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package dawg

// status ok
import "os"

// CompletionDAWG - DAWG with key completion support.
type CompletionDAWG struct {
	DAWG
	guide *Guide
}

// Keys ...
func (d *CompletionDAWG) Keys(prefix string) []string {
	bPrefix := []byte(prefix)
	res := []string{}

	index, ok := d.dct.followBytes(bPrefix, constRoot)
	if !ok {
		return res
	}

	completer := NewCompleter(d.dct, d.guide)
	completer.start(index, bPrefix)

	for completer.next() {
		res = append(res, string(completer.key))
	}

	return res
}

// Load - Loads DAWG from a file.
func (d *CompletionDAWG) Load(path string) error {
	d.dct = NewDictionary()
	d.guide = NewGuide()

	f, err := os.Open(path)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	err = d.dct.Read(f)
	if err == nil {
		err = d.guide.read(f)
	}
	closeErr := f.Close()
	if err == nil {
		err = closeErr
	}

	return err
}

func (d *CompletionDAWG) initCompletionDAWG() {
	d.initDAWG()
}

// NewCompletionDAWG - constructor for CompletionDAWG
func NewCompletionDAWG() *CompletionDAWG {
	dawg := &CompletionDAWG{}
	dawg.vDAWG = dawg
	dawg.initCompletionDAWG()

	return dawg
}

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Democrats deal Biden another big embarrassment before he leaves for Europe
Santos, sociopaths and American resignation: Where celebrity and public service converge
Story TOpics
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden board Air Force One, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. The Biden are en route to Rome to attend the G-20 meeting. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) more >
By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Thursday, October 28, 2021
NEWS ANALYSIS:
It's hard to imagine how President Biden's own party could make him look any weaker.
Twice this month, Mr. Biden has traveled to the U.S. Capitol to beseech House Democrats to vote for his two-part domestic agenda.
And both times, Democrats' answer to the president was essentially, don't let the door hit you on the way out.
The second very public rejection by his own party took place Thursday, hours before Mr. Biden departed the U.S. for high-profile summits in Rome and Glasgow, Scotland.
Presidents like to project authority when leaving our shores, so Mr. Biden's message to House Democrats on Thursday morning was: The world is watching us and wondering whether we can function.
And the party's answer was a big, fat N-O.
Adding to Mr. Biden's humiliation, he went on national TV after the meeting to announce that Democrats had agreed on a "framework" to move forward. But you could tell from Mr. Biden's first words that he really wasn't sure.
"Today, I am pleased to announce that after months of tough and thoughtful negotiations, I think we have a historic," the president said before correcting himself. "I know we have a historic economic framework."
House Speaker and chief cat-herder Nancy Pelosi, who had vowed to hold open a floor vote as long as necessary to force progressives to make their choice, postponed the vote late Thursday after all.
She and the president simply didn't have the votes. Again.
And we won't even talk about the gazillion face-to-face meetings that the president has hosted in the past few months with Democrats at the White House, said to be the biggest home-court advantage in the world.
Forget about opposition Republicans. It's now painfully clear to the country, and the world, that Mr. Biden and Mrs. Pelosi can't even manage the progressive-moderate split in their own party.
"People are frustrated right now," said nine-term Rep. Jim Costa, California Democrat. "There's a lack of trust and you got a lot of members here that have been here four years or less and they don't seem to understand how you get things done."
Or maybe they do, and it's the old guard that doesn't.
It was the third time that Mrs. Pelosi had abandoned plans for a vote in the face of progressives' objections.
Before she punted, Mrs. Pelosi had gushed about the marvelous legislative work in progress.
"It's remarkable. It's remarkable in that it's a big vision, bigger vision than we've seen in a very long time, maybe dating back to President Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal," she said of the president's plan.
So remarkable, in fact, that her own party couldn't be persuaded to vote for one part without the other.
During the closed-door meeting with her troops Thursday morning, Mrs. Pelosi urged Democrats not to embarrass Mr. Biden as he departed for Europe.
Mission not accomplished.
• Dave Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.

