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For a reserved session, a click on the Edit command displays the My reservations / Edit session screen.
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Michael Queen faces one count of murder in Thursday's slaying of Tommie Cunningham.
By Dana Branham and Tom Steele
6:35 PM on Dec 10, 2020 CST — Updated at 9:08 PM on Dec 11, 2020 CST
Updated at 9:05 p.m. Dec. 11: Revised to include information about an arrest.
A man is in custody after a fatal shooting Thursday afternoon in the Red Bird area of Dallas.
Dallas police were called about 1:10 p.m. to an apartment complex in the 3800 block of Gannon Lane, near U.S. Highway 67 and the LBJ Freeway, about the shooting. Officers found 35-year-old Tommie Cunningham in the parking lot, dead from multiple gunshot wounds.
Witnesses told police that Cunningham had been in a fight with Michael Queen, 28, according to an arrest-warrant affidavit.
Police wrote in the affidavit that the incident was captured on video and that after the fight, Queen could be seen following Cunningham to his vehicle and shooting him. After Cunningham fell to the ground, Queen stood over him and shot him several more times, police said.
Queen was arrested a short time later at a nearby apartment. He faces one count of murder.
He remained in custody at the Dallas County jail Friday, with bail set at $500,000. It was unclear whether he had an attorney.
Dana Branham, Breaking news reporter. Dana is a reporter at The Dallas Morning News covering crime and breaking news. She graduated in 2017 from the University of Oklahoma, where she studied journalism. Before coming to The News in 2018, Dana interned at the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Tulsa World.
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Tom Steele, Breaking News Producer. Tom has covered breaking news for The Dallas Morning News since 2016. He has worked in a number of other capacities for The News since 2007, and he was previously a copy editor at The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Fla. He has degrees in journalism and economics from Lehigh University.
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The similarities between bobcat seats and KAB seating is that they operate in the same technology. These two transport seats are examples of air suspension seats. Today, this particular type of seat is considered as one of the most technologically-advanced seating technology in the market.
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As the name implies, an air suspension seat comes with several suspension wires that adjust and absorbs the vibration from the truck. Since the mechanism of this particular seat absorbs vibration, this leaves the driver comfortable all the time. And since this type of seat makes the driver feel comfortable, they don't need to invest in other accessories such as a truck seat cushion. In fact, a truck seat cushion is no longer necessary with this particular seat because they usually come with padded back rests. Moreover, this also helps the driver perform properly at work without easily feeling stressed out. Using this particular type of transport seating also reduces the risk of the driver getting lower back injuries and suffering from other occupational hazards.
On the other hand, different brands of this type of seats also come with their own patented technology. For instance, the bobcat seats and KAB seating have unique designs that serve to protect the lower back and neck region of the driver. Moreover, most of these seats also come with padded arm rests so that the drivers do not put a strain on their bodies especially when driving for long periods of hours.
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THIS IS US Review
by Jerome Wetzel
Are you missing Parenthood? NBC must understand because, while the Bravermans are not slated to return any time soon, a new drama looking to fill that place in your heart is on its way. Called THIS IS US, it's far from a clone of that wonderful, much-missed series, but it does tug at many of the same emotional heart strings as a number of stories play out.
At the onset, we are introduced to four individuals who share a birthday, all turning thirty-six. There's: Kevin (Justin Hartley, Smallville, The Young and the Restless), an actor frustrated with a sitcom that has made him a star, but that he considers beneath him; Kate (Chrissy Metz, American Horror Story: Freak Show), an extremely overweight woman who is desperately trying to lose the pounds; Randall (Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story), an adopted man seeking the druggie father who abandoned him (Ron Cephas Jones, Mr. Robot); and an expectant father, Jack (Milo Ventimiglia, Heroes, Gilmore Girls), whose wife, Rebecca (Mandy Moore, Tangled), is going into labor with triplets.
The above plot threads may seem carefully calculated to tug at the heart strings, and they probably are. After all, drama writers have to know how to write drama that will land with viewers. Yet, it doesn't feel forced, the performances of all lending themselves to a very authentic-seeming story with a bunch of people you will quickly come to care about. Like the best of the primetime stuff, it can be a bit more than the normal person goes through, but it avoids the soapy ridiculousness of the more comedy-leaning programs.
There are supporting characters, too, as there must be to keep the stories going. In the core cast is Randall's wife, Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson, Louie), and a love interest for Kate, fellow fat support group member Toby (Chris Sullivan, The Knick). The latter gets more development initially, and he has some rough edges, but I think both will be fine players in future installments, which will surely use them as more than just small, side parts.
Clearly present are strong themes of family and acceptance, the two main viewpoints expressed, and ones worth hanging a show on. There are bonds here that we will (hopefully) almost all relate to, and characters that are immediately sympathetic. It's good stuff.
The closest THIS IS US comes to breaking new ground is probably in Kate's story. We're not used to seeing people quite so heavy on television, and especially not in a leading role like this. Yes, Mike and Molly existed, but it was by and large (no pun intended) a comedy that played with stereotypes, and its subversion of the norm was less blatant. THIS IS US goes head-on tackling the issues, motivations, and sorrows for someone who is struggling with body size, and it may do for the overweight what series like Will & Grace and Modern Family did for gays. Specifically, teach viewers to have more compassion for their fellow human beings, promoting understanding of the problems real people struggle with. I dig it.
Given the type of series this is and the way the first hour unfolds, if you've watched much of this type of television at all, you'll begin to wonder where the connections between the characters are. Aside from the show Touch, one expects everyone to connect pretty solidly in an ensemble cast like this. And while I refuse to spoil anything, I will say that I called the ending "twist" by midway through the episode. However, I wasn't completely sure I was right until it actually played out because it's a bit of a tricky one, and it does something I didn't expect a show like this to do. Kudos for some interesting writing.
THIS IS US premieres Tuesday, September 20th at 10/9c on NBC.
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CHIEF TELEVISION CRITIC | Creator of and writer for It's All Been Done Radio Hour live show and podcast. A voracious reader wanting to tell stories of his own, Jerome began writing around the age of 8 and hasn't stopped, both original works and television reviews. Lives in central Ohio. Favorite current shows include The Walking Dead, Jessica Jones, Flaked, Outlander, and Archer.
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Apparently somebody thinks video game journalists need a style guide to keep things consistent from one publication to the next. David Thomas, Kyle Orland and Scott Steinberg have teamed up to give the gaming media its own manual of style, including, it appears, deciding that, per the title, video game is one word, and not two.
The blurb teaser that asks "What defines a good game review?" should be fun. I've spent a lot of the day reading some really bad reviews from high traffic sites, but I'm betting the authors have better advice than "learn to write" or "hire better editors".
The style guide arrives in June.
They'll almost certainly be at GDC; it might be fun to ask them about it personally.


