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Q: Android - How to set maximum size for listview I would like to make a listview with dynamic size. When I press the button, it will add a row to the listview. And I want the button is always aligned to bottom of the list view.
The problem is listview will push the button out of screen when it have enough rows. So in this case, how to make the button align to bottom of the screen or set the max height for the listview? But when the listview just have 1 or 2 rows, I want the button is right below the listview.

A: If you want the button to be displayed even though the user is at the top of the list view see other answers, but if you prefer to display the button when the user scrolls to the bottom of the listView use this approach with a footer.
View footer = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.footer, null);
ListView listView = getListView();
listView.addFooterView(footer);

The footer layout contains the button.

A: You can have into Linear Layout a ListView and a button with different weight. Something like this
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
         android:id="@+id/reportCommentsLayout"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical" >

        <ListView
            android:id="@+id/reportCommentsListView"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="0.9"
            android:paddingTop="5dp" >

    </ListView>

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/reportCommnets_Addbutton"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="0.1"
            android:text="Button" />

    </LinearLayout>

A: You can make a RelativeLayout with the Button using the rule alignParentBottom=true and the ListView using the rule above. Something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >

<ListView
    android:id="@android:id/list"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_above="@id/button" >
</ListView>

<Button
    android:id="@+id/button"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="40dp"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"/>

A: According to your question, you have to dynamically change the position of your button. From my comment, this is the answer.

*

*Attach listener to your ListView : see https://stackoverflow.com/a/4433294/1377145

*In the listener callback, check the visibility of your button :

Rect videoBounds = new Rect();
yourButton.getGlobalVisibleRect(videoBounds);
getGlobalVisibleRect will return true if the button is visible > 0%, false either.

*To fix button on the bottom : change the LayoutParams of your button and set alignParentButtom to true. Else set alignParentButtomto false.

bis : depending on your layout, you will have to "move" your button in the view tree with removeView/addView. Don't forget to removeview so the view will not have a parent naymore before adding it to another view.
Additional note : to have a % visibility on your button, you can use the videoBounds.height() and a rule of three :
100 * videoBounds.height() / yourButton.getHeight

EDIT : change answer to match accepted one.

A: Something like this should help:
    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/add"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
            android:text="Add"/>

        <ListView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_above="@id/add"
            />

    </RelativeLayout>

A: Sorry, to inject my own personal opinions, but I think a "add more" or :load more button" always be the last view within a ListView.
To answer your question, to achieve what you need, the Listview and the "add row" button should be siblings within a ViewGroup.
  <RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">

    <ListView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
    <Button
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="48dp"
        android:minHeight="48dp"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"/>
  </RelativeLayout>

The key point here is that the Button has a fixed height and the ListView takes the rest of the space. The button also aligns to the bottom of the parent view.

A: Use Relative Layout.
Put the button at the bottom of screen, and set the listView position above him:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >

<ListView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:id="@+id/list"
    android:layout_above="@+id/button1"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

</ListView>

<Button
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:id="@+id/button1"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</RelativeLayout>


