Challenging the International Wildlife Conservation Council, an illegal body designed to facilitate the unsustainable trophy hunting of endangered species.
In November 2017, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke unlawfully outsourced federal conservation policy to the International Wildlife Conservation Council (IWCC), a group of trophy hunting advocates. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has long encouraged the conservation of overseas populations of threatened and endangered species like lions, elephants, and rhinos. To that end, FWS had relied on two now-abandoned advisory committees, containing a diverse array of viewpoints. The creation of the IWCC represents a dramatic break from this longstanding practice. We filed suit on behalf of multiple environmental organizations to stop it.
The IWCC is unlawfully stacked with individuals with personal or financial interests in the killing and importing of "trophies," and the council has refused to release its records, as required by law. Under federal law, groups convened to advise agencies are subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), which requires advisory committees to maintain balanced membership, protect against inappropriate special interests, and operate transparently. Since its creation, however, the IWCC has only included voices that support weakening the regulation of imports of threatened and endangered animals. Committee members almost exclusively include trophy hunters, donors to the Trump Administration, and firearm manufacturers. Four of the seventeen members even hosted a hunting-themed inaugural ball for President Trump.
We filed suit against Secretary Zinke and the Department of the Interior for violating FACA by creating the IWCC. On behalf of organizations dedicated to scientifically sound and humane wildlife conservation–the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Humane Society, and the Center for Biological Diversity–we alleged that the Council was illegally chartered, unfairly balanced against conservation interests, rife with conflicts of interest, and operating in secret. The complaint asks that the Court declare that the Council's creation is illegal, appoint conservation interests to the Council, and release all materials prepared for or by the Council. The government has since moved to dismiss the case.
We are currently completing briefing to oppose the government's motion to dismiss.
Secretary Zinke created the deceptively named International Wildlife Conservation Council.
He gave the Council a mission of promoting the benefits of international trophy hunting, and tasked the Council with providing specific recommendations on a number of policy areas essential to the preservation of threatened and endangered species. At the same time, Zinke allowed the charter of the Advisory Council on Wildlife Tracking, another advisory council, to lapse.
The IWCC was publicly announced and the Department began soliciting nominations for Council membership.
The Department proceeded to reject all nominations from conservation, public interest, or science groups, and instead stacked the Council with friendly political donors, firearm manufacturers, and advocates for trophy hunting, most of whom stand to personally benefit from their work on the Council.
The IWCC held its first full meeting.
In direct contravention of FACA, the Council surprised the public by discussing technical and previously undisclosed proposals to facilitate trophy hunting.
We filed suit on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Humane Society of the United States, and Human Society International.
The government moved to dismiss our case.
We responded to the government's motion to dismiss.
Our brief explains why courts have jurisdiction to consider violations of FACA, how Defendants' actions violate the law, and why Plaintiffs are injured by the unlawful Council.


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I'll Be Next Door for Christmas out on Digital Dec 4th
"Funny family film for the holidays!" – Rose Peterkin (Macaroni Kid Burbank)
This Christmas Is About To Get As Ugly As the Sweaters
Street Date: 12/4/18
Digital SRP: $12.99
Experience the holiday season in a whole new way when I'll Be Next Door for Christmas arrives on Digital December 4. Starring Juliette Angelo (TV's "Mad Men"), Beth Littleford (TV's "The Daily Show"), Jonathan Mangum (TV's "Let's Make a Deal"), Nicole Sullivan (TV's "MADtv", "The King of Queens"), and the absolutely adorable feline sensation Lil BUB (Nine Lives), the film is a heartwarming comedy that reminds viewers that Christmas is all about spending time with family (even if they drive you crazy). The world's first Christmas movie to use investment crowdfunding successfully, I'll Be Next Door for Christmas will be available for the suggested retail price of $12.99.
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS
I'll Be Next Door For Christmas is a warmhearted, upbeat comedy feature film about a family that's crazy for Christmas. Except for the 16-year-old daughter – her family's over-the-top Christmas celebrations have made her life miserable. When her out-of-state boyfriend decides to visit at Christmas, she's determined to spare him her family's Christmas craziness, so she hires actors to play her parents and stages a fake Christmas dinner in the empty house next door. What could possibly go wrong?
Juliette Angelo TV's "Mad Men", "Criminal Minds", "NCIS", "Shameless"
Beth Littleford TV's "The Daily Show", "Dog with a Blog",Crazy, Stupid, Love
Jonathan Mangum TV's "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", "Let's Make a Deal"
Nicole Sullivan TV's "MADtv", "The King of Queens", "Black-ish"
Kirrilee Berger TV's "One Dollar", "K.C. Undercover", "Just Add Magic"
Regan Burns TV's "Dog with a Blog", "2 Broke Girls", "Comedy Bang Bang"
Lil BUB Nine Lives, Cooke Concrete, Lil' Bub & Friendz
For Artwork: http://bit.ly/IBND4Xmas
Trailer: http://bit.ly/IBND4XmasTrailer
Digital Purchase: http://bit.ly/IBND4XmasVOD
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThatChristmasMovie/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThatXmasMovie
#IBND4Xmas
Title Copyright: © United States Motion Picture Company
Type: Digital Release
Rating: TV-PG for brief inappropriate language.
Genre: Comedy, Holiday, Family
Closed-Captioned: N/A
Subtitles: English SDH
Feature Run Time: 100 Minutes
Digital Format: 1080p High Definition, 16x9 (1.78:1) Presentation
Digital Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio

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Procedural By-law Review
We're reviewing our Procedural By-law. The By-law is a set structure that guides processes for Council and committee meetings to carry out the business of the City. Some of the things the bylaw outlines includes: how Council members cast their votes, how late Council meetings can run, conduct for Council, how residents delegate and interact with Council and how public meetings are communicated to residents.
We want to know how you feel about:
Participation in Council meetings such as delegation, presentations, written submissions and petitions and electronic participation in meetings.
Council being able to vote by proxy if they are absent from a meeting.
Any other parts of the By-law you think can be improved.
How your feedback will be used:
Results of the Community engagement will be considered along side an analysis of comparator community practices and guided by the expertise of City staff with the goals of:
Creating effective and efficient meetings
Providing clarity and ease of participation for the public
Following a review of community feedback, a new Procedural By-law will be drafted. This draft will be shared prior to presentation to Council with interested participants who sign up at the end of the survey or who contact the City Clerk's Office directly.
The final report was approved by Council on March 22, 2021 as part of the Mid-term governance review with final changes to the By-law to follow.
About proxy voting
A change to provincial legislation by the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing gives municipalities the flexibility to decide whether another member of Council can vote on behalf of an absent councillor. The change was made in July 2020.
Procedural Bylaw
Proxy voting for municipal councillors
Report to Council March 22, 2021
January 04 → January 22 2021
Procedural By-law Review has finished this stage
Contributions to this consultation are closed for evaluation and review. The project team will report directly to registered participants on key outcomes.
Draft By-law public review
The drafted By-law will be shared for feedback with with those expressing their interest directly through our sign-up form or with the City Clerk's office before By-law is presented to council. Late February and Early March 2021
Final report to Council
Procedural By-law Review is currently at this stage
We'll report back to Council about changes to our Procedural By-law as a part of the overarching Governance Review at a special meeting of Council on March 22, 2021.
Dylan McMahon
Manager, Legislative Services/Deputy City Clerk
Email dylan.mcmahon@guelph.ca
Stephen O'Brien
General Manager, City Clerk's Office/City Clerk
Phone 519-82201260 extension 5644
Email stephen.obrien@guelph.ca


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Q: Assigning String to Hostent in C I am coding something to find web servers. It is in C.
I have this
sprintf(pre_ip, "%d.%d.%d.%d", num1, num2, num3, num4);

num1-4 is an ip like 1.1.1.1. This part works..
he = gethostbyname(pre_ip);

This should assign struct hostent *he; to the ip..
but this doesnt work..
server_info.sin_addr = *((struct in_addr *)he->h_addr);
connect(socket_fd, (struct sockaddr *)&server_info, sizeof(struct sockaddr));

Here is the whole code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
//lol220
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    struct sockaddr_in server_info;
    struct hostent *he;
    int socket_fd,num;
    char buffer[1024];

    char buff[1024];

    if (argc != 1) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: client hostname\n");
        exit(1);
    }

    if ((socket_fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0))== -1) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Socket Failure!!\n");
        exit(1);
    }

    memset(&server_info, 0, sizeof(server_info));
    server_info.sin_family = AF_INET;
    server_info.sin_port = htons(80);

//-------------------------------looooop------------------------
int num1 = 1;
int num2 = 1;
int num3 = 1;
int num4 = 1;
int done = 1;
char ip;
char pre_ip[256];
while(done){
        if(num4 == 256){
        num4 = 1;
        num3++;
        }
        if(num3 == 256){
        num3 = 1;
        num2++;
        }
        if(num2 == 256){
        num2 = 1;
        num1++;
        }
        if(num1 == 255 && num2 == 255 && num3 == 255 && num4 == 255){
        done = 0;
        }
        // MOST LIKELY NON WORKING PART
        sprintf(pre_ip, "%d.%d.%d.%d", num1, num2, num3, num4);
        printf("%s\n", pre_ip);
        he = gethostbyname(pre_ip);
        server_info.sin_addr = *((struct in_addr *)he->h_addr);
            if (connect(socket_fd, (struct sockaddr *)&server_info, sizeof(struct sockaddr))<0) {
                printf("Could not connect to %s", he);
            }
            else{
                printf("Could connect to %s", he);
            }
        // MOST LIKELY NON WORKING PART

num4++;
}
return 0;
}

It compiles fine.
prints "1.1.1.1" then it says "Could not connect to 8T1.1.1.2" so that means he == "8T1.1.1.2.

