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Home » Latest News » Confirmed: Haitian American To Serve on New Jersey's Highest Court
Confirmed: Haitian American To Serve on New Jersey's Highest Court
by Sam Bojarski Aug. 27, 2020 Aug. 27, 2020
By Sam Bojarski
Fabiana Pierre-Louis, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, will soon take her seat as the first Black woman to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court.
The Democrat-led state Senate voted 39-0 to confirm Pierre-Louis, after the Judiciary Committee unanimously approved her nomination on Aug. 24. Pierre-Louis, 39, will replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Walter Timpone and could serve for as long as 30 years on the seven-member body.
Fabiana Pierre-Louis speaks at an event hosted by Rutgers University. Photo courtesy of the New Jersey Governor's Office.
Judicial nominees typically refrain from comment until after they are sworn in, but in a June interview with The Haitian Times, Pierre-Louis spoke about her nomination to the court.
"I know how important it is for young people to see somebody that looks like them or comes from a similar background as them in positions of leadership," Pierre-Louis said. "So I just hope in this moment that I can be an inspiration to young people and the Haitian community."
Born in Brooklyn, Pierre-Louis grew up in Irvington, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Joseph and Claire Pierre-Louis, who worked as a cab driver and hospital patient transport aide, respectively. She is fluent in Haitian Creole.
Pierre-Louis received her bachelor's and her law degrees from Rutgers University. She went on to serve as a clerk for retired Supreme Court Justice John E. Wallace, Jr., the most recent Black person to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court. Wallace left the court in 2010.
Early in her career, Pierre-Louis worked as an associate in the Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads law firm's white collar and government investigations practice group. She then served nine years in the U.S. District Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, as an assistant attorney and attorney-in-charge of the Camden Branch Office.
Last year, she returned to Montgomery McCracken as a partner, focusing on white collar crime, commercial litigation and government investigations, The Haitian Times reported.
Fabiana Pierre-Louis, through the years. Photos courtesy of the New Jersey Governor's Office.
Pierre-Louis resides in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, with her husband Robert Reeves and sons Robbie, 7, and Marc, 4.
The nomination of Pierre-Louis, as a woman of color, "tells the people that the law is open to everyone, and everyone can be heard," said Gloria Browne-Marshall, a professor of constitutional law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City.
Browne-Marshall said she anticipates the Supreme Court to rule on issues of policing and immigration law in the near future.
Multiple senators noted her resume as a lawyer and her parents' immigrant background during the Aug. 24 hearing. Democratic Sen. Loretta Wineberg asked Pierre-Louis's parents to stand up and be recognized.
Once sworn in, Pierre-Louis will become the Supreme Court's youngest member by more than 20 years.
"I believe that you'll bring those qualities, [as] more than just a lawyer, but as a human being that has an amazing story to tell," Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Nicholas Scutari told Pierre-Louis, "to a bench to infuse a little bit of youth and vibrance there, and bring a new perspective to a court that's moved into the 21st century."
If Timpone steps down from the Supreme Court early as he indicated, Pierre-Louis could be sworn in as early as next week.
Tagged: fabiana pierre-louis, haitian american, new jersey, supreme court
Sam Bojarski
Sam is a reporter for The Haitian Times and a 2020 Report for America corps member. He has covered Haiti and its diaspora since 2018. His work has also appeared in USA Today, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Haiti Liberte. Sam can be reached at sam@haitiantimes.com or on Twitter @sambojarski.
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by Sam Bojarski, The Haitian Times

Confirmed: Haitian American To Serve on New Jersey's Highest Court

by Sam Bojarski, The Haitian Times
August 27, 2020

By Sam Bojarski

Fabiana Pierre-Louis, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, will soon take her seat as the first Black woman to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court.

The Democrat-led state Senate voted 39-0 to confirm Pierre-Louis, after the Judiciary Committee unanimously approved her nomination on Aug. 24. Pierre-Louis, 39, will replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Walter Timpone and could serve for as long as 30 years on the seven-member body.

Fabiana Pierre-Louis speaks at an event hosted by Rutgers University. Photo courtesy of the New Jersey Governor's Office.

Judicial nominees typically refrain from comment until after they are sworn in, but in a June interview with The Haitian Times, Pierre-Louis spoke about her nomination to the court.

"I know how important it is for young people to see somebody that looks like them or comes from a similar background as them in positions of leadership," Pierre-Louis said. "So I just hope in this moment that I can be an inspiration to young people and the Haitian community."

Born in Brooklyn, Pierre-Louis grew up in Irvington, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Joseph and Claire Pierre-Louis, who worked as a cab driver and hospital patient transport aide, respectively. She is fluent in Haitian Creole.

Pierre-Louis received her bachelor's and her law degrees from Rutgers University. She went on to serve as a clerk for retired Supreme Court Justice John E. Wallace, Jr., the most recent Black person to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court. Wallace left the court in 2010.

Early in her career, Pierre-Louis worked as an associate in the Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads law firm's white collar and government investigations practice group. She then served nine years in the U.S. District Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, as an assistant attorney and attorney-in-charge of the Camden Branch Office.

Last year, she returned to Montgomery McCracken as a partner, focusing on white collar crime, commercial litigation and government investigations, The Haitian Times reported.

Fabiana Pierre-Louis, through the years. Photos courtesy of the New Jersey Governor's Office.

Pierre-Louis resides in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, with her husband Robert Reeves and sons Robbie, 7, and Marc, 4.

The nomination of Pierre-Louis, as a woman of color, "tells the people that the law is open to everyone, and everyone can be heard," said Gloria Browne-Marshall, a professor of constitutional law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City.

Browne-Marshall said she anticipates the Supreme Court to rule on issues of policing and immigration law in the near future.

Multiple senators noted her resume as a lawyer and her parents' immigrant background during the Aug. 24 hearing. Democratic Sen. Loretta Wineberg asked Pierre-Louis's parents to stand up and be recognized.

Once sworn in, Pierre-Louis will become the Supreme Court's youngest member by more than 20 years.

"I believe that you'll bring those qualities, [as] more than just a lawyer, but as a human being that has an amazing story to tell," Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Nicholas Scutari told Pierre-Louis, "to a bench to infuse a little bit of youth and vibrance there, and bring a new perspective to a court that's moved into the 21st century."

If Timpone steps down from the Supreme Court early as he indicated, Pierre-Louis could be sworn in as early as next week.

This article first appeared on The Haitian Times and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.

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I like learning about the book and the giveaway as well.
Laura FABIANI-Library of Clean Reads - Thank you for hosting Westobou Gold, Book 2 in the Moccasin Hollow Mystery Series. The galley for Book 3 in the series is in final edits as well as a sci-fi title also in galley. An earlier historical romance, Moccasin Trace, establishes the bloodline(s) of Craige Ingram in the Moccasin Hollow Series.
It is our pleasure to feature you on our blog. Thank you kindly for stopping by!
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The book description sets a vivid setting!
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Binyumen ("Ben") Schaechter and Dan Kael's off-Broadway credits include "That's Life!" (Outer Critics Circle Award nomination), which ran for two years, and "Pets!" (Dramatic Publishing). Their award-winning one-act musical "Goodbye Forever" (libretto by Nancy Golladay) has been produced in New York and Chicago and is anthologized in the collection "Plaisir D'Amour and Other Stories." Their songs are available on the CD recording "It Helps to Sing About It: The Songs of Ben Schaechter and Dan Kael." Dan's TV-writing credits include "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch." Ben is conductor of the New York-based Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus (JPPC), and also music director/pianist of "Di Shekhter-tekhter," the world-travelling Yiddish-performing sister duo, and of the documentary film about them, "When Our Bubbas and Zeydas Were Young: The Schaechter Sisters on Stage." Both the Chorus and "Di Shekhter-tekhter" can be seen on YouTube. Ben also composed music for three other off-Broadway shows, including "Naked Boys Singing," which has had a successful life internationally.
"It Helps to Sing About It" features Kelli Rabke, Celia Berk, Nora Davis, Joshua Lance Dixon, Marissa Mulder and others TBA.


