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Greetings from David L. Kim, NAPCA President & CEO
Dear Friends and Partners,
It is with great sense of honor that I introduce myself as the new President and CEO of NAPCA. The emotions are intense and bittersweet as I join the organization in continuing its service-minded work for our cherished elders. To say times have been challenging is an understatement and I share the immense pain and anguish of loss that many of you are experiencing in this moment. With the meteoric rise of anti-Asian hate-incidents coupled with the devastating toll the pandemic has taken, older Americans have been disproportionately impacted in a manner that can only be described as critical, if not catastrophic.
It is in this "perfect storm" that we must redouble our efforts to assisting the most vulnerable in our communities. We must continue to raise our voices to speak on their behalf. We must facilitate access to the necessary support and services they so desperately need. The daunting work that lies ahead of us can only be achieved through cooperation. Therefore, I urge all in the NAPCA family to take responsibility and explore ways you can best assist the needs of the community.
I have built my career on a foundation of community-based networking that has raised funds and delivered relief to countless individuals in need. It is my hope to leverage this experience and the relationships I have developed over the years to create the most positive outcomes for those we serve. It will be imperative to counsel and advise our policy leaders so that solutions are equitable. Being based in Washington D.C. and having allies here will strengthen our position as the leading advocates for AANHPI elders. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our elders for paving the way for our younger generations. And to our front-line medical and nursing professionals for the care and life-saving services they have continued to tirelessly and selflessly provide during the pandemic. And finally, to the caregiving professionals and loving family members who tend to the aging with patience and compassion every day. Let me express my deepest gratitude and admiration for all that you do. Our organization will continue to uplift and assist you in our fullest capacity through our in-language resources and Helpline as well as our community-driven campaigns.
Finally, I would be remiss if I didn't thank my predecessor, Joon Bang for his tremendous efforts to elevate NAPCA to where it is today and acknowledge his leadership in re-establishing a strong foundation for NAPCA's future that the board has placed in my hands.
I certainly can't achieve success alone so I ask you to please join us as we build a better nation for our beloved elders and their families.
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In our Behind the Scenes series, CNN correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events. CNN's Ed Henry reports on President Bush's efforts to broker a Mideast peace deal before the end of his presidency.
President Bush, center, holds hands with Ehud Olmert, left, and Mahmoud Abbas in Maryland last year.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As I got ready to head back to Jerusalem with President Bush on Tuesday, I keep flashing back to one particularly eye-opening moment during his last trip to the region in search of a peace deal four months ago.
On that morning in January, members of the press corps boarded bulletproof buses for the journey from Jerusalem to Ramallah for Bush's press conference at the former compound of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, which had been bombed by Israeli forces many years ago.
We were also told the Secret Service had recommended that the Hebrew letters on our Israeli buses be covered with masking tape to make us less of a target for potential suicide bombers during our trek to the Palestinian territories -- a stark reminder of the horrific violence always lurking in the region.
"I'm not a timetable person," he said, before stopping himself and adding: "Actually, I am on a timetable -- got 12 months."
There was laughter in the room, including from the president as he stopped and realized that he had just blurted out something that is obvious and yet the White House hates to admit: His time in office is dwindling fast.
That's why Bush's second trip to the Mideast this year has so much urgency. Let's not forget that during his first trip, the president was downright bullish about the prospects for a peace deal before he leaves office.
"I believe it's possible, not only possible, I believe that it is going to happen, that there will be a signed peace treaty by the time I leave office. That's what I believe," Bush said at a January news conference in Ramallah.
"It's kind of a gloomy mood, you might say, in the region," said Scott Lasensky of the United States Institute of Peace.
Olmert has vehemently denied any wrongdoing, and he recently vowed to resign if he is indicted as a way of trying to make the probe slightly less distracting.
Amid the public pessimism, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Monday that quiet progress is being made.
"I don't think that you can deduce what's happening behind closed doors because we don't know," Perino told reporters. "And I actually think they're making more progress than we're able to say, because they're doing it in a way that is the right way to negotiate a deal."
Maybe. But time is running out. The clock that Bush referred to in January is now down to eight months -- and ticking.


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Q: PHP - Two Widgetized Div's in One (non widget) Div I'm having trouble trying to get two widgetized div's nestled inside one div. I have the CSS down, it's just the PHP coding part in the main page. The functions are working perfectly, and I already have the widgets running perfect where they need to be in the widget area.
I want it to display as;
Home Display
>Home Display Left (then close div)
>Home Display Right (then close div)
(close Home Display div)

This is my code:
function home_display_left() {
    echo '

';
    genesis_widget_area( 'home-display-left', array(
        'before' => '
',

';
        genesis_widget_area( 'home-display-right', array(
            'before' => '
',
            'after' => '
',
        )
    );
    echo '

';
}

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong, or help me by providing me the right code based off of above?
Thanks!

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Giovanni Ribisi Reunites With Seth MacFarlane For A Million Ways To Die In The West
By Eric Eisenberg published 6 March 13
Giovanni Ribisi and Seth MacFarlane proved that they worked together well on Ted, the actor playing the creepy, Ted-obsessed dad who enjoys dancing to Tiffany's "I Think We're Alone Now," and hopefully they'll be able to bring that same connection to MacFarlane's A Million Ways To Die In The West.
Deadline has learned that Ribisi is the latest actor to join the cast of the new comedy western, which is already set to star Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried and MacFarlane in his first live-action starring role. Written by the director and co-writers Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild, the story centers on a weak-willed sheep farmer named Albert (MacFarlane) who is dumped by his girlfriend (Seyfried) after chickening out of a duel. Leaving town on a mission to become a man and when back her heart, he meets the wife of an outlaw (Theron) who teaches him how to shoot.
The site says that Ribisi will play Albert's friend Edward, "a simple shoe repairman who bears up with a girlfriend who won't have sex with him, but as a working prostitute she's doing it with everybody else." He has a side plot with the star in which Albert tries to get Edward into the dating scene.
Ribisi most recently starred in Ruben Fleischer's Gangster Squad and will appear alongside Chris Evans, Aubrey Plaza, Michelle Monaghan, Topher Grace, Luke Wilson and many more in Justin Reardon's A Many Splintered Thing later this year. He is currently filming the Shane Christian Eason-directed drama Papa with Sharon Stone and Minka Kelly.
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Q: how can I pass a dictionary from javascript to flask? I want to pass a dictionary (button_state) from javascript to python using flask and jquery.
On the jquery side, I have:
$(".btn#submit").click(function(event){
    newdata = JSON.stringify(buttons_state);
    console.log("submission button POST attempt: " + newdata)

    $.ajax({
        url: '/submission',
        dataType: 'json',
        type: 'post',
        contentType: 'application/json',
        data: newdata,
        processData: false,
        success: function(response){
            console.log(response);
        },
        error: function(error){
            console.log(error);
        }
    });

});

On the server side:
@app.route('/submission', methods=['POST'])
def submission():
    info = request.get_json(silent=False)
    return info

But I am getting an Error 500:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/timrand/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-
packages/flask/app.py", line 2292, in wsgi_app
    response = self.full_dispatch_request()
  File "/Users/timrand/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-
packages/flask/app.py", line 1816, in full_dispatch_request
    return self.finalize_request(rv)
  File "/Users/timrand/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-
packages/flask/app.py", line 1831, in finalize_request
    response = self.make_response(rv)
  File "/Users/timrand/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-
packages/flask/app.py", line 1982, in make_response
    reraise(TypeError, new_error, sys.exc_info()[2])
  File "/Users/timrand/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-
packages/flask/_compat.py", line 34, in reraise
    raise value.with_traceback(tb)
  File "/Users/timrand/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-
packages/flask/app.py", line 1974, in make_response
rv = self.response_class.force_type(rv, request.environ)
  File "/Users/timrand/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-
packages/werkzeug/wrappers.py", line 921, in force_type
response = BaseResponse(*_run_wsgi_app(response, environ))
  File "/Users/timrand/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-
packages/werkzeug/test.py", line 923, in run_wsgi_app
    app_rv = app(environ, start_response)
TypeError: 'dict' object is not callable

The view function did not return a valid response. The return type must be a string, tuple, Response instance, or WSGI callable, but it was a dict.
127.0.0.1 - - [29/Oct/2018 07:53:48] "POST /signUpUser HTTP/1.1" 500 -
It seems that the server code is not correctly retrieving the data or that there is a problem with the way that the data was converted to a string by JSON.stringify. I have read many others with the same problem, and have tried the solutions on stack overflow, but only get Error 400.