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Rain of Steel: Mitscher's Task Force 58, Ugaki's Thunder Gods, and the Kamikaze War Off Okinawa. 2020. Author: Stephen L. Moore. Naval Institute Press. 426 pages. ISBN: 978-1-68-247526-3
By early 1945 the war in the Pacific was going poorly for the Japanese. Poorly may be an understatement. The Japanese realized they had lost the strategic initiative to the Americans. MacArthur had returned to the Philippines in 1944. The disastrous battle of Leyte Gulf had shown the need for a shift in tactics and gave rise to a new form of aerial warfare – the kamikaze. While the US Marines had raised the flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, the tactics of the kamikaze attack evolved, resulting in the loss of the escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea. Iwo Jima was a victory, but the war was not over. The United States military prepared for the next step towards Japan – the island of Okinawa.
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The campaign to capture Okinawa would be a true combined arms affair, involving the US Marine Corps and US Army fighting for the island itself, supported by the ships and planes of the US Navy. Opposing them was a Japanese defender conditioned to believe that death was "Lighter than a feather" compared against their duty to protect the Empire. While the Imperial Japanese Army dug in deep for a battle they did not expect to survive, the Japanese naval and aerial forces prepared for a desperate campaign that would ask the same sacrifice from their sailors and pilots.
Stephen L. Moore explores the Okinawa campaign in his recent book Rain of Steel: Mitscher's Task Force 58, Ugaki's Thunder Gods, and the Kamikaze War Off Okinawa. In the book, Moore tackles a complex operation and walks the readers through the strategic planning on both sides, the opening operations of each combatant and then brutal battles of the campaign.
Moore uses different lens to present the conflict at different scales. At a strategic level, the book examines the campaign from the perspective of US Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher and his counterpart – Japanese Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki. Each man commanded large groups of combat aircraft. Mitscher was the commander of the US Navy's carrier strike force, Task Force 58. Admiral Ugaki, was the recently appointed commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Fifth Air Fleet based in southern Japan.
Rain of Steel captures the grand sweep of the campaign waged by these two leaders. The campaign commenced with Task Force 58's initial screening operations against Ugaki's airfields in Japan and the Japanese resulting counterattacks. Moore's narrative leads the reader through the initial landing on Okinawa and the ensuring land campaign that would last almost three months. During those three months the US Navy enduring repeated air attacks by wave after wave of kamikaze attacks. The targets of these attacks ranged from aircraft carriers and cruisers to the numerous individual destroyers assigned to detached duty as radar pickets around Okinawa.
Shifting focus to an operational level, Moore switches to a narrative based on the activities of the pilots and sailors that fought in these battles. It's at this level that the book shines by illuminating the experiences of the individual sailors, soldiers, marines and airmen.
While the focus is on combat, the narrative provides insights into the participants perception of events as well as what daily life was like. Much of this was possible due to the extensive interviews Moore held with survivors of the battles, mostly US Navy pilots. Those interviews provided the grist of the details Moore harvests to provide the descriptions of air and land combat as well as harrowing accounts of surviving the impact of a kamikaze attack aboard ship.
Substantial effort has been placed into the depiction of air combat. At times, the reader may feel a bit overwhelmed with the repeated descriptions of air combat as the individual actions begin to blur together. That sense of repetition works at conveying the sense of the extended scope and the intensity of the combat experienced by the participants.
Rain of Steel is well illustrated with images as well as maps. The maps provide a good sense of the space in which the campaign occurred and are key in putting events into a geographical context. The maps are key in conveying the nature of the US Navy's carrier raids on the Japanese home islands, the Japanese aerial counter attacks against Task Force 58 and the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, as well as the last sortie of the Japanese battleship Yamato.
Rain of Steel shines a spotlight on the sortie of the battleship Yamato. The chapter devoted to the Yamato provides excellent details into the entire battle and encompasses the entire cycle of locating the target, dispatching a strike force and the actual resolution of the airstrikes. While it can be easy to abstract the airstrikes into the number of planes, bombs and torpedoes, Moore's narrative reminds us that the battle was fought by the crews of each individual plane and ship. The battle against the Yamato exemplifies just how dominate US maritime power in general, but naval aviation in particular had become. Even when 25% of the US airstrike failed to locate the Yamato, the remaining strike force still had the ability to sink more than half the enemy ships, including the Yamato.
Moore does a good job balancing the narrative in showing the operational duel between Mitscher and Ugaki while seasoning the narrative with the detail of the tactical fights by the aircrew, sailors and soldiers. Moore conveys the sense of the conflict that is both an intensely personal experience as well as a cooperative effort. You get a sense of each senior leader attempting to master Col. John Boyd's concept of the "OODA Loop" as they observe enemy dispositions, formulate their own plans and launch attacks designed to disrupt their opponent's own operational tempo. In this context, Moore does a solid job conveying how Admiral Mitscher and the US Navy succeeded at a strategic level across the campaign.
