General Motors Co., Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. and other automotive OEMs will have to decide by next week if they will challenge a court-appointed official's order that they give deposition testimony in the massive Detroit civil lawsuit alleging price-fixing in more than 30 segments of the automotive supply chain.
Gene Esshaki, the special master appointed by U.S. District Judge Marianne Battani to handle some evidence questions and other matters in the civil suit, ordered last week that nine "non-party" OEMs and some of their affiliate financing and research and development companies each offer up to 14 hours of deposition over two days apiece.
Testimony will include pricing data for the auto parts in dispute and some vehicle sales data and price adjustments for their networks of automobile and truck dealerships. The companies have up to 14 days to appeal Esshaki's order from last week to Battani.
The 4-year-old civil lawsuit in Detroit is now closing in on half a billion dollars in settlements by about a dozen companies since 2013 — to say nothing of the $2.6 billion in criminal fines levied against nearly 40 companies since 2011, when the U.S. Department of Justice began its largest-ever single-industry collusion prosecution.
Most recently, Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and its affiliates submitted two preliminary deals worth a combined $84.5 million to the court earlier this month, to settle with a proposed class of automotive dealership plaintiffs and some consumers who bought cars and components at inflated prices.
The same two classes of plaintiffs also reached settlement deals in late 2015 worth a combined $9.74 million for radiator supplier T.Rad Co., $50 million for wire harness systems maker Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd., and $9.7 million for sensor and wire-harness maker Fujikura Ltd. of Tokyo, which recently moved its North American headquarters to Farmington Hills. Other companies had already reached a combined $270 million-plus in proposed settlements by early 2015.
Since January, the supplier defendants in the civil suit and various plaintiffs alleging damages from price-fixing have been arguing before Esshaki on whether the OEMs, who have largely stayed out of the case since it began, should provide pricing data, arrangements including possible discounts offered to dealers for sales or leases, and even pricing for nonaccused suppliers for comparative purposes, to help prove a conspiracy. But the scope of information sought got narrower as talks went on in court.
Unless they challenge Esshaki's order, OEMs that must offer deposition include GM, Chrysler, Toyota, Hyundai Motor America, Nissan North America Inc., Subaru of America Inc., Kia Motors America Inc., American Honda Motor Co. Inc. and Daimler North America Corp., along with some of their financing, manufacturing and other subsidiary and affiliate companies.
Ford Motor Co. is involved in an OEM plaintiff action against the suppliers within the Battani litigation, and was not named in the deposition order (and a party is not a non-party, by inestimable courtroom logic). Depositions for other companies in a "smaller OEM group" including BMW, Volvo, Jaguar Land Rover and others, are on hold pending the outcome of the larger group depositions.
Michael Palese, corporate communication strategy and litigation communications manager for Fiat Chrysler, said this week the company "continues to monitor the matter and to consider its legal options." GM Product Development Communications Manager Nick Richards said the company is looking into the order and did not yet have a comment on it as of Tuesday.


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Q: How can I find the diagonals of all matrices in a file using NumPy? I have a file which consists of a number of matrices separated by blank line. How can I find the all diagonals of all matrices using NumPy? The matrices are not of fixed size
1 2 3
1 1 1
2 2 2

3 4
3 2
4 2

3 2 3
4 2 2

A: Here is a recipe for iterating over a file in chunks delimited by a regex
pattern.  This is perhaps a bit more powerful than is needed here; the regex
pattern is merely '\n{2,}', i.e. two-or-more end-of-line characters. On the
other hand, once you have this tool, there is no need to reinvent the wheel.
Once you have a chunk -- a multi-line string representing an array -- you can
parse it with np.loadtxt and find all diagonals using the diagonals function:
import io
import re
import numpy as np

# http://stackoverflow.com/q/17508697/190597
def open_chunk(readfunc, delimiter, chunksize=1024):
    """
    readfunc(chunksize) should return a string.
    """
    remainder = ''
    for chunk in iter(lambda: readfunc(chunksize), ''):
        pieces = re.split(delimiter, remainder + chunk)
        for piece in pieces[:-1]:
            yield piece
        remainder = pieces[-1]
    if remainder:
        yield remainder

# Based on http://stackoverflow.com/a/6313407/190597
def diagonals(L):
    h, w = len(L), len(L[0])
    return [[L[h - p + q - 1][q]
             for q in range(max(p-h+1,0), min(p+1, w))]
            for p in range(h + w - 1) ]

with open('data', 'r') as f:
    for chunk in open_chunk(f.read, r'\n{2,}'):
        arr = np.loadtxt(io.BytesIO(chunk))
        print([d for d in diagonals(arr) if len(d) != 1])

yields
[[1.0, 2.0], [1.0, 1.0, 2.0], [2.0, 1.0]]
[[3.0, 2.0], [3.0, 2.0]]
[[3.0, 2.0], [2.0, 2.0]]

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I keep getting errors at numerous spots in my recipe that the request ran for longer than 25000ms.In error in the linked Job occurred at a Send Docusign action at step 8.
In all of these cases, the action does execute. A Docusign was sent for the Job I referenced.
It seems like Workato's timeout limit of 25 seconds is not enough time for some of our use case.
I'm assuming I'm not the first person who's needed to connect an app that takes more than 25 seconds to execute.


