Brexit: A Call for Democracy or an Act of Economic Shortsightedness?
The largest blow the British population has delivered to its establishment in modern history – was it strategic or just plain stupid? Well, that depends.
This last week's furor over Brexit has filled the news channels. In a pretty close race – 52 % Leave; 48 % Remain, with 70% voting — the British Isles voted to step out of the European Union. The referendum vote has polarized the country and triggered Prime Minster David Cameron's resignation after the British public rejected his entreaties to remain.
Numerous heads of government including President Obama, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Xi Jinpang of China, Britain's' own conservative government Labor party, the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party chimed in against Brexit, to no avail. In fact, even some of our own Wall Street TBTF banks, J.P. Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, who each have a real vested interest in Britain as one in six of their employees are based there and who contributed to the REMAIN campaign, encouraged REMAIN and staying with the E.U., to no avail.
Ironically, quite a few Brits agree that Brexit was ill thought and are calling for a new vote. However, taking back the consequences of a uniformed electorate voting on emotion may be too late.
According to the Guardian, "If you've got money, you vote in; if you haven't, you vote out." Several issues contributed to the LEAVE vote: class inequality, voters feeling excluded from political say and the issues toward immigration and perceived loss of jobs. As jobs were taken by immigrants who are willing to work all hours and for much less pay, resentment grew and fueled LEAVE. Yet, this was democracy in action.
"If you believe there's such a thing as "too much democracy," you probably don't believe in democracy at all. As a rule, people resent being saved from themselves. And if you think depriving people of their right to make mistakes makes sense, you probably never had respect for their right to make decisions at all.
This is all relevant in the wake of the Brexit referendum, in which British citizens narrowly voted to exit the European Union.
Brexit, a combination of the words Britain and exit, has caused profound shock to many for several reasons. Britain who joined the E.U. in 1973 is the only major country to date to leave the E.U. They may not be the last. Yet, ironically the LEAVE referendum vote is not so much about the inefficiencies of the E.U. but perhaps more about Britain's internal problems, class warfare and sovereignty.
While the Bank of England says, "We are well prepared for this," a recession seems likely.
Corporate investments will certainly feel the fallout, with businesses deferring whatever spending they can. The average consumer will probably not curb spending short term, however the collapsing pound may well drive inflation and put a real crimp on salaries. Jobs will be lost and the number of hours worked and wage growth will likely fall. Ironic as the very opposite of what the disenfranchised wanted is resulting. The LEAVE vote has caused huge economic disequilibrium with the pound plummeting and real concerns about Britain trying to survive outside of the E.U.
Overall, the prevailing uncertainty is causing a chilling effect on investment. It's pretty certain Britain will lose trade and investment. The loss of migrant workers could lead to lower productivity and actually decrease job opportunities according to a study by Britain's National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
An E.U. without Britain's deregulating influence is troubling other countries whose voters could be influenced by Britain pulling out of the E.U. and elect to follow suit. Europe is also Britain's most important export market and its greatest source of foreign direct investment. E.U. membership has been crucial to establishing London as a global financial market. Brexit may well weaken this position.
Britain makes up about a sixth of the European Union's economy. A Brexit is akin to California and Florida being lopped off the U.S. economy. That destabilization could affect the United States' economy. Last week, the Federal Reserve in Washington cited the possibility of a Brexit as a reason to not raise interest rates.
It is imperative Britain negotiate and quickly to get the most favorable trade deal they can. The economic effect of an exit would depend on what settlement was negotiated, especially on whether Britain would retain access to the single market for duty-free trade and financial services. But that would probably require accepting freedom of movement and labor for European Union citizens, which is one of the main complaints the "Leave" camp has about bloc membership.
So the second shot heard around the world may well have resulted in a major world player shooting itself in the foot. Or it may be democracy in action. What's your take?
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Q: ¿Graficar dia a dia y semanalmente? Buen día, me encuentro con esta situación y me gustaría alguna idea de cómo solucionarla por favor, esto aunado a que soy nuevo programando en c#.
Necesito realizar una gráfica que me muestre la producción de 4 líneas (1,2,3,4) y los días de la semana (l,m,m,j,v,s,d), los datos ya están en el sistema,
pero cómo hacerlo "simple" para el usuario que pueda ver la producción de las líneas el dia jueves por ejemplo y cambiar al martes y así consecutivamente.
La idea que tengo es crear 7 tabControl para cada dia de la semana y un tab mas que contenga las 4 líneas y según la selección lo grafique, que opinan? a su vez tendrá que tomar la información y las capturas de las gráficas y generar excel...
De antemano gracias por su tiempo!!!

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Q: Auto fade between scenes in unity not working on OSX I just imported my project into unity of my mac. I have unity pro license and I'm using unity 4.6.3 in both computers (pc with windows 8) and OS X yosemite. When i test my project in the pc(windows) the auto fade works ok but when i do it on my mac it waits the time between scenes, but it only put the screen in black with no fading. This is the script:
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class AutoFade : MonoBehaviour
{
    private static AutoFade m_Instance = null;
    private Material m_Material = null;
    private string m_LevelName = "";
    private int m_LevelIndex = 0;
    private bool m_Fading = false;

    private static AutoFade Instance
    {
        get
        {
            if (m_Instance == null)
            {
                m_Instance = (new GameObject("AutoFade")).AddComponent<AutoFade>();
            }
            return m_Instance;
        }
    }
    public static bool Fading
    {
        get { return Instance.m_Fading; }
    }

    private void Awake()
    {
        DontDestroyOnLoad(this);
        m_Instance = this;
        m_Material = new Material("Shader \"Plane/No zTest\" { SubShader { Pass { Blend SrcAlpha OneMinusSrcAlpha ZWrite Off Cull Off Fog { Mode Off } BindChannels { Bind \"Color\",color } } } }");
    }

    private void DrawQuad(Color aColor,float aAlpha)
    {
        aColor.a = aAlpha;
        m_Material.SetPass(0);
        GL.Color(aColor);
        GL.PushMatrix();
        GL.LoadOrtho();
        GL.Begin(GL.QUADS);
        GL.Vertex3(0, 0, -1);
        GL.Vertex3(0, 1, -1);
        GL.Vertex3(1, 1, -1);
        GL.Vertex3(1, 0, -1);
        GL.End();
        GL.PopMatrix();
    }

    private IEnumerator Fade(float aFadeOutTime, float aFadeInTime, Color aColor)
    {
        float t = 0.0f;
        while (t<1.0f)
        {
            yield return new WaitForEndOfFrame();
            t = Mathf.Clamp01(t + Time.deltaTime / aFadeOutTime);
            DrawQuad(aColor,t);
        }
        if (m_LevelName != "")
            Application.LoadLevel(m_LevelName);
        else
            Application.LoadLevel(m_LevelIndex);
        while (t>0.0f)
        {
            yield return new WaitForEndOfFrame();
            t = Mathf.Clamp01(t - Time.deltaTime / aFadeInTime);
            DrawQuad(aColor,t);
        }
        m_Fading = false;
    }
    private void StartFade(float aFadeOutTime, float aFadeInTime, Color aColor)
    {
        m_Fading = true;
        StartCoroutine(Fade(aFadeOutTime, aFadeInTime, aColor));
    }

    public static void LoadLevel(string aLevelName,float aFadeOutTime, float aFadeInTime, Color aColor)
    {
        if (Fading) return;
        Instance.m_LevelName = aLevelName;
        Instance.StartFade(aFadeOutTime, aFadeInTime, aColor);
    }
    public static void LoadLevel(int aLevelIndex,float aFadeOutTime, float aFadeInTime, Color aColor)
    {
        if (Fading) return;
        Instance.m_LevelName = "";
        Instance.m_LevelIndex = aLevelIndex;
        Instance.StartFade(aFadeOutTime, aFadeInTime, aColor);
    }
}

A: Set the Graphics API to Open GL ES 2.0 in the Player Settings. This might have to do with the new iOs Metal Rendering released with Unity 4.6.3.