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Editorial for "Positive Computing: A New Partnership Between Psychology, Social Sciences and Technologists"
Rafael A. Calvo ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-2238-06841,
Dianne Vella-Brodrick2,
Pieter Desmet3 &
Richard M. Ryan4,5
In 2016, almost three and a half billion people, or 46 % of the world population, have an internet connection (internetlivestats 2016). The number of mobile phone users is even higher: more than four and a half billion people own a mobile (or smart) phone (statista.com 2016). Interactive technology is ubiquitous, influencing the daily practices of many people all over the planet. Technology especially permeates the lives of young people whereby those aged 8–18 years spend more time on electronic screens than they do with their parents or at school (Rideout et al. 2010).
Although interactive technologies afford conveniences and efficiencies, the overall contribution of this technology to wellbeing has been a topic of ongoing debate. Some highlight how new technologies inform, liberate and enrich our lives, whereas others suggest that the new technologies too often impoverish our experiences and self-regulation of behaviours, distracting us from relationships and compromising health-promoting activities such as physical activity and sleep. These concerns come at a time when researchers are identifying increases in mental illnesses like depression and anxiety particularly for young people (Sawyer et al. 2012). Some people are asking: now that we have all this new technology why aren't we happier?
The fact is that much of today's technology was not designed with an explicit focus on wellbeing, nor was it informed by knowledge about the conditions that facilitate it. In fact, we often do not understand the impact of new technologies on wellness until well after they come to market, as we see how people use or abuse new devices and applications. Yet with careful forethought and design, there is the possibility of using designing technology to foster well-being. Well-designed programs and devices can augment people's physical and metal wellness and, given the sheer numbers of people who use interactive technologies, do so at a scale that traditional "on the ground" interventions cannot capture.
Yet if technology is to be recruited in an effort to improve worldwide wellbeing, then we need new partnerships between psychologists, social scientists, designers and engineers. A broadening in the interdisciplinarity of technology design will enable us to both better understand the psychological and behavioural impact of new technologies and applications, and to develop basic expectations for their design and implementation.
One way forward is to use indicators of wellbeing identified in positive psychology research to guide and inform design (Seligman 2011). Leading scholars in positive psychology have, for example, developed metrics for positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning and accomplishment reflective of critical components of well-being. Thus the impact of technology on such positive outcomes can be systematically studied with respect to their effects on such indicators of wellness. In addition, some approaches, such as self-determination theory (SDT; Ryan and Deci 2000) look at how technologies impact people's satisfaction or frustration of basic psychological needs such as autonomy, competence and relatedness, and thus affect both motivation and wellness (Rigby and Ryan 2011). Key goals are to leverage technology to enable greater experiences of choice, connectivity and opportunities for development and mastery.
This new area has been called Positive Computing (Calvo and Peters 2014) and it is the focus of this special issue. Positive Computing is an emergent and growing field within human–computer interaction. It shares core goals with work in Positive Design (Desmet and Pohlmeyer 2013) in the industrial design space, and in Positive Technologies (Botella et al. 2012). It also shares the goals of Positive Psychology (Huppert and So 2013) in attempting to understand the factors in everyday life that can enable and enhance human flourishing.
Although Positive Computing is a new initiative, it grows from a deeper history. The decades between 1950 and 1990 saw the creation and blossoming of partnerships between many disciplines including linguistics, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy and what was then the newly-formed field of "cognitive sciences". Although advances in artificial intelligence are possibly the best-known outcome of this multidisciplinary collaboration, its impact was transformational in other ways. Particularly relevant here is the emergence of Human Factors, or ergonomics, the discipline that aims to understand the interaction among humans and technology, in which the collaboration between psychology and designers lead to the development of a set of new practices that make technologies safer, more efficient and easier to use, optimizing overall performance and productivity (APA 2016). The "factors" in this discipline refer to physical, cognitive or behavioural properties of individuals and groups that may influence the quality of a technology. Think, for example, about the properties of your body that need to be taken into account to design a comfortable chair, or the cognitive abilities that limit how much information you can retain in the short term. Research at this interface between behavioural science, psychology and technology has led to crucial advances in the design of equipment, systems and working methods that improve comfort, health, safety, reliability, and productivity. It stands as an example of how design can be focused on enhancing both wellness and functionality.
Given the high level of concern, particularly in developed countries, about the negative impact that many productivity-driven technological changes may be having on psychological wellbeing, a new emphasis on the technology-wellness relationship is warranted. Yet increasing the psychological wellbeing of populations is a complex and ill-defined problem and a topic for scholarly investigation for millennia. Today, most scholars agree that the clinical model of wellbeing, which defines it simply as the absence of illness, is insufficient (Keyes 2007). To fill the gap, researchers in areas like positive psychology study factors that characterize people who are thriving, and how these can be fostered via psychological interventions to improve wellbeing in those who are not (Vella-Brodrick 2012). We can make an analogy with Human Factors, which has generated advanced theory, principles, and methods that support designers in optimizing human-technology interactions by minimizing unwanted negative health and wellbeing effects. But minimizing negative wellbeing does not equal maximizing positive wellbeing.
Over the past decade, designers had already begun to look beyond basic ergonomics and usability and the notion of designing for a positive "user experience" took hold. However, even with an industry now very well-versed in designing for factors like user satisfaction and pleasure, productivity still dominates many of our measures of success. This is probably not only because it's still easy to measure aspects like "time on task", but also because as consumers we still attribute great value to increased comfort and productivity. Even self-help and technologies intended to improve wellness often do so based on productivity paradigms, as they encourage us to increase or optimize behaviours like exercise and sleep.
The advancement of future technologies calls for an intelligent and sensitive integration of wellbeing factors into the design of everyday software and products. Although, to date, most examples of design for wellbeing exist as dedicated psychological interventions, these technologies allow us to better understand what is possible (Gaggioli et al. 2016). The reach of dedicated tools may be limited to those actively seeking help, but they are critical in establishing a foundation of research in effective design strategies and psychological impact. The 21 authors who contributed to this issue explore, demonstrate, and discuss the multidisciplinary approaches in Positive Computing. In the diversity of topics and approaches, the resulting eight papers demonstrate the breath of opportunities released when embracing active collaborations between psychologists, computer scientists, and designers.
The paper by Evangelos Karapanos, Ruben Gouveia, Marc Hassenzahl and Jodi Forlizzi, "Wellbeing in the making: Peoples' experiences with wearable activity trackers", explores how wearable activity trackers create and mediate meaningful experiences in everyday life. While most commercially available trackers employ competition as the primary mode of social exchange, their study showed that tracking involves much more nuanced socially motivated experiences, including a sense of belonging, social support, and bonding. Their findings demonstrate that in a wellbeing-oriented perspective, a mere focus on effectiveness does not suffice. Instead, it requires a deeper understanding of how technology can mediate meaningful experiences in everyday life. Consequently, the 'tone of voice' of technologies should be designed to meet the needs of the user.
In "Communication styles of interactive tools for self-improvement", Jasmin Niess and Sarah Diefenbach demonstrate that the relevance of this tone of voice, or the communication style, should not be underestimated. Often, just the way products 'talk to us' has an important impact on our psychological response and our motivation to use them. Their study shows that communication styles such as helpful-cooperative, rational-distanced, and critical-aggressive have varying emotional impact on people using self-improvement tools, and influence the degree of successful change.
In the dialog between technology and users, not only style but also timing is a crucial factor in effective communication. In their paper "Kind and grateful": A context-sensitive smartphone app utilizing inspirational content to promote gratitude", Asma Ghandeharioun, Asaph Azaria, Sara Taylor and Rosalind Picard, report a study in which they evaluated an active intervention app that cultivates gratitude feelings with the use of inspiring content, such as positive images and famous quotes. Unique in their approach is that the app uses smartphone sensors to find the optimal time for triggering key moments in the intervention and motivational messages, based on location changes, social proximity, and activity levels. The results indicate that timing does matter: The more successful times for eliciting expressions of gratitude tend to be shortly after a social experience and shortly after settling into a new location. We have as much to learn from positive psychological interventions that incorporate the physical world as we do from digital versions.
In "Form matters: Design creativity in positive psychological interventions" Pieter Desmet and Maria Sääksjärvi explore how non-digital objects (colorful key ring coins) can be designed as a form of positive psychology intervention. The study compared the wellbeing impact of three conditions in which people were asked to engage in happiness enhancing activities by either using a set of key ring coins, using a paper version, or as part of a control group. Their study shows that while the majority of available behavioral intervention technology relies on screens (computers, tablets, phones), tangible products represent an untapped potential for bringing positive psychology to the everyday lives of many people.
"Promoting Positive Affect through Smartphone Photography" by Yu Chen, Gloria Mark and Sanna Ali, explores the wellbeing impact of taking daily pictures with a smartphone. Their four-week study showed that any daily photo-taking with the intent to increase one's happiness can increase positive affect. Interestingly, they found a theme effect: Taking pictures of things that make the individual happy stimulates one to be more reflective and appreciative of the little pleasures in life, and taking pictures of things that make someone else happier, reduces anxiety and increases a sense of intimacy and belonging. As we record more of our lives, the information produced can be used as part of tools for technology-mediated reflection (TMR), an area of research that may one day inform how platforms like Facebook, can be designed in ways that support our wellbeing. For example, would users benefit most by reflecting on enjoyable experiences when they are in a negative mood?
In "Technology and reflection: Mood and memory mechanisms for well-being", Artie Konrad, Simon Tucker, John Crane and Steve Whittaker discuss these relationships between mood, reflection and wellbeing when using technology. With MoodAdaptor, an online system that prompts participants to rate their mood and to write about their memories, they studied how mood and reflection interact in TMR by comparing congruent with incongruent reflection strategies. Their findings reveal a competition between positivity and negativity in our moods and memories, yielding adaptive mechanisms when positivity prevails, and contamination when negativity overshadows.
In "Design for pride in the workplace" Yichen Lu and Virpi Roto demonstrate the sheer variety of approaches that can be used to design for wellbeing. Their study, which focused on the experience of pride, investigated 20 examples of experience design by students in a university course. The analysis identified 26 different design strategies, giving a sense of the multiplicity of approaches in which pride can proactively be introduced to the workplace. These strategies fall into four categories defined by two dimensions: self- versus other-focused, and long- versus short-term pride. This study reveals the design strategies for dynamics of pride in the workplace varying from evoking self-achievement in individual interactions with tools to maintaining long-term motivation of self-competence development, and from highlighting one's contribution in face-to-face collaborative work facilitated by interactive tools to fostering co-experience of organizational pride throughout social events.
Traditionally, design research and practices bypass the awareness of psychology researchers, and psychologists tend to see themselves and their cohorts as the users, rather than the makers of technology, without the power to influence the way technologies are created. Moreover, most engineers have traditionally avoided getting involved in the amorphous hard-to-quantify world of human emotion. A new partnership between psychologists, engineers and designers has the power to overthrow these traditional boundaries, making way for a new era of possibility. For this partnership to be successful, a shared language and even new research methods may be required. The ultimate aim of this special issue is to contribute to the creation of this shared language and to translate multidisciplinary knowledge into practical and effective methods for enhancing well-being for individuals, groups and communities. We have aimed to contribute to this new partnership by bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives and experiences from psychologists, social scientists, designers and software engineers working together towards improving wellbeing. We hope this special issue will help raise awareness of the possibilities and the challenges involved in such an endeavour, and move us closer to a future in which all technology fosters human flourishing.
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Rafael A. Calvo
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Dianne Vella-Brodrick
Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
Pieter Desmet
Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia
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Rochester University, Rochester, USA
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Giggs may be Man Utd's oldie, but he's a goodie
Longest-serving players are a distinct breed. Grizzled, tough-as-old-boots professionals who collect knee-scars like soccer cards.
So it is fair to say that Manchester United's longest-serving player does not exactly fit the stereotype.
Ryan Giggs, the new `father' of Old Trafford after the departure of Denis Irwin, still exudes a youthfulness that suggests another decade tearing apart opposition full-backs may not be out of the question.
And yet, after the Old Trafford club's most disappointing season since the Premiership began, the Welsh Wizard is charged - as the most experienced member of the playing staff - with leading a wounded pack back to the top.
Ferguson has already thrown down a challenge to his players, questioning desire at the end of an unusually troublesome campaign that saw them shunted out to third in the league and lose in the Champions League knock-out stages - again.
And the signs are that Giggs is prepared to carry the team's fight to regain what some of the team may have perceived to have been their God-given place.
"I always felt last season would be very hard, even though we had won the previous two titles relatively easily, because of the strides teams like Liverpool and Arsenal had made," said Giggs.
"Even so, it was very tough not to come away with anything. We realised we had let ourselves down badly.
"Everyone knows there are always little blips in form. That is accepted. But if that will to win goes, you are letting yourself and your mates down.
"The manager is always looking for that desire. As soon as he sees it going from players, they are usually moved on.
"That's why you very rarely see players leaving United when they are on the top of their form or at the peak of their careers.
"We have big games every week, alongside some of the outstanding players in the world, and it has to bring the best out of you.
"All the players here want to be winning trophies and no one wants to be in the United team that slips.
"It's like Liverpool in the 80s or when Wigan were dominating everything in rugby league.
"You know everyone wants to beat you, the players and the managers. It's a clear challenge for us." Giggs is hopeful that United's last reaction to failure - after their trophyless 1998 campaign - can be matched in similarly spectacular fashion this season.
He added: "People have reminded us that the last time we didn't win a trophy, we finished the following season with the treble.
"That is all well and good but I think it will be just as hard next season - and you can be certain that the desire will be there from every one of us."


