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Best Women's Jeans & Skinny Jeans
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Best Women'9;s Jeans
Since jeans work with everything in your closet, it's important to have a hot pair of jeans that makes you look great and feel good. Having fit hundreds of bodies (of varying ages!) in jeans, I have some recommendations about who makes the best jeans out there. Although being fashion-forward and current is important, I advise a jean that can fit with minimal alterations and make a woman feel like a million bucks. I have a handful of denim lines that I can always count on - the ones that time after time have a 95 percent success rate in the dressing room, always fit a certain body type and make a woman look absolutely great. I call them my 'go-to jeans' that are truly the Best of the Best.
People come back to these brands for a reason. They are iconic. They fit most women and provide a range of styles for various body types and sizes. You may be familiar with most of these and you may be wondering why some lines didn't make the cut. I looked at overall flattering styles where the pockets accentuated, or in some cases lifted, the butt and where the rise was sufficiently comfortable for a majority of women. The ones that last and provide superior denim and value made the cut.
Finding the best women's jeans can be a lifetime search without the right help. We suggest the most comfortable skinny jeans and other blue jeans that fit your style and your curves perfectly.
Best Women9;s Jeans by Teresa Morisco
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Paige Premium Denim
Teresa says: A relative newcomer to premium denim, Paige Premium introduced its line of various fits and washes to the market in 2005. The company's philosophy is all about fit and looking and feeling great no matter what your body type. Founded by former denim fit model, Paige Adams Geller, Paige Denim has found itself on the butts of many with its signature back pocket whipstitch.
Paige is a great female-friendly line with styles for tall gals, short gals, those expecting, and curvy gals up to size 16. To determine your best style, try their online fit guide.
Teresa says: Started by Joe Dahan in 2001, Joe's Jeans was one of the first lines to enter the premium denim market and they've been going strong ever since. They have a wide variety of styles to fit various different body types such as the Honey for curvy girls, the Rocker for straight-hipped gals, and the Provocateur for petites. Along with the Honey, the Muse is one of their most popular styles since it has a nine inch rise and comes in a variety of flattering washes.
It's a great jean with a choice of fits for everyone. It's always on the list for my clients to try. The denim is high quality and lasts a long time. What's better is that Joe's is introducing an environmentally friendly collection for Spring 2008 that utilizes organic cotton, organic washes, and recycled paper labels. The Bolan style is on my wish list.
Teresa says: If I could sing my praises for AG jeans from the rooftops, I would. This is by far one of my favorite denim lines due to their fit and style. When I pull these for my clients, there is a 95% success rate in the dressing room. However, a couple of caveats: these jeans are made for curvy hips – if you have a straight hip, they will not suit you so move to #4 below.
AG was founded in 2000 by Yul Ku of Koos Manufacturing and Adriano Goldschmied (of Diesel legend) who has since left his namesake and founded GoldSign. Production of AG jeans is run out of Southgate, California with a team of designers bringing out fresh new styles each season. Their long-standing best-seller is the Angel but the Club has taken over lately in popularity due to its higher rise. The best thing about AG is the pockets; because of the angle, they make your butt look perky and small.
Teresa says: 7 For All Mankind Jeans is another pioneer in the premium denim market that has kept its cult status. Launched in 2000, 7 For All Mankind was the first company to truly bring premium denim to the forefront and its signature squiggle stitching on the back pocket showed up on the denim scene and on hipsters everywhere.
They create a variety of jeans styles including skirts and cords but are most known for their low-rise (averages 7 to 7.5") and tight leg denim styles. They are the perfect jean for gals with straight hips and lean legs.
Teresa says: Another relative newcomer to premium denim is J Brand which was co-founded by Jeff Rudes and Susie Crippen. J Brand pretty much started the skinny jean trend and rightfully makes some of the best out there. But what I love most about this brand is their overall design philosophy of clean and minimal design, dark washes, and great fit. In fact, their one mandate is to have no excess hardware or embellishments on their jeans.
Even though they don't make 'Tall' styles, their inseam is a generous 35" which means that tall girls can finally wear heels with their denim. They recently introduced maternity to their line and I'm looking forward to seeing more great styles and fits from them.
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Not Your Daughter's Jeans
Teresa says: There is a reason these jeans fly out of stores. The Tummy Tuck jean by Not Your Daughter's Jeans reached cult status when women discovered they look one-size smaller than their regular size. The secret, their special "crisscross" front panel design and extra stretch in the rear has led to rave reviews. Launched in 2003 by Lisa Rudes-Sandel, with her sister Leslie, Tummy Tuck's are made with four percent Lycra versus the usual two percent. The jeans come in a variety of styles and a range of fits for petites and plus-size gals alike. This female-friendly brand is definitely the best value jean in the industry.
Teresa says: As the inventor of the category, Levi's has seen its ups and downs but they will always hold iconic status as the original and authentic denim brand. They make long-lasting, quality denim at great prices. The Skinny jean has generated a lot of fans as well as the Boyfriend Fit. In 2006, Levi's joined the organic cotton movement by re-introducing 100% organic cotton with green stitching accents (labeled 'Eco') to their premium lines, Red Tab, and Capital E.
Teresa says: Calvin Klein jeans are great for the gal that was not born yesterday. The denim is great quality and lasts quite a long time. Since the launch of the original Calvin Klein jean in 1978, Calvin Klein Jeans has been known for its great-fitting jeans and unique washes. They offer regular and petite inseams with the rise averaging at 10" – this comfortably covers everything without being the horrible 'mommy jean.'
Teresa says: You gotta love a jean that fits well at a fraction of the cost. American Eagle has a large range of styles that suit a variety of body types and sizes. Their Favorite jean even comes in Extra Tall so that no woman feels left out in the cold.
Teresa says: Not as well known as other jean lines, Silver Jeans are created and designed in Canada. They have the most comfortable and long-lasting fit which makes them a great value for the straight-hipped gal.
It's important to have a hot pair of jeans.
For the best women's jeans, it's important to balance the hot factor with the comfort factor for jeans that spice up your life. We suggest slimming skinny jeans and other bootcut jeans for women that feel great on and look even better. Fun and flirty, these blue jeans for women of all body types will get the second look that you desire.
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Won't Require Staff to Take COVID-19 Vaccine Due to General Uncertainty
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) won't require its health care employees to take the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine, which the medical provider expects to begin offering as soon as this month, according to PennLive.
The reason are several-fold, according to UPMC medical director of infection prevention and epidemiology, Dr. Graham Snyder. For starters, general uncertainty over the vaccine. And while the $21 billion nonprofit organization (which employs 89,000 people) has a mandatory flu vaccination policy, it's "based on decades of experience with the influenza vaccine," according to Snyder.
But there's no comparable data for a COVID-19 vaccine, or on whether a mandate is the best way to get large numbers of people to become vaccinated, Snyder said on Tuesday.
The first COVID-19 vaccine, from Pfizer, is expected to soon receive emergency approval. A second vaccine, from Moderna, is also expected to soon receive emergency approval. Distribution of at least one vaccine is expected to begin this month.
Snyder said UPMC is "very excited about the preliminary information we have about how safe the vaccine is and how it will work."
Still, he said UPMC will conduct its own review of the vaccines before injecting any of its employees. –PennLive
"Until we learn more and build our own experience with this vaccine, plus, until we see the uptake of vaccine in our communities, and have an understanding about the role that vaccination has in ending this pandemic, it's not the right thing to make it mandatory," said Snyder – who added that UPMC's independent review won't slow down their plans to distribute the vaxx.
On Tuesday, UPMC outlined their plans for receiving and distributing shots of the vaccine – while planning to launch an information campaign 'to persuade the public to get vaccinated' – despite their own hesitance over the jab. Perhaps it has something to do with several UPMC employees having participated in vaccine trials, only to report fever, fatigue or arm pain, with some needing to take a day or two off from work.
According to Snyder, this is "a normal and healthy immune response."
Employees who are at the highest risk of exposure to the virus will be offered a vaccine first, along with high-risk residents of long term care facilities. After that, those over 65 years-old with comorbidities can get vaccinated.
"We are optimistic we will be able to provide vaccines for frontline health care workers who wish to receive it before the end of January," said Snyder.
Still, UPMC officials said doses of vaccine will arrive in batches, and they don't know how many they'll receive initially and in subsequent shipments. They expect the eventual total to be in the "tens of thousands."
The third and final phase of vaccine distribution will involve people who have non-essential roles in relation to the pandemic and who don't have medical conditions that put them at high risk. The Pennsylvania Department of Health is in charge of vaccination in the state and has said getting vaccinated will be voluntary for everyone.
Dr. Donald Yealy, UPMC's chair of emergency medicine, said Tuesday "even under the best-case scenario, it will likely be months before everyone who wants and should get a COVID-19 vaccine can actually receive one." –PennLive
UPMC officials have begun to make accommodations for Pfizer's vaccine, which requires ultra-cold storage, by adding freezers. Based on public enthusiasm for taking the brand new vaccine, the doses may be cold storage for a while.
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Moderate rain at times Friday, temperatures as high as 12°C / 54°F, low temperature around 6°C / 43°F, probability of precipitation 70%, wind out of the SSE 21 km/h / 13 mph. Barometric pressure 1025 mb / 30.27 in, visibility 17 km / 11 mi, humidity 70%.
Moderate rain at times Saturday, temperatures as high as 12°C / 53°F, low temperature around 7°C / 44°F, probability of precipitation 88%, wind out of the SSW 20 km/h / 12 mph. Barometric pressure 1026 mb / 30.3 in, visibility 17 km / 11 mi, humidity 65%.
Partly cloudy Sunday, temperatures as high as 13°C / 56°F, low temperature around 6°C / 42°F, probability of precipitation 0%, wind out of the S 16 km/h / 10 mph. Barometric pressure 1025 mb / 30.27 in, visibility 19 km / 12 mi, humidity 63%.
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Partly cloudy Tuesday, temperatures as high as 13°C / 56°F, low temperature around 8°C / 46°F, probability of precipitation 0%, wind out of the ESE 27 km/h / 17 mph. Barometric pressure 1022 mb / 30.18 in, visibility 20 km / 12 mi, humidity 71%.
Partly cloudy Wednesday, temperatures as high as 20°C / 67°F, low temperature around 10°C / 49°F, probability of precipitation 0%, wind out of the SSW 18 km/h / 11 mph. Barometric pressure 1019 mb / 30.09 in, visibility 20 km / 12 mi, humidity 72%.
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Q: Resetting / Reordering KEYS for array in actionscript I'm using Flex And I have created an array to feed into a datagrid, here is a small piece. I have deleted certain elements of the array, and now it is showing up with spaces in between non-deleted elements on the datagrid. I simply want to reorder the KEYS (not the elements themselves) of the array, so it will show up without spaces on the datagrid.
        [Bindable]
        public var initDG:ArrayCollection;
        public function loaderComplete(event: Event):void {
                var fileString:String = event.target.data;
                var dataArray:Array = fileString.split("\n");
                var gridArray:Array = new Array();
                    for(var i:int = 0; i < dataArray.length; i++) {

