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Q: Drawing on UIImageView in swift I am trying to develop an app where I can draw something on the UIImageView. I have got the following code.
import UIKit
class Line
{
    var startPoint:CGPoint
    var endPoint:CGPoint

    init (start:CGPoint , end:CGPoint)
    {
        startPoint = start
        endPoint = end
    }
}

class AnnotationView: UIView {

    static internal let nibName = "AnnotationView"
    @IBOutlet weak var imageView: UIImageView!
    var lines :[Line] = []
    var lastPoint:CGPoint!

    override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
        lastPoint = touches.first?.location(in: self)
    }

    override func touchesMoved(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
        if let touch  = touches.first
        {
            let newPoint = touch.location(in:self)
            lines.append(Line(start: lastPoint, end: newPoint))
            lastPoint = newPoint
            self.setNeedsDisplay()
        }
    }
    override func draw(_ rect: CGRect) {
        if let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
        {
            context.beginPath()
            for line in lines
            {
                context.move(to: line.startPoint)
                context.addLine(to: line.endPoint)
            }
            context.setLineCap(CGLineCap.round)
            context.setStrokeColor(red: 0, green: 0, blue: 0, alpha: 1)
            context.setLineWidth(5)
            context.strokePath()
        }
    }
}

so now in the above code I have AnnotationView class derived from UIView where I have a UIImageView which I set to full size of the superview from the interface builder. This is a simple drawing app where I want to draw somethings on the UIImageView. Now the problem is when the imageView.image is nil then it does show my drawing and if there is any image set for imageView.image then it doesn't show the drawing. It just show the image that is set in this imageView. I have debugged in both scenarios all the methods get called. There is surely something which I am missing. Can anyone please help me? I want to show my drawing on top of the image which I have set in my UIImageView.
Regards,
neena

A: The problem is that you're drawing in the AnnotationView's main layer which is laid behind any of its subviews, including your UIImageView. The solution is to move your drawing to separate sublayer added to AnnotationView's main layer.
Instead of drawing your lines directly in draw() method, you need to have a separate layer for your drawing overlay. Add this property to your AnnotationView:
let drawingLayer = CAShapeLayer()

And override awakeFromNib() to make this layer a sublayer on top of everything else as soon as your view is loaded from Storyboard/Nib:
override func awakeFromNib() {
    super.awakeFromNib()
    layer.addSublayer(drawingLayer)
}

Now let's create a function to call every time you need to update your overlay instead of calling setNeedsDisplay():
func updateDrawingOverlay() {
    let path = CGMutablePath()

    for line in lines {
        path.move(to: line.startPoint)
        path.addLine(to: line.endPoint)
    }

    drawingLayer.frame = imageView.frame
    drawingLayer.path = path
    drawingLayer.lineWidth = 5
    drawingLayer.strokeColor = UIColor.black.cgColor

    setNeedsDisplay()
}

Delete your code in draw(_:) method since it's redundant now, and replace  setNeedsDisplay() call from touchesMoved(_: with:) with updateDrawingOverlay() call.

The whole thing should look like this for you:
import UIKit

class Line {
    var startPoint:CGPoint
    var endPoint:CGPoint

    init (start:CGPoint , end:CGPoint) {
        startPoint = start
        endPoint = end
    }
}

class AnnotationView: UIView {
    static internal let nibName = "AnnotationView"
    @IBOutlet weak var imageView: UIImageView!

    var lines :[Line] = []
    var lastPoint:CGPoint!
    let drawingLayer = CAShapeLayer()

    override func awakeFromNib() {
        super.awakeFromNib()
        layer.addSublayer(drawingLayer)
    }

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }

    override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
        lastPoint = touches.first?.location(in: self)
    }

    override func touchesMoved(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
        if let touch  = touches.first
        {
            let newPoint = touch.location(in:self)
            lines.append(Line(start: lastPoint, end: newPoint))
            lastPoint = newPoint
            updateDrawingOverlay()
        }
    }

    func updateDrawingOverlay() {
        let path = CGMutablePath()

        for line in lines {
            path.move(to: line.startPoint)
            path.addLine(to: line.endPoint)
        }

        drawingLayer.frame = imageView.frame
        drawingLayer.path = path
        drawingLayer.lineWidth = 5
        drawingLayer.strokeColor = UIColor.black.cgColor

        setNeedsDisplay()
    }
}

This should do the trick, let me know how it goes.


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WASD rejects voucher plan
By Andrea Rose
The Waynesboro Area School Board Tuesday passed a resolution opposing Senate Bill 2, the Educational Savings Account voucher program, in a move to go on the record in opposition to the proposed voucher system under consideration by the Pennsylvania Legislature.
The ESA voucher plan has the potential to take money away from a school district's state subsidy funding to be used at private and religious schools, private companies, tutors and other "qualified education expenses."
"The Waynesboro Area School District opposes Senate Bill 2 and any other legislation or any effort by the General Assembly to implement tuition vouchers or any other program that would have the effect of a tuition voucher program," the resolution states.
"Pennsylvania legislators must place emphasis on investing in public schools by partnering and sharing in the financial support of education instead of continuing to place the high burdens on local taxpayers ... and must address the inequities and issues of poverty faced by some school districts and strengthen the quality of all public schools throughout the Commonwealth."
The resolution was presented by board member Wendy Royer. "It doesn't dramatically affect our district, but we don't have a wide variety of public schools here," she said.
According to the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, more than 100 school districts across the state have adopted resolutions opposing ESAs.
"The local public school is the cornerstone of the community. Public school districts accept and educate all children who come to their doors, as opposed to those institutions that can reject applicants based on any number of factors. ESA vouchers take scarce funding away from already struggling public schools and give it to private schools which are unaccountable to taxpayers and the public," said Nathan G. Mains, PSBA chief executive officer. "We should focus on funding public schools—where 90 percent of children go—not taking money away from them for the 10 percent who choose not to attend public schools."
Waynesboro Superintendent Tod Kline said Tuesday he isn't totally against the idea of a voucher program.
"As an educator, I honestly have no problem with a voucher system if it is a fair playing ground," Kline said. "Unfortunately, during my career, I've not seen one system that is fair."
Contact Andrea Rose at arose@therecordherald.com or 717-762-2151

