This past weekend I was at a business conference. In a lot of ways, business and fitness run parallel. Both require hard work, consistent discipline, and while there's a lot of flashy stuff out there, there's also a lot of pretty proven paths to success.
Of course, when you get a bunch of fitness or business people in a room, in this case, fitness business people, you here a lot of talk about "what's working". There's always new ideas being thrown around. It's easy to get caught up in the hype and want to shake everything up or jump onto a new, shiny program.
Is that really what you need, though?
Should you change your path?
WHEN should you change your path?
What's the biggest secret to success that nobody seems to talk about?
I picked up some really great lessons and reminders about those questions this past weekend, and they were definitely not the ones that I expected.
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How often do you hear someone say "So and So is lucky!" or "That was a lucky break for you!"?
Now, there's definitely some examples of luck or good coincidence, but when it comes from people being "lucky" in fitness, business, and many other facets of life, I've found that there's usually something a lot more to it than a simple alignment of stars and planets, or whatever.
I was listening to a Real Estate Podcast (BiggerPockets) and one of the guests had an acronym for LUCK that I had never heard before.
It really hit home and I think it sums it up. Here's my hot take.
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When I get the chance to talk to people who've had some success in their life and I ask them about the best (or at least most valuable experience) in their life they almost always point to something that you could consider the "worst" time of their life.
Maybe they hit rock bottom.
Maybe their world fell apart.
But it's also where they learned how to grow, build, and overcome. It turned into a valuable part of shaping them into who they are today.
Allan T worked the process for six weeks, and earned the results!
Let's be honest. The vast majority of people don't hit their goals, whether it's in fitness, business, or life in general.
They end up settling for less.
Now, is it because they're not smart enough to get to their goals and dreams?
Is it because their goals and dreams aren't rooted in reality?
Sometimes, but generally not, as most people actually dream pretty small once you boil away the extra.
No, most people fail because the way to their dreams is HARD.
And when it's hard, they give up.
Why do they give up? Is it because they've hit a threshold of suffering that they just can't manage? Again, maybe, but often times that isn't the case at all.
They give up because the struggle and suffering that comes with chasing big dreams outmatches their EXPECTATION of what it would be.
So, what's the answer? Listen and find out!
Today I'm going to tackle eating to support your body, WHILE still dealing with your busy schedule. Beyond that, I'm going to go into not just a few tips and tricks (although they're in there), but also how to build eating better into a HABIT, so it becomes automatic and sticks with you.
Between work, family, travel, hitting the gym, and every other activity that life throws at us, you can find yourself eating on the run a lot. Sure, it'd be great if every meal was home-cooked, and you were able to prep everything… but that probably doesn't happen.
So in this podcast I'm going to break down some tips on eating on the run AND how to make that actually a habit that sticks.
Be Relentless Podcast – Monday Quick Hit 22 – PCT vs RSF Thought, Which One Governs Your Life?
The Be Relentless Podcast is back! I'm excited to get back behind the mic and start it up again. As you may see, I've decided to mix everything onto a single website, the primary Relentless Strength Training site. If you'd like to go back and listen to old episodes of the podcast (which I'd appreciate) then you can get them on iTunes OR on the original Be Relentless Podcast website, which isn't going anywhere.
Which one governs your life?
If you're like most people, that's Problem-Centered Thought (PCT). Dr. Jason Selk, author of "Exective Toughness", instead would have you focus on a Relentless Solution Focus (RSF).
At Relentless, and not just because of the name, we have made this a cornerstone of our Relentless Mindset program. If you're looking to start turning the ship around, even if it's inch-by-inch, then you need to be focused on your RSF.
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Glen Canyon Dam, Colorado River. (Photo by Sharon Mollerus, CC BY 2.0)
2019 Will Be a Big Year for Water
We'll have to contend with new limits to the Clean Water Act, growing threats from climate change and fixing our aging infrastructure.
January 4, 2019 - by Tara Lohan
In the last few weeks of 2018, the Trump administration set the stage for a big battle over water in the new year. At stake is an important rule that defines which waters are protected under the Clean Water Act. The Trump administration seeks to roll back important protections for wetlands and waterways, which are important to drinking water and wildlife.
This is just one of the upcoming water battles that could serve to define 2019. It's also poised to be a year of reckoning on the Colorado River, which supplies water to 40 million people and 5.5 million acres of farmland. A long-anticipated multistate agreement is close to completion after an ultimatum from the federal government. And it could also be a landmark year for water management in California, with several key issues coming to a head.
Big things may also happen on the water infrastructure front and in efforts to address clean-water concerns. Of course, underlying many of the water issues is the specter of climate change, which is bringing both severe droughts and floods and exacerbating water-supply problems.
Let's dive into some of the issues experts say we need to keep an eye on in the coming year.
Clean Water Rule Change
The biggest looming water issue this year has to do with a law passed nearly 50 years ago.
On December 12 the Trump administration unveiled a proposal to redefine the Waters of the U.S. Rule, also known as the Clean Water Rule, which was adopted in 2015 by the Obama administration to set clear guidelines on how certain waterways and wetlands are regulated under the 1972 Clean Water Act. The action came after two Supreme Court rulings in the early 2000s created some uncertainty about what the Clean Water Act protects.
Obama's rule slightly widened what was protected under the Clean Water Act (much to the chagrin of many industry groups and developers). For example, the 2015 rule included automatic protections for wetlands and ponds that are "within 100 feet or within the 100-year floodplain of a protected waterway," Vox reporters Brad Plumer and Umair Irfan explained. And they wrote last month, "In the past, tributaries of navigable rivers were evaluated on a case-by-case basis. But under the new rule, they're automatically protected if they have a bed, a bank and a high-water mark." Overall the change amounted to clarifying protections for about 3 percent of waterways.
The newly proposed Trump administration rule, however, would swing widely in the other direction, limiting protections to only major waterways, tributaries and adjacent wetlands. As written now, the new rule would strip protections from 18 percent of streams and just over half of the country's wetlands, but there's concern the final rule could be even more restrictive.
Industry officials praised the Trump plan. Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, called the Trump administration's proposal, "The Christmas present of a lifetime!"
Environmental groups had a very different opinion. The loss of protections, they said, threatens drinking water and wildlife, with the western United States poised to be affected most. In Nevada 85 percent of streams would lose protections, as would more than half in New Mexico and Arizona.
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada. (Photo by Cyndi Souza/USFWS)
"The rollbacks to the Clean Water Act the Trump administration is proposing are the greatest threat to this nation's waterways in 50 years," says Dan Estrin, Waterkeeper Alliance general counsel and advocacy director. This industry-supported proposal would "incentivize polluters to move pollution upstream, where they won't have to worry about federal or citizen enforcement," he says.
A 60-day public comment period on the proposed regulation is underway. Meanwhile Republicans in the legislature are already attempting to push through their own version of what kind of wetlands and waterways should be protected by the Clean Water Act — in this case, it would only cover permanently "navigable" waters.
It's not clear what will happen on this front, but however things move forward it will be critically important. "The Waters of the United States law will be tested, implemented, suspended or revoked," says Peter Gleick, president emeritus of the global water think-tank the Pacific Institute. Expect the debate over the rule change to be contentious and the final product legally contested.
Colorado River Agreement
2019 will be a year of reckoning for the Colorado River. It has to be — both nature and the federal government have issued ultimatums.
First, nature's part: With the basin in a drought for nearly two decades, the river's flow has dropped almost 20 percent (human-caused warming is responsible for at about a third of this reduced flow). By 2020 Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the watershed, could fall low enough to trigger shortages to Arizona, Nevada and eventually California. In 2020 the water users must also begin a massive renegotiation of how the Colorado River is managed and how we prepare for a future with less water — an epic task that needs to be completed by 2026, when the current agreement expires.
The three states have been busy working on a drought contingency plan to slow the decline of Lake Mead, a process that will need to be completed before the larger negotiations begin in 2020. One major snag has come from Arizona, which is trying to resolve in-state disputes.
Things are about to get even more interesting, though. At a recent meeting of Colorado River water users, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman set a deadline of January 31 for the three states to settle their plan or else the federal government will step in, which would be a widely unwelcome scenario.
"This could be very messy," John Fleck, director of the University of New Mexico's Water Resources Program, wrote recently on his blog about Colorado River water issues. "It suggests that either voluntarily (through interstate agreement) or imposed by the feds, we'll have new shortage guidelines in place by 2020 to slow the decline of Lake Mead."
Even if a new shortage agreement is reached in the next month, Gleick says we're still likely to see political conflict among basin water users as water levels in Lake Mead continue to fall. It's not just California, Nevada and Arizona duking things out — the river is also shared with upstream states Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico, as well as with Mexico downstream. What happens to the Colorado affects much of the West, including cities like Denver, Phoenix and Los Angeles.
And the drought contingency plan is also only a stopgap measure to give all the water users time to pause the crisis until the elephant in the room needs to be officially addressed: The Colorado River simply doesn't have enough water for all the claims made to it.
"Now, whether through ignorance or malfeasance, we now have communities that have come to expect that fictionally large supply, and few rules to determine who gets less, and how much," wrote Fleck.
This year's work will be a crucial one for setting the stage for these future talks and better understanding the new climate reality.
2018 ended with some momentum on climate action. International climate talks in December at COP24 in Poland limped to a close with an agreement in hand, but one that fails to meet the urgency and scale of the problem.
And while the United States was conspicuously absent from international dealings, more movement to address climate challenges are afoot on the home front, with increasing calls for political action and a Green New Deal.
Significant climate legislation will likely be out of reach with a Republican Senate and White House, but climate change impacts will continue to make a mark, regardless, and could help to motivate more public action and pressure on elected officials and corporations.
"Somewhere in the U.S. we'll see unprecedented flooding and somewhere else, unprecedented drought, as climate change continues to worsen extreme hydrologic events," says Gleick. "Temperatures will continue to rise." And all of this will compound water woes like declining flows in the Colorado River, harmful algal blooms across the country, the vulnerability of our croplands and declining groundwater levels.
Drought-impacted forests in California's Sierra Nevada. (Photo by USGS)
"I think that the overall story is that catastrophic times are here," says Kimery Wiltshire, CEO and director of Carpe Diem West, a nonprofit that tackles water and climate issues. We need to accelerate the pace and scale of restoration to meet our ecological challenges, she says. "Fortunately, there are a number of communities taking smart, positive steps for water resiliency in the face of climate change."
California's Grand Bargain
In California several long-term and contentious decisions over future water management will be headline-generating in the coming year, and we could see either compromise or conflict between the state and the Trump administration.
California's Water Resources Control Board has been working on a plan that would increase the amount of water left in key rivers that drain to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the linchpin in California's vast water infrastructure network, to try and protect water quality and wildlife. It's a move that has made municipal and agricultural water users concerned.
Snow geese take flight above a field on Twitchell Island in the California Delta. (Photo by Kelly M. Grow/ California Department of Water Resources)
But just before 2018 closed out a new "grand bargain" was beginning to emerge between state agencies, federal agencies, irrigation districts and urban water agencies.
If the deal comes to fruition, "it could be revolutionary" in terms of the region's water management, says Ellen Hanak, a senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California and director of the PPIC Water Policy Center. The parties have committed to hammering out the agreement in 2019. "Federal, state and local parties are on the threshold of something really different and potentially much more impactful than what the regulatory situation can do on its own," says Hanak.
The plan would provide a funding stream for habitat restoration projects for ailing fish populations and also trim water exports from the watershed by urban and agricultural water users. Environmental groups, which were not part of the negotiations, think those water cuts are not nearly enough to protect fish, some of which are endangered.
"It appears that California's salmon, thousands of fishing jobs and the health of the Bay Delta estuary are the sacrificial lambs in these series of agreements between the Trump and the Brown administrations," Doug Obegi, a lawyer for the Natural Resources Defense Council, told the Sacramento Bee.
As the possible settlement is further negotiated this year, the Trump administration could throw another wrench into the plan as it attempts to roll back environment regulations for the delta in an effort to appease the agriculture industry.
"What's the state water board going to do if they enact stricter regulations just as Trump is undoing a bunch of environmental protections?" asks Chris Austin, publisher of Maven's Notebook, which chronicles California's water issues.
There are also two other major infrastructure issues where California may butt heads with the Trump administration (and others) in the new year. The first is an effort to raise the height of Shasta dam. Another is a $17 billion project to construct new water conveyance tunnels. Both will also be big decisions for the future of imperiled species.
Infrastructure and Clean Water
There's one more key issue that should dominate water discussions and policy in the next year: Many Americans still don't have access to safe drinking water. The American Society of Civil Engineers has given our nation's water infrastructure a D grade, and billions are needed to upgrade aging pipes, pumps and plants.
Hanak thinks that more progress will be made in efforts to address water inequities in California, where hundreds of thousands of people, mostly in low-income and communities of color, have chronically contaminated drinking water.
Issues abound elsewhere, too.
"The ongoing saga of Flint, Michigan, will go on, and the discussion about the country's failing water infrastructure will continue, with new urban water quality challenges," says Gleick.
Will there be any progress this year? "There is a chance for some bipartisan action on water infrastructure as part of the broader push to pass infrastructure funding in the U.S. Congress," says Gleick. Like all of these issues, though, that could evaporate quickly as the Trump administration continues its attacks against environmental regulation and protection.
What water issues do you think will matter most in the coming year? Share your thoughts on Twitter using the hashtag #Water2019.
Also in The Revelator:
The Biggest Issues for Wildlife and Endangered Species in 2019
Tags: Climate Change | Environmental Justice | Fresh Water | Politics | Pollution | Trump Administration
Tara Lohan
is deputy editor of The Revelator and has worked for more than a decade as a digital editor and environmental journalist focused on the intersections of energy, water and climate. Her work has been published by The Nation, American Prospect, High Country News, Grist, Pacific Standard and others. She is the editor of two books on the global water crisis.
http://twitter.com/TaraLohan

