Alight… it's been ages…. I have loads of excuses, including this website, as to why that has been the case. Reality though, is that I haven't been working on it, and the excuses don't really matter.
Well… I've been getting a lot more motivation to get back to the project lately. I've been wanting to finish this website conversion for a while - that's pretty much done. The conversion has been a prerequisite, but not a very interesting one. There are a few things left to do for the new setup.
Jekyll module to automatically add up session times. I think I'll still keep the hours log in google sheets too, but only as a backup.
Confirm that all pages are properly tagged with worktypes, etc.
Why was the website a prerequisite again?
Well… Wordpress is a pain to keep up to date. And if it's not kept up to date, it's a bit of a security bother. I also wasn't really happy with dealing with wordpress. This configuration is pretty clean to manage. I don't really need fancy dynamic pages, and writing posts in a regular text editor (or even a web browser if I wanted to) is pretty quick and easy. Now, I knew I didn't want to deal with wordpress anymore, so making more posts on wordpress means more to move over. The move itself hasn't been too difficult, especially now that I've figured out a few plugin related things, just took a bit of time.
Well.. it's been a while. I went ahead and got another toolbox project as well as the RV practice project to refresh skills. I remember the general idea, just need to practice them a bit again.
So we'll see progress again?
Probably…. I mean I can't say exactly when, cuz… you know…. but it's much closer to having progress resumed. It's still not getting the funding it needs right now, but I do have a reasonable bit to be getting on with, so I might as well get back to it. The idea is to include the aircraft build as part of a vlog channel I'm getting started on the YouTube. Still need to revive the gaming channel too, but all good things and what not.
Are you sure? It's a tad bit technical…. Let me know and I can put together some additional details.


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import React from 'react';

// constraint suggestions
// "a quiet place"
// "to be at home"
// "an internet connection"
// "a real computer"

class CantButton extends React.Component {

  constructor() {
    super();
    this.state = {
      cant: false, // whether or not to show constraints as sub-options to pick
    };
  }

  componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
    if (nextProps.activityName !== this.props.activityName) {
      this.setState({cant: false});
    }
  }

  render() {
    const {activityName, activity, rejectSuggestion} = this.props;
    const {cant} = this.state;
    const constraints = activity.constraints || {};

    // FIXME there's an update and validate function in EditActivity that needs to be moved to the top level for adding a new constraint
    return (

          <button
            className='choice'
            onClick={() => this.setState({cant: true})}
            >
            can't {cant ? because I need... : ''}
          </button>
          {cant ? Object.keys(constraints).map(constraint =>
            <button
              key={constraint}
              className='choice constraint reason'
              onClick={() => rejectSuggestion(activityName, constraint)}
              >
              ...{constraint}
            </button>
          ) : null}
          {cant ?

              ...<input ref='newConstraint' type='text' placeholder="shortly describe what's missing"/>
              <button onClick={() => rejectSuggestion(activityName, this.refs.newConstraint.value)}>
                add constraint
              </button>

          : null}

    );
  }
}

export default CantButton;

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Through two full days of programming, Political Equator III will take attendees from an art gallery in San Ysidro to an informal settlement in a canyon in Tijuana.
In this week's podcast, I talk with Oscar Romo, the Watershed Coordinator for the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve and founder of Tijuana-based nonprofit Alter Terra, to tell us more about Political Equator III, which is happening in San Diego and Tijuana Friday and Saturday, June 3-4.
This week's music sampling is from Nortec Presents: Hiperboreal's new album, Border Revolver.


