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Jessica Watkins | Credit: Nasa
Jessica Watkins makes history as the first black woman on the International Space Station. "Growing up and throughout my career it's been really important to see people who look like me or have my background or similar experiences. That I'm able to do that for others, for other young girls or young people of color, I'm grateful for the opportunity to return the favor," Watkins said. She is a geologist and will perform scientific experiments and maintenance while in orbit.
Smile Please
Archeologists in China have found toothbrushes more than a thousand years old – and they are remarkably similar to modern ones. They had the same shape, although were made of bone, not plastic. And instead of the nylon brushes of today's equivalents, the ancient ones had hog bristles. There were different varieties, just like today. There were even double-brush ones, with bristles on the front and the back of the toothbrush head. The ancient toothbrushes were discovered in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province.
The Portuguese city of Lisbon has approved free public transportation for young and elderly residents - for those over 65 and for students up to age 23. The mayor of Lisbon said this is a "historic day", stating that only two or three other European cities have approved such an initiative to fight climate change. In the future, the city may extend free public transportation to other groups as well.
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German automaker Volkswagen has 'sold out' of battery-electric vehicles in the United States and Europe for 2022, according to Financial Times. Volkswagen, the world's second-largest electric vehicle manufacturer, has sold more than 99,000 electric models from its various brands, such as Porsche, Audi, and Škoda, in the first quarter of 2022. The market leader, Tesla, has delivered more than three times that amount in the same period with around 310,000. VW Chairman Herbert Diess said the company's order backlog in western Europe was at 300,000 electric vehicles. A problem. But a nice problem.
Very Brave
Two Russian journalists working for a popular pro-Kremlin website (with 200 million monthly readers) filled it with anti-war articles yesterday in a rare act of dissent as the country celebrated the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany. The articles on Lenta.ru called President Vladimir Putin a "pitiful paranoid dictator" and accused him of waging "the bloodiest war of the 21st century". "We had to do it today. We wanted to remind everyone what our grandfathers really fought for on this beautiful Victory Day – for peace," said 30-year-old Egor Polyakov, one of the two journalists. The other was Alexandra Miroshnikova. The articles, of course, have since been taken down, but can be accessed through a web archive tool. We salute you both and, if we could get our hands on some Putin Huylo, would drink your health!
Caltech Research
Following the good news that Stanford is creating a $1bn new school focusing on climate change, it's also wonderful to hear that the California Institute of Technology has broken ground on an environmental sustainability research center that will pursue solutions to challenges including water, energy, food, and waste. The groundbreaking for the Resnick Sustainability Center, was made possible by a $750 million gift from Stewart and Lynda Resnick.
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Welcome to the Limestone location of Summit Crossing Community Church. We are glad you are interested in visiting us! We are a church that exists to know the gospel, connect in gospel relationships and live out the gospel in the world. Here at our Limestone location, we hope you are able to experience the body of Christ function as a family on mission. We desire to see the good news of the kingdom flood Limestone County and overflow to the ends of the earth. If you desire to be a part of the mission God has called us to, we welcome you to come on this journey with us.
When you arrive, keep in mind that there is no entrance directly off US-31. You must turn onto Roy Long Rd to pull into the church parking lot. From there, all parking, including, handicapped, is clearly marked. There is also a covering to drop off right next to the front doors if needed.
When you enter the two main doors, you will be greeted by members of our connection team. They will be wearing green Summit Crossing shirts and are available to answer any questions you may have. They can direct you to our coffee bar, main worship gathering area, restrooms, or children's check-in.
Summit Kids is for children from birth through 5th grade and takes place during both our 9 am and 11 am gatherings. Middle school and high school students are encouraged to join in the gathering with their parents on Sunday mornings, though more information regarding Summit Students is available on request.
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During our Sunday morning gatherings, we sing together, pray together, read scripture, teach scripture, share in communion, and share in giving. Typically we sing corporately to start our gathering, then someone from our teaching team will share a message, followed by communion, and a few more songs.
If you are interested in connecting with us more closely, or learning more about the vision of Summit Crossing Limestone, please fill out a Visitor Connection Card found in the backs of the chairs in the main gathering area.
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Home Influence & Policy Sen. Bobby Singleton: "This is the right time to legalize medical marijuana"
Sen. Bobby Singleton: "This is the right time to legalize medical marijuana"
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Amidst reports that his Medical Marijuana Patient Safe Access Act (SB326) may never make it to the House floor, bill sponsor Senator Bobby Singleton said this morning, "I'm optimistic. We're early in this process – just halfway through this session – and there's a process for these things."
In an interview with Alabama Today, Senator Singleton said reports that Rules Committee Chairman Senator Jabo Waggoner called the bill "dead" didn't diminish his resolve for getting the legislation passed this session.
"I respect the Senator and his position – and he may vote against the bill – but we'll be asking his committee to give the bill consideration."
Sen. Singleton also said that he would consider other options for advancing the bill, including a constitutional amendment. "I'm all for the people's right to vote. It's entirely possible that we'll put it before the people and let them have their say."
The Medical Marijuana Patient Safe Access Act would allow patients with one of 25 "serious medical conditions" to be prescribed marijuana by a qualifying physician. Singleton says he introduced the bill after hearing from constituents who were obtaining marijuana illegally in order to manage chronic pain.
The Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled a public hearing on the bill for this Wednesday, but canceled the public comment period at the last minute. Instead, the committee issued a favorable report on the bill by a 4-3 vote.
Reports by AL.com suggest that the legislation crossed that hurdle because several Republican members weren't in attendance on Wednesday: Arthur Orr, Greg Reed and Tom Whatley were absent and Sen. Greg Albritton declined to vote.
During the meeting, Sen. Phil Williams raised concerns that the bill would encourage dependency or addiction to other illegal drugs.
"I've worked with a lot of messed up kids," he said. "All of those who were addicts never intended to become addicts. But in all cases, marijuana was the gateway drug that led them down that path. I've seen too many devastated lives to give my support to this bill."
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This year, the Royal Economic Society celebrated the 125th anniversary of its main publication, the Economic Journal, with a special issue that reprinted 13 of the most influential papers published during those 125 years.
Special sessions were organised at the 2015 RES Conference to discuss some of those papers.
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Backers pitch bill that would create statewide commission on Maryland's lynching history
By Jonathan M. Pitts
At least 44 men in Maryland and thousands nationwide lost their lives to lynchings. Now activists are shining a light on the gruesome practice hoping to start an honest and healing conversation. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun video)
Supporters of legislation that would create a commission to explore and address Maryland's lynching history made their case to state lawmakers Tuesday, the latest step in a grassroots movement that appears to be gaining momentum.
The bill's chief sponsor, Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk, had the backing of a bipartisan group of more than 50 co-sponsors when she presented her argument at an afternoon hearing in Annapolis before the House Judiciary Committee.
Pena-Melnyk told an overflow crowd in the committee chamber that lynching was a scourge that took the lives of at least 40 African-Americans in the state between 1854 and 1933, and that the brutish practice entrenched the power imbalances between white and minority Americans that continue to afflict the country today.
The proposed commission of more than a dozen historians, archivists and activists would carry out research on those and other lynchings that may have taken place, hold public meetings in the communities where the killings occurred, and include their findings and recommendations in a report to the governor and members of the General Assembly by the end of 2021.
The Democrat, who represents portions of Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties, also pointed to at least four incidents in the past year in which nooses were found in various places in Maryland, including in two middle schools in her legislative district.
"This is an opportunity for us to send the message that the lives of the 40-something people really mattered," Pena-Melnyk said. "And given the current divisiveness over race in the country, passing this bill is really the right thing to do."
Bringing a dark chapter to light: Maryland confronts its lynching legacy
Sep 25, 2018 | 9:00 AM
The number of lynchings known to have taken place in Maryland is modest compared to the death toll in such states as Mississippi, which led the nation with 654 lynchings, or Georgia, second with 589, according to the Equal Justice Initiative, an Alabama-based research center.
But 40-plus lives lost to racial hatred were more than enough to create a bloody foothold for the kind of white supremacy Pena-Melnyk said is responsible for such ongoing societal ills as police brutality against blacks and the reported rise in hate crimes in Maryland in recent years.
Nicholas Crary agreed.
Crary was a professor of history and government at Bowie State University when he researched and wrote about lynching in Maryland. He told lawmakers that taking a hard look at this chapter of state history is not "dredging up the past," as critics have suggested, but rather represents an effort to rectify matters that have left open wounds among African-Americans in the state.
He made reference to the five men known to have been lynched in Anne Arundel County.
"Rather than thinking of it as bringing up the past, we should think of it as asking what the responsibility of this body would be if it was aware that a law enforcement agency — for example, the Anne Arundel sheriff's office — knew that five murders had been committed, if they knew who the perpetrators were, but they chose not to arrest them," he said.
"What responsibility does this body have to those victims, to their families and to their communities?" said Crary, who is now affiliated with the University of Iowa's Center for Diversity and Enrichment.
Former NAACP president and Maryland gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous told the committee of his days as a young reporter in Mississippi, where he interviewed descendants of lynching victims as well as those of men who had committed lynchings.
The memories "absolutely haunted" the families of victims, Jealous said.
But, he added, it also haunted the families of perpetrators, as they have emotionally buried and had to live with the shame of the crimes.
That's why It's important for everyone that the history of lynching be brought into the open in Maryland, Jealous said.
"This is truly about all of us," he said.
The bill's language asserts, among other things, that lynchings deprived victims not just of life but of the right to due process; that no one in Maryland was ever "tried, convicted, or otherwise brought to justice" in lynching cases; that "various state, county and local governments colluded" in the crimes and protected perpetrators; and that no victim's family ever received a formal apology or compensation.
"Restorative justice requires a full knowledge, understanding and acceptance of the truth before there can be any meaningful reconciliation," the bill states.
The legislation proposes the formation of a 17-member Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a panel that would include one official each from the state chapter of the NAACP, the state historical society, the state's four historically black colleges, the Maryland State Attorney General's office and the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project, a nonprofit.
The panel would be charged, among other things, with holding public hearings in each of the regions in which a lynching is known to have occurred, gathering recommendations for "reconciling communities affected by racially motivated lynchings," and working toward the erection of memorial plaques or signage at or near the sites of those lynchings.
Del. Samuel I. "Sandy" Rosenberg, a Baltimore Democrat, proposed a similar bill in 2016. Only eight co-sponsors signed the proposed legislation, which died in committee.
In the time since, Rosenberg said, the nation's lynching history has attracted wider attention.
The Equal Justice Initiative played a major part in that, he said, when it opened last year the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, a $20 million museum centering on lynching, in Montgomery, Ala.. He also cited incidents such as the fatal confrontation between white supremacists and a group of protesters in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017, which he said highlighted the ongoing threat of racial violence in the United States.
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"We have a very different political climate now," Rosenberg said. "There's just a much greater awareness of this history among the general public."
In Towson, remembering a lynching
By Alison Knezevich
Will Schwarz, a Towson filmmaker and the president of the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project, was among those who testified. He has led a ceremony in honor of one victim, and the group he heads promotes awareness of the state's lynching history.
The nonprofit is working with local coalitions to develop community remembrance projects in eight of the 18 counties in which lynchings occurred.
Schwarz told the committee that the Montgomery County Council appointed a panel last month to support projects in honor of the three men known to have been lynched in the county — and that an Annapolis group is in talks with the Equal Justice Initiative to sponsor the installation of a commemorative marker in honor of local lynching victims.
Schwarz led the first statewide conference on lynching in Maryland in October, and a documentary he produced on George Armwood, the state's last lynching victim, was one of three that drew hundreds to a screening in Annapolis last week.
"The injuries inflicted on generations of Americans are not scars. They are open wounds. And it's up to us to heal them," he said.
If a majority of committee members vote to approve, the bill would move to the House floor for formal consideration.
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Maryland General Assembly