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Learn N Play of Wooster celebrates 40 years of community care
By AMANDA GALLAGHER Staff Writer
WOOSTER-- In celebration of 40 years in business, one Wooster daycare center staff has dug into the agency's past to explore its humble beginnings.
"I started looking at our records," said Carol Hall of Learn N Play of Wooster. "As we've dug, it's become an interesting history."
It was generally believed the daycare center was incorporated in 1976; however, Hall believes that 1973 would be a more accurate date. According to records and old newspaper articles found by the current administrators, while 1976 was the year the doors opened in the current building, 1973 seems to be when the idea to create what is now Learn N Play came about.
"The history was truly prior to (1976)," said Hall.
Hall said that the facility was started by a "small nucleus" of families in Wooster who saw a need for all-day care and started working on forming one. Records indicated the facility originally had ties to the Baptist church.
In the early 1970s, the community had multiple part-time pre-school-type programs, but there weren't enough all-day programs to meet the needs of the community's working families, said Hall.
The 40-year celebration is meant to celebrate the inception of Learn N Play, explained Hall.
"That's huge that the community saw the need," said Hall.
Initially, the facility couldn't afford a lot of staff members, so the daycare's board members would pitch in and do some of the cleaning and other chores.
From the beginning, Learn N Play has followed the mission of providing not only custodial care, but developmental programming as well.
Today, Learn N Play provides an even stronger educational base for its children, especially as schools begin requiring more for kindergarten readiness.
"They were concerned about education in the '70s, but it's come a long way since then," said Hall.
Currently, Learn N Play cares for children aged six weeks to school age.
Paging through old records and scrapbooks, Hall and other staff members deduced that nutrition and exercise have probably increased in importance over the decades. There have always been a lot of activities planned for the children to do, but today, the staff is fully conscious of the importance of keeping kids moving in addition to educating them.
"I think there's a lot of history here," said Hall. "We're still digging."
Learn N Play has been in its current building on South Bever Street since the mid-1970s, and the building was dedicated in 1976.
By the early 2000s, the waiting list for Learn N Play had become "huge," said Hall. In 2009, the agency opened a satellite preschool center at the Wayne Center for the Arts. However, the satellite location was short-lived, as the agency couldn't keep numbers high enough in both places.
Hall noted the agency is supported by the United Way, Wayne County Community Foundation, PNC, College of Wooster volunteers and other small donors.
The nonprofit charges families based on a sliding scale, is willing to work with Children Services to accommodate foster children and does not have any potty training restrictions.
"There's a lot of things that make us successful," said Hall.
The agency held an open house for its families, supporters and alumni on Oct. 21 to celebrate the anniversary.
Reporter Amanda Gallagher can be reached at 330-287-1635 or agallagher@the-daily-record.com. Follow her on Twitter @a_gallagherTDR.


Yeah, it's kind of a long name for a cookie recipe, but I'm telling you these cookies are pretty darn good! Not only are these cookies healthier than most, they taste great too! The pictures don't do the cookies justice. Someday, maybe I will be able to afford a nice camera. For now though, the camera phone will have to suffice.
2. Mix dry ingredients (whole wheat flour, oats, baking soda, and salt) together and set aside.
3. In another bowl add coconut oil and sugar and beat for about a minute. Add in pumpkin puree, chia egg, vanilla, and molasses. Beat until combined.
4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix until incorporated. Fold in dark chocolate chips.
5. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper and using a small cookie scoop place balls of cookie dough on cookie sheet.
6. Bake cookies for 12 minutes.
7. Once the cookies are done, place them immediately on a cooking rack.
8. Eat to your hearts content! Enjoy!
* A chia egg is made by mixing 1 tablespoon of chia seeds with 3 tablespoons of cold water. Then you want to let it sit in a cold place for about 5 minutes, it will turn to a gel like substance. I like to put my chia egg mixture in the freezer. If you don't like chia seeds, you can always use a real egg.


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Environmental Impact Assessment of a School Building in Iceland Using LCA-Including the Effect of Long Distance Transport of Materials
Title: Environmental Impact Assessment of a School Building in Iceland Using LCA-Including the Effect of Long Distance Transport of Materials
Author: Emami, Nargessadat orcid.org/0000-0001-8613-7654
Marteinsson, Björn orcid.org/0000-0003-3368-0674
Heinonen, Jukka orcid.org/0000-0002-7298-4999
Scope: 46
Department: Umhverfis- og byggingarverkfræðideild (HÍ)
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering (UI)
Series: Buildings;6(4)
DOI: 10.3390/buildings6040046
Subject: Buildings; Construction materials; Environmental impacts assessment; Transportation; Byggingar; Byggingarefni; Umhverfisáhrif; Flutningar (samgöngur); Skólar
Emami, N.; Marteinsson, B.; Heinonen, J.	Environmental Impact Assessment of a School Building in Iceland Using LCA-Including the Effect of Long Distance Transport of Materials. Buildings 2016, 6, 46. doi:10.3390/buildings6040046
Buildings are the key components of urban areas and society as a complex system. A life cycle assessment was applied to estimate the environmental impacts of the resources applied in the building envelope, floor slabs, and interior walls of the Vættaskóli-Engi building in Reykjavik, Iceland. The scope of this study included four modules of extraction and transportation of raw material to the manufacturing site, production of the construction materials, and transport to the building site, as described in the standard EN 15804. The total environmental effects of the school building in terms of global warming potential, ozone depletion potential, human toxicity, acidification, and eutrophication were calculated. The total global warming potential impact was equal to 255 kg of CO2 eq/sqm, which was low compared to previous studies and was due to the limited system boundary of the current study. The effect of long-distance overseas transport of materials was noticeable in terms of acidification (25%) and eutrophication (31%) while it was negligible in other impact groups. The results also concluded that producing the cement in Iceland caused less environmental impact in all five impact categories compared to the case in which the cement was imported from Germany. The major contribution of this work is that the environmental impacts of different plans for domestic production or import of construction materials to Iceland can be precisely assessed in order to identify effective measures to move towards a sustainable built environment in Iceland, and also to provide consistent insights for stakeholders.
Name: buildings-06-00046.pdf