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Located in Butler County, in the Central Region of the state and is part of the Wichita, Kansas metropolitan area. Population 2000: 8,423 Elevation of 1328 feet. Located at the confluence of the Walnut River and Whitewater rivers and 13 miles south of El Dorado, the county seat. Augusta is near the Butler County State Fishing Lake & Park.
The first schoolhouse in the county was built in Augusta in 1869. Augusta hosts an air museum, a 1935 movie palace, a historical museum and numerous antique stores.


Behavioral interventions can mitigate the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in at-risk adults.
Clinicians should screen all asymptomatic obese adults between 40 and 70 years for abnormal blood glucose as part of a cardiovascular risk assessment, according to new recommendations from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
"The USPSTF concludes with moderate certainty that there is a modifiable net benefit to measuring blood glucose to detect IFG, IGT, or diabetes," wrote Albert Siu, MSPH, of Mount Sinai Hospital, on behalf of the USPSTF.
National data estimates from 2012 show that approximately 86 million Americans have either impaired fasting glucose (IFG) or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). An estimated 15% to 30% of those people are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes within 5 years if lifestyle changes are not implemented.
Glucose abnormalities can be detected by measuring either HbA1c or fasting plasma glucose, or through an oral glucose tolerance test. Any diagnosis of IFG, IGT, or type 2 diabetes should be confirmed via repeat testing using the same testing method.
Evidence suggests that behavioral interventions, consisting of multiple counseling sessions to promote a healthy diet and physical activity, ultimately result in more positive outcomes than pharmacologic interventions. Patients may be referred to community-based programs for these interventions. Adults with additional cardiovascular risk factors should also undergo intensive behavioral counseling interventions intended to promote cardiovascular disease prevention.
Persons who have a family history of diabetes, gestational diabetes, or polycystic ovarian syndrome, or who are members of certain racial and ethnic groups (African Americans, American Indians or Alaskan Natives, Asian Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, or Native Hawaiians or Pacific Islanders) may have an increased risk for diabetes at a younger age or at a lower body mass index. Clinicians are advised to consider screening earlier in persons with 1 or more of these characteristics.