A: I tried to send a javascript dictionary to python-flask via ajax, using another approach and it works perfectly. In case the problem is that the server does not find the data (it is most likely), you can take inspiration from the approach that I describe (which seems the simplest in my opinion)
My configuration is different, you can see this discussion or this link for more information.
1. On the HTML side:
Respectively Loading jquery and adding a dynamic path to my site:
<script type=text/javascript src="{{url_for('static', filename='jquery.js') }}"> </script>

<script type=text/javascript>$SCRIPT_ROOT = {{ request.script_root|tojson|safe }}; </script>

2. On the Jquery side:
$(function(){
    $('.btn#submit').bind('click', function(){
        var dict = {};
        dict.key1 = "value1";
        dict.key2 = "value2";

        new_dict = JSON.stringify(dict);

        $.getJSON($SCRIPT_ROOT + '/_submission', {
            dict: new_dict,
        },function(data){
            alert("Data from flask" + data.new_dict_flask);
        });
    });
});

3. On the Flask side:
@app.route('/_submission')
def submission():
    new_dict_flask = request.args.get('dict')
    return jsonify(new_dict_flask=new_dict_flask)


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4. Scroll down to the window that says Link to a file or web site. This is where you enter the URL (Universal Resource Locator) or web address of the page you want to link to.
6. Choose "New Window" (rather than "same window") so that your Moodle page will remain open in a separate window or tab from the external website. When students close the external website, your Moodle page will still be visible.
7. Remember to click Save Changes at the bottom when you are finished.
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Dubsar PR is a Madrid-based public relations agency, so we are familiar with the Spanish market. If you are new in the Spanish sector, we have a solution for your company. Starting is often tricky, but digital tools are for helping you. We understand that a brand name is more than what is shown. Internet plays a main role in increasing your visibility and positioning your brand name.
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Over a thousand kilometres out in the mid-Atlantic, rare rains begin to fall on the volcanic island of Ascension. At the same time, crabs scramble out of their burrows on Green Mountain, the central peak. I watch as they run up the road and through the undergrowth, their bright yellow shells gleaming in the wet.
The crabs look like they own the place. Which they rather do, says Stedson Stroud, the island's conservation development officer. Until humans arrived here, the crabs were the largest land animal on Ascension.
But they remain an enigma. "How did they get here?" Stroud asks. "We have no idea." How are they doing? Nobody knows that either. In the next few months, researchers will make the first concerted effort to answer these questions. The crabs could be prospering, or they may be doomed.
Apart from visiting green turtles and seabirds, the crabs were probably almost alone on the island for most of the million years since it rose above the waves. Johngarthia lagostoma is only found on Ascension and, in much smaller numbers, on three Brazilian islands further west.
Since they can neither swim nor fly, nobody knows how they got here. Being land crabs, they are unlikely to have rafted over on timber from Africa or Brazil, says Richard Hartnoll of the University of Liverpool, UK, their only persistent investigator. Their larvae might have survived long enough to float over on the intermittent ocean currents from the Americas – but their nearest relatives today are to the east, in Africa's Gulf of Guinea.
When the crabs arrived, the vegetation on Ascension Island was limited to a few ferns and grasses amid the clinker. The crabs probably mostly ate bird chicks and baby turtles. But all that changed when the British navy arrived in 1815. Turtle numbers crashed and escaped cats saw off most of the seabirds.
Luckily, British settlers also began farming and planting trees on the mountain, allowing the crabs to switch to a diet of fruit and vegetables. Today, when they come out from their burrows at night and after rains, the crabs feast on introduced guava and prickly pear, plus the occasional rat.
At first, the crabs prospered. By the 1880s, they so infested the place that naval ratings were offered rum in return for slaughtering them. Within one year, 115,000 had perished. But no one knows how many there are today, how long they live, or whether their numbers are rising or falling, says the island's chief scientist, Nicola Weber. Some fear they may be on the brink of a population crash.
Every year, in one of the animal kingdom's most extraordinary migrations, female crabs leave their mountain fastness. They lower themselves hundreds of metres down cliffs, then dodge predatory seabirds as they clamber over bare rock to the shore, where they release eggs into the approaching waves. The larvae float at sea for three weeks before coming ashore as tiny crabs, which scuttle up the mountain to join their parents.
But the migration may be on its last legs. Although baby crabs are occasionally spotted on the shore, Hartnoll says juveniles are rare. Nobody knows why that might be. What's more, the last known big influx was 50 years ago: in March 1963, thousands of tiny crabs charged up the beach and ran through the island's capital, Georgetown. "We fear a recruitment crisis," says Weber.
Or maybe things are just as they should be. The larvae depend on winds and currents to survive, so major influxes may be naturally rare. And many of their spawning sites are inaccessible to humans, so baby crabs could be sneaking ashore unnoticed.
Next year, Hartnoll hopes to start unravelling the mystery of Ascension's kings of the hill, in a new research project funded by Fauna and Flora International.
That in itself is a breakthrough. For decades, he says, conservationists have rushed to defend the island's nesting green turtles, and have spent millions of pounds culling feral cats to allow the return of seabirds like the endemic Ascension frigatebird. The land crab was largely forgotten.
Now Ascension's most enigmatic and reclusive creature has finally become a flagship species. But is it too late?


