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Does the legislature have a sustainable plan for transportation? 5/28/2019
5/23/19, InBusiness Blog – Wisconsin, like other states, has grappled with how to fund transportation for more than a decade.
Earlier this year, the governor put forward a plan that would begin to address some of Wisconsin's most urgent transportation challenges and cost the average motorist less than $4 a month.
For this small monthly fee:
More than 200 vital state highway rehabilitation projects around the state will start sooner.
Local governments will receive increased funding to support local roads and transit services.
Wisconsin will complete the Zoo Interchange and invest in other important modernization and safety projects, including Highway 23 and I-39/90, with limited use of bonding.
Debt service as a percentage of transportation revenue will decline significantly over the next decade, meaning more of the user fees Wisconsinites pay — like the gas tax and vehicle registration fee — will go toward better roads.
State highway conditions will stabilize.
Polling shows the public supports paying the additional user fee if it means road conditions improve. In a recent poll conducted by Public Opinion Strategies and released by the Association of Wisconsin Tourism Attractions, nearly six out of 10 voters said they are willing to pay an extra $4 a month to create an immediate solution to fix the roads.
At the heart of the governor's proposal is an 8-cent-per-gallon gas tax increase.
Since 2013, 30 states have increased or adjusted taxes on motor fuel to support needed transportation investment. Why is the gas tax, which was first collected 100 years ago in Oregon, still the workhorse of transportation funding?
It comes down to three main reasons:
It is a user fee. The more your drive, the more your pay. This concept of equity has been core to road funding since the first toll roads in America during the late 1700s. In addition, many states, like Wisconsin, limit in their states' constitutions how these user fees can be spent — for transportation in Wisconsin, and specifically for highways in some other states.
It's predictable. While increases in fuel efficiency or alternatively fueled vehicles will eventually drive the need to transition to another user-fee based system, like road user charges or electronic tolling, today and for the next 10 years, the gas tax will, if adjusted, provide a reliable funding base. This doesn't mean that Wisconsin should not diversify its transportation-funding portfolio or look beyond the next 10 years.
It's efficient. A relatively small gas tax increase can generate significant revenue and be implemented quickly. In addition, the cost to collect motor fuel taxes is less than 1 percent.
The gas tax is not the "next big thing," and, in fact, it may play no role in transportation funding in 2040. Who knows? But today when our roads are crumbling? Today, the gas tax can get the job done.
Some in the legislature aren't in favor of a gas tax increase. Fine.
However, in the same poll, more than 50 percent of voters said roads have gotten worse over the last five years. Given current funding levels, it is a safe bet road conditions will deteriorate notably over the next five years.
If they reject the current proposal, the legislature needs to come up with an alternative plan to fund essential transportation investment or explain why the more than 200 state highway rehabilitation projects won't happen anytime soon.
So, the obvious question everyone has for the legislature is: What's YOUR plan?


