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Malheur County, Oregon Business
No firm stands higher commercially at home or abroad than the one above. It is composed of M. G. and J. W. Hope both of them being residents of this county sine 1882 having ranched in the valley for about five years before they began merchandising. DL G. Hope was appointed postmaster in the spring of 1887, and he opened a small store, six months later his brother joined him, and by fair and courteous treatment of their customers their business has grown to such an extent that in 1895 they were compelled to erect their present store of which we give it an it illustration. It is built of stone 48x80, with basement, and is equipped with freight elevator to expedite the handling of heavy goods. They carry a general line of merchandise also farming implements. In connection with J. N. Fell, they are interested in the Vale Electric Light Company, and the Vale Milling Company. They are also interested as part owners in Eldridge's addition to the town site, and besides outlying ranches, own one of 120 acres just adjoining the town. This enables them from a practical standpoint to be in a position to answer any questions regarding lands in the vicinity of Vale.
The ranch contains 1120 acres; there are 32,000 shade trees, 16,000 fruit trees, 360 acres planted to alfalfa, 135 acres in orchards, and the reclamation of this land from its desert state in the period of six years shows the wonderful resources of a new country just opened up to horticulture in the eastern part of our state and which is soon to make a name for itself as one of the great fruit producing belts of the Northwest. I allude to that portion of Malheur County located on the Oregon Short Line railroad between Nyssa and Ontario, in the vicinity of Arcadia, and which is now the scene of active developments brought about by the construction of the great Owyhee canal. The country is rapidly going into orchards as nowhere can the apple, prune and pear be grown so successfully as in this vicinity. The soil, climate and everything here is especially adapted to fruit culture. The land produces the finest apples, prunes and pears in the world, also grows to perfection peaches, cherries, plums, apricots, grapes, nectarines, etc. Nor is the fruit industry the only industry we find in Arcadia. The largest cattle feeding yards on the Oregon Short Line System containing over 25 acres in corrals, and all the modern appliances for feeding live stock in winter. Properly speaking the business of the K. S. D. Fruit Land Company is to raise fruit and sell it in winter, to raise hay and feed cattle in winter. Yet the rapid development of their fruit industry has made it necessary for them to colonize a portion of their lands which they have subdivided into small orchard tracts in order to induce immediate settlement to and during the busy fruit picking season, and they are offering some very good inducements to a few families who are looking for homes. The railroad company have now placed a half a mile of sidetrack at Arcadia, and a very pretty village has been laid off for people to live, a post office has been established and a number of dwellings have been going up. There is a fine opening for a general store at Arcadia, as the valley contains 140 families aside from the colony.
This enterprise is one worthy of considerable mention. The accompanying cut hardly does justice to what is by all odds the best constructed flouring mill in this section of the state. The building is four-stories, the two lower being stone, and they have a capacity of 50 barrels daily. Their machinery is of the very latest type, constructed by Marsh, Gordon & Co., of Warsaw, Ind. They have ten bolters and four double stands of rollers. Their power is obtained from the Malheur River; giving them a fall of 11½ feet, open the year round. They will make flour, graham and whole wheat, corn meal and mill feed. There wildly brand is known as "Purity." and that word fully represents the quality of their products. The establishment of this mill has been of great benefit to the farmers of this county as it enables them to realize the highest price for their wheat and greatly curtails the little spent in hauling to the railroad. The officers at present tire J. N. Fell. President; John E. Johnson, vice president; M. G. Hope, secretary and treasurer.
Mr. N. T. Taggart, the head miller, has had twenty-four years experience in the business, being connected with the flouring mill at Etna Green, Indiana, for that length of time.
K. S. D. Fruit Farm - Arcadia
The two views in this issue taken from K. S. D. fruit farm at Arcadian, Malheur County, show the possibilities of successful irrigation when applied to the arid lands of Eastern Oregon. This farm has attracted wide attention on account of its magnificent park and beautiful driveways. The grand boulevard being 60 feet wide and two miles long. The growing orchards and broad acres of the alfalfa surrounded on all sides by thousands of tall shade trees make it one of the most attractive places in the state.
Oregon Forwarding Company
It is seldom that a larger mercantile establishment is to he found in any city on the coast than that of the Oregon Forwarding Company at Ontario. Established in 1885 by Fred J. Kiesel, of Ogden, Utah, it has grown under the style of Fred J. Kiesel, Wm. Teary & Co., and Kiesel, Shilling & Danelson, and since February 23, 1890, as the Oregon Forwarding Company, being incorporated on that date with E. H. Test as manager. They carry a complete line of general merchandise and stockmen's supplies. Agricultural implements, hardware, etc., and acting as general agents among many other lines, for the following: Studebaker Wagons, McCormick Mowers, Thomas Hay Rakes, Planet Jr. Farming Implements, Pasts Brewing Co., and Idanha Natural Mineral Water Co. Their main store, of which we present an illustration, is 65x110. Their warehouses, four in number, have a total capacity of 18,000 square feet, enabling them to buy largely in car lots, as in the mouth of May 1897 alone, they received 506.226 lbs. of merchandise. Their trade extends into Malheur, Harney and Grant counties, Oregon, and Washington and Owyhee Counties, Idaho, and their stock and prices enable any one to have the same opportunities they would have going to the largest mercantile centers. They also do a very extensive forwarding business for interior points.
The new and strictly first-class hotel, the Ontario, opened by G. L. Belding, July 1, 1897, is highly appreciated by residents of Eastern Oregon, and is largely patronized by traveling men and cattle buyers. Our illustration gives but an imperfect idea of its size, it being a three-story building, 60x80. There are 50 rooms all being, what is known as "outside rooms" in hotel parlance, in the hotel bar none but high grade liquors and cigars are carried, handling Cyrus Noble's Whiskies in case and in bulk, and principally imported cigars. Mr. G. L. Belding, the proprietor, is a veteran hotel man, having been located formerly in this business at LaCamas and Fairhaven, Wash. He gives the hotel his personal supervision, and having a full appreciation of the needs and comforts of his guests spares no pains to provide for their every want.
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It's hard to get different sectors working together. There is often a power imbalance that leads to a one-sided conversation and an ensuing lack of enthusiasm from the other party, writes social impact analyst Emma Tomkinson.
This is evident when language is used that blames those with less power for the inability of the partnership to meet in the middle. For example, in the field of social investment, one of the key issues discussed is "investment readiness". A debate at the 2014 Social Finance Forum in Toronto was on investment readiness versus investor readiness, acknowledging that both sides of the market need to make adjustments in order to work together.
Likewise, we're seeing a rise in Indigenous procurement, with the Australian Government recently announcing that 3 per cent of new domestic Commonwealth contracts will be awarded to Indigenous suppliers in 2019-20.
There's a lot of work going into building the capacity of Indigenous businesses to deliver these contracts, but there isn't quite the same focus on building the capacity of procurement officers to procure from Indigenous businesses.
On 13 August the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) and the Curtin Not-for-profit Initiative (Curtin University) brought together a panel including academics, Not for Profit, private sector and government. Their task was to focus on the impediments to – and the potential of – working effectively across sector boundaries to find solutions to complex social policy problems. Co-convenors of the event, Dr John Butcher and Professor David Gilchrist summarised the event for Pro Bono News Australia.
Save the Children Chief Executive Officer, Paul Ronalds, saw that in order to understand the inherent incentives of all collaborators, we need to understand who is making decisions and what is driving them. Our sectors are not made up of stupid people making terrible decisions, but rather of people acting rationally in response to the incentives of their environment. We can do all the pilots of great new ideas that we like, but unless we address systemic barriers, we will not progress.
Professor Robyn Keast, from Southern Cross University, has studied several cross-sector collaborations, and found that successful collaborations spent a lot of time agreeing on processes at the start and getting to know each other. She found that personal relationships were essential to progressing complex projects and that committing time up front to establishing these relationships paid off in the long run.
Cassandra Wilkinson, Director of The Human Capital Project, proposed that when addressing complex social issues we simply don't have the information we need to prescribe service models and prices at the beginning. She proposed we try alliance contracting – collaborating on developing the deliverables of the contract and their prices as the contract proceeds. She asked, if we can use alliance contracting to deliver difficult road and rail contracts, why can't we apply it to the infinitely more difficult task of supporting people in need to achieve the lives they want?
Professor Peter Shergold AC, Chancellor of the University of Western Sydney, said there's a real difference between what people want for themselves and what governments want to do to them and for them. Simon Rosenberg, CEO of Northside Community Service Inc., pointed out that those delivering services often speak of "hard to reach" clients instead of wondering why they are delivering "hard to access" services.
The Cross-sector Working event managed to convene a cross-sector selection of speakers and a cross-sector audience. Hopefully it will help inform further cross-sector discussions – conversations truly between parties about how they can move forward together.