At the same time, the narrative demonstrates what happens when your OODA loop is not turning inside the enemy's own decision cycle. Moore demonstrates how Admiral Ugaki was able to effectively use his conventional aviation elements in conjunction with the kamikaze to disrupt American plans by damaging multiple carriers – even forcing Admiral Mitscher to transfer his flag twice during the campaign.
Rain of Steel shows how the employment of kamikazes during the Okinawa campaign as a primary method of attack was an effective tool. While no carriers were actually sunk, attacks on several ships caused damage severe enough to count as 'mission kills'. The smaller ships took proportionally heavier losses with destroyers on picket duty such as the USS Barry and USS Cassin Young garnering the most attention from Japanese pilots. At the same time, the story captures the heroism shown by the crews of ships such as the USS Franklin, the USS Laffey and the USS Cassin Young in the face of these intense attacks.
Moore conveys that the kamikaze was not a forlorn hope per se, but rather when viewed from a Japanese point of view, the logical outcome of the unfavorable correlation of forces coupled to Japan's tradition of a Bushido warrior mindset. Japanese soldiers and pilots were imbued with a sense of sacrifice summed up in the phrase "Duty is heavier than a mountain, while death is lighter than a feather". From a modern perspective, we may not be able to easily 'grok' this mindset, but Moore provides the insights that convey how this perspective prepared Japanese warriors to accept their fate.
Contrasting with the warrior code that made the kamikaze possible, Moore spends some effort illustrating the fate of aviators with the misfortune to be shot down and captured by the Japanese. The mistreatment they suffered was a powerful incentive not to be captured. Pilots of damaged planes struggled to stay with their planes as long as possible to put distance between them and Japanese controlled territory.
While the narrative is focused on the actions of the participants, it also does an excellent job of conveying technical facts and information. These range from adjusting the depth setting on an aerial torpedo to the fusion of man and machine in the "Okha" – a rocket powered, manned suicide bomb. Moore also demonstrates how radar had become an integral tool used by both sides. Radar was critical for ship and shore-based air raid detection, but also played a critical role when mounted upon aircraft for guiding and directing surface search strike missions and air search interceptions.
Woven into the narrative are the efforts the US Navy put into air search and rescue. The float planes carried by cruisers and battleships were crucial in recovering downed pilots. As their primary roles of maritime reconnaissance and gunnery observation were displaced by carrier planes, the float plane pilots stepped up and assumed the hazardous role of plucking downed aviators from the sea, often under enemy fire.
When no plane was nearby, the US Navy could vector in a 'lifeguard' submarine when operating off hostile shores. Together, these actions conveyed to American pilots the efforts that would be made to recover them. That knowledge provided an tangible boost to the morale and confidence of United States aviators every time they crossed the bow of their ship and took to the skies.
The book is weighted towards the experience of US sailors and aircrew. This is not surprising given the terminal nature of the kamikaze. Even so, Moore compensates and does a solid job leveraging archival material covering the Japanese including letters and interviews with surviving relatives to paint a multi-dimensional image of the Japanese participants. Early on, this can be a bit gruesome as the fate of captured American pilots is shown 'warts and all'. It's an effective tool in conveying the philosophical gulf between how the Japanese and Americans approached fighting a war. It also conveys the sense of frustration the Japanese experienced against the inexorable might of the United States as the Americans drew closer to the Japanese home islands. The descriptions illuminate how the war in the Pacific became so dehumanizing, without descending into the caricature of propaganda.
The writings of Sun Tzu remind us of the importance of knowing your enemy and yourself as fundamental to battlefield success. It's an important reminder that an opponent may not just have different strategic goals than you, but have an almost alien way of perceiving how to pursue those goals from your own mind set. The willingness of the kamikaze pilot to sacrifice their own lives was a decision that the US Navy initially found difficult to grasp. That difficulty resulted in the substantial loss of life.
While the narrative is focused on the naval aspects of the campaign, Moore does not lose sight that the objective of the campaign was the capture of the island of Okinawa. The progress of the land battle is tracked through the perspective of a handful of Marine and Army participants on the island of Okinawa.
With a focus on Task Force 58, the narrative understandably glosses over some of the peripheral activities within the larger Okinawa campaign. The invasion and subsequent battle for the nearby island of Ie Shima is barely mentioned, though the combat there was as fierce as any other aspect of the Okinawa campaign. Ie Shima was the island where the famed journalist Ernie Pyle lost his life.
