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package org.apache.jena.mem;

import java.util.ConcurrentModificationException ;

import org.apache.jena.graph.Triple ;
import org.apache.jena.util.iterator.ExtendedIterator ;
import org.apache.jena.util.iterator.NiceIterator ;

/**
    An ArrayBunch implements TripleBunch with a linear search of a short-ish
    array of Triples. The array can grow, but it only grows by 4 elements each time
    (because, if it gets big enough for this linear growth to be bad, it should anyways
    have been replaced by a more efficient set-of-triples implementation).
*/
public class ArrayBunch implements TripleBunch
    {

    protected int size = 0;
    protected Triple [] elements;
    protected volatile int changes = 0;

    public ArrayBunch()
        { elements = new Triple[5]; }

    @Override
    public boolean containsBySameValueAs( Triple t )
        {
        int i = size;
        while (i > 0) if (t.matches( elements[--i])) return true;
        return false;
        }

    @Override
    public boolean contains( Triple t )
        {
        int i = size;
        while (i > 0) if (t.equals( elements[--i] )) return true;
        return false;
        }

    @Override
    public int size()
        { return size; }

    @Override
    public void add( Triple t )
        {
        if (size == elements.length) grow();
        elements[size++] = t;
        changes += 1;
        }

    /**
        Note: linear growth is suboptimal (order n2) normally, but
        ArrayBunch's are meant for small sets and are replaced by some
        sort of hash- or tree- set when they get big; currently "big" means more
        than 9 elements, so that's only one growth spurt anyway.
    */
    protected void grow()
        {
        Triple [] newElements = new Triple[size + 4];
        System.arraycopy( elements, 0, newElements, 0, size );
        elements = newElements;
        }

    @Override
    public void remove( Triple t )
        {
        changes += 1;
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i += 1)
            {
            if (t.equals( elements[i] ))
                { elements[i] = elements[--size];
                return; }
            }
        }

    @Override
    public ExtendedIterator<Triple> iterator()
        {
        return iterator( new HashCommon.NotifyEmpty() { @Override
        public void emptied() {} } );
        }

    @Override
    public ExtendedIterator<Triple> iterator( final HashCommon.NotifyEmpty container )
        {
        return new NiceIterator<Triple>()
            {
            protected final int initialChanges = changes;

            protected int i = size;
            protected final Triple [] e = elements;

            @Override public boolean hasNext()
                {
                if (changes > initialChanges) throw new ConcurrentModificationException();
                return i > 0;
                }

            @Override public Triple next()
                {
                if (changes > initialChanges) throw new ConcurrentModificationException();
                if (i == 0) noElements( "no elements left in ArrayBunch iteration" );
                return e[--i];
                }

            @Override public void remove()
                {
                if (changes > initialChanges) throw new ConcurrentModificationException();
                int last = --size;
                e[i] = e[last];
                e[last] = null;
                if (size == 0) container.emptied();
                }
            };
        }
    }


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package de.zib.scalaris.executor;

import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.security.InvalidParameterException;

import com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangException;

import de.zib.scalaris.NotFoundException;
import de.zib.scalaris.RequestList;
import de.zib.scalaris.ResultList;
import de.zib.scalaris.UnknownException;
import de.zib.scalaris.operations.ReadOp;
import de.zib.scalaris.operations.WriteOp;

/**
 * Implements an increment operation using the read and write operations of
 * Scalaris.
 *
 * @param <T> the type of the value to write
 *
 * @author Nico Kruber, kruber@zib.de
 * @version 3.13
 * @since 3.13
 */
public class ScalarisIncrementOp1<T extends Number> implements ScalarisOp {
    final protected String key;
    final protected BigInteger value;

    /**
     * Creates a write operation.
     *
     * @param key
     *            the key to write to
     * @param value
     *            the value to write
     */
    public ScalarisIncrementOp1(final String key, final T value) {
        this.key = key;
        if (value instanceof Integer) {
            this.value = BigInteger.valueOf((Integer) value);
        } else if (value instanceof Long) {
            this.value = BigInteger.valueOf((Long) value);
        } else if (value instanceof BigInteger) {
            this.value = (BigInteger) value;
        } else {
            throw new InvalidParameterException("Type not supported for increment: " + value.getClass().toString());
        }
    }

    public int workPhases() {
        return 2;
    }

    public final int doPhase(final int phase, final int firstOp, final ResultList results,
            final RequestList requests) throws OtpErlangException, UnknownException,
            IllegalArgumentException {
        switch (phase) {
        case 0: return prepareRead(requests);
        case 1: return prepareWrite(firstOp, results, requests);
        case 2: return checkWrite(firstOp, results);
        default:
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("No phase " + phase);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Adds a read operation for the current value to the request list.
     *
     * @param requests the request list
     *
     * @return <tt>0</tt> (no operation processed since no results are used)
     */
    protected int prepareRead(final RequestList requests) {
        requests.addOp(new ReadOp(key));
        return 0;
    }

    /**
     * Verifies the read operation, increments the number and adds a write
     * operation to the request list.
     *
     * @param firstOp
     *            the first operation to process inside the result list
     * @param results
     *            the result list
     * @param requests
     *            the request list
     *
     * @return <tt>1</tt> operation processed (the read)
     */
    protected int prepareWrite(final int firstOp, final ResultList results,
            final RequestList requests) throws OtpErlangException,
            UnknownException {
        BigInteger currrentValue;
        try {
            currrentValue = results.processReadAt(firstOp).bigIntValue();
        } catch (final NotFoundException e) {
            // this is ok
            currrentValue = BigInteger.ZERO;
        }
        currrentValue.add(value);
        requests.addOp(new WriteOp(key, currrentValue));
        return 1;
    }

    /**
     * Verifies the write operation.
     *
     * @param firstOp   the first operation to process inside the result list
     * @param results   the result list
     *
     * @return <tt>1</tt> operation processed (the write)
     */
    protected int checkWrite(final int firstOp, final ResultList results)
            throws OtpErlangException, UnknownException {
        results.processWriteAt(firstOp);
        return 1;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see de.zib.scalaris.examples.wikipedia.ScalarisOp#toString()
     */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "Scalaris.increment(" + key + ", " + value + ")";
    }

    /**
     * Gets the key to write to.
     *
     * @return the key
     */
    public String getKey() {
        return key;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the value to increment by.
     *
     * @return the value
     */
    public BigInteger getIncValue() {
        return value;
    }

}

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Celebrate the Season While Helping Cats in Need
Do you have good cheer, a hearty laugh and a love of felines? Then the Cat Adoption Team (CAT), a nonprofit cat shelter in Portland, Ore., has a volunteer opportunity for you.
CAT, which cares for 400 to 600 cats and kittens on a daily basis, relies on the generosity of the public and the hard work of volunteers, especially during the holiday season. That's when some volunteers are called upon to don a red suit and hat, a white beard and jingle bells before posing for pictures with kitties at a busy local pet store. It's all for a good cause, since $5 from each picture-taking session with kitty is donated to cats in need. "We are fortunate to live where people really do demonstrate their support for both cat and dog shelters," says Kimi Christiansen, CAT's development manager, who started out as a volunteer.
You may be surprised at how you can turn some of your own holiday activities -- such as baking cookies, shopping and even socializing -- into fundraising for your local shelter.
How to Help During the Holidays
Find homes for homeless cats While making the rounds at holiday parties, spread the word that many shelter animals need good homes. You'll be part of a growing effort. In 1999, the Helen Woodward Animal Center, a non-profit, no-kill shelter in San Diego County, Calif., teamed up with 14 other local shelters to start the Home 4 the Holidays program. They found homes for 2,563 orphaned pets that year. The program has since grown into the largest pet adoption drive in the world. This year, they hope to facilitate 1.5 million adoptions.
Organize a feline food drive Encourage your church, school, company or other organization to set up a food drive to help your local shelter. Some, such as CAT, operate food banks for families with pets who are having economic difficulty. "Get a giant box and put it in the lobby or send information in the company newsletter," suggests Tim Crum, of The Philanthropy Team, a fundraising and marketing company for animal shelters.
Collect pennies for pets Recruit your elementary and middle school students to collect coins to help a local shelter. "Make it a contest between classrooms or between schools," says Crum. He worked with one school in Pittsburgh that raised $2,500 in pennies for the Animal Rescue League a few years ago.
Bake cookies to help cats While baking holiday cookies, fruitcakes or other delectable treats, make enough to hold a bake sale to raise funds for a shelter. If possible, set up at a local library or in the school cafeteria.
Buy gift cards for shelters During your holiday shopping outings, don't forget to pick up a gift card for your local shelter. "If you know a shelter shops at a particular store, get them a gift card or certificate, since they are a business," says Kimberley Intino, a certified animal welfare administrator and the director of shelter services for the Humane Society of the United States. The options include pet stores, office supply stores or discount chains.
Spreading Holiday Cheer
Thanks to picture-taking with Santa, an annual holiday auction called Whisker Wonderland and an online giving campaign sponsored by a local weekly newspaper, CAT expects to raise more than $150,000 this holiday season. They couldn't do it without help from the community.
In addition to opening their wallets and pocketbooks, Portland residents donate cat trees, pet sitting, artwork and other items. If the economy has made funds tight, residents are encouraged to donate their time. "We're always looking for people who want to make a limited time commitment," says Christiansen.
by Elizabeth Wasserman
cat care cat adoption

