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Investigation of fluency profiles in English learner speech in comparison with native speech
The aim of this project is to gain insight into the (dis)fluency behavior of learners of English, as compared to native speakers of English. The focus will be on French-speaking learners of English and the approach will be integrated, in the sense of Götz (2013), i.e. it will encompass not only the traditional temporal variables, but also other markers such as the use of discourse markers, reformulations, formulae, and so on.
Main lines of investigation
The first line of investigation is descriptive and aims at giving a comprehensive description of the use of (dis)fluency markers in French-speaking learners' English, and relating this to native behaviour. On the basis of these descriptions, fluency profiles will be identified among learners and native speakers. Each profile will correspond to a particular combination of features and will contribute to defining different speaker types. The comparison of the fluency profiles of French- and German-speaking learners will be the starting point of an analysis seeking to assess the role of transfer from the mother tongue in learners' use of (dis)fluency markers. Finally, the issue of idiolects will be examined: the data will also be approached from a more individual perspective, looking at each text/speaker separately.
The ENL1/ENL2 comparison will be based on data from the Louvain International Database of Spoken English Interlanguage (LINDSEI; Gilquin et al. 2010) and its native counterpart, the Louvain Corpus of Native English Conversation (LOCNEC; De Cock 2004). Since these corpora were designed according to the same criteria, they are entirely comparable. Within LINDSEI, the focus will be on the French component, but other components of the corpus – especially the German component – will be resorted to sporadically in order to determine the influence of L1 for certain specific markers. For native speech, other corpora will also be exploited in so far as they present a slightly different (but still comparable) "golden standard". In particular, the corpora collected within the ICE (International Corpus of English) project will be useful as they include a wide range of genres and registers, and also represent different varieties of English.
This project is funded within the framework of a concerted action project on "Fluency and disfluency markers. A multimodal contrastive perspective", whose aim is to investigate markers of fluency and disfluency in spoken and sign language, focusing on three main modalities: first language discourse (French and English), (advanced) foreign language discourse (English), and sign language (Belgian French).
Gaëtanelle Gilquin & Sylviane Granger
De Cock, S. 2004. Preferred sequences of words in NS and NNS speech. Belgian Journal of English Language and Literatures (BELL), New Series 2, 225–246.
Gilquin, G., Granger, S. & S. De Cock. 2010. The Louvain International Database of Spoken English Interlanguage. CD-ROM and Handbook. Louvain: Presses Universitaires de Louvain.
Götz, S. 2013. Fluency in Native and Nonnative English Speech. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins.


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A front-facing camera, commonly known as a selfie camera, is a common feature of cameras, mobile phones, smartphones, tablets, laptops, and some handheld video game consoles. While stand-alone cameras face forward, away from the operator, tablets, smartphones and similar mobile devices typically have a camera facing the operator to allow taking a self-portrait photograph or video while looking at the display of the device, usually showing a live preview of the image. These are called front-facing cameras and are important for videotelephony and the taking of selfies. Often, the preview image is by default a mirror image, which is more intuitive for most people; this default can be overridden, and in any case the recorded image is not reversed.

History
Perhaps the first front-facing camera on a hand-held device was the Game Boy Camera, released in Japan in February 1998. The Game Boy Camera was an attachment for Game Boy.

The first front-facing camera phone was the Kyocera Visual Phone VP-210, released in Japan in May 1999. It was called a "mobile videophone" at the time, and had a 110,000-pixel front-facing camera. It stored up to 20 JPEG digital images, which could be sent over e-mail, or the phone could send up to two images per second over Japan's Personal Handy-phone System (PHS) wireless cellular network.

Several mobile phones with front-facing cameras were released to Western markets in 2003, including the NEC e606, NEC e616, Sony Ericsson Z1010 and Motorola A835.  The front-facing camera was originally intended for video-conferencing. The Motorola A920 was released in 2003 as well and may have been the first smartphone with a front-facing camera.

In May 2017, the Essential Phone introduced the notch - the removal of part of the display to accommodate the front-facing camera. The iPhone X popularized this concept after its introduction in late 2017.
As of 2019, several smartphones incorporate front cameras that pop up from within the smartphone to allocate the area that would be otherwise utilized by notches to the screen. Under-display cameras are under development, which would place a camera under a special display that would allow the camera to see through the display.

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Last week's brunch launch was a great success. We've had an incredible response to our Tchoup Shop Chef Simon Glenn menu, which includes Black & Tan Griddlecakes, egg dishes and biscuits. For a brief wrap-up on last week's brunch, click here or here. And see you this weekend!
Monday's Slow Food Oyster Dinner Menu Announced!
Come learn about oysters, eat amazing food, drink fabulous beer, and support a worthy cause. Tickets are still available here!
Of course, great craft beer will be ready to accompany your meal, so come join us on the weekend from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and get your brunch on!
Welcome To NY Craft Brew Week!
It's so big that our "week" is really 10 days! That's right: Ten days of craft brewing events at Jimmy's No. 43 and around the city. (For all the events, check out nycbeerweek.com.) Here at Jimmy's No. 43, we're launching Craft Brew Week with Greenport Harbor Brewing and their Other Side IPA release, which Greenport brewers describe as, "a nod to the fine IPAs of the West Coast: large additions of Cascade, Centennial, Warrior and Chinook hops atop a foundation of American Pale, Monich and light Crystal malts." Stop by tonight (9/16) and try some of this amazing IPA.
Our next big event for NY Craft Brew Week will be this coming Monday, September 19th at 7 p.m., when Sam Merritt chooses nano/small brews for our "Nanos and Nomads" Dinner. A featured event in this week's Time Out NY, the Small Brewery Dinner brings an educational turn to drinking some pretty special beers, so get your tickets now and join Sam and Jimmy on Monday.
Of course, the featured event of the week is NYC Brewer's Choice. The second-annual event will feature more than 20 brewers, with head brewers of each brewery pouring their favorite beers paired with their favorite foods. A limited number of tickets are available to allow for interaction between craft brewers and craft brew aficionados alike. Confirmed breweries include: Sixpoint, Greenport Harbor (DJ Swanson), Blue Point, Allagash, Maine Beer Co., White Birch, Dieu du Ciel (Luc Lafontaine), Ommegang (Phil Leinart), Sierra Nevada, Two Brothers (Jim Ebel), Brooklyn Brewery (Garrett Oliver), Captain Lawrence (Scott Vaccaro), Barrier, Crossroads, Empire (David Katleski), Kelso Brooklyn (Kelly Taylor), Sly Fox (Brian O'Reilly), Southampton, He'brew (Jeremy Cowan), Wandering Star and Smuttynose. We'll have more updates on this event next week, but be sure to get your tickets before they sell out (and early bird sales end today!).


On Oct. 4, FMSI submitted four new reports regarding different issues that affect children's rights to the Human Rights Council after a six-month preparation from several Marist teams from the provinces of America Central and Compostela.
The Human Rights Council will review these countries next May.
The reports include issues such as early pregnancy, poor education for children with disabilities and the effects of the socio-political crisis in Nicaragua.
Reports on Portugal showed a need in the country to strengthen the national protection system for vulnerable children.
In Costa Rica, it was revealed that the youth disengage early from the educational system, violence, and the need for institutional coordination to guarantee the rights of the child.
In Ivory Coast, issues were unveiled regarding problems with juvenile justice in a report prepared by BICE, which was supported by FMSI.
During the next few months, FMSI and BICE will organise lobbying opportunities before the diplomatic corps at the embassies in their respective capitals and in their permanent missions in Geneva to present their recommendations.
These encounters also strengthen Marist partnerships with organizations like Franciscans International, Edmund Rice International, International Catholic Child Bureau (BICE) and many other national organisations.