A: The problem is, that Unity on Windows is using DirectX and not OpenGL, so it's working there (as already mentioned in the comments of your question).
Just start Unity with -force-opengl on Windows and you'll notice, it will stop working there either.
See http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/447206/forcing-opengl-in-windows-editor.html
Further investigation showed, that your shader is not correct for your needs. You'll need a vertex shader for that.
See http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/55392/why-my-glcolor-doesnt-work.html
e.g.:
Shader "Unlit Transparent Vertex Colored"
{
    Properties
    {
        _MainTex ("Base (RGB) Trans (A)", 2D) = "white" {}
    }

    Category
    {
        Tags {"Queue"="Transparent" "IgnoreProjector"="True" "RenderType"="Transparent"}
        ZWrite Off
        //Alphatest Greater 0
        Blend SrcAlpha OneMinusSrcAlpha
        Fog { Color(0,0,0,0) }
        Lighting Off
        Cull Off //we can turn backface culling off because we know nothing will be facing backwards

        BindChannels
        {
            Bind "Vertex", vertex
            Bind "texcoord", texcoord
            Bind "Color", color
        }

        SubShader
        {
            Pass
            {
                SetTexture [_MainTex]
                {
                    Combine texture * primary
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Source https://github.com/edbartley/BombaFiesta-Unity3D-Futile/blob/master/Assets/Resources/Shaders/UnlitTransparentVertexColored.shader
Just store that shader somewhere in Assets/Resources e.g. as test.shader and load it in Awake() as follows:
private void Awake()
{
    DontDestroyOnLoad(this);
    m_Instance = this;
    var shader = Shader.Find("Unlit Transparent Vertex Colored"); // <= it's some kind of best practise to put shaders in separate files, and load them like this
    m_Material = new Material(shader);
}

Shader.Find http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Shader.Find.html
Furthermore you have to put GL.Begin() to the beginning of the GL stuff in DrawQuad() method.
private void DrawQuad(Color aColor,float aAlpha)
{
    aColor.a = aAlpha;
    m_Material.SetPass(0);

    GL.Begin(GL.QUADS); // <= put it here
    GL.Color(aColor);
    GL.PushMatrix();
    GL.LoadOrtho();
    GL.Vertex3(0, 0, -1);
    GL.Vertex3(0, 1, -1);
    GL.Vertex3(1, 1, -1);
    GL.Vertex3(1, 0, -1);
    GL.End();
    GL.PopMatrix();
}

Works like a charm for me, now. :-)
Let me know if you have any issues with that!
Old Answer:
I kept my first answer, as it is a good alternate approach for that issue.
It seems to be an OpenGL issue, as it's also not working on Windows with Unity 4.6.3 using -force-opengl, as already mentioned in the comments of your question (works fine without forcing OpenGL).
See http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/447206/forcing-opengl-in-windows-editor.html
So, I would suggest to use the following approach, as it is working on both, OpenGL and DirectX.
Just change your "DrawQuad" method as follows:
private void DrawQuad(Color aColor, float aAlpha)
{
    aColor.a = aAlpha;
    Texture2D texture = new Texture2D(1, 1);
    texture.SetPixel(0, 0, aColor);
    texture.Apply();
    GUI.skin.box.normal.background = texture;
    GUI.Box(new Rect(0, 0, Screen.width, Screen.height), GUIContent.none);
}

See also http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/draw-a-simple-rectangle-filled-with-a-color.116348/

A: According to the documentation for GL.Color, it "can only be called between GL.Begin and GL.End functions". Your call to GL.Color occurs before GL.Begin.