With less than a day left to start my placement with Lambeth Elfrida Rathbone Society, I thought it would be a good time for me to introduce the charity, the work they do and outline the projects I'll be involved with.
The organisation, based in West Norwood and locally known as just "Rathbone", provides social, educational, and welfare services for young people with a learning disability and/or from disadvantaged backgrounds in and around the borough of Lambeth. Whilst the bulk of their activity encompasses outreach services – the provision of residential care and supported living – I will be working with their Youth branch, which coordinates group activities for young people aged 11-19 at the Old Library site, pictured below, as well as residential trips off-site.
The charity is based in the former West Norwood library building, which retains the "Free Public Library" sign.
The main project I will be involved with concerns the planning and delivery of various activities within their Summer Programme, which lasts until September, with a focus on learning new skills and informal tutoring. In particular, I'm excited to organise a programming workshop which will revolve around the creation of simple games through visual languages such as Scratch and Alice. A similar workshop I took part in several years ago originally sparked my interest for computing, and I'd be very pleased if this helps a young person catch the coding bug! (Pun intended).
In addition I'll be working with Rathbone's project fundraiser to approach organisations and donors who could potentially fund the costs of running the programme. With the borough having the 15th highest number of children in poverty in the UK, the goal is to provide most activities free of cost, so young people can all take part in the wealth of activities and trips this programme offers regardless of their background.
I'm very lucky to have the opportunity to work with an organisation doing invaluable work for disadvantaged youth and having such a positive impact on the local community, and I aim to make the most of it. Roll on, next week!


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Q: Proving with and without using measure theory
Suppose $a_n$ and $c_{j,n}$ are real numbers, that $\sum_{n}|a_n| < \infty$, that $\sup_{n}|c_{j,n}| < \infty$ for each $j$, and that $\lim_{j\to \infty} c_{j,n} = 0$ for each $n$.
Prove without using measure theory that if $\sup_{j,n}|c_{j,n}| < \infty$ then $$\lim_{j\to \infty}\sum_{n}a_n c_{j,n} =0$$
Prove the same thing using a theorem from measure theory. Can the hypothesis $\sup_{j,n}|c_{j,n}| < \infty$ be dropped?

I found this online and I am really confused how we are suppose to not use measure theory to prove this, any suggestions is greatly appreciated.

A: without measure theory:
Take $\epsilon > 0$.
Let $\alpha=\sup c_{j,n}$. We can take $N$ such that $\sum \limits_{n=N}^\infty |a_n| < \epsilon / 2\alpha$.
It follows by the comparison test that $|\sum\limits_{n=N}^\infty a_nc_{j,n}|<\sum\limits _{n=N}^\infty |a_nc_{j,n}|<\epsilon/2$ for all $j$.
Then we can take a $J$ such that $|c_{j,n}|<\epsilon/2N$ for all $j>J$ and $n<N$.
It follows that $|\sum\limits_{n=1}^N a_nc_{j,n}|\leq\sum\limits_{n=1}^N |a_nc_{j,n}|<\epsilon/2$ for all $j\geq J$.
We conclude that $|\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty a_nc_{j,n}|<\epsilon$ for all $j>J$, as desired.

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Name Perry, Joseph Samuel
City Chicago
State IL
Role(s) Judge : Federal, Article III
Race White
This biographical data was taken from the Federal Judicial Center [link] on Sep 27, 2017:
Born November 30, 1896, in Carbon Hill, AL
Died February 18, 1984
Federal Judicial
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Nominated by Harry S Truman on July 13, 1951, to a seat vacated by Elwyn R. Shaw. Confirmed by the Senate on August 21, 1951, and received commission on August 22, 1951. Assumed senior status on November 29, 1971. Service terminated on February 18, 1984, due to death.
University of Alabama, A.B., 1923
University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, M.A., 1925
University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1927
U.S. Navy, 1918-1919
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1928-1933
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So, let's look at what's important; what do you love? What would you prefer to do without? What do you want to have in your life this year? What are the traditions you most enjoy? Decorating? Gift giving? Cards? Music? Parties? Entertainment? Family?
Whatever it is that you most want and love, plan now to put that into your celebration. For many of us, people are the purpose. There are some people we want to spend more time with, and some folks we could do with less of.
For people with any flavor of eating disorder, the holidays can be a time of conflict. Memories of foods from past years, whether good or bad memories, are powerful motivators. And the holidays are usually full of high-calorie low-nutrient foods with which we struggle. So, let us take a look at tips and suggestions to help you get through the season with joy and abundance.
No matter your religion, it comes down to acknowledging the gifts that you have received that make your life better your, body healthier and that enhance your ability to create the life you always wanted.
Abstinence is a gift. We must ask for it. We must do the work to keep it, and then we give it to another in the form of service.
Next, prioritize. What do you really want this holiday season? What activities do you most enjoy about the season? What do you most want to have time to do? What makes the season important to you? Make a list. Plan now to make time to do the things that are important to you, the things that will make your holiday special and precious.
What is the support you need to do the things that are precious to you, but still maintain your abstinence? Plan your meetings, set up your phone calls, tuck in time for prayer and meditation. Start a new recovery book. Whatever you need to do to make it through PLAN IT IN NOW!!! Mark it on your calendar so that nothing takes its place.
For example, be up front with those you are going to interact with and tell them that you care about them, but you have to leave at 11:30 to make it to the 12:00 meeting, and stick to your boundaries! CONSIDER sharing your calendar with support people, so you can get a phone call at 11:30 telling you to leave, then go, focus on the meeting, and DO NOT let yourself feel guilty!
Give yourself a break every day. Take ten minutes out just for you. Breathe, listen, do whatever you wish that is not food and makes you feel good. Take the time to smell the pine tree or pet the cat.
Plan your food. Go to the grocery store now and buy as many staples as you can, so you'll run out less often. (Don't forget toilet paper, shampoo, and paper towels!) Try frozen fruits and vegetables, make a pot of your favorite entrée and freeze it for emergencies, and set up your kitchen to make life easier. Plan out what you are going to do each day. For example, "Tuesday I will take the turkey out and thaw it, I will bag up several metabolics; I will make 2 meatloafs and freeze one". Once you did those three or four things on your list, then it's time to relax! Don't do everything in one day!
Pay attention to the timing of your meals. Do not allow yourself to go more than five hours without eating; that will only make you tired and cranky. Do not let yourself get over hungry. Always expect there to be a delay in eating time; have an extra metabolic if you need to; even if you are not "normally" supposed to have a metabolic at that time.
When you are invited to holiday events, call ahead and ask what food will be served. Make sure you will have what you need, and take something to share if what the host is offering is not appropriate.
Create your own personal nonfood agenda for the events you attend. Why are you going? To see your Mom and make her feel good? To check out Cousin Paul's new wife? To see cousin Sally? To meet Andrea's new baby? To see Dear Aunt Tilly, at 89? To network with people with whom you want to work? What do you want to accomplish? Prepare an answer for those who ask, "Can't you have just one?" Try responses like, "Not this year" or "Not right now" or just, "No, thank you." You are not required to explain your choices. Pay attention to where you sit. Sit near people you want to be with, and not next to your favorite binge food.
Not all holiday events may be pleasant. Let yourself skip or shorten the events that may disturb you. Decide if you need to go on time and leave when it's over, or early, and leave early, or go late, and enjoy the afterglow. Often, in stressful situations, we tell ourselves, "I'll just get through this; then I'll take care of myself". That does not work. When your stress level is high, you need more support, not less. Plan for some rest time after these emotional events. You may need time to recover and time to process your feelings. Bookend these events with phone calls to trusted people, journal time, prayer time, or a meeting.
Reach out to your support network. Set up more time for those people and activities that make you feel whole and strong. Allow extra time for your recovery program. When you need help, give yourself permission to ask for it.
Put good stuff in your life. Write yourself a letter and tell yourself all the good things you have accomplished this year. Thank your body for the hard work it has done this year to maintain itself and to do the things you wanted to do. Thank yourself for your hard work and acknowledge how much you have grown. Write thank you notes to the people who have helped you and stood behind you this year.
As you move through your holidays you may notice regrets or things you have not done, or things you want to do. Make a list so that at the beginning of the New Year you can decide and plan to make 2019 the kind of year that you want it to be. Each day of our lives is precious, try to stay present and enjoy.
I hope these ideas will help you truly have a happy and healthy holiday season. I'll be available through most of the holiday season; if you need an "extra dose of Theresa," please be welcome to call.
Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for all the good people you have supporting you in your life; I want to thank you for supporting me and Renaissance this year. If you know someone who might be helped by this blog, please forward the link to them.
Please leave a comment and let me know how your holiday season is going and what would help you.
P.S. You just survived another five minutes of the holidays! Keep going!
Theresa, I always enjoy reading your blogs. They are so helpful. Especially the tips above. Over the holidays, one of my biggest challenges will be the need to pay close attention to the timing of my meals. I will be at several gatherings that will include my binge foods, so I appreciate the reminder to create a non-food agenda. The holidays do bring an increased level of stress into my life, so I will be sure to increase my levels of support!
Thanks again for all of these helpful tips!
I want freedom from compulsive eating, being present to loved ones.
Thank you Theresa! May you have a Blessed Thanksgiving!
What a beautiful sentiment! Happy Thanksgiving, Theresa! Grateful for you!