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The Time Ranger | WW2 & The 'Principal' of the Thing
John Boston
Time Ranger
We've got such an epic trail ride through SCV history ahead, I think perhaps we should pack a lunch. Well. Maybe more than one. There's tens of thousands of us riding together. Who knows. With the Internet? Maybe millions.
Perhaps it would be a whole lot easier just to kidnap some caterers. And some food.
C'mon. Bounce up into those saddles. Head due east where the time vortex entrance is and let us all mosey into the mystic.
WAY BACK WHEN & THEN SOME
COYOTE FOOD FOR A GAZILLION YEARS — This is so far back, that it deserves about 62 "Way-Ways" in front. Our common SCV bunny rabbit is one of the oldest mammals on the North American continent.
SPEAKING OF A LONG TIME ON THE JOB — At the time, it was one of the modern engineering wonders of the world. On July 14, 1876, construction was completed on one of the planet's longest tunnels. That would be the 6,940-foot long Newhall train tunnel, which is still in use today last I looked. Originally, we had 11 tunnels in the SCV. Correct me if my counting's off, I think we have three. The railroad was a big business boom to small town Newhall. There was a payroll of around 350 white workers and 500 Chinese at the start of construction. Newhall's first citizen, John Gifford, was the accountant for the project. Eventually, that payroll would grow to 1,500. It was extremely dangerous work. The ground was saturated with oil and water and it kept caving in and killing folks. Hauling out the muck was more difficult than boring through granite. A good day was 4 feet of progress. On July 14, 1876, a Chinese laborer in a rubber suit stuck his pick through a wall. What did he see? Another Chinese laborer. They shook hands and the first air was exchanged between the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys — underground. By the way. Working from both sides of the mountain, the tunnel was only off by a half-inch. How's that for old-time math?
THE MIGHTY ROOSTER & WE DON'T MEAN COGBURN — Rudolph Nickel established the Santa Clarita Valley's second — not first — newspaper on July 15, 1891. The Acton Rooster's first edition was published on this date and off and on over the centuries (2) it drifted in and out of business. Acton was a thriving community back in the late 19th century and had more people living there than in the rest of the SCV combined. And then some.
THE LOST NEWSPAPER — I mentioned the old Acton Rooster. It was founded by Acton community leader Rudolph Nickel. The first newspaper in the valley was created by a fellow named Billy Carlson, a bookkeeper for the Coast Oil Co . Carlson published his paper weekly in Newhall, one sheet of big paper printed on both sides, each copy written in longhand. His circulation? Ten copies. (Folks sort of read it and passed it to the next…) Thank goodness for Billy he wasn't The New York Times. He must not have had a grueling regular job. Carlson would venture into the farming business, buying 50 goats. After several months, Bill was wondering why his herd was not being fruitful and multiplying. Turned out Billy had inadvertently bought ALL Billie goats. Carlson would later become a millionaire, making a fortune in real estate and then promptly losing it. The name of the paper? I've asked a lot of old-timers. No one can remember the name and no one has a copy.
LIGHT THIEF — June had been a pretty busy month at the local courthouse. Judge John Powell collected a record $360 in fines. One fellow was tagged with a $30 penalty for stealing a red lantern from a public highway. That'd be the Ridge Route. Considering how dangerous that old road was, it was a pretty serious offense. Pretty serious fine, too. Thirty bucks was about 5% of the cost of a new house in Saugus.
HELLO, GUV — William D. Stephens stopped off for breakfast at the Russell Cafe in Newhall. That is of big note because Bill was the governor of California. He gave a short speech to some local mucky-mucks, including Gladys Laney's poppa, A.G. Thibaudeau. This one will get Signal Editor Tim Whyte rolling his eyes. The Signal misspelled our own Gov. Stephens' name as "Stevens." Hate to see what Editor Blanche Brown would have done with "Schwarzenegger…"
NOT A GREAT DAY FOR DAVE — Cars and horses sometimes didn't mix so well back in the early 1920s. Poor Dave Smith's horse spooked and bolted and he was dragged in front of a speeding car in Saugus and killed.
CAN YOU IMAGINE? A CALIFORNIA ROADTRIP IN 1922? — Mr. and Mrs. R. Henry got into their new Chevrolet "automobile car" and went on an epic adventure of 1,000 miles, touring central California. They went through Santa Barbara, then headed north and then east to Yosemite. On the way home through the San Joaquin's old road (Highway 99 or 5 weren't invented then), Mrs. Henry noted that it was very warm (no car air conditioners then, either!). "Going at an even speed of 25 miles an hour which is easily kept because of the level country, we had no car trouble," Mrs. Henry noted in her travel diary. "But frequently some car that had gone tearing past us would afterwards be seen beside the road and its driver out in the broiling sun doing repair work."
FINANCES, LIKE YOUR UNCLE, ARE RELATIVE — On July 8, 1932, a house up Mint Canyon way burnt completely to the ground. The owner estimated the loss at $100. That's not a typo. In today's market, 100 bucks wouldn't buy you the front doorknob…
NOW THAT'S HOW YOU WRITE UP A HOMICIDE — This one little news story from The Signal 90 years ago is so amazingly too-too, I'm just going to let you folks read it in its entirety: "Out in Saugus, they do things a bit differently. One J.F. White tried to collect a bill. Being unsuccessful, Mr. White put four bullets into the non-payer. Then, he took a rifle, and, with a revolver, barricaded himself into his own house. After an officer entered the argument with another gun, White was killed. Other than that, a general good time was had by all."
GOIN' POSTAL — Condit Haskell was living proof of the "Busman's Holiday." Mr. Haskell just returned from the Rural Letter Carriers' Convention in Riverside. I'll let you think about that one for a bit…
YOU SAY 'PO-TAY-TO,' I SAY PO-TAW-TO' — We had an average potato crop this year — about 10,000 tons grown on about 680 acres by the usual eight local farmers. Because of the war, the farmers switched to a new cotton sack instead of the old jute, which was being commandeered for World War II. 'Taters went for about $280 a ton back then. Oh. If you'd like to compare this year's SCV potato crop to the 1942 one, it's quite a difference. In 2022, we grew zilch/nada potatoes.
SORRY ABOUT THE LIFE-CHANGING MINOR MISUNDERSTANDING — I heard a great tale the other day about a local school principal who was drafted for the war in early 1942. Because he was a school head, the Army gave him until the end of the school year before he had to show up for induction. So, the guy gives notice. The school hires a new principal for 1942-43. The old principal also resigns his post as head of Kiwanis, scoutmaster of the local Boy Scout troop, and a few addenda other community positions. He shows up for his physical, bringing along an extra pair of his special shoes. Seems the administrator had one foot two sizes larger than the other. Instead of simply giving the guy one size 12 and one size 10, the medic noted that "the Army doesn't issue two pairs of shoes to anybody, for any reason" and stamped the local educator 4-F — physically unfit for service. The poor guy complained vehemently. Not only did he want to serve his country, but he had to go back to Newhall after they had given him all these tearful farewell parties. There was also the fact he didn't have a job…