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Dravet Syndrome has been a journey with lots of twists and turns. This video highlights the improvements in Haley's quality of life after adding CBD oil.
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This has become a way of life for our family in 2013-14. Almost every time she falls asleep she starts to have a cluster of seizures. We will intercede with a "rescue" drug and that will buy us a day without seizures, possibly two. Then we return to the sleeping generalized tonic clonic seizures. Our hope is that Medical Cannabis could help Haley. We have been told by her neurologist in February of 2014, that there is nothing left for her to try in the world of traditional pharmaceuticals.
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March 26th is International Purple Day for Epilepsy. It is founded by a young Canadian girl named Cassidy Megan. This video was put together to raise awareness for epilepsy and particularly Dravet syndrome.
Haley's Favorite Restaurant
by Haley's mom on November 2, 2011 at 10:52 PM
With the addition of Haley's latest drug, Stiripentol, we have noticed Haley has more language and has been able to request to go places by "name". For example she says, "I want to go to the store". I will respond telling her we are going to the store. Haley will then say, "No, I want to go to the store with the red dot!" Of course that is Target! Recently she requested to go to the restaurant with "two doors and a pickle". I don't know what was more impressive, that she realized this restaurant, Five Guys Burgers, had two sets of doors, or that I totally understood where she wanted to go!
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by Haley's mom on June 11, 2011 at 9:16 PM
This video captures our journey with Dravet syndrome.
Our Sister, Haley
by Haley's mom on March 5, 2011 at 2:03 PM
This video was made with the intention to show it to the kids at Haley's school. We wanted to explain "Haley" and Dravet syndrome to them. Originally I was going to have Haley's brothers narrate the video, but the microphone did not cooperate. I appreciate how helpful they were in this project!!
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by Haley's mom on August 20, 2010 at 2:18 PM
Sometimes Haley will just get the giggles and cannot stop laughing. We caught one such episode! It is guaranteed to make you smile!
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by Haley's mom on November 9, 2009 at 6:58 AM
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This video captures how playful and full of life Haley was as a toddler. She was a bright little girl who spoke early and could write her name at two years old. Sadly, today at nine years old, she still writes her name the same. We made this video to educate and raise awareness for Dravet syndrome. Our prayer is that another family will not have to wait through years of seizures without a diagnosis.
Haley's First Horse Show
by Haley's mom on September 1, 2009 at 8:46 AM
Haley had her first horse show at Dreamcatchers. She rode Jake who she affectionately called "Jacob". Jake is the tallest horse at the barn, standing 17 hands high. Haley's instructor calls him "Jakeasaurus". Haley received a "bow" (as she called it) for the best posture and best reining in her class. The previous class was given ribbons for the "Best Whoa", etc. Dreamcatchers is a wonderful place that serves children with various disabilities. They have definitely been a blessing to our family.
More Dreamcatchers
by haleyismyhero on February 28, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Haley gives the command "whoa" and uses her reins properly. Then announces she would now like to play the drums.
by haleyismyhero on February 28, 2009 at 12:42 PM
Haley on Charlie, a Tennessee Walking horse. As Charlie walks, Haley gets shifted side to side. They say it is characteristic of a Tennessee Walking horse. The lateral movement is good for Haley because it will help strengthen her core muscle. Dravet syndrome has caused her to be low tone. If she sits too long, she slouches. Therefore it is good to be challenged through riding Charlie and other exercises they do on the horse. Thankfully (as you will see in this video) her side walkers will adjust her if she gets shifted too far over.
Charlie's unusual habit
Charlie has a weird habit of "chattering". He sticks out his tongue and bites it and then claps his lips together. He is quirky and so is Haley. They make a great pair!!
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In this instructable, I will show you how to create a laser cutted model from 3D CAD. The side table in the picture is a small scaled model to show this process. Have fun and let me know in the comment if you have any questions.
This depends on your 3D modelling skill and experience in laser cutting. Maybe you need to design a product first, so It can take one or two days.
I've used Fusion 360, because it's a free 3d modeling software for students. If you're ready with your 3D model, please go to "make" and click on the "Slicer for Fusion" button. If you use other 3D modeling software tools, just op slicer and upload your STL or STEP file into Slicer.
First you have to know what format you use for cutting you design. Mostly, lasercut machines can fit A2 sizes boards. I used card boards of 500 mm x 800 mm.
1. Manufacturing settings: Define your board size (A2, A3 etc.) and your unit (mm, in etc). You can change your size of your model by scaling or typing specific unit. Click on the "gear" logo to set up the thickness of your chosen board (mm or in).
2. Construction Technique: Here you can try out some different techniques to slice your product. I advice to try out all of these techniques and define for yourself which technique sets it best to your design. You can change the amount of slicers or sizes.
3. If you're ready, please see the right menu how many sheets you need to manufacturer your design. If this is ok, please click on "get plans" on the left menu and safe the 2D drawings as PDF file on your computer.
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Q: SQL display different data from the same table in different rows I'm trying to get a list of systems from our inventory software (in this case SCCM) from one view (v_gs_softwarefile) but with multiple criteria. In this particular case, I need all systems (SCCM calls the unique identifier "ResourceID", so i just stuck to that one) which do not have iexplore version > 8 and on the other side have a saplogon.exe with the exact version '7100.3.13.1045'.
Version 1 (Question: How can I output the filename and fileversion of saplogon.exe result?)
SELECT DISTINCT
    t1.ResourceID
    ,t1.FileName
    ,t1.FileVersion
FROM
    v_GS_SoftwareFile as t1
WHERE
    (t1.filename = 'iexplore.exe'
    and
    t1.fileversion < '8.0')
    and
    t1.resourceid in (
        SELECT DISTINCT
            t2.resourceid
        FROM
            v_gs_softwarefile as t2
        WHERE
            t2.filename = 'saplogon.exe'
            and
            t2.fileversion ='7100.3.13.1045')

I managed to get me my output with my second attempt, however the resulting SQL is probably much too complex for the simple question I faced with Version 1
Version 2:
declare @tab1 table (
    resourceid int,
    filename char(255),
    fileversion char(255)
    )

insert into @tab1(t1.resourceid,t1.filename,t1.fileversion)
select
    t1.resourceid,
    t1.FileName,
    t1.FileVersion
    from v_GS_SoftwareFile as t1
where
    t1.filename = 'iexplore.exe'
    and
    t1.fileversion < '8'

select distinct
    temp.resourceid,
    temp.filename as 'IE',
    temp.fileversion as 'IE ver',
    orig.filename as 'SAP',
    orig.fileversion as 'SAP ver'
from @tab1 as temp
    inner join v_gs_softwarefile as orig on orig.resourceid = temp.resourceid
where
    orig.filename = 'saplogon.exe'
    and
    orig.fileversion = '7100.3.13.1045'
order by temp.resourceid

The result looks like this:
resourceid | IE | IE ver | SAP | SAP ver
2542 |iexplore.exe | 6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105) | saplogon.exe | 7100.3.13.1045
1544 |iexplore.exe | 7.00.5730.11 (winmain(wmbla).061017-1135) | saplogon.exe | 7100.3.13.1045

A: Your second attempt looks pretty good to me.  If it was me, I'd simplify this by eliminating the temporary table and using a couple sub-selects, so the query would be transformed to:
select distinct temp.resourceid,
                temp.filename as 'IE',
                temp.fileversion as 'IE ver',
                orig.filename as 'SAP',
                orig.fileversion as 'SAP ver'
  from (select resourceid,
               FileName,
               FileVersion
          from v_GS_SoftwareFile
          where filename = 'iexplore.exe' and
                fileversion < '8' ) as temp
inner join (select resourceid,
                   filename,
                   fileversion
              from v_gs_softwarefile
              where filename = 'saplogon.exe' and
                    fileversion = '7100.3.13.1045') as orig
  on orig.resourceid = temp.resourceid
order by temp.resourceid

I also suspect that the DISTINCT on the main query might not be needed.  Try this with and without the DISTINCT to see.
Share and enjoy.

A: Or just do a self-join...
select t1.resourceid,
    t1.filename as 'IE',
    t1.fileversion as 'IE ver',
    t2.filename as 'SAP',
    t2.fileversion as 'SAP ver'
from v_GS_SoftwareFile as t1
    inner join v_gs_softwarefile as t2 on t2.resourceid = t1.resourceid
where
    (t2.filename = 'saplogon.exe'
    and
    t2.fileversion = '7100.3.13.1045')
    AND
    (t1.filename = 'iexplore.exe'
    and t1.fileversion < '8')
order by t1.resourceid


What is Friday Night Fives @ King's House Sports Ground?
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We use an automation tool to automatically install 1Password 7 to all our computers. With 1Password 6 I could simply put the license file in /Users/$userName/Library/"Group Containers"/2BUA8C4S2C.com.agilebits/License/ but this does not seem to work with 1Password 7. Is there some alternative way to automatically install the license for our users?
Welcome to the forum, @matsmalmsten! If you're a business user of 1Password, do you have a 1Password Business (or 1Password Teams) account? If so, you don't actually need to put the license file anywhere, because 1Password does not require it when you're signed into a 1Password.com account. If you're using standalone 1Password, that's another matter...but it should work as it always has. Can you clarify whether you're using standalone 1Password or a 1password.com membership/account? Thanks.
We are using standalone. We have purchased a volume license for 1Password 7. At this point we did not yet want to go the account way.
@matsmalmsten - thanks for clarifying. Can I ask which tool you're using? It may be a syntax issue, I suppose...but I wouldn't think so. Instead of "Group Containers" (in quotes) in the above example, have you tried Group\ Containers/ ?
2. you aren't renaming the file to the wrong name, 1Password 7 has a different license file name/extension than 6 did.
@rudy We are using a 1Password7 license file. I use the .onepassword7-license-mac extension.
It seems our business team is going to be best positioned to address this for you. Could you please reach out to them at [email protected]? When you email in you'll get a support ID from BitBot. Please post that ID here.
@matsmalmsten - thanks; one of our team should be with you shortly.
After that 1Password 7 will find it.
@matsmalmsten - I think you just did. Glad it worked out for you!
@matsmalmsten - to be clear for anyone else reading this thread, you don't actually need to use that specific location. In fact the location you used, ~/Library/Application Support/1Password 4/License/ will only exist if a) the user had previously used 1Password 4, 5 or 6 for Mac, and b) had purchased 1Password directly from us (not the Mac App Store). Without those two things, that location will not even exist.
In 1Password 7 for Mac, we try to make it as simple and forgiving for the user as possible, so that is ONE of the locations that version 7 will check for licenses. But the correct location is indeed ~/Library/Group Containers/2BUA8C4S2C.com.agilebits/License/~ for 1Password 7 for Mac licenses. The reason that didn't work for you initially (I'm guessing) has to do with renaming of the license file. 1Password 7 will look for a specific name, and if the file isn't named exactly that, it won't work regardless of where the license file is located.
(re)named 1Password 7 License.onepassword7-license-mac and nothing else.


