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Ranadaprasad Shaha (also RP Shaha; 15 November 1896 – May 1971) was a Bangladeshi businessman and philanthropist. He founded educational institutes like Bharateswari Homes, Kumudini College and Debendra College. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he was picked up from home by the Pakistani army on 7 May 1971 and never returned.

Early life
Saha was born on 15 November 1896. Debendranath Podder, Saha's father, originated from Mirzapur in Tangail subdivision in Mymensingh District. Saha was born in his maternal uncle's house at Kachhur in Savar, near Dhaka. At the age of seven, he lost his mother, Kumudini Devi, who died of tetanus during childbirth. At the age of sixteen, he fled to Kolkata and initially worked as a day labourer, rickshaw-puller and hawker.

Career
Saha joined the Bengal Ambulance Corps and went to the World War I. He left Kolkata in 1915 for Mesopotamia. He earned a medal and citation from King George the Fifth for his distinctive performance.
As a reward for his services rendered to the wounded, he was commissioned in 1916 in the newly formed Bengal Regiment. He got a job in the Indian Railway department as a war veteran. He received "Sword of Honour" award for saving some British officers from a camp fire. After serving for about five years, Shaha retired from the army and served British Railway as a ticket collector until 1931.

In 1932, he started his coal business. He later acquired a dealership for coal business in Kolkata. In four years, he became a well-established coal businessman in Kolkata.
He diversified his business in different sectors including passenger launch, river transport, dockyard, food grain, and jute. He bought a ship named Bengal River. He was appointed one of the agents to buy food grains for the Government. He bought three powerhouses at Narayanganj, Mymensingh and Comilla and owned the George Anderson Company of Narayanganj that used to make jute bales.

Philanthropy
In 1938, Saha founded a charitable hospital at his native village Mirzapur on the river Lauhajang. On 27 July 1944 the hospital which had 20 beds was opened by Richard Casey, Baron Casey, the then Governor of Bengal. Saha named it Kumudini Hospital, after his mother Kumudini whose suffering from lack of medical care inspired him to establish a hospital for the poor, so that people, especially women, would not suffer the way his mother had. During the famine of 1943–1944, he maintained 275 gruel houses to feed the hungry for 8 months. As of 2010, the hospital has 750 beds and continues to serve the poor, providing them with free beds, meals and treatment and charging only nominally for surgical procedures. If the hospital was flooded, Ranadaprasad made the doctor's treat the patients on the top floors. He didn't care about death rates as many hospitals did and made sure no one was ever turned back. The Maternity Wing of the Dhaka Combined Military Hospital was established with his financial support.

To spread female education he founded in 1942 a fully residential school at Mirzapur and named it Bharateswari Bidyapith after Bharateswari Devi, his grandmother. In 1945, this institution was renamed to Bharateswari Homes. It has 1200 seats as of 2010 and is renowned for producing well-rounded, socially responsible students who have gone on to excel in their respective fields. Founded the Kumudini College at Tangail in 1943 and Debendra College at Manikganj District in 1944 to commemorate his mother and father respectively. He also set up the Mirzapur Pilot Boys' School, Mirzapur Pilot Girls' School, and Mirzapur Degree College.

In 1947, Saha placed all his companies in a trust by the name of Kumudini Welfare Trust (KWT), with the earnings from the income generating activities such as jute baling press and a river transportation business, being used to run the welfare activities.

The full extent of his philanthropic activities is not known even by his own family. In 1944, he donated BDT  to the Red Cross. His family often learns about them when they receive letters or calls from organizations informing them about some large donations he had made or some way in which he had helped them.

Death
In April 1971, during the Liberation War of Bangladesh, despite a good working relationship with the Pakistani authorities as well as all preceding and successive governments, Saha, with his 26-year-old son Bhavani Prasad Saha, was picked up by the Pakistani occupation army. They returned home after about a week, but were picked up again a day later on 7 May, after which they were never heard from again. Saha's daughter-in-law, Srimati Saha, was widowed at the age of 20, four years into her marriage. Her only child, son Rajiv, was three years old at the time. The death of Ranadaprasad Saha remained a mystery as his body was never found, and neither was his son's.

Awards and honours
In appreciation of his humanitarian work the British Government conferred on Saha the title of Rai Bahadur. In 1978, he was posthumously awarded the Independence day award by the Government of Bangladesh as a recognition of his social works.

References

External links
 Kumudini Welfare Trust of Bengal (BD) Limited website

1896 births
1971 deaths
People from Dhaka
Bengali Hindus
Bangladeshi Hindus
Bangladeshi philanthropists
People killed in the Bangladesh Liberation War
Rai Bahadurs
Recipients of the Independence Day Award
20th-century philanthropists


We used to be able to create multiple shapes from a single shapefile in 9.3.1 Now we have 10 and can't run our VB tools. Does anyone have a python script for this?
a separate shapefile for common attributes.
aString = aString + "\n"
outName = theFName + aSuffix + ".shp"
aVal = "'" + aVal + "'"
I am having the same issue. The script does not run as it is constantly giving me the ARCGISHOME type error.
It's a system variable in Windows. I believe you can substitute "AGSDESKTOPJAVA" for "ARCGISHOME" since AGSDESKTOPJAVA is installed with ArcGIS 10. I just changed the variable and it worked.
Dan Patterson, you got a new version anywhere?
variable is present and it points to the correct ArcGIS desktop folder.
I got rid of the whole toolbox checking thing since you really don't need it for either Python or ArcMap if you let ArcGIS install install itself and Python since it creates its own python installation path etcetera so both can find one another and hence the toolboxes. It just makes things cleaner. Once downside is that you have to save your toolboxes in older versions if you want them to be backwards compatable.
Thanks for posting, saw you were the original author and figured you had a newer one. I didn't need a copy, but I figured this thread should link to a new version if it was available. I'll probably go ahead an bookmark, never know when I might need it.


