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The North Dakota Blue Book is a valuable and unique resource that contains a collection of information about North Dakota not readily available in a single resource and not easily accessible from other resources. It is an exceptional learning tool that is comprised of information about North Dakota's political, economic, social, cultural and environment history, including the status of each of these topics as of publication.
The North Dakota Blue Book was first published in 1889. Since 1995, a new edition of the book has been published every biennium. Eighteen editions are available online on the State Historical Society of North Dakota's website. An extremely beneficial feature of the online editions is the ability to search each of the online editions individually or all of the online editions collectively. This feature is especially useful for individuals researching information about North Dakota.
In addition to the online editions, hard copies are located at the North Dakota State Library in Bismarck, all state university libraries, and several municipal libraries throughout the state.
The North Dakota Blue Book is a valued and respected resource for researching and locating information about North Dakota through its unique benefits of online access and search capabilities. The wealth of information contained in each edition is something that cannot be duplicated in any other publication.
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Information on elections in the state, including initiating and referring laws and election reports and calendars.
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My Struggle With Brigham City
My recent struggle with the politics of Brigham City has a history. I didn't realize that until I researched past articles around subjects concerning that area. By and large I think it's a wonderful place to live. A bit preachy, but the mountains are beautiful, and people are engaging. I can tell now, after reading my own articles that my problem with the place stems from one guy, the principal of an elementary school there.
This guy has embarked on a three year campaign to destroy my family. He did this because he almost got my youngest killed through his own stupidity. It was all downhill after that. The kids' mother was called to the school so much I thought she was a substitute teacher. Kid takes a pencil, phone call! Kid forgets a coat, phone call. Little girl says she's being bullied, bully a statement from her for

