Christmas tree stands are a popular method of holding Christmas trees. This popular Cinco Christmas tree stand is one of the best on the market with an excellent tree stability history. We prefer our customers' used Christmas tree stands since they provide a much better environment than some other methods in use.
Setting up your Christmas tree in a stand is fairly straight forward. Before bringing your tree inside, it helps if you cut a little off the base of the tree. This is similar to cutting a small portion from the base of flower stems. It gives the tree a fresh new surface that will 'drink' in the water as it is is required.
Once your tree is ready, place it in the Christmas tree stand and tighten the holding screws. Tighten these a little at a time to ensure the tree is firmly held in the center of the stand. Once the tree is firmly secure, fill the base with water and keep it topped up all the time.
Using a Christmas tree stand allows your tree to drink freely as it needs the water. This will help to keep the tree fresh and reduce the amount of needle drop. Your Christmas tree will then last all the way through to Christmas Day looking and smelling as fresh as the day it arrived.
Our Christmas trees are real Christmas trees that have been cut fresh from the plantation ready for delivery to your home. They are no different to a bunch of flowers that you have cut in the garden or bought home with you.
Cut flowers need a vase to hold them and plenty of fresh water to keep them hydrated. The stand pictured is about 35cms (14ins) in height and can support a tree up to 225cms (7 ft5ins) in height.
Christmas trees would undoubtedly look good in a vase – if you could get one big enough to hold it, that is. What is more practical is a purpose built Christmas tree stand. These stands work in a similar fashion to a vase; they hold the tree in place and water it at the same time.
If you take a closer look at the picture you will see that the cup that holds the trunk is quite large and quite deep. After securing the tree, fill this cup with water. Each day,ch add a little more as the water level falls.
Decorative cast iron Christmas tree stands add to the overall look and appeal of the tree. They are certainly better looking than the bucket of sand that some people use. Look after your Christmas tree with a stand that has been crafted to exactly that .
When the time comes to buy your Christmas trees you may be a little bewildered by the range of sizes available. Of course, a Christmas tree also needs something to hold it up and while a large pot of sand might work, it isn't exactly good for the tree. What is required is a Christmas tree stand.
Now you are faced with two decisions, which Christmas tree to buy and which stand do you need to go with it. We have taken care of the problem for you. We have a range of Christmas tree/Christmas tree stand packages which not only save you time in making a decision, they save you money as well – how does 10% sound?
Tell us what size tree you require, or ask which size tree will best suit your situation, and we will find the best package to fill your requirements. Of course, you could always have a look at our Christmas package deals yourself before making a decision.
Your Christmas tree will last a lot longer and drop fewer needles if you place it into a proper stand. Christmas tree stands not only support your tree, if you keep the stand topped up with water it will keep your tree hydrated. It is the dehydration process that leads to early needle drop. Buy a Christmas package and you have everything you need – except perhaps the water.
Scottish Christmas Trees makes ordering all of your Christmas tree and decorations online easy. We also help you decide which of the decorations, Christmas Wreaths, Christmas tree stands, Christmas lights, and Christmas Trees are right for your needs.
In our Christmas Tree stand section, you will find several choices.
Cinco Christmas Tree Stand – For Christmas trees up to approximately 210cms (7ft).
Cinco 10 Christmas Tree Stand – For Christmas Trees up to 300cms (10ft).
Cast Iron Christmas Tree Stand – Hand painted – For trees up to approximately 210cms (7 feet).
The Jane Heyes Decorative Cast Iron Christmas Tree Stand – Hand Painted – For trees up to 210cms (7 feet).
The Octogonal L Decorative Cast Iron Christmas Tree Stand – Hand Painted – For trees up to approximately 210cms (7 feet).
The Octogonal Gold Decorative Christmas Tree Stand – Hand Painted – For trees up to 210cms (7 feet).


The Philippines' leading airline, Cebu Pacific Air (PSE:CEB) now flies thrice weekly, non-stop flights between Manila and Riyadh.
The maiden flight for Cebu Pacific's Manila-Riyadh service departed at 5:05pm today. Cebu Pacific is the only low-cost carrier flying between the Philippines and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
CEB's flights from Manila to Riyadh depart at 5:05pm (Manila time) and arrive in Riyadh at 11:35pm (Riyadh time) every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.
Flights from Riyadh to Manila depart at 12:45am (Riyadh time) and arrive in Manila at 3:40pm (Manila time) every Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
CEB's Manila to Riyadh service utilizes CEB's brand-new Airbus A330-300 aircraft with a configuration of 436 all-economy class seats.
It offers fast and convenient same-terminal connecting flights for guests taking advantage of CEB's extensive Philippine network.
Meanwhile, CEB will fly non-stop to and from Dammam thrice weekly, starting October 4.
Aside from Dubai, Riyadh, and Kuwait, CEB's long-haul division also operates direct flights between Manila and Sydney.
For bookings and inquiries, guests can go to www.cebupacificair.com or call reservation hotlines (02)7020-888 or (032)230-8888.
The latest seat sales can also be found on CEB's official Twitter (@cebupacificair) and Facebook pages.
CEB's 51-strong fleet is comprised of 10 Airbus A319, 28 Airbus A320, 5 Airbus A330 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. It is one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world.
Between 2014 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take delivery of 11 more brand-new Airbus A320, 30 Airbus A321neo, and 1 Airbus A330 aircraft.


The purpose of Family Weekend is it's the University's official invitation to all family members of students to come to Pitt, enjoy some great family-friendly activities and shows, help us root on our football team, and get to see the campus on a beautiful fall weekend.
Pitt Family Weekend 2019 will be September 27-28, 2019! Check back often for more updates as we get closer!


From the trade and financial centre in the City of Victoria to the CBD and administrative base of the HKSAR government of today, the Central District has been cardinal to, and a witness of, Hong Kong's social, economic and political development.
This public event presented by the Hong Kong Heritage Project's (HKHP) uncovered the secrets Behind Old Central through a display of historic materials from our archival collection and new insights provided by prominent local historians. In collaboration with the Antiquities and Monuments Office, Behind Old Central - What Urban Landscapes and Photographs Can Tell included a seminar, public exhibition and family workshop at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre.