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The unknown Holocaust in the former Soviet Union
While Auschwitz and the Warsaw Ghetto are the most common symbols of the Holocaust, one must go beyond to fully comprehend its reach and impact
By ALAN ROSENBAUM
DR. ARKADAI ZELTSER in the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem.
(photo credit: YAD VASHEM)
"For many years, the Holocaust was symbolized by two places – Auschwitz and the Warsaw Ghetto. These are commonly perceived as the primary symbols. But that's not the entire story of the Holocaust."
Dr. Arkadi Zeltser, director of the Moshe Mirilashvili Center for Research on the Holocaust in the Soviet Union at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, says that to fully grasp the Holocaust and its impact, one must go beyond Auschwitz and the Warsaw Ghetto, and learn about the events of the Holocaust in areas like the occupied Soviet Union. This is the mission of the Moshe Mirilashvili Center, which was founded in 2016 and operates under the auspices of the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem. The center initiates and promotes innovative research relating to the history of the Jews during World War II who were living within the borders of the Soviet Union as of June 22, 1941, the date when Nazi Germany attacked the USSR.
When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, mobile SS killing units, known as Einsatzgruppen, as well as other police units, and even some soldiers of the Wehrmacht tasked with executing opponents of the Reich (including Communists and Jews), accompanied the German forces.
"The killings of Jews began immediately after the German army's invasion of the USSR. "By the end of August 1941, 23,000 Jews were murdered in Kamenets-Podolski in Ukraine," says Zeltser.
In late September 1941, 33,700 Jews were murdered over a two-day period at Babi Yar, near Kiev, and by the end of 1941, it is estimated that upwards of 700,000 Jews had been killed in the areas of the USSR.
"The Holocaust, as a campaign of mass murder, began in these areas," he notes. "Much of the population did not die in camps; they were murdered in the immediate vicinity of their home towns, where they had lived for years before the war."
During World War II, nearly half – approximately 2.6 million of the 5.1 million Jews in the occupied Soviet Union in June 1941 – were murdered by the Nazis and their allies with the help of local collaborators.
Despite these horrific facts, the events of the Holocaust in the USSR were relatively unknown compared to the iconic history of the Holocaust in areas of Central and Western Europe. Only thanks to the efforts of contemporary scholars, including those conducting current research activities, are we now better equipped to understand the history of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union.
"It is the goal of the Moshe Mirilashvili Center for Research on the Holocaust in the Soviet Union at Yad Vashem to research and to publicize this lesser-known aspect of the Holocaust."
ONE OF the Mirilashvili Center's innovative initiatives commemorating and documenting the Holocaust in the Former Soviet Union (FSU) is an online research project entitled "Untold Stories: Murder Sites of the Jews in the Occupied Territories of the USSR." The goal of this extensive project is to provide a comprehensive picture of the more than 2,600 killing sites scattered throughout the former Soviet Union where more than two million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
"We want to write about each murder site that was in the area," says Zeltser. "By the end of this year, we will have investigated and documented 1,500 locations."
The project consists of three sections: a history of the communities; a historical reconstruction of the events in the killing sites; and a description of the commemorative markers and memorials in the cities, towns and villages. Each of the sections contains relevant documents, video testimonies and photos.
The "Untold Stories" project allows the interested public to select specific towns and cities in the former Soviet Union where these killing sites are located. Once a town has been selected, another screen appears that shows the coordinates of the location in Google Maps, photographs, and a description of what happened in that town or city. The history of each community is based on official German and Soviet records from the period, the testimonies of survivors and of their non-Jewish neighbors, as well as the latest academic research. Thousands of documents and photos, as well as hundreds of video clips of interviews with survivors and witnesses, are available online, allowing enabling visitors to understand the specific stories as well as begin to grasp the general atmosphere of the period.
"Our mission is to research what happened in these places," explains Zeltser.
"Relatives from all around the world want to go to these areas, to visit the killing sites, and say kaddish in memory of their loved ones. We provide them with a tool. They can go to Yad Vashem's website and find exact locations of these mass graves, whether in Belarus, Russia, Lithuania or Ukraine. In many places, anyone can access this information easily from any device or computer and find the specific village or memorial that they are seeking."
The project has attracted the attention of the public at large, as well as of Holocaust researchers around the world who are studying the history of the Holocaust in the FSU. The accessibility that the project provides has made 'Untold Stories' an important source of information.
AN ADDITIONAL project of the Moshe Mirilashvili Center, "Jews in the Red Army, 1941-1945," explores the Jewish identity of soldiers in the Soviet armed forces during World War II. Between 350,000 and 500,000 Jews served in those years in different branches of the Red Army, including the infantry, armored corps, artillery, air force and the submarine fleet. In addition, Jews served as translators, doctors, military correspondents and political officers. Interestingly, a relatively large number of Jewish women served in the Red Army as doctors, nurses and translators, as well as directly in combat, as pilots or navigators in the air force, or in artillery units. As the details of the Nazi mass murder of the Jews became better known, the ethnic consciousness of a large proportion of Jewish soldiers and officers grew, and increasingly was a motivational force in their fighting.
The "Jews in the Red Army" project contains the biographies of several hundred Jewish soldiers, many of whom received formal recognition as Heroes of the Soviet Union. The information gathered is drawn from many sources, including memoirs, diaries, letters, military reports and medal recommendations. The biographies relate their prewar experiences as members of the intelligentsia, career military officers, or factory workers, and their postwar memoirs.
"When we speak of the participation of Jews in World War II," says Zeltser, "we usually focus on their heroic deeds. This project aims to show them as individuals, with their prewar past, their activity during the war, and their postwar lives. Some of them were intellectuals, others were ordinary persons; some were high-ranking officers, and others held the rank of private. We cannot fully measure their Jewish identity, because there were no sociological polls during the war period. However, through the project, we show that the ethnic identity of Soviet Jewish soldiers was an important factor to the soldiers and should be considered as part of this historical phenomenon."
To date, some 500 biographies of Jewish soldiers have been uploaded to the site.
THE MOSHE MIRILASHVILI CENTER is active in the academic world, hosting a number of international conferences and workshops, including gatherings on "The Jewish Family in the Soviet Union under German Occupation," "Jewish Leadership in Lithuanian Ghettos," and the Center's most recent conference on "The Holocaust as Reflected in Public Discourse in the Soviet Union during the Stalinist Period."
These conferences have attracted top scholars from around the world, such as professors Christoph Dieckmann, Natalia Aleksiun, Atina Grossman, Anna Shternshis, David Shneer, Gennady Estraikh, Mikhail Krutikov, David Fishman and others.
Following the latest conference, Prof. Shternshis from the University of Toronto wrote, "I have to say that this was the best conference I have attended in the past 10 years, if not the best one ever. Its focus, its imagination and its rigorousness was incredible. I learned so much and I also enjoyed a wonderful collegial atmosphere. It is nothing short of inspirational to see how Yad Vashem fosters this kind of productive interdisciplinary conversation in the field. I cannot wait to continue! Thank you for including me in this discussion. I feel like I have been in the forefront of the field."
"These conferences bring leading scholars from around the world to Yad Vashem, to explore the fate of Jews in the Soviet Union during World War II," Zeltser notes. "They are an important platform for discussing different aspects of history and learning about new directions in research. Many of the conferences at Yad Vashem are open to the public, enabling both the public and researchers to gain new knowledge – and, at the same time, to witness the development of the contemporary research process."
The Center has also inspired new research on the subject by young scholars. In the last two years, the Center organized annual workshops for young scholars in cooperation with the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This joint activity helps those taking their first steps in the academic world to advance their research.
Through the continued efforts of the Moshe Mirilashvili Center at Yad Vashem, the study and understanding of the heretofore lesser-known events of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union will be placed in their proper perspective and continue to be an important part of Holocaust research.
'Activities of the Moshe Miriliashvili Center for Research on the Holocaust in the Soviet Union are generously sponsored by Michael and Laura Mirilashvili and the Еuro-Asian Jewish Congress.'
This article was written in cooperation with Yad Vashem.
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The Bookseller | High School Can Feel Like An Alien World.
Yesterday I had the privilege to share the ALIENATED creative development journey with a group of esteemed publishers (both digital and traditional) at the FutureBook Innovation Workshop.
I was showcasing and celebrating the idea of including the reader in the creative process, borrowing from both the Pixar way and the best-practices of Silicon Valley.
I wasn't advocating creation-by-focus-group, but rather an iterative creative process of writing and rewriting with real-time, user feedback. With the beta-reader feedback for ALIENATED, some of it we (Matt Knight and I) took on board, and some of it we disregarded based on our own creative judgement.
It will be interesting to see if other creators and publishers expand on and take further the small steps we embarked on to rewrite ALIENATED.


