Charleston Wedding Planners – What We Cannot Do!
1, Break the law. This seems obvious but if you are discussing in sneaking in some of your own liquor and you tell them then I am also breaking the law.
2. Break the venues regulations including capacity regulations, leaving the venue on time and décor set up. No one wants to be blacklisted from a venue.
3 Predict or control the weather. We can help you with a rain plan, but we do not consider prayer & crossed fingers very effective.
Charleston Wedding Planners – a tent is always the better rain plan.
4. Predict exactly how low or high the tide will be during a beach ceremony. While there are high tides and low tides, predicting the tideline anywhere in between is not an exact science.
Charleston Wedding planners timed this ceremony well. A few minutes later and we would have been in the sea.
5. Guarantee we can take everything to the wedding or from a wedding if you don't tell us me what that will be. Cars have capacity too. Weddings are often sixteen hour days for us so it's also very likely that the day after a wedding we are resting.
7. Compensate for unprofessional vendors/friendors. If you book your own vendors or have a lot of friends helping you then hire a planner because you know your vendors and friendors are going to need a lot of supervision then don't be surprised if your planner has to spend a great deal of time with them.
8. "Make" 100+ guests do anything. We guide, announce and encourage but adult guests will ultimately sit when the want to, dance if they like to and generally do what they like.
9. Make a $10,000 wedding look like a $100,000 wedding. On "My Fair Wedding" David Tutera does this, but that is a tv show, with sponsors and he never discloses the budget.
10. Work 24/7. We will deal with emergencies right before a wedding. However Charleston wedding planners have families and lives too and don't necessarily want to be on call every single day of the year.
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The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Disaster and the Future of Renewable Energy
In this Book
Naoto Kan<BR>translated by Brett de Bary
Published by: Cornell University Press
In a speech delivered in Japanese at Cornell University, Naoto Kan describes the harrowing days after a cataclysmic earthquake and tsunami led to the meltdown of three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. In vivid language, he tells how he struggled with the possibility that tens of millions of people would need to be evacuated.
Cornell Global Perspectives is an imprint of Cornell University's Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. The works examine critical global challenges, often from an interdisciplinary perspective, and are intended for a non-specialist audience. The Distinguished Speaker series presents edited transcripts of talks delivered at Cornell, both in the original language and in translation.
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Ben Henderson Discusses His Date With Frankie Edgar
Although their top contender contest didn't make it on FOX's television broadcast, Ben Henderson (Pictured) and Clay Guida ended up putting on the night's most thrilling show. When their 15-minute affair was all said and done, Henderson left The OC with a unanimous decision victory and next dibs at Frankie Edgar's UFC lightweight title.
When the former WEC champ was asked how he thinks he'll fair against the speedy Edgar, Henderson believes he'll be in the driver's seat when the cage door slams shut on their shootout.
"I think that matchup is great against Frankie," Henderson said on FUEL TV's post-fight coverage. "I think I can dictate where the fight takes place. That's a huge benefit, obviously to any fight if you can dictate where it goes – whether it stays standing or if it goes to the ground."
UFC president Dana White confirmed the 155-pounders will headline the Octagon's return to Japan on February 26th inside the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. Now that things are official, Henderson knows exactly how long he'll get to fine-tune his fight game.
"I'm excited. I got a date with Frankie. Him and I are going to go have fun in Japan," Henderson added. "I just know I need to find whatever it is to help me put on a better performance in Japan."
Edgar was last seen posting a dramatic comeback TKO victory over Gray Maynard at UFC 136. The October victory marked his second successful title defense.


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/*!
 * \file c_predict_api.cc
 * \brief C predict API of mxnet
 */
#include <dmlc/base.h>
#include <dmlc/memory_io.h>
#include <mxnet/c_predict_api.h>
#include <mxnet/executor.h>
#include <mxnet/ndarray.h>
#include <nnvm/pass_functions.h>
#include <memory>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <unordered_map>
#include "./c_api_common.h"
#include "../operator/operator_common.h"

using namespace mxnet;

// predictor interface
struct MXAPIPredictor {
  // output arrays
  std::vector<NDArray> out_arrays;
  // argument arrays
  std::vector<NDArray> arg_arrays;
  // output shapes
  std::vector<TShape> out_shapes;
  // uint32_t buffer for output shapes
  std::vector<uint32_t> out_shapes_buffer;
  // key to arguments
  std::unordered_map<std::string, size_t> key2arg;
  // executor
  std::unique_ptr<Executor> exec;
};

struct MXAPINDList {
  std::vector<std::string> keys;
  std::vector<TShape> shapes;
  std::vector<uint32_t> shapes_buffer;
  std::vector<size_t> indptr;
  std::vector<mx_float> data;
};

int MXPredCreate(const char* symbol_json_str,
                 const void* param_bytes,
                 int param_size,
                 int dev_type, int dev_id,
                 mx_uint num_input_nodes,
                 const char** input_keys,
                 const mx_uint* input_shape_indptr,
                 const mx_uint* input_shape_data,
                PredictorHandle* out) {
  return MXPredCreatePartialOut(
      symbol_json_str,
      param_bytes,
      param_size,
      dev_type,
      dev_id,
      num_input_nodes,
      input_keys,
      input_shape_indptr,
      input_shape_data,
      0,
      NULL,
      out);
}
namespace mxnet {

}  // namespace mxnet

int MXPredCreatePartialOut(const char* symbol_json_str,
                           const void* param_bytes,
                           int param_size,
                           int dev_type, int dev_id,
                           mx_uint num_input_nodes,
                           const char** input_keys,
                           const mx_uint* input_shape_indptr,
                           const mx_uint* input_shape_data,
                           mx_uint num_output_nodes,
                           const char** output_keys,
                           PredictorHandle* out) {
  using nnvm::Symbol;

  MXAPIPredictor* ret = new MXAPIPredictor();
  API_BEGIN();
  Symbol sym;
  // make sure symbols are registered
  {
  mx_uint outSize;
  const char **outArray;
  MXListAllOpNames(&outSize, &outArray);
  }
  // load in the symbol.
  {
    nnvm::Graph g;
    g.attrs["json"] = std::make_shared<nnvm::any>(std::string(symbol_json_str));
    sym.outputs = nnvm::ApplyPass(g, "LoadLegacyJSON").outputs;
  }
  // looks likely to output the internal results
  if (num_output_nodes != 0) {
    Symbol internal = sym.GetInternals();
    std::vector<std::string> all_out = internal.ListOutputNames();
    std::vector<Symbol> out_syms(num_output_nodes);
    for (mx_uint i = 0; i < num_output_nodes; ++i) {
      std::string out_key(output_keys[i]);
      out_key += "_output";
      for (size_t j = 0; j < all_out.size(); ++j) {
        if (all_out[j] == out_key) {
          out_syms[i] = internal[j];
          break;
        }
        CHECK_NE(j, all_out.size() - 1) << "didn't find node name: " << out_key;
      }
    }
    sym = nnvm::Symbol::CreateGroup(out_syms);
  }

  // load the parameters
  std::unordered_map<std::string, NDArray> arg_params, aux_params;
  {
    std::unordered_set<std::string> arg_names, aux_names;
    std::vector<std::string> arg_names_vec = sym.ListInputNames(Symbol::kReadOnlyArgs);
    std::vector<std::string> aux_names_vec = sym.ListInputNames(Symbol::kAuxiliaryStates);
    for (size_t i = 0; i < arg_names_vec.size(); ++i) {
      arg_names.insert(arg_names_vec[i]);
    }
    for (size_t i = 0; i < aux_names_vec.size(); ++i) {
      aux_names.insert(aux_names_vec[i]);
    }
    std::vector<NDArray> data;
    std::vector<std::string> names;
    dmlc::MemoryFixedSizeStream fi((void*)param_bytes, param_size);  // NOLINT(*)
    NDArray::Load(&fi, &data, &names);
    CHECK_EQ(names.size(), data.size())
        << "Invalid param file format";
    for (size_t i = 0; i < names.size(); ++i) {
      if (!strncmp(names[i].c_str(), "aux:", 4)) {
        std::string name(names[i].c_str() + 4);
        if (aux_names.count(name) != 0) {
          aux_params[name] = data[i];
        }
      }
      if (!strncmp(names[i].c_str(), "arg:", 4)) {
        std::string name(names[i].c_str() + 4);
        if (arg_names.count(name) != 0) {
          arg_params[name] = data[i];
        }
      }
    }
  }

  // shape inference and bind
  std::unordered_map<std::string, TShape> known_shape;
  for (mx_uint i = 0; i < num_input_nodes; ++i) {
    known_shape[std::string(input_keys[i])] =
        TShape(input_shape_data + input_shape_indptr[i],
               input_shape_data + input_shape_indptr[i + 1]);
  }
  std::vector<std::string> arg_names = sym.ListInputNames(Symbol::kReadOnlyArgs);
  std::vector<std::string> aux_names = sym.ListInputNames(Symbol::kAuxiliaryStates);
  std::vector<TShape> out_shapes(sym.ListOutputNames().size());
  std::vector<TShape> aux_shapes(aux_names.size());
  std::vector<TShape> arg_shapes;
  for (size_t i = 0; i < arg_names.size(); ++i) {
    std::string key = arg_names[i];
    ret->key2arg[key] = i;
  }

  try {
    std::vector<TShape> in_shapes;
    for (std::string key : sym.ListInputNames(Symbol::kAll)) {
      if (known_shape.count(key) != 0) {
        in_shapes.push_back(known_shape[key]);
      } else {
        in_shapes.push_back(TShape());
      }
    }
    nnvm::Graph g; g.outputs = sym.outputs;
    g = nnvm::pass::InferShape(std::move(g), in_shapes, "__shape__");
    bool infer_complete = (g.GetAttr<size_t>("shape_num_unknown_nodes") == 0);
    CHECK(infer_complete)
      << "The shape information of is not enough to get the shapes";
    CopyAttr(g.indexed_graph(),
             g.GetAttr<nnvm::ShapeVector>("shape"),
             &arg_shapes, &out_shapes, &aux_shapes);
  } catch (const mxnet::op::InferShapeError &err) {
    throw dmlc::Error(err.msg);
  }

