The race for District Attorney in San Diego has heated up in recent days, with incumbent Bonnie Dumanis actually showing up for a debate in Del Cerro after skipping events in Oceanside and La Jolla earlier this month. She also appeared at a Ramona Tea Party multi-candidate forum on Saturday, reportedly wearing a straw cowboy hat.
UT-San Diego gave Dumanis their editorial blessing this weekend, saying "She deserves re-election to a fourth term," before acknowledging that she might have picked up some "baggage" over her 12 years in office. While that "baggage," which includes a campaign finance scandal and an over-zealous (and failing) campaign against medical marijuana is of interest, it's the broader accusations that Dumanis has politicized the District Attorney's office that merit your attention.
While politicization in elective DA races usually connotes a process through which incumbents use crime as a political issue to increase their "electability and popularity," in this contest the term is referencing Dumanis' role as protector for the established interests that have long dominated San Diego politics.
Most of this kind of 'protection' is backroom stuff, and hard to prove. With Dumanis' BFF Laura Duffy firmly ensconced in the US Attorney's office and the reputations of various local politicos at stake, it's unlikely any of this sort of dirt will see the light of day.
There are, however, glimmers–strong hints, if you will– that can be used to shed a little light to make the case against her incumbency.
Let's start with the kind of case District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis won't pursue, a useful tool for protecting political allies and their backers. This case involves a city employee who refused to play along with the business as usual crowd and got fired as a result.
In 2001 Paul Mannino held the unpaid position of president of the North Bay Association and Li Mandri was its paid executive director. According to the joint FBI/police report, Mannino wanted to award a $50,000-a-year subcontract for security work to a company that Mannino would set up. Kessler told Mannino that it was an obvious conflict of interest. So, according to the report, Mannino then took over Li Mandri's position as executive director of the North Bay Association under a subcontract from Li Mandri. Lo and behold, Li Mandri's New City America then got two community development block grant subcontracts from North Bay….
…The investigators gathered copious documents from such places as New City America and the homes of Li Mandri and Mannino. The documents indicate that there'd been a quid pro quo arrangement between the two men. Conclusion: Li Mandri and Mannino were guilty of violating many laws.
Kessler settled with the City of San Diego in 2011, unable to fight any further against the $450,000 in outside counsel retained by the city.
Scott Kessler, who made $120,000 annually as the city's former deputy director of economic development division, sued the city after he was fired in late 2008. The council voted 7-1 in favor of the settlement, with Carl DeMaio dissenting because the deal's details weren't disclosed before the public vote.
This Brewer campaign graphic is very telling.
The Kessler case was, at least on the surface, not that big a deal. He can't talk about it because of a non-disclosure clause in the settlement. I cite it here because it left a paper trail. But I've been told repeatedly, always with the admonition "don't use my name" that the District Attorney's refusal to prosecute investigations is the major reason why so many law enforcement associations in Southern California have endorsed her opponent Bob Brewer.
We're talking about honest law enforcement officers trying to do their job, only to see their efforts thwarted. And the buck stops with District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis. The confidential nature of criminal investigations would make the act of whistle-blowing (or even complaining) a crime, or at least a civil offense. Those cops only have to look at what happened to Kessler (I'm told there are others, whose cases are sealed) to know the City of San Diego's legal resources have them in an untenable position.
Back in July, 2007 Chula Vista City Councilman Steve Castaneda was indicted on 15 charges relating to allegations about an apartment he rented. Thirteen charges of perjury and two counts of failing to disclose income on a statement of economic interests and a $7 million investigation added up to nothing, as three charges were dismissed for lack of evidence, a jury acquitted him on six charges and a judge declared a mistrial on the rest of prosecution's case.
…A year was spent examining rumors that Castaneda had some dealings with real estate developer Ashok Israni, but no evidence was found that Castaneda received any money or favors from the businessman.
Castaneda wasn't the only recipient of the DA's prosecutorial munificence. Then-Mayor Steve Padilla's aide Jason Moore ended up pleading guilty on perjury charges.
A recent report from KPBS certainly suggests Dumanis used her powers to punish those who crossed her politically.
"I received a call from Bonnie in my office, asking me, encouraging me to support one of the candidates who was an employee of hers in her office and a friend," said former Chula Vista Mayor Steve Padilla, who needed to fill a vacant City Council seat at the time.
The employee was Dumanis aide Jesse Navarro. Padilla said he told Dumanis that Navarro wouldn't do because he needed to replace outgoing Councilwoman Patty Davis with another female Democrat.
A few weeks after the then-mayor's refusal to play along, the investigations started. First there was an unfruitful probe into Padilla and the rest of the Chula Vista City Council for not attending redevelopment corporation meetings but collecting pay for them. Then came the indictments of Castaneda and Moore.
The chief prosecutor in all of those investigations — Deputy District Attorney Patrick O'Toole — also declined an interview for this story.
But he provided a written statement, saying he was unaware of Dumanis' call to Padilla until early 2008, but if he had known about it he would have insisted the office recuse itself from prosecuting Castaneda.
O'Toole wrote that he first learned of the call in a letter from the Chula Vista Better Government Association, which claimed Dumanis abused her power by trying to influence the Chula Vista council appointment process, among other allegations. O'Toole said he tried to discuss his concerns with Dumanis' top staff member, Assistant District Attorney Jesse Rodriguez, but "was interrupted and told just to do my job," O'Toole wrote.
O'Toole is among those supporting Dumanis opponent Bob Brewer now.
Former IRS agent A. David Stutz holds a special place in San Diego history. The short version is that he was integral to the investigation of financial malfeasance leading to the fall of this city's then-ruling elite, headed by C. Arnholt Smith. Then-Mayor Frank Curran, along with eight other past and former councilmembers were indicted for bribery and conspiracy. Following the Nixon administration's refusal to let Stutz testify in the trial, they walked free.
"I served with the 2 previous DAs and, after she was elected, Dumanis appointed me to be in charge of all political violations. In a short period of time it became apparent she was using the office for her own political gain and not the public good. I retired rather than watch her destroy a great office and she has continued to abuse the office for her own personal benefit.
I'll go Stutz one better and say Dumanis 'personal benefit' includes the larger interests of the power elite in San Diego. She's the person who keeps their political careers alive; the keeper of the flame, as it were. And getting rid of the current District Attorney is one of the best things the people of San Diego can do for the best interests of the city as a whole. On the other hand, if you're Papa Doug Manchester and want to keep your 'personal benefits' out of the spotlight, Bonnie Dumanis is an ideal choice.
Sending City Attorney Jan Goldsmith's crew–he's termed out but expects to anoint a successor– packing wouldn't hurt, either. Just sayin'.
Given the transient nature of the local populace, I feel obliged to share this tidbit about the LA Clippers owner, whose racist comments have made him a target of scorn and ridicule. History, y'know. His dalliance with San Diego was just a warm up….
They were gone within five years.
As Sports Illustrated wrote in 1982, "Sterling is a good example of the kind of ownership problems the league has had in recent years. … He started his crusade with a campaign to boost ticket sales that, oddly enough, featured Sterling's grinning face on billboards throughout San Diego County." After they won their opening game of that 1982 season, Sterling, skipped around the court after a 125-110 victory. Then, his shirt unbuttoned down to his waist, he gave coach Paul Silas a big smooch. This behavior would be charming if that same first season, he wasn't accused of stiffing players on their paychecks.
It didn't help that his assistant general manager was named Patricia Simmons, an ex-model who had what one San Diego newspaper described as "no known basketball background." When Silas was in China on a Players Association exhibition tour this summer, Simmons moved into his office. When Silas returned, he found his belongings stacked in the hallway.
Oh, and to that one troll out there who feels obliged to write in saying "Sterling is a Democrat"- LA County records show that he changed his registration to Republican in 1998. Not that it matters.
On This Day: 1789 – A mutiny on the British ship Bounty took place when a rebel crew took the ship and set sail to Pitcairn Island. The mutineers left Captain W. Bligh and 18 sailors adrift. 1967 – Muhammad Ali refused induction into the U.S. Army and was stripped of boxing title. He cited religious grounds for his refusal. 1987 – On a plane that was returning to Boston, from Miami, Ozzy Osbourne bought three rounds of drinks and sang "Crazy Train" over the PA system.
Doug, you didn't even mention the DA's years-long crackdown, along with her BFF, on marijuana users/growers/distributors. Yes, Dumannis should definitely go.
Thanks for the honorable MMJ mention Doug – I saw it right-a-way, and smiled while nodding my head slowly – you nailed it "over-zealous (and failing)"!
Sorry. I admit I skipped the quote from the U-T.
*bowing in 'we are not worthy' fashion* You are absolutely correct. I was confused and wrong.
So, will the DA's anti-pot crusade be the focus of a column to come?