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American Airlines mechanic accused of attempted sabotage of flight with 150 on board
A mechanic for American Airlines was arrested Thursday and accused of trying to sabotage a commercial airliner shortly before it was set to take off from Miami International Airport for the Bahamas with 150 people on board. (www.cnn.com) More...
Christian Parada 3 years ago 25
When you endanger the lives of 150 people your intentions are irrelevant. Lock his ass up.
COYOTEHUNTER 3 years ago 1
I think the FBI, NSA, TSA, and many others will be looking closely at his home and computer systems...
Kobe Hunte 3 years ago 5
It is already pretty clear what his intentions were. Even though the FBI, NSA, TSA and many others will be investigation. Just saying...
ed lang 3 years ago 42
This idiot is claiming contract dispute? That's flat out terrorism. Lock him up for a long long time.
Zachary Colescott 3 years ago 20
Or terrorism...I'm good with that too. Either way, send a message that these types of tactics are completely unacceptable!
Jeremy David 3 years ago 3
And destroy the key.
lyn williams 3 years ago 2
Add some chlorine to his gene pool. Lots of it.
BS. Attempted manslaughter. Send a message that this won't be tolerated. He knew what he was doing was wrong. Doesn't matter that he didn't intend on hurting anyone. If he did, then it would be murder. Scum.
Kobe Hunte 3 years ago 15
Exactly. Lock the guy up. Don't wait til he has a chance to murder 150 innocent people..
Thomas Dittman 3 years ago 2
Good reply Zach.
djames225 3 years ago 4
Attempted manslaughter?? Let a few of us near him and we'll show you attempted man slaughter. This was deliberate, so attempted murder of 150 counts!
It would be a bit past "attempted" I think!
Yes..notice I separated the man and slaughter.
Yes I mean if any of us got our hands on us we would not have to attempt!
oops typo - get our hands on him*
I have a feeling that we would not go the full "slaughter" distance, hence we ourselves would be locked away..no a good "attempt" would suffice, make him realize what he did and remember for rest of his existence...perhaps, after that, some may accidentally leave open salt shakers lying about.
Yes so true. Let the law deal with him.
Does make you quite aggravated though!
airpound69 3 years ago 0
Actually the fact he didn't want to hurt anyone is extremely important and the criminal justice system doesn't exist for revenge purposes, the punishment is supposed to be proportional to the crime - he didn't want to hurt anyone and in fact didn't.
His actions spoke louder than words. If you do not intend to harm, you do not "mess around" with ANYTHING to do with aircraft flight. The criminal justice system will see that, hopefully, and judge accordingly. Attempted murder still prevails in my mind!
If he wished no one harm, he could have gone about other avenues, to get his plight out there.
Bill Wilson 3 years ago 1
If he didn't want to hurt anyone, he wouldn't have tried to sabotage an aircraft. His intentions were clear whether he intended the aircraft to crash or merely experience a malfunction, lives were in the balance and he was responsible (or in this case irresponsible).
Warren Craycroft 3 years ago 1
Yes, the fact that he claims he didn't want to hurt anyone is a factor, but it is heavily outweighed by the potential severe harm his actions could have caused.
And revenge would be a factor if some of the pilots and frequent fliers in this forum (who might take his actions as a personal threat) got ahold of this mechanic and beat him to death. So yes, let's keep him safely locked up and subject him to the full weight of the criminal justice system, which is quite capable of differentiating vindictive revenge from the protection of society (you and me) from the potential harm of this man's actions.
His claims are not a factor at all, more like a total line of BS...when you are a mechanic, you know what parts can and do what..to mess with ANYTHING on an aircraft that will jeopardize the safety of the craft is inexcuseable..and no beating to death, just a good "horsewhipping" before tossing him into a nice 5X7 cell.
linbb 3 years ago 15
Years back one of the very first things we were told when starting our A&E training was you as a mechanic if you fail to do your work proplerly will be held responsible for your actions and prosecuted it was somewhere stated back then in the regs. Kind of says it all I carried that thought when I moved to being a heavy duty mechanic.
Wayne Fox 3 years ago 9
As if the Airlines are not having enough problems already this guy should be prosecuted for attempted manslaughter!
I sure hope he does. Some people don't care about loss of life. Hopefully this changes after long years in jail. Hopefully...
airpound69 3 years ago -3
How many lives were lost? None and he claimed he didn't want to hurt anyone.
If you kill a person while driving drunk, you did not mean to do it at all, you had no intentions at all (did not sabotage anything), but you still get charged with vehicular manslaughter! He had intentions because HE PURPOSELY sabotaged the aircraft. So BS on his "oh I meant no harm" crap!!
Whether he wanted to cause harm or not this is still a dangerous individual who needs to learn that actions (positive or negative) have far-reaching consequences.
As I wrote many days ago, Wayne, attempted murder, not attempted manslaughter. He knew very well what he was doing in sabotaging that aircraft.
this man is ignorant and selfish,pure and smple..you do not do anything to the workings ,mechanical or otherwise, of an aircraft,under the idea you want overtime,or you are helping your unions cause..that tactic not only damages any issues going forward to settle a contract dispute (and i believe from what I have read, the mechanics union was already under investigation for slowdowns and the like),but it shows true criminal intent..that man was playing with the lives of 150 people..his name of course,immediately calls to mind a terrorist affiliation,but that is because since 9/11 most people have been programmed to think or feel that way..the article does not state anything other than he wanted more overtime..thank goodness his actions did not cause a serious accident..he most definitely will be fired,but he will now be subjected to federal prosecution..
MultiComm 3 years ago 3
FAA (and any international equivalent) certifications should be revoked permanently assuming he ever gets out of jail in the first place.
sharon bias 3 years ago 12
Lt's hear it for the design system that looked for these types of problems, the light that lite up perfectly, the pilots that immediately returned to the ramp, and the other mechanics that immediately found the problem, identified it as sabotage, and reported it. People working together can stop a lot of bad things from happening.
John Wool 3 years ago 1
Very underrated comment. Excellent point!
thegrump 3 years ago 6
He really, really really picked the wrong day to stop sniffling glue.
Don't think I've ever been able to actually say that huffing paint would have been a wiser choice during work hours.
zi princess 3 years ago 2
Terrorism! May he rot in jail!
Careful walk around ..
Don Quixote 3 years ago 2
Haha, got ya idiot. Nice try, good thing these pilots didn't take off. Off to Federal prison.
Robert Fleming 3 years ago 2
I'm glad the issue was caught before something horrible happened to the flight!
Bob Poberezny 3 years ago 2
Lock him in a room and throw away the room.
twschmidt4 3 years ago 3
Sounds like the kind of antics labor unions performed way back when. But to put lives in possible jeopardy, that's criminal.
CRAIG MESHAW 3 years ago 3
Hang him!
ferminbf 3 years ago 2
That's not a sabotage but a massive murder attempt. Anyone knows that any apparently simple reason in aviation could lead to catastrophic failure resulting in dead passengers and crew.
Allan Bowman 3 years ago 2
Sentence him to life as a crash test dummy.
Brian James 3 years ago 2
While I agree the offender should be appropriately punished, this situation does show that a properly designed aircraft won't leave the ground with issues that endanger the flight. The safety features in this case worked the way they were supposed to.
Yvon Dionne 3 years ago 2
If this guy truly wanted to cause this aircraft to crash he could of picked another system on the aircraft to damage. The circuit he decided to use had built in redundancies that allowed the pilots to abort and return to the gate. Let's not be to quick to condemn. I wonder if his name would of been Bill Jones if we would of jumped to conclusions? My point is let the investigation run it's course and see what we find out. Cheers
It doesn't matter if the intent was to cause the aircraft to crash or not. The accusation and charge should be an intent to disable a critical aircraft system/component and potentially the falsification of aircraft maintenance records.
Harold Burton 3 years ago 2
Prison for 20 years then deportation back to his Muslim country. Join the union there!
So your assuming he was not born in the US or otherwise has not completed the naturalization process simply by his name. I can see how easy the assumption can be made but let's get real here. He needs full prosecution and jail time but don't jump to conclusions. My apologies in advance if I missed anything on this article that stated he was not a legal US citizen.
George Cottay 3 years ago 2
Assumptions without evidence like this one harm our nation.
You sound like Trump!
Robert Sloane 3 years ago 1
crazy, attempted man slaughter is thin. How about premeditated attempted murder? He needs to be fully punished to the max extent of the law. Bravo Zulu to the flight crew noticing an issue, and the ground crew discovering the problem. Its really terrorism that failed, thank God.
David Johnson 3 years ago 1
He must have known that the ADM would generate an error, and the correct procedure would be to abort the take off. He is an avionics technician, after all. This is one of the few things he could do that would not show up on pre flight checks.
I hope the incident is fully investigated, including checking to see whether he has anything on his computer or email, but just because he has a foreign name doesn't automatically mean he is a terrorist.
Tony Silverstrå 3 years ago 1
That is a terror crime open Guantanamo prison again plz, and lifetime without parrol
william baker 3 years ago 1
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/06/opinions/mechanic-sabotage-airplane-abend/index.html
Chris B 3 years ago 1
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7433959/American-Airlines-mechanic-accused-sabotaging-Florida-plane-150-passengers-board.html
Richard Woodward 3 years ago 1
This isn't "attempted" sabotage, it was ACTUAL sabotage. The only thing that was "attempted" was the murder of the passengers and crew on board. And that is what he should be charged with - 150 times. I don't care if he says his intentions were different, he actually sabotaged an airliner in a manner that could have reasonably led to the deaths of everyone on board, as well as some on the ground, had the plane either become airborne with faulty data or had an accident during the aborted takeoff. Prison for life.
As if the airlines didn't have enough trouble with Episcopalians....
Science lets us build airplanes; religion makes us fly them into buildings.
dpadhye 3 years ago 1
His name tells me everything I need to know.
Tammy Peak 3 years ago -10
And his name should have told them something......just saying
Chris B 3 years ago 15
Just like Timothy McVeigh's name should have told the rental company not to rent him a van?
Vergine Furniss 3 years ago 3
There is a thing called statistics that helps identify some patterns. Go figure.
Statistics my ass...Using that train of thought, there are other's who should be held under the same light then.
Yes but you can't always go by a name though.
Karin Pryor 3 years ago 6
It's people like u who r the problem...... just saying
You can't judge people by their name. Sorry. I don't care what name it is.
Steve Cravener 3 years ago 2
You can't be serious.
JedFR 3 years ago 1
Your comment didn't age well given they found ties to ISIS.
Rick Hunt 3 years ago 0
Yet another Islamic fundamentalist attempting to destroy our society.....
George Cottay 3 years ago -1
Zero evidence of this.
JedFR 3 years ago -1
Your comment didn't age well.
Franco Prizzi 3 years ago 0
If we can't trust veterans, or FAA certifications, can we still fly in the future ?
Gary Hunter 3 years ago 0
Maybe they are overworked or I do not fully appreciate the realities of flying passenger jets, but isn't the 'walkround' meant to be to identify things like loose pitots or blocked holes in tubes? I know its a big plane buit I see crew members looking them over before a flight.
Most large jets this would not be easy to notice. We don't know for sure where the loose connection was. My guess would be that the piece of foam was sneered into the pitot tube and that would never be noticed on a walk around from 5,10,15 feet below looking up.
It was actually in the EE Bay and it the obstruction was in the line feeding into the ADM from what I understand. Never would have been noticed on a walk around
sneered = inserted 🙄
McBlemmen 3 years ago 0
Wow. At first i was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. I thought maybe he had intentionally left a bag behind or something because he was fed up with his job and the media was blowing it out of proportion. But what he did is pretty much the worst thing he could have possibly done. Lock this guy up for life. What a shame about his name, it will just reinforce a stereotype.