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The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/2007/09/28/cornell-hosts-invitational/)
Cornell Hosts Invitational
By John Forman | September 28, 2007
"A swing and a drive." While most associate this classic sports phrase with baseball players sending balls over the fence, some picture a polo-clad Cornell student driving a slightly smaller ball 200 yards onto the well-groomed fairway of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course. With the nation's attention turned to the close of baseball's regular season this weekend, the golf team will focus on playing host at the Cornell Invitational
The Red return home coming off a third-place finish at last weekend's Leo Keenan Invitational held at St. Bonaventure. After a shaky Day 1 ended with the Red in seventh place, Cornell's five golfers collectively dropped 15 strokes from their first round total to jump into third place, finishing only seven strokes behind the first-place St. Bonaventure. Sophomore Robert Cronheim led the second-round charge, shooting a two-under 68 to finish tied for second.
"Although we played a nervous first round of the year, we rebounded on the second day and demonstrated what I knew we were capable of," said senior captain Bret Perry, who finished 14th at St. Bonaventure and second at last year's Cornell Invitational. "Shooting the [third-lowest] team score of the tournament and demonstrating that type of resiliency is very encouraging. It's given us all a boost of confidence going into this weekend that will make us tough to beat."
Cornell will welcome several teams — including St. Bonaventure — to East Hill for 36 holes tomorrow and another 18 on Sunday. According to the golfers, the field will be more competitive than what they saw at St. Bonaventure.
At the 2006 Cornell Invitational, the Red finished third behind Rider and St. Bonaventure. This year, the title is up for grabs, as defending champion Rider will not be visiting Ithaca. This also means that Rider senior Tyler Brewington, last year's winner at Cornell and last weekend's winner at St. Bonaventure, will not be in the field. All things considered, the Red has high hopes.
"We have very high expectations," Cronheim said. "Third place isn't bad coming back from seventh, and we can't be disappointed. But the goal is always to win."
At last year's invitational, Cornell ended the first round in second and only one stroke behind the leader before eventually falling off the pace and finishing six strokes back in third place. This week, team, as well as individual consistency, will be the key to victory
"The goal is always to win and play the best we can play," Cronheim said. "This weekend we definitely want to be able to put it together for a few rounds.
Senior captain Robbie Fritz, who placed 33rd at St. Bonaventure, was also among those who sees room for improvement and hopes for a higher level of consistency around the greens this weekend
"I am not satisfied with the way I played last weekend," Fritz said. "I hit the ball well both days but had trouble around the greens.
For Fritz, a weekend at home on the course he knows best may prove vital in returning to true form.
"I am confident with the way I am hitting the ball, all I need to do is fine tune my short game," Fritz said. "I expect to perform much better around the greens, considering I know the greens at the Robert Trent Jones golf course very well.
While Fritz — who has placed second and third, respectively, at the Cornell Invitational in previous years — is hoping that this weekend will help him get back on track, his teammates are hoping to keep the momentum rolling at home.
"We're so lucky to get to play on a course as spectacular as the R.T.J.," said senior captain Austin Lord. "They really get it firmed up and rolling well for the tournament, so knowing where to hit it, especially on the greens, is a big advantage.
"Obviously we know the golf course well," Cronheim said. "We know where we want to hit the ball and where you don't want to hit it. There are some awkward shots, but we are all confident hitting them, whereas our visitors are not so confident."
The importance of having a home-course advantage this weekend could not have been stressed more by the players. The Robert Trent Jones Golf Course is the Red's practice course, and is viewed by many opponents as one of the most difficult courses to play on each season
"[Playing at home] is important," Perry said. "Every tournament we go to, teams are always asking us about the condition of our course because it's one of the best and most challenging courses we play throughout the year. The ability to practice every day on our course is a significant advantage."
Hopefully the advantage of playing at home will translate into success for the team's four seniors playing competitively at Robert Trent Jones for the final time
"We're looking for a strong performance this weekend," Lord said. "For a lot of us, it will be our last home tournament, so that gives it a little more significance. I expect us to go out and compete for first place."
Even though the Red will be backed with golfers who have experienced success at this tournament, the squad does not want to have to settle for the silver this weekend.
"We should win this weekend," Perry said. "Despite the fact that this is one of the best fields we'll compete against all year, I still think that the talent level we have on the team now, our current mindset, and our course knowledge give us a good chance to defend our home turf."
Golf Uses Strong Finish to Take 3rd in Cornell Invitational
By Josh Zhu September 18, 2017
I'm confident that we can be very successful if we just keep preparing like we have been and with the team we have right now.
Cornell Golf Buzzing After Three Straight Top Three Finishes
With a third place finish at last weekend's Quechee Club Collegiate Challenge to combine with a first place spot at the previous weekend's Cornell Invitational, the Red has now placed in the top three of each of their tournaments this season.