A: When you print the ip in this line:
printf("Could not connect to %s", he);

you cast struct hostent to char *, this leads the odd chars before the ip. Actually, it's fine to use the ip to connect the server directly, no need for gethostbyname. If you really want to try this function, just like this:
bzero(&server_info, sizeof(server_info));
const char *ip = inet_ntoa(server_info.sin_addr);
...
printf("Could not connect to %s", ip);

A: Try something more like this instead:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    struct sockaddr_in server_info;
    int socket_fd;

    if (argc != 1) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: client hostname\n");
        exit(1);
    }

    if ((socket_fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0))== -1) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Socket Failure!!\n");
        exit(1);
    }

    memset(&server_info, 0, sizeof(server_info));
    server_info.sin_family = AF_INET;
    server_info.sin_port = htons(80);

    for (uint32_t ip = 0x01010101; ip != 0xFFFFFFFF; ++ip) {
        server_info.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(ip);
        printf("Connect to %s: ", inet_ntoa(server_info.sin_addr));
        if (connect(socket_fd, (struct sockaddr *)&server_info, sizeof(server_info)) == -1) {
            printf("Failed\n");
        }
        else {
            printf("Success\n");
            close(socket_fd);
            if ((socket_fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == -1) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Socket Failure!!\n");
                exit(1);
            }
        }
    }
    return 0;
}

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Fi t t ing Here's the place to get some answers to your fitting questions. If you have a better solution than the one we've given here, please write and tell us. Send your questions (include photos, if possible), comments, and solutions to: Fit, PO Box 5506, Newtown, CT 06470-5506; or via e-mail: th@taunton. com. Threads Sleeve wrinkles Why do some set-in sleeves have deep diagonal wrinkles Jrom the shoulder to the underarm (see the drawing at right) instead oJ hanging perJectly straight? -Carole Dahlstrom, Marlborough, MA The most likely cause for sleeve wrinkles above the elbow is a sleeve cap that's too short for you, says dressmaker Susan Bennett. This prevents the sleeve's crossgrain from hanging parallel to the floor, and creates diagonal wrinkles in both front and back because the shoulder is pulling up on the top of the sleeve. Since it's hard to predict when this problem will occur by simply looking at the pattern, and because it doesn't matter what fabric you'll be using for the final garment (as it does for many fitting problems), I think it's best to assume the cap is always too short for you and prepare for this problem by making the follOwing adjustment to every set-in sleeve, as shown in the drawings at lower right and on p. 22. Cut out your sleeves in the fash- ion fabric so there's a 1 \4-in. seam allowance across the cap, then thread-trace or chalk the original seamline, notches, shoulder dot, and crossgrain at the start of the underarm seam, which is called the biceps line. Now construct the sleeve as you normally would and baste it into the armhole follOwing the original seamline. kles appear, and! or the biceps line is tilted up, release the sleeve from notch to notch (or more if needed) and lower it until the biceps line is parallel to the floor and the wrinkles disappear. Pin and mark the new seamline. 1£ 20 TH READS the wrinTransfer the changes to the pa- per pattern by cutting on a line just above the notches, perpendicular to the grainline. Spread the cap by the amount you dropped the sleeve at the dot, then blend in the curves, as shown at bottom. The correc- tion is exactly the same for a twopiece sleeve, but make sure you true the underarm piece's cap seam so it flows smoothly into the new seam on the outer piece. Diagonal sleeve wrinkles can also result from a mismatch of the DIAGONAL SLEEVE WRINKLES These wrinkles usually result from sleeve caps that are too short for you. The crossgrain will usually also be pulled upward. Crossgrainj biceps line To lengthen cap 1. Cut sleeve with 1'A-in. seam allowance. 2. Mark seam line, shoulder dot, notches, and biceps line. 3. Construct sleeve, pin in place, then release seam from notch to notch, allowing dot and biceps line to drop until biceps line is parallel to floor and wrinkles are eliminated. 4. Correct pattern by slashing at notches and spreading by amount of dot drop. True seamlines. 1 o c True.


We are pleased to announce that the Electrical Trade Show which took place on Thursday 1st September in the Red Cow Moran's Hotel was once again a Success! And enjoyed by both Attendees and Exhibitors.
The winner of our Product of The Show Award went to Gerry Quigley from Brother for there P-touch E550WVP Industrial PC Labelling Machine which creates durable labels for electrical or datacom installations, via the easy to use built in labelling functions, PC Software or from your Smartphone or Table with the Brother Cable Labelling app. Please see www.brother.ie for more details on this amazing product.
We would like to thank everyone who attended the Electrical Trade Show and supported the Electrical Industry.


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Star launching new Sports channel "Star Sports First" on DD Free Dish by July end
Broadcaster Star Sports is on its way to launching India's first ever private free-to-air sports channel, according to people familiar with the situation. The channel will be called Star Sports First and be available on public broadcaster Doordarshan's free-to-air Direct-To-Home platform Freedish. Doordarshan's DD Sports is India's only other free-to-air sports channel right now.
Star Sports' parent company Star India had reportedly won two slots in the Freedish e-auction held on July 4. A total of 11 channel slots were sold in the auction, raking in more than Rs 85 crore for Doordarshan.
Star Sports has not yet made anything official about launching a free-to-air sports channel, but told The Field that their "efforts are still in the developmental phase, and an official announcement will follow at an appropriate time".
This is a big development not just for Star but also for the entire broadcast industry, experts said. The free-to-air market has so far been dominated by general entertainment channels and news channels. No private sports network has bothered to offer its content to the free-to-air market, until now.
No coincidence
The imminent announcement of Star's first free-to-air sports channel will come weeks before the commencement of the fifth season of the Pro Kabaddi league, which will be its longest ever, spanning 13 weeks. Industry experts said that this is no coincidence and Star Sports is banking on Pro Kabaddi to attract viewers in the free-to-air market. Star Sports is the official broadcaster of Pro Kabaddi and the company owns a 74% stake in Mashal Sports, the firm that launched the league.
"Clearly, a large part of the target group that this free-to-air channel will address will be people who are not necessarily in the top 50 towns in India, where there aren't any organised cable providers," said Harish Krishnamachar, founding partner of Sportoid Sports Solutions, a sports management company. "Therefore, anything that has a certain Indian origin to it or a mass appeal – like cricket and kabaddi – would lend itself very well to it."
Pro Kabaddi's stakeholders said they would welcome the decision to show the league on a free-to-air channel if it meant larger viewership. "Star hasn't communicated directly with us [about the new channel], but it would be great if Pro Kabaddi is available to more people," said Supratik Sen, CEO of the U Mumba franchise. Freedish reportedly has 2.2 crore subscribers. In comparison, Dish TV, which is the biggest player in India's paid Direct-to-Home industry, had 1.39 crore subscribers as of December 31, 2015.
Apart from Pro Kabaddi, Star has a vast array of options to choose from to show on the free-to-air channel. Star Sports is the official broadcaster of the Indian cricket team's home matches, the International Cricket Council tournaments, the Indian Super League (football), the English Premier League (football), the German Bundesliga (football), the Badminton World Federation tournaments, the Premier Badminton League, the Hockey India League, Wimbledon, the French Open, the International Premier Tennis League, and Formula One.
Considering DD Sports is the only other sports channel in the free-to-air domain, Star's channel is likely to have a significant impact on the market, considering the difference in quality in their content. "DD Sports' content hasn't been compelling," said Krishnamachar. "But Star, with the kind of intellectual property and programme content that they have, the channel will be compelling. In places where people are unwilling to pay for channels, it will certainly make a difference."
The economics of running a free-to-air channel is probably why other sports broadcasters haven't ventured into this space yet, experts said. A significant amount of channels' revenue comes from subscriptions, with experts pegging it north of 40%. The rest comes from advertising. To operate a free-to-air channel, broadcasters will have to make that 40% also from advertising, and there lies the challenge.
Telecasts of Indian cricket matches are intruded by advertising that is considered excessive by many, often interrupting live play. The fact that cricket provides a natural break at the end of every over definitely helps. However, a sport like kabaddi or football doesn't provide you that break. So how can broadcasters recover the loss of that subscription revenue on a free-to-air channel? That's the crux of the matter.
Calculated gamble
"The cost of acquiring this content is high, so when you paid so much you'll want to recover the money," said Krishnamachar. For example, Sony Pictures Network paid Rs 8,200 crore back in 2008 for broadcast rights of the Indian Premier League for 10 years, which is Rs 820 crore a year. In 2012, Star bid Rs 3,851 crore for broadcast rights of the Indian cricket team's home matches for a six-year period.
So how does Star plan to recover its lost subscription revenue from a free-to-air channel? "It is a calculated gamble, but for me the game has to be about increasing viewership numbers," said Krishnamachar. "Most of the media houses and agencies rely upon viewership to tell their clients at what price they should buy. The gamble really is to say, if I can show increased viewership of the sport, I can get better advertisement rates."
While Star has not released its viewership figures for Pro Kabaddi after season one (43.5 crore), the company said that it has recorded a growth of 51% over the last four seasons. By increasing the length of season five from five to 13 weeks, and offering the matches free of cost to lakhs of television viewers in the free-to-air market who did not have access earlier, Star's gamble might just pay off.
Note: This story has been updated on July 7 with Star Sports' statement on the matter.
Source: thefield.scroll.in
Updated: July 7, 2017 — 8:34 PM
Tags: New sports channels soon on DD Free Dish, Star Sports First coming soon on DD Freedish, Star Sports First soon on DD Direct Plus