When you don't feel right, but nobody can explain why, what do you do?
A qualified naturopath may hold the answers.
Tanja Vrljic is our resident Naturopath at SANĈTUM.
She uses naturopathy to support and strengthen your overall health, so you feel more vibrant, healthy and radiant.
As well as addressing skin problems, Tanja can also help you with other health issues.
During this private consult with a qualified Naturopath, we gather detailed insights into your health history and aim to identify the underlying cause of your symptoms.
We always include iridology, a tongue and nail analysis, plus a blood pressure check as part of your overall assessment. If required, we can organise further investigations and pathology testing.
Our Naturopath then develops a specialised treatment plan tailored to your health history, body systems, lifestyle and diet.
We then closely monitor your issues as you progress through your treatment plan.
Together, we show you how diet, supplements and lifestyle changes, along with quality natural products can solve your health issues - naturally.
We offer follow up consultations so we can help you achieve your long-term goals. These consults let us modify your treatment plan to suit any new demands on your health.
The body has an amazing power to heal itself when provided with the correct tools to do so.
With your persistence and commitment, we can help you achieve mind-body wellness to become a happier, healthier you.
Tanja is such a pleasure to be around, she has a beautiful genuine nature and I feel totally at ease letting her do her thing. She takes such pride in her work and I always walk away stoked with the results.


This week the World Poker will again feature Faded Spade Cards! This time at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood during the SHRPO final table live stream on PokerGO. And later this year on WPTs Fox Sports television program as well. Check out the New Face of Cards and use code SHRPO for 20% off until we have a winner on 4/18.


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Q: Determining intersection with frustum in GLScene using GLScene in delphi I need to find the intersection between an object (a line or plane is enough) and the visible space, to determine what part of this object is currently showing.
I tried getting the view frustum but I couldn't find how. I was thinking of using camera's position, direction and field of view, but I suspect they are not updated when using methods like MoveAroundTarget or setting the target object.
Thanks,
Marco

A: To get the frustum you can use the ModelViewProjection matrix obtained multipying the ModelViewMatrix and the ProjectionMatrix from TGLScene's current buffer. To get the planes from the matrix use the ExtractFrustumFromModelViewProjection function. Here is a code snippet:
var
  matMVP: TMatrix;
  frustum : TFrustum;
  intersectPoint : TVector;
begin
  // get the ModelViewProjection matrix
  matMVP:=MatrixMultiply(GLScene1.CurrentBuffer.ModelViewMatrix, GLScene1.CurrentBuffer.ProjectionMatrix);
  // extract frustum
  frustum:=ExtractFrustumFromModelViewProjection(matMVP);
  // calculate intersection between left plane and line passing through GLArrowLineX object
  if (IntersectLinePlane(GLArrowLineX.Position.AsVector,GLArrowLineX.Direction.AsVector, frustum.pLeft, @intersectPoint)=1)
  then begin
    // do something with intersectPoint
  end else begin
    // no intersection point (parallel or inside plane)
  end;
end;

A: You can get the frustum out of the camera object (TGLSceneViewer.Camera property) -- the properties NearPlane, DepthOfView, Position, Direction will be needed, as well as 'TGLSceneViewer.FieldOfView'.
The TGLCamera has also a method called RayCastIntersect that may prove useful.

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Bartolomé José Hidalgo (Montevidéu, 1788 — Morón, 1822) foi um escritor das Províncias Unidas do Rio da Prata, iniciador da poesia gauchesca no rio da Prata.

Biografia
Órfão de pai em tenra idade, Hidalgo viveu com sua mãe e suas irmãs em Montevidéu, e a pobreza da cidade colonial fez sentir seus rigores.

Aos dezoito anos de idade, ele se alistou ao Batalhão de Partidários de Montevidéu, servindo sob as ordens de Francisco Antonio Maciel, na batalha de Cardal. No ano de 1811, incorporou-se à revolução emancipadora. Em Paysandú, Hidalgo recebeu José Artigas, chamado de chefe dos Orientais, com que trocava cartas. Artigas incorporou-o na lista daqueles que facilitaram o Êxodo do Povo Oriental, uma das primeiras manifestações coletivas contra o poder colonial instituído.