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{{Uncurated}} {{Biorealm Genus}} ==Classification== ===Higher order taxa=== cellular organisms; Bacteria; Firmicutes; ''Mollicutes; Mycoplasmatales; Mycoplasmataceae; Ureaplasma; Ureaplasma parvum'' ===Species=== ''Ureaplasma parvum'' {| | height="10" bgcolor="#FFDF95" | '''NCBI: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=2&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock Taxonomy]''' |} ==Description and significance== In 1954 Maurice C. Shepard described tiny mycoplasmas he found within the human urogenital tract. Denys K. Ford in 1962 confirmed these mycoplasmas as being self replicating entities that grew at a low pH. Growing in colonies resembling fried eggs they were put in the Ureaplasma genus. The cells were either spherical or coccobacillary shaped Gram-positive microbes that cannot be seen with the naked eye. The cell diameter ranges from 0.1 to 1.0 µm. Its type strain is T960. Named in 1974 by Shepard with its official name ''Ureaplasma urealyticum'' there were 14 identified serotypes (servars). A few of them were associated with diseases. Within these serotypes two distinct groups were recognized. Separated depending on their phenotypic markers such as clustering of antigenic types, polypeptide patterns of whole cell preparations, differential inhibition by manganese, and polymorphism among their ureases, pyrophosphatases and diaphorases. They were known as biovar 1 and biovar 2. After long debates in 2002 they were separated into two distinct species: ''Ureaplasma parvum'' and ''Ureaplasma urealyticum''. Serovars 1,3,6 and 14 were designated as ''U. parvum'' (previously ''U. urealyticum'' biovar 1) due to their slightly smaller genome size. ''Ureaplasma parvum'' is a pathogenic ureolytic mollicute (mycoplasma) commonly found in healthy and diseased humans. It is one of the smallest free living organisms known. Linked to many neonatal, male, and female specific diseases there has been research recently in the medical field to determine how it causes diseases. In 2000 the full genome of ''Ureaplasma parvum'' biovar 3 was sequenced with a GenBank accession no. NC_002162. ==Genome structure== ''Ureaplasma parvum'' has a circular chromosome consisting of 751,719 base pairs. Its chromosome encodes 605 Open Reading Frames and 38 RNA genes. The G+C content is 25% which is relatively low compared to other species. Having a reduced genome it has a fast evolutionary rate. It does not have the LexA repressor which suppresses the SOS response genes. The SOS response genes are used in DNA repair. Its fast evolutionary rate may account for the lack of LexA genes and mutant genes. The tuf DNA sequence is the same within serovars of ''Ureaplasma parvum''. It was used to differentiate within the species and at times reflects a better phenotypic relationship than 16S rRNA gene sequencing does. ==Cell structure and metabolism== The mycoplasma has very low biosynthetic capacity meaning it must import many important nutrients from other bacteria. Retaining a spherical or coccobacillary shape it is on the diameter of 0.1 to 1.0 µm. It is a sterol requiring non obligate anaerobe which makes it sensitive to digitonin. Growing in low pH between 6.0 and 6.5 it does not use glucose, carbohydrates, or arginine to generate ATP. Using a urea hydrolase it hydrolyses urea to generate ATP through a chemiosmotic mechanism. Even though it is part of the Gram-positive bacteria, it lacks a bacterial cell wall which means when put through a Gram stain it takes on the color of the counter stain rather than the crystal violet. ''Ureaplasma parvum'' is unique in the fact that it expresses the human immunoglobulin A1 protease. ==Ecology== The species prefers to grow in acidic pH between 6.0-6.5. It colonizes the human urinary and genital tracts causing a variety of diseases that are discussed in the pathology section. Growing in colonies it can reach roughly 108 organisms per ml but due to the small cellular mass it does not cause much disturbance. Many of the colonies are described as "fried-egg" colonies. Mutations within the 23Sr RNA and ribosomal proteins L4 and L22 have caused macrolide resistance within ''Ureaplasma parvum''. This has allowed it to survive in environments normally hostile to other microbes such as the urinary-genital tract and resistant to antimicrobial drugs. ==Pathology== ''Ureaplasma parvum'' has been associated with the cause of various diseases. Being a human pathogen it is not a natural pathogen for other animals such as rodents. It has been categorized as a mucosal parasite living within the genito-urinary tracts. It is a mycoplasma and pathogenic ureolytic mollicute which can cause male urethritis, supperative arthritis, adverse pregnancy outcomes, chorioamnionitis, surgical wound infections, neonatal meningitis, pelvic inflammatory diseases, pyelonephritis, and neonatal disease. ''Ureaplasma parvum'' can cause infertility via placental inflammation and infection of the amniotic sac during early pregnancies causing abnormal outcomes during pregnancy. Infection of the lower lung can cause chronic lung disease in premature babies and/or broncohpulmonary dysplasia. Lower respiratory infection can also cause infants with low birth weights leading to congenital pneumonia, meningitis, and even death. Many preterm infants with chronic lung disease have had ''Ureaplasma parvum'' isolated from their respiratory secretions. It has also been found in infants with Respiratory Distress Syndrome. RDS (respiratory distress syndrome) is a major factor in the high mortality of preterm infants from pulmonary diseases. During delivery of a baby, if the mother is infected with ''Ureaplasma parvum'', it may be spread to the CNS or respiratory tract of the infant leading to pneumonia, meningitis, and septicemia. Isolates of ''U. parvum'' have been found in maternal blood, umbilical cord blood, and neo-natal blood. Strangely 20% of newborn infants have a ''Ureaplasma parvum'' infection while most preterm infants harbor the organism, yet by 3 months of age ''U. parvum ''colonization has declined drastically. ==Application to Biotechnology== A better understanding of ''Ureaplasma parvum'' and ''Ureaplasma urealyticum'' may give us better knowledge of what diseases it causes. By understanding the microbe's mechanisms it may be possible to link the microbes to a specific disease and develop antibiotics to counter them. The knowledge of ''Ureaplasma parvum'' as the only one expressing human immunoglobulin A1 protease or its mechanisms for macrolide resistance may further the development of improved macrolides or other antimicrobial drugs. Currently the research being down is not towards the biotechnology applications but research towards understanding the microbe as seen in the current research section. ==Current Research== 1)	Recent PCR sequencing in China and France has found Fluoroquinolone resistance in ''Ureaplasma parvum''. The resistance is linked to a change in amino acid 83 of UU467 (parC) and at amino acid 112 of UU082 (gyrA). The serine at amino acid 83 was replaced with leucine and the amino acid at 112 was replaced with glutamic acid. The resistance has made treatment for vaginal infection difficult and many times prolonged antimicrobial therapy is required. Along with the increase in Fluoroquinolone resistance, 45% of the ''Ureaplasma parvum'' species were found to have tetracycline resistance and contained tet(M). An increasing resistance to multiple drug classes seems to be the general trend. 2)	To determine ''Ureaplasma parvum'' involvement in certain diseases rats were used as test subjects. It is not a natural pathogen for rodents however it can be induced by infection in the urinary tract. Diverse infections were discovered from these tests and the rats developed mild inflammation to pyelonephritis and urolithiasis. The susceptibility to urinary infection and struvite stone formation from ''Ureaplasma parvum'' was also investigated and found to be linked. 3)	With a wide variety of diseases occurring from infection with ''Ureaplasma parvum'', the study set out to determine which part of the ''U. parvum'' DNA was responsible for the outcome of the infection. Ten ''Ureaplasma parvum'' strains were analyzed through genome DNA macroarrays and 538 core genes were discovered. 79% of the genome was of unknown function while a newly identified pathogenicity island (UU145-UU170) was found. The UU145-UU170 island was determined to likely be a putative PAI determined the virulence of the microbe. 4)	It has been found that Nuceloside diphosphate kinase (NDK) is missing in Mollicutues such as ''Ureaplasma parvum''. The enzyme is involved in housekeeping functions as well as the synthesis of NTP's and dNTPs. To determine how they make NTPs and dNTPs the nucleoside monophosphate kinase in Ureaplasma was studied. Using tritium labeled dNTP's the catalytic rate for NMPK could be determined and calculated. "AdK, CMPK, and UMPK phosphorylated both ribos- respective deoxyribos- forms of nucleotides efficiently." While TMPK was specific for dTMP and only "dUMP had some activity." The NMPKs were found to be able to convert (d)NMPs to (d)NTPs and were base specific. The results of the experiment strongly supported the conclusion that NMPKs could fulfill the NDK role that was missing "in vivo." ==References== Journals Cultrera, Rosario. et al. "Molecular evidence of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum colonization in preterm infants during respiratory distress syndrome." November 21, 2006. Volume 6. P.166. Daubin, Vincent. et al. "Bacterial Molecular Phylogeny Using Supertree Aproach." Genome Informatics. 2001. Volume 12. P.155-164. Duffy, Lynn. et al. "Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Ureaplasma parum in the United States." Journal of Clinical Microbiology. April 2006. P.1590-1591. Katz, Brenda. et al. "Characterization of Ureaplasmas Isolated from Preterm Infants with and without Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia." September 2005. Volume 43. Number 9. P.4852-4854. Kong, Fanrong. et al. "Species Identificaiton and Subtyping of Ureaplasma parvum and Ureaplasma urealyticum Using PCR-Based Assays." March 2000. Volume 38. Number 3. P.1175-1179. Kong, Fanrong. Gilbert, Gwendolyn L.. "Postgenomic taxonomy of human ureaplasmas – a case study based on multiple gene sequences." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2004. Volume 54. P.1815-1821. Momynaliev, Kuvat. et al. "Comparitive genome analysis of Ureaplasma parvum clinical isolates." Research in Microbiology. 2007. Volume 158. P.371-378. Pereyre, S. et al. "Characterisation of in vitro-selected mutants of Ureaplasma parvum resistant to macrolides and related antibiotics." International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. Volume 29. P.207-211. Reyes, Leticia. et al. "Rat Strains Differ in Susceptibility to Ureaplasma parvum-Induced Urinary Tract Infection and Struvite Stone Formation." Infection and Immunity. December 2006. Volume 74. Number 12. P.6656-6664. Robertson, Janet A.. et al. "Proposal of Ureaplasma parvum sp. Nov. and emended description of Ureaplasma urealyticum (Shepard et al. 1974) Robertson et al. 2001." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2002. Volume 52. P.587-597. Waites, Ken B. "Ureaplasma Infection." WebMD. January 5, 2007. Wang, Liya. "The role of Ureaplasma nucleoside monophosphate kinases in the synthesis of nucleoside triphosphates." The FEBS Journal. 2007. Volume 274. P.1983-1990. Yoshida, Takashi. et al. "Rapid Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma parvum, and Ureaplasma urealyticum Organisms in Genitourinary Samples by PCR-Microtiter Plate Hybridization Assay." Journal of Clinical Microbiology. May 2003. Volume 41. Number 5. P.1850-1855. Databases http://www.ebi.ac.uk/2can/genomes/bacteria/ureaplasma_urealyticum.html http://www.ebi.ac.uk/newt/display?search=134821&from=www Edited by student Chris Katsura of [mailto:ralarsen@ucsd.edu Rachel Larsen] and Kit Pogliano KMG
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The recent popularity of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) has put a spotlight on immersive technology—and our curriculum may never look the same again.
In the midst of all this enthusiasm, Apple has released a new resource for app developers—the ARKit—that has supercharged augmented reality for fields like entertainment, gaming, advertising and, of course, education.
The ARKit is often mistaken as a single app, but it's actually a tool for developers to create their own apps. Already, it has opened up the AR floodgates for newer Apple devices, and developers have been showcasing their new apps on social media using the hashtag #ARKit. The latest apps include technology that simulate realistic experiences, making AR more useful than ever in our daily lives.
While researching the possibilities, I've reached out to companies to see how they plan to make the technology that will one day rock our classrooms. In some instances, the app isn't intended solely for education, and I try to make recommendations to prevent inappropriate content from being included. By and large, I've found companies welcome feedback and ideas to make their programs more beneficial and successful for classroom use.
While testing some apps before the release of iOS 11, I was overwhelmed with the educational potential and benefit for our students contained in this technology. I found some incredible apps that blew the roof off of our classroom walls, as well as some that provided minimal benefit.
Here, I've made my list of top 10 recommended ARKit apps (as of today) that can drastically transform our lessons and the interactions with content. While I've tried to explain the value of these tools, there are some instances where you simply need to see it to believe it, so I've included my experience on video using some of the apps to provide further insights whenever possible.
Capture the floor plan of your room or building by dropping pins in the corners of your space and rotating around. The app collects the dimensions and provides both the area and a blueprint model. Students can create their own custom classroom with furniture, doors and walls. Easily explain the difference between area, volume and surface area using this app to solidify the learning.
Interact with friends or colleagues using augmented reality. Video chats will never look the same as you support and collaborate on your screen that attaches to your space. Draw on the screen and include shapes to show off your model volcano or tutor a friend on their math work from afar in the video chat.
Take your bitmoji to the next level by making them 3D. Use 3D characters that express your thoughts and ideas using expressions and animation. The Storyfab app allows you to create a scene in augmented reality to give multiple camera views. Bringing these characters in your spaces feels more convincing than a standard image and gives the students a chance to show their learning in a creative way.
Learn in 3D using JigSpace with interactive objects for engaging lessons. Jump into history, science and more by exploring objects on your classroom tables. Students can virtually break apart the objects and identify specific parts or learn how each item functions. There are other libraries of 3D objects available, but JigSpace has made those objects more realistic using ARKit.
