Getting Through The Holidays – The Kraft Group, Inc.
Holidays tend to be a difficult time of year for many, whether it is the first holiday after the loss of a loved one, dealing with the burden of financial constraints, entertaining, or just simply trying to get along with family. The holiday season can be one filled with happiness for many, but stress and depression for others. With a few tips, holidays may become more manageable and you may even find yourself enjoying them more than you ever imagined!
Self-care is a tip that cannot be stressed enough. Through self-care one should be focused on downtime, eating, and sleeping. It is so important to find time for YOU. While immersed in the hustle and bustle of the holidays, you have to remember to find time to unwind. If there are things that you want to say "no" to, remember that you can without feeling guilty. By saying "yes" to holiday party invites, extra hours at work or anything that does not sit well with you or your schedule can leave you feeling overwhelmed and bitter. Be realistic about what you are capable of handling and also understanding of any curves thrown your way. If this year more family is coming than expected, set a budget, if your children can not make it home, find other ways to communicate. Families go through changes, whether they grow or downsize, traditions can change too. Be realistic and open to adapt!
Acknowledgment of your feelings is crucial not only during the holiday season but throughout any time of year. Specifically though, during the holidays, sadness and grief tend to be common feelings. Holidays, after the loss of a loved one or the inability to be with them can be difficult. It is okay to allow yourself time to grieve and cry, express your feelings. This goes hand in hand with what was said before about not pushing yourself to do things that you do not want to do. This does not mean that you should wallow at home, but you also cannot force yourself to be happy because others are or because "it's the holidays" and it is expected of you.
While in this holiday funk, you are allowed to grieve, but not forget the importance of self-care. Continue to stick with healthy habits. Make the effort to not over-drink. Say "no" to drinking or seconds if you do not want them. Get an adequate amount of sleep. Do not over-indulge if you know you will feel remorseful after, and incorporate physical activity into your daily routine so that not only physically, but mentally, you will feel better. You are allowed to enjoy your holiday as you choose to. You need to anticipate fun and stress, not perfection. Make expectations manageable. Stay realistic and stay within budget. Give gifts that you can afford to give. Do not over-extend yourself financially just to please others. Try something different. Make a homemade gift. Surround yourself with people and activities you enjoy and people who support you. Talk to someone who comforts you. Seek out people in your community who can provide you with companionship and volunteer together. Giving back sometimes gives your own self a feeling of so much more! Smile more. Be patient with those whom have none during this time. Be kind to sales associates in stores and more patient with impatient customers. Keep your peace of mind and react less to angry out-of-state drivers. Focus more on you. Do things that make you feel good. Donate to a charity. Read a book. Get a massage. Listen to music. Start journaling. Exercise. Save a few pennies, make those homemade gifts. Or maybe even spend a little on yourself. Most importantly…TAKE CARE OF YOU!


The azide-alkyne cycloaddition provides a powerful tool for bio-orthogonal labeling of proteins, nucleic acids, glycans, and lipids. In some labeling experiments, e.g., in proteomic studies involving affinity purification and mass spectrometry, it is convenient to use cleavable probes that allow release of labeled biomolecules under mild conditions. Five cleavable biotin probes are described for use in labeling of proteins and other biomolecules via azide-alkyne cycloaddition. Subsequent to conjugation with metabolically labeled protein, these probes are subject to cleavage with either 50 mM Na2S2O4, 2% HOCH2CH2SH, 10% HCO2H, 95% CF3CO2H, or irradiation at 365 nm. Most strikingly, a probe constructed around a dialkoxydiphenylsilane (DADPS) linker was found to be cleaved efficiently when treated with 10% HCO2H for 0.5 h. A model green fluorescent protein was used to demonstrate that the DADPS probe undergoes highly selective conjugation and leaves a small (143 Da) mass tag on the labeled protein after cleavage. These features make the DADPS probe especially attractive for use in biomolecular labeling and proteomic studies.
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I shall try to recreate the blog post I did last night. I was so disappointed that my computer 'ate' it. This time I shall create it in a word file, then copy it across, rather than entering it directly into the blogging website.
2 days later I was on the train with another colleague, Christine, who it turns out, has 6 children, of which one is autistic and one has a 'concentration-type' disability and needs to go to a special school. Did I mention that Christine works full-time and she is a single mum? Oh, and she is a registered foster parent! Apparently a few years back, a friend of hers was taken to hospital so she looked after her 4 children. Social services decided that as she was coping so well, they might want to formularise the agreement, which now makes her a foster mum. She is quick to tell me that when she took in the 4 kids, she did have only 4 children of her own! Since then she has only had the odd one or 2 foster kids, usually between 0-5 years. She fostered a little girl from when she was 6 hours old, until she was 18 months old. She was seriously thinking about adopting her, but before she had made her mind up, they found parents for the little girl. It broke her heart! Understandably too.
When I hear stories like this, I realise that looking after a cat really doesn't count! But also, I look at friends of mine who have 1, 2 or 3 kids who battle to cope, how much more so if you had 6, 8 or 10! Also, in South Africa, at least childcare is affordable. But in most 1st world countries, it is so expensive that it is almost not worth while. I recently met up with an ex-colleague in London who spends £880 a month on childcare for her little boy. She says they cannot afford to have another one, because they won't be able to pay the mortgage and childcare! For families on less than a certain income, there is help provided, but most middle class families would fall outside this banding.
I salute all the super-parents in the world!


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there is something that is about to spring forth in you i call it the light of God. the light of God in you will shine today and translate you into the marvelous LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
A study of the seven titles that speak of the Christ in relationship to the believer. In addition, the reader will be challenged to apply the benefits of who Christ is with each title.


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A plantar wart is a flat, hard lump on the bottom of your foot. The warts are most common in people 12 to 16 years of age, and may last for many years.
Causes: The warts are caused by a virus called the human papillomavirus (PAP-ih-LOW-muh-VI-russ), or HPV.


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P.S.G.'s Idrissa Gueye Refuses to Put on Rainbow Jersey, Lacking Match
Idrissa Gueye traveled south to Montpellier together with his Paris St. Germain teammates for the staff's league sport on Saturday, however ended up watching it from the stands. Gueye was not injured, his coach mentioned after PSG's victory: "He needed to go away the staff for private causes."