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Guest post: What can telemedicine teach us about open data's role in primary healthcare post Covid-19?
Dr Omobolaji Iji, GP and co-founder of Tekihealth Solutions, sat down with Danny Bluestone, CEO of digital transformation agency and ODI Members Cyber-Duck, to discuss the future of primary healthcare
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, many of us were suddenly forced to work from home – including GPs. No longer at the surgery, they had to see their patients remotely and securely. Dr Omobolaji Iji, GP and co-founder of Tekihealth Solutions, sat down with Danny Bluestone, CEO of digital transformation agency and ODI Members Cyber-Duck, to discuss the future of primary healthcare
Authors: Danny Bluestone, Cyber-Duck and Dr Omobolaji Iji, GP and Tekihealth Solutions
Danny: Iji, how did you end up working with patient data?
Iji: My cofounder, Stephen Katebe, and I each have more than 20 years' experience in hospital medicine and then in general practice. After our GP training, Stephen moved to the Lake District, where he was struck by the huge shortage of GPs.
At the same time, I was doing some remote consultation work with two of the main players in telemedicine at the time. That gave me some insight into its advantages, but also its limitations. They were struggling to get GPs on board, and I could see why.
As a remote GP, with just a video-consultation approach, I didn't have the ability to examine my patients. If you cough, I'd have to guess whether it's a chest infection, you've got heart problems or a completely different issue. This was because I couldn't listen to your heart and lungs with a stethoscope.
And crucially, these privately run organisations didn't have access to NHS data at the time. So as a GP, I only knew what my patient remembered or chose to tell me. There was no independent way to get the information to help me manage their condition.
Danny: What impact can that have on your patients?
Iji: Well, if a patient asks me for more inhalers, at an NHS practice I can look at their records and see if they're using more than usual. That can show there's something that needs investigating. Otherwise, by the time you've prescribed inhalers 3-5 times, your patient could be getting poorly and you won't know. You don't have the information to pick up the deterioration early enough.
So Stephen and I decided to see if we could find a way to mitigate this. In the States, we came across companies that offer telemedicine boxes that allow remote patient examination. One of the candidates we considered was actually in use on Airforce One. This kit contained a digital camera, stethoscope and an otoscope (to look into the ears).
Our latest product, the Tekihub, is an upgrade which is completely wireless, portable and contains an all in one digital camera, stethoscope, otoscope and thermometer as well as a blood pressure monitor, a portable ECG and a spirometer, which checks lung function – all the things a GP would need to arrive at a more accurate diagnosis. It also has internet connectivity via an antenna or dongle.
We formed a medtech company, Tekihealth Solutions, and got a grant from the Science and Technology Facilities Council to carry out a pilot. I was taken on as a locum at Stephen's practice. I had access to patient notes, so I could do almost all of what I can normally do face to face."
Danny: What did you learn?
Iji: There was a preconception that people always want to see you in person. The pilot debunked that. Even older patients just want access to a doctor who can help them. I could do that remotely and the examinations were carried out in person by a healthcare assistant, almost like my avatar.
Our star patient was 80 years old and had never owned a mobile. She came in for a video consultation thinking she'd be filmed with the doctor, but she let us go ahead. She was an asthmatic patient and her use of inhalers was increasing. No one had really listened to her heart. I was able to do that remotely. I picked up a suspected heart condition and could refer her to a cardiologist.
Our next pilot was in Norfolk. Normally GPs visit housebound or seriously ill patients at lunchtime. In a rural area, where you might have to travel far between patients, you can only see 1-2 in that time, whereas in the surgery you could see 4-6.
We thought this might be the best way to demonstrate the cost effectiveness of telemedicine. It really comes into its own when a small number of GPs are covering a large geographical area.
Danny: What happened when Covid-19 hit?
Iji: The NHS went from 30% remote primary care consultations to 90% – a huge jump. People's acceptance jumped too. The NHS provided clinicians with laptops set up with computer firewalls and other appropriate safety measures so they could also work from home and access patient data remotely.
Danny: And how has that changed things for you?
Iji: Prior to Covid-19, we were knocking on doors trying to convince people about the benefits of telemedicine. Now, we have people knocking on our door asking to find out about our solution.
We're still not there yet – the NHS is a complicated organisation – and there are a lot of hurdles to providing remote care, especially with data and understandably so.
There's now a data security and protection toolkit from the NHS. That framework is designed for remote consultation networks and platforms. It's where you enter the data security measures and evidence to demonstrate that your patient data is secure.
Danny: And that's where user-centred design and privacy by design can support your data strategy. By mapping your data's journey from where it's collected to how it's stored, processed and shared, you can ensure it's kept safe.
We're trying to understand exactly from a UX perspective all the touchpoints that Tekihealth has at the moment and where it needs to be, then helping them with the service design, reimagining how it could be in the short, medium and long term. That's very early stages.
When Tekihealth look at redesigning parts of their system, we are working with them to construct the strongest process to secure their data. It's about usability and utility meeting security and confidentiality.
Iji: Yes, there are different types of data that we have to manage appropriately. We also have to mitigate against collecting too much. Critical data can include images of patients' skin, ECG readings and so on. We have a Data Protection Officer, who has conducted impact assessments on our operations and those of our partner organisations.
We mirror what happens in in-person consultations. A GP makes a home visit, uses their stethoscope, goes back to the surgery and enters notes on the patient's electronic medical record (EMR). They can't store the auscultation (the sounds you hear inside the body).
With remote consultations, we try to mirror that. What we hear is documented in the patient's EMR as you usually do.
If you need a second opinion, to save examining the patient again, you can record the auscultation and share a secure link to it. That clinician uses the link to generate a code to access the recordings on a cloud server. But this is an exception, rather than the rule.
Danny: Yes, healthcare data according to the ICO and GDPR is sensitive data, so it needs to be protected. Privacy by Design, a framework that's been around since the 1990s, is the best approach. It helps you design products and services that are secure from the start – the systems, processes, access and compliance.
Our clients come from a broad range of sectors and we see that different industries are in different stages of their data privacy journey. You alluded to the NHS. It's fair to say that – not by design – it is an archaic and fragmented ecosystem with lots of bureaucracy. It then becomes a challenge for outside innovators like Tekihealth to interface with them.
Let's say someone requests their medical records from their GP. The records will be printed, or PDFs will be created. There are multiple points of failure in the data journey. Even when people are acting in the best possible way and their intentions are pure, the process is open to impersonation. Data can get into the wrong hands.
There are risks – take India, for example. One healthcare website was hacked and 6.8 million records were exposed. You can buy sets of healthcare data on the dark web for $2,000. It's why people are afraid of their data being stored digitally.
On the other hand, in Estonia, a paramedic can get someone's records in 30 seconds and it doesn't matter which pharmacy you visit – everything's stored and accessible as long as you have the right permissions.
But in the NHS, none of the security standards are at an enterprise level yet. Amazon and PayPal are far more secure than the NHS. The system is behind the curve although it's improving."
Iji: Yes, to add to what you're saying, one of the challenges we've found is that when it comes to data security, the NHS is a fragmented organisation. Each part of it has their own data protection assessment tool and process. Sometimes this delays implementation of the service, as each part has its own specific questions. The NHS should have centralised guidance on data management, so everyone's following the same guidelines. In reality, you go into one primary care group and the process is slightly different, or you have to go through it all again – the fact that you've gone through the same process with another CCG doesn't reassure them.
Danny: Yes, it's duplication of procurement. Due diligence is one of the most painful parts, even for agencies much bigger than ours. The NHS could be reassured that a business is compliant and follows best practice. But each NHS trust works in quite a different way.
Iji: But it does seem that with Covid-19, this is improving. NHS Digital have created toolkits and standards for vetting people especially in the online space. That conversation is ongoing. One of the requirements is an interoperability standard. That's frustrated everyone for a long time, but since Covid-19, people are beginning to listen – they're less worried about data being centralised. NHS Digital is finding ways to create standards that will guide everyone in how data usage access and interoperability will look like.
Danny: And interoperability is key if you're an organisation like Tekihealth. If you're storing data in a different format from the NHS, that's not going to work. As per what you say, Iji, I believe that Government Digital Services (GDS) and NHS Digital are starting to drive standards based on international norms. This will then empower users to know that their data is accessible.
Iji: Exactly.
Danny: How would you like to see the use of data develop in the health sector?
Iji: I'd like to see patients have access to their own data and for the data sharing to be a lot smoother and easier. At the moment for clinicians, there's still lots of blocks on access to patient data. Getting hold of records takes ages. Make patients custodians of their own data, with access to all their x-rays, medication records and so on. When I see them, create a mechanism to share that information with me. Then I can help them a lot faster.
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As we move into the new year, we welcome new members to the OpenActive Steering Committee as they take up the role for the coming 12 months
Reports 25/01/2023
Federated learning: an introduction [report]
Anastasia Shteyn
Konrad Kollnig
Yusuff Adigun
In this report, we outline considerations and practical guidance for prospective adopters of federated learning, an emerging privacy enhancing technology (PET)
Transforming mental health research through longitudinal datasets
David Warrell
Ed Evans
Julie King
We're working with King's College London on behalf of Mental Health at Wellcome to create a world-leading data resource to support mental health research
Impact by design: Our approach to OpenActive
Adam Freeman-Pask
Carrie Brindle
Chris Bancroft
Howard Askew
Kanika Joshi
Kim Michael Sørensen
Tim Corby
We outline how OpenActive is embedding Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) into the initiative to strengthen and expand its social impact This is a summary of OpenActive's approach to MEL – for more detail, read OpenActive's blogpost: Improving impact: Our approach to monitoring, evaluation and learning
Guest post: Still feel like going for a swim? Overcoming barriers to participation
Tania Nadarajah
Paralympian Tania Nadarajah writes on her experience accessing sports and local physical activities as a wheelchair user, and how data-driven initiatives like OpenActive and Parasport can help remove barriers to participation
Engagement Consultant
Tim Corby is the Engagement Consultant for the OpenActive initiative
Action Against Age-Related Macular Degeneration
AAAMD's focussed mission is to find and enable convenient, affordable, and accessible solutions to stop AMD in its early stages, before it causes sight loss.
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Sightsavers and Irish Aid
This five-year partnership will enable us to change thousands of lives in four countries in West Africa.
In 2017, Sightsavers received a five-year development funding grant from Irish Aid to support our programmes in West Africa.
The grant supports work in four countries – Cameroon, Liberia, Senegal and Sierra Leone – to enable us to save sight and change lives while delivering measurable results and accountability. The investment will help us:
improve eye healthcare in Sierra Leone, Senegal and Liberia
treat and prevent neglected tropical diseases such as river blindness
improve education opportunities for children with disabilities
ensure people with disabilities have a voice and play an active role in the political process
campaign for the rights of people with disabilities, and engage the Irish public to support our campaign work.
Our partnership with Irish Aid also enables Sightsavers Ireland to engage the Irish public through our nationwide schools engagement programme, teaching primary school students about the importance of sight and the daily challenge of living with disability. In this way, the schools programme raises awareness about the UN's Global Goals (also known as the Sustainable Development Goals), which are crucial for the future of millions of people around the world.
How Irish Aid is supporting our work
Promoting inclusive education
We believe all children should have the chance to go to school. In Senegal, we're working with Irish Aid to ensure students with disabilities can learn alongside their classmates: we're training teachers, providing resources and promoting inclusive education. Read Seynabou's story
Fighting for disability rights
In Cameroon, people with disabilities who want to vote in elections find they face many obstacles. Since 2011, with funding from Irish Aid, Sightsavers has been supporting people with disabilities to take part in the democratic process in Cameroon. Our political work in Cameroon
Protecting against disease
More than 6.9 million people in Sierra Leone are at risk of lymphatic filariasis, a debilitating disease that causes painful disfigurement. We're working with Irish Aid to educate communities at risk, and are training local volunteers to give out vital medication. About lymphatic filariasis
Providing essential eye care
It's thought that up to half the people in Liberia live in rural areas that lack basic eye health services. With the help of Irish Aid, we're training staff, providing sight-saving operations and encouraging the government to strengthen its eye care policies. More from Liberia
How Irish Aid is supporting our work with schools
Sightsavers and schools
More from Sightsavers and Irish Aid
Sightsavers Reports
Stories / Disability rights /
Khady's story
"I met so many children with disabilities who were not going to school and there was no institution to welcome them. So I started fighting for that aim."
Nanny's story
Nanny Powers founded Cameroon's National Association of Persons with Short Stature, a disability organisation for people with restricted growth.
Sightsavers from the field
From the field / Disability rights /
Education for all in Sierra Leone
Abdul is one of many children who has benefited from the Education for All project that aims to give all children with disabilities access to a better quality education.
Mbalmayo Disability Group, Cameroon
In Cameroon there are laws protecting the rights of people with disabilities, including the right to vote. Yet many still struggle to access the ballot box.
Michel's story
"The message we want to give through this radio show is that people with disabilities in Cameroon are able to take part in the electoral process."
Seynabou's story
One day Seynabou heard a visiting teacher talk about an inclusive school for children with disabilities, and she jumped at the chance to go.


I love that graphic. Freaking love it. I have yet to finish A Game of Thrones, far less the others, but I do love the television series and I'm determined to read the books after the series is done. So yeah, George, love you and all and love you more when you're writing.
And yes, I know the writers of the show know all. Which, by the way, should be a clue to some people constantly grumbling about why they aren't seeing some character or plot-point they love from the books (because they probably don't matter/die before the end, or it's a red herring). But I'd like to have the books to read before the show ends, so sue me.
Also, yes, I don't read the books before the movie/tv show anymore if I can avoid it. That's because except for a few instances (I'm looking at you Circle of Friends, and Shining Through), the book is better than the film. I'd like to have the best experience last please. Because I tried it the other way around for Star Wars and let me tell you, that did NOT work.
Anyway, I was puttering about in my Pinterest and thought, why not put up a few of my favs for fun? So here they are. Some of my Game of Thrones laughs.
Loved that last one with Annie and Arya!
I know! It's one of my absolute faves too lol.


