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In the Fall of 1908 Gustav Stickley published a series of articles detailing his plans for his new estate, Craftsman Farms. In these articles was a proposed home for the designer and a club house proposed for his planned school for boys. But several years passed before these dreams could be fully put into reality. And with time the situation changed. The buildings pictured in The Craftsman were planned for a relatively flat site on his property located south of the current Route 10, but for unknown reasons when the construction on the clubhouse began, it was sited on the hilly northern section of the property.
Chestnut trees and fieldstone from the location were used extensively in the construction of the clubhouse, begun in August 1910. Sometime between the laying of the clubhouse foundation in August and its completion in the summer of 1911 Stickley decided to give up the idea of building his ideal house (shown in drawings published in 1908 in The Craftsman). Probably because he knew he could not afford
to build his dream house in the near future, he modified his plans during construction and the clubhouse was converted into his residence. The upper floor was redesigned to provide four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The main floor of the 1908 plan published in The Craftsman was altered by making the living room wider and attaching a large kitchen addition to the rear. This addition gave the building a "T" shaped plan and freed space for a dining area in the space that was formerly the kitchen and a meeting room. Massive stone fireplaces were constructed as planned at both ends of the living room, and a third fireplace was added in the dining room where the new kitchen addition joined the house. The staircase was also shifted from a corner of the living room to the center of the wall between that room and the dining hall.
Except for several small "vacation" cabins and one home Stickley designed for a rugged New Hampshire location, this interior, with its use of exposed, brown stained logs, is unlike all the houses he had designed. There is a pervasive use of the color brown: the walls and floors are brown, and more brown stained logs support the ceiling. Only the white diamond-pane window frames with dark green stained trim, the golden glow of the lanterns and light green paint on the ceiling boards provide relief from the dark wood tones.
Upstairs, the house looks very much like most of the interiors of other Craftsman House designs. The rooms are large and airy. The walls below the frieze were originally covered with fabric in yellows, blues and grays. The ceilings are "supported" by non-structural box beams. The wood used upstairs was one The Craftsman frequently recommended: gumwood stained a nut brown.
The house is not really a log cabin. The first floor bearing walls are constructed wholly of logs, but the second story is frame construction with the exterior sheathed in shingles, essentially set on top of the first floor log "box." The lighter natural color of these cedar shingles originally contrasted with the darker color of the logs. The roof was first covered with "Ruberoid", a synthetic material advertised regularly in The Craftsman, but after a few years, Stickley covered it with green terra cotta tiles.
When The New York Times reported the sale of Craftsman Farms on August 15, 1917 it noted that "more than $250,000 is said to have been spent" on developing the property. The new owners, the Farny family, built an addition off the kitchen, called "the annex," where there may have been an outdoor eating area. The large stone piers that appear to have supported a pergola over it are now part of the walls of this addition, which is currently used for museum education programs.
Stickley liked to call himself an architect, but he is not known to have had formal training. He may have designed the log house as an expression of the Craftsman philosophy, but he did not fully understand the techniques of log construction. Over the years the tremendous weight of the tile roof compacted the horizontal logs and weakened the structure. In 1995 extensive structural repairs were done to stabilize the building and the roof tiles were repaired or replaced. Today steel rods hidden in the logs extend from the tile roof to the concrete footings in the basement, removing the weight from the walls.
The log house of Craftsman Farms, inside and out, singularly proclaims the romance of our nation's agrarian past. Although large, it is firmly rooted in the ideals and dreams of a simpler age. Even as he sought to advance the fresh ideas of the new century in an increasingly urban world, Gustav Stickley sought his own happiness by returning to the land.
Perhaps that is why Craftsman Farms speaks to us today. It still serves as the philosophical ideal of the home, as we, like Stickley, seek a future related to a less complicated past.
Sources for this article include The Craftsman magazine, The Log House at Craftsman Farms: Historic Structures Report, July 1993, by Heritage Studies (principle, Connie Grieff) and the thoughts of Mark Allan Hewitt, AIA.