These private causes, a staff supply confirmed Monday, had been that Gueye had refused to hitch his teammates in carrying a particular jersey with rainbow-colored numbers created to spotlight discrimination forward of Tuesday's international occasions to mark the International Day Towards homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. The jerseys had been a part of a coordinated competition-wide attempt†
Gueye didn't touch upon his absence, however French information media, who had been the primary to report the rationale for lacking Saturday's sport, had been fast to notice that he had missed too similar consciousness contest final season. Final season's absence was attributed to a abdomen downside, however this yr PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino mentioned Gueye had no well being issues.
Activist teams had been fast to denounce Gueye's determination to not put on the jersey. Rouge Direct, a gaggle preventing homophobia in sports activities, referred to as on the French league, PSG and Gueye to "clarify themselves" and urged that Gueye be punished for his actions.
For PSG, the difficulty of assist for homosexual rights and efforts in opposition to homophobia is especially delicate. The staff is owned by the Qatari state by way of its sovereign wealth fund, and Qatar itself has come beneath scrutiny from homosexual neighborhood considerations for his or her security when the World Cup takes place within the Gulf nation later this yr. Homosexuality is in opposition to the legislation in Qatar, as it's in different Gulf international locations, however the World Cup organizers have insisted that each one followers are welcome on the event.
Identical-sex acts are additionally unlawful in Gueye's homeland, Senegal, the place ultra-conservative teams have burnt rainbow flags throughout public protests in opposition to homosexuality.
PSG haven't commented on Gueye, apart from Pochettino's feedback after Sunday's sport.
The membership's senior officers are at the moment in Qatar, in line with a staff consultant, and it's unclear what motion, if any, shall be taken in opposition to Gueye, whose contract with PSG expires on the finish of subsequent month.
PSG are by far the most important staff in France and are attracting nice curiosity, at house and overseas, for its star-studded roster, which this yr noticed the membership's eighth French Championship within the final 10 years. On Saturday in Montpellier, two of their star strikers – Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi – each scored targets, serving to to spotlight the specifically commissioned jersey they wore on social media and past.
In response to the staff supply with data of PSG's inner conversations over the weekend, membership officers had informed Gueye that the staff was dedicated to the marketing campaign and that he had no selection however to put on the identical jersey as the remainder of his teammates if he needed to play. When Gueye determined to not, he was despatched to the stands for the match, in line with an individual with data of the incident.
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Themis School of Law has similar entry requirements as those specified by the University of London, for admission to the LLB (Hons) programme.
The entry requirements consists of:
General Requirements; and
English Language Requirement.
However, meeting of the entry requirements is not the sole criteria for admission to Themis School of Law. An applicant must also successfully clear the admission process (including an interview) to guarantee admission in the LLB (Hons) programme at Themis School of Law. To view details of the admission process, please click here.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: To be eligible to register for the LLB (Hons) programme, you must normally be at least 17 years of age at the time of registration and satisfy the University's General Entrance requirements given below:-
STANDARD ENTRY (3 YEAR PROGRAMME)
Three (3) UK GCSE / GCE O level passes at grade A – C / 9 – 4 in non-overlapping subjects; PLUS
Two (2) further UK GCE A level passes at grade A - E in non-overlapping subjects; OR
Three (3) UK GCE Advanced level passes in non-overlapping subjects, where grade EED or above is achieved; OR
Bachelor's degree (i.e. B.Com, B.A.) awarded by an institution acceptable to the University of London.
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Graduates holding an undergraduate degree, which is at least four years (4) full time in duration, from an acceptable university in Pakistan; OR
Graduates holding a 2 or 3 year Bachelor's degree plus a Master's Degree.
*To be eligible for the Graduate Entry route, the candidate will have to pass the online course 'Law Skills for Graduates [LA1050]', a mandatory course set by the University of London. Only upon successful completion of the said course will the University of London confirm the candidate's admission to the LLB Programme through the Graduate Entry.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT:
The language of instruction, reading and assessment of the LLB (Hons) degree is English therefore success in the LLB (Hons) programme requires a good level of English competence. Any candidates in doubt as to their abilities in written and/or oral English are strongly advised to undertake English language courses and tests before enrollment.
Applicants will meet the English language requirements on the basis that they:
Hold a UK GCSE / GCE O level in English at grade C or above; or
Passed acceptable examinations in English equivalent to GCSE/ GCE 'O' Level English Language grade C; or
Passed, at an appropriate level within the past three years, a test of proficiency in English that is acceptable to the University of London, such as SAT and International English Language Testing System (IELTS) where an overall score of at least 6.0 is achieved with a minimum of 5.5 in each band.


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Q: Is there any performance drawback (and if yes, how much) if I use multi queries for MySQL w/ PHP every time? I have a database wrapper class for MySQL which allow one query per call currently. I want to extend my database wrapper's support for processing multiple queries at once. It is clear for me that if I use the multi-query feature then I can reduce the server-server communication but I don't know enough what happens inside the MySQL server. Is there a significant overhead in the processing if I send a lot of single queries one by one as multi-queries?
There is a lot of projects depends on the wrapper already and don't want to lower their performance, so if there is any reason why I should not do this, I will realize as a separate feature of the wrapper.
This is my planned solution:
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class MySQLWrapper extends AWrapper{
    public function query($query){
        return $this->multiQuery([$query])[0];
    }
    public function multiQuery(array $queries){
        return $this->doMultiQueryMagic($queries);
    }
}

Or should I change the return $this->multiQuery([$query])[0]; line to return $this->doSingleQueryMagic($query);?

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Our fears can cause us a lot of trouble
Sometimes it takes a long time for truth to rise, for justice to rule, and love to win.
Our fears can cause us a lot of trouble Sometimes it takes a long time for truth to rise, for justice to rule, and love to win. Check out this story on gosanangelo.com: https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/life/faith/2019/03/08/our-fears-can-cause-us-lot-trouble/3093392002/
Jeanie Miley, Special to San Angelo Standard-Times Published 3:14 p.m. CT March 8, 2019
GROWING EDGES
"I'm not afraid of anyone," a friend declared, and I have spent the afternoon pondering what she said.
Mostly, I'm thinking about how I can be more like my friend.
"The thing I am more afraid of than anything else," a wise woman once said, "is non-forgiveness." I've tried to live by that, but have struggled more than once.
Mere mortals don't scare that first woman, but for the second woman, what happens between offenders and the offended scares her most.
