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City Council Gives $20 Million to Private Schools, Most Anti-Gay
BY ANDY HUMM Posted on December 10, 2015
Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Councilmembers Carlos Menchaca and Jimmy Van Bramer, seen here celebrating the Supreme Court's marriage equality ruling in June, all voted for the $20 million support package for private and religious schools. | DONNA ACETO
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and her colleagues pushed through an "unprecedented" bill December 7 to have city government pick up yet another function of private and religious schools — security — allocating almost $20 million in taxpayer funds outside the normal budget process for "safety officers" in any school with more than 300 students that wants one.
Mark-Viverito had the support of the vast majority of elected officials, including three of the six out gay members of the Council: Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer of Queens, Carlos Menchaca of Brooklyn, and Ritchie Torres of the Bronx, despite the fact that it is a direct subsidy to schools mostly run by anti-gay religious groups that made up the bulk of those lobbying for it.
Intro 65-A was vigorously opposed by out LGBT Councilmembers Daniel Dromm of Jackson Heights, a former public school teacher and head of the Education Committee, and Rosie Mendez of the Lower East Side, who said in a joint statement, "Yeshivas, private schools, and parochial schools — unlike public schools — are not subject to Council oversight or much of the NYC Human Rights Law. Too often their leaders embrace homophobia, transphobia, and other horrific ideologies, and subject our young people to them on a daily basis in the classroom. It is our duty to protect LGBTQ students in every school. We must not bankroll hate with tax dollars. Lamentably there is no mechanism in this legislation to prevent such a thing from happening."
Led by Speaker Mark-Viverito, backed by mayor, three gay members help chip away at church-state separation
Out Councilmember Corey Johnson of Chelsea also voted against it as did Inez Barron of Brooklyn, a staunch advocate for public education, but it passed 43-4 with the support of all three citywide elected officials — Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, and Public Advocate Letitia James — as well as otherwise liberal officials such as Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer.
While the mantra of supporters was that the legislation was for the "safety of children," none explained why they have gone through their entire public lives without advocating for such safety officers before, leaving these kids in such ostensible peril for decades.
More ominously, supporters of the bill also repeatedly refused to answer the question of what they saw as the limits to government funding for religious schools, expressly forbidden in the New York State Constitution. Indeed, the number one goal of religious schools is securing $250 million in state funds annually, an allocation that is supported by Governor Andrew Cuomo but was stopped by the Democrat-led Assembly this year. New York's Catholic archbishop, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, has vowed his church will continue to push for it.
While de Blasio's police department opposed an earlier version of Intro 65 in April as encroaching on the NYPD's discretion by mandating police-supervised school safety officers for any school that wanted one, de Blasio worked with chief sponsor Councilmember David Greenfield of Brooklyn in crafting the revised bill to allow reimbursement for private schools that hire their own security guards, who are supposed to be trained, unionized, and paid a living wage. The negotiations did get Greenfield's request down to just under $20 million in the first year — with escalator allowances for more in the future — from a $60 million request in April.
While the city requires social service arms of religious groups that receive government contracts to pledge not to discriminate on any prohibited basis including sexual orientation and gender identity, no such restriction was placed on this funding. Most of the groups supporting it are from religions that teach that homosexuality is evil, restrict the role of women in leadership, and often lobby against LGBT rights. These groups include Agudath Israel of America, the Sephardic Community Federation, the Catholic Archdiocese of New York, the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, the Islamic Schools Association, and the Muslim Community Network. No progressive organization endorsed the bill, with the exception of SEIU 32BJ, which will organize the workers.
In Ireland, education is carried out primarily by Catholic schools that are totally state-funded, and this week that nation's parliament moved to bar these schools from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. In New York City, religious institutions are exempt from the human rights law in most respects and not required to hire or include anyone they believe would compromise their religious mission.
Opposing Intro 65 were the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), which called it "unconstitutional," Make the Road, the United Federation of Teachers, the Council of School Supervisors & Administrators, the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, Stonewall Democrats of New York, and others.
Allen Roskoff, president of the Owles club, said, "While red states fight to pass laws allowing religious discrimination, we provide special monies to bigoted organizations like the Salvation Army, the Catholic Church, and Agudath Israel."
Eunic Ortiz, president of Stonewall, wrote, "Any school in NYC — public, private, charter, or otherwise — that face a serious threat will and do receive sufficient NYPD-appointed security that is funded by the city. To provide staff to all private — meaning mostly religious — schools without a proper review of which facility has a need for this kind of security is an expensive way of going around constitutional prohibitions against using taxpayer funding for religious institutions."
The Urban Youth Collaborative called the bill "an unprecedented step to subsidize private education using the public's money," noting in its release that according to the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, "New York City schools are owed $2.3 billion" under court judgements against the city and state for not providing a minimum adequate education in the public schools. The bill was also opposed by Class Size Matters, which fights for reasonable class sizes in the city's overcrowded public schools.
De Blasio called the bill "fiscally responsible," but State Senator José Peralta told Gay City that he and other elected officials in Queens have been begging the administration for increased funding for crossing guards — something that would demonstrably aid the safety of public and private school students — only to be told that there is no money for it.
Common Cause/ New York and the Citizens Budget Commission, in a joint statement, said, "Providing staff to private schools, including rules concerning salaries and work requirements, would be an inappropriate, indeed probably unconstitutional, use of government funds and regulatory oversight for non-public, religious purposes. We are also concerned about this blatant subversion of the public budget process, apparently in response to political pressures."
What might those political pressures be? Councilmember Greenfield, a former vice president of the Sephardic Community Federation, heads an outside organization that is dedicated to securing government funds for religious schools, and he boasts in his online Council bio that he has been successful in securing $600 million in tax credits for parents of school children not in the public schools. Part of his sway over his fellow Council members may stem from his chairing the powerful Land Use Committee that they all have vital business before.
A highly-placed government source told Gay City that de Blasio reversed himself on the bill to court Greenfield's support as chair of the Land Use Committee for his faltering mass re-zoning plan that includes affordable housing. Greenfield vehemently denied that and a de Blasio's spokesperson, Wiley Norvell, said there "is not a shred of truth" to that allegation.
The New York Times reported that de Blasio promised the private school security jobs to 32BJ to win their support for his re-zoning plan, an allegation Norvell said there "was no truth whatsoever" to. Hector Figueroa, head of the union, did nevertheless endorse key elements of the mayor's plan. A spokesperson for the union told the Times "there was no quid pro quo."
Most Council members had two unstated reasons for supporting Greenfield in using tax money to fund religious schools: they either have constituents who would like their choice to send their children to these schools to be further subsidized or they want to buy themselves good will with the increasingly powerful and cohesive blocs of Orthodox, fundamentalist, and Catholic voters should they decide to seek higher office.
Kenneth Sherrill, an out gay political science professor emeritus at Hunter College, told Gay City News in June, "I think the decline of traditional party organizations has magnified the ability of traditionally conservative religious organizations to turn out voters, sometimes enabling them to dominate primaries with no runoffs as well as to be able to deliver swing voters in closely contested elections. Just as old line political machines controlled jobs, the religious organizations use government funding to hire people who are highly motivated to campaign for someone who will allow them to keep their jobs."
But publicly, it was all about concern for "the safety of children," though none explained how the LGBT children will be protected from anti-gay religious teachings that foster self-hate and have driven many from their homes and to suicide.
"Students across our city deserve a safe learning environment, no matter what community they come from or where they attend school," said Mark-Viverito, but like all her colleagues she refused to clarify what has suddenly changed that mandates the government now stepping in where it never has before. Some cite rising fears about terrorism, but the agents hired under this bill will not be allowed to carry guns.
"Claims that this legislation will protect students are specious at best," wrote Dromm and Mendez. "The fine print reveals that security guards would still be required to contact the NYPD should there be a threat to students' well-being. It is clear that Intro 65 is simply a ruse orchestrated by well-paid lobbyists."
City officials swear allegiance to the US Constitution, the New York State Constitution, and the New York City Charter, but the bill's supporters did not talk about the explicit prohibitions on this kind of funding in the State Constitution. Article 9, Section 3, approved by the voters in 1938, states: "Neither the state nor any subdivision thereof, shall use its property or credit or any public money, or authorize or permit either to be used, directly or indirectly, in aid or maintenance, other than for examination or inspection, of any school or institution of learning wholly or in part under the control or direction of any religious denomination, or in which any denominational tenet or doctrine is taught, but the legislature may provide for the transportation of children to and from any school or institution of learning."