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Bones found on West Falkland in 2010 by a boy then aged thirteen, which were subsequently kept for a while in the bottom of his grandmother's wardrobe, may have narrowed down the search for an answer to a mystery which puzzled Charles Darwin when he visited the Falkland Islands in 1837.
Chilean conglomerate Quinenco SA announced Tuesday it completed the purchase of Royal Dutch Shell PLC's local business for 633 million US dollars.
Brazil's Lower House passed on Tuesday the charter-treaty marking the foundation of the Union of South American Nations, Unasur, and the half approved bill now goes to consideration of the Senate.
Australia marked the start of its whale-watching season Wednesday with predictions that some 4,000 of the giant animals will be spotted as they make their way along the coast during winter.
The Falkland Islands elected Legislative Assembly has announced the program to mark the anniversary of the liberation of the Falklands from Argentine occupation in 1982 which will take place next Tuesday14 June 2011.
HMS Invincible the flagship of the Task Force that recovered the Falkland Islands in 1982 and later served in Bosnia in 1995 and Iraq in 1998 and 1999 has reached her final resting place: a recycling yard in Aliaga, heart of the Turkey's ship-breaking industry.
Gibraltar Opposition Leader Fabian Picardo will head for New York later this month to address the United Nations Committee of 24 as part of the opposition GSLP/Liberal policy of continuing to ask the C24 to de-list British Overseas Territory and formally close the decolonisation process.
Rockhopper Exploration operating in the North Falkland basin has provided an upbeat update on its second appraisal well, 14/10-5, on the Sea Lion discovery which was drilled 600 m north of the 14/10-2 discovery well to a TD of 2,726 m.
By Emily Dugan - The following piece from The Independent on Sunday describes how in spite of the World NO tobacco Day (May 31) the industry ruthlessly exploits the developing world and makes huge profits even when smoking in the richer countries has been falling sustainedly.
An oil storage tank exploded in the port of Gibraltar Tuesday afternoon around 3.30pm, just metres from where a cruise ship Independence of the Seas was berthed. Two people who were carrying out welding work on the tank were injured in the blast. One of them, a 40-year old Spanish national from La Linea, suffered serious, extensive and life threatening burns.