  Context ctx = Context::Create(static_cast<Context::DeviceType>(dev_type), dev_id);

  std::vector<NDArray> arg_arrays, aux_arrays;
  for (size_t i = 0; i < arg_shapes.size(); ++i) {
    NDArray nd = NDArray(arg_shapes[i], ctx);
    if (arg_params.count(arg_names[i]) != 0) {
      CopyFromTo(arg_params[arg_names[i]], &nd);
    }
    arg_arrays.push_back(nd);
  }
  for (size_t i = 0; i < aux_shapes.size(); ++i) {
    NDArray nd = NDArray(aux_shapes[i], ctx);
    if (aux_params.count(aux_names[i]) != 0) {
      CopyFromTo(aux_params[aux_names[i]], &nd);
    }
    aux_arrays.push_back(nd);
  }
  ret->arg_arrays = arg_arrays;
  // bind
  {
    std::map<std::string, Context> ctx_map;
    std::vector<NDArray> grad_store(arg_arrays.size());
    std::vector<OpReqType> grad_req(arg_arrays.size(), kNullOp);

    ret->exec.reset(Executor::Bind(sym, ctx, ctx_map,
                                   arg_arrays,
                                   grad_store, grad_req,
                                   aux_arrays));
    ret->out_shapes = out_shapes;
    ret->out_arrays = ret->exec->outputs();
  }
  *out = ret;
  API_END_HANDLE_ERROR(delete ret);
}

int MXPredGetOutputShape(PredictorHandle handle,
                         mx_uint out_index,
                         mx_uint** shape_data,
                         mx_uint* shape_ndim) {
  MXAPIPredictor* p = static_cast<MXAPIPredictor*>(handle);
  API_BEGIN();
  CHECK_LT(out_index, p->out_arrays.size())
      << "Index exceed number of outputs";

  const TShape& s = p->out_shapes[out_index];
  p->out_shapes_buffer.resize(s.ndim());
  nnvm::ShapeTypeCast(s.begin(), s.end(), p->out_shapes_buffer.data());
  *shape_data = p->out_shapes_buffer.data();
  *shape_ndim = p->out_shapes[out_index].ndim();
  API_END();
}

int MXPredSetInput(PredictorHandle handle,
                   const char* key,
                   const mx_float* data,
                   mx_uint size) {
  MXAPIPredictor* p = static_cast<MXAPIPredictor*>(handle);
  API_BEGIN();
  auto it = p->key2arg.find(key);
  if (it == p->key2arg.end()) {
    LOG(FATAL) << "cannot find input key " << key;
  }
  NDArray& nd = p->arg_arrays[it->second];
  nd.SyncCopyFromCPU(data, size);
  API_END();
}

int MXPredForward(PredictorHandle handle) {
  MXAPIPredictor* p = static_cast<MXAPIPredictor*>(handle);
  API_BEGIN();
  p->exec->Forward(false);
  API_END();
}

int MXPredPartialForward(PredictorHandle handle, int step, int* step_left) {
  MXAPIPredictor* p = static_cast<MXAPIPredictor*>(handle);
  API_BEGIN();
  p->exec->PartialForward(false, step, step_left);
  API_END();
}

int MXPredGetOutput(PredictorHandle handle,
                    mx_uint index,
                    mx_float* data,
                    mx_uint size) {
  MXAPIPredictor* p = static_cast<MXAPIPredictor*>(handle);
  API_BEGIN();
  CHECK_LT(index, p->out_arrays.size())
      << "Output index out of range";
  const NDArray& nd = p->out_arrays[index];
  nd.SyncCopyToCPU(data, size);
  API_END();
}

int MXPredFree(PredictorHandle handle) {
  API_BEGIN();
  delete static_cast<MXAPIPredictor*>(handle);
  API_END();
}

int MXNDListCreate(const char* nd_file_bytes,
                   int nd_file_size,
                   NDListHandle *out,
                   mx_uint* out_length) {
  MXAPINDList* ret = new MXAPINDList();
  API_BEGIN();
  std::vector<NDArray> arrays;
  dmlc::MemoryFixedSizeStream fi((void*)nd_file_bytes, nd_file_size);  // NOLINT(*)
  NDArray::Load(&fi,
                &(arrays),
                &(ret->keys));
  if (ret->keys.size() == 0) {
    ret->keys.resize(arrays.size());
  }
  ret->indptr.push_back(0);
  for (size_t i = 0; i < arrays.size(); ++i) {
    TShape shape = arrays[i].shape();
    size_t begin = ret->data.size();
    size_t size = shape.Size();
    ret->shapes.push_back(shape);
    ret->data.resize(begin + size);
    arrays[i].SyncCopyToCPU(dmlc::BeginPtr(ret->data) + begin, size);
    ret->indptr.push_back(begin + size);
  }
  *out = ret;
  *out_length = static_cast<mx_uint>(arrays.size());
  API_END();
}

int MXNDListGet(NDListHandle handle,
                mx_uint index,
                const char** out_key,
                const mx_float** out_data,
                const mx_uint** out_shape,
                mx_uint* out_ndim) {
  MXAPINDList* p = static_cast<MXAPINDList*>(handle);
  API_BEGIN();
  CHECK_LT(index, p->shapes.size())
      << "Index out of range";
  *out_key = p->keys[index].c_str();
  *out_data = dmlc::BeginPtr(p->data) + p->indptr[index];
  const TShape& s = p->shapes[index];
  p->shapes_buffer.resize(s.ndim());
  nnvm::ShapeTypeCast(s.begin(), s.end(), p->shapes_buffer.data());
  *out_shape = p->shapes_buffer.data();
  *out_ndim = p->shapes[index].ndim();
  API_END();
}

int MXNDListFree(NDListHandle handle) {
  API_BEGIN();
  delete static_cast<MXAPINDList*>(handle);
  API_END();
}

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Tovărășia – wieś w Rumunii, w okręgu Jałomica, w gminie Miloșești. W 2011 roku liczyła 427 mieszkańców.

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<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;

/**
 * Class SettingController
 *
 * @author  The scaffold-interface created at 2016-08-25 01:07:35am
 * @link  https://github.com/amranidev/scaffold-interface
 */
class Setting extends Model
{

	use SoftDeletes;

	protected $dates = ['deleted_at'];
    protected $table = 'avatars';

}


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Microsoft Endpoint Protection To Get Faster Updates
Microsoft is accelerating the product update process for its Endpoint Protection security solutions.
Updates to System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection, as well as the older Forefront Endpoint Protection solution, will be released three times per year, starting on April 8. All of the updates will arrive via the Microsoft Update service.
Delivery through Microsoft Update will be a new approach for organizations. They typically downloaded hotfixes to upgrade those products in the past. Microsoft plans to continue issuing hotfixes while also carrying out this new release scheme, according to Minfang Lv, a Microsoft software development engineer for the Configuration Manager Sustained Engineering team, in a blog post on Thursday.
While all of that may sound like good news, Lv pointed to a quirk associated with getting those product updates through the Microsoft Update service.
"When you deploy the anti-malware platform updates through MU (and the Configuration Manager Software Updates Management (SUM) feature) instead of hotfixes, MU leverages the Windows Update Agent to install the platform update instead of the Endpoint Protection Agent. So, you will lose inbox deployment status monitoring in the FEP/SCEP dashboard."
As a workaround, Lv suggested using the compliance report in the Software Updates Management feature to see the inbox deployment status.
Another potentially troublesome aspect of getting the product updates through Microsoft Update is that they only detect past updates going back two generations ("N-2"). So systems might need checking and updating first before receiving the latest update coming through the Microsoft Update service, Lv cautioned.
"Because of this, we recommend that you always install the Configuration Manager hotfix or cumulative updates that contain the latest anti-malware platform updates to re-set the baseline in Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 Update Rollup 1 and Configuration Manager 2012 SP1/R2, even if you wish to use SUM as the primary deployment method for anti-malware platform updates," Lv explained.
In keeping with that theme, Cumulative Update 1 for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager was released this week.
In a second blog post, Lv described a new Endpoint Protection feature that will arrive on April 8. The System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection and Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 products will be capable of reporting the lifecycle stages of an operating system in a computing environment with this new update in place. That feature seems timed to coincide with Windows XP's loss of "extended support" on April 8.
For instance, the Endpoint Protection products will send alerts, if configured to do so, indicating three stages. Stage 1 is when the OS is approaching the end of its product lifecycle. Stage 2 is the so-called "grace period," in which the OS continues to run and continues to get antimalware definition updates. Stage 3 is the phase in which the antimalware service stops running altogether. Typically, the alerts would go to the IT pro administering the system, but Stage 3 alerts also will go to end users.
Microsoft noted back in January that it plans to continue delivering antimalware signatures for its security products through July 14, 2015. However, Windows XP still loses product and security patching support on April 8.
Kurt Mackie is senior news producer for 1105 Media's Converge360 group.