Quando Bartolomé Hidalgo tinha vinte e três anos, seus poemas já possuíam conotação de caráter político. Compôs sua Marcha Nacional Oriental para comemorar e festejar o acordo de armistício entre a junta de Buenos Aires as forças do vice-rei de Montevidéu, Francisco Javier de Elío, o qual permite a retirada do exército sitiador.

Permaneceu vivendo em Montevidéu, e logo Fernando Otorgués o nomeou ministro-interino da Fazenda, durante o breve governo artiguista.

Durante a Guerra contra Artigas (ou Invasão Luso-Brasileira), Hidalgo continuou em Montevidéu. A Casa de Comedias se encontrava influenciada por Carlos Frederico Lecor, o visconde de Laguna, decidido a conquistar por meio de suas reuniões sociais a cidade de Montevidéu.

Após a Invasão Luso-Brasileira, aliado à gente decente e principal de Montevidéu, Hidalgo viajou a Buenos Aires e levou a penosa vida de poeta crioulo, vendendo para sua subsistência os seus quartetos e suas composições mal impressas. Lá também redigiu Los Diálogos, sua obra mais importante e completa.

Bibliografia

Escritores do Uruguai
Naturais de Montevidéu

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Breakdown! Communication departments closed until further notice.
"Close the communication departments" was my appeal, which I published two weeks ago. https://gfmp.com.pl/close-communication-departments/ It seems that I was deeply mistaken, because these departments are already closed and it seems that it has been for a long time.
At Cisco's Swiss office employees are encouraged to change their communication habits. Instead of e-mails they're going to use new platform called Spark.
Probably only 1‰ CEOs and managers will understand this text.
Can digital transformation be a chance for the renaissance of communication?
Hi, dear reader! I just want to pass on a communications tip to you.
What kind of managers can already pack?


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Vol. 57, Issue No. 39, 24 Sep, 2022
Updated on 26 September 2022
Sachin Chaturvedi
Sabyasachi Saha
Prativa Shaw
high-technology trade
Trade in Information Technology Products
Leveraging Trade in High Technology for Emergence
The BRICS Experience
The emerging strength of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa in high-technology trade is examined. Trends in high-technology trade in BRICS are reviewed, highlighting the hugely disproportionate contribution from China in trade in high-technology products, primarily driven by information technology products. Subsequently, trade in ITP is analysed as a special case and the relevance of the Information Technology Agreement 1 in influencing production and trade of ITP has been discussed focusing on experiences of China and India (against the performance of traditional players in this category). The ITA 2 and its rationale are introduced. The
The authors gratefully acknowledge the comments received from the anonymous referee. They also benefited from the comments received from S K Mohanty. The preliminary version of this paper appeared as RIS Discussion Paper No 207.
The rise and relevance of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) cannot be overstated. BRICS constitutes prominent emerging economies with substantial influence on world affairs—both political and economic. While China has demonstrated its capacity to be the world leader in production and trade, India and Brazil have been steady on technological development. BRICS has become the fastest and largest emerging market economies and contributed -21.91% of world's gross domestic product (GDP) at 2010 constant prices in 2018, with China, Brazil, and India accounting for 13.03%, 2.80%, and 3.44%, respectively, followed by Russia (2.08%) and South Africa (0.52%). The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has associated "emergence" with countries' performance in knowledge-intensive exports, both globally and to other developing countries.1 Evidence suggests that production and exports of high-technology products (HTP) mainly in areas like electronic goods and computers have substantially shifted to the developing world (Lall 2000; Mani 2000; Srholec 2007). The emergence of BRICS, strongly evident across economic indicators, may lead to important lessons on export performance/international trade in high-technology goods.
The financial crisis of 2007–08 had a negative effect on global trade. However, according to UNIDO (2013), the impact on trade in manufacturing goods was proportionately less severe than on trade in fuels and mining products. Within manufacturing, HTP make up for the largest share of trade in terms of value and are most dynamic in nature. Conceptually, high-technology goods are those that are outcomes of high levels of innovation and research and development (R&D). High-technology goods constitute products that are either final products in themselves or serve as intermediate inputs. With increasingly distributed production structure spanning several locations and countries, those countries that are part of such production networks stand to gain according to their relative value addition. While, intellectual assets generate maximum rent, manufacturing and assembly of products are equally important sources of income growth. Often, production of high-technology goods in developing countries is of downstream nature. This helps advanced economies to obtain substantial revenue generated out of sales of high-technology goods.
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Pagekit's installation process is quick and easy and only takes a few minutes.
First of all, you need to download the latest Pagekit package and extract the contents to your webserver – either to the web root directory or to a subfolder, for example /pagekit.
If you unzip the package locally before uploading, make sure to also include the hidden .htaccess file.
Open your browser and navigate to the URL of the extracted Pagekit content. You should now see the first screen of the web installer.
In the first step of the actual setup process you choose the main language for the site. It will be the default language used on the admin panel and frontend. Both can be changed at any time later.
In this step you enter the details to connect to the database. By default, Pagekit uses SQLite to store your site's data. Here you need to fill in the fields Database Name and Table Prefix. The default prefix is pk_.
Alternatively, you can also choose to use MySQL. In that case the following details need to be entered.
Driver Enter the Database Driver. It depends on the type of database you want to use.
Hostname Enter the host name of your database server. If the webserver and database server are on the same machine, this will be localhost or 127.0.0.1.
User Enter a MySQL username that has access to the database.
Password Enter the MySQL user's password.
Database Name Enter the database name.
Table Prefix You can change the prefix that is used for the database tables. The default prefix is pk_.
Pagekit will try to create the database during installation. You can also do this yourself using a tool like phpMyAdmin. Feel free to use an existing database. Pagekit prefixes its tables to avoid conflicts.
After entering your site's title, you need to create a user account for Pagekit. This user will have admin access and will be able to log in to Pagekit's control panel, once the installation is finished.
Site Title The site title.
Username Enter the admin username.
Password Enter the admin password.
Email Enter the admin email.
Once the installation was successful, you are redirected to the login screen. You can log in to Pagekit's admin panel with the account you've created. If you want to sign in to the admin area in the future, you can always reach the login screen by appending /admin to your site's URL.