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Langer leads by 3 in Senior Players Championship
FLOURTOWN, Pa. - Bernhard Langer was all alone under par at windy Philadelphia Cricket Club.
The 58-year-old German star also was in position to win the Constellation Senior Players Championship for the third straight year, shooting a 1-under 69 on Saturday to reach 2-under 208 and take a three-stroke lead over Jay Don Blake into the final round.
''Sometimes par is a wonderful score,'' Langer said. ''It's a real major, it's like playing the U.S. Open or whatever where par is a good score. So don't blame guys when they play for the middle of the green here and there because there's some long holes out there, some tough holes where most of the guys would be extremely happy to be in the middle of the green. That's what you have to do at times.''
After playing the first 11 holes in 2 over with two birdies and four bogeys, Langer birdied the par-4 12th to get back to even par for the tournament. He added birdies on the par-5 15th and par-3 16th and closed with two pars on the A.W. Tillinghast-designed Wissahickon Course.
''It was nice to finish strong because the last couple days I had my issues with the back nine, but today was just kind of the opposite,'' Langer said. ''Had an up-and-down start in the middle of the round, lots of bogeys and a bunch of birdies and just couldn't get it going. Mis-hit a few shots and just then had long putts from 30 yards, 25 yards and three-putted a couple times.''
Difficult in any conditions, the Wissahickon Course has been a beast in the wind.
''That sun and the wind, the greens are getting pretty crusty, pretty fast,'' Langer said. ''If you get yourself in the wrong place, if you're out of position, you're paying the price. You can't even get within 15, 20 feet many times. So, it's very strategic play. And with the kind of wind we had again, fairly strong and off a different direction today, it was a different golf course all together. It's just hard to position the ball where you would like to be underneath the hole when the wind is blowing like this.''
Langer won in 2014 at Fox Chapel in Pittsburgh and last year at Belmont in Massachusetts. He won the Regions Tradition last month in Alabama for his sixth senior major and 27th tour victory.
Blake made a 16-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th for a 71.
''Trying to just manage it around, trying to get the driver in play and then kind of go from there,'' Blake said. ''Once you even get on the green, it's hard to even get aggressive. The greens are fast, the wind's blowing all over and you're kind of lagging to make putts. I hit some awful first ones and had to make some good putts coming back. But I feel good about my game. Just need to stay patient and try to execute some good shots.''
Jeff Sluman (70), Woody Austin (71), Wes Short Jr. (72), Bart Bryant (72) and Brandt Jobe (74) were tied for third at 2 over.
Bryant birdied the 18th after dropping four strokes in a late four-hole stretch with a double bogey and two bogeys. He eagled the par-4 11th, holing out with a 6-iron from 187 yards.
''I just pulled it a little bit, hit it a little thin and I just didn't hit a great shot, but it somehow went in the hole,'' Bryant said. ''I'd like to say I just pured it right where I was aiming, but I didn't, I pulled it a little bit. So it rolled out and it just happened to go in.''
Vijay Singh was tied for 31st at 8 over. He followed rounds of 69 and 74 with a 75.
John Daly had a 70 to move into a tie for 59th at 12 over. He opened with two 76s.
Langer, 63, makes Masters history by making cut
Bernhard Langer, 63, was feeling his age Friday at the Masters Tournament, even if his scorecard didn't look like it.
Langer wins 41st Champs title at Cologuard
BY Associated Press — March 01, 2020
Bernhard Langer took another step closer to the PGA Tour Champions wins record, firing an 8-under 65 for a two-shot victory at the Cologuard Classic.
Langer, MAJ co-lead; Els struggles in debut
BY Associated Press — January 17, 2020
Bernhard Langer and Miguel Angel Jimenez shot 8-under 64 to lead the Mitsubishi Electric Championship, while Ernie Els struggled in his senior debut.


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Guess what? True to form, the Asian Women's Golf Tsunami has struck again! This week, pint-sized Japanese phenom Nasa Hataoka (pictured) blasted her way to win the 2019 Kia Classic LPGA Tournament. She romped home with a total score of 18-under par after shooting a 5-under par round for the day on Sunday.
Hataoka, just 20 years old, was three strokes clear of a pack of four who were tied for second place and amongst this group was the past world number one Inbee Park and the current number one Sung Hyun Park who finished at 15-under par.
True to form, the Asian stars continue to stamp their dominance on the women's professional game and this is a trend that is expected to continue for some time to come. A total of seven Asian stars occupied slots on the top ten leaderboard.


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ABOUT THE SVE PTA
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The Summit View Elementary PTA is our parent lead organization. We converted from a PTO to a PTA for the 2015/2016 school year. Please see the following FAQs to learn more & answer some questions about our organization. Still have questions? Use our contact form or email us.
Q: What is PTA?
A: PTA stands for Parents Teacher Association – it is a national non-profit organization that's #1 goal is to benefit children. Summit View Elementary started our local chapter of PTA the summer of 2015.
PTA's Vision: Every child's potential is a reality.
PTA's Mission: To make every child's potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children.
Q: Why did Summit View Elementary start a PTA?
A: To ensure that 100% of funds that are raised at Summit View Elementary, stay at Summit View Elementary. As a PTA, we will have more control of the programs we support and have direct access to our financials. Besides, with shrinking budgets, increasing class sizes, government & district mandates, the challenges of delivering quality education are daunting. As parents, we can join our efforts & talents to support our school by providing/enhancing the tools & programs that aid in our children's growth and education!
Q: Do I need to join & are there membership dues?
A: We invite & encourage all parents and staff members to join the PTA. As a member, you will be able to vote on what events we hold, the programs we choose to support and how financially we can support our school. You can find our membership form here.
Q: What are the dues?
A: Membership dues are $10 annually. With your $10, you will also be a member of the National & Colorado PTA (includes discounts to Staples, Sylvan, Hertz & many more)! To learn more, visit PTA.org or COPTA.org.
Q: Do I have to be a member to come to meetings?
A: No, all are welcome and encouraged to come to our meetings. This is a great way to get involved and stay informed! The benefit of being a member is that you will have a voice/vote on deciding what PTA supports and provides to Summit View Elementary.
Q: What are some of the benefits of PTA?
A: The benefits are endless, but here are just a few:
Leverage Volunteer Power: PTA organizes hard-working, dedicated volunteers. Parents are ready to help implement school improvement programs.
Improve Communication: PTAs frequently coordinate production of a school newsletter and information fliers, keeping the entire school community informed of current events, issues, and accomplishments. Regular meetings allow PTAs to share information with members.
See Measurable Results: More than 85 research studies conducted over the past 30 years prove that kids do better when parents are involved. Grades are higher. Test scores improve. Attendance increase.
Discover More Dollars: Local PTAs are self-funding. By inviting the entire school's parent community to join, they generate membership fees to pay for programs. Local PTA fundraisers support school programs, building improvements, and educational events.
Boost Children's Well-Being: PTAs focus on what students need to be successful in their learning, including nutrition, health, school safety, physical fitness and general well-being. PTA works with schools to ensure that children succeed.
Enjoy Informed Parents: Involved parents understand the challenges schools face and become part of the solution. By developing a closer relationship with parents, student achievement improves, and the school develops a positive reputation in the community.
WELCOME TO SVE PTA
The SVE PTA website is here to make your life easier! Bookmark this page and come back often to stay up to date!
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SVE PTA Executive Board:
Molly Willard, President
Amber Campbell, Vice President
Lindsey Mladinich, Secretary
Lynn Lavis, Treasurer
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We're a month into school and we're starting to hit our groove. So it must mean it's time for our annual fall fundraiser and Dance-A-Thon! Wait – only a month into school and the PTA […]
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Hotteok is a sweet syrup filled pancake snacks that are very popular during the winter season and which are usually sold by street vendors in Korea. The dough for hotteok is made from wheat flour, water, milk, sugar, yeast and its handful-sized of this stiff dough is filled with a sweet mixture which may contain brown sugar, honey, chopped peanuts, and/or cinnamon. The filled dough is then placed on a greased griddle and pressed flat into a large circle with a special tool made from a stainless steel circle plate with a wooden handle as it cooks.
The types of hotteok have been changing continuously throughout the years but many favor the traditional cinnamon and peanut fillings. Many variations have developed since the early 21st century where its dough may be made with green tea, corn, and other ingredients. It is generally believed that hotteok originated from Chinese merchants who immigrated to Korea after the late 19th century. However, unlike many Chinese pancakes which often contain savory meat fillings, traditional Korean hotteok is stuffed with sweet filling to suit the native Koreans' taste buds. Readily available hotteok is commercially available to purchase in plastic packages at local Korean supermarkets.


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    signal_2_int_.Emit(n1, n2);
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  void OnTest1IntegerParam(int n, sigcxx::SLOT slot = nullptr);

  void OnTest2IntegerParams(int n1, int n2, sigcxx::SLOT slot = nullptr);

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A new directory to be launched in March 2016 will provide easy access to definitive, up-to-date and comprehensive information on businesses dealing with agriculture in Africa.
Agriculture and agribusiness in Africa will grow to be a US$1 trillion industry in Africa by 2030, according to a World Bank report, but tracking down agribusiness goods and services in Africa can be a challenge. The African Agribusiness Incubation Directory has been created to overcome this challenge, by allowing the many actors in the agribusiness sector on the continent to upload and update their own information and make it accessible to those who need it. The directory will provide access to definitive, up-to-date, comprehensive information on businesses dealing with agriculture, and detail how clients can access their services. The data will be freely available on a web-based platform.
CTA is promoting the awareness of this directory, which is developed by three African groups: the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), one of CTA's main partners in Africa; the Universities Business and Research in Agribusiness Innovation (UniBRAIN); and the African Agribusiness Incubation Network (AAIN).
Potential contributors can register to enlist in the database through an online form.
The directory will contain information on company name, type of organisation, country, email addresses and current phone numbers, details of the main contact person, and a brief description of the products and services offered. "The directory is going to be a powerful networking tool where buyers will meet sellers and transact business at minimum cost and utmost convenience," said Mary Njeri, who is overseeing the project for FARA.
Are you interested in agribusiness incubation in ACP countries? Then don't miss the latest issue of SPORE, CTA's flagship magazine. It offers an update on support for agro-entrepreneurs – including advice, technical approaches and financing – with a particular focus on women and youth.
The magazine is available in print as well as in digital format on SPORE's new website. We invite you to discover it by visiting http://spore.cta.int. Fully interactive, SPORE enables you to participate in the debate, suggest topics and express your views on agricultural and rural development in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.