FRED vs. THE WITNESSES — Signal Editor Fred Trueblood continued his war against the Jehovah's Witnesses. Trueblood had been instrumental in fanning local resentment against the group. They had come up to Newhall to protest America's entrance into World War II shortly after Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941. After a front-page Signal editorial urging they be driven from the community, the protesters were set upon by local cowboys. Some were beaten up a few weeks earlier. In a front-page editorial 60 years back, Trueblood called them "Jehovah's Termites" and went after L.A. District Attorney John Dockweiler for making sure they could legally protest in Newhall. "Newhall was one of the few towns that patriotically resented the invasion of religious termites peddling disloyalty and sedition on the streets. Newhall was one of the few communities with the guts to drive them out," wrote Trueblood. This latest editorial was written after the Witnesses appeared in Newhall to protest the war again, along with "spotters" from the ACLU.
IT'S A GAS — Most of you yuppie commuters would have exploded from frustration if you had to drive in 1942. There was a new, federal speed limit law enforced on Highway 99. It was illegal to go over 40 mph. The purpose was to save fuel for the war effort.
TODAY, COULD THE SCV USHER IN A HUGE DIP IN OIL PRICES? — Pop Morgan was an old-time oilman out here. Pop swore that despite all the zillions of gallons of oil pumped out of the Santa Clarita, the riggers had missed, "…the mother of all oil fields." Pop thought that the valley sat upon a great oil lake that had never been tapped.
DEAR POOR SOUL FERNANDO — One of the most horrendous farming accidents ever occurred on this date. Tractor operator Fernando Diaz was harvesting hay when his 9-year-old daughter came running out to greet him. She was decapitated by the 7-foot-long sickle on the tractor, right in front of her horrified father. He wrapped his daughter's body and her head in a blanket and rushed to the old Newhall Community Hospital and waited hopelessly for a miracle that would never arrive.
JUST WHAT THE SCV NEEDS, 2,000 SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS — The Navy was busy, secretly building an über air raid siren up Pico Canyon. The siren sat on a pole about 100 feet high. When kicked in, the warning system was touted as being "…louder than 2,000 symphony orchestras."
THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE, DENNIS — Pfc. Dennis Williams was given the Purple Heart on this date. He was wounded in Korea.
MIKE. JOSE. WHATEVER IT TAKES. — On this date, Café Jose started staying open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Castaic truck stop was a favored eating spot for decades. When it was later sold, the family wanted to change the name, but didn't want to spend all the money to completely change their neon sign. So, they kept the four letters and changed, "JOSE" to "MIKE," after their small son. Mike became an instructor at College of the Canyons and his parents bought the old Paradise Ranch. By the way. GREAT grub at Café Mike today…
AH. THE FEMALE FORM. — On this date, merry pranksters broke into the Cablevision headquarters and taped two, stark-raving nude Playboy magazine centerfolds over the community service calendar. The slave camera showed the bare-naked ladies for a full day before anyone called in to complain. Sunday morning, a Cablevision employee happened to turn on his set and spotted the nudie cuties where the local temperature and humidity report was supposed to be.
BUT NOT THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE — Walter Coblenz just got back into town after a nationwide publicity tour. The Canyon Country man was just touting his new movie, "The Candidate." It was about a Democratic gubernatorial hopeful. Some young actor pup named Bob Redford played the lead.
THAT DARN BILL — On this date, Bill White was arrested — again. White was serving time at Wayside Honor Rancho when he attacked and bit two guards. How it pains us to say this, but it was a different Bill White than the former Canyon High principal and local sight-challenged college basketball official.
WE DECLARE THIS HIGHWAY 14 OPEN — (But give us a couple of seconds to get off the road!) On July 19, 1972, the 5-mile stretch of Highway 14, linking Newhall to Sand Canyon, held its grand opening. Mucky mucks real and imagined were there for the ceremonies. I remember sitting on a metal chair at the ribbon-cutting, in the third lane. It's the last time I sat in the middle of the 14 or, for that matter, care to.
SPARE THE ROD. SPOIL THE DEMON. — Here's a Signal headline you don't see every day in your Mighty Hometown Newspaper: "MOTHER EXORCISES SATANIC DAUGHTER." Seems Mary Pedraza was arrested for beating her 20-year-old daughter senseless. Mrs. Pedraza told deputies: "I tried to beat the devil out of her. Satan had taken her and I had to do something." The daughter was taken to Henry Mayo to treat her injuries. The mother was taken to Olive View psychiatric to treat hers.
DICEY JUXTAPOSITIONING — Ironically, on the front page, right next to the "Satan's Daughter" story, was a feature entitled: "Battered Wives Forum in Spanish." It noted an unattributed statistic that half of all married women in California will be assaulted by their husbands some time in their marriage.
WOO-HOO! — It was as if Magic Mountain had designed Interstate 5. Seems a large bump appeared in the middle of the new I-5, about a mile south of Templin Highway. Shifting ground caused this small mound to emerge and motorists rolling downhill at 70 mph-plus would hit and sometimes go airborne.
LOCAL 1,000-POUND CELEB — One of the big movies of 1982 was "The Black Stallion." The title role was played by three different horses, including Corky Randall's Diamond Night. Gossip columnist Ruth Newhall noted of the local horse: "With Diamond Night, they had to be careful with the camera angles; he's a gelding." The old cowboy Corky ended up giving — as a gift — Diamond Night to my dear pal and riding buddy, Kristy Parks. A few times, I was lucky enough to ride that amazing horse. Smiling just thinking about it…
I don't know to whom I should apply. But it would seem more fitting that we should have some sort of Zorro/Batman cave, hidden by shrubbery and a mighty waterfall to duck under whilst heading back to 2022 instead of this spinning lights vortex gateway. Just seems less science-fictiony and more of a proper entrance and not so much a cheesy Jaycee carney production. If any of you dear saddlepals know of a proper bureaucrat to whom we should apply, holler. See all y'all in seven. Until then — vayan con Dios, amigos!
John Boston's brand-new book — "The 37 World's Most Terribly Inappropriate Dog Breeds" is nearly out. Funniest dog book ever written. Check for status updates at johnbostonbooks.com.
Historical Society changes name of Heritage Junction
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Does Tigers Laura have the L Factor?
Leicester Tigers legend George Chuter and county cricket hero Paul Nixon will host a charity music event starring amateur singers from across the county.
The L Factor is a live tribute show based on ITV's X Factor and aims to raise money for The Lord's Taverners and Warning Zone.
The event on March 27 will see singers from local businesses and the wider community perform at the O2 Academy in Leicester, including Tigers corporate sales executive Laura Partridge.
Laura says: "It is a privilege to be part of this year's L Factor which is raising money for two brilliant Leicester charities.
"The team behind the scenes have been amazing and have worked really hard to pull the event together and I can guarantee it will be a great night."
Their performances will be critiqued by a panel of judges before the winner is determined by a live audience vote.
Chuter and former England and Leicestershire cricketer compered last year's event and return for a second time.
The team behind the L Factor have put together a video to promote the event, which includes footage filmed at Welford Road. Click here to watch the film
Visit www.lfactorleicester.co.uk/ for more information including ticket details.