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One of the many fabulous aspects of vaping is that you may choose from a wide range of flavours and switch and change whenever you like. If you are into seasonal tastes for example simply load up your e cigarette with whatever you fancy and which reminds you of autumn and winter and you are away! Many vapers say that flavours and aromas have a nostalgic feel to them (there is a proven link between smell and memory) and few seasons are more packed with fond memories and fab traditions than winter.
Yes, you most certainly can enjoy the smooth, creamy taste of chocolate in a vaping liquid. Take the Milk King Chocolate E Liquid, for example. If you're looking for a wonderfully moreish, sweet vaping liquid treat you are in the right place with this one. When it comes to chocolate e liquid the luxuriously sweet cocoa flavour may be mixed with or enjoyed alongside a great number of flavours, from mint and menthol flavours to berries and even sweeter tastes such as caramel, fudge and so on.
Nothing yells Christmas more than a spearmint taste which reminds many of us here at Go Smoke Free of candy canes! If you are into minty tastes there are a vast number of minty fresh, sweet menthol e liquid and even icy mint flavour e juices to choose from. From an icy blast that clears the senses to a cool exhale which leaves you invigorated, we have the mint e liquid for you.
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If there is a sweet spice in the air the chances are that autumn and winter are on the horizon or have already arrived. If you are a fan of nutmeg, cinnamon, mixed spice and similar, many of which merge brilliantly with fruity vaping liquid tones, you are in the right place here. Our Cinnamon Apple e liquid for example merges sweet donut flavours with a spicy cinnamon fruit kick.
The beauty of a citrus fruit tone when it comes to e liquids is that it may remind you of a sweet, fresh, summer breeze or a seasonal baked orange which as we all know goes brilliantly with cloves and/or cinnamon to make a fabulously festive scent. Find our fruit e liquids here, there's plenty for you to choose from.
Berries, with their sweet, dark, moreish goodness are a seasonal favourite for all things fabulously festive On their own or merged with other delicious flavours, you are sure to be transported back to winters past when you load up your e cigarette with any of these fabulously flavoured berry e liquids.
Desserts or rather puddings then to be more of a thing when the winter months roll around (unless you count ice creams and lollies which are clearly meant for summertime. Our delicious dessert ranges include everything from apple pie e liquid to vanilla custard e liquid and more.Id you have a sweet tooth and enjoy your pudding when the nights start to draw in, these dessert e liquids could be right upyour street.
Winter seems to be all about indulgence and luxury, however, that doesn't mean that if you want to shake things up and enjoy a tropical mix when there's snow on the ground outside that you can't. Whichever e liquid flavour you go for, you'll find something here that's not only cheap e liquid but quality eliquid.
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ESA hands over keys to Soyuz launch site
Left to right: Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, Vladimir Popovkin, Head of Roscosmos, Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, Yannick d'Escatha, President of CNES, and Victor Nikolaev, Chief Operating Officer of Starsem.
The official ceremony marking ESA's handover of the Soyuz launch site to Arianespace took place on 7 May 2011 at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, after the site was declared ready for the first flight and the completion of a simulated launch campaign.
The ceremony opened with speeches by Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, Yannick d'Escatha, President of CNES, and Vladimir Popovkin, Head of Roscosmos. They were followed by Mr Dordain handing over the site's 'keys' to Mr Le Gall.
To mark this occasion and to celebrate the recent 50th anniversary of the first man in space, a commemorative plaque and a stone from the Baikonur launch pad from which Yuri Gagarin took off in 1961 was sealed on the site.
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Mr Dordain hands over the 'key' to Mr Le Gall
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by Raffaele, Herbert A., Clive Petrovic, Sergio A. Colon Lopez, Lisa Yntema, and Jose A. Salguero Faria
Format: Flexi-binding
Edition: 3rd edition
An up-to-date field guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
This portable and informative field guide describes the bird species found on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Fully updated, the guide presents all 347 species, both naturally occurring as well as introduced, and highlights 19 endemic species found nowhere else in the world. Species are sorted by habitat to facilitate identification and extra illustrations are provided for birds similar in appearance. Facing pages conveniently juxtapose species accounts, distribution maps, and illustrations, and a section on birding hotspots pinpoints the best locations for finding specific birds. Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands will be indispensable for birders and nature enthusiasts.
The only fully illustrated guide to feature all 347 bird species in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Species sorted by habitat for easier identification
Text and illustrations on facing pages for ease of identification
Extensive introduction covering taxonomy, migration, biogeography, and conservation
Useful information on birding hotspots throughout the region
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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When it comes to building excellence in a business, having the right people in place is vital.
Emma Connell recognises that good decision-making comes from a broad set of opinions and ideas, which only a diverse-minded team can bring.
As the finance director of Centrica's field operations, transforming a business that encompasses 12,000 staff working for British Gas, social housing energy group PH Jones and drains specialist Dyno-Rod, she needs good decision-making to ensure delivery on some big targets.
They include stripping out costs as Centrica seeks to save £1.7bn by 2021, and developing a team of finance business partners to deliver greater efficiency, especially through harnessing better technology.
Coming from consumer goods giant Unilever where she spent almost 20 years building up an expertise in finance across various areas of the group- apart from a three-year stint at joint venture Pepsi-Lipton International in Geneva- Connell has been schooled in the importance of inclusivity.
At Centrica, where she has been 18 months, the urgency of driving efficiency is aligned with developing a diverse culture because that is the best way of developing new ideas that can drive value, she says.
"One thing I really appreciated about Unilever was the diversity of thought," says Connell. "We were really encouraged to look at very different ways of working, being very good at listening to others' thoughts," she adds.
Centrica's field operations are very much on a journey in developing that ethos, says Connell, reflecting its legacy as a one-time public utility. "We have some good plans in place, regarding finance transformation," she says.
She says it's crucial for finance, especially the partnering role that straddles finance and the business functions, to be able to develop a diverse mindset in order to capture value. "It means you're open to new ideas, so you're not so set in your ways," she says. "Especially regarding technology, it's just getting people to think in a different way, regarding new ideas and techniques," she says.
One way of installing a more diverse mindset is actively encouraging a wider set of people to become finance business partners, says Connell. "When I go back to the talent development pipeline, what I've been trying to work on is making sure I've got a team that is broad and diverse, so that I can find a way of involving stakeholders in different creative ideas," she explains.
"The big objective at the moment is transforming the business, and taking out a lot of cost savings, so we are going through a big transformation in the field itself. Whether its pensions, ways of working, terms and conditions of our engineers.
"One of the things I have taken with me from Unilever, that I haven't done here yet, is the zero-based budgeting mindset- so if you were a start-up, how would you go about doing it rather than taking 20% of the headcount out. It's trying to add a different way of thinking to cost-cutting," she says.
Within the services business, which has total revenues of around there are three arms to the finance function. Financial partnering- a relatively new area- forms one leg of finance, another is specialist functions that includes operations such as M&A and Investor Relations, a third leg is financial operations that includes FP&A and financial control.
Connell says she has been developing a learning and development programme for finance partners, in areas such as communications with stakeholders and decision support analysis. "Those are skills we need to upgrade finance business partners with, as they need to interact with the business, and that requires very different soft skills, to develop constructive conversations," she says.
Ultimately, there is a need to finesse the technical skills of finance business partners so that they are able to deploy analytics to gain powerful insights about what is happening across field operations. "We've started using Microsoft tools like Power BI and Sway, but we've only done a few months of that. We're going to start pushing forward on some of the technology and moving to more dynamic reporting," she says.
"What I'm after in my team is people who are prepared to put their hands up to try some of these new digital tools. There could even be some AI working with data scientists, for some deep dive analytics.
"They don't need to be experts, but they do need to be able to understand the power of the tools and what can come out of it, so I need people who are really up for learning some of these new ways. I need to give them the confidence to do that, and the time to learn," says Connell.
One way of gaining buy-in from the team is through staff recognising they are being equipped with skills that will keep them relevant and vital in a changing work environment. "It's looking at areas such as the ability to hold others to account, especially as we're outsourcing things and working in smaller teams.
"If you depend on a data scientist to give you deep dive analytics, one of the skills needed is how do you agree ways of working and can then hold that party to account on it. I think it's quite important in a finance partnering role to have that mentality, to be intuitive. That's what I'm working on with teams," she says.
Ultimately the talent recruitment process needs to reflect these aims, says Connell. Although she'll always look internally for someone with potential and develop that, when looking outside the group to fill finance partnering roles, Connell says she needs to be careful in order to capture a diverse set of candidates.
"One of the things I've learned is that you have to show benefits such as flexible working, to make sure job specs are attractive to a diverse population. Another thing I have learned is to be a bit harder on the recruiter, to get more diversity," she adds.
Emma Connell is participating in a panel discussion on diversity and talent acquisition at this year's CFO Agenda.