Rain of Steel is a solid book. The reader gains an appreciation of the importance of the Okinawa campaign on multiple levels. The extensive interviews make this a useful work in understanding the experiences of the individual participants. At the same time, Moore has crafted an accessible narrative. That narrative takes the individual battles and actions from 1945 that can seem to be distinct, sperate events and weaves them into a fabric that places the battle of Okinawa within a strategic framework.
Rain of Steel is an indispensable reference for understanding the Okinawa campaign. Moore's book leaves the reader with a good understanding of how the scope of the campaign extended well beyond the waters surrounded Okinawa. Reading the book, the reader gains an understanding of how both the tenacious Japanese defense as well as the cost in lives and material, shaped US planning for the invasion of the Japanese home islands. And it was the understanding of the price of the Okinawa campaign and the grim perceptions of what the cost of an invasion of the home islands that influenced the decision to employ the atomic bombs against Japan. If you want to understand the last year of the war in the Pacific, Rain of Steel is an excellent book with which to start your exploration.
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There are 3 techniques that are used to compost on a large-scale. These are called "In-Vessel Composting", "Windrow Composting" and "Aerated Static Pile Composting". Different composting machines are used in different techniques.
This composting equipment is also called in-vessel rotating drum, mainly used for food and organic waste composting. In-vessel composter is only used in in-vessel composting. The composter looks like rotary drum granulator (a kind of granulating machine used in compound fertilizer plant) from outside. But they do differ from each other.
The biggest advantage of in-vessel composter is its smaller occupation when compared with windrow compost turner.
As we can see, those composters are housed under a single roof. The land requirement for in-vessel composting system is pretty small compared to other methods of composting which would require a large acreage to compost the same amount of waste. Organics, such as food waste, horse manure, bedding materials, are treated within this rigid enclosed composter. Temperature, moisture and aeration are closely controlled to minimize leachate and odor production.
Though small occupation, in-vessel composting machine is with substantial production. Taking a 10' x 60' In Vessel Composter for example, it will compost manure for bedding from the 1700 cow herd. It has the ability to process compost all year long greatly reducing the amount of organic waste that ends up in landfills.
★ Accelerated compost times. Large scale in-vessel composters convert huge volumes of solid organic waste into compost in as little as 3 to 7 days.
★ Limit odor with enclosed aerobic composting. The decomposition process occurs in the vessel and takes place very quickly.
★ Naturally generated heat – no heater or heating element. The process is natural and typically requires no added heat.
★ Less manpower is required because the rotating vessel does all the work—one man can operate the entire process.
Windrow compost turner, also called windrow turner, or compost windrow turner, is used to mechanically and periodically turn the organic materials which are spread into long, semi-circle shaped piles to maintain even decomposition. It optimizes aeration and accelerates the composting process. During the working of compost turner, different compost materials are thorough mixed. It is suited for Windrow Composting!
Every year, consumers in industrialized countries waste almost as much food as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa (222 million vs. 230 million tons). It is estimated that Over 15 million tonnes of food waste is produced in the UK each year. The best place for inedible food waste is recycling, via in vessel composting or windrow composting!
Windrow turner is suited for large volumes such as that generated by entire communities and collected by local governments, and high volume food-processing businesses (e.g., restaurants, cafeterias, packing plants).
In 2012 the Laurens County Landfill in Georgia began composting food waste. They have composted at least 650 tons of food waste from local schools and a state prison. After an initial 45 days of the composting process where temperature, CO2, and other parameters are tested, the compost is moved to a storage area where it is allowed to cure.
Windrow Turning Machine is widely used in kinds of poultry & livestock manure composting sites. In our previous researches, we have posted 2 articles on its functions in Chicken Manure Composting and Pig Manure Windrow Composting! Besides that, windrow turners can also be used in horse manure/cow dung/bedding materials/sheep manure composing etc. The manure was piled into windrows and turned periodically by using a tow behind windrow turner.
Notice: Manure needs to be managed properly to be composted properly. Carbon/nitrogen ratios should be about 30-to-1, moisture content should be around 50 percent and air needs to be incorporated routinely by turning. This ensures that the pile will heat and convert to compost effectively.
Biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) contains a wide variety of materials which vary substantially in particle size, moisture, chemical and nutrient content. BMW includes food, green waste, paper and cardboard.
In most high quality compost facilities, water is assumed to be added to the wastes prior to composting to achieve an initial moisture content of approximately 50 percent (wet weight). Wastes are composted in windrows, and compost material is turned using a full hydraulic windrow turner. Turning frequency is three times weekly!
BMW compost is widely used in gardening, horticulture, landscaping and land restoration. Besides that, it also can be used as a soil conditioner in agriculture.