In addition to numerous application updates, Cobi has recently developed an Android, web and iPhone app for Volkswagen Team Assist (commissioned by Amsterdam based FONKmobile), a Samsung TV app for News24, and our internal product division has created an iPad app called Sticky Art.
Team Assist is a driving schedule application for amateur football players in the Netherlands. The app gives users an overview of current and future games directly from the KNVB. Players can access the latest information about the games; see which team members are playing, the location of the next game, who is driving and where and when to meet.
The News24 application is the first locally developed Smart TV application in Africa. It allows users to access news content on their Smart TVs and navigate to stories or sections of interest using the remote as a cursor.
Sticky Art lets you design sticky-note art using your iPad. You can either create the design manually, or use the trace feature to convert a regular image into a sticky art. The app allows users to customise the window size, zoom in and out to get perspective of how the design will look and email or print the design from your iPad. A design inventory is also shown on your design so that you know how many stickies you need.
Checkout Apple's HTML5 showcase. Who needs flash?
An exciting and interesting new SA tech site launched today: Memeburn is a news and opinion platform tracking tech culture, innovation and business. It plays particular attention to the web, mobile, social media, online media and social networking fields. Key opinion-leaders contribute to Memeburn, providing their insights on the online industry.
So far the content looks pretty awesome, check it out when you have the chance!


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Pál Rosty de Barkócz (Pest, 29 de noviembre de 1830 - Dunapentele, 7 de diciembre de 1874) fue un geógráfo húngaro, pionero de la fotografía, explorador.

Biografía

Pál (en español: Pablo) nació en el seno la familia noble húngara Rosty de Barkócz, la cual era bien acomodada y de gran prestigio. Su padre fue Albert Rosty de Barkócz (1779-1847) alispán del condado de Békés, terrateniente, su madre fue Anna Eckstein de Ehrenbergh (1801-1843). El bisabuelo de Pál Rosty fue Ferenc Rosty de Barkócz (1718-1790), alispán del condado de Vas, consiliario real de María Teresa I de Austria, terrateniente, y representante de su condado en la real asamblea de nobles. Éste Ferenc Rosty de Barkócz alispán, a su vez era hijo de László Rosty de Barkócz (fl. 1710-1730), juez de los nobles (en húngaro: főszolgabíró) del condado de Vas, terrateniente, y de Mária Csapody de Zalalövő (fl. 1710-1714), la cual por vía materna contaba con ancestros ilustres y poderosos como las desaparecidas familias nobles Perneszy de Osztopán, Bánffy de Alsólendva, Pogány de Cséb, entre otras. El sobrino de Pál Rosty fue el barón Loránd Eötvös de Vásárosnamény (1848-1919), ingeniero, físico y político húngaro, cuya madre era Ágnes Rosty de Barkócz (1825-1913), esposa del barón József Eötvös de Vásárosnamény (1813-1871), político, ministero de Educación y Religión pública. El abuelo de Pál Rosty, era Pál Rosty de Barkócz (1745–1810), teniente real, terrateniente, cuya sobrina era Rozalia Szegedy de Mezőszeged (1775–1832), esposa y musa de inspiración del gran poeta Sándor Kisfaludy.

El joven Pál Rosty habiendo servido como soldado en el regimiento de húsares Károlyi durante la guerra de independencia húngara de 1848 contra los austríacos. Luego de la derrota húngara, Pál escapó del Reino de Hungría a Munich con la ayuda de su cuñado Ágoston Trefort, posteriormente emigró a Paris. En Múnich se ocupó con investigaciones químicas y biológicas, en París quedó completamente enamorado del arte de la fotografía que estaba comenzando a surgir. Pál Rosty planificó entonces un viaje a América inspirado en las experiencias y recorridos de su amigo el ya anciano barón Alexander von Humboldt. De esta manera, el 4 de agosto de 1856 zarpó en barco y fue a los Estados Unidos a explorar el Nuevo Mundo. Transitó por Texas, Nuevo México, México y luego viajó a la isla caribeña de Cuba, conociendo La Habana. En 1857 continuó su travesía, arribando a Venezuela en marzo de ese año, estuvo en Caracas y durante un largo tiempo se residenció en la Hacienda "El Palmar", propiedad de Franz Vollmer, en el Estado Aragua. El recorrido por Venezuela duro cinco meses, tiempo en el cual tomó las primeras fotografías paisajísticas que se conozcan de ese país. Después de dos años y medio de viajes por América, regresó a Hungría el 26 de febrero de 1859.

Todas sus experiencia, varios dibujos y fotografías fueron publicados en su obra anecdótica "Desde América" (Pest, 1861). Una vez regresado a Europa, Pál Rosty viajó a Berlín en 1859 y personalmente le entregó un ejemplar de su obra que posteriormente fue publicada a su amigo Alexander von Humboldt, quién tenía más de 90 años para ese momento y falleció meses después. A partir de 1861 fue nombró miembro de la Academia de Ciencias Húngaras. Desde 1860 vivió en Pest, y en Dunapentele de manera intermitente. En 1870 se convirtió en miembro fundador del Casino de Caballeros de Dunapentele. A partir de 1872 fue miembro del consejo jurídico del condado húngaro de Fejér. Durante la década de 1870 su salud se debilitó y se mudó definitivamente a su residencia en Dunapentele, donde murió el 7 de diciembre de 1874. Pál nunca casó, y era el único hijo varón de sus padres, y el último miembro de su rama de la familia Rosty de Barkócz.

Referencias

Geodestas
Fotógrafos de Hungría
Academia de Ciencias de Hungría
Nacidos en Pest

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package org.apache.kerby.kerberos.kerb.admin.kadmin.remote;

import org.apache.kerby.kerberos.kerb.KrbException;
import org.apache.kerby.kerberos.kerb.transport.TransportPair;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.util.Map;

public final class AdminUtil {
    private AdminUtil() { }

    private static final String KRB5_FILE_NAME = "krb5.conf";
    private static final String KRB5_ENV_NAME = "KRB5_CONFIG";

    /**
     * Load krb5.conf from specified conf dir.
     * @param confDir The conf dir
     * @return AdminConfig
     * @throws KrbException e
     */
    public static AdminConfig getConfig(File confDir) throws KrbException {
        File confFile = new File(confDir, KRB5_FILE_NAME);
        if (!confFile.exists()) {
            throw new KrbException(KRB5_FILE_NAME + " not found");
        }

        AdminConfig adminConfig = new AdminConfig();
        try {
            adminConfig.addKrb5Config(confFile);
            return adminConfig;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new KrbException("Failed to load krb config "
                + confFile.getAbsolutePath());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Load default krb5.conf
     * @return The AdminConfig
     * @throws KrbException e
     */
    public static AdminConfig getDefaultConfig() throws KrbException {
        File confFile = null;
        File confDir;
        String tmpEnv;

        try {
            Map<String, String> mapEnv = System.getenv();
            tmpEnv = mapEnv.get(KRB5_ENV_NAME);
        } catch (SecurityException e) {
            tmpEnv = null;
        }
        if (tmpEnv != null) {
            confFile = new File(tmpEnv);
            if (!confFile.exists()) {
                throw new KrbException("krb5 conf not found. Invalid env "
                        + KRB5_ENV_NAME);
            }
        } else {
            confDir = new File("/etc/"); // for Linux. TODO: fix for Win etc.
            if (confDir.exists()) {
                confFile = new File(confDir, "krb5.conf");
            }
        }