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Alongside Weis Markets, we celebrated the groundbreaking of an 110,000 square-foot refrigeration addition to an existing 1.1 million square-foot Weis Markets distribution facility in Milton, Pennsylvania on Monday, April 27.
The 110,000 square-foot refrigeration addition will include insulated wall panels and slabs as well as storage for dairy, deli, and boxed meats. The project is located on 119 acres of land, 36 of which will be disturbed for site construction improvements. Work will be coordinated and phased to cause minimal interruption to the active distribution center.
"We are excited that we were given this opportunity to work with Weis and for our national presence to continue to grow," said Bryan Fry, Project Manager. "I look forward to working with a great group of people at Weis and in the Borough of Milton."
The refrigeration addition is bringing over two hundred new construction jobs and an economic revitalization to the Milton community. The Weis Markets distribution center addition is scheduled to be substantially complete by February 2016.
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The Truth about Lead Poisoning
By Christine A. Holliday
When residents in Flint, Michigan, began noticing that the color, taste and smell of their water wasn't normal almost two years ago, the state failed to answer their questions. As the city declared a national emergency last month, they finally have their answers. Their water crisis hits close to home, as Toledo has seen alarming lead levels in the paint used in older homes.
A silent agent loose in our area picks most seriously on children under age six, who are unable to recognize its threat or fight its effects. That agent is lead contained in products and paints all around our children and families, affecting our health and well-being. Lead poisoning, identified by U.S. health officials as "the most prevalent environmental threat to children in the U.S.," leaves Toledo as the Ohio city with the second highest number of children with elevated lead levels. In the past three years, Toledo has reported children testing as high as 65 micrograms of lead in a deciliter of blood, when any level above 5 is a matter of serious concern,. Almost 5% of Toledo-area children are now living with elevated blood levels (EBL) for lead.
Testing not a Solution
A blood test is the most reliable method to detect lead levels. Jonathan Nies, Supervisor at the Toledo Lucas County Health Department, explains that, "Gloria Smith, the Lead Program Case Manager, coordinates with physicians when a child EBL is high risk. A risk assessment is then done on the home only after we receive the referral from the Ohio Department of Health." He adds, "We do regular health screens in high risk zip code areas."
In 2012, the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department received a grant for $2,480,000 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for Lead Based-Paint Hazard Control. The Health Department contracts with the City of Toledo, Department of Neighborhoods, to provide the funds for removing lead, budgeted at approximately $10,000 per dwelling, each taking three to four weeks. The 3-year program, received a one-year extension until June 30, 2016. Its goal: to treat 175 units and make them lead-free, with priority given to households with children under age six or a pregnant female.
Robert Cole, attorney for Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, reports that the program did not meet its goals. Between 2013 and the present, there were 559 intakes (people who expressed an interest in the program). Of those 186 received applications, and 157 of those met the eligibility requirements Of the 157 , only 62 have received clearance to be occupied. With typical removal time at 3-4 weeks, and with less than six months until the unused grant money must be returned, it is unlikely the goal will be met.
How did lead become the source of this problem?
Lead is a metal. In its natural state, it is bluish-white shiny, soft, and malleable. It has been used for a variety of purposes for thousands of year. Romans made statues, coins and pipes out of it (its Latin name "plumbum" is the root word of words related to plumbing) and added it to their inferior wines to prolong and sweeten the taste. Many civilizations used it to color clay for ceramic tiles.
More recently, lead was added to intensify the paint colors, while increasing durability and speeding drying time. Lead-based paints were used to cover wallpaper to kill germs believed to be between the wallpaper and the wall. The paint could be scrubbed with hard strokes that the wallpaper couldn't withstand.
Today we find it in lead crystal glassware, pipes, cables, make-up, and even in the glass of television and computer screens, where it works to protect viewers from radiation.
Lead contamination is nothing new
Despite the length of time that lead has been used as an additive, there have always been problems associated with exposure to lead. Romans commented on the gloominess and lethargic behavior of those in contact with lead. Ancient Greek physician Dioscorides noted that, "Lead makes the mind give way." Employers expressed concern about workers having negative reactions to factory lead dust and fumes. Centuries later, parents in the 1800s and early 1900s noticed that children who had been around lead seemed to struggle in school and displayed, nausea, fatigue, irritability, and, in extreme cases, seizures, learning disabilities and even death. It was time to take a look at the harm lead was doing to people.
The dangerous nature of lead in paint was mentioned in a 1904 pamphlet produced by the Sherwin Williams Paint Company, which described lead as "…poisonous in a large degree" for workmen doing the painting and for people living in a home with lead-based paint.
Childhood lead poisoning was first identified in Australia, where scientists noticed that children who had been exposed to lead paint had developed retinitis and ophthalmoplegia (weakness of the eye muscles). Those studies led to the banning of lead paint in Australia in 1914.
Delayed Action in the U.S.
There wasn't much concern in the United States in the early 1920s, even though it was well established that children could be poisoned by eating foods grown in contaminated soil or by chewing paint. The National Lead Company sent a booklet to thousands of paint stores in 1923. The booklet contained a children's verse inviting the young reader to "give a party so folks can see happy members of the great Lead family." A later book geared to children featured the Dutch Boy Paint Company symbol providing information concerning the value of lead-based paints.
By the 1930's, it was well known that lead was toxic to children, especially those from age 1-3. Those children almost always got sick from eating paint chips peeled from their cribs, toys, and walls in their homes. In 1931, the Children's Bureau prepared a pamphlet to warn the public of the dangers of lead, and consumers began to ask retailers to use non-toxic paint on items that would come in contact with children.
Despite the scientific information available, many blamed lead poisoning in children on their parents, citing long-held beliefs about sin and the physical results of "immoral" behavior, such as smoking and drinking. Others blamed parents for not watching their children closely enough, or for not keeping their homes sanitary, blaming lead poisoning on poverty or race, rather than on the presence of lead.
By the 1950s, the American Academy of Pediatrics joined with paint companies to push for a voluntary standard for measuring the amount of lead in paint. There was an agreement to require special labeling, but no federal legislation, and the standards were more or less ignored, with the onus of labeling left to cities.
In 1971, President Richard Nixon signed the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, which restricted the use of lead-based paint in housing built with federal dollars and provided funds to reduce the amount of paint in homes already built. By 1974, dust from lead was mentioned as a cause of lead poisoning, and in 1978, the use of lead paint containing more than 0.06% (by weight of dried product) lead was banned for residential use in the United States in 1978 by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (16 Code of Federal Regulations CFR 1303). The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 changed the cap on lead content from 0.06 percent to .009 percent, the current standard.
In 2008, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reported that an estimated 38 million homes contain lead, almost 40 percent of all housing. Statistics show that those homes are more likely to be single-family than multi-family, inhabited by persons with low income rather than high incomes, housing without government support, and homes more likely owned or rented by African Americans than Caucasians. In many homes, owners cannot afford to have the lead removed or encapsulated to keep it from coming in contact with the residents.
Toledo's Lead Stats
That statistic holds for the Toledo area, where more than 158,000 housing units were built before 1978, when use of lead paint for residential use was banned. Those houses and apartments most likely to contain lead paint, predominate in 18 ZIP codes, home to 99.4 percent of Toledo's population, and 68.5 percent of the Lucas County population. Over twenty seven percent of Toledo's African-American population test positive for elevated blood levels (twice the state average), and 39 percent of African American children test positive, as compared with 1.3 percent of Caucasian children. Sadly, a 2010 Ohio Department of Health report showed that fewer than 28 percent of Toledo area children in who were mandated to be tested according to state law actually were tested.
Various manners of exposure
There is good reason to be concerned that children are exposed to lead in many ways, including eating paint chips, inhaling lead dust in homes being renovated, drinking water pumped through lead pipes, playing on soil contaminated with lead paint chips or dust or residue from leaded gasoline, playing with toys decorated with lead paint, or eating foods stored in pottery sealed or glazed with lead. The actual poisoning by lead cannot be seen as it happens, it is often accompanied by these symptoms: irritability or behavior problems, headaches, loss of appetite, weight loss, sluggishness or fatigue, abdominal pain, vomiting or nausea, constipation, pale skin from anemia, muscle and joint weakness or pain, numbness or tingling in the extremities, elevated blood pressure, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD) and lower IQ.
The Ohio Department of Health suggests having children tested if they play with or have access to areas where dyes, electronics, fungicides, lacquers, pipe sealants, shellac, solder and gasoline are stored, or if they have household members who work near those products.
How lead causes damage
If a child is exposed to lead, and if the lead enters the bloodstream, it inhibits the transport of oxygen and calcium and alters nerve transmission in the brain. The lead builds up in the kidneys, bone marrow, liver, even the teeth, and can also alter the secretion of human growth hormone, which can stunt the child's growth. The gastrointestinal tracts of pregnant women and children can absorb up to 50% of ingested lead, a very serious situation. Even a low level of lead can cause decreased bone and muscle growth, poor muscle coordination, damage to the nervous system and kidneys, developmental delay. High levels of lead concentration can lead to seizures, coma, even death.
In addition to lead's obvious physical effects on children, there are also serious social effects. Costs for medical treatment can be prohibitive, and the societal costs of the loss of intelligence and decrease of economic productivity are quite serious. A 2002 study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that the economic benefit from the reduction in child lead exposure between 1976 and 1999 ranged from $110 billion to $319 billion. A recent analysis by the World Health Organization suggests that for every $1 spent to reduce lead hazards, there would be a societal benefit of up to $220.
Available Help
Lead poisoning doesn't have to happen to children in our area. Local and state officials are well aware of the need for more information about the importance of lead testing. Encouraging all parents and caregivers (especially in the 18 High Risk ZIP codes) to do become knowledgable about the dangers of lead and how to find out if their homes might have lead in the paint or pipes.