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The foundation of Kabbala Centre was established in 1922 by Rav Yehuda Ashlag, who was the first Chief Kabbalist to modernize its wisdom and make it readily available to all.He later passed on the leadership to his student Rave Yehuda TzviBrandwein, who subsequently handed over to Rav Berg.The principal aim of Kabbala has been to acquire the knowledge of God, and His designs for the seen and unseen universe.In the beginning, Kabbala was perceived as a having been reserved for Jewish scholars who were married and aged 40years and above. Children, women and unlearned men were never considered fit for formal Kabbala training.
RavAshlag did not succeed in acquiring a huge following as he had hoped. Until his death in 1955, he toiled to make Zohar available to the general public and even used his own resources to make this happen.RavBrandwein yearned to carry on RavAshlag's legacy, but due to his limited resources, he did not do as much as he would have wished. Before his death, RavBrandwein named Rav Berg the President of YeshivatKol Yehuda.Rav Berg's wife, Karen, was the first woman to study Kabbala and with her influence, they opened up the teachings to everyone who wished to learn, including children and women. In the early 70's the Rav and his wife moved to Israel and set up the second Kabbala Centre in Tel Aviv. They set up the Centre in the middle of a secular Israel society and offered wisdom to tackle life's challenges.
In 1984, Rav Berg and Karen set up the Los Angeles Kabbalah Centre. They left the passionate and wise followers in charge of the Israel Kabbala Centre. Rav Berg wrote his first books in English so as to appeal to a wider audience.The Kabbala Centre taught a non-religious audience and was seen as a spiritual, rather than a religious way of study. Currently, there are more than 40 KabbalaCentres around the world. Through the KabbalaCentres, Rav Berg and his wife actualized RavAshlag's vision of integrating humans from all race, religion, and nationalities.Celebrities such as Madonna, Britney Spears, the late Elizabeth Taylor, and Sandra Bernhard have shown interest in the Jewish Kabbalah.Rav Berg passed away in 2013, leaving Karen and their son, Michael Berg, an established author himself, to run the Kabbalah Centre. They use all kinds of modern technology to pass wisdom through books, courses, and books in both online and physical Centres.
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Interview with Rear Adm. Tom Carney, COMLOG WESTPAC, and Capt. Jim Hruska, COMMSCFE
Logistics is what we're all about
By Edward H. Lundquist	- July 23, 2013
Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Joseph Richards signals to move cargo forward aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) during a connected replenishment, Feb. 5, 2013. Lawrence was operating in the U.S. 7th fleet area of operation. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Carla Ocampo
With the arrival of the littoral combat ship (LCS) in the AOR, it's a new platform, with a new and different fuel consumption, especially at high speed. Have you had to make adjustments to be able to support LCS?
Carney: We haven't experienced any unusual rescheduling to support LCS. Like other ships, we had the LCS schedule worked out well in advance of her deployment. We matched that against our logistics ship schedule to ensure that both during the transit and throughout Freedom's deployment to Southeast Asia, we have the right ships and resources in theater to support it. Again, between our contracts with fuel agents in the region, and the ships that Hruska has at sea, we have not encountered any unusual dynamics to support the ship.
USS Freedom (LCS 1) transits the South China Sea during an exercise with other U.S. and Malaysian ships, June 18, 2013. Freedom is in Malaysia participating in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2013. Additional ships participating in CARAT include the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) with embarked Destroyer Squadron 7 staff, the dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) with embarked USMC Landing Force, and the diving and salvage ship USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Cassandra Thompson
With IMDEX (the International Maritime Defense Exposition) here in Singapore in May, there were a number of senior-level delegations from navies and coast guards here. I'm sure you had the opportunity to meet with some of your counterparts. What were you hearing about the arrival of LCS? What do the other navies in the region, think about this ship or this type of ship?
Carney: There is a tremendous amount of interest in the ship from regional navies and the general public. LCS had several thousand civilian and military visitors during the week of IMDEX and throughout the weekend with the open house at Changi Naval Base. As you mentioned, it's the first of its class to deploy, and the first LCS that has been deployed anywhere, let alone Southeast Asia. We've known for a long time LCS was coming, and I can say that no country in the region has expressed concerns about the LCS deployment. Instead, they want to see it and see how we operate the ship in the region.
You have operational control of LCS here. How do you view the capability of LCS compared to other U.S. Navy assets that you've had before that could operate in this region? What does LCS bring you that you've never had before?
Carney: A couple things. LCS matches up very well with other navies in the region. With its shallow water capability, it has the ability to go places that we cannot get some of the larger ships into. That access provides opportunities for exercises and engagements in places that are traditionally out of reach for many of our ships. LCS will be a big part of the CARAT exercise series this summer, as well as some other engagements and port visits in Southeast Asia. The capabilities on LCS match up well with many regional navies that are more likely to operate comparable-sized ships, than nuclear submarines, aircraft carriers or Aegis destroyers and cruisers. Many of the regional navies are also embracing minimum manning techniques and are interested in learning from the LCS manning construct.
USS Freedom (LCS 1) Commanding Officer Cmdr. Timothy Wilke, left, and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert, center, give the Chief of Staff of the Japan Maritime Defense Force Adm. Kawano a tour of Freedom's bridge, May 15, 2013. Freedom recently arrived in Singapore as part of a deployment to Southeast Asia. Fast, agile and mission-focused, littoral combat ships are designed to operate in near-shore environments and employ modular mission packages that can be configured for surface warfare, mine countermeasures, or anti-submarine warfare. Freedom is homeported in San Diego, Calif. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Cassandra Thompson
One of the attributes of LCS is the advantage of high speed. How do you look at the tradeoff between speed versus fuel consumption?
Carney: The penalty you pay is in fuel consumption. But I think for the surface warfare mission package that Freedom deployed with – with the maritime security module – speed is a tremendous asset for that particular warfare area. There are not many other ships in the region the size of LCS that can operate at 40-plus knots.
When LCS was conceived, the idea was you could go fast and deploy your off-board systems away from the ship, and then get away from a danger area. Get in and get out. LCS is probably the first surface ship that we've had where its combat capability is largely is off-board systems. Are you going to get a chance to put that to the test out here in this?
Engineman 1st Class Robert Carter works on the diesel engine inside the main machinery room aboard the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1). Freedom was in Singapore as part of an overseas deployment to Southeast Asia. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Karolina A. Oseguera
Carney: This deployment will help us learn more about what the ship can do and what it cannot do, and validate the concepts of operations that have been in development for many, many years now. The deployment of off-board sensors is one of the CONOPS that Freedom will demonstrate in Southeast Asia. Freedom's surface warfare mission package has two types of off-board sensors, the 11-meter RHIBs and the MH-60R helicopter. We'll have opportunities to see both employed during visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) and maritime security exercises with regional navies as part of the CARAT series. While we've conducted these types of exercises for many years with other platforms, seeing how these sensors operate from an LCS at greater speeds and ranges alongside regional navies will certainly contribute to the CONOPS validation process.
There have been some reports in the media critical of LCS because of some engineering casualties on the transit here — some water gets into something and the ship has to stop. How do you view these engineering casualties that they had coming across?
Carney: In 32 years in the Navy I've never made a deployment – and I've made many – where there wasn't some sort of engineering issue to deal with, but Freedom has worked through those and met every milestone of the deployment so far. One of our missions at COMLOG WESTPAC is repair – it's what we do for a living. But geography does play a key role. It's one thing to sustain a ship when it's off the coast of San Diego or Singapore, but when you're thousands of miles between Guam and Singapore, or Guam and Hawaii, that's when the test of endurance and reliability really comes. This ship is out there deploying, by itself, without the benefit of a strike group or other ships to send over technicians or parts or test equipment, and they made every milestone and every wicket required of them during the transit from San Diego to Singapore. And we're looking forward to putting the ship through the paces in the next few months and learning a lot about the capabilities of the ship.
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I never thought someone from Tumblr would be able to find me in the real world. I never thought I'd be woken up by an intruder inside of my double bolted apartment.
There's so much more to a relationship than just falling in love.
Yelp You're a control freak. When your boyfriend wants to just wing it on your vacation, it's really stressful. You get your hair done every 6 weeks like clockwork. You never miss a yoga class.
Read these before bed. I dare you.
Ugh, these are too funny.
Maybe you know somebody like this. I know I do.
IN ANOTHER LIFE we get a big airport scene. I'm fresh off a five-hour flight. You pick me up at the arrivals area. You wear that red, plaid scarf. It feels right, being in your passenger seat.
He was beautiful, he was everything you thought you'll ever need. And now, he's no longer by your side. Show him that you can do great and make rainbows and cloudless skies on your own.


