Augustine Uzoma Nwagbara, a Professor of English Language, has been on sabbatical at the Department of Applied Linguistics since October, 2018.
3. In the said video, Prof. Nwagbara makes several unsavoury, unethical and damning comments about our country, its history as well as its educational system. The University totally dissociates itself from the grossly irresponsible comments and condemns it in no uncertain terms.
4. The University is highly disturbed by the huge embarrassment his unguarded statement has brought to the institution, the Ministry of Education, and, indeed, Ghana as a whole.
5. The University, upon receipt of the video, immediately invoked its internal disciplinary process to fully examine his conduct relative to the content of the video.
7. The University wishes to indicate that it has in the past hosted several scholars on sabbatical leave from various countries, including Nigeria, and same have conducted themselves with high degree of decorum and professionalism during their stay. Prof. Augustine Uzoma Nwagbara's behaviour is totally deviant and an aberration that runs contrary to those of his predecessors or the others currently at post.
8. The University after subjecting Prof. Augustine Uzoma Nwagbara to internal disciplinary process finds him culpable of gross misconduct and has, accordingly, dismissed him.
9. The University apologises to Ghanaians for Prof. Nwagbara's disparaging remarks about this country's educational system and further indicates that the comments were full of factual inaccuracies.

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Seahorse occupies prime position on Cape Town's hidden gem of Bakoven beach just 15 minutes walk from Camps Bay. Nestled under Table Mountain and the famous 12 Apostles this beautiful bungalow has extensive sea views and is literally three steps to the sand from the rear door!
Refurbished to a very high standard the accommodation is spread over two levels with large outside deck areas and lots of original artwork by local artists. The bungalow offers great flexibility for indoor and outdoor living overlooking Atlantic Ocean. Principle rooms benefit from air conditioning and heating.
At beach level there is an open plan lounge with wood burner fireplace, Sonos sound system, 8 seater dining area and kitchen/scullery. Adjacent is the bar, leading onto the open deck area. There is a separate WC and rain shower room.The deck offers outside dining for 8, a comfortable seating area ,sun loungers with umbrella, hot tub and Weber braii. The ground floor accommodation is completed with the master bedroom , and en-suite comprising WC , bath and separate rain shower.
On the upper floor there are three further double bedrooms , a separate lounge area with 65 inch TV ,satellite service and DVD, and WC with bath and shower. This level also has an outside deck ,overlooking the beach , with sun loungers.
Please note that Seahorse is just a few steps away from the small secluded beach and is immediately surrounded by several other beach bungalows whose full-time residential owners cherish the peace and quiet of this very special beachfront "neighbourhood". With this in mind, we are obliged to stipulate that it is a strict term and condition of renting Seahorse that no-one other than the maximum number of guests notified to us and whose names are stipulated on our booking form are entitled to stay overnight at the property. Guests are also respectfully required to keep noise to a minimum both around the property and also on the beach, so as not to cause unreasonable disturbance to their neighbours, especially in the evenings when no music is to be played that can be heard outside the bungalow after 11 pm. The hot-tub is also not to be used after 11pm.
We also politely remind our guests that Seahorse may not be used for any photographic or film location work, or as a venue for any function, wedding, party or event.
Bakoven is easily confused for Camps Bay itself as the two upmarket suburbs sit immediately side by side on the coast road as you make your way from Camps Bay out through Bakoven away from Cape Town.
But for residents and visitors alike, the smaller residential enclave of Bakoven offers a more intimate and relaxed feel but is still just 10 minutes walk from the more buzzy, glitzy vibe of the main beachfront strip in Camps Bay, with its many restaurants, bars and other attractions.
With its own small sandy beach and the popular Baked restaurant and bakery on your doorstep, Bakoven is an excellent base and has some stunning villas and apartments to choose from including stylishly renovated fishing cottages right on the water.


(editorial or blind) for the followign Journals: JTEN (Journal of European Teacher Education Network Reflective Practice: International and Multidisciplinary Perspectives I could not find this online, using Cabell. I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.
I was not able to find information about acceptance rates for either of those journals. In my experience, that is usually very specialized information found only in reports like Cabell's that specifically address acceptance rates. However, I did notice that IUP's George Bieger is on the editorial board of TETEN. Perhaps you could drop him a note. He might have some idea of the acceptance rate. I did find information about the review process, though. Both publications state that the editors do the initial screening of submissions. Those passing the first cut are then sent to two readers from the editorial board. REFLECTIVE PRACTICE specifically states that it is a double-blind process. TETEN was rather vague about the prcoess. REFLECTIVE PRACTICE then requires final editor approval. Here are links to web pages for each publication: TETEN http://www.eten-online.org/eten.publishingguideline.php http://www.eten-online/org/JETEN.ppt REFLECTIVE PRACTICE http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1462-3943&linktype=44 http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1462-3943&linktype=1 These should give you the information you need. I did notice that the publication timeline for TETEN (in the powepoint document) indicated a submission deadline of June 30. It seems they only publish once a year.