                        var valueArray:Array = dataArray[i].split(",");
                        gridArray.push({PON:valueArray[0], VER:valueArray[1], DATE:valueArray[2], XML:valueArray[3],
                              DOC:valueArray[4], SENT:valueArray[5]});

                    }

            var verizonArray:Array = gridArray;

            for(i = 0; i < verizonArray.length; i++) {
                var myPattern:RegExp = /^6006/;
                var result:Object = myPattern.exec(verizonArray[i]["PON"].toString());
                if(result == null) {
                    delete verizonArray[i];
                }
            }

            // here I need to reorder the keys

            gridArray.shift();
            initDG=new ArrayCollection(verizonArray);

        }

TL;DR: How to reset the keys of an array in actionscript looking like [0] => 'value', [3] => 'value', [6] => 'value' to [0] => 'value', [1] => 'value', [2] => 'value' without reordering the array itself

A: Yeah figured it out. To where I filter the array with the RegExp, I added this:
                if(result == null) {
                    delete verizonArray[i];
                } else {
                    countVerizonPons++;
                }

Therefore I have the number of actual elements in the array, then I sorted it to put all the empty elements at the bottom:
verizonArray.sortOn("DATE");

then I set the length to the number of actual elements:
verizonArray.length = countVerizonPons;

the end

A: If you don't need to keep the key position number you might find it easier to use:
array.splice(itemNumToRemove, numOfElementsToRemoveFromThatPosition)

In your code it would be:
if(result == null) {
     verizonArray.splice(i, 1)
}

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The empirical rule in statistics states that for a normal distribution, almost all data will fall within three standard deviations of the mean. Use the empirical rule to solve the following problems.
According to the empirical rule (or the 68-95-99.7 rule), if a population has a normal distribution, approximately what percentage of values is within one standard deviation of the mean?
Answer: approximately 68%
The empirical rule states that in a normal (bell-shaped) distribution, approximately 68% of values are within one standard deviation of the mean.
If the average age of retirement for the entire population in a country is 64 years and the distribution is normal with a standard deviation of 3.5 years, what is the approximate age range in which 95% of people retire?
Answer: about 57 to 71 years
The empirical rule states that in a normal distribution, 95% of values are within two standard deviations of the mean. "Within two standard deviations" means two standard deviations below the mean and two standard deviations above the mean.
In this case, the mean is 64 years, and the standard deviation is 3.5 years. So two standard deviations is (3.5)(2) = 7 years.
To find the lower end of the range, subtract two standard deviations from the mean: 64 – 7 years = 57 years. And then to find the upper end of the range, add two standard deviations to the mean: 64 + 7 years = 71 years.
So about 95% of people who retire do so between the ages of about 57 to 71 years.
What is a necessary condition for using the empirical rule (or 68-95-99.7 rule)?
Answer: if a population has a normal distribution
You can use the empirical rule only if the distribution of the population is normal. Note that the rule says that if the distribution is normal, then approximately 68% of the values lie within one standard deviation of the mean, not the other way around. Many distributions have 68% of the values within one standard deviation of the mean that don't look like a normal distribution.
The quality control specialists of a microscope manufacturing company test the lens for every microscope to make sure the dimensions are correct. In one month, 600 lenses are tested.
The mean thickness is 2 millimeters. The standard deviation is 0.000025 millimeters. The distribution is normal. The company rejects any lens that is more than two standard deviations from the mean. Approximately how many lenses out of the 600 would be rejected?
If you assume that the 600 lenses tested come from a population with a normal distribution (which they do), you can apply the empirical rule (also known as the 68-95-99.7 rule).
Using the empirical rule, approximately 95% of the data lies within two standard deviations of the mean, and 5% of the data lies outside this range. Because the lenses that are more than two standard deviations from the mean are rejected, you can expect about 5% of the 600 lenses, or (0.05)(600) = 30 lenses to be rejected.
Biologists gather data on a sample of fish in a large lake. They capture, measure the length of, and release 1,000 fish.
They find that the standard deviation is 5 centimeters, and the mean is 25 centimeters. They also notice that the shape of the distribution (according to a histogram) is very much skewed to the left (which means that some fish are smaller than most of the others). Approximately what percentage of fish in the lake is likely to have a length within one standard deviation of the mean?
Answer: cannot be determined with the information given
You could use the empirical rule (also known as the 68-95-99.7 rule) if the shape of the distribution of fish lengths was normal; however, this distribution is said to be "very much skewed left," so you can't use this rule. With the information given, you can't answer the question.
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Laporte is een plaats (census-designated place) in de Amerikaanse staat Colorado, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder Larimer County.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 2691.