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in: Organizations, Locations, Destroyed, Rebuilt
Buy More
Buy More Logo
Buy More is the electronics retail store featured in the television series Chuck, where Chuck Bartowski and Morgan Grimes work.
In the Chuck universe, it is located at 9000 Burbank Boulevard [1] in Burbank, California, 91506 (This address does not actually exist; addresses along this street in Burbank proper top out at 4300s, and then jump to the 10300s just over the line in the North Hollywood community of Los Angeles on the Los Angeles city street grid.) If Jeff's "resume" is to be trusted, he has worked at the Burbank Buy More for 18 years, since it opened in 1990.
In its trademark green and yellow colors, the store's motto is: "When you buy more, you save more. And when you save more, you can buy more. And when you buy more, you save more. It all starts when you BUY MORE." [2] Along with the regular sales staff; the "green shirts," the store's tech support staff, in white shirts and grey ties, is called the Nerd Herd, with a small fleet of lettered cars for use in service calls.
The Burbank Buy More branch
Note: It is an obvious parody of the blue-and-yellow Best Buy chain with its "Geek Squad" corps of tech support. In reality, as a filming location, the store's exterior shots in all of the episodes, except for the pilot, are of the Sprouts Farmers Market (previously a Mervyn's) at 6605 Fallbrook Ave in West Hills, Calif (located at 34.189041, -118.624363).
Buy More's main competitor is Large Mart, which has a franchise in the same shopping complex. (A Costco in the same shopping center as the "Buy More" is likewise used as the Large Mart exterior.)
Emmett Milbarge and Morgan Grimes have floated the concept of the realm of "Buy-Moria" from time to time.
There is a Bennigan's chain restaurant across the street from the Buy More. [3]
1 Burbank Staff
1.1 Management
1.2 Sales Staff aka Green Shirts
1.3 Nerd Herd
1.4 Former Staff
2 Burbank Buy More
2.1 Manager's Office
2.2 Morgan's Office
2.3 Break Room
2.4 Home Theater Room
2.5 Video Wall
2.6 Aisle Three
2.7 Beverly Hills Buy More
3 Destruction
3.1 Change of Ownership
4 Buy More Events
Burbank Staff[]
Management[]
Chuck (Supervisor, Nerd Herd Division & owner as of Season Four finale)
Moses Finkelstein (Owner until Season Three finale) the photo of whom is actually Paul Marks the Line Producer/Director of the show. He can been seen in the last episode, last scene in the Buy More under the Subway sign with the Production Manager, Doug Ornstein in the green shirt
Mr. Mercer (HR corporate manager)
Morgan Grimes (Assistant manager season 3, Manager season 4-5)
Michael "Big Mike" Tucker (Store Manager season 1-3, Assistant Manager season 4-5)
Sales Staff aka Green Shirts[]
John Casey (unofficial Assistant Manager on Big Mike's holidays)
Roan Montgomery(Chuck Versus the Seduction Impossible)
Agent Greta (Season Four)
Kirk (Season One)
Porter Bauer (Season One)
Marvin Gadsby (Season One)
Cecil Goldenberg (Season One)
Christina James (Season One)
Ruben Magno (Season One)
Sal Sawaya (Season One)
Skye Stoinitz (Season One)
Leticia Williams (Season One)
Sarah Yang (Season One)
Michael (Season One)
Joanna (Season One, Three)
Shelly (Season One)
Harold (Season One)
Shari (Season One)
Roxana (Season One)
Steve (Season Four)
Nerd Herd[]
See: Nerd Herd
Chuck Bartowski (Supervisor)
Jeffrey Barnes
Lester Patel (briefly Assistant Manager during Season Two)
Sam Lembeck (Season One)
William DeBlasio (Season One)
Former Staff[]
Harold Tiberius Tang (Green Shirt; briefly Assistant Manager during Season One)
Anna Wu (Nerd Herd)
Emmett Milbarge (Interim Assistant Manager; Store Manager till Season Three opening)
Hannah (Nerd Herd)
*Note: Of the support staff, very few ever had lines prior to the series finale, Bunny, Kirk, and Skip were those who did. With the finale, the producers made sure each loyal Moron was given a line of dialogue.
Burbank Buy More[]
Manager's Office[]
In the pilot, the office was merely a partitioned space at the back of the store. For the remained of the series, however, the office was a room apart, holding the manager's desk, the store safe, and most prominently, Norman, the Marlin, purchased by Big Mike on e-bay, and hung on his office wall. The office became Emmett's after his coup, and then Morgan's in season 4.
Morgan's Office[]
Morgan's Office as assistant manager is actually a repurposed broom closet, located on one side of the store, and is the location of several important events in the Chuck universe. In Chuck Versus the Marlin, the Buy More employees are interviewed about the break in at the store, and in Chuck Versus the First Date, Big Mike offers Chuck the position of assistant manager in his office. It became Emmett Milbarge's office for a brief time during Season Two, before his death in Chuck Versus the Pink Slip, and Big Mike returns as store manager. When Diane Beckman becomes manager for two episodes, it serves as her office until when Morgan is promoted to manager, it then becomes his office.
Break Room[]
The Buy More break room is where the employees of the Buy More hang out during their breaks and have their lunches. The room is a single large space with several tables, vending machines, and employee lockers. The room is also used when Emmett Milbarge was interrogating the staff, for his office space, and for a first aid class, taught by Devon Woodcomb.
Behind the lockers on one wall of the break room, is a secret tunnel with a fingerprint security keypad which leads to Castle, and which is used for covert entry and exit from the Buy More.
Home Theater Room[]
The Home Theater Room is an entertainment center located at the back of the Buy More store. It is a small room outfitted with a large flat-screen television and a large couch, designed to offer shoppers a chance to watch films or play video games. Once the CIA comes to town, however, the system, including the flat-screen TV, is heavily modified to allow video conferencing with the CIA and NSA, access to almost every aspect of the US military and intelligence services, even as far as coordinating flight plans for US Air Force bombers, as revealed in Chuck Versus the Sandworm.
In Season 1, Chuck, Sarah and Casey use the Home Theater Room as their main communications base, before the construction of Castle. It is subsequently outfitted with a secret entrance to Castle, accessed through a hatch behind the couch. It is still occasionally used for mission briefings, and as part of Buy More sub-plots, notably in Chuck Versus the Break-Up when Morgan is forced to deal with a gang of unruly jocks who have taken over the Home Theater Room, and in Chuck Versus the Mask, when Ellie and Morgan find out about Chuck's relationship with Hannah after they discover the two making out in the Home Theater Room.
Video Wall[]
Although not often used directly by the team, the store's video wall is one of the Buy More's prominent features. Videos played often subtly reference the main plots or themes of an episode in the background: such as clips of What's Opera, Doc? run throughout Chuck Versus the Fat Lady in which a part of the episode occurs in an opera house. In Chuck Versus the First Date Casablanca can be seen (the plot of which the episode itself frequently parallels) while in Chuck Versus the Sensei a movie featuring ninjas is played, which mirrors the plot hinging on Ty Bennett and his history with Casey. And, significantly, Chuck first uses the wall to help out a man and his daughter in the pilot, demonstrating to Sarah what a genuinely nice guy he is.
Aisle Three[]
Aisle Three is almost always the answer as to where to find a given product in the store when requesting help of the staff.
In Chuck Versus the Pink Slip, Chuck is directed to Aisle Three for cheese balls. It is also where Ellie and Devon are directed when requesting baby gear, such as in in Chuck Versus the Bearded Bandit when Devon asks for baby pads.
Beverly Hills Buy More[]
The Beverly Hills branch of the Buy More is located at 10100 Wiltshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California, 90212, and is featured in Chuck Versus the Predator, when the Beverly Hills employees, angry that the Burbank branch will receive the new Roark Instruments R7 before them, cover the store in toilet paper.
A drone targets the Beverly Hills Buy More
The Beverly Hills employees then confront their Burbank counterparts, but Big Mike insists on no retaliation. When Fulcrum, Chuck, Casey, and Sarah break into the Buy More later to steal back Orion's Laptop, Casey punches Emmett who is standing guard in defense of the store, knocking him out. Big Mike believes this to be the work of the Beverly Hills Buy More, and he, along with Morgan, Jeff, Lester and Emmett, break into the Beverly Hills store and knock over most of the display shelves.
When Lester, Jeff, and Morgan use Orion's Laptop, believing it to be the R.I. R7, they target the Beverly Hills Buy More with a real Predator drone, believing it to be a highly realistic simulator. Chuck, however, manages to retrieve the laptop and cancels the air strike just as the Predator is about to arm its weapons.
Destruction[]
In Chuck Versus the Ring: Part 2 Big Mike gets a call from a mysterious man, Moses, telling him that because his sales are down the store will be closing.
A worried Mike talks with Jeff and Lester, and Lester suggests that the Buy More has a closing sale to make up the extra cash and prove that the store can sell inventory. Big Mike agrees and the sale is on. However, Buy More Beverly Hills employees appear at the store later and are angry about the sales, saying that all the products should be moved to the Beverly Hills Buy More. Big Mike, Lester and Jeff hide, and he admits to them that Moses couldn't protect them anymore.
In the same episode, Daniel Shaw lures Chuck out of Castle for a final showdown, fighting Intersect against Intersect, after planting bombs all over the Buy More and threatening to blow up the store. The Buy More is evacuated by Big Mike, so that he can escape from the aforementioned Buy More suits. With the store empty, Shaw and Chuck fight it out, whilst a handcuffed Sarah watches. Chuck finally beats Shaw and Shaw is knocked out by Sarah. In the aftermath, a team of CIA cleaners dressed as firemen, are searching for the trigger to the explosives that Shaw set up. Morgan finds the trigger but accidentally drops it, and everyone runs out of the Buy More as explodes.
Due to an earlier conversation with Big Mike, where Jeff and Lester suggested that blowing up the Burbank Buy More would be a good method of solving the problems with the Buy More suits, Big Mike shot down this idea, everyone now thinks that Jeff and Lester were the ones who destroyed the Buy More, their photos are posted on the evening news as persons of interest in the investigation.
Change of Ownership[]
After the Buy More sub station was abandoned by the CIA, Chuck, using the cover of Carmichael Industries, bought the store and the Castle below it for the headquarters of his newly established freelance spy company.
In the series finale, the Buy More location was apparently purchased by Subway.
Buy More Events[]
When Lester's aggressively senseless sales policy puts the Buy More out of $3,700, he organizes a massive kegger party at the Burbank Buy More and charges attendees by the head to make up the missing cash.
Chuck Bartowski became the Missile Command world champion in a special event at the Burbank Boulevard Buy More.
Both the Burbank and Beverly Hills Buy More stores are targeted by the MQ-1 Predator drone for an air strike when Jeff, Lester, and Morgan use Orion's laptop to program the drone, thinking it is a realistic flight simulator.
Chuck purchases the Buy More using assets he gains from Vivian Volkoff and Hartley Winterbottom
↑ "Chuck Versus the Seduction", the rendezvous address phoned to Casey and Sarah's abductors
↑ Chuck Versus the Intersect, seen on a sign near Morgan late in the episode.
↑ "Chuck Versus the Marlin"}