This week we've released a new update to Perudo!
As mentioned last week, we were working on delivering more unlocks to reward those who have collected large numbers of dice. Those unlocks are now live in the latest version of Perudo, so check them out now, and thanks for playing!
We're also narrowing down an issue with devices running Android 9 not being able to access all the features of the game. We have a tentative fix that we're testing, and we'll post when it's ready.
What are you doing January 25th - 27th? Well, Russ will be attending the Global Game Jam in Portland sponsored by PIG Squad. If you ever wanted to explore creating games, we highly recommend you sign up for a Global Game Jam. You don't have to be an art master or code whiz, or have any experience at all! On the 27th, there will be a showcase of the different games created in this 48 hour event.
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People affected by multiple sclerosis (MS) got some good news this week when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Tecfidera® (dimethyl fumarate) for the treatment of relapsing forms of the disease. MS is a chronic, incurable autoimmune disease of the central nervous system; people with MS experience progressive damage to myelin, the outer covering of nerve cells. The disease disrupts communication between the brain and the body, interfering with movement, sensation, coordination, and thinking. Patients may lose the ability to walk or speak. Most people with MS experiences relapses, in which symptoms increase and functioning may deteriorate; relapses may be followed by periods of remission.
Tecfidera, formerly called "BG-12," is made by Biogen Idec, based in Weston, Massachusetts. It comes in capsule form and is taken twice daily.
The FDA approval came after two-phase III clinical trials. The DEFINE trial involved 1,200 people and was designed to test whether the drug reduced the proportion of patients who experienced relapses. Some subjects took two 240 mg doses each day; others took three. After two years, 26 percent and 27 percent of the two treatment groups had experienced relapses, compared to 46 percent of the subjects who took the placebo. Progression of patients' disability also appeared to have been reduced; 16 percent and 18 percent of patients in the two treatment groups progressed, compared to 27 percent of the patients who received the placebo. Patients in the two treatment groups also had fewer new, growing, or active lesions as revealed in MRIs.
The CONFIRM trial involved 1,400 patients. Two Tecfidera treatment groups received either two or three 240 mg doses per day, while other patients received either a placebo or Copaxone® (glatiramer acetate), an injectable drug made by Teva Pharmaceuticals. Both drugs were compared to the placebo, but the study did not specifically compare Tecfidera to Copaxone. The average number of relapses in a year was reduced by 44 percent in the twice-daily group and 51 percent in the group taking three doses of Tecfidera, as compared with the patients who took the placebo. Relapses were reduced by 29 percent among the patients who took Copaxone.
Side effects of Tecfidera included nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Decreased white blood cell count also was reported, but there were no reports of opportunistic infections. It is expected that Tecfidera will be used as a first-line treatment for MS. Tecfidera's safety profile is said to compare favorably with the two oral drugs that the FDA previously approved. Gilenya®, made by Novartis, is the subject of safety concerns because it slows the heart rate. Individuals taking their first dose must be observed for six hours. The FDA required Aubagio to bear a "black box" warning because of risks of potentially fatal liver disease and birth defects.
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), an expert committee of the European Medicines Agency, issued positive opinions on two oral drugs for MS. In addition to Tecfidera, the CHMP approved Aubagio® (teriflunomide), made by Sanofi, for first-line treatment of MS. Aubagio was not designated a "new active substance" (NAS), however, so its exclusive marketing rights in in the European Union would be limited to three years. The NAS designation protects Tecfidera until 2028.
Drugs to treat MS are highly lucrative. The price of Tecfidera has not yet been announced, but the prices of MS drugs have jumped by double digits each year since 2008. And patients pay a premium for the convenience of oral medication. According to the New York Times, the list price of Gilenya is $60,000. Aubagio's price was discounted to the mid-$40,000 range.


← Would You Rather Play a Game or Listen to a DevOps Lecture?
The 22nd annual Pink Elephant Conference, held last week, February 18 to21 in Orlando, has traditionally been IT's annual tribute and awards ceremony to all things ITIL. That's changing, as there is a new Sheriff in town, DevOps. And Pink has coined a new word for this conjoined DevOps/ITIL new world: Integrated Service Management. Here are a few things I learned at this year's show.
ITIL alone is not enough. So said Pink Elephant President, David Ratcliffe at the Pink 18 kick-off. David went on to say that ITIL is still the star of the show, but it needs a new supporting cast. He proudly announced that over three million people now have some type of ITIL certification, with Pink training at least 500,000 of them. Have over three million ITIL certified people made a difference? Does ITIL matter? Yes, especially translating knowledge into results. Delivering knowledge, like taking an ITIL class is only the first step.
Speaking about agility, DevOps is a discipline that is all about speed, faster time to market, real sense of urgency, IT modernization, and doing more with less. Culture, tools, vision, now must all be managed alongside different processes. A single best practice is not enough. What's needed, according to David Ratcliffe, is Integrated Service Management.
Everyone wants to get better, but not everyone puts in the effort. Would we work 24×7 to try to eat a competitor's lunch?
How often do we experiment with new ideas? Is there a future for the BMC Innovation Suite? Has every Atlassian app already been invented?
What parts of our business do our customers actually care about? Consulting, implementation, training, support, software?
What can we combine with our offerings? DevOps simulation training? What sales plays are most effective?
Who ese can we partner with?
Answers to these questions and others will help RightStar shape and refine out 2018 strategy. One thing for sure: like ITIL, RightStar must also figure out how best to stay relevant.
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The name amphibian derives from the Greek word amphibios, which means "living a double life." Most amphibians spend their early lives in water and then move onto land as adults. Nearly all amphibians share numerous anatomical, physiological, and molecular features. Most are quadrupedal (four-footed), anamniote (no amniotic sac) vertebrates that have glandular skins and utilize cutaneous (skin) respiration in addition to lung and/or gill respiration. Scales, claws, feathers, and hair are absent. Skeletal features include two occipital condyles and no more than one sacral vertebra. Their eggs lack shells, and most species have aquatic larvae that metamorphose into terrestrial adults. The amphibians in Mississippi are frogs and salamanders.
Frogs are tailless except as larvae and usually have long hind legs, short front legs, large eyes, and smooth or warty moist skins. Most features defining frogs are skeletal and include nine or fewer presacral vertebrae, presence of a bony urostyle, and fused lower limb elements. The aquatic larvae are called tadpoles. Mississippi has thirty native species of frogs belonging to five families and two introduced species representing a sixth family.
The best-known and most exploited amphibian food species in the southern United States is the bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus). In southern Mississippi the similar pig frog (Lithobates grylio) is prized for the same reason. While bullfrog hunting has declined in Mississippi in recent years, it remains a popular sport in the Delta, Pearl River, and other areas of the state with swamps and freshwater marshes. Fried frog legs, a particularly southern treat, are served in restaurants throughout the South (although most restaurants serve commercially raised frogs, and the ones imported from other countries may not even be bullfrogs).
Mississippi populations of gopher frogs (Lithobates sevosus) have nearly disappeared in recent years and are considered endangered within the state. Other frog species—crawfish frogs (Lithobates areolatus), ornate chorus frogs (Pseudacris ornata), mountain chorus frogs (Pseudacris brachyphona), and Gulf Coast toads (Oolotis nebulifer)—are also rare and should have protected status. Some frogs have declined in some areas of the state but not in others. For example, American toads (Anaxyrus americanus) and upland chorus frogs (Pseudacris feriarum) have become considerably less abundant in North Mississippi in recent years.
Southern folklore sometimes mentions rains of frogs and toads and claims of toads causing warts. Neither is true. Frogs also do not have a venomous bite. If the skin secretions of some Mississippi frogs come into contact with moist membranes of human nasal passages or mouth, however, repeated sneezing and respiratory discomfort can result.
When biologists discuss frog larvae, they frequently refer to the works of Ronald Altig, a professor emeritus at Mississippi State University and a resident of Starkville who is a world-renowned frog authority. He has published more than one hundred papers on amphibians.
Salamanders resemble lizards in body shape but have glandular, usually moist, skins and lack scales and claws. Most have four limbs, body trunks with costal grooves, and long tails. Eardrums and middle ear cavities are absent, and many skull bones typical of vertebrates have been lost. Mississippi has thirty species representing seven families.
Mississippi populations of green salamanders (Aneides aeneus), spring salamanders (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus), and cave salamanders (Eurycea lucifuga) have endangered status. The tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) has nearly disappeared in recent years. Other Mississippi species are of special concern because they have limited ranges and habitats that, if altered by human activity, would result in their speedy elimination. These include eastern hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), Catahoula salamanders (Plethodon ainsworthi), and the one-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma pholeter).
Bear Creek in extreme northeastern Mississippi harbors a large, grotesque, aquatic salamander that is one of the two bulkiest species in the world. Its unsightly appearance results from its numerous wrinkled and fleshy skin folds. Larger individuals approach thirty inches in total length. This is the eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleghaniensis). Somewhat similar, though smaller and less grotesque, are the aquatic mudpuppies (genus Necturus), the largest of three Mississippi salamander species that reach nearly a foot in total length. Mudpuppies occur in many Mississippi streams. Fisherman catching hellbenders and mudpuppies often call them "devil dogs" or "water dogs" and erroneously believe that they have poisonous bites.
The two largest salamanders in the United States can be found in Mississippi. Residents often refer to them as eels or Congo eels, although they are neither from the Congo nor eels. The two-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma means) of southern Mississippi has been known to reach forty-five inches in total length; the three-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma tridactylum) is nearly as long and is found statewide. Both are aquatic with eel-like bodies and four tiny legs. Their bites are painful but not poisonous.
Mississippi's Catahoula salamander (Plethodon ainsworthi) occurs in no other state. The state name identifies the common and scientific names of the Mississippi slimy salamander (Plethodon mississippi).
Amphibians are extremely important in food chains necessary for the continuing survival of higher vertebrates, including humans. Nevertheless, many world populations of amphibians appear to be rapidly declining and are believed to be on the verge of extinction.