        AdminConfig adminConfig = new AdminConfig();
        if (confFile != null && confFile.exists()) {
            try {
                adminConfig.addKrb5Config(confFile);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                throw new KrbException("Failed to load krb config "
                        + confFile.getAbsolutePath());
            }
        }

        return adminConfig;
    }

    /**
     * Get KDC network transport addresses according to krb client setting.
     * @param setting The krb setting
     * @return UDP and TCP addresses pair
     * @throws KrbException e
     */
    public static TransportPair getTransportPair(
            AdminSetting setting) throws KrbException {
        TransportPair result = new TransportPair();

        int tcpPort = setting.checkGetKdcTcpPort();
        if (tcpPort > 0) {
            result.tcpAddress = new InetSocketAddress(
                    setting.getKdcHost(), tcpPort);
        }
        int udpPort = setting.checkGetKdcUdpPort();
        if (udpPort > 0) {
            result.udpAddress = new InetSocketAddress(
                    setting.getKdcHost(), udpPort);
        }

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Stalling in Georgia
Andy Miller of Georgia Health News reports that Ava's Law is stalling in the state's House Insurance Committee. A hearing resulted in no vote:
Anna Bullard, of Lyons, told the panel how ABA therapy improved life for her daughter, Ava. At age 2, the girl did not talk.
The Bullards' insurance policy did not cover ABA, but the family paid for her to get it. Now, Ava "is at the top of her class'' in a regular education curriculum, Bullard said.
"Ava is an example of the potential,'' Bullard said. "Having a child, the most important thing is that they can speak."
State Sen. Tommie Williams. R-Lyons, who is related to Ava, told the House lawmakers that their role "is to determine what makes good policy."
As an employer, Williams said, "I'm not just looking for the best price [on health insurance]. I'm looking for the best policy.''
Their testimony was countered by business and insurance groups.
Kyle Jackson of the National Federation of Independent Business said his small business members are very concerned about the rising costs of health insurance.
If the autism bill passes, he said, "I'm not going to say the sky is going to fall . . . but there is a cost to this."
Jackson's testimony was supported by David Raynor, of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. And Graham Thompson of the Georgia Association of Health Plans said "there will be an impact'' if the bill is approved.
ABA is not considered "an essential health benefit'' under the Affordable Care Act, he added.
Allan Hayes of America's Health Insurance Plans testified that "ABA therapy is not a cure'' for autism. Insurance mandates increase costs for employers, Hayes said.
Aaron Gould Sheinin reports at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The chairman of the House Insurance Committee said Wednesday that he will not allow a bill to pass this year that would mandate insurance coverage for treatment of autism for a limited number of Georgians.Instead, Rep. Richard Smith, R-Columbus, said he will introduce legislation later this week that would let voters decide whether to levy a new fractional state sales tax to provide treatment for all children with autism-related disorders.
Smith said Senate Bill 1 "is bad policy." He said the bill would only provide coverage for 15 out of every 100 children with the disorder.
"What are you going to do with the other 85?" he asked. "How are you going to explain that to mom and dad, they're not going to get treatment? It's wrong. I will not pass that bill out of insurance."
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Individual lights on your low can now be changed to shine with any color of the rainbow. Having this option gives players the ability to take the theme and mood of their lot a step further. Whether it is giving your nightclub a colorful flare, your romantic room a touch of pink and red or your island themed lot hues of green and orange, the possibilities are endless.
To change the color of a light, click on the light you want to change and select "Manage..." then "Set Color". Use the color picker to select the color you would like and click OK. You also have the option to enter an RGB or Hex value in the boxes provided if you want to match a color from another source. Repeat this process for all the lights you would like to change.
Don't want your lights turning on and off automatically? You can now disable auto on/off by clicking on the light you want to change and selecting "Manage..." then "Disable Auto" or "Enable Auto". It's that simple!


Canada has been a world leader in nuclear energy for over 60 years. The nuclear industry in Canada is a vital source of innovation, job creation and low-carbon energy. The next generation in nuclear technology will help Canadians build a cleaner, safer world while meeting our energy needs in a low-carbon economy.
Parliamentary Secretary Kim Rudd, on behalf of Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jim Carr, today announced a road mapping process under the Energy Innovation Program to explore the potential for on- and off-grid applications for small modular reactor (SMR) technology in Canada.
Driven by interested provincial and territorial governments and energy utilities, the exercise will be delivered by the Canadian Nuclear Association and engage stakeholders to better understand their views on priorities and challenges related to the possible development and deployment of SMRs in Canada.
Participation in the roadmap will eventually expand to include all essential enabling partners, including manufacturers, research performers, waste management organizations and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.
The stakeholder-driven roadmap will build upon their existing groundwork to foster innovation and establish a long-term vision for the industry, as well as to assess the characteristics of different SMR technologies and how they align with user-requirements and Canadian priorities. The roadmap will be an important step in positioning Canada to advance next-generation technologies and become a global leader in the emerging SMR market.
Through Generation Energy, we heard that Canadians want a pan-Canadian approach on nuclear energy that would help guide important decisions on emerging technologies, such as SMRs. Canada is committed to clean energy, innovation and energy security as it continues to move toward a low-carbon economy.
It is expected the roadmap will be completed in the fall of 2018.