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Guilderland Lettermen Foundation Announces 2021 Award Winners
The Guilderland Lettermen Foundation, now in its 24th year, is proud to present its class of 2021 Lettermen Award winners – seven recently graduated Guilderland High School seniors who have earned this prestigious recognition as outstanding multi-sport, community-minded student athletes.
"The pandemic has turned the senior season upside down for all high school student-athletes," said Lettermen Foundation President Mark Williams, a 1982 Guilderland High School graduate. "Despite that, the pool of applicants we saw this year was one of the strongest we've ever seen. Outstanding athletes, with excellent academic achievement and community service to match, our winners are exceptional representatives of their class, Guilderland Schools, and their families. We are pleased to honor them."
Award winners for 2021 include Molly DiCaprio (soccer, indoor and outdoor track and field), Grace McFerran (cross-country, basketball, indoor and outdoor track and field), Hannah Risko (lacrosse, field hockey), Sophia Sericolo (field hockey, lacrosse) and Ava Thomson (field hockey, indoor and outdoor track and field).
The 2021 Hal McCarthy Award winner, which goes to the person whose application receives the most points in evaluation by the Board of Directors, is Pratul Amineni (cross country, swimming, tennis, indoor track and field). The Hal McCarthy Award is named in memory of the long-time Guilderland teacher, coach and superintendent.
The 2021 Mark Burlingame Dutchmen Spirit award winner is Caroline Burns (cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field). The prestigious Burlingame award, presented in partnership with Troy Miller and Christopher McCabe of CM Fox Real Estate, is named for former Lettermen board member and Guilderland High School three-sport star athlete Mark Burlingame. The Award recognizes a student-athlete who's demonstrated the highest qualities of Dutchmen spirit and sportsmanship.
Each awardee receives a certificate of recognition and a financial award to assist them with their college education. In 24 years, the Lettermen Foundation has awarded more than $125,000 to deserving Guilderland student athletes.
Award winners were recognized during Guilderland's virtual athletic awards night, will be featured individually on the Lettermen Foundation's social media platforms and website (www.guilderlandclassic.com), and will be honored at the Lettermen Foundation's annual fundraiser, the Guilderland Classic golf outing, August 6, 2021 at Orchard Creek Golf Club.
For more information about the Guilderland Lettermen Foundation, please visit our website or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/guilderlandclassic and Twitter (@LettermenFDN).
Photo caption: (l-r) top row – Pratul Amineni, Caroline Burns, Sophia Sericolo, Grace McFerran. Bottom row – Molly DiCaprio, Hannah Risko, Ava Thomson. Photo credit to Mike Koff/Altamont Enterprise.
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THE CITY OF ROSWELL PLANS TO OPEN A NEW PLAYGROUND LATER THIS WEEK AT JOHN W HALL PARK NEXT TO THE ROSWELL ADULT AND RECREATION CENTER. THE PLAYGROUND FEATURES NEW EQUIPMENT, SWINGS, SLIDES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. THE SITE PREVIOUSLY HAD PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT ON IT,K BUT MUCH OF IT HAD TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE IT WAS IN DISREPAIR AND PRESENTED A SAFETY HAZZARD. A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY FOR THE NEW PLAYGROUND IS PLANNED FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 3-30. PARKS AND RECREATION STAFFERS WILL JOIN MAYOR DENNIS KINTIGH AND MEMBERS OF THE ROSWELL CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CEREOMONY.