Geografie
Volgens het United States Census Bureau beslaat de plaats een oppervlakte van
15,9 km², waarvan 15,8 km² land en 0,1 km² water. Laporte ligt op ongeveer 1543 m boven zeeniveau.

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont nabijgelegen plaatsen in een straal van 32 km rond Laporte.

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Eleonor Amora Marklund is a Swedish visionary, world changer and thought leader who has been in the forefront of the Conscious Movement for more than a decade.
She is a gifted entrepreneur and a spiritual teacher in her own Stellar Academy, where she is the creator of different popular spiritual programs online and offline.
After a near-death-experience, her psychic gifts magnified and she is now considered as one of the world's leading experts in psychic self-defence and astral work, where she is often described as "The Oracle" from the movie "Matrix". As a gifted clairvoyant medical medium, she has created the popular healing modality Multidimensional Healing™, which has practitioners all over the world.
As a life path number 7, her passion and life purpose is to share her wisdom, which she has succeeded with in her many best-selling international books.
Eleonor Amora is often described with humor as "The Unfuckwithable" because of her fierce and powerful, yet loving Indigo energy.
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Eleonor Amora Marklund is a a world-renowned influencer and founder of The Church of the Conscious Movement in Sweden where she has changed the rules of living through the laws on religious freedom in the Nordic countries.
Previously, she organized and produced events for world-renowned names such as the famous Japanese water scientist Dr Masaru Emoto, but for the past decade she has focused on her own Stellar Academy & Stellar Travels where she mainly teaches Multidimensional Mediumship™ while empowering spiritually gifted individuals in becoming kick-ass psychics that control's every frequency and dimension.
She is very committed to a sustainable and ecological lifestyle, and is happy to explain in her role as a teacher how it affects our energy system and energy bodies. In all her trainings she shares basic knowledge about how everyone should take responsibility for their own energies, so that they are able to control their energy fields and stand in their own power!
With her warm and spontaneous way of teaching so that everyone understands, Eleonor Amora is a very popular international life teacher who from the heart when the participants whether it is hundreds of people in large halls or single in small and small care. She has her feet on the ground and her gaze in the sky, and that is exactly the balance she wants to permeate everything she does. In her younger years, she stood with one foot in both worlds, until she decided to integrate these into one and the same.
Eleonor Amora is the author of many international best-sellers such as Empire Moms, Phoenix (upcoming May 22nd) and Awakening – Meet the Women Birthing a New Earth (upcoming June '20) via AMA Publishing, in addition to the Swedish book series on alternative health in which she has been a co-writer. Other upcoming books are the The Future of Human kind – the Spiritual Evolution that soon exists both as a regular book, e-book and audiobook in Swedish, as well as The Spiritual Flytrap – A Wakeup call for Empaths, which will be launched internationally in her own publishing company UNFUCK Publishing in the summer of 2020.
In her spare time, she loves breeding their beautiful and magical horses with the prefix Stellar at the family's own stud farm, where they also have approved horse keeping by the County Administrative Board.
Testimonials from very satisfied clients and participants from all over Scandinavia to New Zealand, USA, England, Ireland, Holland and Poland shows that her life work is appreciated around the globe.
Multidimensional Healing™ by Eleonor Amora
Multidimensional Healing™ is a unique and trademarked healing modality created and developed by the Swedish spiritual teacher and international best-selling author Eleonor Amora Marklund, which she started to teach in 2011 all over the world.
This is an advanced healing modality that not only cleanses and balances the chakras and energy bodies of the client, but also removes all kind of entities, energy parasites, implants, nano technologies, psychic attacks, attumenents and initiations that the client wants removed.
Eleonor Amora is of the opinion that everyone is born with the perfect frequency for their physical vessel, and therefor Multidimensional Healing™ is focusing on enhancing the clients own energy frequency, by removing all layers that have dimmed their light, bringing power and self-worth in its place. The practitioner is not adding anything that is not of the client's own energy and soul origin.
The healing modality also includes soul retrievals and soul healing, where we are enhancing and re-aligning the client's energies to their soul path.
Multidimensional Healing™ works on a multidimensional level, and assists in rewriting cellular memories.
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Knowing and not knowing
Catriona Crowe
In July of last year, I was present at the ordination of Conleth Meehan, a 45-year-old who had worked as a butcher in Co. Tyrone before entering the seminary at Maynooth in 2004. The ceremony took place in the Pro-Cathedral in Marlborough Street in central Dublin, and was accompanied by the commissioning of nine lay pastoral workers, most of them women, who were to take up positions in parishes in the diocese, having undergone a year of intensive training. Meehan was the only Catholic priest to be ordained for the Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland's biggest archdiocese, in 2010, and the Pro-Cathedral was full of prominent notices proclaiming the urgent need for more priests. In the 1980s, an average of 150 men began training for the priesthood in Ireland every year. Last year, only sixteen enrolled.
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A core component of the Socelor integrated program is to develop your own recommendation while providing organizations with an accurate representation of the skills and abilities developed during your time at Socelor. Your recommendation comes from the entire institution and is not based on the judgment of any one individual. Your recommendation is produced and backed by the reputation of Socelor as an institution.
Our singular focus is on developing your abstract cognitive enablers. The strength of your cognitive enablers is decided by you, evaluated by us, and embedded within the recommendation you aim for. In addition to these enablers, Socelor is in a position to provide you with information about other attributes you may have as you work with us. This other information will cover concrete cognitive enablers (e.g. writing ability), technical skills (e.g. software design), or personal skills (e.g. interpersonal temperament).
With a single focus, well-trained facilitators and tutors, and with a high staff/student ratio, we obtain a constant, up-to-date stream of information that allows us to monitor and evaluate your interactions on an ongoing basis. The Socelor learning method provides full-time students with input from 36 different expected activities every week (based on the typical integrated program). These 36 different activities will all be evaluated using the same criteria by up to 36 different facilitators. These evaluations are synthesized by specialists who constantly update your recommendation based on your immediate performance and development. This document is the guide used by you to take responsibility for the development of whatever dimension you choose to work on.
Constant access to your own recommendation, as well as access to tutors who provide support in specific recommendation dimensions, means you are constantly developing and practicing abstract cognitive enablers that form our organizational backbone. This is, of course, accompanied by the attending concrete enablers (reading, basic problem solving, writing etc.), and any interpersonal skills that you decide need improvement.
Below, we have some examples of different levels of Socelor Recommendations. Note that all three exclude the technical skills that would also be acquired, based on the learner's interests. The Zandaya Abimbola example exemplifies an ideal recommendation. A'isha Haddad is a developing recommendation that clearly indicates areas that need positive development. In this case, parts in grey represent sections A'isha has currently chosen to actively develop. The final example, for John Doe, is an example of a student who has not seriously engaged in his developmental opportunities.
While developing your recommendation, you have complete control over the public presentation of any or all of the recommendation. Since you decide when you are finished with your developmental activities, you can choose how to present yourself with the information provided by Socelor. For any organization looking for potential employees, it is as important to note the omissions from the public recommendation as it is to focus on the clearly stated attributes. However, if you agree to an organization receiving an official letter of recommendation from Socelor, the full recommendation will also include commentary on the areas you have not developed. Any official recommendation will include information on your well-developed skills as well as those you have chosen not to develop.
The value of the recommendation lies in the transparency of the evaluations, the immediacy of any development changes, and the support provided during your developmental process. When satisfied with your development, you leave Socelor with the recommendation that you have developed. Additionally, since all of your written work is available to the public if you agree that an organization can see your full recommendation from Socelor, a list of all of your pubically available written work will also be provided so that they can easily find and assess, first hand, the quality of your work.
For any organization, the value lies in the clarity and reliability of Socelor's skill evaluation. Before bringing someone from Socelor into your organization, you will be provided with as much information about the activities and development, or lack of development, that we have available.
The value for both you, as a learner, entering Socelor for the development of your potential along with the value to an organization of full disclosure of the developed potential of a new employee is great.
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Today I had good customer Spencer Trahan and his buddies Jay and Randy. With the wind coming out of the north (the weather guessers called it a cool front in July LOL) we headed for northern shorelines that would be protected. We found plenty of bait and good moving water but for some reason the reds had lockjaw! Using the Four Horsemen Corks with dead shrimp we tricked several fish early on into feeding. Much of the morning was spent continuously bombing shorelines with not much to show. Then, around 11:30 I reached into my bag of tricks and pulled one out. Like magic, the reds began feeding furiously! Although it was getting late, me and the guys pounced all over them putting their limit of 15 in the big KYSEK Ice Chest! Great folks and great times were had by all! Enjoyed it guys and look forward to the next one!


