CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A Charlotte man pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for a crash that killed two people on I-77 in February 2018.
Investigators say Roy Mewborn was speeding when he crashed into a car that – for some reason - was stopped in the center lane near La Salle Street. Phillips Hayes, junior and Jessica Pacatte were inside the car and killed.
"The defendant admitted to troopers on scene that he was driving the vehicle, that he consumed alcohol not long before the crash and had smoke marijuana the night before," said Assistant District Attorney Desmond McCallum.
Prosecutors and defense agreed to a plea deal.
Thursday afternoon, the judge accepted the plea agreement and sentenced Mewborn up to two years in prison. But, Mewborn won't have to serve that time, instead that sentence has been suspended and he'll be on probation for three years.
The victims' families told the Judge and Mewborn what they were feeling.
And, Verdell Pacatte had a request.
"Would you please allow him to go speak at schools until he's off probation – twice a month so he can teach other kids not to make the same mistakes he made," she said.
Jessica's sister, Tasha Woods, says she believes Mewborn should have served some time in prison.
Phillips Hayes' mother made sure the court knew who her son was.
Constance Hayes turned to Mewborn with specific words for him.
The judge also ordered Mewborn to pay restitution to the victim's families.


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Clinical diagnostics of erectile dysfunction
Erectile dysfunction is a permanent or recurring incapacity to perform sexual intercourse and difficulties to have ejaculation.
Forms of erectile dysfunction
There are several types of erectile dysfunction:
Psychogenic;
Endocrine;
Psychogenic factors account for about 30% of all cases of erectile dysfunction. Vascular forms are about 70% of cases of erectile dysfunction. Approximately 1/3 of the vascular cases of erectile dysfunction are associated with abnormal arterial function. 1/3 ED cases are associated with venous disturbances and 1/3 ED is associated with mixed arterial-venous forms.
For diagnosis of the type of erectile dysfunction, dopplerometry of the penis vessels, ultrasound of the prostate and scrotum, biochemical blood test (hormones, glucose, lipid spectrum, hepatic enzymes) has been widely used.
Collection of anamnesis in ED:
Before proceeding with the examination, the physician collects data concerning the overall health of the patient:
The detection or elimination of diseases that could cause erectile dysfunction: diabetes, atherosclerosis, hypertension, kidney failure, smoking, alcohol abuse, mental and neurological diseases, dyslipidemia;
Evaluation of results after the passage of drug therapy;
Evaluation of the sexual function of men, while taking into account: severity and duration of sexual disorders; what causes sexual disorders; whether there is a night and morning erection; whether the attraction to the opposite sex has remained.
What are the effective ways of ED diagnostics?
Because of false shame and fear to hear a negative prognosis, only 10% of men, having noticed some erection violations, go to a doctor. During the examination, the presence or absence of nocturnal erections is established. They can be registered using a special sensor, which is fixed on the penis in the evening.
The doctor conducts a finger examination for the investigation of the innervation of the penis – normally, when the head of the organ is compressed, the anus decreases immediately.
Diagnosis of erectile dysfunction begins with standard questions that the patient must answer about the quality of current sexual life.
Since most of the cases of impotence are associated with organic disorders, the prostate is examined as well as the endocrine system to detect:
Prolactinoma – a benign tumor of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland;
Hypogonadism – underdevelopment of the testes, tumors of the thyroid gland and the adrenal cortex.
Additional methods applied to diagnose ED:
Dopplerography: it is a kind of ultrasound, when in the dynamics of the introduction of a drug that causes an erection, the symptoms of ED are revealed:
Determine the blood flow in the cavernous bodies;
Ultrasound of the penis;
Check the presence of calcification sites in them;
Measure the amount of venous outflow;
Identify signs of atherosclerosis and vascular scarring;
The arterial pressure in the organ is measured.
Cavernography – X-ray contrast study provided for the examination of the venous system of the penis. Cavernography allows assess the condition of the venous system and cavernous bodies of the penis. It also is helpful to assess the structure of cavernous bodies and detection of foci of atrophy and sclerosis.
Biotesiometry: it is a vibration test that can detect abnormalities of the penile innervation. If the sensitivity index is reduced, this may indicate the presence of disturbances in innervation. This condition can be observed in diabetes, neuropathy or aging of the body. If the sensitivity is increased, which most often happens at a young age, this may indicate premature ejaculation.
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Tennis South Africa (TSA) has announced that the Kelvin Grove Club in Cape Town will host South Africa's crucial Euro/Africa Group 2 Davis Cup tie against Bulgaria from September 13-14, 2019.
The SA Davis Cup team will go into the tie knowing that victory over the Eastern Europeans will earn them immediate promotion back to Group I.
South Africa suffered relegation in October last year after losing to Portugal in Lisbon.
Kelvin Grove is one of the leading tennis facilities in the country and will also be hosting a prestigious ITF Junior Grade A event in the week after the Davis Cup tie.
"We decided to take this Davis Cup tie to Cape Town for two reasons – firstly the core of the team are based in the city and the players have been keen to play in their home town for a while now, secondly with the ITF Grade A taking place in the Mother City, shortly after the tie, it provided a unique opportunity to create a week-long festival of tennis at Kelvin Grove," said Tennis SA CEO, Richard Glover.
South Africa – the 1974 tournament winners – are 44th overall in the Davis Cup rankings with Bulgaria in 64th place.
The home team will be bolstered by the continued growth of Cape-born Lloyd Harris on the world charts, who currently sits at No 96 on the ATP Tour rankings.


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The world awaits, eyes stuck at the clock, counting the few remaining hours to the return of one of the best Tech Titans to ever exist, Nokia. Once known to be the 'King' of all phones, the company found it difficult to survive in the era of Smartphones, finding no luck with their Lumia series.
However, after long years of waiting for the right time, Nokia devices are making their comeback with HMD Global, tonight at Mobile World Congress 2017 (MWC17). Not only are we expecting for HMD to introduce Nokia 6 to the international markets, rumour has it that the company will have much more for its fans to keep the hype going.
Nokia P1 Smartphone: All You Need to Know Rumour Roundup
It is rumoured to introduce its most awaited flagship, Nokia P1, and to re-introduce what once used to be one of Nokia's best production till date, Nokia 3310. Another rumour suggests that HMD will also introduce Nokia 3 and Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 Plus at the MWC17 platform. It seems odd of HMD to bring back Nokia's feature phone while individuals are demanding more features in the technologically advanced era, however, it also makes complete sense as well.
With news of Smartphones exploding, not to forget to have absolutely no privacy, easy to hack, and steal everything from backdoor access, it does make sense to bring a phone which once was the ultimate bar for all phones. Durable body, long-lasting battery, Snake (the game), it was the complete package, not to forget it made sure life stayed simple and not complicated.
The Legendary 'King of Phones' Nokia 3310 is Ready to Make its Return
According to Forbes, it's likely that a western version of the Nokia 6 will be one of HMD's Nokia devices announced at MWC. Referred to as the P1, other times as the Nokia 8, maxing out the specifications to deliver a high-end flagship would be a strong statement that Nokia has returned and can challenge the likes of Apple straight out of the gate.
The high-end device may be on show, or it may be held back until later in the year when HMD has a better understanding of the modern mobile market. Right now HMD has historical and theoretical knowledge from the industry veterans on its staff, but it does not have a huge amount of practical experience with handsets that are closing in on a $1000 price tag.
But it has a secret weapon to leverage – the Nokia feature phone business. By all means watch Sunday's MWC presentation for the dreams, the future plans and the revolutionary aspects that HMD will be aspiring to. Pay attention to the Android-powered handset that will be sitting on the bottom rung of the portfolio.
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The launch of Azure IoT Edge was one of Microsoft's slightly more esoteric but interesting announcements at its Build developer conference in Seattle today. While "the cloud" is all about moving compute and data storage into the data center, there are plenty of situations where you want to avoid the round trip between the device and the data center, or where you can't depend on having that network connection to begin with.
All of these devices can be managed centrally from the Azure IoT Hub and developers can write their applications in C, Node.js, Java, .NET and Python.
In some ways, Azure IoT Edge is essentially an extension of what Microsoft was already doing with its Azure IoT Gateway.
Julia White, Microsoft's corporate VP for Azure marketing, told me that she also thinks of Azure Stack as a "super-powerful" version of an edge device. Azure Stack, which remains on track for a launch later this year, allows enterprises to run many of the core Azure services in their own data center. As White noted, Carnival Cruise Line, for example, is deploying Azure Stack on some of its ships — not to allow developers to code while they're cruising, but to allow Carnival to write an application once and then run that same code in the cloud or on the water.