Citation: Good, C., Davidson, J., Terjesen, B., Takle, H., Kolarevic, J., Baeverford, G., Summerfelt, S. 2018. The effects of long-term 20 mg/L carbon dioxide exposure on the health and performance of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar post-smolts in water recirculation aquaculture systems. Aquacultural Engineering. 81:1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaeng.2018.01.003.
Interpretive Summary: Elevated dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2) can affect fish growth, feed conversion, and overall health. With increasing production of post-smolt Atlantic salmon being carried out in land-based recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS), it is necessary to investigate environmental variables, such as CO2, to define safe limits and to optimize rearing environments. In this study, post-smolt S0 Atlantic salmon were exposed to either high (20 plus or minus 1 mg/L) or low (8 plus or minus less than 1 mg/L) dissolved CO2 in six replicated freshwater RAS for 384 days. At study's end, no significant differences in fish weight, survival, feed conversion ratio, or thermal growth coefficient were observed. Blood chemistry and gill enzyme regulation analyses both revealed physiological adaptation to the higher CO2 environment. These results suggest that, under the conditions of this study, post-smolt Atlantic salmon can be raised in freshwater RAS to harvest size with up to 20 mg/L CO2 without significantly impacting fish health and performance.
Technical Abstract: Previous research and experience has linked elevated dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2) to reduced growth performance, poor feed conversion, and a variety of health issues in farm-raised fish, including Atlantic salmon Salmo salar. Supplemental control measures in water recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) to reduce CO2 accumulation, however, such as increased water pumping to decrease tank hydraulic retention time, can represent significant costs for operators. We exposed post-smolt S0 Atlantic salmon (197 plus or minus 2 g, 423 days post-hatch) to either high (20 plus or minus 1 mg/L) or low (8 plus or minus less than 1 mg/L) dissolved CO2 in six replicated freshwater RAS for 384 days to investigate differences in performance and health as the salmon were grown to harvest size. All RAS were operated at moderate water exchange rates (1.0 % of the total recirculating flow), a 24-hr photoperiod was provided, fish were fed to satiation, and densities were maintained between 40 - 80 kg/m3. Over the study period, dissolved oxygen was kept at saturation, mean water temperature was 14.1 plus or minus 0.1 oC, and alkalinity averaged 237 mg/L as CaCO3. At study's end, no significant differences in fish weight (high CO2 mean weight = 2,879 plus or minus 35 g; low CO2 mean weight = 2,896 plus or minus 12 g), feed conversion ratio (1.14 plus or minus 0.12 vs. 1.22 plus or minus 0.13, respectively), or thermal growth coefficient (1.45 plus or minus 0.01 vs. 1.46 plus or minus 0.01, respectively), were observed. No significant differences in survival (high CO2 mean survival = 99.1 plus or minus 0.4 %; low CO2 mean survival = 98.9 plus or minus 0.3 %) or culls due to saprolegniasis (3.5 plus or minus 1 % vs. 3.0 plus or minus 1 %, respectively) were determined, and no nephrocalcinosis was observed through histopathological evaluation. Blood gas and chemistry evaluation revealed higher pCO2, bicarbonate, and total CO2, and lower chloride and glucose, in the high CO2 cohort. Molecular analyses of gill enzyme regulation showed significantly higher expression of Na+/K+ ATPase a1a in high CO2 fish at 3-weeks post-challenge, indicating physiological adaptation to the higher CO2 environment without any noticeable long-term impacts on health or performance. Overall, the results of this study suggest that, at 237 mg/L as CaCO3 mean alkalinity, post-smolt Atlantic salmon can be raised in freshwater RAS to harvest size with up to 20 mg/L CO2 without significantly impacting fish health and performance.