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A guide to solar farms: Are they the energy future?
Solar farms have the potential to play a growing role in the New Zealand electricity mix, and around the country a number of initiatives are currently in the works as industry increasingly seeks to tap into the power of the sun.
Harnessing solar energy at an industrial-scale level, solar farms comprise the installation of large numbers of photovoltaic solar panels that collectively generate electricity for a dedicated purpose, such as to power commercial operations, or to be fed into the grid.
While residential installations are designed to cater for the individual needs of a household, solar farms – which create a striking impression in covering a large area with panels angled side-by-side to face the sun – can potentially be configured to power large numbers of homes and businesses.
As solar technologies continue to be developed and as costs become more economic, it is likely that industry will increasingly canvass the role of solar farms in the wider electricity network.
The state of solar: Its future role
Solar currently comprises a small percentage of New Zealand's electricity generation, with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's Energy in New Zealand 2018 report showing it provides less than 0.2 per cent of total generation.
Earlier this year, state-owned Transpower, the owner and operator of the national grid, released a paper exploring solar's future role in New Zealand, with it pointing to "enthusiasm for a rapidly increasing contribution from solar" and outlining some of the challenges involved.
The Sun Rises on a Solar Energy Future paper highlights the falling cost of solar, observing that:
"Based on what we currently know and believe, by 2050 utility solar is likely to be the world's cheapest form of energy – marginally cheaper than wind, which will also continue to fall in price."
Going forward, it notes that challenges include:
Aligning solar with the evening peak electricity load, pointing to the role that battery storage and complementary tariff structures can play.
Rolling out solar in higher value locations – close to demand and where generation potential is high – in a timely manner.
Taking a balanced approach to investment as new technologies are developed and released to market.
The paper notes that solar's decreasing cost and steadily improving performance, along with an increasing focus on sustainability and self-reliance, are driving utility and distributed solar uptake, and stresses the economic viability of utility solar in New Zealand's energy future.
Along with reducing electricity costs, taking steps towards self-sufficiency is certainly a noticeable feature of many of the solar farm projects that have been undertaken, or which are in development or have been proposed, around the country, with solar being used in combination with other energy sources.
Solar on water: Vector and Watercare to build floating array
Energy distributor Vector and water utility Watercare recently advised that the two companies will be involved in a project to build what will be New Zealand's largest solar array in Auckland, with it to float on top of the Rosedale wastewater treatment pond.
New Zealand's first floating solar array, to be delivered by Vector PowerSmart, it will supplement electricity from the grid, as well as cogeneration from biogas, with the electricity to be used for activities that help break down waste as part of the treatment process.
"As a large user of energy, it's important that we look at ways of reducing our environmental footprint and becoming more self-sufficient," Watercare Chief Executive Raveen Jaduram commented.
"Innovative solutions like this on top of wastewater ponds are a smart way to reduce operational costs."
Vector and Watercare advise:
The project is New Zealand's first confirmed MW-scale solar system.
It will generate enough electricity each year to power 200 average New Zealand homes for a year.
It will comprise more than 2,700 solar panels and 3,000 floating pontoons.
It is New Zealand's largest confirmed solar project of any type so far, and more than twice the size of the country's current largest solar array.
It will deliver reduction of 145 t CO2e each year.
Energise Ōtaki: Community solar farm project
Charitable incorporated society Energise Ōtaki advised in August that a community solar farm project will be developed to fund community energy projects in Ōtaki, with funding of $407,000 coming from the Wellington Community Trust.
"One of the many appealing aspects of Energise Ōtaki's proposal for us as a trust was the return on our investment being reinvested back into the Ōtaki community," Roger Palairet, Wellington Community Trust Chairperson, commented.
"The establishment of a local community trust that will redistribute income earned from the solar arrays into projects that address energy hardship and sustainability in the region was innovative and very attractive to us."
Energise Ōtaki advises:
Two solar farms will be built later this year.
A solar farm at the Kāpiti Coast District Council's wastewater treatment plant will generate power to run the treatment process.
A solar farm at Ōtaki College will provide energy for college operations, with excess energy over the summer months to be provided to the local grid, with Energise Ōtaki to also explore energy storage as a further stage.
The farms will comprise 600 photovoltaic panels.
Over 160 kWp of electricity will be generated when the sun is shining.
Yealands Wine Group: Powering a winery
Yealands Wine Group has installed one of New Zealand's largest solar arrays on the roof of its Marlborough winery, which it states supplies much of its electricity needs.
Yealands advises that Marlborough gets more hours of sunshine than anywhere else in New Zealand in most years, with the array having been expanded in 2016 to cover almost the entire roof of the winery's north wing.
The electricity generated helps power everything Yealands does in its winery, with most of the energy harvested used for cooling, which Yealands states is crucial for its wine quality.
Yealands advises that:
With an original 99 kW system installed in 2013, a further 918 solar panels have been added to bring the total to 1,316.
The system is capable of generating 411 kW of solar power.
The solar array produces more than half-a-million kWh per year.
Each new solar panel has a maximum power output of 340 W.
Refining NZ: Power for an oil refinery
Refining NZ, the owner and operator of the Marsden Point oil refinery in Northland, advised earlier this year that it is considering the development of a solar farm to supply the facility with electricity.
Refining NZ advised that early work shows that the solar farm, to potentially be developed adjacent to the refinery, would reduce the cost of the refinery's electricity consumption.
"First and foremost, this facility would allow Refining NZ to reduce its electricity costs, which is one of the biggest costs for the company," Refining NZ Chief Executive Mike Fuge stated of the potential project.
"It would leverage our existing refining and infrastructure business, taking advantage of a high-quality solar resource in Northland, as New Zealand greens its transport sector, and contribute to the government's goal of transitioning to a low-carbon economy."
Refining NZ has advised:
The solar farm would have a 26 MW capacity.
It would cover 31 hectares.
It would cost an estimated $36-39 million.
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VOL. 132 | NO. 95 | Friday, May 12, 2017
Bill Dries
Last Word: Weekend Sonic Boom, CLERB's Response and Irvin Salky
By Bill Dries
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Yes, those were the United States Navy Blue Angels buzzing Downtown Thursday afternoon in advance of their appearance at the Memphis Airshow Saturday and Sunday in Millington. That sound you heard after the flyover wasn't a sonic boom. I don't think they have those anymore. It was the sound of a really busy weekend following close behind.
It starts with Fourth Bluff Friday's return from 4-10 p.m. in Memphis Park with a pop-up beer garden. This will be a test of the RiverPlay pop-up park across Riverside Drive linking that park with Mississippi River Park down the bluff and on the other side of Riverside. From there the Latino Memphis Festival in Overton Park Saturday, Memphis Greek Festival at Annunciation on Highland, Dragon Boat races on the river, the debut of a baby sloth at the Memphis Zoo, graduations for Christian Brothers University and Southwest Tennessee Community College. And Governor Bill Haslam may unleash a sonic boom of his own traveling between the two ceremonies.
UPDATE: The Fourth Bluff Friday event has been cancelled for this week because of the rain.
Haslam's appearance at the SWTCC graduation marks the first graduation of students in the Tennessee Promise program that guarantees at least two free years of community college for Tennessee high school graduates.
It's been about six months since Tracy Hall, the president of Southwest Tennessee Community College called together the faculty and staff from all of the SWTCC campuses together to tell them where she thought the college was going. This was not a good thing. In those six months, those same folks who were listening then have been working on a new game plan for the community college including getting past the divisions Hall still saw from the merger of Shelby State and State Tech in 2000. And the way forward was unveiled earlier this week. The leader of a Tennessee nonprofit working with the state on programs like Tennessee Promise talked about the move from calling for diversity to calling for equity in higher education.
Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings may have the final say on recommendations from the Civilian Law Enforcement Review Board but CLERB members said Thursday that doesn't necessarily mean he will have the last word. Rallings has rejected three cases in which the board recommended he discipline or reprimand police officers and the board members aren't happy with his response.
The Shelby County Schools board wants to know more about Germantown's offer of $25 million for the three Gs.
Back to your Memphis In May frame of mind, word from U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen late Thursday that Irvin Salky has died. He was founder of the Beale Street Music Festival, guardian and manager of Phineas Newborn, Furry Lewis and Memphis Slim as part of his law practice. If he wasn't a founder of the Midtown pub crawl, he was one of its biggest supporters. And he was an essential player in all undertakings that came to define the counter culture tradition of Midtown as we know and appreciate it today. Salky's father had a shop on Beale Street and his sponsorship of the music festival was essential in 1977 – 40 years ago – when Beale Street was boarded up and crumbling and when the Chamber of Commerce didn't think music like that was our friend. The powers that be had actually pulled the plug on a similar undertaking at about that time on the other end of the Main Street Mall – or as we called it then, Mid-America Mall.
The city and Airbnb have reached an agreement on how to collect local taxes owed on Airbnb bookings in the city ahead of a June 1 effective date. You may remember that when we met here last we reviewed the efforts by the Tennessee Legislature to limit what Nashville can do in regulating Airbnbs there. The Memphis ordinance approved by the city council and already on the books took an approach that emphasized as little red tape and involvement with City Hall as possible. And that remains. But since the passage of that ordinance, some practical problems in terms of collecting the city's short term room occupancy tax and the tourism improvement district assessment came up. Thus the agreement for Airbnb, the company, to collect those taxes at the time a customer books a room through its system.
Next week is summit week around town. The Cossitt Library hosts a statewide bike summit and Clayborn Temple hosts the second annual local blight elimination summit. Here's a preview of the blight summit and some concerns about the scenery around the church that could play into some of the discussions. Please note that the blight summit is Wednesday. In our print edition a wrong day was included in the story by someone who has a really large picture with a red background that runs with this column.
And he regrets the error.
No one bid on the state contract to manage Fall Creek Falls State Park in east Tennessee and critics of the Haslam administration's move to outsource the management of such state facilities are taking this as a victory on this long-running issue.
In our Friday Sports Section:
Major League Baseball is just getting started. But in college baseball, the University of Memphis team is thinking about the post-season tournament and its place in that tournament.
In his "Press Box" column, Don Wade talks with Randy Odom of Memphis Athletic Ministries who is getting honors from the NBA for two decades of work coaching youth basketball in this city of yours and mine.
David Climer says lay off UT football coach Butch Jones.
Dave Link in Knoxville says the Big Orange baseball coach could be the next to be shown the door there after the tennis coach got sacked recently.
Skydiving for cancer research, specifically the Foundation for Women's Cancer.
Le Bonheur's new chief of pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine, Dr. Patricia Dubin, already has a plan for development in asthma and other areas. Dubin has some personal experience with childhood asthma.
U.S. Rep. David Kustoff of Germantown on "Behind The Headlines" about the firing of FBI director James Comey earlier this week: "A lot of people were surprised not necessarily by the decision but by the timing." Kustoff, a former U.S. Attorney, supports the action and talks about his vote this month to repeal Obamacare. The show airs Friday at 7 p.m. on WKNO TV.
Memphis International Airport CEO Scott Brockman says the airport will probably have "well north" of $500 million of capital projects in the next five years. He commented in Patrick Lantrip's cover story for our weekly The Memphis News, which is about a different kind of infrastructure need nationally than the one that usually comes to mind. Most of the airports in America are around 40 years old. MEM opened more than 50 years ago.
The PDF of the new issue of The Memphis News is up now on this very website. The hard copies are on the streets Friday morning. And the cover story goes up online here Friday afternoon.