Indeed, non-forgiveness can ooze out to infect others in terrible ways. Non-forgiveness that seeps through the cracks of interactions among people to the third and fourth generation reaps a bitter crop.
Grudges and resentments carried forward through a family or a group of people can do at least as much damage as the original hurt inflicted from one to another.
In a kind of self-examination of my own fears, I've had to admit that there are times when irrational fears do spring up to torment me. And there are times when my fears are perfectly normal and natural, given the stimulus.
My fears can cause me a lot of trouble.
"Here are the things that most people fear," yet another person told me, speaking with great feeling.
"People fear loss of place, loss of a person, and loss of face," she said, and for her any of those losses would be catastrophic
Early childhood traumas can hang around for a long time, sucking the life out of an otherwise bright and capable person.
"Lying is my biggest fear," a seemingly strong and calm man told me. "Lying can rip apart the fabric of a relationship in a heartbeat," he said, and I felt chills run all over me.
The truth about lying is that it destroys trust between persons, and once that is gone, it is hard to re-build. What has taken a lifetime to build can be destroyed with one lie.
Lying can infiltrate a family, a group or an organization. When lying as a pattern is exposed, many or all of the persons involved may have to admit that they tried to pretend that the lying wasn't a big deal.
Some ignore the pattern of lying because exposing it would make trouble. The victims of persons and systems who normalize lying feel the impact of normalized lying forever. I shudder when I remember being in a system that normalizes lying.
In other words, when you know something is happening and you refuse to see the truth or say the truth, then you are complicit with the lie and can't protest innocence when the lies are spilled out all around you. I know too well the impact of a system that normalizes lying.
Lying produces insecurity among the people who tell the lies (Will I get caught?), and the people who go along with the lies (This isn't really happening, is it?).
When people feel betrayed by the lies long enough something in them begins to weaken. Either a person's moral core goes weak or their feelings of confidence and security begin to ebb, often little by little.
For the person or system that condones or ignores collective lying, the lies don't just go away. Repeat lies long enough, and you get to the point when you can't tell the difference between a lie and the truth. Normalizing lying makes trouble you can't fix with another lie.
For the person who colludes with the lies, the ability to have a clear mind and clear judgement begins to die until, finally, you hate yourself for being a part of a duplicitous or deceptive system.
You hate the liar for taking something precious from you or from the system, and that is integrity. Make no mistake: Lying or being lied to messes with your mind.
Losing the ability to tell the difference between a lie and the truth destroys life.
Hope is found in a line of poetry from a long-ago English: "Truth crushed to earth will rise again."
My job is to keep a monitor on my truth-telling, my honesty, my integrity.
Jeanie Miley is a former San Angelo resident, and an inspirational author and speaker. Her column appears Saturdays. Email her at jeaniemiley19@aol.com.
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Covenant Funeral Service
Terence Lee Foosness
May 12, 1948 ~ January 20, 2023 (age 74) 74 Years Old
Terence "Terry" Lee Foosness, 74, passed away on Friday, January 20, 2023 at Fredericksburg Health and Rehab. He was born on May 12, 1948 in Virginia, Minnesota, to the late Harold Earl Foosness and Helen Lorraine (Mattila) Foosness.
He is survived by his three children, Corey (Tabitha), Ryan (Cindy), and Cara, all of Fredericksburg, VA; grandchildren Shelby, Ashleigh, Starla, Logan, Landen, Nyra, Lacey, Clifton "CJ", Dorion, and Jaydon; great-grandchildren Pacey, Shepherd, and Azryela; siblings Tim, Tom, Trudy, and Thad; along with many nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his sister, Thea; and nephew Dale.
Per Terry's request, no service will be held.
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Your Grammar Gripes and Guilty Pleasures
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Atlantic readers and staffers debate the value of the serial comma, the limits of wordplay, and more.
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2:38 PM / February 16, 2017
Does Grammar Pedantry Perpetuate Ignorance About Language?
That's the charge leveled by one reader, J., who responds to my grammar confession from earlier this week by advising me to "battle the misinformed pedantry of the peevers"—and points out a number of ways in which I'm guilty of misinformation myself. But first, two more readers offer their defenses for linguistic laxity.
Knox, a self-described "ambiguity ally," says her attitude to English was shaped by growing up in a family of dyslexics:
In my younger years, I thought I had missed out on the family superpower. Today, we've come to terms with the differences: Acute writing skills are as much of a wieldable power as the extraordinary three-dimensional thinking that can make reading more difficult. But in the name of intellectual stimulation, debate around the importance of grammar and spelling still arises at the dinner table.
My youngest brother has a favorite defense; he likes to define "a word" with a sly smile and a hefty dose of side-eye. "Well. Don't you know the definition of a word?" (He'll pause for dramatic effect.) "According to the dictionary," a stab at my English degree, "a word is a unit of language that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. The purpose of a word is not grammatical accuracy but a mode of conveying meaning. So, if you understood what I meant, then my mastery of language is intact."
I'll argue with him in the name of a good dinner debate, but truthfully I can't help but agree. The English language for me is less a network of rules and codes and more a tool for impact. However, the upshot here: It's always the combination of the two—the codes and the meaning—that will craft the highest-impact message.
George takes a similarly laissez-faire approach:
Years of teaching both English and French as second languages has convinced me that when it comes to usage, the bottom line is getting the message across. All languages (except dead ones) are in a constant state of flux and there is nothing any of us can do about it. It may seem at times that a language is "deteriorating," but those who are most knowledgeable about language know that no language has ever "deteriorated." All languages evolve.
I love to quote—perhaps not totally accurately—the inimitable "Mr. Language Person" (Dave Barry of the Miami Herald—retired) who reported an overheard conversation between Eileen and her friend. Eileen was complaining about being unable to go to the church social for lack of a ride. Her friend replied: "Eileen, 'f I'd a know'd you'd a wanna went, I'd a see'd you'd a got to get to go!" This is 100 percent wrong grammatically, but the message comes across perfectly. Why correct it?
But another defense of what I've described as "rule-breaking" lies not in rejection of grammatical rules, but in a more precise interpretation. Here's J., whose point-by point response to my post begins by unpacking Ruby's critique of the Atlantic Daily verbs:
In "croissants uneaten," uneaten is indeed a verb—specifically a passive verb—not an adjective. A "croissant uneaten" is a croissant that no one has eaten. That is, the verbal sense is clearly intact.
