text:
'use strict';

require('../../../env-setup');

var _ = require('underscore');
var asyncUtil = require(global.VX_UTILS + 'async-utils');

function Pair(one, two) {
    this.one = one;
    this.two = two;
}

Pair.prototype.getOne = function() {
    return this.one;
};

Pair.prototype.getTwo = function() {
    return this.two;
};

var getString = function() {
    var str = '(' +
        /* jshint ignore:start */
        this.one +
        ', ' +
        this.two +
        /* jshint ignore:end */
        ')';
    return str;
};

describe('async-utils.js', function() {
    var called;
    var calledError;
    var calledResult;

    function callback(error, result) {
        called = true;
        calledError = error;
        calledResult = result;
    }

    function argTest() {
        if (arguments[0] === 'error') {
            throw new Error(arguments[0]);
        }

        return _.toArray(arguments);
    }

    beforeEach(function() {
        called = false;
        calledError = undefined;
        calledResult = undefined;
    });

    describe('call()', function() {
        it('verify no arguments', function() {
            asyncUtil.call(null, argTest, callback);

            waitsFor(function() {
                return called;
            }, 'should be called', 100);

            runs(function() {
                expect(calledError).toBeNull();
                expect(calledResult).toEqual([]);
            });
        });

        it('verify one argument', function() {
            asyncUtil.call(null, argTest, 'arg1', callback);

            waitsFor(function() {
                return called;
            }, 'should be called', 100);

            runs(function() {
                expect(calledError).toBeNull();
                expect(calledResult).toEqual(['arg1']);
            });
        });

        it('verify multiple arguments', function() {
            asyncUtil.call(null, argTest, 'arg1', 'arg2', 'arg3', callback);

            waitsFor(function() {
                return called;
            }, 'should be called', 100);

            runs(function() {
                expect(calledError).toBeNull();
                expect(calledResult).toEqual(['arg1', 'arg2', 'arg3']);
            });
        });

        it('verify error handling', function() {
            asyncUtil.call(null, argTest, 'error', callback);

            waitsFor(function() {
                return called;
            }, 'should be called', 100);

            runs(function() {
                expect(calledError).toEqual(new Error('error'));
                expect(calledResult).toBeUndefined();
            });
        });

        it('verify no thisArg', function() {
            var pair = new Pair(1, 2);
            expect(pair.getOne()).toEqual(1);
            expect(pair.getTwo()).toEqual(2);
            expect(getString.call(pair)).toEqual('(1, 2)');

            asyncUtil.call(pair, getString, callback);

            waitsFor(function() {
                return called;
            }, 'should be called', 100);

            runs(function() {
                expect(calledError).toBeNull();
                expect(calledResult).toEqual('(1, 2)');
            });
        });
    });

    describe('apply()', function() {
        it('verify no arguments', function() {
            asyncUtil.apply(null, argTest, callback);

            waitsFor(function() {
                return called;
            }, 'should be called', 100);

            runs(function() {
                expect(calledError).toBeNull();
                expect(calledResult).toEqual([]);
            });
        });

        it('verify empty arguments', function() {
            asyncUtil.apply(null, argTest, [], callback);

            waitsFor(function() {
                return called;
            }, 'should be called', 100);

            runs(function() {
                expect(calledError).toBeNull();
                expect(calledResult).toEqual([]);
            });
        });

        it('verify non-array argument', function() {
            asyncUtil.apply(null, argTest, 'arg1', callback);

            waitsFor(function() {
                return called;
            }, 'should be called', 100);

            runs(function() {
                expect(calledError).toBeNull();
                expect(calledResult).toEqual(['arg1']);
            });
        });

        it('verify one argument', function() {
            asyncUtil.apply(null, argTest, ['arg1'], callback);

            waitsFor(function() {
                return called;
            }, 'should be called', 100);

            runs(function() {
                expect(calledError).toBeNull();
                expect(calledResult).toEqual(['arg1']);
            });
        });

        it('verify multiple arguments', function() {
            asyncUtil.apply(null, argTest, ['arg1', 'arg2', 'arg3'], callback);

            waitsFor(function() {
                return called;
            }, 'should be called', 100);

            runs(function() {
                expect(calledError).toBeNull();
                expect(calledResult).toEqual(['arg1', 'arg2', 'arg3']);
            });
        });

        it('verify error handling', function() {
            asyncUtil.apply(argTest, 'error', callback);

            waitsFor(function() {
                return called;
            }, 'should be called', 100);

            runs(function() {
                expect(calledError).toEqual(new Error('error'));
                expect(calledResult).toBeUndefined();
            });

            asyncUtil.apply(argTest, ['error'], callback);

            waitsFor(function() {
                return called;
            }, 'should be called', 100);

            runs(function() {
                expect(calledError).toEqual(new Error('error'));
                expect(calledResult).toBeUndefined();
            });
        });
    });
});

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Using person-centred approach to support individuals with autism.
Communication and social interaction in individual with autism.
Sensory processing, perception and cognition in individuals with autism.
Supporting positive behaviour in individuals with autism.
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The U.S. Department of Labor published new final regulations on September 24, 2013 requiring Federal government contractors to begin complying with new affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations towards veterans and individuals with disabilities by March 24, 2014.
Click Here to view the final regulations (last accessed 09/25/20013).
Generally, the rule requires contractors to adopt quantifiable hiring benchmarks for veterans and utilization goals for people with disabilities. The new rule also has a number of new employment data collection obligations, and requirements to invite job applicants to voluntarily self-identify themselves as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities both at the pre- and post-offer phases of the employment process.
There are some phase-in allowances. As with any program of this type, its effectiveness in achieving its intended goal will remain to be seen, as will any future adjustments as the rules take affect.


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016: How to avoid getting pigeon-holed in your career with Jorge Schement
Jorge Reina Schement became Rutgers Vice President of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion on July 1, 2013. Previously he was Dean of the School of Communication & Information at Rutgers University from 2008 to 2013. He is also Professor II in the Bloustein School of Public Policy, and in the Department of Latino-Hispanic Caribbean Studies.
A Ph.D. from the Institute for Communication Research at Stanford University, and M.S. from the School of Commerce at the University of Illinois, he is author of over 200 papers and articles, with book credits including, Global Networks (1999/2002), Tendencies and Tensions of the Information Age (1997), Toward an Information Bill of Rights and Responsibilities (1995), Between Communication and Information (1993), Competing Visions, Complex Realities: Social Aspects of the Information Society (1988), The International Flow of Television Programs (1984), Telecommunications Policy Handbook (1982), and Spanish-Language Radio in the Southwestern United States (1979). A Latino from South Texas, his research focuses on the social and policy consequences of the production and consumption of information, especially as they relate to ethnic minorities. His research has been supported by the Ford Foundation, Markle Foundation, Rainbow Coalition, Port Authority of NY/NJ, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Communications Commission, National Science Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Verizon, Lockheed-Martin. He has received awards for his policy scholarship from the International Communication Association, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Pace University, the University of Kentucky, UCLA, and Penn State. Schement has served on the editorial boards of twelve academic journals, and has edited the Annual Review of Technology for the Aspen Institute. He is editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Communication and Information.
His research contributed to a Supreme Court decision in Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. F.C.C. et al. In 1994, he directed the F.C.C.'s Information Policy Project and conducted the original research that led to recognition of the Digital Divide. In 2008, he advised the F.C.C. Transition Team for the Obama administration. He introduced the idea of Universal Service as an evolving concept, a view adopted in the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The movement to integrate community museums, libraries, and public broadcasting as Partners in Public Service began in a project he co-directed. He conducted the first study of the impact of minority ownership in broadcasting, and authored the telecommunications policy agenda for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. He co-founded the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State Univ. Schement has served on advisory boards for the National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Office of Technology Assessment, United States Commission on Civil Rights, Centers for Disease Control, Governor of California, Media Access Project, Libraries for the Future, Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, Center for Media Education, Internet Policy Institute, American Library Association, Minority Media Telecommunications Council, New Millennium Research Council, Open Society Institute, Advertising Council, Benton Foundation, Aspen Institute, MCI, Verizon, and Pew Project on Internet and American Life. He chaired the board of directors of TPRC Inc. He is listed in, 2007, Hispanic Business' "100 Most Influential Hispanics."
His interest in the history of printing led him to discover a discrepancy in chapter and line numbers between the 1667 and 1674 editions of Paradise Lost, as cited in the Oxford English Dictionary. He reads histories.
In this episode we discussed:
Jorge's survival tactics in Texas in the 1960s
How to avoid feeling "pigeon-holed" in your policy career
What a private breakfast at the White House with President Bill Clinton was like
Key topics in diversity and inclusion at the intersection of telecommunications policy
Gary Cross, Men to Boys: The Making of Modern Immaturity (Columbia University Press, 2013)