Scan an object on a QR code mat using your device to create a 3D object. The app uses a simple process that rotates around an object in a circular motion, which uploads in the app in multiple formats for 3D printing, creating GIFs or even uploading into other AR/VR apps. Students don't need to create 3D objects for their projects from scratch, but instead can start with what they have.
Practice your artistic ability inside of your room by walking around and drawing in 3D using the World Brush app. When you hold the screen on the device and walk around, you're leaving a trail of digital paint. The app has several different brush settings that include basic colors, calligraphy, glowing ink and rainbow. The published drawings can be tracked by location and the most popular creations show up in the letter board shown as a trophy.
Catch flying letters that can be grabbed with your device and placed into boxes to form a word. The letters can create multiple letter words that challenge you to form words in 360 degrees. While the traditional Scrabble game places letters in a single row, moving and rotating around your room makes creating words much more difficult. Asking students to get up and move around to solve the problems is not just fun and challenging, but helps with long-term retention.
Build a digital world in your living room. Drop spheres, columns, blocks and characters into your space and walk around them. Each of the 3D objects are tethered to a specific location based on where you place them and can be adjusted by texture and color. In addition to creating 3D objects in your space, you can save the creation and upload it in an entirely new space. The opportunity to create augmented reality for our students has taken a huge leap forward, and the Orb app is the beginning of more creation tools.
Developer Visible Body has created the most immersive AR experience I've ever seen by letting you view the human body within your space and allowing you to literally cut through any part using your device. Before trying this app out with students, keep in mind that the app includes the full anatomy of a body and may not be completely appropriate for all ages.
Using both augmented and virtual reality, Figment has struck gold for our classrooms. Using different windows, our educators and students can create a portal into a 360-degree image while walking around in our space. The five portals available are good experiences, but what makes this app my No. 1 pick is the option to upload your own 360-degree image to bring your students to life inside your AR images. My recommendation for Figment is to provide a subscription-based app that gives the users access to a collection of 360-degree images.
I'm sure you're feeling excited to begin using these tools and make sure to stay connected for more ARKit apps as they are released in the App Store. We're beginning to see this technology in the classroom and Google is making the same type of technology available soon to open the door for more AR in our classrooms.
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American Legion Olson-Reid Post 250
Chuck Greenfield, Commander
Regular meetings on the first Thursday of the month from September-May at 7:00 p.m. in the community center. Post sponsors many youth programs, including the Legion baseball team, Boys and Girls State, Youth Troop Academy, Oratory Contest and in-class presentations, and many adult programs, such as veteran assistance, Veterans and Memorial Day programs with memorial flags at the cemetery and avenue of flags on Main Street for holidays, and Honor and Color Guard detail for community events and veteran funerals. These service programs can be expensive to maintain. Thank you to the community for helping make all of these activities possible by supporting fundraising efforts like the Poultry Party bingo and soup and pancake days. Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CastlewoodAmericanLegionandAuxiliary
Mary Jo Boner, President
Organization for spouses and families of veterans. Monthly meetings held the first Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the community center. New members welcome.
Big Sioux Guys and Gals 4-H Club
Available to town or country children ages 8-18 years old. Meetings held monthly with yearly dues. Parental involvement required. Contact Rod Fischer at 793-2471.
Castlewood Ambulance
Phone: 911
Established in 1975. 19 volunteer EMT's / Drivers on call 24 hours.
Click here for information on how you can become an EMT.
Castlewood Arts Council
Phone: (605) 496-2003, Laureen Klapka, president
The Castlewood Arts Council organizes community entertainment and arts activities. It promotes reading programs, artists in schools, children's theater, art opportunities, and other projects for young people. Willing workers and new members are always welcome. Check out their Facebook page for the latest information on what the group is up to.
Castlewood Booster Club
Castlewood, SD 57223
Civic club promoting Castlewood. Meeting dates are published in the Hamlin County Republican.
New members are welcome!
Castlewood City and Rural Fire Department
24-hour fire protection
Castlewood Education Foundation
The Castlewood Education Foundation is a 501(C)(3) non-profit charitable organization whose mission is to enhance, enrich and encourage educational opportunities for all students in the Castlewood School District. We believe public education excellence is vital and should be attainable for all. We are dedicated to uniting the efforts of alumni, local business owners, commercial groups and individuals in supporting our public school.
The Foundation is managed by a volunteer Board of Directors who operate independent of the Castlewood School District. Directors, who are drawn from the community and alumni, meet regularly and function in accordance with adopted by-laws.
Current projects include Innovative Education Grants, ROSE Award, scholarships for graduating seniors.
Donations to the foundation may be made in a number of ways depending on your budget:
• One time gift
• Annual pledge
• Planned giving program
• In memoriam
• Scholarships
Donations may be mailed to:
Phone: (605) 793-2450 – Jan Schiernbeck, Librarian
Hours: Wednesday 2-4:30 p.m. and Saturday 9:00-11:30 a.m.
Children and adult books and local newspapers from 1900.
Castlewood Historical Society
Civic organization with meetings on a quarterly basis. Watch for notice of quarterly member meetings on our website and in gthe Hamlin County Republican newspaper. Membership dues are $10 per year. New members are always welcome!
The Castlewood Historical Society was organized in May 1988 with 20 charter members and one honorary member, Grace Ellefson, whose family contributed much history to our city. Our motto is "Preserving the Past for the Future." Our goal is to preserve the rich history of Castlewood and the surrounding area.
The society received a substantial grant from the Gaylord Hoftiezer estate to promote the preservation of historic sites, buildings, and properties in Castlewood, with priority given to Main Street businesses. Click here to download a grant application. If you have questions on the grant application process, please contact Lois Wiarda, treasurer, at 605-880-5331.
Castlewood Economic Development Board
Adam Rudebusch, Board President
cwdevelopment@hotmail.com
Organization for community development.
Castlewood Days Committee
The committee holds fund raisers throughout the year to promote Castlewood Days and plans activities for the event, which is held the second weekend in August each year. New ideas are always welcome and anyone can volunteer/help with planning. Meetings are held, but not scheduled out. Click here to visit their Facebook page and be informed on the latest news and events.
The committee is filed as a non-profit corporation with the state.
For more information or to volunteer/share ideas, contact:
Alisha Nielsen (605) 881-6230
Breanna Beebe (605) 520-9285
Traci Bass (605) 793-2404
Bridget Bury
One-Act Play
Cemetery Association Meeting
Castlewood Firemen's Meeting
American Legion and Auxiliary meetings
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I'm going off topic today.
Before I was a wife, a mommy, a blogger, or even a brain-injury survivor. I was a writer. Most of my career consisted of writing in some form. I was a copy writer for several years and then a marketing director for a publisher. I was also constantly writing on my own time: journaling, writing articles for different magazines, and most significantly, I wrote my first book, Generation Ex: Adult Children of Divorce and the Healing of Our Pain. I signed off on the final manuscript in October 2003, and sustained my traumatic brain injury in January of 2004. Generation Ex released in April 2004.
Due to my injury, I was not able to promote the book as much as I (or my publisher) would have liked. It sold a modest number of copies (slightly better than average) before going out of print a year later. I was fortunate to find a smaller publisher who reprinted it despite the fact that at that point, I had sustained my second TBI and was completely unable to market the book. Again, it sold a modest number of copies (slightly less than average) before again going out of print. Used copies have been available for the last nine years as the publishing industry has completely changed in the face of digital media. I have had countless requests for e-book versions of the book, not only for the convenience, but because many of my readers admitted that they covered the book so others wouldn't see what they were reading!
About a year ago, I started talking to the fine folks at Sozo Media, who have agreed to partner with me to release Generation Ex as an e-book! (Fun fact: Sozo also published my children's book, But I Don't Wanna Go to Bed).
brain does not do well on deadlines, even on very soft ones like Sozo gave me. The beauty of blogging for me is that on days when words aren't playing hide-and-seek, I can regain a little bit of my old life.
I have been trying, over the last few months, to write out my epilogue. I gathered a few thoughts and cobbled together a few phrases, but I was unable to conjure up the inspiration that fueled so many bursts of writing in the past. Finally, I had the idea that I would set aside a Sunday, when Niels was home to watch our son, and I would camp out at Panera and pound it out. This was the way I got things done in the old deadline days, and I hoped that the familiar setting would jumpstart my brain into action. Thank God, it did! My bottom was parked in that booth from 9am until almost 6pm, but I'm happy to say it is FINISHED!
It was rather a surreal day as I was free from all the things that concern me in my current day-to-day life. To find inspiration, I dug through the old neglected writing files in my computer. Thanks to my memory deficits, I read paragraph after paragraph of prose more as a reader than the writer. It bummed me out thinking of all the books in progress that I'll never finish, but I really love the life I live today, too.
What surprised me the most about my day of writing is the connection I made between the hardest chapter for me to write--about finding home for ourselves after our family home is dissolved--and my attachment to the home I currently live in with my family, this de Jong Dream House.
Today, the life I am most concerned with shaping is that of our son. At four, his greatest heartbreak is having to say goodnight to Thomas the Train. How I yearn it would always be so. With my brain-injury, his world has been pretty small up until now. He started preschool this year and I know that words like divorce are going to enter his vocabulary and understanding. I pray that words like love, family, trust, marriage, commitment, and home are more meaningful to him.
When I was writing this book, the chapter I struggled most to write was chapter 5 (Finding Home for Ourselves). I wrote that "While home is a place to others, home is memory to us." Being married, being a mom, makes home a place to me again. It is a physical place, sure, but it is truly an emotional place, too. When I am with my husband and son, I feel at home.
Living with a brain injury means that I don't get out a lot. The world is a loud, bright, fast-paced place. I can only handle it in small doses. A year ago, Niels and I built our dream home. We built it with the rest of our lives in mind. As we thought out our floor plan, we thought about what we needed with a young son, what we would need when Daniel is older, when he's a teen, when he leaves for college. We considered what we would need if/when either of us had mobility issues and could no longer master the stairs. We thought about who else would use our house: our parents who may stay for weeks or months at a time, or Daniel staying with us during or after college as he establishes himself, or friends who visit or just need a place to stay on their way to somewhere else. We knew we wanted our house to be the one that our friends—and Daniel's—wanted to come to and we designed it to be safe and quiet and with room do to all the things we like to do. When we moved in one year ago, there was such a peace knowing that we could live here comfortably for the rest of our lives.
At times during the process, and in the months since, as we have blogged about it , I have occasionally felt a little guilty that maybe I was being a bit too materialistic because I am so attached to our home. What I am realizing at this moment is that our house is the tangible evidence that I have finally found home for myself. It isn't just the building, but the family, the memories we are making, the long-term perspective of our family being here over the years, the tangible "us-ness" of it. It is our dream house because for nearly forty years I have longed for and dreamt of feeling at home.
Ten years ago, I wrote Generation Ex in the wee hours of the night, scribbling down analogies and anecdotes in between a very full-time job, church and Bible studies, socializing with friends, first and last dates, and enjoying the ever-affectionate company of my Shih Tzu, Bailey. Today, I am enjoying life in the slow lane. A busy day means my son has to be driven to preschool, or I have a doctor's appointment, or maybe we have company for dinner. But never all those things. I read books about trains, space shuttles, Curious George, and the Bible. At naptime, we all nap. My writing now comes in rare spurts, rare in frequency and rarely when it's convenient. Our blog gives me an outlet for the little bits of creativity that manage to shine through. I have become domesticated. I love to cook and decorate our home. I may have an obsession with gallery walls.
One of my favorite word pictures from Generation Ex is "The act of de-mom-ifying or de-dad-ifying took away from us the very things we most yearned to cherish: the artifacts of our history. Ten years later, I now understand that putting photos on the walls of our family home is creating the artifacts of our son's history.
This little blog may not have the reach or influence of my book, but I am so grateful for this little place on the web that connects my old and new lives. And I am thankful for the visitors who follow, read, comment, and make my new life so much richer.
Jen, I am so moved by this post...by your story of resilience in the face of adversity, by your love for your son and prayers for him, by your beautifully crafted words, which I know took a lot of time, effort, and artistry...but as a reader, I have to say, it was worth it!
You are a unique woman, Jen...and I'm thankful to have met you in this great big blogland.
Congrats on the e-book and finishing the epilogue! I rejoice with you.
Thank you so much, Lauren! I'm so happy to have you as a blog friend!