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Impeccably presented and tastefully furnished to a high standard, Homelands is a luxurious semi-detached cottage situated in the sought after picturesque village of Brockenhurst. It has received the coveted Gold Award from Visit England for 3 years in succession and in 2018, also won a prestigious ROSE Award in recognition of outstanding service excellence. The property has been stylishly decorated with excellent attention to detail throughout, incorporating a forest theme, creating a real home from home feel. The owners have thought of everything guests could possibly need, in order to make your stay as enjoyable as possible. The accommodation comprises of a modern kitchen, large lounge/diner, three sizeable bedrooms and two bathrooms. The property is family friendly and benefits from private parking for two cars, secure storage for bikes and an enclosed garden to enjoy during the summer months.
Due to its fantastic location, Homelands is an ideal base for those families wishing to holiday without a car. Brockenhurst rail station (which is just a few minutes' walk from the property) is just 90 minutes from London Waterloo and with the property so centrally located all essential amenities can be found within walking distance including an array of shops, pubs, cafés and restaurants in Brockenhurst village centre.
Bikes can be hired locally, with excellent public transport links travelling all over the New Forest. Covering 218 sq. miles, the New Forest is an excellent destination for walkers and cyclists with many miles of cycle paths and walkways.
Homelands provides comfort, style and convenience and we have no hesitation in recommending this award winning property for a holiday in the New Forest.
Cloakroom with hand basin, WC and mood lighting.
The modern kitchen includes built-in electric oven, induction hob, microwave, dishwasher, fridge-freezer, washer/dryer, TV, Nespresso machine, water softener and separate filtered drinking water tap, nutri-bullet, food mixer, mobile device charging station and breakfast bar with seating for three.
The comfortable lounge/diner includes a wood burning stove, comfortable corner sofa, and extendable dining table with seating for six, landscape lighting feature, DAB Radio, 48" Smart TV, DVD, Bluetooth sound bar and Nintendo Wii with a variety of games as well as books and DVDs.
Bedroom 1 with king size bed (5ft) with storage, dressing table TV and radio alarm clock. Hair dryer provided. En suite shower room with under floor heating, heated towel rail, walk in rainfall shower, hand basin and WC.
Bedroom 2 with double bed (4ft 6in), radio alarm clock, storage and dressing table. Hair dryer provided.
Bedroom 3 with twin single beds (3ft), radio alarm clock and storage.
Family bathroom with under floor heating, heated towel rail, rainfall shower head over bath, hand basin and WC.
Black out blinds are provided in each bedroom as are award winning, hypoallergenic mattresses, duvets and pillows for your comfort.
To the rear of the property is a small, private, enclosed south facing rear garden mainly laid to lawn. Doors from the lounge open on to a patio with table, chairs and charcoal barbecue.
For a maximum of two cars on shared driveway.
Included: Bed linen, towels, WiFi, central heating (gas), electricity and extensive welcome pack. Travel cot, high chair and stair gate available on request. One basket of logs for wood burner provided in appropriate season.
Pets Regret no pets, guide dogs welcome. Please note, owners own dog occasionally visits the property.
Telephone For incoming and emergency outgoing calls only.
Loved everything about the place, the living room was very comfortable as were the beds.
Yes, very much. The only downside was the difficult at times access through the village but there is obviously nothing that could be done about that. We would definitely go back there.
Apart from that minor point the house is lovely, comfortable and ideally situated for exploring the surrounding towns. There was a lovely welcome pack to greet us and that was much appreciated.
A beautiful house with some very nice touches. The pictures do not do it the justice it deserves.
We had a great holiday- the weather was kind to us and the property was fantastic.
The house is in a fantastic location, our grandson loved the morning walk to fetch the paper and seeing all the ponies. The property is beautifully decorated and the owners have really thought about everything you could need. Great holiday.
The furnishings, equipment and cleanliness were exceptional. For convenience, the location was great, however, we found the train noise intrusive.
The house was very clean, tidy and well presented. All sorts of little touches made the property a very comfortable place to stay. The house is very near to the main railway line which had its pluses and minuses. On the plus side it was a very good train service to Bournemouth, Poole, Lynmouth, London etc and the station only a few minutes walk away. On the minus side the trains were quiet noisy when you were in the property but you do eventually get used to it. The only other minus was the noise from the cattle grid for the village hall next door - it made a clonking noise when cars went over it and the hall is used very regularly throughout the day. All that said the property was lovely and we enjoyed our stay.
House was very clean and handy for the village. Well equipped, although the oven was so high tech we never got the hang of it! Husband was impressed with the tv. Downside was the location, next to the railway line with trains running quite late at night, and the village hall on the other side which was busy with cars as there is a day nursery located there.
A lovely spacious house in a beautiful area in the New Forest. We'd love to take it lock, stock and barrel to the Midlands, back with us!
Lovely property, ideal for trips out in the New Forest. Very welcoming. Thanks for all of your help.
A lovely holiday in a very homely house. Bike rides, Peppa Pig (Paultons), Christchurch Quomps, Hengistbury Head, ride along the sea wall. Plenty to do, made the most of the sun!
Very sharp, well decorated home. Lots of extras - many thanks. Would definitely recommend A*.
Thank you for a lovely stay - your attention to detail in the house makes all the difference. You thought of everything - even equipment for childproofing. We will be back!
Fantastic holiday.this house easily surpassed our expectations.the owners went beyond what was required.welcome pack great as arrived late.As there was so much crockery,cutlery utensils we could put dishwasher on once a day and still have set of everything in cupboard.garden lovely.downstairs loo very handy.plenty of room upstairs.the house is less than 10 min walk to village centre.would advise torch for walk back at night as horses leave little packages on pavements which is hard to see in dark.perfectly situated for visiting other villages or coast.would like to thank owners and say would recommend to any of our friends who want to visit new forest.This was our granddaughters first holiday and she saw her first horse at the gate first morning.
I would like to says homelands was beyond our expectation.we was impressed that the owner went above what was required.ie number of crockery,utensils,cutlery.also the small things like d.washer tablets,w,up liquid and welcome pack.we will certainly recommend this property to others going to new forest.
Welcome pack on arrival was super . The children's play park just behind Homelands was brilliant. The owners of this property had thought about everything we visitors might need.
Great house. Welcome pack is brilliant. A lovely holiday, we will be back. Thank you.
Lovely house and a great base for exploring the New Forest. Thank you!
Wonderful place. We all had a great holiday. Thank you.
Great stay in a lovely house and we were so lucky with the weather! Thanks for all the thoughtful touches.
Fab house, great stay, very welcoming. Thank you.
Thank you for the very helpful welcome pack. Its been a lovely break in a clean, spacious and well-equipped house.


If you would like to participate in a small gathering where you can meet fellow members for a good meal and good conversation, consider hosting a dinner at your home this winter.
We will then post the date and the number of places available in subsequent e-mail newsletters and on the Club website for guests to register. Hosts will offer one dish, and the guests—at the host's request—will bring the rest. You may have room for 4 guests, 6 guests, or 8 guests—you decide. Once a table is filled, we will let you know who has signed up and you can then contact them to assign the dishes to bring.
Your Host is _________________, A.B. 1987, an attorney in private practice, and his wife ______, a public school teacher. Table for 8 guests at ___'s Edina home. Date: Saturday, January 22, 6:00 p.m. Individual guests and couples are both welcome. To register for this table, e-mail admin@harvardmn.org or call 612-871-2914.
We hope you will consider hosting. If you aren't able to host this winter, consider being a guest. Watch upcoming newsletters for details of available dinners.


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Carolina Portesi Peroni (born 11 May 2001) is an Italian ice dancer. With her skating partner, Michael Chrastecky, she is the 2023 Italian national bronze medalist, a two-time Italian junior national champion (2020–21) and competed in the final segment at the 2020 World Junior Championships.