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Virus Fallout Hits Lake Baikal as Chinese Tourists Stay Away
The fallout from the coronavirus has left the resort's wood-paneled chalet hotels largely empty. Lev Fedoseyev / TASS
Winter is high season for tourism around Lake Baikal in Siberia, but the coronavirus outbreak has curtailed its main source of income: Chinese holidaymakers.
They account for more than two-thirds of foreign tourists to the world's largest freshwater lake, a significant part of the around two million Chinese who visited Russia last year, spending more than any other nation in its first three months.
Russia has reported just two cases of the fast-spreading virus, but the flow of Chinese visitors to the lake has dwindled as Moscow and Beijing have imposed travel restrictions to stem its spread.
"The number of Chinese tourists has fallen dramatically... There's much less work now. Business is feeling it very badly," said Anastasia Nikolayeva, a hotel waitress in Listvyanka, a small lakeside town in the Irkutsk region.
Flanked by snow-capped hills and woodlands, Lake Baikal contains about one-fifth of the earth's unfrozen freshwater reserves. It freezes in winter, offering an array of winter sports from skating, skiing, fishing to hovercrafting.
Coronavirus Update: Russia Acts to Curb Spread
That has helped turn it into a popular Chinese New Year destination. More than 49,000 Chinese visited Irkutsk alone in the first quarter of last year, up from 27,000 in the same period of 2017.
A similar rush was expected this month after package tours sold out, but the fallout from the coronavirus has left the resort's wood-paneled chalet hotels largely empty. Restaurants have only a fraction of normal business.
"It's New Year in China and we normally have good tours from China in February... This year – just cancellations," said Artyom Potashov, director of the Krestovaya hotel complex.
Boosting what he calls Russia's still untapped tourism potential is one of a series of targets mentioned in an economic stimulus package that President Vladimir Putin announced last year.
Around one in 15 of the 30 million foreign tourists who visited Russia in 2019 were Chinese, so their role in that hoped-for expansion is a big one.
But the coronavirus had nipped that in the bud, dealing a setback to the push to increase visitor flows and, for the time being, tour operators in Listvyanka can only guess how long the restrictions will stay in place.
"The date when Chinese tourists will be allowed to travel is not yet clear, so we expect the bookings to be canceled at least until March 1," Yekaterina Slivina, the head of Irkutsk's state tourism agency said.
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Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) with guest Stephen Miller. He is a contributor to National Review, Fox News, and a well known social media raconteur. Stephen is on Twitter at @redsteeze where he will calmly insult your music tastes, among other things.
The gang gets its Irish up this week as we cover a small Hibernian band of little renown known to the world as U2. As Stephen jokes, they're the biggest band in the world (still) and yet everyone pretends to hate them. In this epic installment of Political Beats we trace the story of Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen, and that guy who Jeff used to mistake for a notorious New York City Congressman from their beginnings as a Dublin hooligan gang to world-saving musical superheroes. And in the telling we explain why, even though their most recent albums signal a seemingly permanent decline, you secretly love them too. You know it's time to go, across the sleet and driving snow, across the fields of mourning light in the distance.