Attorney Cole and a group of concerned citizens have been working on legislation that they believe would help this dire situation. With Toledoans United for Social Action, TPS, The Cherry Street Legacy Project, the NAACP, representatives of the nursing school at the University of Toledo, ABLE has formed a Toledo Lead Poisoning Prevention Coalition to prepare an ordinance that would require every owner of residential rental property constructed prior to 1978 to have the property inspected for lead hazards. If an inspection reveals the presence of lead, the owner must have the lead hazard corrected before the property can be rented. After the original inspection, the owner must maintain the property in a lead-free condition. The ordinance would further require that every owner of residential rental property constructed in the City of Toledo prior to 1978 obtain a Certificate of Registration of Lead Safe Residential Rental Property from the Toledo Lucas County Health Department before permitting occupancy of the property.
The Ohio Department of Health (www.odh.ohio.gov) offers many resources
including the Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program at
1-877-LEAD-SAFE or 1-614-728-4115
Other resources include The Toledo Lucas County Health Department 419 213-4100 and
The World Health Organization website(www.who.int/ipcs/assessment/public_health/lead/en/)
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cited in article January 15, 2015 Marcus Mariota is leaving Oregon, here's who could replace him – OregonLive.com2015-01-15T03:05:05+00:00 Oregon Newswire
Marcus Mariota is gone. The three-year starter, the best player in Oregon history and the 2014 Heisman Trophy winner has decided to forgo his senior season and enter the NFL draft. Mariota was unlike anything anybody at Oregon has ever seen. A breathtaking athlete who could win a game with his arm, legs and will. Not only was he one of the most electric athletes in college football history, but he also was notoriously efficient in taking care of the ball.
Needless to say, whomever Oregon names as its 2015 starter is going to have some legendary shoes to fill. In December, The Oregonian took a longer look at what it would take to replace a legend, but here's a quicker look at the candidates.
Jeff Lockie, 2015 redshirt junior
Unless anything drastic changes, Lockie will come into next fall with the best chance of earning the starting position. Lockie was 21-of-28 this season, throwing for 207 yards and a touchdown primarily in garbage time. He did have one incomplete pass in the national title game when Mariota was banged up, but nobody has really seen what the California native can do over the course of a full game. While he'll get every opportunity to win the position, the Ducks have some high profile recruits behind him who are more physically talented. Based on conversations with people at Oregon, Lockie has shown dramatic improvement at practice this season from a year ago and is a player who is learning to make plays when needed instead of playing it safe.
Morgan Mahalak, redshirt freshman
The redshirt came into camp this fall with plenty of hype. While Lockie was the No. 2 from the get-go, even he was peppered with questions about the four-star recruit. Many Oregon fans assumed Mahalak would be the heir-apparent, and it's hard to blame them from watching his high school tape. Mahalak was ranked by Rivals as the fifth-best dual-threat quarterback of his class and the 21st-best prospect out of California. At 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds, he'll have room to grow into a bigger frame and has the mobility needed to run the Ducks system. Based on conversations with people close to Oregon, Mahalak hasn't blow anybody away on the scout team this season. He hasn't been bad, hasn't been good. No peaks, no valleys.
Taylor Alie, redshirt sophomore
Oregon's current third-string quarterback, Alie likely won't find himself in the mix for the staring position. The former Sheldon quarterback has only seen time during extra point attempts, being Oregon's option for quick two-point conversations. Alie was 3 of 8 in the spring game with a touchdown, interception and 18 yards.
Ty Griffin, redshirt sophmore
Griffin may be the wildcard in all this. A redshirt freshman who sat out the year after transferring from Georgia Tech, Griffin is the best physical asset the Ducks have at the position. He's got a rocket arm and legs to match. In high school, Griffin rushed for 1,1149 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior, while throwing for 399 yards. He's got the most talent on the roster, but is still raw in his development.
Travis Waller, freshman
If the Ducks don't pick up a transfer, Waller is definitely the biggest new name throwing his hat in for contention. A 6-foot-3, 185-pound four-star recruit from Anaheim, Calif., Waller chose Oregon over schools such as Alabama, Notre Dame and Texas A&M. Waller is relatively new to the position, switching from receiver to quarterback five games into his sophomore year, but has taken to the spot quickly. He threw for 1,669 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior while rushing for 1,293 yards and 13 scores, then he improved those numbers as a senior. In his final year at Servite, Waller increased him completion percentage and QB rating, while cutting down on his turnovers. He's planning to enroll for spring term at Oregon and will partake in spring practices.
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This is the Blog for William O. Beeman, Professor and Chair of Anthropology and specialist in Middle East Studies at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul Minnesota, formerly of Brown University. It includes current publications on Middle Eastern affairs, especially Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf region; anthropology; linguistics; performance; opera; things Japanese and Central Asian. Email: wbeeman@umn.edu
Willliam O. Beeman--A New Era in U.S.-Iranian Relations?
A New Era in U.S.-Iranian Relations?
William O. Beeman
Iran is in the midst of celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. Since the United States has also had a recent revolution of sorts in its political life, it would make sense to see how these two events might coincide to produce a new future relationship between the two nations.
The Iranian Revolution of 1978-79 ousted Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and with him the extraordinary influence that the United States had on Iranian life. According to many right-wing pundits, the revolution was the start of an era of hostility between the United States and the Muslim world—an era that they see as still underway.
However, now with President Barak Obama in the White House, clearly a new rhetoric has taken hold—one in which the United States does not assume an automatically hostile posture toward Iran or the Muslim world, but will base its actions and reactions on deeds rather than perception of ideology. The depths of our past mutual hostility can be seen in the fact that President Obama's mere willingness to talk to Iran is seen as earth-shattering in some quarters.
In this light it is important to look at matters from an Iranian perspective. The Iranian Revolution was not an anti-American Revolution, it was an anti-colonial revolution directed at all outside control of Iranian affairs. Americans forget that one of the great slogans of the Revolution was "Neither East nor West." The United States unfortunately inherited the mantle of Great Britain and Russia, who had oppressed the Iranian State for more than 150 years before Ayatollah Khomeini began to rail against the Shah. Iran was just as upset with those powers as with the United States, and still remains distrustful of all European influence in its affairs.
Even after the Revolution, Iran sought not simply to oppose the United States, but rather to chart its own course as a regional power, an industrial leader, an economic force in the region and as a diplomatic broker for its neighbors. Although its revolutionary ideals were the driving force in many of its early policies—such as the founding support for Hezbollah in Lebanon, these ideals soon proved to have little currency in an Islamic world where the Iranian Shi'a were viewed with suspicion.
So, the original Revolutionary ideals, initially hailed throughout the Islamic world now have little practical force, and Iran has changed in turn. Today Iran's politics are less ideological and religious than practical. It has good diplomatic relations with all of its neighbors, and despite the fiery pronouncements of its largely powerless president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, operates with caution in the region. It no longer has any effective control over Hezbollah, and never had much direct influence over Hamas or other regional oppositionist groups.
Indeed, now there are many possibilities for building ties with the United States if Americans can only wake up to them. The U.S. has common cause with Iran on many fronts. In political terms, the United States and Iran both oppose Islamic extremists like Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Despite attempts on the part of the Bush administration to tie Iran to these groups to frighten the American public, the truth is that Iranians oppose them fervently. One prime reason is because these extremist groups utterly reject Shi'ism, even to the point of sanctioning the murder of Shi'a believers, such as the Hazara minority in Afghanistan.
Like the United States Iran also favors stability in the region. Again, contrary to the Bush-era accusations, Tehran's leaders are not pleased with the militarism of individuals like Muqtada al-Sadr in Iraq, and have worked to quiet his opposition groups in Iraq in the name of a more comprehensive stability for the Shi'a community, which must eventually rule Iraq. Tehran's leaders also want stability in Afghanistan. Iran is host to millions of Afghan refugees. They would like most of them to go home, and that can't happen until Afghanistan is quiet once again.
Other areas of potential cooperation include prevention of drug trafficking, environmental protection, health care, trade stabilization and international transport. Iran also has a strong stake in culture and tourism. The whole world travels to Iran to see the astonishing historical and archaeological sites—except for Americans.
Americans see it as a paradox that Iranians love Americans and American culture, but this is no surprise given the primacy of Iranian independence rather than opposition to the West in its national sentiment. As long as the United States does not try to dominate Iran, treating the Islamic Republic with "mutual respect" (to quote President Obama), Iranians have no problem with Washington. Iran's youthful population now has a majority of citizens who have no experience of the original Revolution, or remembrance of Ayatollah Khomeini or other Revolutionary leaders.
It is not likely that any administration will offer Iran congratulations on the anniversary of its Revolution, but just stopping the invective pouring out of Washington will be congratulations enough. It is time to realize that a generation has passed since the United States' hostile reception of the Revolution. With a new generation comes a new opportunity. With luck we will see the mood of Washington change. It was always permissible to denigrate Iran in American politics. A good first step toward a "breakthrough with Iran" would be to let it be known that this cheap political rhetoric is no longer acceptable in the Obama Era.
William O. Beeman is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota, and past President of the Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association. His most recent book is The "Great Satan" vs. the "Mad Mullahs": How the United States and Iran Demonize Each Other (Chicago, 2008).
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Q: app crashes when I send a variable by intent this is my first app and I have searched several posts about the topic but none has solved my problem ... I have created a button to send a variable (String) from one activity to another, but pressing it causes the application crashs... Here's the code of the first activity:
import android.content.Intent;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;