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49ers' Richard Sherman donates more than $7,000 to help eradicate a middle school's lunch debt
Posted 4:49 pm, December 1, 2019, by CNN Wire Service
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Richard Sherman is known for his work on the football field, but the San Francisco 49ers' cornerback is also doing important work off it.
Sherman donated $7,491.27 to cover students' lunch debt at Cabrillo Middle School, a public school in Santa Clara, California.
The announcement was made by principal Stan Garber, who also posted a photo of him and Sherman posing together. He said Sherman gave him a personal check to cover the debt.
"Richard's gesture created such good will (sic) for the 49ers that they went on to sack Aaron Roger's (sic) and the Green Bay Packers the next day on national tv by a score of 37-8," he wrote. "Go 49ers, Go Richard Sherman."
Sherman's foundation — Blanket Coverage, The Richard Sherman Foundation — also followed up with a letter, according to CNN affiliate KPIX.
"We have found that eliminating student lunch debt is one way to help assist students and their families in relieving some of the stress that comes with attending school on a daily basis," the letter read, according to KPIX. "The last thing any child should have to worry about is being able to afford eating breakfast and lunch at school; we aim to do our part in eliminating that obstacle."
This isn't the first time the Super Bowl winner has helped eradicate lunch debt.
Earlier this year, Sherman's foundation donated $20,000 to Tacoma Public Schools for meal debt, according to a news release by the NFL Players Association.
Sherman's foundation does a lot of volunteer work in communities — including things like food drives for schools and the homeless, and donations to local food banks.
Sherman began the foundation in 2013 to "provide students in low-income communities with school supplies and clothing," the website reads.
The following year, Sherman was part of the Seattle Seahawks team that won the Super Bowl. After seven seasons with the Seahawks, Sherman moved to the 49ers in 2018.
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Topics: Cabrillo Middle School, Richard Sherman, San Francisco 49ers
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HomeNews & StoriesThen and Now: 100 Beacon Street — Girls' High School, Longtime Dorm, and Condos
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Then and Now: 100 Beacon Street — Girls' High School, Longtime Dorm, and Condos
This is the second of an Emerson Today series looking at old Emerson College properties as we lead up to the August reopening of the Little Building. Click here to read about the history of 150 Beacon Street.
Many Emersonians remember their days of living at 100 Beacon Street, which was used as dormitory for more than 40 years. Being mere feet away from the Hatch Shell provided opportunities for students to hear live performances from their rooms. The prime location leant itself to a quick jaunt to the Esplanade and the Public Garden.
100-102 Beacon (ca. 1867) (Photograph by Josiah Johnson Hawes courtesy of the Boston Athenaeum)
But the current building was not the first structure on the site. That was a residence built for George Hovey in 1856. The Hovey family owned that three-story building until 1900, according to backbayhouses.org. William Spaulding and Dudley Pickman would become the next owners of the property, and leased it to the Noble and Greenough School from 1901 to 1922. The City of Boston then leased it as an annex to Girls' High School.
On September 23, 1923, 100 Beacon was acquired from William Spaulding and Dudley Pickman by Mary Macdonough. The building was razed in mid-1924 and the current structure was built as a 40-unit apartment building designed by Clifford Albright and George Nelson Jacobs, according to backbayhouses.org and the Emerson College Archives Department's files.
100 Beacon Street rendering (Courtesy Emerson College Archives and Special Collections)
The College purchased 100 Beacon Street on April 29, 1960, from Beaconside Realty for $445,061.77. Two years later, the building underwent a major change to the exterior when much of the ornamentation, including stone roof cornices, pre-cast stone plaques, and more, was removed due to safety concerns.
The College sold the building on August 29, 2006, to BosProp Investors LLC, and at that time it was assessed at $5,766,400.00 by Boston's Assessing Department. Today it is a 16-unit condominium building.
100 Beacon Street in 2019.
A view of 100 Beacon Street from the Public Garden in the 1960s. 100 Beacon Street in 2019. (Courtesy Emerson College Archives and Special Collections)
The entrance of 100 Beacon Street in 2019.
View from 100 Beacon Street overlooking the Public Garden in 1960s. (Courtesy Emerson College Archives and Special Collections)
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This article is about the mount. For the character biography of Invincible, see Invincible. For the quest item, see [Invincible's Reins].
Invincible is a flying mount obtained when defeating the Lich King "in his strongest form" on heroic difficulty in 25-player mode only. Prior to patch 4.0.3a this mount was a guaranteed drop. It was changed to a very low chance drop.
It can also be listed on the Black Market Auction House by Mei Francis, for the opening bid of 20,000 .
"Summons and dismisses the flying undead horse Invincible. This mount changes depending on your Riding skill and location."
The famous steed of Arthas Menethil, who serves its master in life and in death. Riding him is truly a feat of strength.
Invincible as seen on the official site.
Obtaining this mount awards the Feat of Strength [Invincible's Reins].
The world first Invincible's Reins was obtained by the warlock Tsukky of Paragon on Lightning's Blade EU on 26 March 2010.
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Q: Generating a parser given a list of tokens Background
I'm trying to implement a date printing and parsing system using Parsec.
I have successfully implemented a printing function of type
showDate :: String -> Date -> Parser String
It takes parses a formatting string and creates a new string based on the tokens that the formatted string presented.
For example
showDate "%d-%m-%Y" $ Date 2015 3 17
has the output Right "17-3-2015"
I already wrote a tokenizer to use in the showDate function, so I thought that I could just use the output of that to somehow generate a parser using the function readDate :: [Token] -> Parser Date. My idea quickly came to a halt as I realised I had no idea how to implement this.
What I want to accomplish
Assume we have the following functions and types (the implementation doesn't matter):
data Token = DayNumber | Year | MonthNumber | DayOrdinal | Literal String

-- Parses four digits and returns an integer
pYear :: Parser Integer

-- Parses two digits and returns an integer
pMonthNum :: Parser Int

-- Parses two digits and returns an integer
pDayNum :: Parser Int

-- Parses two digits and an ordinal suffix and returns an integer
pDayOrd :: Parser Int

-- Parses a string literal
pLiteral :: String -> Parser String

The parser readDate [DayNumber,Literal "-",MonthNumber,Literal "-",Year] should be equivalent to
do
     d <- pDayNum
     pLiteral "-"
     m <- pMonthNum
     pLiteral "-"
     y <- pYear
     return $ Date y m d

Similarly, the parser readDate [Literal "~~", MonthNumber,Literal "hello",DayNumber,Literal " ",Year] should be equivalent to
do
     pLiteral "~~"
     m <- pMonthNum
     pLiteral "hello"
     d <- pDayNum
     pLiteral " "
     y <- pYear
     return $ Date y m d

My intuition suggests there's some kind of concat/map/fold using monad bindings that I can use for this, but I have no idea.
Questions
Is parsec the right tool for this?
Is my approach convoluted or ineffective?

*

*If not, how do I achieve this functionality?

*If so, what should I try to do instead?

A: Your Tokens are instructions in a small little language for date formats [Token].
import Data.Functor
import Text.Parsec
import Text.Parsec.String

data Date = Date Int Int Int deriving (Show)

data Token = DayNumber | Year | MonthNumber | Literal String

In order to interpret this language, we need a type that represents the state of the interpreter. We start off not knowing any of the components of the Date and then discover them as we encounter DayNumber, Year, or MonthNumber. The following DateState represents the state of knowing or not knowing each of the components of the Date.
data DateState = DateState {dayState :: (Maybe Int), monthState :: (Maybe Int), yearState :: (Maybe Int)}

We will start interpreting a [Token] with DateState Nothing Nothing Nothing.
Each Token will be converted into a function that reads the DateState and produces a parser that computes the new DateState.
readDateToken :: Token -> DateState -> Parser DateState
readDateToken (DayNumber) ds =
    do
        day <- pNatural
        return ds {dayState = Just day}
readDateToken (MonthNumber) ds =
    do
        month <- pNatural
        return ds {monthState = Just month}
readDateToken (Year) ds =
    do
        year <- pNatural
        return ds {yearState = Just year}
readDateToken (Literal l) ds = string l >> return ds

pNatural :: Num a => Parser a
pNatural = fromInteger . read <$> many1 digit

To read a date interpreting a [Token] we will first convert it into a list of functions that decide how to parse a new state based on the current state with map readDateToken :: [Token] -> [DateState -> Parser DateState]. Then, starting with a parser that succeeds with the initial state return (DateState Nothing Nothing Nothing) we will bind all of these functions together with >>=. If the resulting DateState doesn't completely define the Date we will complain that the [Token]s was invalid. We also could have checked this ahead of time. If you want to include invalid date errors as parsing errors this would also be the place to check that the Date is valid and doesn't represent a non-existent date like April 31st.
readDate :: [Token] -> Parser Date
readDate tokens =
    do
        dateState <- foldl (>>=) (return (DateState Nothing Nothing Nothing)) . map readDateToken $ tokens
        case dateState of
            DateState (Just day) (Just month) (Just year) -> return (Date day month year)
            _                                             -> fail "Date format is incomplete"

We will run a few examples.
runp p s = runParser p () "runp" s

main = do
    print . runp (readDate [DayNumber,Literal "-",MonthNumber,Literal "-",Year])                   $ "12-3-456"
    print . runp (readDate [Literal "~~", MonthNumber,Literal "hello",DayNumber,Literal " ",Year]) $ "~~3hello12 456"
    print . runp (readDate [DayNumber,Literal "-",MonthNumber,Literal "-",Year,Literal "-",Year])  $ "12-3-456-789"
    print . runp (readDate [DayNumber,Literal "-",MonthNumber])                                    $ "12-3"