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Q: Why is $\sup_{x\in X}\sup_{y:x = g(y)}f(y) = \sup_{x\in X}f(x)$ Let $f$ be a function from $X$ to $\mathbb R$ and $g$ be a function from $X$ to $X$. Furthermore, define $h(x) = \sup_{y:x=g(y)}f(y)$.
Then it apparently holds that $$\sup_{x\in X}h(x) = \sup_{x\in X}\sup_{y:x=g(y)}f(y) = \sup_{x\in X}f(x)$$
This is used in the prove of the invariance property of MLEs (c.f. https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/333737/maximum-likelihood-is-not-re-parametrization-invariant-so-how-can-one-justify-u). I don't understand why the second equality follows. My professor said it is "obvious", however, I don't see why.

A: Kavi Rama Murthy's objection can be gotten around either by changing the statement to $$\sup_{x \in g(X)} h(x) = \sup_{x \in X} f(x)$$ or defining
$h : X \to \overline {\Bbb R}$, with $\sup_{x \in \emptyset} f(x) := -\infty$.
In either case, the statement is true.
Now let $M = \sup_{x\in X} f(x)$. For any $m < M$, there is a $y_m\in X$ with $f(y_m) > m$. Let $x = g(y_m)$. Then $h(x) \ge f(y_m) > m$. Therefore $\sup_{x \in X} h(x) > m$ for all $m < M$. Since $h(x) \le M$ for all $x$, we must have
$$\sup_{x \in X} h(x) = M$$

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Rockstar Games has been releasing patches to fix bugs in the latest collection of Grand Theft Auto. However, the physical versions of GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition it will take a few more days for PlayStation and Xbox or weeks for Switch. It is not an easy or fast task, but it is one that should have been done before the launch of the not so definitive remastered edition.
The physical versions for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One of GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition will move 10 days until December 17. While the Nintendo Switch is only scheduled for "early 2022", according to the Rockstar Games official Twitter account.
The remastered 3D trilogy of Grand Theft Auto It was released digitally on November 11, much to the discontent of the public for problematic versions that would replace the originals. Rockstar Games acknowledged and apologized for the issues raised, committing in turn to fix them.
Additionally, the original PC versions of Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City y Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas they will return to the Rockstar Store as a bundle. Buyers of GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition
for PC, you will receive them completely free. They will be able to claim the games until June 30, 2022.
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Natalia Zylberlast-Zand (entre el 1883 i el 1884, Varsòvia-23 o 24 de setembre, 1942) va ser una neuròloga polonesa jueva.

Era filla de David i Emilia de Batawia. Va realitzar investigacions i va col·laborar regularment en revistes mèdiques franceses. Va treballar estretament amb Edward Flatau, considerat el fundador de la neurologia moderna. El 1930 publica el seu llibre Les plexus choroïdes: Anatomie, physiologie, pathologie sobre el plexe coroide. Abans de la Segona Guerra mundial va treballar a l'hospital jueu de Czyste, a Varsòvia.

Durant la guerra va ser empresonada al gueto de Varsòvia, on va continuar treballant com a metgessa. La nit del 23 al 24 de setembre de 1942, va ser deportada a la presó de Pawiak, on probablement va ser executada.

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 Les plexus choroïdes: Anatomie, physiologie, pathologie. J. Am Med Assoc. 1930;95(13):958.

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Q: Fastest way to get user's latest 20 friend checkins? I'd like to get the current users 20 latest friend's checkins.  I did the following FQL query which works, but is very slow (~10 seconds):
SELECT checkin_id
FROM checkin
WHERE author_uid in (SELECT uid2 FROM friend WHERE uid1=me())
ORDER BY timestamp DESC
LIMIT 0,20

I did notice that if I put a time filter it comes back much faster, but it won't guarantee I get back the last 20 checkins.
SELECT checkin_id
FROM checkin
WHERE timestamp > 1317252997
AND author_uid in (SELECT uid2 FROM friend WHERE uid1=me())
LIMIT 0,20

Does anyone have any advice on speeding this up or a faster way to do this?  Should I be looking at the stream table perhaps?  I also didn't see an obvious way to get this with the graph api.
Thanks in advance.

A: How big is the time saving? If big enough, you could do incremental search?


(c)	A lawyer subject to paragraph (b) shall not represent a client with interests materially adverse to those of a prospective client in the same or a substantially related matter if the lawyer received information from the prospective client that could be significantly harmful to that person in the matter, except as provided in paragraph (d). If a lawyer is disqualified from representation under this paragraph, no lawyer in a firm with which that lawyer is associated may knowingly undertake or continue representation in such a matter, except as provided in paragraph (d).
(ii)	written notice is promptly given to the prospective client.
	Prospective clients, like clients, may disclose information to a lawyer, place documents or other property in the lawyer's custody, or rely on the lawyer's advice. A lawyer's discussions with a prospective client usually are limited in time and depth and leave both the prospective client and the lawyer free (and sometimes required) to proceed no further. Hence, prospective clients should receive some but not all of the protection afforded clients.
	It is often necessary for a prospective client to reveal information to the lawyer during an initial consultation prior to the decision about formation of a client-lawyer relationship. The lawyer often must learn such information to determine whether there is a conflict of interest with an existing client and whether the matter is one that the lawyer is willing to undertake. Paragraph (b) prohibits the lawyer from using or revealing that information, except as permitted by Rule 1.9, even if the client or lawyer decides not to proceed with the representation. The duty exists regardless of how brief the initial conference may be.
	A lawyer may condition conversations with a prospective client on the person's informed consent that no information disclosed during the consultation will prohibit the lawyer from representing a different client in the matter. See Rule 1.0(e) for the definition of informed consent. If the agreement expressly so provides, the prospective client may also consent to the lawyer's subsequent use of information received from the prospective client.
	Even in the absence of an agreement, under paragraph (c), the lawyer is not prohibited from representing a client with interests adverse to those of the prospective client in the same or a substantially related matter unless the lawyer has received from the prospective client information that could be significantly harmful if used in the matter.
	Under paragraph (c), the prohibition in this Rule is imputed to other lawyers as provided in Rule 1.10, but, under paragraph (d)(1), imputation may be avoided if the lawyer obtains the informed consent, confirmed in writing, of both the prospective and affected clients. In the alternative, imputation may be avoided if the conditions of paragraph (d)(2) are met and all disqualified lawyers are timely screened and written notice is promptly given to the prospective client. See Rule 1.0(k) (requirements for screening procedures). Paragraph (d)(2)(i) does not prohibit the screened lawyer from receiving a salary or partnership share established by prior independent agreement, but that lawyer may not receive compensation directly related to the matter in which the lawyer is disqualified.


Dr. Howard grew up in Oakland County. He is both a graduate of Lake Orion high school and Oakland University where he received a B.S. in biology. He then went on to earn his D.O. degree from Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his orthopedic surgery training at Mclaren Oakland hospital. Dr. Howard then completed a foot and ankle fellowship in Las Vegas Nevada under the direction of Dr. Michael Monroe M.D. The fellowship emphasized diagnosing and treating problems of the foot and ankle. He gained extensive experience in treating complex foot and ankle disorders. Dr. Howard is a member of Kensington church and values his faith in God above all. He and his wife Marie, a physical therapist and native of Troy, Michigan, have 2 wonderful boys. Dr. Howard enjoys astronomy, grilling, weight lifting, pickle-ball and any form of competition.