DENVER — The 2015 preseason ended for the Denver Broncos with a 22-20 loss to the Arizona Cardinals at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Thursday night. Now, everything counts.
First up for the Broncos: The Baltimore Ravens at Sports Authority on Sept. 13. But before that, the team has to cut 22 players by Saturday afternoon.
Peyton Manning didn't play in the preseason finale, but backup Brock Osweiller threw a 78-yard touchdown pass to Bubba Caldwell on the first play of the game. Osweiler completed 7 of 12 passes for 108 yards and a touchdown.
The Broncos defense had some shining moments. First-round draft choice Shane Ray got a sack when he stripped the ball for a turnover.
The Broncos had three sacks and finished with 19 in the preseason.
The Broncos led 13-10 at halftime but trailed 16-13 after three quarters. Third-string quarterback Trevor Simien threw a touchdown pass to Bennie Fowler to give the Broncos the lead.
But the Cardinals' Logan Thomas hooked up with J.J. Nelson on a 59-yard touchdown for the winning points.
Broncos kicker Brandon McManus missed a 46-yard field-goal attempt at the end of the game as Arizona held on to win.


LOCKPORT -- Romel L. Brundidge, 23, of Buffalo Avenue, Niagara Falls, pleaded not guilty to a four-felony drug indictment Monday in Niagara County Court.
Brundidge is charged with two counts each of third-degree sale and possession of a controlled substance. He allegedly sold cocaine to a paid police informant in Niagara Falls twice in January 2008.
In another drug case Monday, Javonie E. McKinney, 36, of Brockport, admitted to a reduced charge of attempted fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and was scheduled for sentencing Dec. 7 by Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.
McKinney was pulled over April 23 in the Town of Lockport for driving with an obstructed view, and 0.17 ounces of cocaine was found in his pocket.
Buffalo police made two narcotics arrests Sunday night on different sides of the city.
At about 9:15 p.m., a pedestrian flagged down Northwest District officers on the first block of Hinman Avenue to report someone attempting to break into the basement of a nearby home.
At the residence, officers searched the basement and reported finding a bag filled with cocaine. They also said they found marijuana.
Officers arrested Mitchell Lanthier, 18, the occupant, on charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of marijuana.
At about 11:30 p.m., South District officers said they noticed an apparently questionable transaction on the 400 block of South Park Avenue.
When they approached, a man fled, police said. After a short chase, Carl Jackson Jr., 21, of Alabama Street, was arrested on charges of possessing nine bags of crack cocaine.
LOCKPORT -- A Niagara Falls man was sentenced Monday to 1 1/3 to four years in state prison for beating his ex-girlfriend with a hammer and a knife Feb. 16.
Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III imposed the sentence on Eric B. Willis, 34, of Eighth Street, who had pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of attempted second-degree assault.
Assistant District Attorney Susan B. Bjornholm said the photos of the woman taken after the attack showed the results of what she called "a horrific crime." The victim's face was severely cut and there were bruises all over her torso and legs.


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Q: How to remove connection pool warning in Hibernate 6 (not intended for production use)? I am getting the following warning!
WARN: HHH10001002: Using built-in connection pool (not intended for production use)

My persistence.xml is as follows:
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I have setup the  hibernate.connection.pool_size to 100. However the warning still remains the same!
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How can I fix this and work with production?

A: You need to set up one of the ConnectionProviders that is intended for production use. There are instructions in the User Guide.
https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/6.2/userguide/html_single/Hibernate_User_Guide.html#database-connectionprovider