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Lucy Byrd
Lucy Rochelle Byrd passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at her residence in Prairie, MS, at the age of 71. She was born May 28, 1950, in Memphis, TN to the late Charles Joseph Ciulla and Jaquline Johnny Folis. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in West Point, MS.
She is survived by her husband, James Byrd, Jr.; her children, Joy (Velton) Devore, Pam Byrd, Tripp (Judy) Byrd, Tallie Byrd, and Jamie (David) Andrews; her grandchildren, Chelsie Carter, Ruth Andrews, Trey Andrews, Michael Devore, Evin Olds, Jakob Olds, and Adam Olds; and six great grandchildren; and three sisters.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, and one brother.
Visitation will be 12:30-2:30 PM Sunday April 3, 2022 at Robinson Funeral Home. A graveside service will follow at 3 pm at West Point Memorial Gardens with Father Binh Nguyen officiating. Serving as pallbearers will be Tripp Byrd III, David Andrews, Jr., Trey Andrews III, Austin Price, Cameron Price, and Frank Platt.
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Q: Obtain Class instances in a directory from URLClassLoader I need to load some test classes in a specified directory to run junit test that they contain.
Seems I'm having some problem with method Class.forName() and an URLClassLoader.
I have some Junit test class in a folder whose path is
C:\Documents\Java\Project\src\tests\net\sourceforge
and compiled classes in
C:\Documents\Java\Project\target\tests-classes\net\sourceforge
I need to have instances of Class for run JunitCore.run() but when I try to use the Class.forName() method i get a NoClassDefFoundException or a ClassNotFoundException.
What I do currently is iterating over all files within target\tests-classes\ and trying to load these classes.
Directory tree structure is something like
 SOURCEFILES
- Java
    - Project
        - src
            - tests
                - net
                    - sorceforge
                        - Test1.java
                        - Test2.java
                        - directory1
                            - Test3.java
                            - Test4.java
                        - directory2
                            - Test5.java

 BINARIES
- Java
    - Project
        - target
            - tests-classes
                - net
                    - sorceforge
                        - Test1.class
                        - Test2.class
                        - directory1
                            - Test3.class
                            - Test4.class
                        - directory2
                            - Test5.class

Here is the method of my code:
 private void runJunitTest(JUnitCore junit, ArrayList<File> directories, String path) {
        File f = new File(path); //path first call is usually "C:\Documents\Java\Project\src\tests\"
        File bin = new File(txtClassTest.getText()); //bin path is "C:\Documents\Java\Project\target\tests-classes\"
        File[] files = f.listFiles();
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
            if(files[i].isFile()){
                String fullname = getFullyQualifiedName(files[i].getAbsolutePath(), txtTest.getText()); //getFullyQualifiedName return the fully qualified name of a class eg. net.sourceforge.Test1
                try {
                    URLClassLoader urlClassloader = URLClassLoader.newInstance(new URL[] { bin.toURI().toURL() });
                    Class cl = Class.forName(fullname, false, urlClassloader);
                    Result result = junit.run(cl);
                } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                } catch (MalformedURLException e1) {
                    e1.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            else{
                directories.add(files[i]);
            }
        }
        if(!directories.isEmpty()){
            String dir =  directories.get(0).getAbsolutePath();
            directories.remove(0);
            runJunitTest(junit, directories,dir);
        }
    }
}

I've tried also to change the bin and path variables to dive inner or go outer of the path but results are pretty the same.
EDIT
having bin: ...\target\test-classes\
Here is the exception you asked:
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/sourceforge/pmd/ReportListener
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.FactoryURLClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
    at elaborationSystem.Interface$ButtonHandler.runJunitTest(Interface.java:386)
    at elaborationSystem.Interface$ButtonHandler.runJunitTest(Interface.java:402)
    at elaborationSystem.Interface$ButtonHandler.runJunitTest(Interface.java:402)
    at elaborationSystem.Interface$ButtonHandler.runJunitTest(Interface.java:402)
    at elaborationSystem.Interface$ButtonHandler.actionPerformed(Interface.java:364)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.access$200(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: net.sourceforge.pmd.ReportListener
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.FactoryURLClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    ... 55 more

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/*
Certain elements of this code were taken from Razvan Flarions bytserving code.
Many modifications have been made. In keeping with the license requirements,
the simplified BSD license is printed below.
*/
/*

This code is released under the Simplified BSD License:

Copyright 2004 Razvan Florian. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are
permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

   1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of
      conditions and the following disclaimer.

   2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list
      of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
      provided with the distribution.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Razvan Florian ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL Razvan Florian OR
CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

The views and conclusions contained in the software and documentation are those of the
authors and should not be interpreted as representing official policies, either expressed
or implied, of Razvan Florian.

http://www.coneural.org/florian/papers/04_byteserving.php

*/

//Whether we're debugging. Note we actually have 2 concepts of debugging,
//one set by query parameter. A bit confusing
$DEBUG = False;
//Whether we're running on a local machine, or Broad server
$LOCAL = strpos($_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"], "localhost") !== false;

$LOG_FILE_PATH = "sf.log";

$LOG_FILE_HANDLE = fopen($LOG_FILE_PATH, "a");

//get filepath, do any path transformations here
$filepath = $_GET['file'];

function set_range($range, $filesize, &$first, &$last)
{
    /*
    Sets the first and last bytes of a range, given a range expressed as a string
    and the size of the file.

    If the end of the range is not specified, or the end of the range is greater
    than the length of the file, $last is set as the end of the file.

    If the begining of the range is not specified, the meaning of the value after
    the dash is "get the last n bytes of the file".

    If $first is greater than $last, the range is not satisfiable, and we should
    return a response with a status of 416 (Requested range not satisfiable).

    Examples:
    $range='0-499', $filesize=1000 => $first=0, $last=499 .
    $range='500-', $filesize=1000 => $first=500, $last=999 .
    $range='500-1200', $filesize=1000 => $first=500, $last=999 .
    $range='-200', $filesize=1000 => $first=800, $last=999 .

    */
    $dash = strpos($range, '-');
    $first = trim(substr($range, 0, $dash));
    $last = trim(substr($range, $dash + 1));
    if ($first == '') {
        //suffix byte range: gets last n bytes
        $suffix = $last;
        $last = $filesize - 1;
        $first = $filesize - $suffix;
        if ($first < 0) $first = 0;
    } else {
        if ($last == '' || $last > $filesize - 1) $last = $filesize - 1;
    }
    if ($first > $last) {
        //unsatisfiable range
        header("Status: 416 Requested range not satisfiable");
        header("Content-Range: */$filesize");
        exit;
    }
}

function buffered_read($file, $bytes, $buffer_size)
{
    /*
    Outputs up to $bytes from the file $file to standard output, $buffer_size bytes at a time.
    */
    $bytes_left = $bytes;
    while ($bytes_left > 0 && !feof($file)) {
        if ($bytes_left > $buffer_size) {
            $bytes_to_read = $buffer_size;
        } else {
            $bytes_to_read = $bytes_left;
        }
        $bytes_left -= $bytes_to_read;
        $contents = fread($file, $bytes_to_read);
        if (!$contents) {
            log_message("Error: Failed to read from file " . $file);
        }
        echo $contents;
        flush();
    }
}

function byteserve($filename)
{
    /*
    Byteserves the file $filename.

    When there is a request for a single range, the content is transmitted
    with a Content-Range header, and a Content-Length header showing the number
    of bytes actually transferred.