This results in the following outputs. Notice that when we asked to read the Year twice, the second of the two years was used in the Date. You can choose a different behavior by modifying the definitions for readDateToken and possibly modifying the DateState type. When the [Token] didn't specify how to read one of the date fields we get the error Date format is incomplete with a slightly incorrect description; this could be improved upon.
Right (Date 12 3 456)

Right (Date 12 3 456)

Right (Date 12 3 789)

Left "runp" (line 1, column 5):
unexpected end of input
expecting digit
Date format is incomplete

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A Letter To A Boston Legend
You don't know me, but we've met before it was many years ago at a charity event, a few months after you had just been to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time. I'm one of the many that have watched you your entire career. I have been a fan of the Boston Celtics since I was five years old. I watched through the 90's as we C's fans waited for next big franchise changer, that seemed like would never come.
As we slowly slid through decade year after year of heartbreak, I remember when you were first drafted in 1998. Who is this swingman out of Kansas? Why did he fall so low in the draft? Wait, he's a Lakers fan and a Celtics hater? How is this going to work? But it didn't matter as we would have to wait at least eight months to see what you could do. While a lockout had shortened your rookie season, not much was expected from the Pitino experiment that was in in year two.
I remember your first game as I watched you dribble and spin to the hoop dunking like you had been here in the NBA for years. You were not the fastest, but you made things happen. I said to myself, 'he might be here for the long haul.' You didn't win rookie of the year and to this day, I've always said you were better than Vince Carter that year (still the better player), he just had had more ESPN highlighted dunks than anyone else.
Of course we all won't forget when we could have lost you to senseless violence when we heard the unfortunate news that you had been stabbed in the neck, head, back and face. I was in shock and couldn't believe this had happened. But you showed us what it really meant to be Boston Strong, when the 2000-01 season opened up at the Fleet Center. You amazed us with a 28 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists performance just six weeks after the incident. My dad called you 'the package,' because it meant you had a little bit of everything; the drive, the dribble, a fade away jumper, you could rebound, and pass. But later that season Shaquille O'Neal christened you "The Truth" after another great game against your hometown Lakers.
You had officially arrived and the following season you began to sport your trademark headband from that season forward (after a huge in L.A. beating the Lakers). Jim O'Brien had taken over and he gave you the keys to drive this team to the next level and you did. You'd pass league MVP Allen Iverson and all the way to the greatest comeback in NBA playoff history (at the time) against the hated Nets.
In the conference finals after being down by 21 points entering the fourth quarter of game three, you helped the Celtics outscore Jason Kidd and the New Jersey Nets 41-16 while you poured in 19 of your 28 points in that stretch. Most people had doubted you and in a room full of naysayers when I watched you that afternoon. I kept quiet and exploded once the clock had hit double zero, and the comeback was complete. You pretty much had single handedly won that game 94-90 at the 'Jungle'. In just your third year in the league, you were an MVP candidate and you were named team captain.
You continued to make All-Star teams and be the face of the franchise that really had not had one since the days of 'Larry Legend.'
By the 2006-07 season, you had been through it all, you were playoff tested and a top ten scorer for at least six seasons, but you longed for what every basketball player in the NBA wants; a championship ring. Danny Ainge promised us the fans in 2004 that by his fifth year as the GM that the Celtics would be championship contenders. He stayed true to his word and you Paul were the focal point along with coach Doc Rivers to build around.
You deserved to get that shot and here in Boston, not somewhere else. You finally got the help you needed. With the 'Big Ticket' now on your side you were well on your way pass the 'great' LeBron James in 2008 to raise the Larry O'Brien trophy so damn high. I screamed as I watched you in the NBA Finals dismantle your boyhood Lakers, in six games, that was your destiny and you BEAT LA and Kobe Bryant right here in the Garden on June 17th.
Pure poetic justice after David Stern had called your name as the tenth-pick, 10 years prior and you put on that green hat, we watched you come full circle. My younger brother and I drove to the arena to try and catch a glimpse of our Finals MVP up close.
We were the two crazy fools that chased you on foot as you drove out of the player's lot, waiving your MVP trophy, while you were riding in the passenger seat. We ran behind you all the way down to damn near route 93. Me being the oldest, I admit I didn't run as fast as my brother, but you probably remember thinking when were we going to stop running? But we didn't, because we had to say Thank You!
If anything, thank you for being our hopes and dreams and bringing us banner 17 and being the face that was synonymous with Celtics Pride. It meant the world to us as fans because I know you had never let me down despite the ups and downs. You continued to show us Paul, that being emotionally connected to this team was never a bad thing. You poured your blood, sweat and tears for the city and New England for 15 years. You became the team's second leading scorer of all time and you continue to climb the latter of being one of the greatest scorers in NBA history.
Your greatness can never be duplicated but only remembered and in a sports town like Boston, where we truly cherish our athletes, especially the ones who lay it all on the line. Those are the ones that become one of us and truth be told there is no way we could ever repay you for what you've done.
So today we will celebrate your return, I will be the one in section 306 at the Garden, clapping and cheering and maybe shedding some tears. You'll be wearing another jersey, but you'll forever be a Celtic. I've been told all good things must come to an end, but I never truly can say good-bye. Maybe now, they'll know how great you are like I always knew to some extent. Some how deep down inside, I knew because in life you have to go through the lows, so you can enjoy the highs that much more.
Like I said before you probably don't remember me, but I will always remember you. Thank you Paul Pierce, can't wait to see your number 34 in the rafters one day.
Sincerely yours and a fan for life,
P.S. Say hi to KG for me, he's dearly missed as well!
June 17,2008: The moment I waited my whole life for as a Celtics fan. #ThankYouPaul!
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Muslim is a religion that appeals to a wide range of people. It does not only include those who live or are from specific areas — the tenets of God and charity can appeal to anyone. These celebs were either born Muslim or converted to Islam.
While it has not been officially confirmed, it is believed that Janet Jackson has fully converted to Islam. In 2012 she married Wissam Al Mana, and many believe that she converted to Islam after the wedding. It has not stopped her from pursing her career, and she seems quite happy with her husband. If she did convert, she is not the first Jackson to do so. Jermaine Jackson also converted to Islam.


Why is Nitrogen reduction required?
Nitrogen is a plant nutrient that can contribute to dissolved oxygen loss in surface waters, especially in lakes. Nitrate (one form of Nitrogen found in wastewater effluent), is highly soluble and mobile in groundwater, and can easily migrate to surface waters. Excess Nitrogen in surface waters can increase the amount of aquatic plants, which can further reduce the oxygen available for other forms of aquatic life. Studies conducted by the City's Watershed Protection Department indicate that OSSFs may be a likely source contributing nitrate in the Barton Springs segment of the Edwards Aquifer.
Austin City Code Chapter 15-5, regarding the regulation of onsite sewage facilities (OSSF), requires that systems proposed after the effective date of the revised ordinance (October 29, 2013) and located within: a) 75-feet of Lake Austin; b) the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone (EARZ); or c) areas of Barton Springs segment of the Edwards Aquifer Contributing Zone (EACZ) with certain soil conditions; provide Nitrogen removal.
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You may use Austin Water's full page interactive map to determine if you are located within Austin Water's jurisdiction for OSSFs as well as whether or not you are located within the EARZ or the Barton Springs segment of the EACZ. However, not all systems located within the Barton Springs segment will be required to provide Nitrogen reduction; sites with soils suitable for a standard absorption system will not be required to provide Nitrogen reduction. Please call this office at 512-972-0050 for more information regarding treatment requirements for properties located within the Barton Spring segment.
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For high strength, high flow non-residential facilities, a non-standard design for a system that meets the 20 mg/L total nitrogen effluent limitation will be required to be submitted by a professional engineer or registered sanitarian. The design shall be based on actual performance data and/or established design criteria for removing nitrogen from the wastewater. These types of systems include recirculating sand filters combined with anaerobic/anoxic filters, aerobic/anaerobic trickling filter package plants, sequencing batch reactors, membranes, and source separation technologies. Testing of the wastewater effluent may be required after the system is permitted in order to ensure the total nitrogen effluent limitation is being met. Approval will be on a case-by-case basis only.