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Top 10 Health & Wellness Books: 2021
The Plague Cycle: The Unending War between Humanity and Infectious Disease
By Charles Kenny.
Jan. 2021. 320p. Scribner, $28 (9781982165338). 616.9.
REVIEW. First published December 15, 2020 (Booklist).
Our earliest historical reaction to a surge of a new, severe infection was to try fleeing from it. From ancient times to now, outbreaks of contagious diseases promoted xenophobia and not infrequently a rise in authoritarianism. In his fact-filled and alarming overview of major infectious diseases past and present, economist Kenny discusses sources and vectors of epidemics, the toll of suffering and death, progress in controlling communicable diseases, and persistent problems. The rise of infections accompanied the expansion of agriculture and increased population density. Famine, war, travel, and trade have nurtured epidemics. Improved sanitation, better living conditions and nutrition, antibiotics, rehydration therapy, and vaccines have played major roles in combating infectious diseases. Yet a lack of preparation and an often sluggish response by governments across the globe to novel viruses, an overuse of antibiotics resulting in resistance, anti-vaccination movements, and poverty remain major impediments to conquering or at least limiting contagious diseases. Smallpox, malaria, bubonic plague, polio, measles, AIDS, yellow fever, Ebola, and COVID-19 are featured. Centuries ago, the poet Petrarch described the landscape of the Black Death as "empty houses, derelict cities, ruined estates, fields strewn with cadavers, a horrible and vast solitude encompassing the whole world." Much hard work lies ahead to avoid such a nightmarish scenario from ever returning.
— Tony Miksanek
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Jeremy Rose, the lead singer and guitarist for local indie-rock band Total War (with bassist Ory Petty and drummer Adam Woleslagle), grew up in Raleigh and went to college at Western Carolina University. And even though it's his home town that makes sense as the locale to start a band, art has a way of happening on its own time. Rose and his friends from Sylva formed Total War in 2009 "about two weeks before our first show," says the vocalist.
Which is also kind of the time frame they had for creating their video for "All We Have Tonight," which won both best song and the audience choice award at this year's Music Video Asheville. "Everything we do is very slipshod," Rose quips. In fact, while both the band and the video may have come together on a whim, they're also permeated with a lot of heart.
The video collages footage of the band performing its song (from the EP of the same name) with a story about two people, a guy and a girl. He wants to build a rocket, she likes looking at the cosmos through her telescope. Rose says that when Total War considered approaching the song literally, it lent itself to the same approach as their previous video for the song, "You're Over It," directed by Brian Wilson. While the band loved that end-product, and working with Wilson, they wanted to try something new.
Videographer Josh Hartigan was feeling ambitious, and, in a brain storming session, Petty (who, "when given a moment to brainstorm will naturally take everything to the most insane possible destination," says Rose) came up with jet packs and rocket ships. "We wanted to make it silly and cute," says Rose. "The song presents itself as kind of serious, but it's not. It's a trifle, a dalliance." So, following Petty's lead, they went for fun and fanciful.
"A light reflection on imagination and perception instead of a dark one," as Rose puts it.
Total War – All You Have Tonight from Brave Sir Media on Vimeo.
The video was directed and produced by Hartigan and Leah Thomas of Brave Sir Media; actors John Lossie and Tiana Boisseau played the roles of the rocket builder and the star gazer. And it was completed on a tiny budget. "We used professional skills to make it look like this was contrived by the world's most determined eighth grader," jokes Rose. There is a crafty, DIY aesthetic to the project — a look and style that surely resonates among Asheville's do-it-yourselfers and crafters. It also projects an innocence and sense of joy which, ultimately, is what Total War is after.
Rose says that the band wouldn't have actively pursued video-making on their own, "but someone volunteered, and it's totally fun." More good times: Total War has been selected to open for prog-rockers Moon Taxi at The Orange Peel on Wednesday, May 8. And then — though they're playing it by ear, of course — "we need to work on getting new songs tight enough so people can really enjoy them," says Rose. Total War writes slowly, says the musician. But they certainly know how to come through at the eleventh hour.
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Frogtown Fights Gentrification
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Residents of Elysian Valley in Los Angeles are campaigning against developers who they say are changing the landscape of the community. Elysian Valley, also known as "frogtown," is a neighborhood of over 7,700 residents in Central Los Angeles. With the announcement of the $1 billion restoration project for the Los Angeles River, many residents felt the pressure of new investment and development in the community, causing them to organize for lower density. Activists are renewing the drive for neighborhood preservation with the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative, a ballot measure that fights overdevelopment and it's dramatic negative effects. The citizen...Read more
The LUVE Initiative Will Hit The Ballot This November
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Santa Monica residents will be voting on the Land Use Voter Empowerment (LUVE) initiative in the next election that would place severe restrictions on new development projects. Santa Monica is well known for its opposition to tall, dense buildings and rapid growth. SaMo councilmembers have a strong reign on development in the area – commercial, residential, and otherwise. But a new ballot measure proposed by the extreme no-growth group Residocracy has even the most conservative councilmembers concerned. The Land Use Voter Empowerment (LUVE) initiative proposed by Residocracy would require almost all projects taller than 32 feet to be...Read more


