What is in a name? Today is a significant day for me, for it is the 51st anniversary of the day that my mother and father first named me. I remember the amount of thinking that went into naming my own children. This is the first significant act of parenthood.
Today's Scripture reading is significant for several reasons. Initially, it reads as a Who's Who of Jesus' disciples. This is the road-crew who supported Jesus through three years of ministry. Everyone is mentioned by name, bringing in their family histories – largely unknown to us – into the mix of relationships. Some of these relationships were already established, while other relationships were starting to crystallize. By listing each disciple by name, it is as if the Gospel writer, and Jesus himself, is recognising the significance of each person's family background.
But this list of motley disciples takes shape in other ways. Jesus called them into a specific sort of relationship, one of new sisters and brothers, mothers and fathers brought together in the unique union as family bound together in the union and love of Christ. The old family history is still significant, but is complimented by this new layering of family.
Therefore, to simply see this list as some form of management hierarchy does it a disservice. Instead, it reshapes itself as as a new family tree, with different people organically coming together through Jesus acting as its trunk.
So, Jesus calls us also to join this family. He calls us by the name of our birth and family. In some cases, he will even give us a new name. But he calls us to join this new family – defined by faith, hope and love – with its unique heritage and mission to carry on branching out.
we can spread out and flourish.
So spread us out to catch the sun.
to bring news of your presence and reign. Amen.
Daniel Harris, Ordinand, Westminster College.