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Six months ago if you would have told me it was possible to use biking as a means of transportation for a family with six kids who live down a step hill and long "country" road, I would have laughed in your face. Probably in my not so Christian sarcastic manner asked you "What are you smoking?"
But if you told me that same thing today I would 100% agree because well we do it! Why you ask? Because one day I basically woke up and needed a change. I wanted to take up biking, and do triathlons with my friend but didn't know how to start or what to do with the kids. Then one day poking around on the internet I ran across a couple articles on biking families (mostly in Seattle area). I began researching bikes and realized, if I had a cargo bike, I could bike with all my kids by myself and what better way to get in shape for a triathlon then training while pulling a ton of weight.
So I researched cargo bikes until my eyes popped out and decided that Yuba Mundo was going to be the best one to start with. And boy was I ever right. I love it. It is so versatile and so safe with the kids, easy to maneuver, and can handle hills well. My favorite part about it is the redesigned NuVinci 360 hub for shifting. I don't have to think about changing gears or worry about losing a chain while I have the kids with me, you can even change gears while stopped. Its pretty much awesome.
Here is my Mundo with the twins on it. They absolutely love to go on the bike. When I only have one peanut seat on they fight for who gets to ride there and who has to go in the trailer!!
Here is the Mundo with the trailer attached and one peanut seat off. In this configuration I can literally take all 5 kids with Sam riding his bike by myself. It is slow and heavy but can be done!
I am also getting stronger which is good. The trailer was a bit difficult to figure out how to attach, I ended up asking my brother (the aerospace engineer) to get'er done and he sure did! I will have to take some close ups of it for another post.
We have picked the kids up from school with bikes and rode to and from gymnastics and then just varies other rides for fun and or weekend activities. We haven't attempted morning drop of to school yet, with cold/rainy weather and then the holidays it just wasn't the right time for a first attempt but we will in January. The commute to school is about 30 minutes and the commute home 45 minutes (home is all hill). Round trip is eleven miles.
Its really fun when Janice comes along for the ride, which is most the time! She is always up for taking a few pounds off my bike, here she pulled Serafina on the trail-a-bike, with AJ in the trailer! You go girl.
The boys ready to cruise.
Riding the Railroad Safety Trailer into SLO on Christmas eve. Matteo and Serafina got to ride their bikes along the safety trailer but then when we hit the streets of downtown we locked up their bikes and they had to get on ours until we headed back down the trail. So much fun and so great to see Matteo and Serafina get a chance to ride, they were loving it (ok Matteo loved it, Serafina not so much but she is getting better).
And sometimes after you do a 20 mile + ride with your BFF you have to stop for Milk shakes and fries and village grill, right?!?
So if you ever wanted to bike and thought you couldn't, maybe you should think again!!
Some more photos: click here.
Christmas at the Compound - a warm fuzzy day for all. In the middle of the night I was awoken to Serafina singing at the top of her lungs "Born is the king, rejoice in the day…" only then did I realize that it was 7:30 Christmas morning. Oh my goodness, I cannot remember ever sleeping in until 7:30 on a Christmas morning! I ran upstairs to get the bubble bread in the oven only to be greeted with the yummy aroma of bubble bread baking in the oven. Tracy was hard at work in the kitchen preparing the potatoes and veggies we would enjoy in our breakfast burritos later in the morning. I could hear Matt in the bedroom trying to keep the six excited Christmas urchins at bay until all were ready for the grand entrance to the "Christmas Room." Ahh….my Christmas blessing – the changing of the guard – Matt and Tracy have lovingly taken over the major chores and responsibilities of the Compound.
From there the day was a relaxed blur of squeals of delight, juggling, games, books, laughter, and yes, even a nap! Favorite memories – Matteo's delight when he finally "saw" the giant bear Santa brought him (a special request). The bear has been named "Giant" and is now being dragged everywhere Matteo goes. Sam's delight in his Bronco hat and pillowpet. Serafina wearing her lensless spectacles (yes, they are still on today). AJ quietly playing with a tiny car wrapped in his own world while a tornado of activity surrounds him. AND the twins – one can't even begin to explain the overflowing joy, love, and amazement one feels while watching those two toddle around actively exploring their world – our little miracles.
Christmas 2013, a year of enjoying the moment with the folks you are with, quiet – "secret Santa" gifts that no one will ever know who the benefactor was, and enjoying the joy life brings to us all!
For the first Christmas ever, as in ever ever, as in since Matt and I were married, as in since Matt and I had kids, I mean since we moved into the Compound, in case you don't understand, for the the first time ever it was just our "Little" Compound family for Christmas.
No out of town guests, no in town guests.
Just the eleven of us.
No schedule, no meals that had to be just right, nothing but us.
Don't get me wrong, I love all our extended family, but there was something great and simple about today.
Normally, we grown-ups are a little preoccupied with traditional breakfast, and/or dinner for a group of people. We are visiting with relatives and friends we might only see on Christmas so little things get overlooked.
But for today we asked the kids what was important to them: Bubble Bread. That was the one tradition that mattered. So we whipped up some Bubble Bread and called it a day.
We opened stockings, and presents and instead of worrying about the next meal or dishes, or what everyone else was doing, we played with the kids. We read books together, drew pictures, built model airplanes, and raced cars.
We watched Christmas movies and planned family getaways. The babies played and napped as they needed. And AJ had a great day, barely a fit.
I know the kids fell into bed tonight exhausted and happy. It has been a wild, crazy year around these parts but oh how blessed I feel to have my "little" family and to have had our quiet little Christmas this year!!
Getting it out on Christmas Eve still counts as "before Christmas", right?!
So, if you're willing to come along on a brief (2 pages, mostly pictures) tour of our 2013, click here.
We had a bitter sweet evening a few night backs. When we connected with Grace the boys Tummy Mommy, I never mentioned that her husband was in the air force. He was here in the states through out the pregnancy and delivery of our boys. He was able to see the babies as they were delivered, in other words being pulled out and whisked off to the NICU for ventilation. He can recall hearing David give a cry and Jonathan not making any noise but he was never allowed in the NICU to see, touch, or hold them. By the time Grace and I meet Brandon was stationed in Korea. Once again he couldn't come hold or meet the babies.
Five months from our first meeting Brandon, and with no time to spare as they are moving to another state after Christmas, got a chance to meet the boys. It was bitter sweet knowing that it would be the last time we would be able to see them face to face for awhile but was so so awesome to see the love and happiness and watch Grace and Brandon play with the boys that they helped give life.
The boys were a little cranky having being at their NICU follow up clinic earlier in the day but Brandon being amazing with babies was David's best friend by the end of the night.
This might be my favorite set of pictures.
Jonathan: "No Don't hold me"
David: "Brandon and me BFF's"
"Why are you still holding me"
"If I wave will you let me down"
"We're bro's and point together"
Here this baby likes to be held!!
Now that I got my way I will smile!
After dinner everyone played. Jonathan even got into the action.
These two became fast friend.
At the end of the evening we all went to lay them down for bed. I said good night to the boys and then Grace and Brandon said goodnight. This mama teared up as she watched Grace tuck them in and kiss them goodnight. It was almost to much. It made me think of a sign I saw earlier in the week"
"Your beautifully messy complicated story matters. Tell it!"
There is nothing that makes sense in this story of ours but it is beautifully and it is God's work at hand. It shows unconditional love, mercy and grace. We are so blessed to have Grace and Brandon in our lives and will be for ever great-full for the gift they gave our family.
Safe travels Grace and Brandon and we will can't wait to see you again. Hopefully sooner than later.
Who do you think are the two in Matt's trailer?
There's a Christmas tree in Nana and Papa's room. The area on the floor beneath and the first foot or two of ornaments are for kid play. You know, paper and crayons for coloring (AJ's fave), Cars cars to zoom around (Mater is the best!), wooden trains, some relatively indestructible airplane ornaments, etc. The other night a creche scene appeared. All set up. Turns out Matteo made it at school and had now found a proper place to set it up at home. Works for us!
...the kids' school/church Christmas programs are all done. And we had the last one last night for the older kids at Coastal Christian School. An investigative reporter, Blond - Jane Blond (yea, we get it!), digs deep enough to find out that Christmas is for real. It was cute, of course, 'cause the kids were so... kids. And God bless Leonard Lutz, the school's music guy.
It was a very big music day for the Regusci kids! They sang both services at church, then a sing-a-long piano recital at our house including some of their teacher's other students, and then back to church for an evening concert. Oh, and in between was a Pinocchio rehearsal. A very big day.
When it rains in California, the kids are a bit perplexed (followed soon by the hysterical joy of puddles) and everyone is wondering where all the umbrellas went.
I was warned back stage at last night's dress rehearsal at the Clark Center... "The sheep will be coming through here in just a minute - could be your only photo opp." What? I'm not ready; all I have is my ancient cell phone! My problems were not important. You gotta grabs 'em as ya can, so I did. And here they came. It was a woosh-by on their way to the dressing room; the sheep were done for the night.