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Trial to start for sailor accused of igniting Navy warship
By Julie Watson, The Associated Press
Sailor Ryan Sawyer Mays walks past reporters at Naval Base San Diego before entering a Navy courtroom Aug. 17. The court-martial of Mays, accused of setting the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard on fire, is scheduled to begin Monday. (Julie Watson/AP)
SAN DIEGO — According to prosecutors, Ryan Sawyer Mays was a young, arrogant sailor angry about being assigned to deck duty after failing to become a Navy SEAL — and he made the Navy pay in a big way.
But the prosecution has presented no physical evidence proving that Mays, 21, set the USS Bonhomme Richard on fire, a fact defense lawyers plan to highlight at the sailor's court-martial that starts Monday at Naval Base San Diego.
The July 2020 blaze burned for nearly five days and sent an acrid smoke over San Diego, damaging the amphibious assault ship so badly that it had to be scuttled. It marked one of the worst noncombat warship disasters in recent memory.
Mays is charged with aggravated arson and the willful hazarding of a vessel. He has denied any wrongdoing.
Gary Barthel, a civilian lawyer who represented Mays at a preliminary hearing to determine if there was probable cause to send the case to trial, said the Navy judge overseeing that process recommended the case not go to trial. But Vice Adm. Steve Koehler, the former commander of the San Diego-based U.S. 3rd Fleet, who had the final say, ordered the court-martial.
Navy addresses chain of command for surface ship fires
A new memo assigns the type commander as the deputy primary commander for an in-port emergency, clarifying who should coordinate the response effort.
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Barthel said the Navy's case relies largely on the account of a fellow sailor who has acknowledged changing it repeatedly. He said investigators brushed aside the fact that lithium batteries were stored next to highly combustible material such as cardboard boxes, in violation of ship protocol.
Barthel said he offered his services pro bono because he thought Mays would not be court-martialed, but he does not have time with his full-time practice to continue to represent the sailor, who is using military counsel. Still, he said he is speaking out because the Navy case is unjust.
"I think there's some real questions as to whether or not the fire was an arson," Barthel said. "And if it were deemed an arson, there are questions about whether Ryan Mays started this fire."
The prosecution's witness, Petty Officer 3rd Class Kenji Velasco, blamed his nervousness for the changes to his story and said during the preliminary hearing that he was now "100 percent" sure that he saw Mays descend to the ship's lower vehicle storage area on the day of the fire.
Neither military defense counsel nor the prosecution could be reached for comment.
Barthel believes the Navy is using Mays as a scapegoat rather than admit it was solely the mismanagement by senior officers that led to the loss of the billion-dollar vessel, or acknowledge that they pinned the blame on the wrong guy.
While investigators said Mays set the fire, a Navy report last year concluded that the inferno was preventable and unacceptable, and that there were lapses in training, coordination, communications, fire preparedness, equipment maintenance and overall command and control.
Sailors and federal firefighters combat the blaze onboard USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego July 12, 2020. The ship was moored pierside as it was going through a maintenance availability. (MC3 Christina Ross/Navy)
Navy leaders disciplined more than 20 senior officers and sailors in connection with what it described as widespread leadership failures that contributed to the disaster. The Navy spread blame across a wide range of ranks and responsibilities and directly faulted the ship's three top officers.
The ship was undergoing a two-year, $250 million upgrade pierside in San Diego when the fire broke out. About 115 sailors were on board, and nearly 60 were treated for heat exhaustion, smoke inhalation and minor injuries. The failure to extinguish or contain the fire led to temperatures exceeding 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit in some areas, melting sections of the ship into molten metal that flowed into other parts of the ship.
Retired Navy Capt. Lawrence B. Brennan, an adjunct professor who teaches Admiralty and International Maritime Law at Fordham Law School, said the prosecution has its work cut out for it.
"There are questions about identification of the people in the vicinity of the fire and possible causes other than arson," he said in an email to The Associated Press. "Moreover, the conflagration and firefighting efforts damaged, if not destroyed, the crime scene and crucial evidence."
The court-martial is scheduled to last two weeks.
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Spartan Shorts: Coach Corey Brueggeman's side finds itself ranked among the top five of three Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference statistical categories through four matches. Freshman forward Josh Gonzalez (Portage, Ind.), who's early collegiate resume has been impressive with three goals of which two were game-winners, is tied for second in goals and points (six). Junior midfielder Ben Niederhelman (Ross, Ohio) is part of a seven-way tie for first in assists (two) … Gonzalez blistered home a pair of scores, while senior defender/midfielder/forward Tod Oram (Crown Point, Ind.) tallied the first goal in a 3-1 win over traditional North Coast Athletic Conference power Wittenberg University to highlight day two of the Raven-Spartan event Sept. 9. Senior midfielder Travis Richardson (Elizabethtown, Ky.) and fellow Class of 2018 member Brady Forman (Hastings, Mich.) were featured in the weekend's first match, a 1-0 win over Blackburn University out of the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Sept. 8. Richardson scored his first collegiate game-winning strike, while Forman delivered his seventh career goalkeeping clean sheet … Looking further into the Black and Gold's statistics, junior forward Drake DeWitt (Columbia City, Ind.) leads the shots category. He has 11 total and six on goal … MU takes to the road Sunday, Sept. 17, as part of a doubleheader with the women's team against Ohio Athletic Conference member Otterbein University. The match starts at 4 p.m. The Black and Gold returns home Tuesday, Sept. 19, for a clash with fellow OAC school Ohio Northern University.
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What's that smell? Scientists find a new way to understand odors
Scientists have discovered a new way to organize odor molecules based on how often they occur together in nature, and to map this data to discover regions of odor combinations humans find most pleasurable. From left: Yuansheng Zhou and Tatyana Sharpee. Credit: Salk Institute
Every smell, from a rose to a smoky fire to a pungent fish, is composed of a mixture of odorant molecules that bind to protein receptors inside your nose. But scientists have struggled to understand exactly what makes each combination of odorant molecules smell the way it does or predict from its structure whether a molecule is pleasant, noxious or has no smell at all.
Now, scientists from the Salk Institute and Arizona State University have discovered a new way to organize odor molecules based on how often they occur together in nature, which is the setting in which our sense of smell evolved. They were then able to map this data to discover regions of odor combinations humans find most pleasurable. The findings, published on August 29 in the journal Science Advances, open new avenues for engineering smells and tastes.
"We can arrange sound by high frequency and low frequency; vision by a spectrum of wavelengths and colors," says Tatyana Sharpee, an associate professor in Salk's Computational Neurobiology Laboratory and lead author of the new work. "But when it comes to olfaction, it's been an unsolved problem whether there is a way to organize odors."
Previously, scientists had tried to classify odorant molecules strictly based on their chemical structures. "But it turns out molecules with structures that look very similar can smell very different," says Sharpee.
Using existing data on the odorant molecules found in different samples of strawberries, tomatoes, blueberries and mouse urine, they used statistical methods to put odorant molecules on a map based on how frequently they occurred together in the four sets of samples.
Those molecules that occurred together more frequently were placed closer to each other.
"It's akin to me telling you that Chicago is x number of miles from New York, Los Angeles and Melbourne. And if you mapped the cities, you'd find out is that the Earth's surface is curved, not flat — otherwise the distance from, say, Melbourne to Los Angeles wouldn't add up. We did the same thing for odor," explains Sharpee.
Using this strategy, the scientists found that odor molecules could similarly be mapped onto a curved surface in three dimensions. But instead of a sphere, like Earth, it turned out to be the shape of a Pringles potato chip — a shape mathematicians call a hyperboloid.
When the team looked at how the molecules clustered on this surface, they found there were pleasant and unpleasant directions, as well as directions that correlated with acidity or how easily odors evaporate from surfaces. These observations now make it easier to construct pleasant odor mixtures to use, for example, in artificial environments (such as a space station).
"By revealing more about how odorant molecules and the brain interact, this work may also have implications for understanding why people with some diseases — like Parkinson's — lose their sense of smell," adds behavioral neuroscientist Brian Smith of Arizona State University, a coauthor of the paper.
In addition to Sharpee and Smith, Yuansheng Zhou, of the Salk Institute, was also an author of the new paper.
The work and the researchers involved were supported by grants from the Aileen Andrew Foundation and the National Science Foundation. Two collaborative grants to Sharpee and Smith originated as part of the new IDEAS Lab project at the National Science Foundation called "Cracking the Olfactory Code."
News source: www.sciencedaily.com
Authors: Zhou Y., Smith B.H., Sharpee T.O. Hyperbolic geometry of the olfactory space. Sci. Adv. 2018, 4:eaaq1458; DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaq1458
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Whatever you think of Abu Qatada (and I think very little of him), it was not right that he was unlawfully detained.
This decision will horrify most reasonable people in the UK.
Essentially saying that unlawfully detained people shouldn't be entitled to compensation. This seems unreasonable to me.
It shows just how incompetent the government has been at managing the problem of preachers of hate and, frankly, it makes a mockery of the concept of human rights if we can't protect ourselves against people who are out to destroy our society.
It's got to be done lawfully though.
In their ruling, the judges said the detainees' cash compensation was "substantially lower" than in previous cases of "unlawful detention". This was because they recognised that the government's detention scheme was "devised in the face of a public emergency, and as an attempt to reconcile the need to protect the UK public against terrorism with the obligation not to send the applicants back to countries where they faced a real risk of ill-treatment".
No, it is an appalling scandal when high-up Conservatives demonstrate a disrespect for the rule of law and fundamental human rights. Shame on them.
Yes, it does seem a bit odd to compensate someone we consider a threat to national security and want to deport. On the other hand, though, we can't have the state unlawfully detaining people.