Although it appears in many of the same syntactic positions as adjectives, uneaten does not meet most of the criteria for adjective-hood (an asterisk indicates that something is ungrammatical):
It is not gradable: *more uneaten, *most uneaten
It cannot be modified by words like too and very: *very uneaten croissants
It doesn't work with a verb like become: *The croissants became uneaten.
To get a better sense of all of this, compare uneaten to a past participle that has clearly become an adjective, like embarrassed. To be sure, when we're discussing past participles, the line between verb and adjective is sometimes hazy. All we can do is look at the evidence.
I too have sometimes wondered if "Verbs" would be better titled "Past Participles"
The past participle is one of the six forms that every lexical verb has. The title "Verbs" encompasses those six forms. Don't let a few misinformed peevers cause you to change the name.
In this example
Walking Dead autopsied, croissants uneaten, scare machine terrifies, diva reigns Supreme.
You have what are clearly four verbs. Despite some readers' desire for parallelism, there is nothing wrong or inelegant about having two past participles and two present-tense verbs.
Press unimpressed, sugar scientists soured, identity swiped, figures add up.
You have four clear verbs. Does unimpressed straddle the line between verb and adjective? Probably. But isn't there a verbal meaning there, i.e., that the press was unimpressed by someone or something, that someone or something did not impress them?
And I know that it's frowned-upon to start a sentence with "and"
But it's not. The "don't start sentences with conjunctions" is a zombie rule. It has never been an actual rule of English grammar, and it's easy to find examples of it in all levels of formality, from Supreme Court decisions to essays in The Atlantic to newspaper articles to fiction to social-media posts.
On the other hand, isn't language shaped democratically by those who use it?
So tell me: Are you a grammar geek who takes occasional guilty pleasure in splitting infinitives? Do you dare to dangle prepositions?
With all due respect, this is the kind of stuff that perpetuates zombie rules. It perpetuates ignorance about the way our language works.
There is no "guilty pleasure" in "splitting" infinitives because it has never been ungrammatical in English. And anyway, "split infinitive" is a misnomer, one borne of early grammarians' attempts to apply the grammatical rules of Latin (in which is is impossible to split an infinitive) to English. A to-infinitive clearly comprises two parts: the infinitival subordinator to and the plain form of the verb. This is clear in sentences like "I need to eat and sleep" and "We could go to the dance, but Cozznester doesn't want to." Nothing is being split in a "split infinitive."
As for preposition stranding: That too has never been ungrammatical in English. Its proscription is another zombie rule, this one borne of an offhand comment by poet John Dryden hundreds of years ago.
When you suggest that splitting infinitives and stranding prepositions is something that only grammar renegades do—especially when you do it in a widely read publication—you're adding fuel to people's misconceptions (and their nervous cluelessness) about English. There's no guilty pleasure in doing these things: They're a natural part of English grammar. There are conventions that formal writing must adhere to. But conflating stylistic conventions with grammar leads people to believe that those conventions are actual rules.
I'm aware that this piece is trying to be light, to adopt a cheeky tone. But people who write about language need to battle the misinformed pedantry of the peevers. They need to strive to show readers how English actually works, not how those peevers want it to work.
Point taken. And gauntlet thrown.
Searching for further insight into stylistic peevery, I followed one of J.'s links to discover Britt Peterson's 2014 Boston Globe column "Why We Love the Language Police." Here's Peterson's central question:
It's long been recognized that language is culturally contingent and constantly evolving, rather than being a strict, logical system that can be frozen in its 16th-century state, as [grammarian N.M.] Gwynne would have it.
And yet the enthusiasm with which people read Gwynne suggests that, outside academia, there's some continuing appeal in being lectured about split infinitives and misplaced apostrophes. In fact, for hundreds of years, English-speakers have reveled in scolding each other and being scolded about language. Gwynne's little book is just the latest to put the spotlight on an enduring conundrum: In a world where hundreds of millions of people use the language effectively every day, why do so many of us love to hear that we're doing it wrong?
Proud pedants and peevers come forward: What's so great about your usage rules? Can you defend against the charge of spreading misconceptions? If there's no grammatical case against (for instance) a split infinitive, what's the aesthetic one? Send your best case for conventions to hello@theatlantic.com.
11:21 AM / February 14, 2017
A Grammar Geek's Confession
Forgive me, dear readers: I have sinned against grammar and in thy sight, and, as I might have expected, you've caught me. I'm referring to the "Verbs" section of The Atlantic Daily newsletter, which includes a series of four links attached to four (hopefully) sonically pleasing predicates. For example, our February 7 edition:
Valentines vocalized, Earth's surface visualized, mysteries mesmerize, Rosie rises up.
The problem is that they're not always, technically speaking, verbs. As one reader, Ruby, explains:
With respect, the phrase "croissants uneaten" contains no verb. Rather, uneaten is a verbal, a verb form that acts as another part of speech. In the phrase "croissants uneaten," uneaten is an adjective that describes croissants.
Michelle asks for "parallel structure, please":
While I loved seeing the Verbs section reinstated, I was a tad dismayed when "add up" appeared alongside "unimpressed," "soured," and "swiped." As a former English teacher, I always impressed upon my students the importance of parallel structure to assist readers in following along, which is perhaps why I found the shift from past to present tense jarring: Why not "Press unimpressed, sugar scientists soured, identity swiped, figures added up"? I realize there is a slight difference between the phrase "add up," which connotes "making sense," versus "added up," which suggests "tallying." Perhaps you should have selected another example since the first three verb forms function as past passive participles (adjectives), while the last is definitely a verb.
And Joseph looks even closer: "Please note that 'unimpressed' is an adjective, not a verb."
It's true! It's true! I throw myself upon your mercy. (Being also at the mercy of Merriam-Webster, I have verified that preposition.) But what's a would-be wordplayer to do? The rules of grammar are many and rigid, the headline-pun options comparatively few. I reserve the right to rebel for rhythm's sake. I must claim my freedom to conjugate! And, well, it's the little things in life that keep us going, and on a grim news day something like "press unimpressed" can be too much fun to pass up.
Yea, though I walk in the shadow of stylebooks AP, MLA, and Chicago—though I am passionately pro-Oxford comma; though I get distressed by misplacement of hyphens; though indeed, I too have sometimes wondered if "Verbs" would be better titled "Past Participles"—I am only a writer and only human, and I persist in doubt.