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 Radicalism (historical), a variant of liberalism emerging in several European and Latin American countries in the 19th century, advocating universal suffrage and other democratic rights.
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The Recovery & Wellness Center will provide a safe place for homeless and low-income individuals to detox from drug & alcohol abuse, enter long-term residential and outpatient recovery, and receive recuperative care following hospital stays. Once launched in it's entirety, The Recovery & Wellness Center plans to provide medically monitored detox, sobering mats for short-term recovery, an intensive 90-day resident recovery program, outpatient recovery services, and after care programs.
Short-term sobering & detox center
Opening in February 2018, Interfaith's short-term sobering and detox center will provide our North County neighbors with a safe place to take their first steps towards sobriety. Open for referrals 24-hours a day, this Recovery & Wellness program will help community members achieve immediate short-term sobriety and then transition into the 90-day residential program.
*Stay tuned for more information about this program in early 2018*
Intensive 90-Day Addiction Recovery Program
Open as of December 1, 2017, Interfaith's intensive 90-day addiction recovery program is a comprehensive residential and community-based mental health and substance abuse program. Located at Interfaith's Escondido headquarters, the 44-bed program also addresses the underlying challenges and struggles our North County low-income and homeless neighbors face. The ultimate goal of the program is for each recovering participant to graduate drug and alcohol free, with economic stability.
To learn more or refer a potential client, please call (760) 489-6380 ext. 279.
Outpatient Community-Based Treatment Program
In late 2018, Interfaith will launch an outpatient community-based treatment program. This program will also feature an after-care component.
*Please stay tuned for more information about this developing program*
Recuperative Care Program
Another way individuals looking to achieve sobriety can enter into the Recovery & Wellness Center is through Interfaith's Recuperative Care Program. This program provides emergency housing and support to veterans and non-veterans exiting local hospitals and recovering from an illness or injury. Located at the Hawthorne Veteran & Family Resource Center in Escondido, the program houses 20 homeless veterans and 12 homeless non-veterans at a time, and also provides access to comprehensive counseling and case management.
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Lisa came to Interfaith in need of a place to recover after she found herself in the hospital with a broken hip, a result of her alcohol addiction. After her recovery, Lisa transitioned into Interfaith's Behavioral Health & Recovery Program, where she lived for a year and began practicing something that surprised her: art therapy. Today, Lisa is sober, lives in her own home in Encinitas and volunteers with Interfaith, teaching arts & crafts to veterans currently enrolled in the Recuperative Care Program. "Interfaith saved my life, no doubt about it. I wouldn't have lasted long on the streets; they gave me a home and my sobriety."
LISA - Behavioral Health & Recovery client
Both Jessica and Jacob came to Interfaith separately, before they were a couple, seeking food and employment assistance. While they worked independently to achieve self-sufficiency, they soon met, married and became parents to a baby girl. After enrolling in Interfaith's Family Housing Program, the couple moved into an apartment, learned how to be diligent in saving, enrolled in family counseling and today, are living on their own with their two children. "We had lost pretty much everything - and then we found Interfaith. We are so thankful for what we have and everything we've been given."
JESSICA AND JACOB - Housing clients
Lucilo first walked through Interfaith's doors by way of the food pantry; he regularly received nutrition assistance, including turkeys during Thanksgiving to supplement holiday meals. When he found himself homeless several years later, Lucilo again turned to Interfaith for help finding a place to live. Today, with Interfaith's help, he lives in a three-bedroom apartment with enough room for his two sets of twins, ages four and nine. "I never thought I would be asking for all this help, but life goes up and down. I'm just very lucky I found a place like Interfaith."
LUCILO - Social Services client
Griselda, a junior at El Camino High School, described herself as a quiet, shy girl who struggled in school prior to involving herself with Interfaith's Transitional Youth Academy. Today, thanks to the mentoring she received, a summer internship she secured and weekly leadership lunches with staff and other students, Griselda has improved her grades and has her sights set on college. "I feel like I can accomplish things now. I know now that I can set goals and achieve them on my own."
GRISELDA - Transitional Youth Academy client
Tony's journey with Interfaith began after he was laid off and found himself without a paycheck or health benefits. After talking with the social services team, Tony was able to obtain a security deposit for a new apartment, gain access to the emergency food pantry and was given a bus pass to get to and from work. "Interfaith kept me off the street. Without them, I don't know what I would've done."
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Pro-choice activists fly pills to the North using 'Abortion drone'
Pro-choice activists have successfully flown abortion pills into Northern Ireland using a drone in an act of protest against strict laws around terminations that are in place on both sides of the border. Pills were also despatched to the landing site by speedboat by Women on Waves, a group that delivers abortion pills to countries where they are illegal.
Two of the pro-choice activists then swallowed the pills in front of onlookers. Eighteen year old activist Courtney Robinson from Belfast was one of the women who took the tablets. She said the stunt was intended to convey the message that "we are going to defy the law in helping women obtain these pills and we are going to work to make the law unworkable and stand in solidarity with all women who want to have an abortion and have the right to do so in Northern Ireland."
The event was organised by a collaboration of pro-choice groups, Alliance For Choice; Rosa; Labour Alternative and Women On Waves, which staged a similar flight from Germany into Poland.
The drone flight began on Tuesday last (21st June) at Omeath in County Louth and landed near Narrow Water Castle shortly after 10am.
Speaking at the landing site at Narrow Castle, Ms Robinson, a member of the Labour Alternative, said the group wished to highlight the pills are available to women who are not able to travel outside of Northern Ireland for an abortion.
"I have no concerns. I know the pills are safe," she said
"As long as politicians in Stormont and the Dail continue to ignore human rights we will continue our campaign."
Lucy Simpson, from Belfast, who also took tablets, called for urgent legal reform on the issue said legal reform describing current laws as "archaic."
"We are governed in Northern Ireland by an Act which is dated 1861, which is in the dark ages, it's like when dinosaurs were on earth. We think it should be changed radically and we can't really wait any longer," she said.
"Thousands of women suffer every year in Northern Ireland and the Republic having to travel abroad for abortions and go through very traumatic times.
"We feel now is the time to change legislation."
Traffic was stopped on the main road to Narrow Water Castle while the drone was in the air and, although the Police attended the scene, no action was taken to confiscate the medication, which had been prescribed by a doctor.
The groups said no laws had been broken, and added, "The 'abortion drone' will mark the different reality for Irish women to access safe abortion services compared to women in other European countries where abortion is legal."
The maximum penalty in Northern Ireland for the crime of administering a drug to induce miscarriage under the Offences Against The Person Act 1861, is life imprisonment, while in the Republic, the offence of procuring an abortion carries a potential 14-year jail term.
In April, a 21-year-old woman was prosecuted for performing an abortion on herself at home in Belfast two years ago, after her housemates informed the police they had found foetal remains in a bin.
A second woman is also due to stand trial later this month charged with helping her daughter to have an abortion.
In February this year, Stormont voted to keep the ban against abortions despite a High Court ruling in November, which found the total ban, including for rape victims and cases where the foetus has fatal abnormality, meant the UK was failing to uphold Northern Irish women's human rights.
Despite pro-life organisations vowing to do all in their power to stop the drone, there was no protest from the group at Narrow Water.
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CBeebies, CBBC go Gaelic
The two kidsnets will start airing in Gaelic on BBC ALBA this month, with back-to-back branded content blocks running every evening.
By Jane Hobson
BBC Studios has inked a deal with Scottish channel BBC ALBA to bring content from CBeebies and CBBC into Scotland starting on September 17. The Gaelic-language channel is run by Gaelic media service MG ALBA, in partnership with the BBC.
Preschool channel CBeebies will run on ALBA for an hour every evening, ending with a nightly bedtime story, and followed by an hour of Gaelic CBBC content.
The partnership effectively quadruples the amount of original Gaelic children's content on BBC ALBA, where the CBeebies and CBBC branded blocks will have a similar look and feel to their English-language versions, but with some new talent presenting in the Gaelic children's zones alongside existing BBC personalities.
BBC ALBA is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month, as well as 40 years of Gaelic-language programming on the BBC. It is available on Sky (UK), Freeview/YouView (Scotland), Virgin Media (UK), Freesat (UK) and BBC iPlayer (UK) and features youth programming such as Igam Ogam, Alpha and Omega (pictured) and Strange Hill High.
CBeebies has been expanding its reach in niche markets lately, signing a deal with digital service provider Dhiraagu TV and pay-TV broadcaster Medianet this summer to bring CBeebies to the Maldives.
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AeroSafety World October 2017
Tossed by a Thunderstorm
Accident Investigation, Causal Factors
A regional jet plummeted 4,000 ft in severe turbulence and icing before the pilots regained control.
by Mark Lacagnina | October 19, 2017
A line of thunderstorms associated with a cold front and topping out above 52,000 ft was moving east over southern Ontario, Canada, the afternoon of Sept. 5, 2014. An air traffic control ground hold due to the severe weather was in effect at the airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S., providing time for the flight crew of an Embraer 145LR to take another look at the convective activity on their cellphone weather apps and plot a viable route to their destination: Newark (New Jersey, U.S.) Liberty International Airport.
"The flight crew decided that the line of thunderstorms appeared to be fragmented enough, with sufficient openings, to allow them to deviate from their planned route around the weather system," said the report by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB).
The aircraft, operated as ExpressJet Airlines Flight 4538, departed from Grand Rapids at 1845 local time carrying 26 passengers, a flight attendant and the two pilots.
The captain was the pilot flying. He had about 10,000 flight hours, including 7,000 hours in type and 5,000 hours as pilot-in-command. "A company check airman, the captain had been employed by the operator for 10 years and had completed his most recent recurrent aircraft type training in April 2014," the report said.
The first officer had about 3,400 flight hours, including 2,200 hours in type. He had been employed by the operator for three years and had completed recurrent aircraft type training in July 2014.
Under the original flight plan, the Embraer was to head southeast after departure. However, following the route they devised to avoid the severe weather, the flight crew initially deviated 50 nm (93 km) north-northeast after departing from Grand Rapids. "After its initial deviation, the aircraft turned east, paralleling a line of thunderstorms south of its position," the report said. "The aircraft was in visual meteorological conditions (VMC)."
'Gaps Closing Quickly'
The Embraer encountered light turbulence while climbing to Flight Level (FL) 370 (approximately 37,000 ft), which is the aircraft's maximum operating altitude. Soon after the aircraft reached FL370, the turbulence began to intensify. The crew established a cruise speed of 0.63 Mach, the recommended airspeed for turbulence penetration.