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People normally club together National Museum Of Contemporary Art and Baby O while planning their visit to Technopolis.
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2Music career
2.1Boston
2.2New York
2.3Los Angeles
2.4Jimmy Kimmel Live!
3Equipment
4Discography
4.1As leader or co-leader
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Jimmy Earl
American jazz bass guitarist
Jimmy Earl on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Photo courtesy of Don Barris
James Christopher Earl
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Jazz, jazz fusion
Musician, songwriter, record producer
Instrument(s)
Legato, Severn
Musical artist
James Christopher Earl (born 1957) is an American jazz bass guitarist who is a member of the Jimmy Kimmel Live! band.[1]
In 1957,[2] James Christopher Earl was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to James and Sylvia Earl. He is the second of their four children. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota, and in 1965 to Hyattsville, Maryland, where he attended elementary school and Northwestern High School.[3]
Music career[edit]
Earl began classical guitar lessons at age 10. In 1972, he picked up an electric bass guitar for $15 at the Rose Bowl flea market in Pasadena, California, where his family was living temporarily. In 1973, with his high school classmates Dan Hovey and Rex Wilson, he formed his first band, Cosmic Rainbow.[4]
Boston[edit]
In 1975–76, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston.[5] In 1981, he studied briefly at the New England Conservatory of Music where he sits on the board of visitors.[6] He also studied with Charlie Banacos.[7] In 1983, he joined Tiger Okoshi's Baku,[8] which performed in the 1984 Newport Jazz Festival.[9] In 1985, he joined a band led by jazz drummer Bob Moses,[3] with whom he appeared in Boston and Cambridge.[10] Earl began his recording career in Boston in 1986 when he supported David Gilden on Ancestral Voices.[11] This album featured the kora, a West African 21-string harp.
New York[edit]
In 1986, Earl moved to New York City and on the recommendation of his friend Steve Hunt joined the Jazz Explosion.[12] In this group he worked with Gato Barbieri, Angela Bofill, Tom Browne, Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Freddie Hubbard, Phyllis Hyman, Ramsey Lewis, Lonnie Liston Smith, and Stanley Turrentine. He met bass guitarist Stanley Clarke, who became his mentor and friend, and joined Clarke's tour of Brazil with Larry Graham.[13] Shortly after, he met Joe Sample at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City,[14] and Sample invited him to join The Crusaders. During 1986 and 1987, he toured with them in the U.S., Europe, and Japan.[15]
Los Angeles[edit]
In 1988, Earl moved to Los Angeles and recorded on Clarke's album If This Bass Could Only Talk. It was followed in 1993 by East River Drive, on which Earl is credited as co-writer on "I'm Home Africa".[16] In 1990 he appeared on two albums by the Mark Varney Project. The first, Truth in Shredding,[17] featured jazz guitarist Allan Holdsworth and Frank Gambale. On the second, Centrifugal Funk,[18] he worked as arranger and producer.[19]
In 1993, Earl replaced John Patitucci in the Chick Corea Elektric Band, which went on tour.[20] On returning, he worked with his Elektric bandmate Eric Marienthal on the album One Touch and helped write the song "Backtalk".[21] During the same year, he appeared on the album Elektric Band II: Paint the World and co-wrote with Corea "Ished",[22] "Spanish Sketch",[23] and "Reprise".[24] The album was nominated for the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.[25] Two years later he joined the band's collaboration with Steve Vai's on the tribute album The Songs of West Side Story, which was certified gold.[26] In 2002, he participated in the Elektric Band's reunion tour of the U.S.,[27] which included two performances at the Blue Note.[28] In another reunion, Earl performed on Manhattan Transfer's album The Chick Corea Songbook (2009).
While touring with Corea in 1993, Earl performed in Rome, Italy, with Pino Daniele,[29] who invited them to record on his album Che Dio ti benedica. This was the first of five albums he recorded with Daniele from 1993 to 1999. In 1995, while touring with Daniele to promote Non calpestare i fiori nel deserto, he played in Milan, Italy, with Pat Metheny.[30]
Caricature of Jimmy Earl by Dicky Barrett
drawn on the set of Jimmy Kimmel Live!
In that year, he recorded Jimmy Earl, which featured David Batteau, Mitchel Forman, Franke Gambale, Deron Johnson, Gary Novak, Rique Pantoja, Randy Roos, Steve Tavaglione, and Dave Weckl.[31] This album presents Earl's solo bass rendition of Maurice Ravel's "Pavane for a Dead Princess" (1899).[32] It was followed in 1997 by his second album, Stratosphere, which features John Beasley, Daniele, Johnson, Forman, and Simon Phillips.[33] It is an exploration into combining performances by live musicians with electronic music. On March 20, 2012, Severn Records reissued updated versions of these albums, which have been reviewed in Bass Player magazine.[34] Subsequently, on January 21, 2014, Severn released another album by Earl, Renewing Disguises. Cover art for this album is based on a caricature of Earl drawn by Dicky Barrett.[35]
In 1996, Tom Brechtlein[36] recommended Earl as a replacement for Roscoe Beck in Robben Ford's band, The Blue Line, which was about to go on a bus tour of Europe. On returning, Ford started a new band, which began with a series of west coast performances. These included appearances at Catalina Bar and Grill in Hollywood,[37] and at Yoshi's in Oakland, California,[38] where Vinnie Colaiuta was featured on drums. Ford's album Supernatural was recorded and released in 1999.[39] In 2001, Ford's band recorded New Morning: The Paris Concert. This DVD captured a live performance at the New Morning club in Paris.[40] It was followed, in 2002, by Ford's first album with Concord Jazz, Blue Moon,[41] on which Earl is credited with producing "Good to Love".[42] Later, Earl recorded on two more Ford albums: Keep on Running (2003),[43][44] and Truth (2007),[45] which was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.[46] Moreover, in August 2007, Truth became the number one blues album on the Billboard chart.[47]
In 2003, he recorded on the album Man @ Work with Colin Hay. Earl's work with Man @ Work is only one of dozens of collaborations and compilations in which he performed as a guest artist.[48][49] In the discography, there is a listing of some of these appearances, but it is more representative than exhaustive.
Jimmy Kimmel Live![edit]
In late 2002, Jimmy Earl was invited to join a new band, Cleto and the Cletones, which had just been tapped to be the house band on the ABC late-night television program Jimmy Kimmel Live!.[1]