"Wherever people sing, you can happily settle...". Germans are flocking to join choirs.
Choral singing has been experiencing a real revival in Germany over the past few years, reversing many years' decline as the age profile of choir members rose and the younger generations were not coming through to replace them. The revival in the choir scene can be attributed to trends in the United States, the United Kingdom and Sweden, where singing a wide variety of different music as part of a group in a relaxed and convivial setting is a long-standing tradition.
In the 19th century, Germany had a thriving choral landscape. Major choral works were being composed, folk song enjoyed great popularity, and many people were members of choirs. Under National Socialism, however, choral music acquired negative overtones, with the result that by 1945, there were fewer and fewer people wanting to sing in choirs.
Today, Germany once again boasts an enormous range of choirs, representing enormous diversity both of members and of musical style. 2012 marked the 800th anniversary of the foundation of one of the world's most famous boys' choirs, the celebrated Thomanerchor (St. Thomas Choir) of Leipzig, while in Berlin, the 'Berliner Kneipenchor' or 'Berlin Pub Choir', with its loose membership, provides entertainment in pubs and in underground stations. Around 3.3 million Germans sing in more than 60,000 choirs, of which roughly a third belong to the 'German Choir Association', a body steeped in tradition.
There are basically two types of choir; on the one hand there are professional choirs, in which trained musicians sing for a living, such as opera and radio choirs; and on the other hand there are amateur choirs in which people come together for the sheer pleasure of singing with others in their spare time. These include mixed choirs, with the usual range of female soprano and alto voices and male tenor and bass voices, male voice choirs, female voice choirs and children's choirs. And they sing a very diverse range of music, from traditional choral works to current pop music. Gospel choirs are also very popular.
Many choirs with a classical repertoire regularly work with amateur orchestras and put on concerts. Singing in an a capella choir is especially demanding; it essentially means singing without instrumental accompaniment, so every voice has to be particularly good and must have a clear sound.
One experience common to all singers is that singing as part of a choir has a positive impact. It boosts your energy and your social skills, because you have to step back and always listen to the other singers. And research has established that singing even boosts the immune system: it promotes the production of a substance called immunoglobulin A. Being actively involved with music also triggers the release of endorphins. In other words, singing makes you happy.
To see what singing and music-making can mean to people in crisis regions, you only need look at the example of the unique 'Kinshasa Symphony' music project which is being run in Central Africa. This amateur orchestra and choir was founded a few years ago in the impoverished and violent capital of the Congo and has worked on such major classical works as Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Carl Orff's 'Carmina Burana'. The impressive film 'Kinshasa Symphony' shows how, through making music together, people find the strength to cope better with the daily struggle for survival.
Do you sing in a choir? Do you enjoy it? In the KULTUR – CULTURE group in the Alumniportal Community, tell us about the choirs you know and why you enjoy singing in choirs!
Singing is really a health booster. All muscles involved when singing are strengthened. I am a singer in a small choir and I benefit a lot.


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Jim Spinnato Mysticizes CCSU Students
Hypnotists' main objective is to put the audience in a trance and make them perform humorous activities.
On Wed. Aug. 29, the Inter-Residence Council presented a comedic hypnotist show featuring Connecticut bred, Jim Spinnato. For 20 years, Spinnato has made a career of captivating audiences with laughs and tranced audiences.
Spinnato started his show after discovering his friend performing and thought it would be very interesting to learn himself. The magic struck when he set up his very first show and received positive feedback from his audience. He absolutely loved being a hypnotist and continued to perform state-wide as his career.
Spinnato includes the audience during his shows. He asks for volunteers and tests the participants by hypnotizing them to see if they have the concentration. This methodology eliminates everybody else, allowing the top 20 men and women the opportunity to be the center of attention.
The audience laughed as the students were completely hypnotized, doing anything he suggested such as dancing around the room or smelling something.
The hypnotized CCSU students were doing things they normally would not do if they were conscious.
"The show was very comical, and I feel as though certain people made the show more enjoyable. I am an honest skeptic, but it was somewhat entertaining," CCSU student Alexus Fusco said.
Students were happy with how much it improved the event and made it more interesting by spicing things up a little.
Another student, Shay Diggs said, "I thought the show was entertaining and definitely better than the last few years we've had it."
A student who was actually hypnotized reported, "I was hypnotized, and I don't remember anything."
A lot of the students who were hypnotized were confused and puzzled afterward when their friends talked about how crazy they were and what they said.
Spinnato was very pleased with the outcome of the show and said he always loves making people laugh, which is the main reason why he continues to perform. He is looking forward to coming back again.
Shwar Zaidi,


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Blue Slip
Harvey. A second Hurricane Harvey hit last week. Ground zero for this one was Hollywood, closely followed by the media, democrats, the Clintons and O'Bamas. Harvey Weinstein, the founder of Miramax was tossed aside last week amid accusations of nearly 40 years of exposing himself to young women, sexual assaults, and sexual abuse of women. Everybody in town and in the media, knew what was going on and excused it because Weinstein cleverly aligned himself with the politically correct positions on issues and positions supported by the left. He bought off his victims with threats that if they complained, they would never work in Hollywood again. Those few that did file suits were paid off. Apparently, payoffs were part of his employment contract with Miramax. He bought off the media by providing sweet young things (starlets) for their programs and on-air events under the notion that no chickie-babes, no viewers. And it worked for decades. When he would get into trouble, his kneejerk reaction would typically to announce some sort of Hollywood jihad against conservatives, Republicans, churches, and gun owners. His initial reaction to the first round of stories was to announce a pogrom to run Wayne LaPierre of the NRA into retirement. So why after all these years would such a heavy hitter among democrats and on the left be targeted for destruction? My guess is several reasons, first among them being his waning ability to purchase influence. A close second would be the new media, which finally published an expose of him and his serial sexual abuse. The NYT refused to publish a piece substantially the same as what finally hit the public this week in 2004. NBC sat on the current expose for years until the reporter got fed up and shopped it elsewhere. One description of this technique comes from David Burge, former IowaHawk: "Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving." The damage done to democrats by this cannot be understated. Not only was Weinstein a major donor, he was also a bundler, fundraiser and creator of media memes. He and his cronies donated tens of millions (and more) to democrat campaigns for decades. He was a close personal friend of both Clintons and O'Bamas. One of the O'Bama daughters even works at Miramax as an intern during the year before she goes to Harvard. How did the democrats and media get themselves into this position? You can trace it back at least 50 years, probably as far back as FDR. They covered up serial abuse of women by the Kennedy brothers. Once they covered for a drunken Ted Kennedy's homicide of Mary Jo Kopechne at Chappaquiddick in 1969, they were sunk, hooked, and completely roped onto this path. It led logically to the Clinton years. Next shoe to drop? Very likely breaking up a number of pedophilia rings populated by high ranking democrats (Bill Clinton's Lolita Express flights to the Caribbean) and Hollywood high rollers. Both Corey Feldman and Morton Downey Jr. have broached the subject. Both were mostly ignored. The former Carlos Danger (Anthony Weiner) is in jail on what appears to be a plea bargain for attempted sex with an underage girl. He is very likely talking a lot. The media is going to do its level best to bury this. I don't think they will be successful. Washington DC is not the only swamp to drain. There are a lot more denizens in NY & LA which in turn fed the other swamp in DC.
Blue Slip. The blue slip is one of the quaint little Senate customs undergoing change via pressure by President Trump and the people who elected him to office. Today, the blue slip allows a sitting US senator to keep a judicial nominee from his or her state from getting a hearing. For most of the history of the senate, it was advisory in nature. Over the last couple of decades, it has turned into a vehicle for democrat senators to ensure no conservative nominated by a Republican president from their state is ever confirmed. This has helped move the needle of the judiciary inexorably leftward over time much to the dismay of those of us on the political right. The reason it is changing is due to ongoing democrat obstruction of Trump judicial nominees, 60 of them nominated so far. The blue slip is just another tool in the kit. So far, judicial nominations are one thing President Trump and his team have been very good on, which is why we are seeing democrat obstruction. Approving his nominees has also tended to get support by otherwise recalcitrant Republican senators. Last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that they would be returning to the use of blue slips as advisory in nature rather than pocket filibusters. This is very good news, coming based on the example that Harry Reid set modifying, twisting, and otherwise abusing senate rules while majority Leader. Harry was and continues to be the gift that just keeps on giving. https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-10-11/mcconnell-to-end-senates-blue-slip-tradition
Comments. One of the cherished tools used by the left has been the public comment period for administrative state actions. Over the years, they've been able to turn out large numbers of their True Believers to bury any agency in comments supporting green or any other leftist position. The greens figured out how to do this first. The rest of the left adopted their successful techniques. In past years, these comments have been filed by paid volunteers. In recent years, the process has been automated. The comment period is a form of Kabuki Theater, as the feds are under no obligation to do anything with any comments. Typically, if they read something they like, it is used to support their impending power grab. If it is not, it is ignored. And when they get a bunch of comments on something they want to do (any endangered species listing for instance), they use it as justification to steam roll the opposition. Latest example of this is the comment period for O'Bama's internet power grab called Net Neutrality. This would have put the FCC in charge of content on the internet, and did for a while. At the end of the festivities, the FCC received over 22 million comments. One identical e-mail was submitted 1.2 million times. An analysis of submitted comments for net neutrality found that less than 3.9 million of the comments submitted were unique, roughly 17% of the total. https://www.redstate.com/setonmotley/2017/10/09/83-bots-told-power-grab-%E2%80%98comment-period%E2%80%99-titanically-stupid/
NFL. Viewership and attendance to NFL games continued to crater last week as the rolling protests against the National Anthem continued. Networks changed their coverage to no longer televise the National Anthem, thus hoping to bypass the public blowback. They also stopped broadcasting wide angle shots inside the stadiums as they would end up showing an increasing number of open seats in the upper portions of the stadiums. For their part, the NFLPA has been increasingly militant, as have a number of players. This is not going to end any time soon. The only owner who seems to understand that this an orchestrated assault on his bottom line is Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones, who announced that any Cowboy who kneeled during the National Anthem would not play. Reaction from the Usual Suspects in the media was swift and universally negative. ESPN hired mouth Jemele Hill went so far as to call for a boycott of Cowboys products, prompting an immediate two-week suspension by ESPN. VP Mike Pence walked out of a Colts game after a bunch of 49ers players took a knee during the National Anthem, keeping the pressure on. So, what is happening? I think it is part of the Gramsci long march thru yet another institution, the current target being the NFL, led by members of the O'Bama cabal. NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith had close ties with O'Bama while he was in the WH. He was part of the spurious charges of racism against Rush Limbaugh's attempt to purchase the Rams some years ago. Limbaugh was a member of the group putting together a bid and withdrew amidst the media-driven firestorm against him. Last week, Capital Research announced that the NFLPA joined with a number of left wing groups, many of them with Soros connections to fund the "resistance" to Donald Trump's presidency. NFLPA has funded the Center for Community Change and Working America. The players who allow this to continue are funding the very destruction of their jobs and livelihood. Of course, they will feel good sticking it to the man. Problem is that they don't realize they are sticking it to themselves as the rest of us who pay their salaries aren't going to put up with it. https://capitalresearch.org/article/the-nfl-players-association-funds-the-far-left/
Soros. Washington Free Beacon got their hands on 2015 tax documents demonstrating Soros involvement in the anti-Trump resistance. Soros Open Society Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation channeled millions of dollars into the Center for Community Change. Between the three of them they donated over $7 million to the project. Indivisible is a project of the Advocacy Fund, another Soros-funded group. The resistance group Refuse Fascism, which has organized violent demonstrations and riots is backed by the same network, including a progressive charity funded by Soros, a labor union, and several large companies. Follow the money. Always follow the money. http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/04/soros-kellogg-ford-gave-millions-to-anti-trump-resistance-group/
Seward. Our ever-classy (classless?) LtGov Byron Mallott put up a new large format photo (art work) in the LtGov's office last week. This "art" was a large photo of the Tongass People's "shaming totem" ridiculing William Seward's failure to reciprocate a potlatch given in his name in 1869 The current pole is new, and is the third version erected over the last 135 years. That's kind of a long time to hold a grudge. But for our tribal neighbors, channeling their best imitation of Hatfields and McCoys, any slight, perceived, or real, is enough to kick around a guy who has been gone from this earth for over a century. And a good time was had by all, led by our LtGov. The article out of the Ketchikan Daily News of the totem being raised last April quoted one tribal member saying that "He never returned the potlatch, he didn't understand the honor, and that's why the pole went up." Nothing like playing I got a secret and then blasting away at someone who didn't even know the local custom, which none of the locals, elders, or leaders bothered to tell Seward or his entourage should the reportage be accurate. For his part, Mallott claimed that the totem is an admonishment to all visitors that all people should be treated with respect, everyone that is expect William Seward. If this is ancient native wisdom, perhaps it is good that we don't have more of it. Mallott and his tribal members ought to be ashamed of doing this, reveling in it, trashing the memory of someone who isn't around to return the favor. Native leadership from the Tlingit? Not observed. Good old fashioned Christian forgiveness? Not observed either. Much more fun to mumble serious words about respect or the lack thereof. From here, if you aren't giving any, it going to be difficult to expect any in return. But these guys don't just expect it, they demand it, all because of their race, which isn't going to work much longer. LtGov Byron Mallott has demonstrated that he is a small minded, intolerant, vindictive, nasty, unforgiving, little man, none of which is a surprise to this writer. http://mustreadalaska.com/new-art-lieutenant-governors-office-honors-shaming-of-seward/
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Q: Can anybody tell me why I get a file listing error on a NAS drive when using GetFiles in VB.NET? I suspect that I am making a weird mistake here but searched for hours and can't seem to find a solution:
I am storing AOMEI Backupper disk files from various PC's onto a NAS. To avoid the accumulation of files on the NAS, I have written an application in VB.NET to sort files and delete older sets.
I map the NAS drive on a local pc, say, as Y:\Backups\PC1 etc... and although the application works perfectly well on networked pc's, it throws an 'Unable to locate part of the path' kind of error when it gets to the IO.Directory.GetFile(sPath,"*.adi") part of the code as shown below where sPath is 'for instance) Y:\Backups\PC1:
Dim files as string() = IO.Directory.GetFiles(sPath, "*.adi", IO.SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly)