public class PrimeraPregunta extends AppCompatActivity {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    final Button btSeisTres;

    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    setContentView(R.layout.activity_primera_pregunta);

    btSeisTres = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btSeisTres);

    btSeisTres.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {

            String eleccionPuna = "6300";
            Intent intent = new Intent(PrimeraPregunta.this, SegundaPregunta.class);
            intent.putExtra("envioUno", eleccionPuna);
            startActivity(intent);
       }
      });
     }
    }

And this is the code of second activity:
import android.content.Intent;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class SegundaPregunta extends AppCompatActivity {
TextView textViewName;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_segunda_pregunta);
    TextView textViewName = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textViewName);
    Intent intent = getIntent();
    String eleccionPuna = intent.getExtras().getString("envioUno");
    textViewName.setText(eleccionPuna);

    }

}

And finally, this is the AndroidManifest.xml
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.xxkuakxxgmail.knowyourchamp">

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <activity android:name=".MainActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity android:name=".PrimeraPregunta" />
        <activity android:name=".SegundaPregunta"/>
    </application>
</manifest>

EDIT: This is the Stack Trace:
11-28 17:50:05.941 9837-9837/com.xxkuakxxgmail.knowyourchamp E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                                           Process: com.xxkuakxxgmail.knowyourchamp, PID: 9837
                                                                           java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.xxkuakxxgmail.knowyourchamp/com.xxkuakxxgmail.knowyourchamp.SegundaPregunta}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.os.Bundle.getString(java.lang.String)' on a null object reference
                                                                               at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2646)
                                                                               at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2707)
                                                                               at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(ActivityThread.java)
                                                                               at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1460)
                                                                               at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                                                                               at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
                                                                               at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6077)
                                                                               at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                                                                               at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:865)
                                                                               at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:755)
                                                                            Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.os.Bundle.getString(java.lang.String)' on a null object reference
                                                                               at com.xxkuakxxgmail.knowyourchamp.SegundaPregunta.onCreate(SegundaPregunta.java:17)
                                                                               at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6705)
                                                                               at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1119)
                                                                               at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2599)
                                                                               at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2707)
                                                                               at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(ActivityThread.java)
                                                                               at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1460)
                                                                               at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                                                                               at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
                                                                               at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6077)
                                                                               at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                                                                               at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:865)
                                                                               at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:755)

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Following on from our blog in September about one of our carers is taking part in the Nottingham Memory Walk in October to raise money for Alzheimer's Society in memory of her nan, Alice.
Danielle completed her Nottingham Memory Walk at Wollaton Hall on 3rd of October and so far overall she has raised £1,172.00 which exceeds her £1,000 target for the Alzheimer's Society.
As you can see in the great pictures she has shared with us Danielle's mum, nephew and partner also did the walk with her, from everyone here at HomeCareDirect we would like to say a big CONGRATULATIONS to Danielle and her family on this brilliant achievement.
Again from all of us here at HomeCareDirect well done to Danielle and her family for this great fundraising event for such a great cause.
If you are taking part in any fundraising events please let us know by getting in touch with us.
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.dbx files are used by Microsoft's Outlook express email application and contain your email messages.
Outlook Express saves your .dbx in a folder on your computer. To find this folder, open outlook express and select the maintenance option (tools > options > maintenance).
In this folder, you may find a number of .dbx files. Outlook Express creates a .dbx file for each message folder in Outlook Express. So inbox.dbx will contain emails from your inbox for example.
You'll also notice a file called folders.dbx. This file contains an index of all your message folders (and newsgroups) in Outlook express.
It is very difficult to extract individual emails from a .dbx file, however there are many applications available that are able to do this (see DBXtract link below).
Outlook Express comes bundled with most versions of the Windows operating system and is used to compose and view emails. Outlook express is probably the most common email client on the Windows platform. If you have the Microsoft Office suite, a more advanced version of Outlook Express, called Outlook is available which includes additional features such as a calendar.
How can I look at old OE inbox files?
I compacted outlook express files. found them in recycle as .bak files. upon restoring they went into outlook express application data, etc. How do I return them to my outlook express folders?
I saved emails to a CD in the DBX format which can ONLY be read in OE. Then I saved emails to the same CD in a FOLDER which can be read by Word or Notepad...but I don't know HOW I did it ! ! Anyone have any idea ??
Did you use the export function? What is it you're trying to do?
Thanks, Jay. I saved 2 sets of emails. One set had a .dbx extension. Second set saved a a FOLDER, no dbx extension. Second set will open as any folder containing files. The files automatically open with OE, without IMPORTING them into OE. Each file is an envelope icon with the ewmail subject.
I can make a snapshot and send you if I had an email address.
You could indeed send a snapshot but I don't think that will help solve how you created them. I'd take a guess and say that the first set (the file with a .dbx extension) was saved using the export function, whereas the second set (single emails within a folder) were saved by drag/drop to a folder.
Are you trying to import your emails, or are you trying to find out how you created two different types of backup?
Answer...Jay, "trying to find out how I created two different types of backup." And I think you answered that. Thanks.
Big problems (for me ) I'm a novice here.
How do you find out what the file attachments are attached to e-mails are and how do you the open them when the screen reads find a file to associate to the attachment.
I am trying to import my emails back into Outlook Express. I had some problems with a corrupted file and when I finally became operational, there were no emails remaining in OE, so 80k emails went missing (yes, I know it is a lot). I really need them back. I have found the files simply by doing a *.dbx search.
I would truly appreciate any help here.
I need to delete old OE stored files from my harddrive to free up memory. Two or 3 times I have filled up OE until I had to make a new identity (8 or 9 thousand message and it will quit). I need to find where OE stored these large files and their names and delete them as I don't need them any more. I don't want to delete anything that would affect my OE program. Thanks for any help.
All my email folders were compressed and I found them as dbx extensions. How can I put them back into Outlook Express and/or how can I open them to read as I really need them.
I found all my email folders deleted. How can I get all the inbox and sent items.
I want to print the list of emails sent or received from one of my outlook express folders, I don't want to print each individual email just the information of who sent it, what date it was sent or received and who the email it was from. Is this possible?
I lost an all day job on a file dwg extension because i was working on the email i receved throw outlook express (so i was temporary) without saving it.there is a way to recover it? Also i saw some dbx files: maybe from that?
Like Icmeo, I allowed Outlook Express to compact messages and it deleted them. They are all sitting in my recycle bin as .bak files within the names of my different folders created in the inbox. Please can somebody advise how I can restore or re-import them to my inbox. If you right click on the .bak file and restore they get lost in the abyss. Also, how do you reply to these posts? I would like to ask Icmeo if he got the answer.
How can I open the dbx file or restore the compacted folders - especially the in-box! need help urgently!
I have a file in my backup folder for Outlook Express named contacts.dbx, and I'm having the hardest time restoring it. I have copied the file to my current OE account, but cannot open it. I was able to restore all my messages, but the contacts is another story. This is the file which contains all my email addresses, and I can't do anything with it. Also, I don't have a WAB (I know I should), and this is a separate thing from my contacts list for OE. Furthermore, my contact list in Outlook is totally different than my contact list in OE, so it's not like I can import from Outlook. What can I do?
How can I print a table of all the email messages I received in my Outlook Express Email Inbox? I am able to do so in Outlook by going to "File - Print - Table Style."
How do I get a dbx file backup/restore into a folder in OE?
All my email folders were compressed and I found them as dbx extensions. How can I put them back into Outlook Express and/or how can I open them?
I also found them in my recycle bin as BAK files. What to do please?
I have changed my operating system from Windows Vista to Windows XP - but I can't retrieve my emails, what is the next move?
Currently outlook express DBX files are taking up almost a third of my hard-drive. Is there any means of deleting or purging the sent and deleted DBX files to recover some of my disc space, or is dumping outlook express as my email service the only viable solution?
You have a few options, you could select all your emails then drag and drop them directly to a CD/USB memory stick (which is what I used to do) or you could use the 'export' function in the file menu.
Your other option would be to switch to a web-based email client (such as Google mail) which almost eliminates the problem of storing them on your computer - plus you can then access your emails from anywhere.
I had a hard drive failure and managed to save my DBX files. I had 4 separate accounts on my OE but when I try to import them (the messages) I get only the principal account. I have tried to import them using the principal account and then each individual account but it always imports the same messages. What am I doing wrong?
OE compacted all my folders. Would like to get back sent folder messages. How do I do this? I went into my recycle bin and restored files but they are not in my OE. What am I doing wrong?
It is easy! You just look at the original path of the bak file before you restore it from the recycle bin.
If you mark the file in the recycle bin, at the bottom of the window you can see the original path of the file. Click "restore", and then go to that folder (or first go to that folder and then copy the "inbox.bak" file in manually. Then remove the damaged "inbox.dbx" file from that folder, and rename the "inbox.bak" file from the recycle bin into "inbox.dbx". That's it! Be careful with any new emails you have received since the problem has occurred, there will not be included in your original, undamaged file from the recycle bin.
In fact, this worked for me and is taken from the microsoft support page. Good luck!
Is is possible to restore backups from Windows Live Mail to MS Outlook Express?
I have deleted files stored in a folder call delete.dbx. I am currently trying to retrieve them and it's asking for which program to use. How can I retrieve them?
I compacted some of my outlook folders. Would like to get back sent folder messages. How do I do this?


GFI Software has published the results of its third annual study of the email habits of end users in the United States which has shown the positive and negative impacts of the widespread use of email in businesses and its impact on employees.
The survey was conducted for GFI Software by Opinion Matters on 500 US workers from companies employing more than 500 individuals.
One of the key findings of the survey is the 'always-on' culture is having a negative impact on employees, whose personal lives are being disrupted by work emails. Employees access emails on mobile devices and often view and respond to messages before and after work, at weekends, and during vacations. The problem is also getting worse. 6% more employees are now accessing and responding to work emails outside of working hours than last year.
74% of surveyed U.S. workers said they regularly check their work emails at weekends and 58% of employees said they are now checking work emails at least once a day outside of normal working hours. 54% said they have checked work emails while on vacation and 39% of survey respondents said they regularly check work emails after 11pm. 13% of respondents said they have had arguments at home as a result of checking work emails outside of office hours.
25% of employees said they feel compelled to reply to work emails within 15 minutes of receiving a message while 67% respond within an hour. However, the fast response times are often unexpected. Only 11% of respondents expected a reply within 15 minutes and 53% expected a reply within the hour.
The biggest causes of productivity losses related to email were email spam, which was rated as a major problem by 37% of respondents. The second biggest email-related problem was the unnecessary CCing of vast numbers of individuals (27%), with the 'reply-to-all' option reducing productivity. Respondents said they have to wade through masses of unhelpful responses and the CCing made email communications difficult to navigate.
While many employees feel email is taking over their lives, few employers are using tools to help their employees take charge of their emails and organize their communications. Only 36% of surveyed employees said they had an email archiving solution to help them organize their emails and instead left the messages in their inboxes.
Even though email can cause problems, it is still rated as the preferred method of communication by 39% of employees and 84% of employees said email was a blessing not a curse.