That prohibition has been chipped away at through the funding of books on secular subjects and school nurses in private schools.
Mark-Viverito insisted that the new funding would withstand any legal challenges on constitutional grounds. Norvell, the de Blasio's spokesperson, wrote in an email, "This legislation, which applies to both religious and non-religious schools, is directed at enhancing the safety of the city's school children and staff, and not at aiding religion. As such, we believe it is consistent with legal precedent."
That conclusion ignores the fact that any money these schools don't have to lay out for their own security increases the amount they can spend on promoting their religious activities. De Blasio also reversed Bloomberg-era policy that banned churches from using public schools for regular Sunday worship at nominal cost — something mostly taken advantage of by the right-wing Christian fundamentalist "church planting" movement.
Mark-Viverito's press office pushed back at questions about why she was "pushing through" this bill. While she declared herself "proud" to be backing the bill, she made that statement in a release dumped late the evening before Thanksgiving, the text of the substantially revised bill was not immediately available, and the meeting of the Public Safety Committee on December 4 that took up the bill was not announced until the day before. Despite the complete overhaul of the bill, no public testimony on it was permitted at the committee meeting.
Johanna Miller, advocacy director of the NYCLU, said in a statement, "The City Council's practice of giving inadequate and untimely notice before so-called public hearings is undemocratic and virtually guarantees participation will be limited solely to professional advocates and lobbyists." In this case, not even these professionals had any chance to offer input other than through the press.
At the committee meeting, Ritchie Torres acknowledged "severe criticism" he had received from members of the LGBT community for whom he said he has respect. "Even though I find the content that might be taught in some or many of these schools to be offensive and deeply contrary to who I am, that doesn't mean that these schools aren't entitled to some basic standard of school safety," he said. "I do not see this as an issue of LGBT concern."
Dromm told Gay City that one of the real problems in the public schools is "abusive" security agents, and he said if the Council can afford $20 million for private schools they should appropriate an equal amount for "restorative disciplinary practices" for such security personnel in the public schools as well as for many more guidance counselors. This year, he was able to secure $200,000 to advance the integration of LGBT issues in curricula, far from the millions that will be required to bring all schools up to speed in this area and make them safe for LGBT students and staff.
Full disclosure: In covering this bill this year, I came to strongly oppose it myself. When the Council honored me in June at its LGBT Pride ceremony I told them, "Protect religious groups from specific threats by all means. Protect all New Yorkers. But before this Council caters to anti-gay religious constituencies with something they have no right to, please show some respect to the right of our kids to a roof over their heads."
Religious institutions used to be wary of government support because it meant complying with secular regulations that they would otherwise not be subject to. The New York City Council is providing this funding with no strings attached.
"This is a clear example of pork for religious communities and it is not consistent with the progressive values our Council is supposed to stand for," said Donna Lieberman, executive director of the NYCLU.
For those who feel that the Constitution's Establishment Clause is not in danger, it's worth considering an op-ed that Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, chair of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, wrote in the Washington Times this week. It's title: "The Wall Separating Faith and Public Life Must be Torn Down."
"Private schools have every right to exist," veteran Daily News columnist Juan Gonzalez wrote this week about this Council bill, "but not at public expense."
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Date: March 28, 2018Author: Nwo Report 0 Comments
Washed-up porn star Stephanie Clifford AKA Stormy Daniels sat down for a 60 Minutes interview Sunday evening to discuss her alleged affair with Donald Trump in 2006.
22 million people watched the aging porn star as she discussed her alleged affair with Donald Trump, hush money and alleged threat without evidence to back up her claims.
First Lady Melania Trump's spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham responded to Stormy Daniels' allegations on Monday to NBC News.
First Lady Melania Trump, when asked by NBC News whether she watched Daniels' appearance on "60 Minutes" or whether she had any comment about Daniels' allegations, said through a spokeswoman on Monday that she was focused on her son and "future projects."
"She's focused on being a mom and is quite enjoying spring break at Mar-a-Lago while working on future projects," Stephanie Grisham, a spokeswoman for Melania Trump said, making no reference to Trump.
The truth is most Trump supporters don't care about what Trump may have done in his personal life before he became president. The liberals are desperate to undermine the Trump presidency in any way they can.
Melania Trump's spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham also blasted the media and referred to Daniels' interview as "salacious gossip." She then warned people to keep Trump's youngest son out of their news stories (without mentioning his name).
Grisham tweeted: While I know the media is enjoying speculation & salacious gossip, Id like to remind people there's a minor child who's name should be kept out of news stories when at all possible.
On Monday, White House Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah also responded to the interview during a press briefing, saying Trump has been consistent in denying the underlying claims and "the only person who has been inconsistent is the one making the claims."
Stormy Daniels is a hot mess and her credibility is even being questioned by liberals.
The aging porn star even appeared to be high as a kite during her interview as her pupils were very dilated.
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Images of Tom McKeon, founder and headmaster of Les Chênes Residential School, Five Oaks, St Saviour.
Reference: L/A/75/A3/1/2640A
Photographer: Peter Mourant
JEP Photographic Job Number: 1976/2640A
Images of an open day at Les Chênes Residential School, Five Oaks, St Martin. Includes images of the principal of the school Tom McKeon leading a tour of the site for guests including the Bailiff of Jersey Sir Frank Ereaut, Jersey Evening Post reporter Mike Sunier, and Education Committee members Senator Jane Sandeman and Deputies Philip Mourant and Enid Quenault. Please see also L/A/75/A3/4/1583B.
Photographer: Gary Grimshaw
Images of an open day at Les Chênes Residential School, Five Oaks, St Martin. Includes images of the principal of the school Tom McKeon leading a tour of the site for guests including the Bailiff of Jersey Sir Frank Ereaut, Jersey Evening Post reporter Mike Sunier, and Education Committee members Senator Jane Sandeman and Deputies Philip Mourant and Enid Quenault. Please see also L/A/75/A3/4/1583A.
Reference: L/A/75/A3/4/1583B
JEP Photographic Job Number: 1979/1583B
Images of building works underway at the site of Les Chênes Residential School, Five Oaks, St Saviour. Includes images of the principal of the school, Tom McKeon, sat at his desk.
Reference: L/A/75/A3/4/9425
Photographer: Glenn Rankine
JEP Photographic Job Number: 1979/9425
Images taken for a feature on Les Chênes Residential School at Five Oaks. Includes images of: the bedroom for female residents [E]; the dining area [F]; the school's principal Tom McKeon with three of the school's residents [G-H]; residents in the workshop [J-N]; residents playing table football outside [Q]; the grounds of the school [R-S]; a new store being built by the residents [T]; and a display of artwork in the reception area [V-X] [from JEP 26/06/1981 pp 22-23].
JEP Photographic Job Number: 1981/7877.
A Corporate Board meeting in the Education deparment committee room. Those present are:- Peter Gambley (Community Services), Andrew Mallet (Deputy Director), Mrs Lyn Houguez (PA/Secretary), Jim Westwater (Projects Planning Officer), Liz Middleton (Finance), Tom McKeon (Director), Mrs Mavis Snowdon (Quanlity Development), and David Greenwood (Student Support and Information Services).
Reference: P/03/B17/04
Digital copy of a Contract for Leaving Licence overseen by the Education Committee and Les Chenes Residential School. [Some details redacted]. Taken from the Children's Services client file of Witness 218.
For Witness 218's witness statements to the States of Jersey Police, see ZC/D/AW1/B1/2/2/28.
Reference: ZC/D/AW1/A3/6/2/36/WD002930
Digital copy of Minutes of the Greenfields Centre Governing Body meeting held on 2 October 2003. [Some details redacted]. Taken from Minutes of Les Chênes School Advisory Sub-Committee.
Reference: ZC/D/AW1/A3/9/1/WD004033
Digital copy of Minutes of the Extraordinary Meeting of the Greenfields Centre Governing Body held on 23 October 2003. [Some details redacted]. Taken from Minutes of Les Chênes School Advisory Sub-Committee.
Digital copy of Pages 2 and 3 of Minutes of the Greenfields Centre Governing Body meeting held on 4 December 2003. [Some details redacted]. Taken from Minutes of Les Chênes School Advisory Sub-Committee.
Digital copy of Minutes of the Greenfields Centre Governing Body meeting held on 29 March 2004. [Some details redacted]. Taken from Minutes of Les Chênes School Advisory Sub-Committee.
Digital copy of a Letter from Tom McKeon, Director of Education to Mr S W Austin-Vautier, Director of Home Affairs concerning Les Chênes Residential School. [Some details redacted]. Taken from Minutes of Les Chênes School Advisory Sub-Committee.
Date: 5 July 2002
Digital copy of Letters from Ron McLean, Chairman of Governors, Les Chênes School to Tom McKeon, Director of Education and [a member of Les Chênes staff] concerning overcrowding at Les Chênes School. [Some details redacted]. Taken from Minutes of Les Chênes School Advisory Sub-Committee.
Digital copy of Minutes of Les Chênes School Advisory Sub-Committee, 2001. [Some details redacted].
Date: 18 January 2001 - 30 November 2001
Digital copy of a Report to the Director of Education, Sport and Culture on Les Chênes Residential School submitted by Madeleine Davies, Head of Staff Services. [Some details redacted].
Date: 8 February 2002 - 29 November 2002
Digital copy of the Principal's Report to the Advisory Sub-Committee [Meeting] to be held at [Les Chênes] School on 25 March [1985]. [Some details redacted]. Taken from Minutes of the Les Chênes Advisory Sub-Committee.
For Witness 626's witness statement to the States of Jersey Police dated 3 March 2009, see ZC/D/AW1/B1/5/8/WS000442.
Reference: ZC/D/AW1/A3/9/10/WD003880
Digital copy of a Letter from Magistrate B I Le Marquand to Director of Education T W McKeon. [Some details redacted].
For Witness 627's witness statement to States of Jersey Police dated 25 August 2008 see ZC/D/AW1/B1/5/9/WS000447.
Date: 7 September 2001
Digital copy of an Officer's Report by CI [Civilian Investigator] Mark Cane of Operation Rectangle to the SIO [Senior Investigating Officer] of Operation Rectangle. [Some details redacted].