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Q: Orchard CMS ask for an invite token to link to backend data during registration using workflows only I am using Orchard CMS v1.9 and want to display a custom registration page to accept the usual username/password/email and an additional token (invite token). The token will be used to match the user to some to custom data on the server.
I have walked through this blog Customizing User Registation With Dynamic Forms And Workflows.  But in addition to what is achieved in this blog I want to force a registering user to enter a token.  The token is used to lookup data on the server and create a link to the userpart.
Adding the token to the form is not the issue - its the querying and linking the entered token to the backend data and storing it in the userpart that im finding awkward.

*

*Is this possible using just workflows - or do i need a custom module?  I did not see a custom action that allowed me to match the token and link.

*Is there a custom module already available that does something
similar?

A: Disclaimer: This approach is currently based on Orchard 1.10 but was initially developed on the 1.9.x branch. It does not rely on Dynamic Forms and Workflows, but I think you could achieve something similar with those modules.
Okay so I ended up building an example module with our approach to extended users / activation system. I stripped out a lot of code, but also let some juicy parts, which aren't directly related to your answer, in it.
First you should check out the UsersController it has the activate actions you are searching for. You may need to extend the orchard LogOn-View and include some GET & POST Actions accordingly.
[AllowAnonymous]
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult Activate(string activationCode)
{
    // validation stuff....

    var viewModel = new CustomUserActivate
    {
        // This is the activationCode you're looking for
        ActivationCode = userFromActivationCode.ActivationCode,
        UserName = userFromActivationCode.User.UserName,
        WelcomeText = userFromActivationCode.WelcomeText,
        Email = userFromActivationCode.User.Email
    };

    return this.View(viewModel);
}

[AllowAnonymous]
[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult Activate(CustomUserActivate input)
{
    if ( input == null )
    {
        this.ModelState.AddModelError("_form", this.T("The argument cannot be null").Text);
    }

    CustomUserPart customUserPart = null;
    if ( this.ModelState.IsValid )
    {
        customUserPart = this.myService.GetCustomUserByActivationCode(input.ActivationCode);

        if ( customUserPart == null || customUserPart.User == null || customUserPart.User.UserName != input.UserName )
        {
            this.notifier.Add(NotifyType.Error, this.T("The activation failed"));
        }

        if ( string.IsNullOrEmpty(input.Email) )
        {
            this.ModelState.AddModelError("Email", this.T("You must specify an email address.").Text);
        }
        else if ( input.Email.Length >= 255 )
        {
            this.ModelState.AddModelError("Email", this.T("The email address you provided is too long.").Text);
        }
        else if ( !Regex.IsMatch(input.Email, UserPart.EmailPattern, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase) )
        {
            // http://haacked.com/archive/2007/08/21/i-knew-how-to-validate-an-email-address-until-i.aspx
            this.ModelState.AddModelError("Email", this.T("You must specify a valid email address.").Text);
        }
        else if ( !this.myService.VerifyEmailUnicity(customUserPart.User.Id, input.Email) )
        {
            this.ModelState.AddModelError("Email", this.T("This email address is already in use.").Text);
        }
    }

    if ( !this.ModelState.IsValid )
    {
        return this.View(input);
    }

    Debug.Assert(customUserPart != null, "customUserPart != null");
    var user = customUserPart.User;
    var userParams = new CreateUserParams(user.UserName, input.Password, input.Email, passwordQuestion: null, passwordAnswer: null, isApproved: true);
    this.myService.ActivateCustomUser(customUserPart.Id, userParams);

    this.notifier.Add(NotifyType.Information, this.T("Your account was activated. You can now log in."));
    return this.RedirectToAction("LogOn", "Account", new { area = "Orchard.Users" });
}

The interesting stuff happens in MyService.cs.
We designed the activation system so that you can still leverage all the features of the Orchard.User Module like Email-Verifcation.
For this we've implemented some CustomSettings, where you can decide if your user get's completely activated when an ActivationCode is used or if you trigger the normal Orchard mechanism.
I guess it's best to checkout the module and step through the code in Visual Studio.
Here a two screenshots of our activation views.
Step 1 - Enter your activation code

Step 2 - Fill in the remaining fields

Profit!
All the additional source is to make use of the CustomUser / ActivationCode in Workflows, Events, Tokens, etc. But I leave this for you to discover.
If you want more detailed descriptions of the source on GitHub let me know.
Hope this helps!