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"""Provides distutils command classes for the GRPC Python setup process."""

import distutils
import glob
import os
import os.path
import platform
import re
import shutil
import subprocess
import sys
import traceback

import setuptools
from setuptools.command import build_ext
from setuptools.command import build_py
from setuptools.command import easy_install
from setuptools.command import install
from setuptools.command import test

import support

PYTHON_STEM = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
GRPC_STEM = os.path.abspath(PYTHON_STEM + '../../../../')
PROTO_STEM = os.path.join(GRPC_STEM, 'src', 'proto')
PROTO_GEN_STEM = os.path.join(GRPC_STEM, 'src', 'python', 'gens')
CYTHON_STEM = os.path.join(PYTHON_STEM, 'grpc', '_cython')

class CommandError(Exception):
    """Simple exception class for GRPC custom commands."""

# TODO(atash): Remove this once PyPI has better Linux bdist support. See
# https://bitbucket.org/pypa/pypi/issues/120/binary-wheels-for-linux-are-not-supported
def _get_grpc_custom_bdist(decorated_basename, target_bdist_basename):
    """Returns a string path to a bdist file for Linux to install.

  If we can retrieve a pre-compiled bdist from online, uses it. Else, emits a
  warning and builds from source.
  """
    # TODO(atash): somehow the name that's returned from `wheel` is different
    # between different versions of 'wheel' (but from a compatibility standpoint,
    # the names are compatible); we should have some way of determining name
    # compatibility in the same way `wheel` does to avoid having to rename all of
    # the custom wheels that we build/upload to GCS.

    # Break import style to ensure that setup.py has had a chance to install the
    # relevant package.
    from six.moves.urllib import request
    decorated_path = decorated_basename + GRPC_CUSTOM_BDIST_EXT
    try:
        url = BINARIES_REPOSITORY + '/{target}'.format(target=decorated_path)
        bdist_data = request.urlopen(url).read()
    except IOError as error:
        raise CommandError('{}\n\nCould not find the bdist {}: {}'.format(
            traceback.format_exc(), decorated_path, error.message))
    # Our chosen local bdist path.
    bdist_path = target_bdist_basename + GRPC_CUSTOM_BDIST_EXT
    try:
        with open(bdist_path, 'w') as bdist_file:
            bdist_file.write(bdist_data)
    except IOError as error:
        raise CommandError('{}\n\nCould not write grpcio bdist: {}'.format(
            traceback.format_exc(), error.message))
    return bdist_path

class SphinxDocumentation(setuptools.Command):
    """Command to generate documentation via sphinx."""

    description = 'generate sphinx documentation'
    user_options = []

    def initialize_options(self):
        pass

    def finalize_options(self):
        pass

    def run(self):
        # We import here to ensure that setup.py has had a chance to install the
        # relevant package eggs first.
        import sphinx.cmd.build
        source_dir = os.path.join(GRPC_STEM, 'doc', 'python', 'sphinx')
        target_dir = os.path.join(GRPC_STEM, 'doc', 'build')
        exit_code = sphinx.cmd.build.build_main(
            ['-b', 'html', '-W', '--keep-going', source_dir, target_dir])
        if exit_code is not 0:
            raise CommandError(
                "Documentation generation has warnings or errors")

class BuildProjectMetadata(setuptools.Command):
    """Command to generate project metadata in a module."""

    description = 'build grpcio project metadata files'
    user_options = []

    def initialize_options(self):
        pass

    def finalize_options(self):
        pass

    def run(self):
        with open(os.path.join(PYTHON_STEM, 'grpc/_grpcio_metadata.py'),
                  'w') as module_file:
            module_file.write('__version__ = """{}"""'.format(
                self.distribution.get_version()))

class BuildPy(build_py.build_py):
    """Custom project build command."""

    def run(self):
        self.run_command('build_project_metadata')
        build_py.build_py.run(self)

def _poison_extensions(extensions, message):
    """Includes a file that will always fail to compile in all extensions."""
    poison_filename = os.path.join(PYTHON_STEM, 'poison.c')
    with open(poison_filename, 'w') as poison:
        poison.write('#error {}'.format(message))
    for extension in extensions:
        extension.sources = [poison_filename]

def check_and_update_cythonization(extensions):
    """Replace .pyx files with their generated counterparts and return whether or
     not cythonization still needs to occur."""
    for extension in extensions:
        generated_pyx_sources = []
        other_sources = []
        for source in extension.sources:
            base, file_ext = os.path.splitext(source)
            if file_ext == '.pyx':
                generated_pyx_source = next((base + gen_ext for gen_ext in (
                    '.c',
                    '.cpp',
                ) if os.path.isfile(base + gen_ext)), None)
                if generated_pyx_source:
                    generated_pyx_sources.append(generated_pyx_source)
                else:
                    sys.stderr.write('Cython-generated files are missing...\n')
                    return False
            else:
                other_sources.append(source)
        extension.sources = generated_pyx_sources + other_sources
    sys.stderr.write('Found cython-generated files...\n')
    return True

def try_cythonize(extensions, linetracing=False, mandatory=True):
    """Attempt to cythonize the extensions.