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IDF discovers terror tunnel dug from Gaza into Israel
An "underground terror tunnel dug from Gaza into Israel" was discovered in the southern part of the Gaza strip, Israel Defense Forces announced on Monday.
"IDF troops just revealed an underground terror tunnel dug from Gaza into Israel," The Israel Defense Forces tweeted on Monday. "How'd we find it? While building an underground security barrier. Why are we building an underground barrier? To stop Gaza terrorists from digging tunnels into Israel. Guess it's working."
IDF troops just revealed an underground terror tunnel dug from Gaza into Israel.
How'd we find it?
While building an underground security barrier.
Why are we building an underground barrier?
To stop Gaza terrorists from digging tunnels into Israel.
Guess it's working 🤷🏻♂
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) July 8, 2019
The tunnel did not represent a threat and was "being taken care of by the IDF," The Times of Israel reported, citing the Eshkol Regional Council, covering the area where the tunnel was found.
Israel is currently building an underground barrier in an attempt to both block terror tunnel digging and also detect it with special sensors. It was when digging this new barrier that they discovered the tunnel.
According to the military, work began on this barrier in 2016 and is due to be completed by the end of 2019. The 65-kilometer (40 mile) barrier is being constructed entirely inside Israeli territory, 50 meters (some 55 yards) from the Gaza border at its closest point and 300 meters (328 yards) away at its farthest.
The undergrown wall is made with special concrete that contains sensors. There are also metal sensor polls inserted at certain points which will detect Hamas's tunnelling activity.
Hamas, which seeks to destroy Israel, seized control of Gaza from the Palestinian Authority in 2007, and is the de facto ruler of the territory.
Sadly, the people of Gaza have suffered under Hamas. Instead of helping building Gaza and providing for their people, Hamas has committed hundreds-of-millions of dollars to fund terrorism, building terror tunnels, making rockets, stockpiling weapons and brainwashing their people to hate Israel. Their aim to destroy Israel and the Jewish people.
It is Hamas and Hamas alone who is responsible for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
A Jordanian MP who has made virulently anti-Semitic comments was welcomed into the Palace of Westminster last week by a Labour Shadow Minister. Yahya Al-Saud, who is...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday threatened to hit Hezbollah with a "crushing blow" if the Lebanese terror group "dares to do some nonsense" and launches an attack on Israel....
The head of the Hezbollah terror group warned Friday that Israel would be drawn into any war between the US and Iran and could be "wiped out" in such a conflict."Iran is able to bombard...
European Union nations were looking to deescalate tensions in the Persian Gulf area on Monday and call on Iran to stick to the 2015 nuclear deal, despite the pullout of the United States...
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BT Sports: Ronaldo Will Retire From Football When He Turns 40 — Ryan Giggs
by Seun Adeuyi on September 11, 2020
Wales head coach, Ryan Giggs, has said that Portugal captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, will retire from football at the age of 40.
Ronaldo, 35, on Tuesday scored his 101st international goal for Portugal in their 2-0 victory over Sweden.
The winger is now just eight strikes shy of matching the record for most international goals in football history.
But Giggs, who played alongside the Juventus forward during their time at Premier League side, Manchester United, told the PA news agency that the forward can continue playing football until he's 40.
In his words, "I was at a top club [Manchester United] and played until I was 40, and I can see him [Cristiano Ronaldo] going on and playing until he's 40 as well. He looks after himself, he eats right, rests right and lives for the game and is the best professional I ever played with.
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"I saw him at the start of his career, and you could never foresee him going on to score this amount of goals. He was a talent and a brilliant player who excited you. Cristiano was always a student of the game, and just like me, he is always looking for that extra edge.
"He was always in the gym and had it in his mind how good he could be. He scored 40 goals in one season at United and since then what he's done is remarkable."
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Good News Sunday: Northern Illinois Food Bank opens bigger distribution center in Green Oaks
Julie Yurko, president and CEO of the Northern Illinois Food Bank, speaks during the opening of its new north suburban distribution center in Green Oaks Tuesday. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
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This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald:
Rows of tall storage racks to hold a bounty of food have been bolted down and gleaming stainless steel prep tables readied for a surge in volunteers as the Northern Illinois Food Bank enters a new chapter serving Lake and McHenry counties.
The organization's new North suburban distribution center in the Green Oaks Business Park on Route 176, just east of Interstate 94, is much larger and more centrally located than its former home of 20 years in Park City.
As a supermarket of sorts for food pantries and other entities, the relocation and expansion has been in the works since fall to meet a continuing demand for food assistance.
The expansion comes as the organization across its service area is serving 30% more people on average each month than before the pandemic.
"Our emphasis and focus is to make sure we're tending to the pantries and soup kitchens as fast as we can," said Scott Keenan, North suburban center manager.
Keenan joined food bank executives and local officials Tuesday for an official grand opening. Work to convert the 28,000-square-foot warehouselike space started early this year. Distribution didn't stop in the interim, but the improved operation is ready to open full time.
DuPage Habitat for Humanity makes homeownership a reality
DuPage Habitat for Humanity volunteers Scott Cimo, left, and Ryan O'Connor work on a townhouse project in Hanover Park. Since 1995 the agency has helped more than 105 families get their own homes. - Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
When her friends talk about planning a vacation, Iris Bess tells them she's staying put in her West Chicago home.
For the first time in two decades, the 50-year-old woman has her own home, and her two teenage sons have their own bedrooms. She loves the corner lot, her yard and that she can see the sun in the morning from her bedroom window.
She moved into her home in May with the help of DuPage Habitat for Humanity.
"I'm very appreciative of Habitat," said Bess, who lives on a cul-de-sac that includes other DuPage Habitat for Humanity homes. "This is my vacation spot right here."
Since 1995 DuPage Habitat for Humanity has helped more than 105 families get their own homes.
It is one of five organizations to receive a $10,000 grant from the Daily Herald's Neighbors in Need Fund. Daily Herald readers raised $36,000 to benefit agencies that address homelessness, hunger and health care access. For every dollar raised, the McCormick Foundation donated 50 cents.
By the end of this summer, DuPage Habitat for Humanity will have two more homes ready for families in Hanover Park.
Arlington Heights park is backdrop for kids' book about baseball
Arlington Heights author and hitting coach Paul Petricca signs copies of his new children's book "Going Going Gone!" after the July 4 parade near his house by Recreation Park. - Courtesy of Paul Petricca
Paul Petricca has spent nearly three decades teaching hundreds of Little League, high school and college baseball and softball players how to hit.
Many of those lessons took place at Recreation Park, across the street from his house in Arlington Heights, where daughter Elaine and sons Ricky and Sam played.
Those experiences were the inspiration for Petricca's new book, "Going Going Gone!" -- which is as much a children's story as it is hitting manual.
The 36-page book, released in June by Archway Publishing, also includes illustrator Dan Vick's depictions of Arlington Heights locales, such as the Lloyd Meyer Field at Recreation Park and Grandt's Shell rocket (a long-standing local landmark until the gas station closed at the end of 2020).
In the story, young players Elaine and Ricky are taking batting practice at Recreation Park when they're swept away by a strange wind to another world. They land at a ballpark and are approached by a friendly alien, Sam, who wants to learn how to launch a ball into space.
The kids teach the green ballplayer the fundamentals of the swing until he hits one that's "going, going gone!"
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Much of the ETUC's external relations work is closely linked to trade relations between the EU and other countries or regions. The ETUC has consistently supported equitable trade regulated by multilateral institutions, and called for strong cooperation between the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the ILO. In recent years, with the faltering of the Doha Round and a proliferation of bilateral trade agreements, the EU has also engaged in bi-regional and bilateral negotiations in which, generally, trade agreements have been included within association, cooperation and strategic agreements. The ETUC agrees that trade and investment agreements should be part of a wider political relationship, and has developed cooperation with trade unions in these countries.
The ETUC insists on the strict application of the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty, which lays down that the Union's external and international trade policies should seek to advance its values in the wider world. These include democracy and peace, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity, the principles of equality and solidarity, and respect for the principles of the European Charter of Human Rights, the UN Charter and international law. The EU acquis, collective preferences and regulatory practices must in no way be undermined by external trade and investment relationships.
The ETUC has an International Matters, Trade and International Development Committee which meets at least twice a year and debates policy positions.
Joint statement on negotiations for a bi-regional partnership agreement between the European Union and Mercosur
Brussels 25/06/2019 CONO SUR TRADE UNION ORGANISATIONS COORDINATOR (CCSCS) EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ETUC) JOINT STATEMENT ON NEGOTIATIONS FOR A BI-REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND MERCOSUR
South Korea must honour commitment to workers' rights
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has been following - with growing concern and frustration - discussions in South Korea about the ratification and full implementation of fundamental UN ILO Conventions, notably Convention 87 on Freedom of Association and Convention 98 on Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining, which the South Korean government committed to in the 2011 EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement.
ETUC position on Singapore Investment Protection Agreement (EUSIPA)
Brussels, 11 February 2019 Dear Member of the European Parliament, On the eve of the vote on the EU Singapore Investment Protection Agreement (EUSIPA), ETUC urges you not to support the Agreement that represents a further entrenchment of investors' rights, while workers' rights are still without similar protection.
Trade & labour rights: toothless deals need teeth!
Today the European Commission formally requested consultations with the Government of South Korea on the lack of implementation of fundamental labour rights. This is strongly welcomed by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) which, together with the Federation of Korean Trade Unions and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, have pressed for a long time for consultations to be launched due to the poor situation of workers' rights in South Korea.
ITUC Congress 2018 - Speech by Luca Visentini, ETUC General Secretary
Brothers and sisters! Comrades and friends! I bring you the solidarity of the European Trade Union Confederation and the European trade union movement! Let me thank our Danish colleagues, LO and FTF, Lizette and Bente, for the fantastic welcome they gave us here in Copenhagen. I really admire you for the way you have defended and implemented the Danish model, based on social dialogue and collective bargaining.
Canadian and European trade unions: EU is breaking promises on CETA
Upcoming meeting in Montreal provides an opportunity to address growing concerns On the first anniversary of CETA's implementation, trade unions on both sides of the Atlantic are warning that the trade deal is not a 'model' agreement and say it is time for an immediate review.
ETUC - JTUC-RENGO Joint Statement on EU-Japan EPA negotiations
The negotiations of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) were finalised in December last year. The signature of the EPA is foreseen on 11 July 2018. Separate negotiations on investment protection continue in parallel. The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (JTUC-RENGO) recognize the importance of creating frameworks for economic cooperation between EU and Japan, which are major mutual trading partners, in guiding both economies onto a stable and sustainable growth trajectory, and establishing sustainable employment.
Joint ETUC-ITUC submission on ACP-EU Partnership Agreement
25 June 2018 Consultation on ACP-EU Partnership Agreement European Commission Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development Post-Cotonou Task Force Trade Union Movement Contribution
AFL-CIO – ETUC Joint Statement
The working people of the United States and Europe have been harmed by unfair trade practices, including China's deliberate overproduction of steel and aluminum, intellectual property theft, forced transfer of production, and violation of basic labor rights.
ETUC assessment on Commission's non paper on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapters in EU Free Trade Agreements
Brussels, 5 March 2018 ETUC assessment on Commission's non paper on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapters in EU Free Trade Agreements
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Non-paper on introducing an Independent Labour Secretariat to CETA
Non-paper on introducing an Independent Labour Secretariat to CETA Based on a joint AFL-CIO and ETUC proposal in the context of the negotiations on the sustainable development chapter in the TTIP, the core issues and proposals for improved institutional and enforcement mechanisms were transferred to the CETA agreement and its textual structure with view to a possible review of these chapters. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ARTICLE 22.4 Institutional mechanisms
11.12.2017 Event
International Matters, Trade and International Development Committee
Brussels, 17 January 2018. International Matters, Trade and International Development Committee For Information for ETUC Member Organisations Dear colleagues, We are happy to invite you to the next meeting of the International Matters, Trade and International Development Committee. The meeting will take place on the 21st February 2018 from 9:30 to 17:00 on the 7th floor meeting Room (A+B) of the ITUH building on Boulevard Du Roi Albert II, 5 1210 Brussels.
MEPS urged to back anti-dumping agreement
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and industriAll Europe call on MEPs to vote tomorrow – Tuesday 14 November – in favour of the agreement by the European Commission, Parliament and Council on anti-dumping. The trade unions welcome the new method for assessing whether dumping caused by state subsidies is taking place. Indeed, the new method · does not grant market economy status to China, and
No more excuses: New evidence reveals EU Action on Bangladesh labour rights abuses long over-due
In light of new evidence, trade unions and labour organizations are today renewing their calls to the European Commission to make good on its promise to launch a trade investigation into Bangladesh as a result of its government's continued failure to make urgently needed reforms to the law and practice governing trade union rights in the country's Ready Made Garment industry.
ETUC submission on the Non-paper of the Commission services on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapters in EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
Brussels, 11 October 2017 ETUC submission on the Non-paper of the Commission services on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapters in EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
Brussels, 11 October 2017. Update: Following an internal IT error. Dear Member of the European Parliament, Following an internal IT error, the ETUC's Position can now be found on our public page here and in the PDF below. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding. Your sincerely, Daniele Basso ETUC Advisor
Fifth Annual FEPS-‐IPD Conference - Regroup and reform: Ideas for a more progressive trade policy
Brussels, 03 October 2017 Fifth Annual FEPS-‐IPD Conference - Regroup and reform: Ideas for a more progressive trade policy
Reflection paper on Harnessing Globalisation – ETUC Assessment
Reflection paper on Harnessing Globalisation – ETUC Assessment Adopted at the Executive Meeting of 13-14 June 2017
ETUC Resolution for an EU progressive trade and investment policy
ETUC Resolution for an EU progressive trade and investment policy Adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 13-14 June 2017
Public Event: What should the future EU trade policy look like? What can trade accomplish and what are its limits?
Civil Society Trade Lab: What should the future EU trade policy look like? What can trade accomplish and what are its limits? Join interactive workshops to test new ideas and discuss the future of EU trade policy with civil society, policy makers and experts in 4 topical "laboratories": the "Social & Labour Lab", the "Digital Trade Lab", the "Farm, Food & Trade Lab" and the "Trade, Environment & Climate Lab". Outcomes of these workshops will be debated by a panel and the audience during a plenary session.
ETUC calls on Commission to oppose China's action against EU at WTO
Today, Tuesday, 21st March, the WTO Dispute Settlement Body will hear China's request for a panel to rule on the EU's anti-dumping measures against imports from China. The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) supports the call by AEGIS, representing many EU industry sectors, for the EU to firmly oppose that claim. "Dumping kills jobs, investments and competition. The EU instruments against illegal dumping must not be weakened just because China is taking its case to the WTO", says Liina Carr, ETUC Confederal Secretary.
Save the date: Can the EU better support job creation in developing countries?
Brussels 20 December 2016 Dear colleagues, The ITUC, ETUC and ActionAid are co-organising this half-day event on January 24th. Please save the date. An e-mail with information on how to register will be sent in the following weeks. Save the date 24 January 2017, 9:00-12:45 Save the date: 24 January 2017, 9:00-12:45 Can the EU better support job creation in developing countries?
Yes to fair trade, no to dumping!
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), together with sectoral trade union industriAll Europe, urge Trade Ministers meeting on 11 November to adopt robust anti-dumping measures to protect European jobs and industry from unfair, subsidised competition. The ETUC warn trade ministers of the urgency to effectively tackle unfair trade practices from countries like China, to save jobs in Europe. "Unfair competition is destroying EU manufacturing jobs" said ETUC General Secretary Luca Visentini. "Europe must have the proper tools to defend its industry."
ETUC and CLC statement on CETA: more democracy for a fair and progressive trade agenda
ETUC and CLC statement on CETA MORE DEMOCRACY FOR A FAIR AND PROGRESSIVE TRADE AGENDA The failure of the signature of CETA and the consequent postponement of the EU-Canada Summit show that our concerns were right and shared by local and national politicians, and that the deal cannot be ratified unless the flaws in CETA are fully addressed.
EU has to break out of cycle of failure
The ETUC urged EU Heads of Governments to break out of their cycle of failure after yet another Summit in which practically nothing was agreed, and what was agreed should not have been according to the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).
Ms Liina CARR
Confederal Secretary
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Q: fscanf not reading file contents ( using pthreads ) in C I have been having trouble using pthreads and reading from files. Our professor only teaches the theory mostly and I have been struggling to learn. As the title says I am having trouble reading from my file using fscanf. My main function is the following.
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <time.h>
#define MAX 15000