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Home — Textiles — Tu Madre/ Your Mother
Tu Madre/ Your Mother
Your Parents Naked" is the name of the collaboration of Bráulio Amado with GUR.
"Your Father" and "Your Mother" was at first "My Father" and "My Mother" but Bráulio decided to change the title of his work because he was not sure if the representation of the pubis was correct and the author's parents refused to send pictures to make the work true to life."
All Rugs by GUR are handmade.
Held in a traditional handloom with raw rag.
Embossed technique or over layers of colours.
Finish with basic sewing.
Due to this product depend on raw recycled materials sometimes the color palete may slightly vary.
Dimensions: 47" by 27,5" ( 120cm x 70cm)
Célia Esteves
Célia is the founder of GUR and is from Viana do Castelo, a small town in the north of Portugal that is very rich in traditional handcraft.
After some years working at an artist's print studio in Porto, Célia was invited to an exhibition in her hometown, where the intention was to make a bridge between artisans of traditional handcrafts and young designers. It was here that she worked on a design for the handloom with the weaver Cláudia Vilas Boas and they made the first GUR.
The essence of GUR is making these typical Portuguese rugs more fun. We use the same techniques with carefully selected materials. The rugs are very authentic to what they have always been but now they involve a design factor working with artists and illustrators, translating their ideas into rugs.


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Home > Products > How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon by Rosa Brooks
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon by Rosa Brooks
The first serious book to examine what happens when the ancient boundary between war and peace is erased.
Once, war was a temporary state of affairs—a violent but brief interlude between times of peace. Today, America's wars are everywhere and forever: our enemies change constantly and rarely wear uniforms, and virtually anything can become a weapon. As war expands, so does the role of the US military. Today, military personnel don't just "kill people and break stuff." Instead, they analyze computer code, train Afghan judges, build Ebola isolation wards, eavesdrop on electronic communications, develop soap operas, and patrol for pirates. You name it, the military does it.
Rosa Brooks traces this seismic shift in how America wages war from an unconventional perspective—that of a former top Pentagon official who is the daughter of two anti-war protesters and a human rights activist married to an Army Green Beret. Her experiences lead her to an urgent warning: When the boundaries around war disappear, we risk destroying America's founding values and the laws and institutions we've built—and undermining the international rules and organizations that keep our world from sliding towards chaos. If Russia and China have recently grown bolder in their foreign adventures, it's no accident; US precedents have paved the way for the increasingly unconstrained use of military power by states around the globe. Meanwhile, we continue to pile new tasks onto the military, making it increasingly ill-prepared for the threats America will face in the years to come.
By turns a memoir, a work of journalism, a scholarly exploration into history, anthropology and law, and a rallying cry, How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything transforms the familiar into the alien, showing us that the culture we inhabit is reshaping us in ways we may suspect, but don't really understand. It's the kind of book that will leave you moved, astonished, and profoundly disturbed, for the world around us is quietly changing beyond recognition—and time is running out to make things right.
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I am so sorry to hear of the passing of Robin Gibb.
It appears that the whole family are having a pretty rough time of it lately. I feel very much for Barry who is the last remaining member' he must be totally devastated.
I know, it's been an age in between posts! But I have finally found a few minutes to jot something down.
During my recent trip to the Golden Valley, I was fortunate enough to actually get out and explore the immediate vicinity, (my apologies if I repeat myself here and there).
You will recall that I went to a village in the Valley known as Vowchurch. Well this time out I went in the opposite direction and visited Peterchurch. Then the next time went back to Vowchurch and then on to the next little village which really was like stepping back in time. However, the first thing that I saw as I entered Peterchurch was a Second WW US Army Ambulance up on a ramp! Not something I expected to find in the depths of darkest Herefordshire.
Kind of weird really and something that made me stop in my tracks and just look at it, and wondered who would have driven it etc.
Immediately opposite the truck was the church of Peterchurch. This was a bigger one than the previous church I had visited but part of the same group (not the correct term I know) and administered by the same clergy. In front of the church was a magnificent example of an ancient Yew tree. The tree is recorded as being at least 850 years old! Apparently, in the Middle Ages many of the churches were used as a refuge and 'forts' as the villages were regularly raided by Celtic warriors from over the border in Wales. The main weapon of the day was the bow and arrow and, what wood do you think the bows were made from? Yes absolutely correct Yew. So that it is why in most of the church yards in the UK you will find a really old Yew tree in the yard.
The next village was back to Vowchurch and then on to the old village of Turnastone. As I entered the village it was just like stepping back in time, the first thing I saw was an old farmhouse. It was pretty old but also it was empty. What once was obviously a magnificent family home, was now just sitting there rotting away. From what I could gather it appeared the farm business was another victim of the current economical downturn that is affecting everyone.
Turnastone Court really would have been a beautiful place to live back in the day, and its garden backed on to the little River Dore. However, if I thought this was quaint, I wasn't any where ready for what I was to see next.
It was almost like stepping onto and Ealing Studios British Film Set. It was absolutely wonderful, well it was for me, I must have take about 60 pics of the place from every angle.
I eventually came to St Margaret's church and I went in side, it was a sweet little church and once again steeped in history. I took a number of photos many of which are still in the workflow but I will show them as soon as. Meanwhile, I will leave you with just one more pic. This was one I took of a memorial plaque on the wall inside the church.
It is written in old English where the 'S' looks like an 'f' and the Stonemason would abbreviate words to suit, as he was engraving to ensure it all fitted on the stone. The way that I read it is that young John Roberts Junior died just after Christmas on December 29th 1768 at the age of 22. Then just 12 days later his wife Catherine who was 25 also died as did their daughter Ann. I couldn't find out anything out about the family or why they perished, but the Plague and the Pox were around at that time along with all the other diseases of the day, and obviously without any real pharmaceuticals to treat the illnesses with.
The poem at the bottom reads: In youthful years through pain and grief, we here retreat and find relief. Waiting in hope out of this dust, to rise and reign among the just.
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Pete Appleby, a photo by MarkieG on Flickr.
It is with great sadness that I have to report the the death of the great British Percussionist Peter Appleby.
As many of my readers will know Pete was the driving force behind the Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group when I was still a lad! Previous to joining Lonnie's band Peter played with an endless list of household names, both Jazzers and popular performers. He was with the Mick Mulligan band for over 10 years, the singer in that band was the legendary George Melly – George mentions Pete in his book. Other names that people will recognise include, The Humphrey Littleton Band, The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra and Dame Shirley Bassey.
In later years Pete devoted himself to musical education and was still teaching up to 2010. I recently received a number of emails from ex-students of Pete's, one of which is now a Doctor of Music and he owes all his early start in music to Peter. Of course Pete didn't only play kit, he was an all round Percussionist which included; Vibraphone, Xylophone and Tympani etc. But was more famous for his drum kit work.
I first saw Peter perform when he joined the Donegan band in 1960 and he bowled me over, little did I know then that I would end up taking over the drum chair from him with the band in the late 60's, a hard act to follow as any musician who has worked with Lonnie will tell you.For the past 30 years – give or take – Peter has been happily married to wife June. Although they had known each for many years before that when June was also in show-business as a professional dancer. For the past number of years Peter had been ill on a number of occasions suffering with a serious chest complaint and even beating Bladder Cancer in 2010 with the ever stalwart care, love and dedication of June.
It was Saturday the 28th January 2012 that Pete passed away in the Middlesborough Hospital, June having called the Paramedics when Pete started having breathing problems the previous evening.
It was reported that Pete died peacefully in his sleep with June by his side.