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Cannon AFB water contamination on tap in Friday night meeting
By Laura Paskus | November 9, 2018
Friday evening in Clovis, the U.S. Air Force is scheduled to host a meeting about groundwater contamination below and near Cannon Air Force Base in eastern New Mexico. Details about the meeting were publicly released Tuesday, Nov. 6, on Election Day. This summer, the Air Force announced it was sampling groundwater wells for traces of harmful chemicals found within firefighting foam used at the base from the 1970s until last year. The testing was part of a nationwide effort by the military: Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that activities at 126 military bases had contaminated groundwater with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, a class of human-made chemicals, often referred to as PFAS's, that includes perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS).
Running Dry: Groundwater levels are dropping across the West, including in the East Mountains
By Laura Paskus | October 16, 2017
Garrett Petrie and Teri Farley moved to New Mexico about ten years ago. They found a house on five acres in the East Mountains because they liked being "off the grid." Moving from Tucson, they were both well-aware of the water issues in the region. "We asked a lot of questions," Petrie said. "We kept hearing things like, the wells really vary out here and you can get a good one, you can get a bad one."
They thought they had a good well when they bought the house.
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A look at Women's Marches from across NM
By Matthew Reichbach | January 23, 2017
Thousands of New Mexicans took part in the Women's March this Saturday. Some traveled to the massive march Washington D.C., while others stayed closer to home and participated in marches and rallies in cities throughout the state. According to Vox, the rallies may have added up to be the largest demonstration in U.S. history. Democratic members of New Mexico's congressional delegation marched in Washington D.C., the day after they each attended the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump. https://twitter.com/Michelle4NM/status/822824672488288258
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Glad to join New Mexicans in Washington DC this AM for the @WomensMarch. We're ready to make our voices heard for justice and equality.
— Tom Udall (@SenatorTomUdall) January 21, 2017
Proud to stand with women from NM and across the globe at the #WomensMarch. I'm steadfastly committed to continuing the march for equality. pic.twitter.com/uXmK2VbSsX
— Martin Heinrich (@MartinHeinrich) January 22, 2017
According to one calculation, New Mexico had the 10th-most people per 1,000 residents attend the rallies.
A Changing Roswell
New Roswell businesses reflect increased Latino population
By Joey Peters | October 19, 2015
ROSWELL — Count Saul and Claudia Rubalcaba among a growing demographic that's changing Southeastern New Mexico. Both came to the state 15 years ago from a town just outside of Chihuahua City, Mexico. As they settled into a new city, Claudia started working at a restaurant called Taqueria Jalisco while Saul worked as a plumber fixing sprinklers. Last year, the married couple got an offer from Taqueria Jalisco's owners—move to Roswell and manage a new franchise on the south side of the city. "In the beginning we said no," Saul explained in an interview on a recent weekday sitting with Claudia in a booth in their restaurant.
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Cody Zeller had 18 points and nine rebounds on Monday versus the Pacers. He shot 6-of-11 from the field and added an assist and block in 35 minutes of action.
After a 16-game layoff due to injury, Zeller has seen his minutes ramp up over his four games since his return. He has rejoined the starting lineup and is averaging 10.8 points and 10.3 rebounds in the last four games. He has fantasy appeal in deep leagues.