void createandFillFile(char*);
void* determineMin(void*);

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    //determins if argc is less than 2
    if(argc < 2)
    {
        printf("format is:./a.out <filename> \n");
        return -1;
    }

    createandFillFile(argv[1]);

    pthread_attr_t attr;
    pthread_t minThread; //maxThread, avgThread;

    //series of if statements to determine if the pthread functions have been executed correctly
    if(pthread_attr_init(&attr) != 0)
    {
        printf("ERROR: THREAD INITIATION FAILURE");
        return -1;
    }

    if(pthread_create(&minThread,&attr,determineMin,(void*)argv) != 0)
    {
        printf("ERROR: THREAD CREATION FAILURE");
        return -1;
    }

    if(pthread_join(minThread,NULL) != 0)
    {
        printf("ERROR: THREAD JOIN FAILURE");
        return -1;
    }

    return 0;
}

My function that creates the file and then fills it with 15000 numbers within the range of -200 to 200 is the following.
{
    //creates the file pointer
    FILE *fileptr;

    //creates the file
    fileptr = fopen(fileName,"w");

    int lower = -200;
    int upper = 200;

    int number;

    srand(time(NULL));

    for(int i=0; i<MAX; i++)
    {
        number = (rand() % (upper-lower+1))+lower;
        fprintf(fileptr,"%i ",number);

    }

    fclose(fileptr);
}

And the last function that is using the pthread minThread is the following.
void* determineMin(void* fileName)
{
    //creates the file pointer
    FILE *fileptr;

    //creates the file
    fileptr = fopen(*(char**)fileName,"r");

    int number=0, min=0;

    if(fileptr)
    {

        fscanf(fileptr,"%i ",&number);

        min = number;

        printf("%i",min);
    }

    fclose(fileptr);
}

The problem i am running into is this. After type casting and de-referencing the void* fileName and opening the file using it. The file opens successfully, but it wont read any input. I'm not currently iterating through every single number because there is 15000, so I am only trying it once, and it doesn't seem to be working. Is there a rule of using files with pthreads that I am forgetting that is preventing from the fscanf from working properly?

A: You're passing argv as the thread argument. So *(char**)fileName is actually argv[0] which is definitely not what you want. Try ((char**)fileName)[1].
P.S. You can use NULL in place of &attr IIRC (if you don't actually need the attributes ofc).

A: You passed the argv as parameter of pthread_create().
It's similar with argv[0] and it means the executable file itself.
To pass the file name, please replace argv with argv[1].


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Authorities in Day County Believe Bristol Man Drowned While Hunting
November 14, 2017	KMSD, News, News Daypop, State and Local News
The Day County Sheriff's Office says a Bristol man who went missing in early November is believed to have drowned in an area lake while hunting and trying to retrieve a downed bird.
Milbank Area Experiences Widespread Power Outage
If you live in Milbank and you're an early riser, you may have had more trouble than usual finding your way out of bed this (Tuesday) morning.
Much of the Milbank community
"What Matters Most" Listening Post Sessions Continuing in Milbank
City leaders and economic development officials in Milbank are inviting the public to share their thoughts on "What Matters Most" when it comes to building the Milbank community for the future.
Milbank City Council Discusses Future Housing Development Options, Local Tree Trimming Ordinance, City Health Insurance Costs
Over the past several months, the city of Milbank has continued to look at ways of assisting property developers in an attempt to improve available housing options. At last (Monday) night's
President Trump Nominates Alex Azar As Health And Human Services Secretary
November 14, 2017	News Daypop
President Donald Trump on Monday announced he was nominating former Bush Administration official and drug company CEO Alex Azar as secretary of health and human services. If confirmed, he would
Large Turnout Reported for Annual Milbank Snow Queen Festival
A large gathering of people turned out for this year's annual Milbank Snow Queen Festival held Saturday evening in the Milbank High School Theatre.
Ten girls took the stage with each
7.3 Earthquake Strikes Iraq-Iran Border Killing Over 60 People
At least 67 people were killed and more than 500 others were hurt in a powerful earthquake on the Iran-Iraq border region Sunday, Iranian officials revealed. The quake had a magnitude of 7.3,
Train Crash In Southeast Congo Kills At Least 34
A train crash has killed at least 34 people and injured 26 others in Lualaba province in Democratic Republic of Congo. Lualaba governor Richard Muyej Mangez said the toll from today's crash
Missoula Children's Theatre Announces Upcoming Production of "Beauty Lou and the Country Beast" in Milbank
An audition will be held this coming Monday, November 13th in Milbank for the Missoula Children's Theatre upcoming production of "Beauty Lou and the Country Beast." The audition will
Annual Milbank Snow Queen Festival to Take Place This Weekend
The annual Milbank Snow Queen Festival will be held tomorrow (Saturday) evening, November 11th, in the Milbank High School Theatre.
Doors will open at 6 p.m. with the festival itself slated