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Ian Desmond and the Arizona Diamondbacks: a more in-depth look
By Michael McDermott@MichaelMcDMLB Jan 24, 2016, 8:50pm EST
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Earlier in this story stream, I took a preliminary look at Ian Desmond as a potential free agent candidate at the 2B position because of this Fangraphs article that Desmond would be a better alternative than Howie Kendrick. In the poll at the bottom of the article, it was a close race between Ian Desmond and not making any more signings. Signing Desmond would mean the Diamondbacks forfeit the 39th pick in the draft and the Nationals get a draft pick at the bottom of the first round. As we all know, Desmond had a horror show season in 2015 where it seemed that all of his struggles piled on top of each other.
There is a lot of risk when it comes to signing Desmond, especially to a long-term deal. I am in favor of a shorter term deal, something in the realm of 2-3 years that would allow for the team to plug this hole and take pressure off top prospect Jamie Westbrook to develop. The risks include the factors causing Desmond's struggles in 2015 being permanent, an unsuccessful transition in the field at 2B, or being plagued by injuries over the entire length of the contract. Now the question becomes does the benefit outweigh the risk? Desmond will likely command a contract north of $12M a year, I suspect more than $15M a year for a team that is desperate enough.
Taking a look into Desmond's struggles, first we look at his plate discipline numbers.
Year O-Swing% Z-Swing% O-Contact% Z-Contact% Contact% SwStr%
2012 37.5 72.8 61.5 87.4 78.2 11.8
*Stats provided by Baseball Information Solutions via Fangraphs
Using plate discipline numbers, there's no real correlation to why the wheels suddenly fell off in 2015, but these numbers can be somewhat concerning. From 2014 to 2015, Desmond has swung at more pitches in and out of the strike zone and has made contact at a more frequent rate. His swinging strike rate dropped 0.6%. So plate discipline probably isn't the culprit for his struggles, even though his strikeout rate ballooned the last two years. Maybe Desmond gets rung up a lot by the umpire on borderline pitches.
Like I said in the comments section of the previous Desmond article, his hard hit rate dropped from 32% to 28% while his soft hit percent jumped from 16% to 20%. That likely factored in why his BABIP dropped from .326 to .307. His career BABIP is .322, so there is reason for optimism that it could tilt up. Even with some expectations of a possible regression of BABIP from .307 towards his career rate of .322, it may be that Desmond has lost a bit of bat speed. That is a legitimate question to ask because Desmond is now 30 years old.
To answer that question, MLB.com's Andrew Simon tried to answer the question of why Desmond hasn't been signed yet. In the article, it mentions that Desmond averaged 91.6 MPH as his exit velocity, which placed him 36th in the league. Looking even further into that, Desmond generated +4.1 MPH exit velocity in 2015, a number that measures the difference in exit velocity and pitch velocity. That mark put Desmond 20th in MLB, which would likely be his top selling point for a potential bounce-back campaign. The article also includes a graph correlating exit velocity to wOBA.
The graph predicts that Desmond should have posted a wOBA around .345-.350 in 2015 based on his exit velocity and the .294 figure he actually posted is more due to bad luck. However, the plot is a complete scatter, so the correlation is unreliable as well. I do believe he is likely due for a decline in bat speed because of his age in the future, but the 2015 drop off seems unexplained by looking at exit velocity. The article later points out the Diamondbacks as a potential fit at 2B if Desmond is willing to make the position change. MLB Statcast listed Desmond as a 5-tool player, with their criteria being this:
Hitting: Batting exit velocity of ≥ 110 mph
Hitting for power: Home run distance of ≥ 425 feet
Fielding: Route efficiency of ≥ 98 percent
Throwing: Throws of ≥ 85 mph
Running: Top base running speed of ≥ 21 mph
With Desmond having a terrible platform season and legitimate concerns about his game, the Diamondbacks could swoop in and try to sign him for cheaper than it would have been a year ago. Desmond turned down a 7/$107M offer from the Nationals prior to 2014, which looks bad in hindsignt since the Nationals traded for his replacement and Desmond is still looking for a team in late January. For anyone wondering, that's $15.3 million per season. I'm not sure teams are going to try to offer him that much.
So where would be the reason for optimism for a bounce-back year for Ian Desmond? In 2015, he had a horrific first half where he batted .211/.255/.334 on a .279 BABIP. Desmond is not particularly known for being good in the first half of the season with a career .250/.293/.415 slashline. In the second half he batted .262/.331/.446 on a .346 BABIP and produced a 113 wRC+. I'm not sure why Desmond struggles in the first half, it may be due to weather of all things, but you're hoping that warmer weather in Arizona and a more hitter friendly environment will get Desmond to replicate his 2nd half performance over the course of the year.
In 2015, the Diamondbacks fielded a combination of Aaron Hill and Chris Owings at 2B, with Owings taking up most of games between the two. Aaron Hill showed to be a reliable bat off the bench in the 2nd half of 2015 and Owings' offense fell off a cliff due to big changes in his swing and shoddy plate discipline. The team's other internal options include Phil Gosselin and Brandon Drury. Gosselin has flashed a strong bat the last two seasons, but you wonder how reliable that sample size is with only 261 career appearances and no more than 118 in a single season. The Diamondbacks could experiment with Brandon Drury at 2B and hope that he winds up being the best option. Now the question becomes do the Diamondbacks go for the possible win now move and forfeit their top pick to sign Desmond or do they take the plunge with unproven options at 2B. I'm more in favor of the latter, but there is a valid argument for Desmond. It's a high-risk, high-reward type situation.
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B2 "Southend Pier" is a pitched-down version of the opening of OMD's "Tesla Girls."
A2 definitely Lets Me Feel It!!! . . . .
A2 is just so much fun . . . .
What a record ! A side gives us 2 timeless disco tracks that will make any dancefloor move. Future big disco classic.
"Melbourne producer Hysteric is becoming a go-to man for those looking for killer re-edits of obscure, left-of-centre Italo-disco and synth-pop oddities. Here he serves up a fresh batch of reworked gems for new label Fuego International, following inspired outings on Bordello A Parigi and Public Possession. The title track is a steamy, exotic Italo-disco gem blessed with electrofunk flourishes and AOR disco guitars, while "Discotheek De Marathon" is a throbbing, synth-heavy chugger that makes great use of extended drum solos and synthesized cowbells. Flip for the sweet, Afro-Italo fusion of "Pescara Beach", and the pitched down, electro-influenced new wave shuffle of "Southend Pier"."


In addition, sources said that in the round of talks, General Miller has emphasized continuing of support for the Afghan government and Afghan security forces and said that NATO will stand firmly in this regard. The Taliban also said they will rethink the decline in the war in Afghanistan. This is while the armed Taliban announced their spring operations under the name of "al-Fatah" last week.
The post Scott Miller wants to reduce the Taliban's battle during talks in Qatar appeared first on Pasbanan.


The species in this genus are generally plants of weedy, disturbed habitats, and there is much doubt as to their native range. All except A. retroflexus, A. tuberculatus, and possibly A. albus, have presumably spread into Michigan from farther south or west (or from cultivation) in historic time. Several species have long been cultivated as grain crops, as ornamentals, or as potherbs.
In most species, the fruit (a thin-walled, one-seeded structure called a utricle) is circumscissile, that is, it dehisces neatly at maturity along a circular belt (which is easily visible even on immature material), the top falling away like a lid. Sometimes younger specimens of monoecious species may falsely appear entirely staminate, or older ones appear falsely pistillate, and care must be taken not to assume that such a plant is really one of the truly dioecious species with characteristic slender elongate spikes.
Two additional species found in adjacent regions might be expected in the southern Lower Peninsula: A. spinosus L. is readily recognized by the presence of sharp rigid spines in the axils of the leaves; A. palmeri is dioecious, like A. tuberculatus and A. arenicola, but with long-acuminate outer tepals.
1. Flowers in small axillary clusters; plants monoecious; utricles circumscissile.
2. Tepals 3, much surpassed by the slender bracts; seeds ca. 1 mm or slightly less in diameter; stem ± erect or ascending, stiffly branched.
2. Tepals (4–) 5, scarcely if at all exceeded by the bracts; seeds ca. 1.5 mm in diameter; stem and branches ± prostrate.
1. Flowers in elongate simple or paniculate, chiefly terminal spikes; plants and utricles various (but dioecious with utricle not circumscissile in A. tuberculatus, of which some leafy-bracted pistillate plants might be said to have axillary clusters).
3. Stem densely pubescent around the inflorescence; leaves with petioles and often also midrib beneath pubescent.
3. Stem glabrous or sparsely pubescent, at least toward the summit; leaves glabrous or nearly so.
5. Utricle circumscissile; pistillate flowers with 5 conspicuous spatulate tepals; staminate tepals ca. 2–2.5 mm long, often ± broadly rounded and apiculate at apex and half or slightly more as wide as long.
5. Utricle indehiscent (irregularly breaking open); pistillate flowers with tepals absent or rudimentary; staminate tepals (at least the largest) ca. 2.3–3.5 mm long, less than half as wide, ± tapered or gradually rounded toward the apex, usually terminating in a short weak awn.
6. Utricle indehiscent, with a very rough or warty surface; bracts not over 1 mm long, at most minutely pointed (not spine-tipped); inflorescence of slender branches mostly less than 6 mm thick.
6. Utricle circumscissile, with smoothish or rough surface; bracts longer and usually spine-topped; inflorescences often more robust.
7. Flower clusters not elongate (usually ± hemispherical or nearly spherical), present (though small) even in the lowermost leaf axils (those at top of plant more crowded into elongate spikes); tepals 3.
7. Flower clusters ± elongate and crowded in middle and upper axils, absent from lowest axils; tepals ordinarily 5.
8. Larger tepals of at least some pistillate flowers ca. (2.5–) 3–3.5 mm long.
9. Tepals of pistillate flowers ± truncate or broadly rounded (and spinulose or apiculate) at the tip; stamens 5; plants ± densely pubescent on stems (especially around the inflorescence), on the petioles, and on the base of the midrib of the blades beneath.
9. Tepals of pistillate flowers ± acute or tapered to the weakly spinulose tip; stamens 3 or 5; plants glabrous or sparsely pubescent around the inflorescence and on leaves.
10. Seed nearly circular in outline, ca. 1.2–1.3 mm broad; stamens 5.
10. Seed obovate in outline, ca. 1 (–1.2) mm broad; stamens mostly 3.
8. Larger tepals of pistillate flowers not over 2.2 (–2.4) mm long.
11. Tepals of pistillate flowers obovate or spatulate, conspicuously overlapping; terminal inflorescence thick and greatly elongate, drooping from near its base, much more strongly developed than lateral inflorescences.
11. Tepals of pistillate flowers narrowly elliptic to oblong, scarcely if at all overlapping; terminal inflorescence not disproportionately developed.
12. Tepals of pistillate flowers ± obtuse or rounded at apex; bracts acute, narrowly acuminate, or short-spined, shorter than tepals or up to ca. 1.5 times as long; inflorescences usually reddish or purplish.
12. Tepals (at least the outer ones) of pistillate flowers acute; bracts generally long-spined, often twice as long as the tepals; inflorescences usually green.
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. April 19, 2019. https://michiganflora.net/genus.aspx?id=Amaranthus.