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Why your employees' sleep is business critical
By James Gorman
Article Type: Insight
Do you think sacrificing sleep to get more work done makes you – or your employees – more productive? Think again. Although you may not be able to think very clearly.
A landmark study published in 2003 showed that sleeping for six hours or less every night destroyed the cognitive performance of healthy adults in just two weeks.
Cognitive performance includes processes such as perception, memory, learning, attention, decision making, problem solving, creativity, and communication. It's a crucial component of mental health. In fact, I can't think of any aspect of health and wellbeing that is more important to work and life. And yet, it rarely – if ever – features in the discussions around employee mental health.
As it turns out, like all other aspects of health, cognitive performance is largely determined by eat, move, and sleep habits. Here, we're going to explore the cognitive impact of sleep, or rather lack of sleep.
The 2003 study found that sleeping for four to six hours a night for two weeks:
Progressively eroded cognitive performance, contradicting the commonly held belief that humans can mentally adapt to chronic sleep restriction
Eroded cognitive performance to a similar degree as one to two days of total sleep deprivation
Did not increase sleepiness after the first few nights, which is probably why such sleep restriction is widely practised
The study included 48 healthy adult subjects, aged between 21 and 38 years. They were randomly allocated to one of four sleep conditions:
Eight hours of sleep a night for 14 nights (8-hour condition);
Six hours of sleep a night for 14 nights (6-hour condition);
Four hours of sleep a night for 14 nights (4-hour condition); or
No sleep at all for three nights (no sleep condition)
For the duration of the sleep conditions (and three 'normal' nights either side) the subjects lived in a sleep laboratory, so all relevant variables were tightly controlled. While awake, the cognitive performance – alertness, working memory, and accuracy and speed – and sleepiness of the subjects were measured every two hours.
The results were, quite literally, mind blowing.
As you might expect, the cognitive performance of the subjects in the 8-hour condition didn't change. In comparison, those in the 6-hour condition suffered declines in cognitive performance every day, which accumulated over time. The 4-hour condition subjects fared even worse. It's safe to assume that, had the experiment gone beyond two weeks, the cognitive decline would have continued.
The cumulative impact on cognitive performance after two weeks was equivalent to that of 24 hours with no sleep at all (for the 6-hour condition) and 48 hours with no sleep at all (for the 4-hour condition). Many of you will have pulled an 'all-nighter' at some point, so you will have experienced the crushing impact on brain function of being awake for 24 hours. Well, people who sleep for six hours a night are in that same state (or worse). All the time.
Except they don't realise it because they don't feel sleepy. After the first few nights of sleep restriction, the subjects in the 6-hour and 4-hour conditions didn't feel any sleepier, even while their cognitive performance continued to decline day after day. In fact, by the end of the two-week period, when cognitive performance was at its worst, subjects in the 6-hour and 4-hour conditions reported feeling only 'slightly sleepy'. And there was no difference in the sleepiness ratings between the 6-hour and 4-hour conditions, despite cognitive performance being substantially worse in the 4-hour condition.
Imagine how poorly your brain would function after 24 or 48 hours without sleep. Now imagine you didn't realise.
Cognitive performance – how well the brain works – is one of the most important determinants of employee wellbeing and performance. And, as we've seen here, consistently getting less than eight hours of sleep destroys our ability to process, think, and react effectively.
If you want a company full of people on top of their mental game, you must enable, encourage, and empower your employees to get at least eight hours of sleep every night. It's business critical.
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They were all really fun to draw!
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Springtime is science fair season. Thousands of kids across the country, from elementary through high school, spend weeks or months coaxing seedlings to grow, building devices to harness solar energy and carefully mixing acids and bases.
Often, as was certainly the case for me as an eighth grader in suburban Pennsylvania, the result is an all-hands-on-deck enterprise. Parents regularly join in the effort, helping students design their experiments and test their results — not to mention ferrying them back and forth from stores to pick up supplies.
For many, the task is stressful, but also formative. My science fair project, which involved investigating how compressing insulation affects its ability to block heat, was hardly glamorous but it was far and away the most memorable experiment of my first 13 years of school.
As educational opportunities, science fairs let students tackle the scientific method hands on. Classically that process begins with identifying a question, developing a hypothesis to answer it and then devising an experiment to test that hunch. In principle, kids who participate will not only learn about science but may be inspired to join the next generation of scientists and engineers. But the fairs also have problems.
For starters, there's a growing sense among some scientists and educators that many science fairs aren't actually very good at teaching kids about, well, science. The field of science is ever changing and advancing, but the fair sticks to fairly rigid, traditional rules. Real scientific research can be observational, collaborative and creative — approaches that are sometimes verboten to science fair participants. For example, students often have to design experiments that involve manipulating a situation in some way, whereas many actual scientists, such as primatologists and astronomers, simply study their subjects over time, looking for patterns in that data.
And too often the fair is a burden on families and teachers. Jackie DeLisi, a research scientist at the Education Development Center, a Massachusetts nonprofit, has found that schools and families invest a lot of time and money in these fairs; teachers may spend as much as six weeks of class time preparing for them. Furthermore, if the fair becomes a contest between kids with financial resources and plenty of parental help, and students without access to fancy supplies or a grown-up's guidance, it's worth asking whether science fairs are fair.
The good news is that some schools are conducting truly radical experiments on the science fair itself. Among the most intriguing: taking the competition out of science fairs. Under this model, students are evaluated based on their mastery of the scientific method rather than being pitted against one another.
And, argues bioethicist Frederick Grinnell of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, the shift might enhance a student's mastery and enjoyment of science. In a study published last year, Grinnell surveyed 302 students (from high school through graduate school) about their experience with science fairs. As part of his analysis, he uncovered that while the students generally enjoyed participating in science fairs, they didn't care for the competition. "None of the kids like requiring the competitive science fair," he said.
Grinnell even suspects that competitive science fairs might hinder learning — and there's some research to back him up. For three decades, researchers have been scrutinizing how competition motivates student behavior. Experiments by Carol Dweck in 2003, then a professor of psychology at Columbia University, suggest that students who are driven to learn for its own sake or for personal growth tend to stick to their studies longer than their highly competitive peers. People who want to outperform others, it turns out, get an emotional boost when they succeed, but any negative feedback stymies their interest in a subject. Individuals who value learning seem to be more resilient, persisting despite failures.
Another downside to competition? It's distracting. In a pair of studies from 2015 and 2016, Rutgers University psychologists found that competition can harm how well our memories perform. Using neuroimaging, the researchers discovered that when people in the study were told how they were doing on memory exercises relative to other participants, areas of the brain typically associated with how we think about ourselves fired up while actual memory performance weakened. "Participants are so worried about focusing on how the other person is doing they're not adequately learning," said Brynne DiMenichi, a research fellow and an author of both papers.
Yet competition has its uses. It is a powerful motivator, one that many people enjoy, and, as Dweck, now at Stanford University, points out, learning how to win or lose is valuable. "It's too extreme to say competition is never good because it also could imply we shouldn't hold children to standards," she said.
The best approach, argues Dweck, foregrounds the goals of learning and mastery. To do that, she says, science fair judges would evaluate student projects based on the scientific process behind them rather than the flashy final product or spectacular results. Careful interviews with each child, she says, would push students to reflect on scientific inquiry itself. By this logic, a very simple study or an experiment with negative results could still be a winner.
The model she describes resembles the "Standards-Based Science Fair," developed by Peter Rillero, a professor of science education at Arizona State University in Phoenix. Judges evaluate budding scientists not against each other but based on their performance in certain categories: how well they form a hypothesis, for example, or analyze their data. Grinnell says this approach is now used by many schools that forgo competitive science fairs. Students who do want to push onward to district- or state-level competitions could still "opt in" to that experience, he notes.
Making science fairs noncompetitive is just one possible tweak on the classic model, but it's a reminder that the science fair needs to be flexible to serve diverse communities. In one school DeLisi studied, for example, instructors decided to make the fair an entirely in-class project, thereby leveling the playing field for students from families with limited means. Other schools de-emphasize the scientific method entirely. They may instead prioritize students' project management skills or focus on making science more interesting to kids by, for instance, inviting scientists discuss their work.
"Ultimately the schools need to figure out what they want their students to get out of the experience and how to structure the fair and invest resources to achieve those goals," DeLisi said. That process may take some trial and error — but that, too, is in the spirit of the scientific method.