Googling for some time, I have seen many issues like this but no real useful answer.
Any idea/help would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers from Paris, France and stay healthy!
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Netflix is scheduled to report earnings after the bell on Monday, but as much as the stock has surged this year, technician Craig Johnson of Piper Jaffray is warning investors against the streaming giant ahead of the event.
In other words, Johnson believes that Netflix is overbought and wants to wait for a pullback before buying the stock, which has soared about 107 percent this year.
As of Monday morning, the stock had fallen 5 percent in just the past week leading into earnings. Michael Binger, a senior portfolio manager at Gradient Investments, is also warning investors against buying the stock at these levels for two reasons. Firstly because of its "astronomical valuations" – the company sports a P/E of 266 times earnings – and secondly because he believes the company's original content is starting to become a weak spot.
This could prove particularly worrisome for Netflix, as the streaming giant's original content has been seen as one of its biggest strengths. On that note, Binger also mentions that there are reports that viewing hours on Netflix are starting to dwindle, leading him to believe that competitors Hulu and Amazon Prime may be taking viewers away from the streaming platform.
Netflix was trading at around $397 midday Monday ahead of earnings.
Disclosure: Neither Michael Binger nor Gradient Investments have any positions in NFLX and AMZN.


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Q: C++ Application crashes once it memory usage reaches 1.5 GB We have a C++ application running on Windows 32 bit system. It crashes once the memory usage reaches 1.5 GB. What we are unable to understand is why it's crashing at 1.5 GB limit and not at 2 GB limit (the virtual address space and windows 32 bit architecture limit)?
Other details:-
Total memory available : 4GB
Operating System : Windows XP
1.5 GB is the memory used by just this one process.
Regards,
Sachin

A: The fragmentation of the virtual memory could be a reason.
One more possible reason is how memory managers (memory pools) are usually work. Memory manager attempts to reserve a block of memory 2 times more than the previous one. When memory is allocated already quite a lot, this amount will be very large and a memory allocation will fail despite the fact that in reality there is still available memory.

A: This is perfectly normal under 32bit Windows.
Unless you have the /3gb switch activated, you have a total address space of 2GB. However, that's minus the mapped executable and at least half a dozen DLL and NLS files (for "hello world" -- a real application would probably have more like a dozen or two dozen of them).
Since they are not optimally placed, you lose about half a gigabyte of addres space. The heap will not grow "into" that region, and thus allocating more than 1.5GB will fail.
Here is what the address space of a "typical program" looks like:

Note how very skillfully one DLL is placed at about 1/3 of the address space, effectively "cutting off" a third of the memory that you can use.

A: You can enable dr. watson as default debugger and see if a crash dump could be catched, then open the dump with visual studio or windbg and you can see the callstack before crash, and then know what is the real cause of the crash.


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Going on this week at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs is the second preparation camp for the 2018 Junior World Team. If you have been following along, you already know that the Juniors officially kicked off their journey to the World Championships last week in Las Vegas. It was off the strip at the South Point Hotel where the Seniors workshopped their tactically-heavy match plans, members of the U23 Team got together under coach Mark Halvorson, and the Juniors united as a group for the very first time.
With the second Junior World Team training camp set to conclude today, we caught up with co-head coach Nate Engel in effort to get his assessment on how the athletes have performed throughout the week.
5PM: The Las Vegas camp was productive for the Juniors. It was intense, high-paced, unifying, and involved making adjustments. How has that momentum carried over to the Olympic Training Center this past week?
Nate Engel: I think one of the big takeaways that carried over has been the mentorship of the Senior-level athletes imparted on the Junior and U23 Team members. That was one big thing. Also, in Vegas they were really honing in on their skills — their takedowns from the feet, their turns from top, and just chaining it all together, so that's another area in which I've seen a really big difference since we left Vegas and are now almost through with this camp.
5PM: You've had the Team now for just about two weeks, so you've witnessed an evolution in technique and approach. Are you pleased so far with the growth trajectory of the squad, and if so, how will adjustments be made once camp ends and everyone goes their separate ways?
Engel: I think the progression has been really good because most of these guys who had been wrestling folkstyle throughout the year have been able to focus on Greco as a whole and they're continuously getting better. That has been a great surprise.
Going forward after this, we've held individual meetings with each World Team member and have set up plans. Because, after this they go back to their coaches, either their college programs, (Andy) Bisek and (Rob) Hermann, or in Peyton's (Omania) case, with Coach Halvorson and then Michigan State. So, just setting a plan and making sure they're still training, working on their Greco skills, and peaking towards the World Championships in September.
5PM: Will there be a protocol in place to where you or Herb House check in with each athlete once or twice a week to ensure they are adhering to their plans?
Engel: Yeah, that's our goal, to definitely check in with our athletes once or twice a week to make sure they are still doing everything right. And really, just checking in on them and showing them that we care, and that we're building a Team to take to Slovakia that will bring home a Team trophy.
5PM: When does scouting and video breakdowns of potential opposition enter the equation?
Engel: Right now, we gave them a website with their matches and I know a lot of the guys have already been watching. Myself as well, I know I will be watching once I get home and taking time out throughout the week to check out videos of future opponents for these guys. That is one big thing I've stressed, either at night or when they have free time to get on their computers or their phones and watching guys in their weight classes so they know what to expect so they are ready to go once they hit the mats in Slovakia.
5PM: Friday is the last day of practice and there will be matches in the morning and afternoon. What are you looking for the most during the matches that take place tomorrow?
Engel: Just chain wrestling, hitting two or three techniques to score and then getting on top, whether they're hitting a lift-gut-lift, a gut, or a gut-lift-gut. Just being able to string points together, and also, staying in good position and demonstrating good mat awareness. Not just that, but also them getting up the morning, having breakfast, and treating it like a real tournament. In between matches getting some good food in them so they have that whole plan down. That way, when they are in Slovakia it's not something they draw up the day of and kind of fly with it.
That's one thing Coach Halvorson has really stressed to them, getting the right fuel in their bodies after a match and in-between bouts, just really getting that part of match strategy down.