Personal life
Portesi Peroni was born on 11 May 2001, in Brescia, Italy, to Michela Peroni and Nicola Portesi. She has an older sister named Camilla.

Career

Early career
Portesi Peroni competed for two seasons with Alessio Galli before forming a partnership with Czech-Slovene dancer Michael Chrastecky to represent her country.

Portesi Peroni/Chrastecky made their Junior Grand Prix debut at the 2017 JGP Italy, where they placed tenth. They did not return to the Junior Grand Prix the following season, competing instead at several minor, junior internationals and winning the bronze medal at the Italian championships.

2019–20 season
Returning to the Junior Grand Prix, Portesi Peroni/Chrastecky placed seventh at 2019 JGP France and ninth at 2019 JGP Croatia. They won a bronze medal at the junior competition at Golden Spin and then took the gold at the Italian junior nationals for the first time.  They concluded the season making their debut at the World Junior Championships, where they finished in seventeenth position.

2020–21 season
With the coronavirus pandemic causing the cancellation of the international junior season, Portesi Peroni/Chrastecky won their second consecutive Italian junior title.

2021–22 season
Making their international senior debut on the Challenger series, Portesi Peroni/Chrastecky placed eleventh on the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy.  They next competed at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, seeking to qualify a second spot for Italy at the 2022 Winter Olympics. They placed eighth, making Italy the third reserve.

On October 6, Portesi Peroni announced on her Instagram that she had ruptured her patellar tendon, requiring surgery and four months of recovery, ending their season.

They were named to the host spot at the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia but later withdrew due to their injury.

Programs
 With Chrastecky

Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Chrastecky

With Galli

Detailed results
ISU Personal best highlighted in bold.

 With Chrastecky

Senior-level results

Junior-level results

References

External links

2001 births
Living people
Italian female ice dancers
Sportspeople from Brescia
21st-century Italian women

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Breaking: Maurizio Sarri to be sacked during international break!
The loss at Godison Park can be his final game as Chelsea boss.
Chelsea are going through tough time. What started as a wonderful season for them is now turning out to be a bad one. They are yet to register their second away Premier League win in 2019. After defeat away to Everton on the weekend, it looks like Sarri-ball is once again on trial at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea dropping ground in the race for the top four.
It's yet another block in the road for Maurizio Sarri this season who has struggled to implement his philosophy at Stamford Bridge and that 2-0 loss has now led to even more suggestions he might be ready for the sack in the coming international break.
Maurizio Sarri could be sacked by Chelsea before the Premier League returns at the end of the month, according to reports. Sarri enters the international break under real pressure after Sunday's 2-0 defeat at Everton, which leaves the Blues three points outside the top four.
Goals for Richarlison and Gylfi Sigurosson handed Marco Silva's side a major win to put themselves 10 points clear of the bottom three, and condemn the Blues to a first loss since their Carabao Cup final penalty shootout heartbreak against Manchester City.
The visitors enjoyed a dominant performance for the most part at Goodison Park yet were unable to convert their chances and ultimately left Merseyside with nothing, much to the frustration of their manager. The Blues are struggling to land a top-four finish in the Premier League.
Former Napoli boss Sarri was only appointed back in the summer when Chelsea paid £4.4m to acquire him. They also sacked Antonio Conte at an estimated cost of £9m. But trigger-happy Roman Abramovich might now use the international break as space to sack Sarri and bring in a new manager.
And it could well be a smart move for the Blues were they to ditch Sarri now. A failure to get to grips with 'Sarri-ball' has come alongside an over-reliance on Eden Hazard to provide the goals. Sarri ditched Alvaro Morata in January and brought in Gonzalo Higuain in an effort to bolster the Blues' attacking prowess.
But Higuain's arrival has done little to transform this side which at times has looked rudderless this season. Sarri himself has already admitted he is struggling to motivate his players.
And the Blues are in no position to sell half the squad and rebuild under Sarri now they have a transfer ban hanging over them. The ban, which runs for the next two transfer windows, means Sarri must work with what he's got – plus Christian Pulisic in the summer – between now and summer 2020.
Author's Take:
But the manager may not be given that much time to sort out the issue. Owner Abramovich is well known for his willingness to sack managers in an instant. However, Chelsea must have patient with Sarri if they want titles in future.
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CBN raises interest rate to 16.5 per cent
Nov. 22, 2022, 8:21 p.m. WAT Last modified on Nov. 22, 2022, 8:21 p.m., WAT
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has raised its lending rate to 16.5 percent in a bullish move to stymie rising inflation and pressure on the naira, the country's currency.
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Godwin Emefiele made this disclosure on Tuesday at the end of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Abuja.
The apex bank had increased the interest rate to 14 percent months ago.
According to Emefiele, the move yielded requisite results on the country's economy.
Mr Emefiele announced that the committee also retained the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) at 32.5 percent, and voted to retain the asymmetric corridor at +100 and -700 basis points around the MPR. The liquidity ratio was retained at 30 percent.
He added that the global inflationary pressure was quite high and there was a need to moderate the increasing inflationary concerns.
He further disclosed that the MPC did not consider the need to loosen the rates due to the prevailing circumstances although he said there were indications previous decisions to hold increase rates were beginning to yield results.
Cash Reserve Ratio is the share of a bank's total customer deposit that must be kept with the central bank in the form of liquid cash, while Bank Liquidity Ratio is the proportion of deposits and other assets they must maintain to be able to meet short-term obligations.
Earlier in the year, the CBN had raised the cash reserve requirement (CRR) to a minimum of 32.5% in a bid to mop-up liquidity.
In October, The Telegraph reported that Nigeria's inflation rate hit a 17-year high of 21.09% amid soaring prices of food and energy.
CBN hopes that raising rates will reduce the money supply in the economy and rein in inflation, but some analysts also said that the move also faces the risk of slowing economic growth.
A higher interest rate will raise the cost of borrowing for businesses and may make goods and services even more expensive for consumers as the Yuletide season approaches.
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package scouter.util;

public interface IClose {
	public void close();
}


← What's Your Race Story?
I often ask people, "If you were the Queen of All Things/King of All Things . . ." and then the end of that sentence depends on what we are talking about. What would be your life dream? How would you spend the next year?
If I were the Queen of All Things . . .
Everybody would get a sabbatical at least once in their lives.
Everybody would get a birthday video like the one I got in March.
Everybody would have some one to make them soup when they felt terrible.
Everybody would have a cohort of colleagues like my preaching group.
For the 17th year, we are meeting to share resources, wisdom, vulnerability, stories, sorrows, frustrations, and joy. We've been to Texas, North Carolina, Illinois, Georgia, California, Tennessee, New York, Florida, Virginia, and Scotland together, and more than ever, I believe that everybody deserves this kind of group of friends and colleagues.
If I were the QOAT, it would happen. But I'm not. So let's get out there and make good things happen for people.


Examine primary source clues carefully. Determine what you see and what questions you might ask to "get the big picture".
Describe who you see in this image.
Where do you think this image was taken?
What new people or things do you see?
What new things do you see?
What new evidence do you have to support or shift your hypothesis?
What does this image say about the impact of nature on humans?
How did your perception of the image change as you saw more of the image?
Why did your hypothesis change?
What questions did the image leave you with?
These questions are used in the Nature Zoom-In (PowerPoint File) that is included in the "Zoom-In Inquiry" Model Activity.


MILLIGAN � A boil water notice is in effect until 10 a.m. tomorrow morning for Milligan Water System customers on Buck Ward, Old River and Griffith Cemetery Road.
Customers may experience periods of low or no water pressure as the broken 3-inch and 4-inch lines on Old River Road are repaired.
�Bringing water to a rolling boil and holding it there for one minute.
�Using water purification tablets or iodine, which is sold by many sports or camping stores.
�Buying commercial bottled water for consumption and food preparation. Consumption includes brushing teeth, washing fruits and vegetables, and homemade ice/beverages.
Tap water may be used for showering, baths, shaving, and washing, so long as care is taken not to swallow or allow water in eyes, nose or mouth.
Children and disabled individuals should have their bath supervised to ensure water is not ingested. The time spent bathing should be minimized.
Though the risk of illness is minimal, individuals who have recent surgical wounds, are immunosuppressed, or have a chronic illness may want to consider using bottled water for cleansing until the notice is lifted.
Businesses and non-residential sites should take steps such as posting notices at, or disabling water fountains and ice machines for the duration of the precautionary notice. If you provide water to visitors or employees, use commercially produced bottled water for drinking or beverage preparation (coffee, etc.).
Food service operations have additional requirements from their regulatory agency.
Flush your taps and dispose of ice made while the notice was in effect.
Additional information can be found online at the Department of Health environmental website.