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Atlantic Media on the Verge of Selling Quartz to Uzabase, a Little-Known Japanese Media Firm
Jessica Peters May 18, 2019
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Tokyo-based Uzabase has disclosed that it will pay between $75 million and $110 million for Quartz but it all depends on the amount of revenue made by the site over the remaining part of the year.
Uzabase goes back to ten years ago after it's founding by two investment bankers and a consultant in IT who created their corporate data service. In 2013, the company ventured into the media sector with the launch of NewsPicks, a business news app.
The news app boasts of more than three million users and Uzabase reports that about a half of NewsPicks' revenue emanates from subscriptions, which come at a monthly cost of $15. Last year, the company brought the app to the United States after teaming up with News Corp's (NWSA) Dow Jones.
Uzabase now intends to magnify its international processes with Quartz. Quartz is known for its digital-only approach to business news and therefore focuses on readers who acquire their information via mobile devices as well as social media.
The media industry has recently been under pressure from big tech companies such as Google and Facebook which have powerfully gripped the digital ad industry. However, Quartz asserts that its success comes from a native advertising approach, whereby brands sponsor articles and products as opposed to making payments for regular display ads. The site says that it aims to raise adverting revenue by up to 35 percent this year.
As part of the Uzabase deal, Quartz will strive to make money from areas such as subscriptions. It will also be responsible for the English-language version of NewsPicks. Kevin Delaney, Quartz editor in chief and publisher Jay Lauf indicated that they expected the present products to remain free, but they were keen on offering premium content alongside other services.
Moreover, Quartz headquarters will remain in New York and its leadership will proceed with operations as usual both in the United States and Overseas. Quartz's products include a website, mobile app, video content and email newsletters.
According to Uzabase, the deal will close in the next 30 days. Interestingly, the buying of Quartz by a Japanese firm comes three years following the purchase of the Financial Times by Nikkei, a Japanese publishing group.
In a press release, NewsPicks CEO Yusuke Umeda indicated that Quartz was the first news media company to integrate quality journalism with mobile technology successfully. He added that he was excited at the idea of entering a new chapter of NewsPick's growth with a firm and a team that he respects so much.
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The cosmetics sector continues to be the most important market for aluminium aerosol cans by far, accounting for some 80 per cent of total production worldwide. Deodorants and perfumes are the clear leaders accounting for every second can produced. Hair sprays, hair mousses and other cosmetic products – including, for example, shaving foam – each of them account for about ten per cent. Rising living standards in the emerging countries of South America and Asia and a growing adoption of an international lifestyle and consumer culture will spur on these markets even more. The aluminium aerosol can is the ideal form of packaging for the cosmetics sector: a material-intrinsic premium appeal, luxurious feel and a persuasive visual appearance for product differentiation at the point of sale. Furthermore, the can offers the standards of quality and safety and the complete range of convenience aspects that are expected of packaging in the high-priced and sophisticated cosmetics sector.
At the moment only six per cent of the aluminium aerosol cans produced worldwide are supplied to the pharmaceutical/medical sector. The growth prospects in this hygiene-oriented sector are nevertheless good. Aerosol cans are used here mainly for disinfectant sprays and other cleaners, for medication for treating burns, for asthma inhalers and in dentistry and medicinal dental care. Increasingly they are also being used in veterinary medicine. It is again the whole host of benefits that other forms of packaging cannot match that makes the aluminium aerosol can particularly attractive for pharmaceutical applications: the highest standards of product protection thanks to its unique barrier properties, absolutely hygienic, safe and reliable in use, and precise dosing. The aluminium aerosol can perfectly fulfils the extremely high standards that apply in the medical and pharmaceutical sectors. Consumers in every other market also benefit from these excellent standards of quality and their associated technical expertise.
At the moment there is only a limited number of products from the food sector available in aluminium aerosol cans: whipped cream, mustard, oil and vinegar, spices, pancake and waffle batter, sprays with egg glazing and egg-white foam, gelatine sprays, edible spray paint and other decorative products that add that special touch to modern and creative cuisine. There are, however, significant growth rates in the market for foodstuffs and there are no limits on people's fantasies. The aluminium aerosol can reveals its full potential with foodstuffs: long storage life thanks to excellent product protection, extremely high standards of hygiene, precise dosing and exact application using special dispenser solutions for every possible application. These attributes prevent product deterioration and unnecessary squandering of the resources used to produce the foodstuffs. And all of this in accordance with the strict legislation on foodstuffs in force in the EU and the USA. Here, too, the aluminium aerosol can sets standards that comparable forms of packaging cannot match.
Thirty years after its foundation on 22nd September 1976, AEROBAL, the former European Association of Aluminim Aerosol Container Manufacturers, was transformed into an international organisation as of 1 January 2006. AEROBAL represents 22 international aluminium aerosol can producers running production plants in Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Australia and Africa. Thanks to this enlargement AEROBAL covers the main aluminium aerosol can markets worldwide and represents about 75 % of the overall aluminium aerosol can production.
AEROBAL's aim is to enter into an open dialogue with public and other stakeholders in order to promote aluminium as packaging material and the products of its members.