After the show and on weekends Earl performs once or twice per month at the Baked Potato club in Studio City.[50] He has appeared with Dean Brown, Deron Johnson, Scott Kinsey, Simon Phillips, Jeff Richman, Steve Tavaglione, Steve Weingart, Zigaboo Modeliste,[51] and with salsa singer Cecilia Noel and the Wild Clams.[52] Earl's association with the Wild Clams goes back to 1995 when he performed with them at the National Theater of Cuba in Havana. This concert ended a sixteen-year period during which American musical groups were banned from performing in Cuba.[53]
Equipment[edit]
In 1990, Earl began a relationship with the German company Warwick. In 1993, Warwick issued the Jimmy Earl Signature Streamer Stage II five string bass guitar.[54] Other Warwick basses that he has used are a Thumb and a fretless Dolphin. During the 2012 NAMM show at the Anaheim Convention Center,[55] Warwick introduced another Jimmy Earl Signature Bass.[56]
On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, he uses Fender basses: a white '66 Fender Jazz Bass, a red '66 Fender Jazz, and occasionally a sunburst '73 Fender Precision Bass.[1] These instruments are fitted with Dean Markley SR2000 medium-light strings. For amplification, he uses a Gallien-Krueger 800RB head and 410SBX 4x10 cabinet.[57]
Discography[edit]
As leader or co-leader[edit]
1995 – Jimmy Earl (EFA; reissued in 2012 by Severn)
1999 – Stratosphere (Pacific Time Entertainment; reissued in 2012 by Severn)
2014 – Renewing Disguises (Severn)
With The Mark Varney Project
1990 – Truth in Shredding (Legato)
1991 – Centrifugal Funk (Legato)
With Stanley Clarke
1988 – If This Bass Could Only Talk (Portrait)
1993 – East River Drive (Epic)
2003 – 1, 2, to the Bass (Sony)
With Chick Corea
1993 – Paint the World (GRP)
1996 – The Songs of West Side Story (RCA Victor)
2004 – The Very Best of Chick Corea (Universal)
With Pino Daniele
1993 – Che Dio ti benedica (Musicrama)
1995 – Non calpestare i fiori nel deserto (GCD)
1997 – Dimmi cosa succede sulla terra (Musicrama)
1998 – Yes I Know My Way (GCD)
1999 – Come un gelato all'equatore (GCD)
With Robben Ford
1999 – Supernatural (Blue Thumb)
2001 – New Morning: The Paris Concert, DVD, (In-Akustik)
2002 – Blue Moon (Concord Jazz)
2003 – Keep on Running (Concord Jazz)
2007 – Truth (Concord)
As guest[edit]
1986 – Ancestral Voices, David Gilden (Kora Productions)
1992 – Heads Up, Dave Weckl (GRP)
1994 – Mo' Jamaca Funk, Tom Browne (Hip Bop Essence)
1996 – Dream Walk, Keiko Matsui (Countdown)
1997 – Hazardous Material, Bob Boykin (Legato)
1997 – Mangio Troppa Cioccolata, Giorgia Todrani (BMG)
1998 – Madrid, Marc Antoine (GRP)
2001 – Live at the Baked Potato, Vol. 2, Various artists (Tone Center)
2002 – Groove Suite, Sunnie Paxson (Liquid 8)
2002 – Bullet Proof, Bruce Conte (Severn)
2003 – Man @ Work, Colin Hay (Compass)
2004 – Live in LA, Rique Pantoja (Tratore/Net)
2006 – Kinesthetics, Scott Kinsey (Abstract Logix)
2006 – Jesus Is Magic, Sarah Silverman, film, (Interscope)
2007 – A Bass Bolero, Harald Weinkum (EFA)
2008 – Just Between Us, Clarence Spady (Severn)
2009 – A Gozar!, Cecilla Noël (Compass)
2009 – The Chick Corea Songbook, The Manhattan Transfer (Four-Quarters Entertainment)
2011 – Gathering Mercury, Colin Hay (Lazy Eye)
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I am so excited about today's special guest star. May Sukyong Park is a crafter I have followed for years and had the pleasure of watching grow into a phenomenal artist who is not only making stunning cards full of inspiring ideas and techniques, but also a published author of a cardmaking book (on my list of upcoming buys--it may be in Korean, but the pictures look gorgeous) and stamp designer for such awesome companies as Altenew and Neat and Tangled.
Not only is May unbelievably talented, she's incredibly warm, delightful and kind! I have had the honor and privilege of meeting May in person and she greeted me like a long-lost friend both times.
May's just brilliant. I know people familiar with May agree with me and those just discovering May are in for something truly wonderful.
Hello! My name is May Sukyong Park.
When I'm not studying English or making cards, I'm either taking photos of my two adorable cats, working out at the gym, designing stamps, shopping at thrift stores or flea markets, playing tennis, or swimming in the sunshine.
I'm so honored to guest design for the Winnie&Walter blog today. I had so much fun playing with gorgeous stamps from Winnie&Walter. I first met Shay at the CHA craft show in 2015 and she is absolutely the sweetest.
To create my floral frame card, I stamped the images along the border of my card front and colored them with Gansai Tambi watercolors. After that, I added some ink splatters and clear sequins to give an extra interest.
I'd love for you to watch my video tutorial as I shared lots of tips in the video. You can watch it here or in HD on YouTube. Hope you find it helpful.
Color the stamped images using Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors.
Add ink splatters using Perfect Pearl and black watercolor paint.
Stamp the sentiments from The Big, the Bold and Friends with VersaFine Onyx black ink.
Mount the watercolor panel on a A2 sized side folding card using foam sheet and double sided tape.
Finish off the card with Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix from Pretty Pink Posh.
Wet the area of watercolor paper first with clean water for the wet-on-wet technique.
Bring in some color to the images from light to dark.
Tap gently using a paper towel to remove some of the excess paint.
Allow colors to dry between layers to prevent muddying. Drying can be sped up with a heat tool.
If you want to learn more watercoloring techniques, I recommend you to check out this 20 Watercolor Painting Techniques.
That's all I have for today! I hope you enjoyed seeing my cards and got some inspiration. Thanks so much for stopping by. Happy crafting!
WOW!!! These are GORGEOUS!!! Beautiful work - and fabulous video May!!!
These are just lovely May. As always you've done a fabulous job!
Love it! One of my favorite people, using one of my favorite W&W sets!!! Thanks, Shay!
Beautiful cards May and your video was awesome too! Great job my friend.
What a great video! Love your work May...I can never ever get tired of seeing your watercoloured carrds!!
Beautiful cards and wonderful video, love May's work!!!
CONGRATULATIONS on being Special Guest Star May!!!
I'm already a fan and LOVE your STYLE!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your BEAUTIFUL cards with us and your tutorial too - WOW - there is SO MUCH to INSPIRE and EXCITE ... from your pretty stamped border, gorgeous watercolouring, super splatters, top tips, cheery background music and MORE!!!