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HomeSPD News BREAKING NEWSMetro Links Suspects in 3 Weekend Robberies
Metro Links Suspects in 3 Weekend Robberies
August 22, 2016 by Eunicia Baker Leave a Comment
SAVANNAH, GA (August 22, 2016): Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police ask the public's help in the search for suspects linked to at last three armed robberies in the downtown area on Aug. 21 and 22.
The first incident was reported on Sunday, Aug. 21 in Whitfield Square on Habersham Street between East Gordon and East Taylor streets. Just after 11 p.m., the adult male victim was in the square playing Pokémon Go, when he was approached by at least three male suspects who held the victim at gunpoint and stole his possessions before fleeing.
Also, on Aug. 21, at about 11:30 p.m. Metro responded to a reported carjacking at Drayton and East Charlton Street. A male and female victim, both adults, were entering a parked vehicle when at least two armed males approached them, demanding their belongings. The suspects fled in the victim's vehicle. The vehicle was discovered moments later behind the Kayton Homes Gym.
The third incident occurred at about 3:15 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 22, at a residence on the 500 block of East Park Avenue. An adult male standing outside of the residence was approached by three male suspects and robbed at gunpoint. The suspects then forced the victim into the residence, which was occupied by three other adults in their 20s. They also were held at gunpoint and robbed. One suspect fondled a female victim before exiting.
The suspects are reportedly black males, including one described as standing about 6 feet tall, heavy set and wearing a face covering during the incidents. They suspects were last seen in a black vehicle.
This investigation continues. Persons who share knowledge of these incidents with SCMPD that result in an arrest and conviction are eligible for a monetary reward of $10,000.
Information may be relayed to investigators by calling the SCMPD tip line at (912) 525-3124.
Information may also be forwarded to CrimeStoppers at (912) 234-2020. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.
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Max E. Sherman's many friends and fellow sailors donated this unique antique scale to the Yacht Club in 1995 to be awarded to a member or members exhibiting outstanding service, dedication, and loyalty to Lake Geneva Yacht Club. Soon after Max Sherman's death, David and Kathy Williams found a scale (made by W & T Avery Ltd. In Birmingham, England) in a nautical antique store in Connecticut and recognized its appropriateness as a trophy to honor Max, whose contributions to the Yacht Club were numerous and varied. An attorney, he was a trustee in 1985 and later was affectionately called the "forever treasurer," a position he held from 1986 until his death in 1995. He also served on the Budget and Finance Committee. Max Sherman won the Marie Kramp Award in 1989 for his service to the Yacht Club.
1995 Max and Renee Sherman
1996 Cheryl Mick
1997 Ted Brennan
1998 Not awarded
2000 Suzi Reese
2001 Mary Jane Schalk
2003 Robert G. Winter
2005 Scott Yager
2006 Kristin Gannon
2007 The Porter Family
2008 Don Holst
2009 Bob Pegel
2010 Jim Smith and John Zils
2011 Kathy DeCarlo
2013 The Members of the Board of Directors
2014 John Zils
2015 John D. Simms Jr.
2016 F. Terrence Blanchard
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To D or Not to D
/ Articles, Plant Based Nutrition / By Brenda Davis
Vitamin D has become the new superstar of the vitamin world. It was not so long ago that vitamin D was associated only with bone health and the prevention of rickets and osteoporosis. Over the past decade, the evidence that vitamin D plays a far greater role in health, has escalated. Research suggests that vitamin D may protect against numerous forms of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and gum disease.
Vitamin D is unique relative to all other vitamins. It is a hormone which has receptors in cells throughout the body. We are just beginning to understand the critical roles this special nutrient plays in health and disease. It impacts body cells, bones, muscles, and other hormones, and it affects the nervous system and immune system. Vitamin D can be made by exposure to warm sunshine or other sources of UV light (UV lamps). Unfortunately, for many people, exposure to sunlight has dwindled to such an extent that our vitamin D production has been seriously compromised. For people who have limited sun exposure, fortified foods and fish are the primary sources of vitamin D. In North America, cow's milk and margarine have served as our primary vehicles for vitamin D fortification. Vegan dietary sources of vitamin D include fortified foods such as non-dairy beverages, breakfast cereals, bars and smoothie infusions, and mushrooms exposed to UV light. Unfortunately, food intakes are seldom sufficient to meet recommended intakes. In 2011, a report of EPIC-Oxford showed that vegans had lower vitamin D status than other dietary categories, although they were not deficient. The Adventist Health Study did not find a difference in vitamin D status in those with different dietary patterns.
So what is a vegan to do? Is a vitamin D supplement required? If so, is vitamin D2 a reliable source?
The first step in determining vitamin D needs is to ask yourself if you get sufficient sunshine. If you live in Los Angeles or Atlanta (around 33-35 degrees north), your vitamin D production may be inadequate from late November through early February. If you live in New York City or Boulder (around 40 degrees north), the "vitamin D winter" (period when you can't make enough vitamin D from sunshine) extends from early November until early March. Going further north to Edmonton Canada (53 degrees north), it is likely that you are "D-fecient" from October to mid or late March. While it is true that you store vitamin D with adequate sun exposure in the summer months, there is little guarantee that it will carry you through an entire winter. Of course there are concerns about getting too much sun – wrinkles, age spots and even skin cancer. Sun exposure is a bit of a balancing act.
Most light-skinned people can make enough vitamin D with 15 minutes of warm sunshine to the face and arms or an equivalent surface area of skin each day. For people with darker skin, the time required increases to a half hour, or more. As people age, vitamin D production wanes, and by 70 years, our ability to produce vitamin D is only about 30% of what it was as a young adult. Other factors that negatively affect vitamin D production from sunshine include sunscreen, clothing coverage, overweight and air pollution.
People with limited exposure to warm summer sun are well advised to include a good source of vitamin D in their diet. For vegans, this could come from two places: dietary supplements and fortified foods.
There are two types of vitamin D commonly found in fortified foods and supplements: vitamin D2 and vitamin D3. Vitamin D2 is the form of the vitamin that is derived from plants, while vitamin D3 is derived from animal sources or lichen. It appears that taken at nutritional doses (up to 100 mcg (4000 IU) ) vitamins D2 and D3 are essentially equivalent. However, vitamin D2 is much less effective when used in extremely large boluses (e.g. 1250 mcg (50,000 IU)). Lichen-derived vitamin D3 is now widely available, so vegans can opt for this form of the vitamin if they prefer.
The recommended intake or Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) for vitamin D is 10 mcg (400 IU) for infants 0-12 months, 15 mcg (600 IU) for children and adults up to age 70 years, and 20 mcg (800 IU) for adults over 70 years. Many experts now think that these recommendations are insufficient, and suggest daily intakes of 25-50 mcg (1000-2000 IU) to minimize the risk of vitamin D-related disorders. Vitamin D can be toxic when taken in very large doses. The upper limit (UL) for vitamin D is 50 mcg (2000 IU), although many experts suggest that up to 250 mcg (10,000 IU) is safe for adults.
It makes good sense for vegans to aim for 25-50 mcg (1000-2000 IU) per day during the months that they do not get sufficient sun exposure. Some individuals may require more to achieve recommended vitamin D levels. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) considers 50 nmol/L adequate for health; some experts suggest 75 nmol/L as optimal. The NIH advises against levels above 125 nmol/L.
Few multivitamins contain sufficient vitamin D, however for those eating significant amounts in fortified foods, a multivitamin may provide enought to meet the RDA. Otherwise a single nutrient Vitamin D supplement can be used.
Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine. Dietary Reference Intakes (for macronutrients, minerals, vitamins) Available online at: http://www.nap.edu/topics.php?topic=380.
National Institutes of Health. Office of Dietary Supplements. Vitamin D Fact Sheet for Health Professionals. Available online at: http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminD-HealthProfessional
Chan J, Jaceldo-Siegl K, Fraser GE. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status of vegetarians, partial vegetarians, and nonvegetarians: the Adventist Health Study-2. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009;89(5):1686S-1692S.
Crowe FL et al. Plasma concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in meat eaters, fish eaters, vegetarians and vegans: results from the EPIC-Oxford study. Public Health Nutr. 2011;14(2)340-346
Biancuzzo RM, et al. Fortification of orange juice with vitamin D(2) or vitamin D(3) is as effective as an oral supplement in maintaining vitamin D status in adults. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Jun;91(6):1621-6
Glendenning P, et al. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in vitamin D-insufficient hip fracture patients after supplementation with ergocalciferol and cholecalciferol. Bone. 2009;45(5):870-5
Wacker M, Holick MF. Sunlight and Vitamin D: A global perspective for health. Dermatoendocrinol. 2013;5(1):51-108.
This is an updated version of an article written by Brenda Davis, R.D. and printed in Vegetarian Voice, a publication of the North American Vegetarian Society. Visit their website at http://navs-online.org/