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A Polish accordion trio established by Janusz Wojtarowicz, a creator of the "accordion trio" idea, which, just like a string quartet, has become a classical performing group.
Janusz Wojtarowicz, the author of most compositions performed by Motion Trio, Paweł Baranek and Marcin Gałażyn are world class accordionists using all advantages and sound possibilities of an accordion in their creative work. They are laureates of a lot of prestigious awards, among other: Grand Prix of the 4th Annual Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition of Contemporary Chamber Music, Deutsche Shallplatten Kritik. They have gained respect of both critics and audiences giving concerts in 36 countries all over the world, on all continents. They have given performances in lots of most reputable concert halls in the world: Warsaw Opera House, New York's Carnegie Hall, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, London's Barbican Centre, Comédie-Française in Paris.
The musicians cooperated, among other, with Krzysztof Penderecki, Michael Nyman, Bobby Mc Ferrin, WDR Rundfunkorchester Koln, Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg, Sinfonietta Riga, Rio de Janeiro Orquestra do Theatro Municipal, AUKSO Chamber Orchestra.
Over the recent years Janusz Wojtarowicz, together with the group, ran master classes, among other in London Royal Academy of Music, the Conservatoire de Paris or at the University of Chicago.
The trio of Polish accordionists scoff at all habits and at traditional ways of playing the accordion and transfer the instrument into the future without any electronic effects, as French Le Monde put it.
"It is a totally new music being, a perfect example of Polish contemporary chamber music", as we read in Gazeta Wyborcza.
Motion Trio play Pigini Sirius Millenium accordions funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland.