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Marc's Book Blog
Mystery, thrillers, sometimes fiction.
And Then You Were Gone by R.J. Jacobs
Posted on March 13, 2019 by marcsbookblog
Rating: 3.25/5 stars
Goodreads Description:
Emily manages her bipolar disorder well enough to work as a moderately successful child psychologist, and is building a serious relationship with her boyfriend Paolo.
When he wants to take her on an overnight sailing trip, Emily knows her medication, generous amounts of wine, and her attraction to Paolo will help her deal with her aversion to the water and forget the fact that she can't swim.
But after a romantic night, Emily wakes up on the sailboat, completely alone, drifting through the waves.
Her world is turned upside down as she becomes a person of interest while grieving Paolo, never getting answers or closure to what happened to him. He was a strong swimmer, and she cannot believe he simply drowned. With her personal and professional life in shambles, Emily attempts to find out the truth and clear her name, discovering a deeper and more dangerous plot than she ever suspected. Fueled by her own mania, Emily questions her own judgment every step of the way.
First of all can we all just enjoy that lovely cover! It's just beautiful!
I really liked this novel and although there was a mystery aspect involved, it felt a little more like a drama to me.
Paola and Emily go on a vacation and one day Emily wakes up on the boat and finds Paolo gone. Since Paola knows how to swim, he couldn't have drowned but Emily cannot seem to find any other explanation. Where did he go? But when evidence surfaces, Emily thinks he could have been murder. But by whom? And why?
This was an intriguing synopsis which is what made me want to read it. Emily and Cal (Paolo's best friend) work together to try and uncover what really happened to Paolo and if he really was murdered. I did think that it was interesting since Jacobs was a psychologist and he created Emily's character as one as well. One thing I would've liked to see a little more of was Emily in action. I wuold have loved to see Emily with a patient and just how she would work as a psychologist, but sadly we didn't get to see that.
We got to see Emily struggle with Paolo's disappearance and see how far she would go to uncover what really happened to him. I think the novel wrapped up very well, and the twist was solid enough to make the whole novel come together.
Many thanks to HarperCollins for providing me with an advanced copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review.
I Know You by Annabel Kantaria
Rating: 4.5/5 stars
You trust her.
You shouldn't.
That picture you just posted on Instagram? I've seen it.
The location you tagged? I've been there.
You haven't been careful enough, have you?
Because I know all about you.
But when I meet you, I won't tell you that.
I'll pretend. Just like you do.
You'll like me though. You'll trust me enough to let me into your life.
And then I'll destroy it.
I Know You is one of these novels that when you start reading, you can't seem to stop. From its hooking beginning, to its amazing conclusion, I Know You is a fast-paced thriller with a creep factor that is through the roof.
Two friends meet in London, Anna and Taylor. They are both new to the country. They become best friends and bond over the fact that they are both pregnant. But someone is watching one of them and they know everything about them.
This was so very close to becoming my first five star read of 2019 but I just felt that it lacked a little in terms of the last twist. This doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it, I loved it very much and the twist was a great one, but I did want it to be a little more complex.
Between chapters, there is an anonymous narrator and the chapters start with "I know where you…I know what…" You get the point. It was just plain creepy! But it was one of my favorite parts not only because it was creepy but also because we don't know who is narrating these chapters and we don't know who they are referring to. So it's like two mysteries in one. Double who. There are little hints here and there but you really have to pay attention to them because they are very easy to miss.
I figured out near the end of the novel who the anonymous narrator. That being said, it was still just as good to read with this knowledge except now that I knew who it was, I wanted to discover their intetntions.
Such a great twist and if it was a little more complex this easily would've gotten a five star rating from me. This is a must read to all thriller fans out there! A job well done to Kantaria!
House on Fire by Bonnie Kistler
In the bestselling tradition of Jodi Picoult and Celeste Ng, a tightly wound and suspenseful novel about a blended family in crisis after a drunk driving accident leaves the daughter of one parent dead—and the son of the other parent charged with manslaughter.
Divorce lawyer Leigh Huyett knows all too well that most second marriages are doomed to fail. But five years in, she and Pete Conley have a perfectly blended family of her children and his. To celebrate their anniversary, they grab some precious moments of alone time and leave Pete's son Kip, a high school senior, in charge of Leigh's fourteen-year-old daughter Chrissy at their home.
Driving back on a rainy Friday night, their cell phones start ringing. After a raucous party celebrating his college acceptance to Duke and his upcoming birthday, Kip was arrested for drunk driving after his truck crashed into a tree. And he wasn't alone—Chrissy was with him.
Twelve hours later, Chrissy is dead and Kip is charged with manslaughter.
Kip has always been a notorious troublemaker, but he's also a star student with a dazzling future ahead of him. At first, Leigh does her best to rally behind Pete and help Kip through his ordeal. Until he changes his story, and claims that he wasn't driving after all—Chrissy was, and he swears there is a witness.
Leigh is stunned that he would lie about such a thing, while Pete clutches onto the story as the last, best hope to save his son, throwing his energy and money into finding this elusive witness. As they hurtle toward Kip's trial date, husband and wife are torn between loyalty to their children and to each other, while the mystery of what really happened that night intensifies.
This richly conceived and tightly plotted psychological exploration of family and tragedy will have you racing toward its shocking and thought-provoking conclusion.
House on Fire was a slow-burning family drama novel with a little bit of mystery. That being said, it was still in the 3 star range for me because of its little twists here and there.
Pete, an architect and Leigh, a divorce lawyer choose to go out and celebrate the night of their anniversary leaving Pete's son, Kip who is a high school senior with 14 year old Chirssy, Leigh's daughter. Retunring home they recieve a call that they were in an accident and that Kip was driving intoxicated with Chrissy in the passanger seat. 12 hours later, Chrissy is dead and Kip with charged with manslaughter. Then his story changes and he tells his parents that he wasn't the one driving. Is that a lie? Is it the truth? Why change his story after she dies? Slowly and slowly Leigh's blended family begins to fall apart.
I loved how the central plot of the novel was about Kip and Chrissy, but we also got to learn about Leigh and the cases she handles and how she works on them. I thought it was very interesting and Leigh really is a great character and will do the impossible for her clients. Since Kistler is a trial lawyer it made it a lot more intruguing to read about the cases that Leigh would recieve. I think it was also interesting to see how every person deals with grief. For Leigh, she occopies herself with work to distract herself even though she isn't fully over her grief.
I found Pete to be a little annoying. I understand that he was trying to do anything to ensure his son would stay out fo jail, but it irked me how he sided with his son right away! What about your wife, Leigh, whose daughter just died??
Kistler opened up the doors of Leigh's house, and we got to see how her family dealt with grief and drama.
Thank you to Simon & Schuster Canada for providing me with an advanced copy of this novel in exchange for my honest opinion.
Don't Let Go by Harlan Coben
Posted on March 6, 2019 by marcsbookblog
With unmatched suspense and emotional insight, Harlan Coben explores the big secrets and little lies that can destroy a relationship, a family, and even a town in this powerful new thriller.
Suburban New Jersey Detective Napoleon "Nap" Dumas hasn't been the same since senior year of high school, when his twin brother Leo and Leo's girlfriend Diana were found dead on the railroad tracks—and Maura, the girl Nap considered the love of his life, broke up with him and disappeared without explanation. For fifteen years, Nap has been searching, both for Maura and for the real reason behind his brother's death. And now, it looks as though he may finally find what he's been looking for.
When Maura's fingerprints turn up in the rental car of a suspected murderer, Nap embarks on a quest for answers that only leads to more questions—about the woman he loved, about the childhood friends he thought he knew, about the abandoned military base near where he grew up, and mostly about Leo and Diana—whose deaths are darker and far more sinister than Nap ever dared imagine.
Another Harlan Coben novel and they just keep getting better and better everytime. I really don't know how he manages to do it but he does it and I love it!
Detective Nap's brother Leo died 15 years ago with his girlfriend Daisy on the railroad tracks and at the same time his girlfriend Maura, disappeared. Now when he finds traces of her fingerprints in the system at a crime scene, Nap wants to know what she is doing there and where she has been this whole time. But this is no ordinary killing, it is one of the student's that Nap went to high school with. Is it a coincidence that Maura's fingerprints are at the crime scene? What is going on??
This novel is very complex but easy to follow. Coben's novels are easy to fly through because he just has a way with words and his writing is so amazing that it's hard not to keep reading. I don't know how he comes up with these complicated plot points but I'm not complaining! The more twisty, the better!
Detective Nap is easily my favorite character, along with his best friend Ellie. Since he has no family, Ellie is really one of his only friends along with Augie, hsi mentor (also Diana's father). He is surrounded by a sense of family members, one who is like a fathe figure, and another who is like a sister to him. But everyone has secrets and throughout this novel, you will find out that even his brother Leo, whom he was very close with was keeping secrets from him.
Everyone had secrets in this novel, even Nap did and some shocked me more than others. But I've read my fair share of thrillers and what's a thriller novel without a good amount of secrets? A very thought out plot twist that I did not see coming even though the clues and answers were in my face the entire time. I never guess Coben's plots because they're always unpredictable in the best way possible.
!00% recommend for all the mystery fans out there
Call Me Evie by J.P Pomare
In this propulsive, twist-filled, and haunting psychological suspense debut perfect for fans of Sharp Objects and Room, a seventeen-year-old girl struggles to remember the role she played on the night her life changed forever.
For the past two weeks, seventeen-year-old Kate Bennet has lived against her will in an isolated cabin in a remote beach town–brought there by a mysterious man named Bill. Part captor, part benefactor, Bill calls her Evie and tells her he's hiding her to protect her. That she did something terrible one night back home in Melbourne–something so unspeakable that he had no choice but to take her away. The trouble is, Kate can't remember the night in question.
The fragments of Kate's shattered memories of her old life seem happy: good friends, a big house in the suburbs, a devoted boyfriend. Bill says he'll help her fill in the blanks–but his story isn't adding up. And as she tries to reconcile the girl she thought she'd been with the devastating consequences Bill claims she's responsible for, Kate will unearth secrets about herself and those closest to her that could change everything.
A riveting debut novel that fearlessly plumbs the darkest recesses of the mind, Call Me Evie explores the fragility of memory and the potential in all of us to hide the truth, even from ourselves.
I have no doubt in my mind that this novel will be a huge hit on the bookshelves. New authors are making thier way in the thriller world and I enjoy reading their debut novels.
Pomare does an amazing job with Call me Evie and he does not disappoint. As a debut novel, I felt that it was very strong and well plotted which are all signs of a successful thriller. The novel is told in two seperate times. We are taken back, where Kate was a 17 year old teenager living with her family in Aukland, and now, where she is living in a home where she is pretty much trapped with a man named Jim whom she does not know.
This was very smartly written because when Kate talks in the present, she does not recall any recollection of how she got there, what happened, what she did or why it's not safe for her. It is our task as the readers to uncover this mystery as we follow along with her story. It's so easy to get wrapped up in this novel because it is packed with suspense and it's never really boring.
I think my favorite thing about this novel is the character Kate (or Evie) herself. Pomare did an astounding job bringing her to life and it was so intriguing hearing about her life then, and now. The storytelling is just superb and it sucks you in right away and you will find yourself finsihing this book within a matter of hours.
The plot twists at the end really got me! I was not expecting to be that shocked! There are two major plot twists and they are all on the last few pages of the novel but the major one is on the last page (before the epilogue), so get ready for a twist of your life!
Thank you toPneguin Random House and G. P. Putnam's Sons for providing me with an advanced copy of this novel in exchange for my hoenst review.
The Ex by Alafair Burke
Twenty years ago she ruined his life. Now she has the chance to save it.
Widower Jack Harris has resisted the dating scene ever since the shooting of his wife Molly by a fifteen-year-old boy three years ago. An early morning run along the Hudson River changes that when he spots a woman in last night's party dress, barefoot, enjoying a champagne picnic alone, reading his favorite novel. Everything about her reminds him of what he used to have with Molly. Eager to help Jack find love again, his best friend posts a message on a popular website after he mentions the encounter. Days later, that same beautiful stranger responds and invites Jack to meet her in person at the waterfront. That's when Jack's world falls apart.
Olivia Randall is one of New York City's best criminal defense lawyers. When she hears that her former fiancé, Jack Harris, has been arrested for a triple homicide—and that one of the victims was connected to his wife's murder—there is no doubt in her mind as to his innocence. The only question is who would go to such great lengths to frame him—and why?
For Olivia, representing Jack is a way to make up for past regrets, to absolve herself of guilt from a tragic decision, a secret she has held for twenty years. But as the evidence against him mounts, she is forced to confront her doubts. The man she knew could not have done this. But what if she never really knew him?
A first by Burke but not a last. I would have easily given this one a higher rating if it wasn't for the fact that this felt more like a courtroom drama to me. I did love how it was full of secrets and how every character had something to hide.
I devoured this book in a single day and I don't regret it at all. I was so curious to find out whether Jack was guilty or not. I was back and forth many times tryinig to decide whether or not he did what he did. There was so much convincing evidence on both sides that I didn't know what to believe.
Olivia was my favorite character in the novel. She was full of secrets and it was very clear that she was the heroine in this novel. Burke creates her to be a strong and stubborn woman which he writes very well. I enjoyed reading every bit from her perspective and she never failed to disappoint with her dark secrets.
The ending was so good and it was one that I thought of, but I didn't think that Burke would take that direction. I'm very glad he did though because it made novel a lot better and gave it a wonderful ending.
The Next to Die by Sophie Hannah
Posted on February 26, 2019 by marcsbookblog
Rating; 3.5/5 stars
The New York Times bestselling author of The Monogram Murders and Woman with a Secret returns with a disturbing tale of psychological suspense and obsession that hits at the heart of some of our most precious relationships.
What if having a best friend could put you in the crosshairs of a killer?
A psychopath the police have dubbed "Billy Dead Mates" is targeting pairs of best friends, and killing them one by one. Before they die, each victim is given a small white book.
For months, detectives have failed to catch Billy, or figure out what the white books symbolize and why the killer leaves them behind. The police are on edge; the public in a panic. Then a woman, scared by what she's seen on the news, comes forward. What she reveals shocks the investigators and adds another troubling layer to an already complex case.
Stand-up comedian Kim Tribbeck has one of Billy's peculiar little books. A stranger gave it to her at a gig she did last year. Was the stranger Billy, and is he targeting her—or is it something more nefarious? Kim has no friends and trusts no one, so how—and why—could Billy Dead Mates want to target her? If it's not her, then who will be the next to die?
Sophie Hannah raises the stakes with each successive page in this haunting and twisting thriller that reaffirms her place as one of today's most talented suspense writers.
Third novel by Hannah, second overall this month, but I'm not complaining.
This novel was more of a mystery rather than a thriller, but it was still very enjoyable to read as are all of her novels. Hannah never fails to disappoint even though some parts aren't the best, the best parts of the novel always manage to boost the rating of the book.
I loved the complexity of the plot in this novel and it was very intriguing to find out what will happen next. Who will be the next victim and why is the murderer killing in pairs? Most important of all, who is the killer and are all the victims connected?
Kim and Charlie were my favorite characters in the novel and if I'm being honest I would love to see them together in future novels of Hannah as a duo. I loved the fact that although the nvoel was centered on the murders of "Billy Dead Mates (or Women)". We also got to learn more about Charlie's family and we even got to see a little Kim and Charlie sleuthing.
The killer was very well revealed but in the ned it got a little dragged on and it could've been done in a faster manner.
Overall, a great mystery novel and a for sure to be success on bookshelves!
Thank you to HarperCollins Canada and William Morrow Books for providing me with an advanced copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review.
If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin
Late one night in the quiet Hudson Valley town of Havenkill, a distraught woman stumbles into the police station—and lives are changed forever.
Aimee En, once a darling of the '80s pop music scene, claims that a teenage boy stole her car, then ran over another young man who'd rushed to help.
As Liam Miller's life hangs in the balance, the events of that fateful night begin to come into focus. But is everything as it seems?
The case quickly consumes social media, transforming Liam, a local high school football star, into a folk hero, and the suspect, a high school outcast named Wade Reed, into a depraved would-be killer. But is Wade really guilty? And if he isn't, why won't he talk?
Told from a kaleidoscope of viewpoints—Wade's mother Jackie, his younger brother Connor, Aimee En and Pearl Maze, a young police officer with a tragic past, If I Die Tonight is a story of family ties and dark secrets—and the lengths we'll go to protect ourselves.
If I Die Tonight was so close to getting 5 starts from me, but it was missing something to reach that five star mark.
I think so far, it's one of my favourite books I've read this year. I didn't think I would like it that much because a few novels I read with detectives in them change up the book a little and make it a little boring, but not this one. It really shone and every narrator was so entertaining to read.
I love it when books have multirple narrators because we get to see each side of th esotry and we learn more about the characters themselves. In this one, everyone had a secret. It's interesting because you think "No, not this character. She's the only innocent one in the novel," and then little do you know she is not. I had my speculations about certain characters and I was right about them, but not right about why and how.
The central mystery of the story is who actually ran over Liam. I figured it out early on but I didn;t understand their motives. I was not at all disappointed with anything in this novel. Every secret, every revelation, every twist was better than the next one.
Gaylin won me over with this novel and I will for sure be reading other titiles of hers.
The Dead Ex by Jane Corry
Rating: 4/5 stars
One man's disappearance throws four women's lives into chaos–who will survive?
Vicki works as an aromatherapist, healing her clients out of her home studio with her special blends of essential oils. She's just finishing a session when the police arrive on her doorstep–her ex-husband David has gone missing. Vicki insists she last saw him years ago when they divorced, but the police clearly don't believe her. And her memory's hardly reliable–what if she didhave something to do with it?
Meanwhile, Scarlet and her mother Zelda are down on their luck, and at eight years old, Scarlet's not old enough to know that the "game" her mother forces her to play is really just a twisted name for dealing drugs. Soon, Zelda is caught, and Scarlet is forced into years of foster care–an experience that will shape the rest of her life . . .
David's new wife, Tanya, is the one who reported him missing, but what really happened on the night of David's disappearance? And how can Vicki prove her innocence, when she's not even sure of it herself? The answer lies in the connection among these four women–and the one person they can't escape.
This is my first novel by Corry and I have to say I was so excited to read it. The cover alone is beautiful and just the intricacy of it I foudn very intriguing. I think the title is so intersting and it's tricky becaus eyou think you know who the dead ex is but you really don't.
I loved everything about this book down to every little detail. Vicki was my favourite character in the book. I loed how she was such an unreliable narrator and it gave the novel such a nice suspensful vibe because we don't really know what happens to her during her seizures. She is also full of secrets and her storyline was just so enjoyable to read.
Scarlet and Zelda's story was very touching and also very distrubing. I mean Scarlet is a young child who is driug dealing for her mother? She's definitely bound to grow up with some issues! I loved how it was told from Scarlet's perspective, it's much more fun when the story is told from the point of view form a young child rather than an adult.
This novel was full of turns and twists and I didn't know who to trust or what to believe. It was such a great thriller with so many secrets and lies and I'm very glad that I have read my first Corry novel.
Two brothers meet at the border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of outback Queensland, in this stunning new standalone novel from New York Times bestseller Jane Harper
They are at the stockman's grave, a landmark so old, no one can remember who is buried there. But today, the scant shadow it casts was the last hope for their middle brother, Cameron. The Bright family's quiet existence is thrown into grief and anguish. Something had been troubling Cameron. Did he lose hope and walk to his death? Because if he didn't, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects…
Dark, suspenseful, and deeply atmospheric, The Lost Man is the highly anticipated next book from the bestselling and award-winning Jane Harper, author of The Dry and Force of Nature.
I've always been a huge fan of Harper ever since she wrote The Dry, but for some reason, liked this one a little less better than her other two. Having been said this, it doesn't mean I didn't enjoy this one, I 100% did!
I think that aside this novel being a mystery, it was also a story about family and the relationship between Nathan and his Xander. Although they were slowly trying to uncover the mystery of what happened to Nathan's brother, Nathan and Xander's relationship was expressed throughout the story and we got to see the real reason that they aren't very close.
We also get to see the broken relationship of the whole family such as with Nathan and Bub (his brother) and even their mother. This creates some tension and we do get to see the dysfunctional family that they really are. We also get many secrets that become revealed near the end of the novel and that is where the novel starts to build up to its great conclusion.
I do think that Harper missed the line a little but I did like the ending of the novel and although the novel was a little bit rocky, Harper always manages to pull through with an amazing ending!