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After a life well lived, Lloyd Weymouth Henderson, age 100, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 16, 2019 in Rosetown.
One of three children born to Thomas and Rosella Henderson in the Engen District, Lloyd came into the world on February 1, 1919. He was raised on the family farm near Herschel and attended nearby Engen School. In 1942, at the age of 23, he joined the Allied war effort and served his country as a pilot overseas, flying a Halifax heavy bomber. With skill and courage, and often under life threatening conditions, Lloyd completed 39 missions with the Royal Air Force. Following the war, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, symbolic of exceptional service to his country. When he returned home to Herschel on VE Day, May 8, 1945, Lloyd was joined by his loving, lifelong partner and wife of 74 years, Margaret (née Oakes). Together, Lloyd and Margaret raised five children and farmed near Herschel for more than 60 years.
Though farm work and raising a family occupied much of his time, Lloyd was an active presence in his community. He was a longtime member of the No. 7 Legion Branch in Herschel and was also a member of the Herschel Masonic Lodge, later transferring to the Rosetown Masonic Lodge.
In later years, Lloyd earned further accolades for his contributions to his country during the Second World War. In 2013, he was the guest of honour for the pilot's graduation ceremony at the Canadian Forces Base in Moose Jaw. In 2018, the Saskatchewan Aviation Council presented him with the Distinguished Flying Award.
Lloyd was predeceased by his parents, one sister, one brother-in-law, one sister-in-law and one daughter, Laurie. Lloyd will be lovingly remembered by his wife Margaret and by his four children: Dawn, Grant (Joan), Maureen (Jim) and Warren (Marion). He is also survived by nine grandchildren: Scott (Barb), Ryan, Adrian (Heather), Andrew, Daniel, McLean, Korstiaan, Jill and Brennan; seven great-grandchildren Abigail, Breeanne, Estella, Brant, Sydney, Hayden and Henley; brother Bert and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and special friends.
A Celebration of Lloyd's Life was held on Friday, March 22, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at the Rosetown United Church with Reverend Jo-Ann Hills officiating. The interment of Lloyd at the Rosetown Cemetery will be held at a later date. The family is grateful for the many generous donations given in Lloyd's name to the Alex Ositis Foundation.


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A wonderful book, Seeing Red is a must read since it is both educational and hard-hitting while being readable and entertaining. Arp dismantles conventional astrophysics, based on redshift being proportional to distance, by sharing his observations on quasars, some of which are highly redshifted yet connected to low redshifted galaxies by material bridges. Writing eye-opening material in more than one arena, Arp takes on the corruption of good science in academia, government and publishing after giving us great material concerning red shift, the Big Bang, and cosmology. Seeing Red can be ordered via the link below.
Three years ago, the XMM Newton orbiting x-ray telescope witnessed a galaxy ejecting two high redshift quasars. Early in the 24- hour observation of the active nucleus of NGC 3516, it recorded a flare, much like a solar flare but ten trillion times as powerful. [See link to Magnetic Reconnection TPOD (below) for Electric Universe explanation of solar flares.] Then two high redshift regions appeared on opposite sides of the galactic nucleus. One side featured a spike in redshift and the other side a similar dip in redshift--as if one spot were moving away from us and the other coming toward us at about one tenth the speed of light.
The mainstream interpretation of the event is that the flare was caused by a disc of gas falling into the galaxy's central black hole. The high redshift spots are the remnants of the decaying disc. Their redshift is caused by the effect of the nearby gravitational field of the black hole tugging on the light and reducing its energy. The redshift spike and dip are caused by the orbital velocity of the disc around the black hole, one side rotating toward us, reducing the redshift, and the other side rotating away from us, increasing the redshift.
Is there any way to distinguish between the two interpretations? Actually, there's a simple way. The press release says the researcher "suspects that the highlighted gas fell into the unforgiving black hole just a few days after the measurements." So if we were to point a telescope at NGC 3516 today, we should see nothing left of the event.
But if the event was a quasar ejection, the quasars should still be there, moving away from the galaxy core, growing brighter. The trouble is that accepted theory already knows how to explain away bright pairs (or more) of quasars seen across a galaxy nucleus. These they call gravitational lensing of one distant quasar.
This isn't the first time NGC 3516 has been a player in the redshift controversy. (see above diagram from Halton Arp's book, _Seeing Red_). There are six high-redshift objects distributed in a non-random manner along the spin axis of this galaxy. (The galaxy is the oval shape in the middle of the diagram, and the direction of the galaxy's spin axis is indicated by the diagonal line.) The galaxy's redshift is very low: z=.009 (meaning that its light is shifted toward the red by the fraction .009 of its wavelength). The objects' redshifts are called out on the diagram.
When Arp began writing _Seeing Red_, there was only one discordant object in this field, the striped ball at the top of the picture, marked by its redshift of 0.89. This is a BL Lac object, a very rare type of quasar. Arp had been examining the regions around the twenty-six brightest Seyfert galaxies (galaxies that are "active" with star formation, etc.). He discovered that five of the brightest BL Lac objects are less than one degree away from one or another of these 26 bright Seyferts, including this BL Lac-Seyfert pair. Since both of these types of objects are rare (especially being the brightest members of their classes), the chance against these being a random association is about three million to one.
As Arp finished _Seeing Red_, the Chinese astronomer, Yoaquan Chu, discovered five high-redshift quasars even closer to NGC 3516 than the BL Lac. Not only were these five quasars (plus the original BL Lac) distributed along the galaxy's spin axis, but their redshifts were ordered--the highest redshifts closest to the Seyfert galaxy. This added valuable information about how quasars evolve into normal low-redshift galaxies. For that, Arp called this the Rosetta Stone of intrinsic redshift. How appropriate that it was the same galaxy that is now caught in the act of ejecting a new pair of quasars.


Besides the piercing blue water, fresh conch and island charm, the Dolphin House on Bimini is another attraction that draws in visitors from near and far.
During our recent trip to Bimini to explore the marina and grounds of the Bimini Big Game Club, I put a visit to the Dolphin House on my "must do" list. The following story, photos, and surprises are what we discovered.
Established in 1993, local Bahamian writer and historian, Ashley Saunders built his home/museum from the ground up as a tribute and a thank-you to the wild dolphins he swam with. His encounter with these intelligent creatures opened up the door of creativity in his soul and the artist inside Mr. Saunders emerged.
If that doesn't sound magical enough, the whole house is made up of recycled material he has found on the beautiful shores of Bimini. Conch shells, rum bottles, beer bottles, mirrors, brushes, flip flops and much much more are all part of the foundation of this beautiful and uniquely crafted home.
The Dolphin House is also known as "Poem In Stone" but it could also be called poetry in motion since he is currently building a third story. Ryan and I will have to make a trek back to Bimini once the new addition is complete.
Though RumShopRyan has already seen the Dolphin House on past adventures (before Castaway Crystal existed – well, she existed but no one knew, not even her.), this was my first time.
On the first day of our two day visit to "The Island In The Stream," we attempted to take a tour but to no avail. Though the hours on the sign said it should have been open, it seemed it was closed for the day. That's the island charm I was speaking of – We are openish at these times…maybe. You can't help but laugh. Island Time is real.
We were told by the lovely ladies at the front desk of Bimini Big Game Club to try the next day around 9 or 10am. That's what we did and sure enough Mr. Saunders was there eagerly ready to give us a tour of his proud creation.
Our tour began outside in front of the mosaic home where Ashley introduced himself and told us how the home came to be. After that, we followed our new island friend upstairs while he pointed out the different objects that were plastered into the walls. This is where the subtitle "A tour like no other" comes to play.
Touring the Dolphin House is nothing like touring the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina or for that matter, any other home tour in the United States. I'm not saying in terms of the home (of course) but how the information is delivered to you.
Usually your tour guide has a memorized speech about the artifacts and architecture. Instead, here at the Dolphin House, it's a little more relaxed (Hey. You're on island time, remember?). You'll hear phrases like "Look at this bottle" and "Look here, I put an old lipstick container in the wall." Again, I can't help but giggle. I delight in the simplicity and rawness of the islands.
As I said in the beginning, people from all over the world have come to the dolphin shrine. Since his visitors are so diverse, Saunders came up with the brilliant idea of having them write "Welcome To The Dolphin House" in their language on a piece of plywood. You can find these welcome signs all over the main room of the house. It's kind of like the Disney ride "It's a Small World" meets Bimini.
After the tour, Ashley will take you down to the little gift shop and museum where you'll see Hemingway quotes written on the ceiling and a collection of all sorts of things. From an old pirate hat and shipwreck items, to a fishing pole made out of coconut…you'll see a little bit of everything. We thought it only right to help Ashley with his collection, a RumShop Caribbean Castaway coozie was added next to one of Ryan's favorite Hemingway quotes. Let us know if you see it!
The Dolphin House is a colorful and inspirational masterpiece. And though there are no real dolphins there (like the ones Saunders swam with) just maybe all the creative magic inside will bring out the artist in you.