The Zimbra mail system provides many features not previously available at NCF. For a brief rundown of some of those features, read the [http://www.ncf.ca/ncf/home/zimbraIntro.jsp Introduction to Zimbra] page.
You can select between standard and advanced versions at ''Zimbra Preferences→General→Login Options''.
Zimbra should automatically detect mobile devices and provide the mobile version to them. If it does not detect the device, try accessing Zimbra directly at [https://mail.ncf.ca/ https://mail.ncf.ca/].
Testing with Internet Explorer 9, 10 and 11 has shown that these browsers don't always display properly even though Zimbra is standards compliant and IE9, 10 and 11 are supposed to be standards compliant browsers as well. According to member reports Zimbra 8 seems to work better with IE11, although it may be necessary to add https://mail.ncf.ca to "trusted sites" and also add it in ''Tools''→''Compatibility View'' as well.
'''NOTE:''' Due to a serious security vulnerability found on 14 February 2014 and [[Browsers#Internet_Explorer_10_and_earlier|described here]] no one should be using IE10 and earlier versions after this date.
'''NOTE:''' Due to a serious security vulnerability found on 14 February 2014 and [[Browsers#Internet_Explorer_10_and_earlier|described here]] no one should be using IE10 and earlier versions after that date.
In December 2016 a new issue appeared where Zimbra's folders, usually displayed on the left side of the interface, had disappeared in Firefox. NCF's Sysadmin determined that the issue was the popular add-on, [https://www.eff.org/privacybadger Privacy Badger], that many people use with Firefox. A new version of Privacy Badger, version 2016.12.8, seemed to be the culprit here and it was reported to the developers. An update to Privacy Badger on 16 December 2016 to version 2016.12.15.1 fixed this, but if it reoccurs it can be also temporarily fixed by disabling Privacy Badger.
See [[Zimbra: Thunderbird Contacts]] for information on synchronizing lists of contacts in Thunderbird and Zimbra using the Zindus add-on.
See [[Zimbra: Thunderbird Contacts]] for information on synchronizing lists of contacts in Thunderbird and Zimbra using the Zindus add-on for early versions of Thunderbird and the CardBook add-on for later versions of Thunderbird.
To select HTML as your default for composing an e-mail in the standard version of Zimbra go to ''Preferences→Composing→Compose→As HTML''.
Adding a group of contacts to an e-mail is easy in Zimbra. First create a contact group, by going to ''Address Book→Emailed Contacts (or Contacts)'' and then select ''New→down arrow→Contact Group'' and complete the form to select members and name for your group. When composing an e-mail you may now select the group as if it were a single address, by clicking "To", "CC" or "BCC" in the e-mail.
E-mail receipts are generally not used anymore, but Zimbra does have the capability to request receipts from the person receiving the e-mail. To enable this for a specific e-mail being composed, while editing the e-mail go to ''Options→Down Arrow→Request Read Receipt''.
Zimbra can get your e-mail from your Gmail, Hotmail or other POP or IMAP accounts. You can set this up at ''Preferences→Mail→Account→External Account Settings''.
Zimbra can get your e-mail from your Gmail, Hotmail or other POP or IMAP accounts. You can set this up at ''Preferences→Accounts→Add External Account''.
Zimbra can forward your e-mail to your Gmail, Hotmail or other mail accounts. You can set this up at ''Preferences→Mail→Message Arrival→Forward a copy to''. You can also select "Don't keep a local copy of messages", if desired.
Zimbra allows changing who the e-mail is from, so you can show only your first name, last name or any other text you like. To select this in Zimbra just go to ''Preferences→Accounts→Primary Account Settings'' and enter your preferred text.
Zimbra allows changing who the e-mail is from, so you can show only your first name, last name or any other text you like. To select this in Zimbra just go to ''Preferences→Accounts→Persona Settings'' and enter your preferred text.
Once you have this view, sort by message size in each folder, by clicking ''Size'' and then selecting the arrow ''down'' to show largest at the top. The messages you want to delete can then be checked in the check-box on the left of the message line and deleted, but clicking ''delete''.
Once you have this view, sort by message size in each folder, by clicking ''Size'' and then selecting the arrow ''down'' to show largest at the top. The messages you want to delete can then be checked in the check-box on the left of the message line and deleted, by clicking ''delete''.
Zimbra allows you to share files or access your own files remotely via a briefcase. For complete information see [[Zimbra: Briefcase]].
Then change it. Zimbra has 16 themes you can choose from, ranging from dull and serious, to whimsical, to bold, like the ''Hot Rod'' theme shown below. Next time you sign in Zimbra will remember your preferences and display your chosen theme.
Then change it. Zimbra 8 has 19 new colour themes you can choose from, ranging from dull and serious, to whimsical, to colourful, like the ''Hot Rod'' theme shown below. Next time you sign in Zimbra will remember your preferences and display your chosen theme.
To select a new theme go to ''Preferences→General→Login Options→Theme'' and chose one from the pull-down menu. They mostly look like what they sound like.
Rumour has it that Zimbra webmail and the Zimbra Collaboration Server is named for the ''Talking Heads'' song [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Zimbra I Zimbra] and that the song is in turn an adaptation of Dada poet Hugo Ball's poem "Gadji beri bimba."
Rumour has it that Zimbra webmail and the Zimbra Collaboration Server is named for the ''Talking Heads'' song [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Zimbra I Zimbra] ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-RDJ4Z4XrQ video]) and that the song is in turn an adaptation of Dada poet Hugo Ball's poem "Gadji beri bimba."
* [[Zimbra: Thunderbird Contacts]] - information on synchronizing lists of contacts in Thunderbird and Zimbra using the ''Zindus'' add-on.
* [[Zimbra: Thunderbird Contacts]] - information on synchronizing lists of contacts in Thunderbird and Zimbra using the ''Zindus'' add-on for early versions of Thunderbird and the ''CardBook'' add-on for later versions of Thunderbird.


Thanks to gross excesses in executive compensation exposed during the financial crisis, CEO pay has come under increased scrutiny in recent years.
At the prodding of the SEC, compensation boards at public companies have cleaned up their acts somewhat, but CEOs still typically make far more than shareholders consider reasonable. Plus they often negotiate lavish perks that increase their pay by millions more.
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) shareholders have enjoyed returns of more than 35% this past year under CEO Ray Irani's reign. As a result, Irani's current compensation is $31.4 million. Included in that figure is personal tax preparation and financial planning at a cost of $391,000. The average person pays about $500 for financial planning. At Occidental's 2010 annual meeting, however, over half of shares voted were against the company's say-on-pay proposal (which means half the shareholders who voted were not happy with his compensation).
Richard Anderson of Delta Air Lines (DAL) may not make as much as the other CEOs listed, but he certainly has his share of corporate perks. Although he earns $2.25 million a year, Anderson relies on the company to cover a number of what could be considered personal costs. For instance, Delta paid Anderson $772,000 in relocation costs because his home in Minneapolis, which he needed too sell to move to Atlanta, was worth less than his mortgage. No doubt, a lot of Delta employees and shareholders are desperate to get out from under their underwater mortgages too.
Carol Bartz, who joined Yahoo (YHOO) as CEO in January 2009, received about $39 million in compensation for that year. That included equity she otherwise would have made at her last job. However, according to estimates made by Glass Lewis, a leading governance consulting firm, Yahoo paid her more than she should have received, putting her in the top of its overpaid CEO list. Bartz, however, did not want to pay her attorney fees to negotiate compensation from Yahoo. Later, Yahoo paid the $110,000 bill.
Having just been hired on July 13, 2009, Boston Scientific (BSX) CEO Ray Elliot is quite fortunate to be receiving compensation totaling $33.4 million. Included in this is $1.3 million for relocation costs and a cost-of-living allowance, apparently needed for Elliot's new position.
Those holding executive positions at Oracle (ORCL) are known for receiving immense compensation without being held to any specific performance requirements. CEO Larry Ellison, for instance, received $84.5 million in 2009 -- the highest amount paid to any U.S. CEO that year. As though this were not enough, Oracle provides Ellison with $1.4 million in security-related costs.
Randall L. Stephenson of AT&T (T) is the country's 12th-highest paid CEO, with yearly compensation of $20.3 million. Part of this pay includes $216,000, which is used specifically for Stephenson's club memberships. Additionally, Stephenson receives compensation in the form of automobile benefits and aircraft usage, including catering and crew travel costs.
Another of the country's top-paid CEOs is Travelers' (TRV) Jay S. Fishman. He receives yearly compensation of $20.1 million. Of that, $724,000 goes toward car and driver services, as well as aircraft services, helping Fishman live up to his company's name. Many employees would say it's difficult to get their employers to just cover gas.
The CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) made a massive $38.5 million in 2009. This salary earned him the second-highest ranking on Glass Lewis's overpaid CEO list. In fact, Michael Jeffries's 2009 compensation exceeded that given to the company's four other top executives combined by more than 360%. It's difficult to see any logical reasoning behind Jeffries's excessive compensation, especially when considering that $639,000 goes toward his personal use of a company-owned aircraft.
Leslie Moonves, CEO of CBS (CBS), is paid $44.1 million. CBS, however, is headquartered in New York, while Moonves lives in California. So, CBS pays $2.5 million in tax reimbursement to cover the difference between what Moonves would have paid if he lived only in California.
Surveys show that shareholders of many public firms believe a chief executive should make $2 million or $3 million and have bonuses that are tied to stock options. Yet, companies are still clearly willing to pay top dollar to recruit a new CEO or keep an existing one happy.
The position that most boards take when they defend CEO pay is that top talent is scarce. It's the same argument sports teams use when they offer players exorbitant salaries: Pay the going rate, or let the player go elsewhere.
That may be true. But one thing is clear from our list: Average Americans aren't likely to have high regard for executives who get larded with such outrageously lavish perks.