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SSI SCHAEFER has designed and built a highly automated intralogistics solution for Karl Storz – deploying the pioneering and patented 3D-MATRIX Solution®. This offers exceptional flexibility and efficacy, and enables a warehouse design that is highly versatile: additional lifts, shuttles and other components can be easily retrofitted to scale up capacity and throughput. The storage area and picking stations are in completely separate parts of the building. SSI SCHAEFER had end-to-end responsibility for project planning. Material flows and process control were tested in advance by means of simulation.
This digital model enabled the solution design to be optimised and aligned with the volume of items to be handled. Based on these insights, SSI SCHAEFER installed racking served by Navette shuttles. The configuration was based on the modular nature of the 3D-MATRIX Solution® – meaning new storage positions can be created as required, without disrupting ongoing operations.
The facility in Neuhausen handles more than 22,000 SKUs, ranging from small instruments for minimally invasive surgery, to mid-size items such as lights, to bulky equipment for operating theatres. Every day, 6,000 delivery note items are picked and compiled into some 450 customer consignments, in a total of around 700 packages. SSI SCHAEFER technology has allowed Karl Storz to significantly accelerate its processes, for example halving the time needed to fulfil large orders.
At the heart of the 3D-MATRIX Solution® is Navette, a dynamic storage and retrieval machine. Each Navette shuttle operates in a single aisle, moving on its own dedicated rails at the bottom and top of the racking. An integrated lift serves four storage levels. Moreover, each system is equipped with two load-handling devices (LHDs) arranged at positions that correspond to the distance between two levels of racking. Each LHD can carry two containers. As a result, Navette is able to move four containers to/from four storage positions across two storage levels in a single cycle.
While installing the racking, and the storage and retrieval equipment, SSI SCHAEFER also worked on the SAP ERP system at Karl Storz – extending it to include SAP EWM for warehouse management, and installing interfaces to the WAMAS® intralogistics software. WAMAS® controls and visualizes all material flows within the logistics centre.


The Italian Ambassador to Ghana, Ms Laura Carpini, has described Ghana as a model of democracy in the West African sub- region and beyond.
She said the credibility of Ghana in the previous election would cause other countries to follow the next election with keen interest.
She, therefore, challenged political parties vying for power in the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections to continue shunning all forms of violence in the run-up to the elections and rather work assiduously with established institutions that organise the elections.
"We urge all parties to continue to shun violence and to work with the well-established institutions to ensure that yet again Ghana shows itself as a model of democracy in the region and throughout Africa by conducting free, fair, credible and peaceful elections," Ms Carpini said during the 70th Republic Day of Italy, held in Kumasi.
The Akyempemhene, Nana Adusei Poku; the Chief of Asokore-Mampong, Nana Boakye Ansah Debrah; the Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr John Alexander Ackon, and the Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr Kwadwo Bonsu were among the dignitaries who graced the occasion.
Ms Carpini said conducting free, fair and credible elections would not only deepen the democratic dispensation in Ghana, but would also accelerate her socio-economic development.
She said as a founder member of the European Union (EU), Italy had been contributing tremendously to support Ghana's electoral process and would continue doing so.
Describing the project as "a game changer in the energy scene in Ghana, providing jobs for many Ghanaians, just like all other Italians and Italian-Ghanaian companies", Ms Carpini said Italy had also decided to fly Meridiana, an Italian airline, from Milan to Accra thrice a week.
On the education front, the ambassador said an agreement between some Italian universities and their counterparts in Ghana, involving some exchange programmes, had already been signed.
She said under the agreement, Ghanaian students offering Master's and postgraduate degrees in English would be offered opportunities to study in prestigious Italian universities.
Such students, she said, would also undertake practical training in leading Italian companies with the view to building their capacities more fruitfully.
Ms Carpini also announced that Italy had opened a trade promotion section within its embassy in Accra.
"We have opened a trade promotion section within the embassy and we have just celebrated the creation of the Italian Business Association in Ghana aimed at further consolidating economic and commercial relations at all levels," she explained.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Honorary Vice Consul of Italy to Ghana, Mr Stefano Ramella Pezza, commended the government of Ghana for its continued support to Italian investors in Ghana.
He also expressed their condolences to the government and family members who lost their relations during the June 3, 2015 disaster in Accra.


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Responses to No CapX & CETF Motion to Compel
Filed under:ITC MN & IA 345 kV — posted by admin on March 22, 2014 @ 1:48 pm
Hot off the press, the responses filed yesterday to our Motion to Compel and for Leave to Participate in Discovery and Cross Examination:
ITC Midwest Response to Motion_20143-97504-01
MCEA et al., Response to Motion_20143-97498-02
MCEA et al, Affidavit_20143-97498-03
Motion to Compel Discovery Filed
Filed under:BadgerCoulee - Wisconsin,ITC MN & IA 345 kV — posted by admin on March 8, 2014 @ 6:30 am
Just filed in the ITC Midwest MN/IA transmission case – because Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, Wind on the Wires, Fresh Energy and Izaak Walton League refuse to answer Information Requests:
CETF and NoCapX2020's Motion to Compel
The truth is ugly, but these documents reveal what they are, and some good indications of their price. It's important that they disclose, and important that the record reflect, the agreements that Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, Wind on the Wires, Fresh Energy and Izaak Walton League have entered into, and the terms of the agreements, including terms regarding positions taken in interventions, what they are required to advocate for, in what venues, and prohibitions from advocating against utility policy and/or projects. These agreements have had such wide ranging policy impacts, I'm sure they think for the good, that the end is worth the means, but I've been picking up the pieces of their messes, representing people and communities harmed by the deals, by the impacts…
Why are these agreements a problem? Because the agreements they've entered into, at least those I know of, are primarily agreements of self-interest, without consideration of the impacts… think about the "alternate site mandate" or the Benson turkey shit burner of the 1994 Prairie Island bill, or the "Innovative Energy Project" Excelsior Energy Mesaba Project and expansion of dry cask storage of nuclear waste of the 2003 Prairie Island bill, or the 2005 Transmission Bill from Hell and all the perks to allow CapX 2020, plus C-BED and a substation and turbine on Speaker Steve Sviggum's land too… nope, no way, no how, these agreements are not in the public interest, are not in their "members" interests, and have had significant detrimental impacts on clients that have come to me for help in dealing with those impacts.
More Information Requests for ITC Midwest
Filed under:BadgerCoulee - Wisconsin,ITC MN & IA 345 kV — posted by admin on March 5, 2014 @ 4:44 pm
It's a different kind of "Wild West" in transmission these days (the photo up above could well be the old 230 kV line through PA and New Jersey!). But I did send out a lot of Information Requests today on the ITC Midwest MN/IA transmission project:
IR 1 to ITC (sent a while ago, responses received)
ITCM Response to CETF-NoCapX2020 IR No. 1
IR 2 to ITCMidwest
IR3 to ITCMidwest
IR 10 to ITCMidwest
What I'm most concerned about is that they're touting all these benefits resulting from this project, but the benefits are associated with not just this project, but the REST of MVP 3, which is this project PLUS the MidAmerican part of MVP 3 in Iowa, PLUS MVP 4 (heading eastward to the Mississippi, and MVP 5, which is heading up to the Madison 345 kV ring, not just the part connecting the MVP 3 and MVP 5, but also Badger Coulee connecting CapX from La Crosse to Madison. IT'S ALL CONNECTED, and the benefits, as modeled by PROMOD, are economic benefits, where a fundamental assumption of the modeling which includes ALL of the MVP projects, and not just MVP 3, MVP 4 and MVP 5, but all 17 of them. 17. OK, find, we're including all those benefits…
… but what about costs? Wellllllllllllll…
They're only addressing costs for their teeny-tiny portion of MVP 3, about 1/2 of it in Minnesota and a little bit into Iowa, the red part on this map, and no other costs:
The cost/benefit analysis of this project is a little unbalanced:
And it should come as no surprise that their lead witness, ITC Midwest's David Grover, was behind the TRANSLink docket (oh my… for that docket, go to the PUC search page, and search for docket 02-2152 (NSP) and/or 02-2119 (IP&L) where both utilities were asking the PUC for permission to transfer transmission assets to TRANSLink, what was to be the first transmission only company in Minnesota. It wasn't exactly going well, and so they bought out the enviros who had intervened:
Settlement Agreement – ME3(Fresh Energy), Izaak Walton League, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, North American Water Office
Things went south in transmission from there, because even though the TRANSLink Petition was withdrawn, the utilities just did it another way, and got everything they wanted, including legislation authorizing transmission only companies:
2005 Ch 97 – Transmission Omnibus Bill from Hell — Xcel's transmission perks and C-BED
… plus perks like construction work in progress (CWIP) rate recovery, broadened definition of "need," on and on, a transmission company or utility's dream.