County taxes will rise by about $9.50 on the average assessed home of $466,000 if the Bergen County freeholders adopt the 2019 budget as proposed by Jim Tedesco, the county executive.
The budget includes bumps in funding for the county's community college and vocational schools, as well as increased spending on insurance policies to protect Bergen against cybersecurity attacks and active shooters, county officials said this week.
A tax levy of more than $419 million will support the $545 million budget, which Tedesco, a Democrat, presented to the Freeholder Board last week. The spending plan is about $17 million larger than last year's, an increase of about 3.2 percent.
It's the first county tax increase in two years — the county government cut taxes by about $9 in 2017 and kept them flat in 2018. County officials said this year's 2 percent tax levy increase was driven mostly by fixed costs in areas such as health care, pension payments, debt service and contractual increases.
"It reflects our priorities," said Tedesco, a Democrat who is in the first year of his second term. "It's a responsible budget that meets our needs and makes Bergen County a better place to live and work."
The projected tax rate for 2019 is just below 24 cents per $100 of assessed property value, according to the county's budget presentation. Officials said this is the second-lowest county tax rate in the state, and will bring the average county tax bill to about $1,105 for the average home, assessed at $465,962.
The executive's proposal kicks off the annual budget process, which includes 20 hearings in which freeholders perform a line-by-line review of each department. When that's done, the Freeholder Board will approve the budget and send it to the state for review. The freeholders, all of whom are Democrats, can adopt it once the state signs off.
Germaine Ortiz, board chairwoman, said Tuesday that Tedesco's budget already aligns fairly well with the freeholders' priorities, which include maintaining education funding and providing money for mental health and infrastructure initiatives.
"There's so much we're focused on, but I'm happy that we're addressing basically every area that we feel is important," Ortiz said.
Employee benefits, pensions and Social Security continue to eat up the biggest chunk of the county budget: Nearly $125 million, or 23 percent, is devoted to this alone, budget documents show. Law enforcement, which includes the Bergen County Sheriff's Office, absorbs 21 percent, or $113 million. The county's departmental operations account for $106 million, or 20 percent, and debt service costs about $93 million.
The Bergen County Sheriff's Office is expected to bring in the most money — the county believes it will earn about $23.7 million in 2019 — and the county clerk's office will likely follow with about $17 million this year, to supplement revenue from property taxes, according to budget documents. The tax levy and a variety of other fees, grants, bonds and shared service monies round out the revenue list.
The county also expects to take in $16 million this year in return for housing federal immigration detainees at its Hackensack jail. The county collected more than $17 million for the service last year, far more than the $7 million it anticipated.
The county again benefited from a rise in its total ratable value, which officials estimated at $178 billion. That's $2 billion more than last year, and $13 billion more than 2015. Those higher property values help keep the tax rate down.
The budget also includes a $5 million bump, to $78.7 million, for educational facilities like Bergen Community College and county vocational schools in Hackensack, Teterboro and Paramus.
Rising revenues from investment interest, shared service contracts and fees collected from parks and golf courses have also helped the county amass $48.6 million in reserve cash, budget documents show. That's $15 million more than it had four years ago.


Dan first learned to fly at Bowland Forest Gliding Club in the UK. He spent several years instructing for the Royal Air Force Air Cadets, and came to Omarama on a gap-year after finishing his mathematics degree.
After five years working for Glide Omarama honing his mountain flying skills Dan was appointed as Glide Omarama's Chief Flying Instructor. This followed 20 years service from the indomitable Lemmy Tanner. Big shoes to step into!
Besides his youthful enthusiasm and the respect of his fellow instructors, Dan brings a broad range of experience to this role. He is a wonderful instructor, an enthusiastic cross-country pilot, a successful contest pilot and a tow pilot who has a range of management and IT skills to boot.


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Q: adapter.notifyDataSetChange() not working after called from onResume() I am having a problem where when I call the adapter.notifyDataSetChange() to refresh the listActifity from the onResume() function, it doesn't seem to be working from any other functions from that activity afterwards.
I want the list(view) to refresh when the user clicks the back button(while on another screen) and returns to the window with the list.
One of the things I noticed is that the notifyDataSetChange() works(from other functions) when I change one of the objects from the array list but not when I want to add or delete an object from the ArrayList. This has been working so far for me, but I would prefer not to have to requery the list every time.
@Override
        protected void onResume() {
        lightWeightDAO.open(); //db connection
        adapter.clear();
        buckets = lightWeightDAO.getExerciseBucketsByWorkoutId(workout.getId());
        adapter.addAll(buckets);
        adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
        super.onResume();
    }

When I remove the notifyDataSetChange() from the onResume(), everything seems to work(just calling a simple notifyDataSetChange() after changing the arraylist).
Any idea why this is not working?

A: By using:
buckets = lightWeightDAO.getExerciseBucketsByWorkoutId(workout.getId());
adapter.addAll(buckets);

You have only added the contents of this new buckets to the adapter, you didn't bind the adapter to buckets. So this:
buckets.add(string);
adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();

has no affect on the data inside the adapter. Also like I mentioned above in the comments, you can add to the adapter directly and it will call notifyDataSetChanged() for you. So simply replace everywhere you use the two lines above with:
adapter.add(string);

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Q: Do programs in /bin or /usr/bin have to be invoked from a shell? I started Chrome and Firefox from search bar and have found they were also opened from a terminal
$ pstree -aps 5221 | head -10
systemd,1 splash
  `-gdm3,1027
      `-gdm-session-wor,2418
          `-gdm-x-session,2529 --run-script env GNOME_SHELL_SESSION_MODE=ubuntu /usr/bin/gnome-session --session=ubuntu
              `-gnome-session-b,2545 --session=ubuntu
                  `-gnome-shell,2741
                      `-chrome,5221
                          |-cat,5227
                          |-cat,5228
                          |-chrome,5232

Chrome was invoked from a GUI utility called gnome-shell.
Does any installed software have to run from a form of terminal?
Additionally, I have found the terminal I am working from is not named tty but
$ tty
/dev/pts/0

and can't communicate with tty2
$ echo "very strange long text" > /dev/tty2
$ grep -r  'very strange long text' /   2>/dev/null

However,  grep does not return the sent message. The text to tty2 is lost.

A: Do processes need a terminal ?
There are several things that you need to understand in order to answer this question:

*

*/usr/bin and /bin contain executable files

*A shell is an interface to the user - it executes commands or performs functions that user wants; it is like levers and switches on a machine - you pull lever, and machine does something

*GNOME shell is GUI shell, bash is text-based shell. They are also processes, and can start new ones via fork() and exec() calls.

Does any installed software have to run from a form of terminal?

No, not really. The very first process on the system, /sbin/init with PID 1 ( and that's systemd in your case), has no associated  controlling terminal. In fact, a daemon process does not have a controlling terminal. All processes on Linux are started via two syscalls - fork() and exec() - where you first create a "copy" of the original process, and then via exec() you run an executable, an applications in /bin and /usr/bin, or any other location you specify. Daemons can do exactly the same thing.
So in theory, I could make a daemon process that has no controlling terminal - no tty - and yet I could use fork() and then exec() to run something from /usr/bin. Of course, the command which I call has to be OK with that - some commands require having a controlling TTY in order to work.
In this question, it seems the big confusion is that shell is the same as tty, however they're different - tty designates a device (real or virtual), while shell - it's a process that interfaces with the user and the system to perform certain functions/actions.

Shell vs tty
Notice that the process name is -gnome-shell,2741. Gnome Shell is GUI shell, it is very different from typical text-based command interpreter such as bash or ksh.  You can start applications, files, windows, though you interact with it via shortcuts and mouse much more than with text-based shell.
The TTY you use /dev/pts/0 and /dev/tty2 are two different things entirely. Generally /dev/ttyXX indicates a console driver, and /dev/tty2 is a device file which is also associated with special TTY driver. /dev/tty[1-xx] usually denote virtual consoles, which can be accessed via Ctrl+Alt+F1-7. By default there are tty1 to tty7 open, with GUI on Ubuntu defaulting to tty7. On other distributions GUI may be on different tty, for instance if I recall correctly in Fedora it was tty1. Of course, there are ways to open more than 7 virtual consoles. See Why so many virtual consoles?
Every open tab and every new window of the terminal window you use within graphical shell - that will have  /dev/pts/x file associated. pts part stands for "pseudoterminal". These are involved with consoles that are implemented via software and don't represent real hardware, e.g. when you use terminal emulator or SSH connection.
It's also important to note that shells such as bash are not tty, the /dev/tty2 is a device which has driver associated behind it. /bin/bash is an executable file, and is executed as command itself. While there are processes in kernel that manage /dev/tty2 it is not a process; by contrast /bin/bash is a process that you can start. And this is in fact what happens when you open a terminal - your terminal window starts /bin/bash as process.
And of course, you can write to /dev/tty2 or /dev/pts/0 , if you have permission. For example, in order to use /dev/ttyUSB0 or /dev/ttyACM0 to write to Arduino or another embedded system, you have to belong to dialout group, which owns these special devices.  These two devices emulate serial console, so you can send data to the connected devices or program it. In case of special hardware devices like that, you also have to consider the speed or baud rate at which these devices read and send data.
See also

*

*Do GUI based application execute shell commands in the background?

*Why is a virtual terminal "virtual", and what/why/where is the "real" terminal?

*How to write to tty device

*Do OS GUI's have a different shell than the command line interpreter?


If you have not read the book, "The Telling Room" you have to pick it up. The subtitle is "A tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese." It is set in a small town in Spain.
I read that book before we went on the trip – it was a great read!