  Args:
    extensions: A list of `distutils.extension.Extension`.
    linetracing: A bool indicating whether or not to enable linetracing.
    mandatory: Whether or not having Cython-generated files is mandatory. If it
      is, extensions will be poisoned when they can't be fully generated.
  """
    try:
        # Break import style to ensure we have access to Cython post-setup_requires
        import Cython.Build
    except ImportError:
        if mandatory:
            sys.stderr.write(
                "This package needs to generate C files with Cython but it cannot. "
                "Poisoning extension sources to disallow extension commands...")
            _poison_extensions(
                extensions,
                "Extensions have been poisoned due to missing Cython-generated code."
            )
        return extensions
    cython_compiler_directives = {}
    if linetracing:
        additional_define_macros = [('CYTHON_TRACE_NOGIL', '1')]
        cython_compiler_directives['linetrace'] = True
    return Cython.Build.cythonize(
        extensions,
        include_path=[
            include_dir for extension in extensions
            for include_dir in extension.include_dirs
        ] + [CYTHON_STEM],
        compiler_directives=cython_compiler_directives)

class BuildExt(build_ext.build_ext):
    """Custom build_ext command to enable compiler-specific flags."""

    C_OPTIONS = {
        'unix': ('-pthread',),
        'msvc': (),
    }
    LINK_OPTIONS = {}

    def build_extensions(self):

        def compiler_ok_with_extra_std():
            """Test if default compiler is okay with specifying c++ version
            when invoked in C mode. GCC is okay with this, while clang is not.
            """
            # TODO(lidiz) Remove the generated a.out for success tests.
            cc_test = subprocess.Popen(['cc', '-x', 'c', '-std=c++11', '-'],
                                       stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                                       stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                       stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
            _, cc_err = cc_test.communicate(input=b'int main(){return 0;}')
            return not 'invalid argument' in str(cc_err)

        # This special conditioning is here due to difference of compiler
        #   behavior in gcc and clang. The clang doesn't take --stdc++11
        #   flags but gcc does. Since the setuptools of Python only support
        #   all C or all C++ compilation, the mix of C and C++ will crash.
        #   *By default*, macOS and FreBSD use clang and Linux use gcc
        #
        #   If we are not using a permissive compiler that's OK with being
        #   passed wrong std flags, swap out compile function by adding a filter
        #   for it.
        if not compiler_ok_with_extra_std():
            old_compile = self.compiler._compile

            def new_compile(obj, src, ext, cc_args, extra_postargs, pp_opts):
                if src[-2:] == '.c':
                    extra_postargs = [
                        arg for arg in extra_postargs if not '-std=c++' in arg
                    ]
                return old_compile(obj, src, ext, cc_args, extra_postargs,
                                   pp_opts)

            self.compiler._compile = new_compile

        compiler = self.compiler.compiler_type
        if compiler in BuildExt.C_OPTIONS:
            for extension in self.extensions:
                extension.extra_compile_args += list(
                    BuildExt.C_OPTIONS[compiler])
        if compiler in BuildExt.LINK_OPTIONS:
            for extension in self.extensions:
                extension.extra_link_args += list(
                    BuildExt.LINK_OPTIONS[compiler])
        if not check_and_update_cythonization(self.extensions):
            self.extensions = try_cythonize(self.extensions)
        try:
            build_ext.build_ext.build_extensions(self)
        except Exception as error:
            formatted_exception = traceback.format_exc()
            support.diagnose_build_ext_error(self, error, formatted_exception)
            raise CommandError(
                "Failed `build_ext` step:\n{}".format(formatted_exception))

class Gather(setuptools.Command):
    """Command to gather project dependencies."""

    description = 'gather dependencies for grpcio'
    user_options = [
        ('test', 't', 'flag indicating to gather test dependencies'),
        ('install', 'i', 'flag indicating to gather install dependencies')
    ]

    def initialize_options(self):
        self.test = False
        self.install = False

    def finalize_options(self):
        # distutils requires this override.
        pass

    def run(self):
        if self.install and self.distribution.install_requires:
            self.distribution.fetch_build_eggs(
                self.distribution.install_requires)
        if self.test and self.distribution.tests_require:
            self.distribution.fetch_build_eggs(self.distribution.tests_require)