Fr. Maksim Kuskin, a Russian priest from near Moscow, here answers a question from a Muslim, who maintains that Islam is purer and stronger than Christianity. His arguments are simple: Muslims give up alcohol and lead chaste lives.
The Russian priest answers simply, obviously a bit taken aback by the glaring smugness of the question.
Let's talk about how not only is Islam a more primitive religion, but about how much violence and outrage it has inflicted upon the world, and so often, upon Christians.
Yet, "We suffer everything," Fr. Maxim concludes, "and ultimately you will see, that Christianity is so much more powerful than Islam."


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BIGnews in the Tech World
Meredith Chiricosta
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Per usual, it was a BIGweek in technology. We saw the world's most powerful rocket launch into orbit, Apple cashed in on the smart speaker trend, a Nintendo video game favorite lives on, and unsurprisingly, people are still trying to regulate and understand cryptocurrency. Settle in and get caught up on the latest and greatest in BIGtech news.
Facebook Bans Cryptocurrency Advertisements
Facebook is cracking down on deceptive marketing ploys by banning all advertisements for anything crypto related, including Bitcoin and ICOs. Zuckerberg must have learned a thing or two following the Russian Facebook ads debacle. This decision is only temporary while Facebook works on their approach to detect and remove fake and/or deceptive ads, but in the meantime its new policy is "intentionally broad" to ensure that nothing dishonest goes unnoticed. This comes at a time when people all over the world are learning more about cryptocurrency and its potential. It'll be interesting to see how the terms and conditions for this ban play out as we continue to learn more about and become increasingly familiar with the world of blockchain technology.
Mario Kart for iOS
That's right, one of the greatest video games known to the millennial generation is back and this time you can leave your Nintendo-64 or GameCube in the attic. Nintendo officially announced last week that a mobile version of Mario Kart is under development and is set to be released by March 2019. While most details are still under wraps, Nintendo has confirmed that the app will be called "Mario Kart Tour." To be determined if our eyes will be subjected to the blurred chaos that is Rainbow Road.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Launch
Elon Musk and SpaceX made history on February 6th, 2018 with the Falcon Heavy launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Pre-launch, Musk said he'll "be happy if it doesn't blow the pad to smithereens," resulting in a highly anticipated lead up to take off. The rocket successfully launched into orbit and the BIGteam had to pick our jaws up from the floor following it. In true Elon Musk fashion, the rocket held his cherry red Tesla, which could be one of the greatest automotive marketing ploys ever, along with a driving dummy named Starman. The Tesla also played David Bowie's "Space Oddity" once it successfully landed in the atmosphere, which was more thrilling for some BIGteam members than the launch itself. So, the next time you break out your telescope to gaze at the stars, keep your eye out for a red Tesla roadster orbiting the sun.
The Apple HomePod
Apple is hopping aboard the smart speaker train with their new HomePod, officially available today. Despite many consumers waiting for reviews to publish before placing their order, the HomePod continued the Apple trend of selling out all of its pre-orders. Most reviews agreed on one thing: the Apple HomePod has unparalleled sound quality compared to all other smart speakers on the market (Amazon Echo, Google Home, etc.). Yet, they argue if that's enough to set it apart as a leading smart speaker in an increasingly crowded market, especially considering you'll be trapped in an Apple bubble with the new HomePod since it only syncs with other Apple products. At first take, Siri allegedly doesn't possess the smart skills to be an in-home personal assistant, like Alexa or Google Assistant, (i.e. you can't ask it for a recipe, to make a phone call, or change the TV channel), which could potentially pose a big problem for Apple whose customers are looking for an Alexa-esque speaker. We're excited to see how consumers react to their new HomePods and if Apple decides to eventually revamp Siri to fit consumer needs.
Let us know what your favorite tech story from this week was by leaving us a comment below! Can't wait for our next BIGnews roundup? Follow us on Twitter for regular updates in the tech world!
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The Tasting Menu card set is the perfectly prepared by Chef (Artist) Laura Loving! This curated collection of 13 ways to connect is sure to be a crowd pleaser.
Laura Loving Happy believes that greeting cards spread joy. What in life is more delicious that sending a kind word, a gesture of love, a thought of sympathy, a birthday wish, or a sentiment of gratitude? I can't think of anyone that doesn't want a seat at that dinner party.
Perfect for a variety of reasons!
I've sent out nearly every single card I received in this pack as the variety touched on so many different personalities in my life! The cards themselves are high quality, and can be framed by the recipient.