Click here to go weblinks to local and county resources for neighbors and homeless or scroll down the page.
The City is committed to offering balanced solutions to address this complex issue.
At the March 19, 2019 Council Meeting, the City Council directed staff to draft an Oversized Vehicle Parking Prohibition Ordinance with exceptions including vehicles parked adjacent to their residence or business (property owner, tenant, or their guest), government authorities, utilities, emergency vehicles, and disabled placard or license plate holders; and to draft a Safe Parking Ordinance, including a streamlined temporary-use-permit (TUP) for churches to allow more than 4 vehicles per lot and that includes the temporary use of Shoreline Lot B through March 2020 (when Shoreline use for Safe Parking will end) and the use of a City-negotiated lot. Allocate funding as part of the FY 2019-20 budget process to continue both enforcement and programs related to connecting those in need to services, homeless prevention and rehousing. In addition, to engage with other state and county agencies for enforcement of the RV occupancy laws and legislative tools, as well as rental of substandard RVs, as well as review of the short-term, emergency rental assistance program to make it more flexible and help more people.
This approach will include an oversized vehicle parking prohibition, but also allocates nearly $900,000 in funding to continue services associated with the unstably housed and homeless, this is in addition to just over $1 million the City has already funded in the last two years on programs and services. This includes expanding the safe parking program with a possibility of as many as 60 parking spaces, along with continuing other services to provide links to housing.
March 19, 2019: City staff will be presenting an update to the City Council as part of the March 19 Council Meeting. Topics covered will be: progress on the survey results, latest estimation of unstably housed, updates on programs that are already under way, and items requested by Council in March 2018, including a study on parking enforcement options. No Council decisions will be made until Tuesday, March 19.
The full report and attachments will be available HERE when posted under the 2019-03-19 Council Agenda Packet.
The 2018-19 Living in Vehicles Survey closed for responses on January 31, 2019. City staff hand-entered and translated all returned paper copies of the survey into the same system by February 18, 2019. While data will be presented on March 19, 2019 at the City Council Meeting, you can access the results here or by going by going to MountainView.gov/LivinginVehiclesSurvey.
October 2018: On October 9, 2018, the Council provided direction for the implementation of a short-term safe parking program on a private lot to be operated by the local non-profit MOVE, and asked for a return update on homeless initiatives, including options for parking enforcement the first quarter of 2019.
Homeless Initiatives Work Plan (updated July 2018).
August 2018: City funding and local partnerships with County services, regional nonprofits and local faith-based groups are seeking to transition local homeless and people living in vehicles to more stable living situations. As described in The View citywide residential newsletter, one prominent effort is a pilot safe parking program launched with the help of local faith-based groups. The City Council voted in March 2018 to provide additional funding for parking enforcement to address neighborhood and traffic safety concerns while the pilot program explores safe parking as an alternative to parking on City streets. The City is also involved in pilot programs for such things as sanitary services (Dignity on Wheels) and additional street cleanings.
Coordinated on-the-ground outreach is helping to check on the welfare of those living on the streets and address concerns from surrounding housed neighbors. A Community Services Agency (CSA) Outreach Worker, a Case Manager with Peninsula Healthcare Connections and a Mountain View Police Department Outreach Officer connect homeless people and people living in vehicles with the regional CSA Emergency Assistance Network and the County's mobile health-care and supportive housing program and rapid-rehousing program.
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Lots of Love is a new, independent non-profit that has taken on the challenge to provide a safe space with overnight parking and supportive services for small pilot program assisting those in need in our community. They are an important part of a number of new safe parking programs in the region seeking to help the growing number of residents and regional employees living out of their cars and RVs. This program is funded by Santa Clara County and the City of Mountain View (Mountain View funding for the pilot program ($55,300 to June 2018- June 2019) County Funding for the pilot program ($287,525 to June 2018-June 2020).
The City supports this modest, but important contribution to addressing the 250-300 residents living in vehicles on Mountain View streets. This pilot program is not intended to be a solution to the affordable housing crisis, and is not the only answer to getting residents living in vehicles off neighborhood streets. The City and the County continue implementing a number of affordable housing strategies and supportive services for the most vulnerable unstably housed, homeless, and low-income families.
Lots of Love is a new, independent non-profit that has taken on the challenge to provide a safe space with overnight parking and supportive services for small pilot program assisting those in need in our community. They are an important part of a number of new safe parking programs in the region seeking to help the growing number of residents and regional employees living out of their cars and RVs. This program is funded by Santa Clara County and the City of Mountain View. Each supports this modest, but important contribution to addressing the 250-300 residents living in vehicles on Mountain View streets. This pilot program is not intended to be a solution to the affordable housing crisis, and is not the only answer to getting residents living in vehicles off neighborhood streets. The City and the County continue implementing a number of affordable housing strategies and supportive services for the most vulnerable unstably housed, homeless, and low-income families.
One church signed on and a number of others are considering it, and are going through similar outreach and engagement with their neighbors. Initial plans include three to four vehicles hosted at churches, which does not require a City permit as it is a compatible temporary use. A Temporary Use Permit (TUP) application would be required for hosting more vehicles and services on church property. Services will include case management by CSA with on-going engagement, and lot monitoring will be provided. There will be a number of ways you can reach out to the non-profit to offer feedback on the three-month pilot program; the aim of the pilot period is to ensure any issues are addressed. The Lots of Love pilot program starts on or about July 2, 2018.
To reach the Lots of Love telephone hotline call (650) 314-1962 (to report non-urgent, non-threatening situations).
March 2018: The City of Mountain View has been actively pursuing initiatives that would help local homeless and people living in vehicles get back on a path to permanent housing, while providing short-term emergency relief in the form of temporary pilot programs. In March 2018, City Council approved the continuation of these pilot programs, which leverage partnerships with County services, regional nonprofits and local faith-based groups. Although the March report to Council included additional options for parking enforcement, the Council chose not to significantly change parking restrictions until more options could be developed, such as the launching of a pilot safe parking program by local faith-based groups. The Council also added additional funding for elevated parking enforcement.
Through regional and local partnerships, the City has been able to coordinate pilot programs for such things as local waste-dumping services, sanitary services and additional street cleanings. The City has also helped to fund more on-the-ground outreach. A Community Services Agency (CSA) Outreach Worker, a Case Manager with Peninsula Healthcare Connections and a Mountain View Police Department outreach officer have been working to connect homeless and people living in vehicles with available services from the regional Emergency Assistance Network, including the County's mobile health-care program and programs for supportive and/or rapid-rehousing. The on-the-ground outreach provides coordinated process to check on the welfare of those living on the streets and to assist surrounding housed neighbors with any concerns.
At the affordable housing study session, staff estimated that the City's various housing fee programs would generate approximately $78 million over the next four years, based on the current projects that are in the pipeline. Staff recommended that approximately $50 million be invested in general affordable housing developments at 60% AMI and below for a goal of 350-400 units, and up to $28 million for permanent supportive housing/rapid rehousing for a goal of 200-250 units. The City Council supported this investment strategy. Staff is working with the County, non-profit developers, and external partners to explore how to achieve this goal.
The City understands concerns about maintaining the quality of life in Mountain View and balancing interests of those living in vehicles with those of our neighbors. While most residents living in vehicles abide by laws, Mountain View has continued to enforce other code provisions when applicable, such as illegal waste dumping or trespassing.
Both residents living in vehicles and neighbors are encouraged to contact the Mountain View Police Department (MVPD) when experiencing any emergency or safety threat by dialing 9-1-1.
For non-emergency concerns, call the non-emergency line at (650) 903-6395.
You may also report vehicles parked for more than 72 hours by calling our hotline at (650) 903-6358.
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Great post! A few months ago, Matthew was diagnosed with dyslexia- I had that liberating moment as well. After years of struggle and disappointment we have a new beginning. The label helps us move forward.
Jill, what a great analogy!