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The Effect of Spent Mushroom Substrate on Blood Metabolites and Weight Gain in Kurdish Male Lambs
Sh. Ehtesham, A. R. Vakili
The objective of this study was use different levels of spent mushroom substrate as a suitable substitute for wheat straw in the ration of male lambs. In this study 20 male lambs with the age of 90 days and initial average weight of 33± 1.7 kg were used. The animals were divided separately into single boxes with four treatments (control treatment, spent mushroom substrate 15%, spent mushroom substrate 25% and spent mushroom substrate 35%) and five replications. The experiment period was 114 days being 14 days adaptation and 90 days for breeding. On the days 36 and 94, blood samples were taken from the jugular vein. In order to carry out the trial, 20 male lambs received the four experimental diets in completely randomized design. The statistical analyses were carried out by using the GLM procedure of SAS 9.1. Means among treatments were compared by Tukey test. The results of the study showed that there was no significant differences between the serum biochemical and hematological contents of the lambs in the four treatments (p>0.05). A significant difference was observed between the spent mushroom substrate 25% and other treatments in average daily gain and final weight of the Kurdish lambs (p<0.05). It was concluded that spent mushroom substrate consumption has no harmful effect on the blood parameters of Kurdish male lambs. It is recommended that 25% of wheat straw could be replaced by spent mushroom substrate.
Key words: Alternative food, Nutrition, Sheep performance.
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The story of the mighty Subaru…
The story of the mighty Subaru Impreza
David Finlay
Subaru Imprezas can be divided into two groups: the technically interesting but otherwise straightforward saloons, hatchbacks and estates which have been sold for over a quarter of a century, and the high-performance models with powerful turbocharged petrol engines. The latter have attracted more passionate interest thanks to their success in the World Rally Championship, where they took over from the larger Legacy model in the mid 1990s, and in many lower levels of competition. As Mitsubishi did with the Evo, Subaru gained enormous publicity through rallying the Imprezas, though – also like Mitsubishi – it no longer uses motorsport as part of its global marketing strategy.
Introducing the Impreza
From the start, Imprezas have had 'boxer' engines (whose low centre of gravity is very useful) and, with only a few exceptions, four-wheel drive. The first cars were launched in 1992, at a time when Subaru had quite a low profile outside Japan.
Impreza Turbo
High-performance versions were initially known in the UK simply as Impreza Turbo 2000 and were available with both saloon and estate body styles. The estates were more practical, but the stiffer structure of the saloons meant they handled noticeably better when driven hard.
The value of rallying
Participation in motorsport boosted the Impreza's popularity very quickly. It first appeared in the World Rally Championship in 1993, and won its first event (the Acropolis Rally in Greece) the following year in the hands of Carlos Sainz. Sainz and his team-mate Colin McRae battled hard in 1995 and came into the final, British round level on points. McRae won the event (as he had done in 1994), and with it his only World Championship title and the first for a British driver.
The Series McRae
As manufacturers often do, Subaru marked its motorsport success by producing a special edition of the standard road car. The Series McRae featured dark blue paintwork and gold wheels, which remained the classic colour scheme of hot Imprezas for many years.
Not so hot
Although the turbo cars are more exciting, it's worth remembering that non-turbo Imprezas could be great to drive too. One excellent example is the Sport launched in 1997 and easily recognised as a non-turbo because it did not have an air intake on the bonnet. Essentially a GL with front foglights and slightly different wheels and tyres, it produced a maximum of just 116bhp, far short of the 200bhp which even the least powerful turbos could manage. Despite being slow in a straight line, however, it handled absolutely beautifully thanks to the low centre of gravity shared by all Imprezas and soft but well-damped suspension.
The 22B
One of the best-loved Imprezas of the 20th century was the 22B special edition. It had wider than usual bodywork and uprated suspension and brakes. Its engine, enlarged by 10% to 2.2 litres, officially produced 280bhp, the agreed maximum figure for Japanese performance cars at that time.
The RB5
Another fast Impreza produced in small numbers was the RB5 of 1999. Less powerful than the 22B or the later P1, it was still pretty quick, especially if fitted with the optional Prodrive Performance Pack, named after the British company which developed and ran the rally cars. RB stood for Richard Burns, who was employed by Subaru as a driver at the time and will make another appearance in our story shortly.
A new Impreza
The original model was replaced by a slightly larger one in 2000. All versions had very distinctive headlights which were changed frequently and led to the car being given nicknames such as bugeye, blobeye and hawkeye.
Second-generation WRX
WRX had become the name for turbocharged Imprezas, with STI (Subaru Tecnica International) being added for the really fast ones. Subaru brought out a new WRX on an annual basis for a few years, some versions being noticeably better than others, and raised the engine capacity from two to 2.5 litres, though without much effect on the straightline performance.
The first special edition of the new era was 2001's UK300, sold only with the traditional blue and gold colour scheme. The power output of the engine – still a two-litre at this point – was 215bhp as standard or 245bhp with the Performance Pack.
Burns the champion
In 2001, Richard Burns, mentioned earlier, became the second of three Impreza drivers (after McRae and before Petter Solberg) to win the World Rally Championship. The secret to his success was consistency. He won only one round, compared with three each for his nearest rivals, but retired less often and finished on the podium more often than any of them. Burns later suffered a brain tumour and died at the age of 34, exactly four years after becoming World Champion.
Burns tribute
Burns was honoured after his death by the RB320, a special version of the STI. The initials were his own, and 320 referred to the increased power output of the engine in kilowatts (the equivalent of 316bhp) which you could already have in an STI if you bought the Performance Pack. The RB320 also had uprated suspension which, among other things, gave it a lower ride height than the standard car.
The hatchback era
The third-generation Impreza, launched in 2007, was the first with a hatchback body style. This was the only option for UK buyers, who are more enthusiastic about hatchbacks than those in other countries.
The first hot Impreza of this generation was slower than the WRX which immediately preceded it, despite lower gearing, and had inferior fuel economy and CO2 emissions. This was possibly due to aerodynamic drag, which is generally worse in hatchbacks than in saloons. The engine was mounted lower than before, and that helped the handling, but there was early criticism that Subaru's fondness for soft suspension had been taken too far this time. Subaru responded by making the car firmer for the 2009 model year.
The last really powerful car to bear the Impreza name was the Cosworth STI CS400. Cosworth, the British company responsible for the most successful Grand Prix engine of all time, did all the development work, which included increasing the power output to 395bhp. The car, which cost just short of £50,000, had an official 0-62mph time of 3.7 seconds, though with a slicker gearchange it could probably have done better than that.
Losing the name
The Cosworth car was an anomaly because by the time it appeared Subaru had decided it would use the Impreza name only for diesel and non-turbo petrol cars. The last car in the series (so far) was known simply as the WRX STI. A Final Edition version went on sale in the UK in 2018.
On the Isle of Man
Subaru has made successful attempts to break the car record on the Isle of Man TT course with the WRX STI. Local rally driver set a new mark in 2011 with a mildly modified car, and then demolished this five years later in a spectacularly powerful one prepared for competition. His 128mph average speed compares favourably with Peter Hickman's current bike record of 135mph.
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This week on The Best of Car Talk, is Sarah responsible for her backyard mechanic's professional development? He may have messed up replacing her Accord's clutch. Should Sarah give him another shot, this time on the transmission? Elsewhere, Kathy needs help getting her husband to dump his beloved Corolla before the gas tank falls out and Mary can't decide whether her son should accept his girlfriend's mother's offer of a free Dart. Also, Larry's got a question involving ground straps, lightning, and life insurance; Paula's friend left her lights on and blamed the car for the battery dying; and are Chana's father and husband's advice both ice cold on warming up her car? All this and more, this week on The Best of Car Talk.