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Tory MP quits after accepting cash from undercover lobbyists
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Newark MP Patrick Mercer has quit his position after Panorama and The Telegraph released secret video footage of him accepting cash bribes to influence parliament.
The footage shows Mercer negotiating £1,000 a day and signing a contract for undercover journalists posing as lobbyists. In the video, Mercer agrees to represent Fiji's business interests in parliament, including Fiji rejoining the Commonwealth, for cash.
BBC current affairs show Panorama stated: "Patrick Mercer MP said he agreed to be a consultant for work he said was outside parliament…. But he submitted five parliamentary questions, which were all answered, as well as an early day motion – all in relation to Fiji."
Fiji was removed from the Commonwealth in 2009 for refusing to meet election demands.
Mercer quickly resigned to save the Conservative Party "embarrassment". He is seeking legal advice, has stepped down from the next general election and referred himself to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, who are responsible for MPs adhering to the code of conduct.
The code of conduct for MPs states: "Holders of public office should not place themselves under any financial or other obligation to outside individuals or organisations that might influence them in the performance of their official duties."
Three years ago Prime Minister David Cameron warned lobbying was the "next political scandal" and vowed to clean up parliament. Cameron described lobbying as "an issue that exposes the far-too-cosy relationship between politics, government, business and money."
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BTC-e Announces Daily Updates, Relaunching the Platform
By: Nuno
A month after BTC-e, one of the world's oldest Bitcoin exchange, was shut down by US authorities, the team has announced plans for daily updates throughout the platform relaunch.
According to a new update posted in Bitcointalk, the company is preparing the necessary resources for relaunching BTC-e by "transferring digital resources to an investment company". The team once again reminded users that they will be able to withdraw 55% of their funds once the platform is back online. According to the administrators, the next update will be on August 30 and will be followed by daily updates.
A number of questions were also answered on the same thread. The most relevant statement was about the US justice's legal efforts against BTC-e:
"At the moment, we have not received official documents from the United States. All that is at the moment is an order"
The downfall of BTC-e
A joint law enforcement operation brought down BTC-e on the 25th of July, this year. Alexander Vinnik, one of the platform's alleged operators and "criminal mastermind", was arrested in Greece with the accusations of having laundered large amounts of cash through BTC-e over the last six years. Authorities later seized the BTC-e website and the US government unsealed an indictment against BTC-e and Alexander Vinnik, imposing a $110 million fine for unlawful money services business and money laundering. BTC-e's data center was also raided by the FBI on that same day, seizing "all equipment, the servers contained databases and wallets" from their service.
However, just one day after the incident, BTC-e announced that they would be up and running in the next five to ten days. They also dismissed the accusations that Alexander Vinnik was an operator at the exchange.
Although there wasn't a follow through, the platform is still down, more recent announcements from the team said that the company will abandon the BTC-e brand to return under a new name. They also informed that they had "managed to gain control of 55% of the funds" and that a new token would be issued ("BTE") in order to refund users, a technique pioneered by the Bitfinex exchange, who managed to return all funds to its users in an incredibly quick and efficient manner.
Decentralized exchanges to the rescue?
Although BTC-e has pledged to return funds, the problems caused centralized exchanges are becoming incredibly frequent.
It only makes sense that decentralized currencies be traded through decentralized exchanges. Situations similar to the BTC-e incident have happened throughout cryptocurrency history and one easy way to solve them is through the use of decentralized exchanges.
In the Bartedex, and other decentralized exchanges, the funds aren't held by a third party and trades occur directly between users. This cuts down the need for operators to handle your money (and charge fees). Not only that, decentralized exchanges provide a greater level of privacy and fix problems like server downtime since there isn't a central server, but rather a network of nodes hosting the exchange.
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M&M's Rewinds History to Be "Cool": VP Marketing
Posted on April 20, 2016 by Patty Odell
When Mars began planning for its year-long 75th anniversary celebration for its M&M's brand this year, it went back in history to find inspiration in what would resonate with consumers and be relevant to activate.
And quite a history it has been. In 1941 M&M's was developed for the military as an easy, light, quick treat for soldiers to take to war. The candies have made their way to space and are handed out at the White House to visitors. A contest in 1995 asking consumers to vote for a new color recorded an astounding 11 million votes. (Blue won). It would be shocking to find anyone who hasn't heard of M&M's, let alone enjoyed the sweet treats.
Berta De Pablos-Barbier, vice president, marketing, Mars Chocolate North America
"We have a brand that is part of the American brand," Berta De Pablos-Barbier, vice president, marketing, Mars Chocolate North America, said today at the ANA Brand Activation Conference.
So when it came time to celebrate M&M's 75th birthday, "We wanted to make it really big," she said.
The candy's multiple bright colors, flavors and its origin and history are all elements incorporated into messaging, creative and activations around a single internal rallying cry, "Shelf to Stars." That rallying cry includes three major elements: shelf, social and stars.
"We didn't spend a lot of time thinking about what is going to be that single selling message. We decided to communicate all of it because it's part of the rich history of the brand," De Pablos-Barbier said.
At shelf, the plan is to create eye-catching activities at the point-of-purchase.
On pack M&Ms shares with the public how the look of the characters have changed throughout history. Various types of in-store displays reflect the 75-year message and encourage purchase. New packaging, like the portable pack, play a role and the brand connects with consumers through shopper marketing programs at Walmart and Target.
M&M's Honey Nut is one of three new flavors consumers are voting for.
Voting continues to be a big mover for the brand so it launched #MMSFlavorVote around the election for consumers to participate in deciding the first ever flavor in the peanut variety. Three choices are in play: Coffee Nut, Honey Nut and Chili Nut. (Coffee Nut is currently in the lead). The contest plays out on-pack as well.
"Voting is something that is creating a lot of excitement in the store," she said. "We want to make sure something exciting is happening all year long and the voting starts soon."
On the social/star front, the plan calls for creating a groundswell of content and discussion online where Gen Y lives, works and plays and to engage celebrity partners and create events that inject M&M's into pop culture.
M&M's works with a number of high-profile bloggers and entertainers to spread the message. It owns the rights to the Sammy Davis Jr. song "Candyman" and put Aloe Blacc and Zedd in charge to bring the song back to life in a contemporary way. The remix quickly rose to No. 5 in the dancing category and was turned into a video posted on YouTube and the brand's social sites, which so far, has been watched 11 million times. The content was repurposed into a 60-second TV spot that was released on the popular NBC show, "The Voice." A supporting app was developed for fans to make their own music and share content. Watch the video:
"By developing this song people are talking about the brand," De Pablos-Barbier said. "Social was at the center of everything we did."
The campaign has been paying off with sales "increasing," she added.
In addition, a major party was staged in New York City with 500 attendees, 140 media reps and social bloggers to amplify content from the event.
"We always say we want M&Ms to be cool," she said. "We wanted to make sure people have passion for our brand."
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Q: Filter dataframe for columns that contain data in R using tidyverse I am trying to make a simple line of code to detect where there are incorrect entries in a dataframe.
Consider the following example:
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A         1      B      1      NA
A         NA     NA     NA     NA
NA        2      B      NA     B
NA        NA     NA     NA     B
NA        NA     NA     NA     NA
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A row always needs to have the author filled in, but this is sometimes forgotten. Also, sometimes row 2 has the author filled in, but by accident the rest of the data is entered on row 3.
What i want is to filter for rows that have NA for author and after that filter for any data entrie in whatever column. So my expected output for the above example would be:
author   val1   val2   val3   val4
NA        2      B      NA     B
NA        NA     NA     NA     B