This week I was invited to speak at a forum for managers and professionals working in Human Resources and Learning and Development in the For-Purpose sector. This is the second time our Wesley Centre has hosted such a forum and we were delighted to be able to facilitate such an event. As a CEO, it's not uncommon that I am asked to speak at such forums or conferences. My address focused upon the challenges the sector faces, particularly those arising from technological, economic and political change. I have been asked if I would be willing to share it, so here it is.
I am delighted to welcome you here today, as the Senior Executive of Wesley Mission, to the Wesley Centre and to be part of this forum which I am sure will encourage, inform and challenge you in your chosen career and profession in relation to the management of human resources.
I would especially like to welcome Ashley Fell, Social Researcher, TEDx Speaker and Head of Communications at McCrindle, and International Business Speaker Jen Harwood. This is not the first time Wesley Mission has hosted this event.
I am sure people are looking forward to hearing from Ashley: as our client's needs become more acute and complex, and as governments and funding bodies seek greater accountability for the work we do, we need to use the most relevant and current information about the communities and cultures we work within and the people we serve.
Organisations like McCrindle help us to analyse findings that help us to decide on our strategies. McCrindle's purpose is to advise organisations to respond strategically to the trends and so remain ever-relevant in changing times. I have just enjoyed looking at Australian Social Trends report which I commend to you. Mark McCrindle has been a guest on my TV program, I value his work.
There are many forces at work in our world bringing about change in its many forms. It often feels that we are constantly playing catch up, particularly when it comes to technology. While the workplace itself feels like a moving feast of information and data with no fixed address it also demands new levels of accountability and responsibility which we are constantly recalibrating.
Good human resource management is critical in this age of rapid technological change. While the world seems to be wallowing in political, cultural and economic instability, technology is changing the world of human resources many times over. In the information age, computers and the Internet have increased that impact significantly. No organisation can even function without being ahead of the game in the use of technology. This impact is seen in nearly all areas of NFP work, including human resources, where technology continues to have a significant impact on HR practices.
If HR wants to continue to play a critical role in helping our organisations anticipate and manage organisational change, it must have technology at its core. That is always an evolving challenge for Wesley Mission with a diverse range of services, 2000 staff and 4000 volunteers spread across Sydney, NSW and regional and remote parts of Australia.
Yet technology has had a great influence on us by blurring the lines between work and home, and work and leisure. By its sheer use, technology like the smart phone, has empowered people as never before. A world of information and entertainment is at our finger tips. However, it has also resulted in the atomisation of life, and while people are more connected than ever, life has become more privatised and narrowed our long-held human interactions and sense of community. It has had the binary effect of connecting generations yet also distancing them. Paradoxes abound and many of us are trying to make sense of this constant state of flux.
With Millennials making up more than half of the current workforce — and predicted to make up 75 percent by 2020 — HR will need to embrace and build on technological advancements to meet both employee expectations and business requirements. Talent analytics and workplace analysis will become more commonplace, and companies using the data available to them will be far more competitive.
We are being told repeatedly that the economy is doing well, but many ordinary individuals are not! – and many including the 'not for profits' are under pressure. In an Australia that in one sense has never been so rich, we have every reason to raise the concern that there has never been a higher level of personal debt – and we also need to find ways to call government, institutions and individuals to account, ensuring legislative change to protect the vulnerable and seek social and cultural change through education and community/corporate engagement. However compared to Europe and sections of North America we have a degree of stability. We are finding new areas of operating for many people. Our city centre tent village is an example of the challenges we face. This is especially true when something like 1.3 million households have a housing issue to face.
Our cities are growing at a rate that is questioning the ability of governments and the private sector to keep pace with the demand for infrastructure and basic services from health and education to roads and public transport. This has evolved against a backdrop of user pay and the shift of responsibility from government to the individual and the household budget. Basic provisions which were once the prerogative of the public sector have now been foisted upon the private. Again technology is pivotal: it is at the point of transaction where individuals and families feel the pinch like never before. This is why the current debate about inequality and not just equal opportunity is gaining traction and resonance.
Electricity prices have soared 106 per cent over the past 10 years with the rise in annual household bills outstripping the growth of every other household expense, while also making it the fastest growing cost for most businesses.
Prices have rocketed by up to 135 per cent in some states since 2007, while electricity costs for business have risen 50 per cent in just seven years.
Several Wesley Mission research reports have consistently underlined the fact that our household debt is growing. Financial stress is increasing in New South Wales and the number of households who are spending more than they earn has escalated.
The last Wesley Report, Facing Financial Stress, reveals that an alarming 44 per cent of NSW households are suffering financial stress – up from 37 per cent in 2010. The survey also found that 38 per cent of NSW households are technically insolvent - spending more than they earn - a seven per cent increase from the same years. Disposable income has decreased and an increasing number of households are spending more than they earn.
This trend is an international not just an Australian phenomenon. The swing back to isolationist and nationalist populist politics can be seen in the Brexit vote, the rebuff of British conservative power and the near win of left wing leader, Jeremy Corbyn. It may be a matter of similar horse but different jockey in the United States with the election of Donald Trump: disaffected working class voters venting their anger against growing inequality, job losses to two-thirds world suppliers, increases in immigration and disaffection with politics.
We need to keep our ears and eyes open: I have noted that the Federal Opposition has incorporated the importance of inequality into their discourse and the notion of class being introduced in popular rhetoric for the first time in decades. Class is no longer a term of cultural cringe but of electoral pragmatism. Some would say they are tapping into some real underlying trends which have been put on the back burner and have for many years been dominated by the impulsivity of identity and cultural politics.
Many Australians have not had a pay rise in real terms in years in the face of an assault on wages which has policy makers, unions and business groups seriously concerned. The typical Australian family takes home less today in real terms than it did in 2009, according to the latest Household Income and Labour Dynamics survey released last week.
The rate of underemployment, which represents the number of people who have fewer hours of work than they want, remains high at 8.8 per cent and has not followed its normal trajectory in line with falls in the unemployment rate, which is at 5.9 per cent. Semi-skilled and unskilled young people and female workers over the age of 55 are working two and three jobs to make ends meet. There are growing numbers of Australian workers who would like to have more work.
The Reserve Bank says it is not clear how much labour underutilisation – a combination of unemployment and underemployment, now at more than 14 per cent – is impacting on wage growth.
So what does this mean for the services sector? Inequality and disaffection will place greater pressure on service providers. Governments will continue to devolve services to the NFP sector but also let providers carry the risk. Risk management will be one of our greatest challenges in the coming years.
As organisations in the $103 billion for-social-purpose sector we need to continue to distinguish ourselves in the marketplace and demonstrate that working for social purpose also means competent business management and financial responsibility. The greater levels of accountability and transparency being asked for by the ACNC may well result in some charities ending operations. But those who have kept true to their core values and adapted to the changing environment have an opportunity to have their value to the community exposed for the shining example that it is.
So what does this mean for people in the field of human resources? At Wesley Mission it means that we uphold our values of care and compassion for all people including our staff as we also uphold values of integrity and accountability.
In the area of workforce management we are beginning to measure and analyse data that will help us to make decisions that influence the recruitment and retention of frontline care staff. In the lean environment of consumer directed care models like NDIS we are improving the way we monitor staffing to increase productivity and efficiency. Compliance and risk avoidance are essential principles for HR, underlying every function and task. As a result, HR has earned a reputation for being stuck in time-consuming duties with significant amounts of paperwork.
However technology has changed much of that dreariness, via new HR portals and platforms that digitise much of the information HR needs to process. Today's technology gives HR professionals access to data impacting the way organisations understand their stakeholders, market to new audiences, and communicate with existing and prospective employees.
But it's not all HR analytics and number crunching. We need to continue to invest in developing staff and managers alike. At Wesley Mission we encourage people to aspire to reach their potential. I have treated this as a priority. We ask our leaders to develop a genuine interest in the development of their people and team because it is when people are helping and bringing healing to people who are vulnerable and hurt that those frontline staff need the support and encouragement of their managers to be resilient and persistent.
Many of you will understand the need for increasing attention on the governance of our organisations. The Wesley Mission Board and I continue to shape our organisation to meet the growing need for sharper decision-making and risk prevention. In recent times we have focussed on the task of articulating our risk appetite. By the very nature of our Mission we invite risk! We are guided by Christian values to move towards risk, to spend time on the margins of society with people who need us to stand alongside them when no-one else will, to seek to help the most in need. How comfortable does that make the Human Resources leaders in the organisation? Inclined to offer measured advice on the likely risks associated with the services we provide they must also show courage in the form of professional discernment. Through the process of developing our Risk Statements and an appreciation of our risk appetite we have a stronger collective consciousness of where we stand.
In a few moments there will clearly be a focus upon the demographics of our Australian workforce and the needs of different generations of workers. The 'Millennials' seem to be the latest cohort to be stereotyped – often unfavourably – in the media. These distinctions between generations in the workforce can sometimes be unhelpful. At other times they can help us to think carefully about our strategies for recruiting and retaining staff.
One area that Wesley Mission has grappled with recently is around the matter of Career Development. We often hear about the numbers of careers, let alone jobs, that young people today will have over their lifetime. Where does this leave the HR professionals and managers when faced with employee survey results that tell them they don't do enough to 'develop my career'.? As with many problems in the field of human relations, it sometimes depends on the way you look at the issue. This afternoon I hope you get a sense of how to reframe the question of career development from Jen Harwood on the subject of personal development.
Bless you and once again a warm welcome to Wesley Mission and this important forum. I am sure that your time together will be a great opportunity for not only learning but fellowship, networking and mutual support.