    When there is a request for multiple ranges, these are transmitted as a
    multipart message. The multipart media type used for this purpose is
    "multipart/byteranges".
    */

    global $MAX_FILE_SIZE;
    $filesize = filesize($filename);

    $ranges = NULL;
    if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'GET' && isset($_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE']) && $range = stristr(trim($_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE']), 'bytes=')) {
        $range = substr($range, 6);
        $ranges = explode(',', $range);
    }

    //If we don't find it in the header, check the query parameter
    if ($range == NULL && $ranges == NULL) {
        $strfirst = $_GET['start'];
        $last = $_GET['end'];
        $hasQueryStart = $strfirst != NULL;
        if ($hasQueryStart) {
            $first = (int)$strfirst;
            $last = (int)$last;
        }
    }

    if (($ranges && count($ranges)) || $hasQueryStart) {
        header("HTTP/1.1 206 Partial content", True, 206);
        header("Accept-Ranges: bytes");
        if (count($ranges) > 1) {
            //unsatisfiable range
            header("HTTP/1.1 501 Do not support multiple ranges", True, 501);
        } else {
            //A single range is requested.
            $range = $ranges[0];

            if ($hasQueryStart) {
                //Nothing to do, $first and last already set
            } else {
                set_range($range, $filesize, $first, $last);
            }

            header("Content-Length: " . ($last - $first + 1));

            $contRange = "Content-Range: bytes $first-$last/$filesize";
            //log_message($contRange);
            header($contRange);

            $file = fopen($filename, "rb");
            fseek($file, $first);
            buffered_read($file, $last - $first + 1, 1024);
            fclose($file);
        }

    } else {

        $isHead = $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'HEAD';

        header("Accept-Ranges: bytes");
        header("Content-Length: $filesize");

        if (!$isHead) {
            readfile($filename);
        }
    }
}

function serve($filename, $download = 0)
{
    //Just serves the file without byteserving
    //if $download=true, then the save file dialog appears
    $filesize = filesize($filename);
    header("Content-Length: $filesize");
    $filename_parts = pathinfo($filename);
    if ($download) header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename=' . $filename_parts['basename']);
    readfile($filename);
}

function read_file($filepath)
{
    $fp = fopen($filepath, "r");
    $text = fread($fp, 8192);
    fclose($fp);
    return $text;
}

function log_message($message, $include_backtrace = False)
{
    $written = 0;
    global $LOG_FILE_HANDLE;
    $time = date("H:i:s d M Y");
    $act_msg = $time . " " . $message . "\n";
    $written = fwrite($LOG_FILE_HANDLE, $act_msg);
    //This doesn't include that much info
    if ($include_backtrace) {
        $written += fwrite($LOG_FILE_HANDLE, var_export(debug_backtrace(True), True));
    }
    return $written;
}

function exit_cleanly()
{
    global $LOG_FILE_HANDLE;
    fclose($LOG_FILE_HANDLE);
    exit();
}

if (!file_exists($filepath)) {
    header('HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found');
    if ($DEBUG) {
        echo "Unable to find " . $filepath;
    }
    exit_cleanly();
}

//unset magic quotes; otherwise, file contents will be modified
set_magic_quotes_runtime(0);

byteserve($filepath);

exit_cleanly();

?>


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HomeProphet Samuel Akinbodunse Of FANO TV Also Predicted Mugabe's Downfall
Prophet Samuel Akinbodunse Of FANO TV Also Predicted Mugabe's Downfall
South Africa based Nigeria prophet and Shepherd In charge of Freedom for All Nations Ministry, Samuel Akinbodunse, also prophesied that the embattled and self imposed President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe will meet his water-loo and it came past.
Also Read: Value Is Created When You Are Truly Present! By Olufunke Akinloye
This has once again proven to the world that he hears directly from God as his precise and detailed prophesy on May 21, 2017 happened without any omission. The amiable clergy predicted accurately that President Mugabe should pray to see beyond November as Zimbabwe's head of state.
During the live service, he said; "President Mugabe should pray to see beyond November on the throne. Our duty is to pray and my prayer is that he should experience God's mercy to see beyond November"
Also weeks back he also warned him directly during the wake of his brouhaha with his deputy that he should reinstate him else, the prophesy will come to pass that he won't see beyond November.
It would be recalled that in the early hours of Wednesday, 15th of November, reports making rounds currently has made it known that the Army in Zimbabwe has taken over the affairs of the country though they claim President Mugabe is sound. They were reported to have arrested top Government officials in the country and explosions, and gun fire is currently being experience on the streets of Zimbabwe following plans to make the first lady, Grace Mugabe take over from her husband
The Military officers however, claimed that the latest development isn't a coup, announcing on state TV that they were targeting a ring of government plotters following a power struggle that saw the vice-president flee the country last week.
"It is not a military takeover of government," an army spokesman said in a televised statement. "We wish to assure the nation that his Excellency the president… and his family are safe and sound and their security is guaranteed.
Watch the video here:
"We are only targeting criminals around him who are committing crimes that are causing social and economic suffering in the country in order to bring them to justice.
"As soon as we have accomplished our mission we expect that the situation will return to normalcy."
Several cabinet ministers, including local government minister Saviour Kasukuwere and finance minister Ignatius Chombo, and Mugabe's nephew Patrick Zhuwayo, were arrested. There was allegedly a brief gun fight outside Mr Chombo's house. All three are part of the G40 faction of Zanu-PF which is loyal to Grace Mugabe, who was being lined up to take over from her husband
Contact Prophet Samuel Akinbodunse of FANO TV on :
- Samuelakinbodunse@gmail.com


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A Guide to Japanese Iced Coffee
Story: Emma Janzen
Photo: Photo courtesy of Crema Coffee
As cold-brew coffee has captured the attention of coffee drinkers everywhere, one brewing method has emerged as especially popular in American cafés. The Japanese brewing method flash-chills coffee via hot water that's poured over ground coffee into an ice-filled carafe. The result is an incredibly bright, flavorful brew.
CREMA co-founder Ben Lehman says his Nashville-based crew was inspired to adopt the practice after reading an article by long-time coffee pro Peter Giuliano, who said Japanese iced coffee was a game changer for him when he tried it in Japan. Giuliano described the iced coffee he tried there as having a uniquely vibrant, refreshing quality that preserved all the best flavors of the coffee. Lehman was sold. "We've never looked back," he says, adding that quality iced coffee is a must for Crema's customers. "It's really hot in the south, and if you run out of iced coffee you'd better be ready for a riot. This method enables us to brew quickly, with the crisp flavor, clarity and acidy that the Japanese method produces."
"Brewing hot and then rapidly chilling preserves the nuances and complexities better," adds Timothy Hill of Counter Culture Coffee. "Cold-brew has flavors caused by oxidation, and cold water does not extract as well as hot water. Meaning when brewing hot and then chilling, you're extracting and preserving more of a coffee's natural flavors."
If there's any downside it's that the method only allows for brewing the amount a carafe will hold, but, says Hill, "What you may be limited to in terms of batch size is made up for in speed. The coffee is ready in minutes, and it doesn't need a really extended extraction time. This is part of the reason we believe it tastes fresher and cleaner, and showcases the coffees natural flavors better."
Interesting in trying the method yourself? Crema has a very helpful guide on their website, and here are their simple step-by step instructions:
Grab your tools. You'll need a coffee scale, grinder, Chemex, filter and kettle.
Rinse your Chemex filter with hot water, then discard the water. Fill the Chemex with 425 grams of ice, then position the filter on top.
Coarsely grind your coffee, weigh out 96 grams, then place the ground coffee in the Chemex filter.
In a kettle, heat 680 grams of water to just before the boiling point, then remove the kettle from the heat and let the water settle.
Pour enough water to just saturate the coffee bed. Let it expand for 30-45 seconds. Pouring slowly in concentric circles, continue adding water slowly in stages, submerging the ground coffee as you go. For this recipe, try to add all the water in 3 to 3:30 minutes. Once you've added all water, give it a quick stir and let it drain. Makes three to four 12-oz cups.
Emma Janzen
Emma Janzen is a journalist, photographer, and book author. Her first book, Mezcal: The History, Craft and Cocktails of the World's Ultimate Artisanal Spirit, was nominated for a James Beard Foundation award in 2018; She co-authored The Way of the Cocktail with Kumiko owner Julia Momosé (2021), contributed to David Wondrich's The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails (2021), and is currently working on The Bartender's Manifesto with Toby Maloney of The Violet Hour (2022). Writing and editing from her home base in the Midwest, she prefers her mezcal neat, her martinis made with gin, and her champagne served in a coupe.
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Champagne and Cadillac's – Welcome to ACM's auto-brunch featuring the opening of our newest exhibit, "Cadillac – Standard of the World". Experience the story from the brands inception to their renowned reputation for designing and building some of the finest and most desirable automobiles in the world! Nothing says luxury like champagne first thing in the morning! From mimosa's to motors, you can sip, sample and stroll with unlimited bacon and breakfast bites from Carrs, coffee and donuts from Original House of Donuts and build your own mimosa from Freixenet and bloody mary bar from Heritage Distilling Co. So set your alarms and come hungry this is going to be the Cadillac of brunches!
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In this street, the most recent sale of another house with 5 beds, 3 baths, 3 parking spaces was at number 14, which sold over 21 years ago.