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On his first day in office, Donald Trump vows to declare China as a currency manipulator
by katienelson
Throughout his campaign, Donald Trump has been bombarding the American media and public with angry remarks voicing his displeasure with China, a country that he also happens to love dearly. Yesterday, the presidential hopeful took it up a notch and declared that his first move upon assuming office would be to force Chinese officials to mend their cruel currency manipulating ways.
This hardline stance comes from Trump's recent trade paper on China which postures to restore American power in the relationship between the two countries. "With Donald J. Trump as president, China will be on notice that America is back in the global leadership business and that their days of currency manipulation and cheating are over," he writes.
Trump says that American economists believe the Chinese yuan is currently undervalued at a rate of between 15% and 40%, giving Chinese traders a huge advantage over the U.S., causing American trade deficits.
He explains that the problems are rooted in China's controversial inclusion in the World Trade Organization in January 2000. Former President Bill Clinton fought to include China because he firmly believed that "This agreement is a good deal for America. Our products will gain better access to China's market, and every sector from agriculture, to telecommunications, to automobiles." Trump says that the only thing the U.S. got from the deal was the loss of tens of millions of American jobs.
"We must stand up to China's blackmail and reject corporate America's manipulation of our politicians," writes the noted billionaire businessman. To do this, the Republican frontrunner says that he will first formally name China as a currency manipulator with the U.S. Treasury Department when he is in charge.
Here's his full, easy-to-follow, four step plan: 1) Negotiate with China. 2) Protect intellectual property. 3) Reclaim American jobs. 4) Strengthen America's negotiation position against China.
Chinese piracy and counterfeit goods will also be stomped out if Trump is elected president next year. "Going forward, we will adopt a zero tolerance policy on intellectual property and theft and forced technology transfer," he writes. "If China wants to trade with America, they must agree to stop stealing and to play by the rules."
While not mentioned directly in the report, we assume that when Trump enters the Oval Office he also will immediately start working on a contract with McDonald's to provide food for select state dinners.
More of Trump's insight into China below:
By Emily Lam
[h/t Politco]


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Home » Agri-Business » IFA calls for nominations for Deputy President and Regional Chairs
IFA calls for nominations for Deputy President and Regional Chairs
Amy Forde
IFA National Returning Officer Jer Bergin has announced that nominations are now being sought for the positions of IFA Deputy President and the four Regional Chairmen.
The nominations are subject to the Council adopting a rule change on February 2, 2016 to allow these elections go ahead, the association said.
Candidates in the first place require a nomination by their own County Executive only, which must then be endorsed by the signed support of a number of other County Chairmen, ie:
For Deputy President, the signed support of five (5) and not more than five Chairmen of other County Executives.
For Munster, South Leinster or Ulster/North Leinster Chairman, the signed support of two (2) and not more than two Chairmen of other County Executives in the Region.
For Connacht Chairman, the signed support of one (1) and not more than one Chairman of another County Executive in the Region.
The IFA has said that a County Chairman may give his signed support to endorse the nomination of only one candidate for a position.
Nominations which fall short of the full requirement cannot be included in the final list of candidates, according to the IFA.
Completed Nomination and Acceptance forms are attached and must be received no later than 5.30pm on Wednesday February 3, 2016 at the Irish Farm Centre, Dublin 12, addressed to the National Returning Officer.
Nominations will be accepted by hand, post, email (with scan attached) or fax, the association said.
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It's finally happening. That moment we've been hearing about for years – the one where futuristic-sounding 3D printing becomes ubiquitous – is actually upon us. President Obama even mentioned 3D printing in his State of the Union address. As prices drop and the technology improves, consumers are awaiting this disruptive new era with bated breath.
So are intellectual property lawyers.


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För andra personer med liknande namn se George Scott

George Scott, född 1804 i Edinburgh, död 1874, var en skotsk metodistpastor som verkade i Stockholm 1830-42.

Biografi

Scott kom 1830 till Stockholm som religionslärare och predikant för industrimannen Samuel Owen och de brittiska arbetarna på hans fabrik.

Från 1831 predikade han även och höll möten på svenska, i strid med konventikelplakatet, vilket kom att irritera myndighetspersoner och prästerskap.

Owen och Scott tog 1832 också initiativ till en av de första svenska nykterhetsföreningarna, Kungsholmens Nykterhetsförening.

Scott lät bygga ett metodistkapell, Engelska kapellet som invigdes 1840, som den första frikyrkan i Sverige.

Han inspirerade och stödde flera personer som kom att bli ledande inom de många svenska väckelserörelser som skulle blomstra under 1800-talets senare hälft.
Bland dessa kan baptistpionjärerna F O Nilsson och Anders Wiberg samt EFS grundare Carl Olof Rosenius nämnas. 1842 startade Scott tidskriften Pietisten, tillsammans med den sistnämnde.

Samma år tvingades Scott lämna Sverige efter ett pöbelupplopp i hans kyrka, som därefter kom att köpas av EFS och få det nya namnet Betlehemskyrkan.

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Palm Beach County has opted not to require kratom warning signs at kava bars and other businesses that sell the herb, which federal officials say can be addictive.
Palm Beach County has balked at requiring kratom warning signs at kava bars and convenience stores.
Kratom fears are cooling in Palm Beach County.
Local kava bars and convenience stores selling the herb won't have to post signs warning that it could be addictive, the County Commission decided Tuesday.
Federal officials recently dropped kratom from a list of potential drugs and chemicals of concern, according to the county. Also, Florida lawmakers this spring have balked at imposing a ban or other kratom rules.
Now, Palm Beach County officials have backed away from their plans to add local regulations intended to at least require signs to publicize potential health risks.
"Any regulations should be based in fact," said attorney Neil Schiller, who represents Plants, People and Health, LLC, an advocacy group that fights restrictions of plant-based products. "We just don't know all the facts yet."
Palm Beach County may opt for education over regulation of kratom, a Southeastern herb added to drinks that some say is addictive.
Instead of pressing ahead with warning signs, Palm Beach County will wait to see if more scientific evidence emerges before deciding whether to "bring it back," County Attorney Denise Nieman said.
Kratom, often added to tea, is a popular ingredient at South Florida kava bars. It comes from trees native to Thailand, where people have long used the leaves as an herbal drug, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Kratom supporters say the herb is a safe, natural ingredient that can ease anxiety and provide mild pain relief. Some kratom advocates say it can even help people ease off addiction to illegal drugs.
Kratom becomes a stimulant when the leaves are chewed in small doses. At high doses it can act as a sedative, according to the DEA.
Using kratom is not against the law, but the DEA in the past has warned that it can be addictive and that withdrawal from the substance can lead to aggression, hallucinations and confusion.
Also, side effects from using kratom include nausea, itching, sweating, dry mouth and increased urination, according to the DEA.
Concerns about a spike in local kratom use convinced the Palm Beach County Commission in December to push ahead with a proposal to come up with kratom warning signs and to also coordinate a public educational campaign about the substance.
Yet, when asked Tuesday to give final approval to requiring the warning signs, the County Commission sided with kratom sellers and opted to shelve the signs.
Requiring warning signs risked posting information that was "factually incorrect," said Elizabeth Gardner, who represents owners of the Purple Lotus kava bar, which has locations in West Palm Beach and Delray Beach.
State lawmakers have also shied away from a ban or restrictions on sales. Instead, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has launched a study into kratom's potential effects, with the results expected this fall.
County officials said the results of that study, and another expected from the University of Mississippi, would help determine whether to revive the warning signs requirement and other potential regulations.