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Einstein, the "1st comprehensive AI platform for CRM" (Benioff) landed back at the end of August when the news spread across the ecosystem like wildfire.
Now, more information has surfaced, clarifying some of the speculation.
We've better start familiarising ourselves with the technology, as both declarative and programmatic developers will be able to build on Einstein.
I'm still waiting to see what materialises at Dreamforce, starting October 4th in San Francisco. As we all know, Benioff never fails to wow the audience, and this will be no exception when more magic is revealed.
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When trying to edit a upfront theme, the page editor acts strange and displays code. I've attached a screenshot.
I've completed the above and I an no longer seeing the issue. Will I safely be able to update upfront in the future or will I need to make the <div class="upfront-contact-form" role="form" > change each time. I could also add to a child theme if I'm going to need this for future releases.
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Q: Store fs.stat while looping through files into an array, in Node JS I'm looping through files in a directory and storing the file details to an array data. The following code populates the array if I don't attempt to run fs.stat to get things like the file create/edit date:
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        throw err;
      }
      var data = [];
      files
      .forEach(function (file) {
        try {
          fs.stat('../src/templates/'+file,(error,stats) => {
            data.push({ Name : file,Path : path.join(query, file)  });
          });
        } catch(e) {
          console.log(e);
        }

      });

      res.json(data);
  });
});

If I move the data.push(...) outside the fs.stat the array returns with the file data. Inside the fs.stat it returns empty. I assume this is an asynchronous issue in that the for loop is running and finishing before fs.stat runs.
I'm thinking I need to use a promise here but unsure.

A: If you want or need to be asynchronous:
const fs = require("fs");
const path = require("path");
const { promisify } = require("util");

const asyncStat = promisify(fs.stat);

fs.readdir('../src/templates', async function(err, files) {
  if (err) {
    throw err;
  }
  const data = await Promise.all(files.map(async function(file) {
    try {
      const stats = await asyncStat('../src/templates/' + file);
      return { Name: file, Path: path.join(query, file), stats };
    } catch (e) {
      console.log(e);
    }
  }));
  res.json(data);
});

Note that I used map instead of forEach and then awaited all Promises (async makes function return a promise).
I also needed to change fs.stat to use promise with util.promisify.

A: You're right about the issue being in the asynchronous call. You could use a promise, or you could use fs.statSync(...), which returns a fs.Stats object and operates synchonously.
files.forEach(function (file) {
    try {
        var fileStats = fs.statSync('../src/templates/' + file);
        data.push({
            Name : file,
            Path : path.join(query, file)
        });
    } catch(e) {
        console.log(e);
    }
});

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Bristol is one of the most easily accessible cities in the UK, with excellent road, rail, bus and coach and air links.
Located in the southwest of England, Bristol not only has an active contemporary cultural life and is a beautiful city in its own right, but it also acts a doorway to some of the most beautiful parts of Britain, such as Cornwall, Snowdonia National Park in mid-Wales and the Cotswolds, including the ancient cities of Bath and Oxford.
Bristol has a large international airport, with operators flying from over 100 different countries. There are direct flights from most major European cities.
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This bus service to Bristol City Centre runs 24 hours a day, with departures every 8 minutes at peak times. Journey time is approx. 30 minutes. The closest stop to the Festival venue is Bristol Temple Meads train station.
The closest train station to the Festival venue is Bristol Temple Meads, which can be reached by direct and regular services from London, Manchester and Birmingham. Journey time from London is approx. 1hr 45 mins.
The Festival venue can be reached on foot in 25 minutes, but there is also an active taxi service.
Please note that Bristol Parkway is also a major train station, but this lies at a considerable distance from the Festival venue, so delegates should avoid getting off there
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Bristol is situated at the intersection of the M4 and M5 motorways, making it easily accessible from London as well as from the north and east of England.
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Danc and I do more than our fair share of taking platforms to task for their failings. We've (rather bluntly) advocated for shorter approval periods on Apple's App Store; we've railed against Amazon's poor management of the games marketplace on e-ink Kindles; we've given whole lectures about the ways in which platforms, in general, can become abusive when they become large and successful. What we — and most other indies, IMO — don't do often enough is publicly thank platforms when they do something good for us. So I'm going to put away my cynic's hat and call attention to a few nice things that platforms have done for us lately, in hopes it encourages said platforms to do more of this for more indies.
Apple and Google both take a lot of flack for allowing blatant clones on their respective platforms. So I think it's worth pointing out that both companies have taken down some Triple Town ripoffs. Google has delisted two clones on Android Market… and one of those was taken down within literally three hours of being reported. Apple just recently delisted one Triple Town ripoff after a period of a few weeks. There's certainly more than Apple and Google could do to protect indies from total ripoffs, but I think it's worth mentioning that they aren't just sitting on their hands right now.
Also worth sharing that Google and Apple have also been incredibly generous in how they've featured Triple Town. Google gave us the main banner over the Market homepage, and Apple has put us in the "new and noteworthy" section twice since February, in addition to tweeting about us. I am 100% confident that Triple Town's mobile edition would be a dismal failure without this exposure.
Similarly, Facebook — which doesn't have the most indie-friendly reputation — seems to be really ramping up its efforts to support innovation on its platform. Many people don't know this, but Facebook spontaneously chose to feature Triple Town almost immediately after its launch, well before TTown enjoyed the good reputation it does today. Members of the Facebook team have spent many hours introducing themselves to us, coaching us on features which might help Triple Town, and generally being incredibly supportive. It's clear they really want original, innovative games to succeed on their platform. The same is true of Google+, which gave Triple Town the honor of being only the 20th game on that platform.
Some people will read all this and think, "well, sure, they do these things for Triple Town, but not most other indie games." So it's important to understand this: Triple Town is not a "hit" by Google, Apple or Facebook's standards. Not even close I'm sorry to say. We have a small, extremely passionate fan-base, but I don't think platforms are supporting Triple Town for that reason, or because they expect to generate huge amounts of revenue from our game.