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Rita: Center Hill (White County) Tornado | Gustav: Highway 67/167 Flood | Ike: Cabot (Lonoke County) Tornado
In the pictures: A home was heavily damaged by a tornado (rated EF2) just southeast of Center Hill (White County) on 09/24/2005. Flooding was noted along U.S. Highway 67/167 (service road and one lane of the highway) between Jacksonville (Pulaski County) and Cabot (Lonoke County) on 09/04/2008. This backed up traffic for miles. A weak (rated (EF1) tornado destroyed a self-storage warehouse building southwest of Cabot (Lonoke County) 09/13/2008.
It is not every year that Arkansas is affected by a tropical system, but some systems pack a wallop. In September, 2005, it was Rita. At one point (on the 21st), Hurricane Rita had maximum sustained winds of 175 mph...a Category 5 storm! Before dawn on the 24th, Rita made landfall near the Texas and Louisiana line as a Category 3 storm (winds near 120 mph). In the couple of days to follow, the remnants of Rita brought 3 to 6 inches of rain our way. Gusts over 50 mph were reported across the southeast half of the state, with power outages at more than 60,000 households. There were also 11 tornadoes.
The tornadoes were mostly produced during the afternoon and evening hours of the 24th. Trees and power lines were downed, with some structural damage as well. Near Center Hill in White County, several buildings were damaged or destroyed by an F2 (113 to 157 mph winds) tornado.
In the picture: The WSR-88D (Doppler Weather Radar) indicated adjacent inbound (blue colors) and outbound (red colors) winds along with a Tornadic Vortex Signature (TVS) between Searcy (White County) and Center Hill (White County) on 09/24/2005. These are signs that a tornado might be present, with a Tornado Warning issued for the area by the National Weather Service.
In 2008, there were two systems. It began with the remnants of Gustav in early September.
In the picture: The WSR-88D (Doppler Weather Radar) showed rain spiraling around the remnants of Gustav ("L") in extreme northwest Louisiana at 328 pm CDT on 09/02/2008.
Hurricane Gustav reached the Louisiana Gulf Coast during the late morning of the 1st. The system came ashore about 65 miles southwest of New Orleans, Louisiana as a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 110 mph. From there, Gustav moved northwest and slowed down. It weakened to a Tropical Depression by the early morning hours of the 2nd.
09/02/2008 | 09/03/2008 | 09/04/2008
In the pictures: Seventy two hour rainfall (in twenty four hour increments) through 700 am CDT on 09/04/2008. Notice how slowly the precipitation built to the north with Gustav.
Given its slow movement, rain was prolonged and it added up over time. More than 8 inches of rain fell in portions of western, central and southeast Arkansas. Seventy two hour totals through 700 am CDT on the 4th included 11.50 inches at Bismarck (Hot Spring County), 11.26 inches at Leola (Grant County), 10.90 inches at Jacksonville (Pulaski County) and 10.65 inches at Hampton (Calhoun County). Widespread flash flooding was reported, with roads covered by water.
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Less than two weeks later, Hurricane Ike made landfall along the Texas Gulf Coast early on September 13th. Ike went inland around 2 am CDT near Galveston, Texas as a Category 2 storm. Maximum sustained winds were around 110 mph. The system moved quickly toward Arkansas.
In the picture: Ike tracked around high pressure ("H") in the southeast United States. A storm system aloft ("L") approaching from the west quickly swept the remnants of Ike from the Texas Gulf Coast through Arkansas and into the Ohio Valley.
Because the system did not linger, rainfall amounts were not as heavy. However, winds were an issue, with gusts over 50 mph at times. Numerous trees and power lines were downed. Also, scattered thunderstorms popped up in rainbands swirling around the system. A few of these storms spawned weak (EF0/EF1) short-lived tornadoes, mostly in central sections of the state. A total of nine tornadoes were counted.
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Social sector franchising is the application of commercial franchising principles to promote social benefit rather than private profit.
Consistent with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, mission driven organizations have recently begun to use franchising methodology to scale up the provision of vital services such as primary healthcare, agriculture, modern energy products including solar and clean cookstoves, and clean water and sanitation. While still in the nascent development stage, Social Sector Franchising (SSF) has tremendous potential to contribute to emerging economies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Pathways to small business ownership for social sector franchisees, as well as employment and income generation opportunities for the individuals hired by these franchises. In particular, social sector franchisers shows enormous potential for women and youth entrepreneurs. A clean water social sector franchiser operating in five African countries is creating hundreds of jobs for women and youth and business ownership opportunities for up and coming entrepreneurs across the region.
Provision of high quality, consistent, life-enhancing goods and services at scale. In Cambodia and East Africa, farm agent social sector franchisees help farmers increase crop and livestock production, increase family income, and mitigate food insecurity using data driven, market facilitation at economies of scale that gives individual farmers the economic clout of large producer networks.
The following examples demonstrate the wide diversity of applications of Social Sector Franchising across the globe. Additional examples of SSFs can be found on the Social Sector Franchising Accelerator page.
HealthStore Foundation improves access to essential drugs, basic healthcare, and prevention services for children and families in Kenya through CFW Clinics. HealthStore concentrates on the short list of preventable and treatable diseases (and perinatal conditions) which accounts for approximately 80 percent of childhood death. Clinics are operated by Registered Nurses who are also franchise owners, who comply with quality standards and are supported by an electronic clinic management platform providing drug inventory management, evidence-based research, and development and continuing medical education.
The HealthStore Foundation's CFW model is a network of micro pharmacies and clinics whose mission is to provide access to essential medicines to marginalized populations in the developing world. The CFW outlets target the most common killer diseases including malaria, respiratory infections, and dysentery among others. They also provide health education and prevention services. The network operates two types of outlets: basic drug shops owned and operated by community health workers, and clinics owned and operated by nurses who provide a deeper list of essential medicines as well as basic primary care. As the franchisor, HealthStore can revoke a franchisee's right to operate an outlet if the franchisee fails to comply with the franchise rules and standards.
The CFW model incorporates all the key elements of successful franchising: uniform systems and training; careful selection of locations; and most importantly, strict controls on quality backed up by regular inspections. And importantly, HealthStore uses the combined buying power of the full network to obtain quality medicines at the lowest possible cost.
Jibu equips African entrepreneurs to sell affordable drinking water via profitable social franchises. As a for-profit company, Jibu is quickly scaling a network of locally owned franchise business owners, starting in urban areas of Uganda, Rwanda, and Kenya. Many of these franchisees are young women. Their anchor product is affordable, convenient, high-quality drinking water. Their market is the vast millions of families living in communities unable to afford many of life's most needed necessities.
Budding entrepreneurs have big dreams. In emerging markets like developed ones, entrepreneurs envision businesses that grow organically, generate profit, benefit their communities, and leave a legacy for the next generation. They want to control their own destinies and avoid undue dependency on others. They are incredibly passionate and will take big risks to realize their dreams.
Jibu identifies, qualifies, incubates, and capitalizes budding entrepreneurs from this rich resource pool to launch franchise businesses. Jibu franchisees make money while solving their communities' issues, generating hundreds of new local jobs and igniting a virtuous cycle of wealth generation for themselves and their communities. They have the passion, drive, and ability to get the job done. The payoff over time: hundreds of powerful new businesses and thousands of high-quality jobs -– built on the foundation of providing an affordable, lasting water source for many of the world's underserved families.
The Hapinoy Sari-sari Stores are small neighborhood retail shops started and run by women microentrepreneurs from their homes. Quite often these microentrepreneur mothers – or Nanays – engage in this microbusiness to augment their family's income. The humble sari-sari store stands for many things: an extended pantry supplying the community's daily needs, a representation of an average Filipino's means of living, a colorful cultural icon, a massive distribution channel, and a lot more.
Since inception, the program has trained and partnered with 3,000 amazing Nanay microentrepreneurs, women microentrepreneurs who own and run sari-sari stores. With newfound confidence and strengthened zeal, our Hapinoy Nanays are now better equipped to face the challenges of running and expanding their stores. For Hapinoy, Sari-sari Stores serve as a huge opportunity—both as a business for Nanays, and as a way to bring products and services to communities, to impact the lives of so many Filipinos.
Hapinoy's training programs include topics such as business skills, personal development, financial literacy, and family-based workshops. These training programs are supported by various stakeholders from different fields such as government and non-government organizations, multi-national corporations, microfinance institutions, and other entities that share in Hapinoy's goal of empowering Filipino microentrepreneurs.


Sometimes, due to age or infirmity, people lose the ability to make sound decisions. When a person is unable to make good decisions about his or her financial or personal affairs or has become susceptible to fraud or undue influence, the court can establish a conservatorship for that individual, and name a person to be responsible for the conservatorship.
If you believe your loved one may need a conservatorship, the attorneys at The Burbank Firm, L.C. can help your assess the situation and take appropriate action. Contact us today for a consultation. From our office in Burbank, we serve clients in the San Fernando Valley and across California.
Before you seek to establish a conservatorship, we can help you to explore less expensive alternatives. At The Burbank Firm, L.C., our attorneys can assist you in determining your best course of action.
Once you have established that a conservatorship is necessary, the next step is to determine who the conservator will be and what decisions that person will make on behalf of the protected person. Because a conservatorship takes away some or all of an adult's civil rights, court hearings are necessary and may require a jury trial. Our lawyers can guide you through these legal proceedings and can help you protect your loved one from elder abuse, fraud, and neglect.
Contact us to schedule an initial consultation with an experienced lawyer about creating a conservatorship.


Forewings are gray with a strongly arched costa. Forewing pattern varies, with some specimens marked with well-defined dark-gray fasciae and others unmarked. Males lack a forewing costal fold.
Decodes basiplagana is similar, but males have an aedeagus that is curved less than 90 degrees and females have a signum in the corpus burase. Decodes montanus is similar to both species, but the male aedeagus is more strongly curved than in D. fragariana and females of D. montanus have a band of dark scales on the seventh sternite that is lacking in the other two species. Wing pattern is not diagnostic and cannot be used to reliably separate the Decodes species listed here.
Decodes fragariana completes one generation per year in California. Adults are present in late August through October.
Females deposit eggs on rough twigs or bark and cover them with debris. The eggs enter diapause and overwinter until the following spring. Larvae hatch in the spring, construct a silken feeding tube on the bottom of a leaf or between two leaves, and feed on new growth until mature. Mature larvae drop to the ground and pupae in silk cocoons covered in soil or other particles. Adults eclose in the fall.
This species was originally described as feeding on strawberry; however, D. fragariana has subsequently been recorded feeding only on live oak. Powell and Opler (2009) suggest that the individuals found in association with strawberry were simply pupating after having completed larval development on nearby oak trees.
Decodes fragariana ranges from British Columbia south to San Diego, California and east to Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Powell, J. A. 1964. Biological and taxonomic studies on tortricine moths, with reference to the species in California. University of California Publications in Entomology. Vol. 32. 317 pp.
Powell, J. A. and P. A. Opler. 2009. Moths of western North America. University of California Press, Berkeley. 369 pp.
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Bernard Kim is Zynga's President of Publishing. He is a mobile gaming and interactive entertainment veteran with more than 15 years of experience. As Zynga's President of Publishing, Bernard oversees how the company brings its games and services to players. He is responsible for revenue, marketing, user acquisition, ad monetization, communications, network, consumer insights, product management, business development, and strategic partnerships. Bernard also leads efforts around mergers and acquisitions and played an integral role in Zynga's recent acquisitions of Peak Games, Gram Games, and Small Giant Games.
Prior to joining Zynga, Bernard spent nearly 10 years at Electronic Arts Inc., as the company's Senior Vice President of Mobile Publishing. In that role, he oversaw EA's mobile distribution, strategy, product management, analytics, network engagement, marketing, revenue demand planning, business development, third-party publishing, and mergers & acquisitions. During his tenure at EA, Bernard also led EA's games division in Asia and helped bring EA franchises including SimCity, Star Wars, The Sims, The Simpsons, Real Racing and EA SPORTS to billions of players.
Before joining EA, Bernard served as Director of Sales and Channel Strategy at The Walt Disney Company, where he led sales and retail for Disney Mobile.
Bernard holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in both Economics and Communications from Boston College.