Filtering for the rows with NA for author is easy, but i cant figure out what to do next. My code so far:
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I have the feeling i am pretty close, but after a few hours of trying and looking on stack my code still returns empty dataframes to me. I would prefer a solution in tidyverse syntax, but any help is much appreciated.

A: My code is not very efficient but it seems to work.
library(stringr)
library(rebus)
library(tidyverse)
library(magrittr)

df <- tibble(author = c('A', 'A', NA, NA, NA, 'A'),
             val1   = c(1, NA, 2, NA, NA, 2),
             val2   = c('B', NA, 'B', NA, NA, 'A'),
             val3   = c(1, NA, NA, NA, NA , NA),
             val4   = c(NA, NA, 'B', 'B', NA, 'B'))

df_na <- filter(df, is.na(author))

#map and str_which will cover each column

index <- map(df_na,~ str_which(.x, pattern = rebus::or(ANY_CHAR, DGT))) %>%
    keep(~ length(.x) != 0) %>% #filter any columns that are all NA
    unlist() %>%
    unique()

df_na %>% extract(index, )

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Whilst back in Switzerland after New Year, and still awaiting further news from the estate agent, Nelly informed us that one of her colleagues owned several apartments in Lausanne and the surrounding areas, and that she had mentioned one that had become available in Bussigny, a village to the west of Lausanne. The price fitted into our budget, and it was described as a 3 pièce, so it sounded pretty good.
What sounded good turned out to look great – Bussigny itself is a nice little village, and the apartment was fantastically well positioned being only a 3 minute walk to the train station, plus local shops, bakers, butchers and restaurants only a short stroll from the apartment.
The building consisted of just six apartments, spread over three floors, making a nice chance from some of the more densely populated areas of Lausanne that we had visited previously. Nelly's colleague, Anita, let us into the apartment and we could immediately see the potential.
It had three, good-sized rooms that could be used as a bedroom, living room plus a spare room, and a nice sized kitchen that was separate from the other rooms (so not open plan, basically). Anita told us that the rooms themselves were going to be redecorated, with the walls and ceilings being painted, and that the floor in the hallway would also be re-tiled.
The kitchen was in the middle of being completely re-done – they had taken all the old furniture, cookers, fridges, etc, out to be replaced with brand new items, and also planned to redo the walls and the tiled floor. It may have looked like a bomb-site while we visited, but we saw past that and imagined the shiny, new kitchen that would be fitted in the near future.
The apartment had further pleasant surprises for us too – firstly, it had a "cave", an area of the basement specifically for the tenant to use for storage. Second, it had a huge balcony, measuring some 7.3m in length. Christelle and I both envisaged placing a BBQ and a table and chairs out on the balcony, to help us enjoy the upcoming summer even more. Finally, whilst standing on the balcony, Anita pointed to an area of garden in front of us and said that would be ours to plant our own vegetables – a 6m x 2m patch of allotment for us to attempt to grow our own produce.
We were ecstatic with the apartment and the amazing potential that it held. Although the kitchen was a mess and the walls and ceilings needed a fresh lick of paint, the thought of making this place our home excited both of us, and we didn't hesitate in telling Anita that we were interested. Luckily, Anita is a very nice lady, and said that she would let us have the apartment without looking to advertise its availability elsewhere – the real benefit of renting directly from the property owner, instead of going through an estate agent.
She told us that they planned to have the apartment ready in February so we could rent it from the 1st March, and we agreed to this. It certainly beat the other apartment in Lausanne hands down, so it turns out that the delay in getting news over Christmas was a blessing in disguise, proving that good things come to those who wait.
Whilst signing the contract for the apartment, Anita told us that she had received interest from someone else, who had offered to pay more rent than she had agreed with us – the cheeky bugger! Fortunately for us, Anita is a lady with integrity, and she refused their offer, having already agreed the rent the apartment to us. It just goes to show that some people are really desperate to rent certain apartments, and will go to any lengths to get what they want.
We made a repeat visit to take measurements of the various rooms in the apartment, so that we could start planning the furniture we wanted in each room. This was something that we were really excited about, as we had never had the chance to make somewhere entirely "ours" – the previous places we rented in England were furnished or part-furnished, so the furniture was not a reflection of our own style. The Bussigny apartment was empty, and that meant everything we put in it would be according to our taste, so we were looking forward to getting started.
The following weekend we wandered around IKEA, to get an idea of what style we wanted for each room in the new apartment. We had opted for a dark brown wood colour for the bed, wardrobe and chest of drawers in the bedroom, but could not find what we wanted for the living room in IKEA (apart from the grey sofa we selected). On the way home we visited Fly, Casa, Interiors and Interio, all shops that sell furniture in Switzerland.
Picking up catalogues from each one, we made our way back home to browse through them. Chris had found some very nice furniture for our living room in the Fly catalogue, and I agreed that this would look good in our apartment. The next day Bernard and I spent some time on the computer making scale plans of each room in the apartment, along with the furniture we were interested in. We were pleased to see that the furniture we wanted would actually fit in each room, and so we made our minds up to go for the items we had selected.
That week we returned to IKEA to enquire about the availability of the bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers and sofa. Our original plan had been to rent a van for an hour to make the quick trip from IKEA to Bussigny and back, but unfortunately it would not turn out to be as simple as that. The problem is that IKEA do not keep a constant stock of their larger items of furniture, such as the sofa and the wardrobe.
They also could not tell us when they would actually have each item available in store, so that meant we might rent a van on a particular day only to find that IKEA didn't have what we wanted, effectively meaning we might pay money to rent a van for nothing. The alternative proposed by IKEA was for home delivery, although they don't actually deliver the goods themselves, instead contracting another company to do this for them.
We were shocked by the price for delivery – 10% of the goods we had ordered, which we knew would be fairly expensive given that we were ordering large items of furniture. However, at least with delivery we could guarantee that we would receive the items, instead of running the risk of wasting money on renting vans. So, we went for the delivery option, aiming for the middle of February.
At the end of January, Anita contacted us to say that they had finished all the repairs and redecoration at the apartment, so we could actually have the keys earlier than expected. Fantastic news, we thought, although we knew that we wouldn't be able to live in the apartment just yet as we didn't have any furniture.