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Q: Changing Appearance of PyQt5 Window Title and Customizing the Window Title The code:
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
from PyQt5.QtCore import*
from PyQt5.QtGui import*
from PyQt5 import QtGui
from PyQt5.QtPrintSupport import *

class Pencere(QWidget):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.setGeometry(100,50,1080,1080)
        self.setWindowIcon(QtGui.QIcon("note.png"))
        self.setWindowTitle("M Content Re-Writer")

        self.widget = QWidget(self)
        self.widget.setObjectName("widget")
        self.texteditor()

        vbox2 = QVBoxLayout(self.widget)
        vbox2.addWidget(self.button, alignment=Qt.AlignLeft)
        vbox2.addWidget(self.editor, alignment=Qt.AlignLeft | Qt.AlignTop)

        vbox = QVBoxLayout(self)
        vbox.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
        vbox.addWidget(self.widget)

    def texteditor(self):
        self.editor = QTextEdit()
        self.editor.resize(500, 500)
        self.editor.move(5,40)
        self.button = QPushButton("re-write")
        self.button.setFont(QFont('Segoe Script', 11))
        self.button.setStyleSheet("border : 2px lemonchiffon;  border-style : solid")

        self.button.clicked.connect(self.function)

    def function(self):
        text = self.editor.toPlainText()             # editor'de yazan yaziyi al
#        path, _ = QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(self, "Save File", "", "Text documents (*.txt);All files (*.*)")
        if not text: # == "":
            print("none")
            return
#        else:
        path, _ = QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(
                        self,
                        "Save file",
                        "",
                        "Text documents (*.txt);All files (*.*)")
        if path:
            with open(path, 'w') as murti:
                murti.write(text)

qss = """
#widget {
    border-image: url(2.jpg) 0 0 0 0 stretch stretch;
}
QPushButton {background-color : yellow;}
QPushButton:hover:pressed {background-color: red;}
QPushButton:hover {background-color: #0ff;}

QTextEdit {
    background-image: url("hand.jpeg");
    min-width: 400px;
    min-height: 400px;
    border: 2px solid black;
    color:white;
    font-size:24px;
    }

"""

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    app.setStyleSheet(qss)
    demo = Pencere()
    demo.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

Hello, How can I make the background of the title of the GUI window appear transparent instead of white? In addition, I want to ask this: How can I change the color and font style of the M Content Re-Writer text in the title? I also added a screenshot to make it better. Thanks for your help.

A: Since you are modifying the window title so much, I believe it would be helpful to simply remove it create a custom one.
self.setWindowFlags(self.windowFlags() | Qt.FramelessWindowHint)

This code gets rid of the window frame (which removes the title bar.)
Now, we just need to create our own title bar. This will look something like:
self.topMenu = QLabel(self)
self.topMenu.setGeometry(0, 0, 1920, 60)
self.topMenu.setStyleSheet("background-color: rgba(255,255,255, 120);")

This code creates a blank bar for everything to rest on.
From here, you just need to create a label for text, followed by three buttons for closing, minimizing, and full screening the window.


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Q: want to make relations(between Event and Files) I am using plupload plugin to upload multiple files. That works fine.
In Files Model, I am storing the user_id and blob_key.
Here is a form.
Suppose User's uploaded the files using plugin. That files are successfully saved in FILES. Then he submit the form. Now description field saved to Event. how do I know that event has this this files? There is no any relationship between Event and Files models. I am confused. So Will you please help me to create a relationship? thanks alot :-)
 class Files(db.Model):
      blob_key = blobstore.BlobReferenceProperty(required=True)
      created_by = xxxxxx

Here is my second Model
class Event(db.Model):
  description = db.StringProperty(required=True)

A: Here's how you'd set a reference to from the Event to the File.
If you need the opposite, you can put a db.ReferenceProperty(Event) in the File class.
class Event(db.Model):
    description = db.StringProperty(required=True)
    file = db.ReferenceProperty(Files)


Doctopus makes it easier for teachers to share, organize, and assess student work in Google Drive.
Its tentacles copy and "hand out" Drive files to a roster of students, giving teachers full control over starter template, sharing configuration, folder organization and file naming, as well as full visibility over all work in progress — including the ability to bulk revoke and revert student editing rights.
This entry was posted in didaktik, E-Learning, Uncategorised on 26th October 2015 by ana.
De flesta delprov är sekretessbelagda i 10 år. Här nedan hittar du prov som inte längre omfattas av provsekretess.
This entry was posted in didaktik, Mathematics, Nationella Prov, Uncategorised on 26th October 2015 by ana.
Hur partiklarnas rörelser kan förklara materiens spridning i naturen.
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Melvin Jerome Blanc was a Jewish American voice actor and comedian.
He was born on May 30, 1908, in San Francisco, California and grew up in Portland, Oregon. At the age of 16, he changed the spelling of his last name from "Blank." Blanc began his show business career as a musician, performing with the NBC studio orchestra on violin, bass, and tuba.
Blanc was working as a voice actor in radio when his ability to create voices for multiple characters first attracted attention. He was a regular on the Jack Benny Program in various roles, including Benny's "Maxwell" car and Polly the Parrot. Blanc's most memorable routine from Benny's program is called "Sy, the little Mexican" in which he spoke one word at a time.
Blanc's success on the Jack Benny Program led to his own radio show on the CBS radio network, The Mel Blanc Show, which ran from September 3, 1946 to June 24, 1947. Blanc also appeared on other national radio programs such as The Abbott and Costello Show and Burns and Allen. For his contribution to radio, Blanc has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 1936, Blanc joined Leon Schlesinger Studio, which produced animated cartoons. He soon became noted for voicing a wide variety of cartoon character, including Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, and many others. Blanc also served as the voice of Barney Rubble on ABC's The Flintstones.
In the early 1960s, Blanc went to Hanna Barbera and continued to voice various characters with Barney Rubble from The Flintstones and Mr. Spacely from The Jetsons being his most famous. Blanc's last original character was an orange cat named Heathcliff; this was in the early 1980s. He continued to voice his famous characters in commercials and TV specials for most of the decade. One of his last recording sessions was for a new animated theatrical version of The Jetsons, Jetsons: The Movie.
Blanc received the Legion of Honor in 1966. He was also inducted into the DeMolay Hall of Fame on April 27, 1987.
Blanc trained his son, Noel, in the field of voice characterization. Noel also became a voice artist, including some Bugs Bunny features.


Check out the 2014 Toyota Highlander.
Range Rovers are nice - but keep in mind they are pretty expensive to insure - on a percentage basis, they are the most stolen suv.
I just purchased a '14 MDX, looked at Mercedes, Audi and Lexus, for me the best value for features, reliability, mileage and resale were all in the MDX's favor.
I only have 1500 miles on it so far but I got 26mpg on a 380 mile trip in bad weather with a lot of stop and go, around town I am seeing about 19mpg. I got the tech package with SH AWD.
We loved our Infiniti FX35. The newer ones look badass if you ask me. Very comfortable, quick and reliable. They are also not that prevalent, so, you don't see them everytime your eyes are open.
how was the backseat room in that FX?
Suprisingly, pretty good. I'm over 6'2" and fit fine. Really, it is a 4 passenger vehicle, rear middle seat is worthless. The exterior looks smaller than the interior really is. We did several long range road trips with kid and luggage.
Just bought our second honda pilot. This ones got everything but rear dvd(I like iPads for less money). Leather heated seats nav all that jazz. Really like it and has tons of room. I'm a big boy, 6'4 275 and I'm comfy in the front or 2nd row seats and the third row is usable by adults. Great for road trips with another couple or family vacations with us and two kids. Plus you get honda reliability to boot.
Not understanding that mileage. On a 680 mile trip through VA and WV mountains from NC to PA I only get 19. Around town with little stop and go I get 17/18. The difference in vehicles is I'm talking of a full size 4 door Dodge 4X4 with a Hemi!
The MDX is certainly more unique than the typical choice in the luxury crossover category, the Lexus RX 350. How about the Lexus RX 450h hybrid? You don't see too many of those around.
My Admiral looked 'em all over and opted for a Ford Escape. It's a decent vehicle and... more importantly... it's what SHE wanted!
Forget land rover. Many reasons.
Wifey opted for the Volvo xc 90. Beautifull car. Only problem I have with it is it seems a bit under. Powered for me. She doesn't seem to mind, but I bugs me when I drive it.
We currently have the Volvo XC90. I'm glad we got the V8.
Just got my wife a new pathfinder. It's loaded for the value and it being 4x4 she averages 22.7 combined driving couldn't beat the price.