This is an another article for discussing about a certain grammar pattern. In this article, the grammar pattern up for discussion is the '-koto desu'. As with other grammar pattern, this is also has a certain meaning and expression. Actually, it is useful for stating the action or the activity as it is in the meaning of the verb where the grammar pattern attached.
Moreover, the following is an example of the usage where it can also be seen in Minna no Nihongo 1 chapter 18 section C part 2 on page 151. Basically, after explaning the pattern by giving an example using that pattern, it is very useful for answering all the question given in Minna no Nihongo 1 chapter 18 section C part 2 on page 151.
There is one usage of 'koto' in the above example which is focusing on the grammar pattern of 'kaku + koto desu'. The meaning of the grammar pattern is mainly for expressing an activity or action in the verb. Furthermore, in the above example, it is about writing something which is writing a report.
Moreover, we can see the full questions and problems in Minna Nihongo 1 book chapter 18 practice C part 2 on page 151.


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Our purpose is to build a sense of community among Latina/o first year and transfer students while networking with faculty, staff, current students, and alumni. The institute is a three day community building experience that strengthens social and cultural ties. New students begin the academic year invigorated and achieve a strong sense of belonging within the Latina/o college community. Through the team building activities, the students will:
Identify their personal goals.
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"I participated in the Latino/a Student Leadership Institute as a freshman and later served as a peer mentor during my sophomore, junior, and senior year of college. The strong sense of community cultivated by LSLI immediately resonated with me. Remaining involved with the institute throughout my undergraduate career significantly contributed to my growth as a leader, mentor, and human being. Serving through peer mentorship meant having discussions with mentees about campus resources and networking, while later having discussions about the importance of knowing oneself and being proud of your culture. Engaging with participants on these topics allowed me to practice modeling accountability for others. My experiences with LSLI continue to inform reflection about how I show up for my community through my career and life."
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            string openid = notifyData.GetValue("openid").ToString();
            string product_id = notifyData.GetValue("product_id").ToString();
            WxPayData unifiedOrderResult = new WxPayData();
            try
            {
                unifiedOrderResult = UnifiedOrder(openid, product_id);
            }
            catch(Exception ex)//若在调统一下单接口时抛异常,立即返回结果给微信支付后台
            {
                WxPayData res = new WxPayData();
                res.SetValue("return_code", "FAIL");
                res.SetValue("return_msg", "统一下单失败");
                Log.Error(this.GetType().ToString(), "UnifiedOrder failure : " + res.ToXml());
                page.Response.Write(res.ToXml());
                page.Response.End();
            }

            //若下单失败,则立即返回结果给微信支付后台
            if (!unifiedOrderResult.IsSet("appid") || !unifiedOrderResult.IsSet("mch_id") || !unifiedOrderResult.IsSet("prepay_id"))
            {
                WxPayData res = new WxPayData();
                res.SetValue("return_code", "FAIL");
                res.SetValue("return_msg", "统一下单失败");
                Log.Error(this.GetType().ToString(), "UnifiedOrder failure : " + res.ToXml());
                page.Response.Write(res.ToXml());
                page.Response.End();
            }

            //统一下单成功,则返回成功结果给微信支付后台
            WxPayData data = new WxPayData();
            data.SetValue("return_code", "SUCCESS");
            data.SetValue("return_msg", "OK");
            data.SetValue("appid", WxPayConfig.APPID);
            data.SetValue("mch_id", WxPayConfig.MCHID);
            data.SetValue("nonce_str", WxPayApi.GenerateNonceStr());
            data.SetValue("prepay_id", unifiedOrderResult.GetValue("prepay_id"));
            data.SetValue("result_code", "SUCCESS");
            data.SetValue("err_code_des", "OK");
            data.SetValue("sign", data.MakeSign());

            Log.Info(this.GetType().ToString(), "UnifiedOrder success , send data to WeChat : " + data.ToXml());
            page.Response.Write(data.ToXml());
            page.Response.End();
        }

        private WxPayData UnifiedOrder(string openId,string productId)
        {
            //统一下单
            WxPayData req = new WxPayData();
            req.SetValue("body", "test");
            req.SetValue("attach", "test");
            req.SetValue("out_trade_no", WxPayApi.GenerateOutTradeNo());
            req.SetValue("total_fee", 1);
            req.SetValue("time_start", DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmss"));
            req.SetValue("time_expire", DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(10).ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmss"));
            req.SetValue("goods_tag", "test");
            req.SetValue("trade_type", "NATIVE");
            req.SetValue("openid", openId);
            req.SetValue("product_id", productId);
            WxPayData result = WxPayApi.UnifiedOrder(req);
            return result;
        }
    }
}