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Pool Servicing & Repairs
Chris Bartlett
Chris has been a Director for the last 15 years but has worked in the swimming pool industry since 1981 when he joined a family business where he worked for nine years before leaving to work for a swimming pool distributor in Devon and later a swimming pool chemical wholesaler in Cheltenham. Outside work Chris enjoys watching sport particularly rugby and athletics. He really enjoys listening to music both live and at home through the HiFi.
Mark has worked with The Spa-Kling Pool Company for over 9 years. Mark services and maintains customers swimming pools on regular service visits as well as opening and closing pools at the start and end of the swimming season. Mark also looks after customers that require new pump or filter installation or require some plumbing alterations or repairs. Outside work Mark is a fan of most sports particularly rugby and football and enjoys attending music festivals and concerts.
James Bartlett
Showroom Manager
James amongst many other duties is the person that most visitors to our showroom will see. He officially joined the company in the summer of 2011 but before this helped out during the school holidays and from a young age always wanted to join the business but stayed at school until 18 to complete his A levels. These days he really manages the showroom and has gained a great knowledge about swimming pools and particularly pool and spa water treatment. Outside of work James enjoys music and listening to audio books as well as socialising with friends. He also enjoys American football and is a big Vikings fan.
Richard Wall
Director – MillAquia
Richard has his own pool company, MillAquia, and has known Chris for about 30 years as the two of them worked together for a swimming pool distributor in Devon. Richard has extensive knowledge of building and renovating swimming pools and this lead to him and his team being the natural choice for the installation of the Endless Pools® that The Spa-Kling Pool Company sell. Also, when any of Spa-Kling's customers require any renovation work undertaken on their swimming pool Richard is introduced to them. Outside work Richard enjoys sailing and country pursuits and is currently in the process of renovating his own house.
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How to Win the Talent War
OppFi explains that remote-flexible work is just table stakes during The Great Resignation. The question is: What else can you offer?
Written by Erik Fassnacht
November 2, 2021Updated: November 2, 2021
The battle lines have been drawn. Yet instead of armored knights, war horses and wooden catapults, there are regimented rows of counter offers, wagons full of company culture and a fervent expectation for indefinite remote work.
Welcome to the tech world's talent war of 2021, and you'd be forgiven for thinking things are getting medieval. Yet when attrition is the likely result of an evenly-matched battle, creative and agile thinking is required for success.
That's why Chicago's OppFi has learned new strategies to succeed in the recruitment and retention challenge that has pulled just about every company into a whirlwind of uncertainty, churn and frantic, mish-mashed strategy.
"Remote flexibility is not only huge, it's actually table stakes," said Chief People Officer Karishma Patel Buford. "If you don't do it — if you don't offer remote work — you're going to have a real loss. You're not going to be able to attract talent. I think the bigger challenge is figuring out how to keep the company culture and connection alive."
Yet Patel Buford and Vice President of Talent and DEI Michelle Y. Bess know that winning the talent war goes far beyond remote work and culture. When scandalous counteroffers are flying over the heads of recruiters like projectiles from hulking siege weapons, the solution is to think outside the box — or to find a way, like OppFi did, to leverage the resources gained by going public.
We sat down for an extended, engaging discussion with Patel Buford and Bess about the new and unique strategies OppFi is using to attract new talent, keep current talent and bring their company out of 2021's talent war not only unscathed, but stronger than ever before.
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What in the world is going on this year? Why is recruitment and retention such a challenge in 2021, and how does The Great Resignation factor in?
Karishma Patel Buford: The biggest challenge right now is that it's a talent war.
We know that the pandemic meant that there was a lot of pent-up attrition pending. And we're facing that this year — we've had more attrition this year than in the previous three years combined, particularly in terms of regretted attrition, which means people who we do not want to lose. There are lots of opportunities out there, and it's a total supply and demand situation. The supply of jobs is so much bigger because of all the jobs that were held or paused in 2020 versus the demand of candidates out there. So we have candidates coming in with three other offers, or they're coming in starting their first interview and are in the last interview stage at four other places. It's just so hyper-competitive.
Some of the best are choosing to start their own companies or find a company that will prioritize DEI in their actions, not just words."
Michelle Y. Bess: Following the murder of George Floyd, our country and corporations have been forced to think about diversity, equity and inclusion in a different and more urgent way. So the recruitment and retention of underrepresented employees — particularly Black employees — has been challenging. That's because every company is looking to hire Black employees, and the market is so hot for talented Black employees and leaders that they can take their pick on where to go. And then there is the reality that many Black employees have relished being at home, where they can be their authentic selves more regularly, aren't reminded that they are the only Black person in the office and do not face microaggressions daily, as they did in the office. So for one of the most sought after groups of people from last year, competition is even more fierce, because some of the best are choosing to start their own companies or find a company that will prioritize DEI in their actions, not just words.
Is this hyper-competitive market our new reality? And if so, what are the specific challenges you and others are facing?
Patel Buford: I think the market in this situation — just like the market always does — is overcorrecting for 2020. This is not going to be our new world forever. But it will take 12 to 18 months for the situation to stabilize into a normal candidate market again. In the interim, that means you're competing with oversized counteroffers — we will make an offer to a candidate and then another company says, "Hey, we'll give you double that." Candidates are also getting jobs at multiple levels above their current capability and readiness. If they are high potential, they will crush it. If they are not, those companies who are hiring aggressively without an objective and robust assessment process will see those performance gaps play out in the next year.
The "SPAC rage" — companies going public via special purpose acquisition companies — has increased exponentially over the last 12 months. So we're not the only ones who've gone public and have that as an incentive. Competing with that aspect has been equally challenging, and yet companies that go public have more resources available to attract and retain talent.
From a generational perspective in particular, the ability to inspire others and create a sense of purpose and mission is that much more important. So we are striving to equip our leaders to share our story, our vision and how they would contribute to our future when they're talking to candidates. Our offer acceptance is still 85 percent compared to our 85 percent target, and we're proud that even in this environment, we've been able to keep that up despite some of these really new challenges.
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Bess: As I mentioned before, I also think for everyone who applies for jobs, there's just this deep desire to be full-time remote. I think all companies are seeing that and I think we've addressed that in a really great way.