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A comprehensive guide to options & associated costs for patients requiring replacement teeth.
If you're missing one tooth, several teeth or all teeth, there are usually several options available for you. And these options are determined by your dental and overall health, personal preferences and finance.
In this guide, we've itemised the most common options available for patients who are missing teeth. However, this is just a guide. Before making any decisions, you must see a dentist. He or she can inspect your mouth, discuss your needs, objectives and options, then write a plan, including pricing and item numbers to present to your health insurance provider to find out exactly how much this procedure will cost.
A conventional denture. No implants required.
Stability/outcome: Will give the appearance of a permanent tooth.
Makes biting and chewing easier. Not as stable as an implant-supported crown. Does not the provide bone density benefits an implant provides.
Permanency: A permanent solution. Nonremovable.
Stability/outcome: A crown is permanently secured, via an abutment, to a dental implant. The result is a tooth that looks and feels and is as stable as a healthy, natural tooth.
Cost: From $4400 upwards. The cost increases for teeth at the front of the face, where generally, people desire a more natural looking result.
Time: If your crown is at the back of the mouth, you may be given an immediate loading crown, done on the day. Crowds at the front of the mouth may take up to 3 months.
Permanency: A fixed bridge is a permanent, non-removable solution.
Stability/outcome: Gives the appearance of a natural tooth. Completely stable, behaving like a natural tooth. A good option for those with limited bone that consequently can't have implants. However, the two neighbouring teeth need to work as anchors, so must be in healthy bone and have to be shaped to support the bridge.
Stability/outcome: Will give the appearance of a permanent tooth. Makes biting and chewing easier, but is not as stable or comfortable as an implant-supported denture. Needs to hook onto remaining natural teeth with clasps for retetion. However, it's a cost-effective option for those not able or choosing not to have implants.
Stability/outcome: An excellent solution providing great stability comparable to normal teeth. Also, the implant stimulates bone to maintain bone activity, so there is less bone loss and facial collapse. Easier access for maintaining healthy implants.
Stability/outcome: Gives the appearance of a natural tooth. Completely stable, behaving like a natural tooth. A good option for those with healthy remaining natural teeth if you are still pleased with their aesthetics but have a few large gaps to fill and don't want a removable solution such as a partial denture. Implants are placed in the open areas and a 3 or 4 unit bridge is secured to abutments, screwed to implants that resemble the remaining natural teeth.
Stability/outcome: Will give the appearance of a permanent tooth. Makes biting and chewing easier; however, hard, chewy foods can be difficult to chew. Does not provide the bone-stimulating benefit of an implant. However, it is a cost-effective option for those not electing to have implants.
Cost: Approximately $1250 upwards for a full set. Cost may go up to $6000 for a full upper and lower set depending on quality preferred.
Stability/outcome: An excellent solution providing great stability comparable to normal teeth. Also, the implant stimulates bone. Minimal movement of the denture, allowing a greater biting force and fewer sore spots than with conventional dentures. Also, less bone loss and facial collapse.
Stability/outcome: Provides the closest semblance to stable, natural teeth. Looks, feels & functions like normal teeth. Jawbone benefits from the dental implants, helping preserve bone density in the long-term.
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When your teeth are missing, your neighbouring teeth no longer have support to keep these existing teeth in place. Therefore, over time, your teeth lose alignment, moving into the area of the missing teeth.
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Fiscal Responsibility Commission urged to investigate loan by Akwa Ibom govt
A Civil Society Organisation promoting fiscal responsibility in Niger Delta, Policy Alert has urged the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) to investigate serial loans acquired by the Akwa Ibom State government without following due process.
The organisation on Thursday in a statement by its Programme Officer, Faith Paulinus, noted that the loans obtained by the state government in succession breached the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2007 and the Akwa Ibom State Fiscal Responsibility Law 2020.
The group said the call became necessary following the State Assembly's latest approval to the request by governor Udom Emmanuel to obtain a loan of N150 Billion from the money market.
The group accused both the legislature and the executive arm of government of collusion to impose an unsustainable debt burden on the state.
The group added that governor Emmanuel failed to honour the legal provisions of the federal and state fiscal responsibility laws which allows state governments intending to borrow to analyze to the public through the legislature how the loan will be liquidated and would not put the state into an unsustainable debt situation.
According to the statement, "the Fiscal Responsibility Commission should launch an investigation into the loan approval processes of Akwa Ibom government.
We find the acquiescence of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly on the recent loan requests highly disappointing and deem it a generational betrayal."
The group expressed apprehension that the latest loan request which came a few weeks after the governor announced his succession plan was a testament to the suspicion
that the funds may end up being used to prosecute the governor's 2023 political agenda.
The organisation also decried the state government's spending on interest payments for these loans, noting that the sudden spike in interest payments for 2021 indicates an irregularity.
The statement also decried the high debt profile of the state government in 2021 as published by Debt Management Office, Abuja on September 30, 2021, which showed that the State's domestic debt stock stood at N234.85 billion stressing that, it could portend disaster for fiscal space and development prospects of the state in the future.
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Watch: LaKeith Stanfield Stars In Upcoming Film "Judas and the Black Messiah"
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Watch the official trailer for upcoming film Judas and The Black Messiah starring LaKeith Stanfield, which is set to hit theaters Feb. 12 and HBO Max 31 days after its' theatrical release. The film also stars Oscar nominee Daniel Kaluuya, from popular films Get Out and Black Panther, as Fred Hampton. The plot follows FBI informant William O'Neal, played by Stanfield, who infiltrates the Illinois Black Panther Party and is tasked with keeping tabs on their charismatic leader, Chairman Fred Hampton, portrayed by Daniel Kaluuya.
O'Neal revels in the danger of manipulating both his comrades and his handler Special Agent Roy Mitchell. Meanwhile, Hampton's political prowess grows just as he's falling in love with fellow revolutionary Deborah Johnson, portrayed by Dominique Fishback from The Hate U Give. After falling into a bit of trouble with police, an ultimatum is established leading to a battle of wages for O'Neal's soul. The movie will reveal whether O'Neal aligns with the forces of good or if he falls in the hands of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's commands to set up Hampton and The Black Panthers.
Inspired by true events, Judas and the Black Messiah is directed by Shaka King, marking his studio feature film directorial debut. The project originated with King and his writing partner, Will Berson, who co-wrote the screenplay, and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas, who co-wrote the story with Berson & King.
King, who has a long relationship with filmmaker Ryan Coogler, known for award-winning films Black Panther, Creed and Fruitvale Station, pitched the film to Coogler and Charles D. King, who are producing the film with Shaka King. The film enlists a star-studded cast featuring Ashton Sanders, Martin Sheen, and Jesse Plemons.
The film is slated for release in theaters nationwide on February 12, 2021 and will be available in the U.S. on HBO Max for 31 days from theatrical release.
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You Forget Customers are Assets . . .
You realize every Customer wants you to remember them and value them. You find that you or your team does not measure customer lifetime value. You feel it takes commitment to give your team the right data so they can treat your small business customers for their loyalty.
You Want to Hire The Right People . . .
You realize hiring employees takes time and effort. You find that hiring the wrong people can cost you thousands of dollars. You feel it takes a better approach to hire the right people in your small business without spending too much money.
You Don't Want to Spend Time on Collecting Money (Accounts Receivable) . . .
You don't want to stop doing your important projects and spend time repeatedly collecting past due invoices. You feel frustrated that there are people out there who take advantage of small business owners. You feel it is important to work with the right clients to survive in a competitive market.
You Want to Manage Huge Customer Expectations . . .
You realize you're not Amazon or Apple. You find that you can't offer free services like the giants. You feel it takes a better approach to get clients to understand the deep value you offer through your small business services and products.
You Want Employees to Treat Your Business as Their Own . . .
You realize that employees have a different degree of commitment to your small business. You find that it hurts your small business when employees don't care for your customers. You feel you want a way to make your employees to treat your small business as their own.
You Want Marketing ROI . . .
You realize that marketing takes a big cut from your small business working capital. You find that it hurts your business when you need more sales to make a profit when marketing expenses are out of control. You feel you want a return on your marketing investment and be able to measure it clearly.
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Another small business owner remarked: "I've been in business 30 years. I don't need any coaching." That's a classic example of someone who could have increased his or her business potential. It's possible they have mastered their business. It's possible they don't have any more to learn––which I doubt though––because we learn every day.
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For example, our small business coaching in Houston steps recommend a business valuation every quarter. Are you getting one? If not, you may not be preparing to reach the lifestyle stage of your business. That's what coaching is all about. It raises the small business to each higher level.
Be prepared to give us three years of cash flow to get small business valuation. You will need clear books so you can fill out the spreadsheet we send you. If you haven't got one in the last quarter, isn't it time you get one now? I urge you to try our bookkeeping service. It's much cheaper than getting it from a full-blown accounting practice.
Every small business in coaching starts with a small business evaluation. It helps discover the performance level. It sets the stage for our focus. It tells us which business issues are halting progress. Then we look at priorities.
It's like a car diagnostic. Before repair, you could see where the problems are. Then you go fix the urgent problems first.
Many consultants jump straight to solve the problem. That's where we differ. We want to evaluate the business before we suggest next steps. It pays in the long term. Our coaching services are unlike standard Houston business consulting.
We believe every small business has 3 steps to major focus before it evolves: net profit, cash flow and then ROI.
When small businesses start, net profit is most important. Next, growth is possible only when cash flow is steady. Finally ROI is the step that finds the business value. It prepares the business for sale or merger.
Few business owners think about selling the business in the heat of activity. But it's reality. It comes sooner than most expect.
If small businesses have done their evaluation they've taken the first step. If they have done business valuation every quarter, they already know what their business is worth. It's the straightforward method of finding value using cash flow.
When small businesses are readying for sale, they can add two more forms of business valuation. One is market based and the other is asset based. You don't have to go searching for Houston business consulting services. It's right here.
Combining three methods will find accurate net worth. It will assure the business owner that your price is right.
It will put you in the driver's seat to find buyers who recognize the value. And the same buyers will pay premium price to buy your business.
It's time for small businesses to forecast their lifestyle retirement. We have the tools to make it accurate. Why not use them to your advantage?