As my colleague Joseph knows after fielding my not-so-correct attempt to correct him, I still have trouble understanding how the phrase "to jibe with" can reasonably signify agreement. My editor, Chris, can attest to my habit of putting commas in places where they are unwelcome, if not strictly prohibited (it's for the musicality, I have oh-so-earnestly told him). And I know that it's frowned-upon to start a sentence with "and" or follow a semicolon with "but"; but there are times when for reasons of cadence or tone it just feels right to do it. I know that "but it sounds good!" is not much of a logical argument for anything—but such is the logic to which I bow, time and time again.
I blame my education for the crisis of faith. In college, I divided my time between copy-editing jobs and creative-writing workshops, developing equal reverence for protocol and for experimentation. I also earned a degree in literature, which means I am now well acquainted with the glorious multitude of things one can do with the English language, extremely skilled at overthinking the meaning behind a particular comma, and—when it comes to my own writing—desperately confused. Forget grammar-Nazism: Communication is a kind of social contract, and there's an egalitarian rightness to holding all writers to the same standards. On the other hand, isn't language shaped democratically by those who use it? And art is a meritocracy anyway, and creativity means pushing limits, and where's the danger and joy and intuitive magic in playing strictly by the rules?
I like to think I'm not alone in all this agita. So tell me: Are you a grammar geek who takes occasional guilty pleasure in splitting infinitives? Do you dare to dangle prepositions? Are your serial commas (however you feel about them) selectively enforced? Send your copy confessions my way: hello@theatlantic.com.
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Your Oxford Comments
.@emmaogreen I'm a major fan of the #OxfordComma too. Here is a bus stop ad from NZ.https://t.co/pi02HinJrA pic.twitter.com/S8Qtc710Oi
— Mariam Parwaiz (@MariamParwaiz) June 24, 2016
Calling all friends and foes of the serial comma! In just a few moments, we'll be tackling the greatest grammatical debate of our time: Should you use an Oxford comma? Emma Green, having previously defended all-things Oxford comma, will be advocating for said comma on Facebook Live at 3pm EST today. Meanwhile, we welcome your arguments against, and you can submit them to me in real-time, so be sure to tune in!
While we wait, here are four arguments submitted by readers already.
The confusion argument:
Here's a fun one for you. "I had a party last weekend. I invited the president, Barack Obama, and three of my friends."
So: How many people did I invite? If the correct answer is five (which it is, because I invited the president of something other than the United States), that means that the Oxford comma created confusion that could have been avoided if I'd omitted it. "I invited the president, Barack Obama and three of my friends" clearly indicates that Barack Obama and the president, in this context, are separate people.
And before you say "this is a preposterous example where confusion could be easily avoided by an author with good sense," realize that you now know exactly how I feel about every sentence trotted out in defense of the Oxford comma by its fans.
The "speedbump on an exit ramp" argument:
At the risk of offending E.B. White and William Strunk, Kill The Oxford Comma. It's like a speedbump on an exit ramp. It jars you and serves no purpose. The word "and" already tells you the next word is part of the list. You don't need an unnatural pause before it.
And yes, I have 30 years in print journalism.
The "sometimes I use it, sometimes I don't" argument:
I think it's so funny how people get super heated about it! Sometimes it makes sense to use it and sometimes it doesn't. So sometimes I use it and sometimes I don't! (Which I fully realize is blasphemy to many. And I was trained as a journo to us AP style.) If the meaning of your sentence is changed by your punctuation, then you need to look at your whole sentence structure, not just the comma. It's a symptom of unclear writing.
The racism/elitism argument:
I have to disagree with Emma Green: Always using the Oxford comma isn't a matter of "principle" or of personal virtue. A person saying so might as well be proudly claiming that they only write in the present tense, or only print documents on A4 paper.
Okay. You dedicated a book to "my parents, God and Stalin". I've heard this example a hundred times (usually with Ayn Rand in place of Stalin, tho) and it's always cited as proof that you MUST use the Oxford comma.
So I dedicated a book to "my boyfriend, the President, and Yoko Ono". Is Barack Obama my boyfriend? Maybe! Using the Oxford comma has created structural ambiguity instead of reducing it. OH NO WHAT NOW?
If a publication wants to insist on always using the comma or never using it, that is their right (editors gonna edit), but there will always be cases like the two above where mandating one style might trip a reader up for a moment. If the goal is clarity, allowing a free choice would be ever so slightly better.
But picking one side of a stylistic question and rooting for it to trounce the opposing team has costs beyond occasionally boring people at parties. Usage shibboleths ultimately draw their power from—and lend their power back to—our society's tradition of declaring that the right sort of people (rich people? white people? men? kind of depends which cultural battleground you're on and which year it is) are "speaking correctly" and everyone else is ... well, they're just not EDUCATED, not like we are. If only they would learn!
Yeah, I went there. Puffing yourself up about the Oxford comma, even for funsies, implicates you in systems of racist bullshit that you probably didn't wake up this morning hoping to empower. Is it worth it?
Watch Emma answer that question and others live on Facebook.
10:00 AM / June 20, 2016
Who Really Cares About the Oxford Comma?
I do. I care.
I care for the sake of the clarity, flow, and musicality of prose. I care because words matter, punctuation matters, and there is no other logical position besides being pro-Oxford comma. I care because I like jokes about my parents, God, and Stalin. (Actually, in that case, the joke only works if you take out the Oxford comma, which I refuse to do on principle.)
Some people, apparently, disagree—including those who follow the AP's style book, which is most traditional newspaper reporters. I am prepared to do battle with these foes. This Friday, June 24, at 3pm EST, we will host a live video debate on our Facebook page: me vs. readers / internet riffraff, on the topic of the Oxford comma. Besides its merits, which are clear, the following questions may be considered:
Oxford comma or serial comma?
Best Oxford-comma joke?
Is this Vampire Weekend song actually coherent?
Have thoughts? Hate the Oxford comma? By all means, enter the fray: hello@theatlantic.com. But beware: I have gotten into fights over the Oxford comma at weddings, in the Atlantic offices, and at bars. Bring it on. I have no fear, no doubt, and no shame about tedious pedantry.