We popped over to the apartment to have a look at the newly refurbished kitchen, and were very pleased with the results.
Considering that it looked like a bombsite at our last visit, it now seemed a very nice room to be in and had brand new appliances - including a dishwasher, for the lazy person within us.
Having access to the apartment meant we now had time to move all our things in, and start accumulating the rest of the furniture from there.
Speaking of accumulating furniture, we decided to pop into Fly to pick up the living room furniture – a TV table, a coffee table, and a cabinet. Luckily, all of the items we wanted were in stock at their depot, so we could pick them up that day. Fly also allow you to rent a van from their depot for one hour to drop your new furniture off at home, so we signed up for this option.
One thing I didn't consider, however, was that this meant I would need to drive a van, whose size is completely unfamiliar to me (after all, I am only used to driving my tiny Peugeot 106), and that has the steering wheel on the wrong side of the vehicle. I was petrified of damaging the van, and therefore costing us the 200 CHF deposit we had to give to Fly, especially after my experiences of renting a van in England (a story that involves reversing a rental van into a wooden post and then parking it next to a bush so the rental company didn't see the damage when collecting the vehicle).
Regardless, I had no choice but to drive the van, so I very carefully edged it out onto the road, and drove ridiculously slowly all the way back to our apartment. I'm sure I annoyed quite a few other drivers on the road that afternoon, but I only cared about getting the furniture back in one piece, and then handing the van back to Fly without the need for repairs.
Having dropped the cartons of furniture off in our empty apartment, I decided to return the following day to start building them. Fly supply furniture in a similar flat-packed form to IKEA, but that's where the similarity ends. Whilst IKEA furniture is generally very well thought out and comes with easy to follow assembly instructions, Fly furniture is not particularly well designed and has instruction manuals that make "War & Peace" seem like light reading.
I started with the coffee table, which was the easiest of the bunch by far, as I only really had to screw the legs onto the pre-built body of the table. So far so good, job done in pretty quick time. Then I proceeded to start working on the TV table. This was considerably more challenging than the coffee table, partly because a lot of the pieces look the same, and also because – and this is really not helpful – Fly don't make all the holes for you.
I had to force certain screws into position in a "best guess" kind of way, including holding the skirting board of the table in place (and level) while I pushed screws in to fix it in place. Not easy at all.
After finishing the TV table, I turned to the last item on my list – the cabinet. This was the biggest of the three pieces of furniture, and therefore I reasoned it would also be the most difficult. Boy was I right about that. I set about reading the manual and building the basic pieces of the cabinet and after about an hour or so things began to take shape. As with the TV table, I had the arduous task of trying to attach pieces of wood together by creating holes myself.
The biggest pain with this piece of furniture was the large wooden board that formed the top of the cabinet – when I lowered it into place, it seemed to be bowed in the middle, meaning it was not sitting level on the frame of the cabinet. Annoyed, I got Chris to sit on top to push it down as best as possible while I forced more screws in to try to lock it in place. It still wasn't level, but at least it was a bit better than before. Finally, after close to four hours of construction, I built the drawers and attempted to lift the first one into place. That's when I noticed that something was seriously wrong – the drawer did not fit.
Puzzled, I removed the drawer, checked that I had assembled it correctly, and then tried to insert it once again. It still didn't fit. I re-read the instructions and then tried inserting the same drawer into the other drawer spaces, but it didn't fit in any of them. I then tried to slide in one of the other drawers in case the problem was with the first drawer, but this also didn't fit.
By now very concerned, I checked the instructions and matched them against the cabinet. I couldn't see any way that I had made a mistake, as everything about the cabinet was exactly as written in the instruction manual. The only thing I could think of was that the frame for the front of the cabinet, that has slots for the drawers to fit through, must have been made incorrectly – this came pre-assembled from Fly, so it was not my fault.
Chris and I were very disappointed and annoyed at wasting several hours building what turned out to be an unusable cabinet. We quickly took a few photos of the cabinet, grabbed the instructions and headed to Fly to complain about the product and find out what we could do to get this sorted out. We knew that it could not really be disassembled and put together again, due to the fact that we had to create holes in the wood, so we were concerned that Fly would not take the almost-finished yet faulty item back, leaving us considerably out of pocket on a piece of furniture that we could not use.
Having discussed the problem at length with a representative of Fly at their depot, they agreed for us to bring the faulty cabinet back so they could investigate the problem and see whether it was a manufacturing fault or me who had cocked up. They let us take one of their vans, which I drove again – I was getting used to it by now.
We quickly drove home where we noticed that the guys at Fly had put a new, un-made version of the cabinet in the back of the van, which we presumed must have been for us as a straight swap even if the Fly guy, who was pretty white for a Fly guy (get it?) didn't actually tell us that. We unloaded the new cabinet in the apartment, then heaved the faulty one into the van, and drove back to Fly.
The guys there took the cabinet into their depot, and told us "that was fine". Surprised that they were not going to investigate whether my carpentry skills (or lack of them) were to blame, we said "Thanks" and hurriedly drove back home before they could give it a second thought. Relieved to have a new version of the cabinet, we now had to start building it all over again.
Not wanting to risk spending another four hours assembling the cabinet only to find ourselves in the same mess as before, we asked Bernard if he would be able to give us a hand at building it. The next day he came round and meticulously studied the instruction manual, before we methodically set about constructing the cabinet. Approximately three hours later, we had finished. Although the wooden board on top was as bowed as the previous one, at least the drawers fitted.
Relieved and exhausted, we thanked Bernard for his help by giving him beer and a nice dinner. Finally, the buildable items of our living room furniture were finished, and their presence gave the room a more homely feel, allowing us to really imagine what living there would be like. Of course, we couldn't really sit for a long time in our living room as we didn't have a sofa or chairs, but just standing inside the first room to be partially finished in our new home was a great feeling.
Preparations for our new home continue in "Finding Somewhere to Live - Part III".