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Internationally recognized specialty coffee company, Seattle's Best Coffee (SBC), will open the first Canadian cafe this Saturday, Oct. 21 in Vancouver at 2706 Granville Road. Plans are underway to open 25 cafes in western Canada in the next five years. The second cafe is slated to open mid- to late-November in Vancouver on Hamilton Street.


WATERBURY – Police say they seized multiple guns and two stolen motorcycles while searching a home on Oakville Avenue on Tuesday morning. Maxwell Wolff Police arrested Maxwell Wolff, 22, after they searched a home at 351 Oakville Ave. early Tuesday. That search-and-seizure was carried out at the same time as police were coordinating multiple raids of homes tied to suspected gang activity.
Police seized $12,000, six long guns, 45 grams of marijuana, 19 liquid capsules of marijuana extract, a .45-caliber Springfield Arms handgun and two stolen motorcycles, a Yamaha FZ-07 and a KTM RS.
Wolff was charged with operating a drug factory, two counts third-degree larceny, criminal possession of a revolver, possession of marijuana with intent to sell and possession within a school zone.
Wolff was held on a $300,000 bond and is expected to be arraigned on the charges on Wednesday in Waterbury Superior Court.


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Use Virtual Holiday Time to Create Something as a Family
Posted by: Amy Friesen
You're likely feeling bummed out that, because of the pandemic, you're not able to get together physically with your extended family this holiday season. The last thing you want to do is jeopardize the health of your aging parents or other relatives. But you don't want them to feel abandoned either, especially this time of year.
So, what can you do to inject life into virtual holiday gatherings?
Long-Term Care Crisis
As an add-on to the CTV National News interview. Here are my thoughts on the long-term care crisis currently happening with Covid - 19.
Word of Mouth: Timely Advice for Seniors' Oral Care
April is recognized each year as National Oral Health Month. And here's some good news.
Keep Your Ticker Ticking: Making Smart Choices For Heart Health
February is Heart Month in Canada – and no better time for a refresher on how to keep your heart healthy.
Scams Targeting Seniors: How to Protect Yourself, Your Identity and Valuables
Sometimes, people can be real jerks! This is especially true of scammers who take advantage of other people's trust and vulnerability. Unfortunately, seniors/older adults are often the most frequent targets of scams and scammers.
Downizing Podcast Feature
Tea & Toast founder, Amy Friesen speaks with Barry at Gordon's Downsizing and Estate Services about how to identify the best options and make the best choice when it comes to retirement living! Have a listen here!
Seniors and Flu Season: 6 Things You Need to Know
It's that time of year again: cold and flu season!
According to Health Canada, every year there is an average of 12,200 hospitalizations and 3,500 deaths connected to the flu.
Meanwhile, seniors are particularly susceptible to getting the flu.
Are Seniors Getting The Sleep They Need?
Sleep. We all need it.
Health Canada recommends the average person gets seven to eight hours of sleep each night. However, research shows that one-third of Canadian seniors don't meet that minimum.
Pets: Good or Bad for Seniors?
Are you a senior who owns a pet, or is thinking of getting a pet?
Or are you concerned about your aging parent and their ability to care for a dog, cat or other animal?
10 Inspirational Quotes About Aging and Growing Older
At Tea & Toast, we help seniors of all ages—with a range of health, physical and emotional needs—to find happy, safe places to live their "upper years."
What Seniors Should Look for in a Real Estate Agent
So you're a senior…and you've decided to sell the family home.
Whether due to necessity (financially or health-related) or simply because you want a smaller or more social place to live in, this can be an exciting time of transition. But it can also be incredibly emotional, stressful…and even complicated.
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Get to know one of our newest advisors, the kind and caring Brenda Verch!
Blood Donations in Canada: Can Seniors Give Blood?
Blood.
No matter where you are in Canada, we are so lucky that it is always available to us.
Thanks to donors, that is.
In fact, some of Canada's most generous blood donors are seniors!
Surprised? Don't be.
How Does Multiple Sclerosis Affect Seniors and Aging Adults?
Did you know Canada has one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis (MS) in the world?
According to the MS Society of Canada, approximately one in every 385 Canadians live with the disease. And while it's most often diagnosed in people aged 20 to 49, younger children and older adults—seniors—are also diagnosed with MS.
Should Your Aging Parent be Driving?
As your mom or dad ages, are you growing increasingly worried about their driving?
First off, as a caring adult child, your concern is understandable.
After all, according to Transport Canada, between 2000 and 2015, more seniors died in traffic fatalities than any other age group across Canada.
Advance Care Planning: Starting The Conversation About Your End of Life Wishes
Discussing a loved one's end-of-life wishes is not a comfortable topic of conversation for many.
However, it is critical to have someone in place to make important medical-related decisions on your behalf when you are unable to do so yourself.
10 Critical Things You May Not Know About Parkinsons Disease
Parkinson's disease is on the rise in Canada.
In fact, it's estimated that Canadian seniors over age 65 living with Parkinson's disease will more than double by 2031. Of course, some of that has to do with our aging demographic. But consider this: by 2031, the number of Canadians over age 40 with Parkinson's will increase by 65 per cent!
8 Common Misconceptions About Retirement Living
Do you know fact from fiction when it comes to retirement living – and how it affects seniors, caregivers, and family members?
What Season is Best to Move into a Retirement Residence?
There never seems to be a "right time" to move!
Especially when you or your family members are considering a life-changing transition to a retirement residence.
Figuring Out Next Steps For Your Aging Parents: Dealing with Family Conflict
Let's face it: most families experience some level of conflict from time to time.
But when faced with something incredibly emotional—such as figuring out how to care for an aging parent—that kind of family conflict can lead to arguments, resentment…and even giving up.
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The Flag of Mercia is a gold cross (from corner to corner) on a blue background. This flag flies from Tamworth Castle, and bares no resemblance to the proposed flag. Tamworth is the Capital of Mercia. Local historians here in Tamworth seem to think that this flag is or was the flag of the Kingdom of Mercia, and fly it as often as possible on along with other flags of the region.
The saltire flag of Mercia comes from this source, along with the Sussex swallows, the Middlesex and Essex seaxes, the golden dragon of Wessex, the white horse of Kent, the golden crowns of East Anglia and the rampant lion of Northumbria. All seven of the Saxon Heptarchy kingdoms were assigned arms at a much later date.
The Mercian flag is now up the Flag Registry at http://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/flags/mercia/. Mercia was the ancient kingdom equivalent to what is now known as the English Midlands. The term Mercian being associated with the Midlands long after the end of the kingdom until 1387 when a quote by John Trevisa directly links the identity of Mercia and the Midlands.
The gold saltire on blue has been linked to the kingdom since at least the seventeenth century when it represents the area on John Speed's atlas. It is likely that, like other ancient kingdoms, the arms may have been an attribution by mediaeval heralds. The saltire refers to the first British martyr, St Alban, after whom the town in Hertfordshire that also uses the saltire is also named.
In Scott-Giles' "The Romance of Heraldry" the author believes that the saltire was a Mercian symbol and adopted by the town after King Offa founded the monastery to the saint there in 793AD. It is certainly true that the first evidence for the use of the saltire by the town comes a couple of decades after its appearance on John Speed's map representing Mercia.
The historic capital of the province, Tamworth Castle continues to fly the flag every day. The flag flown from the castle uses a darker shade of blue that that flown by the town, which helps to differentiate between them. The darker shade has been acknowledged in the Mercia registration.
A proposed flag for the Mercia historic region should the region be restored, according Flagmaster 103.
Summarizing the article, Mercia was one of three kingdoms (Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex) that were consolidated from the Angle-Saxon heptarchy in the early 9th Century in England, and united with Wessex after the reconquest of the Danelaw in 973 under Edgar. The flag is new, designed for the Region of Mercia. Graham Walker, the designer stated, "The Mercia Movement was founded on 19 August 1993, by a group of individuals inspired by a common vision of a sustainable alternative future. It is a movement rooted in historical reality and intends to re-create Mercia as a legal autonomous entity, within the boundaries which existed prior to 1066 and within an English Confederation." The flag is intended to be adaptable for use by sub-units (i.e., counties) by adding a badge in the white field. The flag has a white field bordered above and below by wavy, light blue bands, which are each from one-quarter to one-fifth the height of the flag. A vertical green panel, one third the length of the flag, at the hoist bears a gold shield, carrying an odal rune and the word MERCIA in black. The blue bands represent the Humber and Thames, the sometime northern and southern boundaries of Mercia. The green vertical is for Offa's Dyke, a defence against the Welsh to the west. The design was approved on 12 May 2001 by the Mercia Second Constitutional Convention.
According to the Acting Witan of Mercia, an organization founded in 2003 by members of the Constitutional Convention of Mercia [1, 2], the region of Mercia comprises the following traditional counties : Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. This organization has also proposed two flags for the region. One of the flags, clearly modelled after that of Wessex displays a silver wyrm (legless winged dragon) on dark green field [2, 4]. This is used as the regional symbol not only by its creators, but also by other regionalist movements in England, most notably the Wessex Regionalists, which seem to closely cooperate with the Acting Witan [5, 6].
The other flag [2, 4, 7] might actually be the symbol of Acting Witan, rather than that of the region, although it is difficult to tell, since it is almost always used with the Wyrm Flag. This is a vertical banner with the fly in shape of a trapezium, looking as if the bottom corners of a square were cut off diagonally. The field is in the same dark green colour as used in the first flag, and the charges are all in gold: large odal rune with the inscription MERCIA above it. There are also a gold fimbriation along the fly edge and gold fringes attached to it. The rune might actually have been borrowed from the 2001 proposal for the flag of Mercia since the founders of the Acting Witan have participated in the Mercian Constitutional Convention, which had adopted that flag.
The earliest photos  showing these flags date from 2004, so they must have been adopted when the Acting Witan was founded or shortly afterwards. The latest photos [2, 7] date from 2013, so it is not quite clear if they were kept in use after the St Alban's flag was officially registered in 2014, although the 2016 display of the Wyrm Flag image by the Wessex Regionalists [5, 6] suggests that they might still be used.