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It had always been my dream, ever since my very first estate planning class at Cornell Law, to start a firm where I could help people find peace of mind by providing creative estate planning solutions, and assisting with the difficult probate and trust-related problems that can arise after a loved one dies. In doing so, I hope to combine the best aspects of the "country lawyer," who truly cares about helping his or her friends and neighbors to get through the 'sticky times' with compassion and a sense of humor, and the sophisticated planner who has the skill and experience to analyze complex financial situations and implement the most creative, cutting-edge planning techniques. And I endeavor to do this while still keeping my prices reasonable, so that quality services need not be beyond the reach of the hard-working people who keep this island going. After all, everyone dies – it is not only the wealthy who need proper planning and help after a loss.
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Welcome The Joint Chiropractic for opening their new location in Walnut Creek. We met Dr. Gilligan and his wonderful staff at their ribbon cutting ceremony and got a tour of the facility. It's one of the few chiropractic services in the area that provide walk-in services, no appointments necessary! We also thank The Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce for organizing the ribbon cutting.
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This year there are quite a few new designs coming just in time for Christmas. Yay!
Thyme earrings is a new little fella with a baby blue or sky topaz or smoky quartz. My daughter had been wearing them every day, and they are just real sweet. The design is small but still striking and flexible in use. Just got two of each so far..
Some of the designs are based on earlier pieces, where I have seen that there are improvements to be made.


This Standard specifies requirements for performance testing of solid-fuel-burning heating appliances, including maximum emission rates.
(d) flue gas flow rates.
(c) furnaces and hydronic heaters designed to have the useful heat produced by the appliance conveyed to areas remote from the appliance by ducting or plumbing.
Note: Typically, units tested under this Standard will have outputs less than 150 kW (500 000 Btu/h). For the purposes of this Standard, solid-fuel-burning appliances include manually and automatically fuelled systems (including add-ons and combinations).
(f) kernel corn and other grains.
This Standard does not cover coal-fired appliances.
(c) factory-built fireplaces with a minimum burn rate greater than or equal to 5 kg/h (11 lb/h).
Pellet stoves are biomass heaters that typically combust pellets that are made from sawdust.


This brilliant antique platinum bracelet is set with approximately 1.10 carats total weight of diamonds. An open link art deco design creates a lovely sense of space between the links studded with diamonds. The bracelet measures in length. Circa: 1920.


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import chav1961.purelib.basic.exceptions.SyntaxException;

class Util {
	 static char[] join(final char[] source, final int from, final String substitution) {
		final char[]	result = new char[source.length-from+substitution.length()];

		substitution.getChars(0,substitution.length(),result,0);
		System.arraycopy(source,from,result,substitution.length(),result.length-substitution.length());
		return result;
	}

	 static int checkAndAdd(final char[] data, final int from, final int to, final int row, final int col, final List<String> names) throws SyntaxException {
		final String	name = new String(data,from,to-from);

		for (String item : names) {
			if (item.equals(name)) {
				throw new SyntaxException(row, col, "Duplicate name ["+name+"]");
			}
		}
		names.add(name);
		return names.size()-1;
	}

	 static int checkAndGet(final char[] data, final int from, final int to, final int row, final int col, final List<String> names) throws SyntaxException {
		final String	name = new String(data,from,to-from);

		for (int index = 0; index < names.size(); index++) {
			if (names.get(index).equals(name)) {
				return index;
			}
		}
		throw new SyntaxException(row, col, "Missing name ["+name+"]");
	}

	 static int compare(final char[] data, int from, final char[] template, final boolean useX) {
		final int	endData = data.length;

		for (int index = 0, maxIndex = template.length; index < maxIndex; index++) {
			if (from+index >= endData || data[from+index] != template[index]) {
				if (useX){
					if (index < 4) {
						return -1;
					}
					else {
						return from+index;
					}
				}
				else {
					return -1;
				}
			}
		}
		return from+template.length;
	}

	 static int skipBlank(final char[] data, int from) {
		if (from >= data.length) {
			return from;
		}
		else {
			while (from < data.length && Character.isSpaceChar(data[from])) from++;
			return from;
		}
	 }

	 static int skipNonBlank(final char[] data, int from) {
		if (from >= data.length) {
			return from;
		}
		else {
			while (from < data.length && !Character.isSpaceChar(data[from])) from++;
			return from;
		}
	}

	 static int skipName(final char[] data, int from) {
		if (from >= data.length) {
			return from;
		}
		else {
			while (from < data.length && Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(data[from])) from++;
			return from;
		}
	}

	 static int skipNameAndAmpersand(final char[] data, int from) {
		if (from >= data.length) {
			return from;
		}
		else {
			while (from < data.length && (Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(data[from]) || data[from] == '&')) from++;
			return from;
		}
	}

	 static int skipColon(final char[] data, int from) {
		int		level = 0;
		boolean inString = false;

loop:	while (from < data.length) {
			switch (data[from]) {
				case '\"' 	:
					inString = !inString;
					break;
				case '\\' 	:
					if (inString && from < data.length-1 && data[from+1] == '\"') {
						from++;
					}
					break;
				case '[' 	: case '{' 	: case '(' 	: level++; break;
				case ')' 	: case ']' 	: case '}' 	:
					if (level > 0) {
						level--;
						break;
					}
					else {
						break loop;
					}
				case ','	:
					if (!inString && level == 0) {
						return from;
					}
					break;
			}
			from++;
		}
		return from;
	}

	 static int skipExpression(final char[] data, int from) {
		int		level = 0;
		boolean inString = false;

		from = skipBlank(data,from);
		while (from < data.length) {
			switch (data[from]) {
				case '\"' 	:
					inString = !inString;
					break;
				case '\\' 	:
					if (inString && from < data.length-1 && data[from+1] == '\"') {
						from++;
					}
					break;
				case '[' 	: case '{' 	: case '(' 	: level++; break;
				case ')' 	: case ']' 	: case '}' 	: level--; break;
				case ' '	:
					if (!inString && level == 0) {
						return from;
					}
					break;
			}
			from++;
		}
		return from;
	}

	 static int findChar(final char[] data, final int from, final int to, final char symbol) {
		 for(int index = from; index <= to; index++) {
			 if (data[index] == symbol) {
				 return index;
			 }
		 }
		 return -1;
	 }

	 @FunctionalInterface
	 interface KeyValueCallback {
		 void process(char[] data, int keyFrom, final int keyTo, final int valueFrom, final int valueTo) throws IOException, SyntaxException;
	 }

	 static void parseQueryPart(final char[] data, int from, final int to, final KeyValueCallback callback) throws IOException, SyntaxException {
		 int		keyFrom, keyTo, valueFrom, valueTo;

		 while (from < to) {
			 keyFrom = from;
			 keyTo = from = skipName(data,from);

			 if (data[from] == '=') {
				 valueFrom = from + 1;
				 while(from < to && data[from] != '&') {
					 from++;
				 }
				 if (from < to) {
					 valueTo = from - 1;
					 callback.process(data, keyFrom, keyTo, valueFrom, valueTo);
					 from++;
				 }
				 else {
					 valueTo = from;
					 callback.process(data, keyFrom, keyTo, valueFrom, valueTo);
					 break;
				 }
			 }
			 else {
				 break;
			 }
		 }
	 }
}

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Description/Reflection I was blessed to have an amazing apartment that overlooked the skyline of Florence. The Ponte Vecchio was right beneath my window, and living in such a historical place made me realize the beauty in architecture that has lasted beyond 50 years. Each day as I walked over the Ponte Vecchio, I found myself wondering who else has walked this same path? What significant events have led up to this day? These thoughts were beyond what my brain could grasp, but nonetheless I appreciated the every brick and breath that was put into the beautiful colors and architecture around me.


boot to vhd — i always forget the commands!
I start by creating a new VHD on the metal where the OS will be installed. It allows me to choose a fixed size or expandable virtual disk file.The advantage of using fixed is that it will always consume X amount of space and be able to boot. Expandable VHDs take up much less space when not used, but they need to have room to expand when they are booted into. I generally use expandable.
Now I select the VHD, attach to it, create a partition on it, and format it. Then I marked it as an active system drive and assigned it a drive letter.
Can confirm it has fixed the problem for me.
I experienced this same problem: when accessing a remote server with the Object Explorer, SSMS would hang indefinitely. The Windows System Event Log would show DCOM error 10009 ("DCOM was unable to communicate with the computer MACHINE_NAME using any of the configured protocols.").
You'll see that your MRU list has been cleared. You should then be able to re-enter your credentials and use SSMS as normal.
If everything works, you can delete the renamed folder. Otherwise, delete the new "11.0" folder that was created and rename the original one back to "11.0".
I have no idea whether it's actually the MRU list that's causing this problem or if it's some other profile data.
We were able to discover that SSMS is trying to make a DCOM connection over port 135 to the SQL Server (perhaps for SSIS, T-SQL Debugging, or something else). Our firewall was configured to block port 135. By opening the port in the firewall we were able to use SSMS (hence the reason it worked against local databases but not remote ones). Unfortunately, an open port 135 is an invitation for a lot of attacks, so that wasn't a practical solution for us.
"Sideloading of apps is not enabled on this site" – SharePoint Online Development.
We're having a problem opening this location in File Explorer. To open with File Explorer, you'll need to add this site to your Trusted Sites list and select the "Keep me signed in" check box when you sign in to the SharePoint Online site. For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2629108.
give a misleading network error saying it cant reach the host ("The server network address TCP://developer02.dev.com:7022 cannot be reached or does not exist", Alter <dbname> failed). Check the event log for what the real error is.
Apparently the dbmssocn makes it so that it automagically switches to the failover – I dunno.
If necessary, you can create a linked server that behaves normally even when failed-over. I tried with a default SQL Native Client but it didn't work. SQL OLEDB seemed to work.
.. power shell stuff ..