Cathy Lange leads Human Capital Advisor's leadership coaching practice.
There are some people who command a room simply by entering it. There's a look, an air of confidence that signals to others that this is a person of stature, of importance.
Some call it "executive presence," and it is not easy to command by merely dressing the part, though that's important. And it is most certainly not when someone overpowers a room by being loud or creating a commotion. In fact, a strong executive presence requires qualities that may surprise you. Executive presence is inextricably linked to effective leadership so that a leader needs to understand it.
Strong leaders frequently emit an aura - that "x" factor that people notice and are influenced by. This aura is often referred to as "executive presence."
"Executive presence is substantially about self-confidence. Such an executive projects a calm, steady demeanor - someone who is warm and cordial, but not a back slapper," says HCA CEO Ted Bruccoleri. "They are good listeners, perceptive and articulate, speaking in clear and direct ways. They are supremely self-assured, but their confidence is displayed in a quiet more nuanced way,"
HCA Partner Cathy Lange, who heads the firm's executive coaching practice, says, "Executive presence is achieved by building a rapport with colleagues and gaining their trust. And an important part of that is effective communication."
It's not simply an issue of how to present to a large group. More important may be the ability to connect with people one on one. That's where the effective listening comes in. You need to read your audience, especially an audience of one. Understand how they communicate and how they might react to what you say.
When you do speak, be mindful of today's phenomena of shorter attention spans. People want to understand the gist of what you have to say, and the best way to do that is to be brief and concise. To be compelling you needn't be overpowering. You should have key facts ready to support your ideas but don't spill them out all at once. And when you are challenged, you must remain cool and collected.
Think and present strategically. When making a case for an initiative, link your organization's strategic goals to the matter at hand. Cite facts but not too many. Most importantly, detail the expected return on investment, and above all, tell a story.
And remember that being assertive does not mean being aggressive. When trying to persuade people, you must have and exhibit your emotional intelligence.
"Make a decision in advance on how you want to be perceived," says Lange. "When talking, remember to stop, breathe, think and then act."
Dress conservatively and neatly; quality clothes can make an indelible impression.
Personal grooming is essential; an unkempt look detracts.
Make continuing eye contact during conversations.
Listen, display a sincere interest.
Don't fold your arms; it signals a lack of openness.
Slightly lean in during a conversation but respect others' private space.
Don't fidget or look away from your conversation partner.
Smile, be cordial and enjoy the moment.
Perform some self-analysis: how do you stack up on the "EP" scale?
Emulate co-workers and other leaders whom you admire ; analyze the traits and behaviors they exhibit to earn respect.
Determine your personal style and personality: which of the "EP" behaviors can you successfully adopt?
Work the new skills into your daily work life...and practice, practice, practice.
Talk to your supervisor or mentor and have them observe you and provide feedback.
Consider an executive coach if you are at a career stage where "EP" is essential for your success and development.
And, finally, research articles and books. "One of the most important books on executive presence," says Lange, "is Managing the Moment: A Leader's Guide to Building Executive Presence One Introduction at a Time by Lisa Parker.
In the end, mastering the art of executive presence is as much about how you relate to people as it is what you say. Inspiring others with a steady, sincere and empathetic demeanor defines great and memorable leadership.
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and KaBOOM! are working together to help kids get the balanced and active play they need to thrive. Rhian Evans Allvin, Executive Director of NAEYC, and Darell Hammond, Founder and CEO of KaBOOM!, discuss the importance of play in education and the positive impact it has on communities.
Why is play important to education?
Allvin: Neuroscience has confirmed that the period from birth to age 5 includes rapid brain development–setting the foundation for cognitive, social/emotional, language and motor skills. In order to achieve the academic excellence and equity that is essential–we must invest in our children during this window of explosive development.
Children engage in various kinds of play providing opportunities to develop physical competence, enjoyment of the outdoors, comprehension of their world, interaction with others, emotional expression and control, development of their symbolic and problem-solving abilities, and practice emerging skills. Research shows correlations between play and foundational capacities such as memory, self-regulation, oral language abilities, social skills, and success in school.
From infancy, children act on the world around them for the pleasure of seeing what happens. Around age 2, children begin to demonstrate symbolic use of objects. By the age of 3-5 they may act out specific roles. Such play is influential in developing self-regulation, as children are highly motivated to stick to the roles and rules of the play, grow in the ability to inhibit their impulses, and act in coordination with others. High-level dramatic play produces documented cognitive, social, and emotional benefits.
Hammond: Critical thinking and collaboration are integral to the jobs of the future, and balanced and active play helps kids develop these 21st century skills.
Unfortunately, play is disappearing in our schools. The Journal Pediatrics found that 30 % of children surveyed had little to no recess in their school day. At KaBOOM!, we believe play should be part of a well-rounded school day. Play helps children adjust to the school setting, enhances their learning readiness, and indirectly contributes to children learning more hard skills by mitigating behavioral problems and increasing academic engagement.
We are thrilled to partner with NAEYC, to raise awareness about the importance of play in early childhood education. As part of this commitment, we are granting Imagination Playgrounds to 10 NAEYC member sites. This unique and innovative play product will help transform regular classrooms into playspaces that encourage learning, social development, critical thinking, movement, and fun!
How does play benefit kids?
Allvin: As children play they demonstrate their approaches to learning, they engage with others in a social relationship, they express emotion, they attempt things that are challenging, yet achievable–enhancing their self-esteem. There's also an integration of math, literacy, science, and other academic areas–constructing, classifying, sorting, seriating, quantifying, and practicing other skills. Physical play supports the development of gross and fine motor skills. Research now demonstrates the development of self-regulation or executive function in sociodramatic (pretend) play leads to higher achievement!
Hammond: Just as a healthy diet balances proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and other nutrients, a balanced "play diet" should include a mix of all kinds of play, because different types have different benefits. For example, play-dough creations, blocks, and make-believe spark the imagination and teach problem-solving. Running, jumping, and climbing get legs moving and hearts pumping. And exploring playgrounds with families or playing hide-and-seek with friends helps kids learn to work together, collaborate, and share. A balance of play means active minds, active bodies, and active together to realize all of play's benefits.
What impact can play have on cities?
Hammond: Across the U.S., communities are engaged in fierce competition for the future. They are competing for businesses, economic development, and jobs. They are competing for residents. The fact is, for communities to thrive, they need to ensure that all of their residents are happy, healthy, and contributing to their overall vitality. One essential component is a renewed commitment to fostering family-friendly, kid-friendly environments that allow young people to get their bodies moving and their minds engaged no matter where they are.
Currently we have inequitable distribution of services, resources, and opportunities for low-income families. This inequity serves to perpetuate the cycle of poverty that threatens our nation's economic future. Creating family-friendly cities filled with play is a competitive advantage for cities to attract and retain residents, and it directly impacts the kids that need it most.
4. What is the first thing you do when you get to the office?
Follow up on any outstanding items from the day before and strategize on new opportunities to engage our members. The Business Development team is always searching for creative ways to get our members involved and ensure they receive ROI.
5. What is your favorite part of your job?
Helping people to achieve their goals through membership and helping organizations connect with one another for business opportunities.
6. Tell us one of your goals for this year.
Grow our membership and diversify the industries we serve. With new businesses popping up almost every day in this region, I want to connect these organizations with resources to ensure their success.
7. Who is someone that you would love to meet (living or dead)?
It is hard to narrow it down to just one, but I would say Colin Powell.
8. What are some of your hobbies outside of the office?
I enjoy getting involved with charitable organizations. Living in the DC metro regions means the incredible opportunity to connect with so many non-profits both large and small. It is fun to get involved with so many deserving organizations and contribute toward their mission.
9. In your opinion, why is the Fairfax Chamber a great membership organization?
The people you stand to meet. From the region's brightest minds, to the next generation of leaders, to region's top executives and industry titans…the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce is the best place for businesses to connect for unparalleled networking and thought leadership.
10. How can we reach you?
Leaders often face business challenges that require more than a quick-fix meeting or phone call. In all honesty, those challenges keep business leaders up at night. Issues like potential declining profit margins or sales, non-performing employees, and finding (and keeping) the right talent aren't always solvable "problems" but more like ever expanding puzzles that require constant attention.
So when we hear The National Sleep Foundation say that adults need about seven hours of sleep a night in order to feel rested, we think to ourselves that surely doesn't apply to the leader types.
Even though you might not be physically involved with the production and delivery of their product/service or available during every customer meeting, ensuring customer happiness isn't very far from your mind. Our company's and employee's online footprint can start a customer's experience long before the first direct contact with the company. We are seeing companies shift from being departmentalized to a more customer centric model reflecting the impact that everyone in the company can have on a customer's experience.
Amidst all of the computers, software, smartphones and other supporting technology in the workplace, the true stars of the show are your people. Smart leaders know they can't do it all alone, and there's much emphasis placed on finding and cultivating high-performing talent. And for a leader, that means hiring employees who are living, breathing representations of, well, themselves.
No matter what, investing in people – humans with complex emotions – can sometimes be a gamble. That's why finding smart, positive, motivated professionals who share the vision you have for your company and keeping them happy is an important part of the success of your business.
It's one thing to have to smooth the waters every once in a while in your own company, but sometimes you get an extra helping of playing peacemaker, especially within companies that rely on other companies for the success of their business. If you think it's hard to keep one business running smoothly, imagine being negatively impacted every time another business hits a rough patch or you are threatened by a new regulation. That's why taking the time to really understand and communicate with every kind of partner in your business and staying updated on the regulatory landscape, is vital to your professional relationships, both in-house and otherwise.
The Fairfax Chamber of Commerce is very familiar with all of the above and is there to support its membership regardless of the business challenge. They would like to know what is keeping you up at night? Take our brief survey, find out what keeps others like you from getting their eight hours.
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Juno is officially called Miss Juniper Berry and has an impressive pedigree. She completely black with one white paw. Absolutely gorgeous!