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Young Children with Autism May Have Abnormal Brain Connections
Written by David Mills on March 27, 2018
Researchers say MRI images could lead to earlier diagnosis and treatments for preschoolers with autism. One expert, however, said more detailed study is needed.
Preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder may have abnormal connections between networks of their brain.
Researchers say these abnormalities can be seen using special magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment.
They say the imaging could help in early diagnosis and treatment interventions for young children with autism.
They published their findings today in the journal Radiology.
Studying young brains
The researchers studied 21 preschool boys and girls with a mean age of 4 1/2 years. They compared those results with 21 children of similar age with typical development.
The researchers used an MRI technique called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), a process that focuses on the brain's white matter.
The scientists used a graph theory with the DTI results to get a better understanding of the level of connection between brain networks.
Brain networks are areas connected by white matter that interact to perform different functions.
In the children with autism, the researchers said the DTI results showed "significant differences in components of the basal ganglia network." That system plays a crucial role in behavior.
The researchers said they also found differences in the paralimbic-limbic network, another system for behavior regulation.
"Altered brain connectivity may be a key pathophysiological feature of [autism spectrum disorder]," Dr. Lin Ma, a study co-author from the department of radiology at Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing, China, said in a statement. "This altered connectivity is visualized in our findings, thus providing a further step in understanding ASD."
Potential significance
The researchers said DTI scans could eventually point to imaging biomarkers for preschoolers with autism.
This, they said, could help professionals diagnose children with autism at younger ages.
That is important because younger patients can benefit from earlier treatments and interventions.
"The imaging finding of those 'targets' may be a clue for future diagnosis and even for therapeutic intervention in preschool children with ASD," Ma said.
Ma said the imaging might aid in the delivery of therapies for children such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, and transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS.
TMS involves using a magnet to target and stimulate certain areas of the brain while tDCS relies on electrical currents to deliver therapy.
Both are being investigated as possible treatments for autism spectrum disorder.
Words of caution
An autism expert interviewed by Healthline, however, said it's too early to jump to any significant conclusions about this particular research.
He added that the research might be of more use at the moment for scientists than it is for parents and educators.
"Although these findings may be significant in terms of better understanding what may be causing some of the clinical deficits seen in children with ASD, these research findings do not have any immediate implications for families in terms of either diagnosis or treatment," said Dr. Andrew Adesman, chief of developmental & behavioral pediatrics at Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York.
He added that despite advancements in neuroimaging techniques, diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is still based on clinical assessments.
He said these recent findings need to be replicated in other studies, ideally with a "larger, better defined sample of children."
"Unfortunately, this is often easier said than done since doing these kinds of neuroimaging studies on very young healthy children can be problematic," Adesman noted.
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Trail three is utterly abandoned.
My hiking buddies—Owen, Curtis, and Joey—scurry up and down slick hills, jump over small ravines and land precariously, their hands reaching for a hold in the cliffside. I take the trail more carefully, an instruction manual running in my mind. Foot here, sidestep there, grab that root for extra balance. I am a determined, but slow, hiker. Turkey Run poses quite the challenge for my right leg, weakened in a surgery long ago; I command my ankle to turn outward, but the nerves don't fully connect with my brain, and I'm left staring down at an unmoving foot. Owen sees my dilemma and runs over to help me down the damp hillside that I've been struggling with. Water rushes past our ankles as we reach the trail floor.
I wonder again if we should really be here, if I can keep up with this small group of men who are bodily whole and sure of their footing (I can't, but they are kind enough to be patient while I drag myself over downed trees and up slippery boulders). The most violent thunderstorm to hit central Indiana all summer has just dissipated, and we decide to tackle trail three—the waterfall trail—as soon as the park rangers reopen it. We are the only hikers to test the flood.
Heavy mist settles into the gorge, trapped between the cliff walls that tower over us. We cannot see more than one hundred yards up the trail, and still we press on. Our talk has died down, dissolved into heavy breathing and footfalls. The trail narrows, the creek that was once meandering now purposeful, cutting the rock beneath it into two sections. We soon find that we must place each foot on a different ledge and lumber from side to side, testing each step for grip, laboring slowly in the July humidity. Eventually the trail opens again and the sound of rushing water fills our ears. Verdant green surrounds us as we take diverging paths, each exploring whatever calls to us most. For Joey, it is the rocky outcrop studded with tree roots; for Curtis, two enormous boulders atop their own mossy hill; for Owen, a log running across the creek; for me, a shadowy nook at the bottom of a cliff where water seeps from the walls and orange colonies of bacterial slime thrive. We rest in the waning sunlight for a moment. Then we forge on.
The rush of the waterfall beckons like a siren as the trail presents new dangers to us: roots that reach out for ankles, sharp rocks exposed by the fresh deluge. And then, quite suddenly, we've stumbled straight into it. The waterfall is so loud that we would have to shout to hear each other, but we don't. There is no need for words now. There is only the embrace of cool water and the ageless veil of mist and the knowledge of an ancient, overwhelming beauty unfolding itself before us.
We all are, or nearly so. Even Joey, bastion of facts and logic, is stunned into silence.
It is easy to imagine ourselves in paradise, or in another world altogether. The sun is setting, sending slats of light through the mist and into our grateful eyes. It seems that no ray makes it to the ground, filtered by deciduous treetops and fog. Warm silence embraces us: there are no crickets, no chirping birds, no animals scurrying in the undergrowth. Only the silky, silvery sound of the creek and our own footsteps echoing across channels and valleys and back to us. My attention flutters, but always fixates on life: down to the fish that now swim across our feet as we wade through floodwaters; to the beetles and mushrooms that colonize the corpses of trees, fashioning death into new life; to the living leaves that take imperceptible breaths, feeding our own lungs; to the water that swirls and eddies around my legs, cold and animated.
Curtis sits, suddenly immobile. We have been up to the waterfall and now, as we make our way back down, our bodies ache. The physical toil has taken a toll on all of us—we are a scratched, bruised, and bloodied bunch. More than that, though, it is the emotional impact of Turkey Run that hurts, tightens the chest, makes the heart race. I feel that the beauty of this place is crushing me, and I instinctively understand that this is why Curtis has fallen behind.
I double back to join him. We both crane our necks to look up at the concave world that surrounds us. Opposing clifftops nearly touch each other as they sweep upward and inward. Connecting them, high above us, is a tree that has contorted itself into an arch. Moss grows bright on its bark.
I don't have to explain to him what I mean. Do you think this was what it was like for some long- ago human who sat down near the water and listened to the climbing ivy grow on the green outcrops? Do you think this is what it was like before we came and seized and destroyed what didn't belong to us?
Do we have any right to be here, consuming this?
We watch Joey and Owen, far away and small and dissolving in the mist, beckon to us. Slowly, groaning with effort, we get to our feet and jog to meet them.
I reach out for Owen's hand as he dashes a tear away.
I pick a tiny white flower growing in the shade and tuck it into his wild hair.
Joey composes himself and launches into a description of all the nature spirits he can name, and we hang on every word as the mist thickens and the day darkens.
Imagine: there is an enormous buzz filling the swamp forest, a persistent, almost mechanical flapping of four wings growing louder and louder still in the tropical heat. Imagine trying to locate the sound, scanning the tops of the giant fern trees that are fed by a sudden abundance of oxygen in the atmosphere. There!—there is movement in a pocket of great horsetail, lime green with buds like soft pinecones. Out spirals the biggest dragonfly that has ever lived on the earth. It is the size of a seagull, and it is looking for a smaller bug—perhaps one that is merely fist- sized—to feast on.
This is the Carboniferous Period, and it began the formation of what is now Turkey Run. Three- hundred million years ago, an ancient river simply known as the Michigan laid down the debris that would, over many centuries, harden into the Mansfield sandstone that characterizes the cliffs. With the sand came coal, long black stripes of it twining its way through the sediment trap. Many millennia later, this coal would be mined by the first white settlers.
The giant bugs are all extinct, but everywhere there is green. Moss clings to every possible surface: to the downed trees that litter the ravine floor, to the sandstone walls ensconced in shadow, to the enormous pieces of coarse rock that have fallen off the cliffsides and tower over the trail in imposing formations. The most famous of these is Wedge Rock, appropriately named for its sharp, triangular outcrop.
Though the jungle growth of the Carboniferous Period is long absent, still there is an abundance of trees—trees fat and tall with decades of peaceful, uninterrupted growth. They are thickest at the clifftops, but they don't stop there; the trees of Turkey Run have colonized the rocky walls of the gorges, the layer of pebbles along the creek's path, even the dead remains of their relatives strewn across the trail. There is, impossibly, precariously, a tree growing on top of Wedge Rock, its roots spidering out to find purchase in the stone. The land is dotted with wide- flung maples, their leaves bigger than the squirrels that run among their branches; dogwoods hung thick with their green July berries; tulip trees—liriodendra— standing tall and proud, the telltale six- pointed greenery packed tight at the top and feathering out towards the base of the trunk. The biggest liriodendron in the park, reported in 1930, is fourteen feet in diameter. No wonder, then, that this unique cousin of the magnolia is Indiana's state tree.
It is the Pleistocene Epoch—the ice age—that ground the earth down into sharp canyons, but trail three in Turkey Run seems caught in the carbon and oxygen boom of its more distant past. Through the mist that rises after a warm, merciless thunderstorm, when the trail is devoid of all but a few humans, it is easy to imagine oneself in a primeval world—one where giant dragonflies roamed the sky.
The engine idled as we pulled back into camp. Already, I ached to return to the dark gorges we had left behind, but all the daylight was spent, and my body craved food and water more than I thought possible. Trembling with hunger, I popped open the trunk, where we had stored the cooler. We were so weak from the hike that it took all four of us to lug it to the picnic table.
The sky darkened by the second as we crowded around the cooler, plunging our hands into the ice to find the meals we had packed. I yanked out a glass jar filled with sweet potato and cabbage and began to feast, glorying in the tart crunch and scooping cupfuls of ice water out of the cooler, not caring for once whose dirty hands had been in it, simply driven by an animal urge. The evening turned to twilight. Twilight turned to darkness, warm and absolute.
We started a feeble fire and took turns breathing into it, enormous exhalations that inundated the flames with oxygen and eventually brought it roaring to life. The sounds of the campsite surrounded us: children shrieking in far- away game of tag, crickets singing, birds gently calling to each other as they settled into their nests. A rustle in the undergrowth.
A rustle in the undergrowth that was creeping nearer, growing larger as we laughed. We quieted, drew bated breaths and struggled to pick out the noises of someone approaching. For a moment, there was nothing.
Then the sound of a footstep, a branch snapping.
"Hello?" I called into the darkness. We all shot to our feet, hearts beating fast. Stories of murdered campers flashed across my mind.
Silverware clattered off the picnic table and onto the concrete below. The cooler's lid creaked as someone opened it.
We fled to the car, panicking, fully prepared to abandon our camping gear. Headlights flooded the site as the key turned in the ignition.
There, rummaging through our food and books and keys, was a family of raccoons. The mother had discovered how to pry the lid off the cooler and she dug around in it, stopping every few moments to shake the blood back into her frozen paws. Her four babies flipped through paperbacks, shaking them to see if something edible would fall out.
It was the first time I had seen raccoons up close, and I marveled at their intelligence and precocity as they rumbled around our camp. And their hands! —dark and agile, fingers working faster than my own ever had.
The mother pulled one of my containers out of the ice and began to wrench her way into it.
"I don't think you'll like tofu, momma." I laughed as I stepped out of the car and the raccoons scattered. We set to work cleaning up after them, stowing the food safely in the trunk.
But they would not be discouraged; they visited us again and again, nocturnal companions of Turkey Run.
My dreams that night are not of river crossings or signs that read "Dangerous Cliffs, Stay Back." They are not of a canopy of bright, rustling leaves closing in overhead, sheltering us from stray raindrops and spreading an eerie hush over the trail. They are not of the ivy that wends its way up the rugged cliffs, or of the networks of exposed roots strewn in even the most improbable places. They are not of feet bounding from rock to rock in the valley, or stumbling across the narrow creekbed; nor are they of the eternal, ethereal mist nestling itself into the gorge; nor are they of raccoons.
They are of the waterfall. Even when flooded, it is not an impressive sight. It stands about twelve feet tall and does not cascade so much as gush, in a hurried and undignified way, to the pool of brown water beneath it. It is into this pool, aptly named the Punch Bowl for its gradual concavity, that we dash. We wash the sweat off our bodies underneath the pounding water and lower ourselves deep into the murk that makes our skin disappear instantly in its opacity.
I decline to dunk my head as the others do. Instead, I slog my way out of the Punch Bowl and onto one of the ledges that surrounds it and creates a kind of cove, a magnificent hideaway. Even if the waterfall is more like an overeager faucet stream than the grand cataract I imagined it to be, it is supremely beautiful. I lift my head to the ever- present canopy of bright, rustling leaves that close in on us, amplifying the rush of water that fills our ears. I run my fingers along the damp walls of earth where creeping things grow—moss and beetles and colonies of prokaryotes. I inhale deeply, letting the humid, earthy air permeate my lungs.
All in all, our experience in Turkey Run is nothing special. What I mean by that is this: we are just four white kids stumbling up and down the trail. We aren't part of, don't even yet know, Turkey Run's fraught history: its forced removals of the Miami people who lived here long before a white man set eyes on Indiana, its floods that destroyed homes and mills, its naturalists' fight for preservation as a state park that was far from an assured victory. We are unimportant—meaningless, even—in the face of a history of struggle in this land of cliff and shadow.
But I look at my friends' faces and think about how deeply I feel for each of them, how beautiful each of these people are in an even more beautiful place. It's a crystallizing moment, a reaffirmation of a life in nature, a life in the quiet shadows of the enormous world that surrounds us.
I look at my friends' faces and I think that, in this moment, we hold a joy that is granted only here.