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package jag.parser.comb;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * Source represents a source of the tokens to be parsed
 * @param <T> the type of the token
 */
public interface Source<T> {
    /** @return if the input is not exhausted, then a Pair consisting of the next item and a new Source representing
     * the rest of the input wrapped in Optional#of. if the input is exhaused, then Optional#empty */
    Optional<Pair<T,Source<T>>> next();

    /** @return the position in the input of the next item from this Source */
    int getPosition();

    /**
     * @return a Source of type A from the items in as with position as the index of the first item
     */
    static <A> Source<A> from(final Seq<A> as, int position) {
        return new Source<A>() {
            @Override
            public Optional<Pair<A,Source<A>>> next() {
                return as.getHead().map(a -> Pair.of(a, from(as.getTail().orElse(Seq.empty()),position+1)));
            }
            @Override
            public int getPosition() {
                return position;
            }
        };
    }

    /** @return a Source from the items in as */
    static <A> Source<A> from(final Seq<A> as) {
        return from(as, 0);
    }

    /** @return a Source from the characters in str */
    static Source<Character> from(final String str) {
        return from(Seq.from(str));
    }

    /** @return a Source from the items in as */
    static <A> Source<A> from(final List<A> as) {
        return from(Seq.from(as));
    }
}

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Q: TypeError: Cannot read property 'formatAMPM' of undefined I am importing a module (called activity.js) to be tested. This module(activity.js) imports formatAMPM using:
import {formatAMPM} from '../config/helper -> activity.js
I updated from react-native 0.55.4 to 0.58.6 using https://react-native-community.github.io/upgrade-helper/?from=0.55.4&to=0.58.6, and maybe this caused the problem. But I am not sure.
activity.js
import {
    SET_ACTIVITY_DATE,
    SET_ACTIVITY_START_TIME,
    SET_ACTIVITY_DURATION,
    SET_ACTIVITY_SRC,
    SET_ACTIVITY_DEST,
    SET_ACTIVITY_TYPE,
    SET_ACTIVITY_DISTANCE,
    SET_ACTIVITY_CO2
} from '../actions/ActivityDetailsAction';
import { formatAMPM } from '../config/helper';

export default function activity(
    state = {
        date: new Date().toDateString(),
        startTime: formatAMPM(new Date()),
        duration: 0,
        src: { latitude: -1, longitude: -1 },
        dest: { latitude: -1, longitude: -1 },
        type: 'STILL',
        distance: 0,
        co2: 0
    },
    action
) {
    switch (action.type) {
        case SET_ACTIVITY_DATE:
            return Object.assign({}, state, {
                date: action.value
            });
            ...

helper.js
/**
 * helper function to format date
 * @param  Date date
 * @return {time} formatted time
 */
export function formatAMPM(date) {
    var hours = date.getHours();
    var minutes = date.getMinutes();
    var ampm = hours >= 12 ? 'pm' : 'am';
    hours = hours % 12;
    hours = hours ? hours : 12; // the hour '0' should be '12'
    hours = hours < 10 ? '0' + hours : hours;
    minutes = minutes < 10 ? '0' + minutes : minutes;
    var time = hours + ':' + minutes + ' ' + ampm;
    return time;
}

When I run npm run test, this error message shows in terminal:
TypeError: Cannot read property 'formatAMPM' of undefined

      33 |     },
      34 |     action
    > 35 | ) {
      36 |     switch (action.type) {
      37 |         case SET_ACTIVITY_DATE:
      38 |             return Object.assign({}, state, {

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package com.ltsllc.commons.commadline;

/**
 * A class that parses the command line to a java command
 */
public class SimpleCommandLine {
    private String[] argv;
    private int argIndex;

    public SimpleCommandLine (String[] argv)
    {
        this.argv = argv;
        argIndex = 0;
    }
}


Are Your Online Campaigns Flopping?
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Are Your Online Campaigns Flopping? Turn Them Into Winners.
As a digital marketer, have you been finding that your online campaigns for the myriad of clients you serve are flopping? Don't be so certain. You can actually turn them into winning formulas by introducing call tracking. What IS call tracking, you ask, and why should you care? Most businesses and marketers we've worked with measure their success based on a series of digital analytics such as organic visits, page views and, of course, goal conversions. Now, we've never believed this is the wrong thing to do – quite the opposite, in fact – but you might be seriously underestimating your leads and inquiries.
Let's begin by asking this question: Would you agree that it's safe to say people look to the internet to help make decisions? Even so, not all business is scored online; indeed, many people still pick up the phone and this usually is a major source of new leads. Until recently, it has been nearly impossible to determine where telephone inquiries originated from, resulting in, as you may very well know, a nightmare for anyone trying to discern how effective their marketing has been.
The concept that defines call tracking is actually quite simple: You create and track a different telephone number for each of your campaigns, and then the call tracking software takes over to record the number of calls you receive, thus yielding a genuine overview of how your campaigns are working.
Call tracking data enables you determine which campaigns are generating conversions – i.e. prospects that have become paying customers – and can even display the time and date of the call. More importantly, you can track the Return on Investment (ROI) of each marketing channel. Further, call tracking enables you to monitor which areas of marketing – digital and offline – are performing solidly and which need improvement.
Organic Search Engine Traffic – Determine which landing pages are generating calls to your clients' businesses.
Pay-Per-Click Campaigns – See which keywords are working best.
Digital Advertising Campaigns – It is possible to actually see which display advertisements perform best by using a different telephone number on each ad you run.
For most businesses, the goal conversion rate is generated by channels such as Google Analytics but this isn't a fair comparison if conversions are originating from telephone inquiries. Call tracking enables you to fill in the gaps of your lead generation efforts, and if you know exactly where conversions originated you can accurately measure clients' ROI.