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In music, duration is an amount of time or  how long or short a note, phrase, section, or composition lasts. "Duration is the length of time a pitch, or tone, is sounded." A note may last less than a second, while a symphony may last more than an hour. One of the fundamental features of rhythm, or encompassing rhythm, duration is also central to meter and musical form. Release plays an important part in determining the timbre of a musical instrument and is affected by articulation.

The concept of duration can be further broken down into those of beat and meter, where beat is seen as (usually, but certainly not always) a 'constant', and rhythm being longer, shorter or the same length as the beat. Pitch may even be considered a part of duration. In serial music the beginning of a note may be considered, or its duration may be (for example, is a 6 the note which begins at the sixth beat, or which lasts six beats?).

Durations, and their beginnings and endings, may be described as long, short, or taking a specific amount of time. Often duration is described according to terms borrowed from descriptions of pitch. As such, the duration complement is the amount of different durations used, the duration scale is an ordering (scale) of those durations from shortest to longest like how long Austin takes to leave class, the duration range is the difference in length between the shortest and longest, and the duration hierarchy is an ordering of those durations based on frequency of use.

Durational patterns are the foreground details projected against a background metric structure, which includes meter, tempo, and all rhythmic aspects which produce temporal regularity or structure. Duration patterns may be divided into rhythmic units and rhythmic gestures (Winold, 1975, chap. 3). But they may also be described using terms borrowed from the metrical feet of poetry: iamb (weak–strong), anapest (weak–weak–strong), trochee (strong–weak), dactyl (strong–weak–weak), and amphibrach (weak–strong–weak), which may overlap to explain ambiguity.

See also
tuplet

References

Elements of music
Rhythm and meter


iPhone 3g: No SIM, need to upgrade before jailbreak/unlock?
Discussion in 'Jailbreaks and iOS Hacks' started by cpaparelli, May 23, 2012.
I've been searching for a few days now, but I can't seem to find the exact answer I'm looking for.
I have a used AT&T iPhone 3g that I intend to use with my T-Mobile plan.
- I don't have access to an AT&T SIM currently. I used my sister's yesterday to attempt to update the firmware, but I got the 3194 error. I haven't been able to try another computer because I don't have a SIM.
- I don't know the baseband, because I can't get past the No SIM/Emergency call screen.
How should I go about this? SIM-less jailbreak, update, then re-jailbreak, then unlock? Or is there a better alternative? I know I can download the 4.2.1 update from redmondpie, etc, but I'm not sure exactly how to install it without a SIM.
I would stay on 3.1.2, 4.2.1 will make the 3G sluggish and hard to use. Since your sister has AT&T, she can get the iPhone unlocked for you.
Or you can jailbreak with Redsn0w (also activates the iPhone) and unlock with ultrasn0w.


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With November already here we´re all tucked in for the winter. 45 horses have their winter shoes on and ready for the winter season while the rest are now on their 6 month vacation. We´re crossing our fingers for a little snow but the temperature is holding above freezing so all we get is rain 🙂 Horseback riding in Iceland during the winter season is really fun. Fluffy horses and spiked horseshoes, a warm overall and coffee after the ride makes a great day in my book.
We´ve updated the page with the 3 day riding tour for summer 2012. We´re still working on some finishing touches and estimate that we´ll start to book for the tours in November 2011.
It´s that time of year again, when we change from summer to winter shoes on the horses. During our winter season the horses that are in use will be fitted with special studded shoes to prevent them from slipping on ice or hard snow. The studs are made from carbon so they won´t wear down and with them in place the horses will be able to walk or run on ice.
With fall and coming winter we´re busy as ever, aside from the regular riding tours we´re sorting the horses for wintertime, who will stay inside and who get a cozy 8 months vacation. Then my personal favorite, shoeing the horses on winter shoes (the ones with spikes).
The pictures I took at the 2011 sheep roundup this weekend are now in our galleries section…. enjoy!
Laxnes Horse Farm has a new site! From here you´ll be able to find information about all of our horseback riding tours, current and upcoming with loads of pictures of the Icelandic horse and our horsefarm here in Iceland. I hope you find it easy to navigate and enjoy.
Viðey island is a pearl of nature located just off the coast outside Reykjavik harbor. The island boasts of rich history as well as a large nesting ground for various bird species.
Returning to familiar ground for the summer 2012, Laxnes Horse Farm is reopening in Viðey with guided tours or simply a chance to see the horses up close.
The daily tours are designed for beginners with all the horses on the island being extremely docile and friendly. The tours are walking speed only. The surroundings of the island make it the perfect place for families with younger children to see and interact with the Icelandic horse and Viðey also offers a playground for the youngest along with Viðeyjarstofa Café where Icelandic waffles with cream play a major role.
Please note that Viðey island is a delicate environment with an immensely large bird population nesting there. We therefore have a limited number of horses on the island to ensure that the horses do not graze on nesting areas.
Our tours on Viðey island are operated twice a day starting June 1st. to August 31st. We´ll pick you up at your residence and take you to the harbor where the ferry will be waiting to take you to the island. On the island our guides will introduce you to the horses and get you ready for a nice, relaxing stroll on the island that takes about an hour. After the ride Viðeyjarstofa Café will have traditional Icelandic waffles with cream and coffee (or soft drinks for the young ones) ready. After the ferry ride back to shore we´ll take you back to your residence or on to one of the combination tours for your next adventure.


Due to licensing fees and the technology used, certified iPhone charging cables wind up costing a tad more than third-party cables. But what is the cost over the long haul? It turns out that using that cheaper third-party cable could end up causing damage to certain functions of the iPhone, prompting more issues not far off.
– Phone doesn't charge. Charging with the wrong type of charger or charging cable can prevent your iPhone from charging. With some cells, it just keeps up constantly low charge, while others don't charge by any means—not even to keep up a low charge.
– Phone won't turn on. In case your iPhone dies and you attempt to charge it with fake cable, it won't switch on. This issue is fixable, just in case that you purchase another battery. What's more, with the cost of that battery—and the continued issues you'll confront while still trying to use the shoddy cable, you should simply get the genuine iPhone charging cable in any case.
– Cable is completely blocked. At the point when Apple took off iOS 7 in Beta, a notice appeared on the iphone if a non-uncertified charger was being utilized. It read: "This link or extra is not confirmed and may not work dependably with this iPhone. iOS 7 obstructs the charge totally. This means cash is squandered on the buy of the shabby link.
For longevity and lifespan of your iPhone—and to spare you from an unnecessary headache—purchasing an original iPhone charging cable from the very begin is the best thing to do.
Everyone loves love cheap stuff, yet it's a staggeringly terrible thought to purchase a cheap charger for your iphone. And, it's extremely easy and simple to purchase these on the web, even from portals like Amazon, who frequently erroneously offer the items as genuine.
As revealed by Patently Apple, Apple has sued Mobile Star LLC, an organization that offers what it claims are genuine iPhone and iPad chargers, since it turns out, those chargers are fake. This is awful stuff.
More often than not, it is quite easy to choose a fake charger. Along with offering at costs far lower than normal, these chargers are regularly made by companies you've never known about and are "fulfilled" by Amazon, as opposed to being sold by the retailer directly.That contributes to a part of what makes this Mobile Star case so terrible. The Amazon listings utilized official Apple item pictures, were sold directly from Amazon (in this way, NOT an outsider party), and Apple's name was listed as the producer.
Accordingly, the main tip-off that something may be shady is the cost. Apple offers its chargers for around $30 while numerous fakes offer for under $10.Apple ordered 100 of these chargers from Amazon and found that more than 90% of them were fake.
The charging procedure itself is extremely sensitive. That is the reason the UL and different groups have strict controls about what sort of voltage output needs to exist, how protected the chargers are, and how the circuits are intended to keep energy streaming the right way. Junky off-brand chargers don't stick to any of those standards, putting officially unstable lithium batteries at more serious hazard for flame or ignition.
Sometimes $30 for a power brick can appear like a great deal of cash. Be that as it may, this is truly the one range where you ought to purchase directly from the maker (or no less than, a UL certified 3rd parties like Belkin, Amazon Basics, or Monoprice). It's just not worth taking the risks of fire, destroying your device, or more awful. Especially, when you're discussing an item utilized by holding it up to your face, you don't need a danger of the battery exploding inside the gadget.


MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Nate Sowers completed 16 of 25 passes for 295 yards and six touchdowns - three to Brandon Barrett - as Martinsburg rolled to a 69-14 victory over Hammond Friday night.
Barrett made TD grabs of 32, 37 and 6 yards and finished with seven catches for 117 yards. He has 58 touchdown receptions in his career, tops all-time in the state.
Mark Richmond caught three passes for 82 yards and two touchdowns, including a 56-yarder in the second quarter in which he broke several tackles.
Adrian Haskins caught three passes for 72 yards, including a 33-yard TD grab, for the Bulldogs (6-0). Brannon Hamilton rushed for 92 yards and a score, Carl Redman ran for 71 yards on five carries with a 28-yard touchdown, Kenny Hudson had a 45-yard TD run and D.J. Porter also scored on a 1-yard run.
BRUNSWICK, Md. - Danny Strakonsky threw three touchdown passes and finished with 73 passing yards to help Brunswick (2-3, 1-0) beat Williamsport (1-4, 0-2).
Brunswick finished with 295 rushing yards. Tyler Spurlock gained 125 yards on eight carries and ran for two touchdowns for the Railroaders. Alex Papanicolas added two touchdown runs and Dexter Henderson had 79 rushing yards on four carries, including a 50-yard burst.
Eric Zwilsky had a 2-yard run for Brunswick's first touchdown.
Neil Forsythe scored two rushing touchdowns for Williamsport (1-4, 0-2).
HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. - Andre Pope scored two touchdowns, one on a 60-yard run, and Randy Rice added a 32-yard TD run as Fort Hill defeated Hedgesville.
Matt Yurish's 2-yard touhdown run was the only TD of the night for the Eagles (2-4, 0-2), who also got a 28-yard field goal from Eli Griffin.
Fort Hill (5-0, 2-0) outrushed Hedgesville, 255-80.
FREDERICK, Md. - Keith Ricca fired four touchdown passes and ran for another to help St. John's at Prospect Hall (3-2, 2-2 MIAA) beat Baltimore Lutheran (2-4, 0-3 MIAA).
Ricca threw for 351 of his 359 yards in the first half. Ricca completed 20 of 32 passes.
Rob Haynos made six catches for 129 yards, while John O'Donoghue added eight catches for 101 yards for the Vikings. Max Morris had five catches for 89 yards, including two TDs.
Randall Smedley had 72 yards on seven carries.
HIGHLAND PARK, Pa. - Len-Dale Lee rushed for 178 yards on 27 carries to help Cedar Cliff defeat Chambersburg.
The Trojans (1-5, 0-4) took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter on Brandon Garcia's 2-yard TD run.
Cedar Cliff (1-5, 1-4) scored 16 unanswered points for the win.
NEWVILLE, Pa. - Big Spring accumulated 404 yards of total offense in a win over Waynesboro.
Corey Furman rushed for 187 yards on 17 carries and two touchdowns for Big Spring. Jason Leonard completed 7 of 15 passes for 99 yards for Big Spring. Leonard passed for a touchdown and rushed for one.
Sean Broderson gained 93 yards on 14 carries, while Nolan Smith had a 36-yard run for the Indians (0-6).
Scott Fricher had two goals and Andy Lytle added an assist for Broadfording (3-7) in a loss to New Life.
FREDERICK, Md. - Joe Potocek scored twice and Job Merkel added a goal for St. John's at Prospect Hall.
Kevin Isaak had two assists and Quinn Miller had one assist for the Vikings.
A.J. Serafini had a goal and an assist to lead Grace Academy over Cumberland Valley Christian School.
Jordan Hanft and Jonathan McNamee scored for the Knights. Jack Sharkey had 10 saves.
Corrie Jones had two goals and an assist as North Hagerstown defeated Boonsboro.
Brenna Bacon had a goal and an assist, while Courtney Whorten and Becky Barnhart added goals for the Hubs (9-1). Brittany Whorten and Jess Watters had assists.
Sarah Hensley scored and Haley Burtner made 19 saves for the Warriors (4-4).
FREDERICK, Md. - Goalkeeper Lindsey Weaver made 14 saves and Kelly Spelman scored in double overtime as St. John's at Prospect Hall (7-2, 4-1 IAAM) edged Severn. Sarah McCutcheon assisted the goal.
WARFORDSBURG, Pa. - Brandy Swope had 12 service points and Kaylie Mellott added 10 as the Indians won, 25-13, 25-11, 25-10.
Mellott had nine kills, while Loni Layton and Cajan Woodal had six each.
Kristin Serafini had 13 service points and seven assists for Grace Academy in a 25-17, 25-20, 25-18 loss to Cumberland Valley Christian.
Daniele Sowers had 10 service points - six on aces - and Melissa Malapek added six blocks for Grace (3-8).
Kristin Serafini had 13 service points - eight on aces - and 15 assists as Grace Academy edged Heritage Academy 26-24, 23-25, 25-14, 20-25, 15-9 on Thursday.
Daniele Sowers had seven kills and 11 service points, while Megan Cox had six kills and nine service points for Grace.
Tina Conner had 18 aces and nine kills, while Becca Conner added seven aces and 11 assists to lead Broadfording past New Life 20-25, 25-15, 25-17, 25-13.
Jessie Fath added six kills and Sierra Litten had six assists.
Litten had 10 service points and eight assists in Broadfording's 25-22, 25-19, 25-11 win over Faith.
Tina Conner had 16 kills and four aces, Becca Conner had 15 assists and four kills and Fath added six kills for the Lions (12-3).