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Fish Hires Kristine McKinney as New Chief Professional Development Officer
Fish & Richardson announced today that Kristine McKinney, a national leader in law firm professional development, diversity and inclusion, and women's initiatives, has joined the firm in the newly-created role of Chief Professional Development Officer. McKinney will be based in the Twin Cities office and will have broad responsibilities for leading and managing the firm's professional development activities across 11 U.S. offices and in Munich, Germany. McKinney will also provide support and leadership for Fish's Diversity Initiative, EMPOWER Women's Initiative, and Pro Bono programs.
"We created this new chief-level position because of our deep commitment to our talent and to developing a diverse organization on every level," said Richard Anderson, COO at Fish. "We conducted a national search for the right leader, and Kristine stood out as someone who matched our level of commitment to professional development, diversity, and giving back to the community. We are thrilled to have Kristine join our executive team, and look forward to her bringing her passion, vision, and expertise to this important role."
Previously, McKinney was the Director of Professional Development and Engagement at Faegre Baker Daniels and also served for many years as the firm's Director of Diversity & Inclusion. She is a sought after expert, speaker, and author on numerous topics including learning and development, change management, adaptive leadership, and diversity and inclusion.
McKinney currently serves on the board of directors for the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) as the Vice-President for Member Services and Education.
She received her M.S. in Learning & Organizational Change from Northwestern University in 2013 and her B.A. from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities in 2003.
Kristine McKinney
Chief Legal Talent and Inclusion Officer
Richard J. Anderson
Principal, Chief Operating Officer
Kristine McKinney Receives 2018 "Diversity Leader" Award


The Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships welcomes the announcement by the Government today to double the amount of funding available for relationship support over this Parliament. This increase, which TCCR has long called for, is more recognition that relationships matter. It highlights both the positive impact which training frontline practitioners to identify and support those experiencing relationship distress can have on the lives and life chances of adults, as well as their children; and how effective couple counselling can be for couples who are experiencing difficulties in their relationship.
Susanna Abse, Chief Executive of the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships, said of the announcement: 'The increase in funding announced today will have a direct effect on all aspects of children's lives, including their mental health. We welcome this boost in funding which represents an important step forward in helping to support and strengthen families, and in ensuring that many more children will have the chance to benefit from growing up in the context of a well-functioning parental relationship'.


Luc Pellerin is a neuroscience professor at the Université de Lausanne. He recently visited the school to give a talk to a few IB Biology classes, as well as to the parents. The Update had the opportunity to sit down with him to discuss our school tech policies, as well as the maintenance of mental health.
So Dr. Pellerin, could you tell us a bit about what it is like to be a scientist and what work you do on a day to day basis?
I'm a neuroscientist so I'm interested in how the brain works, and I'm specifically interested in understanding the interactions between brain cells. I'm really working at a level where we do a lot of molecular and cellular studies. I have my own laboratory and I have a number of collaborators working with me, some PhD students, some Master's students, some Post Doctoral fellows and a technician. My daily work is really to organize the work of all these people. I have to be able to discuss with them about what they have to do and about the results. But since I'm responsible for the group, I also have to find money. We have to apply for grants to be able to conduct the studies. And, I'm also teaching because I'm a professor at the university. We have some administration work as well. So, it's quite a diversified type of job.
Currently students in Years 9 and 11 are making their subject choices for the IGCSE or IB program. In making this decision, these students will consider their career aspirations. What advice would you give to young girls considering going into STEM fields?
It's quite interesting because I've been in the field for 25 years now and at the beginning, there was a majority of men. But now, in classes at the university for example, in biology, it's a majority of women. In my lab now, I have a majority of women. More and more, I think girls are becoming attracted to careers in science, and particularly in biology. And I think they have their place there because they are also bringing their abilities and their own view about science and I think it's a very good thing. My advice is that they should not afraid to consider such a choice and they should just go for it.
Though this is an oversimplification, most of your research seems to be centered around the topics of diet and its effects on the brain. To what extent do our dietary habits affect the function of our brain and how do they do this? How do these effects vary between children and adults?
There is a lot of research done around the possible impact of diet on brain function, and actually we don't know much about it, surprisingly. I think this will be an important area of research for the future and I think we should continue to pursue our studies about it. There is clearly some effect on young children and in babies, in these cases, the importance of nutrition is clear since the brain is developing and needs to be supplied with the appropriate nutrients. In adults however, it is less clear. Basically, there is a certain minimum of nutrients required to keep the adult brain in good health, but how you can really have any impact on the adult brain by modifying diet is totally unclear for the moment.
Since the beginning of this school year, our school has put a number of new tech policies into place. These include mandatory laptops for all students, but also restrictions on where in the school we use can use our cells phones and laptops. Exactly how many hours of exposure should children between the ages of 11 and 18 be getting to these devices?
Again, this is an area where we have very little information about the possible impact of using these technologies on our brain, in terms of biology and in terms of function. I think it's a question of common sense. I think you have to limit your utilization to avoid fatigue and it's just a question of good practice. But, I don't think we have identified specific dangers of the overuse of these technologies on our brain function. If you start getting fatigued or things like this, it's just a signal you should stop. I think it's just a matter of common sense of trying to have good health practices and its not specific to these new technologies. This is the same thing with television, for example. If you spend hours and hours in front of your television, of course you will not be focusing on other aspects of your life. Same thing with portable phones and portable computers. You have to limit the utilization to a reasonable amount.
We have no solid evidence at the moment that they [mobile phones and laptops] really cause damage to your brain.
The phrase "mobile phones and laptops are damaging the brains of children" is often used, but has become a cliche that is ignored. Can cell phones and laptops actually cause serious health problems in the brain, and if so what are they?
We have no solid evidence at the moment that they really cause damage to your brain. It is an overstatement to say that they can cause brain damage. If any, the possible effects of cell phones and laptops would only became visible after a long period of observation. But for the moment, nothing has come out that seems to indicate that these technologies and magnetic waves could induce some significant damages to your brain. Again, it's a question of common sense, you have to limit utilization to a reasonable amount but I don't think we should be afraid of using these technologies.
Are there any negative effects of listening to large amounts of music per day from a neurological point of view?
I think it's not listening to music that is the problem. I am more concerned about the intensity of the sound. In that case, there are studies showing that you can induce damage to your hearing by listening to loud music for long periods of time. I think that's the greatest risk. But, in terms of neurological problems, I don't think that listening to music at a reasonable intensity will induce any damage whatsoever. It is rather a question of socialization. If you spend most of your time with other people but you are listening to music with earphones, you are not interacting with people. It is your social life that can therefore suffer. But, in terms of brain damage, there is no evidence for that.
The presence of technology is growing rapidly, and (as you stated) this has implications on our neurological health and development as an entire human race. Will our brains adapt to this growing presence of technology?
I am convinced that this is the case. I can tell myself because I'm from a different generation. My children, who are from your generation, have adapted completely to these new technologies. They can use their cell phone much better than I can. I think the brain has this remarkable capacity to adapt. I think these technologies are just an extension of our capacities, it's just a matter of adapting to them, and I have no doubt, looking at young people, that they already have. We can regret, as old people, that things have changed. But, I think for young people, since they have completely adapted to it, this is going to be a completely normal way of interacting with the world.
Many young people in secondary school suffer from mental health disorders, such as depression or anxiety disorders. To what extent do these disorders have scientifically – explainable causes?
I think that a lot of these disorders have neurological causes with genetics. There is still a lot to do to identify them. I think simply that we are more aware of mental health disorders now because we have the tools to detect them and identify them. Maybe it's not that they are more frequent now than they used to be, it's just that we have better ways to detect it. But still, to identify the real causes, we still have a lot of work to do.
Are there any ways to prevent the onset of mental health disorders through day to day practices, or do we have no control whatsoever over their development?
No, I think there are some practices which are known to be beneficial for brain health. I would not say that they can cure or prevent the occurrence of mental health disorders, but I think there are certainly good practices which have proven to help maintain proper cognitive functions. I think exercise has proven to be extremely good in maintaining mental health. To be intellectually active and creative is also extremely good. I think there are some good practices which, again are more or less common sense, but it's just a matter of putting them into practice. Those can be done to minimize the possibility of the occurrence of mental health disorders.
When people think of having a healthy body, they don't often think of healthy brains as a part of that. What can people do in their day to day lives to improve the health of their brains?
You have to remain active. You have to challenge your brain, do some activities that provide pleasure and also do exercise and treat your body well. Eating and sleeping well are also a part of the equation to maintain good mental health. These things will put your brain in good condition.
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Catherine Anne Spagnoli, 87, of Toms River, NJ passed away Thursday, July 19th, at Laurel Bay Health & Rehab, Keansburg, NJ.
Catherine was born in Astoria, NY on November 7, 1930, a daughter of the late Mary Nolan Cavanagh and William Cavanagh. Catherine lived in New Mexico as a Carmelite Nun in her younger years. She then moved back to Queens, NY and then settled in Hazlet with her husband Anthony. Catherine was the owner and broker of record for Ability Realty Century 21 in Holmdel New Jersey for many years. When she moved to Toms River she loved being a CCD teacher for St. Joseph's RCC in Toms River for first grade students. She also enjoyed bringing communion to the patients at Community Medical Center.
Catherine was predeceased by her husband Anthony in 1989, and her sisters Bridgette and Mary. Surviving are her loving children Christopher and his wife Christine Spagnoli of Aberdeen, NJ and Maria and her husband Richard Cole of Virginia. Also surviving are her three cherished grandchildren Helena Spagnoli, Hannah and Daniel Cole.
Viewing will be held 2 PM to 6 PM on Sunday, July 22nd at Day Funeral Home 361 Maple Place in Keyport, New Jersey. Viewing will be held 9 AM to 9:45 AM on Monday, July 23rd at Day Funeral Home in Keyport, New Jersey. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM on Monday, July 23rd at St Benedicts RC Church in Holmdel, NJ .