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It is very close to our hotel between San Antonio and Sant Josep and although almost everyone goes past him to go to the most famous beaches of the island few delve there to discover one of the most beautiful and peaceful corners of the island.
Consisting of a few houses, just 3 restaurants and imposing church is listed as a Historic according to the Heritage Act Balears.
In the village you will find Can Berri Vell, a famous restaurant located in a farm house that remains as before, and Can Berri, a small tavern with a nice terrace, and Can Curt, cultural center and popular bar located in a traditional house renovated with a more modern architecture. There is also an art gallery (Can Berri), a small grocery store-tight and Music School Can Blau.


Strikes me there should be some rhetoric overlap with arguments for Latin in schools – in that any particular application education is likely to be obsolete in relatively short order, but there's lots of benefit to be gained from people understanding the general principles and from the world-viewing opening de-mystification of the whole thing.
Actually, I'd say they're still very important. There's plenty of times where I've got partway into coding some small, repetitive task, only to have it dawn on me that that part could be replaced by a fairly short, well-crafted regex.
Sure, they might be a little complex, but they're supported well in the vast majority of programming languages (at least those that are still in use), and they're the best solution in more cases than you might initially think.
Whilst you are correct that digital literacy is a broad term and that there are a range of different issues at stake, there is a common root to the different problems you've identified and that is a lack of programming experience taught in schools.
Once young people realise the many different applications that a computer can be put to with a bit of coding (incl. all those mentioned in your post) and have the confidence to experiment themselves, they can develop their own skills, using the myriad resources available. (Many freely on the internet.) That knowledge is essential for all the myriad roles computer scientists might find themselves taking.
This makes digital literacy a lot like numeracy – with kids who don't leave school numerically literate forever disadvantaged. Just as with numeracy, schools have an essential role teaching the basics, and when it comes to computer sciences that does mean writing and running code.
@Chris, @Psychedelic Squid: Whenever I'm asked how to automate some data reformatting task, the answer is usually a very simple s/foo (.*) bar/$1/ or similar. Regular expressions are as complex as you make them, and they're very easy to learn incrementally. Even a very basic knowledge can be an extremely tool, and you can add extra features to your repertoire as and when you need them.
Teaching people to read any arbitrary regex is not going to go well though; of course there will always be regexes which are utterly cryptic (I still find this and I've been writing them for over a decade).


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IOWA CITY - No. 12/11 NC State defeated No. 10/10 Iowa, 94-81 inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Mediacom Court on Thursday night.
IOWA CITY – No. 12/11 NC State defeated No. 10/10 Iowa, 94-81 inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Mediacom Court on Thursday night.
Caitlin Clark
All-American Caitlin Clark finished the day with a season-high 45 points, six boards, and four assists. It was the fifth time in her career she has scored 40 or more points. She set a new Carver-Hawkeye Arena record for points in a game, breaking the previous record of 43 set by herself last season.
Clark netted a season-high five 3-pointers. She now tied for 5th all-time with Kamille Wahlin sitting at 231 career 3-pointers.
Clark has score 30+ points twice this season and 24 times in her career.
Clark leads the country in games with 25+ points, 5+ rebounds, and 5+ assists. She has done that six times this year.
Clark had 24 points at the break going 10-of-15 from the floor.
Clark's 24-point halftime total was the eighth time this season she scored more than 20 points this season and 58th time in her career.
Clark has registered 25 or more points in seven of her last 10 starts for the Hawkeyes.
Clark is the only player in the country with more than 200 points, 45 rebounds, 45 assists, and five steals.
Coming into tonight's game Clark is the only player in the nation averaging more than 20 ppg, 6.5 rpg, and 6.5 apg. If Clark holds that production for the entire season, it would be a first for NCAA Division I women's basketball.
Monika Czinano grabbed a team-high nine rebounds.
McKenna Warnock was the only other Hawkeye in double figures with 15 points, which matched her season high.
Freshman Hannah Stuelke finished the day with seven points, shooting 3-4 from the floor.
Iowa welcomed 8,250 fans into Carver-Hawkeye Arena which set a season-high for attendance in 2022-23.
It was Iowa's third straight game on National Television.
Clark now ranks 5th in career points with 1,894
The nationally ranked Hawkeyes are set to travel for its Big Ten opener at Wisconsin. Tip-off in Madison is set for 1:01 p.m. (CT) inside the Kohl Center. The game will broadcast on B1G+ and on the Hawkeye Radio Network
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Renting a property can accord you flexibility. Sudden changes that come about in a person's life can be appropriately dealt with with the flexibility availed by rental property. A job relocation can be handled by renting a property near the new place of work, for example. The leasing of property can be performed when unexpected events such as this one occur. For any foreseeable costs that may keep you from staying in one place, go for rental property. Renting property does not require any long-term commitment from the tenant. The flexibility can, therefore, be helpful to the tenant whenever they need to move.
One gains the benefit of living in a place which they would otherwise be unable to afford. Rent is paid as a small part of the full amount for which property is worth, so one can afford to pay rent but not purchase the property. Rental property, therefore, avails the pleasure of living in expensive places which would be unaffordable without this option. Tenants can, therefore, choose destinations that are near certain amenities that they would like to enjoy, which would otherwise be too expensive for them. Rental property, therefore, avail an aspect of the enjoyment of life in an affordable manner.
When renting property, you do not need to incur the costs of maintaining the property in which you are living. Concerning insurance, one only needs coverage for their own things inside the house. All other maintenance costs belong to the homeowner. The tenant is therefore assured that the property does not cost them additional rates for maintenance.
A tenant is not required to give thought to which tenant will move in after them when leaving a property. This means that whenever one needs to move, they only need to consider where they're going but not distressed about what will happen behind them. This makes it easy for a tenant to move from place to place without so much about what to think.


A 24-story tower that will hold apartments and ground-floor shops is rising at the corner of Fifth and Olive streets, across the street from Pershing Square.
When completed in February 2019, it will hold 347 apartments, street-level stores and restaurants, and two levels of underground parking. Residents of the tower, developed by MacFarlane Partners, will have access to amenities including a rooftop terrace and a pool.
For now, the project's concrete decks and vertical columns have been poured up to six stories, according to Suffolk Construction.
The project, the second piece of a long-awaited development called Park Fifth, began construction in March 2017.
The Ankrom Moisan Architects-designed Park Fifth project has another component on the same block, along Hill Street—a seven-story mixed-user that broke ground in August 2016. Together, both buildings in Park Fifth will bring 660 new apartments to Downtown.
Park Fifth was originally proposed in 2007 as a 76-story tower, but was delayed by the recession.