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'Teen Mom 2' Split Still On: Leah Messer Wants Someone To 'Be Nice'
Lindsay Cronin
The Teen Mom 2 split between Leah Messer and her husband of three years, Jeremy Calvert, appears to still be on. Although the reality couple has yet to address the issue directly, Messer's social media feed has offered a major hint.
On April 24, Messer shared a photo message on Facebook, which read, "It costs nothing to be nice."
Messer also hinted at her and Calvert's Teen Mom 2 split earlier this week, when she again hinted someone was not treating her kindly. Below is a re-tweet she shared on Monday:
When I see ppl being rude to others for no reason..really makes my inner psycho want to come out! Be nice, geezzz!
— Holli Evans (@hndevans) April 21, 2015
For the last several months, Messer and Calvert have been filming for the upcoming sixth season of Teen Mom 2, so if a Teen Mom 2 split is happening, fans will find out about it as soon as the show premieres this summer.
As the Inquisitr previously reported, Messer is reportedly headed for rehab. Days ago, In Touch Weekly claimed the reality star is "extremely depressed" amid her Teen Mom 2 split from Calvert, and will enter rehab sometime next week.
"Her family is begging her to hold it together until then."
Over the weekend, Messer's sister, Victoria, tied the knot with her now-husband Brian Jones in West Virginia. However, while the event was a joyful celebration for most, Messer was reportedly "completely miserable," further hinting at her Teen Mom 2 split.
"[Messer] bemoaned having to pose for a group photo after the ceremony and asked her friend to drive her and her kids to the reception – but two-year-old Adalynn wasn't even in a car seat."
In addition to her reported bad attitude during the affair, Messer was forced to attend the event solo, as Calvert was assumed to be in Ohio, where he is often stationed for work.
News of the Teen Mom 2 split first hit the web at the end of last year, when Calvert told fans his wife cheated on him with Robbie Kidd (the same guy Messer admitted to sleeping with on Teen Mom 2, just hours before she wed her first husband, Corey Simms). In the months since, rumors of the Teen Mom 2 split have continued to swirl.
For more on the alleged Teen Mom 2 split, be sure to tune into Teen Mom 2 season six, when the series premieres on MTV on July 9 at 10 p.m.
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Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Journey to Goblin City
Combine the creative masterminds of Jim Henson (The Muppets), George Lucas (Star Wars) and David Bowie (pop icon) and the only possible result is a classic that will delight generations beyond imagination.
Imagination is precisely what went into Jim Henon's Labyrinth. Mastery of the aforementioned person's respective professions is precisely what brought Labyrinth to fruition, which continues to be a movie and puppetry fan favorite!
Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Journey to Goblin City | Center for Puppetry Arts
Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Journey to Goblin City, A 30th Anniversary Celebration opens at the Center for Puppetry Arts on Friday, September 2, 2016, part of the Center's 30th anniversary celebration of the fantastical film Labyrinth.
On display in this immersive special exhibition, in addition to many other items, are more than 20 never before seen artifacts and memorabilia from the film. You'll see noted on the placards accompanying the items on display if it was used in the film 30 years ago.
Featured items include original goblin puppets from the film, the plaster mold for the head of the original Hoggle puppet, crystal balls used by David Bowie, his costume from the M.C. Escher-inspired stair scene and behind the scenes video, photography and drawings from the production, multiple props and masks used in the film and clever movie-inspired markers indicating how to navigate the labyrinth-inspired exhibition space.
When I first walked into the exhibition, around the first corner I wanted to continue to the right, then heard a voice that said "Not that way!" (or something like that). I looked around and then noticed the markers on the floor indicating the correct way to proceed through the brick-walled labyrinth that is this exhibition.
The exhibition is relatively small, but in no way modest. There's artifact after artifact, video after video, images and copy blocks...you could easily spend an hour or more exploring this spectacular exhibition!
Most of you who have read this far probably know what Labyrinth is about, but if you do not, or it's been 30 years since you've seen it, it's an exciting story about a selfish 16-year old girl, performed by the wonderfully talented Jennifer Connelley, who has only 13 hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother. She had wished for him to be taken away, which was granted by Jareth the Goblin King, performed brilliantly by David Bowie.
In conjunction with the opening of the exhibition and the opening of Dragon Con, the evening before, on Thursday, September 1, the Center for Puppetry Arts will host The Labyrinth Masquerade Ball!
Labyrinth-inspired costumes are encouraged as there will be a costume contest, judged by none other than Brian Henson—son of Jim Henson and cast member of Labyrinth—who will award Henson-related prizes to the winners!
When worlds collide...
I had not realized it before, but in researching I found out that the late Kenny Baker (of R2-D2 fame from Star Wars) was also in Labyrinth, a member of the Goblin Corps. I'm certain there are many, many more connections between cast, crew and other works, but that takes nothing away from Labyrinth being wholly unique.
Be sure when you visit that if you're visiting just to see Journey to Goblin City, that you make time to stop in the Worlds of Puppetry Museum...it has a section dedicated to Jim Henson's Labyrinth, which includes (pictured above) Sir Didymus!
You will notice placards in the Journey to Goblin City thanking the Henson Family, and the many other contributors to the exhibition, but if you ever meet a member of the Henson Family, please thank them for their treasured contribution to the Center for Puppetry Arts and to Atlanta...it means more to the puppet and puppetry fandom than perhaps they'll ever know.
Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Journey to Goblin City is on display through Fall of 2017, but don't wait. This is one exhibition, a truly special exhibition, that you do not want to miss. Check out what else is going on at the Center for Puppetry Arts and perhaps couple another event or activity with seeing Journey to Goblin City!
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Labels: Brian Henson, Center for Puppetry Arts, David Bowie, George Lucas, Jennifer Connelley, Jim Henson, Journey to Goblin City, Labyrinth, museum, Worlds of Puppetry Museum
Location: 1404 Spring St NW, Atlanta, GA 30309, USA
'da Kink in My Hair
Set in a very special hair salon, 'da Kink in My Hair has been a long-running international hit, as well as a hit television show and today finds itself an award-winning, uplifting, now musical at Horizon Theatre. Performances for this run have consistently sold out, so if you want to see this amazing work of theatrical artistry, do your best to get tickets for this coming week, it's closing week.
'da Kink in My Hair | Horizon Theatre
"If you want to know a black woman, you touch her hair," says Novelette (Terry Burrell, most recently the star of Alliance Theatre's Ethel), as she delves into the tresses and stresses of her clients to reveal their hidden stories.
On this day in the salon of their West Indian stylist, hurried women converge to have their hair done for dates, jobs and upkeep. But they come away with not just a new hairdo, but a lifted soul and a lightened heart. This amazing musical tells their incredible, uncensored, unforgettable tales through dance, song and stories that will move, inspire, and delight you!
'da Kink in My Hair tells of love, hope, survival and redemption through eight women's trials and celebrations. Each character is wholly different from the other, but the story they tell through song is a harmonious one. And speaking of harmony, these ladies voices are make-you-move-in-your-seat magnificent!
This play is an epic adventure, a roller-coaster of emotions...you're laughing your ass off throughout one scene and sobbing like a little baby come the next. Your heart will break, more than once, but you'll leave this musical feeling joyful and hopeful for the strength off compassion, tolerance and empathy that each of us can offer one another.
This play did not start as a musical, but today features a broad range of music types and style. Some of what I heard I would call world beat, gospel, island and lounge...and humor and drama are definitely told through the music.
And speaking of music, Musical Director S. Renee Clark has done it again. She said in the sneak peek of 'da Kink how grateful she is to have an entire cast—meaning everyone in the cast—has such talented and amazing voices to work with. S. Renee Clark is also the keyboardist for the show.
Nearly every actress in this show performs multiple characters. Two actresses in particular caught my attention, in addition to already mentioned Terry Burrell. Mind you, the entire cast is truly phenomenal!
Three-time Suzi Award nominee Minka Wiltz (Patsy, Shannon) is again at Horizon performing roles in 'da Kink that tug at your heartstrings and tickle your funny bone and make you take a reflective inventory of all that makes you who you are. Maiesha McQueen (Miss Enid, Nia) is brilliant. She could make an entire comedy play of the Miss Enid character...a senior citizen whose found her groove!
I've had the pleasure of meeting playwright Trey Anthony, a bright, lively and grateful artist for how incredibly well her work has been received. I particularly love her recounting of how her grandmother was the unsuspecting, yet incredibly blunt, catalyst in Trey's career path leading to her becoming an award-winning playwright.
Billed as "incredible, uncensored, unforgettable"...'da Kink in My Hair is that and so much more.
Nekeisha, Terry Burrell and Jacquetta visiting after the performance | Horizon Theatre
One of my favorite Atlanta theatre traditions is at Horizon Theatre! Following every performance, theatre-goers are invited to the stage to meet, chat with and make photos with the cast. On this visit I got a photo of my friends Nekeisha (left) and Jacquetta (right) with star and brilliant actress Terry Burrell.
I sometimes get star-struck and ideas of what I might say to an admired, illustrious actor falls right out of my head. But the other times, when I'm excited but calm and collected, I very much appreciate the opportunity to thank and congratulate an actor on a remarkable performance, and perhaps glean a little something about the person behind the character that was just performed.
Oh, and you never know who you might meet at Horizon Theatre. On my last time seeing 'da Kink in My Hair, Jasmine Guy was sitting in the row in front of us, directly in front of me! She came across as the social, easygoing type, so we said "Hello", told her how much we we enjoyed her daughter's performance in Serial Black Face and how much we have enjoyed her own career as an awesome actress. Super sweet and funny, she is!
If you missed 'da Kink in My Hair or you'd like to re-live some of the snippets, check out this highlights video.
Also, be sure to get your tickets to Freed Spirits, the final show of Horizon Theatre's 2015-2016 Main Stage Season. It's a world-premiere mystery-comedy set in Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery!
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Labels: award-winning, da Kink in My Hair, Horizon Theatre, Jasmine Guy, Maiesha McQueen, Minka Wiltz, Miss Enid, S Renee Clark, Terry Burrell, Trey Anthony
Location: 1083 Austin Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA
The Only Stutz Biarritz in the World
The only place in the world you can see the only remaining Stutz Biarritz automobile in the entire world is at the Atlanta History Center.
Stutz Biarritz | Atlanta History Center
There were only 19 of this particular model made and this is the only remaining of them, beautifully restored and preserved for all of us today's antique automobile enthusiasts. Enjoy this video of the Stutz Biarritz by videographer KDawgFilmz, which I found insightful and entertaining. (I love the discovery part of researching my posts!)
Stutz Motor Company built only 2,320 cars during its reign in the late 1920s, before the U.S. Stock Market Crash, and only 19 of the Biarritz model were crafted. "Crafted" is a wholly accurate word. This model was indeed, even by today's standards, a unique luxury car.
What cost $4,115 in 1929, would cost nearly $60,000 today, but some would argue that some of its features aren't even available today. It was incredibly innovative for its time, including its ability to reach a speed of 75-80 miles per hour! You'll want to learn about its "fabric" exterior and how that made for a luxurious ride.
I'm not totally clear on how it worked (two dials to do everything), but this model featured a "Transitone" radio, believed to be one of the first on-board radios in an automobile ... remember, this was 1929, when radio was nationwide, but not everyone had it.
I imagine the riders of this particular vehicle tuned in to the broadcasts from the Biltmore Hotel (then the "outskirts" of Atlanta), which featured the iconic radio towers that still today grace Atlanta's skyline.
That's a tiny little bit about this wholly unique specimen of American automobile history.
Go see it for yourself at the Atlanta History Center...you will be amazed!
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Labels: antique cars, Atlanta History Center, Biltmore Hotel, luxury cars, Stutz Biarritz, Stutz Motor Company, Transitone radio
Location: 130 West Paces Ferry Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30305, USA