DC (Direct Current) Motors are the most common type of Brush Motors. Performance wise the windings on the rotor add inertia which lowers the peak acceleration rate. Also the brushes need replacing from time to time and the commutation method limits the top speed as the current begins to arc over the segments. Commutation is the method used to direct currents to the correct motor phases to achieve the best torque. In this case it is achieved by the brushes and contacts on the armature. Dissipation of heat from the windings occurs across the air gap and through the stator resulting in DC motors being less thermally efficient and larger than brushless motors. However, DC motors do cost less than brushless motors and have simpler controls.


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Service Excellence with Annette Whittley, KK&W - PCR 190
On this episode, Gabe announces his new YouTube show "Let's Play Thru". Please subscribe on YouTube here: https://m.youtube.com/gabrielaluisy?sub_confirmation=1
Our featured guest is Annette Whittley. Annette has over 17 years of luxury hospitality service experience. She's the newest addition to the Kopplin, Kuebler & Wallace team helping private clubs train their food & beverage staff.
After graduating from the University of Surrey with a BS in Hotel & Catering Management Annette joined luxury hotel industry leader Four Seasons hotels and resorts. Over 13 years with Four Seasons, she worked in restaurants, bars, recreation facilities, banquets, in room dining, and was involved in multiple renovations and property openings. Her time with Four Seasons included city hotel and remote resort locations.
In 2015 she made the transition to private clubs, joining the executive team at Congressional Country Club which is the highest rated Country Club in the United States and globally by Platinum Clubs of the World. Congressional has hosted five major golf championships and is the future host of eight major PGA championships including the 2036 Ryder Cup.
Her passion for the Club industry led her to start ASB Hospitality prior to joining KK&W where she plans to specialize in Food and Beverage Train.
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package com.google.zxing.multi;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.nio.file.Path;

import com.google.zxing.BarcodeFormat;
import com.google.zxing.BinaryBitmap;
import com.google.zxing.BufferedImageLuminanceSource;
import com.google.zxing.LuminanceSource;
import com.google.zxing.MultiFormatReader;
import com.google.zxing.Result;
import com.google.zxing.common.AbstractBlackBoxTestCase;
import com.google.zxing.common.HybridBinarizer;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;

public final class MultiTestCase extends Assert {

  @Test
  public void testMulti() throws Exception {
    // Very basic test for now
    Path testBase = AbstractBlackBoxTestCase.buildTestBase("src/test/resources/blackbox/multi-1");

    Path testImage = testBase.resolve("1.png");
    BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(testImage.toFile());
    LuminanceSource source = new BufferedImageLuminanceSource(image);
    BinaryBitmap bitmap = new BinaryBitmap(new HybridBinarizer(source));

    MultipleBarcodeReader reader = new GenericMultipleBarcodeReader(new MultiFormatReader());
    Result[] results = reader.decodeMultiple(bitmap);
    assertNotNull(results);
    assertEquals(2, results.length);

    assertEquals("031415926531", results[0].getText());
    assertEquals(BarcodeFormat.UPC_A, results[0].getBarcodeFormat());

    assertEquals("www.airtable.com/jobs", results[1].getText());
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  }

}


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Santa Maria de Paüls és una església de Paüls (Baix Ebre) protegida com a bé cultural d'interès local.

Descripció
L'edifici és situat a la part més alta del poble, al costat de les runes de la muralla d'un antic castell.
És una construcció de maçoneria ordinària i d'espiga a prop de la base i carreus als buits i les cantonades. La porta a la façana principal té l'arc apuntat amb motllura a l'extradós, amb dues finestres de mig punt al costat (romàniques) i el relleu d'un escut invertit al muntant dret. A la façana posterior s'inscriu una porta amb arc de mig punt sense adorn i amb la inscripció "Domus Dei 1691". Té coberta de teula a dues vessants i espadanya de dos buits a una cantonada. Hi ha una petita esplanada davant de la porta principal, amb gran panoràmica i el poble als peus. L'interior consta d'una sola nau amb volta de mig punt (del primer gòtic). La sagristia és de volta d'aresta gòtica, petita i baixa, i amb quatre nervis amb clau treballada. A l'exterior, restes d'arc que tancava tot el recinte exterior de l'església, d'accés al castell. Té una torre amb un rellotge.

Història
Fou una antiga mesquita, consagrada a finals del sgle XII, i fou l'església parroquial fins a mitjan .