The faithful kneel during the Eucharistic Prayer in preparation for witnessing the coming of Christ the King, kneeling before Him in adoration and expectation.
The actions of the priest, too, are very symbolic, each part referring to the great mystery unfolding.
Thanksgiving (expressed especially in the Preface): In which the priest, in the name of the entire holy people, glorifies God the Father and gives thanks for the whole work of salvation or for some special aspect of it that corresponds to the day, festivity, or season.
Acclamation: In which the whole congregation, joining with the heavenly powers, sings the Sanctus. This acclamation, which is part of the Eucharistic Prayer itself, is sung or said by all the people with the priest.
Epiclesis: In which, by means of particular invocations, the Church implores the power of the Holy Spirit that the gifts offered by human hands be consecrated, that is, become Christ's Body and Blood, and that the spotless Victim to be received in Communion be for the salvation of those who will partake of it.
Institution narrative and consecration: In which, by means of words and actions of Christ, the Sacrifice is carried out which Christ himself instituted at the Last Supper, when he offered his Body and Blood under the species of bread and wine, gave them to his Apostles to eat and drink, and left them the command to perpetuate this same mystery.
Anamnesis: In which the Church, fulfilling the command that she received from Christ the Lord through the Apostles, keeps the memorial of Christ, recalling especially his blessed Passion, glorious Resurrection, and Ascension into heaven.
Offering: By which, in this very memorial, the Church and in particular the Church here and now gathered offers in the Holy Spirit the spotless Victim to the Father. The Church's intention, however, is that the faithful not only offer this spotless Victim but also learn to offer themselves, and so day by day to be consummated, through Christ the Mediator, into unity with God and with each other, so that at last God may be all in all.
Intercessions: By which expression is given to the fact that the Eucharist is celebrated in communion with the entire Church, of heaven as well as of earth, and that the offering is made for her and for all her members, living and dead, who have been called to participate in the redemption and the salvation purchased by Christ's Body and Blood.
The Eucharistic Prayer is that reliving of the Last Supper and representing it to us today. It is not only a "portrayal" of what happened, but more importantly a spiritual re-presentation of the event. In other words, when we are at Mass, we are spiritually present at the Last Supper, witnessing Jesus in the Upper Room with His apostles.
This time is meant to prepare us to receive our Lord in the Holy Eucharist and to witness His coming as the bread and wine are transformed into His body and blood. It is not a mere symbol, but a truth that is beyond words.
Throughout the liturgical year, a Catholic will notice there are a few "Holy Days of Obligation." Typically when someone sees or hears that phrase they simply know, "I have to go to Mass on that day."
But why? Isn't going to Mass on Sunday enough?
Let's look at what "Holy Days of Obligation" are in order to find out why they are important for us.
"Participation in the communal celebration of the Sunday Eucharist is a testimony of belonging and of being faithful to Christ and to his Church. The faithful give witness by this to their communion in faith and charity. Together they testify to God's holiness and their hope of salvation. They strengthen one another under the guidance of the Holy Spirit" (CCC 2182).
"Just as God 'rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done,' human life has a rhythm of work and rest. The institution of the Lord's Day helps everyone enjoy adequate rest and leisure to cultivate their familial, cultural, social, and religious lives." (CCC 2184).
"On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are to refrain from engaging in work or activities that hinder the worship owed to God, the joy proper to the Lord's Day, the performance of the works of mercy, and the appropriate relaxation of mind and body. " (CCC 2185).
Holy Days of Obligation are considered in the Catholic Church an "extension" of the Sabbath; a day devoted to prayer, rest and leisure. In Catholic countries it is often the case that Holy Days of Obligation are also "civil" holidays and businesses are closed on those days in observance of them. In our own country, Christmas is one of those "holy days" that is recognized both in the Church and by the state.
Holy Days of Obligation give us an opportunity to reflect on the mystery of Christ in a particular way, focusing on an aspect of our beliefs that is central to who we are as Christians. Christmas is probably the best example of how we are able to focus on a particular aspect of the Christian mystery and extend our "Sabbath rest" on that day.
One can see the different aspects of the Christian mystery that are celebrated throughout the year and by celebrating them we are enriched in our understanding of our own salvation.
In the end, when we think of Holy Days of Obligation, let us remember that they are extensions of the Sabbath and are meant to be little islands of rest for body and soul in what can often be a strenuous work week. God knows us better than we know ourselves and so we should welcome these holy days as gifts from Him that are meant to refresh us and bring us life.
Last week we learned about the celebration of "feast days" in the Church and this we will discover a particular celebration that is no on the calendar, but is an option for each Saturday of the year.


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Q: select the last 30 days of POSIXct dates in R Probably simple, but this is my first time working with POSIXct date format.
I have a table of orders (that i got from a syl database) and I would like to select all rows of the last 30 days. so today's date minus 30 days. my date is of the type POSIXct.
Now, I know how to do this selection in sql, but need to do this in R. Any suggestions?
It is not a requirement to keep the POSIXct format, one could also transform into another time format if this makes the selection easier.
Side note: the R-code will later on be embedded into a MS SQL environment.

A: library(tidyverse)
library(lubridate)

df <- tibble(
  dates = seq(today() %m-% months(3),
              today(), by = "days"),
  data = sample(40:400, 93, replace = TRUE)
)

df
#> # A tibble: 93 x 2
#>    dates       data
#>    <date>     <int>
#>  1 2022-03-30   369
#>  2 2022-03-31   392
#>  3 2022-04-01    53
#>  4 2022-04-02   256
#>  5 2022-04-03   299
#>  6 2022-04-04   372
#>  7 2022-04-05   212
#>  8 2022-04-06   244
#>  9 2022-04-07    97
#> 10 2022-04-08   394
#> # ... with 83 more rows

df %>%
  filter(dates >= today() %m-% days(30))

#> # A tibble: 31 x 2
#>    dates       data
#>    <date>     <int>
#>  1 2022-05-31   157
#>  2 2022-06-01   274
#>  3 2022-06-02   139
#>  4 2022-06-03   231
#>  5 2022-06-04   251
#>  6 2022-06-05   343
#>  7 2022-06-06   187
#>  8 2022-06-07   118
#>  9 2022-06-08    90
#> 10 2022-06-09   171
#> # ... with 21 more rows
  # filter dates that is larger than today - 30 days

Created on 2022-06-30 by the reprex package (v2.0.1)


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Sidney Fox giving a fellow soldier a haircut in Korea.
Sidney Fox holding a bird while on operations in the Korean War.
A soldier standing at a sign designating the location of the 38th Parallel, the current demarcation line between North and South Korea.
Canadian artillery guns being fired in the Korean War.
Korean children collect candy and food tossed to them by UN soldiers on a passing train.
"I kept in touch with my father, he had been in the first war and he says, what's it like over there? I says, 'well, we're busy digging or going in slit trenches and we can't come out' and he said, 'good lord, are they still fighting like that?'"
I was raised in Southern Ontario, near Leamington, Ontario. I decided to join the Army in August of 1949/1950. Yeah, 1950. And I just wanted to get away from vegetable farming. Yeah. Well, I kind of thought it would be adventurous. I guess I was a little like my father in the First [World] War. We landed in Inchon [Korea] and went straight to our gun position. That was quite an experience. Spent quite a bit of time digging new positions and stuff and it was interesting, yeah. There wasn't a lot of activity, continual activity as far as the artillery went. Like we were always on alert but it was fairly quiet at times. And at times there would be an outburst and yeah. That was a few times that we had to go up into no man's land and help put up our [barbed] wire. That was an experience. Because the enemy knew you were there and they were putting flares up. And you were supposed to freeze but you were using sledgehammers and steel posts, and don't make noise. Seeing the countryside [in the modern day Korea], how it's progressed and the cities, how it's really built up and that, and they have train services that we don't have here. The part that really kind of struck home a little bit was going to the cemeteries. That was a little different. But it was, we kind of got over that a bit. You still get the odd feeling, you know, like I do right now. Well, it's just you know that some guys, most are dead and they're, they haven't come home. I didn't know too many of the ones that were killed, I didn't know actually any of them, we only had one on our gun position that was killed in action but it was from one of our own shells. It burst as it went out of the barrel. I kept in touch with my father, he had been in the first war and he says, what's it like over there? I says, 'well, we're busy digging or going in slit trenches and we can't come out' and he said, 'good lord, are they still fighting like that?'