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THE NOVEL | THE TEXT | THE DRACULA MOVIES
Fear of what we are
The first part of Dracula, when Britisher Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to inform his firm's mysterious client about its purchase of real estate in London on his behalf, has got to be some of the most entrancing, suspenseful pages written in English.
A century after their publication and with countless (perhaps that's a bad choice of words) movies having made the encounter with the vampire very familiar, the first-person diary passages still horrify.
So much so, that it's a tremendous letdown about an eighth of the way into the novel when the scene suddenly shifts from Harker's dark predicament to some seemingly irrelevant characters in bright, airy England. It takes most of the rest of the novel to recover a portion of the former involvement, bringing all the characters back into a unified plot for a final semi-exciting chase scene.
The characters after that first inspired section never really engage. They are poorly written: all the protagonists are one-dimensionally wonderful, the women pure and noble, the men stalwart and true. Anyone who is not upper-crust English talks with a ridiculous accent. Van Helsing, leader of the group that hunts down the vampire to save civilization and potentially the most interesting character of all, is Dutch, which Stoker renders by having him make random grammatical errors in English.
It takes chapters and chapters for our heroes to figure out that Dracula has arrived in England and may have something to do with the bloodless bodies showing up with punctured necks, or with members of their own troupe appearing pale and lethargic after restless nights of strange dreams about a large bat beating against their windows. (We'll leave aside the implausibility of this creature travelling partway around the world to find fresh blood in a large metropolis and coincidentally alighting on Harker's own circle of friends—poetic license is given for the sake of compression.)
And it takes chapters and chapters for them to organize a counterattack, between long diversions of romance and a whole confusing subplot about the madman Renfeld who eats bugs and is somehow in the long-distance thrall of his vampire master.
Saving the vampire
What saves the novel however is two things. First, Dracula himself. We never really get to know him after that initial intriguing glimpse. Instead of being developed into a character of immense contradictions, who might become a great tragic figure, the count settles into being a symbol of unadulterated evil, the sometimes-hunter, sometimes-hunted target of our do-gooders. However, he is still Dracula and his every appearance sparks a frisson of terror.
Secondly in the novel's favour is the sophisticated narrative method that Stoker adopts. The entire story is told through diary passages, letters and reports with no third-person exposition. This gives the experiences of the characters an immediacy, a you-are-there feeling. This first-person, shifting point of view is not entirely new but still seems a relatively innovative concept for the late nineteenth century. It took quite a bit of skill to pull it off so that every important narrative detail is included without appearing contrived. Which makes me wonder why so much of the other writing is bad.
(On book-selling sites you'll find readers rhapsodizing about how great the writing in Dracula is, from which I can only conclude that they have not read other, much better writers from this time, such as Thomas Hardy or Oscar Wilde, or even H.G. Wells.)
Thanks to Hollywood, it is difficult to discuss Dracula without a comparison to that other work about a monster, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The latter was written four generations earlier, but the movies have brought both subjects together in our minds as co-inhabitants of spooky, lightning-framed castles. The films, especially the studio classics of the 1930s, have even recast the stories to resemble each other somewhat.
But the novels really are quite different. Frankenstein, as indicated by its alternative title The Modern Prometheus, is all about man's overweening pride, man usurping the powers of the gods, playing Maker without the requisite moral strength or wisdom. Shelley focuses both on the arrogant human creator and, more touchingly, on the creation who is cast into life without a human soul (whatever that is) and without being able to connect with the rest of the world's inhabitants. If there is a fear uncovered (and what is a horror book or horror film but an exploration of our fears), it may be fear of science and technology growing faster than our ability to control it. If a question about humanity is raised, it is about what makes us human: is it fixed, eternal? is it fluid, fragile?
Three-quarters of a century later, after the Industrial Revolution, after the Romantic reaction, Stoker's novel is even more about fear.
The threat of everlasting life in Dracula does not come from progress at the hands of man, as in Frankenstein, but from something primitive and mysterious—something that may be stirred in any human heart. It is unclear exactly how the novel's central figure himself became a vampire, but a single contact with him could turn anyone else into the same eternally damned creature. Pointedly, this transformation is passed on through the blood, indicating a process deep within the person, within his or her very life force. Tellingly, Stoker spends little time focusing on the vampire and almost the entire main plot on the terrified and defiant vampire hunters who want to preserve themselves, and all of us, from this fate worse than death.
But it is also unclear what exactly is so terrible about becoming a vampire. You live forever. You get to change your shape at will to fly around the sky or gallop through the woods whenever you want. You seem to enjoy an endless stream of hedonistic delights. None of the vamps seem to express anything but glee with their situation. So you can't do as much during the daylight hours and there are these people trying to stake you through the heart and your soul (still whatever that is) is not at rest. But if you add up the pluses and minuses unemotionally, it still sounds pretty good.
The monster buried in us
Oh, one more thing on the negative side: you're evil!
This of course is a value judgment by those in the novel who are not vampires and are terrified they will be seduced into becoming them. And we accept this immediately—we have a visceral identification with their dread. Surely this represents fear of what strange darkness lies within our own hearts. Unlike Frankenstein, which obsesses about what humanity is and what may be lost as civilization progresses, Dracula concerns what we are and what we've been—what's buried inside us since primeval days, ready to erupt should the veneer of enlightened civilization be worn off.
"What does it mean to be human?" may be the great question that all literature, perhaps all art, asks over and over again. Neither Frankenstein nor Dracula are great literature in the usual refined sense of the word, but they may be great popular literature in that they put the question more nakedly than subtler works. Everyone can identify it—and identify with it—at least on an instinctive level. Their creatures have become cultural icons because they represent extreme possibilities in our natures as much as do any of the strangest creations of Shakespeare, Stephen King, ancient mythologizers and the Biblical writers.
The Annotated Dracula is the highly acclaimed edition of the Bram Stoker novel with notes on almost every page by Leonard Wolf, the foremost Dracula scholar and a native of Transylvania (in Romania) no less, about the historical background and other interesting information about people, places and things in the novel. If you're into the genre, it's well worth the extra expense. The annotated volume is out of print but you can still find secondhand copies online.
The New Annotated Dracula (2008) is an even more elaborate tome that includes maps, illustrations and learned articles tying Stoker's text to the historical figure that editor Leslie S. Klinger believes the fictional character was based on.
Numerous theories have been propounded on what has made Dracula an enduring figure: Does he represent a medieval past we are trying to escape? Does he personify our fear of drug addiction or disease? Is he our buried sexual drives incarnate? Is he our pagan heart bursting from the tomb of Christian civilization?
For a great survey of such ideas, you couldn't do better than review some of the dozens of films that have been made about Dracula over the past century, or at least read the commentaries on them. Every age seems to have a different take on what keeps the appeal of the blood-sucking count going.