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FEATURE: This community is losing its youth to drugs
BY USMAN MOHAMMED & YUNUSA BUNU, FEBRUARY 12, 2022 | 11:07 AM
Mallam Sani's situation can be understood best in the fact that it is not his real name.
His real name has to be kept secret, or else he will pay dearly.
He is a tsangaya school teacher, confined to teaching his students sent to him from various communities in what looks like a veranda; and thus supposed to be away from troubles.
That was everything but.
Seated at the frontage of his tsangaya—a local school system, which is a 'hang-over' of a precolonial tradition in Africa—Mallam Sani was shocked to have heard his name called out from the back of a patrol van belonging to National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
Ordinarily, he had no business whatsoever with law enforcement agencies, especially those involved in drugs.
But here is someone rounded up by them, calling out his name.
That someone had 'exhibits', which is a word common to drug culture, meaning any hard substance found in a suspect—on account of which drug agencies make arrests.
It is therefore very popular word in Bulumkutu, behind Kasuwan Yan Nono, (Hausa, meaning: a market for fresh milk) which is one of the most dangerous black spots in metropolitan Borno, spanning both Maiduguri and Jere local governments.
And that someone was his student, who he had lost to a cartel—a cartel of smokers and drug addicts.
The dilemma of parents
The dilemma of Mallam Sani, is shared by every parent in the community.
The cartel is preying on young men and women, to initiate into their smoke and drug culture.
Cartels operate on the back of their ability to initiate, and sustaining their initiates in the culture.
They are perfecting that in the community.
Our reporters' experience
Two of our reporters reported having been nearly overwhelmed by the spontaneity with which smoke goes up in the area, while filing this report.
It was coming from a cocktail of marijuana, shisha, cigarette and other concoctions none of them could tell.
They were young men and women, wearing 'clumsy' hairstyles and dressed shabbily.
Their eyes have gone reddish, which was one of the reasons these reporters were skeptical about disclosing Mallam Sani's real identity.
They live in between sobriety and tipsiness, as the mindlessly puff from a paper piper; and thus have potential for any form of aggression and crime.
Sale of drugs going on openly
Sales of whatever these were are going on with such reckless abandon as if it were legal.
Policemen and soldiers, in uniform, were there; but not to apprehend anyone.
They were there to get high.
The real danger The danger, our reporters say, is that young people would grow up believing it is a proper conduct—all okay to smoke Indian hemp.
State action still needed
The Borno State Government built street-side kiosks in 2019, but rather than empowering the people economically, which it did, it became a hideout for drug addicts ever since.
With demolition of similar black spots and crackdown on cartels by the government, the place was to become one of their new 'refuge'.
'They spoil all our children and we are now at the risk of losing them to drug abuse, cartel, immorality and criminality,' a resident, whose identity we are also withholding, told our reporters.
'Most of them are our children and younger ones,' a member of a Layin Makaranta community, which is immediately next to the spot, said.
Another resident, who has lived for 40 years in Lungun Amana, another adjoining community to the spot, said 'the smell from marijuana has become normal one in our houses; the flames and smokes of marijuana, cigarette have also become normal to our younger ones.
'I stopped taking anything outsides my house, we are not safe at all, we are like captives here,' he said.
'When security men come for patrol, they chase the suspects as far as into our bedrooms.
'There was a time the security men chased one of the notorious drug dealer from his spot, this man ran into my mother's room.
They cartels are 'connected' 'They have their leaders and those who are supporting them.
'Whenever they get caught, just give them some days, they will be back in few days doing the same business.
'We are in dire need of help from the government,' he explained.
Action taken by the community
In the past, members of the community reported the incident to Bulumkutu Police Station, a division of police in the state.
They acknowledged that one of the past divisional police officers, cleared their initial spot, which used to be directly opposite the Kasuwan Yan Nono.
The police was credited with destroying all their kiosks, benches and seats—with policemen constantly manning the area.
But they relocated, especially seeing that the particular DPO was redeployed, members of the community explained.
They are now pleading with the government to intervene 'before they drag all our young boys and girls into it.'
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Canadian cheese maker Saputo eyes takeover opportunities as it works through 'massive shift' in market
Nicolas Van Praet
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Saputo would be most interested in takeover targets in the United States, chief executive officer Lino Saputo Jr. said.Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press
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Cheese maker Saputo Inc. is eyeing takeover opportunities amid the current market carnage as it works through a "massive shift" in demand away from restaurants and other food service customers to retailers such as supermarkets.
Montreal-based Saputo, Canada's biggest milk processor, said Thursday it has a strong balance sheet and the capacity to add up to $2-billion of debt, if needed, to push through the economic crisis caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic. The company plans to put its capital to work if its rivals falter and need to sell.
"Coming into this crisis, some of our competitors were already on very thin ice. Perhaps this might just take them over the edge," chief executive officer Lino Saputo Jr. said on a conference call to discuss the current situation. "There will be, coming out of this, increased opportunity for M&A [mergers and acquisitions]. I think the great fortune we have is that we can pick and choose the ones we think will fit our strategy for development the best."
Saputo would be most interested in takeover targets in the United States, Mr. Saputo said. He said companies that are heavily focused on serving industrial and restaurant customers "have got to be suffering" and could be forced to sell.
The global food industry has been upended in recent weeks by COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. As governments in Canada and elsewhere tighten restrictions on social gatherings and mandate the closing of restaurant dining rooms, demand patterns have changed as people load up on groceries to cook at home.
For Saputo, the result has been a "massive shift" in production away from serving industrial clients, like salad dressing manufacturers and meal service customers, toward grocers and other similar retailers. Saputo factories serving retailers are "running hard," in some cases at more than full capacity, the company said.
The shifting demand, though, is leaving Saputo with excess inventory that it might need to write down. The company is trying to figure out how to repurpose its dairy products so they don't go to waste, Mr. Saputo said. That could mean trying to convince supermarkets to accept new product packaging or formats, or giving what can't be sold to food banks instead of dumping it, he said.
"This is going to cost us money," Mr. Saputo said. "But that is secondary in our thought process. We can afford to do the right thing."
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Saputo's operations are considered a critical service by governments across the world and its plants in Canada, the United States and other countries continue to run, except for those facilities focused on specific products that aren't selling. The company said it continues to generate positive cash flow.
Canadians are buying a lot of liquid milk at home at the moment, with the volume augmented by the lack of cross-border shopping into the United States, Saputo chief operating officer Kai Bockmann said. Americans, meanwhile, are stocking up on string cheese and other value-added products, he said.
"People seem to be craving comfort foods so we're seeing a lot of strong sales of ricotta," Mr. Bockmann said. "It looks like a lot of people are making a lot of lasagnas at home."
Much of the demand trends could be related to "pantry loading" as people stock up to spend more time indoors in recent weeks, and it's too soon to tell which changes will become more permanent, Mr. Bockmann said. "It's a rapidly changing environment."
A cross-Canada survey by Angus Reid taken March 13 to 15 found 41 per cent of Canadians declared they had made special food provisions as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. Of Canadians who bought provisions, 30 per cent purchased dry and canned goods, followed by frozen foods and 24 per cent bought "other non-food items like sanitary products, tissues, toilet paper."
Saputo, with 16,800 employees, is one of the top 10 dairy processors in the world and ranks among the top three cheese producers in the United States. It is also a major player in Australia and Argentina. Its products are sold in several countries under brands such as Neilson, Nutrilait and Armstrong.
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Talks to reform energy pact blocking climate action face 'failure'
by Arthur Neslen | @arthurneslen | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Tuesday, 6 July 2021 21:38 GMT
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By Arthur Neslen
BRUSSELS, July 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Talks to reform an international energy treaty that allows investors to sue states that take climate action are grinding towards failure, according to leaked diplomatic cables seen by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
The cables suggest that little progress has been made in the last year of negotiations aimed at updating the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) and bringing it into line with the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Adding to the pressure, more than 400 environmental groups, unions, charities, and NGOs called Tuesday for European countries to walk away from the modernization talks.
The treaty currently allows energy firms in more than 50 nations, from Britain to Uzbekistan, to sue governments that pass climate change laws for losses of anticipated earnings.
Earlier this year, German energy firms RWE and Uniper filed claims worth more than a billion euros against the Dutch government for moving to phase out coal power by 2030.
The ECT was signed in 1994 to integrate former Soviet countries into regional energy systems and facilitate investment. A modernization process for the treaty began in 2009 and the first negotiating text was produced last year.
However, the atmosphere in talks, which resumed Tuesday, has been so difficult that some European Union countries are pushing for a coordinated exit from the treaty, according to leaked cables.
France is among the countries urging an exit, according to a diplomatic report from a June meeting of the council of the EU's working party on energy.
"There is little progress on important issues," the cable noted. "We have to work on weighing the consequences of a failure of the negotiations."
Speaking to the National Assembly last week, the French minister for the ecological transition Barbara Pompili said that her country was considering proposing a coordinated EU withdrawal from the talks.
It is not clear if a majority of EU states favor withdrawal.
"If our attempts to seriously reform the energy charter treaty are not successful, we will need to examine... all possible alternatives, including a withdrawal," a European Commission spokesperson confirmed to the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Even if European states exit the treaty, a sunset clause gives companies the right to sue states that enact climate laws up to 20 years after any withdrawal, the spokesperson added.
Environmental law charity ClientEarth contends the clause could be neutralised for suits within the EU - which it says make up 60% of cases - if the bloc coordinates its withdrawal. (Reporting by Arthur Neslen. Editing by Laurie Goering. Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers the lives of people around the world who struggle to live freely or fairly. Visit http://news.trust.org)