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Home Conventions SDCC Winners and Losers of San Diego Comic-Con 2019
Winners and Losers of San Diego Comic-Con 2019
Who is the king of Nerd Mountain?
Who ruled, who came unspooled at Comic-Con? Pay no attention to those other lists; this one, assembled by the Beat Elite Expert Team, is THE only list that matters, the last word on all the winners and losers of Comic-Con, and who won the race to the top of nerd Mountain.
Photo: Heidi MacDonald
WINNER: The DC Comics Batman extravaganza at The Experience at Balboa Park – A fascinating display of Batman film and comics memorabilia coupled with an exciting interactive area and a packed benefit for the Comic-Con Museum made for a gala evening, packed with luminaries from Frank Miller to Mayor Kevin Faulconer.
LOSER: The DC Comics booth inside the WB booth – designed to keep people at at bay for movie star signings, this shiny plastic block patrolled by a dozen security guards had all the charm of a nightclub VIP area and completely lost the ability to connect with fans.
Photo: Hannah Lodge
WINNER Marvel Phase 4: If there was one story that dominated the whole weekend, it was Marvel's Hall H panel. Anyone who was not excited by the two-thousand and late Black Widow movie or the problematic Hawkeye TV series were silenced. Kevin Feige rolled out an Oscars red carpet full of stars, and by the time he got to Blade, the audience was eating out of his hand. – AB
LOSER: Game of Thrones: Coffee Cups and good natured jokes couldn't make up for the snubbing the showrunners gave SDCC. Throw in a few uncomfortable remarks blaming "the media" for the negative Season 8 reviews, and the moderator skipping the audience Q&A portion, and none of it was a good look. What should have been the show's final victory lap at SDCC was a bust – AB
WINNER: X-Men fans, who finally got insight into what's coming down the pipeline from Jonathan Hickman's total line overhaul.
LOSER: Security, for being so aggressive with everyone.
Photo: Joe Grunenwald
WINNER: Fans of Alfred Pennyworth – Not only did the EPIX series Pennyworth have its world premiere at SDCC, but Mattel also debuted a new action figure of Batman's faithful butler – one that come with four heads, for traditional comic book Alfred, the 'Outsider', an Alan Napier head for Batman '66 fans, and a Michael Gough head for fans of the '90s Batman films. – JG
LOSER: People trying to buy exclusives from Marvel – I heard from several people that accessing the Marvel booth to buy any of their nearly 50 exclusives was a nightmare, so I thought I'd check it out myself on Sunday. I got there around 2:30 to find a flow of people circling the booth. The person managing the line was having people do laps around the booth, and picking people from the flow at random once room in the line opened up. How is this a good system of line management? Answer: it's not. – JG
WINNER: Scoops Ahoy cosplay: You pretty much couldn't go anywhere without seeing a couple costume dressed as Steve and Robin in their ice cream shop uniforms from the latest season of Stranger Things. -TD
LOSER: Marvel Television: Not that anything disastrous happened, but with the Netflix shows canceled and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. announcingits final season, Marvel TV was somewhat lacking compared to previous years. Supposedly, its saving the good stuff for D23 next month. It also didn't help that Marvel Studios showcased the lineup of its Disney+ streaming shows that have the budget to actually use the actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Marvel Television in its own separate universe. There's no better illustration of separate cinematic and television universes than casting Mahershala Ali as Blade when he already dipped his toes in Marvel as Cottonmouth in Luke Cage. I'd equate it with the divorced parent who try as they might can't quite compete with their ex who easily wins the attention and love of the kids. – TD
Winner: Stargate Fans! Actors from Stargate Atlantis gathered to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the SG-1 spin-off series premiere and were treated to table reads from the unproduced Stargate: Extinction movie with original SGA cast members taking on their iconic roles (and stepping in for roles of actors who were not able to attend the celebration). It's the next best thing to actually announcing another Stargate project. – YT
Loser: Stargate Fans! Although producers and stars from Stargate Atlantis were on hand at SDCC, they weren't allowed to comment on any upcoming Stargate projects that might be in the works. Fans were told "we're working on it", but they've been hearing that for years. – YT
Winner: Non-Genre TV Shows SDCC is the largest con in the world, uniting nerds and geeks from all fandoms, yet somehow non-genre (and honestly, not even genre-adjacent) TV shows made their way into the celebration. Who invited you What Just Happened??! With Fred Savage, The Rookie, Stumptown, and Superstore? – YT
Winner: Scholastic Thanks to the disappearance of DC from its prime real estate locale at the San Diego Convention Center, Scholastic had a sizeable (if modest) presence on the exhibition floor. But don't let it's humble size fool you. Hot books from Raina Telgemier, Dav Pilkey, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, and Aron Nels Steinke, along with various Harry Potter books and tie-ins, were in plentiful supply. It's nice to see that Graphix, Scholstic's graphic novel division, had its name out everywhere, whether on t-shirts or reusable bags (handy!). All in all, a great success for a book publisher that didn't even have a booth last year
Loser: Nickelodeon For the second year in a row, Nickelodeon underwhelmed at SDCC. Not in terms of its booth, its panels, or its exclusives, all of which were great. No, it was the lack of meaningful content from its network programming that was truly puzzling. Several years ago, Nickelodeon had heavy press for such releases as the Hey Arnold's The Jungle Movie (released 2017), Spongebob SquarePants, (Rise of the) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Loud House, Invader Zim, Rocko's Modern Life, and more. Well, it turns out that Invader Zim and Rocko's Modern Life would not even appear on the network itself. Rather, each are slated for release in August… on Netflix. While it certainly is a milestone for Spongebob to celebrate two decades on the air, it does seem odd that Nick is limiting itself, especially with two nostalgia driven projects set for release within weeks of SDCC. Hopefully, Viacom picks up the slack for next year's convention, because Nick deserves another chance at reclaiming its glory as one of the most dynamic networks for younger viewers
Winner: All of the cosplayers being nice to kids. I don't know about anyone else but it completely melted my exhausted, jaded heart when I saw someone in a Disney or superhero costume stop whatever they were doing to shake hands or take photos with little kids. Doubly great for the ones who I heard get totally into character when interacting with them You guys are the real MVPs. – CM
Winner: The 2000AD panels. Every time they show at a convention the panels are thoughtful and relevant and usually have a delightfully diverse group of people speaking. Not only that but it all comes from a place of humor and feels more like a casual conversation about things that are important rather than people being prodded until they answer what the mod says. It's refreshing to see people enjoy what they do and be so willing to discuss what can change without all of the added vitriol. – CM
Winner: The janitorial staff of the convention center. Seriously, I don't think I step foot in a single bathroom the whole week that wasn't completely clean and well-stocked. For having to clean up after 150K thankless nerds for five days that's pretty damn impressive and deserves commendation. – CM
Winner: The cast of Black Lightning. I say this because their signing crowd (though formidable) was considerably smaller than a lot of the other cast signings at the DC/Warner Brothers booth. While that alone should have people raising their eyebrows as to why, things were quickly righted as the cast got on their microphone and scolded the security guards trying to move their fans along too quickly. That's just awesome. – CM
Loser: The people who made derogatory comments at the Eisners. Of all the places that racism and sexism don't belong here in 2019, the comics industry gets included in that — even moreso when it's an awards presentation. Between the comments from the awards presenters about how "difficult" people's names are to pronounce added to the comment that being a "hot girl at comic con makes everything easier", the people running the show for the Eisners can go ahead and take several seats.
Loser: Marvel's attempt to make their panels into game-shows. Not only were they extremely disorganized in trying to execute the "games", but it ended up being extremely awkward for audience members involved. It also served as a great reminder to watch what you say in front of a hot mic as it's probably not great for the folks participating when they can hear you say "We need to speed this up because this is just taking too long."
Loser: The handful of guys that I saw wearing comicsgate shirts. I don't need to add anything else to this statement.
Winner: Jonathan Hickman and Marvel Comics in general. While SDCC is usually pretty sparing where Marvel's publishing news is concerned – Saturday was an all-Marvel showcase, between the above-mentioned Hall H extravaganza, and the reveal of the Hickman-led new X-Men line. It was a blockbuster unveiling that got everyone talking, and the lone Big Two news that really registered across the board. With the critical raves that have followed this week's House of X #1, it's possible that the X-line might finally find itself back in the good grace of what was once the most loyal fandom in comics.
Loser: AT&T and DC Comics. While we've already mentioned the sadly all too sterile WB booth that pulled the beloved DC presence from the center of the floor over to the further possible corner of the hall and behind a ton of manga plushes, it's worth noting how little news the publisher actually broke at the show. Certainly in the lead-up, there were a number of announcements made ahead of the October solicits, but the panels themselves were a pretty quiet affair. Even the usually very exciting "Meet The Publishers" panel, which tends to be where Dan DiDio and Jim Lee surprise audiences with special guests and breaking news regarding overall line direction, was basically populated with a rundown of things everyone already knew and fairly pointed questions from the audience regarding why certain decisions were made. Between that and and no Hall H presence, it was a bit of a tough weekend to be a DC fan. One things for sure, there's definitely a new sheriff in town.
Winner: Tom King and Mitch Gerads. While the Eisners themselves were extremely dull this year, with the Reno 911 guys (Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant) as particularly sedate hosts, the Mister Miracle creative team dominated in a way that showcased a clear critical favorite among the votership. King repeated his Best Writer win after tying with Marjorie Liu last year, and Gerads also repeated, taking home Best Penciller. The pair also took home the prize for Best Limited Series, while King won additional awards for Best Short Story (from the Swamp Thing Winter Special) and Best Graphic Album – Reprint (for The Vision collection). With the announcement of their upcoming series w/ Doc Shaner, Strange Adventures not coming out until 2020, next year's Eisners will look a little different, most likely. But in the meantime, its King and Gerads' world right now.
Loser: Watchmen While the upcoming HBO series has a ton of big names attached, and the logos (based on Dave GIbbons designs) on the swag bags looked sharp, there was no preview and the activation seemed like an afterthought in a dirty parking lot. The biggest presence was the aforementioned bag.
Loser: Bird scooters
Winner: People who hate Bird scooters! Early arrivals to town saw flocks of these menaces everywhere, but the city of San Diego reportedly impounded more than 2500 of them for violating a ban on going too close to special events – like Comic-Con! Justice at Last
Beat staffers Chloe Maveal, Joe Grunenwald, Ani Bundel, AJ Frost, Taimur Dar, Kyle Pinion, Heidi MacDonald and others contributed to this report.
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Matthew Fabb 07/26/2019 3:31 pm At 3:31 pm
Note that Stumptown was lumped into non-genre tv shows at SDCC in the list above, missing the fact that it's based off a Oni Press comic book written by Greg Rucka with art by Matthew Southworth.
Otherwise great list!
Carr D'Angelo 07/28/2019 12:23 am At 12:23 am
What Just Happened??! With Fred Savage deserved to be at Comic-Con. It's basically a spoof of Talking Dead-style recap shows.
Barry 07/29/2019 10:58 pm At 10:58 pm
I disagree with your opinion that Mr. Ali's choice for Blade was a loser. May I remind you that Chris Evans originally appeared as the Human Torch in the first Fantastic Four movies. I think he did okay as Captain America.
DiRT 08/01/2019 2:48 pm At 2:48 pm
Only because the comics industry didn't get the point, called them bigots and trolls, and continues to see the industry flushed down the toilet with no hope of return.
Taimur Dar 08/01/2019 3:12 pm At 3:12 pm
@Barry
You're misreading it. Never said casting was bad. Only that it shows that shows Marvel Television no longer considered MCU canon.
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Biografia
Nel 2012 Clara van Wel ha vinto la seconda edizione della versione neozelandese di Got Talent, ricevendo come premio 100.000 dollari ed una Toyota Corolla. Il suo singolo di debutto, Where Do You Find Love, ha raggiunto la 3ª posizione della classifica neozelandese, dove hanno fatto il loro ingresso anche Between the Lines e Lines You Traced, rispettivamente alla 35ª e alla 36ª posizione. Il suo primo album eponimo è uscito nel 2013 e si è piazzato in 7ª posizione a livello nazionale. Nel 2014 ha contribuito al singolo di beneficenza Song for Everyone.

Discografia

Album in studio
 2013 – Clara van Wel

Singoli
 2012 – Where Do You Find Love
 2013 – Beautiful
 2013 – Wait for Me

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text: When D.C. and Grace have a meeting in a motel with an equipment supplier, gossip that they're having an affair flies around Victory. Jean gets the news at the fabric store, Libby hears it while going door to door for the school candy sale, and Wade hears the rumor that D.C. was at a motel with a prostitute. D.C. is upset that the rumors will cause Grace's co-workers to suspect favoritism, but Grace refuses to let the situation bother her. She flippantly starts a couple of stories of her own – that Russell's adopted, that a certain teacher in town has posed for a nudie magazine, and that the Kellys' neighbor Earl has been burying bodies in the backyard. Things backfire on Grace when it's revealed that Russell is adopted but Floyd has never gotten around to telling him. Mrs. Sheffield sheepishly reveals to Grace that she may be the teacher in question; she did pose, but it was as an underwear model in the Sears catalogue. The police arrive at Earl's and dig up his backyard where he's bee