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I'm finally back from my childcare sojourn, and can't wait to get these fibers up and running. Here's what will be available in the shop later today.
Lots and lots of Bluefaced Leicester roving. Yum.
It's getting towards time to order in lots more undyed materials, and I've been trying to narrow down the plethora of ideas I have. Believe me, if I had my way I'd have twenty or thirty pounds of raw materials on their way to my doorstep right now.
One thing I've been pondering would be a new line of merino/cashmere/nylon lace in my Laceweight Yarns store. It's a slightly heavier lace, (extremely soft and squishy) and I think it would make fabulous scarves and such for fall.
The other idea is coming up with a few special colorways on worsted or aran weight yarn, and offering special "sweater's worth" deals. Something along the lines of "Here's the yarn, I'll custom dye it in one of these colorways, and you order eight to ten skeins and get a good sized discount" sort of a thing. As someone who loves knit sweaters, I don't like the idea that you'd have to pay a couple hundred bucks to get enough gorgeous hand-dyed yarn. I think a discount should definitely be in order for such a large undertaking.


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Pro-Life from Womb to Tomb
Much attention, time, and ink have been given to when the sanctity of human life actually begins. And rightfully so.
Does it begin at conception? At twenty weeks? Maybe during the third trimester? When is human life really life, and when is that life a life worth fighting for? When does a human being en utero have the right to live?
The conservative cause waves the flag for conception, but sometimes has been accused of losing interest at birth. What are we doing for infants of single mothers in poor families? The liberal cause seems to begin at birth (at least in earnest), claiming to protect the rights of the mother as long as possible, but has rightly been accused of holding life too loosely before the baby is, say, twenty weeks old. What about the baby girl at eighteen weeks, with arms and legs and a little heartbeat? Who will fight for her?
However an authentically Christian cause for life should begin at conception, celebrate every birth, provide love and care through childhood, and advocate for health, growth, and protection even through death. In other words, we should be pro-life from the womb to the tomb.
When interviewing Léonce Crump Jr., the founder of Renovation Church in Atlanta, husband and father of three, I asked him about his passion for life as a pastor and as a father, and about what it looks like for his family and the church to fight for life in a city like Atlanta.
In a separate interview with the Vox Project, Léonce said, "When you consider the sun, and the moon, and the stars of the universe, and the galaxies and all of the mindblowing aspects of creation, and then hear God say that human life is the pinnacle of all of that, that should be enough for any believer to want to see human life treated with the value and the dignity that it should be."
Human life — from the very moment it begins to its very last breath — is the pinnacle of God's creative imagination and power. "God said, 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth'" (Genesis 1:26).
Developing a heart for human life, all human life, from a vision and reality like this will radically transform and inspire how we treat people — of every age, every ethnic background, every socioeconomic status. The cause for life began at creation, when God made man and woman in his image, and gave us dominion over every other created thing. And God punctuated the cause for life when he chose to enter the womb himself for our sake. Can you imagine an ultrasound of the living God at two weeks, or twenty weeks, or full term?
Are You Pro-Life or Anti-Abortion?
The sanctity of human life — the God-given dignity, wonder, and worth of every man and every woman — begins at conception, and it does not end at birth. The six-month-old boy and the four-year-old girl are just as massively and beautifully precious to God as the boy or girl on the ten-week ultrasound.
Léonce says, "I think there's a big difference between being anti-abortion and pro-life. Anti-abortion means you have a conviction that it is murder to kill a child in the womb. It's a good position. But to be pro-life means that you not only want that child to enter the world, but that you want that child to thrive when they enter the world. . . . It's not just about getting children into the world, but about making sure they flourish as human beings once they're here."
Crump describes the image above, a cartoon he had seen on Facebook, and how it depicted this tension. He says, "Here's the deal: If we're pro-life, we're pro-life, from the womb to the tomb. It doesn't mean that we don't fight for the justice of the unborn, but let's make sure we're also on the right side of these social issues related to those impoverished children."
His heart is a call to Christians and to churches to fight for life after birth, and to engage in real efforts to help those in need. It's not a political call to swallow the liberal agenda whole, but a pastoral call not to let the liberal agenda keep us from creatively and proactively caring for single moms, fatherless children, and orphans.
Pregnancy help organizations, for instance, have been one ministry to the unborn and beyond the unborn — to the mothers and the children after birth. The first official centers were started in the 1960s. By the 1970s, all fifty states had at least one center. Today, according to Heartbeat International, more than 3,300 clinics provide pregnancy care for moms and their children, while there are only 512 surgical abortion businesses still in operation. It may be only one ministry among many the church can provide, but it has become one massive victory for life between the womb and the tomb, and for the name of Christ.
Source: Pro-Life from Womb to Tomb | Desiring God
David French: I'm Not Running for President → ← Louisiana Senate Passes Bill to Ban Abortions on Babies With Down Syndrome


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Q: How to prevent Qt widget containers from stretching indefinitly? My main application window is constructed as follows:

*

*A QVBoxLayout;

*In its upper cell there is a horizontal QSplitter;

*In its lower cell there is a QFrame with QHBoxLayout.
Now, when I add widgets to either QSplitter or QHBoxLayout and there is no room left in them, they both stretch themselves indefinitely (and go offscreen if they can) instead of shrinking the widgets they contain. For the QHBoxLayout part, I tried combining setSizeConstraint(QLayout::SetMaximumSize) with various ways of setting QFrame's width, to no avail. It still stretches uncontrollably. For the QSplitter part, I don't even know what to begin with.
So, what is the magic (and apparently undocumented - I spent 2 hours googling) API call combo for making Qt widget containers shrink their children instead of growing themselves?


We first meet Eilis Lacey in her small town in Ireland: Enniscorthy, on Friary Street. The author sweeps us up into the world of the Lacey family: her sister Rose and her sad mother; the town, with some of the young people; and the shops. It is the 1950s, revealed to us in the styles, mannerisms, and expectations of the times.
Rose has a good job for the local mills, but there are few possibilities for Eilis, with only a dull job in a local shop to bring in a little extra money for the family. A situation which inspires Father Flood to begin talking about an opportunity for her in America, in Brooklyn, where many Irish people have settled.
Soon the plan is in place, and the details of how it all comes about bring the reader into the moments of leaving; of the passage, with all the sea sickness; the newness of a life beyond the village.
After her arrival, she moves into a boarding house arranged by Father Flood, which consists of Mrs. Kehoe, a rather controlling woman, and several young women.
Eilis has work in a nice shop, and soon is taking night classes to become a bookkeeper.
Dances, church, charity events…her life fills up and becomes routine. When she meets Tony, a young Italian boy at a dance, everything begins to change.
What happens near the end of the second year that changes everything for Eilis? How will she deal with revisiting the old village to see her mother after a family tragedy? What will become of her and Tony? What dilemma will Eilis face upon her return to Ireland?
Brooklyn was the kind of story that might seem quiet and even ordinary, on the surface, but the rich details and the vivid portrayals of the various characters kept me engrossed all the way through, experiencing a new life along with Eilis, feeling her awe at each new event. Like baseball, hot dogs, Coney Island. And love.
I felt swept away by how the author showed us Eilis's inner thoughts as she came to some decisions. I enjoyed watching the interactions between the young women in the boarding house, and loving how Eilis was learning how to stand up for herself. And after her return visit to Enniscorthy, I appreciated how her time in America had changed her, how we could see her growth as she dealt with her demanding mother and her old friends. I could now imagine how her future would unfold. 5 stars.
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I really want to see this film. It sounds wonderful. I visited Enniscorthy about ten years ago!
I saw the movie first, Mary, and the book matched perfectly. I loved both! Thanks for stopping by, and I would love to visit Ireland. My eldest son lived there for several months in the 1990s, and had a showing of his Ireland photos when he returned. I have some on my walls. I'll have to ask him if he was in Enniscorthy, as the name doesn't ring a bell.
Sounds like a good one, I like it when characters grow through their experiences and learn to stand in themselves stronger. Putting in my TBR!
Thanks, Kathryn, I love to see that, too…I also enjoyed the movie. Thanks for stopping by.