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Mr. Mongeau is a director of The Toronto-Dominion Bank, an international financial institution, and Norfolk Southern Corporation, a publicly traded North American rail transportation provider. He served as a director of TELUS Corporation, a publicly traded telecommunications company, from May 2017 to August 2019. He also served as a director of Canadian National Railway Company ("CN"), a publicly traded railroad and transportation company, from October 2009 to July 2016 and as President and Chief Executive Officer from January 2010 to June 2016. During his tenure with CN, he served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer from October 2000 until December 2009 and from the time he joined CN in 1994 he held the titles of Vice-President, Strategic and Financial Planning and Assistant Vice-President, Corporate Development. Prior to joining CN, Mr. Mongeau was the Manager, Business Development for Imasco Inc. from 1993 to 1994, a partner with Groupe Secor Inc., a Montreal-based management consulting firm providing strategic advice to large Canadian corporations, from 1989 to 1993, and a consultant at Bain & Company from 1988 to 1989. Mr. Mongeau also served as a director of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. from August 2003 to May 2015 and as a director of Nortel Networks Corporation and Nortel Networks Limited from June 2006 to August 2009.
Mr. Mongeau was Chairman of the Board of the Railway Association of Canada. He was named one of Canada's Top 40 under 40 in 1997 and selected as Canada's CFO of the Year in 2005 by an independent committee of prominent Canadian business leaders. Mr. Mongeau holds a Master's in Business Administration degree from McGill University and has received honorary doctoral degrees from St. Mary's and Windsor University.
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Success takes time. It is a process that doesn't happen overnight, although it may sometimes appear that way.
We are not born with patience. Just like it takes time to travel to a destination, when you have a goal in mind you are working towards, it takes time to succeed in reaching your goal. Patience is required as you make progress toward reaching your goals. As you continue to take consistent steps forward to your goal, you can learn patience as you learn to enjoy the process of success.
Successfully reaching any goal or destination results from taking a series of steps. If you consistently take appropriate action toward any goal, you can and will arrive if you keep moving forward.
This reminds me of the funny scene from the movie 'What About Bob?' where Bob takes the suggestion of 'taking baby steps' literally and physically does baby steps down the hall and into the elevator, etc. It's a funny and powerful metaphor for how to achieve anything in life.
You will experience setbacks as you work toward a goal. You might even have a big fall metaphorically speaking. If you trip and fall on the way to your goal, get up and keep moving forward. The only way we fail is if we stay down and stop moving forward. The key to success in anything in life is to get back up and keep going. We all make mistakes that can hurt big time. Do the best you can to forgive your self and continue on your path.
If you are building a business, learn to find enjoyment in the little tasks you do each day. This will invigorate you to keep going no matter what challenges may arise. Focus on doing each task as best you can. Find satisfaction in accomplishing the little things and step by step you will enjoy the process of building your business to a well functioning machine.
Find creative ways of making the process fun for you. This can be a powerful motivator that can propel you to any goal. You can give yourself little rewards as you reach certain milestones on the way to your larger goal.
No matter what, if you keep moving towards reaching your goals, you will attain them if you don't give up. You may decide to adjust your goal along the way if you find it needs tweaking. Keep making forward progress and you will achieve small successes along the way to greater success.
Everyone's view of success is different because, we are all individuals with different personalities, life experiences, values, goals, etc. How I define success for me will likely be different than how you define success.
It is good to define what success is to you. If you don't pick a destination on the map you may never get there. As soon as you define what success is to you, you can starting making steps toward it.
What are your thoughts? I'd love to hear some things that have contributed to success in your life in a comment below. If you enjoyed this post, share it by clicking one of the share buttons below as well. Thank you for reading. Hope you have a great week!
Thank you so much Tandy.
I'm not sure what exactly has led to my success but I attribute a lot of it to self-confidence that I can success and I think that leads to a lot of what you were saying — persisting even when things are hard.
Awesome! I agree with you that self confidence is essential to persisting. Thank you for your comment Ellen.


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The Nottingham Action Group :: Student Housing: Is Castle Boulevard Signposting the Way Forward?
Earlier this year Church Lukas Architects submitted a planning application on behalf of Omni Developments to develop a triangular site, formerly used as a car park, alongside the canal on Castle Boulevard as seven four-storey HMO student 'town houses'. The application was approved by Nottingham City Council's Development Control Committee and, as the hoardings that have now gone up testify, work on what is potentially a trail-blazing development has begun.
Castle Boulevard Townhouses Signposting the Future for Student Homes?


This conversion resource assumes that each character may have one or more Profession Package Deals, which loosely correlate to the concept of Classes in D&D 3e.
Class Conversion Documents are provided for each of the standard D&D 3e Character Classes. Peruse the ones pertaining to the Classes your Character had levels in.
"Generic" Profession Package Deals are provided for each of the basic D&D 3e Character Classes for conversion purposes. However, a large variety of other Profession Package Deals are also provided.
With GM permission you can either adapt an existing Profession Package or create a custom Profession Package to suit your vision of your character. This subject is described more fully in the Profession Package section. The GM of course always has the final say on what they will permit in their campaign, and if they are going for a "straight" conversion they likely will prefer players to adhere to the "standard" Classes.
Provided below are links to Conversion Documents for each of the Class categories from D&D 3e, covering the various Class Features of each Class and providing recommendations for representing these abilities in the HERO System.
Each Class Conversion Document also contains links to various Profession Package Deals, where topically relevant.
When dealing with Characters with levels in multiple Classes, as a rule of thumb you should make the Class your Character has the most Levels in the "base" Class against which the characters first 125 Character Points minus the cost of Characteristics and Race Package are applied, and then allocate 15 Experience Points per additional Class Level to buy abilities with.
Some Levels of some Classes might take more (in some cases substantially more) points to model equivalents in the HERO System, but in most cases other Class Levels will have a dearth of abilities which evens out the exchange.
EXAMPLE: Shorbal is a Fighter 4/Wizard 2/Rogue 3; per the Levels to Points Chart (from Step 1), as a 9th level character Shorbal rates 120 Experience Points. Shorbal's player selects Fighter as his base, and then allocates 45 Character Points to buy additional Fighter abilities with (three additional Levels of Fighter), 45 Character Points for Rogue abilities (three Levels of Rogue), and 30 Character Points to buy Wizard abilities with (two Levels of Wizard).
There are no "Multi-classing" restrictions in the HERO System unless your GM decides to enforce them. Essentially you can have any ability set you can afford and justify with your Character's training and background. Package Deals serve as a means of convenience rather than the artificial restrictions on ability sets defined by "Classes"; they are not straightjackets from which a Character may not stray.
There are some abilities that are common to all or almost all Professions that deserve special mention.
The D&D and HERO System Skill Lists line up pretty well, and it should generally be pretty clear what the HERO System equivalent is to a D&D Skill. The Skill Conversion document details how to match up some of the less obvious Skills between the two game systems.
Conversion for Feats are covered in detail in the Feat Conversion document.
Every Class grants Base Attack Bonuses (BAB) as Characters level up, and it is a crucial statistic in D&D 3e as it both controls how accurate a Character is, and also how many Iterative Attacks the Character gained. The number of Attacks aspect of BAB is determined by other factors in the HERO System (and the Class documents for Classes that had a strong BAB progression discuss means to improve their number of attacks).
However, to model the accuracy aspect of BAB divide your Character's unmodified Base Attack Bonus by five (5), and give the HERO System version of your Character some combination of Combat Skill Levels (CSL's) that make sense for their attack scheme to equal that number, rounded in the Character's favor.
In some cases All Combat Levels (aka 8 point Levels) will be appropriate, but when converting a Character that only uses Ranged Attacks or only uses HtH Attacks it is usually sufficient to give them Ranged or HtH Combat levels (aka 5 point Levels) in order to save points.
This conversion resource recommends that Armor require Proficiency to use, and that some penalties for Armor use, which can be offset with Penalty Skill Levels, should be used in Fantasy HERO games. This idea maps directly to the Armor Proficiencies used in D&D 3e, so it should not be a foreign concept for players converting Characters into the HERO System from that game.
The following chart describes the Categories of Armor for purposes of Familiarity, the DEX Roll and DCV Penalties always incurred by wearing that Category of Armor even when proficient, and finally the penalty incurred by characters lacking the appropriate Familiarity for that type of Armor. These penalties are described in more detail following the chart.
Characters lacking the appropriate Familiarity may still wear Armor, but they suffer penalties as indicated in this column.
Equipment based Armor is cumbersome and imposes penalties upon the wearer. Whenever attempting a DEX Roll or using a DEX Based Skill the Character sufferers the listed penalty; further if the character is taking a physical action which the GM determines is precarious or awkward the Character must make a DEX or Skill Roll at the listed penalties to avoid falling over or otherwise inconveniencing themselves at the GM's discretion. These penalties can be counteracted with the use of Penalty Skill Levels as described later.
EXAMPLE: The warrior Soratosa wears a suit of Full Plate, a Heavy Armor. He is proficient, but he still suffers a -2 to DEX Rolls and a -2 DCV while wearing his Armor. Soratosa later acquires a squire named Jared and kits the lad out in a suit of training plate, a Medium Armor; Jared is not proficient with Medium Armor yet and suffers -4 to DEX Rolls and -2 DCV until he is. After weeks of training Jared becomes proficient with Medium Armor and thenceforth takes only a -1 to DEX Roll and -1 DCV while wearing Medium Armor.
Magic or ostensibly mundane Armor built as a Power and paid for with Character Points do not suffer these penalties normally, unless the Real Armor Limitation is applied.
EXAMPLE 1: The warrior princess Vasalia was blessed at birth with a mystical Gift of Aegis defined as Armor 8 PD 8 ED; the player has paid 24 Character Points for their character to have this ability and did not take the Real Armor limitation (or a Focus for that matter) on this ability. Thus Vasalia does not need an Armor Proficiency for this ability and does not suffer the listed penalties for using it.
EXAMPLE 2: Later the warrior princess Vasalia is given a suit of Chainmail as a gift from another nation's ruler. Vasalia must wear the Armor during a diplomatic event out of courtesy, but she never bothered to learn how to wear Armor correctly since she doesn't need it. Chainmail is Medium Armor and Vasalia is Non Proficient, and thus she suffers -4 to DEX Rolls and -2 DCV while wearing the bulky suit of Armor.
EXAMPLE 3: Years later the warrior princess Vasalia discovers a suit of magical Armor while on a quest. The Armor is designed mechanically as Armor 10 PD 5 ED, Hardened (+1/4), OIF (-1/2), Independent (-2). The Real Armor Limitation was not taken, so Vasalia would suffer no penalties if she chose to wear the Armor. Part of it's magic makes it unrestrictive and easy to wear.
A character can purchase Penalty Skill Levels (PSL's) to offset the DEX and DCV Penalties of wearing Armor. The character can purchase the 1.5 point Single Penalty Levels vs. either DEX or DCV, or the 2 point Tight Group levels vs. both DEX and DCV, at their discretion. It is almost always more efficient to purchase the Tight Group levels and it is assumed in the listing below that characters opt to do so.
Almost all Classes in D&D 3e give some assortment of Weapon Feats. In the HERO System this concept maps directly into Weapon Familiarities.
In general terms the D&D 3e "Simple Weapon Group" doesn't quite correspond to the Common Melee or Common Missile Weapon Groups in the HERO System, so for convenience sake this conversion resource recommends a couple of custom Weapon Familiarity Groups that match the Simple Weapon List of D&D 3e.
Since practically all D&D 3e Characters have proficiency with Simple Weapons, it is recommend that these Familiarities be considered "Everyman" Skills, costing no points.
The D&D selection of weapons granted to a particular Class are sometimes all over the place and don't necessarily fit nicely into the HERO System categories. This occasionally leads to the odd situation where in some cases it can cost more points to buy Familiarities in the HERO System with fewer actual weapons for some of the non-martial Classes than it does to buy entire groups of weapons for the martial Classes due to the way Weapon Familiarity Groups are categorized.
To prevent this logical inconsistency it is recommended that GM's permit players to define custom Weapon Groups for 2 Character Points that correspond to their Classes' Weapon List, or even the handful of weapon types their Character actually uses with any regularity. Between three and five weapons and no more than two Uncommon weapons should be grouped like this, and these custom Weapon Groups should not invalidate existing HERO System Weapon Groups (such as Common Melee Weapons).
An example Custom Weapon Group for Druids follows.
After selecting the appropriate Profession Package(s), add the Package Cost(s) to the Character's Point Total and move on to Step 5.