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Flight International has reported that WhiteKnightTwo, the mother ship, ran into trouble when making a series of ariel manouveurs.
WhiteKnightTwo is being used to carry SpaceShipTwo, the rocket which will take passengers into space.
The journal cited an unnamed source as providing the information about the supposed difficulties during the test flight at the Mohave Desert in California.
It claimed that Peter Siebold, the test pilot, was unable to keep the aircraft on the runway.
But this was denied by Will Whitehorn, Virgin Galactic's president.
"There are no issues we know of at all at this stage which will affect the programme or the overall design. It is beyond ridiculous," he said. "There is no problem with the flight."
"It was a highly successful test flight and everything is going to plan.," said Mr Whitehorn...
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+ What is NAICS 561210?
+ Who issues the contracts?
+ Who wins the contracts?
+ How are these contracts procured?
+ Where are these contracts performed?
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This report, offered by epipeline, contains a brief analysis of the Federal government's procurement practices with regards to purchasing the services of Facility Support Services.
You will find information on the top federal government agencies that purchase these services, as well as their procurement strategy (i.e. full and open competition, set-asides and more). Finally, there is a review of the top companies that are awarded federal government contracts for Facility Support Services.
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How are these contracts procured?
Where are these contracts performed?
This report takes an in-depth look at the 'Facility Support Services' industry, NAICS 561210. To understand the future, one must study the past. epipeline's Contract History Plus* provides you with a broad context and several perspectives that enables you to develop the best positioning and strategy for your company to more effectively compete for government contracts. The following graph illustrates one such perspective: the top Government departments buying these services over the last four fiscal years.
NAICS 561210 is the primary code when projects require a combination of three or more separate activities in the areas of services or "specialty trade contractors" industries.
Typical services include janitorial; maintenance; trash disposal; guard and security; mail routing; reception; laundry; and related services to support operations within facilities. Contractors would provide the staff to perform these services, but are not involved with or responsible for the core business or activities of the government site.
Specialty Trade Contractors, such as plumbing, painting, carpentry, etc., are considered part of "Building and Property Specialty Trade Services," which is covered by NAICS 238990 (aka All Other Specialty Trade Contractors). This code would be considered "one service" and so two other services would be required to assign NAICS 561210.
If any the three services or specialty trade contractors accounts for more than 50 percent of the value of the entire contract, then that NAICS should be used in lieu of 561210.
The ideal project under NAICS 561210 would be a Base Operations Support (BOS) contract.
The size standard associated with NAICS 561210 is $32.5 Million (effective March 11, 2008), which means that a company, including its affiliates, would be considered a "small business" if their average annual gross receipts does not exceed $32.5 Million for the past three years. If a company has not been in business for three years, the average weekly revenue for the number of weeks the company has been in business is multiplied by 52 to determine the average annual receipts.
ATTENTION: Effective August 18, 2008, the size standard for NAICS 561210 increases to $35.5 Million. Solicitations issued prior to this date are subject to the $32.5 Million standard - even if the solicitation doesn't close until after that date. Solicitations issued on or after August 18, 2008 will use the new size standard of $35.5 Million. (View the final ruling on the SBA Website: http://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/sba_homepage/inflation_adjust_fr_.htm).
Total reported spending under NAICS 561210 for the period of Fiscal Year 2004 (FY04) through the second quarter (Q2) of Fiscal Year 2003 (FY08 aka Q2FY08) was over $72 Billion. With two quarters reported, FY08 reported spending of $5.0 Billion for services under NAICS 561210. The chart below illustrates the reported** spending by year for FY04 through Q2FY08.
** Note: it is possible that some Defense spending for the more recent fiscal years (FY05 to present) is not as widely reported as earlier years. These numbers will likely increase as more departments and agencies report their contract spending.
The Department of Energy was the largest buyer for these services for the last four fiscal years (FY04 through Q2FY08), with almost $35.0 Billion in contract spending, comprising over 48% of the market share for NAICS 561210. Their number one position is largely due to the Management and Operations (M&O) contracts, which are worth billions of dollars. However, those contracts are not always issued under NAICS 561210. Some projects are issued using NAICS 541712 (formerly NAICS 541712 in 2002 version - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)) or 541330 (Engineering Services), so Energy's position in the top spot may fluctuate. The United States Army took the second spot, with almost $20 Billion in reported spending for this period.
The United States Air Force, NASA, United States Navy, the Department of Labor's Education and Training Administration (DOLETA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Bureau of Prisons, while holding a significantly smaller market share then the Army or DOE, still reported spending of over $1 Billion for the FY04-Q2FY08 period. DOLETA will likely not remain in the top ten in coming years, as their contracts originally awarded under NAICS 561210 for operation of their Job Corps Centers, are now awarded under NAICS 611519, Other Technical and Trade Schools.
1,134 Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB).
NOTE, the CCR website states, "As of the July 30, 2008 release (4.08.2), CCR-registered vendors may elect not to display their registration in the CCR/FedReg Public Search." This could mean that there are more active contractors registered with the CCR then the resulting totals above represent.
The two charts below identify the top 10 Companies, by market share, for the period of FY04 through Q2FY08. The first chart represents the top 10 companies that were awarded their contracts under ANY type of competition, whether it was full and open, small business set-aside, sole-sourced, etc. This list primarily consists of large businesses. The second chart, however, lists the top 10 companies that won their contracts under RESTRICTED competition. Specifically, epipeline limited this to those contracts awarded under the acquisition strategies listed below. The contract dollars represented on this second chart may not include all contract dollars for the individual contractor.