As usual with every release, when finishing NetBeans 6.9 we start thinking about what performance issues to attack in next releases. This page collects performance topics that are actually most important for our users, and ideas how we could improve the IDE performance in various aspects (UI responsiveness, scalability, etc).
Note: This page is not a plan yet, it's an area for gathering ideas, some may be quite speculative. It's also more a list of problems than solutions or goals. If you have any idea or see an important problem, just throw it here. We'll finalize the content, prioritize and select specific topics as part of next release planning. See also previous PostNB68PerfTopics, PostNB67PerfTopics, PostNB65PerfTopics.
A note to scale: The issues described here are visible only with large projects, i.e. projects with thousands of files.
Scanning-related issues are still at the top of performance issues reported by our users. No performance improvements were planned for 6.9, there were some regressions solved and a few partial improvements (bug fixes). It is now important to do more in this area again.
The general complaint is still "scanning too long, scanning too often". Especially "too often" is irritating in situations with no visible reason to start scanning. It is so painful because (as says the next complaint) many features are not usable during scanning, either not available, or terribly slow.
We've been always focusing on the "too long/too often" problem, and slowly improving. There's still a lot of work there. As usual, we can continue making it faster, more efficient, fix bugs, but maybe we should also pay attention to the "not usable during scanning" side of the problem. The feeling is that some more effort might be spent to make the IDE work better for the user, be usable even during scanning, with main features always available and responsive, no matter the amount or speed of the scanning running meanwhile.
The user experience is that quite often the scanning does not find any change, or is unrelated to actual user's task (e.g. things like opening a new project, closing a project, or adding a library block navigation or code completion within already opened projects). In most cases all data seems available and the user would appreciate to be able to use the IDE even though the data may not be guaranteed as complete and correct at that moment. The issues this may cause seems minimal compared to what people face now when blocked completely by "scanning in progress". The fact that the data is not up-to-date for a moment should be easy to communicate.
available anytime, even during scanning, even with partial results (e.g. during up-to-date check, scanning another project, etc).
Ad speed: We have bug 177274 to track reports of slow Go to Type. Several fixes have been made already, more are needed. The speed should be "as you type". E.g. there is the possibility to move the index into memory, which would make the access faster.
Ad availability: There is a significant lag when trying Go to Type during up-to-date check (e.g. after startup). Partially it is a raw performance problem (ongoing up-to-date check I/O slows down requests to the index), but it is also because the index for given project is not opened until other projects it depends on are scanned first. If the project is big with many dependencies, it may take a long time till it comes to turn. Would be great if the index availability was independent on state of project scanning, or even opening (assuming the indexes exist already). In case of the initial scan the problem is similar in that the most interesting sources are processed last, but it can't be solved just by making the index available sooner -- the index must be created first.
Code completion, navigator view, finding usages, and other functionality not modifying sources that require java lang. infrastructure have similar general problems as navigation: speed and availability. They should not be blocked by scanning.
Ad speed: There's bug 179727 for tracking reported slow code completion. The amount of complaints and visible problems in CC is rather smaller (compared to Go to... navigation features).
Ad availability: These features (that require some parsing) are often even less available than Go to Type/Go to File. They are not available at all if a scanning is in progress. (E.g. bug 185696 is a good example.) Except the initial scan, it should just work with the latest data available, even if some scanning needs to run at the same moment. There is an idea of "transactional index" that should allow this mode.
Bug 133943 that collects a lot of user feedback as well as some ideas.
IDEUsableWhenScanning for list of possibly affected operations.
If scanning could run independently and not block features, then the next thing to consider is the order of indexing/parsing -- to optimize how it delivers updates. In some cases it makes sense to first process files/changes closer to the user's current context (edited file, opened project) to make them sooner available in the index than rest of the less relevant files (other projects).
This could include a rescan after editing a file in editor, or up-to-date check after startup or opening a new project to make files of this project available for Go to File and Go to Type first before processing the project dependencies that take much longer and are less relevant for the user.
Indexing infrastructure does not scale to size of real C++ projects (tens of thousands of files).
CND infrastructure is able to scale with additional HW (memory, CPU cores), e.g. use memory for more caching, CPUs for parallel parsing.
We should investigate how to make the general indexing infrastructure usable for C++ projects, without affecting the users (in expected performance and scalability).
Lots of slowness is also due to I/O contention. Ideally all I/O but the one serving immediate user request should be temporarily stopped in the IDE. Introducing "idle I/O" might help... Another idea was to do more in-memory caching: if everything needed is in memory, there is no issue with I/O.
There are still many reports of scanning that happens too often, in situations when no scanning should be initiated, running unexpectedly long. These are clearly bugs, need to be fixed.
There are known inefficiencies in the way projects and Java infrastructure work together, how the classpath is composed and updated, how queries work... Besides speed, one manifestation is the inability to fix the infamous "scanning started when project is closed" (related to GlobalPathRegistry).
Check for up-to-date indexes is needlessly loading all providers (besides it's not working correctly for projects reopened later - bug 180262).
Really big files are required to be editable in the IDE, e.g. C++ or XML. The IDE cannot handle well files bigger than ~1MB.
The new view hierarchy being prepared (e.g. for the word wrapping feature) is also a potentially big risk for editor performance.
Fast stepping in debugger (bug 186517). Currently stepping is slowed down by updating views after each step (thread call stacks, variables, watches), next step must wait on the updates to finish. Instead, the updates should be quickly canceled when user invokes another step.
Faster start, less I/O, e.g. bug 186808.
There are various settings and switches that affect performance of the IDE in various ways. People often don't know about them. Would be nice to have a dedicated tab for performance in Options for that.
some diagnostics (e.g. turning on/off RepositoryUpdater logging)?
Checking for external changes sometimes looks like a heavy task, started anytime the user switches back to the IDE, making the IDE less responsive for a while. Native filesystem listeners might solve the problems with the recursive listeners and detecting external file changes. There's an agreement it would improve performance and reliability, it's also the only way to recognize all changes correctly.
Performance optimizations for Equinox (mainly startup).
Changes in self-profiling that made it available for platform (without profiler) introduced some performance problems, e.g. bug 185688, bug 186690. While the sampling itself is now less intrusive, processing the snapshot at the end is somewhat problematic.
In some areas there are many reports that are not very useful, mainly those close to the 3s limit. They often contain long class loading or very slow I/O, that can't be reasonably dealt with. We need to find a way to create less "garbage" snapshots, maybe also detect suspicious ones and for such have higher time limit for automatic reporting.
Improving performance has always been dependent on the ability to get relevant data or test cases to analyze. The self profiling improved this a lot, in many cases it's enough to have a profiling snapshot from the user and it's not necessary to reproduce the problem (which is often very difficult). This was a real breakthrough, however, there are still many problems that are difficult to reproduce even for the users who face them. If the problem happens randomly there may be no good moment to start self-profiling, or it may not even start when the IDE is blocked on 100% CPU. Also not everyone takes the effort to start over, repeat the problem, create snapshot, send it. It can be seen on the fact that vast majority of snapshots we receive are from the automatic slowness detector (which detects only specific types of problems), compared to snapshots created and sent manually.
It would be much easier for users to provide performance data if they could just create a snapshot retrospectively when they see a performance problem. This would require some kind of permanent sampling running all the time, keeping data for last 5 minutes (for example). So at any moment profiling data would be available for a post-mortem analysis, the user would not have to reproduce the problem again with self-profiling. The sampling method introduced in 6.9 has quite low overhead to make this possible.
For analyzing the snapshots this would require some additional features in profiler. The user would send the complete 5 minutes NPSS snapshot that would be too large to analyze in the classic CPU view with aggregated call trees. The tree view can be used only for certain time period that needs to be identified first. There could be some kind of "time line" view with possibility to select the relevant time interval and see it as the call tree. Possibly also with labels from gesture collector to make it easier to identify the user actions on the time line.
Ensure people understand the possibility of permanent profiling (UI).
What data to represent for stacktraces?
This page was last modified on 20 July 2010, at 15:49.


I would try a new battery first.
If you did a clean cut when separating and havnt scratched the polarizer then you don't need to replace it.
you can buy a lightening port homebutton, this will get you past the press home button screen.
if you think its not making contact against the back plate then put a slight bend in the plate and tighten it up, or check the black dot on the back of the button is in the centre, if not then work it over until it is.
try disconnecting everything apart from the charge port and battery then put through iTunes, if it still errors then try hanging in a new charge port and battery then iTunes again, if it wont flash with everything disconnected then you have a component failure.
Not sure what you mean by sensor but it sounds like you just need a new screen.
look at the back of screen, the hole where the earpice sits into, its probably full of dirt, clean it out with tweezers until you can see daylight through the mesh.
Go to apple with your original proof of purchase.
im guessing that when your installing it in the phone that the flex is not sat in the connector properly, it needs to be lined up square for it to connect correctly and if not you can run into this problem.
iPhone 6s Plus Power Button Cable Assembly Replacement This is the rear mic, make sure you get one with the long metal bracket already attached.