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In the Mix - Music
Busted Jukebox, Vol. 1
By Brian Palmer
Good Lord is Busted Jukebox a fun idea. An Americana/folk duo doing covers of rock mainstays like Nine Inch Nails, Guns N' Roses and The Kinks, and teaming up with everyone from The Milk Carton Kids and Lucius, to JD McPherson and Preservation Hall Jazz Band to make it happen. Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst offer up Motownesque updates one minute (Touissaint McCall's "Nothing Takes the Place of You"), and passionate, vocal-shredding send-ups (GNR's "Patience") the next. They ably pull off the trick of keeping you on your toes even though you've heard these songs before. And they do so with such subtle skill—not to mention dazzling harmonizing—as to make the songs sound like originals, which is no small feat. The busload of guest artists gives the album some extra firepower, but they always accentuate the stirring, soulful vibe Trent and Hearst create, and never overwhelm the songs. Busted my ass; more like refurbished, shiny and new.
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Go into the darkness with Chthe'ilist.
I Cry When I Laugh
British chart-topper Jess Glynne makes her U.S. splash.
Nym's dreamy trip-hop beats are pure ear candy.
Bowie's farewell album.
Polish Night Music
Step into the darkness with David Lynch.


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They are needed, for example, in cases when one needs output of images received from microscope with the help of digital camera to the computer monitor (for further analysis and processing, and also for conducting measurements) or to the projection screen (in order to carry out broadcast of video stream of frames for the large audience).
Besides, special application for digital cameras, controlling the device of image capture, connected to the microscope, are used. The application for work with a microscope ideally should also control the the camera.
Capturing a single frame or stream of frames and setting parameters of capture is carried out with the help of such applications right from the computer. For example, it is possible to control video stream, and install capture settings and settings of the received images.
Applications worked out by specialists of Altami Ltd for analysis and processing of videos and images, are often used as the part of digital complexes, consisting from a microscope, image capture device and software.
In Altami VideoKit and Altami Studio applications it is possible to control cameras and their parameters such as exposure and capture, white balance and image settings (brightness, contrast, gamma, saturation, etc.). Both of these applications suit for outputting at the screen videos or images received by conducting examination from a digital microscope.
Altami Studio application, having broader functional, allows to conduct measurements at the frames received from the microscopic equipment: both at a static image and in a real-time mode. After conducting calibration in the application with the specially worked out instruments, one can automatically or by hand measure the objects of interest (length, area, perimeter) in their real values.
Besides, in Altami Studio application many operations for transformation of image are received from a microscope. For example, it is possible to adjust contrast and brightness of incoming frames, align lightness, smooth noises, and work with colour and form of the image.
The software is developed by Altami Ltd specially for certain areas of research or individual needs of the customers. Thus, Altami Studio Crim application is realized for a comparison microscope.


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package ru.job4j.bomberman;

import java.util.Random;

/**
 * Created by Comp on 20.11.2018.
 */
public class Game {
    private static final Random RN = new Random();

    private Board board;
    private Thread[] enemies;

    public Game(int width, int height, int enemy) {

        this.board = new Board(width, height);
        this.enemies = enemies;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Board board = new Board(10, 20);
        Thread thread = new Thread(String.valueOf(new Player(board, 14, 5)));
        thread.start();
    }

    private void initMonster() {
        for (Thread thread : this.enemies) {
            int x = RN.nextInt(board.getWidth());
            int y = RN.nextInt(board.getHeight());
            if (board.getBlock(x, y).getActor() == null) {
                thread = new Thread(new Monster(board, x, y));
            }
        }
    }
}


Do The Ride Thing Launched!
Do The Ride Thing - Launched!
A group of novice mountain bikers inspired by the Olympics having been learning not only mountain biking skills but also how to be responsible users of the outdoors thanks to a fantastic computer game and guide; 'Do The Ride Thing', which was launched today at, sportscotland's National Outdoor Training Centre, Glenmore Lodge near Aviemore.
'Do The Ride Thing' is both a computer game and a guide which aims to educate mountain bikers and cyclists on how best to take safe and responsible access in Scotland's outdoors.
The game involves answering some route planning questions while following an animated mountain bike trail on a virtual mountain bike. Riders encounter a range of situations they are likely to face when they are mountain biking and the choices they make are used to reinforce safe and responsible mountain biking.
The full 'Do the Ride Thing' guide offers mountain bikers comprehensive advice and information to help equip them to enjoy the amazing network of paths and trails in a range of Scotland's outdoors settings.
'Do The Ride Thing' is being championed by Shona Robison, Minister for Commonwealth Games & Sport, who said "Mountain biking is an extremely popular activity in Scotland with many more people enjoying our fantastic landscapes and countryside.
"It is important that those taking to their bikes in ever increasing numbers do so safely and responsibly. The game and associated guidance being launched today will be useful tools in helping achieve this and I would encourage everyone to make use of them both."
'Do The Ride Thing' has been created by the Developing Mountain Biking in Scotland (DMBinS) project, which is based within Scottish Cycling, the national governing body for cycling in Scotland. The proiject aims to increase participation, encourage the growth of tourism and economic activity and develop the sport of mountain biking. The guide has been endorsed by the key biking organisations in Scotland including Scottish Cycling, CTC and MBLA.