"While flying eastbound, the crew used the onboard weather radar system to see the weather system ahead," the report said. "As the aircraft was in VMC, the flight crew also visually identified openings between the thunderstorms ahead. As the flight progressed, the crew observed the thunderstorms billowing, closing the gaps in the route ahead."
The pilots were in radio communication with Toronto Area Control Centre, which approved their request to deviate as necessary to avoid the severe weather. "As the aircraft continued eastward, the flight crew could not locate an opening that would enable them to continue flying toward their destination," the report said. "At 1908, the flight crew communicated with the company dispatch [office] via the aircraft communication and recording system to request a route through the weather system, stating that they needed help picking their way through the storms and that the gaps between storm cells were closing quickly."
At the time, the aircraft was eastbound and nearing the lower west shore of Lake Huron. The dispatcher studied his flight-following and weather display, and suggested that the flight crew turn south and proceed to Sarnia, Ontario, which is on the south shore of Lake Huron, and then to proceed east-southeast toward Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., on the southern shore of Lake Erie.
Turbulence Intensifies
Following the dispatcher's suggestion, the flight crew turned south toward Sarnia. Data from ground-based radar show that the Embraer soon entered a solid line of severe convective activity. Turbulence increased substantially. The aircraft's flight data recorder (FDR) captured initial peak vertical accelerations of 0.49 g (that is, 0.49 times standard gravitational acceleration) and 1.42 g.
The crew adjusted the thrust setting several times during the next few seconds. Airspeed eventually increased to 0.79 Mach, which is above the aircraft's maximum operating Mach number of 0.78. "The turbulence became more intense, with peak values of 0.41 g and 1.7 g," the report said. "The roll attitude became unsteady, with the aircraft banking at angles ranging between 45 degrees left and 14 degrees right."
The autopilot automatically disengaged, and the aircraft began to climb, likely due to strong thunderstorm updrafts. The crew re-engaged the autopilot, but it disengaged again seconds later as the turbulence intensified even more. The aircraft was in a slight (1.7 degree) nose-down pitch attitude as angle-of-attack changed from 3.8 degrees to minus 9.9 degrees and airspeed decreased through 0.68 Mach. The Embraer continued to climb.
At 1916, the aircraft reached a peak altitude of 37,600 ft — 600 ft above its maximum operating altitude. "At this point, the uncommanded right bank angle reached 45 degrees, and the turbulence momentary peak values were 0.44 g and 1.6 g," the report said. "No significant elevator and trim deflections that would have contributed to the climb were commanded."
Flight path (dashed line), weather, and aircraft location at 1916. The weather depiction was generated by a composite reflectivity radar source, using the maximum reflectivity from all of the multiple elevation angles.
Contrary Control Inputs
After reaching 37,600 ft, the aircraft stalled, pitched 11 degrees nose-down, rolled 30 degrees right and began a rapid descent. "The flight crew increased the thrust … and, using flight control inputs, commanded an additional right roll," the report said. "The roll inputs by the flight crew during the uncommanded descent were contrary to known aircraft upset-recovery techniques. The correct technique is to roll the aircraft in the shortest direction to wings-level."
The crew's roll inputs contributed to the aircraft reaching a right bank angle of 63 degrees. "The pitch attitude increased to 13 degrees nose-down, and the aircraft reached a descent rate of 3,100 feet per minute (fpm)," the report said. "The crew briefly applied left roll inputs, and the right bank angle decreased from 63 degrees to 33 degrees."
The Embraer encountered severe icing conditions during the upset, and the wing, stabilizer and engine anti-ice systems automatically activated. The aircraft was in a 42-degree right bank as it descended through 36,800 ft at 4,400 fpm. The crew again applied right roll inputs, and the bank angle increased to 77 degrees. "The pitch attitude increased to 17 degrees nose-down," the report said "The aircraft's speed was accelerating through 0.76 Mach, and the severe turbulence persisted."
The crew then applied left roll inputs, reducing the right bank angle to 26 degrees. At this point, the descent rate was 7,500 fpm and the pitch attitude was 24 degrees nose-down. The crew reduced thrust as the aircraft descended through 36,400 ft. "Over a period of 6 seconds … the aircraft's pitch attitude decreased to 5 degrees nose-down and the descent rate decreased to 6,900 fpm," the report said. The turbulence subsided somewhat, from severe to moderate.
Control Recovered
The flight crew recovered control at 33,600 ft, after the aircraft had plummeted 4,000 ft. "During the period of loss of control, the aircraft had sustained an average turn rate of 200 degrees per minute, which had changed its heading from 180 degrees magnetic (M) to 240 degrees M, and had reached a peak descent rate of 9,300 fpm," the report said. "Severe turbulence had persisted throughout this period of upset and loss of control."
Toronto Centre had repeatedly tried to hail the crew. "The flight crew's only response was 'stand by,' but this was said with a tone and volume that suggested that something of an urgent nature was occurring," the report said.
While the crew climbed back to their assigned altitude, FL370, the aircraft encountered light to moderate turbulence and icing conditions. The Embraer was still on a heading of 240 degrees when the crew asked Toronto Centre for a heading that would take them out of the weather system "Again the tone of voice and volume suggested urgency," the report said. "Toronto [Centre] suggested a southbound heading; the aircraft turned southbound and shortly afterward exited the weather system."
The crew then turned east, toward Newark, and subsequently landed the aircraft without further incident. None of the occupants had been hurt during the upset. The crew reported a severe-turbulence encounter to ExpressJet. "As a result, maintenance [technicians] performed a severe turbulence inspection on the aircraft and downloaded the [FDR data] in accordance with the EMB-145 aircraft maintenance manual," the report said. "There was no damage reported or discrepancies noted. The aircraft was released back into service."
TSB investigators also analyzed the FDR data and found that overspeed conditions (exceedances of the maximum Mach number) had occurred just before and during the upset and might have caused structural damage to the aircraft. "As a result, the TSB notified the operator, which subsequently performed an overspeed inspection," the report said. Apparently, no damage was found during the overspeed inspection.
Training, Equipment Limitations
Both pilots held U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certificates. FAA regulations did not require formal upset-prevention and recovery training when the incident occurred, and such training was not provided by ExpressJet. The report said, however, that the company's flight-simulator training did include two scenarios involving recoveries from nose-high and nose-low pitch attitudes and bank angles selected by the instructors.
"Although the flight crew had been previously exposed to upset-recovery training, the occurrence was their first exposure to an event involving an upset with turbulence of this degree," the report said. "Because of current fidelity limitation inherent in full-motion flight simulators and because training scenarios involve some level of expectation, it is difficult to replicate an aircraft upset with turbulence of the severity encountered by the occurrence flight crew."
The upset-recovery training that the pilots had received at ExpressJet had not prepared them for the magnitude of the turbulence they encountered. They "were not proficient in recovering from an upset of this nature," the report said. "During the loss of control, the flight crew momentarily applied flight control inputs that exacerbated the roll attitude of the aircraft. As a result, the altitude loss and recovery time were increased."
The crew had reduced airspeed to the recommended turbulence-penetration speed when the turbulence increased. Shortly thereafter, however, they increased thrust, which consequently increased airspeed. "Although the turbulence-penetration speed is a recommendation, not a limitation, if flight crews operate aircraft outside of manufacturer recommendations, the risk of encountering an adverse consequence is increased," the report said.
A Question of Reflectivity
ExpressJet used WSI Fusion software for flight following and weather monitoring. Although the route that the dispatcher suggested to the pilots appeared to be feasible, based on what he was seeing on his display, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ground radar was showing a large and unbroken line of thunderstorms on the route. "The difference in the two depictions was due in part to radar reflectivity types," the report said. "The dispatcher's display is a base reflectivity product, which uses the lowest reflectivity angle, while the NOAA display shows a composite radar return, which uses the maximum reflectivity from all of the multiple [ground radar] elevation angles."
Dispatcher's view of the aircraft's flight track at approximately 1915, showing the actual flight path (blue line) and weather. The weather depiction was generated by a base reflectivity radar source, using the lowest of the reflectivity angles.
Moreover, the flight-following software that the dispatcher was using is a weather-avoidance tool. When the flight crew requested assistance, they were already in the convective activity and attempting to navigate between storm cells. "As a result, the flight-following software was not used as intended (i.e., as a proactive tool to avoid weather) but rather as a reactive response to a thunderstorm encounter," the report said. "Had the flight crew requested dispatch assistance earlier, a suggestion to help them avoid the weather system completely may have been provided."
The weather radar system aboard the Embraer was a Honeywell Primus 660. "The weather radar system can see rain, wet snow, wet hail and dry hail (depending on its diameter)," the report said. "It cannot see water vapour, ice crystals or small, dry hail." Among the limitations of airborne radar systems is attenuation, in which heavy precipitation can effectively block the radar signal. "The greater the intensity of the precipitation, the shorter the distance the radar can see when looking into and through a storm," the report said. Grease, dirt and cracks on the aircraft's radome also can impair the transmission of the radar signal, as can a film of water that might form on the radome at certain altitudes and airspeeds.
Correct management of range, tilt and gain settings also is critical to the effective use of weather radar. Investigators were unable to determine how the crew was using their system. "As the FDR does not record parameters from the weather radar unit, it could not be determined with certainty which settings the flight crew were using," the report said.
The TSB issued no formal recommendations based on the findings of its investigation. The report noted, however, that ExpressJet conducted an internal assessment of its flight operations and took action to improve how dispatchers use its flight-following software. The company also developed a pilot training module on the use of weather radar systems.
This article is based on Transportation Safety Board of Canada Aviation Investigation Report A14O0165: "Loss of Control; ExpressJet Airlines; Embraer EMB-145LR, N16954; London, Ontario, 52 NM W; 05 September 2014."
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Flight path at 1918: U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, with Transportation Safety Board of Canada annotations
Dispatcher's view: ExpressJet, with Transportation Safety Board of Canada annotations
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Q: unable to add an item to list property class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
                ListDemo _list = new ListDemo();
                _list.Str.Add("string1");
                _list.Str.Add("string2");
                _list.Str.Add("string3");
                foreach (string item in _list.Str)
                {
                Console.WriteLine(item);
                }
                Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
class ListDemo
{
    string[] _str = new string[3];
    public List<string> Str
    {
        get
        {
            return _str.ToList();
        }
        set
        {
            _str = value.ToArray();
        }
    }
}