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2020 KAISER PERMANENTE NAPA VALLEY MARATHON: ENTRANT PROFILE STORIES
Runners Carry Numerous Personal Motivations and Goals into 42nd Annual Race
NOTE TO EDITORS: Short profile stories are included in this release about the following Napa Valley Marathon entrants: We will gladly provide you with additional information about these entrants or other entrants. Max Neumayer (52, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.), Helen Barnett (37, Wilshire, England/United Kingdom), James Buckley (29, Providence, R.I.), John Volkman (69, Fresno, Calif.) and Jodi Volkman (51, Fresno, Calif.), Tara Carter (42, Fort Collins, Colo.), Esmail Rahimian (60, Los Gatos, Calif.), Jill Benson (44, Fremont, Calif.), and Melvin Sandvig, 73, (Agoura Hills, Calif.).
NAPA, Calif.—February 13, 2020—A field of determined entrants from 21 countries, 47 U.S. states, and Washington, D.C. will gather in California's Napa Valley for the 42nd Annual Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Marathon and Half Marathon on Sunday, March 1, 2020. There is also a 5K race sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Greater Napa. The Napa Valley Marathon (NVM) asks each entrant to describe on their entry form their reasons for entering the race. Among the varied responses each year, many illustrate how the challenges of a 26.2-mile race spur marathoners to undertake charitable deeds that assist others who face adversity, or to overcome personal adversities themselves. A high percentage of respondents also cited the reputation of NVM as one of the best organized marathons in the U.S., and the allure of the picturesque Napa Valley wine growing region, as primary reasons for entering the race.
Every Napa Valley Marathon participant assists important local causes. All proceeds from the Napa Valley Marathon (a non-profit organization) are donated to local charities and schools in the Napa Valley region. Numerous NVM participants, however, choose to go beyond NVM's annual philanthropy by dedicating their race to others, often raising donations that fund the charities of their choice.
On January 9, 2018 Forbes Travel Guide rated NVM among the top 13 marathons in the world "worth traveling for," an honor it has bestowed on NVM three times in the past four years. On January 28, 2016 The Economic Times ranked NVM at the top of its list of the "world's best marathon locations to inspire you to lace up and get training." Runner's Worldmagazine selected NVM as one of the top ten U.S. marathons for first-time marathon participants in its January, 2011 issue. My Best Runs/World's Best Road Races has ranked NVM as one of the world's best 100 races (regardless of distance). American Express' Departures magazine declared NVM as #7 in their "ten travel-worthy races that make for truly memorable journeys on the run."
Entry limits for NVM are largely determined by the number of available hotel rooms in the world-renowned Napa Valley wine producing and tasting region.
NVM ENTRANT PROFILE STORIES
Selected NVM entrant stories appear below.
Max Neumayer (52, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) ran his first and only marathon at the Napa Valley Marathon in 1995 while serving as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at Travis Air Force Base (about 19 miles from Napa). He finished that 26.2 mile race in 4 hours, 23 minutes, and 21 seconds (a pace of 10 minutes and 3 seconds per mile).
"I was moved by the Air Force away from California but I recall those years living in Napa very fondly," said Neumayer who now lives in Florida with his wife, Rena. "Rena, and I love Napa and have continued to return there for vacations over the years."
After his inaugural marathon at Napa, Neumayer continued to run for fitness, mainly a few times per week for two to five miles. In the last five years he started running more frequently and entered 5K and 10K races in Florida. In the past two years he worked up to running a few half marathons and scored a personal record time of 1 hour and 45 minutes.
"Last year I realized that I was coming up on the 25-year anniversary of the Napa Valley Marathon, and, as a challenge to myself I thought I'd try to run it again," Neumayer said. "My wife will be running the half marathon and our daughter will be cheering us on. Plus, we're overdue for another Napa vacation."
Neumayer's personal goal for this year's NVM is to beat his time there from 25 years ago, but as a secondary goal he's aiming to finish sub-4 hours.
Helen Barnett (37, Wilshire, England/United Kingdom) moved with her husband and two young children (ages 5, and 2) to Charlottesville, Va. in 2018. Her husband is serving in the British Army and with the American military as an exchange officer for two years.
Barnett started running in 2007 when she was training to join the British Army herself. She left the British Army ten years later as a Major to care for her children while her husband continued to serve, but she didn't give up the military's fitness ethos. She kept running and competed in several half marathons, 10Ks and 5Ks, but never a marathon.
"It's been something I've wanted to do for years but have never had the time to train seriously for," Barnett said. "So, Napa will be my first marathon."
Barnett's additional incentive for pointing towards a marathon is congenital heart disease which was diagnosed in 2015 in the form of a hole between her left and right atria. It has since been repaired.
After moving to Charlottesville, Barnett has been running more frequently, and with more determination.
"This is the first time since I left University that I haven't had a full time career so I needed to run to stay positive, motivated, and keep my buzzing mind calm," Barnett said. "I decided that I finally had the time to train for a marathon, which has been on my bucket list for so long. I decided that the Napa Valley Marathon was the one for me because travelling in California is also on my bucket list. So I'm taking a few days off mothering to treat myself to some fantastic scenery along the Silverado Trail.
"My goal for Napa is to enjoy the route, make my family proud of their Mummy, appreciate the race ethos and, hopefully, complete the marathon in around four hours. Three hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds would be ideal! Oh, and a glass of wine or two on Sunday evening would be an added bonus!"
Since he was a child James Buckley (29, Providence, R.I.) envisioned that he would run a marathon before he turned 30 years old. Now, he's set a target to do it: this year's NVM.
"I was always an athletic kid growing up. So running a marathon has been a goal since I can remember," Buckley said. "Originally the idea was before I turned 18. Then I pushed it to before 26. And, now here we are. I'm 29 and the goal is before I turn 30.
"I've always enjoyed running, and I ran track in high school. Outside of that, I'm more of a periodic jogger. So, this level of disciplined running training is a newer, but welcomed endeavor for me."
Buckley's run at Napa will occur one year and four months after he donated one of his kidneys to a woman in need.
"I decided to donate a kidney after seeing a video interviewing someone that had donated their kidney to a stranger," Buckley said. "After seeing the video I thought, Hmmm… I can do that! Before I was aware of kidney disease, I'd heard the term dialysis, and I knew transplants existed. What I didn't know was that I was in a position to do something about it."
John Volkman (69, Fresno, Calif.) has a longtime close association with the Napa Valley Marathon. Volkman was raised in Calistoga where NVM's full marathon starting line is located. He attended Calistoga Junior/Senior High School and graduated Valedictorian in 1968. So, it was only natural for Volkman to run his first marathon at NVM in 1981. Since then he has run a staggering 166 marathons, including one in every U.S. state, and 20 Boston Marathons. His marathon personal record is 2:57:25 which he ran in 1985.
Volkman's wife, Jodi Volkman, age 51, is also entered in this year's NVM. She ran her first Boston Marathon qualifier there in 2015. She has run 10 of her 15 marathons in the same race as her husband John. In fact, John proposed to Jodi at the 2014 Boston Marathon.
A decade ago Tara Carter (42, Fort Collins, Colo.) was a sub-3 hour marathoner, turning in a 2:57:56 full marathon and 1:24:00 half marathon personal records. Then, as the registered nurse describes it, "health issues and life got in the way and stopped me from engaging in structured training. I had several different endocrine/autoimmune issues impacting the thyroid and adrenal glands."
Carter switched to training and racing on trails—first in the Marin Headlands, then in the foothills and mountains near Fort Collins, Colo. where she currently lives.
"I switched to trails because no matter how awful I feel, and how depressing my slower paces are, at least I enjoy the scenery and can actually enjoy running again," Carter admitted. "I said my goal for Napa was 3:20, but life has really gotten in the way, particularly with three foster kids and graduate school. A Boston Marathon qualifier would be amazing, at this point. It's mentally challenging to go out and run a marathon knowing it will be 30 to 40 minutes slower than my personal record, but I'm happy to be healthy enough to train and make any attempt at all!"
To qualify for the 2021 Boston Marathon, Carter needs a time of 3:40:00 or better.
For Esmail Rahimian (60, Los Gatos, Calif.) the 2020 NVM will signify his 250th marathon/ultramarathon. Rahimian ran his very first marathon in 2002 at NVM and recorded a time of 5:01:42. Since then he's run NVM six more times, all in the mid four to five hour range. His personal record in the marathon is 4:02:37.
Rahimian has completed marathons in all 50 states, Washington D.C., and on all seven continents.
"Napa Valley Marathon is a special race for me," Rahimian said. "Through the years I've done talks for different running groups in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I bragged about the beauty of the course. And more and more runners joined me and became regulars of this race."
Jill Benson (44, Fremont, Calif.) is running NVM for the fourth time and has completed 28 total marathons with a personal record of 3:37:46. She is a wife, mother of two teenagers, kindergarten teacher, and last-but-not-least a dedicated runner.
"I'm super excited to run the Napa Valley Marathon again this year," Benson said. "I'm returning to the event because I absolutely love the Napa Valley. I wish I could do it every year. My husband and I are avid wine connoisseurs. We visit the Napa Valley as often as possible. I love the beauty of the rolling hills and lush green vines, and the tree-covered mountainside. I think it's one of the most beautiful places in the world. I love this event because I get to run along the Silverado Trail. Running the NVM gives me some of the things I love most: running, gorgeous scenery, and wine tasting after I finish the course. The phenomenal restaurants in the area are amazing too!"
For Melvin Sandvig (73, Agoura Hills, Calif.) this year's NVM will give the prolific, longtime runner a phenomenal 200 total marathons. He ran his first marathon in 1987 and has participated in NVM once before—in 2009. His personal best marathon time is 3 hours and 10 minutes which he ran in Las Vegas in 1998.
"My favorite marathons include Boston, which I've done eight times. It's one of my favorites because runners must qualify in order to participate," Sandvig said. "Portland is another favorite because it was the marathon where I first qualified for Boston. Victoria, Canada is a favorite because it's a beautiful location. San Francisco is another favorite. It's very cool to run across the Golden Gate Bridge and back. And. finally, Honolulu is a favorite marathon because it's simply Hawaii!
"I'm coming back to the Napa Valley Marathon 25 years later to do it again, and hopeful for a solid performance," said Sandvig.
The Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Marathon has kept to its traditions over all the years. It's always on the first Sunday in March. The 26.2-mile full marathon race starts at 7:30 a.m. near Rosedale Road and the Silverado Trail in Calistoga. The USA Track & Field certified point-to-point course takes runners south, through St. Helena, Rutherford, Oakville, Yountville and to the finish line, located in the front parking lot area of Vintage High School in Napa. The 13.1 mile half marathon race starts at 7:00 a.m. on the Silverado Trail at Conn Creek Winery and also finishes at Vintage High School. The companion Kiwanis Club of Greater Napa 5K (3.1 miles) race starts at 7:15 a.m. at Vintage High School where it also finishes. NVM has been supported by 1,200 volunteers each year. All proceeds from the Napa Valley Marathon (a non-profit organization) are donated to local charities in the Napa Valley.
The Napa Valley Marathon appreciates generous sponsor support from Kaiser Permanente/Thrive, New Balance, Road Runners Club of America, USA Track & Field, Marriott Napa Valley Hotel & Spa, Legendary Napa Valley, KPIX CBS5 and KBCW 44 Cable 12, XFINITY, KVYN/99.3 The Vine, KVON 1440 AM, KCBS All News 106.9 FM and 740 AM, Napa Smith Brewery, Athletic Feat, Raley's, Nob Hill Foods, Nuun Hydration, Nakedwines.com, my EP Events, Clif Family Winery, Calistoga Motor Lodge & Spa, Kicking Horse Coffee, The Bibrave 100, Brave Like Gabe, and Conn Creek Winery.
For more information about the Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Marathon, please visit the marathon's web site at www.napavalleymarathon.org