Does anyone else think that the Le-Silva fight exceeded expectations and Silva got the last laugh?
I had Le heavily favored and Silva just demonstrated one of the things that makes fighting so interesting and that I guess we better not count him out after all!
I have an autistic brother-in-law that is very low functioning. He needs something to occupy his time?
He is very low functioning, lacks the ability to speak or express himself, and can be troublesome and difficult to control and take care of. He currently is into beading but has anyone found any other crafts or craft type activities that they have found that autistic individuals are drawn to that we might try with him? The more he is occupied the less fixated he is on other things that he sometimes gets frustrated if he can't have.
My lovely wife just bought me a Wii with the Sports package. Any suggestions as to what else we should get?
This comes with the sports game CD but also what other games and controllers should we consider and why?
re-evaluate their programs and raise their standards some in respect to promotions and time-in-grade?


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Recollections concert – Swansea
Thanasis Gavos Saturday, 20 October 2018; 7:00pm
Antonis Simintiras, classical music, Recollections, Swansea
The inescapable hurdles, distractions and responsibilities associated with life postponed this musically uneducated academic's dream of producing and releasing his music. Until now.
Professor Antonis Simintiras, a business school dean and avocational weekend composer for over 40 years, has released Recollections — an orchestral compilation album of his favourite melodies, reflecting important moments in his life as inspired by family, friends, colleagues, and students.
The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra will perform the inaugural recital of Recollections in addition to some bonus tracks at The Swansea University Great Hall on Saturday 20.10.18 from 19:00.
Please visit and subscribe to www.simintiras.com and/or facebook.com/simintirasmusic/ for more details. The CD and digital downloads are available from store.cdbaby.com/cd/antoniscsimintiras.


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module HAD.Y2014.M03.D10.Exercise where

import Data.Maybe
import Numeric

-- $setup
-- >>> import Test.QuickCheck
-- >>> import Control.Applicative

-- | maybeReadPositiveInt Try to parse a positive Int
-- Can be done point-free (and it's probably funnier this way).
--
-- Examples:
--
-- prop> (==) <$> Just <*> maybeReadPositiveInt . show $ getNonNegative x
--
-- prop> Nothing == (maybeReadPositiveInt . show . negate . getPositive $ x)
--
-- >>> maybeReadPositiveInt "foo"
-- Nothing
--
-- >>> maybeReadPositiveInt "12 "
-- Nothing
--
maybeReadPositiveInt :: String -> Maybe Int
maybeReadPositiveInt = (fmap fst) .listToMaybe . filter (null .snd ) . readDec