I want to add an new item to the list. Above I provided the sample code but I am unable to add an item to the list.
Please help me in solving the issue.
Thanks,
Phani.

A: _str.ToList() returns new object of List type. But this object doesn't correspond to _str, is only contains same data. I'd suggest to use List instead of string[] for _str, thought you already have performance leak in your property. Then your property will work correctly

A: If you want to keep the current ListDemo class
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        ListDemo _list = new ListDemo();               //Declare an instance of the ListDemo class.

        List<string> newStrList = new List<string>();  //Declare a new List<string>.
        newStrList.Add("string1");                     //Add strings like this.
        newStrList.Add("string2");
        newStrList.Add("string3");

        _list.Str = newStrList;                        //Add the entire collection to the ListDemo at once, like this.

        foreach (string item in _list.Str)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(item);
        }
        Console.ReadKey();
    }
}
class ListDemo
{
    string[] _str = new string[3];
    public List<string> Str
    {
        get
        {
            return _str.ToList();
        }
        set
        {
            _str = value.ToArray();
        }
    }
}

Otherwise, rather just use:
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
         List<string> _list = new List<string>(); //Declare an empty list like this.
        _list.Add("string1");                     //Add a string to it like this.
        _list.Add("string2");
        string valueOfString3 = "string3";
        _list.Add(valueOfString3);                //Or like this.

        foreach (string item in _list)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(item);
        }
        Console.ReadKey();
    }
}

If you then want it as an array, you can just say:
string[] arrayOfList = _list.toArray();

A: Try this.
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
         ListDemo _list = new ListDemo();

        List<String> Str=new List<String>();
        Str.Add("string1");
        Str.Add("string2");
        Str.Add("string3");

        _list.Str=Str;

        foreach (string item in _list.Str)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(item);
        }
        Console.ReadKey();
    }
}
class ListDemo
{
    string[] _str = new string[3];
    public List<string> Str
    {
        get
        {
            return _str.ToList();
        }
        set
        {
            _str = value.ToArray();
        }
    }
}

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MADRAS HIGH COURT
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 65 -- Secondary evidence - Certified copies of Will - Plaintiffs produced certified copies of Wills in question, as they are not in possession of original Wills - Since claim is on the basis of Will, it is for plaintiffs to plead and prove that testator had executed Will in a sound and disposing state of mind - It is not for defendant to plead..........
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Will -- Last will of testator prevails even if previous Wills not specifically revoked - Last testamentary disposition by a testator works to the exclusion of any previous inconsistent Wills - Earlier will in such cases impliedly revoked...........
Will -- Three Wills executed in the years 1962, 1974 and 1978 - Will executed in 1974 duly registered - Respondent No.1 had been adopted by testator - Testator earlier annoyed with Respondent No.1 disinherited him - However, following deeper reflections and self introspections, testator decided to cancel the Will executed in 1974 and property bequeathed to Respondent No.1..........
Will -- Registered - As per Delhi Registration Rules, copies of registered Wills are not furnished to the public at large...........
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Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 34 -- Suit for Declaration - 2 Wills - Shown by defendant - Defendant failed to examine any attesting witness of will that was purported to have been executed by father in favour of mother - Even scriber of will, was not examined - Will shown by defendant is doubtful and completely paled into insignificance - Petition Dismissed...........
Will -- Proof - Will executed voluntarily knowing contents thereof and only after reading the same it was signed and witnesses also signed in presence of each other and in presence of testator who signed in their presence - Will was registered - Scribe and witnesses have deposed that Will was executed by testator in sound disposing state of mind - Nothing on record to..........
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Will -- Two Wills - First Will registered and cancelled by registered cancellation deed - Execution of second Will thereafter - Once a Will is superseded then it is the second Will, the execution of which has to be proved irrespective of the fact whether registered cancellation deed is proved or not - Second Will surrounded by suspicious circumstances as there was no..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment - Sought in the nature of clarification of pleadings at a belated stage for bringing on record the pleadings with respect to the earlier wills - It will not ordinarily change the nature of suit - Rather apparently appears relevant to show the factum that executant was having the intention to execute will in favour..........


So, you are finally at the end of your lease. What should you do next?
The first thing to do is to figure out what your vehicle is worth. There are just as many variables now as there was when you began the lease. Many consumers do not realize the number of factors that go into their lease end options and therefore resolve to simply turning their vehicle into their dealer and taking their "medicine" from the leasing company.
Such a solution is not always necessary if you understand what each variable means to your leasing situation. Let's take a look at the breakdown.
Your lease amount was determined by assuming that you would pay off the vehicle's depreciation over a set period of time. The mileage was figured into your monthly payment. If you drive over the mileage that was agreed to, then you have effectively reduced the value of the vehicle.
$.10 - $.25 is typically the overage fee per mile. This is determined at the dealer. So, you simply multiply the overage fee (i.e. $.10) times the number of miles that you are over, which will give you the amount that you owe. If you know the residual value of the vehicle, you can subtract this overage amount from the residual to understand what the vehicle is worth.
When returning your vehicle to a dealer, it will be carefully inspected for damage. Inspectors may overlook a few small scratches, but will not overlook dents or anything else that must be fixed prior to resale. If your vehicle is damaged, it is a good idea to have it fixed prior to return. It is advisable to us a local repair shop, since deals will charge a premium for any repair work.
Have your vehicle checked out by a local body shop and get an estimate. Then take your vehicle into the dealer and have them give you an estimate of the turn in costs associated with the damage. Use your body shop's assessment to negotiate a lower cost from the dealer.
Excess wear and tear is similar to damage. You should follow similar procedures to assess the worth of the car. Please keep in mind that everything is inspected upon vehicle turn-in.
The residual value of your vehicle, or the estimated worth of your vehicle at lease-end, is typically determined at the beginning of a lease. The actual value may be higher or lower than the estimated value stated in your lease contract. If the residual value was included in the lease contract, then you will not owe anymore on the car unless you have any overage in miles, damage or wear and tear.
Make sure that you agreed to the residual upfront and follow out the respective rules set forth by the contract.
Approaching the end of your lease produces a number of options for you to choose from. You can turn your vehicle in, re-lease the vehicle, buy it out, or even create a loan based off the residual price. Of course if you cannot wait until the end of your lease, you can consider terminating your lease early, which means you are turning over your lease before the lease term expires.
Ending the lease on your vehicle early can be one option. Most dealers will tell you that your only option to end a lease early is 'early lease termination'. During this process, the lessee (you) is required to pay an early termination penalty plus the balance of the remaining payments. For example, if the payments are $700.00 a month and 10 months are remaining on the contract, then the lessee owes $7,000.00 ($700.00 X 10 payments) plus any penalty fees.
When you turn your car in these additional fees are often applied toward your trade-in, but the net of the transaction may cost you thousands of dollars.
Do not pay thousands of dollars to exit your lease early when there are much more cost-efficient solutions!
You may opt to re-lease your vehicle. This typically means extending your lease contract by 12-24 months, and paying an adjusted monthly payment. The leasing company can adjust your payment based on the residual value of the vehicle relative to the lease term extension.
Typically, your new payment may be slightly lower, since the residual value decreases with every passing year. You should consider, however, that you will probably start to encounter problems with your vehicle as you surpass 60,000 miles, and most warranties expire by that point. A savings in monthly payment may not save you any money in the long run if you have excessive maintenance and/or repair costs.
Buying out your lease will require you to pay off the residual value of the vehicle, plus any remaining payments, to the leasing company. You can do this through financing or by paying cash. If you finance, you will need to get approved from a financing company and pay interest on your loan. You will also pay for the transfer of title, taxes on the vehicle, and for the tags.
If you owe money at the end of the lease, a dealer will tell you that they can just roll over your charges into a 'trade-in'. This does not mean you do not have to pay the fees, but rather you just end up paying it over a longer period of time, and paying interest on it as well. Try to take care of all charges so that you start your lease anew.
Salesmen may try to get you to put some money down on your new lease. This is typically not a good idea. While it may lower your payments, the money is lost forever – you will not see it again (unlike if you purchased the vehicle).
Have your vehicle inspected by the dealership that you are planning to turn it before your lease is up. This will give you time to determine what your options are, relative to vehicle repairs and vehicle drop-off.
To do this, you must schedule an appointment at the dealership to have an 'end of lease evaluation,' which may take several weeks to get. They will tell you what the vehicle is worth, what you owe, and what your options are. With this information, you can use Swapalease and other sites to investigate whether turning your car in is the best option. You may find that a lease assumption will save you a lot of money.
If the dealer assesses damage on the car and gives you an estimate of cost to repair, take it to a local body shop to compare the cost difference. If the body shop is cheaper, negotiate with the dealer. If the dealer will not budge on the price and you decide to turn in the vehicle, have the damage repaired elsewhere prior to returning.
Since dealers will assess a fee for minor scratches and dents, you may want to try to touch-up the small scratches with 'scratch remover' that you can find in an auto repair section of a store. You may also want to use the repair paint that may have come with your vehicle, but be careful… if you do not know what you are doing; you may end up doing more damage than repair.
Finally, clean your vehicle and remove any personal possessions. If it looks like it has been maintained well, the dealer may cut you a break on some of the scratches.
Original Dealer The original dealer is usually an option. Many times, it is smart to stay with the same dealer if you have a good relationship and you felt as if you got a good deal. They know you and will work with you on any extra costs associated with the turn-in.
Other Options Since the leasing company actually owns your vehicle, it is important to consult with them to see which locations are acceptable drop-off points for your vehicle. Dealerships and auction lots are the most common drop-off locations.
Consumer You may also sell your vehicle to another consumer, but this can be a lengthy and complicated process. You may opt to do this if you want to get rid of your lease obligations and cannot or do not want to do a lease assumption. Selling your vehicle out-right can be complicated because there are several steps involved.
First, you must buy your vehicle from the lessor so that you own it. You may not sell a vehicle that you currently lease, as the leasing company is the owner. To buy a vehicle, you must pay for the tags, taxes and title transfer (which can be anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars) plus the negotiated price (or residual value) for the vehicle. This process usually takes a few days to complete.
After you purchase the vehicle, you must find a buyer with good credit. Sites such as Swapalease.com are good places to find a buyer.
Once you find a buyer whose credit has been approved, you then go through the transfer of title/tags/taxes process again.
Once you have a few key variables defined, you can start your quest for the perfect vehicle to lease or purchase. Lease assumption sites such as Swapalease are a great place to start.
Lease assumptions allow you to get into a great vehicle lease with low terms, no down payment and potentially lower monthly payments than what you could get at a dealer.
You can get yourself into a great vehicle lease with low terms, no down payment and potentially lower monthly payments than what you could get at a dealer. It is a way for you to drive a vehicle that you might not have otherwise been able to afford. In addition, there is very little negotiation. In lease assumption, it is an upfront process – the lease price is what you pay.