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ONE ACT FESTIVAL
President - Ray Manfredi, LUTCF, FSCP, MBA, PhD
Ray comes to Stage Door Productions as a Board Member who has roots in the theater, starting as a child television commercial actor at the age of eight, and expanding his on screen career, holding small roles in several movies, and ultimately becoming a stand-up comic and theatrical performer. He has performed on many a stage, across the country, and even a few times locally, including with Stage Door. Ray has received several acting awards from industry organizations for his work on stage including a 'Best Comedic Actor' and 'Best Male Lead' awards, as well as a Writing award. His adaption of 'A Christmas Carol' will be performed at our theater annually. He has been married to Catherine since 1987 and a proud father of two children, Thomas and Noelle. Ray holds a Doctorate in Metaphysics as well as a Master's in Business Administration, with an emphasis on economics and corporate ethics. His involvement with Stage Door has been very analytical, with a goal to bring our foundation to the next level when it comes to community sponsorships and community impact. He is a welcomed fresh face filled with ideas that will surely put a spotlight on all those who get involved with Stage Door Productions.
Ray owns and operates an Allstate Insurance Agency in Northern Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and DC, and has authored several professional trade manuals and customer advisory books on both customer service and risk management. His agencies are ranked in the top 3% nationally among his peers for service scores.
Ray's agency, Manfredi Insurance Group / Allstate of Northern Virginia happens to be a primary benefactor for Stage Door, and responsible for the $60,000 redesign of our 6,000 square-foot theater space, including the new 44-foot stage, 8-level 200-seat tiered seating auditorium, and many other improvements. If you haven't seen a show lately, you're going to be amazed when you come in. We even now have a bar and concessions stand.
Vice President - Collette Riddle
Collette Riddle is a proud alumnus of Catawba College's Musical Theatre B.F.A. program where she was an active member of Alpha Psi Omega and the Blue Masque Theatre Society. Collette has, since, performed in several plays with Stage Door and has directed "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," "Peter and the Starcatcher," and "The Crucible." She enjoys her time on the board and is constantly amazed at the talent and community that Stage Door inspires.
Treasurer - Alex Beach, CPCU, SCLA
Alex has been passionate about community theater his whole life. He met his wife, Amy, while they were both performing in Evita at a community theater in his hometown of Bradenton, Florida. While there, he helped found a small blackbox theater troupe and directed Rent in their first year. He particularly enjoyed being on the improv team. Alex is currently a claims supervisor at GEICO. For him, the greatest aspect of his being on Stage Door's board is that he can continue to bring "theater for everyone" in Fredericksburg.
Secretary - Ethan Dunn
Ethan Dunn has acted in a few productions and worked backstage in a few more. He is a carpenter by trade and uses this skill set to design and build sets, as well as to upgrade the theater itself. Ethan also currently serves on SDP's executive board as secretary.
Artistic Director - Amy Beach
A Virginia transplant from Florida, Amy is thrilled to be working with Stage Door Productions! She has worked in several theaters around the country as an actress, but has also had other roles such as Directing, Box Office, House Management, and Stage Management. She has also performed in Germany, The Bahamas, Washington, Florida, and now Virginia! Her favorite theatre memory is tap dancing along the sides with Mickey Rooney in George M! Her true love (second to her husband) is Musical Theatre. Amy looks forward to providing you with a rich and excellent season!
Marketing - Alyssa McSween
Alyssa is born and raised here in Fredericksburg, VA. Alyssa has loved theater since she was a child and had always wanted to be an actress. Over time, acting became less of what she wanted to do and she found love for working behind the scenes for theater productions. Soon she had the opportunity to stage manage for Stage Door Productions. Later on, she was given the opportunity to be on the board. Since then, Stage Door has given her so many opportunities and skills to carry throughout her life. Not only did it help her growth, but it gave her a family and wonderful friendships along the way.
Publicity - Laura Echevarria
Born in Alabama, Laura moved with her family to Fredericksburg when she was nine-years old and grew up in the Fredericksburg area. She was a biology major planning to attend medical school when her freshman speech professor pulled her aside and told her she should consider changing her major to speech.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications with a concentration in public speaking and a minor in the interpretation of literature (and a minor in Biology). She has completed some hours toward a Masters in English. Bitten by the acting bug in college, Laura's favorite role was Tweeny in her college production of "The Admirable Crichton." Laura is a communications professional working in Washington, D.C. but lives in Fredericksburg with her husband (who is also heavily involved with Stage Door Productions) and three children. She has performed in several Stage Door Productions performances including the Nurse in "Romeo and Juliet," Polly in "Play On," the Duchess in "Othello," and Mrs. Fairfax in "Jane Eyre."
Cultural Committee Chair - Debbie Harris
Debbie Harris is the Chairperson of the newly formed Cultural Committee for Stagedoor Productions. Her show credits include "The Jungle Book" (Assistant Director), "Jane Eyre" (Assistant Stage Manager), Corin in "As You Like It," One acts (Director), and "The Wizard of Oz" ( Assistant Director). Debbie moved to the Fredericksburg area from Northern Virginia seventeen years ago. Debbie has enjoyed a long career with GEICO. After attending a performance by invitation, Debbie became involved in theater and found her passion for production. She is most comfortable behind the scenes watching the unfolding of a show and all the actors' work.
Outside of the theater, Debbie helps her husband Mack run his commercial cleaning company, Eastern Enterprises. They have been married for 30 years and have 3 children, 7 grandchildren, all of which can be found at any given time, volunteering at the theater.
Shakespeare Chair - Bill Green
In the last half century, Bill Green, a retired English professor living in Alabama, Kentucky, and Virginia, has written poems, stories, articles, and books. He has written, directed, or acted in well over a hundred plays, produced videos, and written, performed, and recorded music, sometimes for money, but mostly out of love for creating.
Virtual Platform - Javan Cousino
In February 2019, Javan moved from the northwest tip of Ohio to Virginia. Stage Door immediately made him feel like family. He thinks of it as almost a home away from home. He could not be more excited to become more and more active in community theatre. While fairly new to Virginia and new to Stage Door Productions, Javan could not be happier to become a part of the Stage Door family. He believes that theatre can truly make a difference and help bring joy to a community. He feels honored to be a part of that.
Props Management - Kitt Murphy
Kitt moved recently to Fredericksburg from Williamsburg Virginia. She attended Longwood College majoring in Technical theater. After raising her family, she was able to get back into theater at the Williamsburg Players. She has stage managed many shows, in addition to building sets, lighting, props and anything else pertaining to any part of the theater.
She is very happy to be able to contribute and be a part of Stage Door Productions.
Youth Programs - Alinda Coats
Alinda, a Board Member with Stage Door Productions, serves with the Youth Program. In this role she develops goals for youth theater programs i.e. classes, workshops, auditions and work with community organizations by providing acting/education opportunities for area youth. Alinda is also experienced Program Management Analyst serving as a liaison between the Project Manager and Contracted Officer Agent ensuring proper application of policy and project objectivity. A native Chicagoan, she relocated to Northern VA in 2003. She is the mother of two children ages 43 and 32; grandmother of three.
Her first performance was as a soloist in the 5th grade where she sang a O Christmas Tree in German. While living in Chicago, she performed bi-weekly at the Cotton Club during amateur night and participated in various local talent competitions. Alinda has also been a choir director in her church for over 30 years, teaching various songs from traditional to contemporary gospel. Other accomplishments include being an administrator for African Americans in Fredericksburg, where she provides strategic guidance and resources to the AA community. She is also an activist for human rights in the arenas of assisting newly released inmates and the homeless community, and she is a member of the NAACP.
Stage Door Founder - Kimberly Kemp
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Anybody have any idea if theses movements just take time to restart after the battery has been removed for a couple of years? Wifey's second favorite clock a cheap half plastic Elgin glass domed one. Clock is working with new battery motion isn't working. Have to get a smaller dome as the only one I had is about 12" high and 7" in dia.
Does the motion require a little kick-start? I've got a battery powered "pendulum" clock which will cheerfully run with or without the pendulum... which has to be started manually.
PTsideshow, are we talking about an anniversary clock? Is it a quartz movement? If so, then the spinning motion is an added mechanical feature and works totally independent of the time keeping. I just fixed my grandma`s about 3 months ago, it had been keeping time for years but the motion of the pendulum balls had stopped. The main cause is that the suspension wire has broken but it would be obvious as the pendulum won`t feel free to spin. If your lucky, it`ll be a simple case that the fork has become lodged incorrectly in the mechanism.
If you remove the back below the battery, you`ll be able to see what is going on. If your lucky, you`ll see a stamp on the movement and will be able to get a replacement with suspension for not too much money. I got mine off ebay, a direct replacement but I was lucky because they aren`t in production any more.
If we are not talking about dome clocks / anniversary clocks then I`m sorry and ignore me!
my old Mum has a similar clock to what you describe.
It has two batteries. one for the movment and a seperate one for the pendulum.
Yes to the above two separate batteries it has the 3 balls that are driven by the movement motor from under the base. Has a sealed plastic type drive unit, battery in both units replaced with new good ones.
I guess it is called an anniversary clock too will have to take a closer look at the little box underneath. and see what I can see, the 3 balls and arms slid over a stem that comes out of the base of it.
Will have to check out the answers and see what happens the quartz movement started right up when the new battery was placed. even with a couple of finger kick starts both directions the the base gizmo stops. swaped out new batteries. Makes no difference.
After further looking at it I decided to just buy her a new anniversary clock for our up coming anniversary!
Loricron crystal pendulum one of the online stores has em on sale. thanks for the help will play with the old clock at a later date.


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Clive Oscar Lewis  is a business psychologist and author. He is a workplace mediator in the UK and a frequent commentator on employment and industrial relations issues.

Public affairs
Lewis was interviewed by the BBC to talk about the role mediation could play in the 2009 Royal Mail dispute. In the same year, the Algerian government invited him to give a speech titled "Mediation – The British Perspective", at a conference attended by about 400 members of the Algerian judiciary. He has given similar talks in Jordan and the European Parliament. He was an adviser on the Gibbons Review into UK workplace practices.

He has attended a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Alternative Dispute Resolution and was honorary secretary for the Civil Mediation Council until 2015. His research on mediation and organisation diagnosis in the National Health Service was shortlisted for an award by the Association for Business Psychology in 2017.