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On Friday, the show seemed more subdued and quiet than in the past years. I remember our second year at NAMM several years ago, the Friday crowd was huge and every line we waited in for a meet and greet seemed to take forever. That was not the case this year as I noticed a small line waiting for a meet and greet with Iron Maiden Drummer Nicko McBrain at the Sonor drum booth. Fans of Maiden and Nicko were very happy the lines were small and they had time to go do other meet and greets.
Other musicians spotted on Friday were John 5 (Rob Zombie), Rex Brown (Pantera), Chris Broderick (Ex-Megadeth and now with Act of Defiance), and Phil Anselmo (former Pantera), who seemed to greet everyone with a big smile and took photos with all his fans.
On Saturday the show was more alive and jumping. Arriving after 3pm, I was able to catch the final Meet and Greet with Mötley Crüe Bassist Nikki Sixx at Black Star Amps, where he was actually representing with his other band SIXX AM.
Other musicians spotted on Saturday included Rudy Sarzo (former Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne), Guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen, Doyle Von Frankenstein (Misfits) and Vic Rattlehead (Megadeth Mascot). It was great to see manufacturers like Ernie Ball Guitar Strings, Sonor Drums who has recently endorsed Nicko McBrian and his new drum set, and Marshall Amps, who every year have the biggest wall of amps.


Version 2.0 of the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid takes to the track this weekend, competing in the second round of the Nürburgring Long Distance Championship (VLN). The car, a further developed version of the 911 Hybrid that nearly won the Nürburgring 24 last year, will be driven by Porsche works drivers Joerg Bergmeister, Marco Holzer and American Patrick Long.
So, what's been done with this latest Porsche 911 Hybrid race car? Well, Porsche has placed a priority on increasing efficiency. The weight of the vehicle, including the hybrid components, has been reduced from 1350 kg (2977 lb.) to 1300 kg (2866 lb.), with the weight of the hybrid components themselves reduced by 20 percent. The general layout of the car remains the same, with the flywheel/accumulator still housed in a carbon-fiber safety cell on the passenger-side floorboard.
The output of the electric motors at the front axle has been increased from 60 to 75 kilowatts each. What's more, Porsche says the electric power of the 911 GT3 R Hybrid 2.0 is now, depending on the programming, automatically activated through use of the throttle pedal. However, the hybrid driver can still manually call up this extra power, for instance when overtaking, via a lever on the steering wheel. Also significant: The conventional flat-6 engine driving the rear wheels, which still displaces 4.0 liters, has been detuned from 480 bhp to 465 bhp. Porsche says this has been done in the interest of better fuel efficiency, and perhaps better engine longevity.
"We've made huge strides forward with the further-developed 911 GT3 R Hybrid. But testing under race conditions gives us additional information that is not easy to collect during a simulation," says Hartmut Kristen, Head of Porsche Motorsport. "We'll use the information gained from the VLN races to make our racing lab even more reliable and economical."
Can't wait to see how this car will fare in the Nürburging 24 on June 25. Just think: Patrick Long may join Boris Said as the only Americans to win the race.


Haircuts for straight hair. It is good to alternate hairstyles now and then, changing them will give you a new look and make you attractive all the time. If you have wavy / curly long hair, it's time to make it straight, but this time we shall avoid flat irons.
I want to teach you some safe methods you can use to flatten / straighten hair without that hot iron. In this post I have also featured photos of straight hairstyles for women; you can use them as an inspiration or copy one / two things that you can apply to your hairstyle.
Haircuts for straight hair. You can easily straighten curly / wavy hair by using straightening products like Ogilvie Straightener; this leave-in conditioner will condition and straighten your hair. However, before using any hair straightening shampoo / conditioner of your choice, make sure you look out for ingredients in that hair product, it has to be alcohol &b sulfate free, these two ingredients will dry out your hair which might make it difficult to get straight hair.
Shampoo / Condition your hair: After buying the right hair straightening leave-in conditioner, you can go on and wash your hair with that product. Leave in the conditioner for at least 20 – 50 minutes, this is enough time for the shampoo to sink and circulate through your hair. After 50 minutes, rinse out the shampoo and dry your hair with a blower or a towel, this will remove excess water, but make sure your hair isn't completely dry, it has to stay moist and soft, this will make it easy to brush straight.
Part your hair and blow Dry It: When you part your hair into small sections, it becomes very easy for you to style. You can use an ion-generating blow dryer, but blow your hair right from the root. After this process, brush your hair straight, use wide teethed comb because it will not pull your hair with force.
Apply a styling product: After brushing through your hair, you can apply a styling product; this will make it smooth and sleek just like the lady in the photo above.
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Opinion: How to help the Gulf oil industry weather this crisis
By Benjamin Zycher / American Enterprise Institute
The economic pain in the U.S. oil and gas sector is excruciating. One efficient policy response of particular use to offshore producers in the Gulf of Mexico would be a temporary suspension of royalty payments from existing operations. The action would not distort the market but would increase total oil revenue for the federal government even over a mere five-year period.
The Trump administration is considering a reduction of the royalty rate for new offshore leases, but that would have virtually no effect, as a lower royalty rate on future production would merely increase bids for the leases now.
Royalty relief for current offshore production would impose far fewer inefficiencies than several proposals now being discussed:
• Mandated production cuts, or "prorationing," in Texas and elsewhere.
• A tariff on imported crude oil and refined products.
• U.S. coordination of a global production cut with OPEC and other important producers not formally members of OPEC.
The common denominator among these proposals is their inherent economic inefficiency: distortion of the market through government meddling in production decisions or price outcomes, whether domestically or internationally. All would also violate the free-market principles that drive the preeminent long-run growth of the American economy.
Prorationing would represent a cartelization of the U.S. oil sector, politicizing production decisions ordinarily driven by market incentives to achieve efficiencies. A tariff on oil imports would generate revenue that would be spent, creating interest groups demanding that the tariff never end, and over the longer term imposing real economic losses on the broad U.S. economy by increasing energy costs.
Participation by the U.S. in international output decisions would make it vastly more difficult to defend traditional U.S. arguments for greater resource allocation by markets rather than government. More generally: A shift away from market competition toward not merely the federal bureaucracy but an international bureaucracy will not yield positive outcomes.
In contrast, temporary royalty relief for Gulf oil production would avoid adverse efficiency impacts and would preserve the longer-term stream of federal royalty income.
Oil production from federal leases in the Gulf last year totaled about 1.9 million barrels per day. Assume, conservatively, a return to a historical price of $40 per barrel and an average royalty rate of 15 percent. Annual royalty payments would be about $4.2 billion, with a present value of about $59 billion under reasonable assumptions: a 25-year life for the wells and a discount rate of 5 percent.
Some Gulf production already is being shut down in the face of the collapse in oil prices. At a price of $15, annual royalty payments given production of 1.9 million barrels per day would be about $1.6 billion per year. If only 10 percent of Gulf production is shut down, the reduction in annual royalty payments would be about $160 million. If the shutdown lasts for, say, five years -- it is not cheap to restart offshore wells -- the present value of the reduction in royalty payments would be about $690 million.
Under conservative assumptions, temporary (one-year) royalty relief averaging 15 percent would cut the production shutdown in half. The annual reduction in royalty payments: about $80 million. For the ensuing four years, royalty payments for the production thus preserved, based upon a price of $15 per barrel, would total $320 million, with a present value of $270 million.
But if we assume, reasonably, a return to a $40 price per barrel as the global economy recovers from the COVIS-19 collapse in demand, annual royalty payments for the production thus preserved would be about $200 million, with a present value of about $675 million.
Those figures -- $690 million and $675 million -- are about equal, but the effects would not be a mere wash for federal revenue. We have not considered the royalty payments on sales of natural gas from the Gulf leases.
Accordingly, it is easy to predict that temporary royalty relief for the Gulf producers would yield a substantial net increase in federal royalty receipts over the medium- and longer terms, precisely because the royalty payments are a tax on production, with proportionately greater effects as prices decline.
More economic efficiency and greater federal royalty revenue: It would be win-win.
– Benjamin Zycher is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.
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Heralding from Belfast, Ireland, Robbie has been building his reputation by rocking many a floor around the globe with a vibrant blend of house, tech house and tribal sounds, all supported with his own high quality productions.
Since making his debut over 12 years ago, from DJing all over BeHeralding from Belfast, Ireland, Robbie has been building his reputation by rocking many a floor around the globe with a vibrant blend of house, tech house and tribal sounds, all supported with his own high quality productions.
Since making his debut over 12 years ago, from djing all over Belfast hot spots to a weekly show on Miss Moneypennys radio show years ago to then in 2012 he joining forces with an old time friend to create Miami House Party. He's stacked up a high number of releases on labels such as Sony, CME/Warner, Black Hole Recordings, Housesession, Armada music, Juicy Music, Celestial, Lukesclub, Geoma , whist and Glamour Punk to name a few. Their releases can be found on 80+ compilations and have received big support from Todd Terry, Robbie Rivera, Felix Da Housecat, Lost Witness, J Paul Getto, Ministry of Sound and the list continues. 2014 saw the pair win a Music Award for "Best Dance Music Artist" by Love Music Awards, and then were nominated for the same award in 2015.
Also shortlisted for "best club Dj" when 19 in the infamous fate awards Belfast.
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Godolphin Atlantic (Newquay) Football Club was a football club based in Newquay, Cornwall, England, UK. Affiliated to the Cornwall County Football Association, they were members of the  and played at Godolphin Way.