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Air Travel Hits Pandemic High
Air travel reached a pandemic high this weekend despite a surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the highly contagious delta variant.
More than 2.2 million people went through U.S. airport checkpoints on Sunday [8/1/2021], according to data from the Transportation Security Administration. That's the highest figure the agency reported since the start of the pandemic, but still down 17 percent from the same day in 2019.
The spike in summer travel has caused thousands of delays and cancellations in recent months. Those issues persisted over the weekend, with major carriers canceling hundreds of flights in recent days due to poor weather and staffing shortages.
Spirit Airlines canceled hundreds of flights over the last two days, including 41 percent of its flights as of Tuesday morning, according to data from FlightAware. The company blamed the flight cancellations on weather and unspecified operational challenges.
American Airlines canceled 850 flights between Sunday and Monday amid thunderstorms. The airline canceled an additional 280 flights as of Tuesday morning, about 9 percent of its flights, according to FlightAware.
Airlines and airports have struggled to find enough workers to meet rising demand despite receiving $54 billion in federal aid to keep employees on their payrolls during the pandemic.
The delays and cancellations have drawn scrutiny from lawmakers, including Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform Committee and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee.
The summer surge in air travel has given a financial boost to airlines, which suffered huge losses during much of the pandemic. Delta, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines reported their first profits of the pandemic in the second quarter of 2021, thanks in part to billions in federal assistance.
The industry's recovery is threatened by a recent increase in COVID-19 cases due to the spread of the delta variant. While some travel experts say the variant's rapid spread could dampen demand for air travel, airline executives say it hasn't yet affected ticket sales.
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J-Pop Group FAKY on Being Inspired by Ed Sheeran: 'The Lyrics Are So Raw'
Erica Russell Published: May 16, 2017
From Perfume to Kyary Pamyu Pamyu to BABYMETAL, the past few years have seen a handful of Japanese music artists and groups make a splash in the West. With their eye-popping style, instantly catchy dance-pop and colorful, stylish music videos, J-pop girl group FAKY could be next on that list.
Comprised of global singer-dancers Anna (New Zealand), Lil' Fang (Tokyo), Mikako (Fukuoka) and Akina (Los Angeles), FAKY officially debuted under an Avex sub-label in 2013. After a mini member shakeup, the group rebooted in late 2015 stronger than ever, releasing their flamenco-tinged R&B banger "You" and the thumping, hand clap-and-horn-featuring "Candy," along with its impossible not to dance along with video.
Ahead of the quartet's debut mini-album release, we caught up with the group's youngest member Akina, who grew up in California, to talk about their international pop inspirations, their early '00s-influenced music video for "Surrender" and why impacting U.S. radio is a goal.
Many fans have described your sound and image as being more akin to Western pop groups like Fifth Harmony and Little Mix, or even similar to K-pop artists, rather than traditional J-pop idol groups. What are your thoughts about that comparison?
I wouldn't categorize our music into a specific genre because it really is a diverse collection of sounds we, as a group, like. We all grew up listening to different genres of music and we want to express that through the music we release!
The "Surrender" music video—which, by the way, is one of my favorite songs this year!—reminds me so much of early 2000s pop, like TLC. What was the inspiration for the video?
That's exactly what we were going for! We take inspiration from iconic girl groups and try our best to keep the label of "girl groups" fresh and real. For the music video, our main focus was to express our individual personalities. Apart from our choreographed dance piece, the rest of what you see in the music video is freestyle that shows our unique characters.
Who are some artists or bands that inspire you?
I personally take a lot of inspiration from artists such as BANKS, Jhene Aiko and Ed Sheeran. My favorite taste in music is the mellow genre of contemporary R&B and acoustic. I also love how these artists' lyrics are so raw and straight from their hearts whether it be painfully true or of happy thoughts.
Are you focusing mostly on the Japanese music market right now, or do you have hopes to conquer international radio?
We have high high hopes of taking over the radio globally! Personally, growing up in America, I listened to the radio on the way to school everyday and I would love for students to be able to jam out to one of our songs before entering school!
Can you explain what FAMM'in is?
Famm'in is a sub unit consisted of Faky, [Japanese electro-pop duo] Femm and [J-pop singer] Yup'in.
What do you think each of you as individual members bring to the group?
I don't think FAKY would be as special as we are if it wasn't for what each member brings to the group! Anna brings poise and elegance with her presence. Lil' Fang brings a reckless, rocker girl vibe. Mikako brings a high-fashion model look that attracts all eyes. I would say I bring a typical American teenager aura to lift the members' spirits when needed.
Who are some other J-pop artists you would recommend to Western listeners?
I recommend for people who haven't yet, check out Koda Kumi's music. The members and I have been to her live concerts several times and can positively say she has never disappointed!
You recently performed at Pop Spring Japan. Are there any festivals outside of Japan that you'd love to perform at?
The opportunity to perform at Pop Spring was truly a blessing! If we're were able to perform at any festival outside of Japan, I would love for it to be Coachella or SxSW.
You have a new EP/mini-album due out in June. What are you most excited about with regards to releasing Unwrapped?
ather than saying we're excited about the title that comes with having our major debut itself, we are more excited for the many more opportunities that come with it. We are looking forward for more and more people to be able to listen to our music and to gain new fans who hadn't heard of us before the debut.
What would you like to say to your international fans?
I just want to give a huge thank you to everyone who supports us all around the world! We really hope that we can meet each and every one of you and will work hard so that it can happen! We are so grateful for your continuous support.
FAKY's Unwrapped is out June 14.
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Executive Director's Report – September 28, 2015
ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
TO THE SAN FRANCISCO ETHICS COMMISSION
For the Meeting of September 28, 2015.
1. Public Financing in the November 3, 2015 Election
As of September 22, 2015, the Commission has disbursed a total of $207,956 in public funds to two candidates seeking election to the District 3 seat on the Board of Supervisors. Information regarding the amounts disbursed to each candidate and the amounts privately raised and spent by each candidate is posted to data dashboards on the Commission's website.
Each of the two publicly funded candidates may spend no more than his or her Individual Expenditure Ceiling, which began at $250,000 and has been adjusted by the Commission staff based on the sum of opposition spending against each candidate and the total supportive funds for his or her opponent. Staff monitors and processes filings by the candidates and third parties daily to determine whether the Commission needs to adjust the Individual Expenditure Ceilings.
In addition to processing requests for public funds and analyzing whether Individual Expenditure Ceilings should be adjusted, staff also continues to conduct outreach and respond to numerous questions from candidates and third party filers on a daily basis.
2. Investigation and Enforcement Program
As of September 15, 2015, there were 23 pending formal complaints alleging violations within the Ethics Commission's jurisdiction.
# of Complaints
Campaign Finance 11
Conflict of Interest 7
Governmental Ethics 2
Lobbyist Ordinance 3
Campaign Consultant Ordinance 0
Sunshine Ordinance 0
3. Campaign Finance Disclosure Program
a. Filing deadline. As of September 22, 2015, eight candidates and committees did not file their required campaign statement for the period ending June 30, 2015, due on July 31, 2015. They were sent a Second Non-Specific Written Notice informing them of their delinquent filing. Three of these committees were added to the Non-Responsive Filers List webpage. September 24, 2015 was the deadline for the First Pre-Election statement, which covers the reporting period ending September 19, 2015. The next deadline is October 22, 2015 for the Second Pre-Election statement, which covers the reporting period covering through October 17, 2015. In the interim, staff receives and processes campaign statements on an ongoing basis. Staff continues to answer questions from and conduct outreach to candidates and other committee representatives about campaign finance filing obligations.
b. Collection of late filing fees and contribution forfeitures. As of September 15, 2015, the Commission collected $9,978 in late fees and forfeitures for the fiscal year 2015-2016. And as of September 15, 2015, the Commission's outstanding late fees and forfeitures were $25,178; waiver requests for $7,457 of this amount have been submitted. Separately, $208,504 is pending at the Bureau of Delinquent Revenues (BDR), as shown below.
Committee/
Treasurer or Responsible Officer
Date referral effective
Original amount referred
Last month's balance
Current balance (Changes are in bold)
1 Chris Jackson For Community College Board 1347066 Chris Jackson 7/12/13 $6,601 $6,601 $6,601 Pending at Small Claims Court
2 Committee to Elect Norman For Supervisor 1327771 Jacqueline Norman 5/01/15 $9,000 $9,000 $9,000
3 Bob Squeri For District 7 Supervisor 2012 1346150 Bob Squeri 5/01/15 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
4 Mark Farrell For Supervisor 2010 1320480 Mark Farrell 7/08/15 $190,903 $190,903 $190,903
TOTAL $208,504
4. Lobbyist Program
As of September 15, 2015, 155 individual lobbyists were registered with the Commission. Total revenues collected to date for the 2015-2016 fiscal year amount to $10,500 in lobbyist registration fees. The next filing deadline for the next lobbyist disclosures is October 15, 2015.
5. Campaign Consultant Program
As of September 17, 2015, 28 campaign consultants were registered with the Commission. The Commission has collected $3,700 in registration fees so far during the 2015-2016 fiscal year.
The next campaign consultant quarterly report deadline is Tuesday, December 15, 2015, covering the reporting period from September 1, 2015 through November 30, 2015. Staff will send reminders to all active campaign consultants prior to the deadline.
6. Permit Consultant Program
As of September 23, 2015, 29 permit consultants were registered with the Commission.
The next permit consultant quarterly report deadline is Thursday, October 15, 2015, covering the reporting period from July 1, 2015 through September 30, 2015.
7. Major Developer Program
As of September 17, 2015, two developers of major City projects had filed reports with the Commission in 2015. The next quarterly report deadline for such major developers is Thursday, October 15, 2015, covering the reporting period from July 1, 2015 through September 30, 2015.
8. Statements of Economic Interests
Staff has issued letters imposing late fines, and is continuing to follow up with filing officers and non-filers who have overdue Assuming Office and Leaving Office Form 700s. Staff is issuing a quarterly reminder of due dates for Certificates of Ethics Training and Sunshine Ordinance Declarations.
9. Revenues Report
For fiscal year 2015-2016, the Commission was budgeted to generate $70,000 in revenues. As of September 22, 2015, the Commission received $31,978 or about 45% of anticipated revenues for the year.
Budgeted Amount FY 15-16
Lobbyist Fees $37,000 $10,500
Other Ethics General $1,000
Campaign Finance Fines $23,000 $9,978
Campaign Consultant Fees $5,000 $3,700
Lobbyist Fines $1,000
Statements of Economic Interests Fines $1,000
Other Ethics Fines $1,000 $7,800
Campaign Consultant Fines $1,000
Unallocated $0
Total $70,000 $31,978
10. Budget and Staffing
A valued member of the Commission staff, Campaign Finance Assistant Malika Alim, has left to take another position with the City. We wish Malika the best and thank her for her good work for the Commission. Staff is working to fill Malika's position.
11. Outreach and Education
Chair Paul Renne and Acting Executive Director Jesse Mainardi continue to attend various political club endorsement meetings in order to provide fair and impartial information regarding Proposition C.
Acting Executive Director Jesse Mainardi sent an email invitation to over 60 political clubs, inviting them to sign up for the Commission's interested persons list or to follow the Commission's Twitter feed.
On September 10, staff conducted training for ballot measure committees. In addition to conducting live training sessions, the Commission has posted the training presentations on its website. Separately, on an on-going basis staff provides training to candidates and campaign treasurers on using the Commission's online electronic filing system, SFEDS.
Additionally, the Commission continues to offer trainings on Statements of Incompatible Activities to City departments via web trainings. The following are web video trainings available on the Commission website:
Department of Building Inspection SIA Training
Controller's Office SIA Training
Department on the Environment SIA Training
Governmental Ethics Ordinance Training for City Employees
Medical Examiner's Office SIA Training
Non-Candidate Recipient Committee Training
Public Utilities Commission SIA Training
SIA Template Language Training
12. Language Access Ordinance Compliance
In compliance with the San Francisco Language Access Ordinance requirements, staff is preparing a written update to the Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs regarding the Ethics Commission's plans to ensure future compliance with the ordinance. The update is due October 1, 2015.
13. Staff Project Calendar
The staff project calendar for 2015 approved by the Commission in March is set forth below. Per the direction of the Chair, the Commission's consideration of the topics below has been placed on hold pending the resolution of its search for a new Executive Director. This will necessitate a revision of the work plan.
1. Limits for candidate-controlled committees
Sched.
Actual Sched.
2. Reporting of bundling
3. "Public benefit" contribution bans
4. Slate mailer filings
5. Enforcement regulations/policies
6. Forfeiture/late fine penalties
7. Expenditure lobbyists
8. Additional gift of travel reporting
9. Permit Consultant regulations
10. Form 700 electronic filing
Sched. Actual
Shaded squares indicate planned staff work on the issue. Issues with no shaded squares were not intended to be addressed by staff in 2015.
"Sched." indicates the Commission's planned consideration of the issue at a public meeting during that month.
"Actual" indicates the Commission's actual consideration of the issue at a public meeting during that month.
Jesse Mainardi
Acting Executive Director
https://sfethics.org/ethics/2015/09/executive-directors-report-september-28-2015.html