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Born in Cremona in 1960. Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan. Since November 2016, he has headed the Snam's Commercial, Regulation and Development Business Unit Commerciale. He began his carrier at Snam Group in 1987. Between 2000 and 2001, he was responsible from coordinating Snam's foreign subsidiaries, owners of the transport infrastructure required for importing natural gas into Italy. During this period, he served as CEO of TMPC Ltd. and was a member of the board of directors of TAG GmbH, TENP GmbH, TTPC Ltd. and Transitgas SA. Until 2002, he was also a member of the Board of Directors of TIGAZ, one of the main gas distribution companies in Hungary. From 2001 to 2010, he was appointed Director responsible for network development investment planning activities at Snam Rete Gas, as well as being responsible for managing transport contracts and relations with the Italian Authority for Electricity and Gas. From 2009 to 2012, he was part of the Board of ENTSOG (European association of gas transport companies). Until 2008, he was also a member of the board of directors of GNL Italia, the company that manages the LNG regassification plant located in Panigaglia (La Spezia). From 2010 to 2014, he was CEO of Italgas. From 2014 to 2016, he was CEO of Snam Rete Gas and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Tag GmbH. He is also currently a member of the Board of Directors of Snam Rete Gas S.p.A.


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Stefanie Kriege, apprentice from Heidelberg, named Germany's best print media technologist
By Renae R. Scott On Oct 29, 2021
Apprentice Stefanie Kriege has been voted Germany's best print media technologist. "I am really delighted to receive this award – it is overwhelming. I am really happy to be staying in Heidelberg after completing my training and I am excited about all the work I will be doing as a customer advisor in the company demonstration center.
Six apprentices from Heidelberg obtain top marks in their professions from the Rhine-Neckar Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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Rhine-Neckar Chamber of Commerce and Industry launches radio and social media campaign
A total of six apprentices from Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) ranked first with their final results from the Rhine-Neckar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK Rhein-Neckar). Among them was Stefanie Kriege, who achieved sensational results, scoring better in her final exams than any other regional laureate from across the country and earned the title of "Germany's best print media technologist". . After completing her apprenticeship, Kriege now works at the company's Print Media Center as a customer advisor for digital technology and the Prinect workflow. In this role, she is able to make the most of the foreign language skills she acquired during the Japanese studies she undertook before moving to Heidelberg.
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Vocational training in Heidelberg embraces the digital revolution and responds to the changes sweeping the professions. This forward-looking approach through training and qualification was recently recognized in a study by STERN magazine entitled "German companies of the future" (Deutschlands Unternehmen mit Zukunft). It is these high performing young people who are the future of the company.
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Some of Ian Muskal's happiest childhood memories involve being six years old, sitting in his New Jersey living room, and watching his brother, Mike, play rounds of Super Mario Bros. or Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! on the NES. Sometimes Muskal's older brother would even boot up an old ColecoVision or Atari game for some simple thrills.
What Muskal didn't know at the time, was that the following year, he'd be separated from his brother when his parents divorced. While Mike would stay in New Jersey with their father, Muskal and his sister would move across the bay to Delaware with their mother.
It was the late '90s, and with cell phones not yet in everyone's pocket, and long distance calls taboo, Muskal feared losing contact with his brother.
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The Cub
Fight erupts after boys semi-finals victory
Samantha Godding and Siearra Papuga, Editor-In-Chief and Feature Editorial
The Ludlow boys' soccer team took a 1-0 victory at Westfield State University on Tues. Nov. 15 against Worcester North in the state semi-final soccer game. However, the victory was marred by a fight that broke out between players and fans after the referees ended the game early.
"It was unfortunate the way the game ended. [It] takes a little away from the boys' accomplishment of making it to the State finals again," said Athletic Director Tim Brillo.
Throughout the entire game there was a lot of physical contact and "cheap shots" by the Worcester North players, according to many soccer players and fans.
"The game was aggressive from the beginning," said Principal Lisa Nemeth, who added that it was the Worcester North players who initiated the fight. "I was hoping none of LHS' soccer players would get hurt by the other team."
Junior Kyle Tomas scored a goal with 12:00 minutes left in the second half and it was after that when Worcester North players intensified the cheap shots to the Ludlow player's heads, hands, legs, and genitals, according to witnesses and what can be seen on the video.
"After the goal was scored, we knew we were going to win," said senior right back Greg Santos. "The tension on the field could be felt and we knew at the end of the game that something was going to happen."
According to senior forward Brandon McCarthy, Ludlow junior Tyler Quiterio was kicked by a Worcester North player continuously, and senior goalie Nick Zucco ended up on the ground with the ball in his hands. This is when the game had escalated to the breaking point. The referees felt unsafe and called the game with about two minutes remaining. However, Worcester North's Yashin Ahmed (#9) did not like the referee's decision to end the game early and reacted by hitting the referee.
As Ludlow players rushed the bench to celebrate, others including Zucco, Santos, senior right-mid Mario Nascimento and senior center-mid Shaun Mello were stuck in a fight with Worcester North players.
As soon as the whistle was blown, Nascimento said that the game turned to instant chaos and he had to "turn [his] head at all times."
"At one point their fans surrounded me," said Santos, "Then I heard someone yell 'knife' and I had to defend myself."
Once the fight dispersed, referees, coaches and the athletic directors were left to determine the consequences for players' actions.
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As of now, Zucco's and Santos' red cards were downgraded to yellow cards and no suspensions have been made.
"We got into their heads early in the game. We knew if we did they would fall apart and that's what happened," said Tomas. "Even though they were hitting us the whole game we didn't lose our tempers and in the end we had more heart then they did."
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Federal Judge Rules Against DOJ, Orders California "Assault Weapon" Due Process Lawsuit to Go Forward
Thursday, June 27, 2019 Posted by Firearms Policy Coalition
SACRAMENTO, CA (June 27, 2019) — Today, plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit announced that Judge Morrison C. England, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of California, denied the defendants' motion to dismiss the plaintiffs' claims in Sharp, et al. v. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, et al., a case about people who were denied the ability to register their firearms, putting them in legal jeopardy, because of what was alleged as "systemic" problems within California DOJ, not the least of which was the DOJ's non-functioning website that was plagued with problems, preventing many law-abiding gun owners from complying with the registration requirement. A copy of the court filing can be accessed at https://www.firearmspolicy.org/sharp.
"We are pleased that the judge recognized that our clients, and potentially many others, have a claim based on the DOJ's systemic failures," said lead counsel, George M. Lee. "We look forward to proving that the DOJ's administrators were deliberately indifferent to the plight of law-abiding gun owners who were simply trying to comply with the law."
"There is a certain bureaucratic cruelty to this Catch-22 scheme that required ordinary citizens to comply with the law, but deprived them of the opportunity to do so," Lee explained. "We will show that the DOJ's indifference to this dilemma amounted to a deprivation of due process to fundamental liberty interests of gun owners."
"This unjust California government-created problem must be stopped immediately," said Second Amendment Foundation Founder and Executive Vice President, Alan Gottlieb. "Gun owners should not be put at risk due to state regulatory incompetence."
As part of ongoing discovery, the plaintiffs received a document that shows one high-ranking DOJ official saying in response to a suggestion that the system's failures might result in a lawsuit, "Not going to please everyone. 😉".
"Judge England's ruling supports our theory that the DOJ's many failures may indeed be violations of the right to due process under the Constitution," commented FPC President Brandon Combs. "In fact, the facts may also support an inference of 'deliberate indifference' on the part of the DOJ. We look forward to the opportunity to show that the California DOJ not only fails miserably in doing their job, but actually acts against law-abiding California gun owners, possibly even out of animus."
Attorney George M. Lee's case update on Sharp v. Becerra can be viewed at https://www.firearmspolicy.org/sharp-update.
People who encountered similar issues should contact attorney George M. Lee of Seiler Epstein LLP or the FPC/FPF Legal Action Hotline at https://www.firearmspolicy.org/hotline or (855) 252-4510.
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Q: Speed up insert table in database using PostgreSQL I am using python for coding and psql for save my data.
My problem is that when I write into database it takes about 2-3 minutes.
Size of the data is about 1,200,000 (lines) and 3 columns.
Insertion function:
def store_data(cur,table_name,data):
    cur.executemany(
    "INSERT INTO"+" "+table_name+" "+"(name, date,id) VALUES (%s, %s, %s)",
    [(data[i][0], data[i][1], data[i][2]) for i in xrange(0,len(data))]
    )