Eleanor Reissa has a body of work that's difficult to compartmentalize. She has been called a quadruple threat - director/singer/actor/writer – in two languages, Yiddish and English. She was nominated for a Tony Award for the very first musical she directed on Broadway - which she also choreographed and starred in. As a director she has shepherded new works including THE SCUTLEY PAPERS by Jamie Wax starring Sally Field, and musicals – from THE THREEPENNY OPERA to COWGIRLS, to classics - at the Mint Theater in English and the Folksbiene in Yiddish. She coaches singers and actors, dramaturges new plays, and refreshes abandoned gems. She acts on and off Broadway, most recently in Dan Fishback's THE MATERIAL WORLD, directed by Stephen Brackett, where she played a hundred year old revolutionary. She is an award winning playwright, and a recipient of numerous fellowships and commissions. Her latest commission is the libretto for the much anticipated opera, TAIBELE AND HER DEMON, based on Isaac Bashevis Singer's short story, for the innovative Gotham Chamber Opera with composer Judd Greenstein. Ms. Reissa is slated to direct. And this summer, an anthology of her plays - THE LAST SURVIVOR AND OTHER MODERN JEWISH PLAYS - is being published.
In discovering and presenting the gems of Jewish culture, she has become one of its most precious ones!
Finalist at the Actor's Theatre of Louisville and Heidman Award.
with Eleanor Reissa by Seth Rogovoy.


My kids. — deep hunger, deep gladness.
I'm not a mother, but I have approximately 160 kids.
After I graduated college, I was placed in York, Alabama teaching middle school social studies. Despite living in Alabama my whole life, I'd never heard of York as long as I lived. But that's where I taught some of the greatest people I'll ever have the pleasure of knowing.
I don't talk a lot about my experience with Teach For America - not in any depth, I mean. It's one of those things that's hard to sum up in a little pearl over dinner, or explain in depth to someone who hasn't lived it. I even have trouble articulating it well to my husband, who I met near the end of my two-year commitment.
This Friday, my 8th graders from the 2011-2012 school year will graduate high school. It's so hard to believe that four years have passed, and that those 13 and 14 year olds are now 17 and 18 year olds. I'll be in South Carolina that week on a trip with Jordan, so in lieu of making it to their graduation, I drove to York this past weekend and hugged their necks.
It is really easily to get self-congratulatory when talking about Teach For America. On its face, the program looks prestigious on a resume and is something recognizable to say that you're doing after college. It is hard, hard work - likely the hardest work a person will ever do - to teach in a failing school district. People consider it an "accomplishment" to have done so.
But the truth is, there are career teachers who show up to work every day in classrooms like the ones I taught in - not for two years, but for thirty. And the students who fill those classrooms and defy statistics by graduating high school and going on to college - THAT is an accomplishment. THAT is something a person deserves congratulations for - yes, indeed, they do.
When I went to York on Saturday, every single kid I saw is graduating high school and attending college. And many of the ones I didn't get to see are, too. They worked so very hard, made great grades, and will graduate with every bit of prestige and honor they deserve. The odds were against them, and it didn't matter. They crushed it. My heart is bursting.
There are, of course, students who chose to drop out for one reason or another, and it is those students who have been truly failed by education in this country. Those students will now move through the world without a high school degree, when a four-year college or technical degree is not just an asset, but a requirement, to find gainful employment -- those are the students for whom we should all be in prayer, as we should be in prayer for our governments and systems that see them slip through the cracks each year, unnoticed, unmourned, and underserved. It's not in me to place the blame for something like that on the shoulders of my kids. Can't really do that.
If you're reading this post, you probably don't know my kids. You most likely never will. So let me introduce them to you: they are hysterical, they are sharp as tacks, with wittiness and genuine comedy chops that would bowl you over. They are resilient - some came to school hungry, or with devastating family issues, or worse - and fought through it to get an education. They are kind and supportive of one another and of me, when I was their teacher. Their dreams span across becoming legislators to Army police officer, welders, forensic analysts, attorneys, doctors, nurses, athletes and musicians. They will knock you dead with their fabulousness.
There are few that I love more fervently and intensely than I love my students. I could never be more proud of anyone, until I have children of my own, than these wonderful people.
Below is a picture of my precious kids at their 8th grade graduation from York West End Junior High School. I can't WAIT to see their photos from their "real" graduation this Friday. Their grades, their plans, their hopes, their triumphs - they are spectacular. I was just glad to be their backup dancer.
Congratulations to the class of 2016 - there's nothing I wouldn't do for you. Love y'all so, so much.