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Midleton Distillery was originally owned by the Cork Distillery Company up until 1966. At this time John Power, John Jameson and their sons joined with Cork Distillery to form the Irish Distillers Group.
A new facility was built in Middleton with plenty of room for expansion, and production at the old facility ended in 1975.
The distillery today is the largest in Ireland, with a production capacity of 64 million litres a year. The three pot stills are used to make various combinations, and brands such as Jameson, Tullamore Dew and Powers have whiskey produced there. Gin and Vodka are also made.
The production areas are linked via fibre-optic networks, making it one of the most modern distilleries in the world.
A single pot still incarnation of Powers whisky, named for the now-mothballed Powers distillery.
Nose: Intense notes on the nose initially, with all-spice, honey, madarin.
The flagship of Jameson Distillery, Midleton Very Rare is as smooth an Irish Whiskey as can be crafted. Fine scented, spicy bouquet with floral and herbal touches, leading to a palate of almonds, dried herbs, lush fruitiness and honeyed floral nuances. The finish is long with a touch of toasted oak wood.


Here at Pure Mountains, we brew our own real ale, for you to enjoy at the farmhouse.
There are still a few bottles of Heavy Horse left in the store, and the new batch of Black Goat is now ready to drink. Glug.


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FUMC Allen partners with organizations and groups to make a difference in Allen and throughout Collin County. We collect food, clothing, and school supplies to distribute to those in need; provide meals for students and seniors; participate in construction projects to renovate and renew homes; and serve in many other ways right here in our own neighborhoods.
For more information about any of these programs, contact Rev Jessica Wright.
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Allen Community Outreach (ACO) provides free comprehensive human services to help families avoid hunger and homelessness and gain financial security. ACO offers income support services, such as food, clothing, housing assistance, medical visits and prescriptions assistance as well as education and employment services, including GED classes, college assistance, financial literacy, and career counseling. We partner with ACO in Fill the Bus, Back to School Bash, Holiday Food Drive, and other efforts throughout the year.
With more than 130 merit badges–from archery and art to welding and wilderness survival–Scouting is a great opportunity for learning by doing. Our church is the charter organization for Boy Scout Troop 306 and Boy Scout Troop 328 through the Circle Ten Council. We also host more than a dozen cub scout dens weekly.
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Change the World Allen is dedicated to transforming our local community through acts of service and opportunities to build relationships with our neighbors. Over one weekend in May, volunteers from many community organizations form work teams to help local residents by doing general exterior home repair, fence repair, and yard work. The event also offers opportunities to create meal kits, assemble care packages for deployed military service members, collect food for the hungry, and more.
Girl Scouts strives to create a safe place where girls can explore, discover, and just be themselves! From adventuring outdoors or experimenting with science to saving a park or developing new skills, Girl Scouts prepares girls for a lifetime of leadership. We host more than a dozen troops from Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas each month.
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FUMC Allen partners with the Islamic Association of Allen on a monthly meal packaging effort to serve the homeless in Dallas. On the fourth Saturday of each month, we typically pack around 500 meals, which include lunch meat sandwiches, water, fruit, and snack items.
This project typically takes only an hour and anyone who can make a sandwich is welcome, roughly age five and older.
Every year, FUMC Allen participates in a Methodist build with Habitat for Humanity of Collin County. With our brothers and sisters in faith, we build homes, community, and hope for deserving families.
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Supports female members of families who have or have had loved ones incarcerated in county, state or federal correctional facilities, as well as county jails and youth offender programs. These women often "do time" right along with their incarcerated relatives/friends. It is important for them to know that they are not alone and that there is a Christian community that cares about them.
Sponsored by the Legal Services of Northwest Texas, the Legal Aid program provides pro-bono services with civil cases for qualified applicants on the second Thursday of each month. To learn more and how you or your small group can help, contact clinic coordinator Kim Klieger, 972.679.7768.
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Thanks for your time.