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Come out on Friday, Sept. 22 to be part of this puppy party! Cash bar opens at 7pm. Your ticket for entry is a paddle for the auction (but at this auction, the more paddles you have, the better!). Paddles are 1 for $5, 3 for $12, and a limited number of 7 for $25!
*Quarter auction details: A quarter auction is a mix between a lottery and live auction. Upon arriving, you will purchase a paddle to use during the bidding. Each item available will be assigned a value in quarters (one quarter, 50 cents, 75 cents, one dollar). For each item you want to bid on, you pay a quarter (quarters will be available at the event). The quarter enters your paddle number into the drawing for the item. The host will then choose a lucky number as the winner! This is where having multiple paddles comes in handy! For every paddle you have, you have another opportunity to put a quarter in for the item, thereby increasing your chances of winning it!
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The Holy Innocents and God's Wrath
By Br Bede Mullens, O.P. | The firstborn of Egypt in themselves were surely just as innocent as the infants commemorated today. Is God then as unjust as Herod for bringing about their deaths?
The Office of Readings for the Holy Innocents draws attention to a parallel between the Innocents slaughtered by Herod and the Israelite firstborns murdered at Pharaoh's instigation in Egypt. There is obviously something to the comparison: in both cases, a fearful tyrant orders the butchery specifically of male firstborn infants; the victims are necessarily innocents, by virtue of their age, and the act is totally unjust – it calls for retribution. Oddly, however, the retribution in neither case seems really satisfactory. We don't hear that Herod is struck down in any fashion for this particular impiety. But the Lord's revenge upon the Egyptians seems harsh and unjustified, if poetically apt: the Book of Wisdom (18.5) interprets the final plague, the death of the Egyptian firstborn, as a punishment specifically for the murder of the Israelite infants. (In Exodus itself, it is a different context that occasions the plagues, at a much later time when Moses has grown into a man; but the hardness of Pharaoh's heart and the fear of Israel that steeled him to perpetrate the first crime, also holds the Israelites in captivity when the Lord demands their release.) Is God matching unjustified violence with further unjustified violence? After all, the Egyptians' firstborn sons are surely just as innocent in themselves as their Israelite counterparts.
In our guts, we find ourselves at a distance from the Bible's own triumphalist take on these events. The Book of Wisdom celebrates the death of the Egyptian firstborn. Nor can we gloss over the matter as a case of Old Testament gruesomeness which, as 21st century Christians, we can take or leave. Lazy Marcionism always cheats us of Scripture's riches, but this passage more specifically is traditionally given important application as a foreshadowing and description of the Word's becoming man, Christ's coming on the earth:
"For while gentle silence enveloped all things,
and night in its swift course was now half gone,
your all-powerful word leaped from heaven, from the royal throne,
into the midst of the land that was doomed,
a stern warrior carrying the sharp sword of your authentic command,
and stood and filled all things with death,
and touched heaven while standing on the earth." (Wisdom 18.14-16)
"Touched heaven while standing on the earth" - sounds apt enough for the God-man. "Stood and filled all things with death." It's not how we are inclined usually to think of Christ's mission. Though it maybe chimes more than we would like to admit with the Gospel promise of judgment to come.
Here is one suggestion for making sense of the whole thing. St Augustine liked to remind the sinners of Hippo Regius that, when Holy Scripture talks about the annihilation of sinners, this does not refer only to their relegation to hellfire; a sinner is also annihilated, and more effectively, when he undergoes a conversion of heart and opens himself to redemption by the Lord. The Book of Wisdom says of the Egyptians, that "when their firstborn were destroyed, they acknowledged your people to be God's child" (18.13). Obviously, there is a certain preference for Israel over Egypt indicated by this sentence. Nevertheless, it suggests a radical change in the attitude of the Egyptians not only to Israel, but to the Lord who showed himself the God of Israel, which amounts to a kind of conversion. This concern for even the sparks of belief in God among foreign nations, contains an anticipation of the Gospel's universal proclamation.
The Egyptian innocents, then, are victims for the sake of their people: by their deaths, Egypt is given a truer apprehension of God. They are, then, in a very small way figures of the innocent Christ, who died that the people of Israel and all mankind should be brought into fellowship with the one true God. God is not forgetful of the innocence of these innocents; only, their reward had to wait until all was accomplished at the coming of God's almighty Word.
Image: And there was a cry in Egypt, by Arthur Hacker (Wikimedia Commons)
Br Bede Mullens O.P.
Br Bede was born in Enfield and grew up in Essex. He read Literae Humaniores at St Hugh's College in the University of Oxford. It was in Oxford that he first met the Dominicans, and he joined the Order in 2017 after completing his degree. The writings of Pope Benedict XVI/Joseph Ratzinger greatly influenced his development in the Faith. He retains a wide interest in literature; among religious authors, he particularly admires St Augustine and St John Henry Newman. | bede.mullens@english.op.org
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Thank you for a helpful insight into a feast - aspects of which I admit I sometimes struggle with!


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Some meat plant staff retested for Covid-19 after testing issues
Charles O'Donnell
Jun 11, 2020, 6:53pm
Following the mass testing of meat plant staff at a number of facilities for Covid-19, 13 individuals had to be retested due to issues that arose in processing their test samples.
This was revealed by Joan Gallagher, a programme manager for the Health Service Executive (HSE), in a communications to independent Roscommon-Galway TD Denis Naughten.
A parliamentary question from Naughten to Minister for Health Simon Harris was referred to Gallagher, who confirmed that 11 of the individuals were retested due to having been 'not tested', while two were retested as their results were 'invalid'.
In this context, 'not tested' refers to a problem occurring with the swab on the way to a laboratory and it therefore could not be processed. This includes labelling errors. 'Invalid' means that the sample arrived at the laboratory and was tested, but there was no reaction to it.
Two of the 13 individuals (presumably the two whose tests were 'invalid') were retested through the different method of antibody testing, while the remaining 11 were retested via swabs, with an average time to retest of 16 days.
In a related issue, deputy Naughten has this week again voiced his concerns on contact tracing among meat plant staff, following communication between himself and Minister Harris.
"Neither the HSE nor the Minister for Health are prepared to provide the actual numbers of people contact traced and tested as a result of being in proximity of meat plant employees who tested positive for Covid-19," the TD remarked.
Naughten argued that: "In recent weeks, the HSE has been playing with words rather than giving straight answers as to the contact tracing of meat plant workers and those in close contact with them."
Concern remains over contact tracing among meat plant staff
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Maine Turnpike Authority seeks Corps permit to reconstruct Exit 45 off Maine Turnpike in South Portland
CONCORD, Mass. – The Maine Turnpike Authority is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District to conduct work in waters of the U.S. in conjunction with the reconstruction of Exit 45 off the Maine Turnpike (Maine Mall Exit) in South Portland, Maine.
The Maine Turnpike Authority proposes to place temporary and permanent fill material in freshwater wetlands adjacent to Red Brook, Long Creek, and their unnamed tributaries in conjunction with the reconstruction of Exit 45 off the Maine Turnpike (Maine Mall Exit) in South Portland.
The proposed project is designed to maintain and enhance safety and operational efficiency for current and future traffic by replacing the substandard Exit 45 ramp bridge to remedy deficiencies, replacing the current obsolete toll plaza with modern tolling facilities and technology meeting turnpike-wide system requirements, and improving the highway and toll plaza geometrics in accordance with design standards.
Impacts to aquatic resources include approximately 5.86 acres of permanent and 2.15 acres of temporary wetland fills. All but 2.86 acres of the 5.86 acres of permanent wetland impact will be to wetlands routinely kept cleared as part of turnpike right-of-way maintenance.
To compensate for the project's projected natural resource impacts, including unavoidable impacts to waterways and wetlands, the applicant proposes a contribution to the Maine Natural Resource Mitigation Fund (Maine In Lieu Fee Program) in the compensation plan. The applicant is proposing these measures seeking to compensate for and lessen the project's impact on aquatic and other natural resources.
A public notice is soliciting comments on this proposed project from the interested or affected public as well as those agencies who speak to the public interest. It also solicits recommendations for alternative measures not yet identified by the applicant. After receipt of the comments, the Corps will obtain any necessary additional information from the applicant and determine whether the proposed measure is practicable and serves to help mitigate this project's unavoidable impacts.
The application for the federal permit was filed with the Corps in compliance with Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, which regulates the discharge or fill of material in U.S. waters, including wetlands. The public notice, with more specifics on the work proposed by the Maine Turnpike Authority, can be viewed on the Corps website at https://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/PublicNotices/.
Public comments on this work proposed by the Maine Turnpike Authority (file # NAE-2018-02924) should be forwarded no later than July 4, 2019 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, Regulatory Division, Maine Project Office (ATTN: Jay Clement), 442 Civic Center Drive, Suite 350, Augusta, Maine, 04330. Additional information is available from Permit Project Manager Jay Clement at 207-623-8367, ext. 1 or by email to: jay.l.clement@usace.army.mil.


Life has come almost full circle for Abdulla Ajmal, who believes that when it comes to making lifestyle choices, the new age India is ready for their label's "homecoming".
Abdulla, Consulting Perfumer India for perfume brand Ajmal, which is a leading name in the fragrance industry in the UAE since 1976, says besides content, modern Indians want to bottle up the experiences as well.
"Nostalgia for some is marketing tool. For us it is truly an essence and an emotion that has been there. For us, when we say it's homecoming not only because we have done all the nine yards. I've lived all over the world, studied and exposed to biggest and best in the world.
"We feel the need to come back as now India has the time, the opportunity and the appetite. The taste is going to grow, the young population is going to ask for things which are lifestyle related. The question now is 'How do I make myself more presentable?', not 'how I look but how people perceive me?'" Abdulla told PTI in an interview here.
The man, who is the first of third generation of his brood to join the family business, says India has its own peculiarities.
Abdulla says besides commercialisation, the idea of penetrating Indian market stems from the fact that fragrance industry is currently in its nascent stage but it promises to grow at a faster rate.
The origins of brand Ajmal can be traced in Hojai, a village situated at 165km from Guwahati in Assam, where Abdulla's grandfather Haji Ajmal Ali hailed from.


Tasmanian fruit growers have warned the state's $40 million apple industry would be devastated if fireblight takes hold.
Fruit growers support moves by the Federal Government to appeal against the World Trade Organisation's decision to lift the ban on New Zealand apple imports.
The ban has been in place for 90 years to protect the Australian apple and pear industry from fireblight, a disease which destroys crops.
The WTO has found the ban unduly restricts trade and is not sufficiently supported by scientific evidence.
But Fruit Growers Tasmania president Jos Driesen says it is a quarantine - not trade - matter.
"Fireblight is very difficult to control and one of the measures that they use to control fireblight is with antibiotics and all antibiotics are not registered," she said.
"There's no antibiotic that we can use in Australia to spray on fireblight."