Rahu and Ketu are the vedic names for the ascending and descending nodes of the Moon respectively. The Sanskrit word kaal has several meanings, one of which is time. Sarpa means serpent. Kaalsarpa Dosha is a phenomenon in which the serpentine energy associated with Rahu and Ketu entangles itself around the other planets, thereby constricting and disrupting the planetary rays.
Kalasarpa Dosha can bring challenges to the finances, health and property of people. In addition, Kalasarpa Dosha causes delays and obstructions in our daily life, making it difficult to accomplish anything. No matter how hard one may try, it seems almost impossible to complete any work.
You will be surprised to know that the ancient classics of astrology have not even mentioned it! Yet it has become one of the most feared Dosha.
It is not known who cooked up this nonsense, but rest assured that it is none of our RISHIS.
The latest introduction is the Partial Kalasarpa Dosha. The basics parameters of this are undefined. So anyone may have it!! I heard some comments that the horoscope of Ganguli has half KAAL SARPA YOGA and therefore his career has come to an end now. OHhhhh Rubbish!!!!!!!!!!!!
Other interesting comment is "The Dosha only affects Hindus or people born in Aryavarta"'. Can we believe such nonsense observation? It neither affects Hindu and Christians nor any living creature.
This divine science of Astrology is facing tremendous torture, as we are passing through an era of so called Upayas. Let me say that DO NOT GET AFRAID and STAY AWAY from ineffectual remedies. Just do not waste your time discussing and removing this DOSHA.
I am not depriving some poor Brahmins of their livelihood but my mission is to educate people and to make more and more people understand and love the divine subject Astrology.
If you are still in dilemma, please have a look at some notable examples of this DOSHA.
Ariel Sharon: the former Prime Minister of Israel.
Margaret Thatcher: the former Prime Minister of UK.
If all planets are between Rahu and Ketu, it causes over -indulgence in mundane affairs and if all planets are between Ketu and Rahu, it causes over- spirituality.


Each year, standardized tests and other assessments are given to students within various grades in an effort to track student progress and provide parents with information about student achievement. The specific tests have "testing windows", a time period in which students must complete the tests (listed below). Specific assessment test dates will be announced by your student's school as that test window approaches. We ask that you keep these dates in mind when planning any appointments, vacations, etc. that may take a student out of school during testing times. Understandably, there are instances when it is impossible to avoid a testing date. In those cases, please inform your student's teacher as soon as you know they will be out during the testing time. All students are required to take these assessment tests and must complete the testing before they leave or upon return of their absence. For further information please contact your building principal.


Anderson's Tribute Center is a funeral home with two locations in the Columbia River Gorge (Hood River and The Dalles) rich in a history of service and celebration to the community. Founded in the early 1900's Anderson's is now owned and run by Jack and Debbi Trumbull. Anderson's provides a variety of services focused on the celebration of life. From advanced directives and prepaid planning to cremation services, casket procurement, and reception facilities Anderson's is a full-service Tribute Center.