We have a campaign called "Thrive Where You Work, Work Where You Thrive." That's part of what's allowed us to remain competitive — we have a remote-flexible culture, whereas other companies are still saying everyone needs to come into the office despite the pandemic, despite the delta variant and so on. As someone who was onboarded during the pandemic, feeling connected to the company and the culture through this remote-flexible environment is something that we are keeping top of mind.
While there are people who really love their jobs and want to work, what we're seeing across industries is that there are some people who don't want to come back to corporate at all. Some people have decided they just want to work for themselves. I was listening to this podcast, and other people are doing these mini retirements. People are taking breaks, taking time to reassess, recharge and regroup. And so the talent war at this point is really intense, and there are a lot of different things that are impacting it versus just trying to compete with other companies.
How are some of these recruitment and retention challenges solved by becoming a public company?
Patel Buford: I think the beauty of becoming a public company is that everyone can have skin in the game and everyone can be an owner. That's not the case as a private company, right? So from an equity standpoint alone, we made the decision by influencing the board to give everyone equity when we went public, and that's not a market practice. The market practice is to have some sort of cash-based reward when going public, but we decided to do both and give everyone both a cash-based award and an equity grant because we want people to grow with us for the long-term and have investment and ownership in helping us become a $10-billion company.
What this also means is that every new hire at every level will get equity, which is also not market practice. The current market practice is that directors and above get equity. For every new hire at every level in every job to get equity is rare, and there are very few companies who will do that — less than 10 percent of companies. The goal is truly to drive that ownership mindset and get each employee to act like an owner. We're really proud of our ability to do that, and I think that's also why we've been able to keep up that offer acceptance rate.
Every new hire at every level will get equity, which is not market practice."
Bess: This isn't necessarily related to becoming a public company, but something we're looking forward to building out and highlighting more is a comprehensive talent management process. I was so impressed when I came to OppFi to see that even as a private company, we had a talent and compensation philosophy. As a public company that is growing, there is even more of an expectation and necessity to have a strong performance review, talent review and succession planning processes. Having these processes in place, optimized and ensuring that all employees know and understand them helps us support career growth and development and guarantees we're identifying and supporting the next generation of OppFi leaders internally. When employees know what is possible for them, receive regular coaching and feedback, and feel invested in company growth as owners and leaders, the result is a winning combination that allows for strong retention.
If remote work is just table stakes, what's the next level of innovation when it comes to physical offices?
Patel Buford: I was talking to one of our recruiters yesterday who is in the office right now with four other people. Our office is built for 400. She said it was lonely and isolating. It's almost like déjà vu — we're worse off now than we were a year ago with this pandemic. So one of the things we want to do is create team experiences and team days in the office. We've been thinking about how to create meaningful connections and powerful collaboration experiences, and find new ways to use the office. We think this is also going to be a very compelling attraction for future candidates in ways that will allow us to differentiate ourselves. And that's not tied so much to going public, but it's tied to remote flexibility and how we can become one of the best remote flexible companies, not only in Chicago but across the country.
Creativity and agility is how we've learned to succeed."
What's an example of OppFi using a unique strategy or the resources of a public company to win the talent war?
Patel Buford: In terms of retention, there was an individual on one of our teams who got another job offer. And this is what we're seeing — people are coming to us when they have the job offer in hand. Because this person was high potential, a senior leadership team member actually came to me and said, "What other opportunities can we find for this person?"
You may have read about OppFi moving from our core installment loan product, OppLoans, to a financial platform of multiple products, including OppFi Card, a credit card, and SalaryTap, an employer payroll-linked loan product. And so now that we're building out these products, new opportunities are coming up. So we had some conversations with the internal leaders and in 48 hours we created a role for this person that was going to be filled in 2022. We actually pulled it up, we got finance approval and our talented employee stuck with us into a truly career-accelerating role. And that just would not have happened had we not been agile and creative and strategic. We could have been like, "Oh, well, this role is not budgeted for 2021." But losing this person's great skills and potential would have been a much greater loss in the long-term than the cost in the short-term. That creativity and agility is how we've learned to succeed, and driving this strategy for high potentials will be a critical lever in winning this war on talent.
Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Images via OppFi.
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HomeNewsMichigan House Bill 6233 fails to make it past the Senate, effectively killing the anti-Tesla bill for now
Michigan House Bill 6233 fails to make it past the Senate, effectively killing the anti-Tesla bill for now
December 22, 2020 Drive Tesla Staff News 0
Earlier this month we reported on Michigan House Bill (HB) 6233, which was supposed to allow Tesla and other EV automakers like Lucid and Rivian to conduct direct-to-consumer sales and open Service Centers in the state.
That all changed when lawmakers passed an amended bill at the last minute which removed that specific language. In the process it also protected the three big Detroit automakers.
The bill still needed Senate approval, but based on a report from Roadshow, it looks like that won't happen before their next recess.
According to a Lucid spokesperson, the move effectively kills the bill, for now.
"Lucid Motors is pleased that HB 6233 failed after the Michigan Senate ended its session without taking action on the bill," the company said in a statement. "The legislation passed by the Michigan House of Representatives was anticompetitive and undermined consumers' access to different products and consistent, dependable automotive service. These legislative efforts — and similar efforts in other states — are clearly driven by special interests, not consumers, as nearly 70% of all EVs sold in Michigan in 2019 were sold directly to consumers."
Despite the good news, Lucid expects the state to tackle the issue again during its next session, but they remain hopeful "that state leaders will make the right decisions for their constituents and to encourage economic growth."
British Columbia and Quebec lead Canada in ZEV adoption, and by a wide margin
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After a long battle with lawmakers to allow them to operate in Michigan, Tesla is preparing to open a second Service Center in the state in Grand Rapids. Discovered by Reddit user u/MichiganGeek, the new […]
Deal reached between Tesla and state of Michigan to allow for direct sales and service centres
January 21, 2020 Mike Flemming News 0
In what is seen as a victory for Tesla, they have reached a settlement with the state of Michigan that would allow the California automaker to sell vehicles directly to consumers and open service centres […]
Ford makes first move to develop in-house EV batteries
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By the end of 2021, Ford will open a battery development center near Detroit, dubbed the Ford Ion Park. The 200,000 square-foot facility will include equipment for design, testing and small-scale manufacturing. Further to batteries, […]