Netflix's David Fincher-produced serial crime series Mindhunter takes viewers into the depraved minds of history's most notorious killers. By way of a young, ambitious FBI agent doing groundbreaking research, it tracks the birth of modern FBI profiling with chilling and evocative scenery.
Set in 1977, the series follows FBI agent Ford Holden who petitions the Behavioral Science Unit to conduct research on the minds of society's heinous criminals after a hostage situation ends in grim fashion. The first episode is a tedious yet essential watch.
The Netflix series poses the the core question: Are criminals born, or are they formed? It finds answers but not easy ones.
Based on FBI Agent John Douglas' true-crime book Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit, Holden hones in on "sequence" killers, those who have committed multiple murders with sociopathic methodology. He hopes to build a model that will allow them to understand this new breed of era-specific killers.
The darkly lit series breaks away from the typical procedural drama, with no grisly scenes, police chases, or shoot-outs. Conversations the agents have with other cops, criminals, and suspects such as Edmund Kemper (the Co-ed Killer), Benjamin Barnwright, and Jerry Brudos (the Shoe Fetish Slayer) push the story along.
Each character becomes a tool for solving crimes, be it at the hands of an oversharing and affable man or the narcissistic liar who doubles down even when the evidence is stacked against him.
The cerebral nature of the show can bog down and slow the story. Outside of the research, detectives Ford and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) often find themselves entangled in separate cases in towns ill-equipped for crimes bigger than shoplifting or underage drinking. These business trips break up the monotony of watching Tench and Holden dissect their research.
The greatest shortcoming of the show is Jonathan Groff's wooden portrayal of Holden. He never deviates from a mild demeanor, whether presented with horribly mutilated bodies or talking about kinks with his girlfriend. He holds tight to the stickler-for-the rules cop archetype which torpedoes the show's dramatic range. Tench is the tough, street-smart balance to Holden's persnickety demeanor. He offers a splash of personality against the stuffiness of the show. But instead of remaining as static comic relief, we see the costly toll his job takes on his mental health.
But the real stars here are the killers. Glimpses of Dennis Rader are interspersed throughout the show, whom many speculate will be the main subject of the already-greenlit season 2.
Cameron Britton's portrayal of Edmund "Ed" Kemper is the highlight of the series, delivering an intricate performance as a self-aggrandizing, self-pitying, and lucid man who sees his crimes as payback against a mother who wronged him and women who "humiliated" him.
As the show progresses, the collection of interviews and crimes builds a complicated consensus: Society forges criminals who have been "failed" in some way, but some people are also born with "urges" to kill that become triggered by their upbringing or other external stimuli.
One polarizing detail is that all of these men committed heinous crimes as revenge against the embittered and abusive childhoods their moms dealt then. Or as a way to demean women. Producers contrast these developments against an era where most women had limited agency, and the effect is disturbing.
Mindhunter has great dialogue enhanced by stunning cinematography, but it's too clinical. It sterilizes crimes by removing their emotional core from the story. But it goes all in on its subject matter, throwing high-level criminal and psychological terminology at viewers. Episodes range between 42 and 56 minutes, and they can feel like homework. But it's a meditative series sure to delight fans of the true-crime genre.
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