Requested by Erlene: Alan Jackson singing Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus. Mellow and sweet. Thanks, Erlene.
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I really like Alan Jackson! We have "Precious Memories: Vol. 2".
Thank you very much. I love this song, always have, and it is a great comfort to me every time it comes to mind.


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Mayor London N. Breed today appointed Dr. Anton Nigusse Bland to serve as director of mental health reform. In this new role created by Mayor Breed, Dr. Nigusse Bland will be responsible for reviewing how San Francisco provides mental health and substance use services to homeless individuals and making recommendations on how to reform the system.
San Francisco – Mayor London N. Breed has appointed Dr. Anton Nigusse Bland to serve as director of mental health reform. In this new role created by Mayor Breed, Dr. Nigusse Bland will be responsible for reviewing how San Francisco provides mental health and substance use services to homeless individuals and making recommendations on how to reform the system.
Mayor Breed announced the creation of this new position during her State of the City Address. Dr. Nigusse Bland is a UCSF psychiatrist who currently serves as the medical director for Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. PES cares for 8,000 patients a year. In his new position, which he will assume April 8, he will report to Dr. Grant Colfax, San Francisco's director of public health.
Dr. Nigusse Bland's responsibilities as director of mental health reform will include reviewing San Francisco's approach to mental health care and making recommendations for reforms. This includes strengthening programs that are proving effective, identifying wasteful programs that are ineffective, and finding solutions to gaps in the current continuum of mental health care services. He will work with community providers to develop strategies to better coordinate services across the City, with an emphasis on programs that lower barriers to care for homeless clients.
Since taking office, Mayor Breed has taken a number of steps to strengthen San Francisco's approach to behavioral health, which includes both mental health and substance use services. She is pushing to add 100 additional stabilization beds this year and to implement Senate Bill 1045, which would strengthen San Francisco's conservatorship laws.
Additionally, she recently announced that San Francisco received a grant of $3 million to expand the Department of Public Health's outreach and treatment efforts to help homeless people suffering from mental health and substance use issues.
In his current role, Dr. Nigusse Bland is deeply involved with San Francisco's mental health system. PES is the primary provider of adult emergency mental health care in San Francisco. They serve approximately 8,000 patients per year, of whom approximately 40 percent are voluntary walk-in patients.
PES provides crisis stabilization, complete medical and psychiatric assessment and evaluation services, and initial treatment, if appropriate. The staff, which includes psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, nurses and social workers, collaborates closely with a number of community agencies to develop short- and long-term treatment plans.
"Through his leadership at PES, Dr. Nigusse Bland fully understands the mental health challenges the City faces and has the experience necessary to drive change that will make a difference in the lives of our most vulnerable patients," said Dr. Matthew State, who chairs the UCSF Department of Psychiatry.
Dr. Niguesse Bland is a board-certified psychiatrist and addiction psychiatrist. He is stepping away as medical director of Psychiatric Emergency Services at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital to assume the new role.
Evan Ward of the Mayor's Office of Communications can be reached at evan.ward@sfgov.org.


XPS cutting alignment system. Increased accuracy without calibration.
Lever lock miter. Faster and more convenient than turning a knob.
Most miter cutting capacity, and combined bevel. Allows quick adjustment and repeatable cuts.
Modular design. Easy access for routine repairs and overhauls.
Save safer. Stiffer covering almost the entire disc without preventing the cuts.
Machined Guide Rails. Rigidity and precision cuts in the slide.
Sturdy metal frame. Allowing maintain cutting precision.
Scales Bevel and miter angles recorded on separate plates. For durability and precision.
Plate miter scale made of stainless steel. Allows easy adjustment and calibration maintaining accuracy.
High back and adjustable guide. Ensures material to remain in square against the blade and base.
Plate preset miter angles. No deformation and ensures a snug fit of the miter.
Wide support base: 630mm. Ensures stability of the cuts.
Cross Section: 346mm. Increased capacity in its class.
LED light. Illuminates the work area.


Consolidated Fabricators has developed an intelligent approach to replacement doors and panels for gas turbine enclosures.
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You need enough space on your system drive for the temporary files created while downloading.
We can't help you free up space you must do that. You can uninstall some programs and later reinstall them.
why can we play free?????
I take it you mean "How" instead of "why". There is a demo that you can download.
If you can not free up space you need to upgrade to a bigger harddrive.
how do I do that? is it something external that I have to connect each time to play?


text:
Bartleby's Books
Chalkhill, John.
The Works of John Chalkhill. Edited with an introductory essay, commentary, and appendices by Charles Ryskamp & Scott D. Westrem.
[London]: The Roxburghe Club, 1999. First edition, one of a small number specially bound for members of the Roxburghe Club (names of 42 members are printed on a preliminary leaf). 4to. xiv, 220 pp. Illustrated from facsimile manuscript pages. Chalkhill (ca. 1595-1642) was a seventeenth-century British poet who is known by two angling songs that Izaak Walton included in his 1653 "Compleat Angler," a 3000-line "pastoral history" published as "Thealma and Clearchus" in 1683 (with a preface by Walton), and by a group of shorter poems that are archived "among the Gell family papers at Hopton Hall in Derbyshire" (preface), published here as a group for the first time. Fine copy, designed by Ronald Gordon at the Oliphant Press, New York. A trade edition was also issued in 1999, by the Princeton U. Press. Publisher's red quarter-morocco, gilt, and cloth, gilt spine title. (9577). Item #63015
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Dave X Prutting, Co-Founder of BFA Photography, knows as well as any of our readers that sometimes the best way to pregame a party is with a red eye rather than a Red Bull Vodka. Now in its seventh year, BFA maintains its untouchable reign as the preeminent photography agency documenting New York City's (and more recently, LA's) social life and fashion scenes.
Given BFA's breadth of work and A list portfolio of clients, it's no wonder Ivan Shaw, Vogue's Director of Photography, described the agency as the "gold standard in event photography." Coffee 'N Clothes had the pleasure of catching up with Dave over cold brew, discussing fashion, his coffee of choice, and other fun topics.
Dave revealed that he's like most of our readership in that he can't function without at least one strong cup of coffee in the morning and an afternoon pick-me-up. He also discussed the excitement and momentum currently seen in the fashion industry with everything becoming "all about ready to buy and ready to purchase" trends.
Dave concluded the interview with his "Tips for any photographer, iPhone or real," which strongly emphasized the use of light, composition, and inspiration from the masters. Catch the full details, as well as the rest of the interview, over on the the Coffee 'N Clothes Instagram.


Scores of people turned out for Budleigh Salterton's annual remembrance parade to pay their respects to those who lost their lives in wars.
Around 70 wreaths were laid at the war memorial in Coastguard Road before a parade of around 100 people marched through the town centre.
St Peter's Church was packed with Budleigh residents for the annual remembrance service, which was led by the Reverend Ann Charlton.
Poppy Appeal organiser Glenn Sismore-Hunt said: "It ran very well. It is particularly pleasing that more and more children were involved, which is very good.
Counting has begun to determine how much money has been raised by the Poppy Appeal's collections.
This year, the appeal has been allowed to open a shop in The Lawn, near St Peter's Church, to sell poppy-related items.
Shop owner Harry Carter has allowed the Poppy Appeal to open the shop for the upcoming late-night shopping event on December 4.
Glenn's wife Caz, who also helps organise the town's Poppy Appeal, thanked Harry for the opportunity.


Bill Meek, candidate for District 1 Pottawatomie County Commissioner, speaks during a PAVE forum.
Pottawatomie County Commissioner District 1 Melissa Dennis does not care about trees.
And backs up employees who threaten to run over people protecting the trees with a tractor.
Two current commissioners are under investigation by the State Attorney's Office.