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The research interests in our group are a combination of topics that span the domains of biology, chemistry, data informatics, and high performance computing. We develop and use data analysis techniques, theoretical methods along with large-scale computer simulations to investigate biomolecules. We closely work with experimental collaborators for development and validation of our computational models. We are particularly interested in solving problems that have implications for clean energy, environment and human health.
In the area of biology and chemistry, at the molecular level, we are interested in allosteric modulator design for development of safer medicines, and enzyme design/engineering for industrial applications. Using a combination of computational techniques developed in the group over the last decade, we have developed a biophysical model of how enzyme catalysis works. This model provides new insights into how the solvent-enzyme coupling drives enzyme catalysis through long-range interactions in the enzyme structure. This biophysical model is being applied (in collaboration with industrial partners) to development of new allosteric modulators and hypercatalytic enzymes.
In the area of data and computational sciences, we design new big data analysis techniques, computational algorithms and software performance optimization on emerging hardware architectures (including heterogeneous architectures with FPGAs and GPUs). Working with collaborators, we have developed methods to analyze multi-terabytes date sets of high dimensional data for extracting functional features. For productivity optimization, We have optimized and ported simulations code on GPUs with 20 fold speed-up compared to the CPU-only code. The insights gained are being applied to optimize other software codes and methods on the current and future heterogeneous architectures. We are also investigating fault-tolerance and performance auto-tuning strategies for improved end-user productivity on the future computing platforms.
The also develop and distribute open source software for scientific computing. Software developed in the group include VigyaanCD, an open source software workbench for bio/chemical modeling.
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Once upon a hot summer day in Andover, two professional princesses prepared to make an entrance.
In a long purple gown and a blond braided wig, Catherine Busby, 24, touched up her makeup in her Hyundai. She was dressed as Rapunzel. Katherine Copeland, 22, dressed as Belle from "Beauty and the Beast," adjusted the underskirt of her butter-colored gown before pulling on matching gloves.
It takes about an hour to turn into a proper princess. This includes a wig, eye shadow and eyebrows to match the wig, white eyeliner to make eyes look like limpid pools, and an emphasis on blush.
As the women entered a sweltering backyard, their postures changed — both pairs of hands clasped before their chests, both smiles grew wider. They flanked 2-year-old birthday girl Emma, who looked like a little Rapunzel with pigtails, and her older sister, Olivia, a little Belle with glasses. They were instant celebrities, holding court with a gaggle of little girls, as well as moms and dads, one of whom wore a crown.
"Hello princesses!" Copeland said in a sing-song voice.
"I think we found our twins," Busby said.
"We had to come meet you on your special day!"
Busby and Copeland work for a Rutland-based company called Pretty Pretty Princess Parties Inc. It's one of many New England businesses that employ performers to play royals from popular fairy tales. They average four to six birthday parties a weekend, charging between $125 to $375.
At a time when many parents search for gender-neutral toys and attempt to moderate their child's obsession with movie and TV characters, princesses seem as popular as ever.
But that doesn't mean they're not changing with the times.
Busby and Copeland meet before the party.Timothy Tai for The Boston Globe
Nicole Murdoch, owner of Pretty Pretty Princess Parties, said parents are asking her to emphasize life lessons and character traits such as courage and strength to balance the typical birthday party "lessons" on how to curtsy, apply makeup, and wave to loyal subjects.
"With two little girls of my own," Murdoch said, "it made me think about the type of roles we're portraying that princesses serve and what we're putting in the minds of girls to look up to."
She once arrived early to a "Frozen"-themed birthday party to counsel the birthday girl about bad dreams. She dressed up as the Snow Queen, while Copeland was the Snow Princess. They presented the little girl with a special embroidered blanket her parents bought so she wouldn't be scared at night.
While dressed as a princess, Murdoch has also talked to kids about bullying and problems with their siblings. Another family asked her to portray a princess saving someone from a castle and to emphasize that girls can do anything boys can do — flipping the old damsel in distress script on its head.
"We try to tell the kids what the most important thing about being a princess is," Murdoch said. "When they yell, 'wearing a dress' or 'living in a castle,' we say no, it's loving yourself, loving others, and having the courage to follow your heart."
Busby holds hands with Emma Genest, 2, also dressed as Rapunzel.The Boston Globe/Globe Freelance
And yet, for all the girl-power themes, many of the princess characters are born of centuries old fairy tales — and carry lingering cultural expectations.
A June study out of Brigham Young University found America's Disney princess culture makes young girls less brave and encourages stereotypical gender roles.
"We know that girls who strongly adhere to female gender stereotypes feel like they can't do some things," BYU Family Life professor Sarah M. Coyne said in a press release. "They're not as confident that they can do well in math and science. They don't like getting dirty, so they're less likely to try and experiment with things."
In the BYU study of 198 preschoolers, "more than 61 percent of girls played with princess toys at least once a week, only 4 percent of boys did the same."
Jennifer Ruh Linder, professor of psychology at Linfield College in Oregon and one of the coauthors of the study, emphasized that it's not that princesses are bad. It's all about moderation and how they're portrayed. Princesses should be more than just a pretty face, she said.
"Parents can play an important role in mediating princess culture for their kids," said Rebecca Hains, a media studies professor at Salem State and author of "The Princess Problem."
Busby and Copeland pose for a photo with the birthday girl.The Boston Globe/Globe Freelance
She worked as a professional birthday party princess for a few months as part of her research.
"As you're watching media, you can point out scenes that fit your family's values, such as, 'I really like how she stands up for herself in that scene.' Or if you see something stereotypical happen, you can talk back to the screen and model critical thinking skills for your child."
Despite these notions, Busby, a graphic designer from Sterling, always wanted to be a Disney princess. As a little girl, she watched "Beauty and the Beast" so many times she broke the VHS tape. She even worked at Disney World in Orlando for a year.
"I've done birthday parties for families who couldn't afford to take their kids to Disney World," Busby said. "I was so glad to do something that gave that experience of happily ever after."
At 2-year-old Emma's princess party, parents watched as the kids sang, danced, paraded, and played games with Busby and Copeland. Most shrugged off any concerns about princesses and the messages they send.
Copeland hugs Olivia Genest as Busby hugs Delia McKenna.Timothy Tai for The Boston Globe
"I was obsessed with He-Man when I was little, which is equally ridiculous gender-wise," said Jason Fenner, 35, of Arlington. "As long as there's variety, they can play princess and doctor."
Fenner's wife, Julie, 35, said they try not to encourage princesses too much with their daughters, Jane, 3, and, Charlotte, 5. But she felt that now and then it was fine.
"I mean, they're little kids," said Peter Genest, 34, Emma and Olivia's dad. "And it's 1,000 times better than the Kardashians."
The princesses sang "Happy Birthday" to Emma over a stack of doughnuts made to look like Rapunzel's tower before leaving. Her mother teared up.
"I mean, I grew up with it too," Amy Genest, 41, said. "I think you just have to let kids have fun with it. To me a princess is the same as a sports figure. A sports figure isn't going to be your little boy's role model. It's yourself or your family. It's the same with the princesses."
Emma Genest looks at her Rapunzel dress before her birthday party.Timothy Tai for The Boston Globe
Cristela Guerra can be reached at cristela.guerra@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @CristelaGuerra.