Local roles
In 2011, he was awarded the OBE for his work in mediation and for chairing the government commissioned REACH report. He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire in 2012. He is a member of the board of governors for the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Lewis founded the Bridge Builders Mentoring Scheme in 2014. The scheme focuses on social mobility for boys and girls from disadvantaged backgrounds. He is also founder of the Senior Women's Lunch held annually at the House of Lords.

Publications
He is the author of 14 books, including How to Master Workplace and Employment Mediation, published by Bloomsbury in 2015. His book on tackling difficult conversations was featured in the Sunday Times.

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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British psychologists
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Human Factors at The Fringe: My Eyes Went Dark
Written and directed by Matthew Wilkinson. A thrilling modern tragedy about a Russian architect driven to revenge after losing his family in a plane crash. Cal MacAninch and Thusitha Jayasundera give electrifying performances in this searing new play about the human impulse to strike back. Inspired by real events. Nominated for three Off West End Theatre Awards.
My Eyes Went Dark by Matthew Wilkinson, 28 Aug, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
(See Human Factors at The Fringe for an introduction to this post.)
In 2002 a Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev passenger jet en route to Barcelona collided with a DHL Boeing 757 cargo jet over Überlingen, southern Germany, while under air traffic control. Seventy one people died, 52 of which were children. The controller on duty instructed the Russian jet to descend, after noticing that the planes were on a collision course. Unbeknown to him, the onboard collision-avoidance systems (TCAS) on the aircraft issued instructions that contradicted the controller's own instruction. The Russian pilots acted on the controller's instruction, while the DHL pilots acted on that of TCAS (see here for a description of the accident and the aftermath).
This play is essentially a tragedy, inspired by real events, and concerns the aftermath of that accident. It takes place over the course of five years in Switzerland, Germany, and Ossetia. 'Nikolai Koslov' lost his two children and his wife in the accident. Koslov was a Russian architect working in France on a major new hotel build.
Koslov is consumed with grief, seething with a quiet anger at how such an accident could have occurred. He runs through the possible causes with a search team co-ordinator on the night of the accident, at the scene. He asks about the age and condition of the plane, about who was responsible for maintenance. He wonders about terrorism. But the coordinator offers a mundane reason for the accident.
CO-ORDINATOR: (Gentle) My opinion is, and I know how stupid this must sound, but it could well have been a … a simple mistake.
KOSLOV: A mistake? But who made the mistake?
Koslov interrogates the perpetrator of the mistake. With no answer, he turns to the mistake itself.
KOSLOV: But what mistake? What sort of mistake?
CO-ORDINATOR: I don't know, really.
KOSLOV: Then why do you say that?
CO-ORDINATOR: Because – isn't that usually the reason?
Koslov is incredulous.
KOSLOV: … You cannot put people up there, in aeroplanes, high up there, and then make simple mistakes… it's completely unheard of.
Koslov's late wife's sister comes to a granite memorial to find him. He's been there for days. While Koslov is full of anger for Olsen, Lizka has compassion.
LIZKA: I heard him interviewed. He was crying. He said it was his duty and responsibility to prevent such accidents happening. I remember that clearly. He sounded at a total loss. He sounded terrible.
Koslov is angry and yet numb to the world, turning to ultra-dark chocolate to get a sense of something external.
While Koslov cannot understand how a 'simple mistake' could happen, Lizka cannot understand how the context for it could exist. Koslov focuses on the actions of the controller. Lizka focuses on the context of work. She starts to recount the 'second story'.
LIZKA: He said he was left all alone on duty that night. I just can't understand that. He was all by himself, flitting between two screens. … Why would they allow that? He said he wasn't even aware that the Russian plane's warning system had told it to go up. When clearly it should have gone up. Just kept on going. If it had kept on going everything would have been OK. The other plane would have missed it completely.
KOSLOV: Yes
LIZKA: But they're saying all his phone lines were down. So no one could call anyone. Then, then maintenance men came in as well…
KOSLOV: I know, I heard his describing it.
LIZKA: It sounds horrific … like some crazy soap opera … like they were there to fix the telly!
KOSLOV: know.
LIZKA: I mean he couldn't know what was going on! And he had another plane to land in Germany at the same time! Five minutes before. It was complete confusion! My God, his colleague was outside in the hall fast asleep!
KOSLOV: Lizka –
LIZKA: He was all by himself…
LIZKA: No. No. I don't understand.
LIZKA: You don't let people fall asleep in halls when there are planes flying around do you? Do you? What for? It doesn't make sense…
KOSLOV: It was common policy.
LIZKA: To sleep in halls?
KOSLOV: To take it in turns. When traffic was slow.
LIZKA: Really? Was it? Really? But traffic wasn't slow!
From her outside perspective, the conditions of work don't seem reasonable.
But Koslov cannot escape the feeling that Olsen is culpable. In a phone call he talks about the statements given to the German and Swiss accident investigation authorities.
KOSLOV: It's an inescapable fact he did do it. Im not saying he wasn't put in a dreadful position. I'm saying he did it. … He commanded those pilots to dive. To ignore their screens and fly into each other. Yes? OK? Whatever the reasons. …
Koslov believes that someone must be held accountable but Thomas Olsen is acquitted by the courts. A representative of Skyways is in court:
WEITNER: In hindsight, you always ask yourself, could I have done more> More to anticipate, more to prepare, more to … mitigate. More.
Two officials received suspended sentences, and a fine of twelve thousand Euros. Koslov is offered compensation for his wife and children ($60,000, and $50,000, respectively). For Koslov, this defiles the name of his family. For him, justice has not been done. What justice can there be?
WEITNER: From the trial, did you really think someone was going to be prosecuted? Sent to prison? For an accident? Nobody was going to prison. It's not how it works. Can you imagine? Private employees, in public service, sent to prison – for making mistakes? Who would be willing to take their place?
WEITNER: I know how difficult this must be for you.
KOSLOV: You can't even say sorry.
Koslov tracks Olsen down in his family home, and murders him. He is sent to prison.
In his region of Russia, blood feuds were traditionally an accepted means of justice . His counsellor proposes that this might explain his actions.
GEISINGER: We know it wasn't so long ago, perhaps only fifty years or so, that feuds in your country were decided in this way
… You belong to a history, a cultural history, of resolving trauma this way.
Koslov he denies this, and denies planning to kill Olsen, even remembering what happened.
Koslov is released part way through his sentence. On return to Russia, he receives a hero's welcome. He is given an official post for architecture and construction and designs an Olympic-standard ski resort in Ossetia.
The play ends with Olsen's daughter, Helena, arriving unexpectedly at a party for Koslov, seeking answers on why he did what he did, and restorative justice for her mother, who has made multiple requests to speak with Koslov. He has never responded.
HELENA: Speak to her. Please. It must mean something to you. It must do. You were a father. You had children.
KOSLOV: And your father murdered them.
HELENA: No! No! My father was a man, a good man! Who made a mistake!
KOSLOV: He is a murderer.
HELENA: (Screams) You are a murderer!!
My Eyes Went Dark raises questions about causation, culpability, justice, revenge and forgiveness. The first story of 'human error' and individual responsibility are set out alongside the second story of system conditions and collective and corporate responsibility. Human error, "a simple mistake" (famously cited as being the 'cause' of 70% or so of accidents) is the first assumption of the co-ordinator. But a mistake is not innocent in the eyes of Koslov (nor in the eyes of many judicial systems around the world). The system as a whole is the focus for Lizka. She describes how degraded modes of operation stack on top of one another and become accepted as normal as an organisation drifts into failure. She feels compassion for the controller who was put in this position, and who ultimately lost his own life.
A mistake and an individual perpetrator gives Koslov a clear reason for the event and an identifiable target for his anger. As recalled by Lizka, the controller said it was his "duty and responsibility to prevent such accidents happening". An organisation does not provide a clear reason for the event, nor a clearly identifiable target for Koslov's anger
How would we react to such an event? Would a progressive understanding of human factors and system safety help or hinder forgiveness? Would an understanding of complexity actually make it easier or harder for us to channel our grief, and to get restorative justice? Would our understanding of 'just culture' save us from our darkest urges? We hope we'll never know.
Script: Wilkinson, M. (2015). My eyes went dark. Oberon Books. https://www.oberonbooks.com/eyes-went-dark.html
Image: http://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/assets/images/my-eyes-went-dark-main.jpg
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Extreme apologies for my late follow-up to my previous review; scholastic and chess commitments have held me away from my electronic quill. However, I hope to partially compensate by reviewing two (yes, two) books now.
To begin with the lighter of the two books, we have The Human Comedy of Chess: A Grandmaster's Chronicles by GM Hans Ree (Russel Enterprises Inc., R.R.P. $24.95, 334 pages). This isn't a chess book in the conventional sense; readers searching for an explanation of the Lucena position or an exposition of the 8.Rb1 Gruenfeld will come away empty-handed. Instead they will find a collection of articles by Hans Ree, a prominent Dutch player and journalist, where he discusses chess stories rather than games (something like Mig).
So, what's the book like? Well, it is certainly entertaining, and Ree has a very nice command of language, which helps the stories to flow. He sometimes exaggerates, which is quite annoying. For instance, in his article 'Obscene Violence', which mainly concerns itself with slating Dominic Lawson's (excellent, in my opinion) book, 'The Inner Game', he claims that no examples of mature behaviour from Short are given. Well, what about dividing his preparation time between America and Greece, so he could spend time with his family, or his remarkably calm reaction when he found that his opening preparation had been leaked.
There are few games, and those that are given are very lightly annotated. The book wasn't particularly to my tastes, as I like my chess books to have some chess in them, but for those who want to read about modern chess trivia from someone who has rubbed shoulders with the good, the bad and the ugly, this is a well-written, entertaining effort.
We now move on to Storming the Barricades by GM Larry Christiansen (Gambit Publications, R.R.P. £13.99, 174 pages).
White has a formidable attacking position. All of his pieces are actively engaged (even the rook on a1 because it is connected with its twin on f1) and ready to strike. The open f-file invites various attacking schemes and the spearhead pawn on e5 imposes a nice cramp on the centre and kingside. Black's development is backward and his king waits impatiently for ...Nf8 to secure the fortress. The key to successful attacking play is striking decisively at the right moment. If White continues with the mechanical 17 Rae1, Black should be able to unravel his queenside and simplify with 17...Bxd4 18 Qxd4 b5. 17 Qf4 achieves little after 17...Rf8. Of course, the attacker must look for a much more violent method to keep Black off balance. The open f-file is a convenient avenue of destruction, and a move to be considered is 17 Rxf7. Black must capture with 17...Kxf7, and then White can explore further possibilities.
He then analyses the position out to a win for White, still explaining his thoughts during the course of the analysis. Although this passage is somewhat manufactured and probably not an exact model of how a grandmaster would think, it is still fantastically instructive. However, the book has its problems.
Although Christiansen presents numerous games under different headings, he seems unable to draw general conclusions or formulate general principles on the basis of the games chosen. They thus seem rather isolated and unrelated. I would have liked to see many more Christianson games, or the type of assessment shown above. The last chapter, containing his favourite attacking games, have notes, which are nothing more than a re-hash of old Informator notes.
All in all, a rather disappointing effort from Christiansen, which is competent, but could have been excellent with a little more thought and effort.