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Stability of arsenic during soil treatment and storage
Cristian Vargas, Waldo Quiroz, Manuel Bravo, Alexander Neaman
There are many studies in the area of identifying and measuring arsenic (As) and its species in soil samples. However, stability of total As, As(V) and As(III) during sample drying and storage has received little attention. The present study evaluates the stability of total As, As(V) and As(III) in four soils with differing agricultural uses and physicochemical properties. Moisture elimination conditions were evaluated, i.e. lyophilization for 1 day vs. drying at 50°C for 3 days, along with different storage conditions, i.e. room temperature for 2 days vs. -20°C for 2 days. The results show that the recovered levels of native As(V) and As(III) are highest using lyophilization and storage at -20°C. Under these optimal conditions, total As content and the levels of As(V) and As(III) remain stable up to 10 days of storage with an error of ±20%.
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Vargas, C., Quiroz, W., Bravo, M., & Neaman, A. (2015). Stability of arsenic during soil treatment and storage. Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society, 60(3), 3045-3048. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0717-97072015000300015
Vargas, Cristian ; Quiroz, Waldo ; Bravo, Manuel et al. / Stability of arsenic during soil treatment and storage. In: Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society. 2015 ; Vol. 60, No. 3. pp. 3045-3048.
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Jonathan's Landing has it all: waterfront views, multiple golf courses, and beautiful homes, each with enough inside and outside space to raise a family.
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Hägerstens hembygdsförening är en hembygdsförening i Harbo socken, Heby kommun.