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St Cyrus or Saint Cyrus (), formerly Ecclesgreig (from ) is a village in the far south of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

General information
Traditional salmon fishing with nets is still conducted from St Cyrus beach.  Two ice houses that used to provide ice for packing salmon before transporting to market can still be seen.  One is to the north end of the beach on the donkey track just below the Woodston Fishing Station, the other is further south next to Kirkside [this is now a private dwelling], not far from the St Cyrus National Nature Reserve Visitor Centre.

St Cyrus National Nature Reserve

St Cyrus National Nature Reserve (NNR) is situated between the village of St Cyrus and the North Sea. The Reserve comprises  of coastal habitat in the northern third of Montrose Bay and is managed by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).
The cliffs and dunes provide a nationally important habitat for flowering plants and insects, many of which grow at their northern limit in Britain. The reserve is one of the most important botanical sites on the north-east coast of Scotland, supporting over 300 plant species.

St Cyrus NNR is also one of the best-known bird sites in Angus and Kincardine, with over 70 different species of bird being recorded there. These include waders such as redshank, oystercatcher, common sandpiper and curlew. The cliffs also provide a home for buzzard, kestrel and peregrine falcon. Furthermore, the prevalence of gorse shrub provides a nesting place for such small perching birds as whitethroat, stonechat and yellowhammer.

With the abundance of wildflowers, St Cyrus NNR is also an important site for butterflies, moths and grasshoppers. One species of particular note is the Small blue butterfly, a UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) species at its northern habitat limit. There have also been over 200 species of moth recorded on the reserve.

St Cyrus NNR is also part of the St Cyrus and Kinnaber Links Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

Area prehistory
There are known prehistorical archaeological sites in the general coastal area of St Cyrus. Examples of these features include Gourdon Hill to the north and the Stone of Morphie, both situated slightly to the west of the A92 road alignment.

In 2004, CFA Archaeology, conducted archaeological investigations, in advance of the construction of the Aberdeen to Lochside Natural Gas Pipeline, next to the village. There they discovered the remains of three ring-ditch roundhouses which they radiocarbon dated to the Late Bronze Age.

History

The remains of the Kaim of Mathers is located on rock pinnacles on the northernmost part of the beach.  Built by the Berkeley (or Barclay) family, it was used as a refuge by David de Berkeley from the vengeance of the king when, around 1420, he was part of a  group who murdered the local sheriff, John Melville of Glenbervie.

The ruins of Old St Cyrus Church lie in the churchyard and are used as a burial vault for the Porteous family. The manse dates from the early 18th century and was remodelled at ground floor in the late 19th century. The current parish church dates from 1787 but was heavily remodelled around 1870 (including a spire).

The old schoolhouse (run by the church and next to the manse) dates from around 1800. This was replaced by a new school south of the church in the early 20th century.

St Cyrus railway station was on the Montrose to Inverbervie branch line of the North British Railway.  Freight traffic was withdrawn from this line in 1966 as part of the Beeching cuts but the passenger service had ceased in 1951 ten years before Dr Beeching joined British Railways.  Evidence for the line can still be seen in the viaduct over the North Esk river to the south of St Cyrus and the remains of some railway embankments and road bridges to the north.

A Chain Home Low radar station was once situated on the cliffs immediately to the south of the village.  A blockhouse can still be seen at its location.

Notable residents
 Alexander Keith, D.D.
 Thomas Keith (surgeon) son of the above
 George Beattie

Geography

Services
St Cyrus has a primary school with a Nursery Class and P1 to P7 classes.

St Cyrus has its own telephone exchange (code ESSTC). The exchange is fully enabled for BT ADSL, both fixed speed and ADSL Max flavours.

St Cyrus has a public hall located not far from the store on the A92. It was used for meetings of the local community council until it disbanded in 2015, and a range of other activities.  There is a sports pavilion at the local park, with an all-weather pitch and bowling green.

The Mearns Leader is the local weekly newspaper and The Courier is the regional newspaper, which is supplemented by a local community radio station, Mearns FM, that broadcasts from nearby Stonehaven.  The station is not-for-profit, and is volunteer run under a Community Radio Licence. The Facebook page 'What's on St Cyrus' is the local social media page.

Transport
St Cyrus is on the A92 road that runs from Fife to Stonehaven where it joins the A90 and continues to Aberdeen and beyond.

St Cyrus is on National Cycle Route 1 - Tain to Dover.

The nearest railway stations are at Montrose,  away, Laurencekirk,  away and Stonehaven,  away.

Buses (No.107 and the X7 Coastrider)  run between Montrose, St Cyrus and other coastal settlements up to Stonehaven and onward to Aberdeen.

The nearest airport is at Aberdeen approximately  to the north.