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This half term we will continue our central focus on Space that will impact on all the subjects as much as possible. In literacy we will be looking at the main character in the story, learning how to form questions, describing Beegu's feelings using adjectives and retelling the events of the story using freeze frames. In History we will be learning all about the Stone Age, and in particular the use of a timeline and cave drawings from this period. In Geography we will learning about the United Kingdom, its countries and their capital cities. As part of our Art and DT we will be using shoeboxes and learning about 'moving parts' in recreating a scene from Beegu. In Music we will be practising Christmas songs as part of the KS1 production. In ICT we will be looking at algorithms and instructions for different devices.


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Series F 128.07 - SightSoundSystems Festival of Art and Technology
Donald Gillies fonds
SightSoundSystems Festival of Art and Technology
Multiple media
F 128.07
2.5 cm of textual records
1 poster : 28 x 45.5 cm
The records relate to the preparation for the musical chess game, the major event of the SightSoundSystems Festival of Art and Technology, presented by the Isaacs Gallery Mixed Media Concerts and Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. Five major events took place throughout the week of March 5 - 10, 1968, including "E.A.T.", "Public Supply", "T.E.A.", "Supersystems", and "Reunion" (the musical chess game).
The chess game, whereby the chessboard was wired to produce musical sounds with every move, was played between French artist and expert chess player, Marcel Duchamps and American avant-garde composer, artist, and theorist, John Cage. It was a banner event for the festival and so named "Reunion" by John Cage reflecting a chess game between the then recently formed friends, Cage and Duchamps at a chess exhibit of paintings and sculptures called, "The Imagery of Chess", held in 1944 New York City.
The artistic director for "Reunion" was Udo Kassemets of the Isaacs Gallery Mixed Media Concerts. Don Gillies of Ryerson Polytechnic Institute was the business manager and Karen (Naylor) Mulhallen of the English Department was the producer for Supersystems and who also worked with Darryl Williams on the film environment.
The records came directly to the Archives from the creator, Donald (Don) Gillies, in 1984.
Partially Restricted. Some or all of the records may be subject to restrictions. Requests for access must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections staff for review.
A filmed tribute to Marcel Duchamp, which includes still photographs of the chess game, was made in 1972 by Shigeko Kubota, in collaboration with John Cage. The film generally consists of optically manipulated images interspersed with conventional imagery, and commentary by John Cage. A videocassette copy of this film can be found in the Ryerson Library under call #N6853.D8M37 (1974).
Also see the following website :
mhttp://www.openculture.com/2017/09/when-john-cage-marcel-duchamp-played-chess-on-a-chessboard-that-turned-chess-moves-into-electronic-music-1968.html
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/36693237.pdf
Clippings:"Electromedia" & "SightSoundSystems" Shows
SightSoundSystems "Reunion"
No further accruals are expected.