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Das Haus Klosterhof 28 in Maulbronn, einer Stadt im Enzkreis in Baden-Württemberg, ist ein Fachwerkhaus im ehemaligen Klosterhof des Klosters Maulbronn. Das Gebäude ist ein geschütztes Kulturdenkmal.

Beschreibung
Das lange Gebäude war ehemals die Pfisterei des Klosters. Es wurde um 1520/21 errichtet und besteht aus einem gemauerten Erdgeschoss aus Maulbronner Sandstein, einem Fachwerkstock und zwei Dachstöcken, die vorkragen. Im Erdgeschoss befanden sich die Ställe für die Esel der Müller und Bäcker.

An der Giebelseite führt eine überdachte Treppe zum Fachwerkoberstock, wo von außen die Balken des Fußbodens gut sichtbar sind. Über den Dachstöcken, mit kurzen Fußstreben und keinen besonderen Zierfomen, befindet sich ein Krüppelwalm. Die Konsolen an den Eck- und Bundständern sind mit Einkerbungen verziert.

Literatur
 Erwin Huxhold: Die Fachwerkhäuser im Kraichgau. Ein Führer zu den Baudenkmälern. Hrsg. vom Heimatverein Kraichgau, 3. ergänzte Auflage, Verlag Regionalkultur, Ubstadt-Weiher 2002, ISBN 3-89735-185-4, S. 173.

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Tango is a dance of grace and danger, a dance that embodies desire in its web of glances, advances and evasions, a dance that inspires deep devotion from its followers – a dance that, frankly, should sometimes be lampooned. Napoletango, an Italian show created and directed by Giancarlo Sepe, does that with some gusto. More theatre than dance, it tells the story of the Incoronatos, a sprawling Neapolitan family of odds and sods and hangers on who, under the guidance of materfamilias Concetta (played with throaty theatricality by Cristina Donadio), decide to put on a tango show – even though they can't actually, you know, tango.
What they lack in dance ability, they make up for in rowdy enthusiasm and side-show overacting. The first half sees some riotous set pieces as the company prepare for their performance. The motley crew are introduced in ragged waves of shouting, bopping and stamping, everyone piles into the same bedroom for their beauty sleep, and they all get exuberantly naked for their morning shower (discreetly blurred behind a translucent curtain). Anyone who's taken a tango lesson will laugh at the dance class – all purposeful walks, gendered posturing and cod philosophising.
The plot is confusing, but the anarchic mix of music (classic tangos, electrotango, cheesy Hollywood pastiche and pop) and the gleeful trampling of tango sensibilities are a lot of fun – up to a point. After the build-up to the tango show, the narrative fizzles out, and the show-within-a-show is a let-down: more clod-hopping caricatures, in kitscher costumes. The bludgeoning effect is compounded by the surtitles, which offer intermittent and inadequate translations of what sounds like a colourful script. The one actual tango number, by the only two professional dancers in the company (Argentinians Pablo Moyano and Marcela Szurkalo), makes you long for less ham-fisted burlesque and more, you know, tango.