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Imagine traveling to a new place, alone. You are over 1000 miles from home and all of the people you know. The environment is different; the culture is different. You are travel weary, dirty, and almost out of money. But all of that is okay, because you are about to have a huge adventure!
This was how I felt the first time I went to California. I had been accepted as an intern on the Condor Recovery Program, with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. I was going to California! I was going to intern with California Condors! I was going to be in California, with California Condors!
The California Condor is a huge North American vulture. With a wingspan of over 9 feet, and weighing over 20 pounds, it is one of the biggest flying birds in the world. It is also one of the most endangered. It was widespread over the US in prehistoric times, with fossils being found as far east as NY and FL, but by the time European explorers arrived, it was restricted to the west coast and already uncommon.
In the 1980s, with the population under 30 individuals, it almost went extinct. Biologists made heroic efforts to save the species, capturing every wild bird that was left. Currently, the overall population, captive and free-flying, is over 400 birds. It's a significant improvement, but the species still has a long way to go to achieve recovery, and it is heavy monitored. I felt honored to have been offered the internship.
When I left home in Pennsylvania, I was filled with excitement. I drove away, with about $500, representing all of my money, my little Pontiac Sunfire stuffed with all of the things I thought I would need.
It took me five days to reach the west coast. I was blown away when I crossed the border from Arizona into California, and saw the Mojave Desert for the first time. Vast, hot, sunny, dry, and unforgiving. At every rest station, huge black ravens panted in the shade and eyed me wearily when I got out of my car. I got my breakfast out of a vending machine, and finished my journey through the desert.
I skirted around Los Angeles. I had been dreading this, but it turned out okay because it was Sunday morning, and headed north toward my destination, Ventura. I spent the night in a hotel, so I could clean up and be presentable the next morning when I made my debut at the office.
My first day was like being caught in a whirlwind. There were introductions to staff and fellow interns, there were forms to sign. I was given t-shirts, a windbreaker, and a hat. I was assigned a locker. Arrangements were made for ATV training. After a few hours, I was carted off for my first 10-day shift, which included tours of Hopper Mountain and Bittercreek NWRs.
Hopper Mountain is surrounded by oil drilling property and national forest. It is only accessible via a narrow, windy road that is mostly dirt and gravel, with the occasional paved spot. The road is steep, with no guardrails. My guide pointed out the infamous spot where a previous intern had driven off the edge of the road and rolled down to the canyon below. The intern survived with no permanent injuries, and no memory of the accident. My guide reminded me to drive carefully.
A few days later, I took my ATV training. It was my first experience on an ATV. I drove around orange cones, I accelerated; I braked. My teacher praised my budding skills. After several hours of learning, it was time for a trail ride. I followed my teacher to the trailhead. My trail ride would be up to the top of Hopper Mountain. This was a particularly important ride, because Hopper Mountain is the best place on the refuge for taking radio signals, and I would be making regular trips to the top. Looking up the steep trail, I felt like I was preparing to ascend Mr. Everest.
ATV trail up Hopper Mountain.
My teacher gave me a few reminders: first gear, lean forward, don't stop, then he revved his engine and took off.
I followed, feeling numb, palms and brow beading sweat. I was terrified. But I remembered what I had been taught, and made it to the top, where my teacher was waiting. Success! I still have my laminated ATV Training certificate, proudly displayed in a scrapbook.
Hopper is where the condors in Southern CA nest, so I was instructed, by one of the techs, on how to do condor nest observations, for the four active nests that I would be watching when I was at Hopper. Basically, it involves sitting for 8 hours with your eye to a scope and making notes about every single thing the chick does. Nest observations provide valuable data on how condors are breeding in the wild since they have been reintroduced. It can also be considered a nest-guarding program. If the chick looks ill, or is in danger, it can be rescued by biologists. Every individual bird is valuable.
The tech pointed out a Cabela's backpack hanging from a tree, and a spot on the hillside that had been cleared. The pack contained a wildfire kit. If there was a wildfire and I couldn't hike out in time, I was to take the pack to the cleared area, set up a heat reflective tent, and hang out there until the danger had passed.
Several days later, I headed over to Bittercreek National Wildlife Refuge. Bittercreek is an old ranch property now belonging to the USFWS, and serves as a roosting and foraging ground for the SoCal condor population. It has a huge flight pen for housing condors. The pen serves two purposes: to introduce new condors to southern California before release into the population, and as a holding facility for birds that are either going to get veterinary work-ups or are going to be sent to other locations.
Here I was shown how to take care of the birds in the flight pen and where to set calf carcasses out for condors to feed on them. Eventually, I also received training on how to trap and handle condors for the annual work-up.
Ah, carcasses. Retrieval of calf carcasses was another intern duty. I was given a map and instructions on how to get to several dairies around Bakersfield. These dairies had a relationship with the refuge and allowed us access to their properties to take still-born calves. All of the calves given to the condors had died of natural causes. This was hard, dirty work. Some of the calves were almost 100 pounds!
After each carcass run, I was usually hungry, and would stop at an ice-cream stand in Maricopa and get a delicious chocolate milkshake.
One of the things that suprises you about condors, and vultures in general, is how likable they are, despite their bald heads and gross habits. Each bird has its own personality. Some bird pair up and are dedicated mates for years. Other birds switch mates regularly. Some birds form little cliques and hang out together. Other birds are rebellious and will strike out on their own to explore. New objects in their environment attract rapt attention, and sometimes become playthings, with the condors getting so excited by their toy that they hop-flap into the air.
The condor population is still in recovery, and will be for decades to come. Initially reintroduced into SoCal, condor populations have been established in Central California, Mexico, and Arizona. The birds are explorers and travelers, and the AZ birds regularly visit southern Utah.
The species is considered to be a relic by some, a piece of a bygone time, the current population an experiment. I consider it to be a jewel in the environment of the west and I hope that the birds continue to exist for a long time to come, gracing the landscape with their huge shadows.
Hello, I'm PJ. I'm a wildlife biologist and artist. I enjoy drawing and photographing the plants and animals I see when I'm in the field. I have lived in several states in the US, including CA, TX, and MI. I'm originally from Pennsylvania.


Credit Card Transactions for processing – How can we help?
When you've done that you will be able to see all the details of that transaction on the right in the detail window.
If you click here, you select all the credit card transactions on this page.
2. This column shows the card holder and the supplier of the card to which the transaction belongs.
3. This column shows where and when the transaction was made.
4. This column shows on which date the transaction arrived in Ibistic.
5. This column shows the status of the credit card transaction and who the who the owner of the transaction is.
6. This column shows the amount of the transaction in the local currency and what that currency is.
This column shows what the transaction amount is in the currency of your company.
8. This column shows if it's the company or the employee that's liable for the transaction, and if it's reimbursable.
9. This column shows to which cost type and merchant category type the transaction belongs.
10. This column shows if there are any comments attached to the transaction – If there is, you can view it by hovering the mouse cursor over the comment.
11. This is a search filed that you can use to quickly find a transaction in the list.
When you click here delete a credit card transaction completely from the list. But please note that you can only delete credit card transactions for which users are personally liable, and you cannot delete credit card transactions with company liability.
When you click here the distribution window will become available which you can use to distribute the selected credit card transaction to a specific user. This window – and how to use it – will be described in more detail in the paragraph "Distribution of credit card transaction" later in this user manual.
When you click here you will revoke the credit card transaction, if it's been sent to the wrong user. After you've revoked it you will be able to distribute the transaction again to the right user.
When you click here you archive the transaction, which means that it's been deleted, but that's it's still visible in the overview. It will forever have the status: "Archived", and it cannot be distributed.
Please note: You can only archive transactions with the following statuses: "New", "For Allocation", "Rejected" and "Revoked".
When you click here you send a reminder to a user, letting him know that he has a credit card transaction for processing.
This function enables you to create a cost based on the credit card transaction. But only if a cost type has already been linked to the Merchant Category Type of the transaction. If that is not the case, this function cannot be used to create a cost.
clicking this will show you a complete overview of what has happened to this credit Card Transaction since it arrived in the system from the bank.
The first time a user receives credit card transactions the transaction will have to be distributed to that user manually by an accounting user – and if the accounting user has made sure to activate the "Enable default routing to this worker" function when it's done, then all credit card transactions for this user with these variables will be automatically distributed to this user after that point.
Select the user who you want to send the transaction here.
This is where you select the Payment instrument of the transaction that's connected to this user.
This is where you enable the "Enable default routing to this worker" function. If this function is enabled, all new transactions with these variables will be routed to the selected worker.
Please note that previously defined routings of these values will be deleted. With this in mind, this functions should almost always be enabled, as this will save time in the future, as accounting users won't have to distribute every transaction manually to this user.
When you click this button, the transaction will be distributed to the selected user.
If you click here the distribution will be cancelled, and you will return to the overview of transactions.
1. You leave this button (number 1) enabled if you wish to distribute the transaction to the default user, which is a user that has already had an automatic routing set up for him for transactions such as this one. And then all you have to do is to click on the "Distribute"-button (number 3) and the transaction will be distributed to that user.
But if you want to select a new user to whom you want to distribute the transaction, you simply disable that button (number 1) and then select the correct office, user and payment instrument, and then finally click on "Distribute" (number 3). That will result in the new user receiving the transaction.
2. Should you want this type of transaction to be distributed to this new user automatically in the future, then you just activate this "Enable default routing to this worker"- button. As a result, the next time that a transaction comes in for this user, the system will automatically distribute it to that user.
3. Click here to cancel the distribution.
New/Revoked: This means that the transaction is ready for distribution to the user to which the transaction belongs. It is only possible to revoke transactions that have the status "For allocation".
For allocation: The transaction has been distributed to the user, and that user will be able to create a cost based on that transaction.
Allocated: The user has already used the transaction to create a cost in a settlement, but the settlement has not yet been sent out into the workflow.
For processing: The user has sent the entire transaction – or part of it - out into the workflow. The settlement is being processed.
Processed: The settlement with the transaction has been transferred to the accounting system.