A new generation of Power Rangers and their animal Zords must master the ancient Symbols of Samurai Power, which give them control over the Earth's elements to battle the dark forces of the Netherworld.
When villainous Nighlok leader Master Xandred rises again, Red Ranger Jayden and his Mentor Ji must gather a team to defeat him. As Kevin, Mike, Emily and Mia join forces with Jayden, Xandred plots to flood the Earth and destroy humanity.
The Power Rangers Samurai -- Jayden, Kevin, Mia, Mike, Emily and Antonio -- continue fighting the evil Nighloks while honing their powers and mastering additional weapons. Soon a new challenge arises: an enemy who sets his sights on Jayden.
Parents need to know that violence remains the biggest concern in this iteration of the Power Rangers series. Teens use swords, sticks, and control over nature's elements (like fire and water) to battle monsters, and the exchanges usually end with the monsters' deaths. Though blood is scarce, the Rangers aim to kill, stabbing, cutting (in one case, a monster's arms are sliced off), and exploding their enemies. That said, the show does make an effort to promote positive themes like relying on dedication to a skill and contributing to a team effort, but older kids are more likely to be turned off by the considerable cheesiness of the show's special effects than they will be influenced by these messages.
The heroes are martial arts experts and use their skills to battle monsters of all shapes and sizes. Kicking, punching, and weapons like swords and sticks are prevalent, and in some sequences, the monsters are shown injured (one had his arms cut off, though there was no blood) or exploding in death. The Samurais usually escape mostly unharmed. Monsters will scare youngsters.
Name-calling like "nitwit," but no cursing.
The Samurais are committed to teamwork and trust their partners in battle, and it's only with the combination of their skills that they can defeat the enemy. Each story also follows a character's struggle with an issue of some kind, and its resolution always has positive messages for kids. On the downside, the show's reliance on violence implies that it's the only way to resolve issues.
The show is part of a ubiquitous product line of toys, games, and apparel.


Mobile Notary Service. Is This Home Based Business Right For You?
Many mobile notaries are out there right now wondering why they ever got into the mobile notary signing agent business. Lured, no doubt, by fancy advertising promising easy money with flexible hours, they have come to find that mobile notary money doesn't comes easy. Flexible means that they are available to work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, not like that "rigid" Monday through Friday, 9 to 5 gig they used to have.
It's not that the mobile notary business is all bad. In fact, it can be quite rewarding, fun and profitable. But is it right for you?
Here are a few questions you should ask yourself before starting up your mobile notary business.
1. Am I willing to work long hours for very little to no money?
It's not fair but it's true. When starting out your mobile notary business be prepared to make very little money for the first few months while working 12 to 16 hour days. From marketing to sales to taxes, there is always something to be done when starting out as a mobile notary, and you won't be paid for it. In fact, the only time you will make money is when you make a sale, which leads to my next question.
2. Do you enjoy sales?
If you don't, you're going to have a very hard time getting your mobile notary business off the ground. As a mobile notary you are in the business of selling a service, and when you're selling your services as a mobile notary public, you're really just selling yourself.
3. Do you have a fuel efficient vehicle?
Being a mobile notary means putting a lot of miles on your car, sometimes 5000 or more. On top of that, gas prices are through the roof. Estimate your miles per month at about 2,500. Divide that by the miles per gallon your vehicle gets, for example, 12mpg comes to 208 gallons of gas. Multiply that by the cost of gas, $3.30 in some areas, which comes to a grand total of $684, out of pocket, before you collect a dime.
What happens if you make 75 bucks as a Mobile Notary in your opening month? Are you going to quit? What if all you make is 75 bucks for the first 3 months as a mobile notary, what then?
Being a mobile notary is not easy. At first it's all work all the time, but after a while you might take a full weekend off and even make some money. Ask yourself, do I have the commitment to get through the worst of the worst just to see it get worse, because the truth is it does and it will. Like with everything, in time you learn to love it and become good at it, if not great.
Spend some time talking with friends and family about your plans and be realistic about what to expect when first starting out as a mobile notary.


sometimes news ambassadors only join this group because they like the "@fedoraproject.org" mail and get their names on the fedoraproject website... it should not be that way.
How can you identify a Ambassador who really works for the Project?
define if I'm working or not?
distribute DVDs, produce lectures? You cannot.
project. What do we do with them?
and for all, the question of inactive Fedora Ambassadors.
to be given to a new owner.
this page? Doesn't the CountryList page serve the same purpose?
automated, or a mixture of both?
(2) Give a more prominent location to the "list of ambassadors per country".
That page should be the most visited page in all of Fedora Ambassadors.
in Fedora? Find a Fedora Ambassador near you to give you some information"
organizing events or asking questions from newbies to the project.
that I don't participate in that part of Fedora.
HOW DO WE IDENTIFY ACTIVE AMBASSADORS?
We come up with a policy that is simple, and fair.
1) Has joined the group in FAS.
2) Reads and/or posts on fedora-ambassadors-list.
3) Has a useful, up-to-date personal page on the Fedora wiki.
* Attends or organizes an event once in a release cycle.
* Maintains a blog on Planet Fedora, with about one post per month.
WHAT DO WE DO WITH INACTIVE AMBASSADORS?
in FAS, and we *DO NOT* remove them from fedora-ambassadors list.
time? Are they Ambassadors for ever??!!
"Be yourself... Don't be anyone else"


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The Discriminant Analysis in the Evaluation of Cancers Diseases in Iraq
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abstract = {Cancer diseases are considered one of the most critical problems facing the world's countries, especially the State of Iraq. Many local and international reports indicated that the weapons used in wars and the accompanying nuclear and chemical radiation are among the most prominent reasons for the spread of cancerous diseases in Iraq. This study found that Gender has the highest discriminating power, whereas the Grade variable has the least discriminatory power. Similarly, Behavior has the highest discriminatory power, whereas the Government has the least biased power. It became clear that the third group (those with breast cancer) had the highest probability of the correct classification. The probability of correct classification reached 92%, followed by the second group with brain cancer, where the probability of correct classification was 64%. Finally, the first group with bladder cancer had the lowest probability of correct classification. We conclude that increasing the sample size has a significant impact on the correct classification of observations. The effects of these weapons were tremendously harmful to public health and the environment. Its effect persisted after many years, so three groups of cancer patients (bladder, brain, and breast cancer) were analyzed from 2012 to 2017 using a statistical method to analyze multivariate data. The results showed gender and the nature of the tumor (Behavior) have the highest discriminating power. The results were entirely satisfactory, as the discriminatory predictive capacity obtained a level of success of 72.2%.},
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Pursued into the wild by the soldiers of Ungstah, former slave Crik and the other freed Downers encounter the magical and terrifying nature of their world. They face spectral Shepherds, man-eating Rukmush, and the ancient giants of the earth. When two of their group are captured, Crik is distraught and powerless.
Meanwhile back in the city, Durgan, former Captain of the King's Guard who allowed Crik and his friends to escape from Ungstah, is now a Downer, one of the Branded. Amid the murmurings of an uprising among the Branded, Durgan just wants to be left alone to search for his missing son. But in the process, he discovers how dark the powers of Sulfus the king truly are. Durgan must take a stand in the coming war between the Branded and the powerful armies of Sulfus.
To kill any hope of escape for the city's Branded, the army comes after Crik and his friends to make an example of them. The answers for Durgan, Crik and freedom for all Downers lie hidden in the dark recesses of the Northern Reaches, in the treacherous places Crik and his companions are about to enter.