Stockton Borough residents are warned to be cautious about telephone calls advising that there is a problem with their computer.
Celebrate the arrival of spring at Preston Park Museum & Grounds.
A social work recruitment drive is taking off in Stockton-on-Tees.
The final recommendations for the future of Billingham and Elton town councils have been considered.
Residents across Stockton-on-Tees are invited to take part in a consultation about the Borough's open spaces.
Hip, hop, hooray, Easter is on its way… and Preston Park has a cracking weekend planned to celebrate!
The Mute Button by Ellie Irving was awarded Stockton Children's Book of the Year at a special ceremony last night (Tuesday, 22 March).
Community stalwarts from across Stockton will be special guests at a spectacular celebration.
Stockton primary school pupils have been given a dramatic introduction to one of Shakespeare's most revered tragedies to give them a taste of the acclaimed author's works.
Proposals which would see Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council drive forward the restoration of the Globe will be considered next week.
Over the last few weeks, local school children and community groups have been creating unique egg-shaped sculptures as part of a new exhibition at Preston Park Museum & Grounds.
Stockton Borough's youngest entrepreneurs will be testing their trade at a special Youth Market next Saturday, 19 March.
Join SIRF Community Carnival 2016!
The countdown to the region's biggest Community Carnival has begun and Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council is inviting school, youth and community groups of all ages to take part.
Stockton-on-Tees' Apprentice of the Year was crowned last night during a week of special events held to mark National Apprenticeship Week.
The Commonwealth Flag will be flying high over Stockton Town Hall on Monday 14 March.
Stockton-on-Tees' apprentice of the year will be crowned during a week of special events to mark National Apprenticeship Week.
Smokers across Stockton Borough are being encouraged to take the first step towards giving up.
STOCKTON-on-Tees Borough Council has responded to local residents' concerns by revising its plans for bus diversions during work to replace a bridge on one of the Borough's busiest roads.
A free online tool has been launched to help families across Stockton-on-Tees access the services they need.
The death of former Mayor of Stockton-on-Tees Councillor Kenneth (Ken) Craggs was announced on 21 February.
Young book-lovers from Stockton Borough were put to the test on their favourite stories, books and characters in a special quiz as part of World Book Day yesterday (3 March).
STOCKTON-on-Tees Borough Council is calling on individuals, businesses or voluntary and community organisations to come forward with ideas for the sustainable use of existing buildings in three of the Borough's country parks.
Over 700 pupils from 14 schools celebrated World Book Day by exploring a spooky new world thanks to an acclaimed author.
Residents have met with Council representatives to discuss their concerns about bus diversions during work to replace a bridge on one of Stockton Borough's busiest routes.


tldr; I cannot get ST_Within to find business points that fall within two sets of polygons. I keep getting zero results. All three tables have geom col with SRID 4326.
I have a data table where I have two columns prem_city_ps (LA city boundaries) and prem_council (LA council districts ). I populate those columns using the two ST_Within statements below which I run in consecutive order.
My problem is I can only get 'UPDATE 0' results when running those ST_Within statements.
Other tables were created in the PostGis Shapefile Import/Export Manager process indicated below.
Note: I manually created indexes for these two public tables because I'm not sure how to test the ones created by PostGis Shapefile Import/Export Manager (and dropped those created by that tool).
"Update on ca_licenses dst  (cost=0.13..68492.30 rows=1 width=390) (actual time=1351.828..1351.828 rows=0 loops=1)"
"  ->  Nested Loop  (cost=0.13..68492.30 rows=1 width=390) (actual time=0.316..1250.973 rows=9015 loops=1)"
"        ->  Seq Scan on ca_licenses dst  (cost=0.00..19858.80 rows=117880 width=316) (actual time=0.012..124.320 rows=117880 loops=1)"
"        ->  Index Scan using ca_la_la_council_gix on ca_la_la_council src  (cost=0.13..0.40 rows=1 width=106) (actual time=0.008..0.009 rows=0 loops=117880)"
"              Index Cond: ((geom ~ dst.geom) AND (dst.geom && geom))"
"Update on ca_licenses dst  (cost=0.14..69626.74 rows=39 width=354) (actual time=5711.997..5711.997 rows=0 loops=1)"
"  ->  Nested Loop Semi Join  (cost=0.14..69626.74 rows=39 width=354) (actual time=2.391..5587.446 rows=9017 loops=1)"
"        ->  Seq Scan on ca_licenses dst  (cost=0.00..19858.80 rows=117880 width=316) (actual time=0.033..126.802 rows=117880 loops=1)"
"        ->  Index Scan using ca_la_city_boundaries_gix on ca_la_city_boundaries src  (cost=0.14..0.41 rows=1 width=38) (actual time=0.046..0.046 rows=0 loops=117880)"
"              Index Cond: (geom ~ dst.geom)"
"              Filter: ((city_no = '49'::numeric) AND _st_contains(geom, dst.geom))"
I (may clearly have already revealed) I'm relatively new to this. I have had this working before (see https://poursafe.com/los-angeles-city/ but, had to somewhat start over with my data.
The order of parameters is not correct on the parameter list of ST_Within.
Counting points inside polygons using PostGIS?
How to update attribute values of points outside an area?
Why ST_SRID cause Geoserver generated SQL query to run about 500x slower?


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Tesla may consider buying closing General Motors plants
6:07 a.m., December 11, 2018
Oshawa plant
Vladimir Volenyuk
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk told CBS 60 Minutes that he might consider buying some of the five plants that General Motors Co. is announced to be closed next year.
The largest US automaker General Motors Co. (GM) plans to close the plant in the Canadian city of Oshawa, near Toronto.
The five factories will be closed in North America, four in the US and one in Canada, also 14,700 workers will be laid off. The plant in Oshawa currently it employs about 3,000 people.
The workers were informed that after 12 months, the plant would no longer produce, despite the commitments made during the 2006 labor negotiations between General Motors Canada and Unifor, the union representing hourly factory workers.
According to The Wall Street Journal, by the end of 2019 about 2.8 thousand employees will lose their jobs. Of these, about 2,500 union members and about 300 other employees. It is unclear whether these actions will affect the Technical Center in Oshawa.
The plant in Oshawa has existed for 65 years. He is currently responsible for the final assembly and painting of the Silverado and Sierra models, which are shipped here from Fort Wayne, Indiana, along with co-production of the Chevrolet Impala with Hamtramck and the production of all Cadillac XTS models in North America.
The closure of Oshawa is part of a global restructuring aimed at moving towards auto-driven cars with lower emissions and fully electric models. Also, GM announced 6 models that will be completely discontinued within 12 months. GM plans to kill off a couple of great and a few not so great cars as part of its restructuring. None of the vehicles GM axed were SUVs or crossovers.
Elon Musk was born in South Africa, but grew up in Canada, in Toronto.
Winnipeg Jets still finding ways to win
Tesla Oshawa plant GM
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Designed for pet owners with separation anxiety, the Vava Mobile Pet Cam eases the minds of pet owners who feel guilty about leaving their pets alone all day. Launched as an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, the Mobile Pet Cam is just another product in a long list of successfully funded projects made by Vava. The company prefers to use this model of business as it allows them to obtain suggestions and feedback from all potential customers.
The design of the Mobile Pet Cam clearly draws inspiration from an astronaut's helmets, complete with a dark-tinted face shield. The body of the device also features parallel rubber tank-like treads allowing it to traverse a home and follow a pet. The Mobile Pet Cam can automatically follow a pet from room to room and is entirely viewable through a smartphone.