Föreningen bildades 1934 och 1935 inköptes en tomt i Diken i centrala delarna av socknen, och 1935 erhöll föreningen av Harbo landskommun en gammal laggarstuga vid Järpenstorp som flyttades till tomten. 1936 fick föreningen en 1700-talsbod från Holm, och 1938 köpte man en parstuga från 1700-talet med tillbyggd källarstuga belägen i av Uppsala universitet i Risänge och samtidigt en bod med portlider och loftgång från samma gård, och under sommaren 1939 uppfördes husen med avsikt att återskapa planen av en bondgård från 1700- och 1800-talen. En gärdsgård sattes upp 1978 för att komplettera gårdsplanen.

Vid hembygdsgården finns även en inte obetydlig föremålssamling, del i brygghuset i portliderlängan, dels en stor samling laggningsredskap i laggarstugan från Järpenstorp. Här finns även det äldsta kända bevarade laggkärlet från Harbo, daterat 1668. Risängestugan fungerar som samlingslokal, här har återskapats en målad tapet utifrån fragment påträffade i Marbäck.

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Social Security Payment Hits First Baby Boomer's Bank Account
VERO BEACH, Fla. – The nation's first baby boomer received her first Social Security retirement benefit Tuesday, marking another milestone for the post-World War II generation.
Kathleen Casey-Kirschling, 62, was born one second after midnight on Jan. 1, 1946. The retired teacher who lives in Earleville, Md., and Vero Beach applied for her benefits online, and received her payment by direct deposit.
Federal officials at a Vero Beach event to debut a public service announcement lauded Casey-Kirschling's decision to receive her benefits by direct deposit. A video featuring Casey-Kirschling was scheduled to appear on the Social Security Web site later Tuesday.
"Kathy is a trendsetter for her generation," said Jim Courtney, Social Security's deputy commissioner for communications.
Over the next two decades, nearly 80 million baby boomers — about 10,000 per day — will become eligible for Social Security.
If no changes are made, the Social Security trust fund is projected to deplete its reserves in 2041 and will begin paying out more in benefits that it collects in payroll taxes in 2017.