What should you do if you suspect a child is in danger?
After 13 children were allegedly starved, shackled and tortured by parents Louise and David Turpin inside their California home, many are wondering how something like this could have happened in their suburban neighborhood without anyone noticing.
On Monday, Dr. Phil McGraw discussed the case with Dr. Charles Sophy, the medical director of the Department of Child and Family Services in Los Angeles, about ways to respond if a child is believed to be in danger.
He explained onlookers should not assume the children will actively try to escape if they are being abused.
Sophy, who has met with the siblings, said they are being treated at different hospitals based on their age, but officials are trying to keep them together whenever possible. The youngest alleged victim is 2 years old while the oldest is 29.
"They're trying to keep the sibling group together because they're being ripped away from, believe it or not, the people they love," he explained.
Authorities said the 13 siblings were discovered when their 17-year-old sister crawled out of their home through a window on Jan. 14.
She reportedly dialed 911 immediately after escaping, and told authorities that her siblings were forced to live in filthy conditions and were sometimes chained to furniture.
Authorities later reported the siblings were allowed to shower once a year, and given one meal a day. The 29-year-old weighed just 82 pounds.
The Turpins appeared in court earlier this month and entered not guilty pleas to numerous charges, including torture and child endangerment. Bail was set at $12 million each.
Their next court date is Feb. 23. If convicted of all charges, they could face a maximum sentence of between 94 years and life in prison.
To donate to the children's care, visit the Corona chamber of commerce website. The Riverside University Health System has also created a Perris Sibling Support Fund.


The RS-280 is a divider module with a wide frequency range. It can be used to output either clocks with different divisors or sub-octaves of audio signals.
Clock and frequency divider with one signal input and five outputs.
The input accepts any signal within the voltage range of ±10V. The outputs carry square waves from 0-10V. The first one has the input signal´s original frequency, the others have the divisors 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16. Each output has a LED showing the frequency; beyond 20Hz they seem to light constantly.


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Wings and Wheels Museum Presented By Cactus Air Force Gets Off The Ground
Cactus Air Force received approval from the Carson City Airport Authority to build a military aircraft and vehicle museum at the Carson City Airport. Cactus Air Force's "Wings and Wheels Museum" will be a nonprofit, public museum dedicated to celebrating aviation and military history through preserving, restoring, displaying and use of US military aircraft and vehicles from WWII to present. The museum facility will be comprised of an enclosed 12,000 Square Foot exhibit/event space and museum store. Also, there will be several outside, covered static display areas as well as a large, outdoor tarmac area with static aircraft and vehicle displays. The facility will be constructed at the Carson City Airport with public access from College Parkway and provide runway access for aircraft. Building is scheduled to commence in Fall 2013.
Ashley Cullins, News Channel 4, interviewed Cactus Air Force's Doug Thorngren about the proposed museum. Click here to view the video.
The Carson City Airport 2012 Open House
Capital Wings
Cactus Air Force is proud to participate in The Carson City Airport Open House 2012—Capital Wings. This relished family event is not only exciting and thrilling but educational as well. We love talking with people about our historic military aircraft and vehicles and encourage them to come see us again at various regional airshows or our Cactus Air Force Museum.
During the event, Cactus Air Force's Director of Public Relations, Doug Thorngren, was interviewed by local news station Channel 4 at the Carson City Airport Open house:
To view the video about The Carson City Airport Open House click here.
70th D Day Celebration
Join Us At The Carson City Airport
Friday, June 6th, 2014 Noon till 4 pm
Saturday, June 7th, 2014 8am till 4 pm
The Cactus Air Force, LLC in conjunction with the Carson City Airport, will have WWII Aircraft on static display to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of D Day! Come down and view these beautifully restored relics and celebrate our country's proud history.
The 2013 Heli Expo
The 2013 Heli Expo, the world's largest helicopter trade show and exposition, took place in beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada and boasted over 20,000 attendees. Approximately 60 aircraft were on display with exhibitors utilizing over 1 million sq. ft. of exhibit and meeting space. Cactus Air Force's own AH-1 Cobra was on hand to show case this amazing and rare piece of military equipment.


The Reuters article is full of speculative and unconfirmed information, some or all of which might not even be true, but it's a provocative way to spark an analysis about the upcoming Astana peace talks. There are undoubtedly forces within the Tripartite which truly believe that the "federalization" (internal partition) of Syria and a 'soft' regime change against President Assad are to Syria's long-term and sustainable benefit, no matter how much this jars with the author's own standpoint and that of the Syrian government itself. This inconvenient reality needs to be dealt with sooner or later, and while the article might in fact even just be a massive disinformation weapon, it inadvertently serves as an opportune time to analyze these issues at length. First off, any talk about a "political transition" doesn't have to mean what the Mainstream Media says it does, since UNSC Res. 2254 (2015), which is guiding the entire process, basically only lays out that a new constitution and elections are needed and doesn't dictate anything about "federalization" or the fate of President Assad.
This means that unless any 'concessions' are made during the Astana talks or its successor negotiations, then his political future rests in the hands of Syrians themselves, as it should. Similarly, so too should the issue of "federalization", just as President Assad previously said in relation to how this would necessitate a constitutional referendum anyhow. While Reuters cites unnamed sources to build the narrative that Russian and Turkish diplomats feel differently about these issues (which puts them into assumed conflict with their Iranian peers), there's no evidence that Moscow does, although obviously Ankara has publicly said that it wants President Assad to step aside (which might not be its true position but instead a face-saving slogan) and is totally against the establishment of a "federalized" Kurdish statelet. In the unlikely scenario that Russia and Turkey are serious about these two demands, then Syria has a few tricks up its sleeve that it could apply in reducing these two states' lobbying efforts and getting them to understand why they're not to anyone's overall advantage.
By emphasizing the previously agreed-upon point that Syria's future must be democratic, Damascus can always raise the possibility that these controversial initiatives would need to be voted upon in a nationwide referendum or series thereof, the results of which are heavily expected to reinforce the government's position. This is only logical as the SAA is winning the war and has the strength of the people behind it, though due to a lack of political will from both Russia and Iran, it is unable to 'finish the job' in militarily liberating every inch of the country and thus must resort to political means to settle the conflict, hence the 'horse trading' and 'compromises' that are expected to occur in Astana and beyond. Since it's impossible under the present circumstances for Damascus to force each and every one of its dearly held positions onto the "moderate opposition rebels", it must ultimately 'concede' on at least something of symbolism, and therein lays the relevance of the "municipal autonomy" proposal which could satisfy this 'requirement' and help advance the talks to their final conclusive stage.
Instead of facing the risk of Syria uncontrollably collapsing into a collection of quasi-independent identity-centric statelets ruled over by "federal" militias and warlords, the future of the Arab Republic would be much more stable and predictable. "Municipal autonomy" is exactly what it sounds like, except that it would only apply to provincial capitals and grant them the power to more independently carry out their local legislative and financial responsibilities with relatively less central oversight. Of course, the direction that this takes would be totally contingent on the results of regular municipal elections, which would in principle serve as a check-and-balance system against abuse of this arrangement. Even in the unlikely instance that some loophole or another is exploited in the proposed framework, the consequences wouldn't be too catastrophic because they'd be contained to the outlined provincial capitals' municipal borders and not in any of the nearby villages, and furthermore, the local police forces in these cities would never be in a realistic position to challenge the SAA.
This proposal therefore goes a very long way towards mitigating the danger that an actual civil war could occur after the present conflict ends and also prevents the country from collapsing amidst any proposed "federalization" (internal partition). Additionally, it's symbolic enough of a 'concession' that it could work to satisfy the demands of some of the "moderate opposition rebels" and mollify the speculated lobbying efforts that Reuters reportedly says that Russia and Turkey are engaging in. "Municipal autonomy", alongside the fate of President Assad, would also be dependent on the nationwide referendum so that every important decision is ultimately a reflection of the popular will of the Syrian people. If misguided Russian diplomats and ill-intentioned Turkish ones remain obstinate and continue their hard lobbying efforts, then Syria could play the Iranian card by appealing to Tehran's grand strategic interests in order to have Tehran diplomatically calm them down and get them to sober up.
All in all, while the Reuters report is likely filled with a bunch of disinformation, it does provide a relevant opportunity to explore some rather uncomfortable possibilities and brainstorm realistic and pragmatic solutions for Syria to apply in the event that the worst-case diplomatic scenarios surprisingly transpire.