Although my kids have expanded their food choices beyond pizza, pasta and chicken nuggets, hummus and carrot sticks are still a staple in my house. Salmonella in hummus isn't a new thing; a Detroit-area grocery store is recalling sesame paste.
A West Bloomfield grocery store has recalled containers of its sesame paste that might be contaminated with salmonella.
Sinbad Foods, located at 6251 Haggerty Road, said in a Tuesday release that 1-pound and 2-pound containers of its Tahina Telkef with "packed on" dates of Oct. 7, 2016, and "sell by" dates of Dec. 5, 2016, are on the recall list.
The 1-pound containers will have the numbers 0200004506472 and 0200004406413 in the barcode. Two-pound containers will have 0200000406295 in the barcode.
The potential contamination was discovered with the Michigan Department of Agricultural and Rural Development conducted tests on a sample of the product.
In a stunning example of local, organic healthy-type food, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today advised that a product recall is being undertaken on certain packets of sesame seed mixes supplied into the Irish retail market by Independent Irish Health Foods Ltd.
These seeds have been distributed widely within the Republic of Ireland. Some packets clearly show the name Independent Irish Health Foods Ltd, other packs have been supplied to independent retailers (e.g. health stores) and this packaging states: "packed by Independent Irish Health Foods" on the front of the pack.
Prof Alan Reilly, chief executive, FSAI, said it is particularly concerning that this is the second time a Salmonella issue has been identified in relation to sesame seeds in less than a year. Food businesses marketing these products need to ensure that both hygiene and processing are of a standard to eliminate Salmonella from these ready-to-eat products.
The Independent reports that Tesco, Waitrose and well-known health food shops have withdrawn tens of thousands of packets of edible seeds in one of the biggest product recalls in a decade after a survey found "unacceptable" levels of salmonella and E. coli.
One-in-50 packs of ready-to-eat seeds such as sesame and sunflower was found to be contaminated.
The study's authors pointed out that although there was no direct link to the contaminated seeds, 137 people in England and Wales fell ill from six sub-types of salmonella found in the seeds during the six-month study. Many more ill people are likely to have not reported their symptoms to GPs. The Health Protection Agency and the local authority group Lacors, which conducted the study, warned food manufacturers and retailers to improve hygiene during harvesting and drying of seeds.
The study was carried out because seeds – a popular snack among health-conscious shoppers wishing to avoid high-calorie chocolate and sweets – have become associated with at least seven outbreaks of salmonella in countries such as Germany, Norway, Sweden and Australia since 2000.
To gauge levels of contamination here, environmental health officers from 317 local authorities collected 3,735 packets of ready-to-eat seeds from 3,390 supermarkets, health food shops, convenience stores and market stalls between October 2007 and March 2008. They were analysed in 32 food laboratories.
Sesame and Salmonella — the new macaroni and cheese?
This morning the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is announcing a recall of a sesame seed product (crackers and chips) due to Salmonella contamination. Although no illnesses linked to the crackers have been confirmed, this recall one is yet another in a string of recalls linked to Salmonella-contaminated sesame seeds and products.
On January 22, 2008 CFIA announced a recall of bulk and packaged organic sesame seeds distributed under various brands in the Atlantic provinces, Quebec, Ontario and Alberta and British Columbia due to Salmonella contamination.
In June 2007 CFIA warned that GD Sesame seed might have been contaminated with Salmonella and conducted a recall (and check out the related alerts under the press release title, there were an additional eight sesame/Salmonella recalls linked to this one in 2007).
In May Salmonella-contaminated sesame tahini was recalled by Whole Foods Market Inc.
Last January the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found Salmonella in sesame seeds at Woodhouse Commodities Inc. (and the president of the company was charged for allegedly not disclosing that some of the seeds were sold despite a product hold).
Last years major Salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter, and two big Salmonella outbreaks linked to almonds earlier in the decade demonstrate how resilient Salmonella can be on dried products. At IAFP in August 2005, I co-moderated a symposium at which Robert Tauxe of the CDC said sesame seeds and Salmonella was the next big thing on the international food safety horizon. His prediction is looking pretty good.