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Q: Integrity Error - Flask & SQLAlchemy This is my first time playing around with SQLAlchemy and I'm trying to just insert an item into a table and have flask print out that item. However, I keep on getting an integrity error like this when I don't catch the exception:
sqlalchemy.exc.IntegrityError: (IntegrityError) column email is not unique u'INSERT INTO user (username, email) VALUES (?, ?)' ('test', 'test@gmail.com')

I have the following code:
from flask import Flask
from flask.ext.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError

app = Flask(__name__)
app.config["SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI"] = "sqlite:///test.db"

db = SQLAlchemy(app)

class User(db.Model):
    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    username = db.Column(db.String(80), unique=True)
    email = db.Column(db.String(120), unique=True)

    def __init__(self, username, email):
        self.username = username
        self.email = email

    def __repr__(self):
        return "<User %r>" % self.username

@app.route("/")
def index():
    return User.query.all() # I don't think this will work

if __name__ == "__main__":
    db.create_all()
    try:
        x = User("test", "test@gmail.com")
        db.session.add(x)
        db.session.commit()
        print "worked"
    except IntegrityError:
        print "Not Working"

    app.run(debug=True)

Would anyone mind giving a hand? I've done some research on IntegrityError but most of the documentation is on handling the error and not preventing it.

A: Okay, the reason for this is a bit tricky :)
The error message does indeed mean that this email address is already in the DB. But why the heck is this? Because the debug flag tells the built-in server to also use the reloader. And this reloader basically makes the app run twice on the first start. You can see that in the output:
$ python2 server.py
worked
 * Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/
 * Restarting with reloader
Not Working

There are multiple ways to get around that. Quick'n'dirty would be to just disable the reloader:
app.run(debug=True, use_reloader=False)

A better way would be to not populate the test DB that way. Instead you could create a separate custom command using Flask's CLI.