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Benguet (Tagalog pronunciation: [beŋˈɡet]; Ibaloi: Probinsya ne Benguet; Pangasinan: Luyag na Benguet; Ilocano: Probinsya ti Benguet; Filipino:Lalawigan ng Benguet), is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the southern tip of the Cordillera Administrative Region in the island of Luzon. Its capital is La Trinidad.
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BUGUIAS IN THE SPANISH PERIOD
The arrival of the Spaniards in Buguias, to most of the older people who were either already born during the period or had heard the stories from their relatives was connected with the construction of the Spanish trails. Its effects were in any case fleeting and superficial as the Spaniards gained entry in Buguias only in the last years of Spanish colonialism in the country.
As the older informants put it, a group of white and tall people came sometime in the 1800s to Amlimay from Kabayan, passing through the Agno River, guided by some Filipinos. These people at first did not stop in Amlimay except to let the night pass, but proceeded to Mankayan and Cervantes. They came on foot, some thirty to fifty of them, who brought along tents for them to sleep in. At first the people of Buguias were not afraid of these passersby, for their leaders Siklongan and Basilio even met with the white men. Later, more and more of the white men came, more frequently as time passed on, and began shooting animals they saw for food. Because of this the people of Buguias would move to other places everytime these white men were around. Much later, these white men started gathering the residents of Buguias for their cargadores, with no exception even to women, and then they were forced to work on the trails.
According to two informants, Luis Panal Olban and William Bawag, the Spaniards gathered the people together and appointed a leader among them by giving him a piece of red cloth, around 2" x 3", to be pinned on the G-string or tied around his hand, as a sign of authority to gather people for forced labor. This was done when the Spaniards were already able to map out the area. A recruiter who was not able to gather workers for the trails received no salary, and was punished if he was not able to perform his functions.
There was no formal set-up of government established in Buguias at the time that the trails were being constructed. Instead, quartels or rest houses made of cogon were put up in Manatong and Bano-oy for the closer supervision of the polistas.
The Spanish trails followed the Agno River from Kabayan to Buguias to Mankanyan, and passed through several places: Ambose, Dacot-to, Cadel-losan, Tangwa-wan, Kilong, Bangbangayen, Pengorged, Pislong, Ampatang (now Central Buguias), Amgalaguey, Nat-docan, Namanbaneng, Gateley, Pas-adan (now Sacyaban), Tomtomba, Bano-oy, Magmagaleng, Losong, Mabayabas, Abatan, Lepatan, Langbay (now Guinaong), and Mankayan to Cervantes;
From Bano-oy to Manhuyohoy to Ifugao the trail passed through Badayan, Obang-nga, Sebang, Nato-o, Manhuyohoy, Pacawan, and tehn Ahin;
From Natubleng to Manhuyohoy it passed through Nabalicong, Ad-ad-dan, Saclaran, Kayan, Ampatang, Insolong, Talimoy-moy, Tangawan, Agotal, Balili, Bot-oan, and then Manhuyohoy;
From Central Buguias to Tinek to Ifugao the trail passed through Bangbangay-yen, Gueweng, Kingpet, Macalbeng, Cot-cot-aso, Tabayo, Incolas then Tinek.
The changes that came into Buguias during the Spanish period had arrived in trickles at first as Buguias was only marginally under the control of the Spaniards, though the developments outside were to bring the municipality closer and closer into the mainstream of the urbanization process enveloping the Cordilleras especially by the nineteenth century. The first of these changes was the entry of the cow which had become an important trade item form as early as the 1700s. Ownership of cattle spelled, by the 1800s, the difference between the Kadangyan Mayengmeng and all other Kadangyans ever produced by the area during the period. With the construction of Spanish trails in the heartland of Buguias, the once self-contained and free communities of the Kalangoyas, Kankana-eys and Ibalois were drawn towards subjugation under the Spaniards.
By May, 1884 Buguias and Loo were counted with 1,295 and 952 residents respectively who should be paying tributes to the Commandancia-Politico-Militar de Benguet. By 1890 it was recommended that these two Rancherias be transferred to the Distrito de Lepanto "from where they could be watched more closely and easily" for indeed, the natives evaded the tribute and all other orders of the comandancia. In 1896, however, the Pueblo de Loo was established by the Spanish militia and the natives came more formally under the direct control of the Kastila. From among the natives a teniente del barrio was chosen who was given the responsibility of carrying out the orders of the bengyador who in turn received instruction from the Spanish comandante. These orders were those of administering the forced labor and, later, the diez dias, the collection of taxes, and any other favors as instructed to him by the higher officials. A land tax was collected after the land survey in 1896 upon the establishment of the township of Loo, although very few residents complied with the survey either because they distrusted the Spaniards or did not see the significance of the survey. As cattle-raising was already an important economic activity even before the arrival of the Spaniards in the area, the people were also levied an animal tax. Moreso, cattle-raising was encouraged to cater to the needs of other areas as when Siclongan's son Velasco, acting as leader of Buguias, was ordered to produce twenty-five heads of cattle to be brought to La Trinidad. Unable to do so, Velasco committed suicide by hanging himself to death for fear of the reprimand from the Spaniards. The cedula was another collection imposed on the natives.
There were other changes in Buguias society during this period. One was the modification of the native architecture, for the Spaniards taught the people a new way of house construction using stones.
As the German visitor Meyer observed in 1882:
The settlements of the Igorots are most villages (rancherias); there are few smaller hamlets (ranchos), and these are always in the vicinity of the rancheries and built by former inhabitants of the same. Individual houses standing by themselves are called barrios or camarines. The Rancherias vary considerably in size. There are some with 40 to 60 houses (La Trinidad, Daklan, Buguias, Banao, Kayan, Angaki) and others with 10 to 20 houses (Tagdian, Adaway, Loo, Suyoc, Lessep, Guinzadan). A rancheria never has more than 250 inhabitants, since their widely separated fields of rice, corn and camotes, which are very hard to build and work, explain the division of the inhabitants of a rancheria and their settlement into barrios or neighboring Rancherias. Wherever it is possible, the houses are built on the banks of a river or a creek.