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    .withPaginationType('full_numbers')
    .withOption('ajax', {
         url: '/products',
         type: 'GET',
         headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer ' + $auth.getToken()},
         error: function (xhr, error) {
            $log.error(error);
         },
         complete: function (data) {
            $log.log('Done');
         }
    })
    .withLightColumnFilter({
         '0': {type: 'text'},
         '1': {
            type: 'select',
            values: [
               { value: 1, label: 'Yes'},
               { value: 0, label: 'No'}
            ]
         }
    });

create columns
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    DTColumnBuilder.newColumn('title').withTitle('title').renderWith(function(data) {
       return data;
    }),
    DTColumnBuilder.newColumn('for_sale').withTitle('for sale').renderWith(function(data){
       return data; // 0, 1 or true, false
   })
 ]

Filter with type:'text' is correct and work fine. But filter with type:'select' is incorrect! In the other words when I select Yes filter is work and data filtered, But when select No result is empty.
I test select value with 0,1 and true,false. In both ways, option with true or 1 value is correct but option with 0 or false value is incorrect.
In your opinion, where is the problem?

A: You define the values as nunbers
values: [
  { value: 1, label: 'Yes'},
  { value: 0, label: 'No'}
]

But you return strings
return data; // 0, 1 or true, false

data will always be a string because the source is JSON. Try set both to strings and return '0' and '1' by force :
{ value: '1', label: 'Yes'},
{ value: '0', label: 'No'}

and
return data == '0' || data == 'false' ? '0' : '1'

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TIM RYAN is an award winning artist/writer. He has recorded for CBS, RCA and Warner Brothers Records. Tim has written songs for George Strait, Phil Vassar, Randy Travis, Ty Herdon, Kenny Rogers, Trisha Yearwood, Deana Carter and many others. His songs have sold millions, including the Number 1 Song "Last Day Of My Life" recorded by Phil Vassar, Platinum Selling: Number 1 Album- "Somewhere Down In Texas" by George Strait, "Song Of The Year" Golden Harvest- Farm Journal and American Folk and a Number 1 Song in the Southwest Market, " Let's Dance In Circle's" as an artist on CBS Records. Tim is a producer, and a studio musician. PBS will be showcasing Nation Wide Tim Ryan Rouillier's brand new symphonic memoir musical, "My Grandpa's Fiddle" The Soundtrack Of My Life.


Unknown to most of us, interior and exterior painting are two completely different sets of tasks, with equally different rules. Many typical homeowners do not know the differences between the two kinds of painting, and as such, they often end up making grave mistakes when painting their houses. It is important to know the various rules that apply when one is painting outdoors and when one is painting indoors. The good news is that your local interior Kentucky residential painting services would be able to tell these differences; however, the major problem comes in the case of those homeowners who want to do the painting job themselves.
So, don't be deceived by the similar looks between exterior and interior paints. To begin with, exterior paints have chemical properties and traits that are quite dissimilar. For instance, these paints need to be flexible enough so as to withstand the strain due to uneven expansion and contraction as a result of temperature change. It is for this reason that exterior paints normally contain flexible pigment binding resins. Additionally, exterior paints contain a number of additives that help to stop mildew, prevent fading, and reduce tannin bleed.
On the other hand, we have interior paints, which are not only less flexible but are also formulated with additives that help make them stain/scuff resistant, easier to clean and gives them good hiding ability. Since the house interior experiences less flexion as compared to the exterior sections, interior paints tend to be lighter as well as more rigid when dry. These paints also contain less volatile organic compounds (VOCs) plus a lot less odor as people spend most of their time inside the house than outside. Therefore, with all the aforementioned details in mind, it's very vital that you use the appropriate type of paint for both the inside and outside areas of your home.
Just as exterior and interior paints have lots of differences, they also have some few outstanding similarities. In fact, it's these similarities that often confuse homeowners into thinking that it's okay to use them interchangeably. One such similarity is the fact that these paints smell and look the same. You thus have to carefully look at the labeling of the paint containers if you are to tell the category it belongs to. The other option would be to ask one of the exterior Kentucky house painting services technicians or local hardware attendant for which type of paint to use for which section.
The other rather obvious difference between indoor painting and outdoor painting comes in the preparation stage. This pre-painting stage can be very long plus work-intensive just like the actual act of painting. For example, if one is painting indoors, he/she needs to cover the whole floor as well as the furniture pieces. They equally need to tape around each edge carefully. If painting outside, you also have to tape around the edges near windows, but you don't need to worry much about the paint falling on the ground.
Lastly, weather conditions must also be considered since it takes around two to three days for fresh paint to fully dry, besides, if there's heavy winds, some light items could get stuck on top of the fresh paint. So, before you commence on any painting project, be sure to research on the various differences between exterior and interior painting.


Welcome to Breckenridge! Our mission statement at Breckenridge is "Breckenridge PRIDE... Inspiring to Excel!" We take this vision very seriously as we strive to create opportunities for students. staff and for our community.
We feel Breckenridge have good programs, good staff, good facilities and good students. We want to shift our standards from good to great. We work very hard for our success. We will continue to strive to prepare our students for their chosen path after high school. We as a high school will keep looking forward towards the vision of becoming one of the best schools in Northern Minnesota and in the state of Minnesota. We need to be progressive and not rely on our past accomplishments, but move forward. In this challenge, we as students, community members and educators will need to push toward achieving at higher levels while breaking the "status quo". We are all looking forward to a great year! It is a great privilege and responsibility to educate your child.
Breckenridge PRIDE.. Inspiring to Excel is our standards and our expectations.
EFFORT and BEING A GREAT TEAMMATE: We ask our students to do 2 things well at our High School. Effort and Being a great teammate are 2 essential skills we ask our students. Work hard, accountability, effort in the classroom and outside the classroom are essential to being a great citizen. Being a great teammate is a life skill students need to model. Working with other, working out problems, speaking appropriately to others, asking questions to other, empathy and the ability to relate to others.
Synergy reminder: Each teacher will be updating their grades on a weekly basis (by Monday). Parents/Guardians are encouraged to use our Synergy student information system to check their son/daughters grades and academic progress. Please use your username and password for checking online grades. If you do not have a username or password, please contact the high school office.
Naviance Reminder: Naviance is a college and career readiness program we use at Breckenridge to help students and families track their student's academic progress .We use the Naviance program to help students with college readiness (scholarships, college applications, etc) and career readiness profiles.
Google Reminder: We at Breckenridge use Google Classroom for many assignments, class reminders and for general classroom work. Parents/Guardians, please make sure you have PARENTVUE on your personal device to check your student's grades, attendance, lunch account and other information.
Active Classroom: We at Breckenridge do education a little bit differently than the typical High School. First of all, We build relationships with students and families. Second, we incorporate active classroom/project based learning in our teaching methods and teaching styles. Students work on "real world" world projects incorporating different academic disciplines with 21st century skills.
21st Century Skills: We believe Breckenridge High School is a Time Machine and not a Time Capsule. Incorporating and teaching 21st century skills like adaptability, time management, flexability, teamwork, accountability, communication skills and coachability lead to the best ability of all: EMPLOYABIITY. This is what we do well at Breckenridge.
7th and 8th graders to the High School building: For the first time in Breckenridge school history, our 7th and 8th grade students are attending school at the High School campus. Our 7th and 8th graders are a "School with-in a school". They operate on a separate master schedule with no bells. Students in 7th and 8th grade receive team-taught courses with Math and Science teaming together and English and Social Studies teaming together.
Master Schedule at Breckenridge: Breckenridge operates on a "Modified Block" schedule. We have 50 minute courses on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. We have 90 minute courses on Tuesdays and Thursdays.By doing a "Modified Block" schedule, students receive more instructional time with their teachers.
College in the Schools Courses: We offer over 35 college credits at Breckenridge. Courses range from Welding, Manufacturing, Psychology, Speech, Pre-Calculus, English and College Algebra.
Student Accountability: This will continue to be a point of emphasis with administration and staff this year. Student achievement, organization, behavior expectations, and putting forward their high effort in and outside the classroom will be expectations during the year. Your help in encouraging our students in these areas will be greatly appreciated.
Student Handbook: The 2018-2019 Parent-Student Handbook will be discussed with students during the first week of school. The handbook committee did a great job looking at our high school building and how we as staff can operate the building more professionally and smoothly so that our students achieve at higher levels. We will review changes and the important rules and procedures with all students. A copy of the Parent-Student Handbook will be available to you and your child on-line att www.breckenridge.k12.mn.us or you can pick one up at the office.
Activity Passes: Students, parents/guardians and community members are encouraged to purchase activity passes for all Breckenridge high school events. Supporting our students on the field, on the court, at the rink, in the theater and in the school building is a great item for our students. Please contact Teddi at the activities office for more information.
Activities: Breckenridge offers a wide variety of activities for students in grades 7-12. We have over 14 athletic activities to choose from and over 10 student organizations to participate in. Over 70% of our student body participates in at least 1 activity at Breckenridge high school. Student participation in extra-curricular activities is very important towards the climate and culture of our building. Research shows that participation in a school activity improves academics, time management skills, better attendance and teamwork skills. I would ask that each one of our student's at Breckenridge high school be involved in at least 2 activities in our building.