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The holidays have passed and we're already into Spring, but that's not the case in the studio business! The Upper Room Studios are already booked with artists and bands, several of whom are recording their Christmas CDs!
If you're thinking about putting out a holiday CD, NOW is the time to start planning and getting it done. This is not something to think about next Fall. You want this in the bag and ready to hit the market by October at the latest!
As always, make a comprehensive list of songs you plan to record. Research the music you plan to record — there are many songs that are public domain, but most will require permissions and/or mechanical licenses for physical copies and downloads.
Practice, practice, practice, and when you think you've practiced enough, practice some more. The studio is no place to rehearse.
And it's always wise to arrive early for set up. Have more songs prepared than you'll need, as you always want to have an alternative or extra track if needed.
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Magnificent, majestic, regal: all apt descriptions of the snowy owl, a bird that motivates many people to brave the cold and wind for a glimpse of its otherworldliness. Here in southeastern Massachusetts, we see a few snowies every winter because this is part of their usual winter range.
However, this year has seen a virtual explosion of snowy owls and not only in Massachusetts. Thrilled birders have reported snowies in the US through all of New England, the mid-Atlantic and as far south as Tennessee, and across the Midwest and the Great Plains…even in Washington.
Snowy owl sightings across the US from Nov. 1 to Dec. 14, 2013.
What moves these majestic birds to visit us? There are several hypotheses: one likely one is that this summer was a year of prodigious food north of the Arctic Circle. Breeding pairs were able to raise as many as 12 young stuffing them full of lemmings and other rodents. Once the voracious brood fledged the heavily marked young dispersed to find their own food just as the lemming supply decreased. Thus, they had to fly down from their fabled, northern realm, searching for similar treeless landscapes and finding them at airports, in fields and on beaches.
A snowy owl nest lined with lemmings before the eggs have hatched. Photo by J. F. Therrien.
Devoid of lemmings, the new habitats nonetheless provide sustenance to the quickest and hungriest learners, in the form of other types of rodents, rabbits, waterfowl, shorebirds and even fish. If a snowy owl finds enough food, it will stay in one place all winter long.
If you have a point and shoot camera and are on foot, your snowy owl photo might look like this. Good job! It means you have not disturbed the bird. Photo by Dorie Stolley.
Please welcome these Arctic visitors from a respectful distance. They will spend much of the day resting in a spot that provides a good vantage point – on a slight rise, a fencepost, or a house. Without disturbance, an owl will spend hours nearly motionless, occasionally swiveling its head and gazing toward you with its distinctive yellow eyes.
Wildlife photographer Edmund Prescottano spent three hours on Duxbury beach with five owls within view to get this lucky shot.
A snowy owl illuminated by the setting sun. Photo by Tom Johnson.


International Scoliosis Awareness Day (ISAD) falls on the last Saturday of each June. It's a very special day for all of your calendars – so save the date, 30th June 2018. This day unites people across the world to create positive public awareness of scoliosis. To promote education and bring together those affected by the condition.
Scoliosis is a condition that describes a sideways curvature of the spine that gives an "S" or "C" appearance of the spine rather than a straight "I". This condition can result in the bones of the spine to turn (rotate) causing one shoulder, scapula (shoulder blade), or hip to appear higher than the other. The incidence of small spinal curves is very similar in boys and girls, but girls tend to have a progressively larger scoliotic curve that will need treatment.
In most cases, the actual cause isn't known (idiopathic). However, there is a genetic component to its cause as it can occur in a number of people within a family.
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is the most common type and occurs after the age of 10 years.
Infantile scoliosis occurs in children less than 3 years old and could derive from abnormally shaped vertebrae at birth (congenital), various syndromes or neurologic disorders.
Juvenile scoliosis is not common and occurs in children between the ages of 3 and 10 years.
Scoliosis can cause mild discomfort and pain but does not usually cause any neurological dysfunction, or respiratory problems. The concern over the appearance of the back often is another concern of the patient and parents. The incidence of back pain among patients with scoliosis is greater than that of the general population.
The kind of treatment required is dependent upon the type and degree of the curve, the child's age, along with the number of growth years remaining before the child reaches skeletal maturity.
Chiropractic is effective in treating back pain associated with the abnormal lateral spine curving with an emphasis on posture and breathing.
Utilising different physical therapy methods. These include muscle stimulation techniques. It can help counterbalance the effects of scoliosis, and improve the shape and appearance of your body.
Most yoga systems are designed to improve muscles through stretching, holding positions, and breathing exercises.
Pilates are vigorous exercises that concentrate on strengthening abdominal and back muscles.
Observation is important when the curve is mild (less than 20°) or when the child is near skeletal maturity. However, the chiropractor will need to reassess the curve consistently to determine that it is not progressively getting worse. You may well be asked to return every 3 to 6 months for re-examination. When the curve is greater than 45° and the child is still growing, the chiropractor may recommend surgery. If the patient has reached skeletal maturity, surgery may still be appropriate curves that exceed 50° to 55°.