Kellogg, Brown & Root Services holds the top spot on the unrestricted competition list, with $14.2 Billion in contract dollars for FY04-Q2FY08 and over 21% of the market share. The majority of the remaining contractors in the top ten hold Management and Operation (M&O) contracts for the Department of Energy. These large companies form joint ventures to provide the myriad services required for these complex contracts. As mentioned previously, as some M&O contracts expire, their follow-ons are using alternative NAICS codes. This may lead to the decrease in Energy's market share. Along with all the companies in the top ten, there are four additional firms that are/were holding contracts with at least $1 Billion in contract dollars, with another 56 firms having $100 Million or more.
PLEASE NOTE: as this is a listing by Company name, rather than PARENT company, some companies may have more than one ranking, which may not reflected in the chart below.
The combined contract spending for contracts awarded under "restricted competition," as outlined above, totaled over $4.37 Billion for FY04 through Q2FY08. Chugach Alutiiq Joint Venture is the only one of the firms on this restricted list to crack the $500 Million mark for spending during this period. Their $520 Million translates to almost 12% of the market share. Chugach is listed two more times in the top ten: in the second spot as Chugach McKinley and the sixth spot as Chugach Management Services. The combined value of contract spending for their three entities exceeds $839 Million - almost 20% of the market share under NAICS 561210 for this time period.
The top seven companies on this list all have reported contract spending over $100 Million for this period. 80 additional companies are over the $10 Million mark.
Over 48% of the contract dollars spend during the FY04 through Q2FY08 timeframe were awarded using full and open competition. This represented over $34.7 Billion for NAICS 561210. Over 45% of contracts during this period did not report their acquisition strategy. These contracts could include those awarded using full and open competition, small business set-aside, or any manner of restriction. This accounted for over $32.7 Billion in contract dollars. Contracts set-aside for small businesses and those sole sourced to 8(a) firms also cracked the $1 Billion mark, with $2.1 Billion and $1.5 Billion, respectively. Many of the contracts awarded on an 8(a) sole source basis were awarded to Alaska Native Corporations, as evident by the top 10 companies on restricted competition chart above.
These contracts are being performed across the continental United States and abroad. The 50 states plus Washington, DC have reported spending of $53.8 Billion and contracts for locations outside the United States total over $18.4 Million. The map below illustrates the distribution of locations within the United States (only). For example, there are 12 states that are shaded dark red. This means that these states have reported contract spending between $1.1 Billion and $10.3 Billion.
The state with the highest total of reported contract spending is Tennessee, with $10.2 Billion. South Carolina ($6.3 Billion) and New Mexico ($4.5 Billion) took the second and third spots. All three states are home to the large Energy M&O contracts. In all, 14 states reported spending for the FY04-Q2F08 period above $1.0 Billion. Another 20 states were above $100 Million.
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Weather archive at the airport ( 3 km, +29 °C+84 °F )
35 minutes ago at the weather station (3 km) it was +28.3 °C+83 °F, clear with cloudy periods, normal air pressure, moderate breeze (6 m/s) (22 km/h) (13 miles/hour) (12 knots) (4 Bft) blowing from the east-southeast.
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Charmed: CBS Considering a Halliwell Sister Reboot
by Trevor Kimball, October 25, 2013
Vulture reports that CBS is considering remaking Charmed. The original TV show was produced by Aaron Spelling and ran for eight seasons and 178 episodes on The WB.
Apparently Party of Five co-creator Chris Keyser and partner Syndey Sidner are co-writing the project. Those in the know consider it a "re-imagining" of the original Charmed series.
CBS TV Studios holds the rights to the Spelling library and is producing the project with the Tannenbaum Company. Thus far, the network has only asked for a pilot script so the project may or may not move beyond that point.
Revolving around a trio of sisters who discover that they're witches, Charmed debuted in 1998 with Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, and Alyssa Milano as the leads. Doherty left after three seasons and her character was killed off. Rose McGowan joined the cast as a previously unknown sibling.
The reruns are still airing on TNT and WE. Last year, a Netflix report noted that Charmed is the service's second most-binged program.
What do you think? Would you like to see a reboot or some sort of continuation of the original series? Do you think a new Charmed could work?
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Annette Simms
Make a continuation of the original charmed using same characters and cast if available, bring it up to date with maybe their children being taught by their parents
Linda Robertson
I was really excited that Charmed was being brought back. But, oh my.. was I ever disappointed! It was awful! I turned it off half way through… the girls were soooo angry… the character White Lighter came across as an idiot. Casting for this was really bad. The story line is really bad.. Too bad…
I love Charmed and I would love to see it come back with all the original cast!
Sherri Copeland
yes please bring the show back with the same characters.
yes I would like charmed back on the air but with the original characters could bring some characters back as whitelighters that were killed off and bring back others that left for other reasons. Don't really like when they bring a show back but with different people just isn't the same very rarely is it better than the original.
I would love to see new charmed episodes, but would love to see the original characters. possibly make Prue a whitelighter give Leo his powers back let Piper and Leos daughter be a witch/whitelighter like her older brothers would only be fair. bring Andy in as a white lighter. Also bring back Morris, they would have to be back in the manor and bring Drake and Kyra the seer back maybe make them whitelighters, bring cole back rehabilitated to good with good powers. we would like to see more episodes like charmed noir and chick flick and I would like… Read more »
lil beaver
Except the plan is to REMAKE the original Charmed with new scripts, new actors. I agree that taking the series to the next generation (whom we've already met) could be almost as much fun as the original. I cannot imagine, and would not watch, a remake. Doesn't anyone have an original idea any more? It's all remakes and rehashes. Boring.
Would love to see a reboot with them later in years ,kids grown up my grand kids love the show
I was also a huge fan of the show and would be a loyal reboot fan!
Pick up a re-boot as a continuation…the sisters are middle aged and set in their lives with husbands, careers, children, as was shown in "Forever Charmed". Piper and Leo already have Wyatt and Chris. In this re-boot, they'd likely also have other children. Phoebe marries Coop, they have kids…Paige marries Henry, they have the twins and Henry Jr, etc et al.
I completely agree with Doug I would love to see the original actor's brought back as the Charmed one's again as Forever Charmed.I don't believe any one could ever honestly play there part's even close as good as the original actor's did.It's been one of my favorite's for a long time and still watch the rerun's because it's a great show.No remake with other actor's can never compare to the original.Please re-boot as a continuation of Charmed with the old actor's.The other that just started isn't even close to being as good at all.It's a joke and to me seem's… Read more »