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filed: October 11, 2018 • Illinois
3 county board members tour wind farm
Credit: Rebecca Susmarski | The Register-Mail | Oct 10, 2018 | www.galesburg.com ~~
GALESBURG – Three Knox County Board members joined 42 other individuals on a tour of a wind farm Tuesday.
County Board members Dick Conklin, R-District 1; David Amor, D-District 2; and David Erickson, R-District 4, visited Orion Renewable Energy Group's Camp Grove Wind Farm project in Stark and Marshall counties. Camp Grove includes 100 wind turbines generating 150 megawatts of power.
The board members went on the tour to learn more about how Orion's wind farms operate, since the company has proposed to bring a wind farm to Knox County. The Knox County wind farm will include a maximum of 100 to 150 wind towers generating up to 300 megawatts of power, and construction will start in 2021 at the earliest.
The County Board members toured the interior of a wind turbine tower Tuesday and learned more about the turbines' construction and decommissioning process. They also listened to presentations by both former Stark County Board member Michael Bigger and a landowner who allowed Orion to construct a wind turbine on his farm property.
"It was hosted by the company so (Orion) was probably casting it in its most positive light, but everything I heard was encouraging," Amor said.
The tour gave the board members the opportunity to learn some topics residents have brought up about wind and solar farms at past County Board meetings, including what happens to farmland after projects are decommissioned. Michael Cressner, project development manager for Orton, said "no utility scale wind farm has been decommissioned in the Midwest" to date, but if a project is decommissioned, the topsoil would be ripped for compaction "allowing for full agricultural use after decommissioning of the wind farm facilities."
Some residents also have expressed concern in the past about possible damage to drainage tiles by solar panels. On the tour, the attendees learned that if there is any damage to tiles caused by a wind farm turbine, the wind farm will incur the cost of repairing the damage.
"Orion does not have any time or monetary restrictions on how far out after construction repairs to tile damage as a result of a project's construction repairs can occur," Cressner said.
Conklin said he learned "a bunch" from the trip, including that Orion contracts with landowners to deliver power for 20 years but the actual life span of the technology is roughly 25 years. He added, though, that he is against any renewable energy projects that receive tax subsidies from the government, as Orion hopes to receive per the Future Energy Jobs Act. Conklin could not recall if the County Board ever approved a company to come to the county from another industry that received a tax subsidy.
"I would not oppose it (if it didn't have a tax subsidy) because it generates income for the farmer and the county," Conklin said. "I might even be in favor of it, other than the aesthetics. I can't stand driving by wind farms."
Since Camp Grove started operations in 2007, the project has generated more than $10 million in property taxes and $10 million in payments to local landowners, according to Orion's website. The community's high school students have received $80,000 in college scholarship funding from the project, according to the site.
Amor said he would like to tour other wind farms created by other companies so the county would be able to make an informed decision if Orion moved forward with its project or other companies wanted to bring other wind farms to the county.
"I hope if they come to us that it's something we would be able to do our due diligence on and support," Amor said.
Erickson did not want to comment on the wind farm tour other than he went on the tour to gather information.
"I think elected officials who may eventually have to act on a request from any company, in this case Orion, have to be very careful about what they do and what they participate in so they remain fully objective as issues come before them," Erickson said. "I think wind energy projects all have to be evaluated on their own merits. If I were in a position to vote on them, I'd keep an open mind on them."
Source: Rebecca Susmarski | The Register-Mail | Oct 10, 2018 | www.galesburg.com


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Zaunscherb reiterated his speculative buy rating for Neo Lithium and also a target price of CA$2 per share.
Neo Lithium's pilot plant arrived at the Argentinian province of Catamarca without delays or issues at customs. Engineers are currently reassembling the plant. The management intends to have it fully operational by the end of this month, Zaunscherb explained.
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Neo Lithium plans to complete the prefeasibility study of the project during the first quarter of 2019, explained Zaunscherb.
The company also intends to conclude the project's environmental impact assessment report before the end of the first half of the year, the analyst added.
"Neo Lithium will now be able to continue infill drilling, develop production and monitoring wells, drill in the high-grade zone and expand the automation and fine-tuning of the pond system," Zaunscherb commented.
Before its arrival in Catamarca, the pilot plant was successfully tested in neighboring Chile. The plant will use brine concentrated to approximately 4% lithium extracted from the project's pilot evaporation ponds, Zaunscherb explained. No reagents will be employed in the process.
"This positive step continues to demonstrate the brisk pace that management has had from discovery to development," he said.
The pilot plant has a capacity to produce 50 tonnes of lithium carbonate annually, while the evaporation ponds have a capacity to produce over 500 tonnes of approximately 4% lithium brine per year, he added.
Along with the plant's reassembling, Neo Lithium will build additional warehouses, as well as other infrastructure.
Neo Lithium "remains well funded with $49 million in cash" and continues to evaluate "a range of financing options," among them "potential strategic partnerships," Zaunscherb explained. "We believe there are many avenues to expand the project's resources and optimize its economics," he added.
The company currently trades at 0.11x normalized (5%) P/NAV, a discount when compared to peers that trade at 0.21x. "We see this discount as unwarranted due to the speed and quality of work conducted by management," the analyst pointed out.
Zaunscherb included in his assessment of risks the possibility that "a vocal minority of project opponents may force delays (or worse) in the permitting process." However, the main risk, according to the analyst, "is the price of lithium carbonate."
Canaccord Genuity or one or more of its affiliated companies intend to seek or expect to receive compensation for Investment Banking services from Neo Lithium Corp. in the next three months.