I failed. I read this in English. It is written in Middle French…which I always forget. I cannot strike this off now; nevertheless, I did 'read' it.
It is very if he, the book, were read to me by a very monotonous badly-executed RP accent. It had no life. Perhaps if I knew more about the culture, I would care about him.
The days pass on by with various level of drama, and his structure is mirroring of another book Decameron, so I might care more after I have read that one.
It turns out that the book was unfinished. That could explain part of his awkwardness. I wish to read more about the book before cementing my ideas then.
My favourite description — in English — is 'mapcap' describing Nomerfide. I had to research the word, and I feel it is something to which I should aim: a maniac which is somehow endearing.
The stories meander a bit for me. It has 70 stories in it, so I will not present an in-depth look at them…until I can read it in the original French.
One should pick it up, and peruse it though. It has some nuggets of wisdom in it. The complexities of court, and romance are placed throughout, and mainly in the foreground. I found it a bit stiff sometimes, but never too far.
I reserve my judgement, but acknowledge my initial reactions.
I will have to give the book another try — I still have to read him again for The Western Canon.
I felt like this about Swann's Way, to be honest.


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On Saturday GrandPa came came over and stayed the night. Gwendolyn was so, so excited when she woke up from her nap to his voice. She just loves listening to GrandPa's mesmerizing voice and would not take her eyes off of him. They read books and sang songs and played with the fun balloon GrandPa brought for her. On Saturday night I made a special dinner to celebrate an early Father's Day with GrandPa because we leave on our big trip on June 21st and won't get to see him that day. In the morning we all went for a nice walk and breakfast at one of our favorite places. And during the entire meal, Gwendolyn just kept smiling at her special GrandPa. Thank you Daddy/GrandPa for such a fun weekend!


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Nicolás Gómez Dávila (18. května 1913 Bogotá - 17. května 1994 tamtéž) byl kolumbijský filosof. Svůj základní postoj, zaměřený proti moderně, vyjadřoval převážně v aforismech a fragmentech; od 90. let 20. stol. je jeho myšlení recipováno hlavně v Německu.

Život
Narodil se v rodině bohatého obchodníka španělského původu. Školní docházku absolvoval v Paříži, kde se naučil francouzsky, anglicky, latinsky a řecky; později si osvojil ještě italštinu, portugalštinu, němčinu a krátce před smrtí dánštinu (aby mohl v originále číst Kierkegaardova díla). Na univerzitě nikdy nestudoval. V r. 1936 se vrátil do Kolumbie, kterou až na několikaměsíční cestu po Evropě r. 1949 už nikdy neopustil. Žil poměrně osaměle ve vile na předměstí Bogoty; za svou pravou vlast pokládal svou knihovnu, která ke konci jeho života zahrnovala asi 30.000 svazků téměř ve všech západních jazycích.

Myšlení
Gómezovo myšlení je výrazně antimoderní; je kritikou moderny, osvícenství, průmyslové společnosti, víry v pokrok, demokracie, radikálního liberalismu i marxismu. Sám Gómez své myšlení označuje jako reakční a konzervativní.

Gómezovy spisy mají esejisticko-aforistický charakter; souvislým obrazem světa podle něj disponuje jen Bůh, člověk žije mezi fragmenty a jedině fragment je tedy výrazem poctivého myšlení. Systematický obraz světa nebo i jen souvislý text znamená násilí na inkoherenci věcí, na "zlomech v bytí". Jde navíc o argumentační strategii: proti dogmatismu dnešního člověka nelze podle Gómeze používat systematickou argumentaci; na každou moderní myšlenku, která se objeví, je jako při partyzánském boji nutno "střílet z každého postavení a z každé zbraně, která je k dispozici".

Gómez psal své texty pro sebe, svou rodinu a okruh spřátelených intelektuálů; o šíření svého díla nejevil velký zájem. Až od devadesátých let 20. století začal jeho myšlenky šířit italský filosof Franco Volpi, ozvuk našly zejména v Německu (odvolával se na ně mj. Ernst Jünger a Robert Spaemann).

Citáty
 "S civilizací je konec, když zemědělství přestane být životní formou a stane se průmyslem."
 "Ke zničení civilizace není třeba násilí. Každá civilizace zemře na lhostejnost k jedinečným hodnotám, které ji vytvořily."
 "Svět je dnes přeplněn zbytečnými, ošklivými, hloupými technickými věcmi; domnělému pohodlí se obětuje každá krása."
 "Moderní člověk ochotně přijme libovolný chomout, jen když ruka, která ho nasazuje, je neosobní."
 "Lidská přirozenost není produkt společnosti, nýbrž její příčina."
 "Tím, co přitahuje, i sexuálně, není tolik nahé tělo, jako spíš vtělená duše."
 "Myšlenka 'svobodného rozvoje osobnosti' se zdá vynikající, dokud nenarazíme na individua, jejichž osobnost se svobodně rozvinula."
 "Od Boha nás nevzdaluje smyslovost, nýbrž abstrakce."
 "Filosof, který přijme vědecké pojmy, předurčuje své závěry."

Dílo (výběr)
 Notas I (Poznámky I), 1954
 Textos I, 1959.
 Escolios a un texto implícito (Vysvětlivky k nenapsanému textu); Sucesivos escolios a un texto implícito (Další vysvětlivky k nenapsanému textu); Nuevos escolios a un texto implícito (Nové vysvětlivky k nenapsanému textu), všechny tři svazky souhrnně 2006.
 O ľudskom údele. Zvolen: Sol Noctis, 2020, ISBN 978-80-99977-03-8

Odkazy

Literatura
 Till Kinzel: Nicolás Gómez Dávila. Parteigänger verlorener Sachen, 2003, 3. vyd. 2006, ISBN 3-935063-07-5, 4. rozš. vyd. 2015, ISBN 978-3-942605-10-6
 Steffen Köhler: Katholische Protestanten. Gómez Dávila und Donoso Cortés, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89754-296-9.
 José Miguel Serrano Ruiz-Calderón: Democracia y nihilismo. Vida y obra de Nicolás Gómez Dávila, 2015.

Externí odkazy

 Vysvětlivky k nenapsanému textu - anglický překlad
 R. Malý: N. Gómez Dávila – filosof reakcionismu (časopis Te Deum)