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MOVING TOWARDS CLEAN FUELS
Select Quick Links Quick LinksFuels and ServicesBharatgasMAK LubricantsAviationRefineriesGasIndustrial and CommercialBharat PetroResources Limited (BPRL)International TradeProficiency TestingPipelinesBPCL Group
Bharat Petroleum's foray in Gas
Natural gas is seen as a great energy source of the 21st century, and to provide energy security to our customers, BPCL diversified into the gas business. The emerging gas demand in the country provides BPCL with an opportunity to expand its existing portfolio of energy supply.
The Bharat Petroleum Natural Gas Company was an early mover into the gas business, co-promoted Petronet LNG Ltd, along with IOC, ONGC and GAIL. The equity structure consists of 12.5% each by the promoters, 10% by Gaz de France, and 5.2 % by ADB and the balance by public.
PLL along with off takers, has finalised and signed long-term sale purchase agreement with Ras Gas for the supply of 7.5 MMTPA of LNG over a period of 25 years to Dahej Terminal. Recently agreements were also finalised with Exxon Mobil Australia for the supply of around 1.44 MMTPA LNG commencing in 2014-15, to be supplied over a period of 20 years to Kochi Terminal.
Out of the 7.5 MMTPA to be imported at the Dahej terminal, BPCL has marketing rights for 10% of the quantity whereas GAIL and IOC have the marketing rights for 60% and 30% respectively. BPCL's marketing share at the currently under construction Kochi terminal is 40%.
In addition to being a co-promoter of PLL, BPCL has also been a first mover in the CGD business by co-promoting Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL), a Joint Venture with GAIL, by setting up a gas distribution network in NCR. BPCL thereafter also co-promoted three more CGD networks by forming JVCs viz. Sabarmati Gas Ltd (SGL) in Gujarat with GSPC, Maharashtra Natural Gas Ltd (MNGL) and Central UP Gas Ltd (CUGL) with GAIL.
BPCL is currently marketing its share of RLNG from Dahej to various customers across the country and supplying RLNG to Mumbai and Kochi Refineries for their own consumption. BPC has developed a vast customer base of gas customers in the country and is currently handling a volume of around 1.5 MMTPA.
Bharat Petroleum along with consortium has been authorized by PNGRB for laying, building and operating cross country pipelines across central India namely Mallavaram-Bhilwara pipeline and Mehsana-Bhatinda-Jammu pipelines.
Bharat Petroleum along with the consortium has also participated in the bidding process initiated by PNGRB for laying, building and operating CGD networks in new geographical areas and for cross country pipelines, forming various consortiums.
In the year 2010, Bharat Petroleum has commenced marketing of LNG by Tank Trucks in collaboration with Inox India Ltd and have commissioned the first pilot project at General Motors, Halol in Gujarat. Many more customers who were not having access to gas pipelines were added thereafter.
After partnering in the major cross country gas pipelines, BPCL Natural Gas SBU has taken another major step to strengthen the infrastructural requirements for meeting natural gas demands of the country, by booking regasification capacity of 1 MMTPA at Petronet LNG terminal at Dahej.
Bharat Petroleum also pioneered LNG bunkering in India, supplying LNG as bunker fuel from Petronet LNG Terminal at Kochi in the year 2015.


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Q: Getting 0 on Using ArcPy GetCount in an Stand Alone Code Against A Feature Class in GDB in ArcGIS Pro I am able to get he count of rows in Feature Class wing Python Window like
arcpy.GetCount_management("pipe")

which is properly returning the number of rows inside the pipe feature class. but in a stand alone environment by using this code
import arcpy
from arcpy import env

env.workspace = "C:/Users/auser/Documents/ArcGIS/Projects/Electric/Electric.gdb"
count = arcpy.GetCount_management("pipe")
print(count)

I am always getting 0 in result back
I also tried
import arcpy
from arcpy import env

env.workspace = "C:/Users/auser/Documents/ArcGIS/Projects/Electric/Electric.gdb/dataset"
count = arcpy.GetCount_management("pipe")
print(count)

by adding the dataset to the env.workspace and again I am getting the same 0 back! Can you please let me know what I am doing wrong?

A: You need to access the result of the GetCount tool - https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/data-management/get-count.htm
count = arcpy.GetCount_management("pipe").getOutput(0))


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Amazon Bets on Jordan Peele and Barry Jenkins
On Film / The Daily — Jun 5, 2018
Detail from the poster for Jordan Peele's Us
In line with her declared mission to create "original, culturally relevant, and riveting television," Jennifer Salke, the new head of Amazon Studios, yesterday announced deals with two of the most talented filmmakers currently working, Jordan Peele and Barry Jenkins. The "first look" deal with Peele gives Amazon the right to take on or turn down any series ideas the director and producer might propose; and Jenkins will direct all eleven episodes of a limited series adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Underground Railroad.
In Whitehead's alternative history, two slaves in the pre–Civil War era escape from their Georgia plantation via a network of secret routes and safe houses. So far, so feasible. But Whitehead adds fictional elements to his depiction of the historical Underground Railroad—in the book, there is an actual railroad with tracks, trains, the works. Reviewing the novel in 2016 for the New York Times, Juan Gabriel Vásquez wrote that it "touches on the historical novel and the slave story, but what it does with those genres is striking and imaginative."
Jenkins is currently wrapping postproduction on his feature-film follow-up to Moonlight (2016), which, of course, won three Oscars, including best picture. If Beale Street Could Talk is an adaptation of James Baldwin's 1974 novel that Jenkins wrote in 2013, at the same time as he was writing Moonlight. Regina King, Colman Domingo, Pedro Pascal, Diego Luna, and Dave Franco star in the story of a woman who aims to prove that her fiancé has been framed for a crime he didn't commit. The Hollywood Reporter has Beale Street on its shortlist of fifteen films likely to premiere in Venice in the fall.
Jordan Peele already has two projects set up at Amazon. He'll executive produce The Hunt, a ten-episode series about a diverse group in New York in 1977 who track down hundreds of high-ranking Nazi officials conspiring to create the Fourth Reich in the U.S. "It's cathartic," stated Peele last month. "It's noir. It's frighteningly relevant."
The second project is Lorena, a true-crime documentary series centering on Lorena Bobbitt, who became a global media sensation when she cut off her husband's penis one night in 1993 after he'd raped her. Again, Peele will executive produce.
Peele also has a feature film in the works, his second after Get Out (2017), for which he won an Oscar for best original screenplay. Back in February, the told the Hollywood Reporter's Stephen Galloway that he was still writing his follow-up and that "playing around with the thriller, horror, action, fun genre of intrigue is my favorite. That's my sweet spot. So I think tonally it should resemble Get Out. That said, I want to make a completely different movie. I want to address something different than race in the next one."
A few weeks later, Peele tweeted a teaser poster for the upcoming thriller, Us, and added little further information other than that it would be released in March 2019. THR's Borys Kit and Mia Galuppo reported that the story would likely center on two couples and that Winston Duke, Lupita Nyong'o, and Elisabeth Moss were "circling to star."