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At Autotask Community Live 2016, CEO Mark Cattini & company executives promote unified PSA & RMM management, & plenty more.
Autotask Community Live 2016 is under way in Hollywood, Fla. Roughly 1,000 MSPs are on hand for the gathering. Here's a recap of CEO Mark Cattini's keynote, along with ongoing updates from the Autotask conference.
2. Unified Platform: Autotask has evangelized its unified RMM and PSA platform for much of the year. It's a safe bet Cattini will further explain what a "unified" approach truly means to MSPs during his keynote.
3. SIEM Security: BlackStratus is making the case for CyberShark, the company's new white-label, SaaS-based SIEM. That's short for Security Information and Event Management.
5. Hold The Door: Elevator doors here are promoting "Autotask Endpoint Backup." Hmmm… I assume it's fair game to promote that publicly available information. Wink, wink. Stay tuned. Now confirmed: Autotask has officially launched Autotask Endpoint Backup. A Fortune 50 customer has rolled it out to 100,000 users, Cattini just said.
6. In the House: New LogicMonitor GM David Powell is on hand. The TekLinks veteran jumped to LogicMonitor in recent days to help the IT monitoring platform work more closely with service providers.
7. Autotask Business Momentum: Customers. Adoption of Autotask Endpoint Management has increased 4-fold over the past 18 months, though he didn't reveal an actual number.
10. Business Stats: The company has 75,000 users across 125 countries; 50 million tickets managed annually; and the community serves about 75 percent of the Fortune 500. MSPs are billing $6 billion annually through Autotask, up from $1 billion when Cattini arrived several years ago. The company has about 9,000 customers — MSPs and IT service providers. The company is on track to have 500 employees by year's end — with about 475 today.
12. New Offices: Watch for Autotask to open offices in Manhattan; Research Triangle Park, N.C.; and Atlanta.
13. Consulting and Support: The company continues to ramp up consulting services to help partners activate and optimize their Autotask deployments. Also, live chat support, which launched earlier this year, already represents 50 percent of support inquiries to the company.
14. One Platform — From Beginning to Endpoint: Cattini recapped how Autotask has evolved and growing its platform over the past couple of years.
Phase 1 was "PSA Reimagined: For human rather than module-centric users. Role-based vs. feature based. And analytics that drive insight and behavior. This is already completed, Cattini said.
Phase 2: To set up his point, Cattini said endpoint management remains the number one revenue driver for IT service providers, based on company research. That's sort of counter-intuitive to me, since so many folks (including me) are focused so heavily on server workloads floating off to the cloud. But since the endpoint never goes away, perhaps Autotask is onto something here. With that thought in mind, Autotask acquired CentraStage to deliver better customer experience more profitably — and then unified PSA and RMM.
This section of the keynote attempts to differentiate from ConnectWise and Kaseya without mentioning those rivals by name. ConnectWise extended from PSA to RMM with the LabTech investment in 2010. And Kaseya extended into PSA with an acquisition earlier this year. Cattini insists the Autotask approach is truly about code innovation, rather than basic integration. Among his key statements: The Autotask unified platform basically has one data store — one version of the truth for MSPS and their customers.
15. More Software Additions Coming: In the graphic above, watch for Autotask to launch more products or services that fit the managed services area. I suspect organic and/or acquisition moves are coming to extend beyond backup as well as file sync and sharing.
Autotask Product Roadmap: Visit Page 2 for details about what Autotask is developing next on the PSA, RMM and Workplace fronts.


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Cwmcarvan () is a small rural village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.  It is located 4 miles south west of Monmouth and about 4 miles east of Raglan, off the old A40 road two miles NW of Trellech.

History and amenities

Church of St. Catwg

The church dates from the 13th or 14th century. It is in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, with some 16th-century features. It was heavily restored in the 1870s.  The dedication is to St Catwg or Cadoc, a Welsh saint of the 6th century. There are porches on both the south and north sides, supposedly so that the squires of Cwmbychan and Trevildu within the parish did not have to enter through the same door as each other.

Craig-y-dorth
The hill of Craig-y-dorth, 1 mile north east of the church, was the site of a battle in 1404 between Owain Glyndŵr's rebels and English forces. According to the Annals of Owain Glyn Dwr, "There the English were killed for the most part and they were pursued up to the gates of the town" (of Monmouth). The hamlet of Craig-y-dorth is one of the only two communities in Monmouthshire with its own flag, the other being the town of Monmouth.

High Glanau
The house at High Glanau was built in 1923 for the writer and garden designer Henry Avray Tipping.

References

External links
 Genuki basic info on the village
  Kelly's Directory 1901
  Geograph photos of Cwmcarvan