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†EDWARD LOXTON KNIGHT, RBA (1905-1993) LANDSCAPE signed, oil on canvas, 48 x 59cm
†RODERICK JOHN LOVESEY (1944-2002) A BRITISH MAN O'WAR IN TWO POSITIONS OFF THE COAST signed, oil on canvas, 39 x 49cm
†ATTRIBUTED TO RAOUL MILLAIS (1901-1999) PORTRAIT OF "BUNTY", MRS FRANCES MARY TEMPLAR'S SEALYHAM TERRIER IN A BASKET...
ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES SANT, RA (1820-1916) STUDY FOR A PORTRAIT with monogram, oil on canvas, 39.5 x 33cm
JOSEPH GIBBS (1848-1924) CATTLE ON A WOODED ROAD signed and dated 1890, oil on canvas, 58 x 49cm
OLIVER CLARE (1852-1927) STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT ON A WOODLAND BANK signed and dated 91, oil on canvas, 21.5 x 29cm
GEORGE VINCENT (1796-C1832) THE DUCK DECOY indistinctly signed and dated (centre left), oil on canvas, 49 x...
HENRY GEORGE TODD (1847-1898) STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT IN A BASKET, A BIRD'S NEST AND CHINESE VASE ON A CARVED OAK...
†DANIEL VAN DER PUTTEN (1960-) RESTING ON THE ROAD TO FARTHINGSTONE signed, signed again and inscribed on a label...
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†LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, RA (1887-1976) THE NOTICE BOARD reproduction printed in colour, signed by the artist in...
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†LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, RA (1887-1976) THE REFERENCE LIBRARY reproduction printed in monochrome, signed by the...
†LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, RA (1887-1976) TWO BROTHERS reproduction printed in colour, signed by the artist in pencil...
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†GEOFFREY CLARKE, RA (1924-2014) UNTITLED (STUDY FOR SCULPTURE) sugar lift aquatint on wove, signed by the artist in...
†JOHN BUCKLAND WRIGHT (1897-1954) POESIE etching, signed by the artist in pencil, dated 1947, inscribed with the...
†SIR FRANK BRANGWYN, RA (1867-1956) THE FEAST OF LAZARUS, 1908 etching, signed by the artist in pencil, 52 x 72cm
†EVELYN MAY GIBBS , ARE (1905-1991) CLIFF EROSION sugar lift aquatint, signed by the artist in pencil, dated '64 and...
WILLIAM MONK, RE (1863-1937) STAPLE INN HOLBORN etching, 17 x 25cm, a pair of etchings by John Thistlewhaite, 1944,...
†EDWARD LOXTON KNIGHT, RBA (1905-1993) BREEDON HILL colour woodcut, signed by the artist in pencil, extra to the...
†EDWARD LOXTON KNIGHT, RBA (1905-1993) NOTTINGHAM CANAL colour woodcut, signed by the artist in pencil, extra to the...
†EDWARD LOXTON KNIGHT, RBA (1905-1993) THE VALE OF PEWSEY colour woodcut, signed by the artist in pencil, extra to...
†EDWARD LOXTON KNIGHT, RBA (1905-1993) TRENT LANDSCAPE colour woodcut, signed by the artist in pencil and numbered...
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Brexit: Preventing another Operation Stack & Operation Brock
Posted on December 10, 2018 by shepwayvox in Shepwayvox // 2 Comments
On the 23rd June 2016, 51.9% of the people of the United Kingdom voted in favour of leaving the EU. Now with Brexit just one hundred and eight days away, the Prime Minister Theresa May is in a bit of a pickle to put it mildly.
Meanwhile, many agencies have been getting on quietly in the background to prevent a mess in the event we get a no Brexit deal; which remains a possibility. As this wonderful Australian makes clear prior preparation prevents piss poor performance.
The people responsible for ensuring we do not get any piss poor performance and another Operation Stack; which paralysed Kent last time around and brought the county to a standstill, is the Kent Resilence Forum.
The have 108 days to accomplish this and are working with limited information and limited money, as Cllr Paul Carter Leader of KCC has called for a further £20 million to prevent another Operation Stack in the event of a no deal Brexit.
The Kent Resilience Forum, KCC Highways and partners have devised a dedicated 'Freight Traffic Management Plan', which contains various mitigations to maintain freight fluidity in the event of a no-deal Brexit. This has been made possible due to the joint learning across all partners who dealt with the 2015 Operation Stack event and utilises the 'Operational Fennel' multi-agency group, consisting of Highways England, Kent Police, KCC Highways and other key stakeholders, set-up as a result. Work remains ongoing to finalise this operational plan. These plans will be completed by the end of December and a walk-through test will be carried out in January 2019. And the map looks like this.
To summarise the map or the Brexit Freight Traffic Management Plan or Operation Brock as it will be known, will be broken down into five phases, as outlined in the diagram and table below.
During routine operations all freight for Eurotunnel and Port of Dover uses M20 and A20. Should the situation at either Port of Dover and Eurotunnel change and their buffer zones become full, Operational Fennel proposes:
1) A20 TAP will be initiated storing Port of Dover freight (Stage 1) once the Port of Dover buffer zone is full;
2) When A20 TAP is reaching capacity, Eurotunnel and Port of Dover freight will be split at M20 junction 7 – Eurotunnel freight will be stored in Brock M20 (Stage 2), Port of Dover freight will be diverted to Manston and A256 TAP (Stage 3);
3) If Eurotunnel freight capacity is greater than Brock M20, then Brock M26 would be used to hold additional Eurotunnel freight, with Port of Dover freight using A2/M2 (Stage 4).
4) Government continue to develop plans to support Stage 5.
Kent is dependent on, and awaiting details of, the Government's 'National Freight Plan' (Brock Stage 5) – including plans for priority passenger freight, and the 'National Ports Strategy'. The Kent Resilence Forum is continuing to encourage Government to develop measures to hold traffic outside of Kent. Arrangements for holding freight outside of the county, or at source, when Kent no longer has capacity is another crucial element of the plans.
Now not everything is in the hands of the Kent Resilence Forum and its members. It is now necessary for the Government to take specific decisions. These include:
Confirmation of the contract with Manston Airport to increase capacity and allow improved ingress and egress.
Confirmation that NATS radar at Manston can be turned off. If not, this would reduce Manston capacity by circa. 1,000 lorries.
Confirmation that Driver Hours Relaxation will be implemented.
Implementation of cross-ticketing arrangements for Eurotunnel, P&O and DFDS.
KCC also requires Government to provide further information and advice on:
Modelling for both freight and passenger traffic.
Confirmation of progress on Port of Ramsgate, local dredging and potential use by other operators.
Confirmation of national communications and coordination plan including cooperation with DfT, COBR, freight groups and road traffic groups.
As we understand there will be a trial of Operation Brock in early to mid January with up to a maximum of 200 lorries involved, according to sources from the Road Haulage Association. Letters have been sent out to a number of firms requesting their involvement.
There is still away to go to prevent another Operation Stack which might paralyse Kent. If this does happen then the lack of prior preparation will no doubt be down to the piss poor performance of our Prime Minister and NOT Kent Resilence Forum.
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2 Comments on Brexit: Preventing another Operation Stack & Operation Brock
Peter C // December 12, 2018 at 09:19 // Reply
Interesting that they calculate the 8 mile stretch of the M26 is only capable of stacking 2000 lorries and it's only to be used as a last resort because it's untested – I suspect it's more to do with the fact that the Sevenoaks MP is Sir Michael Fallon (many times a Conservative Minister, previous Deputy Chairman of the Conservatives etc, etc) and he cried loudly from the roof-tops when Highways England conducted their feasibility study for the M26!!
J C // March 18, 2019 at 21:25 // Reply
The M26 east bound from the M25 to the M20 is about 15km of two lane highway with a minimal hard shoulder. I presume there is no intention of parking up lorries on the westbound lanes – imagine the fun of negotiating the turn around of lorries at that M25 junction!
An articulated lorry is 16.5m long – there will be some with trailers and some ridged bodied vehicles but let's say 16.5m with a safety space in front of each one so 18m for each space.
2000 vehicles adds up to 36km of road lane. Split over two lanes that's 18km of two lane motorway filled up – but wait, the M26 is only 15km long!
Even worse there will be a need for emergency vehicles to thread their way through in case of fire or collision.
Mmm perhaps they WILL have to use both carriageways of the M26 after all!
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n the battle waged over the narrative of Operation Protective Edge (July-August 2014), in which both sides declared victory, it appears that the Palestinians have scored a significant achievement: Muhammed al-Deif, the Hamas chief of staff and No. 1 on Israel's "most wanted list" who has survived numerous assassination attempts, has survived this time as well. It is clear; no more question marks; the uncertainty has disappeared: Deif is alive.
Although it is not exactly known what condition he is in, it is clear that he survived the assault on Aug. 19, 2014, in the midst of the military campaign. During the campaign Israel was notified about a house where Deif was residing at the time, and an air force fighter plane struck the house with numerous powerful bombs, each of which weighing a single ton (2,000 pounds). "He'll never get out of there alive," senior Israeli security officials said at the time. But it seems they erred; Deif did, indeed, escape with his life.
Deif survived at least five Israeli liquidation attempts between 2001 and 2014; four of those were targeted killings from the air that were based on precise intelligence. He was wounded a first time (losing an eye and part of his arm) and severely wounded a second time (losing additional limbs). Deif became handicapped, paralyzed and in need of long periods of rehabilitation. Yet in the meantime, he became one of the most deadly generators of terrorism in Israel's history. Israeli intelligence invested tremendous resources and energy in the effort to pinpoint and eliminate him. The intelligence was exact, but somehow Deif managed to elude all attempts on his life. He was severely wounded, but lived. He was neutralized many times for long periods of rehab, but always returned.
In the course of the military campaign, Defense Minister Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon rebuked Shin Bet chief Yoram Cohen several times. Ya'alon felt that the Shin Bet was not supplying enough intelligence on the precise locations of Hamas officials, including Deif, thus not allowing Israel to create victory photo ops. The Shin Bet redoubled its efforts and delivered the goods in the middle of August 2014.
On Aug. 19, an Israeli air force warplane dropped a bomb weighing 1 ton on the house in which Deif was supposed to be located at that exact time, according to precise information. After less than a minute an additional bomb was dropped on the building, for good measure. To this very day, Israeli sources swear that Deif entered the building where he was supposed to meet one of his wives with two of their small children. The wife and children were discovered among the house's ruins, but there was no trace of Deif.
Since then, Israel has remained circumspect on the topic, and IDF officials expressed themselves guardedly on the issue. In background talks, it was elucidated to anyone who expressed interest that the powers that be were absolutely certain that Deif did enter the building. Thus, it was hard to imagine he came out of it alive, as the building was completely destroyed. In the past, Deif managed to slip away from a building that was blown up only because the IDF had decided to use a smaller bomb (only 250 kilograms, or 551 pounds) after the harsh fallout of the assassination of Hamas official Salah Shehada in 2002, in which scores of uninvolved Palestinian bystanders were harmed. As their luck would have it, Deif and a large group of Hamas officials held their meeting on the second floor and not on the first floor of the building that was bombed; thus, all of them managed to escape almost unharmed.
This time, Israel decided not to leave anything to chance. Two powerful bombs were dropped that were supposed to put an end to the saga and myth that had developed around Deif.
Indeed, the myth and Deif are both alive and well. In Israel, Deif is considered "a mortal target." He is responsible for the most deadly of terrorist attacks in which hundreds of civilians were murdered. He is viewed as the spiritual father of the tunnel doctrine, the construction of underground spaces that would give Hamas an advantage over the trained and well-equipped IDF. Deif understood, in recent years, that Hamas could not defeat IDF or fight against it in the air, at sea or on land. Hamas has no airplanes, no ships, no tanks and no armored personnel carriers. So Deif invented the tunnels, which the IDF found difficult to fight against. Deif's death was supposed to grant Israel's diplomatic and military echelons a victory photo. Now, they will be forced to look for a different photo op.