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CORONAVIRUS: Crosses light up Destin with hope
Tina Harbuck @DestinLogTina
Apr 3, 2020 at 12:45 PM Apr 4, 2020 at 2:04 PM
"It's a peaceful thing ... when you see it off the water. Then people started calling us and wanting to know how they could get one, so I just started making a few of them."
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Every year Tommy and Janie Browning put up a lighted cross on the dock behind their home on Spring Lake in Destin during the Christmas season.
But with the dark cloud of coronavirus surrounding the country, the Brownings thought maybe it was time to bring a little light back and put the cross back up.
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"I know every body thinks it was my idea but big Tommy said, 'God's gonna have to handle this,'" Janie said, referring to the spread of the virus. "I said you're right. He's going to have to take care of it ... he's our hope."
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So a couple of weeks ago they asked their son Tommy Lee to put the cross back on the dock as a sign of hope
"It's a peaceful thing ... when you see it off the water," Tommy Lee said. "Then people started calling us and wanting to know how they could get one, so I just started making a few of them."
Tommy Lee said Laurie and Brant Kelley were the first to comment on the cross.
"Laurie said this is a great idea ... let's get this going," Tommy Lee said.
So Tommy Lee proceeded to build some for their neighbors and family.
"I've built about 30 and I've got about 30 more to go on orders. It's taking off," Tommy Lee said. "Dad is my saw man. He cuts them and I do everything else."
He says they're pretty simple to make. He uses a 10-foot 1-by-4 piece of wood and cuts it off at 7 foot and then puts the cross bars on it before stapling a set of indoor/outdoor LED lights to the front of it.
"I've gotten to where I can make one in about 10 minutes," Tommy Lee said. "It's kind of fun ... it gets your mind off the monotony of watching TV.
"I have had over a 100 calls from all over wanting to know how to build them or if they can get one," Tommy Lee added, who doesn't charge to make them. "I've got a list a mile long, it'll be Christmas before I finish."
However, after the Kelly's saw the Browning's cross they got the bug.
"We were inspired," Laurie said.
So they built one and put it in their yard and posted it online and "everybody went crazy," she said.
"We've gone viral," Brant said.
Brant, who just recently underwent surgery and is sticking close to home, has still managed to build a few crosses. He built one to put in his dad's yard, Bernard Kelly, which Tommy Lee delivered.
"We threw a couple in the yard to people and said you are on your own," Laurie said, keeping their social distance.
Laurie said she even has a friend in Tallahassee who has put up a lighted cross.
"I'm so happy when I see mine. I wouldn't give it up for anything," she said. "It's been enjoyable and inspirational ... people are so happy."
Laurie said they have given the pattern out on how to make one to several folks.
"Most people have something in their garage or workshop that they can turn into a cross ... and everybody has Christmas lights," Laurie said.
"Tons of people have made their own. Little by little there are more and more. It's something hopeful and inspirational. It's a little light in your life," she added.
Although many have already jumped on board with the idea, Janie Browning is hoping more will.
"What a great Easter we're going to have if we could get everybody in Destin with lighted crosses, wouldn't that be a tribute to the Lord?" Janie said. "It's just going to take the time ... but we've got plenty of time.
"Destin has always been a protected town. God took care of us through the hurricanes, it's like he's put a globe over us ... the oil spill came and we prayed that oil away and it didn't destroy our beaches. He took care of Destin," she added. "People better wake up and pay tribute to him, he's our savior, that's for sure."
The Brownings plan on leaving their cross up indefinitely.
"Light up Destin with hope," Tommy Lee said.
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Flying Over the Holidays
by Wendy Perrin
With the holidays approaching, it's time to remember that it's the most wonderful time of the year only if you're not in an airport. 'Tis the season for holiday travel headaches—which this year could turn into migraines, what with airline delays, cancellations, lost luggage, and involuntary bumpings at all-time highs. So use these tips to minimize travel snafus and to ensure that you get to Grandma's before the turkey dries out.
>> Fly when planes and airports are least crowded.
With sold-out flights and lengthy delays on the rise, it's more important than ever to carefully consider your departure times. Experienced travelers know that the best time to fly is midday on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, and that Monday mornings and Friday afternoons should be avoided because of the stampede of business travelers. During the holidays, however, these patterns change. Take the week of Thanksgiving: The best times to fly will be midday on the Monday before the holiday, Thanksgiving Day itself, and the Friday after. Not surprisingly, the worst will be the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Sunday and Monday after. As for the Christmas and New Year's period, the best days to fly this year should be: on or before December 19, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, December 27 and 29, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, and January 3, 4, and 7.
>> Pick flights that are least likely to be delayed.
Before buying an airline ticket, find out how often your flight arrives on schedule. You can check this at flightstats.com or by calling the carrier's reservations number and asking an agent. Most airline Web sites and online travel agencies don't provide on-time history for flights, but airline reservations agents must do so by law. Generally speaking, the earlier in the day you fly, the less likely it is that your flight will be delayed. The best time to depart is between 6 and 7 a.m., and the best time to land at your destination if you're flying to a cold climate is between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. (the warmest hours of the day). The worst time to land is between 7 and 10 p.m., according to the air-traffic controllers who contribute to avoiddelays.com, where you can plug in the name of the city you're flying to and get the worst hours for that specific airport. The site also lets you share your own delay debacles and forwards the complaints to the DOT.
>> Choose airports that are less prone to delays.
If you can't fly nonstop, be careful where you connect. Avoid hubs that are subject to snowstorms, as well as those that saw the most delays last holiday season: Chicago, Denver, JFK, LaGuardia, Newark, and Seattle. The farther south you connect, the better. Last winter, Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles were relatively good hubs for connecting. If you have a choice of airports to fly into, pick the one with the fewest delays (e.g., Oakland over San Francisco). The airports with the fewest delays last holiday season were Baltimore-Washington, Houston, Orlando, San Diego, and Tampa.
>> Travel with only carry-on luggage.
U.S. carriers are losing more bags than ever, and during the holidays the baggage-handling system at domestic airports is particularly taxed. Avoid checking luggage, especially if you are flying on a commuter airline. Small regional outfits—such as American Eagle and Delta Connection Carriers—mishandled more luggage than did major airlines in the 12 months ending in June 2007. Limiting yourself to carry-ons will, of course, shave hours off your airport time. If you must check luggage, do so curbside, where the lines are usually much shorter than those at the check-in counters.
>> Ship gifts in advance.
This will lighten your load. Should you have to lug presents, don't wrap them ahead of time, since security personnel may need to unwrap them.
>> Make sure you have a seat assignment.
Travelers without seat assignments are the first to get bumped. If you can't get one, it's particularly important to check in online and print your boarding pass up to 24 hours before your scheduled departure time.
>> Don't let yourself get bumped without making sure you're confirmed on a later flight the same day.
When planes are oversold—as happens frequently during the holidays—passengers get bumped. Before bumping anyone against their will, airlines ask for volunteers to take a later flight in exchange for a voucher for future use on the carrier. Don't offer to give up your seat unless you are confirmed on a later flight that day. Otherwise, given the frequency of flight cancellations (and winter storms), you could end up stranded at an airport overnight. If you want to lower the likelihood of getting bumped involuntarily, fly JetBlue, which has a policy of not overselling flights, and avoid Delta and its Delta Connection Carriers, which bumped the most passengers against their will in the 12 months ending in June 2007.
>> Know your standby options.
Airline expert Terry Trippler of tripplertravel.com advises leaving some wiggle room between the date of your return flight and the day you must report back to work. Give yourself an extra 24 hours to get home, and find out what your airline's standby policy is. Say a storm is brewing that could spell trouble for flight schedules: Call the carrier and ask if it will switch you to an earlier flight on your day of travel at no extra charge.
And If you're looking to save big (who isn't?)
>> Seek out low fares on the least crowded travel days.
If you haven't yet bought your plane ticket, you'll have the best chance of getting a decent fare if you fly on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day.
>> Figure out where you can still go affordably at such a late date.
Go to farecompare.com's Getaway Maps and plug in your home airport to see where you can fly to cheaply at the last minute, both in the United States and around the world. If you're sticking to U.S. destinations, your cheapest accommodation options will be big-city hotels that cater to business travelers the rest of the year—especially those in Atlanta, New Orleans, and Washington, D.C. (the three U.S. cities that have seen the lowest hotel-rate increases within the past year). Want a resort package? Look at what's available on extra-inventory sites such as lastminute.com and priceline.com. Cruises during the Christmas/New Year's period are pricey, but Thanksgiving sailings are usually a steal. (For other last-minute-bargain ideas for holiday travel, see "The Perrin Report," December 2006.)
>> Think international.
Thanksgiving and Christmas bring off-peak fares to Europe and other overseas locales—especially this year, given the recent capacity growth on international routes. You'll find relatively cheap seats on uncrowded planes to most overseas business-travel destinations, particularly European cities. Increase your comfort by flying these international routes on a foreign carrier, where the coach seats often have more legroom and better entertainment systems than those on a U.S. airline.
>> Consider going away between holidays instead of during them.
The period between Thanksgiving and Christmas—this year, Wednesday, November 28 through Wednesday, December 16—is an off-peak time in the Caribbean and other warm-weather resort areas, which means huge savings.