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Al Young Tribute
27 DECEMBER 2018 — thursday
Celebrating an Evening with Al Young, a tribute to the acclaimed poet, writer, educator, and California Poet Laureate emeritus, hosted by Kim McMillon, Jack Foley, and San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck; a collaborative poem is being created especially for this celebration of Al Young, if you wish to add a line or two to this collective effort, please email your contribution to Jack Foley (jandafoley@sbcglobal.net); the poem begins with the line, "Al is great"; there are also plans to publish a chapbook in honor of Al, to contribute a poem, email Jack Foley, Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, 6:00-7:30 (sfpl.org)
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18 JANUARY 2020 — saturday
19 JANUARY 2020 — sunday
20 JANUARY 2020 — monday
Poetry Express presents Caroline Goodwin in a featured poetry reading, open mic before and after featured reading, hosted by Bruce Bagnell, Himalayan Flavors Restaurant, back room, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free but donations appreciated, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.blogspot.com)
21 JANUARY 2020 — tuesday
22 JANUARY 2020 — wednesday
23 JANUARY 2020 — thursday
Poetry Flash presents a reading by Alan Williamson, reading from his brand new collection of poetry, Franciscan Notes, with Jeanne Foster, Goodbye, Silver Sister, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, wheelchair accessible, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
24 JANUARY 2020 — friday
Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Wendy Barker, Gloss, and NCBA Cody Award-winner Sandra M. Gilbert, Judgment Day, East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, wheelchair accessible, 3:00 (510/653-9965, ebbooksellers.com)
Poetry Express presents a reading by Dan Lineham, author of the multimedia serial novel The Princess of the Bottom of the World, open mic before and after, hosted by Gary Turchin, Himalayan Flavors Restaurant, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free but donations appreciated, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.blogspot.com)
John Curl reads from his new novel, Outlaws of Maroon, an adult novel about two children set in the 1950s, New York, McCarthy era, and poet Jack Foley, When Sleep Comes: Shillelagh Songs, performs with Sangye Land, Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery Street, Glen Park, San Francisco, 6:30-8:00 (415/586-3733, www.birdbeckett.com)


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Ernest Daniel Bright, 81, loved music, family
By Sallie James Staff Writer
For years, Parkland resident Ernest Daniel Bright was the principal clarinetist for the New York City Opera and Minneapolis Symphony, a music lover who built his life around his music and his family. The father of former Parkland Vice Mayor Mimi Bright-Ribotsky, Mr. Bright died Thursday at Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton after a lengthy battle with multiple illnesses. He was 81.
"He played until he couldn't even breathe," Bright-Ribotsky said. "It was his life. That, and he adored his grandkids."
Born on May 10, 1927, in Detroit, Mr. Bright moved to New York, where he spent most of his life, finally moving to Florida in 1992, his daughter said. Music was his love, and he played every chance he could.
He played under several renowned conductors, including Bruno Walter, Leonard Bernstein, Leopold Stokowski, Sir Thomas Beecham and Igor Stravinsky. After moving to Florida, he performed for almost 10 years with the Palm Beach Pops and the Coral Springs Symphony Pops. He also played for several Broadway shows, including My Fair Lady, La Cage aux Folles and The Music Man, his daughter said.
He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Carol; two daughters, Mimi Bright-Ribotsky of Parkland and Ellen Bright of Tuxedo, N.Y.; a son, Fred, of Sunny Isles; a brother, Gerald Bright, of Birmingham, Mich.; and grandchildren Robyn and Ben.
Funeral services will be at 3:15 p.m. Sunday at Riverside Gordon Memorial Chapel, 2305 W. Hillsboro Blvd., Deerfield Beach. The family requests all memorial contributions be sent to Hospice by the Sea, 1531 W. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton, FL 33486.


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Home News Searches for "Download TikTok" Went Crazy After TikTok Ban
Searches for "Download TikTok" Went Crazy After TikTok Ban
Now, now, we goin' till they kick us out, out Or the police shut us down, down
Last Updated: April 19, 2019 4:12 pm
A couple of days back, India banned TikTok on the grounds that the app was spreading child pornography, and was harming the country's culture. What the government probably didn't see coming was that TikTok would get even more attention after the ban. But that's exactly what's happening.
According to Google Trends, searches for 'download TikTok' have spiked since the ban came into effect. Check out the graph below.
April 16 is when news first started coming out about the Madras High Court asking for a ban on the app, and on 17th April, we got news that both Google and Apple had removed the app from their respective marketplaces in India.
The spike in the search term 'download TikTok' coincides exactly with those dates, which means a lot more people are now interested in downloading TikTok than before. Or maybe, it's just people who have never used the app before wanting to try it out and see for themselves what the humdrum is all about.
India has a history of banning things, sometimes on ridiculous grounds. PUBG Mobile was earlier banned in Gujarat for being too violent, and because it was distracting students from their studies. However, the TikTok situation is considerably different from that of PUBG Mobile. The app has been repeatedly accused of having pornographic content, child pornography, and graphic content that's illegal.
When TikTok was banned, a majority of Indians, at least on social media, were happy about the app being banned in the country. Our Twitter poll asking users if they were happy with TikTok being banned saw an overwhelmingly positive response.
Funnily enough, searches for the Kesha song "Tik Tok" also spiked around the same time. Anyway, the point remains that while a majority of people, at least on social media, look like they're happy about the ban, there's a huge population that's interested in downloading the app.
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Brazil Court Reviews Bolsonaro's Environmental Policies
Despite the continued roar of chainsaws clearing the rainforest for soy fields and cattle herds, there's now a new glimmer of hope for the Brazilian Amazon. Last week, Brazil's Supreme Court boldly launched a review of seven environmental cases, most involving petitions challenging the destructive policies of President Jair Bolsonaro's administration.
This is the first time in Brazil's history that the Supreme Court has taken up seven environmental cases on the same day. This unprecedented "green docket" is a welcome opportunity to assess Bolsonaro's environmental policies. It also creates an important space for the voices of local communities, Indigenous Peoples, civil society organizations, political parties, and well-known artists standing up for the environment to be heard, loud and clear.
On March 30, the Court began reviewing two cases on the government's failure to reduce deforestation in the Amazon, which in 2021 reached its highest level in fifteen years.
For over three years, the Bolsonaro administration has undercut environmental agencies by making statements aimed at discrediting their work and weakening enforcement of environmental law. Human Rights Watch has documented how the administration's policies and rhetoric have effectively encouraged criminal networks that drive deforestation and that have used threats and violence against forest defenders.
Justice Cármen Lúcia, the Supreme Court judge responsible for conducting the first analysis and submitting the first vote in six out of the seven cases, concluded that Bolsonaro's policies had resulted in an "unconstitutional state of affairs." In her remarks, she compared the corrosion of Brazil's environmental institutions to "termites" eating their structures from within.
The rest of the court will now determine whether it will confirm Justice Lúcia's decision ordering the Bolsonaro administration to present concrete plans to reduce deforestation and restore the capacity of its environmental agencies. On April 6 Justice André Mendonça postponed a final decision by requesting more time to deliver his assessment.
The Court will also rule on five other cases, on issues ranging from the participation of civil society in a key environmental fund to the role of Brazil's Armed Forces in fighting deforestation.
While the outcomes remain unclear, it is positive that the Court's "green docket" will allow it to review the consequences of specific environmental policies. The rulings could determine the future of Brazil's civilian environmental institutions – and the fate of the Amazon rainforest and its defenders.
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Mpindweni Pass
This record breaking pass has rocketed into the No.1 position as the steepest pass in South Africa with an average gradient of 1:5,567 and to add to this impressive statistic is that it is gravel all the way. It's a short pass at just 2,6 km but it packs no less than 9 hairpin bends into that short distance. We recommend a high clearance 4x4 for this pass.
It's named after the peak that forms the horseshoe bend near the confluence of the Tsitsa and Tina Rivers, called Mpindweni which has a summit height of 408m. The pass presents dense indigenous bush along the first half, wherafter it breaks out into open grassland where magnificent views of the three main rivers can be seen.
This is a road that ends at the last village at the north-western end of the horseshoe bend in the Tsitsa River. Only the most dedicated pass hunters will seek this one out as it involves a long and complex route to get here - and then you have to retrace your path all the way back to Libode. But for those who dare, the rewards will be immeasurable.
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Dungu Pass
This steep pass is 5,9 km long and lies just a few kilometres east of it's twin pass, the Buwani Pass. The Dungu pass is longer and has a bigger altitude variance, but both join up in a common road along the northern bank of a big loop in the Umzimvubu River, about 57 kms SSE of Mount Frere in the heart of the old Transkei region.
It forms a perfect circular loop where both these passes can be driven in tandem. The Dungu Pass has an exceptionally steep average gradient of 1:10, but some sections get very steep at 1:5. In wet weather this pass should only be tackled in a 4WD vehicle.
Panoramic scenery, steep cliffs, deeply wooded mountain slopes and birds eye views of the Umzimvubu River valley are all on the menu. There are 59 bends, corners and curves which include 2 tight hairpins and 4 corners greater than 90 degrees.
We issue our standard cautionary for all Eastern Cape rural roads, and especially those in the old Transkei area: We recommend driving this road in a small convoy of two to three vehicles in case of emergency. Be aware of personal safety at all times and make sure you leave the nearest town with full fuel tanks and that your vehicle is serviced and reliable.
Buwani Pass
This is another remote and difficult to get to old Transkei pass, which is 4,4 km long, displays an altitude variance of 408m and generates an average gradient of 1:11 making it amongst the steepest in the whole country. Add a high rainfall area, livestock on the roads, a rough and rutted surface with spectacular views of the Tina and Umzimvubu rivers, you have a wonderful recipe for an adventure pass that will set you into a small elite group of people that have ever driven into this remote area. Even the 1:50,000 government maps don't record this pass, so it's a fairly new one and only visible on Google Earth.
The pass has 45 bends corners and curves, including one hairpin and six corners which exceed 90 degrees radius. The views are breathtaking and include thatched huts that dot the hillsides, with imopressive views over the deeply incised hills smothered in grassland and pockets of indigenous forest.
Gwangxu Pass
This massive gravel pass is for the more serious pass hunter as it's well off the beaten track, is gravel surfaced and traverses some major climbs as well as crosses the mighty Mzimvubu River. It's a very long pass at 29,8 km and holds a number of challenges with some gradients reaching 1:6, which will mean traction issues in wet weather for non 4WD vehicles.
It displays a big altitude variance of 685m and the 192 bends, corners and curves will require your full attention. Add in slippery surfaces, livestock, children, poultry, slow vehicles and minibus taxis and you can expect a very eventful journey along this big traverse.
Nungi Pass
The Nungi Pass is named after the mountain of the same name which forms the western portal of the Umzimvubu River valley. The pass traverses tribal trust land and connects Cedarville in the north with Mount Frere in the south. It's of above average length at 8,7 km and packs 39 sharp bends, corners and curves into it's length and displays an altitude variance of 335m with a classic high centre point profile.
The Colonanek Pass further to the south lies on the same road, so these two passes will always be driven in tandem. The steepest gradients are at 1:7 which might present traction issues in wet weather for non 4WD vehicles. There was major reconstruction taking place during 2018 as can be seen on the virtual fly-past. This includes excavating cuttings to reduce the number of blind rises and corners and ease some of the steeper gradients as well as a substantial improvement to the road width.
As is the general rule in this part of the Eastern Cape, most of the area is unfenced, so finding livestock on the road is the norm. Add in slow vehicles, minibus taxis, rutted potholed and corrugated roads, and you have a recipe for having to stay wide awake on this pass. We recommend driving this road in a small convoy of two to three vehicles in case of emergency. Be aware of personal safety at all times and make sure you leave the nearest town with full fuel tanks and that your vehicle is serviced and reliable.
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Q: How to create a column in Excel that tracks when data was input in a neighboring cell? I have some columns in an Excel spreadsheet like this:
Name      Date       Time