    cur.connection.commit()

How to speed-up function?

A: Use the COPY command. Postgres Documentation. Also check out the psycopg documentation on COPY.
Some numbers: Separate INSERT for 3 million rows: 3 hours. Using COPY: 7 seconds.

A: There is a detailed chapter in the excellent PostgreSQL Docs about "Populating a Database"
In addition to use COPY as W.Mann suggests you can do more if you have further performance requirements:

*

*Remove Indexes temporary

*Remove Foreign Key and Check Constraints temporary

*Increase maintenance_work_mem

*Increase max_wal_size

*Disable WAL Archival and Streaming Replication

*Run ANALYZE Afterwards

If you use pg_restore you can try to use the -j option on a multi processor system to run multiple jobs parallel. And check out the other options given in the documentation linked above.

A: Looking at the documentation of executemany:
Warning
In its current implementation this method is not faster than
executing execute() in a loop. For better performance you can use
the functions described in Fast execution helpers.

At the same location a link can be found to: http://initd.org/psycopg/docs/extras.html#fast-exec they recommend:
 psycopg2.extras.execute_batch


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Q: Ansible yum module - exclude parameter not working properly I'm trying to install a list of packages excluding Nginx and Docker, as those requires a special treatment and are being installed in specific roles after that task.
An error is given when trying to install Nginx (which should be excluded).
To give more context over the proposed tests by @U880D I ran the following playbook:

- hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: false

  vars:

    PACKAGES: ['docker', 'nginx', 'java', 'curl']
    EXCLUDE: ['docker', 'nginx']

  tasks:

  - name: Update system with exclude
    yum:
      name: "{{ PACKAGES }}"
      state: latest
      exclude: "{{ EXCLUDE }}"
    register: result
    ignore_errors: true

  - name: Show result
    debug:
      msg: "{{ result }}"

The 'result' register gave the following output:
ok: [template-delivery] => {
    "msg": {
        "ansible_facts": {
            "discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/libexec/platform-python"
        },
        "changed": false,
        "failed": true,
        "failures": [
            "nginx All matches were filtered out by exclude filtering for argument: nginx"
        ],
        "msg": "Failed to install some of the specified packages",
        "rc": 1,
        "results": [],
        "warnings": [
            "Platform linux on host template-delivery is using the discovered Python interpreter at /usr/libexec/platform-python, but future installation of another Python interpreter could change the meaning of that path. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.13/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html for more information."
        ]
    }
}

It seems that it is trying to install nginx anyways...