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It's about 30,000 times as long as The Seventeenth hole of Pebble Beach.
In other words, 2,881.940 miles is 28,600 times the length of The Seventeenth hole of Pebble Beach, and the length of The Seventeenth hole of Pebble Beach is 0.0000350 times that amount.
(fully Pebble Beach Golf Links) (Pebble Beach; Monterey, California) (from Blue Tee)
The seventeenth hole on Pebble Beach Golf Links is a par 3 measuring 0.1010 miles from the blue tee. This hole was the site of professional golfer Jack Nicklaus' 1972 U.S. Open win, which included a 1-iron shot that bounced off the hole's flag and resulted in a birdie.
It's about 30,000 times as tall as Blackpool Tower.
In other words, 2,881.940 miles is 29,400 times the height of Blackpool Tower, and the height of Blackpool Tower is 0.0000340 times that amount.
(Blackpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom) (height to peak)
Blackpool Tower, part of an entertainment complex in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, measures 0.0982 miles to its peak. Under ideal conditions, visitors to the highest accessible point of the tower can see as far as the Isle of Man — 59.70 miles to the northwest.
It's about 30,000 times as tall as The Spring Temple Buddha.
In other words, 2,881.940 miles is 30,300 times the height of The Spring Temple Buddha, and the height of The Spring Temple Buddha is 0.0000330 times that amount.
(a.k.a. 中原大佛, a.k.a. 鲁山大佛, a.k.a. 魯山大佛) (Fodushan Scenic Area, Lushan County, Henan, China) (including base)
The tallest statue in the world, the Spring Temple Buddha in Henan, China stands at 0.0951 miles tall from its base. The Buddha is located in the 47,300,000-sq. m (11,700-acre) Fodushan Scenic Area near Mount Yao
It's about 35,000 times as tall as The Great Pyramid of Giza.
In other words, the height of The Great Pyramid of Giza is 0.0000280 times 2,881.940 miles.
(a.k.a. Pyramid of Khufu, a.k.a. Pyramid of Cheops) (Cairo, Egypt) (estimated original height)
The Great Pyramid of Giza has an estimated original height (without loss due to erosion) of 0.081 miles. The Pyramid was the tallest structure in the world for almost 4,000 years — from its construction ca. 2551 BCE until it was overtaken by the Lincoln Cathedral in Lincoln, England, built in the year 1300.
It's about 40,000 times as long as a Football field.
In other words, 2,881.940 miles is 42,268.50 times the length of a Football field, and the length of a Football field is 0.00002365830 times that amount.
(American) (total distance; per NFL regulation)
According to NFL specifications, an American football field should measure 0.0681818 miles from end to end. Because each team's goalpost is located at the far end of the scoring area (end zone), a ball on a scoring play may need to travel as many as 0.00568182 miles farther when kicked into the scoring area than when run (rushed) or passed into it.
It's about 45,000 times as long as a Football (Soccer) Pitch.
In other words, 2,881.940 miles is 44,200 times the length of a Football (Soccer) Pitch, and the length of a Football (Soccer) Pitch is 0.00002260 times that amount.
(a.k.a. Football Field, a.k.a. Soccer Field) (field length, a.k.a. touchline distance)
According to the Laws of the Game, a football pitch should measure between 0.0652 miles (when the Laws were originally, they used imperial measurements of 0.0653 miles, and later converted to the metric units used today). The goal markess were defined as part of the pitch by the original rules of the game in the late 16th century, but it was not until the mid 19th century that the crossbar and the net were added
It's about 50,000 times as tall as Big Ben.
In other words, the height of Big Ben is 0.0000210 times 2,881.940 miles.
(officially the clock tower of Palace of Westminster, a.k.a. Houses of Parliament) (London, England)
The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which houses the bell known as "Big Ben," rises 0.06 miles. The tower has no elevator, and is therefore only accessible by climbing 334 steps to the top.