I would like for when users add a name to the first column (column A), that the Date and Time column automatically adds the date and time when the name was written in. This keeps a record of when an entry was made in column A.
Is there a way to have this data automatically filled in?

A: (This answer is based on the article
How to Quickly Insert Date and Timestamp in Excel,
where you will find more information with screenshots.)
With Excel formulas, it's next to impossible to automatically insert
a timestamp that wouldn't change when the worksheet is recalculated.
However, there exists a workaround that uses formulas while misusing
one formula-calculation feature of Excel.
This feature to be misused is
Circular Reference,
which is when a series of calculations is written in a never-ending way.
For example, setting cell A2=A1+A2 will lead to an ever-increasing
value for cell A2, as long as the value continues to be recalculated.
Step 1 : Enable limited iterative calculation

*

*Open Excel File > Options > Formulas

*Under "Calculated options", enable "Enable iterative calculation"
and set the maximum to a low value (1 is fine)

Now Excel will recalculate circular references, but will stop after
a certain number of calculations.
Step 2 : Enter the cyclic formula
Suppose that the value is to be entered in the A column,
starting from A2 and the Time column is in column B.
The formula will be : =IF(A2<>"",IF(B2<>"",B2,NOW()),"")
When entering a value in column A, the timestamp would automatically
appear in the adjacent column B cell, and will not update when later
modifying the A2 cell.

Alternative for modification date
The above method works for the setting column B2 to the time that the
first value was entered in A2.
A variant formula is for the case when the time is to be updated
every time that column A2 is modified.
Use this formula: =IF(A2<>"",IF(AND(B2<>"",CELL("address")=ADDRESS(ROW(A2),COLUMN(A2))),NOW(),IF(CELL("address")<>ADDRESS(ROW(A2),COLUMN(A2)),B2,NOW())),"")

A: You can do this using VBA as follows:
Place this code in the sheet code for the sheet you are working on:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    Dim MyRnge As String, MyTime As String, mydate As String
    MyRnge = Range("B2:B" & Rows.Count).Address
    If Not Intersect(Target, Range(MyRnge)) Is Nothing Then
        mydate = Format(Date, "Long Date")
        MyTime = Format(Now, "hh:mm:ss")
        Target.Offset(0, 1).Value = mydate & " " & MyTime
    End If
End Sub

Change MyRnge to the range you want to cover.
Change formats for date and time to suit
Change the offset from 1 to reflect the column you want the date/time to appear.
Type the event in the selected column:


Massive amounts of encoded phased array data can be collected very rapidly. Often, the bottleneck of the phased array inspection workflow is the analysis step. Automated Detection Technology (ADT) is a powerful software solution created to speed up and improve the quality of phased array encoded weld data analysis. ADT rapidly processes phased array weld data for final analysis in Olympus® OmniPC™.
Automated Detection Technology Software sends results directly to the indication table in OmniPC™ along with all associated readings. Several intelligent auto-commands of the OmniPC™ environment are added for quickly moving through multiple groups and down the weld.
Data analysis starts with good data. ADT identifies and reports data issues like data dropout and loss of Couplant, helping ensure that you have quality data. ADT also makes it easier to confirm compliance to scan plans and procedures without opening files.
Immediately after processing a detailed report is available. Suitable for both primary and secondary review, the report highlights quality issues, provides valuable S-Scan and C-Scan plots, and individual tables of results. Reporting forms a connection from the raw data to the final report.
backlog of many Gigabytes of data."
for reports, and quality repetitive reporting."
Phased Array Ultrasound (PAUT) and Radiography (RT) are often considered when choosing an auditable volumetric inspection technique for welds. Both have unique advantages under different circumstances. One possible deterrent for using Phased Array for inspections is the time it takes to analyze the data for final disposition. With Automated Detection Technology™ (ADT) software, analysis time can be dramatically reduced.
A client in southwest Germany had a need for over 1500 boiler tube welds to be volumetrically inspected. Initially, the client requested that radiography be performed. Dreifeld reviewed the client's request and estimated it would take a minimum of 50 days to complete the radiographic examinations with a 2-man RT crew. The required timeframe for radiography would not meet the client's needs. An alternative method could be to perform encoded Phased Array inspection with routine manual analysis, but this would still take considerable time. Instead, Dreifeld proposed performing encoded Phased Array utilizing a new software technology to reduce inspection time and stay on schedule.
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With Automated Detection Technology™ software from VeriPhase, one operator was able to inspect 1604 welds in just 8 days. The project was completed on schedule while performing 6 times faster and at a fraction of the cost of alternate methods. This has been a breakthrough in the inspection industry setting a very important milestone.
Congratulations to Dreifeld on this accomplishment!
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