I hope you are all doing great! I have some issues with the JDBC Adapter Rollback operations. If anyone had any solutions, please share the same. I'll really appreciate it.
For example, let say I'm framing/generating 10 INSERT SQL Statements and sending it to Legacy system. Consider first 5 sql statements went thru successfully and the 6th SQL statement has the Duplicate key and it got failed in the adapter engine, which was correct as I expected.
Since it got failed, the data which got inserted has to be rollbacked, is it possible in communication channel settings?
I don't think the previous inserted data can be rollacked by handling through communication channel monitoring. You need to write a procedure to achieve this functionality.
It doesn't seems to be working. Now I'm not getting any errors in the adapter engine. But the data is not consitent.
then in adapter Engine is showing success, it has to show error and it must revert back the inserted 'ABC' right, but it's not!
Am I doing/missing something wrong?


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Republicans condemn Cindy McCain for supporting LGBTQ people. She couldn't be happier.
The state GOP's first reason listed for censuring her is "supported leftist causes such as gay marriage."
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Seton Hall priest says he was fired for supporting 'NOH8 Campaign'
A Catholic priest says he was fired as director of Seton Hall University's campus ministry after publicly supporting the "NOH8 Campaign" in a Facebook post.
Cindy McCain makes Anderson Cooper's 'RedicuList' for 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' flip flop
Here's a follow-up to a story we posted on Sunday regarding Cindy McCain's seemingly contradictory statements regarding her position on the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Cindy McCain flip flops on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' — tweet contradicts video message
Does she, or doesn't she? Cindy McCain, wife of U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) spoke out against the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in an anti-bullying campaign this week, only to seemingly perform an about face just one day later.
Cindy McCain supports marriage equality campaign — sorry Senator!
Cindy McCain, wife of the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), is the latest high-profile public figure to come out in support of gay marriage, posing for the NOH8 Campaign, a campaign protest of California's Proposition 8, the 2008 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. John McCain is a staunch opponent of gay marriage, […]
'No H8 Day' in West Hollywood marks campaign's anniversary
Sunday is "No H8" Day in West Hollywood. The WEHO city council made the declaration on December 8 that Sunday, December 13 would be "No H8 Day" to mark the 1 year anniversary of the NO H8 Campaign, a photo project and silent protest created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska and his partner Jeff Parshley. […]
'Real Housewives' star goes topless for the 'No H8 Campaign'
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Back in mid-January, word broke out that Microsoft was working to avail its WordFlow keyboard on iOS. WordfFow is the main keyboard app on Microsoft's Windows mobile platform.
A new user-submitted video uploaded by Apple fansite MacRumors seems to all but confirm the same amid news that the keyboard application is under private beta testing.
Before the one-handed function (see screen grabs below) and the "flow" feature, the keyboard app will also have basic features like auto correction and word prediction. Users will also have access to themes. A built-in image library is also said to be included.
Since the app is said to be in a private beta, it may be a while before it gets released to the iTunes store for all users.
Apple introduced the ability to use third-party keyboards to the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad with version 8 of iOS. The move saw popular keyboard applications on Android like Swype and SwiftKey (which has since been acquired by Microsoft) also become available on iOS. Just last week, Microsoft made available Hub, a keyboard app, to iOS users.


02:23 Shifts in the View of Cancer: For the past 70 to 75 years, DNA damage has been seen as the root of cancer. For the past 10 years, scientists have been looking to mitochondrial dysfunction as the cause of that DNA damage. Mitochondria are your armor against DNA damage.
04:25 Dysfunctional Mitochondria and DNA Repair: Mitochondria have a biochemical respiration. When your mitochondria stop breathing appropriately, they get sick and ferment. At that point, everything changes and becomes vulnerable to damage. This mitochondrial damage can come from dietary, environmental or emotional influences. If your mitochondria are hearty, you don't get the DNA damage. It depends upon what you feed them.
08:10 Ketogenic Diet as a Cancer Therapy: Ketones make more ATP more efficiently with fewer steps than glucose. A ketogenic/low carb diet treats fatigue and makes other treatments for cancer or chronic illness more effective.
10:01Testing for Mitochondrial Dysfunction: The simple blood test lactase dehydrogenase is one of the simplest, least expensive and most telling lab to run. Depending upon the lab, it may have a range of 600 or just over 200. In the 200, you want levels below 175. In the 600 range, you want levels under 450. If the LDH is functionally elevated, our mitochondria have stopped breathing, moving into fermentation to be able to absorb more nutrients from our bodies. This is a dangerous metabolic shift where cancer becomes the driver. LDH can be elevated where you have bone breakdown, kidney or liver dysfunction, sugar metabolism issues, so it is not a standalone test. It is run in conjunction with C-reactive protein, sedimentation rate and other big picture labs. If LDH is elevated along with CRP and SED rate, the metabolic process has shifted into a cancer environment. If Dr. Winters finds high functional LDH, she orders the isoenzyme test to see where the breakdown of communication is happening within the cell. More labs can be added for specificity.
16:54 Significance of High LDH (Lactase Dehydrogenase): High functional LDH levels reflect lactic acid, which enables adaptations within the cancer cell. At this point cancer cells become resistant to treatment and do not respond to signaled cell death.
20:20 Antioxidants and Cancer Treatment: Multiple studies say that antioxidants are not a problem with cancer treatments. Cancer treatment should be about redox, both breaking down and building up simultaneously, depending upon what the body needs. Cancer cells are metabolically inflexible, so they can be hit with high dose vitamin C or oxygen or ozone, making cancer cells vulnerable. A diet rich in phytonutrients is a smart bomb. Your body will use antioxidants to protect healthy cells and kill off unhealthy cells.
22:10 Hormesis for Healing: In our culture, we are never uncomfortable. Hormesis is the process where stressor to the body produce a beneficial effect. For millennia, humans did this as a matter of living. The best anticancer nutrients are poisons. They stress the cells a little. Healthy cells adapt and unhealthy cells cannot.