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I remember visiting the Desert Queen Ranch over forty years ago, when I was but a mere lad. I was amazed back then at all the stuff Bill Keys had accumulated and built on the property and was re-amazed recently when I had the opportunity to visit it again. He was an amazing man. From what I remember, it hasn't changed much at all over the past forty years, which I think is a great thing. To visit the Desert Queen Ranch, aka Keys Ranch, you'll need to make a reservation. Click HERE for information on how to do that.
The above map was taken from a 1976 edition of The Desert Queen Ranch brochure/booklet that was once produced by the NPS. At one time, you could get these little pamphlets for several places throughout the Monument; they were in metal boxes on posts at trailheads. You would drop your 15 cents (in later years, a quarter) into the slot and take a brochure and then have something to help guide you along such places as Geology Tour Road, Cottonwood Springs and of course, The Desert Queen Ranch. It's a bit sad that these aren't available any longer, but I still have some of mine from many years ago.
If you click on the map, you'll be better able to see small numbers (1 through 29) scattered along the trail. Those are points of interest along the original tour trail, the tour today skips a few of those locations.
Keep reading and I'll show you what I saw on my recent trip. I didn't get a picture of everything listed in the guide, but most of them were captured. And be sure to wander on over the Murbachi's Joshua Tree in 3D website for some great 3D pics of the Keys Ranch. Click HERE!
#1 is shown to be an old Bedrock Mortar and Cave site on the 1976 edition of the brochure. Our group's Ranger and escorts didn't make any mention of it that I can remember, so I guess it's no longer a portion of the tour, unless you know about it and ask the Ranger as you're walking by. There's only so much they can tell a large group of people during the time they have.
#2 marks one end of an old fence constructed of Joshua Tree trunks. I missed getting a photo of that one. However, the stick corral nearby has a few Joshua Tree logs in it.
#3 is the former site of an old Adobe Barn. There's not really much of anything left of the old barn, in fact, I sort of wandered onto the site while taking pictures and was asked to step back, as they don't want folks walking on the few remains. Adobe bricks deteriorate quickly if they're not properly cared for and I guess that's the case with this barn. The map shows a structure at the site, but there's nothing there now. There are a number of adobe brick molds scattered about, like the one in the picture above.
#4 is the old Machine Shop built by Bill Keys. It's made from all sorts of materials; old metal water tanks that have been flattened out, wood flooring, scavenged lumber from other areas in the desert. And inside the shop are all kinds of tools, supplies, bits and pieces of who-knows-what. If you never throw anything away, you'll eventually find a use for it, and Keys was a master at that craft.
#5 is referred to as a "Wood Truck." Willis Keys stated in his book, "Growing up at the Desert Queen Ranch," that he didn't remember ever using it to haul wood. It started out life as an old military armored truck. Keys adapted it for use at the ranch.
#6 marks the site of an Adobe Hopper. This is where Keys would mix up his adobe brick mixture and then pour it into wood molds. It's the wooden structure just behind the old "Wood Truck."
#7 is the Windmill. The Ranger told us a sad story about one of Keys' boys that happened here. While cranking the windlass to pull up a bucket of water, the metal handle either slipped out of the boy's hands or the brake disengaged when he thought it was latched, and the metal handle struck him on the head. He never recovered from the injury and died within a year. Keys installed a handpump shortly thereafter to make the job safer. Years later a gas engine was used to pump water up from the well.
#8 may not look like much now, but it was once a large garden that the Keys family depended on for fruit and vegetables. Apple, peach, pear and plum trees comprised the orchard, of which several Bartlett pear trees still bear fruit. When the trees were first planted, dynamite was used to loosen the hard native soil in order to allow the root systems of the trees to expand.
#9 is a Winch and Boom. There is also a partially completed rock wall here. When Keys was 70 years old, he started work on this stone wall which was going to be a dam across the wash. He would use the winch and boom to lift up rocks and position them into place.
#10 is the Ranch House. I personally think this is an amazing setting for a house and an amazing house for the setting. Keys began construction of this house in 1917, the high stone fireplace being the first thing built. He brought home his wife, Francis, the following year and the two began their life together on the homestead. The house grew as needed over the years. They raised a family of five children and turned this isolated desert ranch into a beautiful home.
#11 is a well Keys dug in order to have water close to the house. That probably made things a lot nicer on cold winter mornings.
#12 is an old Willis Jeep. I'll bet this jeep has been to places in the park that most of us will never see. Keys got it from a doctor in 1948, by trading him a mining claim for it.
#13 marks the site of a Fordson Tractor and Wood Cutter. I missed taking a picture of this.
#14 is a group of Ore Wagons. They hauled a lot more than just ore, however. A trip to town to buy supplies, moving equipment from one place to another, taking the kids somewhere. My guess is these wagons saw a lot of use over the years for all kinds of different things.
#15 is listed on the guide as a Cyanide Vat. I saw it, honest. But I didn't take a picture of it.
#16 is a small cabin that was used as a Schoolteacher's House. It was also used as a guest house over the years, as well as a cabin people could rent if they were in the area for an extended stay.
#17 is the small Desert Queen School building. It's located near the Schoolteacher's House, but I don't have an image for it yet. Next trip I will. A hired hand at the ranch became the first schoolteacher for the Keys children in 1932. In later years, there were apparently enough neighbors nearby that could send their children to the ranch for school that a schoolhouse was built and the county took over the payment of the teachers.
#18 Junked Cars are kind of all over the place out here.
#19 is a 1922 Mac Truck. This is a neat looking vehicle, or what's left of it. I like the iron spoke wheels. It originally belonged to the city of San Bernardino and was used as a dump truck. Bill Keys reportedly drove this truck in the 1960 Disney movie, "Wild Burros of the West." Rumor has it that it could still be cranked up.
#20 is the location of an Arrastra. This was one of the methods used by Keys to crush ore. There are a couple of these located elsewhere in the park, a restored one at Pinto Wye and the vague remains of one at the Henson Well Mill. It was a hard way to crush the ore, but could be powered by animals and even people if needed. One of our caretaker/chaperones can be seen in the image above. They sure have a great volunteer job. They get to live out at the ranch for several months, keeping an eye on things, and helping the Rangers with the guided tours.
#21 is a small Stamp Mill, one of the more efficient ways to crush ore to get the gold. Keys had his hand in some twenty mining claims throughout the area. Many of his claims were leased out to mining companies, providing a source of income for his family over the years. In addition to his mining operations, Keys also operated the Wall Street Mill, where he would crush his own ore and also provide custom milling for other mine owners. Often, when those other companies went bankrupt, Keys would acquire their claims and equipment. The ranch grounds prove evidence of that.
#22 Adobe Mixing Machines. totally missed seeing these.
#23 is a Stick Corral. Keys kept a small number of goats at the ranch, perhaps this is where they were corralled.
Our tour did not include sites #24-#27 listed in the guidebook, probably due to time constraints, but I'll list them here to be thorough.
I'm not certain what the above image is, but I think it's located at spot #24, the Chilean Mill. I was able to take this image with a zoom lens.
#28 is the Southern Schoolhouse. It's actually located at the circle where we parked our cars at the start of the Keys Ranch tour. It certainly has a beautiful setting. I'll bet the kids had fun during their breaks climbing in those rocks, looking for snakes and scorpions to give to the teacher.
#29 is one of many Concrete Dams that Keys built in the area. This was a major water source for the garden and orchard, as well as the animals kept on the ranch. Keys stocked the lake behind the dam with bluegill, bass and catfish. The fish did well for a number of years, until the average rainfall began to decline as years went by, resulting in the lake drying up during dry years.
The water tank located near the work shop and the windmill. Water was stored up here mainly for use in irrigating the garden.
A closer look at the Keys Ranch.
This small building is located right next to the back door of the Keys home. It was reportedly used as a store, holding merchandise, hand-made items, old appliances and other things that might be useful if you were a new homesteader in the area and needed to buy something quickly.
The Chicken Coop (coupe?). A wooden structure for during the day and at night the hens could be secured inside the old car for protection against coyotes.
Appliance Row. There's not much you can't find scattered about the Ranch.
One of the drag stones in the Arrastra, used to crush gold-bearing ore.
Ever wonder how holes are drilled into solid granite?
It was great to get back out to the Desert Queen Ranch for a revisit. There's so much to see, that I'm sure a return visit is warranted. Especially to get some pictures of the places I missed for this post. One thing is for sure, you never know what you'll find at the Keys Ranch.