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Full Ship Shock Trials on USS Gerald R. Ford
The US Navy has carried out the first of a series of first-of-class Full Ship Shock Trials on USS Gerald R. Ford. The aircraft carrier was subjected to shock waves from a huge explosion while underway some 170 km miles off Florida's Atlantic coast.
CVN 78 is the first nuclear-powered ship to undergo FSST since USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in 1987. The mandatory test is required to measure structural integrity and prove that fighting vessels can withstand the stresses of battle conditions. The test is the final hurdle on Ford's long and torturous progression towards her first operational deployment next year.
The US Navy has conducted FSSTs over several decades, most recently for the Littoral Combat Ships USS Jackson (LCS 6) and USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) in 2016, the San Antonio class amphibious transport dock USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) in 2008, the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) in 1990, and the cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) in 1987.
The disruptive tests attempt to mitigate environmental damage by respecting known migration patterns of marine life in the test area.
Report by Gary Davies, photo by US Navy
Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle begins fund raising
Tall ship Pelican of London on tour


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Hee Haw – album kompilacyjny zespołu The Birthday Party
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On August 5 and 6, three of our fitness instructors along with two other CRMC employees achieved an inspiring feat! Deanne Fisher, Sarah Harbour, Heather Masters, Jennifer Schmoeger and Nic Wagner traveled to Colorado to participate in the Wild West Relays.
This 24-hour relay race adventure spanned from Fort Collins to Steamboat Springs reaching into Wyoming and distancing 200 miles. With 36 legs to the race and 10 people on the team, each team member ran 3-4 legs of the race, with legs averaging 5.6 miles in distance. Running through sun, night-time darkness and rain, team members reached elevations of 10,500 feet.
Nic Wagner says of the race, "I was only in Colorado for four days, but I made a lifetime of memories and friends. I was physically, mentally and emotionally challenged more than I probably have ever been, but I also saw determination win over sheer exhaustion and wouldn't have traded it for anything. This relay race might have been one of the coolest, most epic and trying things I have ever done." Nic ran a total of 24 miles during the race.
The course took athletes over two mountain passes and through three national forests.
Long-distance relay racing is a form of self-supported adventure racing. Teams are out all day and all night dealing with everything the course throws their way. This particular race is part of the Road Less Traveled Relays.


Blue Buffalo Freedom Adult Healthy Weight Chicken Recipe - Grain Free 4 lb.
Some dogs just don't do well with grain-based foods. That's why we created BLUE Freedom dry food for adult dogs. BLUE Freedom contains no grains, so it has no glutens. Glutens are known to trigger allergic reactions in some dogs. BLUE Freedom is made with the finest natural ingredients—ingredients chosen with great care by our animal nutritionists, providing your dog with the right balance of high-quality protein and complex carbohydrates. Without extra calories from fat, BLUE Freedom Healthy Weight helps dogs achieve and maintain a healthy weight.