Villages in Monmouthshire


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Monday on the season finale of Teen Mom OG, the sad truth was told about Ryan Edwards' wedding, as well as Matt Baier's past ... again.
When Teen Mom OG Season 4 Episode 13 got underway, Maci Bookout expressed her deep concerns over her ex's substance abuse.
"He's an addict. He doesn't care about anything."
Meanwhile, Ryan's fiancee Mackenzie Standifer spoke with a minister who agreed to marry her and Ryan ... that very same day.
Obviously, he's not marrying Bentley's mother, but the attorney felt it would help Ryan's efforts to be married to his girlfriend.
And so they did ... but it was not a joyous affair.
He answered, appearing semi-dazed, "My eyes, babe, in the sunlight I can't keep 'em open." Then he appeared to fall asleep, practically.
Mackenzie asked Ryan, "Did you take Xanax again?" Edwards swore on Bentley's life that he had not. Standifer didn't believe him.
Ryan's mother wept about how the "important people" (most notably Bentley) were present; Edwards says they're not going to tell him.
The image above tells you all you need to know, doesn't it? Ironically, Baier passed when it came to questions about if he had cheated.
Sort of. Sexual relations or sexual contact? He's in the clear. But when it came to making "sexual advances" to someone ... he failed.
"I got you money! I got you deals! Who the f--k are you laughing at? F--k you! Sexual advances? You tried to f--k her!" Portwood continued.
Reflecting on her young daughter again, she lamented, "What is she going to say to me? I wasted seven years of my life with a man."
"Then I wasted three years of my life," she said.
Oh, wait. Despite calling off her wedding to Matt, there's no evidence that the two are actually broken up for good, even now!
Alright!! That's awesome for them!
The most awesome part, though, is not the house, but the fact that we're talking about a house purchase and not them splitting up.
With the way things were going for a time, you cannot take that for granted, so we're thrilled that they're on more solid footing of late.
Simon Saran called David out on Twitter this week (obviously), so clearly there's not a lot of love lost between would-be Farrah in-laws.
Stay tuned for the troll's next tirade.
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Vodafone Ghana will host the 2022 edition of its much-anticipated Virtual Skills Fair on 1st September. The event, which was a resounding success last year, is part of the organisation's continuous commitment to supporting youth development and preparing them for the future.
The 2022 edition of the one-day fair, dubbed '#LevelUp', will feature a great line-up of 10 speakers who are subject-matter experts and will share their experience, knowledge and advice on specific topics.
These include Stella Agyenim Boateng, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Volta River Authority (VRA) and a celebrated HR professional; Paul Kofi Mante, Managing Director of Ecobank Development Corporation (EDC), an expert in financial planning and investment; and Christian Boakye-Yiadom, CEO of the Pizzaman-Chickenman franchise, a young and successful Ghanaian entrepreneur.
The speakers will lead sessions on critical topics such as future skills, career counselling, financial literacy and entrepreneurship as they prepare the youth for the future and job market, and help raise a generation of young entrepreneurs.
Speaking ahead of the event, Vodafone Ghana's Director of Human Resource, Hannah Ashiokai Akrong, was upbeat that this year's skills fair will have a significant impact on the youth, as it did during the previous edition.
"Last year, we had over 4,000 youth taking part in the Virtual Skills Fair. Participants had access to valuable information that helped shape their career decisions. They got the training, information and direction they needed to be ready for the business world. I am confident that the 2022 edition will be no different, as we are committed to utilising more of our resources, expertise and technology to develop Ghana's human capital.
"We believe it is essential for today's youth to have an eye on the future to guarantee their involvement in the digital world. As a country, we can eliminate poverty and drive progressive development by connecting the youth to economic opportunities… and it starts by preparing them for the future," she added.
She further encouraged the youth in Ghana to register and take part in the Virtual Skills Fair to sharpen their technology and business skills. Ashiokai is especially excited to lead the session on 'CVs and Interviewing: What and What Not To Do'.
Vodafone is known for its plethora of youth development programmes, including the 'Discover Programme' that trains and equips university graduates for challenging roles in the organisation; and the Female Engineering Students Scholarship Programme which provides females pursuing STEM programmes in tertiary institutions with mentors, scholarships and internships programmes in the organisation.
Details about the event and registration will be made available on Vodafone Ghana's social media platforms @Vodafone Ghana on Facebook and Twitter.
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'Cotton Reboot!'
'Cotton Reboot!' is an updated, remastered version of cult 90s shooter "cute 'em up" 'Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams' with improved graphics and additional features.
July 26, 2021 — There is plenty to love about this callback to the 90s, although Japanese Akihabara-game-store-turned-retro-developer BEEP may have left a few things out. Some games serve one purpose: unabashedly deliver an endless stream of nonsensical entertainment brimming with vibrant colors and a brilliant assortment of enemies.
Such titles are not trying to revolutionize everything and care only about fun. On the surface, that is exactly what it seems like developer BEEP was going for when it revitalized the Cotton series after an 18-year hiatus (this is their first game.) Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams established the "cute 'em up" genre in 1991, when the game first launched in Japanese arcades (it was coin-op developer SUCCESS first game, a Japanese developer that is still active.)
"Chaotic. Frantic. Purposeless. Those may sound like bad things, but rest assured they are not: the game fits all three categories in a way that it is more than a little addicting and FUN."
Blending classic shoot 'em up gameplay with cutesy designs works quite well, and the remastered version Cotton Reboot! does a fantastic job of capturing the unsophisticated chaotic essence whilst retaining a lush, adorable pixel art look. The question is, is that necessarily a good thing? While the reboot remains true to the original, which likely appeals to Eastern audiences' arcade nostalgia, Cotton Reboot! is possibly too shallow and repetitive to make any waves in the West.
STORY NOT NEEDED
Do not expect to get wrapped up in some epic quest for survival or journey for revenge. Cotton Reboot! keeps things simple with a virtually non-existent story. Sure, there are the makings of a barebones story involving video game mainstay "characters and conflict," but the story scenes are skippable without hindering the game's integrity. While a complete lack of a backdrop knowledge can often be bad for the overall experience, here, it makes no difference as the point is to get lost in frantic, fast-paced gameplay hailing back to the arcade era.
GRAPHICS, MUSIC, AND SOUND EFFECTS
Worlds divide when it comes to Cotton Reboot!'s audio and visuals. On the one hand, it's a beautiful, colorful game with surprisingly detailed worlds to fly through and unique baddies to battle. On the other, it's audibly unremarkable.
Expect the bleeps, bloops, and clanks of a generic arcade title that struggle to be heard through a loud and disjointed soundtrack. Everything in Cotton Reboot! is veritable chaos. It just works better visually than it does through the game's forgettable audio.
GAMEPLAY & FLOW: MINDFULNESS REBOOTED
Chaotic. Frantic. Purposeless. Those may sound like bad things, but something is to be said about a game that fits all three categories but can still be addicting. It can be seriously meditative to get lost in a fun brain flow, and Cotton Reboot! is as mindless as they come — perhaps mindfulness would be an apt companion description. Lay a finger on the fire button, move about cramped SHMUP maps to avoid incoming enemy fire, unleash the occasional special power, and try to get the highest score — it is as simple as that. I kept trying to make more happen, but the reboot version opted to retain the core mechanics of Fantastic Night Dreams, right down to a "t."
Shoot down the bad guys, avoid missile fire, collect power-ups, and survive until the boss fills the screen. It is a familiar formula that keeps working, and it is easy to understand why Bleep didn't want to mess with it.
One thing Cotton Reboot! needed — that it was severely lacking — was stakes. No matter the difficulty, no matter how many times a player dies, there are never any consequences. Even after expelling the allotted three lives, the "Continue" option will bring players right back to where they died. If one's goal is to wind up on the global ranking board, this may be an issue as death is no way to score points. Otherwise, one could fly straight and have the same experience.
ELEMENTARY ENTERTAINMENT VERDICT
Calling something simple, mindless, uncomplicated may sound like an insult, but they are well-meant descriptors Cotton Reboot! should wear with pride. Of course, players will not step away from this game like they just completed the latest heartfelt Naughty Dog adventure, but they will have passed a bit of time with a game that is straightforward and not afraid to rehash something that worked well in 1991 and slap better visuals on it.
The reboot also offers a couple of extra features: Time Attack mode and the ability to play the classic game. Neither is revolutionary, but fun options to have.
Never a dull moment; mindful mindlessnes in spades!
Beautifully designed worlds and unique enemies.
Classic shoot 'em up arcade gameplay with a modern polish.
Overall, the game is maybe too straightforward.
No consequences makes for an easy experience.
Could benefit from more game modes.
Cotton Reboot! is for a specific type of gamer. So long as they are okay with repetition, chaotic shoot 'em up gameplay, and cutesy characters, players will love this graphically improved take on Fantastic Night Dreams. Those looking for anything deeper will want to steer clear.
Cotton Reboot! is available now for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. For more information on how to obtain the game, visit German publisher ININ Games' website. The game can also be bought in physical form from Strictly Limited Games.


A financial and emotional investment of this magnitude, and the subsequent weight the process places on our families, is not overlooked by our Admissions Team. Our hope is every family's journey through the application process at Proctor is filled with the same type of guidance and support we seek to provide our students once they enroll.
A steady stream of these final decisions have flowed into our Admissions Team over the past week. Lots of "yeses", our share of "thank you for your time, but we chose X school insteads", and a handful of "can we have a little more time to make our decisions". It is a rollercoaster ride of emotions for our Admissions team; one that reminds us of the tough decisions we must make each day, and how we can best support our students as they wrestle with the daily decisions they have to make in their own lives.
We each make more than 35,000 decisions a day. That's more than 2,000 a waking hour, or roughly two per second. The vast majority of these decisions are fleeting thoughts - should I pick up my phone to check notifications? - or simply part of our routine - what time should I set my alarm this morning? But others require significantly more bandwidth due to their social implications. What should I wear today? Should I speak up when I see someone breaking the rules or keep my mouth shut? Each of us manages these varying levels of decisions differently, and yet their collective weight in our lives, and our kids' lives, is real.
Despite what they would have you to think, adolescents desperately want adults to be engaged in their lives. They notice the example we set for them. When we are anxious and stressed out, their anxiety matches ours. When we are able to take time out of our day to practice mindfulness and self-care, they notice. When we spend time asking them questions and truly listening to their responses, they notice. When we are there as a support as they make the toughest of their 35,000 decisions each day, they notice.
We talk often about the double-edged sword of the sheer number of offerings at boarding school and its impact on our pace of life. We have a responsibility to teach our students (and ourselves) strategies to navigate the unintended-but-very-real stresses that accompany rapid-speed decision making. Carving out space for intentional mindfulness, through meditation, prayer, reading, hiking in Proctor's woodlands, exercise, or spending time diving into our art prove invaluable to our collective well-being.
Someone left small notes of appreciation across campus today. I'm not sure who - the handwriting looks like a student's - and it makes it that much nicer this person/group of people desired to be anonymous. These little notes, no more than a sentence or two, left an oversized impact on our community today as so many of us were reminded our hard work is noticed and appreciated. Thank you to whomever chose to use one of his/her 35,000 decisions to embark on this project and fundamentally change hundreds of people's days.
As we anxiously await real spring weather to arrive, may we all model this intentionality with the decisions we make and encourage those around us to make decisions with confidence, following their heart and not worrying about how the rest of us will react.