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24 Sep 2013 | By Dianne Saxe
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Welcome back Paula!
Welcome back to environmental litigator Paula Boutis, who returns to our firm after growing her practice and experience in other firms! And thank you to Jackie Campbell, who has moved on after many years of client and pro bono work with our firm.
Many of you will remember Paula, who started her practice with us in 2001. Since then, she had the good fortune to work in a variety of places and learn from many excellent lawyers. She still works part time with our friends at Iler Campbell, doing litigation and corporate matters for charities, co-ops and non-profits. But her first love remains environmental law, which she taught at Centennial College for the School of Engineering and Applied Science,
"I am truly delighted to return to Saxe Law Office, and look forward to many years with Dianne, her staff, and the firm's many wonderful clients," Paula says.
Since starting her practice in 2001, Paula has combined her Masters of Biology with her specialization in environmental law from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University to provide her clients with top notch environmental legal advice. She has serviced corporate, non profit and municipal clients, giving her a diverse perspective on the complex environmental issues that our laws and policies seek to address.
Paula has provided opinions on a variety of environmental legal issues, ranging from municipal by-law powers, to obligations under various environmental statutes. As a litigator, she has practiced before various administrative tribunals, in the provincial and superior courts, and at all appellate level courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada.
In 2013, Paula joined the faculty at Centennial College, where she teaches the Environmental Legislation & Regulation course to students enrolled in the School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science.
In her spare time, Paula enjoys the outdoors with her family and friends, and volunteers her time with environmentally or socially minded organizations.
And thank you and best wishes to Jackie Campbell, for her many years of enthusiasm, devotion and good cheer. Jackie has now returned to full time practice as a pharmacist.


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Devin Dawson Dawson Talks "Dark Horse" & Reveals He's Never Done Karaoke
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It's been just over a year since Devin Dawson released his debut album, Dark Horse, and the country singer/songwriter has shared the latest single off the record, the title track.
Dawson recently told iHeartRadio of "Dark Horse" and how it came to be, "The song actually came after I thought I was done with the record. We had been in the studio for two months and all of a sudden this pressure of writing for something was off. And literally the next day, after I thought I was done, went to write 'Dark Horse.' No one talked about the title of the album, no one talked about what it was. And as soon as I wrote 'Dark Horse,' I was like, 'I know we're over time, I know we're over budget, but I need to go back in and record this song.' And it became the title track and now it's a single."
He added, "The song is just my story. The things I struggle with, the things I believe in. But it's been really cool to see how so many people have attached themselves in something that's super specific and personal to me. It's really allowed me to gain this really cool family of fan base over the last year. So, I'm thankful for it."
Fans can catch Devin on the road this year on his first-ever headlining tour, "The Straight Off Course Tour." He tells us of his debut headlining trek, "We've been opening up for people for two or three years now, and I love supporting because I get to introduce myself to new fans and I get to learn from the people who have been doing it for a long time. But, when it's your show and it's your songs and it's your fans that you've made and they're coming there to see you, and we get to sing the whole album and I get to see people sing my words back to me, that's the dream. Even though it is a lot more work to be the headliner, the reward is endless."
To celebrate all of his success we also had Devin play a game of Me vs. Drunk Me ... and we learned a lot about the California native! Devin revealed that he's never ever done karaoke, what he keeps in his change pockets, the pickup line he used on his girlfriend, and so much more. Read on below.
When you send that risky text
"If I'm sending a risky text, it's definitely Drunk Me. I mean that's just a no-brainer."
When you hit the stage at karaoke
"This may surprise you, I've literally never sang karaoke once in my life. I'm not sure we'll go, either one. I feel like both of me would do it one day. If the time comes for karaoke, I feel like [Sober] Me would sing ... I don't know, 'In The Air Tonight' by Phil Collins. I feel like Drunk Me would sing 'Feel Like A Woman,' though. I feel like that would be my vibe for sure."
When you find random money or objects in your pockets
"That's definitely me. I just like ... I'm weird. I just keep things in my change pocket. I have picks and stuff from like three years ago."
When you set absurd alarms for the following morning
"I'm definitely the guy that sets like 15 alarms, two minutes apart from each other. But it's most likely because I was drinking some tequila the night before. Got to go with drunk me."
When you find yourself late-night online shopping
"When it comes to online shopping I've been getting really out of hand lately. And it just keeps exponentially getting worse and worse and worse. But if you have a little bit of liquor in your system, then it's like, what's $100 for a T-shirt? What's a couple hundred bucks? So I'm gonna go with drunk me for that one."
When you use cheesy pickup lines to flirt
"When it comes to pickup lines, I'm very concise. I've been with my girl now for like two years, and I was sober when I used a pickup line, and all I said was, 'I think you're gorgeous, I would love to take you to dinner tonight.' And it worked. But if it was drunk me, if it was a cheesy pickup line, it would definitely be drunk me. Like 'Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?' Or something dumb like that."


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WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging application for smartphones. It allows its users to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS. It uses the Internet to send messages, images, video and audio media messages to other users that have the app installed on their devices. Messengers are a great tool for communication. You can make free voice and video calls, send messages, and share pictures, videos, and other files. It also removes the need to use your phone's data for internet. If you happen to be travelling abroad and have a weak signal, there is no need to worry about not being able to contact your friends and family.
WhatsApp Messenger is a free mobile app that enables people to exchange messages and share videos, photos, voice messages, and other media, with other users. It is available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone, and Nokia. WhatsApp Messenger is an alternate way to communicate in contrast to SMS, which is the most popular way of communication.
WhatsApp Messenger has a variety of features that offer its users a high-quality, fast and reliable messaging service. One of the most important features of this application is that it allows the user to send messages to any type of phone, no matter the type of phone or the operating system it uses. Furthermore, the user does not have to pay for SMS to send messages. It also offers the possibility to send pictures, videos, and audio messages.
WhatsApp Messenger was founded by two former Yahoo employees, one from Sweden, the other from Brazil. The company is registered on the Isle of Man. The application's name derives from the phrase "What's up?". The company website and logo is purple.
Information about usability
WhatsApp Messenger is very easy to use. It has a large variety of features that make it an application that is very reliable and fast. It is possible to exchange messages with any type of phone, without having to pay for SMS. It offers the possibility to send pictures, videos, and audio messages. The application is very easy to use and it is available for free.
WhatsApp Messenger is a free app that offers convenient and easy-to-use features for text, photos, videos, and links. The app is available in a variety of languages and can be customized. It has some disadvantages, such as limited to only one contact and the size of the attachments.
The application is cross-platform and it allows users to send messages to any type of phone
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Q: In Xcode, how to exclude a file with a set name from being put in the app bundle When I start an Xcode project I drag in a blank readme.txt file that I use to take notes with while I'm figuring things out. The thing is, the file gets put in the app bundle at build time. Then I have to deselect it in the Detail view so that won't happen.
Is there a way to automatically exclude a file with a known name from every build?
I know Xcode is automatable, but I don't know where to look.
Using the latest non-beta Xcode version.

A: In the project outline view (by default this is the left hand pane when you open Xcode) locate your application under the 'Targets' section. Expand the subheadings, one of which will be 'Copy bundle resources'. You will probably find your unwanted text file has been placed here automatically. Highlight the file here and delete it - this will leave the file in your project but will prevent Xcode from copying it to your App bundle when you perform a build. To finish off, select 'Clean & Build' from the Xcode build menu to clear out your old bundle completely and recreate it with your new setting.