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Q: Unable to use curl PUT for elasticsearch I am new to elastisearch so I'm sorry if this is a newbie question.
Basically,I am trying top PUT some data into an index that I have created.
I am using this code(in the command prompt):
curl -XPUT -x "" "http://127.0.0.1:9200/test/' -d '{"user" : "kimchy", "post_date" : "2009-11-15T14:12:12","message" : "trying"}

But in the command prompt, I get this error:
[1/3]: http://127.0.0.1:9200/test/' -d 'user : kimchy  --> <stdout>
--_curl_--http://127.0.0.1:9200/test/' -d 'user : kimchy
{"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"illegal_argument_exception","reason":"invalid v
ersion format: -D 'USER : KIMCHY  HTTP/1.1"}],"type":"illegal_argument_exception
","reason":"invalid version format: -D 'USER : KIMCHY  HTTP/1.1"},"status":400}
[2/3]: http://127.0.0.1:9200/test/' -d ' post_date : 2009-11-15T14:12:12  --> <s
tdout>
--_curl_--http://127.0.0.1:9200/test/' -d ' post_date : 2009-11-15T14:12:12
{"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"illegal_argument_exception","reason":"invalid v
ersion format: -D ' POST_DATE : 2009-11-15T14:12:12  HTTP/1.1"}],"type":"illegal
_argument_exception","reason":"invalid version format: -D ' POST_DATE : 2009-11-
15T14:12:12  HTTP/1.1"},"status":400}
[3/3]: http://127.0.0.1:9200/test/' -d 'message : trying  --> <stdout>
--_curl_--http://127.0.0.1:9200/test/' -d 'message : trying
{"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"illegal_argument_exception","reason":"invalid v
ersion format: -D 'MESSAGE : TRYING  HTTP/1.1"}],"type":"illegal_argument_except
ion","reason":"invalid version format: -D 'MESSAGE : TRYING  HTTP/1.1"},"status"
:400}