Wow! Thank you for participating in King Street Center's Summer Raffle! You really came through, raising over $15,000 for King Street Center programs.
All winners have been contacted by our staff team.
We will be pulling the winning tickets July 20 at our Backyard Classic! You do NOT need to be present to win. King Street Center staff will contact you by phone or email.
What if I only want to put tickets in for one of the prizes?
Sorry, winners cannot designate a specific wish. Prizes will be pulled randomly.
Do I need to keep the raffle ticket for proof of purchase?
No. While we will hand/mail you tickets upon purchase, the important part of the ticket has your name on it in King Street Center's Raffle jar and is also saved electronically. You do not need to save your tickets.
Yes. If you purchase multiple tickets and your name is drawn more than once, you are awarded multiple prizes.
No. Because you are (potentially) benefiting from the purchase.
How does this benefit King Street Center kids?
All these great prizes were donated - we are super grateful! Proceeds will support the Early Education, Elementary, Teen Programs, and Mentoring Programs at King Street Center.


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Home EventsSpouses ProgrammeŞerefiye (Theodosius) Cistern
Şerefiye (Theodosius) Cistern
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Şerefiye Cistern, is considered to be one of the oldest water structures in the Historic
Peninsula of Istanbul with a history dating back almost to 1,600 years. Based on its architectural features it is predicted that it was built during the reign of Theodosius II (408 – 450).
Şerefiye Cistern derives its name from the neighborhood where it was located during the Ottoman period. Arif Pasha Mansion, a building believed to be built in the late 1800s and the early 1900s and used as the Istanbul Sehremaneti Building in 1912, was erected over the cistern.
Beside the inadequacy of water resources in Istanbul, there was also a need for structures to store water due to the population density and the sieges. While open and closed cisterns served as the water tanks of the city for centuries, it is known that the magnificent closed cisterns (such as the Şerefiye and the famous Basilica Cistern) mainly supplied water to the Great Palace, Nymphaeum and Zeuksippos Baths close by.
Built on an area of 24 to 40 meters on the edges and reaching as high as 11 meters, there are 45 sail-vaults and 32 columns inside the Şerefiye Cistern. All of the Corinthian decorations were made of marble. The interior walls of the monument are covered with waterproof plaster while the corners are curved to withstand water pressure.
The Şerefiye Cistern restored by İstanbul Metropolitan municipality recently is the first museum of Turkey with 360° Projection Mapping system and the oldest building in the world to which this system has been integrated. The interaction with a 1,600-year-old historical monument and 3D space perception is simultaneously following the traces of the water culture of both the Şerefiye Cistern and Istanbul.


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Comes in a travel-friendly (chhotu) bottle also.
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Create Your Very Own Steam Roller with Master Bong's how to video. Then you can smoke your medical marijuana out of this homemade pot pipe, well its not quite a pipe but it is a way to smoke your joint like a champ. This Steam Roller is basically a paper towel roll that you use as a chamber to fill up and rip! There are tons of marijuana patients in California who all use medicinal marijuana and who better to help them medicate creatively than the McGyver of Pot. You don't need water bongs or a bubbler pipe why buy bongs or buy pipes when you can make them. This Steam Roller will blow you away. All I have to say is Rollin up FAT Joints of legal bud its some of the finest cannabis strains out in California.
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No Opposition To KCR In Telangana
Thu Jun 27 2019 10:46:20 GMT+0530 (IST)
It's now official! There is no Opposition to KCR in Telangana. The largest opposition, the Congress Party, has lost its official Opposition status. Though it has won 19 MLA seats to qualify as the Opposition Party, its numbers plummeted to just five in the last six months, 12 of the 19 MLAs have joined the TRS and the number was reduced to just seven. Of these, PCC chief Uttam Kumar Reddy, who won as an MP, has resigned his MLA seat. This brought the Congress number to six. Now, with Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy joining the BJP, the party is left with just five seats. So, the party is not entitled to official Opposition status and its leader Malli Bhatti Vikamarka has lost his position of the Leader of the Opposition.
In fact, with seven MLAs, MIM is the second largest party in the state after the ruling TRS. MIM being friendly with the TRS, can never play the role of Opposition. The BJP has just one MLA and is no match for the ruling TRS. Thus KCR virtually has no opposition whatsoever in Telangana today.
The latest is that the Assembly secretariat has informed Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka that he is no longer the leader of the Opposition. So, it's official now.
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Another high-ranking Yahoo exec is leaving–this time, Jim Schinella, the company's SVP for corporate partnerships.
Sources said that Schinella (pictured here) announced the move internally recently, telling staff he would stay on until the end of the year.
Located in New York, he has been focused on big Yahoo (YHOO) partners such as big telecom firms like Verizon (VZ).
Schinella joined Yahoo in 2003 and left in 2005, after becoming its global VP of business development.


"I've always loved prints," said Jerri Sherman, glancing around her showroom, which was filled with them. Mostly they were in blouses: fresh roses with gold braid, animal portraits in six different panels and a design suggesting Toulouse-Lautrec.
"Some people are afraid of prints," she said, "but I love them. I consider them wearable art."
Ms. Sherman, who began as a dancer, became a model and then a sales representative in the junior sportswear field and, 11 years ago, started the blouse business that bears her name, with the aid and encouragement of her husband, Larry Hessol. He now takes care of finance for the company, which has 500 accounts and about $5 million in annual sales.
"We started with four white blouses," Ms. Sherman said. "I got into prints as soon as I learned how to do it. I live my life in this kind of clothes. It's very emotional. Prints make me feel happy."
To develop the patterns she works with design studios all over the world. The fabrics are printed and the blouses are made in Asia.
"There have been good times for printed blouses and bad times," she said. "We are entering one of the very good times, and not just for blouses." In Europe Gianni Versace's imaginative use of prints has inspired a whole new wave of fashion.
Printed raincoats are her newest idea for next spring, to make women feel less gloomy in bad weather. She has already made silk print jackets, some lightly quilted, and challis skirts. Neckties are another idea. And scarfs, of course, are a staple. Blouses cost around $200.
"Prints are cheerful," she said. "They will brighten any outfit, from a tailored suit to an evening skirt."


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Sixteen face prosecution in Senegal over Casamance massacre
Senegal to revamp logging laws after massacre linked to timber trade
Senegal arrests 22 over Casamance loggers massacre
Senegal residents call for justice after deadly attack
Dakar - Sixteen people are to be prosecuted in connection with the massacre of 14 young men in Senegal's troubled region of Casamance, a source close to the case said on Friday.
The accused face charges of murder and criminal association over the January 6 killings in the forest of Bayotte.
The 16 suspects, who were arrested on Sunday, also face charges of participation in a rebel movement and possession of weapons without authorisation, according to the source.
Six other people detained by police have been released without charge "for the moment", added the source without naming the suspects.
The victims were looking for firewood, according to friends who escaped and their families.
But several sources told AFP the group was potentially involved in the illegal logging trade in a region with plentiful rosewood and teak, both highly prized in China.
Casamance is separated from the rest of Senegal by The Gambia and has been the target of an independence campaign for more than 35 years.
A local rebel group, the Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces (MFDC), was initially fingered for involvement in the killings but has strongly denied the allegations.
It says the logging network is run by corrupt local military and governmental officials, and that the murders were linked sawmill operators who work secretly in the forest.
President Macky Sall has suspended all authorisation for logging and ordered an overhaul of Senegal's forestry laws.
Several young members of a village foresty monitoring committee, who were among the men arrested on Sunday, were previously sentenced and then freed in October following a conflict with loggers.
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