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Client visions, architectural plans, build costs, and building regulations all must be finely balanced by your consulting engineer. Quite often, and for very different reasons, different stakeholders insist on different things which may be impossible to bring together.
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Working together in this way demonstrably improves the quality of the work on your project. It's much more accurate and stays much truer to your and your architect's original design concepts. The finished building reflects much closer the original vision you intended.
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Guest Display: Chris Bilewicz's Grots Armies on Parade
Alongside all of the professionally painted miniatures and dioramas in the Warhammer World Exhibition, we also showcase amazing personal projects in Guest Displays. Chris Bilewicz is the latest hobbyist to loan us his Armies on Parade display for you to see.
"The inspiration for the board came from the Warhammer PC game that was released a while ago called 'Dark Omen'. There was one mission where your army was surrounded by Greenskins, they came from caves and the forest and you only saw them at the last second. It was a calamity, fast paced and fun to play through."
Chris decided to do a two tier board to show the green tide appearing from the depths in all of its terrifying glory, swamping the board with colourfully painted miniatures. From deep caves, over buildings and through trees, with miniatures edge to edge over the board, there's a real feeling of it being part of a much bigger force.
It took Chris around six months to create, working on and off. "My favourite part is the spider climbing over the building. It has very specific anchor points, so it can be taken off, but securely popped back on, with each leg sitting in a small dip."
Come and see Chris' display for yourself at the Warhammer World Exhibition, before it leaves on September 3rd. Of course, you also get to see all of the other Guest Displays, thousands of our professionally painted miniatures, and around 26 specially built dioramas!


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import org.scalatest.FunSuite
import scala.pickling._, json._
import static.StaticOnly

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import scala.pickling.Defaults._

sealed trait F { val fld: Int }

final case class G(fld: Int) extends F
final case class H(fld: Int) extends F

class PicklerCanBeForwarded extends FunSuite {

  // we should be able to use a passed-in implicit pickler
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  private def doPickle[T](t: T)(implicit pickler1: Pickler[T]): JSONPickle =
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  private def doUnpickle[T](p: JSONPickle)(implicit unpickler1: Unpickler[T]): T =
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  test("main") {
    val x: F = G(42)
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  }
}

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In the Community — Dankmeyer, Inc.
Art Ross, Fabrication Technician, contributes this story.
On the first Saturday of May for the past 19 years, a bit of insanity has descended on the city of Baltimore in the form of the Kinetic Sculpture Race.
Kinetic Sculptures are amphibious, human powered works of art custom built for the race. Each May, the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) hosts the East Coast Kinetic Sculpture Race Championship on the shore of Baltimore's Harbor in central Maryland. The eight-hour race covers 14 miles—mostly on pavement, but also including a trip into the Chesapeake Bay and through mud and sand.
For the last six years I have had the fun of working as a volunteer at this event. I have concentrated my efforts into the group known as the "flock of chickens". The task of this group is to engage the crowd that is viewing the race and collect votes for the most popular sculpture. Each year the race has a theme that isn't announced until several weeks before the event. One year the first Saturday of May happened to be on the 5th so that year the theme was Cinco de Mayo. Last year it was Myths and Monsters and this year the theme was Food - coinciding with an exhibit at the Museum. Each year it is a bit of a race to revise or rebuild my chicken costume to match the theme. Here I am, in costume as a Cinco de Mayo chicken, FrankenChicken, and a Chicken Sandwich.
I have added my own touch to the assigned task. In addition to collecting votes, I hand out Dum Dum brand suckers. I give them out to the kids of course, but I make an effort to give them to adults as well. The delight on the face of a "grandmother" who is always giving but never expecting to be offered a treat is especially fun. Last year I gave out about 600 of these treats.
It's amazing how many social "norms" you can break when you are dressed in a silly costume, not the least of which is taking candy from a stranger.