A: You can consider a CGAffineTransform that applies a rotation to the UIImageView, considering that a UIImageView is a subclass of UIView

A: Theres some great categories which show the transforms you can apply to UIImage available here
http://www.platinumball.net/blog/2010/01/31/iphone-uiimage-rotation-and-scaling/

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Selling spree for local veggie farmers
. . . expert lauds move but advises a holistic approach is needed
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MASERU – With bumper harvests brought by a good rainy season, vegetable farmers will for the whole month of February enjoy selling their produce without competition from imported commodities. Like all other sectors of the economy, small scale agro-businesses have been hit by the negative COVID-19 impact. In regular seasons, farmers manage their produce by dividing it between subsistence needs, using it as seed for future cultivation and selling it at a minimum support price.
But the situation changed significantly this week with the ban on importation of of tomatoes, green beans and peppers for the month of February by the Ministry of Small Business Development, Cooperatives and Marketing. Speaking to this publication Principal Secretary (PS) in the ministry, Tankiso Phapano, said they had to do make an unusual decision to give local farmers a chance to sell their produce "that they evidently produced in large quantities."
Phapano said to ensure that the local market does not suffer and is well supplied with vegetables during the period of the ban, farmers will work together with his ministry's marketing assistants based in all of the country's districts who will be working as coordinators between farmers and buyers. "For years, the ministry's marketing assistants have been working with farmers to ensure the availability of markets for their products. "The same thing will apply during this period, and they will go to individual farms and villages, inspect the produce and recommend to buyers," he said.
He said with the help of farmers and the ministry's assistants, they will be able to collect farmers' data and their produce so that a local vegetable fresh produce market is established. Currently, the country does not have a market of this nature where farmers can take their produce and from where potential bulk buyers can purchase, but Phapano revealed that they were in the final stages of renovating a market centre at Tsikoane, Leribe, which will become a fresh vegetable produce markert. The market is projected to start operating by the end of next month.
To ensure the prohibited products do not find their way into the local market illegally, the PS has officially communicated with the Commissioner of Customs and Excise-Lesotho Revenue Authority informing them of the decision. "Commercial agriculture has been identified as one of the significance sectors within the National Strategic Development (NSDP) II in the Agriculture and Rural Development chapter. The Ministry of Small Business Development, Cooperatives and Marketing is one of the crucial implementing ministries that facilitates agricultural commercialisation.
"The Ministry of Small Business Development, Cooperatives and Marketing, through the department of marketing is, among others, tasked with the development of markets for smallholders engaged in agricultural enterprises and linking local producers with buyers. Pending the available horticultural commodities produced by local agricultural enterprises, the ministry of small business development, cooperatives and marketing has decided to restrict importation of tomatoes, green beans and peppers in an endeavour to facilitate market access for the selected fresh produce," reads the memo.
Managing Partner at RL Business Advisers, Consulting and Chartered Accountancy Firm, Robert Likhang, said he does not have the figures on the supply capabilities of Basotho producers and the demand for the banned commodities to make an intelligent analysis of this decision by government. However, he said at face value local producers are set to benefit during this period in the absence of competition from outside. He noted, though, that this also depended on the size of supply versus demand, in that prices are likely to rise "especially if the producer cannot sustain the supply." He observed too that relations between local importers and foreign suppliers were bound to be strained.
"The Ministry of Small Business could have value chain studies which have informed them about the potential risks that would need to be mitigated. "In my opinion, we need a long-term view on such produce; we need to ensure that we domestically build the horticulture sector capabilities so that we do not even have to import at any time. Short-term actions could disrupt prices and make this burdensome to consumers if not well managed," Likhang added.
He continued: "I am just excited that the ministry seems to pay attention to domestic businesses, and I hope this should be widened into other sectors and that small business development would be well funded, especially institutions such as Basotho Enterprises Development Corporation (BEDCO), and that government's fiscal policies should be seen to promote the sector. Without a holistic approach, small steps may not have meaningful impact." Lesotho imports 90 percent of broiler meat and 80 percent of the vegetables sold in the formal market from South Africa while its production is focused on grains, primarily maize. According to a World Food Programme (WFP) report titled "Fill the Nutrition Gap" released in 2019, Lesotho is not self-sufficient in either meat or vegetables.
This is because Lesotho is focused more on production of grains although average yields remain comparatively low due to climate shocks. In 2017, the country produced 986.8 kg per hectare of cereals and 467.7 kg per hectare in 2016 or five percent of the gross domestic product (GDP). This is despite 78 percent of productive land area being used for cropping, horticulture or livestock and 38 percent of the economically active population engaging in agriculture.
"Lesotho relies heavily on imports from South Africa for almost all commodities, with only 30 percent of all foods consumed being produced in Lesotho. The majority (91 percent) of fields for crop production are run by smallholder farmers for own consumption. "These farmers often struggle to reach a subsistence level and in most cases, need to supplement their own production with purchased commodities, resulting in an overall deficit at household level. "This suggests that currently many smallholders are not able to sustain their livelihoods through agricultural activities," noted the WFP.
The international humanitarian body warns the trend is likely to continue, partly due to external factors such as climate change that cause increasingly long and intense spells of drought, but also due to poor farming practices. The WFP report notes that farming inputs such as fertilisers and improved seeds are not widely used, and the government's input subsidy programmes do not effectively reach smallholder farmers. As a result, only a few smallholder growers make use of agricultural inputs to boost productivity.
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Q: How to use Vercel env variable in Gatsby js? (client side) What I'm trying to do is set up dev/staging with Vercel, so I need to use staging keys for my Gatsby app (client-side).
What I have tried:

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*Add environment Preview variable from Vercel project settings and connect Gitlab for integration. Then push test commits in dev to test if env is working, but it did not.

This should work base on this thread: https://github.com/vercel/vercel/issues/2613#issuecomment-594036619

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*Use Vercel CLI to deploy, it was able to expose the environment variable but it uses the production variables. I believe it's because from Build step npm run build. but then how should I expose staging env?

Any leads will be appreciated thanks!

A: Able to fixed by adding GATSBY_ prefix to my Preview environment variable in Vercel
in client-side you can access it as
process.env.GATSBY_YOUR_ENV_VAR