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Ayara Lūk is a pop-up Thai eatery and a culinary project of Ayara Thai. In Thai, 'lūk' means child. Our goal is to adopt our parents' recipes and expand on it with dishes inspired by our experiences as first generation Thai-Americans. Our changing menu is small and curated to feature favorites from Ayara Thai, our take on classic Thai dishes, and environmentally-conscious ingredients. To us, these changes mean infusing our contemporary values with the Thai culinary heritage that we have inherited from our parents.
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Oh, and did we say it's a ticket-free event? Yup you heard it, no cover charge! Don't forget to bring those two things: your ID to prove you're 21+, and your good vibes! See you at 23 Windward Ave Venice, CA 90291!
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Office holiday parties are just around the corner, and deciding on an outfit and accessories now will save your sanity. Depending on the location of the event, you may even have a piece in your closet already that can be altered with accessories to perfectly fit the bill. Of course, options vary based on location and formality of the event.
A Fancy Holiday Party If your place of employment generally holds its holiday party somewhere swanky, you may have a bit more work to do putting an outfit together. Dresses that fit the bill for a fancy party are generally less likely to be worn again, so feel free to look as elegant as your budget allows! This sassy knee length dress screams to be paired with fuchsia peep toes and diamond studs, while this floor length gown can be easily accented with a statement necklace.
A Semi-Casual Soirée For this type of party though, a basic black dress, well-accessorized, is always a winner. Start with a flattering black dress like this long-sleeved number. It's already work appropriate, so the re-wearable value is high. The right accessories that add pops of color will take this from basic to beautiful. Start with the shoes. Rather than going the typical Christmas-red route again, opt instead for a pair of jewel-toned suede pumps in emerald green or cobalt blue. Add bangle bracelets in gold or silver depending on your skin tone and toss on either a pair of chunky, dangling earrings or a bold statement necklace, but don't wear both! There is such a thing as too many accessories.
A Casual Get Together These parties are the easiest of all because generally you can just wear what you wore to work with a few added accessories to make you feel party ready. A basic pair of well-fitted pencil pants and flattering top can be easily dressed up with a chic, sparkly belt. Add a sequined cardigan to give you a little sparkle, and you're all set for that casual office party.
No matter which holiday party you are preparing for, remember that a basic piece can easily become bold and brand new with the right accessories, no matter what level of formality is needed.


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No one knows bad luck quite like Thalia Castellanos. She's been Snow Creek's resident jinx since before she can remember. So what's a star-crossed girl to do when a handsome gambler on a lucky streak shows up in town and asks her out to dinner? Does she risk throwing away what could be the best night of her life, or tempt fate by listening to her heart.
There's no doubt in Eileen Ledger's mind that the last time she saw hockey superstar Paul McAlester she made the biggest mistake of her life. Only, she's never been sure if the mistake was in kissing him, or in running away. But ten years later, Paul is back in town for Christmas, and Eileen has a second chance to make things right...as long as she can keep herself from falling in love again.
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It should have come as no surprise to Thalia Castellanos that the Main Street Diner was packed. It was December first, after all, the start of Christmas. And in the town of Snow Creek that meant the beginning of the tourist season.
Every year it was the same, and, somehow, every year it still managed to take her by surprise. Eleven months out of the year she lived in a sleepy small town, never fighting for a parking space or a place to sit. Then one morning the calendar flipped, and the people came pouring in.
This, apparently, was that morning.
All the tables and booths in the diner were taken. All but one. The smallest table in the place, barely big enough for two people, but far more comfortable for one, and conveniently shoe-horned into the empty space next to the men's restroom door.
She glanced over at the counter. There was one round red Naugahyde stool open, but it was between the Campbell brothers, two of the largest lumbermen that Snow Creek had. Even if she could find a way to squeeze herself between the dual walls of flannel, Thalia would never do that to Larry and Jerry.
They were nice guys. She liked them. They were always civil to her, and Thalia didn't want them to have to rush to finish their breakfast just to get away from her.
Which is what they would do. It was what everyone who'd lived in the little town of Snow Creek would do. Because everyone knew that Thalia Castellanos was bad luck.
Sorry, Thalia, Britney, the waitress, said, flashing her an apologetic smile. We're slammed this morning. Do you want your usual order to go?
If it were any other day, Thalia would have agreed. But she had left her house an hour early this morning, planning to enjoy a leisurely breakfast while flipping through this month's stack of jewelry catalogs.
I think you have one more table open, Thalia said pointing toward the corner.
Britney scrunched her nose. You sure you want that one?
Why not? Thalia said. I'm used to it.
Britney shrugged and led her through the crowded maze of tables and bodies.
Coffee? Britney asked as Thalia sat down in her chair. One metal leg was shorter than the other and she had to catch herself on the table top as she wobbled violently to the side.
Thalia nodded without missing a beat. And a pack of matches, if you don't mind.
Britney headed off and was back a few moments later with a steaming mug. She set it down on the table and pulled a wad of white napkins out of her apron pocket.
Sorry. We're all out of matches, so I brought these.
Thanks, Thalia said, taking the napkins from Britney's hand. She stuffed them under the gap in her chair leg, but the metal post just sunk into the thin paper.
For everyone's sake she hoped this didn't mean today was going to turn out to be a bad one. Everyone had bad days, sure, but Thalia's were legendary.
Thalia gave Britney a shrug and forced a smile.
David promised he'll fix the chair later today, a sympathetic look flashed over the waitress's face, one that Thalia had seen thousands of times. So, the usual then?
Oh, I almost forgot. David ran out of bacon five minutes ago. Of course he had. But we still have some soy sausage.
Sure. What was left of Thalia's optimism started to wane. She didn't really like the soy sausage. Come to think of it, she didn't know anyone who did. But she was going to need some protein to get her through her shift at the Mitten Inn. Pancakes alone weren't going to cut it.
Britney scribbled her order down on her pad and was gone.
Thalia rummaged in her bag for the first catalog. Picking the thickest one, she plopped it down on the table in front of her. She flipped through the pages, letting her gaze linger on a particularly pretty copper pendant, a glass bauble, a roll of shimmering wire. There were so many things for her wish list, but she didn't write any of them down. Not yet.
She'd wait until the end of the month, after all the bills were paid, and then she'd see which ones she could afford. There was no point dreaming yet. She'd only be disappointed when she had to give something up.
That was what the rational part of her brain told her at any rate, but the whimsical part, the part that refused to give up, and even after all of these years of disappointment and misfortune, refused to look away from a particularly beautiful set of faceted silver beads. She couldn't help but dream of the lovely creations she could make with them.