Surfing's formative period from 1965 to 1978, as shown through the most complete book of the iconic images of photographer John Witzig. Chronicling the great creative years in the evolution of surfing, the late 1960s and early '70s, this engaging volume documents the revolutionary changes of the era--in board length, in surf style and technique--through the images of Australian photographer John Witzig. Witzig was not only photographing the scene, he was part of it, a group that included surfers Bob McTavish and George Greenough, and his images reflect both that access and that intimacy. In 1967, he created a firestorm of controversy with a Surfer cover story declaring that a core of young Australian surfers had redefined the sport, as evidenced by his friend Nat Young's blazing win in the 1966 World Surfing championships. Witzig went on to capture the defining moments--the surfers, the draft-dodging back-to-landers, the radical developments of board design, and, of course, the waves, from Australia to Honolua Bay--of surfing's most thrilling period. Soulful, poetic, iconoclastic, filled with rare images, this book is a unique look at surfing's cultural revolution.


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STATES RANKINGS
5 bank stocks with a "Strong Buy" and "Buy" recommendation have an upside potential of more than 25%
Fear of exposure to Adani group companies sent shivers in the banking sector stocks. However analysts are bullish on select stocks. ET screener powered by Refinitiv's Stock Report Plus lists down quality stocks with high upside potential over the next 12 months, having an average recommendation rating of "buy" or "strong buy". The screener applies different algorithms for all BSE and NSE stocks. This predefined screener is only available to ET Prime users.
Novak Djokovic back at top of ATP rankings; Sabalenka No. 2 in WTA
"You never know how much more time you have left, so, of course, I nurture and celebrate these moments of becoming No. 1 again and Grand Slam champion," the 35-year-old Djokovic said after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) in the final at Melbourne Park on Sunday night, "even more than I have, maybe ever in my career. I don't take it for granted."
Maha Cong chief questions investments by PSUs and LIC in Adani Group, seeks SIT probe into 'huge irregularities'
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi and industrialist Gautam Adani's close relations are well known. The money of State Bank of India, LIC (Life Insurance Corporation), and other public sector undertakings (PSUs) have been invested by PM Modi without any thought and procedure in Adani group," Patole alleged in a statement issued on Saturday. He claimed such "favouritism" over the Adani Group has caused the fear of losing this money (against the backdrop of the group's share tumbling on bourses).
Donald Trump kicking off 2024 run with stops in early-voting states
Trump will be the keynote speaker at the New Hampshire GOP's annual meeting before traveling to Columbia, South Carolina, where he is set to introduce his state leadership team. New Hampshire and South Carolina hold two of the party's first three nominating contests, giving them enormous power in selecting the nominee.
Government approves participation of wrestlers for Ranking Series Zagreb Open
The oversight committee was formed by the sports ministry earlier this week to investigate the charges including those of sexual harassment against the Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Singh Sharan and also manage the day-to-day affairs of the sports body. Headed by legendary boxer MC Mary Kom, the committee included former wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, ex-badminton player and Mission Olympic Cell member Trupti Murgunde, ex-TOPS CEO Rajagopalan and former SAI executive director - teams - Radhica Sreeman.
These 5 midcap stocks with 'strong buy' & 'buy' ratings can rally over 25%, say analysts
For all those who are getting jittery about markets getting volatile, just a reminder that in quarterly earning seasons equity markets tend to be volatile. Especially at the time when large companies are announcing their quarterly results from select sectors like financials. It is no different this time and given the valuation street is punishing stocks which are missing analyst estimates. At the same time there are stocks, where analysts are positive and projected returns are high. ET screener powered by Refinitiv's Stock Report Plus lists down quality stocks with high upside potential over the next 12 months, having an average recommendation rating of "buy" or "strong buy". This predefined screener is only available to ET Prime users.
New passport rankings show that the world is opening up – but not for everyone
Today, global mobility is on the rise. According to The Passport Index, an interactive ranking tool created by the investment firm Arton Capital, the "World Openness Score" reached an all-time high at the end of 2022. And the score has only continued to increase.
Fiscal discipline important; there cannot be different yardsticks for Centre and States: Kerala Governor
Reading out the policy document of the state government in the Assembly, the Governor said while fiscal discipline has to be enforced, there cannot be different yardsticks for the Centre and the states.
Samsung took the number one spot in the October-December quarter or Q4 of 2022 for the first time since Q3 2017, shipping 6.7 million units for a market share of 21%, while Vivo captured the second spot with 6.4 million units shipped mainly via offline channels, Canalys said.
Maharashtra tops states' ranking by CareEdge; UP among the best on governance
Gujarat and Tamil Nadu follow in the composite rankings for states released by CareEdge — research arm of Care Ratings Ltd - where it has also taken into account performance on infrastructure, financial inclusion, fiscal management and environment.
India can be among top 10 countries in global maritime trade ranking: Sonowal
The minister stated that projects like 'Sagarmala' and 'PM Gati Shakti' are "delivering results and will bring sea change after rolling out of all the programmes in the next few years".
Housing Minister releases guidelines for ranking cities based on financial performance, beautification
According to Manoj Joshi, Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, it is also an effort to analyse and help the ULBs in identifying areas in their financial performance where they can make further improvements, to be able to deliver quality infrastructure and services, and hence a good quality of life to its citizens.
Pleasure of Doing Business: A larger role for states
Recently, Public Affairs Forum of India presented a report on 'Pleasure of Doing Business' to DPIIT. PAFI believes that business should just not be easy rather a pleasure to do. There is still a gap between the policies and its implementation especially in the states. A collaborative institutional mechanism allowing positive outlook between the Centre, states & industry is necessary.
Medical staff in China's hospitals say COVID-19 ripping through their ranks
Health experts say China's sudden loosening of strict COVID rules is likely to trigger a surge in severe cases in coming months, and hospitals in big cities are already showing signs of strain.
Reliance Industries tops charts on Wizikey Newsmaker Ranking
Reliance Industries Ltd, India's largest corporate by revenues, profits, and market value, topped the 2022 Wizikey Newsmaker report as India's most-visible corporate in the media.
Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu - a fighter who rose through the ranks
Son of a road transport corporation driver, Sukhu, 58, had a modest beginning and used to run a milk counter at Chhota Shimla in his early days.
College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams in 2024. See details
The College Football Playoff will expand to 12 teams in 2024, and here we bring you what the bracket will look like.
Tennis: Who will finish the year at No. 1?
This year, Djokovic has no chance to end the year ranked No. 1. Because of his decision to remain unvaccinated, he was unable to play tournaments in Australia and the United States, including two of the four majors - the Australian Open and U.S. Open. The one major that he did win, Wimbledon, did not award ranking points after Russian and Belarusian players were banned from competing after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Brittney Griner's former coach Kim Mulkey faces criticism for refusing to comment on her detention in Russia
Former college coach of American basketball player Brittney Garner is facing severe criticism after refusing to comment on the star's detention in Russia.
Mizoram joins the ranks of paperless digital legislatures
The National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) is an e-governance project which sits under the Digital India mission.
Here are the best-ranked colleges in the US
Logistics performance ranking of states for 2022 likely to be released in Oct
The LEADS survey assesses the viewpoints of various users and stakeholders across the value chain including shippers, terminal infrastructure service providers, logistics service providers, transporters and government agencies to understand the enabler and impediments to the logistics ecosystem.
TS ICET Result 2022: Telangana ICET results out; here's how to check rank card
Candidates can check their results on the official site of TS ICET on icet.tsche.ac.in or manabadi.co.in. Reportedly, around 70,000 students appeared for the TS ICET 2022 exam.
TS EAMCET result likely to be declared today: Here's how to check the score
Candidates who appeared for the Telangana State Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test can check the score on the official website - eamcet.tsche.ac.in. The same can also be accessed on third-party websites, including manabadi.co.in, once it is declared.
AP ECET 2022 result likely to be declared today, check details here
However, APSCHE is yet to confirm a date for the result announcement. Once published, students will be able to check their scores on the official website - cets.apsche.ap.gov.in
Ashoka University is the best in state, ranks 88th in the country
Ashoka University have a great team of faculty that aims to deliver quality education and innovative research to their students. The courses offered by this state's best University are UG and PG programmes. These programmes include social sciences, fundamental natural sciences and humanities.
Assam recognised as 'Leader' in states' startup ranking by Centre
A total of 24 states and 7 Union territories (UTs) participated in the exercise, which ranked them under five categories - best performers, top performers, leaders, aspiring leaders and emerging startup ecosystems.
Gujarat, Karnataka best states for startup ecosystem: DPIIT rankings
Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha and Telangana were categorised as top performers.
Govt to release states' startup ranking on July 4
The exercise was launched in 2018 to encourage states and Union territories to work towards easing regulations for the growth of startups and strengthening the support to the startup ecosystem.