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Just like with self-improvement, you can't change something about yourself unless you first notice and are aware of it. The same is true for learning language skills as well as skills for law school.
Law school is notoriously sink-or-swim. And the teaching approach tends to be very top-down with students expected to intuitively know how to absorb, analyze, and synthesize large amounts of information and then figure out how to present it in ways that match professors' expectations.
This carries over into teaching international students who need language support.


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Q: Can't get the name of the student who has the worse grade in java I've been trying to find the answer to this and can't seem to find it. I'm supposed to read a text file with student names and grades and find the lowest and highest grade. This is how far I've come. I'm able to find the highest and lowest grade. I can also find the name of the student with the highest grade but I cannot get the name of the one that has the lowest grade.
    File ft = new File("Grades.txt");
    Scanner scan = new Scanner(ft);
    String names = "";
    String beststudent = "";
    String worsestudent = "";
do {
        names = scan.next();
        largest = parseInt(String.valueOf(scan.next()));
        smallest = largest;
        if (largestNumber > largest) {
            worsestudent = names;
        }
        if (largestNumber < largest) {
            smallestNumber = largestNumber;
            largestNumber = largest;
            beststudent = names;
        }

    } while (scan.hasNext());

}

The format of names are NAME_LASTNAME INTEGER in my text file if you were wondering.

A: Here is a simple way of doing it.

*

*intialize smallestNumber to Integer.MAX_VALUE;

*intialize largestNumber to Integer.MIN_VALUE;

*read in name and number.

*if smallestNumber is less than number, assign it to smallestNumber
and save worstName

*else it must be larger or equal so just assign it to largestNumber and save bestName
-continue back to reading in names and numbers.

A: I made you this little algorithm you can try it
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class example {
    static int a,z;
    public static void main(final String args[]){
        final List<Integer> students = new ArrayList<Integer>();
        students.add(20);
        students.add(100);
        students.add(50);

        System.out.println(students);
        a = students.get(0);
        z = a;
        students.forEach(current -> {
            if (current > a) {
                a = current;
            }
            if (current < z) {
                z=current;
            }
        });
        System.out.println("Best grade: "+a);
        System.out.println("Worse grade: "+z);
    }
}

Of course only the if sentences you will found useful.
i just made the whole thing to try it before answering haha


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VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is clearly becoming the best telephony solution for small business. The low cost of VoIP is its biggest attraction. Business VoIP services are significantly less expensive than traditional phone services. You have much less hardware to buy or lease; in fact, many hosted services require no new hardware investment at all. If you do need hardware, it's typically based on standardized technologies such as SIP, as opposed to proprietary products that tie you to a particular service provider. Monthly subscription fees are lower, as well.
In fact, the easy installation process and mobility of the VoIP system offers a high advantage over traditional telephones. For instance, businesses no longer require separate cabling for traditional telephone systems. It also cuts down on cluttering and fire hazards associated with extra electrical wires.
Many hosted VoIP providers offer mobile apps that let you make and receive calls from the road using your data connection. Usually you can adjust the apps to ring simultaneously with your office phone or to act as a stand-alone extension.
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology can increase the overall productivity of an organization by allowing their employees to multi-task without interruption. It also allows the organization to allocate funds usually spent on traditional phone bills to other aspects of the business. VoIP also allows users to attach documents, conduct virtual meetings, and share data via video conferencing. VoIP technology has also enhanced voice clarity to make it indistinguishable from traditional telephony.
With a traditional on premise system, you would need dedicated manpower to manage and maintain your phone suite. That is not the case this newer system. Business owners can control their small business VoIP service via an easy-to-use web interface that is accessible through any Internet-enabled device like a PC or a tablet. Once logged in, entrepreneurs have full command of their system. They can even set business hours so that the way the company receives calls during office hours is different from when there are no more people to take calls.
VoIP provides number mobility. The phone device can be use the same number virtually everywhere as long as it has proper IP connectivity. Many business people today bring their IP phones or softphones when travelling, use the same numbers. The context of mobility here includes service mobility as well. Wherever the phone goes, the same service could be available, such as call features, voicemail access, call logs, security features and so on.
VoIP allows make and receive calls in standard phone and feature- rich IP phone with excellent sound quality. Most VoIP providers and IP-PBX software packages deliver a much more feature set than traditional phone providers do. All the basics you'd expect are present including conference calling, voicemail, Internet faxing, and caller ID but VoIP services also often supply virtual receptionists and greeting functionality, customizable advanced call screening and forwarding rules, integration with office software, and the ability to forward voicemail to your email or your mobile phone. Many providers offer these advanced features as part of a subscription; even when you must pay extra, the cost is usually less than you would pay a traditional phone provider for the same services.
Reasons why VoIP Phones Make Sense Small for your small Business.


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The project is primarily developed on Windows, but we seek to make ImGraph a cross-platform project. The majority of the code should already be compatible with Linux and macOS, but it has not been tested...

 We also use some of the c++11 improvement, so you will need at least visual studio 2013 or g++ (>=4.6).

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OpenCV is an image/video processing library which was designed for computational efficiency and with a strong focus on real-time applications. Written in optimized C/C++, the library can take advantage of multi-core processing.

 As the version 3.0 is still not fully functionnal, we use an intermediate version from git://code.opencv.org/opencv.git, with the SHA-1 revision : 9eca3ec8f651e55c25094e4e76446f4bd904826c.

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Qt is a cross-platform application framework that is widely used for IHM that can be run on various software and hardware platforms with little or no change in the codebase, while having the power and speed of native applications. ImGraph was primarily developped with Qt 4.8.5 but was successfully compiled with Qt 5!