Thalia was so absorbed by the images in her head that she didn't notice the man standing in front of her table until he cleared his throat.
She started hard from her reverie. She jumped in her chair, skittering to the side. She barely caught herself on the lip of the table before she tumbled over, but spilled her coffee all over her catalog in the process.
That sealed it. The day was officially bad.
Whoa, there tiger, a deep voice, laced with humor, said. Thalia lifted her head and her mouth fell open as she looked into at the most striking set of blue eyes that she'd ever seen.
The man, whoever he was, didn't suffer from the same shock. He snatched up the napkin on his side of the table and swiped at the spill.
Sorry about that, he said with a wide, charming smile. I didn't mean to startle you.
I-It's okay, Thalia said, finally finding her voice. I was off in my own world.
It looked like a nice place to be. He looked down at her face.


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On the SoundCloud of the Thomistic Institute you may find the recordings from the Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science symposium, that took place on June 5th-8th at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington. The event was organized by the Thomistic Institute and the Society of Catholic Scientists.
Among the lecturers there were: Michael Dodds O.P. (Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology), Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Karin Öberg (Harvard University), Stephen Barr (University of Delaware) and Nicanor Austriaco O.P. (Providence College). The talks concerned e.g. contemporary relations between religion and science and actuality of St. Thomas' and Aristotle's thought in this respect (a lecture by Stephan Barr), the possibility of reconciling the Thomism with the theory of evolution (lectures by Nicanor Austriaco O.P. and Brian Carl), the issue of discovering new exoplanets and the possibility of the existence of the extraterrestrial life and their influence on the Catholic faith (a lecture by Karin Öberg) and philosophical aspects of ancient, classic and modern physics (a lecture by Thomas Davenport O.P.).
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Cleveland native SGD Vedoe has been steadily building momentum which has resulted in an ever-growing fanbase. Describing his musical style as "dark poetry," he tells street stories that he has either lived through or witnessed growing up in his neighborhood. Recently, SGD Vedoe unveiled the official music video for his new Southside of 808 Mafia produced-track titled "Can't Hold Me Down," which features fellow Ohio native Insomniac Lambs. Check out the Reid Films directed clip here.


Abstract: We describe the Dark Energy Survey (DES), a proposed optical-near infrared survey of 5000 sq. deg of the South Galactic Cap to ~24th magnitude in SDSS griz, that would use a new 3 sq. deg CCD camera to be mounted on the Blanco 4-m telescope at Cerro Telolo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO). The survey data will allow us to measure the dark energy and dark matter densities and the dark energy equation of state through four independent methods: galaxy clusters, weak gravitational lensing tomography, galaxy angular clustering, and supernova distances. These methods are doubly complementary: they constrain different combinations of cosmological model parameters and are subject to different systematic errors. By deriving the four sets of measurements from the same data set with a common analysis framework, we will obtain important cross checks of the systematic errors and thereby make a substantial and robust advance in the precision of dark energy measurements.


The Siliguri Municipal Corporation will felicitate 10 clubs in the town that organised Durga Pujas keeping in mind cleanliness and also organisers of the best procession for Muharram.
Mukul Sengupta, the member, mayor-in-council (conservancy), said a team had already selected the Durga Pujas that would get the prizes.
The Muharram committee will be selected later this evening.
"This is the first time we will felicitate the 10 best Durga Pujas in town, on parameters of cleanliness etc. Before the Puja, the mayor had appealed to the clubs and organisers to display placards in pandals against plastic carry bags, smoking and dos and don'ts for vector-borne diseases," Sengupta said.
"Keeping this in mind, we formed a team of representatives from the civic body, NGOs and trade bodies which visited different pujas and selected the ones that have kept their premises clean and have campaigned elaborately on these issues," the councillor said.
"The team that we have formed will also select best organiser of Muharram today and we will hand over the prizes to all of them later this month at an event," Sengupta added.
The councillor said the SMC cancelled leaves of conservancy workers during the festival to clear up the waste and also clean up the immersion ghat.
SMC sources said about 450 pujas are organised under the jurisdiction of Siliguri metropolitan police and 165 puja organisers have already immersed the idols yesterday.


One is the basis for living, the other the enthusiasm and the passion for Venice. Until a few years ago the photos were taken mostly with a Rolleiflex TLR and developed in the darkroom, so black and white. During the last few years digitally with a Pentax K-1, now Sony A7iii and predominantly colorful. Long exposures are of particular interest at present and the peacefulness in these pictures. Adopted Venetian and convinced to do the final move to Venice, always looking for pictures that carry the magic of Venice.
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NEW YORK – Whatever happened to watching TV alone?
Just me and my TV. No multiscreen experience. No smartphone or tablet horning in on the action. With my hands, excused from any laptop obligations, free to reach for my snacks and hoist a brew.
I mean me, chilling out, in pleasant isolation.
Sometimes I wonder what Lost it would be in the second screen era. Lost it's one of the first show (if not the first) of the attention television era. Second screen can distract the viewers from the main screen and there are some tv shows needing a total attention.


You don't have to hunt through the ribbon to create a range name. Here's the trick, select the cells you want to assign a range name to, then click in the Name Box at the upper left corner and below the File and Home tabs. Normally the name box will display the cell reference of the current selection.
The name box, at the left of the ribbon, is an easy way to create new range names.
Type in the Name Box the range name you want assigned to your current cell selection, then press Enter. When you later select this same range the name of the range will appear in the name box.


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Walkers who intend to cross any of the estates during the stalking season are encouraged to contact the appropriate estate stalkers by calling the numbers given in the leaflet below. Sudden changes in weather patterns may require last minute alteration of plans and enquiries should be left as late as possible to obtain the most up-to-date information, although please try to avoid making calls after 9 p.m. or before 8 a.m. (stalkers need sleep too!).
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Answers on Navy Fire's Health Impacts Won't Come Right Away | Voice of San Diego
Answers on Navy Fire's Health Impacts Won't Come Right Away
The fire on the USS Bonhomme Richard erupted as the county was in the middle of installing new air pollution sensors. That and other complications will mean it could take time for a complete picture of the fire's environmental risks for nearby neighborhoods to become clear.