I suspect everyone who attended Access: Velocity had the same feeling as we left the Peninsula Hotel on Friday—my brain needs a little break.
Age Management Shortcomings. We spent a fair amount of time at Access: Velocity discussing what I consider to be a critical finding—that our reliance on the calendar as a measurement of a used vehicle's profitability is fundamentally flawed.
But our research shows that, as margin compression continues to erode profitability, there needs to be a better way than simply checking off days on a calendar to manage each vehicle to its maximum investment value and return.
We discussed two primary reasons why the calendar doesn't really work as a measurement of each vehicle's investment value.
First, the calendar doesn't recognize on Day 1 that some vehicles represent a better investment value than others. From the calendar perspective, every car's a "fresh" car. But, as we've come to understand, some cars are really "fresher" than others on Day 1. The calendar simply can't, and doesn't, know if you over-paid for a vehicle, or it's the wrong car.
Our research also found that this "fresh car" perspective often results in merchandising and pricing decisions that diminish returns from vehicles with high investment values, and expects unrealistic returns from vehicles with low investment values.
Second, the calendar assumes that every passing day exerts the same downward pressure on profitability for every vehicle. But we now know that, in fact, the investment value of some vehicles is more resistant to the advance of time than others.
At Access: Velocity, we talked at length about how dealers will need to shift their thinking from the number of days they hold a vehicle to the profit potential each vehicle holds.
It was exciting to see how these investment value insights played out at Access: Velocity, and how they represent a path beyond Velocity that will help dealers mitigate margin compression.
These investment-focused conversations reaffirmed my sense that, when NADA 2019 arrives, vAuto will be leading the way to a better way of used vehicle inventory management.
Inventory Investment Accountability. We had a rich discussion about how dealers can and should maintain more discipline over the amount of money they invest in their used vehicle inventories.
Today, it's not uncommon for dealers and managers to "buy more cars" without regard for the investment return they're getting from the current inventory. This mindset often contributes to distressed inventory—the cars that often should have been addressed before buying more inventory.
I liked one dealer's solution to this problem. He maintains a strict $3 million cap on his inventory/reconditioning investment, and requires managers to deliver at least $300,000 in gross profit (a 10 percent return) every month. Managers face a penalty if they don't meet the requirements, which help maintain a collective focus on minimizing distressed inventory.
"Predictive" and "Private" Inventory Sourcing: As we discussed how new technology and tools can help dealers reliably predict the investment value of used vehicles, several dealers asked about what I'd call predictive vehicle sourcing, as well as ways to mine private seller acquisition opportunities.
On predictive sourcing: Dealers asked if there's a way, when a vehicle in inventory gets a sufficient level buyer attention (e.g., VDPs, calls, e-mails, etc.), that they could know it. Through an alert or some other notice, their sourcing team would know, in advance, about an imminent retail sale and begin working to find a replacement unit. The concept makes good sense, and merits attention.
On private sellers: Some dealers shared how they mine private seller listings on Autotrader and other third-party sites to find, and pursue, vehicles that match their inventory needs. The effort follows frustration with the seemingly ever-rising costs of acquiring auction vehicles. The dealers suggested that these listings might be integrated into inventory sourcing tools to drive greater efficiencies and time savings.
Private, Public Dealer Advantages: Access: Velocity special guest speaker Alan Haig, president of Haig Partners, noted how today's dealership buy/sell activity is primarily driven by private dealers looking to grow and scale their operations. He also noted that while public dealer groups have grown through acquisitions, they haven't "figured out how to acquire share from competing stores" when they enter a market. At the same time, Haig suggested that public groups may have a long-term advantage if/when vehicle buyers seek out brands, and the experiences they offer, more than specific dealerships.
A Higher Purpose: In addition to providing a unique forum for Velocity dealers, our Access: Velocity event serves a higher purpose—we donate 100 percent of attendee registration fees to charity. This year's event raised $252,500 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation—an impressive sum that speaks to the generosity of dealers and their desire to help those less fortunate.
My sincere thanks to all the dealers who attended Access: Velocity and shared your insights, perspective and time with me, the vAuto team and your peers.
I have a feeling that this year's event will be remembered as a first step toward positive, profit-focused change that will pay dividends for dealers in the years to come.


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How Skip Tracing Works to Locate Someone
Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash
A skip tracing service is something you may have never heard of before. Let's take a closer look at what a skip tracer is and what a skip tracing job entails in this article.
Skip tracing is a method for locating a specific person of interest and gathering relevant information about that person. A skip tracing service, on the other hand, is a company that provides skip tracers. An increasingly popular method of tracking down and identifying an individual's other personal information, such as phone numbers and email addresses, skips tracing. How soon will you require the assistance of a skip tracer, then? We require the assistance of a skip tracer for a variety of reasons. Here are some of the most common situations in which we will need the assistance of a service like this.
1.When a person owes money to a business or establishment and then vanishes without paying it
Please, let's be honest with ourselves here. Surely, if a debtor abandons his or her responsibilities and cannot be located, we will need special assistance, right?" Skip tracers are more than willing to accommodate these kinds of requests. Skip tracers It's basically them doing the research so that we can find out where the debtor is, who is in contact with them, and how we can get in touch with them. The dirty work is done for us by skip tracer providers.
2.A bounty is offered when a missing person has a case.
Yes, you read that correctly. It also applies to those who are looking for assistance in the course of a criminal investigation. Skip tracers are frequently employed to locate fugitives because of their expertise in conducting research and investigations of this nature.
3.When a news story needs a narrative to go along with it.
Skip tracing isn't just for criminals and people of interest who owe money; it's also widely used in the media to track down people whose stories are important to the storylines. Investigative documentaries frequently use this style.
Skip tracing does indeed provide a plethora of benefits. Using the services of a skip tracer can come in handy in a variety of situations. We aren't exempt from dealing with problems and issues affecting people in our fast-paced world. Whenever there are unaccounted-for debtors or wanted people on the loose or when we need information for a news story, we know exactly who to call.
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A Heintz patinated bronze and silver overlay table lamp, circa 1920 Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Arts & Crafts design. Shade is made of bronze and mica; a heat resistant, translucent natural stone. Perfect as a desk or bedside table lamp emitting a beautiful orange and yellow glow.
Looks beautiful surrounded by Lambert or Stickley furniture. Marks: (original label to underside). Diameter 8.5 inches (28 x 21.6 cm). Wear commensurate of age and use. The item "Heintz Bronze Silver Overlay and Mica Arts & Crafts Table Lamp" is in sale since Wednesday, December 19, 2018.
This item is in the category "Antiques\Decorative Arts\Lamps". The seller is "avantiques" and is located in Dallas, Texas. This item can be shipped worldwide.