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Kolumbijští filozofové
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Narození v roce 1913
Narození 18. května
Narození v Bogotě
Úmrtí v roce 1994
Úmrtí 17. května
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Henry "Skip" Andrew Skiba, Jr., beloved husband, father and friend to many, passed away suddenly yet peacefully on Monday, February 21, 2022 at Bridgeport Hospital.
Skip was born on February 13, 1957 to the late Henry Skiba, Sr. and Elizabeth Flasko Skiba in Bridgeport, CT and was a lifelong resident of Fairfield. He attended St. Thomas Aquinas School and graduated from Roger Ludlowe High School in 1975 and Keene State in 1977. He was employed as an arborist for Bartlett Tree Service. He served on the Town of Fairfield's Land Acquisition Committee for ten years. He also coached Pop Warner football and served on their board for seven years.
He is survived by his high school sweetheart and cherished wife of 43 years, Carolyn Adams Skiba, his beloved daughter, Jennifer Skiba and her fiancé Keith Stefan (Fairfield) and his best friend and son, Michael Skiba and his fiancé Jenna Rowe (Stratford). He leaves behind his adored sister Patricia Hadden (Stratford) and Janice Frost (Fairfield), and his sister-in-law Sarah Adams Crabtree (Charleston, SC). He enjoyed time spent with his many nieces and nephews and their children. He was predeceased by his brother-in-law Gavin Hadden III.
Skip cherished the experiences and memories of growing up and raising his family in Fairfield. He was a talented basketball player for Roger Ludlowe High and he spent summers working at Sun Haven Beach Club- where he met the love of his life. He enjoyed being in the outdoors, at the beach, camping, on his boat, skiing (taking up snowboarding at age 40+) and challenging himself (and excelling) in scuba diving, carpentry among many other interests. In recent years, Skip enjoyed time at Hellbent Barbell, the powerlifting gym owned by his son Mike, where he was a mentor and made lasting friendships. After breaking world records, Skip was inducted into the Powerlifting Hall of Fame in 2015.
Skip was well read, a lover of history and engaging conservationist on a wide variety of topics. He enjoyed the simple, timeless pleasures of life; being out on the Sound on his boat Sun Haven, sipping a cold beer on a hot day, cutting down the Christmas tree at Maple Row with a festive tailgate afterward, and watching a Jets game in front of a crackling fire with his beloved lab, Betty the Dog, on one side and his Carolyn on the other. Being with family and friends around a table, enjoying one of his home-cooked meals, drinking Limoncello, and swapping stories with much laughter will be an enduring memory of Skip Skiba.
Far more than what he did in his life, was who he was as a man and the indelible impression he left on those he loved and leaves behind. Countless stories of his generosity of time and kindness toward others have been shared revealing his authentic nature of being true to himself and dedicated to all he loved. Skip treated everyone with respect, worked with integrity, and was a man among men. He will be greatly missed but cherished in our memories forever. We know we'll see him again, during the next snowstorm, doing donuts in the parking lots.
Calling hours will be held on Friday from 4 to 8 PM in the Lesko & Polke Funeral Home 1209 Post Road, in Fairfield Center. His Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday 1030 AM in Saint Thomas Church 1719 Post Road, Fairfield. His interment in Oak Lawn Cemetery will be private.
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It's a shame that we'll probably never see these Zerg in StarCraft II - they look just peachy to me.
Judging by popular sentiment on Blizzard's Battle.net forums - and even its official stats, the creepy-crawly Zerg race seems to be a bit underrepresented in StarCraft II these days. And yet, when the dust had settled from the first Global StarCraft II League (GSL) competition, the winner was a bona fide member of the Swarm - a player who went by the name of "Fruit Dealer" (or sometimes "Cool").
To commemorate Fruit Dealer's infested rise to the top, Blizzard unveiled concept art for three new Zerg units - the Grapeling, Applelord, and Bananalisk - on the official StarCraft blog. While I suppose that we could always see these three new units make it into StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, the odds seem sadly against it. Still, you never know: This is the developer who included both Terra-Tron and the Tauren Marine in the game (and map creator) as easter eggs.
I think we can all agree that if the Zerg looked like this, though, they'd have gone extinct long ego for just being too gosh-darned delicious.


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All statisticians should be proficient in C (for speed), perl (for data manipulation), and R (for interactive analyses and graphics). Think "CPR".
I use C for all computationally intensive tasks, but I no longer write stand-alone C programs. All of my C code is written within add-on packages for R. This makes the data input/output easy, and we don't need to worry about the interface. Plus, the results come out within R, and so they are immediately available for further analyses. Also, the R package incorporates documentation. Most importantly, R has an extensive library of mathematical and statistical functions that we can use directly from our C code.
While I intended this page to provide an introduction similar to my Introduction to Perl page, instead, I am leaving this as a list of links. The Writing R Extensions manual is particularly important, as it discusses package creation, the interface to C, and how to get at the R's library of code.
S Oliveira and D Stewart (2006) Writing scientific software: A guide to good style. Cambridge University Press.
BW Kernighan and DM Ritchie (1988) The C programming language, 2nd edition. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
PJ Plauger (1992) The standard C library. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
WH Press et al. (1992) Numerical recipes in C: The art of scientific computing, 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press.
BW Kernighan and R Pike (1999) The practice of programming. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA.
S Oualline (1992) C Elements of Style. M&T Books, San Mateo, CA.
S Oualline (1997) Practical C programming, 3rd edition. O'Reilly & Associates, Sebastopol, CA.
K Loudon (1999) Mastering algorithms with C. O'Reilly & Associates, Sebastopol, CA.
MK Loukides et al. (1997) Programming with GNU software. O'Reilly & Associates, Sebastopol, CA.
All I need is available with R.


OutdoorLife.com has released their 10 Best Uniforms from the DPMS Zombie Shoot and guess who placed fourth! No, not me... one of my ammo carrier / camera men did!
#4 - David Letourneau Letourneau was a pacifist and didn't even bring a gun to the event. His survival strategy was to hide from the zombies with this ghille suit. Props to Letourneau for wearing this thing all day in 90-degree heat.


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Specialist Fourth Grade Gerald Alphonse Klosterman
Specialist Fourth Grade Gerald Alphonse Klosterman was born on March 8, 1937 in New Vienna, IA and died September 18, 2017 in Cedar Falls, IA.
Gerald Alphonse Klosterman entered the United States Army on November 15, 1956, in Des Moines, IA, served during the Peacetime era and reached the rank of Specialist Fourth Grade before being discharged on November 13, 1959 in Fort Dix, NJ.
Gerald Alphonse Klosterman is buried at Pinhook in Sumner, Iowa and can be located at
Release Date: September 18, 2080.
Gerald A. "Jerry" Klostermann, 80, of Cedar Falls and formerly of Tripoli, died peacefully in his sleep on Monday, September 18, 2017, at his home in Cedar Falls.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, September 22, 2017, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Waverly with Rev. David Ambrosy and Rev. Ken Stecher concelebrating. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, September 21st at Rettig Funeral Home in Tripoli where the Rosary will be recited at 3:30 p.m. Visitation will also be for one hour preceding services at the church on Friday. Committal services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday with military rites conducted by Brandenburg-Krueger Post #4013, V.F.W. of Tripoli at Mt. Olivet (Pinhook) Cemetery of rural Sumner.
Gerald Alphonse, son of Alphonse and Alvina (Pape) Klostermann was born March 8, 1937, in New Vienna, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Faith. He received his education in the New Vienna Schools and along with his wife would later receive his G.E.D. Jerry enlisted in the United States Army in 1956 and was stationed in Germany before being honorably discharged in 1959. On February 18, 1963, he was united in marriage with Janet Esser at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Guttenberg. The couple would move to the Tripoli area in the mid 1960's. Jerry started working for People's Natural Gas in August of 1960 and worked there until retiring in March of 1999. He was a long time member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Waverly where he was very active and served as a volunteer firefighter for the Tripoli Fire Department from 1969-2001. Jerry enjoyed traveling, going to Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada to see family, going to the casino, the annual Labor Day picnics with his sisters, gardening, but most of all Jerry enjoyed spending time with his family.
Jerry is survived four daughters, Lisa (Chad Page) Klostermann of Kellogg, Iowa, Lori (Todd) Gipple of Blue Grass, Iowa, Judy (Michael) Vauthier of Denver, Iowa, and Linda (Dan/ "Spanky") Burgart of Tripoli; nine grandchildren, Gerald Weepie, Rebecca (Cody) Wilson, Spencer, Tyler, Joshua, and Conner Vauthier, Amber (Ben) Osborn, and Tim and Troy Gipple; three sisters, Norma Jean Venteicher of Edgewood, Delores Neuhaus, and Marian Klostermann both of New Vienna, Iowa; three sisters-in-law, Rachel Cline, Martha Montague both of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Vicki (Jim) Stoffel of Norwalk, Iowa; and one brother-in-law, Matt Esser of Guttenberg.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Janet who died on June 15, 2014; two sisters-in-law, Perry McGeough and Connie Esser; and two brothers-in-law, Bernie Neuhaus and Paul Venteicher.
"Gerald A. Klostermann," Becker-Milnes Funeral Services & Rettig Funeral Home, accessed July 5, 2018. http://www.beckermilnesrettig.com/rbeard.html.


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Die Margarinefabrik Seibel ist ein denkmalgeschütztes ehemaliges Fabrikgebäude in der schleswig-holsteinischen Landeshauptstadt Kiel. Seit 2006 beherbergt das Gebäude die Musikschule Kiel.