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in: Characters, Villains, Aliens, Antagonists
D-Train (by Harley Quinn)
Big D (by Doctor Psycho)
Ruler of Apokolips
Granny Goodness
(lieutenant)
(former ally)
"So You Need a Crew?" (cameo)
"Inner (Para) Demons"
Latest appearance
"Lovers' Quarrel"
Darkseid is a New God and the tyrannical ruler of the New Gods of Apokolips. He appears as an antagonist in the latter half of Season 2 of Harley Quinn after teaming up with Doctor Psycho who wanted revenge on Harley's Crew after quitting the team.
4 Episode Appearances
Darkseid has a small cameo in "So You Need a Crew?" when Poison Ivy recounts Queen of Fables' backstory, showing him standing alongside other prominent supervillains of the the time.
He makes his full debut in the episode, "Inner (Para) Demons" when Harley seeks him out per Doctor Psycho's will to get her hands on his army of parademons. However, she sends them back after seeing the destruction she caused to Gotham and realizes that's not really what she wants.
Upset about that development, Doctor Psycho leaves Harley's crew and starts himself control of the parademons taking as seen in "Dye Hard". He reached out to Darkseid in "A Fight Worth Fighting For" and asks for the same deal Harley had with him, wanting to counqer the Earth. He declines so Psycho instead offers him Harley's head in exchange for the planet which he agrees to. However, as seen in "Lovers' Quarrel", this plan fails and he is defeated by Harley who Darkseid then makes his offer to. Harley turns him down and he goes back to Apokolips.
Darkseid's behavior is befitting of a power-craving despot as he indulges in rhetorical speech, plans universal conquest, and acts of ultra-violence. As a prime example, Darkseid personally grotesquely murders Forager immediately after delivering a harsh speech announcing his victory in a war over Forager's forces. Likewise, he responds to most people bluntly, immediately deducing people's intentions and questioning their commitment towards their goals. He is difficult to please and demands grand gestures of obedience and power in order for people to prove themselves, as was the case of Harley and Doctor Psycho offering to conquer planet Earth for him. Any acts of betrayal or disloyalty towards him are met with anger on his part and an oaf of vengeance. Despite this, he is not without a sense of restraint, as was the case of him returning to Apokolips after Harley refused for a second time to rule over Earth. He described himself as being both baffled and impressed at Harley's choices. He also does not take kindly to being given nicknames such as D-Train and Big D, angrily glancing over those who called him such.
On a strangely lighter note, he refuses to use the "C-word" but nevertheless calls Doctor Psycho a dwarf, thus showing off a double standard regarding slurs.
Omega Beam: Darkseid can fire red energy beam from his eyes that can disintegrate its target, banish them to another dimension or just torture them.
Superhuman Strength: Darkseid was easily able to crush Forager's head between his fingers.
Episode Appearances
"So You Need a Crew?" (flashback; cameo)
"A Fight Worth Fighting For"
This version of Darkseid is modeled after the New 52 version.
Darkseid is voiced by Michael Ironside, who is well-known for voicing the same character in the various series set within the DC animated universe as well as the Lego DC Super-Villains video game.
During "A Fight Worth Fighting For", Darkseid reveals that he is still searching for the Anti-Life Equation.


The National Cooperative Credit Union (NCCU) will make available one million EC dollars to members who have paid interest on loans in 2015.
This announcement was made during a press conference on Tuesday June 14, 2016 by the institution's board of directors President Dexter Ducreay.
Mr. Ducreay stated that the NCCU is the "biggest, the brightest and the best credit union in the OECS", with a surplus of over six million dollars for the 2015 financial year topping it all off.
This surplus is a "major milestone for any indigenous institution", he said adding that "our critics might accuse us of blowing our own trumpet on what I am about to say to you; but who cares".
"We strongly believe as a cooperative, we should share with our family; therefore NCCU has decided to give back one million dollars as interest rebate in cash to its members. This one million dollars will be shared among all members who have paid interest on their loans in 2015 based on interest paid for that period," Ducreay said.
Members will be free to spend the money as they wish he added calling it a "historic event". According to Ducreay, the processing should be done tonight and the money should be available to eligible members tomorrow Wednesday June 15, 2016.
"It will be put into a deposit account that people have access to, to do whatever they want to… We think, bearing in mind the economy, it is very timely so its money in your pockets," Ducreay added.
In explaining the logic behind NCCU's decision to offer this million dollars rebate, Ducreay said within the OECS banking sector, "financial institutions are carrying a massive amount of cash on their balance sheet; as a result the interest rates on deposit are extremely low, as much as one percent, but we have not seen a corresponding decrease of interest rates on their loans".
These rates, he continued, are creating a very difficult situation for consumers who have to pay extremely high interest rates on their loans and see low returns on their deposits.
A version of this policy, he claimed, is being implemented right here in Dominica; "the banks are now charging their customers fees to hold their life savings. Such policy is repressive, poverty driven and anti the philosophy of banking as we know it today".
Mr. Ducreay has assured members of the NCCU that as long as he is a member of the board "this policy will never be implemented onto the membership".
The NCCU has been in existence since 2010 and its accomplishments are as a result of the strong and dedicated service from the volunteers Ducreay said.
This year the Castle Bruce Credit Union has joined the NCCU. "We can now refer to ourselves as the big six," Ducreay said. Another credit union, which he did not name, will also join the NCCU later this year.
He appealed to both current and prospective members to continue making NCCU their financial institution of choice in order for money to be returned to them.
"I want to thank all my fellow directors who had the courage to endorse this, such a bold initiative. I also want to thank all the committees for their supportiveness of the policies that make this institution great," Ducreay stated.
Great initiative. However, Mr. Ducreay its my opinion that this surplus should be shared with all the members of RCCU. Not just the members with loans. What about the ordinary little man/woman whose pennies have made and continue to make RCCU what it is today?
Very exciting. ..good initiative boss. Can I call to make an appointment to see Mr Ducreay please? ?
What hoax? Negative Dominicans is never appreciative. Thank God for it.


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Biografia
È ricordato soprattutto per le numerose iscrizioni murarie che fece distribuire in tutta Padova. Tali lapidi, ispirate al gusto romantico per il Medioevo, si caratterizzano più per prosopopea e magniloquenza che per precisione storica.

Bibliografia

Voci correlate
 Porta Molino (Padova)

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni