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General Election 2016: Regina Doherty TD, Fine Gael, Meath East
By Holly O'Neill
The General Election takes place this Friday, and no clear winner has yet emerged throughout the mud-slinging campaign. We challenged five female candidates on the most important issues facing women in Ireland to help us decide on which way to vote. Their responses may just surprise you, says Sinead Ryan.
With more female candidates than ever standing for election this year, gender quotas, despite their mixed acceptance, are clearly having an impact. Political parties stand to lose hundreds of thousands of euro in funding if they don't meet the 30 per cent requirement of females on each ticket. It has led to dissent among some more traditional politicians, who believe that talent is losing out in favour of political correctness, but we prefer to think of it in terms of the famous line: ?Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels.?
We spoke with five female candidates likely to make an impact in General Election 2016 – Catherine Murphy, Jennifer Cuffe, Lucinda Creighton, Deirdre O'Donovan and Regina Doherty. We asked them about a range of topics, including the environment, jobs, housing, healthcare, childcare, the 8th Amendment, and who they see as the next Taoiseach. Here's what Regina Doherty TD had to say.
Regina Doherty TD
Fine Gael, Meath East
Regina is a TD since 2011 and previously a county councillor. She worked in the IT sector prior to election. Regina is a member of several Oireachtas committees, including Health and Children, Finance, and Public Expenditure and Reform.
?I believe economic growth will continue upwards in the form of more jobs in our cities and towns right across the country, and that it is important that any such jobs will pay more than welfare. The biggest threat is a loss in stability, and the next election will be about who can be trusted to keep this recovery going.?
?As part of Budget 2016, the HSE will receive a total revenue allocation of €12,987 million to provide health and social care services. This represents an increase of €817 million (6.7 per cent) on the 2015 allocation. A serious issue is where capacity drops and trolley numbers increase as people remain in hospital not because of an ailment, but rather because it is not possible to return home. We are freeing up much needed beds by getting people out of hospitals via the Fair Deal scheme and making sure people can get their home care packages or access to convalescent beds.?
??85 million funding in our childcare package in Budget 2016 I believe represents a good first step on the road to achieving affordable, high quality childcare that is accessible for all children. Every day, community centres and classrooms are vacant from approximately 3pm. We do not need to invest in new buildings; these facilities are already at our doorsteps and should be used to their full capacity in the form of after school, homework, and breakfast clubs. In doing this, we will further alleviate the financial pressure on working parents and lessen the load on existing childcare services.?
?I warmly welcome the Taoiseach's commitment that the issue of the 8th Amendment will be dealt with through a process such as a citizens? convention within six months of the General Election, if Fine Gael re-enters Government. The Taoiseach has said that he would consider a free vote within the parliamentary party on the proposals that came out of the convention/forum process. I respect the right of everyone to have their own view on this.?
Next Taoiseach?
?Enda Kenny.?
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Apple Rose Tart will be the most lovely addition to your dessert holiday table. Everyone will adore this!
Fall is my absolute favorite, favorite time of year! The smells, the colors, the clothes, the food, and oh those leaves! Those gorgeous falling leaves! I get so excited from about October 1 until January each year. The holidays and the weather always get me all cozied up and in a great mood for seemingly no reason everyday!
And every year in about August I start pinning and mentally planning all the gorgeous recipes and tablescapes that I will try out that season. And each year without fail I get through, um maybe, one or two of those before the season comes and goes! I get so caught up enjoying everything around me that I forget I make my own pumpkin pecan bread or gingerbread house.
This year fret not though! At least I planned ahead enough to take a gander at this gorgeous apple pie! I spied some delectable apple rose tarts peeping into my Pinterest feed and I knew that this is the year that I must try it out myself!
After reading and researching lots of blogs and techniques on how to make the perfect apple rose, I decided on this simple take. Easy enough to get some little hands to help out this season or if you're me, a nice little task while catching up on the latest Real Housewives. Yes, you heard that right, I am total fan. Guilty pleasure right here. I can't get enough of those shows!
I love how this take on an apple pie made it a tad more interesting and beautiful enough to get some Instagram love on the dessert table if I do say so myself! Whatever you are planning this year I say go for it! This is the year to try out that dessert or bread or tablescape you've always said you try. 'Tis the season after all!
In a food processor, blend together flour, sugar, and butter until it becomes soft crumbs.
Gently press into tart or biscuit molds that have been pre-greased.
Bake for 20 minutes or until crusts are golden brown. Let cool.
For the custard, whisk the egg yolks with the maple syrup, cornstarch, and salt until smooth.
Pour the milk into a small pot and place over medium heat until it just starts to bubble. Remove from heat.
Slowly pour the egg mixture, while whisking, into the milk pot.
Place the mixture over low heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture comes to a bubble and becomes very thick, like a pudding.
Stir in the vanilla and transfer to a heat-safe container. Lay plastic wrap over the surface. Chill for 2 hours.
When ready to assemble, pour custard into tart shell.
Slice the apples as thin as you can get. A mandolin works best for this. Then cut slices in half horizontally.
Soak the apple slices in warm water with a squeeze of lemon. This will keep the apples from turning brown and soften them a little.
Gently roll one slice at a time. Then begin adding additional slice around the first.
Place rolled up apple rose in tart pan filled with custard.
Fill out the rose with additional apple slices around the edges.
Keep going until the tart shell is filled with apple roses!
You can make the custard and tart shell up to two days ahead of time and keep in the fridge. The apples will keep for about a day before turning slightly brown. In a pinch, if the apples turn brown, dust them with a little sugar and bake for 15 minutes for a light sugary crust!
Natalie is one of our favorite Texans. You can visit natalieparamore.com for all manner of good eats, but on Food Fanatic you'll find her writing about pies and tarts you can be fanatical about.


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Catalonia Square in Barcelona (Plaça Catalunya)
The Best Known Squares in Barcelona
The Plaça de Catalunya (in English Catalonia Square) is right in the heart of the city of Barcelona, and could be seen as the equivalent of the '0 km' of the Plaza del Sol in Madrid. We could stick our neck out and say, without fear of being wrong, that there's not a tourist who comes to Barcelona who doesn't pass through the more famous square in Barcelona. When you arrive in Barcelona you would be wise to use the Plaça de Catalunya as a point of reference in order to orientate yourself, especially as it brings together two of the most important and busiest streets of the city, the Passeig de Gràcia and the world-famous La Rambla, streets you'll also get to know well.
What to know about the Catalonia Square
There are many aspects of Barcelona's most well-known square that make it so recognizable, from its history to what it represents today – a central meeting point, a hub for public transport and even a popular sites for demonstrations and protests.
History of Catalonia Square in Barcelona
In the middle of the 19th century the space was the site of the demolition of many of the city's walls, by which time it was already known as the Plaça de Catalunya. Over time some houses were built, but when the local council made the decision to turn the area into a huge square that would become the heart of the city's activity, they bought all the land, in addition to the buildings which were there at the time. Following many years of construction work, and much deviation from the original plans, the square was eventually inaugurated by King Alfonso XIII in 1927.
The Catalonia Square Today
The Plaça de Catalunya is now one of the busiest parts of the city, a square that everyone visits and a favourite spot for tourists to take photos, with the iconic backdrop of one of the two monumental fountains that the square boasts.
Standing in the centre of the square, in which is (printed on the floor) a huge compass rose, you will be able to get a great view of the many characteristic buildings that surround you. The most well-known are the department store El Corte Inglés, the building that used to be the headquarters of the Central Bank of Barcelona, which is well-known for the bank raid which took place in 1981, and most recently the new Apple Store, which is just off the square on the corner of the Passeig de Gràcia.
The square from another point of view
Having told you about the iconic buildings, fountains and sculptures, it's ironic that some of the most memorable features of the Plaça de Catalunya are the huge number of pigeons in the centre of the square. If you don't like birds, you might not feel entirely comfortable there! It's not surprising that they generally centre around the stalls where bird food is sold, so avoid these areas if you're not a fan of pigeons. However, if you do like them, you can buy seeds to feed the pigeons, and take a photo of them flocking towards you as you hold out the bird seed – a photo which is very typical of those taken by the tourists who visit the square.
The Pigeons
If you would like to enjoy views of the Plaça de Catalunya from a different perspective, our recommendation is to go up to the café on the top floor of El Corte Inglés, that you'll find on one side of the square. From there you will enjoy a wonderful panoramic view of the square and surrounding areas, which is even more spectacular at sunset.
Monuments and Sculptures
We don't need to tell you to look out for the fountains in the Plaça de Catalunya, as they are the first things you'll see as you enter the square, but we will tell you about some of the monuments and sculptures, as the square is so big that many of them can go unnoticed if you're not looking out for them. Here is a list of the sculptures you'll find:
la Deessa (The Goddess), by Josep Clarà
El Pastor (The Shepherd), by Pablo Gargallo
Monument dedicated to Francesc Macià, by Josep Maria Subirachs
El Forjador (The Peacemaker), by Josep Llimona
Una figura femenina (A Feminine Figure), by Enrique Casanovas
By day and by night
As with in many of Barcelona's squares and streets, the atmosphere in the Plaça de Catalunya changes according to the time of day (especially during the Christmas holidays), so you will get a very different experience depending on when you visit during the day or in the evening. If you can spare the time, we would therefore recommend that you fit in a couple of visits at contrasting times of the day – and don't forget your camera!
Plaça de Catalunya, Barcelona.
Metro: Catalunya (lines 1 and 3).
FGC and RENFE: Catalunya
Buses: lines 24, 41, 42, 55, 59, 66, 91, H16, V13, V15 and tourist bus.
Plaça de la Universitat (University Square)
La Rambla of Barcelona
Fountain of Canaletes

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Diablo IV - Official Gameplay Trailer
by Sam Aberdeen on 01 November, 2019
BlizzCon 2019 opened with a bang tonight, ushering in a few neat surprises - though with the recent string of leaks over the past couple of weeks, we were expecting Blizzard Entertainment to pull the curtain back on two games in particular: Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV. It seems like the dream has come true, and in the case of the latter, we also got a juicy few minutes of gameplay to accompany its reveal.
READ MORE: BlizzCon 2019: Full Schedule and Where to Watch (South African Times Included)
Diablo IV seems to be straying away from the more lighter look of Diablo III, and returning to its roots, echoing the darker style of Diablo II in many aspects. The gameplay has also been beefed up in a few interesting ways, seemingly focusing on three classes, grittier gameplay, and a larger emphasis on painting the world in a vicious, malevolent light. Basically, it's the return of the old-school Diablo, though we'll have to wait and see how it shapes up.
Unfortunately, Diablo IV is still without a release date, but to tide us over, Blizzard has given us a great first gameplay trailer - something very few people expected.
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MANILA, Philippines – It's hard not to think of Philippine youth as anything but misrepresented. Despite the presence of many youth-targeted stars and shows, local entertainment is disappointingly lacking in stories that genuinely capture the fleeting, yet irreplaceable years of youth.
Though the goals of Diary ng Panget are hardly as ambitious, it's hard not to think of the film as a missed opportunity to mine the potential of its cast, its premise and its story.
Based on the best-selling book series of the same name, Diary ng Panget follows the unattractive and penniless Eya Rodriguez (Nadine Lustre) as a struggling scholar at a private school. But when she lands a job as a personal maid for the rich and spoiled Cross Sandford (James Reid), she finds out that her paycheck may not be worth the monstrous treatment of her good-looking yet hard-to-please boss.
Eya's doesn't earn many fans in school, but she does manage to make friends with boy-next-door Chad (Andre Paras) and the half-British Lory (Yassi Pressman). These characters make up a quirky love quadrangle that unfortunately doesn't end with more than the predictable switching of romantic partners. But while Diary ng Panget does succeed in providing the odd spark of entertainment, it is ultimately weighed down by its shallow depiction of youth.
For a film based on a young woman's private journal, Diary ng Panget provides very little insight on the modern day troubles of a young adult. Eya is depicted as hardworking and especially intelligent, but outside of her acne-ridden skin and her sassy personality, there's very little else that defines her.
Diary ng Panget follows Eya throughout the majority of the film, but never succeeds in getting into her thoughts and motivations. While a diary would've been the perfect medium to acquaint ourselves with Eya, director Andoy Ranay makes the odd choice of relying on it as little as possible.
Unfortunately, the same criticism can be leveled against the film's other characters. The spoiled and thuggish Cross isn't much deeper than his dislike for ghost stories and his melodramatic past. Eya's friends, Chad and Lory, don't fare any better, suffering from the same caricature-like quality as the film's main characters.
Because of the lack of characterization, the resulting love story ends up feeling superficial and unmistakably convenient. Although younger generations have always been represented as carelessly naïve in matters of love, Diary ng Panget makes no attempt at tempering that with any amount of substance. In the end, the young are all depicted as ugly ducklings waiting for their prince charming.
Despite this criticism, Diary ng Panget succeeds in bringing together a particularly charming cast with relative newcomer Nadine Lustre leading the charge. Director Andoy Ranay does well to draw an entertaining amount of chemistry between his 4 actors, but unfortunately fails to keep the story, as well as its characters, from breaking out. Because of the film's overt reliance on cliché and stereotype, Diary ng Panget fails to deliver on the soul of any convincing diary – honesty.
It's difficult to pin the blame solely on the film when the original books have the barest of story to begin with. But with Viva Films hedging its box-office bets on best-selling books, it should now set its sights beyond the written page by producing films that are smart enough to use what works and brave enough to throw out what doesn't.
Like the studio's previous effort, ABNKKBSNPLAko?!, Diary ng Panget misses the opportunity to transcend its original material. What could've readily been an insightfully entertaining love story on youth, love and identity, simply turns out to be an amusing film on pimples, punchlines and worn out clichés.
Diary ng Panget is a film that is seemingly content with its own conventionality, taking its cue from primetime telenovelas like I Love Betty La Fea and the more recent Got to Believe. But this is exactly where the youth is misrepresented – because in the minds of films like Diary ng Panget, this is all the youth is about.


I was asked to photograph the Massachusetts College of Art and Design 2017 Fashion Show, dubbed "Illuminate".
The show was the first event to be held in the new Design and Media Center building on campus and took place under a beautiful glass installation called "Rainfield". In attendance were many contributors to MassArt, as well as faculty and students. Erin Robertson, winner of Project Runway Season 16, was also there to support the fashion department.


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Q: std::vector emplace_back() for non copy constructible objects Considering this quote from en.cppreference.com regarding std::vector::emplace_back

"Appends a new element to the end of the container. The element is
  constructed in-place, i.e. no copy or move operations are performed.
  The constructor of the element is called with exactly the same
  arguments that are supplied to the function."

and following sample:
#include <vector>
struct A
{
    A(int){}
    A(A const&) = delete;
};

int main()
{
    std::vector<A> vec;
    vec.emplace_back(1);

    return 0;
}

On line vec.emplace_back(1); Visual Studio 2013/GCC report:

error C2280: 'A::A(const A &)' : attempting to reference a deleted function
error: use of deleted function 'A::A(const A&)'

Is the error correct? Can you please explain me why?

A: Like other functions that increase the size of the vector, emplace_back conditionally reallocates the vector (if the current capacity is not large enough). If it does this then it needs to get the existing elements from the old array to the new.
Your class has no move constructor (some classes have a compiler-generated move, but not this one because you deleted the copy constructor). So the reallocation code needs to be able to copy the type, and it can't.
Of course for this call there are no old elements to copy, but nevertheless the emplace_back function can't be instantiated.

A: C++11 23.2.1 Table 101 states:

Expression: a.emplace_back(args)
Return type: void
Operation semantics: Appends an object of type T constructed with std::forward<Args>(args).... Requires: T shall be EmplaceConstructible into X from args. For vector, T shall also be MoveInsertable into X.

Your A does not fulfill the MoveInsertable requirement, since you do not have a move constructor, and only have a deleted copy constructor. With a container other than std::vector, it works.

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The 5min Librarian blog recently had a post on ideas compiled for Library Card Sign-Up Month. Below is an excerpt of the post, "4 Ideas for September's Library Card Sign-Up Month." Thank you, 5min Librarian, for the great ideas!
Another library system took a picture of their county judge showing his library card and used it in advertisements and social media. You can do this with anyone well known in your community — school principals, the mayor, radio station personalities, etc. — to catch the eye of nonlibrary users to send them to your library.


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Look for a local resale or consignment shop. Often you can find exactly what you need at a fraction of the cost, and won't have to wait for shipping times to get it. Wash it after you get to your room and once it dries you'll be ready to go.
Order a replacement online. Use a discount and coupon site such as Groupon to find deals on bedding, appliances, and more at a great price. Major retailers such as Bed Bath and Beyond use Groupon for marketing and you can have the item shipped directly to your destination. Often they even offer free shipping!
If you're traveling by automobile use the Groupon app to locate a deal nearby. Just enter the city or postal code where you're at then add your search criteria. Local stores and their deals will pop up, and you can swing by and pick up that pillow or jacket.
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There's almost no where to turn on social media or the internet where you do not see #SHETHER! Almost everyone is talking about how quickly Love & Hip Hop New York cast member Remy Ma SLAYed Nicki Minaj so you know that Slay Magazine had to listen to see what the talk was about!
The track starts out with Nicki Minaj's voice saying "Free Remy" so it was initially kind of confusing. Why would this be a "diss" track if Nicki Minaj's voice is asking to "free" the once imprisoned Remy Ma? We soon found out that that was just to build up to the SLAY up! The verses, the words, the FACTS all collaboratively made this one of the most epic "diss records" ever made. The name "ShETHER" was derived from an old Nas beef entitiled "ETHER" so basically this is the female version of how to SLAY a "diss record". We have even seen R&B legends such as Nicci Daniels of the group "Brownstone" tweeting, "Just listen to #Shether and I wanna Thank God there is no such thing as a R&B battle and #RemyMa is not a singer #Floored". That alone shows you that the "barz" were SLAYTASTIC when you have other artists in the industry happy that it is not them. Most would say that Remy Ma had zero filters and took zero prisoners. There's almost nothing that Nicki Minaj can come back to say to dig her out of the rap grave that Remy Ma dug for her; however, there's always that ONE. That one that we have seen so far is artist August Alsina. On his personal Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/august.alsina) he posted "Remy MA – Nicki Minaj diss Shether i dunno bout this one". August Alsina you are probably the only person in the world who "dunno bout this one" because everyone else feels that Remy Ma SLAYED Nicki Minaj.
Wait a minute! Didn't Remy Ma warn Nicki Minaj in her verse on the song "Wait a Minute" where she said, "That ghostwriter about to call her. Her lifeline getting shorter". Sure does sound like a warning to us! Guess Nicki Minaj did not take heed so she had to "body" her directly with #ShETHER. Have you heard one of the most epic diss records? If you have not, no worries because Slay Magazine got you covered. Check out these words reposted by our Managing Social Media Editor Charly Nichole from WorldStar. You can also visit Remy Ma's SoundCloud via the link below!
But you point the fingers at me?
Either way Slay Magazine loves both Remy Ma and Nicki Minaj; however, we are proud of Remy Ma for SLAYING through adversity and all she has been through! You deserve the title and CONGRATULATIONS on your Grammy nomination!


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Community support is crucial
Published 3:01 pm Monday, November 4, 2019
By yorktownindependent
In the midst of such tragedy and grief, communities must always rely on each other for support.
That's what York County is doing this week and will be doing for quite some time to come.
The deaths of three young men in a crash on the evening of Oct. 26 has shaken the entire community. The grief is still raw, and there is nothing anybody can say that can even begin to mitigate the agony of the families and close friends of these three young men as well as the Tabb High School community.
There is, however, plenty we can do to give them somewhere to turn. The outpouring of support shown from all over the community in just the 24 hours after their deaths — from the candlelight vigil on Sunday evening to the students wearing white at all the county's schools Monday morning — has been a comfort.
May the community continue to find mourn together and find solace in one another in the days and weeks ahead.
PCAA donates medical supplies
Farewell for now
Statewide cases top 4,000
Additional deputies test positive for COVID-19
Vote for Mason
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The Converse Court is a classic five-story former boarding house built in the early 1900's. Our fabulous location places us right between the artistic Pearl District and the upscale Nob Hill Neighborhood. We are also close to PGE Park, bus lines, the 21st/23rd street areas, and the Max Line. Enjoy the convenience of cooking with a gas stove, hardwood floors and a space saving Murphy wall bed. We offer large closets, high ceilings and beautiful crown molding throughout. You can now kick back and relax in a claw foot tub, take a convenient elevator ride downstairs to the onsite laundry room, as well as, park your bike in the bike storage area of the basement.
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PORTLAND, OREGON -- When Sam Affolder's arms and legs started "freezing" on him about midway through the boys championship race at Nike Cross Nationals on Saturday, there was a probably a moment when, just for a second or two, he started to panic.
After all, it was impossible to ignore the magnitude of the day for Loudoun Valley's (VA) boys team, which was trying to become the first program in NXN history to claim back-to-back titles.
Affolder was Purcellville's No. 1, and his team looked at him as the runner who set the tone for the rest of the lineup. But after going out with the nation's best runners in the first mile, his body just didn't respond the way he wanted it to, he said, and he was falling back.
And then he saw Saratoga Springs (NY) senior Shea Weilbaker. The two had a history, having raced together in New York during Affolder's freshman season at Carthage. What followed even surprised him.
"Shea just told me, 'Come on, you have to go and do this for your team, your team needs you" Affolder remembered.
And then just like that, he began to gain back a little bit of control. Then even more came when teammate Carlos Shultz approached Affolder at three miles and implored him to finish hard.
The pair did just that, scoring 30th (8 points) and 31st (9) places to help pace Loudoun Valley, which tallied a remarkable 19-second spread and five scorers inside the first 63 places, to score a record 77 points at Glendoveer Golf Course.
Great Oak (CA) secured its best finish since its winning year in 2015, earning a second-place bid with 114 points, which was just one point ahead of surprise Dakota Ridge, which got two runners in the top 10 and scored 115 points. Bishop Hendricken (RI) was fourth with 206 and Fayetteville-Manlius was fifth with 209.
"It really shows our depth," said senior Jacob Windle, who also had an off day. "Three out of four of us didn't have great days today, and we still did what we came here to do. It shows our team. We bonded together, we know how to pick each other up."
Senior Jacob Hunter was 39th, junior Kellen Hasle was 52nd and senior Connor Wells was 63rd.
Late in the race, Wells said he heard coaches Marc and Joan Hunter "throwing out random numbers," but chose to remain calm and composed, focused on his own race.
"It's hard to truly know where you are in the race, so you have to trust your instincts and know your teammates," he said.
Affolder began the race with the leaders, which in the first mile included a pack that went at least seven runners across the width of the course. The senior had felt comfortable and confident this time around, and wanted to redeem himself after placing 23rd in 2017.
That ultimately didn't come, though while he didn't get the championship win or the top 10 place he was hoping for, his finish with Shultz ultimately helped bookend a strong 1-2 and made the difference in points.
"That's when I got a second wind and a second gear and I kicked in ... and then was in the medical tent after that."
Will Loudon Valley return next year to claim a three-peat?
That's a question which can't be answered just yet. Three of the team's top five runners, and four of the top seven, will graduate after the spring track and field season -- and three will go on to Division I schools to compete -- which may put into question the strength of the nation's best distance program.
But maybe we shouldn't be too quick to count out the Vikings.
"That's something [us seniors] will definitely be doing through the rest of this track season, [encouraging the group of returners to get back here again]," Affolder said. "We still have indoor and outdoor. They'll pick up more as us seniors roll. I'm confident these guys will pick up where we left off."
Either way, this two year run will not be forgotten. The Vikings no doubt made history in 2017 and 2018.
Liam Anderson held a smile with about 1K to go in the boys race on Saturday.
The Redwood (CA) High School senior was in a group of three others, alongside Cole Sprout, Easton Allred and Nico Young.
But among those four, only Anderson remained completely confident on his ability to close.
After surging ahead of Sprout with less than 800 meters to go, Anderson made a big move over the last two big hills and then sprinted to the finish, scoring a meet record time of 14:57.6 to score his first win at NXN after at third-place finish in 2017 and a 22nd-place outing in 2016.
"I think ever since last year getting third--I was going for the win last year, too--I think really I ran out of room coming up the last hill," Anderson remembered. "So that's haunted me a little bit the past year and I've been looking forward to today and giving it another go."
Anderson became the only runner in NXN's history to break 15 minutes, though two runners behind him also broke the old course record.
Indianapolis Cathedral (IN) senior Cole Hocker had a memorable finish, too, sprinting past Sprout to claim the race's runner-up finish in 15:00.9. Valor Christian's Sprout was third in 15:02.7.
Newbury Park's Young, who held on with the lead pack for almost the entire race, was fourth in 15:04.7 and Mountain Vista's Allred was fifth in 15:05.2.
While Anderson's plan was near perfect and reminiscent of his late surge from 2017, Hocker's was just as impressive.
The Indiana star was hurting at 4K.
"I kept telling myself as long as I stayed hooked on to that front pack--I was 5 meters back-- and as long as I stayed with them--we were getting further and further away from the chase pack--then I could go home and through the finish," he said.
More impressive was the fact that this was Hocker's first national cross country race.
"I would have obviously liked to win a championship individually, but I can tell you second place is a lot better than last year when I was watching it from my house," he said.
Even though Sprout fell to third, he said he was happy overall with the performance, too.
"I definitely gave it a least everything I had, and probably pushed more than I should have," he said. "I was happy with how it went."
In the case of Anderson, he knew that in a race of this magnitude, it was smart to let others do the early work and simply hold ground.
"There's no reason to be doing the work when we don't need to be," he said. "I knew there would be a lot of people up there. This year was one of the deepest fields they had. I wanted to let someone else take that risk and keep myself in position and not let a gap form and bide my form."
When the first move of the major pack came from Hersey's Josh Methner, Anderson stayed in pursuit. And then when another came from Allred after the 3K mark, he did the same.
"I felt good," he said. "I think for me that last K is where I get to take control a little bit after sitting back the whole race. Going into that and knowing where I was, I was confident in my ability to out kick them."


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Question re: UK copyright & international reciprocation
rerunmedia
Post by rerunmedia » Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:03 am
My query is with regard to live television broadcasts...
It's my understanding from a plain reading of the UK copyright statutes that live broadcasts prior to mid-1957 do not qualify for UK copyright, as they pre-date the applicable statutes.
It is also my understanding that copyrights from entities based outside of the UK are reciprocally offered protection only to the extent that would be allowed under the UK statutes. In this example, any live broadcast claimed by a foreign copyright holder that occurred prior to mid-1957 would not be offered any copyright protection at all, and any live broadcasts after that date would only be allowed 50 years of protection, dating from the end of the year of the original broadcast.
It would appear therefore, that as of this date, live broadcast material up to and including December 31, 1959 would now be considered to be in the public domain in the UK.
Are these assumptions generally considered to be correct? Is there pertinent litigation or case law that has emerged that has challenged any of the points listed above?
Thank you for any answers or assistance you can offer in this line of inquiry...
Post by AndyJ » Thu Feb 25, 2010 2:30 pm
Hi Rerunmedia,
I should preface these comments by saying I have no in-depth knowledge of this area of IP law or of any specific caselaw. However, I agree with your overall conclusions about the state of copyright in respect of broadcasts made prior to 31 December 1959, namely that they are out of copyright.
The situation with broadcasts which originated outside the UK is covered by several treaties or directives: the Berne Conventions, the Universal Copyright Convention (UCC), the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (known as TRIPS) and EU Directives (mainly 2001/29 and 2006/116). Different countries are signatories to some or all of these agreements. The Berne Conventions stipulate a minimum term of 35 years after broadcast (even where the period may be longer in the country where protection is being sought). The UCC stipulated either 25 years from the death of the author or the local period of protection, whichever was the greater. However UCC did not specifically deal with broadcasts. TRIPS stipulates 50 years from broadcast and the EU Directives also provide for copyright in broadcasts to last for 50 years from transmission (or the date that the program was made if it was never actually transmitted.
So far so good. However, if the copying (presumably off-air) occurred within the 50 year period, it would not necessarily be lawful for someone other than the original holder of copyright to re-transmit or otherwise publish the program after copyright had expired. The reason being that recording off-air by a person other than the broadcaster is only permitted for domestic use (Section70 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988). Subsection (2) of Section 70 makes a recording for any other purpose (such as hire, selling or otherwise communicating it to the public) an infringement of copyright. If the infringement was found to be by way of business, then under Section107, this would be a criminal offence.
I know of no specific caselaw on this but it is a general legal principle that if something is founded on an illegal act (the original copying within the copyright period) the subsequent action will not be legal. Obviously the foregoing only applies where recording off-air occured wiithin Britain.
And I'm sure I don't need to say, any new commercial issue of a program, say on DVD or VHS etc, would attract copyright in its own right from the time of first publication in that media. So since a broadcast 'dies' immediately it is transmitted, it seems to me the only legitimate source from which to make copies would be the original broadcaster's master tape or film, assuming such a thing ever existed in the period we are talking about. Clearly where these master recordings exist within the broadcaster's archive, they will control any physical access. Where copies are held in other archives (such as the British Library etc) there are moves currently going through Parliament (in the Digital Economy Bill) to get these works declared "orphan works" so that they can be put in the public domain for researchers and others to access.
Post by rerunmedia » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:12 am
AndyJ:
Thanks very much for your supplementary information-- it would seem to reinforce my understanding of the existing UK statutes and treaty obligations, but I just wasn't certain whether or not I had missed any major court cases, pertinent litigation or interpretations to the contrary.


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67 Players Attending Canadian National Women's Team Summer Showcases
By Neil Hilts on July 31, 2017
2017 U18 Worlds Team Canada Captain Ashton Bell is the youngest player attending this year's summer showcase and is expected to impress after a stellar MFHL season. (Hockey Canada Images)
Most of Canada is still relishing the warm summer months, but for 67 of the top female hockey players in the country, they're headed to a cold rink in hopes of putting on the maple leaf later this year.
Both the National Development Team and National Under-18 Team will arrive in Calgary on Aug. 5 for a week of selection camps. These players have hopes of representing the red and white internationally this year.
Each player on the National Development Team played college last year, with three coming from Canadian schools. Players invited range from 18 to 21 years old, with the youngest being Ashton Bell, turning 18 this December. 15 players from last year's development camp team are returning.
Bell, who scored 53 points in 22 games and won the Manitoba Female Hockey League (MFHL) scoring title by 16 points, should be an offensive dynamo to watch. Loren Gabel (42 points, 41 games) from Clarkson University, Olivia Atkinson (47 points, 42 games) from McGill University, Rebecca Leslie (31 points, 29 games) from Boston University and Eve-Audrey Picard (31 points, 38 games) from University of Vermont are others coming off big seasons.
Marlene Boissonnault turned in a strong year in net for Cornell, going 10-1-2 with a .925 save percentage and 1.52 GAA, Ohio State's Kassidy Sauve set a school record with 1,135 saves and .942 save percentage, and camp returnee Stephanie Neatby had a .sparkling 950 save percentage at Princeton with a 1.52 GAA.
Players from USPORTS (Canadian University ranks) and from Japan's National program will also be at camp for scrimmages.
This is the only tournament Team Canada brass can select from before they name the team for the Four Nations Cup, taking place in Germany in January. Coaches and scouts will be following players all year at their colleges as well.
For the Under-18 Summer Showcase, 42 players were invited, with nine returning from last year.
Notable invitees includes Mackenna Parker (fourth in SFMHL scoring last year), Courtney Kollman and Dara Greig (third and fourth in CSSHL scoring, respectively), Maggie Connors (80 points, 54 games with Shattuck-St. Mary's) and Sarah Fillier (third in PWHL scoring).
In net, goalie Madelyn McArthur went undefeated in the PWHL with a 15-0-3 record that included seven shutouts and a 1.20 GAA. Over in Manitoba, Halle Oswald equaled McArthur's 15 wins while putting up a 1.53 GAA and .936 save percentage.
The Under-18 team will play two games against the Russian U-18 squad, who are travelling to Calgary for preseason warmup. The 42 will be whittled down to 23, and those chosen skaters will head to Lake Placid from Aug. 17-20 for three games against the U.S.
Players return to their regular teams, then will likely represent their provinces at the 2017 Women's National U-18 Championship in Quebec at the start of November. Final selections for the official U-18 National roster will be made after this in preparation for the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship.
Across all the invitees, Ontario has 40 representatives, far ahead of the rest of the provinces. Quebec has nine, Saskatchewan and Alberta have six, B.C. has four, Manitoba has three, while Newfoundland and Nova Scotia each have one.
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New Study Shows That Ohio Demonstration Based on CUNY's Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) Is Off to a Strong Start
Early Impacts on Full-Time Enrollment and Credits Earned on Par with Original Program
Contacts: John Hutchins, MDRC, 212-340-8604, [email protected]
Jeff Robinson, Ohio Department of Higher Education, 614-752-9487, JR[email protected]
(Columbus, Ohio, September 28, 2016) — Three Ohio community colleges are having early success with a program designed to increase students' full-time enrollment, credit accumulation, and persistence and graduation rates.
In 2014, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, Cuyahoga Community College, and Lorain County Community College set out to address their low-income students' needs by turning to a proven-effective program: the Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) developed by the City University of New York (CUNY).
MDRC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education and social policy research firm, released encouraging early findings today from a rigorous evaluation of the Ohio demonstration of ASAP. The results were unveiled at a forum sponsored by the Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) in Columbus. The Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation provided anchor funding for the demonstration and evaluation, supplemented with grants from a group of other higher education philanthropies.
ASAP requires students to enroll full time and provides comprehensive financial, academic, and support services. Even as ASAP continues to be expanded within the CUNY system (where it will serve 25,000 students in 2018-2019 across nine CUNY colleges), it seemed important to see if the model would be as effective in a different context.
Early findings from MDRC's random assignment evaluation show that the Ohio demonstration of ASAP substantially increased full-time enrollment and credit accumulation during the first semester, as well as persistence and full-time enrollment in the second semester. These results are comparable to early findings from CUNY's ASAP, which was later shown to nearly double the three-year graduation rate for community college students who started with developmental needs.
What Is ASAP?
In 2007, The City University of New York, with the support and funding from the New York City Center for Economic Opportunity , launched Accelerated Study in Associate Programs at all six CUNY community colleges. ASAP requires students to attend college full time and provides them with a rich array of supports for three full years, including enhanced advising, block-scheduled first-year courses, cohort course-taking, tutoring, career services, a tuition gap waiver that covers any need between a student's financial aid and tuition and fees, MetroCards for use on public transportation, and textbook vouchers. ASAP has proven to be one of CUNY's most successful community college initiatives with students in the program graduating at a rate more than double that of similar students. To date, across six cohorts, ASAP has an average graduation rate of 53 percent vs. 23 percent for comparison group students.
All three colleges in the Ohio demonstration modeled their programs' services after CUNY ASAP and strove to achieve the same goal of doubling graduation rates. While a few program components had to be adjusted to meet the local context, the goal was to come as close to ASAP as possible. Instead of the MetroCards, the three Ohio colleges offer $50 gift cards for use at local gas and grocery store chains. CUNY provided technical assistance to the colleges, and ODHE coordinated the Ohio ASAP Network, which allowed administrators to share lessons across the three colleges.
What Did the Study in Ohio Find?
The Ohio colleges targeted students who were low-income, college-ready or in need of developmental education, degree seeking, willing to attend full time, and in a major where a degree can be completed within three years. Students could be new to the college or could be continuing students with up to 24 credits. The study compares the Ohio demonstration of ASAP with regular services and classes at the colleges. Key findings from the first two semesters include:
The Ohio schools serve predominantly nontraditional students. Compared with the sample from MDRC's evaluation of CUNY ASAP, students in Ohio are somewhat older (average age 23.1 compared with 21.5), are more likely to be parents (27.0 percent versus 15.3 percent), and are twice as likely to be working (60.0 percent versus 31.3 percent).
The Ohio demonstration of ASAP boosted full-time enrollment and semester-to-semester persistence. In the first semester, students were 17.5 percentage points more likely to enroll full time (84.6 percent vs 67 percent) —meaning that, without the program's support, many more control group students quickly dropped to part-time status. In the second semester, students were more likely to enroll (81.7 percent vs. 69.7 percent) and more likely to enroll full time (72.5 percent vs. 48.5 percent).
The Ohio demonstration of ASAP increased the number of credits attempted and earned. In the first semester, students in the program group attempted and earned 1.4 more credits, on average, than the control group. In the second semester, the impact on credits attempted grows to 2.3 credits, an increase of 28 percent over the control group level of 8.2 credits.
"The fact that the colleges in the Ohio demonstration of ASAP are showing early results that are on par with the original ASAP program at CUNY is extremely encouraging," said Gordon Berlin, President of MDRC. "We look forward to continuing to follow the story in Ohio to learn if they can repeat the unprecedented success of CUNY's community colleges."
"I am pleased that the results that CUNY has had with this program are being reflected in the Ohio model," said ODHE Chancellor John Carey. "The program addresses a real need and has been a win-win for the schools and the students thus far. An increased graduation rate benefits our students, our schools, and our state."
"We are delighted at the impressive early results reported by MDRC at three Ohio community colleges that have modeled their programs on The City University of New York's extraordinarily successful Accelerated Study in Associate Programs," said CUNY Chancellor James B. Milliken. "ASAP has been shown to more than double three-year community college graduation rates compared to non-ASAP students at CUNY. We hope the Ohio demonstration of ASAP replicates those exemplary results over the long term, and that ASAP serves as a model for enhancing student success and increasing graduation rates at community colleges around the country."
"The comprehensive array of services and supports provided by the ASAP program seems to be a winning combination in helping community college students overcome barriers to graduation," said Richard D. George, President and Chief Executive Officer of Great Lakes. "We are optimistic that the promising early outcomes of ASAP in Ohio will promote continued success as more students progress on the path to completion."
The Ohio demonstration of ASAP and MDRC's evaluation are supported by the Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, Lumina Foundation, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation, and Strive Partnership KnowledgeWorks.
MDRC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization with more than 40 years of experience designing and evaluating education and social policy initiatives. Headquartered in New York City, it has offices in Oakland and Los Angeles, CA, and in Washington, DC.
Bringing CUNY Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) to Ohio
Early Findings from a Demonstration in Three Community Colleges
CUNY's ASAP Program Boosts Graduation Rate for Students Who Need Remedial Education


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Q: Private WordPress blog, requires user registration approval, and allowing users to login with OpenID I have the following scenario:

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*I have a private blog, running WordPress (self-hosted, not wordpress.com hosted), and I am using the My Private Site Plugin to allow only logged-in users to see the site.

*I want to approve all users prior to their gaining access to the blog, so I'm using the New User Approve plugin to leave new user registrations in a Pending state.  According to this documentation:

Until a user is approved, the user will not be able to login to the site.

Perfect, that's exactly what I want.

*I'm using Social Connect Plugin to allow users to login with OpenID.  This will result in a WordPress user being created, that is linked to their OpenID identity, and (as expected) this WordPress user is in a pending state until I approve it.
However, apparently there is some miscommunication between these three plugins, because even though an OpenID login results in a new user being created with a pending state, they are still able to see the site.
Going through the "regular" WordPress account registration results in the expected behavior: user created in pending state, but unable to login until approved by an admin.
In summary, what I am aiming for is:

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*Private blog, that only approved users can view.

*OpenID login as an option.  Actually, I don't mind if OpenID is a requirement: between Google, Facebook, Microsoft, LinkedIn and Yahoo. 100% of our blog readers will have an account elsewhere; But I'm also OK with users creating a WordPress user account if they really want to.
I see many plugins similar to My Private Site, many more similar to New User Approve, and still more similar to Social Connect. The possible permutations are overwhelming. I don't think I could possibly try them all, but perhaps a combination of them works?
Or may be there can be some custom CODE that'll make them work together?

A: Indeed, there is a way.
First, you're going to want to install the Member Access plugin & the official OpenID plugin. Both of these are free
After configuring all of your pages and setting up the OpenID plugin, edit the robots.txt file in the Wordpress installation directory. Add the following line:
User-Agent: * Disallow: /

This will prevent crawlers from indexing your site, or discourage them at the very least.


This is just for my information. I know there is a difference in coercivity for DD vs HD 5.25" media, but is there any difference between an SD and a DD disk? Is it just a certification rating only (3000bpi vs 6000bpi) or nothing at all?
I have some disks that are labeled as SD, and they can be formatted as DD, but they have errors. Is this just a coincidence because they are old/used?
I did Google it, and most people say the media is the same, but if that is so, why would they have sold disks as SD instead of SD/DD?
Single Density and Double Density disks have the same coercivity. The difference is the encoding scheme. Single Density uses FM encoding while Double Density uses MFM encoding. FM encoding is a bit more resistant to errors.
The same coercivity material is also used for so-called "Quad Density" disks (Double Density at 96tpi/80 tracks), and 48TPI media will usally work fine at 96tpi. Additionally, most "Single Sided" disks actually had magnetic media on both sides. It is interesting to think that a "Single Sided/Single Density 48TPI" disk intended to store around 96K can often be formatted fine as Quad Density at around 800k depending on the specific geometry.
Also any 5.25" disk marked as Double Sided/Double Density (or quad density) can be used fine on any system that needs single density or single sided disks.


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Hot on the heels of Dr. Ann Cavoukian joining the Dateva Advisory Board, we welcome Dave Lewis – Cyber Security Advisor.
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Dave is a regular speaker at conferences around the world and a writer for Forbes and Huff Post on the topics of Cyber Security. We hope he'll be a frequent speaker on our DatevaTALKS Podcast and at Meetups. He's our go-to person to address the issues of safeguarding Dateva's data – one of the frequent topics of discussion with people and healthcare professionals.
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Minister for Defence - Minister Smith visits Singapore and Malaysia
Yesterday Tuesday 1 November, I attended the 40th Anniversary of the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FDPA) Defence Ministers Meeting in Singapore.
I was accompanied by the Chief of the Defence Force, General David Hurley and Secretary of the Department of Defence, Duncan Lewis.
While in Singapore I laid a wreath at the Commonwealth War Cemetery, also known as Kranji Cemetery.
Defence Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to the FPDA as an integral part of regional security architecture, contributing to peace and stability in the Asia Pacific region.
Ministers endorsed the recommendations of the 40th Anniversary Stocktake Paper, which will lead to improved joint capabilities, interoperability and enhanced people to people interaction through multilateral exercises. Ministers agreed the FPDA would further develop capacity to respond to modern security challenges such as counter terrorism, anti-piracy and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
I also joined my FPDA counterparts for a call on Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
This morning, I laid a wreath at the Changi Chapel, site of the infamous World War II Prisoner of War camp which held over 35,000 Allied soldiers, including 15,000 Australians.
Later today, I travel with FPDA counterparts to the Royal Malaysian Air Force base Butterworth to visit Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel participating in FPDA Exercise BERSAMA LIMA.
FPDA Defence forces are currently participating in Exercise BERSAMA LIMA in the Malaysian Peninsula area. The Exercise involves around 4,000 personnel, 19 warships, 68 military aircraft, as well as support elements from the FPDA countries. Australia's contribution includes eight F/A-18 Hornets and a Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft.
Mr Smith's Office: (02) 6277 7800 | Departmental: (02) 6127 1999


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Kenny Parlett crossed the finish line of life as 'an amazing man'
Dave Rhodes
The Herald-Mail
Editor's note: Each Sunday, The Herald-Mail runs "A Life Remembered." Each story in this continuing series takes a look back — through the eyes of family, friends, co-workers and others — at a member of the community who died recently. Today's "A Life Remembered" is about Kenneth Leroy Parlett, who died on June 25 at the age of 78. His obituary appeared in The Herald-Mail on June 29.
Kenny Parlett didn't always cross the finish line first during his days racing stock cars on dirt tracks around the region.
But as a friend, family man and mentor, he was always in Victory Lane.
"He was an amazing man," said daughter Jeannie Dorsey. "He was an amazing husband and an amazing father."
He had a passion for cars and helping others.
"He could listen to your car and tell you what was wrong with it," wife Sandy said.
And he did that a lot.
Skilled and tenacious, the self-taught mechanic was always busy working on something for friends and acquaintances — sometimes undoing their mistakes — and never charging for his labor.
"That was his passion, so it wasn't work to him," Jeannie said. "If you brought him something, he was going to figure out what was wrong with it."
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His passion for cars spread to other family members.
His grandsons raced quarter midgets — small, powered race cars for kids — and daughter Cindy Shafer won a local Soap Box Derby race at age 11 in 1983.
"He wouldn't let me go to a motor," Cindy said.
"If you'd see her driving you'd understand why," Jeannie teased.
Cindy went on to compete in the national All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio, but didn't fare as well as back home.
"I pulled a bad lane," she said with a laugh.
The family that drives together
The family would accompany Kenny to his stock car races.
Cindy was often in the grandstand, while Jeannie was down in the pits.
"I was the small one, and I used to get up in the wheel wells and clear all the mud out after the races," Jeannie said. "When it came to that stuff I was a daddy's girl."
Husband and wife both competed in demolition derbies.
"I made him get me a car and get it ready," Sandy said. "That was a lot of fun.
"I didn't win, but I put some people out."
Sandy has fond memories of cruising the hangout spots on Hagerstown's Dual Highway in their younger days in Kenny's red 1966 Chevelle that he also ran at Mason Dixon Dragway.
"He usually won down there," she said.
They spent a lot of time back then at Row's Amusement Park on the eastern bank of the Conococheague Creek at U.S. 40.
The now-defunct facility had actually led to their meeting as teenagers, when Sandy was walking from there to her home farther up the road and Kenny stopped to offer her a ride.
Family was always important to Kenny, and he gave up racing to devote more time and resources to them.
He had worked as a mechanic at car retailers in Hagerstown until he took a better paying job at Fairchild Aircraft Co., working there until the plant closed in 1984. He then took up trucking for the next 35 years, driving tractor-trailers for D.M. Bowman for 10 years until he landed a job driving for Food Lion that allowed him to be home every night.
Grandchildren received their first cars from him, and spur-of-moment family vacations would have him driving straight through to destinations such as Disney World, family visits in North Carolina and a NASCAR race in Tennessee.
The first time Kenny and Sandy flew on an airplane was a 2007 trip to Los Angeles, where Kenny appeared on the TV game show "The Price Is Right."
Although he had earlier driven then-host Bob Barker's car when Barker was grand marshal of Hagerstown's Alsatia Mummers Parade, Sandy figures Kenny was called to "come on down!" to Contestants' Row because of the bottle of whiskey they brought Barker as a gift.
Kenny didn't make it past Contestants' Row to compete in the show's big games, but he had "his 15 minutes of fame," Sandy said.
He also involved his family in the extensive renovation work he did on their home in Halfway, with everyone pitching in on landscaping, siding, insulation and reconfiguring the rooms.
"That man could do it all," Jeannie said. "If there was a task to do, he could do it, inside and out."
After his passing, she said, many acquaintances remarked how they never heard Kenny raise his voice.
"But when he spoke, you listened," she said. "(Mom and Dad) earned my respect because they were both incredible parents."
Kenny was a people person armed with "dad jokes" and a personality that often meant whoever was with him had to wait while he engaged in conversations with acquaintances that seemed to be everywhere he went.
"We couldn't go anywhere, whether it was out to dinner or the grocery store, without him running into someone he knew," Cindy said.
"And if the word 'car' would come up in a conversation, that was it," Sandy said. "It would come to the point where I would just walk away and let him stand there and talk.
"I'd be done with my shopping and waiting for him out in the car."
Besides talking about and working on cars for others, Kenny had quite a few successes for himself.
His accomplishments included customizing a Corvette, restoring a Camaro and building a Shelby lookalike from a Ford Mustang.
The 1937 Buick he was working on when he was stricken with lung cancer in December sits unfinished in the garage.
Asked how he should be remembered, Cindy summed it up in one simple word.
"Fondly," she said.


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Male H.S. Dropouts Earned More in 1973 Than Female College Grads in 2016
By Terence P. Jeffrey | March 7, 2018 | 11:30 AM EST
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(CNSNews.com) - Males who completed no more than 3 years of high school had a higher real median income in 1973, when Richard Nixon was president, than female college graduates had in 2016, the last full year of Barack Obama's presidency.
In 1973, according to the Census Bureau's Historical Income Table P-17, men 25 or older who had completed one to three years of high school had a median income of $41,645 in constant 2016 dollars.
That was the peak year for the median income of male high-school dropouts.
In 2016, according to the Census Bureau's Historical Income Table P-16, women 25 and older who had earned a bachelor's degree (but not a graduate degree) had a median income of $41,045 in constant 2016 dollars.
Thus, according to the Census Bureau, in 1973 men who had completed no more than three years of high school had a median income ($41,645) that was $600 more than the median income in 2016 of women who had earned bachelor's degree but not graduate degrees ($41,045).
Starting in 1991, the Census Bureau made some adjustments to the way it categorized people's educational attainment in its historical income tables. ("Data after 1990," says Table P-17, "are not completely comparable due to changes to the educational attainment questions.")
Table P-16 lists the median income for the post-1990 categories of educational attainment with 2016 being the latest year for which the data is available.
In 2016, men 25 and older who had stayed in school until sometime between the 9th and 12th grade, but who had not earned a high school diploma, had a median income of $23,165 (in constant 2016 dollars).
That was $18,480 (or 44.3 percent) less than the median income men who had finished not more than three years of high school had earned in the peak year of 1973 ($41,645).
Females 25 and older who had stayed in school until sometime between the 9th and 12th grade but did not graduate, had a median income of $13,666 (in constant 2016 dollars) in 2016. That was $32 (or 0.2 percent) less than the median income of females who had not finished more than three years of high school in 1973 ($13,698).
Men 25 and older who were high school graduates or had earned a GED had a median income of $33,516 (in constant 2016 dollars) in 2016. That was $18,804 (or 35.9 percent) less than the 1973 median income of men who had completed four years of high school ($52,320).
Women 25 and older who were high school graduates or had earned a GED had a median income of $19,904 (in constant 2016 dollars) in 2016. That is $728 (or 3.8 percent) more than the 1973 median income of females who had completed four years of high school ($19,176).
Men 25 and older who had earned a bachelor's degree (but not a graduate degree) had a median income of $63,269 in 2016. That was $4,058 (or 6 percent) less than the 1973 median income for men who had completed four years of college ($67,327).
Women 25 and older who had a bachelor's degree (but not a graduate degree) had a median income of $41,045 in 2016. That was $11,031 (or 36.8 percent) more than the 1973 median income of women who had completed four years of college ($30,014).
The Census bureau defines "money income" as "the income received on a regular basis (exclusive of certain money receipts such as capital gains and lump-sum payments) before payments for personal income taxes, Social Security, union dues, Medicare deductions, etc. It includes income received from wages, salary, commissions, bonuses, and tips; self-employment income from own nonfarm or farm businesses, including proprietorships and partnerships; interest, dividends, net rental income, royalty income, or income from estates and trusts; Social Security or Railroad Retirement income."
It also includes welfare, disability, unemployment and other benefit payments.
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Home / Opinion / The Caps are still probably one of the best teams in the league
The Caps are still probably one of the best teams in the league
By Patrick Holden
October 4, 2017	8:11 am
The 2017-18 Caps are not as talented as the 2016-17 Caps. Gone are Justin Williams, Marcus Johansson, Daniel Winnik, Kevin Shattenkirk, Nate Schmidt, and Karl Alzner. Although some of the weaknesses on the current roster are a result of poor decision-making, it was inevitable that the Caps were going to return this season with a weaker roster than last season.
But not all bad offseasons are created equal. Yes, the Caps had arguably the worst offseason of any team, but they started the offseason with probably the most talented roster in the league. So, while the team is certainly weaker, there's still plenty of reasons to believe this team is among the best in the league.
Let's talk about some of the reasons we should be optimistic about the Caps.
Projection models still rank the Caps among the best in the league
Projection models show that while the Caps are not head-and-shoulders above the rest of the league as they were last season, they are still among the top teams.
Micah McCurdy projects the Caps to finish third in the league, behind only Pittsburgh and San Jose. His model gives the Caps a 74 percent chance of making the playoffs, also third behind Pittsburgh and San Jose. The Caps are projected to finish in the top five in both goals for and goals against according to McCurdy's model.
Dom Luszczyszyn's model thinks even higher of the Caps, as the team is projected to finish second in the NHL 100.5 points. Further, the Caps have an 83 percent chance of making the playoffs, 27 percent chance of winning the division, a 13 percent chance of making the finals, and an 8 percent chance of winning the cup.
Here's a brief excerpt from Luszczyszyn's full evaluation of the team, which I highly recommend checking out (The Athletic is worth the subscription).
The Capitals lost some quality players, but they should be able to fill positions internally without missing much of a beat. It won't be easy and there may be growing pains initially, but the core is still intact and there's enough here that they're still one of the few bona fide contenders. Despite all their losses, they still have incredible balance and are the only team that are top-10 at every position.
Braden Holtby is one of the best goalies in the world
Holtby wasn't at his best in the playoffs last season. But a goalie's entire body of work doesn't get erased just because he had a bad couple of weeks at the worst time. Sure, we could always end up looking back on the spring of 2017 as when Holtby suddenly became human, but he's still one of the best goalies in the world until proven otherwise.
Over the last two seasons, Holtby's 92.5 percent save percentage at 5-on-5 is third in the NHL, behind only Carey Price and James Reimer. On a team that is not as deep as recent seasons, including a blue line that could have some glaring deficiencies, Holtby has the ability to be the great equalizer.
Matt Niskanen and Dmitry Orlov are one of the best defensive pairs in the NHL
Last season, 74 defensive pairs skated 400-plus minutes of 5-on-5 hockey together. Of those 74, the Orlov-Niskanen pair ranked first in shot attempt percentage (56.7 percent), third in relative shot attempt percentage (plus-6.2 percent), and tenth in goals for percentage (62.7 percent).
With a weaker blue line than last season, this pair will need to carry even more of the defensive load. They should be called upon to face the opponent's top line and be on the ice for a bulk of the defensive zone faceoffs. Whether or not this duo is again in top form will play a huge role in how the season goes for the Caps.
The 2017-18 season likely won't be a smooth one for the Caps. The team lacks the depth, experience, and skill they had last season. But, this is still a very good team and one that will likely finish towards the top of the standings.
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