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Trinket is gated behind the 2nd to last boss of the entire raid - Bleeding edge raiders who cleared SoO at the time of this post will likely not need anymore crit as they approach a 100% BloodThirst Crit for Fury and would gain FAR more out of the CD/Amp trinket --- and progression raiders will likely not see this trinket for quite awhile and most likely picked up one of the other trinkets from the many weeks leading up to the Paragons.
That being said, keeping an extremely close eye on the proc duration can make for some of the most insane bursts you'll ever see when paired with other abilities/cooldown. Just dont fall into the trap of "if i do the math in my head, 1175 Crit every 0.5 sec for 10 seconds... I NEED IT" - At 0.92 Proc per minute, you'll spend 90% of your time with a trinket that is doing nothing, and when it is doing something, the first 3 out of 10 seconds are ramp up before u hit some crazy crit levels.
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Saturday July 03, 2021 | Squash
Introducing Squash 3 for macOS
Squash 3 for Mac has been in development for over six months and has been rewritten from the ground-up using all the latest Apple technologies. The entire app has been re-imagined with a complete new user interface and tonnes of useful new features.
What does Squash do?
Squash 3 offers a way to quickly batch process images. Everything from resizing, converting, applying filters, to compressing, and renaming.
Built to be fast and easy to use, Squash 3 simply asks that you drag your photos or images onto it and select what you'd like it to do. That's it. No complication, no fuss. And all in an app that's right at home on modern Macs running macOS Big Sur.
A user interface with charm and character
Squash 3 has moved away from the flat design trends of the past few years and introduced a more rounded UI, with drop shadows, gradients, and playful sounds. It's also introduced a gloriously skeuomorphic icon that still sits nicely in the macOS Big Sur dock.
An interesting note about the new photo filter system
All of the vintage camera effects and borders that were built into Analog for Mac (and iOS) are now available for Squash 3 as filter packs.
A Short History: Analog for Mac launched back in 2011 and was a much loved app by many Mac users around the world. Unfortunately, Analog was acquired by another company and never improved upon. For many years, Analog was left to rot in the digital graveyard, due to system compatibility it was eventually removed from sale. Rather than let all that engineering and the meticulously researched vintage effects go to waste, Realmac Software reacquired Analog for Mac and iOS in 2020 and ported the effects system into Squash 3.
Get Squash
Squash 3 Requires macOS 10.14 Big Sur or newer (also runs great on Monterey).
Squash 3 is universal app and runs natively on Intel and Apple Silicon M1 Macs.
Squash 3 is in early access, sign-up to get your copy today.
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New Staff Join BCS
We'd like to welcome all the wonderful staff that have joined BCS this school year!
Ellery Garrison
Ellery Garrison is a BWA advisory teacher in Southern Oregon. She worked for nine years as a K-8 language arts specialist in sunny San Diego. Once she moved to Oregon, she opened up her homeschool co-op! She is very passionate about individualized education and is excited to join BWA: "Not ANY child is created the same," she says. "I see myself as part of a great team of innovators..." When she's not working, she's a soccer mom and loves watching soccer with her family. Her favorite color is Kelly green, and she loves good Chinese food. On a funnier note, she won an award for "best chicken impression while on the balance beam" on her high school gymnastics team!
Richelle Colenso
Richelle Colenso is BEC's newest adviser! After graduation from Oakland University, she began a business career with Volkswagen. However, she soon realized that helping students succeed was her passion, so she worked as a school counselor. She took a break after that to be a stay-at-home mom. "This was by far the most difficult and most rewarding career," she says. Now she's back in her counseling career! BCS offers the perfect job for her because of its flexibility. "I often refer to my job as 'dreamy' because it fits my life as a professional and a mom so well," she says. She is very excited to connect with her students personally. "The high school years are like none other, and I am so happy to have this opportunity to be a positive influence on young lives." She is also learning to use newer technology and says that she feels a lot smarter! Her hobbies include camping, fishing, hiking, and exploring with her family. She also cheers on her sons' sports team and runs a dog sitting business (sometimes she has 25 dogs in and out of her home in a year!).
Nicole Pratt
Nicole Pratt works as a student support staff member at the Eugene Student Drop-in Center. She studied Elementary Education at Southern Oregon University and worked at a charter school in Medford for six years. "I've been hearing wonderful, unique things about Baker for years," she says, which is what led her to find a job here. "I am super excited to be working at Baker. The staff is excellent and there is nothing like the opportunity to engage kids in learning and make a difference in their journey." Ms. Pratt is new to Eugene, so she is taking the time to get used to the new area, while taking care of her nine-month old twins! She also loves to travel with her husband, read, and take her kids swimming. "I L-O-V-E organizing and often work with friends on spaces in their homes," she says. "When I have extra time, I love to refinish old furniture." She also loves kittens, the color teal, and Mexican food!
Dawn Tornquist
Dawn Tornquist runs the West Portland lab, and she is also an advisory teacher and teaches many classes such as Intro to Coding, Entrepreneurship, Intro to Women's Studies, and many others. She studied Management & Business Information Systems and teaching at George Fox University. She is currently finishing a Masters of Special Education. She previously worked in a traditional classroom as well as another online charter school. She is very happy with her new job and loves that BCS offers classes on so many platforms and levels. "For example, I have a whole class for just one kiddo," she says. "Everyone I work with is exceptionally nice and it's fun to be part of the team that is starting the new West Portland lab." When she's not working, she loves to read, cook and travel with her family. Her favorite animal is dragons and her favorite food is cheese: "I love all types, colors and flavors."
Danielle Coughlin
Danielle Coughlin is BWA's newest school counselor! She will be working with Ms. Vesbit to support students on Student Support Plans all over Oregon. She received a Bachelor's in psychology from OSU and a Master's in counseling. She previously worked in elementary public school as a counselor. Once she heard about BWA, she knew it was the job for her. "I had heard great things about BCS, and the more I learned the more I knew that I wanted to be involved!" she says. "I love how the school is continually evolving to ensure they are providing students with the best support and education possible." She loves going on adventures and traveling, and has visited Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Italy, and Holland. Now that she has a two year old, they enjoy going on more local adventures!
Angie Miller
Angie Miller is the new Central Point Student Drop-in Center teacher. She studied at U of O (and played on the softball team!) and SOU and has taught in many Southern Oregon schools since 1999! Teaching in BWA is a nice refreshing break from traditional teaching because of the personalized instruction she can give students. "It has been wonderful so far!!" she says. It's also been great for her personal life, too. "Having more flexibility and less stress!! It's like a dream come true!" When she's not teaching, she loves to spend time with her family. They play water sports, go hiking, camp, or just go out to dinner together. She also loves to play volleyball.
Amy Mulvihill
Amy Mulvihill is a Central Oregon advisory teacher and middle school social studies teacher. She studied at Taylor University and taught in international schools in Russia, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia. She loves BWA and "I really like how we get to support students learning in such an individualized way." She was taught in Calvert School when she was in elementary school and had to mail in her assignments and wait for a letter from her teacher weeks later. "I'm so amazed by how much easier it is to do home-based schooling now!" she says. In her free time, she enjoys baking, traveling, spending time with her family, and mountain biking, which she started recently. She loves ice cream and her goldendoodle Juniper!
Shelley Penny
A school counselor and career and college readiness counselor, Shelley Penny is very enthusiastic about helping students follow their passions. She studied at OSU and PSU and worked for more than 10 years in Portland Public Schools. She wants to grow a college and career readiness programs for BWA 7-12 students. "…I like the independent, innovative atmosphere and I like the people here," she says of BCS. In her free time, Ms. Penny loves to read and travel the world. "I like to plan trips then GO!" She and her family lived in China for a year, and she has developed a love for Chinese food!