25:05 Diversifying the Microbiome: Our food supply is now down to a few main crops. It has happened in our microbiome as well. Microbiome diversity gives us health and vitality. Find heirloom seeds, forage, eat foods that you've never heard of. We have removed the constituents out of many old time foods and turned them into pharmaceuticals.
31:49 Cancer Rates: In the late 1800s we ingested 5 pounds of sugar per person per year on average. As of 2014, we ingest 175 pounds of sugar per person per year on average. Your mitochondria cannot handle that change that fast. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US. Twelve countries in the European Union list cancer as their number one cause of death. It is predicted to be the number 1 cause of death in the US by 2020. One in 2 men and 1 in 2.4 women in the US will have cancer in their lifetime. We have to make changes.
33:40 Men vs Women Cancer Rates: There is a theory that men have higher rates because, along with high sugar/carb consumption, they are being bathed in estrogen for the first time ever and their bodies cannot compensate. Possibly because women hand down their mitochondrial DNA, their mitochondria tend to be a bit stronger. Women also tend to be more health conscious then men.
36:09 Link between Autoimmune Disease and Cancer: Your immune system consists of the Three Rs: Recognition (that there is a problem), Response (treating the problem), Remembrance (memory of the problem when it reoccurs). In autoimmunity one or more of the Rs is amped and out of balance. In cancer, often all three Rs are depressed. In an extreme autoimmune flare you tend to be TH1 dominant and in extreme cancer process, you tend to be TH2 dominant. Dr. Winters is finding that 80% of her severe cancer patients are contending with a simultaneous autoimmune process. You can be both TH1/TH2 dominant or TH1/TH2 depleted. Our immune modulation starts in our gut. Diet and lifestyle impact the TH1/TH2 balance.
38:48 Addressing TH1/TH2 Swings: With her patients that have swings between TH1 and TH2, she aims for the center and keeps it simple. Vitamin D helps with the T Helper 3 regulatory cell that immunomodulates. A ketogenic diet or just low carbohydrate diet helps to create metabolic flexibility, helping to stabilize the immune swings. Vitamin A, vitamin K, fish oil, probiotics, mistletoe extract, low dose naltrexone help as well.
41:10 Dr. Winters' Cancer Diagnosis: She grew up near an air force base, an area extremely high in toxicants. She was a sick infant, a sick child and experienced abuse. Her genetic SNPs were greatly impacted and finds it amazing that she is still alive. By the time she was 14, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer, again at 16 and at 19 she was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer. She has been her own living lab. The first book she picked up to research her own care was Quantum Healing by Deepak Chopra. She changed her major to psychoneuroimmunology and it became her life's work.
48:07 Making Small Changes: Use a glass water bottle. Don't handle your receipts. Anything you can do to lower your toxicant exposure makes a huge difference in how your mitochondria respond. Even aspirin or other NSAIDs are mitochondrial poisons.
51:36 Mental Recovery from Cancer: It takes neutral self-inquiry. Look for contributors. With awareness, changes can be made. People in support groups far outlive those who do not. The bigger nuisance you are to your doctor, with questions, suggestions and involvement, the more likely you are to survive. Knowledge is power and awareness changes the outcome drastically.
56:13 Epazote, Apricot Seeds and Avocado Seeds: In Chinese medicine, bitter herbs treat cancer. Epazote has a bitter component and is high fiber, for feeding our microbiome. It is used in South America, Central America and Mexico. The bitter is also effective for treating digestive disorders. Dr. Winters suggests weaving this into your diet. Apricot seeds and even apple seeds and almond cores, to some extent, have a component in them called laetrile or B17. It contains a small amount of cyanide to stress the cells (hormesis) so they respond favorably. You only need a few now and then. You can also eat the inside of the avocado seeds. Grind them in a blender or roast them so they taste like chestnuts. There may be anticancer components to the avocado seed.
01:02:25 Toxin Storage in the Liver Myth: Your liver filters toxins out of your body. It doesn't store it. It is a pass-through. Liver is the ultimate superfood. It is loaded with vitamin K2, selenium, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin D and other nutrients that are harder to access in our diets.
01:05:14 Cyclical Ketosis Bases Upon Seasons: It is natural to be more ketotic in the winter when fruits and vegetables were unavailable to our ancestors. The ketogenic diet has been shown to be proapoptotic, anti-inflammatory, and effects at least 6 hallmarks of cancer. However, you may not want to be on it forever. Naturally, we were not always in ketosis. In the summer we can tolerate more carbs because we have longer lighter days and are, theoretically, more active.
01:07:11 Benefits of Fasting: A recent study showed that women who fasted 13 hours a day/night had a lower recurrence of breast cancer than those who did not fast. This brings you into low grade ketosis. Fasting extends length of your life, upregulates mitochondria, and promotes the health of stem cells. You can turn your immune system around in 3 days of not eating.
01:09:52 Dr. Winters' Morning Routine: Morning is Dr. Winters' self-care time. She is up at 5 a.m. and gets her first cup of coffee. She stands on her vibration plate for 15 minutes, then hops into her far infrared sauna for 30 minutes of meditation. She then takes a steam sauna and a shower. Then she walks and starts to work. She does not eat until around 11 a.m. On other mornings, she may do a high intensity workout for 30 to 40 minutes and then do cryotherapy, followed by a green drink.
01:11:54 Dr. Winters' Favorite Herb or Nutrient: Olives are her choice. They are her favorite food. They are nutrient dense and full of fat. Her herb choice would be mistletoe in an injectable form.
01:12:48 Dr. Winters' Choice of Exercise for Cancer Prevention or Fighting: High intensity intervals are her choice. We did more burst type exercise when we lived in nature.
01:13:42 Dr. Winters' Elevator Speech: We need to think about food quality, getting back to what our grandparents and great-grandparents were eating. Step away from the industrialization of food and get people growing their own.
Thank you for this energetic, supportive and informative interview..
Look forward to sharing it with others..
In the late 1960's my mom had breast cancer. She went in for a biopsy and came out disfigured and without a breast! (This was before they had to ask permission.) They told her not to worry, they got it all. Well, they lied, they spread it. She had another diagnosis a couple of years later. They told her she would be lucky to live 4 – 6 months because she walked away from treatment. She spent one day shifting from the typical mid-western diet to enemas, fresh vegetable juice and raw food. She outlived alllll of her doctors and died at 83 of cardiovascular disease. She discovered the grand slam breakfast at 80 and decided she was tired of the way she had been eating. She began eating out daily ~ it took 3 years for the Standard American Diet to kill her.
Sorry to hear about your mother, Susan.
Sounds like she had a nice quality of life for quite a while though, glad to hear a real-food diet worked for her.