Geschichte
1927/1928 wurde nach Plänen des Architekten Johann Theede im Kieler Stadtteil Gaarden die erste Etagenmeierei Deutschlands gebaut. 1930 übernahm das 1882 gegründete Unternehmen J.W. Seibel das Gebäude und machte daraus eine Margarinefabrik, die bis Ende der 1970er-Jahre in Betrieb war. Danach wurde das Gebäude eine Zeit lang als Lager und zum Verkauf von Tierfutter genutzt. 1983 wurde die Margarinefabrik Seibel unter Denkmalschutz gestellt, im Folgejahr wurde der baufällige, funktionslose Schornstein abgerissen.

In den folgenden Jahren wechselte die Margarinefabrik Seibel mehrfach den Eigentümer. Über das Kieler Liegenschaftsamt, die Ufa Theater GmbH und eine Hamburger Investorengruppe kam das Gebäude 1998 in den Besitz des Kieler Friseurmeisters Wolf-Dieter Klinck. Dieser entwickelte gemeinsam mit der Stadt Kiel ein Umbau- und Nutzungskonzept. Das Gebäude wurde für 2,2 Millionen Euro saniert und modernisiert. Dabei wurde unter anderem ein verglastes Treppenhaus mit Aufzug errichtet.

Musikschule
Nach Fertigstellung der Sanierungsarbeiten bezog die 1963 gegründete, städtische Musikschule Kiel im Oktober 2006 die Margarinefabrik Seibel. Dort gibt es neben einem Konzertsaal mit 172 Plätzen auch einen Ballettsaal.

Die Musikschule Kiel ist Mitglied im Verband deutscher Musikschulen.

Förderverein
Von 1986 bis 1989 gab es den Förderverein Seibels Fabrik e. V., der die Margarinefabrik als Baudenkmal erhalten und einer kulturellen Nutzung zuführen wollte.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Kiel-Südfriedhof

Weblinks

 Von der Milch zur Musik – Die Seibelsche Margarinefabrik (PDF; 989 kB)
 Musikschule Kiel auf der Website der Stadt Kiel

Einzelnachweise

Kulturdenkmal in Kiel
Schule in Kiel
Umgenutztes Bauwerk in Kiel
Fabrikgeschossbau
Bauwerk des Heimatschutzstils in Schleswig-Holstein
Musikschule in Deutschland
Erbaut in den 1920er Jahren
Margarine als Thema
Bauwerk der Moderne in Kiel


This is the one hike where I didn't fulfill my mission and went home feeling like I'd lost a game. I had some work to do earlier in the day that ran a little late, and it caused us to start an hour later than we planned. Then, when we reached the bottom there was a lot of time spent looking for the access point to climb down from the rocks to the reef flat in order to get to Taguan cave. We didn't find it. We were losing light and eventually decided to turn around and go home. It was on the way back that we stumbled (literally) onto the trail to the reef flat. Doh!
So the gameplan is to go back this coming Saturday and finish what we started.
Hopefully, this time, I won't nearly fall on my arse so much. I promise to wear real shoes!


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Market Street Dream
Rick Rush
Rick Rush's newest art work entitled "Market Street Dream" is now available for purchase at Market Street Dream. Profits from these print sales will benefit the Blues for Kids & Rick Rush Art Alliance.
The people of St. Louis had a dream.
Their dream was to have a parade down Market Street for the St. Louis Blues. At the end of that parade, they envisioned for the Blues to hoist the Stanley Cup as Champions of the National Hockey League. Well, that dream became a reality for the first time in history on June 12, 2019. The St. Louis Blues won the NHL Championship and possession of The Stanley Cup.
America's Sports Artist, Rick Rush was commissioned to capture this historic moment in the National Hockey League and the history of the Blues. He has suspended this image in space and time for others to remember, relive and reflect on the fantastic victory for St. Louis and, especially for the St. Louis Blues.
In telling this "Big Story" visually of the Blues Stanley Cup Championship, Rush (and the Blues) wanted to portray the story of St. Louis's hockey history from the Arena to the Enterprise Center and from the iconic players of the past to each team member of this historic St. Louis Championship.
On the front of the Arena the nostalgic neon marquee lights up the night sky and hanging in the ceiling are the retired jersey banners of great Blues players. Also suspended in the roofline of the Enterprise Center is the jumbo-tron which shows Coach Craig Berube and Team Captain, Alex Pietrangelo on the screen. To honor each player of this historic Cup Championship team, all the players are part of the on-ice Celebration in the Mid-ground.
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Our cities should be "machines of play"
By Miguel Sicart
Le Corbusier famously defined houses as machines for living in: carefully constructed systems that would efficiently help us live. Following that line of thought, he claimed that carefully planned cities, composites of machines for living, would actually lead to a better, more humane urban environment.
In some ways, our modern western cities are somehow thought of, or dreamt of, as postmodern interpretations of Le Corbusier's ideals. We want our cities to be planned, rehabilitated, open spaces for pleasure as well as productive machines for commerce and innovation. We dream of our cities as being efficient machines of inclusion, environmentally friendly and both forward looking and aware of their past.
But these cities are not very well oiled machines – unless, of course, you're wealthy. The humane interface of the machine is only available to few, at the expense of the many who can barely scrap a living together in these urban spaces. Our cities have become politically determined zoned areas, corporate gardens through which we transit, but not stay.
Our model of the citizen has also changed. In this era of big data, to be a citizen of a modern city is to be a data provider. Modern cities have become hungry machines that squeeze from all of us all possible data to paint a picture of who inhabits them. The portrait of the modern citizen is a pointillist image made of countless data entries, from addresses to spending habits, framed by the city as the backdrop of what we call "living".
The spaces of the city machines are highly regulated, with constant refreshers of norms and regulations about their appearance, style, and how citizens, or maybe users, should behave. The ways of traversing cities are also highly regulated, disallowing other forms of transportation than those deemed relevant, possibly, beneficial.
And yet, there are glitches in these machines. The skateboarders and "traceurs", who see the open spaces of corporate parks and plazas as the perfect settings for athletic performance and just plain fun. The graffiti artists that know there is no better canvas than that paid for by a rich hand, the playful vandals that destroy CCTV cameras in the weird, poignant game of Camover. None of them resist order: rather they create new orders, new spaces of possibility, through play.
This is why making playable cities matters: it is an effort to make these machines human again. To play is to appropriate the world for our own personal expression, within boundaries we set. To play is the fundamentally human act of exploring not only the "what ifs", but also the "what if nots", searching joyfully for a space for expression, together with others.
That's why making cities playable is also making cities livable – making the "public" corporate spaces truly public, spaces to meet across cultures and races and incomes to do what we can best do together: to play, and be playful.
Playable cities can help us rethink big data through toys and playgrounds, giving us the opportunity to reclaim our data. Playable cities allow us to play hide and seek with the restless datavore machine, potentially educating us on what big data actually means, and how to survive it.
Making cities playable won't solve all of our urbanism problems. But like play theorist Brian Sutton-Smith once said, "Life is crap, and it's full of pain and suffering, and the only thing that makes it worth living — the only thing that makes it possible to get up in the morning and go on living — is play."
So let's make our cities open for play: play as joyous revolt, as constructive resistance, as spaces for moments of joy. Let's turn cities into collective instruments for pleasure and resistance. Let's turn cities into machines for playing.
Miguel Sicart is a Copenhagen-based play researcher and a judge of the 2015 Playable City Award.
Submissions to the awards are open now and will close at 5pm on Tuesday 7 April. You can apply here.
Miguel Sicart