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With the Tenant Fee Ban and Brexit on the horizon, letting agencies are investing in additional resources to make their business more attractive to landlords in hopes of increasing their property portfolio.
Here are Goodlord's top tips on how to beat local competition and win more landlords in 2018.
Position your agency as professional, knowledgeable and the obvious choice to maintain and protect a landlord's investment. For example, provide prospective customers with a personalised folder when first meeting them, containing specific information regarding the property and neighbourhood, your compliance regulations, your services, and with corresponding rates outlined. If done well, landlords will feel informed and confident, with realistic expectations of the business relationship they are about to engage in.
Sometimes, you needn't have to look any further than what is already directly in front of you. Comb through your existing customer base for untapped further business - 22% of landlords have more than one property (Landlord and Tenants Survey) and there could be plenty of opportunity to generate further business from people you're already working with.
Referral programs are rapidly growing in popularity across all sectors. Why? Because they work! Research by Nelson states that people are four times more likely to buy when referred by someone they know and trust. Capitalise on the network of your current customer base by offering a referral program that incentivises them to refer other landlords to your agency.
It is important to not only think of tenants as customers of your agency but also as potential advocates. Think about asking those tenants with who you have strong relationships with to leave a review for you on Google - you might be surprised at how happy they may be to do so. And with minimal effort in educating tenants, being transparent and providing prompt communication and resolving of issues as standard, you are likely to create an ongoing flow of advocates who will be happy to leave positive online reviews without prompt.
A landlord who maintains strong and positive relationship with his or her agency will have no reason to look to take their business elsewhere.


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Maybe there are a couple of trees on your property that you have been wanting to cut down for some time. They might be old, diseased, misshapen or just too close together, but you know they need to come down. You hinted strongly that you could use a good chain saw and you were rewarded with a nice one on your last birthday. You've never used a chainsaw before – let alone cut down a tree – but really, how hard can it be? Mix the gas and oil, start up the saw and start cutting them down!
If you have little or no experience in felling a tree, you should be aware that you will be putting yourself at risk of serious injury or even death if you tackle the job yourself. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Loggers who fell trees for a living have the highest rate of injury and death of workers in the country. That statistic is quite impressive because they rank at the top in injury and death above, Fishers, Pilots, Roofers, Steel Workers, Truck Drivers and even Farmers and Ranchers. Remember, these are professionals that do this for a living – no weekend warriors or the occasional tree cutter in this group.
The purpose of citing the statistics pointing out the dangers of felling trees is not to dissuade you from tackling the job yourself. On the contrary, cutting down your own trees can be done safely but it's important to observe good practices to avoid accidents and injury. Here are some basic guidelines to follow when felling trees.
The first task involved when deciding to fell a tree is to develop an overall plan for how to handle the tree from felling to removal. This is the time where you will scrutinize all the things that could go wrong and how to avoid them when you cut down the tree. Where is the tree located and what potential hazards are around the tree? Things like buildings, power lines, fences and other trees in the path of the falling tree, all have to be taken into consideration. Are there large dead branches that are broken but still hanging up in the tree that could fall on you when you cut it down? If at any point you feel that the felling of the tree may be out of your comfort zone or capabilities, call a professional and either get their opinion or have them do the job for you.
The felling direction is the direction that you want the tree to fall after you have made the necessary cuts. Back up and take a good look at the tree. By studying the tree you should be able to get a good idea of the direction that it will naturally fall.
Take into consideration things like branch growth and if it seems loaded to one particular side. Is there a natural lean to the tree? If so, most trees are going to go in that direction regardless of your efforts to affect a change in a different direction. Environmental factors such as wind can play an unexpected role in determining which way the tree will fall. Once you have decided on the felling direction prune branches away from the cutting area of the tree. Another important consideration is to clear an area behind the tree for an escape route and safety zone for you as the tree starts to fall.
The most efficient tool for cutting down trees is the chainsaw. Chainsaws come in a variety of sizes based on your need and frequency of use. Medium duty chainsaws have bar lengths that run in the 16 to 18 inch length and are most suitable for smaller tree cutting and removing limbs. Most professional grade saws have bars that or 20 inches or longer and can handle larger trees and are typically not purchased by someone using the chainsaw on an infrequent basis.
To have the tree fall in the direction that you want it to land requires cutting a directional notch in the side of the tree that the tree should fall. This notch will be cut in two directions; the top cut will be down at an angle from 60 – 70 degrees to a depth of about one fifth of the trees total circumference and a horizontal cut will be made to meet the downward cut. These cuts will produce a notch in the tree to aid the final felling cut.
The felling cut is made on the opposite side of the tree that the directional cut was made. Make a horizontal felling cut a few inches above the level of the directional cut. Stop the felling cut before you reach the directional notch. This will provide a hinge to allow the tree to fall in a controlled manner. If the tree you are cutting is large, you may want to start the felling cut and then tap in a felling wedge which will keep the chainsaw bar from being pinched during the felling cut.
When the tree starts to fall you should lock your chainsaw bar and quickly move away at a 45 degree angle from the fall always keeping your eyes on the tree until it lands on the ground. It is a good idea to enlist an assistant to be another set of eyes for when you are ready to fell the tree. Having another person watch for any hazards such as falling limbs or other environmental problems can be a lifesaver. Just make sure you are not too close to each other and that you both know how and where to retreat to the predetermined safety zone when the tree falls.
Retreat from a falling tree at a 45 degree angle away from the direction of the fall and at least 20 feet from the tree.


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I have a special appreciation for civil engineering - I just find the bridges, highways, dams, and sky-scrapers beautiful in a way that an engineer can appreciate.
In America, before all the infrastructure was built, one might say that there was a "golden age" of civil engineering. With literally millions of square miles of country, there were seemingly endless opportunities to build new structures. And at the time that these structures needing building (before computers, flight, or bio-engineering), civil engineering was arguably one of the advanced fields of its day. You put these circumstances together: lots of new projects that require advanced technology - and you've got an engineer's dream.
Of course, over two hundred years, enough roads and bridges and buildings were built to fulfill much of the country's need. There were a couple spurts in between - building the highways, the major airports, an occasional monument, and more recently the cell phone transmission towers. However, in general, the civil engineering mindset went from "new creation" to "infrastructure maintenance".
At least from my perspective, the same life-cycle appears to be happening with software engineering. Even back in the 80's, just finding a machine, learning the syntax and writing a "program" was a new thrill. However, especially with the internet (just google the syntax and copy code-snippets), better hardware (you don't need an algorithm-genius to make an application perform), mass availability of machines, outsourcing (huge pool of developers), standard platforms and components that encourage reusability instead of re-inventing the wheel, and simply enough years passing - almost every established company has some sort of core IT infrastructure in place. Back in the late 90's, major companies had huge booms to implement their ERP, email, and websites (made lots of consultants very rich) - but now those expensive systems are in place. Sure, there's always work to do, like integrating components, migrating code, consolidating applications, extending functionality of existing apps, and maintaining existing code. There's still new development, but it seems much scarcer than 10 years ago. The cowboy days of just being thrilled to write a program seem to have passed.
Similar to how civil engineering has filled the country's physical infrastructure, software engineering has filled much of the country's IT infrastructure - and therefore in both cases much of the work currently being done is maintenance. America doesn't make many Hoover Dams or Golden Gate Bridges anymore - but there's always annual road re-surfacing. Same concept for developers. (This means that there's tons of legacy code out there, which is why every developer should read the phenomenal book Working Effectively with Legacy Code.)
Some developers view this in a pessimistic light, as if "the good old days" have passed us by. However, I'm an optimist, and there's much reason to believe that there are still many innovative and new software development efforts ahead.
There are continually newer technologies - This provides a business incentive to rebuild older systems. Web systems replaced many fat clients. But now web 2.0 is replacing many existing web systems, and mobile apps may replace those, and there will be something after that (what if voice recognition takes off and makes most UI obsolete?).
Much room for innovation - The nature of IT (with the low barrier to entry, the ability to cheaply experiment, and building projects out of "thought" stuff) allows for massive innovation, unlike any other field I can think of. Innovation means hopes for a better, more profitable system, and therefore business sponsors to fund new development.
Software applications have a short lifespan. - Most software projects are replaced within 5-10 years, so there is continually new work. (A good bridge or building could last for a hundred).
Programming is a foundational skill that can assist you with everything else - Because almost every desk job in any industry uses MS Office apps (or the equivalent of), databases, and web sites, the ability to write even simple programs can assist with those jobs. For example, writing an Excel macro or finding results in a SQL query may let you get a task done much quicker.
So while on one-hand there's definitely more maintenance work for all the legacy systems, as the field of software engineering matures, I think there's still a lot to be optimistic about for new development opportunities.


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