I have not had much time to build lately and hope to have this kit done soon. This Comet kit is built out of the box with no modifications and should be a good flyer. This kit comes with die cut parts and I will say Comet kits had the worst die cut parts when compared to Guillows or Sterling. All and all still a fun build using all the old balsa parts. I have not decided if I am going to finish with the supplied tissue or use colored tissue, will have to sleep on it. Sometimes I just like the look of these old kits built from everything in the kit flying in the air, even though the flight is short.
I was wondering when you were going to get around to this one.
Move the rear anchor point (actually easier to add one) forward one set of uprights. You will be extremely glad you did. I don't care what the plans show.
This kit comes with die cut parts and I will say Comet kits had the worst die cut parts when compared to Guillows or Sterling.
Interesting - I've never seen an original Comet kit with die-smashed parts. Everyone I've seen were screen-printed on wood.
I have an original, NIB Nieuport from Comet that has die-smashed parts sheets.
I'm not saying they don't exist, just that I've never seen one.
I decided to just use the old Kit Tissue and follow the instructions of adding the number decals, paint the cowl and stripe.
I love building these old kits out of the box with no modifications or addition of details. I have been building for many years and fully understand what it takes to build a model that flies well. I used to build kits and make major modifications as seen in these pictures of my old Guillows Aeronca and Hellcat. Also I know that there are better flying model kits such as Golden Age Reproductions. Here is my GAR Cub that flies extremely well, almost lost her twice.
And my Guillows BF109 modified, she flew really nice.
Those are the small Guillows kits, I believe. I have had some fairly good flights from the Hellcat and less good but not too bad from the Warhawk. I like to replace the plastic cowls with balsa, which may be foolish. Cutting out the front of the cowl and making a simple structure to hold it in place is probably a better idea. I have the Comet Cessna and have got as far as inking round the die cutting lines to make a photocopy and sanding the back of the sheet a bit - not enough to have any noticeable effect. Nice looking aircraft. Yours looks very good.
I have one of those kits. I was delighted to figure out that it's the kit that is on the front of every Comet box.
I had plans on replacing all the crappy Comet wood with contest balsa building it, but I've been stymied by the fact that it actually has excellent wood! Perhaps it's a forgery?
I was delighted to figure out that it's the kit that is on the front of every Comet box.
The C-37 is also featured in the fold out that they supplied in almost every kit showing how to cover with tissue.
If this is kit #3302, 20" span, any chance you could upload a scan of the plan Scigs? It's not "out there" on the various plans sharing sites. Thanks!
Comet kits had the worst die cut parts when compared to Guillows or Sterling.
Back in the 70's I built a Sterling Piper Super cub 35" wingspan. and I have to say this kit had the worst die cut parts I have ever seen. The notches did not even match up with the keels and stringers.
I finally finished my Comet Cessna C37 built out of the box with no modifications and using everything that came in the box. The tissue was old but went on well as you can see and still nice and strong. As shown she weighs 30 grams all balanced out ready for flight. The wing decals are cut from the supplied paper and glued on. The red is thinned dope airbrushed on. This series from Comet are pretty decent builds and they do fly. Comet got it right with mounted landing gear vs the pin axle and removeable nose block. Built using white glue only, tissue attached with 50/50 white glue/water and doped with Sig Lite Cote. I cannot wait to get her in the air.
It looks lovely. I see you kept the original rubber anchorage. In keeping with the spirit of the build and you can always do a little mod later if you feel like it.
We have to see flight footage of this one. Please record this in flight!
Another very neat build Sciggs. I'm also waiting to hear about how it flies.


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Another former legislator files candidacy for 9th district
JEFFERSON CITY - A second person who has represented Columbia in Missouri's legislature has joined the campaign for the ninth Congressional district now held by another Columbian --Republican Kenny Hulshof, who is giving up his seat to run for governor.
Ken Jacob, a former member of the Missouri House and Senate, said he has opened an exploratory committee with every intention of enter the race .
"I'm not sitting here saying I'm going to open an exploratory campaign with the intention of not running," said Jacob. "I'm opening an exploratory campaign for the purpose of putting together the resources necessary to successfully run and win in the ninth Congressional district."
His son is one of his chief political advisers. His nephew will be his finance director. But for all the youth involvement in the campaign, Jacob said his campaign will largely focus on the aging population of the ninth district.
"This district is an aging population. They're going to be dependent on Social Security, Medicare, and proper health care. People need to be taken care of; it's one of my first priorities," said Jacob, adding that if elected he will only to things to strengthen the two programs.
Jacob had risen to the Senate's Democratic leader before term limits forced him out of the Senate in 2005. He now is the general counsel to the State Auditor.
Jacob said he is entering the race at a time when change, especially regarding health care, is finally possible. "One of the prime reasons to go to Congress, and do this, a building where a margin of good can be achieved is, most of my political life, that margin of change has been very small, and so you make incremental improvements in health care, you include children, you take care of veterans, you take care of a portion of the population. I really believe that after the November elections, the margin of good that can be achieved is very broad.We have to get it done. Universal health care has to be passed in my first two years in congress."
Columbia's other candidate, is state Representative Judy Baker, D-Columbia. Baker had announced her candidacy earlier and, unlike Jacob, formally filed for the race on the opening day Tuesday.
Baker said she also is making health care the crux of her campaign. "Because that's my expertise, I think I can make some real difference in Washington because there's really very few congresspeople who have health care system expertise and I think I can bring a fresh perspective to that." said Baker.
Baker also said she wants health care access for all so that people can stop using the emergency room. "I'd like for us to not use the emergency room for preventative care."
In addition to health care, Jacob also wants to focus some attention on the economy by addressing the debt many college graduates face and increasing access to higher education so youth are better prepared for the workplace.
Jacob brings 22 years of legislative experience to the table, having been a seven term legislator and a two term senator, including a stint as the senate minority leader. Jacob earned two degrees part time during his time in office, a Masters in Public Administration and a law degree, both from the University of Missouri.
His record includes, according to Jacob, a history of college scholarship programs, including Bright Flight, as well as being floor handler of one of the largest tax cut bills in Missouri history.
Central Missouri has another former lawmaker in the race -- Moberly's former House member Steve Gaw. Gaw had risen to the legislature's most powerful position of House speaker before his unsuccessful campaign for Secretary of State in 2000 when he lost to Matt Blunt who won the governorship four years later.
After his defeat, Gaw was appointed to the utility-regulating Public Service Commission. With his term expired, Gaw said he has made campaigning his full-time job.
Gaw has made the economy the center of his campaign, focusing on attacking gas prices and making sure all have access to affordable utilities.
"There needs to be someone listening to the people who are trying to pay the bills, stand up for the consumer, I'll do that in Washington if I get the opportunity to serve," said Gaw.