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Murder of Natalie Bollinger
by admin | Jan 29, 2018 | Investigations, Missing Persons, News
Murder of Natalie Bollinger, Leaves Clues on Facebook
Natalie Bollinger
Natalie Marie Bollinger, 19, was reported missing on Thursday, December 28, 2017. She had last been seen leaving her Broomfield, Colorado residence and reported missing when her family had not heard from her later in the day.
On Friday, December 29, 2017, a body was discovered in a wooded area located at 11600 Riverdale Road on the property of McIntosh Dairy farm in Adams County. By Tuesday, January 2, 2018, authorities identified the body as Bollinger. Cause of death has not been released due to the ongoing investigation.
About two weeks prior to Bollinger's death, she had made several posts on Facebook about a man who had been harassing her and identified him as Shawn Schwartz.
On her Facebook status, she indicated she had met Schwartz about two years ago, gave him rides and went on to explain recent events.
"He drove across the country to see me . . slept behind my work for weeks. When I told him, I didn't want to see him anymore, he sent me hundreds of texts and calls. He parked his car in front of my house, blocking Military Highway for hours . . . laying on his horn. . he was arrested", she wrote. "Since then, I've asked him to leave me alone . . and he won't."
Bollinger goes on to explain Schwartz was harassing family and friends and slandering her on FB, asking others to ignore him.
"Please ignore him . . . it only encourages him when he gets a response (Much like a child). He is mentally ill, and I am trying to fix this," wrote Bollinger.
On December 22, 2017, Bollinger was granted a "restraining order" against Schwartz and posted she finally felt safe. A haunting reminder that, in fact, she was not.
Ramblings of a disturbed individual
According to his Facebook profile, Schwartz attended Chappell High School in Chappell, Nebraska. He also boasts he is "blacksmith" and makes his own hammers, anvils, mallets, and axes. Not much is known about his past.
However, Schwartz has had his own very active presence on Facebook and YouTube. Considering Bollinger's murder, many now find his ramblings and videos deeply disturbing.
During the time Bollinger was missing, Schwartz posted on Facebook, asking people to help search for his friend (Bollinger).
According to a 9News report, in September, Schwartz posted a status saying, "Natalie, I wanted only the best for you. Now all I want is for you to go through the hell I have lived. I want to blow my head off in front of you so close you can feel the warm spatter of my blood on your face."
According to Bollinger's posts on Facebook, she indicates Schwartz used multiple alias Facebook accounts to harass her.
The information he posted there is not only disturbing, it may be downright "telling."
Schwartz called a 'person of interest' in Natalie Bollinger Murder
In a press conference, Adams County Sheriff Mike McIntosh said, "There is a 26-hour time period that is missing where we don't have anyone talking to her through social media or by text, or in person or on the telephone. That's a critical time we are looking at."
McIntosh said detectives have followed leads gathered from social media but cautioned social media can also lead to false conclusions. Clearly, police have proceeded carefully.
Without mentioning Schwartz by name, when asked by reporters about the man who Bollinger had obtained a restraining order, McIntosh only said, "We have talked to him, but we are not ready to call anyone a suspect, but it's certainly a part of our investigation.
Schwartz had initially been questioned by authorities when Bollinger was still missing, and one post might have quickly drawn authority's attention. According to Bollinger's own Facebook posts, Schwartz used aliases. Posting as a possible alias of "Joanna Taylor," it is believed Schwartz is posting about himself, referring to what a nice man he is, saying Bollinger may be dead but people need to stop blaming him.
Schwartz also confirmed he was questioned by authorities, posting on his Facebook page, Schwartz talked about his time with investigators. He said he provided them his cell phone, computer, and a DNA sample, and ultimately he was let go. He did not specify if it was the Bollinger Police or Adams County sheriff authorities that questioned him.
However, McIntosh said, "We have talked to him again, and again, we are not ready to call anybody a suspect, but it's certainly a piece of our investigation, a piece of our timeline."
Schwartz made a public Facebook post called, "Why I am a person of interest and not a suspect."
The fact is, until authorities say otherwise, as compelling as his statements and behavior has been, Schwartz remains only a "person of interest" and not named an official suspect.
Schwartz arrested on unrelated charges
As the Bollinger death investigation continues, Schwartz was booked into Boulder County jail on Saturday, January 6, 2018, on unrelated charges.
According to jail records, Schwartz was charged with second-degree assault, obstructing a police officer and resisting arrest when police were conducting a welfare check.
According to an arrest affidavit, Broomfield police were monitoring Schwartz's Facebook page and observed some potentially suicidal references. Boulder police found Schwartz at St. John's Episcopal Church at 1419 Pine Street, in Boulder.
According to officers, Schwartz told them he missed "his friend" Bollinger and wanted to talk to her but could not because she was dead.
Police convinced Schwartz to accompany them to Boulder Community Healths Foothills Hospital, but once there he began screaming at staff, trying to leave the room and not listening to staff instructions.
At that point, Schwartz began kicking and biting officers who then arrested him and transported him to the jail where he was later released on a $5,000 personal recognizance bond.
While Schwartz remains a compelling "person of interest" in the murder of Bollinger, he remains just that, a lead.
Family just wants justice for Natalie
While Bollinger was still missing, like other families of missing persons, the family used Facebook to search for her, distributing photographs and information. In addition, Natalie's mother confronted Schwartz in a post that was followed by a disrespectful and deeply disturbing response.
To add insult to injury, on January 15, 2018, Schwartz made a post on Facebook stating, "How can you, her family, who she should have been able to trust, have failed her so badly? She did what you wanted. Give her back."
Natalie's family is not only dealing with the trauma of losing their daughter to homicide, they are victims of an ongoing online assault by someone who threatened their daughter's life. A person she feared.
Now dealing with a parent's worst nightmare, understandably the family is quiet. However, they did release a statement through Adams County sheriff McIntosh.
"Our family has been deeply devastated by this loss and cannot fully express how much we miss our beautiful Natalie," wrote Ted Bollinger, Natalie's father. "Our hearts are absolutely broken."
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My new location is right inside the loop in the outer Heights district. So I'm super stoked on the location more than anything. The movers are coming this Saturday, and I have lots of stuff to do. Trying not to feel overwhelmed is a task in itself. But in all, I am grateful…and anxious at the same time! We all know how stressful moving can be. I'm ready for it to be over with!
In addition to moving this week, I have started a new part time job working at White House Black Market after work and on the weekends. The grind is so real. The pay of the day job is just not cutting it these days. So it is what it is. Definitely not married to my job. I'm still seeking other opportunities that is more of a fit and of course has higher pay.
As if that wasn't enough, I'm planning to launch my independent jewelry business, Adorned by Shanda before the end of the year. I will be vending accessories when and wherever there is an opportunity to. Since I am an accessory junkie, it just makes sense! I hope to have some accessories in stock by the holidays. I'll be starting off small with a few pieces until I can build up my inventory. Where will I find the time? I don't know. I'll let God handle the details. I am determined to make this thing happen come hell or high water. SO GET READY!
I will check back in when I have settled in my new place.
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Q: code crashing when finding the eldest age (Edit) ok so iffixed it up and me it presentable did some of the suggestions and i get the same error( im using codebloks btw ), the error of it just crashing without giving a reason. I got a second error with this. in the getinfo function after age is entered it prints the statement to get the gender then the statement to get the other persons name without letting me input(it seems to just skip that part
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void getinfo (char* nam[],int ag[], char gender[], int count){
 int y;
 for(y = 0; y < count; y++){
 nam[y] = malloc(30);
 printf ("What is the student's name?\t");
 scanf ("%s", &nam[y]);
 printf ("\nWhat is the students age?\t");
 scanf ("%d", &ag[y]);
 printf ("\nwhat is the students gender, M/F:\t");
 scanf ("%c", &gender[y]);
  }
 }