Robert Jones is a BWA social science and economics teacher who found out about BWA through a teacher fair. He immediately knew that Baker Charter Schools was the perfect fit for him. "I really enjoyed the interview process and the openness and honesty of the answers that the people who were interviewing me provided," he says. He's very excited about learning through working in BCS. "There is a lot to learn and that excites me as a teacher because I feel like teachers should always be learning along with their students." He has coached girls' and boys' basketball, cross country, and football. He's currently the head Track and Field coach at Sam Barlow High School. In his free time, he loves to bicycle, run, camp, and spend time with his wife and almost-6-year old son.
Jill McKinley
Jill McKinley is a BWA elementary school teacher for Eastern Oregon. She and her family moved a lot in California before finally settling in La Grande after having their first baby. She taught in a traditional classroom for 12 years and is excited to try something new. She is very excited about this new chapter in her life. "I will get to watch my students finish their high school careers and graduate and go on to pursue their passions!" she says. "I get to work with my students and their families and they have been so kind and welcoming." She loves playing softball, hunting, coaching, watching her husband coach and her kids play sports, reading, and drinking coffee (which she considers her spirit animal!). She always makes sure to ask for a "ridiculous amount of half-and-half" in her coffee, which is how her children learned the word "ridiculous!"
Peter Kane
Peter Kane is a middle school BWA teacher for the greater Portland area. He studied political science and public administration in college and earned an Administrative License. He taught elementary school on the Puyallup Indian Reservation then moved back to his home in Portland to teach in an alternative school. He worked as a principal and administrator of several other schools. He says he joined BWA because he wanted to be a part of a program "where I could be a learner too… I am learning a lot of new skills." In his free time, he likes skiing, surfing, and adventuring with his family. Once, when hiking with a group in a jungle in Guatemala, a group of howler monkeys in the trees rained down droppings on them! "Let's just say we didn't wait out the rain storm, but got on our way very quickly!"
Sarah Hall is a BWA school counselor. She studied at Pacific University and Lewis and Clark College and worked in the Oregon City and Canby school districts. She loves supporting student interests and making school relevant to students' lives. "As a life long learner, it's always exciting to have new experiences," she says. "BWA is pioneering a different way of delivering education to people, it's fun to be part of the journey." In her free time, she enjoys skiing, reading, camping, baking and eating cookies, and playing with her dog Maggie.
Morgan Willnauer
Morgan Willnauer is a BWA advisory and P.E. teacher. He grew up in Kansas and has a huge variety of world and cultural experiences. To pay for college, he worked summers in southeast Alaska driving tour buses for people. He saw whales, glaciers, flew in a float plane to a private cabin, and even went dog sledding. "Definitely my favorite job because I was able to do all those things for FREE." He's travelled to 11 countries so far and plans on visiting Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. He loves BWA because he can form relationships with students and watch them grow into adults, which is "something very difficult to achieve in the public school setting."
Valerie Shelton
Valerie Shelton is an advisory and social studies teacher in central Oregon. She went to Eastern Oregon University and Oregon State University to study education. She used to teach at Crook County Middle School, but wanted to teach at BWA to "work one on one with my students and expand the traditional boundaries of the brick and mortar classroom." Once she called one of her students by the wrong name for a whole month: "She was very shy and didn't want to correct me. Doh!" Ms. Shelton loves to spend time outdoors: mountain biking, kayaking, fly fishing, hiking, and playing golf. Her favorite animal is the dolphin, and she loves eating chow mein!
We also want to welcome all the other BCS staff that have joined! We're very excited to have everyone!
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Mollie Kottek
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Aaron Wildig
Full name Aaron Keith Wildig
2008–2009 Cardiff City
Playing position Midfielder
Role Footballer
Place of birth Hereford, England
Name Aaron Wildig
Date of birth (1992-04-15) 15 April 1992 (age 23)
Current team Morecambe F.C. (#15 / Midfielder)
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Aaron Keith Wildig (born 15 April 1992) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Morecambe in League Two. A midfielder, he began his career with Cardiff City, later moving to Shrewsbury Town.
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Wildig was born in Hereford, but began his career at Cardiff City, making his way through the club's youth system, including captaining the under-18 side. In April 2009, Wildig signed a professional contract at the club, before going on to make his professional debut at the start of the 2009–10 season, replacing Miguel Comminges during a 3–1 win over Dagenham & Redbridge in the first round of the League Cup on 11 August. He made two more appearances in the competition for Cardiff, in the second round win over Bristol Rovers and the third round defeat to Aston Villa. His league debut came nearly three months later when he replaced Riccardo Scimeca at half time during a 2–0 win over West Bromwich Albion on 8 December. He made his first start on 12 January 2010 in the FA Cup tie with rivals Bristol City, and then made his first league start on 16 January against Scunthorpe United. During his next league appearance, Wildig scored the first professional goal of his career during a 5–1 defeat to Newcastle United.
He moved on loan to Scottish Premier League club Hamilton Academical on 25 January 2011 until the end of the season. He made his debut 4 days later in a 1–1 draw with Kilmarock and made 3 more appearances before returning at the end of the season.
On 8 November 2011, he joined League Two side Shrewsbury Town on a loan. He made his debut for the club on 12 November, in a FA Cup match against Newport County. He scored his first goal on 19 November, in a 7–2 win over Northampton Town, however he suffered an ankle injury in the following game, which kept him out fort the rest of the month. He extended his loan by an extra month on 8 December. On 17 January 2012, Wildig extended the loan again till the end of the season. Following a late season surge in form, he impressed Shrewsbury boss Graham Turner and following the club's promotion to League One, Turner offered Wildig a contract at Shrewsbury.
On 21 May 2012, Wildig was released by Cardiff along with six of his fellow players. He had spent a total of four years at the club, but he was not part of the future plans of new manager Malky Mackay.
On 29 May 2012, Wildig agreed a deal to join Shrewsbury Town on a free transfer. He made his debut as a contracted Shrewsbury player on 11 August 2012, in a League Cup match against Leeds United, where he was a substitute for fellow former Cardiff City player Joe Jacobson. He went on to make 21 league appearances that season, scoring once against Bury.
Wildig signed a one-year contract extension on 21 May 2013, and by playing an unspecified amount of matches the following season triggered a clause to extend his contract for a further year. However, he went on loan to Kidderminster Harriers in January 2015 having not featured for Shrewsbury that season so far under new manager Micky Mellon.
Following the expiry of his loan, he returned to Shrewsbury Town, finally making his first appearance of the season, coming on as a substitute for Keith Southern in the 2–1 home defeat against Northampton Town. He then joined Morecambe on loan in March 2015.
It was announced on 8 May 2015 that Wildig would be released at the end of the season when his Shrewsbury contract expired.
Wildig joined former loan club Morecambe on a two-year contract on 6 June 2015.
Despite being born in England, Wildig instead chose to play for Wales and represented the Under-16 side. It was later discovered, however, that Wildig did not qualify for Wales as his only Welsh relative is a great-great-great grandfather and the international ruling on familial linkage only allows qualification through a parent or grandparent.
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Aligarh, October 23: Mr Jawaid Ali, Chief Internal Auditor, Saudi Maintenance Corporation (Siyanco), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudia Arabia delivered a lecture on 'Motivation and Professional Grooming' organised by the Training and Placement Office-General, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) at the Faculty of Social Science.
Mr Ali pointed out, "In corporate world, image and impression are the determining factors for people willing to work with you, therefore it is necessary to dress, speak and conduct yourself properly."
He said that corporate employees need to understand that grooming themselves will give them confidence and the ability to create that right impression.
AMU Pro Vice Chancellor, Prof M H Beg said that proper grooming and professional appearance are important to gain not just positive impression but also respect in the workplace.
Mr Abdul Hamid, IPS (Registrar) emphasised that AMU has a pool of very talented students, who can do wonders in professional life with special training and awareness programmes.
Mr Saad Hameed, Training and Placement Officer-General spoke on how in today's competitive business world, it is highly essential to adhere with professional appearance and grooming.
Dr Jahangir Alam, conducted the programme, while Dr Muzamil Mushtaq, proposed the vote of thanks.