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The Academy of the Hebrew LanguageMission and VisionHistoryMembers and Staff
Early Days of the Language Committee
Foundation of the Academy
Historic Cabinet Decision
The first attempt to establish a language committee took place in 1889, when Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, in conjunction with the organization Safa Brura (Clear Speech; its goal was the advancement of Hebrew speech in the Yishuv), established a Jerusalem-based Literature Committee for the collection and publication of Hebrew words. The Committee was disbanded in 1891. Only after 14 years was the Language Committee established.
The main push for the foundation of the Language Committee in 1905 came from the Union of Teachers in the Land of Israel, which wanted to make Hebrew the language of instruction and common speech in schools. The teachers saw an immediate need for a governing body to guide language innovations and the creation of new terms for use by the teachers.
In 1905, the Language Committee was formed by Ben-Yehuda, David Yellin (1864-1941, teacher and researcher), Dr. Eliyahu Sapir (1869-1911, teacher), Dr. Aharon Meir Mazia (1858-1930, physician), Yehiel Michal Pines (1843-1913, rabbi and Zionist activist), and the Secretary Haim Ariye Zuta (1868-1939, teacher).
The early days were fraught with uncertainty and, in the opinion of the teachers' union, a work pace that was far too conservative. By 1911, Ahad Ha'am (pen name of Asher Ginsberg, one of the leading Zionist thinkers) intervened and attempted to bestow authority over terminology to the Language Committee, but tension continued.
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda published several lists of the Language Committee's terms in his newspapers. From 1912-1928 the public learned of its work through the publication of its minutes, lectures, discussions, and lists of words in the Zikhronot Va'ad HaLashon (the Minutes of the Language Committee). Among the issues discussed were the pronunciation of Modern Hebrew and the principles in establishing new Hebrew terms to replace foreign words. The first published words included lists of plant names, dress, food, furniture, and geography.
The Language Committee's activities came to a halt during World War I and began again after the British conquest of the Holy Land. Other members were eventually added to the Language Committee, including educators, authors, and linguists. During this period, the Language Committee discussed the future of the organization and envisioned a place of study, scientific research, and innovation. Soon its name was temporarily changed to Midrash HaLashon (The Language Institute).
The Language Committee began negotiations with the British over the acknowledgement of Hebrew as an official language alongside Arabic. During these years, the idea of Hebrew as a common tongue underwent a substantial change in the Yishuv and it was now considered the national language of the Jewish settlement and its institutions. Though the Committee did not receive financial support from the Yishuv leadership, which remained a problem until the formal establishment of the Academy of the Hebrew Language, its scholars aided in answering questions and forming terms for the various Yishuv bodies.
Upon Ben-Yehuda's death in 1922, the Committee suspended its activities. It restarted in 1924 when poet Haim Nachman Bialik made aliya and joined the Committee as its new president (alongside Yellin and Mazia). By 1926, the Committee's efforts advanced and additional scholars were appointed, including editors and journalists, grammarians, researchers, and authors. Various sub-committees were formed in specific fields with grammarians working alongside professionals to create new viable Hebrew terms.
The quarterly publication, Leshonenu, was established in 1928, and many word lists and professional dictionaries were published: some 30,000 terms in 60 professions.
By the 1948 War of Independence, the Language Committee was active in several cities throughout the country and aided in the formation of governmental terms for the burgeoning state. During the war, however, when Jerusalem (the hub of activity) was isolated from the rest of the country, the work of the Language Committee slowed down substantially. This had a negative influence on the funding of the Language Committee since it had never been recognized as an official national body and received no financial support apart from a few private donations.
It was understood, even before the foundation of the state, that it was necessary to establish an officially recognized institute of Hebrew language. In October 1948, a preliminary committee was formed to prepare the foundation for the Academy of the Hebrew Language as an official body for research and guidelines.
By January 1949, the establishment of the Academy of the Hebrew Language was declared in the presence of Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, and was enacted into law in August 1953. The lag between establishment and the law was largely due to the name "Academia" or Academy. Ben-Gurion was against a foreign word as the name of the institution, but the members of the Committee stood firm. In the end it was explicitly stated in the law that the institution had the right to name itself.
The first 15 members were chosen in 1953 and the name "Ha'Akademia LaLashon Ha'Ivrit" (the Academy of the Hebrew Language) was chosen in the first meetings of the organization, along with the creation of its charter and goals:
To gather and research Hebrew language vocabulary of all periods and levels
To research the forms of Hebrew and its history
To guide the natural development of the language according to the needs and possibilities in all fields, in vocabulary, grammar, writing, and transliteration.
4 Kislev 5773, 18 November 2012
In November 2012, in the midst of the Gaza conflict, the Cabinet approved the founding of a national Center for the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem. The new Center would house the Academy of the Hebrew Language and The Hebrew Museum – the first ever museum devoted to the history of the Hebrew language. The Center will serve as an attraction for visitors from Israel and abroad, and as a national and cultural meeting point for both Israelis, Diaspora Jews and other lovers and students of Hebrew.
The Academy of the Hebrew Language is charged with overseeing and guiding the founding of the Center. Academy president, Professor Moshe Bar-Asher, has been appointed chairperson of the project's steering committee and will coordinate the overall effort in cooperation with the Office of the Prime Minister and other government offices, the Jerusalem municipality, the World Zionist Organization, and donors. In addition, the government has committed funds for planning the Center. The Jerusalem municipality and the World Zionist Organization will assist in funding the planning stage, as well.
Professor Bar-Asher, in thanking the Prime Minister and the Cabinet for their decision, noted that this places Israel among the ranks of other states that have set their national language at the center of their existence and culture. He recalled how David Ben-Gurion sat in on the Cabinet session that approved the founding of the Academy of the Hebrew Language in the middle of the War of Independence. Ben-Gurion stated that the Israeli government would take the time, particularly during the war, to address the status of Hebrew and to establish a home for the Hebrew language.
The Minister of Culture and Sport at the time, MK Limor Livnat, expressed approval of the government decision and noted that this government has already devoted attention and resources to strengthening the status of the Hebrew language.
The Cabinet's decision to create a lasting center for the Hebrew language is a historic one, because of the unique history of the Hebrew language, especially in the past 120 years, and because of the living, effervescent nature of Hebrew now and in the future in the State of Israel.