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Child marriage in Ethiopia: a review of the evidence and an analysis of the prevalence of child marriage in hotspot districts
Written by Paola Pereznieto, Nicola Jones
Hero image description: Schoolgirls in Eastern Ethiopia, Oromia Image credit:ODI/David Walker
Child marriage is a widespread practice affecting both the physical and psychological wellbeing and development of millions of girls in Ethiopia. There is growing momentum – globally and in Ethiopia – to increase efforts to bring an end to child marriage, acknowledging that the practice is a violation of human rights.
Most recently, the Ethiopian Government has committed to ending child marriage by 2025 and has helped establish the National Alliance to End Child Marriage. Part of the alliance's efforts includes a national mapping study to better understand the patterning and trends of child marriage in the country, and in turn inform future programming efforts.
Preparatory to this national mapping, this review summarises the current state of the evidence base in regard to:
• the incidence and patterning of child marriage across Ethiopia,
• the impacts of child marriage,
• the national drivers of child marriage, and
• current practices aimed at the abandonment of child marriage.
This research was commissioned by UNICEF Ethiopia and the National Alliance to End Child Marriage in Ethiopia by 2025, spearheaded by the Ethiopian Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs.
Elizabeth Presler Marshall, Minna Lyytikainen and Nicola Jones with Andrew Montes, Paola Pereznieto and Bekele Tefera
Paola Pereznieto
Nicola Jones
Principal Research Fellow


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Domestic Abuse Within LGBTQIA+ Relationships On The Rise
By Duncan Scott
(Adobestock)
An increasing number of men experiencing domestic abuse and intimate partner violence, particularly from the LGBTQIA+ community, have sought support services since the beginning of the year, reports The Irish Examiner. Men's Aid, Ireland's only dedicated national service supporting men experiencing domestic violence, say they have received 5,500 calls from victims in 2020 and have already received 8,000 calls this year alone. They reported a particular increase in people from the LGBTQIA+ and migrant communities.
The BBC have also reported that extensive lockdowns and ongoing impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic have exacerbated abuse within LGBTQIA+ relationships. Isolation, economic pressures, job loss and an increase in mental health issues are all contributing factors to an increase in domestic abuse, even in relationships that had not experienced violence or abuse previously.
Gay Queensland police officer, Ben Bjarnese, shared his own experiences of domestic violence within a same-sex relationship during a powerful Tedx talk hosted at the University Of Queensland.
"I'm a big, six-foot-three police officer…most people wouldn't look at me and think that I could be a victim of domestic violence," said Bjarnesen to the audience.
"On the surface and on social media my relationship looked great," he said, "Yet beneath the surface, it was a relationship that was based on power and control."
He goes on to say that over half of LGBTQIA+ people will experience some form of domestic, family, intimate partner violence or abuse in their lifetime.
Bjarnsen said that despite these alarming statistics, many victims remain invisible and may not even realise that "domestic violence can affect them and their relationships."
Bjarnsen is the founder of LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Day, as part of Family and Domestic Violence Awareness Month held in May. The day aims to bring awareness to the prevalence of domestic violence within LGBTQIA+ relationships and remove the stigma and barriers around victims speaking up and accessing appropriate support services that meet their specific needs.
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic and family violence, you should report it to police.
Support and counselling is available from the following agencies:
DVConnect Womensline: 1800 811 811
DVConnect Mensline: 1800 600 636
1800 RESPECT: 1800 737 732
National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans+ Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0800 999 5428
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1800 799 SAFE (7233) or text START to 88788
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Unconventional Percussion - Three Seas Inc.
Create an original piece of music for a series of UMUC spots. The music needed to reflect the energy and diversity of the college, and a decision was made to use percussion as the creative focus. But the client wanted something a little different.
Using a combination of close microphones and room microphones, we recorded multiple rhythmic patterns using buckets, trash cans, hand claps, foot stomps and other unconventional percussion instruments. Those patterns were then combined in various ways to post score the spots. We removed all sonic treatments from the recording space to make the room as loud and bombastic as possible.
An organic, original and powerful piece of music that reflects the college and the student body; and one happy client.