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Jim Dennis died on Monday morning, March 23, 2015, at home at the side of his husband, John Delves. He was 78 years old. He had been a member of Saint Mary's for 18 years. His funeral will be on Monday in Holy Week, March 30, at 10:00 AM here at his parish church. His ashes will be interred in the vault in the Lady Chapel at the end of the Mass. May he rest in peace.
Jim had not been well this winter, but he had a surprisingly strong constitution and continued to keep commitments to his church and his many friends. He was admitted to the hospital for tests on Thursday, March 12. He was unusually weak. Father Jim Pace was the first of the parish clergy to visit. Some may not remember that Father Pace is also Professor Jim Pace, Ph.D., nurse practitioner and associate dean for undergraduate programs at the College of Nursing at New York University. I know his pastoral presence for Jim and John was very important. Because of his medical knowledge and skills, he brought something that Jay, Rebecca, and I could not bring—and for his ministry here I am very thankful.
Jim went home from the hospital on Monday, March 16. On the way home the cab made a stop outside the Marriage Bureau of the City Clerk's office. John had arranged for someone to facilitate their application for a marriage license—and the angels and saints were on their side. Jim and John were married by Father Pace on Wednesday, March 18. They had been together since 1981.
Over the next few days it was clear that Jim's earthly life was nearing its natural end. I visited with them on Sunday afternoon. While I was with them, the hospice intake nurse from the Visiting Nurse Service of New York came—she was first rate. Their great friend and fellow parishioner Jon Bryant arrived to spend the night to help Jim and John. John called the next morning with the news the Jim had died in his sleep shortly before 7:00 AM. The sunlight was streaming into their apartment when I arrived. We were all glad that Jim's body was at peace.
I met Jim and John here at Saint Mary's on Friday, November 20, 1998. Jim was a member of the board of trustees—John had come along to hear me audition my chanting voice. I was in New York to be interviewed by the board of trustees for the job of rector of Saint Mary's. Jim made a point of wanting me to know how glad he was that I wanted to come to Saint Mary's. Jim was a friend from the start. Not so long after I became rector, Rose's Lime Juice could be found in my refrigerator—Jim drank vodka gimlets. There's a half-full bottle there now.
FROM THE RECTOR: OUR NEXT ORGANIST & MUSIC DIRECTOR . . . Simon Whalley, director of music and fellow by special election, Keble College, Oxford University, will be Saint Mary's next organist & music director. Right now, we expect him to take up his administrative duties on August 1. Mark Peterson's last service will be on Friday, August 14, the Solemn Mass for Assumption Eve—and we will celebrate Mark's exemplary service to the parish that night with a special reception.
Simon is an established musician, an organist, a teacher, and a composer. He's British, the son of a priest of the Church of England. He knows New York. He's looking forward to his work here that will revolve around the cycles of the church year, which will be different from the calendar in the university setting where he has worked in recent years. He composed a setting of Psalm 99 for Bishop Allen Shin's ordination—Simon worked with Allen when he was chaplain at Keble College before returning to New York to serve as rector of Saint John's Church, Huntington, Long Island. I look forward so much to introducing him to the parish community and to being his colleague. More to come. —S.G.
PALM SUNDAY 2015 AT SAINT MARY'S . . . Our celebration begins on Saturday at 5:00 PM with the Liturgy of the Palms & Sung Mass at 5:00 PM. On Sunday, Morning Prayer will be sung at 8:30 AM. At 9:00 AM the Liturgy of the Palms & Sung Mass will be offered at 9:00 AM—there will be no celebration of the Eucharist at 10:00 AM. At 11:00 AM the Most Reverend Frank T. Griswold, XXV Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, will be celebrant and preacher for the Liturgy of the Palms, Procession through Times Square & Solemn Mass. Solemn Evensong & Benediction will be at 5:00 PM. The Litany will not be chanted at Evensong on Palm Sunday.
HOLY WEEK AT SAINT MARY'S . . . April 2, Maundy Thursday: Sung Matins 8:30 AM; The Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper 6:00 PM, The Rt. Rev. Allen K. Shin, celebrant, The Very Rev. Andrew McGowan, preacher; The Watch before the Blessed Sacrament . . . Friday, April 3, Good Friday: Sung Matins 8:30 AM; The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord 12:30 PM & 6:00 PM. Confessions will be heard by the parish clergy after both liturgies . . . Saturday, April 4, Easter Eve: Sung Matins 8:30 AM; The Great Vigil of Easter 7:00 PM; Sunday, April 5: The Sunday of the Resurrection: Easter Day, Sung Matins 8:30 AM; Said Mass with Hymns 9:00 AM & 10:00 AM; Solemn Mass 11:00 AM; Organ Recital 4:30 PM; Solemn Paschal Evensong 5:00 PM.
YOUR PRAYERS ARE ASKED FOR McNeil, Mazdak, Trevor, Brayden, Andrew, Barbara, Darrell, Penny, David, Dennis, Dee, Emily, Ben, Abalda, Linda, Eric, Takeem, Arpene, Mary, religious, Laura Katharine, religious, Paulette, priest, and Harry, priest; for the members of our Armed Forces on active duty; and for the repose of the soul of James Dennis . . . GRANT THEM PEACE . . . March 29: 1959 Lucille Dunscombe; 1966 Anna Jane Hemphill; 1997 Bruce Linville.
IN THIS TRANSITORY LIFE . . . Parishioner James William Dennis, Jr., died at his home in New York on Monday, March 23. His funeral will be here at Saint Mary's on Monday, March 30, at 10:00 AM. Please keep Jim, his husband John, their family and friends, and all who mourn in your prayers.
ABSTINENCE AND FASTING is not a simple subject during Holy Week. Over the centuries a number of traditions come together in different ways and for different reasons to shape the various practices that become normative at any one time. In the Episcopal Church we currently observe two days of fasting during the year, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. The ordinary weekdays of Lent and Holy Week "are observed by special acts of discipline and self-denial." I think it is really good that our tradition expects us to take responsibility for our participation as we are guided by the shape of our prayer and our work.
It is traditional to be hungry on Good Friday as a physical reminder that we hunger for the Lord, not to make ourselves sick. My own practice at this point in my life is to eat something after I finish hearing confessions following the 12:30 PM celebration—that means about 3:00 PM or so. If I'm so hungry in the morning that I can't concentrate on my work, I'll have a bowl of cereal or a cup of yogurt. I'll eat a normal supper, but no meat, nothing sweet. On Holy Saturday, I keep it simple during the day but have a regular plate of food before the Vigil—it's a very much a work night, whether I'm a celebrant or concelebrant.
THIS WEEK AT SAINT MARY'S . . . Friday, March 27, 6:30 PM, Stations of the Cross following Evening Prayer at 6:00 PM . . . Monday, March 30, 10:00 AM, The Burial of the Dead: James W. Dennis, Jr. . . . The Wednesday Night Bible Study class will not meet on April 1 . . . Confessions will be heard on Saturday, March 28, by Father Stephen Gerth. Confessions will also be heard by the parish clergy following the Good Friday liturgies on April 3. Confessions during Easter Week are heard by appointment only.
AROUND THE PARISH . . . We are grateful to Bishop Allen K. Shin for joining us as celebrant and preacher on the feast of the Annunciation. He will be with us again on Maundy Thursday. We are also grateful to all those who worked so hard to make the evening such a great success . . . Sister Laura Katharine, C.S.J.B., is now at home at the convent in Mendham, where she continues to recuperate from a recent illness. Please keep her in your prayers . . . The Flower Guild is beginning to make plans for Holy Week and Easter. If you would like to volunteer to help decorate the church for Easter, please speak to a member of the Flower Guild . . . Visual Arts Project: There will be an opening in the gallery in Saint Joseph's Hall, on Friday, April 17, at 6:30 PM . . . Attendance: Last Sunday 164, Annunciation 202.
PARISH HISTORY . . . Saint Mary's has had a long and fascinating history. We continue to discover new things about the parish and its members. We received a call recently from a descendant of Granville Campbell (1892–1968), a renowned lyric tenor of the last century, who was born in Jamaica and who pursued his musical career in Great Britain, Europe, and the United States, in addition to his native Jamaica. Apparently, Mr. Campbell sang in the Saint Mary's choir in the 1950s and 1960s. We hope to find more information about Mr. Campbell in the parish archives. You can read a bit Mr. Campbell's career online.
MUSIC THIS WEEK . . . Palm Sunday: For over fifty years, organist-composer McNeil Robinson (b. 1943) has been one of New York City's most visible church musicians and concert organists. His two-decade tenure here at Saint Mary the Virgin saw the creation of a notable liturgical early-music movement. For more than twenty years he was organist and music director at Park Avenue Christian Church, and then, for an even longer period, was organist at Park Avenue Synagogue. He has been head of the organ department at both the Mannes College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. His choral compositions are performed across the country. An internationally renowned recitalist, he receives consistent critical and popular acclaim for his improvisational skills. His Mass setting entitled Missa in die tribulationis was written in 1980 and has been a staple of the Palm Sunday liturgy at Saint Mary's nearly every year since. In acknowledgment that Holy Week has truly begun, there will be no motet at the ministration of Communion, nor an organ postlude on Palm Sunday . . . Maundy Thursday: The setting of the Mass is the Missa syllabica (1977/1996) by Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt (b. 1935). Pärt, a major proponent of the minimalist movement of composition, has enjoyed enormous popularity for his powerful, but often stark, works. The anthems at the footwashing are plainsong settings as adapted by David Hurd (b.1950) and Bruce Ford (b.1947) . . . Easter Eve: The setting of the Mass at the Easter Vigil is the Missa paschalis of Orlande de Lassus (1532–1594). Born in what is present day Belgium, de Lassus traveled widely, gaining much experience before going to Naples, where he began to compose in earnest. In 1551 he was appointed organist and maestro di cappella at the Church of Saint John Lateran in Rome. Though he remained at this post for only three years, it is there that he is thought to have composed the Mass that we hear at the Vigil. Well over 2000 compositions have been attributed to de Lassus.
AWAY FROM THE PARISH . . . An exhibition at the Christophe Keller, Jr., Library of the General Theological Seminary, 440 West Twenty-first Street, Thomas Cromwell and the English Bible, opened on Wednesday, March 25, and will continue through June 2015. The exhibit includes materials drawn from the library's special collections. The highlight of the show is the Keller Library's copy of The Great Bible of 1539, an English translation that Henry VIII ordered to be displayed in every church in his kingdom. The title page shows him handing the book to Cromwell, his chief minister, and Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, while a vast crowd chants "Long Live the King!" Other items on view include earlier Biblical translations that played a role in bringing about the Protestant Reformation as well as images from the Tudor court, including Anne Boleyn and Cardinal Wolsey, both of whom figure largely in Hilary Mantel's recent and much acclaimed historical novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. This exhibit coincides with the Broadway run of the play Wolf Hall based on Mantel's novels about power politics in Tudor England. The staged version, at the Winter Garden Theater, is a production of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Also, on Easter Sunday, April 5, PBS stations will broadcast the first episode of the six-part BBC dramatization of Wolf Hall. The General Theological Seminary's Christoph Keller, Jr. Library is open free to the public Monday–Friday, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM (closed Good Friday, April 3 and Easter Monday, April 6). Visitors may use the campus entrance at 440 West 21st Street, in Chelsea, between Ninth and Tenth Avenues.