Soco Falls Maggie Valley NC is a real hidden gem, and a simply gorgeous duel waterfall that is just off of Soco Road (Highway 19). The waterfall is literally just minutes from Maggie Valley, and often missed by visitors. Soco Falls is the closest of the many waterfalls near Maggie Valley.
Soco Falls is a 120 foot tall dual waterfall, located just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, and a short drive from Maggie Valley NC. Detailed directions to Soco Falls are provided below.
From the parking lot, there is a short trail down to a very nice observation deck, that provides a really nice view of the falls. The photo below was filmed from the observation deck. The trail is not well maintained, and little rough in places.
For the more adventurous, you can continue down a very steep steep trail from the observation deck, to view both falls from the bottom. There are some climbing ropes here that make the decent far more easy.
While not terribly difficult, we would only recommend this fore more experienced hikers, and if you have hiking boots or shoes. Remember too, you have to be a able to climb back up.
Before reaching the Observation deck, there are some small trails that lead up the creek as well. There are some nice photo opportunities here as well, just be VERY careful to not venture near the top of the falls.
>> See our Soco Falls Guide on our parent site Blue Ridge Mountain Life for more photos, video, and detailed information.
From Maggie Valley NC, take Soco Road (Highway 19) towards Cherokee, and climb up to the Blue Ridge Parkway. Go under the Parkway, and continue for 1.5 files. .5 Miles before the parking lot, there will be a small blue sign that says "Soco Falls .5 miles ahead". The parking lot will show up suddenly on your left. Be careful here, as it's a dangerous left turn.
We prefer to go on down, turn around and come back up, just to be safe.