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United States New York New York City
Where to See Cherry Blossoms in Brooklyn
Ellen Freudenheim
Ellen Freudenheim is the author of four guidebooks to Brooklyn, where she has lived for more than 20 years.
TripSavvy / Marina Li
You'll never know what kind of weather you'll get during a Brooklyn spring. When the winter starts to wane, Brooklynites have sandals and snow boots on the ready for the indecisive March and April weather when cold and warm spells tend to alternate. Despite this mix of temperatures, pink cherry blossom trees still bloom throughout it at all, a sign that another spring has arrived and spirits are high throughout the five boroughs.
If you plan to visit New York City in the spring and are looking for blossoming cherry trees, Brooklyn is a good place to spot them. Cherry trees flower all over Brooklyn's parks and neighborhoods, but you'll find the highest concentration at the 52-acre Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Cherry blossoms are the most colorful and breathtaking sight, but sadly, their beauty is short-lived, so you'll want to make the garden a priority if you arrive in time for the bloom.
Cherry Blossom Season
Cherry blossom season in Brooklyn runs from mid-March to late April. However, different varieties of cherry trees blossom at different times in the spring. Although the exact dates are hard to predict, some trees always bloom before others. For example, weeping cherry trees bloom before double-blossom cherry trees. Over the course of a few weeks, you can see how many different trees at different stages of bloom. No trees will stay in bloom for longer than a week, but different varieties will bloom at different times, making the season last longer.
As many locals know, cherry blossom season is marked in Brooklyn by a beautiful display of different varieties of cherry trees at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. If you want to find the ideal time to see the cherry trees blossom, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden website has a Cherrywatch feature, highlighting the various trees in the garden and when they are in bloom.
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Cherry Blossom Festival
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden in Prospect Heights, near the Brooklyn Museum and Prospect Park, has a great collection of cherry blossom trees, most located in the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden. To the west of this area, you'll also find the Cherry Cultivars Area, where there are different varieties growing all in one place, so you can properly compare and see how they all bloom on different schedules. The Cherry Walk is a pathway, lined with trees, that leads to the Cherry Esplanade, an open lawn with 76 trees. You can also find cherry blossoms in the Osborne Garden by the Eastern Parkway entrance and in the Bonsai Collection.
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is famous for its celebration of the arrival of cherry blossom season, which is known as Hanami, a month-long celebration of the arrival of cherry blossoms. During the annual festival, which in Japan is called Sakura Matsuri, the gardens typically organize events and performances that celebrate traditional and contemporary Japanese culture.
You can track the bloom status of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's trees, so you know exactly when to visit. While the blossoms will still bloom and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is open, the 2021 festival was not rescheduled.
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Cherry Blossoms in Other Parts of Brooklyn
If you can't make it to the festival or the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, there are many other places in Brooklyn where you can enjoy the blooming cherry festivals.
According to the New York City Parks Department, you can also see cherry trees blossom closer to Downtown Brooklyn at Borough Hall near Joralemon Street, Lenox Street, and Cadman Plaza West. This area is located in and around scenic Brooklyn Heights, which has lovely cobblestone streets, and the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, where you can find a nice view of the Manhattan skyline. Or, consider spending an afternoon at the peaceful Green-Wood Cemetery in Greenwood Heights, just south of Park Slope. Stroll around the serene historic cemetery in late March and you are sure to spot some cherry trees blossoming.
If you don't want to shell out the cash for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, head to neighboring Prospect Park, which is a public park and boasts a few cherry trees of its own. When the weather permits, pack a lunch and start your picnic season on the lawn in this beloved Brooklyn park. Running enthusiasts should sign up for the Prospect Park Track Club's Cherry Tree 10-Miler. Although the race does take place in February, slightly before Cherry Blossom season officially begins, it's a Brooklyn running tradition.
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Markus Wolf
Updated on Apr 29, 2018
Allegiance East Germany
Name Markus Wolf
Active 1953–1986
Role Intelligence Officer
Birth name Markus Johannes Wolf
Children Claudia Wolf
Nationality German
Service General Intelligence Administration (Hauptverwaltung Aufklarung)
Born 19 January 1923 Hechingen (1923-01-19)
Died November 9, 2006, Berlin, Germany
Spouse Andrea Stingl (m. 1987–2006), Christa Heinrich (m. 1976–1986), Emmi Stenzer (m. 1944–1976)
Books Man Without a Face: The Autobiography of Communism's Greatest Spymaster
Siblings Konrad Wolf, Johanna Marie Wolf, Thomas Naumann, Lukas Wolf
Similar People Friedrich Wolf, Konrad Wolf, Erich Mielke, Gunter Guillaume, Anne McElvoy
Germany former spy markus wolf unveils new book
Markus Johannes "Mischa" Wolf (19 January 1923 – 9 November 2006) was head of the Main Directorate for Reconnaissance (Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung), the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry for State Security (MfS, commonly known as the Stasi). He was the Stasi's number two for 34 years, which spanned most of the Cold War. He is often regarded as one of the greatest spymasters of all time.
Germany dusseldorf trial of alleged spy markus wolf begins
Cultural impact
Wolf was born in Hechingen, Province of Hohenzollern (now Baden-Württemberg), to a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother. His father was the writer and physician Friedrich Wolf and his brother was the film director Konrad Wolf. His father was a member of the Communist Party of Germany, and after Adolf Hitler gained power, Wolf emigrated to Moscow with his father, via Switzerland and France, because of their Communist convictions and because Wolf's father was Jewish.
During his exile, Wolf first attended the German Karl Liebknecht Schule and later a Russian school. Afterwards, he entered the Moscow Institute of Airplane Engineering (Moscow Aviation Institute), which was evacuated to Alma Ata after Germany's attack on the Soviet Union. There he was told to join the Comintern, where he among others was prepared for undercover work behind enemy lines.
After the war he was sent to Berlin with the Ulbricht Group, led by Walter Ulbricht, to work as a journalist for a radio station in the Soviet Zone of occupation. He was among those journalists who observed the entire Nuremberg Trials against the principal Nazi leaders.
In 1953, at the age of 30, Wolf was among the founding members of the foreign intelligence service within the Ministry for State Security. As intelligence chief, he achieved great success in penetrating the government, political and business circles of West Germany with spies. The most notable individual in this regard was Günter Guillaume, who was secretary to and close friend of West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, and whose exposure as an East German agent led to Brandt's resignation in 1974.
For most of his career, Wolf was known as "the man without a face" due to his elusiveness. It was reported that Western agencies did not know what the East German spy chief looked like until 1978, when he was photographed by Säpo, Sweden's National Security Service, during a visit to Sweden. An East German defector, Werner Stiller, then identified Wolf to West German counter-intelligence as the man in the picture. Other reports state that elements within the CIA had identified him by 1959 from photographs of attendees at the Nuremberg trials.
He retired in 1986 in order to continue the work of his late brother Konrad in writing the story of their upbringing in Moscow in the 1930s. The book Troika came out on the same day in East and West Germany. His successor as head of the East German foreign intelligence service was Werner Großmann.
In September 1990, shortly before German reunification, Wolf fled the country, and sought political asylum in Russia and Austria. When denied, he returned to Germany where he was arrested by German police. Wolf claimed to have refused an offer of "seven figures", a new identity and a home in California from the Central Intelligence Agency to defect to the United States.
In 1993, he was convicted of treason by the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf and sentenced to six years imprisonment. This was later quashed by the German supreme court, because Wolf was acting from the territory of the then-independent GDR. In 1997, he was convicted of unlawful detention, coercion, and bodily harm, and was given a suspended sentence of two years imprisonment. He was additionally sentenced to three days' imprisonment for refusing to testify against Paul Gerhard Flämig when the former West German (SPD) politician was accused in 1993 of atomic espionage. Wolf said that Flämig was not the agent that he had mentioned in his memoirs: Flämig had unwittingly been probed by intelligence agents during authorised discussions in the GDR.
Markus Wolf died in his sleep at his Berlin home on 9 November 2006.
John le Carré's fictional spymaster Karla, a Russian, who appears in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People was believed by some readers to be modeled on Wolf. However, the writer has repeatedly denied this, and did so once again when interviewed on the occasion of Wolf's death. Le Carré has also stated that it is sheer nonsense that Markus Wolf was the inspiration for the character Fiedler in The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, who is depicted as a German Jew who spent World War II in exile and came back to gain a senior position in East Germany's Intelligence Service, added that he had no idea who Markus Wolf was at the time of the writing of the book, and adding that he considered Wolf to be the moral equivalent of Albert Speer. He has also stated that one characters code name of Wolf in an early draft of the book was a coincidence and the name came from his lawnmower and that he renamed the character after being told that there was an actual Wolf in East German intelligence.
Conversely, Wolf stated The Spy Who Came In From the Cold was the only book he had read for a period in the early 1960s, and was surprised how accurately the book presented the reality within the East German security services and was curious if le Carré had had special information about conditions within the Ministry.
Wolf appears as a character in Frederick Forsyth's novella "Pride and Extreme Prejudice," in The Deceiver, when a KGB officer liaises with East German intelligence while tracking down a British agent in East Berlin.
Markus Wolf Wikipedia
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