void findeldest (char* nam[],int ag[], char* gender[], int count){
 int largest = 0, y, eldest =0 ;
 for(y = 0; y < count; y++){
    if (ag[y] > eldest){
        largest = ag[y];
        eldest = y;
        }
    }
    printf ("The eldest student is:\t%s", nam[eldest]);
    printf ("\nGender:\t%c", gender[eldest]);
    printf ("\nWith an age of:\t%d", ag[eldest]);

}

int main (){
  int amount, y;
  printf("How many students are you admitting?\t");
  scanf ("%d", &amount);
  if (amount > 50){
  printf("Too many students!");
   }else{
   char *name[50];
   int age[50];
   char gender[50];
   getinfo(name, age, gender, amount);
   findeldest(name, age, gender, amount);
   system("pause");
  }
}

A: The code provided isn't compilable and thus we can't diagnose the problem correctly. Please update your post with a compilable testcase that has only the bare essentials required to reproduce your problem.
if (ag[y] > eldest){
    largest = ag[y];
    eldest = y;
    } /* <--- Note the inconsistent indentation.
       *      Do you want us to read your code and help you?
       *      If so, please fix your indentation.
       */

There's a comparison supposedly on ages, and then an assignment of an index to an age variable? Which does eldest store? Indexes, or ages? Take your pick, and make it consistent. Perhaps it might be a better idea to use more descriptive identifiers, such as "eldest_index" and "eldest_age". This would provide internal documentation that the "eldest_index" is the array index for the oldest person and the "eldest_age" is the age for the oldest person. As it seems largest stores ages, perhaps your code should look more like:
if (ag[y] > largest){
    largest = ag[y];
    eldest = y;
}

printf ("\nGender:\t%c", gender[eldest]); If eldest stores ages, not indexes, then wouldn't this cause your program to crash when eldest >= 50? I presume this statement will make more sense when you come up with better identifiers. Furthermore, gender[eldest] is a char *, where %c tells printf to expect an int with a character value.

edit: You wouldn't have encountered your second error if you had read this scanf manual before using scanf. In fact, using scanf before reading it's documentation is your error; Please stop.
If you place printf("The character entered for gender has an integer value of %d\n", (unsigned char) gender[y]); after scanf ("%c", &gender[y]);, what value do you get? Is '\n' a valid gender?
... so you've fixed the problem that occurs when the user presses enter between an integer read and a character read. Great! Without reading the manual, you've got a third problem. Supposing the user presses 'M' or 'F', followed by enter. This would result in either 'M' or 'F' being read from stdin by scanf ("%c", &gender[y]);, but the '\n' would remain on stdin. What is the effect of that? When the loop repeats, and you tell scanf to read up to but not including the next whitespace character (which is what '%s' indicates), you end up with a blank name! Ooops!
Assuming you expect the user to press enter before and after entering gender, I suggest changing scanf ("%c", &gender[y]); to:
int c;
for (c = getchar(); c >= 0 && c != '\n'; c = getchar());  /* Discard the remainder of the line,
                                                           * so that it doesn't interfere with
                                                           * the gender input.
                                                           */
gender[y] = c;
for (c = getchar(); c >= 0 && c != '\n'; c = getchar());  /* Discard the remainder of the line,
                                                           * so that it doesn't interfere with
                                                           * the next scanf call.
                                                           */

... and don't forget to read that scanf manual, carefully!

A: You did not post the source code of the getinfo function, so the best we can do here is guess. The first place I would look is in getinfo, when it populates the 'nam' and 'gender' parameters. You are most likely using stack local strings for those. Once the 'getinfo' function returns, those strings no longer exists. The pointers to those locations on the stack still exist however, and whenever findeldest tries to use those pointers in printf, it prints garbage off the stack.
If you supply your 'getinfo' implementation this will be easier. Here is my implementation
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void findeldest (char* nam[],int ag[], char* gender[], int count){
  int largest = 0, y, eldest =0 ;
  for(y = 0; y < count; y++){
    if (ag[y] > eldest){
      largest = ag[y];
      eldest = y;
    }
  }
  printf ("The eldest student is:\t%s", nam[eldest]);
  printf ("\nGender:\t%s", gender[eldest]);
  printf ("\nWith an age of:\t%d", ag[eldest]);

}

void getinfo(char* nam[],int ag[], char* gender[], int count)
{
    static const char * const MALE = "male";
    static const char * const FEMALE = "female";

    static const char * const BRIAN = "brian";
    static const char * const SUE = "sue";
    static const char * const DAVE = "dave";
    static const char * const APRIL ="april";

    for(int i = 0 ; i < count ; ++i)
    {
        ag[i] = i;

        switch(i%4)
        {
            case 0:
                nam[i] = BRIAN;
                break;
            case 1:
                nam[i] = SUE;
                break;
            case 2:
                nam[i] = DAVE;
                break;
            case 3:
                nam[i] = APRIL;
                break;

        }

        switch(i%2)
        {
            case 0:
                gender[i] = MALE;
                break;
            case 1:
                gender[i] = FEMALE;
                break;
        }

    }
    return;
}

int main (){
  int amount, y;
  printf("How many students are you admitting?\t");
  scanf ("%d", &amount);
  if (amount > 50){
    printf("Too many students!");
  } else {
    char *name[50];
    int age[50];
    char *gender[50];
    getinfo(name, age, gender, amount);
    findeldest(name, age, gender, amount);
    system("pause");
  }
}

It works fine for me. Notice the correction to the second 'printf' statement in findeldest. You were using %c (single character) when you mean %s (null terminated string of characters).
Also, you are not using C90 compliant code. When posting, you should specify what compiler you are using and what options you need (if any) to make this compile. It appears to be close to valid C99 code. I get some compiler warnings about misuse of const in my 'getinfo' implementation.


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Kieran Hanrahan (born 1957) is an Irish radio host and musician. Born in Ennis, County Clare, he began playing traditional Irish music on the tenor banjo at the age of fourteen. Over the years, Hanrahan has helped to found a number of traditional bands, including Stockton's Wing, Inchiquin, and the Temple-house Ceili Band.