History
The club was established as Godolphin Atlantic in 1980 at the Godolphin Arms pub in Newquay. They joined Division Three of the Duchy League and the 1981–82 season saw them win the League Cup and gain promotion to Division Two. They were promoted to Division One at the end of the 1992–93 season and then to the Premier Division in 1996. In 1999–2000 the club won the Knock-Out Cup for a second time. The 2004–05 season saw them win the league's Knock-Out Cup and the Junior Cup, and after finishing as Premier Division runners-up, they were promoted to the East Cornwall League.

Godolphin finished third in their first season in the East Cornwall League, also winning the League Cup. The league split into two at the end of the season, with the club placed in the Premier Division. They won the League Cup again in 2007–08, and after finishing as runners-up in 2007–08, they were promoted to joined Division One West of the South West Peninsula League. They were runners-up in 2010–11 and won the division in 2012–13, earning promotion to the Premier Division, where they joined their local rivals Newquay. In 2014–15 they won the League Cup. Following league reorganisation at the end of the 2018–19 season, the club were placed in the Premier Division West, at which point they were also renamed Godolphin Atlantic (Newquay).

On 3 January 2023 the club announced that they had folded due to financial issues and volunteers.

Honours
South West Peninsula League
Division One West champions 2012–13
League Cup winners 2014–15
East Cornwall League
League Cup winners 2005–06, 2006–07
Duchy League
Knockout Cup winners 1999–2000, 2004–05
League Cup winners 1981–82
Cornwall Junior Cup
Winners 2004–05

See also

Godolphin Atlantic F.C. players

References

External links
Official website

Football clubs in Cornwall
Defunct football clubs in England
Association football clubs established in 1980
1980 establishments in England
Duchy League
East Cornwall League
South West Peninsula League
Association football clubs disestablished in 2023
2023 disestablishments in England

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All too often, I'm approached by so many ladies who have lost their natural arch over the years. Repeated removal of the wrong hairs will eventually halt growth in the most important areas of a brow. Notice how using make-up helps to create a 'brow lift'? .
Now we just sit tight for those hairs to grow back in so this client can have brows similar to this, but naturally. I've advised her to use the Mina Brow Oil (£20 in stock now) to help move things along quicker. .
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Molina is a lawyer by background and sits on numerous boards and Committees.
Molina is founder of organisation Multicultural Women in Sport which aims to increase participation of women from multicultural backgrounds in sport for their empowerment, well-being and sense of belonging in community.
She is a Commissioner for the AFL South East Commission and was on the AFL advisory Committee for multicultural engagement. She was awarded the Regional Ambassador of the Year Award in 2015 and Fair Play Award in 2016 by AFL for her contribution and initiatives in promoting the game within the multicultural communities. She is also a Cricket Australia 'Sport for All' Community Ambassador, Commonwealth Games Ambassador and the Jean Hailey's Women's Health Week Ambassador.
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Oct 4, 2018 News
Tulare Regional Medical Center doctors must band together, according to Chief of Staff Dr. Abraham Betre.
Betre called on the local physicians to return to the hospital and embrace Adventist Health, the organization positioned to manage TRMC.
"The image was restored," Betre said. "Tulare is a gold mine for Adventist Health. It's a great location. There are many physicians here. Let's work together."
Betre made his comments Monday night during a meeting facilitated by the California Medical Association that helped to provide an update on litigation involving the Medical Executive Committee, a group of doctors that led the hospital's departments and provided credentialing privileges.
At issue was the MEC's independence after some members were removed, a new board was installed, and new by-laws were adopted.
Attorney Long Do, who's with the CMA, said the case has impacts around the nation.
After a trial, the settlement included restoring the former MEC. In total, the legal matter took more than two years.
With the legal matter solved, Betre said it's time for local doctors to return to the Tulare hospital and team up with Adventist Health.
As planned, the Tulare hospital will open on Oct. 15, just two weeks before the one-year mark the hospital closed. TRMC will open as an acute care facility, as part of a lease agreement the hospital board and Adventist Health already agreed to.
Dr. Frank Gavini, Chief Medical Officer for Adventist Health, said he is impressed with the resiliency the Tulare doctors showed as the legal matter developed. Gavini said he read testimony from those who testified during the trial.
"We knew there was trouble in Tulare," he said. "But we didn't know how bad it was."
Like Betre, Gavini said he wants to see the Tulare physicians and Adventist Health work well together.
"We are on target to open the hospital," he said. "We are rallying towards that date to open on time."
Locally, Adventist Health administers hospitals in Hanford, Selma, and Reedley. Gavini said Tulare is like the other cities where Adventist Health administers hospitals.
"Hopefully, we will gain the trust of the community," he said. "Tulare needs hope. We will do the best we can to bring the hope."
Employees update
Randy Dodd, Adventist Health vice president of business development, said 160 employees completed work orientation earlier this week, adding to the 110 who did their two weeks ago.
"It's restoring a lot of good paying jobs to the community," he said.
In addition, the hospital building will be painted ahead of the opening.
The new employees and a refresh look to the hospital are two things that indicate the Tulare hospital's reopening is nearing, Dodd said.
"I think the message is that we are going forward. This is happening," he said. "It's a great economic boost for the community."
Source: Visalia Times Delta
Link: https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/2018/09/25/local-doctors-board-tulare-hospitals-reopening/1424474002/