MacKenzie Elmer
Sailors stand at attention during morning colors behind the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego. / Photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Jason Waite, courtesy of U.S. Navy
As one of the biggest fires on a Navy ship outside of combat smoldered for a third day, so raged community members' concerns over the contents of the billowing smoke.
The short answer is that we don't know how toxic it is yet because: science. Well, and some other inconvenient happenstances stalling the testing process.
Long before the USS Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault ship, caught fire Sunday morning, San Diego portside communities were already working to measure and quell the air pollution they regularly experience from nearby industrial shipyards.
But the ship fire erupted as the county was in the middle of an effort to install a new suite of air pollution sensors established under state law.
What's more, instrumental employees who analyze air samples from the sensitive equipment are on vacation. And some samples can't be fully tested because a new shipment of liquid nitrogen used to cool one of the instruments didn't arrive on schedule, Bill Brick, San Diego County Air Pollution Control District's chief, said Tuesday.
An environmental justice organization isn't satisfied, and believes the county should have an emergency air quality monitoring plan in place for such a situation. The county didn't give enough warning about the fire and so residents without air conditioning had to leave their houses because they couldn't stay at home with the windows shut, according to a Monday statement from the Environmental Health Coalition.
"Clearly what they have isn't working," said Diane Takvorian, the coalition's executive director. "There should be some protocol that says, go where the smoke is going and take measurements. Those moments are now lost forever."
Pollution Analysis Isn't Instantaneous
The state of California declared Barrio Logan, Logan Heights, Sherman Heights and National City environmental justice communities under a community air protection program established under a 2017 law. With it came grant money to install a new suite of air pollution sensors that would measure toxic metals and other chemicals not regularly picked up by other sensors the county already operates.
But not all of those new sensors were up and running by the time flames appeared. And those that are don't produce instant answers.
Sensors at Sherman Elementary School, Ocean View Boulevard and I-15 and the 10th Avenue Marine Terminal are being equipped with new instruments that can track black carbon (a diesel fuel byproduct), airborne toxins and metals.
Those that measure toxic volatile organic compounds – released from burning petroleum-based products like gasoline, paints, solvents and myriad industrial products – are operational at Sherman Elementary School. Benzene, a pollutant from automobile exhaust, is carcinogenic and linked to childhood and adult leukemia and probably lymphoma.
The Navy said the ship contained 1 million gallons of fuel, though the fire had not reached it as of Tuesday afternoon. Navy spokesman Brian O'Rourke confirmed that the Navy doesn't do air quality monitoring and leaves that to the county. The county is going to test for 57 compounds, according to its monitoring plan, but it can take at least 24 hours to collect a full sample. That sample must then be physically retrieved and sent to a lab in order to derive its chemical content, said Brick.
Brick announced to portside communities Tuesday that samples taken from four locations downwind of the fire are at the lab for analysis. Results are expected Wednesday, and additional samples should be collected Tuesday, Brick wrote in an email.
Metals require a more involved process to measure.
Analysts sample metals in the air through special filters, which capture tiny metal particles light enough to catch the wind Brick said because metals measurement is such an involved process, samples are drawn frequently but not analyzed every week.
"It takes time and we're dealing with such small (measurements) that normally we spend a whole lot of time trying to make sure we know our (measurement) is good," Brick said.
Brick said he had to check with the county's chemists to see how long it will take to get answers on the metals content of the smoke.
In the meantime, Brick said the county put out a few portable air quality sensors Sunday night that measure smoke or dust particles, which are usually deployed only during wildfire events or special studies. That data is rolling in live, though it still takes time to transfer via satellite.
Brick said he expects to put additional monitors in National City after residents said they were impacted by the smoke.
As of Tuesday, smoke from the fire dissipated some but not enough to quell concerns from community members. Barrio Logan residents, just adjacent to the port, reported nausea and headaches, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
The coalition said the county was "underprepared" and criticized officials for waiting until 2:30 p.m. Sunday to warn citizens living near the fire zone, several hours after it started, the group's statement said.
The group called for an emergency monitoring plan with input from communities to deal with disasters of this scale. It also called on the Navy to release its findings regarding the cause and source of the fire as soon as possible.
"The community deserves to have complete information about the toxins in the fire and how those could harm their health," the statement reads.
U.s. Navy USS Bonhomme Richard
MacKenzie is a reporter for Voice of San Diego. She writes about the environment and natural resources.
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When a community cinema, the Wotton Electric Picture House, needed a complete website overhaul, its management committee appointed Evergreen.
Being careful to maintain the look and feel of the existing website, the Evergreen team quickly delivered a design and technical solution that met the committee's brief. Then they worked closely with the cinema's webmaster, Julie Rowe, to fine tune the site and its implementation – including the mid-project decision to add the proprietary Admit One booking system.
In May 2012, the new site went live to critical acclaim from online users and cinema visitors alike. Now the 100-seat cinema, one of the oldest in the UK, has an advanced website and integrated booking system to match its state-of-the-art 3D projection capability.
As part of the updating that's continued since they took over in 2006, the cinema committee realised that a revamped website was overdue. The way people use cinema websites and book films has changed with the Internet and mobile computing. And other new cinema technology had to be integrated seamlessly with the web presence. That's why, after a competitive tender process, locally-based Evergreen secured the contract.
As it happens, the Evergreen team wasn't completely new to the technical intricacies of the cinema's website. That's because the website is linked to Wotton-under-Edge's Community site, which is already maintained by Evergreen.
According to marketing manager, Angus McCubbin, the project's standout moment was when Evergreen presented the design and technical aspects of the site and everyone knew it would do what they wanted. Several months on, with the website working hard around the clock, the committee's confidence in their local partner has been rewarded.
With the website live since May 2012, it's stlll too early to properly measure its impact. But, according to Julie and Angus, the reaction of site users and filmgoers bodes well for the future. Everyone's been extremely positive, which is encouraging in a conservative rural environment where small changes to the familiar often prompt raised eyebrows.
Positive comments on the website's Comments page include the complimentary 'How very impressed I am with your new look and very easy to use website. Very simple and clear, thank you.' Other good feedback has come during performances and on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook.
With work complete, the cinema committee has no doubt that the new website gives the Electric Picture House a much-needed boost and will serve their successful venture well into the future. What's more, they're confident that Evergreen's work will help raise the cinema's profile. In turn this should help the cinema raise even more funds for the community. That's because, as a community cinema, profits go to worthwhile local causes, such as new football kit for a local school team.
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