I never saw a house without its own yard. The fence is generally made of bamboo and rattan where this material is available (Suyoc, and the Abra valley); in the higher regions it is made of pine wood (Takdian, Adaway, Ambuklao) or from stones (Kabayan, Lutab, Buguias, Bauko). In the neighborhood of Mount Data you find stone walls with pine or bamboo fences on top of them (Banao, Pandayan).
The increase in trade brought with it, too, many effects. For one thing, it was because of the lucrativeness of trade in cattle that cattle-raising and, therefore, Rancherias grew in Buguias, hastened all the more by the practice of the solbeg from which several families became kadangyans as those of Dacale down to the generations of his sons Siclongen and Basilio who reached the cañao of fifteen, the highest in the community then. Significantly, therefore, differences between the rich and the poor became more manifest in this period. The babaknang wore the more expensive blankets from the lowlands; one chicken was exchanged for one set of ready-made clothes of the bandala or kinolos which only the rich could buy. At the height of the cattle trade considered kadangyan of the period were those who owned thirty and more heads of cow and about thirty to fifty more pigs like Mayenmeng and Dangol Cubangay, the latter with as much as 200 heads of cow the more ownership of which afforded him to have a cañao of twenty-five. Aside from trade in cattle the Buguias natives were also active in metal mining and manufacture, particularly of copper products such as weapons, kettle, pots, small pipes and chains (simplex, in German Travelers, pp. 29-30 and Meyer, ibid. pp. 62-63). In agriculture, the Spaniards taught the natives how to plant new crops such as potatoes, Spanish cabbage, corn, and coffee. Spanish cabbage, which the natives called "bolong" is described as a plant which bears only leaves and flowers and grows up to three feet, unlike the typical cabbage. It is edible, though, cooked either by boiling or roasting. This plant was usually grown then in the natives' kaingin. Most of these plants introduced by the Spaniards were geared more for local consumption than for commerce.
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Welcome to the spectacular Province of Benguet, a place where wonders of nature and opportunities seemed endless!
Our Province prides itself with the thirteen (13) municipalities which are all bestowed with captivating sceneries and magnificent natural resources. Benguet is the home of the centuries-old mummies, a place of Rocky Mountains and pine trees, the water source of Asia's second largest dam, the strawberry capital of the Philippines, the terrain where the historic Mt. Pulag is found, the vegetable panorama of the North, a land of fascinating caves and mystical caves and mystical lakes, and a place where vegetables flourish and where cacti-flowers bloom.
Moreover, Benguet was recognized with prestigious awards from various institutions for its good governance and for its gigantic developments amidst cultural genocide and climate change. Some of awards are; "May Malaking Pag-angat sa Kaunlaran Pantao" (Big Leap to Human Development Award), and "May Mataas na Kaunlarang Pangtao (High Human Development Award) given on May 20, 2009 by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Government of New Zealand in coordination with Human Development Network recognizing Benguet as the No. 1 in the list of country's most improved provinces among the 77 provinces and several urbanized cities including Metro manila. Further, on July 29, 2013, Benguet bested the 79 provinces on the awards; "May Malaking Pag-angat sa Kaunlarang Pantao" (Big Leap to Human Development Award), and "May Mataas na Kaunlarang Pangtao (High Human Development Award) given by UNDP with Human Development Index Report which measure the gains of provinces in terms of per capita income, literacy and life expectancy.
Benguet was also awarded the Seal of Local Governance in 2015 and the Seal of good Housekeeping in 2011 and in 2012 by Department of Interior of Local Governance in recognition for its transparency and accountability in local governance.
Indeed, our province has so much to offer, thus, it is with great honor to welcome you in this site which will serve as your guiding map and compass in exploring the wonders of Benguet. It will also provide you the bird's eye-view of our province and it will give you more information about our culture, tourists' spots and products.
Further, this website will also serve as an avenue for updates on projects, activities, calamities, and other relevant topics in our province. Thus, we encourage you to leave your comments, suggestions, and any inquiries that you deem necessary to help us improve the quality of our services.
Thank you for visiting our website and we invite you to come and experience Benguet at its finest!
CRESCENCIO CARIÑO PACALSO
Provincial Governor
Adivay and welcome to the Salad Bowl of the Philippines website!
This office takes its part in promulgating the advocacy for transparency and is committed to maximizing your access to province's information and our ability to hear from you. We offer everyone the most dynamic, responsive, and engaging range of services to the community, business and tourist alike. This website is an important tool-a gateway to the province's services that provides exciting new opportunities for citizen interaction, information and participation. It's a foundation for the future that will take shape-with more new features and services-based on your comments and suggestions.
Our beloved province has grown and developed remarkably throughout major industries - agriculture, tourism, and mining. We welcome everyone to this website as we market Benguet to the world by showing the best of what we have, to name a few; our cool weather, high temperate vegetables, flowers, strawberries, mountains, different culture, mineral deposits, tourism sites and above all, our friendly loving people.
With our desire to promote and further the interests of our constituents, add your voices to ours. This legislative body will continue to seek for progressive improvement through responsive social and developmental legislations; and harmonized with the executive agenda in the realization of vision, mission, and goals of the Province.
I invite you all to come to Benguet and enjoy our hospitality and the beauty of our place. Please enjoy visiting our website so you can familiarize the treasures we have so you can come to see firsthand and experience a piece of heaven in Benguet. God bless you all-Welcome to Benguet!
FLORENCE B. TINGBAOEN
Provincial Vice Governor
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