Hanrahan has hosted radio programs for the Irish national broadcaster RTÉ since 1991. Hanrahan is an assistant lecturer at the Conservatory of Music and Drama at Dublin Institute of Technology where he works in the Traditional Music program. He achieved a 1st Class Honors master's degree (MMus Hons) and was also awarded the DIT Gold medal for Academic Achievement  in 2012. Currently he hosts Céilí House, a radio program on traditional Irish music aired weekly in Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1. For the last five years Kieran Hanrahan has been the artistic director of the Temple Bar TradFest in Dublin, Ireland.

Discography
 Various artists: The Field (Film soundtrack) (1990)
 The Chieftains: The Long Black Veil (1995): Hanrahan appears as a guest musician.
 Kieran Hanrahan plays the Irish Tenor Banjo (1998)
 This Is My Father (Film soundtrack) (1998): In addition to performing on the soundtrack for this film, Hanrahan also appears onscreen as a band leader.
 Various artists: Agnes Browne (Film soundtrack) (2000)

References

External links
 Céilí House Official Webpage
 Short 2006 biography of Hanrahan formerly at the Dublin Institute of Technology
 Kieran Hanrahan Official Webpage
 Kieran Hanrahan Webpage

1957 births
Living people
Irish banjoists
People from Ennis
RTÉ Radio 1 presenters
Stockton's Wing members


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Comic Creator Léo
Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira
(b. 13 December 1944, Brazil)
Aldébaran #5
Léo is a Brazilian comic artist, who lives and works in France on popular science fiction sagas like 'Aldebaran' and 'Bételgeuse'. Born Luís Eduardo de Oliveira Filho in Rio de Janeiro, Léo got his degree as mechanical engineer in Puerto Alegre in 1968. He worked in this profession for a government firm for three years, but was forced to flee the country because of his political activities during the military dictatorship.
He went to Chile, then headed for Argentina after the coup, and eventually returned to Brazil illegally in 1974. At this time, he started an anonymous job as an advertising artist in Sao Paulo. He did his first comic art for the magazine O Bicho. De Oliveira moved to Paris in 1981 to pursue a more professional career in the field of comics. Unfortunately, the golden days of European comics had just passed, so he earned his money by working in the advertising industry again.
From time to time, he made short stories for magazines like L'Écho des Savanes and Pilote, in which he showed his talent for the science fiction genre. In 1986, Jean-Claude Forest asked him to draw a few stories for Okapi, which led to a regular collaboration with the publishing group Bayard Presse. He illustrated short stories, and did a comics biography of 'Gandi' with Benoît Marchon for Astrapi in 1988.
In that same year, Léo started his longduring association with the scriptwriter Rodolphe. Their first collaboration was the series about the Canadese Mounty 'Trent', published by Dargaud between 1991 and 2000. They subsequently made 'Kenya', a fantasy series set in Africa during the 1940s. Léo was by now also involved in the scriptwriting. In 2010, Rodolphe and Léo made a second cycle of their series, called 'Namibia', which is drawn by Bertrand Marchal.
Bételgeuse #5
In addition to his series with Rodolphe, Léo first proved himself an allround author with 'Aldébaran', his sci-fi series published by Dargaud between 1994 and 1998. It was followed by further cycles like 'Bételgeuse' (2000-2005) and 'Antarès' (2007-) as well as the spin-off 'Survivants' (2011). All these series stand out for their imaginative alien worlds and animals.
Léo also took on scriptwriting for other artists, like Sergio Garcia ('Dexter London', 2000-05) and Icar ('Terres Lointaines', 2009-).
Antarès
Les Mondes d'Aldebaran
(en français)
Artwork © 2023 Léo
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Jazaki Allah khair for all dear sis!
MashaAllah very nice job. I'd liked frendship friendship felt heart, it's nice to keep kids busy and the same time good gift too.
Sister for 5 pillars of Islam I have other idea. It'll be looks like yours, I wanted made the pillars from pringles can and put inside some pictures or felt thins like prayer rug, mini ka'ba etc...which will be explain each pillars inshaAllah.
And yours book Salam islamin polku's picture is quite same with my idea too subhanaAllah.
I`m glad You liked them :).
The idea of pillars from pringles cans sounds great! It would be nice to add some pictures etc. inside the pillars :)! We`ve now started to study about the lifes of the prophets. I don`t have a lots of craft ideas for this thema - I`ve only read the stories for the kids and we`ve discuss about the stories.
Have a blessfull and educational Ramadan!
Dear sister Ameen to you too! For Prophets theme I have some ideas, inshaAllah I can share with you. We with A learned only Adam , Nuh and Ibrahim alaihum salaam lifes last year.For Adam alaihis salam I wanted to make picture book but I couldn't, I liked sister UmmSara's story sequence cards http://islomiyoila.blogspot.fi/2010/10/adam-alayhissalam.html and her crafts and activities soo nice.
Felt story board is good to teach kids inshaAllah. Now days I'm thinking to make finger puppet or other for story Ibrahim alaihis salam inshaAllah. Kids like and will fast learn when we'll show them with toys wa Allahu a'lam.
Thank You for nice ideas!


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Putting Russia's Unparalleled Wealth Disparity In Perspective
Russia's dramatic path from communism to capitalism has resulted in an unprecedented rise in inequality, according to the latest Credit Suisse Wealth Report.
The country is unique in that 110 billionaires hold 35% of the country's wealth, the report says, meaning that the country has the highest rate of wealth inequality in the world (baring small Carribean islands with resident billionaires).
"The situation in Russia has no parallel," Anthony Shorrocks of Global Economic Perspectives Ltd, one of the report's authors, told the Wall Street Journal. "If you look at how Russians have made their money and the sort of political ties that seem to be necessary to maintain it, there are just very few places where the situation is similar."
OK, let's put it in perspective.
Russia has 143 million people, of which only 110 are billionaires, according to Forbes.
Now, according to Credit Suisse, the total wealth of the Russian nation is $US1.2 trillion. If Russian billionaires have 35% of that figure, their combined wealth should be around $US420 billion.
There's something a little off about that, clearly.
Worse still, from Credit Suisse's data, there appears to be very little "trickle down" wealth in Russia. 93.7% of Russia's adult population have less than $US10,000 in wealth, according to the report.
Here's how Russia's population is divided by wealth:
Adam Taylor / Business Insider / Credit Suisse Wealth Report
(N.b. The sliver that should show those with over $US1 million in wealth is so small that it cannot be shown in this chart).
For some perspective, here's a chart showing the same data from the United States. Now, remember, the United States isn't considered the most equal nation on Earth, but this certainly looks a lot healthier:
Of course, there are some pretty big caveats here. Credit Suisse themselves point out that Russia's wealth data may be inaccurate due to a lack of data on the value of non-financial assets, and Leonid Bershidsky of Bloomberg goes a little further to pointing out why "measuring wealth is an immensely complicated business," especially in Russia, where property data is not included in wealth figures (Credit Suisse was forced to "estimate" real assets").
Additionally, inequality is often measured by income data, which is more easily obtained and leads to some interesting results — at least one measure of income inequality suggests that Russia is more equal than the U.S. Whether it's a better measure than wealth is certainly a matter for debate, however. Wealth accumulates over time, and high earners can save it — and pay more to keep it.
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