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New! Hard Fantasy Manifesto. You can download it by clicking here.
New! Read my Lady Blade Column on the craft of fantasy fiction. My latest article is about writing good dialog.
Enter the scene as late as possible and leave as early as you can. This helps to keep things moving and cut extraneous information. If you find yourself beginning with a character waking up, it's frequently a bad sign, unless something truly spectacular has awakened him. Readers will usually get right in there with you—they don't need or want to know what the character had for breakfast unless it is significant. Likewise, keep traveling scenes to a minimum unless something important happens on the way. It's perfectly acceptable to say "Two weeks later, they arrived," rather than to waste pages describing an ordinary journey. As Mark Twain put it, "Eschew excess verbiage."
Watch out for emotion language. If you need to identify the emotion for the reader, it probably means that you haven shown us—you haven put us inside the characters viewpoint enough to understand how she feels, or you haven given us the telling details—the physical cues and revealing dialogue that will telegraph emotions.
"Pass the salt!" he shouted angrily.
"Tell your mother to pass the Goddamn salt."
The second version makes it obvious he's angry, and also goes further in providing some information about the family dynamics at that dinner table.
Read as much as you can outside the genre. Take Kurt Vonnegut's Bokononism to heart: whenever someone asks you to go someplace, go—you might discover something, even in places you never considered. Figure out what fills your well and get as much as you can. Subscribe to magazines that feed your mind. I take Smithsonian, Archaeology, and am a member of the Mongolia Society. Don't be afraid to ask questions, even of big-name intimidating people. Asking for what you want gives the universe the opportunity to provide it. Go to the conventions and listen to the pros. Above all else, do not let yourself be limited—especially by your own beliefs. Richard Bach, in Illusions, says "Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they e yours." You may think you can only write long-hand, in the middle of the night, after drinking too much—try it a different way. If you like it, try that again, or try something totally new. I write as much as I do because having children forced me to change my schedule. I could no longer get unbroken days to hole up in my office. Instead, I had to write whenever I had time—even if it was only fifteen minutes at a whack. The pages add up. The best way to be a writer is to write a lot. Jettison everything that gets in your way. Okay, almost everything.
I was once told that my plot resembled "a mosh pit" as if I had "scribbled a bunch of names and events on scraps of paper and threw them up in the air". It could have hurt—a lot. But two days before, an editor had requested the complete manuscript. Rejection is just a part of the process. Remember that if someone gets angry about what you wrote, then you have succeeded in moving them. Put the manuscript in the mail, go home, and write something else. One way to keep progressing with your work is to aim to double your rate of rejection every month. That means you've got more in circulation, and that many more chances to achieve your dreams.


While I have been inspired by many, many authors and their respective quotes, one has stuck with me since my Junior Year of college. As a Bostonian, Fall has long been my favorite season. Don't get me wrong, I love my weekends spent lounging on the beach, but there is something so unique and refreshing about the crisp air and renewal that Fall never ceases to deliver. The beauty of the foliage is nearly indescribable, and I consider myself amongst the luckiest of citizens to live in a part of the country that experiences this metamorphosis annually.
Gerard Manley's, Spring and Fall, contains my favorite quote, "Goldengrove unleaving," for it encompasses the very feelings I have as I drive down the street or hike our local hills and admire all that Fall and its beauty has to offer.
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Starfish iris plants aren't true iris, but they certainly share many of the same characteristics. What is a starfish iris? This remarkable plant is from South Africa and has an exotic, although familiar, appearance. Best grown in USDA zones 9 to 11, the corms can be planted indoors in northern locations. If you are a gardener who is always looking for something interesting and amazing to add to your landscape, growing starfish iris will provide you with those attributes and a whole lot more.
What is a Starfish Iris?
Ferraria crispa, or starfish iris, blooms in late winter to early summer and then enters dormancy in summer. A single corm will develop numerous corms over time, giving a brightly colored floral display after several seasons. In spite of the plant's exotic appearance, care of starfish iris is minimal and the corms are easy to grow in a sunny location. However, this is a frost tender plant and cannot withstand freezes.
Starfish iris has thick, fleshy sword-like leaves that rise from the corms in fall. The 1.5 inch (3.8 cm.) blooms are the stars of the show. They have six creamy white petals with ruffled edges and purple to mauve spots dotted across the surface.
Many forms of Ferraria also have a delicious vanilla-like scent while others have a strong disagreeable odor that attracts insects. Each corm produces just a few flowering stems and flowers are short lasting, often for only a day. Starfish iris plants do, in fact, resemble a frilly spotted starfish.
Growing starfish iris is easy in a frost free zone, in full sun where soil drains freely. You can even grow the plants in containers with a loose slightly sandy soil. The corms produce best in temperatures of 40 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit (4 to 24 Celsius). Happiest plants should experience cool nights 65 Fahrenheit (18 Celsius).
To grow the flowers in containers, plant corms 1 inch deep and 2 inches apart (2.5 and 5.1 cm). Outdoors, install plants 3 to 5 inches deep (7.6 to 10.2 cm) and space them 6 to 8 inches (15.2 to 20.3 cm). Keep the soil moderately moist.
When the flowers begin to die off, allow the foliage to persist for a while to gather solar energy to fuel the next season's growth. Then let the soil dry out for a couple of weeks and dig up the corms to store over winter in a dry paper bag.
The biggest thing to remember with these plants is to divide them every 3 to 5 years. The developing corms will tend to pile up on each other, minimizing the number of blooms produced. Dig around the area and at least 12 inches (30 cm.) under the corms and gently lift them. Separate any that have grown together and only plant a few at a time in each location.
Container plants will benefit from feeding just as the corms begin to produce foliage. Few pests and disease impact these pretty plants but as with anything having foliage, slugs and snails can be a nuisance.
There are several cultivars from which to choose. The plants can be quite addictive so avail yourself of the many other colors and hybrids available. Your neighbors will gasp at the array of exotic flora in your garden.
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Gajan de la Selva (en francès Gaja-la-Selve) és un municipi francès, situat al departament de l'Aude i a la regió d'Occitània.

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How Money Buys Happiness
Money can buy happiness?
by Rubel Shelly (08/01/2008) | Leading in Hope
Researchers at Harvard Business School and the University of British Columbia are challenging the old, shop-worn thesis that money can't buy happiness. At least, they are challenging us to think about how we use money and how its use for unselfish reasons relates to one's personal happiness.
There is certainly nothing appealing or spiritual about poverty. Both the Bible and common sense say that poverty tempts one not only to envy but to stealing and violence. So there is a considerable body of research that says people become happier as they move from being very poor to lower middle class. All of us are more content with a life that has basic needs met, lets us feed and educate our children, and be free of constant worry over clothes and shelter.
That same body of research says that the impact on happiness is marginal to imaginary when people get above the poverty line. A whopping raise for the person making $45,000 to $100,000 won't make her healthy, make his siblings any easier to live with, or fix their marriage. Increments of monetary increase in this range are, in fact, the ones that frequently come laden with stress.
It is here that we encounter one of the great paradoxes of modern life: the people who spend so much of their time in the pursuit of more and more money seem to experience dramatically diminishing returns in personal fulfillment and joy with life. This is surely why we say money doesn't buy happiness.
But now let's go back to the work of those researchers I mentioned earlier. As published in the March 21, 2008, issue of Science, their findings support the claim that money does buy happiness when it is spent on someone else.
"Our findings suggest that very minor alterations in spending allocations — as little as $5 in our final study — may be sufficient to produce non-trivial gains in happiness on a given day," said Dr. Michael Norton. In other words, it isn't having more money that makes people happier so much as how they choose to spend their money. Spending on gifts to friends, educating young people, or sending kids to summer camp produces greater happiness for someone than, say, buying a flat-screen TV or a computer with more bells and whistles.
But didn't we already know that? It isn't money but the love of money that the Bible condemns so emphatically. There is no sin in working hard to provide for oneself, but greed and selfishness are sins of the greatest magnitude.
Put your money on another's need.
If you'd like to buy some happiness, put your money on another's need.
Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and should give generously to those in need, always being ready to share with others whatever God has given them. By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future so that they may take hold of real life (1 Timothy 6:18-19 NLT).
Happiness?
Exercising the Spirit: Generosity
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Q: viewing the images problem Using ASP.Net and VB.Net
Code
Image1.ImageUrl = "c:\Blue hills.jpg"

The above code is not viewing the image when i clicked the button.
How to solve this problem.
Need Code Help

A: You shouldn't be referencing the local file path - you should set the ImageUrl to be the URL on the webserver - for example, if you had the file in the root of your website, you'd reference it as:
Image1.ImageUrl = "/Blue%20hills.jpg"

A: The value you are supplying to the ImageUrl property is a file path and not a Url.
Ideally you should have a folder in your ASP.NET application that holds your image files which you can then reference with either a relative or absolute Url path i.e:
Image1.ImageUrl = "/Content/Images/Blue hills.jpg"

A: If you want to show pictures from the server disk that are outside of the website root, you have to build "proxy" page. For example call it ShowImage.aspx and it will get the picture name on the URL.
Then you'll have such code
Image1.ImageUrl = "ShowImage.aspx?image=Blue hills.jpg"

And the code for ShowImage.aspx code behind:
string imageName = Request.QueryString["image"] + "";
if (imageName.Length == 0 || imageName.Contains("/") || imageName.Contains("\\") || !imageName.ToLower().EndsWith(".jpg"))
{
    throw new Exception("Invalid image requested");
}
else
{
    string strFullPath = "C:\\" + imageName;
    Response.ContentType = "image/jpeg";
    Response.Clear();
    Response.WriteFile(strFullPath);
}
Response.End();

This is C# but should be simple enough to translate into VB.NET as well.
Edit: added basic validation that verify that user does not try to fetch files from different directory and allows only .jpg files.