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Q: Using Eclipse with Arabic and English on the same line I just noticed as I was doing a string compare in Eclipse that when I place an Arabic character in a line it completely throws off Eclipse.  How can I interchange English and Arabic on a single line of code?
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Ok now that my question has been migrated here, I supposed some code is in order.  I was trying to do the following in Java:
Character c1 = 'ة';
Map<Character, Double> arabicRootMap = new HashMap<Character, Double>();
arabicRootMap.put(c1, 5.0);

The exact same thing happens here on SO as in Eclipse where instead of putting c1 into my map, I would like to put my Arabic character into the map directly, but my left to right is order is partly broken and the new mixed cursor navigation on the line is crazy.  As you see, I have an indirect solution to the problem by defining a character beforehand.

A: So that is my answer, substitution whenever you have a character or string which needs to be in the middle of a statement.  This gets to be rather labor intesive as you build up strings of various lengths and can not pre-define every Arabic word ever written.  If there is a better answer, I would like to hear it.


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Welcome to MCLA's vibrant scholarly community! For the past 14 years, students, professors, and staff from across campus have come together to discuss a shared community reading—a tradition that helps us connect across difference and learn from each other. As the newest scholars in our community, the class of 2022 will help us continue this important tradition by reading Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me, winner of the 2015 National Book Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. This important book will help us engage in campus-wide conversations during MCLA's November 8th Day of Dialog, which will culminate in a Public Policy lecture by Coates' himself.
And on the importance of empathy when considering ethical reasoning and action.
This year's community reading and the Day of Dialog events will serve as an introduction to these values and as a starting point to the vibrant conversations you'll continue to engage in throughout your time at MCLA.
Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic, a MacArthur fellowship recipient, and author of Between the World and Me, We Were Eight Years in Power, and The Beautiful Struggle. In addition, since 2016 he has collaborated with illustrator Brian Stelfreeze to write Marvel's Black Panther graphic novel series. His Black Panther story, "A Nation Under Our Feet," was nominated for a Hugo award for Best Graphic Story. He is also working with illustrator Leinil Francis Yu on the next chapter of Marvel's Captain America, which will be released July 4, 2018. For more information on the author, please visit his official website: http://ta-nehisicoates.com/about/.
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Taraba gov denies complicity in alleged Fulani genocide
By Jaafar Jaafar
Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State
Jaafar Jaafarhttps://dailynigerian.com/
Jaafar Jaafar is a graduate of Mass Communication from Bayero University, Kano. He was a reporter at Daily Trust, an assistant editor at Premium Times and now the editor-in-chief of Daily Nigerian.
The Taraba State governor, Darius Ishaku, has dissociated himself from the alleged genocide of Fulani ethnic group in the state, attributing the allegation to the works of "mischief" makers.
The governor said on Sunday in a statement by his media aide, Emmanuel Bello, that the reports that the governor gave order for the extermination of Fulanis was "untrue and those spreading the falsehood are uninformed."
He condemned the ongoing fracas between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in Mambilla Plateau, Sardauna Local Government.
"The bloodshed," Ishaku said, "must be condemned wherever it happens, and not only when one group decided that they had been affected."
The statement challenged the governor's critics to "produce a memo, tape or video recording of how the directive was issued."
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He described the accusers as people displaying their inability to properly use the term, genocide.
"The accusers of Governor Ishaku are saying that he, at some point, actually gave orders by way of a broadcast or in some secret location that a certain ethnic group should be wiped out of Taraba.
"They must have a tape recording of such instructions or directives. They probably have a memo by the governor where he clearly gave the plans for eliminations, stating timelines.
"They also probably know the armed militia he had planned with to carry out the dastardly act. Now, if they don't have all of these, as I'm sure there is nothing like that, then, it is amazing how they could sit before journalists and tell a civilised world that a genocide has been planned against them.
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"If they want to see genocides, ample examples are there but certainly not in our dear Taraba state. We don't profile people in this very lovely state or plan the eliminations of same. Life is sacrosanct here," he said.
According to the statement, Mr Ishaku queried the use of "genocide" in Taraba, but was not "used in other places where the country witnessed horrendous cases of crimes against humanity.
"In Taraba state, all human lives are precious to us. That is why Governor Ishaku keeps pushing for peace. That's even his mantra: he says, 'give me peace and I would give you development'; he is too refined, too peace loving to engage in any kind of bloodletting or encourage such. The governor is a very civilised man of the world who has interacted with various segments", he said.
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The recent outbreak of communal unrest between Fulani and Nguroje farmers, leading to the death of a number of Fulani herdsmen with their cows, had spread to other parts of the Mambilla Plateau resulting in the loss of lives and property.
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Case Study – What Happens When Corruption Meets Incompetence - Krestovsky Stadium
Submitted by Jamal Moustafaev on Sat, 05/13/2017 - 13:29
Some time in 2005 as part of preparations for a (highly controversial but nevertheless successful) bid for the 2018 FIFA World Cup the government of Russia decided to build a brand-new soccer stadium in Saint Petersburg. The building phase started in 2007 with the government allocating US$268 million for the construction of the stadium.
Interestingly enough the construction that was initially supposed to end in March of 2009 continues until now, with "some cosmetic changes to be finished soon". As of right now the stadium is astonishing 518% late and 548% over budget (see Tables 1 and 2).
Table 1 - Timeline
Table 2 – Budget
Unfortunately there are no official reliable sources of information regarding the root causes of these failures. However, based on the reports of various newspapers there were two major causes of delays, cost overruns and quality issues: poor planning and rampant corruption.
Some of the issues encountered during the construction of the Krestovsky Stadium.
One of the major delays has been attributed to the sudden death of the Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa: apparently nobody bothered to translate his blueprints from Japanese to Russian
Severe vibrations of the retractable field (reported by FIFA)
"Finished" stadium does not have a media center
Crowd access control "issues" (reported by FIFA)
Severe problems with the grass pitch
Leaking roof and resulting flood of the stadium
Four confirmed deaths due to safety rules violations (no investigations launched)
Several worker strikes due to non-payment of salaries (some of the foreign workers deported from Russia as a result)
Cracks in concrete walls detected
Part of a very expensive retractable has been blown away by the wind
Fire erupted in the stands due to a violation of safety procedures
Mould resulting from flooding
Collapsed crane that fortunately did not result in any deaths
Norwegian football magazine Josimar claimed in March 2017 that at least some of the workers on the project were North Korean "slaves"
As a result of this, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, who inherited this stadium with all of its problems from the Russian government for 1 (one!) rouble refused to use that field for its Russian Premier League games.
And finally, just for comparison purposes, take a look at this picture:
Above: Player changing rooms Juventus stadium (construction time – 2 years, cost – US$170 million)
Below: Player changing rooms Krestovsky stadium (construction time – 10+ years, cost – US$1.7 billion)
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Leo Messi ceded his spot on the pitch to CescFàbregas at halftime in the match against Atlético Madrid this evening. Barça's No10 was substituted as a precaution after the player noticed discomfort in his left thigh. Messi will undergo further tests this Thursday to determine the severity of the injury.
"Independently of whether it's a final or not, there's no reason to keep a player on the pitch when there's an injury or if there are physical issues that impede him from playing normally," said Gerardo Martino in the post-match press conference.