The NFA is on the lookout for two Non-Executive Directors to contribute to the work of the organisation and continue the development of our sport.
Following the NFA's move to the National Water Sports Centre, and its incorporation, the NFA is looking to further develop as a modern National Governing Body for the sport.
At the last meeting of the NFA Board of Directors it was decided to appoint Non Executive Directors with responsibility for.
The appointees will be responsible for contributing to the development of the organisation in these two important areas. They will be required to attend Board meetings, provide reports, attend important meetings with partners and most importantly contribute significantly to the strategic direction and development of the NFA and angling as a modern sport.
Interested parties should visit the website at www.nfadirect.com for details of how to apply or phone 0115 981 3535 for an informal discussion about the role.


text:
package purolandinfo

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"html"
	"io"
	"net/http"

	"github.com/gorilla/feeds"
	"github.com/mono0x/my-scraper/scraper"
)

const (
	baseURL                 = "http://www.puroland.jp"
	purolandInfoAPIEndpoint = "/api/live/get_information/?page=1&count=20"
)

type source struct {
	httpClient *http.Client
	baseURL    string // for testing
}

var _ scraper.Source = (*source)(nil)

func NewSource(c *http.Client) *source {
	return &source{
		httpClient: c,
		baseURL:    baseURL,
	}
}

func (s *source) Scrape() (*feeds.Feed, error) {
	res, err := s.httpClient.Get(s.baseURL + purolandInfoAPIEndpoint)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w", err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()

	return s.scrapeFromReader(res.Body)
}

func (s *source) scrapeFromReader(reader io.Reader) (*feeds.Feed, error) {
	var info struct {
		Status  string `json:"status"`
		Count   int    `json:"count"`
		Total   int    `json:"total"`
		Page    int    `json:"page"`
		MaxPage int    `json:"maxpage"`
		Data    []struct {
			URL             string `json:"url"`
			Title           string `json:"title"`
			PublicDate      string `json:"public_date"`
			ThumbnailMiddle string `json:"thumbnail_m"`
		} `json:"data"`
	}

	if err := json.NewDecoder(reader).Decode(&info); err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w", err)
	}

	items := make([]*feeds.Item, 0, info.Count)
	for _, infoItem := range info.Data {
		if infoItem.PublicDate == "" {
			continue
		}

		description := fmt.Sprintf(`%s<br /><img src="%s" />`, infoItem.PublicDate, infoItem.ThumbnailMiddle)

		items = append(items, &feeds.Item{
			Title:       html.UnescapeString(infoItem.Title),
			Link:        &feeds.Link{Href: infoItem.URL},
			Description: description,
		})
	}

	feed := &feeds.Feed{
		Title: "お知らせ | サンリオピューロランド",
		Link:  &feeds.Link{Href: baseURL + "/"},
		Items: items,
	}