A: Image1.ImageUrl = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~") + "/"+ "Images" + "/"  + "Blue hills.jpg";

but as said before you can't reference a local file like this , except u use HttpHandler.
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/020417.htm

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Q: Why do I get Rails 7 Routing Error although route is defined? I'm following the Rails Tutorial by Michael Hartl to build a tiny demo app. I'm stuck at the logout. This is my routes.rb:
Rails.application.routes.draw do
  resources :users

  get    "/login",   to: "sessions#new"
  post   "/login",   to: "sessions#create"
  delete "/logout",  to: "sessions#destroy"

  # Define your application routes per the DSL in https://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html

  # Defines the root path route ("/")
  root 'users#index'
end

This is the relevant controller action:

  def destroy
    log_out
    redirect_to root_url, status: :see_other
  end

This is the session helper defining log_out:
  def log_out
    reset_session
    @current_user = nil
  end

and this is the link tag in the view:
      <%= link_to "Log out", logout_path, data: { 'turbo-method': :delete } %>

Screenshot of error
When I click on the logout link, I get this error. Expected behaviour: Log user out, redirect to login screen.
What am I doing wrong?
I don't know whether it's because of Turbo, or whether Turbo is even correctly installed. I've added gem 'turbo-rails' to the Gemfile and ran bundle afterwards without any effect.

A: For me, adding the method: :delete worked along with data-turbo.

<%= link_to "Log out", destroy_user_session_path,method: :delete, data: { 'turbo-method': :delete } %>

A: You were accessing the DELETE method route via GET. Have you run
rails turbo:install

You may want to change the sign out via GET instead of Delete in config/devise.rb
  # The default HTTP method used to sign out a resource. Default is :delete.

  config.sign_out_via = :get # <= change this from :delete to :get and remove the `method:` in your `link_to` helper

Here's the references:
https://github.com/hotwired/turbo-rails
https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/issues/5439

A: Check with passing method
<%= link_to "Log out", logout_path, method: :delete, data: { 'turbo-method': :delete } %>
or
<%= link_to "Log out", logout_path, method: :delete %>

A: You can change link_to to button_to
<%= button_to "Log out", logout_path, method: :delete %>

It will be less magic but more reliable because not a link but form is used (in normal life, clicking on link is a GET request)


At Traralgon over 395m on May 14 was beaten 2.9 lengths 3rd (23.93)in a Maiden race beaten by Blue Bar Pie. Before that finished 11.1 lengths 7th (20.55) on May 11 over 350m at Healesville in a Maiden race behind Miss Blue. Chance at best.
On May 9 at Bendigo over 425m was beaten 5.5 lengths 3rd (24.83)in a Maiden race won by Judge Judy. Before that finished 14.1 lengths 8th (25.45) on March 14 at Bendigo over 425m behind Elsie Jean in a Maiden race. Need to improve.
Beaten 14.4 lengths, 8th (27.04) by Libby's Dream at Warragul over 460m on May 10 in a Maiden race. Always near the lead before that when 3rd (31.31) beaten 7.5 lengths by Jetyra Buckskin in a Maiden race on May 2 at Cranbourne over 520m. Look for bold run.
Raced well when beaten. 8 lengths, 2nd (17.08) by Lost Horizon at Healesville over 300m on May 11 in a Maiden race. On April 28 over 311m at Cranbourne was 7th (19.04) beaten 15 lengths by Sonny Micawber in a Maiden race. Take holding out.
Finished 6.7 lengths 6th (20.20) on May 13 over 350m at Healesville in a Maiden race beaten by Gojek. Give another go.
Battled on when 4th (24.85) beaten 5.8 lengths by Judge Judy in a Maiden race on May 9 at Bendigo over 425m. Solid effort before that when 4.3 lengths 4th behind Kauai at Healesville over 350m on May 6 in a Maiden race (19.82). Has claims.
Finished 6.4 lengths 6th (24.91) on April 11 at Bendigo over 425m in a Maiden race beaten by Cut Snake. Before that finished 12.9 lengths 6th (20.20) on April 8 at Healesville over 350m beaten by Frosty Snowman in a Maiden race. Place hopes best.


My name is Katie O'Callaghan, I am 15 years old and I live in Thatcham. I have committed to travel to Peru in the summer of 2019 with Camps International as a volunteer working on projects which will have a life changing impact on the local community. In the four weeks I will be there, I hope to help make a huge difference by getting involved in improving school facilities, building greenhouses (malnutrition is prevalent), improving sanitation, tourism development and environmental reforestation to address habitat destruction. I expect this will be a very challenging but rewarding experience.
As a volunteer, however, my first challenge is to raise enough funds to enable me to go to Peru and help these amazing and worthwhile projects.
In Peru there is a huge disparity between wealth and poverty with over 50% of rural communities living below the poverty line. Your donations will help change this.


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Q: `setInterval` gets paused in React Component effect hook when window prompter is shown const TestComponent: React.FC = (props) => {
  const [count, setCount] = useState(100);
  useEffect(() => {
    const interval = setInterval(() => {
      if (count === 98) {
        prompt("helloworld?");
        clearInterval(interval);
      }
      setCount((count: number) => count - 1);
    }, 1000);
    return () => {
      clearInterval(interval);
    };
  }, [count]);

  return <div>{count}</div>;
};

This is my sample code.
I was hoping the interval function keeps running no matter prompter is shown or not.
But as question says, the component gets paused and timer gets stopped until the prompter is resolved by user input.
Is there a way to keep interval runs as well as the component keeps render a new state?
And more deeper, I am also curious about what causes this behavior.
I guessed it comes from something related single threaded aspect of javascript but as I said, it is just guessing.

A: The spec says that prompt must pause while waiting for the user's response:
https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/timers-and-user-prompts.html#dom-prompt-dev

The prompt(message, default) method steps are:

...

*Pause while waiting for the user's response.

https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/webappapis.html#pause

While a user agent has a paused task, the corresponding event loop must not run further tasks, and any script in the currently running task must block. User agents should remain responsive to user input while paused, however, albeit in a reduced capacity since the event loop will not be doing anything.

I thought you could get around it by using an iframe, but apparently even that doesn't work:

window.onmessage = function(e) {
        console.log('done');
};

setInterval(() => console.log('waiting'), 1000)
<iframe style="height:0; width: 0; display: none" id="demo"
        srcdoc="<script>window.parent.postMessage(prompt('hello'), '*')</script>">

</iframe>

Which means, your only way around it, realistically, is to fake a prompt, something like Creating a suitable replacement for prompt