Please help.I know its so simple but I just can't find it.
Thanks.
EDIT:
When I try:
curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -XPUT 'http://127.0.0.1:9200/test/doc/1' -d '{"user" : "kimchy", "post_date" : "2009-11-15T14:12:12","message" : "trying"}'

I get(in the command prompt):
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Despite advancements in scouting and player development, there are still athletes who fall through the cracks.
We pulled out 16 of the most famous examples of this phenomenon.
They were all either undrafted or went to tiny colleges that pro scouts have never heard of.
After some luck and hard work, they rose up from the bottom and are now big names.


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DMP readies K9 unit, to include more dogs
Md. Kamrul Hasan
Published at 12:40 am September 30th, 2016
The Canine (K9) Unit, specialised dog squad unit working under the special action unit of DMP's Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) had ended its 10-week training program facilitated by four US embassy officials yesterday. A test concluded the program which eight of the dogs passed. The K9 unit consists of six Labradors and four German Shepherds with 25 certified dog handlers. DMP Commisioner Asaduzzaman Mia announced yesterday that they are trying to procure ten more dogs for the unit. CTTC sources said that the first dog squad was planned in 1996 but was not implemented. DMP decided to buy police dogs with rudimentary training last year in October from England. The unit was first publicly deployed as part of Pahela Baishakh security measures in Ramna this year. ADC Sanowar Hossain told the Dhaka Tribune that two factors were essential – purebred dogs and dogs with excellent sense of smell. He expressed satisfaction with the results of the program. ADC Sanowar said they would not use the dogs for breeding but they might be considered for breeding when they got older. "We want to utilise all of their strength," he added. AC Jamil Khan said the 32-member team led by Additional Commissioner Monirul Islam with one ADC, one AC, one sub-inspector, three assistant sub-inspector, 24 constables and two nayeks would be in charge of maintaining the dogs during any operations. A veterinary doctor has also been employed to look after their health concerns. The dogs will be deployed upon DMP's orders and prepared to operate at any time. The dogs are being kept at DMP headquarters in Mirpur.
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New CEO to lead Johnson Development, Houston firm behind big master-planned communities
Business // Real Estate
Marissa Luck
Feb. 10, 2022 Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 5:52 p.m.
Michael J. Smith, took over as chief executive officer of Houston-based Johnson Development in early February 2022.
Courtesy Johnson Development
A prominent master-planned community developer has named a new chief executive officer as the company continues to ramp up work around the Houston area.
Johnson Development has promoted Michael J. Smith to assume the role as president and CEO of the company roughly a month after the company's former chairman and CEO, Larry Johnson, died at the age of 81.
Johnson was a formidable figure in the residential real estate world and helped to spearhead growth of Houston's suburbs through largescale master-planned communities. Larger than traditional subdivisions, master-planned communities typically 1,000 acres or more that offered homes in a range of prices in different neighborhoods or villages, expansive amenities such as pools, golf courses and trails, and town centers that could include office buildings and shopping centers.
Since Smith joined the company in 2000, he worked to establish and build out many of Houston's master-planned communities under Johnson's leadership.
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"Larry and Michael have worked hand in hand for many years moving the company forward. Our family has the utmost confidence that Michael will continue and build upon Larry's vision," said Suzie Johnson, wife of Larry D. Johnson and Chairman of the Johnson Family Estate, in a statement.
Smith previously was chief operating officer of the firm. During his decades-long career, he has managed several large-scale, master-planned communities and has extensive professional experience in the large-scale land and community development business, according to a release from the company.
Smith assumes the chief executive role at a time of growth for the Houston-based development company. In January, Johnson Development unveiled plans for a new 1,258-acre master-planned community called Cross Creek West near Fulshear. The new community is planned not far from Johnson Development's popular Cross Creek Ranch development, which ranked among the 50 top-selling master-planned community last year in a national ranking by the consultancy RCLO.
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Johnson Development has developed more than 47,500 acres since it was founded in 1975. The firm is behind several major communities in the Houston area including Sienna, Woodforest, Cross Creek Ranch, Silverlake, Grand Central Park, Riverstone and Harvest Green. The developer also is working on communities in Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and Atlanta.
Smith said he looks forward to continuing to build off of the success started by his predecessor.
"Having worked under the leadership of Larry Johnson for many years, he set the groundwork for the future and left us well prepared to take the company he founded to the next level. His vision transcends his passing, and we have the tools, the capital and the right people in place to extend his vision and build on the foundation he established long ago," Smith said in a statement.
The Johnson Development senior executive team now includes: Kirk W. Boswell, Senior Vice President Finance; Elizabeth F. York, Senior Vice President and General Counsel; and Terry L. Henderson, Chief Financial Officer.
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Marissa Luck covers real estate for the Houston Chronicle.
Originally from Hawaii, Marissa previously covered refining and chemicals for the Chronicle and also had stints at Costar, the Austin Business Journal and The Daily News in Longview, Wash.
She grew up near Seattle and studied international political economy at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash.


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