The SAP Financial modules are at the core of any integrated SAP System. All module transactions with a monetary impact flow through to the Finance module, usually in real time and automatically through the SAP configuration. In order to work with the Finance Module or any module, you must have an understanding of the concepts behind mySAP ERP and be familiar with the steps for executing tasks using SAP's interface. This course discusses these underlying concepts, and introduces the R/3 GUI. It also identifies the data required to align your business processes with the Financial Accounting and Controlling modules in order to complete financial transactions and create reports.


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A heart in a body in the world / Deb Caletti.
Caletti, Deb, (author.).
2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
Erlanger Branch YA CALET D (Text) 33126023041282 YA Fiction Available -
Wm. E. Durr Branch YA CALET D (Text) 33126023041266 YA Fiction Available -
Edition: First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Simon Pulse, [2018]
Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and friends, Annabelle, eighteen, runs from Seattle to Washington, D.C., becoming a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to her recent trauma.
Annabelle is running. From Seattle to Washington, DC, through mountain passes and suburban landscapes, from long lonely roads to college towns. She's not ready to think about the tragedy from the past year, or The Taker that haunts her. But Annablle can't outrun it, and becomes a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to the trauma from her past. Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and two friends, she just keeps running. Will she finally face what lies behind her-- and what is to come? -- adapted from jacket
Awards Note:
Michael L. Printz honor book, 2019
Subject: Grief > Fiction.
Running > Fiction.
Post-traumatic stress disorder > Fiction.
Social action > Fiction.
Massacre survivors > Fiction.
School shootings > Fiction.
The National Book Award finalist and author of Stay finds a traumatized teen fleeing to Washington, D.C., where she becomes a reluctant activist in her effort to escape the past, in a tale that touches on such themes as gun violence, rape culture and misdirected guilt.
"This is one for the ages." —Gayle Forman, author of the #1 bestseller If I Stay
"A book everyone should read right now." —The New York Times Book Review
"A vital and heartbreaking story that brings together the #MeToo movement, the effects of gun violence, and the struggle of building oneself up again after crisis." —Elle
"Equal parts heartbreaking and hopeful." —BookPage
A Printz Honor Book
Each step on Annabelle's 2,700 mile cross-country run brings her closer to facing a trauma from her past in National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti's novel about the heart, all the ways it breaks, and its journey to healing. Because sometimes against our will, against all odds, we go forward.
Annabelle's life wasn't perfect, but it was full—full of friends, family, love. And a boy…whose attention Anabelle found flattering and unsettling all at once.
Until that attention intensified.
Annabelle is running. Running from the pain and the tragedy from the past year. With only Grandpa Ed and the journal she fills with words she can't speak out loud, Anabelle runs from Seattle to Washington, DC, and toward a destination she doesn't understand but is determined to reach. With every beat of her heart, every stride of her feet, Anabelle steps closer to healing—and the strength she discovers within herself to let love and hope back into her life.
Annabelle's journey is the ultimate testament to the human heart, and how it goes on after being broken.


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Q: decrypt hashing password I have the following code to encrypt a password, but when I am trying to decode it, I don't get the expected result here is the code.
BASE64Encoder encoder = new BASE64Encoder();
String afterhex=toSHA1("mypassword".getBytes());
String encodedBytes = encoder.encodeBuffer(afterhex.getBytes());

public static String toSHA1(byte[] convertme) {
    MessageDigest md = null;
    try {
        md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-1");
    } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return new String(md.digest(convertme));
}

For example if you tried to encode, jill you should get LQBIF2TS0FSDYtGjaNmC2gl/klw=
Any advice for restoring it back :)

A: Hashing algorithm is not encryption / decryption algorithm.
Hashing is a one way process of mapping large data sets of variable length (e.g. message), to smaller data sets of a fixed length (hash). The length depends on hashing algorithm.
And it is NOT POSSIBLE to perform reverse operation from hash back to your message.
Even though it is possible to find a message generating the same hash (for example using rainbow tables; much easier for weaker hashing algorithms like MD5), you never know if the message is identical to the original one which was used to generate the hash. One of the methods which prevents finding (guessing) a message (password) generating the same hash value is using salt when hashing a massage (password).
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I would also recommend any of Bruce Schneier books e.g. "Cryptography Engineering: Design Principles and Practical Applications" (written in a very nice and digestible way) which will describe cryptography and hashing in great details.


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Asante Kotoko's Enoch Morrison optimistic about winning FA Cup
Asante Kotoko midfielder, Enoch Morrison
Asante Kotoko midfielder, Enoch Morrison is optimistic that the Reds will go all the way in the MTN FA Cup competition.
The Porcupine Warriors secured a hard-fought 2-1 win over Benab FC to book a place in the round 16 stage.
According to Morrison, Kotoko have the quality to win their 10th MTN FA Cup title.
"With the quality Asante Kotoko have, it's very possible we can with the FA Cup. It's possible, we are working," he said as at the post-match.
Morrison was named the man-of-the-match for his scintillating performance against the lower-tier side.
Alhassan scored an own goal after Enoch Morrison's freekick to hand Kotoko a first-half lead.
Benab, after a strong start in the second half, got the equaliser through Umar but could not hold on as Maxwell Agyemang netted a stoppage-time winner for the Reds.
Asante Kotoko would get to know their round-of-16 opponent after the draw. At the moment, GFA is yet to announce a date for the draw.
EE/SARA


IBM inventors have patented a technique for gaining new insights by combining big data from distributed cloud services with data stored on local IT systems. The new approach, dubbed with the unwieldy name of "Dynamically Optimized Distributed Cloud Computing-based Business Process Management (BPM) System," provides a method for developing enterprise applications that more seamlessly combine locally-stored data from business process across an enterprise with cloud-based big data. This approach will make it easier to manage business operations and gain new insights by accessing, integrating and analyzing data – regardless of where it's stored.
IBM cites an example of the solution in action: a retailer can tap in-house sales records to analyze customer shopping habits, while combining data from multiple cloud-based services such as online ratings and reviews. This unified approach will enable companies to deliver personalize coupons, offers, promotions via marketing campaigns across a variety of sales channels. All while being able to modify campaigns in real-time.