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Resilient design
Designer Adria Lake delves into her personal experiences of building a new home and company headquarters to explain her thinking on how resilient design can help us assimilate disruptions, unpredictability, and instability into our lives… and thrive
Published in CLADmag 2018 issue 3
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Adria Lake and her partner Marc Gerritsen, photographed at their home in Colorado for Well Home. September 2018
We spend most of our time in built environments. Our homes, places of work, public spaces – even parks and outdoor spaces we retreat or escape to – are designed and built for our comfort and safety.
Yet the rise of auto-immune and lifestyle diseases and sick building syndrome indicate that we're not built for the constant homeostasis of modern living. Our muscles, heart, lungs and immune system evolved to respond and adapt to internal and external threats and changes. While we may prefer comfort and stability, our biological systems require a degree of unpredictability or stress to remain healthy and strong.
Resilience is hard wired in all of us and bolstering our resilience – the ability to adapt and thrive in any environment – is the aim of Resilience-based Wellness® (RbW®), a concept and approach we launched in 2016.
Discovering ways to define and apply resilience in our design and lives became the driving force behind the creation of our new home and company headquarters. This is our story …
Building on a mountain peak in northern Colorado was never originally on the agenda. But now that we're here, there's no other place in the world we'd rather be.
Looking out of the panoramic windows of our home and taking in the unobstructed views of the majestic Rocky mountains reminds us that we're but a small, insignificant speck on this vast landscape.
How we designed and built our home and headquarters made a huge difference to the way we live and work (See Living with Resilient Design on page 139).
Marc Gerritsen, my partner and principal architect of MAAD Design, explains: "Finding a suitable location on which to build was a challenge, as the steep, rocky mountain slope offered limited construction space.
"There were many factors to consider. The building site we chose, while sheltered on the north side, is exposed to high winds, hail and snow storms on the other three, and is also vulnerable to wild fire, water shortages, intense year-round sun exposure and massive snow loads in winter."
Safeguarding the buildings from all unpredictable conditions and threats in such a location would have been impossible. Instead, Marc designed robust structures that adapt to their surrounding and will continue to function in the face of all types of disruptions.
Take the monolithic, ark-like shape of the main building, for example. "Having spent time in the Alps, I knew a massive slanted wall with large panoramic windows would allow the sunlight to heat the building in the winter and give it an aerodynamic form that allowed 150 mile-an-hour winds to glide over it," he says.
Adaptability also meant choosing durable materials for the build, such as copper, raw untreated steel and hardwood, which require low maintenance and will age beautifully when exposed to extreme weather. Marc also used a hybrid construction method and installed both simple and redundant systems to supply heat, water, and power to the site (See Resilient Methods on page 141).
Far from taming the forces of nature or mitigating disasters, Resilient Design is about understanding, working with, and utilising what we cannot predict or control to create diverse, dynamic environments which accommodate nature and in which we can thrive.
The common misconception that resilient design is about being 'indestructible' has led to the proliferation of products made of materials that will outlast us and continue to pollute and poison the planet.
An important aspect of resilient design is understanding the brevity of our existence and our part in the endless cycle of life all around us.
We recognise that the structures we built will one day outlast their use and for that reason, we built the entire complex using the deconstruction method (See Resilient Methods and Materials on page 141) so one day, the buildings can be removed from the site completely, to allow total regeneration to take place, or for something else to take its place.
Eighty-five percent of materials, fixtures and finishes we used can be re-used or repurposed without any additional processing and by using birch plywood to cover 90 per cent of our interior walls, we also eliminated the need to use primer, paint, varnish and other toxic chemicals. We now have walls that can be completely disassembled and re-used in the future if needed.
It's a sobering thought that in the US alone, more than 100 million tons of building-related construction and demolition debris are sent to landfill each year, and most of these materials are difficult or costly to recycle, which is why they make up about 40 per cent of the overall waste stream generated in the US every year.
The deconstruction method avoids costly demolition or building removal that further damages the environment.
THE LATEST BUZZWORD
The words 'resilient design' are more likely to conjure up images of underground bunkers than beautiful design, and lack the sex appeal of organic architecture, with its curvaceous forms. Also, unlike their eco-driven counterparts, resilient buildings forgo the glowing halo.
But increasingly unpredictable weather patterns as a result of climate change are compelling architects to create structures that can withstand extreme conditions.
In his recent article 'The race to codify resilience design', John Caulfield, senior editor of Building Design + Construction, noted that just about everyone in the industry is adding a resilience component to their standards. This includes the International Code Council, BREEAM, the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure, American Society of Civil Engineers, IBHS and the US Green Building Council.
Suddenly, resilience is becoming the latest buzzword, but resilient design isn't new – as nature's own blueprint, it's found everywhere, including the structural design of all living things. Resilience is nature's answer to entropy: ice melts, iron rusts and we age, but although entropy is universal and irreversible, nature has found ways to adapt and flourish by using chaos as a building block and throughout 4.5 billion years of evolution, living things have adapted and survived in the face of disorder.
"There is no better designer than nature," said Alexander McQueen – an observation that has been echoed for millennia by artists and architects. But while we're eager to mimic nature's aesthetics using biomimicry, we're less inclined to adapt its methods of assimilating disorder. This is because as humans, we seek to bring order to chaos and to maintain equilibrium as if we were exempt from the most basic laws of the universe.
The truth is that without adaptation, nature's astonishing diversity and beauty would never have emerged and without resilience, life itself would have perished long ago.
Instead, life, in all its splendour, is thriving. This thriving mindset is the foundation of Resilient Design.
Sustainable design focuses on conservation and scarcity, while resilient design is interested in scalability and growth. Sustainability sees a shrinking pie. Resilience learns to bake.
Adria Lake is owner and MD of AW Lake, a wellness design and consultancy firm that works with some of the world's top hotel brands, designing spa and wellness facilities.
The company – which has been based in Asia for 20 years – relocated to the US in 2017 to a new base in Colorado.
Lake plans to offer the Resilience Living programme, which exposes participants to unfamiliar situations in order to strengthen body and mind.
She says: "With our move to Colorado, we're exploring a different approach to wellness. We believe creating places and experiences that strengthen our resilience and liberate our imagination, creativity and curiosity will have a greater and more lasting impact on our wellbeing and the future of our species – as well as our planet."
She became interested in the idea of resiliency after being diagnosed with early onset MS in 2014.
"As someone who has been extremely active and physical my whole life, the possibility of losing my mobility and neurological functions was unthinkable," says Lake. She took a six-month break from work, and headed to southern Chile in the dead of winter to see how her body would cope with the harsh Patagonian winter and the extreme heat and dryness of the Atacama Desert.
"My exposure to extreme cold, heat and isolation and unfamiliar surroundings, strengthened my nervous system, re-calibrated my immune system, and restored my health," she says.
"Our wellbeing is encoded in our DNA and we are inherently resilient, but our dependence on modern comforts has weakened our immune systems, undermined our vitality and – frankly – made us fat and lazy.
"When we expose ourselves to varying conditions and live in spaces that connect us to, rather than insulate us from, our surroundings, we feel stronger and happier, and that is the very definition of being well."
Lake also plans to launch a plant-based ketogenic functional food range under the brand S.M.R.T. Body Fuel.
Living with Resilient Design
What is it like to live and work in a resilient designed building? You stay alert and engaged, as the same approach we use in our design – adaptability to unpredictable conditions and disruptions – applies to how we live and work. A few examples:
• Our sunset deck features a 'Cold Exposure Circuit', consisting of a steel and glass enclosed wood-fired steam/sauna, a polar plunge pool and an Artic hydro-jet shower, equipped with its own recyclable water system.
• A bridge from our second floor offices provides direct access to decks that are used as outdoor work and meeting spaces.
• We have a makers' studio equipped to enable people to produce prototypes, create works of art, or learn simple woodworking and welding techniques.
• Everyone who visits for our Resilient Living Program will be encouraged to acquire new skills. To cultivate curiosity, for example, we have a professional kitchen, where cooking classes are conducted and everyone is expected to participate in meal preparation.
• Instead of air-conditioning, we opted for windows and doors for ventilation.
• Hydronic radiant floor heating is set at 50 degrees Fahrenheit or 10 degrees Celsius in the winter, when the outside temperature often drops below zero.
• A wood-fired stove and fireplaces provide additional warmth, using kindling and wood gathered from fallen trees on the property.
• With vast swathes of forest land and the Rocky Mountain wilderness on our doorstep, miles of walking and foraging trails offer daily adventure and exploration, both for ourselves and for our guests.
• And soon, we will also complete our Resilient Living and Wilderness Camp which will have access to more than 350 miles of hiking trails, white water rafting, canoeing, skiing, snowboarding, swimming, rock climbing, fishing, forest foraging, and wildlife tracking.
The makers' studio is equipped to enable people who attend the Resilience-based Wellness courses to create and innovate
Adria Lake was diagnosed with early-onset MS and turned to the philosophy of resilience to heal
Resilient Methods and Materials
While the need for adaptability and reusability shaped our vision, the real challenge was deciding on actual methods and materials. Once we decided on the following three methods, we were off
1. Deconstruction method
• Use simple, open-span structural systems and standard sizes, modular building components and assemblies.
• We chose wood framing with heavy timbers, beams and stick-by-stick construction.
• Opt for durable materials that can be reused or have high re-sale value, such as hardwood flooring, multi-paned windows, unique doors and custom electrical fixtures.
• Minimise the use of different types of materials, make connections visible and accessible and use mechanical fasteners, such as screws, instead of sealants or adhesives.
2. Hybrid construction
• We used a combination of wood framing and metal roofing and cladding for greater protection, longevity, flexibility, efficiency and value.
• This combination of materials has resulted in high levels of thermal insulation that drastically reduce energy consumption, while the metal roof and exterior cladding allow the building to withstand wild fire, high winds, uplift and water penetration.
• Corrugated steel roof and gutter systems provide an impervious, stable surface for collecting rainwater, inhibiting the growth of algae and shedding rain and snow, minimising the risk of moisture damage.
3. Simple and redundant systems
• We used an ICF foundation (Insulating Concrete Form), whereby concrete is poured into forms that serve as insulation layers and remain in place as permanent parts of the structure.
• Continuous insulation on both sides of the wall virtually eliminates thermal bridging and energy loss, while an ICF foundation can cut energy bills in half and achieve a HERS index in the 40-50 range. It's 50-60 per cent more efficient than existing standards.
• Rigid foam insulation offers high moisture and heat resistance, as well as protection against mould and pests. It also has a higher R-value than fiberglass or polystyrene.
• We chose redundant heat, water and power sources, including hydronic radiant floor heating, a gas fireplace and a wood burning stove.
• A 200m (680 ft) groundwater well produces two litres of water a minute. A 2,000-gallon underground cistern stores backup water, and the house also has a 1,200-gallon rainwater/snowmelt collection tank.
• Power is provided by gas, solar, electricity and a generator.
Birch plywood interior walls eliminate the need for primer or paint
The bridge leads to outdoor meeting and work spaces
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The slanted wall of the main building allows 150 mile-an-hour winds to glide over it
Marc Gerritsen: "Resilient Design acknowledges we have finite resources, but also recognises we're infinitely adaptable."
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