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Sundeep Waslekar is an Indian thought leader on conflict resolution and global future. He is the President of Strategic Foresight Group, a think-tank based in India that advises governments and institutions around the world on managing future challenges. He has addressed significant business and government audiences such as the World Economic Forum in Davos and has been quoted, interviewed and published in the most prestigious national and international newspapers.
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Educated at Oxford University, Mr. Waslekar obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1983. In 2011 he was conferred Honoris Causa of Symbiosis International University at the hands of the President of India. Mr. Waslekar has advised leaders from all fields of business on global issues and has authored several books and research reports on governance, scenario planning and conflict resolution.
Sundeep Waslekar has a reputation for conceptualising initiatives for positive change and offers audiences an in depth look at the opportunities and threats facing businesses worldwide. He also has unique insights from his experience in the field of international relations having advised Governments, organisations and institutions worldwide.
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Discussion in 'PowerPC Macs' started by tom vilsack, Nov 1, 2011.
I don't think you can replace the 256MB SODIMM with a 1GB....I think the max that machine will take is 1GB total (two 512GB sticks) , but you can check to be absolutely sure. I keep thinking about putting a SSD in mine to see if it makes it really "zippy" or not.
According to the wiki, all >=1GHz models support up to 2GB.
"RAM: 256 MB, expandable to 2 GB using one user accessible PC2100 SODIMM (up to 1 GB) and one 184-pin DIMM (also up to 1 GB) - only officially supported to 512 MB modules by Apple."
I've had one of these since new and it has 1.25gb ram and the bigger screen and a 120gb hdd. Any idea what its worth?
i notice in both leopard and tiger (split partitions so running both) that internet pages lagg while scrolling.(doesn't matter the browser)...right now i have 768 ram (512 inside...256 sodimm) if i do up the sodimm to 1 gig (total then 1536mb) would this help with scrolling lagg..or is that more a condition of 1.0 GHz ppc cpu?
Go into Activity Monitor - if you've got lots of Pages Outs and a large Swap Used figure, that means you're running out of RAM. Otherwise it'll be the processor.
I'm keeping a close eye on this thread because I know of an old unused G4 15" gathering dust that I'm hoping to obtain, bump up the HDD, DVD, RAM and OS (to Leopard), add some Audioengine 2s and use as an iTunes jukebox in my bedroom to replace a dying mini CD system.
I've got 2 of these same iMacs. One is running Tiger with 1GB of RAM and the other is Leopard with 2GB. Tiger with a full GB does feel smoother with web page scrolling and within the Finder as a whole. Those CPU's just don't take to Leopard so well. I've run Leopard on several G4 systems. A 500MHz Cube, 867MHz PowerBook, 1GHz eMac, 1.5GHz PowerBook and the only one I felt ran it very well as the 1.5GHz PowerBook. If you want the best "feel" then Tiger is your best bet. Even with 2GB of RAM, I can tell you Leopard won't feel as fast as it should on there.
-perhaps poor ram (reported fine)?
-perhaps best to not mess with internal ram?
I doubt the RAM was your problem. RAM either works or it doesn't - it shouldn't make a system "laggy" - especially if you have more RAM as opposed to less.
I'm going to have to disagree there. Faults in RAM are not light a lightbulb thats either all or none. Bad RAM is pretty easy to identify with some tests, but the effects of it are not always the same or easily apparent.
The bottom of those iMac G4's are so sick..I want to find a broken one and make a clock out of it.
Its not smooth. Its hard to really compare it to something, but its still quite usable and trust me when I say there is more than enough RAM for Safari. There is some lag when loading and scrolling, but nothing I wouldn't expect from a single 1GHz G4 on modern web pages. A lot for the Java and Flash that you see on most sites like Yahoo, eBay etc are what make it slow. Really the only way to see what I mean would be to see it in video or in person.
As far as why my score is lower, who knows. Geekbench really doesn't care how much RAM you have, just how it can address it and how quickly so adding more really doesn't make a huge difference. Even the score between my quad G5 with 2.5GB of RAM and 6.5GB of RAM isn't much different.
the draw back with this G4 1.0 GHz is the fact it's the model with usb 1.0 and not the faster model with usb 2.0...that being said it's now more then useable...and i could see using on a daily basis.