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Allowable Employee Compensation Costs
Important Notice: CACFP Program Moved to CDSS
The Early Childhood Development Act of 2020 (Senate Bill (SB) 98, Chapter 24, Statutes of 2020) authorized the transfer of child care and development programs administered by the California Department of Education to the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) effective July 1, 2021. The content on this page may not be current and involves the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) that has moved to CDSS. Visit the CDSS CACFP web page or call 1-833-559-2420 for more information.
Nutrition Services Division Management Bulletin
To: Child and Adult Care Food Program Day Care Home Sponsors
Number: 01-207 Corrected
Attention: Agency Directors
Subject: Allowable CACFP Employee Compensation Costs - Correction
Reference: Office of Management and Budget Circular Numbers A-122 and A-87, Management Bulletin 01-207 dated March 2001
This Management Bulletin corrects information transmitted in Management Bulletin 01-207 dated March 2001. Bolded words in text indicate the corrections. The following guidelines clarify the appropriate and allowable Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) employee compensation costs, including fringe benefits. Compensation costs are often referred to as labor or personal service costs, which include all forms of compensation earned and all forms of payment made either in cash or non-cash, such as fringe benefits. Fringe benefits commonly include paid vacation and sick leave, paid leave for military service and jury duty, health and retirement benefits, life and disability insurance policies, tax-sheltered annuities, and pension plans.
Total compensation (cash and fringe benefits) paid to employees must be reasonable and conform to the sponsor's written compensation policy and either the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular Number A-122 or A-87, as applicable. In addition, all costs charged to the CACFP must be allowable and approved by California Department of Education (CDE) through annual CACFP participation renewal, or the budget change request process.
The employer's costs of fringe benefits are allowable when all like employees (Federally funded and non-Federally funded positions) receive the same benefits in accordance with the sponsor's established written compensation policy. The costs of dependent or family benefit plans are allowable to the extent the particular employee's benefit plan costs are allowable. Fringe benefit costs that frequently elicit questions include insurance and retirement benefits.
Unallowable fringe benefits include:
The employee's share of fringe benefits cost.
Fringe benefits not paid or funded.
Fringe benefits provided to individuals hired using personal service contracts.
Fringe benefits not provided in accordance with the sponsor's written compensation policy.
Premiums on life or disability insurance policies when the sponsor is the beneficiary.
The cost of premiums for life and disability insurance policies for non-management employees is allowable when the employer is not the beneficiary. Sponsors providing life insurance to employees as a fringe benefit must assess the reasonableness of the policy. For example, term life insurance (with someone other than the sponsor as beneficiary) is often the most cost effective method for providing insurance benefits to employees. However, if a sponsor elects a more expensive insurance policy, such as whole life or universal, CDE will only approve an amount equal to the lowest cost alternative available. In general, the costs for whole life or universal policies are not reasonable because:
These policies are generally much more expensive than term life insurance for comparative coverage.
These policies are considered "permanent insurance" and may not be appropriate considering the transient nature of today's workforce.
Whole or universal life policies can act as deferred savings accounts, which in effect supplement employee total compensation.
The employer's contribution to tax-sheltered annuities are allowable as employee compensation when reasonable and applied to both Federally funded and non-Federally funded employees alike.
Pension plan costs can be allowable, but very specific State and Federal rules apply. OMB Circular Numbers A-122 and A-87 provide guidance related to the allowable costs of eligible pension plans, but do not provide guidance on State or Federal requirements regarding the establishment and maintenance of pension plans. Therefore, we strongly recommend you consult an accountant, or an attorney specializing in pension plans, or a pension fund expert when establishing or reviewing your pension plans. These plans must meet all applicable State and Federal requirements before CDE can approve funding. This may include compliance certifications from appropriate regulatory, tax, and audit agencies.
These guidelines are based on the most recent revisions to OMB Circular Number A-122, "Cost Principles for Non-Profit Organizations," effective June 1, 1998, and A-87, "Cost Principles for State, Local, and Indian Tribal Governments," last amended in August 1997. In general, both circulars recognize that employee compensation costs for benefits provided to Federally funded employees are reasonable when the same benefits are provided to non-Federally funded employees. Since not all sponsors have sufficient non-Federally funded positions upon which CDE can make the required assessment, CDE will use comparative information gained from other public and non-profit organizations to assess the allowableness of costs in these situations.
Excerpts on Employee Compensation from
OMB Circulars A-122 and A-87
A. General OMB Circular Compensation Statements
(1) OMB Circular A-122, Attachment B, Section 7, "Compensation for Personal Services", states:
Compensation for personal services includes all compensation, paid currently or accrued by the organization, for services of employees rendered during the period of the award. It includes, but is not limited to, salaries, wages, directors' and executive committee members' fees, incentive awards, fringe benefits, pension plan costs, allowances for off-site pay, incentive pay, location allowances, hardship pay, and cost-of-living differentials.
Allowableness
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this paragraph, the costs of such compensation are allowable to the extent that total compensation to individual employees is reasonable for the services rendered and conforms to the established policy of the organization consistently applied to both Federal and non-Federal activities.
When the organization is predominantly engaged in activities other than those sponsored by the Federal government, compensation for employees on federally-sponsored work will be considered reasonable to the extent that it is consistent with that paid for similar work in the organization's other activities.
When the organization is predominantly engaged in federally-sponsored activities and in cases where the kind of employees required for the Federal activities are not found in the organization's other activities, compensation for employees on federally-sponsored work will be considered reasonable to the extent that it is comparable to that paid for similar work in the labor markets in which the organization competes for the kind of employees involved.
Special Considerations in Determining Allowableness
Certain conditions require special consideration and possible limitations in determining costs under Federal awards where the amounts or types of compensation appear unreasonable. Among such conditions are the following:
Compensation to members of non-profit organizations, trustees, directors, associates, officers, or the immediate families thereof. Determination should be made that such compensation is reasonable for the actual personal services rendered rather than a distribution of earnings in excess of costs;
Any change in an organization's compensation policy resulting in a substantial increase in the organization's level of compensation, particularly when it was concurrent with an increase in the ratio of Federal awards to other activities of the organization, or any change in the treatment of allowableness of specific types of compensation due to changes in Federal policy.
(2) OMB Circular A-87, Attachment B, Section 11, "Compensation for Personnel Services", states:
Compensation for personnel services includes all remuneration, paid currently or accrued, for services rendered during the period of performances under Federal awards, including but not necessarily limited to wages, salaries, and fringe benefits. The costs of such compensation are allowable to the extent that they satisfy the specific requirements of OMB Circular A-87, and that the total compensation for individual employees:
Is reasonable for the services rendered and;
Conforms to the established policy of the governmental unit consistently applied to both Federal and non-Federal activities; and
Follows an appointment made in accordance with a governmental unit's laws and rules, and meets merit system or other requirements required by Federal law, where applicable.
B. OMB Circular Fringe Benefits Statement
(1) OMB Circular A-122, Attachment B, Section 7, Subsection f, states:
Fringe benefits in the form of employer contributions or expenses for social security, employee insurance, workers' compensation insurance, pension plan costs, and the like, are allowable, provided such benefits are granted in accordance with established written organization policies. Such benefits whether treated as indirect costs or direct costs, shall be distributed to particular awards and other activities in a manner consistent with the pattern of benefits accruing to the individuals or group of employees whose salaries and wages are chargeable to such awards and other activities.
Costs of insurance on the lives of trustees, officers, or other employees holding positions of similar responsibility are allowable only to the extent that the insurance represents additional compensation. The costs of such insurance when the organization is named as beneficiary are unallowable.
(2) OMB Circular A-87, Attachment B, Section 11, Subsection d, states:
The cost of fringe benefits in the form of regular compensation paid to employees during periods of authorized absences from the job, such as for annual leave, sick leave, holidays, court leave, military leave, and other similar benefits, are allowable if:
They are provided under established written leave policies;
The costs are equitably allocated to all related activities, including Federal awards; and
The accounting basis (cash or accrual) selected for costing each type of leave is consistently followed by the governmental unit.
C. OMB Circular Pension Plan Statements
(1) OMB Circular A-122, Attachment B, Section 7, Subsection h, states:
Pension Plan Costs
Costs of the organization's pension plan which are incurred in accordance with the established policies of the organization are allowable, provided:
Such policies meet the test of reasonableness;
The methods of cost allocation are not discriminatory;
The cost assigned to each fiscal year is determined in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles as prescribed in Accounting Principles Board Option No. 8, issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; and
The costs assigned to a given fiscal year are funded for all plan participants within six months after the end of that year. However, increases to normal and past service pension costs caused by a delay in funding the actuarial liability beyond 30 days after each quarter of the year to which such costs are assignable are unallowable.
(2) OMB Circular A-87, Attachment B, Section 11, Subsection e, states:
Pension plan costs may be computed using a pay-as-you-go method or an acceptable actuarial cost method in accordance with established written policies of the governmental unit.
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If you'd like to improve the style of an outfit, bed cushion, blanket or maybe a lampshade then one good way to make that happen is to use an embroidery patch. Many individuals think that an embroidery patch is utilized merely to cover up holes that come up in garments. However these patches can be a easy way to accessorize an outfit and also spice up an old pillow�the list is just as endless as your imagination.
To start making your patch it is important to start by having all of your supplies in place. But before you set off to have your supplies take a moment and decide on the pattern and model of your patch. Drawing out the design that you like in full color along with smaller details similar to the stitches that you are gonna be using will help make your supply buying a lot easier. This will also make sure you will know just how your final design will appear. Any changes that you'd like to create in the design and pattern would be best made now.
The benefit of making an embroidery patch yourself is that you could not just make use of a pattern in the design but could use a combination of words and patterns, words solely or patterns alone. You may as well design your patch specific to a purpose. One example is in order to liven up a biker jacket or perhaps a garden club bag then you could have a design specific to that purpose.
The supplies that you'll need are embroidery cloth which should be medium heavy in order that it can support the patch design, embroidery threads in colors on the design, sewing scissors, an embroidery machine or needles if you don't desire to use a device, backing paper, iron on adhesive or glue.
Once you have transferred the style on paper you should trace it on the cloth. If you want a border to your design be certain that it's drawn slightly thick to enable you to embroider easily on it. Fix the backing paper towards the wrong side of your drawing and then fix the embroidery hoop above the pattern ensuring that the pattern falls within the exact center of your hoop. Utilizing an embroidery hoop makes certain that your design is embroidered in a very taut manner and doesn't look loopy and loose.
Once you have completed these steps it's about time to get moving. Start embroidering your patch inside out making sure that you make use of a somewhat higher thread count around the border. This will probably make your patch look almost shop purchased lending a qualified appearance to it.
After you've completed making your embroidery patch take it off carefully from your hoop and slowly tear off the backing paper. Now cut the patch from the cloth leaving some seam space. You can actually tuck the seam in the back of the patch, glue on another section of fabric on it and fasten a pin with it or cut the excess seam and employ an iron on adhesive and get it ready for usage.


The taste of "sweet tea" was still in my mouth, and I decided to stop at a fast food restaurant for a coke. I told my mom that I wpuld be stopping and did she want anything. "No, no, no, I do not want anything because I have plenty of Cokes and Dr. Pepper's in the refrigerator."
Nothing was open on Thanksgiving Day except for Jack In The Box. My mom said, "How long will this take?" I realized she had not been to a drive through restaurant in 20 years. She immediately got testy and wanted to know what was taking so long. I told her the two cars in front of us were ordering and then have to get their food. She got more agitated. "What are we doing just sitting here", she says. It was taking a long time. She continued to complain and said.,"I think they are eating their food in the car." It made me laugh. My conclusion was once a Type A personality, always a Type A personality. We never change even if we are almost a 100 years old.


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Q: Making a video accessible when used as a background I am trying to make an existing website accessible but I'm struggling with a banner that has a video background streamed from vimeo. I found an identical issue in this SO thread Making a video element with no sound accessible. The poster stated that axe Tools failed the video as it had no captions - the same situation I face.
The accepted answer does not solve that issue though. Setting a parent element to aria-hidden has no impact on axeTools. I need to make the site accessible but also to pass an audit. Does anyone know a way to do this?  It seems to me that WCAG is not well thought out here as it seems to have no video equivalent to alt="" or aria-role="presentation" as it does for images when a video is purely decorative and conveys no meaningful information.

A: Ignore axe or any other automated testing tool for the moment because they often have errors in their reporting.  Axe-like tools are not the standard for measuring accessibility.  WCAG is.  Using a human and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines is your sure source to know if you are conformant or not.
In this case, you have two guidelines that apply.

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*1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)

*2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide
For the first, it says:

Either an alternative for time-based media or an audio track is provided that presents equivalent information for prerecorded video-only content.

So two key points here are:

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*You can either have an alternative for time-based media (which is often a transcript, and in this case you could have a transcript that describes what is going on in the video) or you can have an audio track that describes the same thing.

*You only need this alternative if the video has meaning.  The guideline says the alternative must provide "equivalent information".  So what's the purpose or meaning of the video?  Does it provide information or is it decorative?  If the video were removed, would critical information be lost?  If it's purely decorative and doesn't provide anything, then the "equivalent information" would essentially be "nothing".  The video could be hidden from assistive technology.  But you'd want to talk to your designers about the purpose or meaning of the video.