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Experimental evidence for spatial damping of left-hand circularly polarized waves in an electron cyclotron resonance region
T. Kaneko, H. Murai, R. Hatakeyama, N. Sato
ENG - Electronic Engineering
Selective launch, propagation, and absorption of right-hand (R) and left-hand (L) circularly polarized waves are investigated using an inhomogeneously magnetized plasma. When the R wave gets closer to the electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) point, the wave vanishes in the strong magnetic-field region before reaching the ECR point. On the other hand, the L wave, which has been considered not to be related to ECR, is clearly observed to be also absorbed near the ECR point. The former and latter phenomena are discussed in terms of the contribution of high-energy tail electrons and polarization reversal of the L wave to the R wave within the plasma, respectively.
Physics of Plasmas
Published - 2001 May 1
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Kaneko, T., Murai, H., Hatakeyama, R., & Sato, N. (2001). Experimental evidence for spatial damping of left-hand circularly polarized waves in an electron cyclotron resonance region. Physics of Plasmas, 8(5 I), 1455-1458. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1361256
Experimental evidence for spatial damping of left-hand circularly polarized waves in an electron cyclotron resonance region. / Kaneko, T.; Murai, H.; Hatakeyama, R.; Sato, N.
In: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 8, No. 5 I, 01.05.2001, p. 1455-1458.
Kaneko, T, Murai, H, Hatakeyama, R & Sato, N 2001, 'Experimental evidence for spatial damping of left-hand circularly polarized waves in an electron cyclotron resonance region', Physics of Plasmas, vol. 8, no. 5 I, pp. 1455-1458. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1361256
Kaneko T, Murai H, Hatakeyama R, Sato N. Experimental evidence for spatial damping of left-hand circularly polarized waves in an electron cyclotron resonance region. Physics of Plasmas. 2001 May 1;8(5 I):1455-1458. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1361256
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Paula Ortiz's second feature had it's international premiere at the 19th Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn, after it's first appearance at San Sebastian. A visually interesting adaptation of Federico García Lorca's play Blood Wedding tells an emotional tragedy through a range of symbols and original verses. A slow-motion tragedy in a dance atmosphere with the sweet-sour taste of an overloaded romance.
The whole story of The Bride is centred around a wedding and the emotional struggle of the future wife. We follow a universal and familiar tragedy: a woman is about to marry, but instead of her husband she desires somebody else, Leonardo, who is already married himself. All those three figures spent their childhood together, forming a strong friendship triangle. However, The Bride seems to accept her fate and tries to be happy with The Groom - until Leonardo appears at the wedding and re-evokes a storm inside her.
Ortiz adapts the, especially in Spain, well-known tragedy Blood Wedding of Spain's most celebrated writer, written back in 1932. The dialogue consists of original lyrics and brings a melodic language into the lines of the scenes. Ortiz tries to display the play's poetic elements by creating symbolic and highly stylized images. A colour-grading in pale, light brownish tones, cinematic strong contrast and a lowered saturation create a big production look. And indeed, The Bride is a Spanish-German co-production, which was actually shot in Turkey – visible through the landscape, which we get to see in picturesque long shots.
Combined with music of the original play, string-dominated, orchestral pieces and the sound design, the pictures are obviously supposed to build up tension and evoke emotions. Together with slow motion compositions, the audio track can, at first, achieve this effect on the viewer. But after two thirds of the movie, the latter stylistic element are repeated all too often, limiting their efficiency. The climax is also dominated by dense slow motion movements, and, in this sense, the film loses it's impression. Another point worth mentioning is the fact the scenography is shining, sometimes more and sometimes less, of kitsch and pathos.
However, to a certain degree Ortiz succeeds in captivating the viewer's curiosity, which is especially interesting for those familiar with the story: the first half of the original last scene functions as opening for the movie. After that, a row of symbolic, figurative formations already tell the essence of the whole narrative. For example, the three friends appear as youngsters next to their families facing each other in a deserted, vast field. In several other scenes the mysterious appearance of an old woman gives warnings, interferes into the action or simply asks questions. A row of symbols enrich the plot and a lack of additional side-narratives prevents a distraction from the central tragedy of the protagonist's dilemma.
The Bride, who suffers, remembering the irreversible past, is acted by Inma Cuesta, who, like the rest of the cast, tries to find a connection to the audience, despite the lyrical construction of the original verses used for the dialogue. Emphasis is lying more on the actor's dance choreography movements and their functioning on a visual level, instead of a development of the characters. There is nothing too special about them. Like the exemplary, or better to say, stereotypical figures, the story in it's core could be set at any time and place. The director leaves a clear definition of the temporal context open, although it's supposedly set between the thirties and seventies in a rural environment.
Paula Ortiz and her crew created an atmospheric piece, that is visually impressive but partly overloaded. The characters mainly serve a visual purpose: The Bride may represent a proud woman, but the men around her suffer of cliché appearances. Nice, though, is the idea of telling the story of this famous play in a strongly visual way. Even those who are not fans of romantic tales and are allergic to kitsch, can, at least in the beginning, still find something interesting in this adaptation.
"The Bride" by Paula Ortiz (Spain/Germany)
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - Main Competition
Name: Bianca Rauch
Nationality: Austria


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Undocumented own U.S. homes, pay billions in taxes
By Robert Hennelly
February 29, 2016 / 5:00 AM / MoneyWatch
A substantial percentage of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. pay billions in taxes annually and own their own homes, according to a 50 state report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
"Contrary to a lot of myths out there, this study shows that the undocumented pay a very significant share of their income to state and local taxes," Meg Wiehe, a co-author of the report told CBS MoneyWatch. "They are also establishing roots here because they are committed to their communities."
One in three of the nation's undocumented families own a home, according to the ITEP report. States such as Idaho and New Mexico report undocumented ownership rates as high as 46 percent. Those statistics are based on research done by the Migration Policy Institute and data collected by the U.S. Census's American Community Survey.
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The ITEP analysis estimates that the 11 million-plus undocumented immigrants in the U.S. have a 50 percent tax compliance rate, which nets local and state governments $11.6 billion annually. "The undocumented are actually paying a higher percentage of their income toward local and state taxes than the people in the top 1 percent," said Erika Nava, a policy analyst for New Jersey Policy Perspectives, which works with ITEP.
According to ITEP data, undocumented taxpayers paid 8 percent of their income on state and local taxes, compared to 5 percent for the top 1 percent. "Our study estimates that the undocumented households are also remitting 10 percent of what they make here in the U.S. back" to their country of origin, said Wiehe.
In 2013, analysts at the Social Security Administration calculated that in 2010 undocumented immigrants had paid $13 billion into the system and were making on average $34,000 a year at the time. From 1996 to 2003, undocumented workers paid a combined $90 billion into both Social Security and Medicare.
Since 1996, immigrants who didn't qualify to get a Social Security card numbers have been able to apply for an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) from the IRS. ITINs were originally granted to foreign citizens who were active investors in the American real estate market.
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With an IRS ITIN number, undocumented residents can legally open a bank account and apply for mortgage financing and close on a real estate transaction.
ITEP has conducted the same survey in 2013 and 2015, and noted that as many as 400,000 undocumented residents returned to their country of origin, which reduced slightly the amount of tax revenues collected by local and state governments.
ITEP projects that immigration reforms proposed by President Obama in 2012 and 2014 would potentially add more than $800 million of dollars in state and local tax revenue.
"Regardless of the politically contentious nature of immigration reform," said Wiehe, "the data show undocumented immigrants greatly contribute to our nation's economy, not just in labor but also with tax dollars."
Still, expert opinion remains sharply divided on the impact of the undocumented on the U.S. economy.
While analysts at the conservative Heritage Foundation concede undocumented immigrant households do contribute tax revenue, they make the case that what they contribute is far outweighed by what their presence here in the U.S. costs taxpayers.
"In 2010, the average unlawful immigrant household received around $24,721 in government benefits and services while paying some $10,334 in taxes," according to Robert Rector and Jason Richwine in their analysis for the Heritage Foundation.
"This generated an average annual fiscal deficit (benefits received minus taxes paid) of around $14,387 per household," their analysis said. "This cost had to be borne by U.S. taxpayers. Amnesty would provide unlawful households with access to over 80 means-tested welfare programs, Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare. The fiscal deficit for each household would soar."
While the expert debate over this hot button issue has raged for years, Pew Research Center polling suggests American public opinion has shifted greatly since the early 1990s. In a 2015 poll, 45 percent of those surveyed expressed the opinion that immigrants were a net benefit for the U.S. versus 37 percent who felt their presence had a negative impact.
In the early 1990s, 63 percent had a negative view of immigrants.
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