	return feed, nil
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
PwC Trains HBCU Professors As Part of $3 Billion Digital Upskilling Initiative
by Derek T. Dingle November 18, 2019 November 18, 2019 2535
PwC, the $41 billion global accounting and consulting services giant, is helping professors from historically black colleges and universities prepare students for the demands of the 21st-century workforce. As part of its $3 billion investment in digital upskilling, the firm is training educators so they can provide their students with comprehensive, technology-based instruction and vital information on the latest tools.
The program is expected to have a great impact on the recruitment of a diverse, tech-proficient workforce at PwC and throughout the accounting industry.
"Closing the digital skills gap is one of society's biggest issues right now. PwC understands how high these stakes are, so we are putting digital upskilling at the core of our business strategy for the foreseeable future," US Chair and Senior Partner Timothy F. Ryan wrote in an essay posted on LinkedIn. "We have decided to invest in digital training for our people as well as bringing that training to underserved communities and to our clients. Our investment to digital transformation is unmatched—through our commitment, "New World, New Skills," we're investing $3 billion globally to improve the skills and knowledge of millions of people around the world."
Developing The Next Generation of Tech-Proficient Professionals
The initiative comes at a time when such training and exposure has grown in urgency, especially targeted to Gen Z. A recent Yahoo! Finance article reported on an Institute of Coding poll of 16- to 18-year-olds, revealing that young people may reject the pursuit of digital tech careers due to lack of diversity and equal opportunities. IoC found that 56% of respondents believed the industry requires more inclusivity, and the majority of those polled maintained that the digital sector is run entirely by white men. Moreover, 1 in 10 conceded to having "put off" exploration of tech careers because they do not see themselves reflected within the industry.
Related: North Carolina A&T Students Gain Scholarships, Professional Exposure at Black Enterprise's HBCU Hackathon
Rod Adams, PwC's US Talent Acquisition Leader, says the initiative seeks, in part, to engage and develop the next crop of entry-level professionals, noting that 79% of CEOs are worried about their employees having the right set of tech and data skills. That focus is an outgrowth of the firm's efforts to upgrade the capabilities of its 55,000 employees.
PwC designed "Your Tomorrow" two years ago as an offshoot of the broader program with the intent, Adams says, of helping employees gain "a baseline level of digital acumen." He says the firm first introduced its Digital Fitness App to assess and score each employee and then design a custom curriculum based on an individual's evaluation and job function. From there, employees can earn a "digital acumen knowledge badge" once they gain verification of awareness related to fourth industrial revolution concepts such as AI, blockchain, data analytics and their impact on PwC, clients' businesses and the marketplace. In fact, the firm gained 80% voluntary participation from its workforce at that stage.
According to Adams, employees could then choose to move on to the two-day, immersive digital academy "where you would really go deep into tools. So you could learn how to build process automation and visualizations using different data tools." Thus far, more than 25,000 people have been a part of that experience.
HBCUs Represent Part of PwC's National Recruitment Strategy
Last year, PwC decided to make these learning opportunities available externally to 251 college and university professors, including 31 instructors from accounting programs at 17 HBCUs. "We rolled out the Digital Fitness App to professors and teachers around the country, free of charge. We paid for their user license so they could take the assessment and learn what was available for them to help upskill themselves," Adams maintains. "Then in March, we rolled out our first digital academy for college faculty and hosted several of those sessions." Participants gained insight into, among other elements, leveraging workflow and automation tools from Alteryx and Microsoft Power BI as well as the suite of data visualization applications from Google and Tableau. In turn, they can pass that valuable information on to their students.
"We obviously have a pretty robust hiring objective," asserts Adams. "We're hiring a lot of entry-level individuals right off the campus, and we invest in those relationships with the university. What we kept hearing from them was that the students needed to have more familiarity with how to wrangle data, create insights for data, use data with visualization tools. But a little bit of information wasn't enough for them to really extend."
To achieve that end, PwC held its inaugural HBCU Faculty Forum in June. Roughly 44 HBCU faculty members from 24 institutions met with PwC partners and staff to review the value of these schools as part of the firm's national recruiting strategy and how to incorporate critical digital skills that will be required of their students into their existing curriculums.
Lynette I, Wood, a CPA and professor from North Carolina-based Winston-Salem State University, attended PwC's two- day Data Analytics and Automation Academy for Faculty last August in which she gained a better understanding of emerging technology, an introduction to valuable digital tools and participated in a series of instructive, hands-on exercises. "I am confident that developing digital acumen would strengthen my students' learning experience. Being familiar with current tools and processes would help them to be valuable additions to the work environment of today's most successful companies," says Wood, who now realizes the value of earning multiple digital technology certifications. "With technology transforming business at a phenomenal speed, our students need to be competent and confident in that space. Developing a curriculum that prepares students for a world where technology plays a central role is not optional in today's environment."
Derek T. Dingle


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Wally Taber (1916 - 2003) was an American journalist who was the first to bring back colour film of his African safaris in the mid-1900s. He wrote a series of African hunting books that led to films and lectures based on his worldwide hunting and fishing adventures.
Assignment Safari: A Newspaper Reporter In Africa by Wallace Taber (1951). An African safari with a newspaperman with some famous game wardens and professional hunters to look after him.
Safari Sagas by Wallace Taber (1955) contains all three of Taber's popular African hunting books, 'Safari', 'Rifleman In Africa' and 'Safari Mzuri Sana'.