The second guideline, 2.2.2, says if there's moving content (usually an animation but a video counts as moving information), then the user needs a way to stop it.  That's normally done with a pause button on the video but it could be done with lots of other ways.
In summary, you need to decide the purpose of the video and whether it conveys information, and if so, decide what an "equivalent" experience would be, and also provide a way to pause the video.


So this is where I tell ya more about myself than you may know or even care to know. It's where I tell ya what I believe in. If you get offended by people telling ya what they believe, then leave now and go listen to my music. Better yet, buy some of my music, I could use the ego stroking!.
On October 30th of 1988 I gave my life to Jesus backstage at a rock concert. That's right, Jesus as in Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior, King of Kings, Yah Weh, Yeshuah Messiah, that Jesus. Not some new age, feel good, fuzzy wuzzy guru that says Buddah, Mohamed, Krishna, whatever, are all the same god but go by different names. There is only one God and that is the God of the Bible.
And no, I am not some Religious Right Republican, nor am I a Do Whatever Democrat.I don't need a title to know who I am.
So why did I do it? I spent my whole life up until then not wanting to hear about church and religion. To tell you the truth,I don't care to hear about it even now. What is the so called "church" is more of a social clique and political stance than the gathering of the saints, which the scriptures (that's the Bible,folks) talk about. I read the Bible when I was a kid, and then as a young adult, but I never really wanted to understand it. But that night in October I felt the move was upon me and it was time to get in the game or get out.
"John" is the book in the New Testament.
Now read all of the book of John.
"Dear Father in Heaven, I humble myself before you, acknowledging I am a sinner. By faith I accept Jesus' death on the Cross as payment for my sins. Jesus, I open my heart and receive you as my Lord and Savior. Lord guide me, teach me, change me, fill me with your Holy Spirit. Thank you, In the precious name of Jesus I pray. Amen."
Now go and live your life.Truly.
One more thing: Don't look at me for an example of what a "Christian" is supposed to be. I will let you down and dissapoint you. I am fallable,corruptable,and altogether full of sin. But I am forgivin by Him who can truly forgive. I don't need anyone else's favor or validation to be whole. I am whole because of God the Father,God the Son,and God the Spirit.
If you are wondering what a person claiming to be Native American is doing believing in Jesus given the history of Christians and Native Americans then what I say is "Get over it".
People are generaly screwed up and will do horrible things in the name of God, country, whatever. To stereotype Christians into one group of mindless morons with no considerate standard towards others is backwards and self destructive.
What is the Truth and what humans have passed off as the "truth" are often in conflict. Yes,there is no excuse for the "sins" of the past and I am not defending any group or belief. I only wish to make you aware that the God that I worship is the same God that provided for my ancestors.


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Q: javascript/jquery: How to prevent from continuing to fade in and fade out In my example code/jsfiddle:  If you move your mouse back and forth quickly over the word testing to where your mouse leaves the div(#footer_logo_container), hovers the div, leaves the div, etc.....it is like the script counts how many times your mouse goes over it, and the div(#powered_by) fades in/fades out/fades in/fades out over and over again depending on how many times your mouse went over the div.
Question:  Is there a way to make it that when the mouse goes over the #footer_logo_container, the #powered_by div appears.  I also would like to find out if there is a way to have it so it stays faded in for a minimum amount of time (x seconds) once the mouse moves off #footer_logo_container where if the mouse continues to go in and out of the text, it ignores it until the #powered_by is completely faded out.
JSFIDDLE: http://jsfiddle.net/5jEmc/1/
Script:
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#footer_logo_container").hover(
        function() { $(this).find("#powered_by").fadeIn(); },
        function() { $(this).find("#powered_by").fadeOut(); }
        );
});

HTML:

    Testing

FadeIn

CSS: #powered_by { display: none; }

A: You have to use stop() See more
Working Demo
Jquery
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#footer_logo_container").hover(
        function() { $(this).find("#powered_by").stop().fadeIn(); },
        function() { $(this).find("#powered_by").stop().fadeOut(); }
        );
});

If you want delay before executing fadeOut, use this line.
function() { $(this).find("#powered_by").stop()delay(1000).fadeOut(); }

A: $(document).ready(function() {
$("#footer_logo_container").hover(
        function(event) { $(this).find("#powered_by").fadeIn();
                   event.stopImmediatePropagation()},
        function(event) {
            $(this).find("#powered_by").fadeOut();
                   event.stopImmediatePropagation()}
        );
});


dc.identifier.citation Fitzpatrick, B. and Harvey, E. and Langlois, T. and Babcock, R. and Twiggs, E. 2015. Effects of fishing on fish assemblages at the reefscape scale. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 524: pp. 241-253.
We studied the persistence of fishing impacts on coral reef fish assemblages by sampling 2 protected and 2 fished locations, using random replicate stereo baited remote underwater video. At each location we sampled a variety of coral reef habitats on 4 separate occasions between 2006 and 2007. We tested for consistency in differences in the biomass of target and non-target species, trophic groups and overall assemblages. Generally, target species were more abundant and/or larger at protected locations. Many non-target species were either more abundant or depleted at protected sites, and some of these species were significantly larger or smaller. Trophic groups such as piscivores, piscivore invertivores, invertivores and planktivores were consistently more abundant within protected locations. Generally, greater numbers of species and individuals were found on protected reefs, though this was not consistent in all cases across all 4 sampling periods. These findings are consistent with the theory that protected areas can increase the abundance of not just target species but overall fish assemblages. These findings provide evidence for ecological mechanisms such as predator–prey interactions, competitive release, and benefits to invertivores, omnivores and other non-target groups from the presence of more abundant and larger target species within marine protected areas.


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This cleanser will do its job beautifully! It is a simple, totally natural and effective cleanser with a gorgeous, really rosy smell.
Dry, damaged skin is delicate: dirt and grime needs to be removed gently, allowing your skin to breathe easily and give it the chance to restore itself.
And the last thing dry skin needs is to be dried out even further, so we have added nutritious, restorative rosehip and apricot oils to ensure that your epidermis has a good, healthy diet.
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Rosehip seed oil: this unique oil is a powerhouse of the nutrients and essential fatty acids that play a vital role in the regeneration process of our skin cells and the repair of damaged tissues and scars. So this is great for dry, weather-damaged, mature, overwrought skin.
These are blended carefully with that lovely, gentle, soapy plant, the soapwort herb. It reaches deep down into your skin, in a totally friendly, non-aggressive way to lift dirt and grime without giving your skin a terrible roughing up!
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Push back rack is designed for last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory management.
Rack supports carts that move along inclined rails. Push back systems utilize the warehouse cube to reduce required aisle space and maximize product storage, making it a high-density pallet storage solution. A variety of layout configurations are available with variable bay widths to accommodate single-wide or double-wide pallet rows.
Since push back systems maximize product storage, they are ideal for spaces that require a higher density solution such as freezer and cooler environments. Push back rack allows access to multiple groups of SKUs simultaneously to accommodate warehouses or distribution centers that house a variety of products.
Read below to learn more on push back racking product flow, typical applications and other considerations. If you'd like to speak with a representative regarding push back rack, fill in the contact form on this page or call (800)595-0400.
Each pallet is loaded from the front of the system on to a cart. Using the next pallet, the first is slowly pushed until it is aligned with the next available cart. When the front pallet is unloaded, the next pallet glides to the front for picking.
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The newly developed 65 kW compact system is for example suitable for the energy needs of hotels with spa or breweries.
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The 133 KW system has proved very successful and is one of the "classics".
For example in sawmills, furniture factories and other wood processing companies, they benefit from the high heat production of our system to dry the natural wood.
Our plant can be expanded as required depending on the energy demand.
In case that you have no hall or suitable building for the system, we also offer our system in a container. For this purpose, a large 40-foot container and a small 20-foot container will be delivered to you. In the large container we install everything from the downpipe to the safety filter, and the CHP is installed in the small container.
Therefore it is space saving and easy to transport!
The system is planned, set up and ready to go on the basis of the available space.
Easy transport - easy and fast installation. The frame construction, like the container, makes it easier for us to bring a system to the customer. In this case, the 133 kW system is mounted on a base plate, which is then charged by us and transported to the customer. The system including the floor plate remains with the customer.