Back Counting – The process of counting your cards when the game is not processing. In case you are done with this process then it is certain that you might have to wait for other players to finish counting their cards. In most cases casinos also try and restrict most new players from playing the game till the dealer is done with reshuffling the deck of cards.
Back Line – The type of bet that is placed in between two different players instead of house and player. In such conditions the casino terms the players as back liners and there are also a number of casinos that might avoid using this practice as it is not very much profitable.
Backing Up – The moment when any player decides to replay his existing hand. This task is helpful in order to maintain his best scores. This is generally carried out in case any player feels that dealer is at fault. In most cases the hands are dealt again after present tray being discarded by the dealer.
Bankroll – The total amount of money that any player makes use of to place his wager. This is very much similar to the total money that any player has in his wallet. The money is also made use of to purchase blackjack chips to play the game.
Bar – The term used when dealer expels any player from the game of blackjack.
Basic strategy – The type of tactic that any player is going to use to play the game that can help in improving the performance to make his win more effective.
Betting Limits – The type of low and high bet that any player can make use of when playing Blackjack. This might vary depending upon the type of casino you have selected to play the game.
Bonanza Side Bet – A bet that is equivalent to $1 that is made on players hand that is valued for around 20 points against 10 points from the dealer side. The bet offer with distinct variations of payouts for different suit of cards.
Bonus Spin Bet – This is also considered as smallest type of bet in Black jack. The spinning wheel determines the payout options that is set before the cards are dealt to the players. You get to earn multiples of 1, 15, 25, or 100 times the betting amounts.
Back Counting – A player standing behind the blackjack table. The moment he has an advantage he or she is also allowed to participate in the game play. The term is also called as Wonging in Black jack.
Balance Count – The moment each of the player is dealt with equal set of cards.
Blackjack – The type of hand that is made up using a combination of Ace card and other cards with an aim to gain a total of 21. The payoff in most cases is 3:2 ratio and players are also allowed to make spilt ace hands.
Blackjack Bankroll – The term is very much similar to bankroll in any other gambling game. This is also the amount of money that any player makes use of for placing his bets on different rounds. The bigger the amount of bankroll you are making use of the more are your chances of winning big money.
Blackjack Strategy – The basic system that any player makes use of when playing this game. Best strategy also offer with better chance of winning in this game. Players can make use of strategy to gain benefit from the game play.
Bet Spread – This is a term that stands for the maximum and minimum bet any player wages in this game. In case you are having a bet spread equivalent to 3-10 then your minimum wager amount is $3 and maximum is $10 for any round.
Break or Broke – The moment when any player decides to take any card so he can accept to exceed the total of 21. This is also referred as bust.
Breaking Hand – The type of hand that is allowed to exceed a total of 21.
Buster BlackJack – The type of side bet a player makes in dealers hopes. Payout is generally determined on the basis of cards dealt with an aim to bust.
Burn card – Top most card placed on the deck after it is reshuffled. The card is generally placed at the bottom after all players have been dealt. Players are not allowed to make use of this card.
Busting – The act when any player or the dealer of the game busts. It also refers to the condition in case the total of the cards exceed 21.
Bust hand – The type of hand that has value between 12 and 16 and has an ability to bust when combined with any other card.
Buy-in – The amount of money that any player might make use of for purchasing his chips to play the game.


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Dolanc gets the dig on the future of trees
Christopher Dolanc hopes his research will bring to light the problems big trees are facing. His work has been featured in important science magazines.
Rae Pollock, Staff writer
"The more I dig into this, the more my colleagues dig into this, we realize it's happening everywhere. Big trees are dying everywhere," said Christopher Dolanc, assistant professor of biology.
Dolanc's significant research gives data and insight into what will become of trees in the future.
"If you could look at what happened in the last 80 years, that would give us a clue for what might happen in the next 80 years," Dolanc said.
Dolanc spent time working with the United States Forest Service researching trees in Sierra Nevada, Ca. The mountain ranges in the Sierra Nevada are of particular interest to him because the vegetation changes as the elevation increases.
Exposure to nature at a young age by his parents triggered a passion that carried into adulthood, leading him to teach.
"[Teaching] at the college level is really something that I prefer because then I can also do this research at the same time," he said. "They both complement each other so much because when you're active in research, you can take that back to the classroom and talk about it."
Not only is he interested in trees, but geology, insects, the natural history of sites and how everything interacts. He describes himself as a naturalist–an interest he believes is dying.
"There were more naturalists 50 years ago then there are today because today we specialize so much in all these different things. I'm never going to be that kind of person. I'm always going to be interested in everything in the natural world," Dolanc said.


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Philip Mantle on the Extraordinary Alien Encounter of Calvin Parker
November 14 ,	2018
Why the Alien Encounter of Calvin Parker is Now Getting Unprecedented Attention
Over the years the field of UFO research has seen its fair share of dips and curves, ebbs and flows. From all out ridicule and dismissal to the inevitability of eventual disclosure – the doors of the ET and UFO phenomenon are poised to be blown wide open.
One individual who has seen and been integral to it all is international UFO researcher, author and publisher Philip Mantle.
For nearly 40 years, Philip has probed virtually every aspect of this elusive but revelatory subject.
A former Director of Investigations for the British UFO Research Association and former MUFON representative for England, Philip has acknowledged that there has been a great shift in how the UFO subject is both viewed as well as experienced.
Today, we're discussing a most intriguing alien encounter that he has long researched and eventually went on to publish and that's the fascinating ET abduction story of Calvin Parker which took place in Pascagoula Mississippi in 1973.
Philip had a lot to say about this incredible account and the UFO phenomenon overall. Let's listen in to what he had to share.
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Learn more about the extraordinary work of Philip Mantle HERE


First, the spider war continues! As one would imagine, the fighting has died down a little since the weather has turned cold but I still had to use Spiderbane (my boot) to eliminate an enemy combatant while Phillip and I were putting up curtains in the bedroom. I hope that will be the last incursion before spring. += I win!
I met with a group of residents from other institutions to create a proposal for a panel discussion at the upcoming Diversity in Libraries Conference. This conference is happening in Los Angeles in June. Our group of potential panelists includes me and residents from American University, The Ohio State University, University of Utah, and Towson University. Hopefully, our proposal will be approved and we will head to UCLA this summer to talk about the meaning of diversity in residency positions like ours. I also hear I've been submitted as a panelist on another panel proposal. Not sure what the exact topic of that panel is but I'll be at the conference, so I can join the panel if it's approved.
A group of us from the library submitted a proposal to host the exhibit Native Voices: Native Peoples' Concepts of Health and Illness. This exhibit was developed and produced by the National Library of Medicine and is being toured by the American Library Association's Public Programs Office. We completed an application and were selected as one of only two sites in Virginia to host the exhibit. We will have the exhibit in September and are planning lots of programs to coincide with its visit.