Then I modify the 'EXCLUDE' variable to:
EXCLUDE: ['docker']

and run again the playbook, the 'result' register output is:
ok: [template-delivery] => {
    "msg": {
        "ansible_facts": {
            "discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/libexec/platform-python"
        },
        "changed": true,
        "failed": false,
        "msg": "",
        "rc": 0,
        "results": [
            "Installed: nginx-1:1.22.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64",
            "Installed: podman-docker-2:4.1.1-2.module+el8.6.0+20721+d8d917a9.noarch"
        ],
        "warnings": [
            "Platform linux on host template-delivery is using the discovered Python interpreter at /usr/libexec/platform-python, but future installation of another Python interpreter could change the meaning of that path. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.13/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html for more information."
        ]
    }
}

Conclussions:
The exclude parameter seems not to be working properly, as it is trying to install the packages anyway.
For some reason, Nginx package is giving an error, but if I remove nginx from EXCLUDE list it is installing all the packages.
A github issue was opened but the solution proposed (modifying the documentation) is not resolving my issue.
Is there something I'm misunderstanding about the 'exclude' parameter or does it looks like a bug?

A: exclude requires a string, not a list exclude: "{{ ', '.join(EXCLUDE) }}"

A: You are asking the module to do contradictory things. You have explicitly asked for nginx to be installed, and also explicitly asked for nginx to be excluded from the list of available packages. This is not a request that yum is able to fulfill, so you get an error.  If you do not want nginx to be installed, you should not ask for it to be installed.
There are multiple ways to structure this; you can split your package list into multiple variables that are then combined:
- hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    packages_yum:
    - java
    - curl
    packages_nonyum:
    - docker
    - nginx
    packages: "{{ packages_yum | union(packages_nonyum) }}"
  tasks:
  - name: Update system
    yum:
      name: "{{ packages_yum }}"
      state: latest

Or you can leave it as a list of packages and excluded packages, but filter the list that you pass to the module:
- hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    packages:
    - docker
    - nginx
    - java
    - curl
    excluded_packages:
    - docker
    - nginx
  tasks:
  - name: Update system
    yum:
      name: "{{ packages | difference(excluded_packages) }}"
      state: latest

etc.


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Q: GitHub: Not getting contribution points On GitHub I cloned friend's repository to my desktop and I actively work in it. I am able to use all of the standard GitHub functions with this repository. I don't have any issues committing, branching or pushing to his repository on GitHub.
The issue is that when I push to his repository GitHub says that I authored the changes with my commit message, but I don't get any contribution points on my profile.
When I first found this issue I followed these instructions to change my user name and email on my laptop to match my information of GitHub. Now instead of the repo saying it was authored by my name it says it was authored by my username. I ran the following commands in my terminal to make those changes.
git config --global user.name "YOUR NAME"
git config --global user.email "YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS"

Please note that his repo is private. I can confirm that my local copy of his repo is a clone and not my own fork. Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks,

A: After looking into this further I found that my "profile email," which is your profile facing email was correct, but under settings -> emails, my address associated with my account was incorrect. I fixed it, set the correct email as my default email and contacted GitHub support to get my contribution points that were missing.


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Background: Theories are important tools in the social and natural sciences. The methods by which they are derived are rarely described and discussed. Normalization Process Theory explains how new technologies, ways of acting, and ways of working become routinely embedded in everyday practice, and has applications in the study of implementation processes. This paper describes the process by which it was built. Methods: Between 1998 and 2008, we developed a theory. We derived a set of empirical generalizations from analysis of data collected in qualitative studies of healthcare work and organization. We developed an applied theoretical model through analysis of empirical generalizations. Finally, we built a formal theory through a process of extension and implication analysis of the applied theoretical model. Results: Each phase of theory development showed that the constructs of the theory did not conflict with each other, had explanatory power, and possessed sufficient robustness for formal testing. As the theory developed, its scope expanded from a set of observed regularities in data with procedural explanations, to an applied theoretical model, to a formal middle-range theory. Conclusion: Normalization Process Theory has been developed through procedures that were properly sceptical and critical, and which were opened to review at each stage of development. The theory has been shown to merit formal testing.
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Understanding the implementation of complex interventions in health care: the normalization process mode
May, Carl R; Finch, Tracy; Mair, Frances; Ballini, Luciana; Dowrick, Christopher; Eccles, Martin; Gask, Linda; MacFarlane, Anne E.; Murray, Elizabeth; Rapley, Tim; Rogers, Anne; Treweek, Shaun; Wallace, Paul; Anderson, George; Burns, Jo; Heaven, Ben (BioMed Central, 2007)
Background: The Normalization Process Model is a theoretical model that assists in explaining the processes by which complex interventions become routinely embedded in health care practice. It offers a framework for ...


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On a clifftop site near Watchet is a 9th-century earthwork castle built by Alfred the Great to protect against Viking raiders. Daws Castle was an important Saxon fortress with its own mint. Only traces of earthwork banks can be seen today but the coastal location is superb.
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A picture-perfect moated medieval castle begun by Sir John de la Mare in 1373. Four corner turrets punctuate rectangular walls topped with machicolations. Beseiged in the Civil War and slighted by Parliament.
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Heritage Highlight: An almost perfect example of a moated 14th century castle
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Stogursey Castle is a picturesque moated castle begun in the 12th century. The castle once hosted King John, but the king later besieged it. Stogursey was owned by two Tudor queens and withstood a brief siege during the Wars of the Roses.
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Hikes vary depending on which services a customer subscribes to. For those with basic cable TV service, the increase from $14 to $15.50 is about 11 percent. Those with standard cable service will pay $57.45 monthly, up from $52.50, or a little less than 10 percent.
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