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New figures show that one half of people living in poverty are either disabled or in a household with a disabled person. On current trends, the disability employment gap will take 200 years to halve. Benefit cuts won't help: ultimately better support is needed to cut the employment penalty disabled people face in both finding work and building a career.
The employment rate of disabled people is 32 percentage points below that of non-disabled people. This locks Britain's almost seven million people with a long-term health condition or disability out of opportunity and into low incomes. This "poverty premium" is exacerbated by benefit cuts, caps and freezes, as well as an increased likelihood of disabled people who do work being in low paid jobs.
The 2015 Conservative manifesto committed to halving the disability employment rate gap. This would mean an extra one million disabled people in work, roughly the number that say in surveys they would like to work.
But the fact that the gap in employment opportunities will take 200 years to halve on current trends, according to Learning and Work Institute analysis, has a cost to the taxpayer too: despite various cuts, caps and freezes, the Office for Budget Responsibility has consistently increased its estimates of the cost of disability benefits. Perhaps not coincidentally, supporting an extra one million disabled people into work was also the aim of the previous Labour Government: few areas have been more beset by constant "reform" and there's a real need to learn the lessons of history.
A change has got to come
"A country that works for everyone"—the slogan of the Conservative Party's conference in October—needs to apply to disabled people too. Theresa May said in her conference speech that a change has got to come. And perhaps nowhere is it more true than here.}
The good news is the Government knows this is a big challenge and is consulting on a Work and Health Green Paper to try and get it right. For me, there are three priorities.
The first is to get the benefit system right. This means looking at the assessment people go through when they first claim benefits, ensuring benefit levels provide a decent standard of living and reflect the extra costs that can be associated with having a disability, and that assessments and payments are accurate and timely. Challenges with the upfront assessment process, and the speed of getting the right support to the right people at the right time are well documented. The Green Paper's commitment to work with disabled people's groups to get this right is welcome.
The second is to massively increase the quantity and quality of employment support. The Learning and Work Institute estimate that only one in ten out-of-work disabled people are getting help to find work and only one in five of these will find a job. Just one in five Employment Support Allowance claimants, the main out-of-work disability benefit, get any employment support at all, and for most of these this is limited to 90 minutes with a Jobcentre Plus advisor each year. The remaining two million have no regular advisor support at all. And even for those that do get support, ninety minutes is not enough time with a skilled advisor to talk about work and find opportunities that will work.
We need more investment so that disabled people have access to advice when they need it. Every disabled person looking for work should be entitled to the advisor time they need. And we need to test new ways of working to see what works: the new £115m joint Work and Health Unit, run jointly by the Department for Health and Department for Work and Pensions, gives a chance to do this.
The third is to make this a cross-government, pan-society issue. Work can often be good for people's health, so we need to make sure that health services recognise this where appropriate. Manchester provides an interesting example: their Working Well pilot is trying to integrate health and employment support. London is now following suit with its Working Capital programme. But employment services and health services continue to talk different languages, commission different programmes and reach often the same people but at different times and with different, uncoordinated support.
Employers have a central responsibility too, both to open up their recruitment to disabled people and to do all they can to support employees who develop disabilities to stay in work. Many employers I speak to are willing, but don't know where they should start. Encouraging more employers to sign up to the Government's Disability Confident standard could help, as could employer commitments to open up apprenticeships, work experience placements and internships to disabled people.
More than one in six people are disabled or have a health condition. Their employment prospects and career aspirations are too often capped as a result. We have so much further to go. But we can do better and we must do better.
Stephen Evans is Chief Executive at the Learning and Work Institute
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Only a few people have ever attempted a tandem HALO jump, and I was number 25 in the world. At the moment it is only Kevin and Ben from halojumper.com in the US that do civilian HALO tandem jumps, thus if you want the thrill of jumping from 30000 feet you have to go to the US. But it gets a little more complicated, the max allowed altitude was 28500 feet, however during the World Free fall Convention in July 2006 there was no limit from FAA and this gives the possibility to jump from 30000 feet or higher.
The day before the jump all the gear was fitted and I was taught how to use the equipment and the routines of switching from the 100 % pure oxygen in the plane to the mixed oxygen bottle attached to my stomach. The training is quite thorough and Kevin and Ben, while stressing the importance of the routines and awareness, make no jokes about the danger of doing this jump. It is dangerous, but I would love to do it again with Kevin and Ben, they certainly have the experience needed to make this jump safe !
The actual jump was very early in the morning, and nobody else can jump at the World Free fall Convention until we have been up and down. 4:30 is very early, but before we were fitted, and the weather had improved enough to attempt the jump an hour had been spent.
There is very little pressure at 31000 feet, so we had to prebreath 100 % pure oxygen until our body is saturated with oxygen, this is to avoid getting the bends. The temperature is -40 degrees outside, without counting the windchill factor.
With all our gear we are getting in the plane and hooked up to the onboard Oxygen system .... we sit there prebreathing Oxygen for about 25 min. before take-off and then we continue breathing 100 % pure oxygen until 28000 feet when we prepare to jump, at this point we switch oxygen from the plane to our "normal" oxygen in the attached bottle.
We are looking for a clear hole in the clouds, and this we find at 30700 feet and then we get ready to jump out of the plane. When we jump out of the plane, the camera man to film the jump is hanging outside the door as we stand in the door with our feet halfway out ........ and then we jump.
I really feel the force and it feels like the mask and helmet is being ripped off my face/head. The freefall lasts for more than 2 min. and I have a clear memory of the fall, especially when we fell through a cloud, because it lasts for a long time and when we get through I feel that the air isuddenly much warmer and we open the parachute.
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The City Mission provides emergency overflow shelter for women, children
By: Katie Ussin
As night falls in Cleveland, it's time to head home, but such a place does not exist for a growing population in Cleveland: homeless mothers and children.
Worse yet, there's no room at the inn; all four family shelters in Cleveland are at capacity.
"This is a crisis in our city for sure," said Linda Uveges, COO of The City Mission, a nonprofit organization that has provided faith-based, crisis intervention services in Cleveland for more than 100 years.
Uveges said domestic violence, addiction and mental illness, incarceration, and a lack of affordable housing, have led to the desperate situation.
The City Mission runs Laura's Home on the city's west side. It is one of the shelters that accepts children but has been full for quite some time.
"We've had women who have called Laura's Home 30 to 40 days in a row to get in and there's been no place," said Uveges.
The City Mission opened a gym at its main campus downtown to serve as an emergency overflow shelter for single moms and their kids.
"Just for June and July, we've seen over 500 children and about 240 women," she said.
When News 5 visited, about 30 women and children were staying the night in the gym because there were no other open options available in Cleveland for emergency overflow sheltering for women and children.
So, if not here, would they go?"
"Many of them are staying in an unsafe place; maybe on the street, maybe in a bathroom at the airport or bus shelters or abandoned buildings," said Uveges.
"You don't think, 'Oh, I'm going to be homeless,'" said Tamonica Hall.
Tamonica knows how it feels to be a homeless mother.
"It's very stressful mentally," she said. "You feel like a bad parent."
Tamonica said she aged out of foster care at 18 and began living with the father of her child. She said he became abusive, so she left.
"You have no friends, you have no family," she said. "You don't know where to go, who to turn to. It's like you're stuck, you know. You're stuck."
She says she's lucky; she and her children got into Laura's Home and aren't "stuck" anymore. They offer classes and counseling, and resources for kids. With their help, Tamonica's now landed a job and is pursuing her dream career.
"I would like to be in a hospital working as a nurse, in my own home," she smiled.
The dream has become a reality for Touri Schuler and her kids.
The City Mission helped her go from homeless to homeowner.
"The hard work was working on me," said Schuler.
Touri stayed the course and completed the Laura's Home program. Then, she entered the mission's New Horizon's collaboration that helps graduates of Laura's Home become homeowners.
The mission purchases a blighted home from the Cuyahoga Land Bank. Then, they partner with a local group that pays for a total remodel of the house and makes it move-in ready.
The women take financial classes and maintain employment to prove they can handle home ownership before the mission turns over the deed.
"Thank you for being a part of my life and opening doors that I probably would've never been able to," said Schuler during the deed ceremony.
It is a process that takes several years, but the CEO of The City Mission says it is working.
"We have four homes that we've done, and the four families that moved in are all well situated in the homes and maintaining the homes and we haven't lost anybody," said Richard Trickel, The City Mission CEO. "So, we have a 100 percent success rate so far."
But he admits, they're just scratching the surface.
"We're looking for church partners, individual partners to come alongside us and the land bank and do more houses," he said.
For every Touri, there's so many more mothers and children who can only dream of such stability.
"Push yourself; know that there is light at the end of the tunnel and know that sometimes you have to weather the storm," said Schuler.
So, the immediate goal is to open up more emergency overflow shelter for women and children, but of course, the long-term goal is to get them into a home all their own.


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Q: All of my executables are trying to open via 7zip. How can I put them back to normal?
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How do you associate the .exe file extension with a program in Windows?

I recently booted my computer and all of the executable files have turned into 7zip icons.  A hoard of error messages popped up upon startup stating that 7zip could not open the files.
2 questions:

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*How do I restore this problem so I can open my programs and my computer will boot normally?

*What caused this and how do I prevent this from coming back?

A: Certainly, to me this sounds like a virus. I would immediately run a complete scan using EVERY anti virus I have AFTER disconnecting from the internet.
I use Malwarebytes and Microsoft Security Essentials.
Good luck.

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OneDrive Files On-Demand blurs the line between cloud and local
Chris Davies - May 11, 2017, 10:30am CDT
Microsoft's OneDrive is getting a supercharged update, with new features intended to make cloud storage more accessible across PCs and mobile devices, and integrate with Apple's iMessage. Announced at BUILD 2017 today, the software giant's annual developer event, the improvements reflect the growing dominance of cloud storage among individual and enterprise users. As we've seen from other cloud providers, it's all about blurring the line between what's locally stored and what's saved on a distant server.
For a start, there's OneDrive Files On-Demand. Set to debut publicly with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, it'll basically allow files to be opened without first downloading them. Instead, they'll stay on the remote storage, and be opened from there.
Microsoft is billing it as the answer to limited on-device storage, since even huge databases and presentations can be accessed but without a hit on your hard-drive. Files show up in File Explorer, whether local or in the cloud, and can be treated the same way. There's support for both personal and business OneDrive accounts, in addition to SharePoint Online team sites.
New within the file dialog are icons to show what's locally saved and what's in the cloud. There's the option to set a file or folder to "Always keep on this device" for a persistent copy for when you're entirely offline. When you do have a connection, double-clicking the file will automatically download and open it.
There's more to it than just saving space on lower-capacity devices, though. Traditionally, Microsoft points out, collaborative documents in SharePoint Online would require resynchronizing every time one person changed the file. By keeping the file in the cloud and accessing it there instead, that should trim a whole lot of network traffic.
Even if you're not a Windows 10 user, there're are changes to OneDrive that might affect you. OneDrive Offline Folders allows for local caching of content to iOS and Android devices: effectively, you can choose certain folders to save a local version to your smartphone, to access when you're offline such as on a plane. Any changes you make are automatically uploaded when you get back online.
Office 365 Personal and Home subscribers will get the feature, along with OneDrive business accounts. It'll roll out from today, though only on Android initially. iOS users should expect to see it in the next few months, Microsoft promises.
If you're an iPhone user and you want something new today, though, there's the addition of OneDrive for iMessage. That integrates with Apple's chat service, allowing for folders, files, and media to be shared within a conversation, directly from OneDrive. It's available now.
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Bill Of Rights Under Attack · Coronavirus · Fake News
Leftist Protests More Sacred Than Church Services
By Guest Columnist
For many Americans, the most painful consequence of the coronavirus lockdowns is the closing of church services. The grace and peace of Sunday makes it easier to make it through the week. But our media and political elites are indifferent to that pain, or openly hostile.
The New York Times recently proclaimed in a headline, "Churches Emerge as Major Source of Coronavirus Cases." A three-reporter team announced the newspaper constructed a database to count church-spawned infections as the "virus rages" and blamed 650 infections across America on church activities.
How is this a "major source" of cases?
Most regular churchgoers didn't want to fit into that secular-media stereotype of being so fanatically trusting in God's protection that they would gather unmasked in churches and share hugs and handshakes. They were willing to observe lockdowns as a public health necessity.
But then came the Black Lives Matter protests over the death of George Floyd that clogged the streets. Suddenly, mass gatherings were not only allowed; they were praised and glorified on a global scale. The coronavirus counters dropped off cable-news screens.
There won't be a headline in The New York Times that reads, "Protests Emerge as Major Source of Coronavirus Cases." The Times created no database to warn of any dangerously disobedient and unscientific citizens among the "progressives."
Instead, the newspapers proclaimed there was little evidence to suggest massive street protests were spreading the virus. "Public health experts" exempted protests from their danger zone, and some even marched themselves.
It's a blatant double standard that strongly suggests that in today's America, protests are the most sacred activity, far more sacred than Americans gathering to worship God. But not all protests, obviously. Protesting the lockdowns in May was pitched as a dangerously nutty exercise of the First Amendment. CNN's warning headline on screen was "Protesters, Some Armed, Descend on Michigan Capitol."
Leftist protesters never "descend on" places. In May, CNN cued up Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to describe how the people protesting her restrictions were a band of scary, gun-lugging extremists, maybe even Nazis and Confederates.
In a similar Democrat-enabling interview last week, CNN's Wolf Blitzer brought on New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to explain how he has banned large gatherings in his city but exempted the police-bashing protests.
The mayor said staying at home is best. "But we understand that this moment in history, people are talking about the need for historic changes," he said. He touted his prank painting of "Black Lives Matter" in front of Trump Tower: "(T)his is a historic moment of change. We have to respect that but also say to people the kinds of gatherings we're used to, the parades, the fairs, we just can't have that while we're focusing on health right now."
We're focusing on health right now ... unless you're lining up with Historic Moments of Change. Someone -- certainly not a journalist -- might suggest the life of Christ was a very Historic Moment of Change worth celebrating.
Blitzer didn't ask about the double standard because CNN has never been the Church News Network. He didn't ask de Blasio about proclaiming that the "devout religious person" has less of a right to assemble than someone "grappling with an extraordinary crisis seeded in 400 years of American racism."
In short, our media elites don't care when religious believers of all colors and creeds are demoted to second-class citizens in a dizzying display of "affirmative discrimination." Go complain about it to your God, they might say. This is a call to action, even that mysterious action called prayer.
Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org.
12 thoughts on "Leftist Protests More Sacred Than Church Services"
This article is all blatant lies! We need to get back to living. Church goers need to go to church and pray. We need to start living again. Open businesses, restaurants, bars, movie theaters, ALL BUSINESSES! ALL LIVES MATTER!
BLM IS RAN BY A MARXIST GROUP AND HAVE RAISED MILLIONS OF $$$. They want to tear down our Constitution ~WE THE PEOPLE~ Believe me wake up Americans before it's too late!
In God We Trust!
We're here on this Earth too get along with each other and love one another, regardless of race, or religion or polictcal.
BigMik says:
De Blowhard and Cummo will both burn in Hell for all eternity come Judgement Day.
Nr says:
Welcome to the soon to be lib Commie China 3rd World Country if Demoncrat puppet Biden wins!!!! Globalist Soros and his minions the Deep State NAZI Commie Satanist liberal party corrupted to the core, MSM (Fake news) , Antifa, BLM, CIA, FBI, Activist Judges, SJW, Hollywood Rats, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, All the useful idiots, treasonous RINOs etc…are responsible for this rioting, looting and destruction throughout the country. This treasonous act should not go unpunished! It's about time these deep State rats are held accountable! Patriots, we need to save the country from turning into another Commie shit hole just like all the other lib run cities!!
What do you expect from Godless liberals
Marxism, Leftism, Liberalism, Communism, Socialism, Statism IS a religion. The simplest definition of a religion is that it is a mix of Cult, Creed and Community. In the case of the "ism's" noted above the "higher power" is Government and whatever personality(ies) associated with it.
Chris Skibicki says:
Send them all to mental health hospitals where are belong, to late for treatment!!!!!!!
They are born with psychiatrist defects!!!!!
Go to Church enough of the double standards, if they can protest we can go to Church.
That Is all we need, more reasons to support the double standards stand up and fight.
GOD is more important than anything!!! Thank you Jesus!!!!for your grace!!!!
I think that there is going too be a massive civil unrest , and it is not who they think it will be! I think that the silent majority in our USA, have had enough of the BS, and want our Country BACK ! They should send a "Drone" over George Soros family home and take the "ENEMY WITHIN" out! He has destroyed other Countries and is trying too destroy our USA, he is a "Traitor and a Treasonist" and has been thrown out by his first Country!
TomS says:
It is very interesting that spending tax payer dollars on government projects like painting a street with black lives matter is not a problem. While increases in crime and venerating criminals and de-funding the police is not a problem. It actually appears many of these so called governors and mayors lack common sense. It even makes sense these governors and mayors do not know how to do their job especially when they cry "wolf" all the time, and blame their incompetence on somebody else. The major problem here is how these people get elected when they are so incompetent, but are extremely wealthy. They really are liars!
Church groups need to protest and beat rioters when attacked and see what happens. Police personnel need to have federal charges filed against each personally for not following sworn oath and hailing to dictators across the country.
Katherine Kirkmire says:
Georgie Porgy wrong for America, Land of the FREE!
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The Co-op has revealed plans to step up security across its Derbyshire stores - including the installing of panic buttons and motion detectors.
Central England Co-op has said it will be installing the detectors across dozens of its food stores, along with a centrally-monitored CCTV system, which will allow staff to call for help at the touch of a button.
The retailer, which has convenience stores across Derby and Derbyshire, said the technology is in addition to existing security measures - and hopes it will send out a message to criminal that targeting its outlets is "not worth the risk".
It comes after several robberies and attempted robberies of Derbyshire Co-op stores in recent years.
In October last year, a group of thugs tried to break into the Co-op in Heatherton Village, Littleover, but fled when they were disturbed.
And, on August 23, 2016, a robber entered a Co-op in Sawley and threatened staff with a knife before taking £2,000.
"We are doing everything we can to prevent incidents like this from happening - but if something does happen we offer them support and counselling both from within our business and specialists.
"We already have full CCTV coverage in all our stores, have increased our provision of security guards and reduced incident response times.
The central monitoring system will allow staff to press a button to alert a special control room who will then be able to watch what is happening on CCTV and call for immediate assistance from the emergency services if required.
Mrs Nyambo said: "This will allow for quicker support for colleagues as incidents are escalated quicker and will also help increase colleague's perception of safety and security, something of which has happened when the system has been installed elsewhere across our business.
The new improvements are being rolled out in food stores across Derbyshire, as well as in Leicestershire, the West Midlands, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, and Yorkshire.
The monitoring will be overseen by Co-op Secure Response, part of the East of England Co-op.
Its Alarm Receiving Centre is monitored 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, by a team of accredited security professionals.
Lee Hammond, head of Co-op Secure Response, said: "Co-op Secure Response is all about the people, and ensuring our stores and communities remain safe places to work and live.


Being 17 isn't easy by any stretch of the imagination. But when your loving, kind and apparently happy father suddenly commits suicide, it's next to impossible.
Which is exactly what happens to Eddie Reeves. The only daughter of a once-famous photographer, Eddie used to be just an average teenage girl, who tried to make the best of life in the hopelessly boring town her dad had chosen to retire to. She went to parties, hung out at the local diner, and ate cheese fries with Milo, her best friend since second grade. Her father's exile had been self-imposed. After making his mark upon the world, Seth Reeves had voluntarily walked away from everything and, still inspired, continued to make art for himself for the next 30-some years.
When he jumped off a warehouse roof one night, it came as a complete shock to everyone, especially Eddie's mom. Since then, she hasn't worn anything except her husband's old housecoat, and now her best friend, Beth --- who thinks that vitamins, slime-green smoothies and positive energy can solve everything --- has moved in to "help out," making Eddie's life almost unbearable. Because not only is Beth a total nightmare, no one --- not even Milo --- can understand that, more than anything else in the world, Eddie just needs to know why her dad decided he didn't want to be alive anymore.
In the hope of finding an answer, Eddie starts haunting the scene of her father's death. But instead she meets Culler Evans, a mysterious and talented photographer Seth had taken on as a student. Culler wants the same thing Eddie does --- and apparently just as badly. Sparks fly as the two are instantly drawn to each other, and since her dad's art is the one thing Eddie knows absolutely nothing about, it seems like there's a solid chance Culler might actually be her savior. After all, he's the only person who takes her seriously, and Milo won't even tell about what happened the night her father died.
So when a disappointing trip to clean out her dad's studio reveals a string of clues that might unravel the mystery of his suicide, a vulnerable and increasingly desperate Eddie becomes convinced that Culler is, in fact, the only one who can help her. But there's more to Culler Evans than meets the eye, and whatever answers are out there for Eddie, they might be better left alone. Their subsequent journey together through Middle-of-Nowhere America will keep readers turning the pages --- and make them as desperate to find out why Eddie's father killed himself as she is.
FALL FOR ANYTHING is definitely riveting, but not in the conventional sense of the word --- which is why it's probably the first young adult novel to keep me completely immobilized for an entire day since Harry Potter. Unlike a lot of the YA lit I've read recently, this book isn't really about the plot --- or at least the plot isn't what makes it altogether impossible to put down. Although the combination of Eddie's relentless search for answers, the mounting tension between her and Milo, and her clear-cut chemistry with Culler Evans does make for a compelling and suspense-filled story, it's not what made me park myself on a sofa for six hours and nearly cancel my Saturday night plans. It was the fact that Eddie's voice is so powerful, so real and so utterly convincing that, by the end of the book, I had become almost as frantic as she was. Her pain became mine, and if she was in Courtney Summers's hands, then for the time being, so was I.
The ending didn't exactly offer the kind of consolation I'd been looking for, but that was fine with me. Although some readers might find that it lacks a sense of resolution, in my opinion, anything else would have undermined Eddie Reeves's unbelievable integrity as a character. After everything Eddie has been through, her epiphany --- and the culmination of her unremitting quest --- is almost anticlimactic. But it's also the most true-to-life scenario that Summers could have imagined, which is why I think it's the ideal conclusion to this perfectly sincere portrait of a confused and grieving 17-year-old girl.
If you're looking for a mindless distraction or a feel-good novel, FALL FOR ANYTHING isn't going to be your best bet. But if you want a powerful and innovative book that tackles intense, real-life issues with a fresh voice and unflinching honesty, then it doesn't get any better than this.


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Exercise, yoga, jogging and clean food habits are the key words to keep our body healthy and fit.
Mrs. Kamakshi and Mrs. Vidhya from T.I anchored the PD session.
The topic was "Time Management".
The session started with an interesting activity "Filling the Jar". Children were given one big pet bottle, sand, small stones, pebbles, big stones. They were asked to fill the bottle with all the given items and were asked to write the activities they do on a daily basis. This activity was to show them how to prioritize things in life.
The same was shown as a video clip for them to understand it better. A short film on "Procrastination is the thief of time" was also screened.
Mrs. Uma and Mrs. Sivagama Sundari from T.I anchored the PD session.
The session started with a story about motherhood is hard, which made the children think of their day-to-day conversations they have with their mom and the way they treat her.
This was followed by a fun loving activity, where Tamil letters were scattered and children in groups were asked to form maximum number of words possible with those letters. Through this activity, the anchors were able to identify and tell children what are positives (like team work, concentration, listening to others) that made a team come first.
A song in Tamil on "Hard work, never give up" made the session very lively. On the whole, a worthy session with activities, video clips and story time.
Mr. Siripananda Sampath accompanied by Chitirai singer anchored the PD session. Siripananda Sampath, a Diploma holder in Yogic therapy and accutheraphy taught children how to keep fit, and stay healthy and happy through laughing therapy.
Students were introduced to exercises that make them laugh and keep fit. He taught children that Laughter yoga not only does it increase happiness, but it also strengthens the immune system, reduces pain and lowers stress.
Mrs. Lakshmi from Global Adjustments anchored the PD session. First she sought the attention of children by teaching them happiness clapping saying 'hey hey hey' and clapping simultaneously.
These topics were reinforced in children through framing a song, role play and circle time activity.
Mrs. Sreelatha and Mrs. Jayshree from T.I anchored the PD session. The topic was 'As you sow, so you reap'.
The session started with an enthusiastic rain clap which the children enjoyed a lot followed by a song on the usage of five sense organs and the children participated well.
That was followed by a role play, to convey the message, "Do good, good will come to you".
The role play was followed by a video clip and a game, pairing and sharing where the children remembered the qualities of friends but not their names which conveyed the message, "our names are not remembered but our acts are"!!!!!
On the whole, a worthy session with full of activities, video clips and story time.
"In the trees, in the breeze, seek nature's peace and bliss."
Gone are the days when sparrows were a common sight that one would see while sipping their morning coffee or reading a paper out on the lawn. Today, spotting a sparrow amongst this concrete jungle has become an activity which goes by the name, 'Sparrow watching'. Not many people are aware of this sad state of the pretty brown bird, because in the end, one doesn't realise the value of something which has always been around and that exactly is the case of our 'not so common anymore' house sparrow. To enlighten many more people on this, we had with us Mrs. Sadhana or the Sparrow Queen as she is fondly known. She spoke on the issue and also gave us solutions through which we can mitigate the same.
For instance, she taught us to make cost-effective sparrow nests out of cardboard. She also taught us to make bird feeders out of plastic bottles and plastic plates. These were both innovative and eco friendly as it makes use of the waste cardboard, unused plastics at home and one need not run down to the stores for any supply. We all had an opportunity to try it out and it is safe to say that the sparrows have got 60 more homes now where they are welcome to stay. Her passion towards her mission and her inspiring talk drove us all to take a silent oath to help revive the population of the sparrows.
The enthusiastic kids were welcomed for the camp with a cup of Hot Badam Milk to fuel them for the day.
Mr. Rajasekaran, Secretary & Correspondent SRMHSS and VCHSS inaugurated the camp with his motivational talk. Mrs. Kamakshi, Advisor- schools, AMMF inspired the children to tap their inner child prodigy by quoting examples of personalities like Hussain Bolt and Michael Phelps.
T Shirts, sponsored by Minisports were distributed to all children.
The camp started with physical fitness and yoga. Then boys went for playing Football and girls, Basket ball.
After a sumptuous breakfast, the children reported to the A.V.Hall for the Personality development session which was anchored by Mr. Ravikumar and Ms. Vandana of T.I School.
The PD session started with an Icebreaker game called "Shipwreck" followed by Improv acting which concentrated on getting to know one another and work as a team.
The day ended with distribution of Bonda and lemon juice.