Peter must've been one heck of a preacher.
In the verses that precede the passage Jeanne read for us this morning, Peter delivered what became the first Christian sermon on record. They weren't called Christians yet—that comes later in the Book of Acts—but that's what it was, really. Peter told the story of Jesus—how he had lived, how he had died, how he had lived again, how that kind of abundant life was open to everyone through the power of the Holy Spirit. The way the Book of Acts reports it, the sermon would have been only three or four minutes long, but they must have been quite the powerful minutes, because at its conclusion, 3,000 people decided to join the ranks of the disciples. The Jesus movement went from 12 guys to a megachurch in a matter of minutes.
As the church grew, the story says, the people devoted themselves to teaching and learning and fellowship, to sharing meals and praying prayers. They spent time together studying and feasting and worshiping. They shared the chores—setting the table, preparing the meals, washing the dishes. They shared their possessions, giving up their own private property so that everyone in the community would have what they needed. When someone fell ill, they brought him medicine. When someone got hurt, they carried her to the doctor. When someone's well ran dry, they filled his jug with water. When someone's pantry was empty, they gave her food. When someone's heart broke, they embraced him with open arms.
The way the Book of Acts reports it, the earliest followers of Jesus built a community that was pretty idyllic. Even as the community grew in size exponentially, nobody argued and everybody got along. Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people.
But do you think it really worked that way?
Here's what I think really happened: I think it took some practice.
Among those 3,000 people, there were some who were the best of friends, and there were others who didn't like each other one bit. There were some who got along with everyone, and there were others whose presence made those around them very uncomfortable. After all, in that big a crowd, you're bound to have a little bit of everything. There were tax collectors and tax payers. There were Jews and Gentiles. There were Greek-speakers and Aramaic-speakers. There were those who kept kosher and those who ate anything they pleased. There were sophisticated urbanites and country bumpkins. There were wealthy elites and poor common folk.
There were neighbors who had been fighting for years about where the border between their properties really fell. There were employees who had been fired and the bosses who had fired them. There were prodigal sons and their long-lost fathers. There were prostitutes, and their customers, and their customers' wives.
There were Hatfields and McCoys. There were meat eaters and vegetarians. There were CEOs and welfare mothers. There were Sunnis and Shiites, Hutus and Tutsis, Serbs and Croats. There were people whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower, and people who had just crossed the border on foot. There were soldiers and pacifists. There were people who'd like to see the flag in the sanctuary every week and people who'd rather not see it there at all.
Sometimes they would be baking bread together, and a woman would look up from the dough she was kneading and realize that the person working beside her was a sister she hadn't spoken to in years, ever since that sister had run off with the woman's fiancé. Sometimes they would be gathering to pray together, and a man would take the hand of the person beside him and realize that it belonged to the jerk whose cows kept trampling his garden. Sometimes a died-in-the-wool Democrat would bring his contribution to the communal treasury and discover that it would be given to a red-blooded Republican. Sometimes a Red Sox fan would go to visit someone who was ill to the point of death, and discover that person wearing his favorite pinstriped Jacoby Ellsbury jersey.
Sometimes as the community gathered and someone saw who was slipping into the neighboring pew, she would be sorely tempted to just get up and leave. Sometimes as they gathered around the table, someone would see who had sat down across from him, and he would seriously reconsider whether that gospel good news was good enough to make up for having to share a meal with this person he could not stand.
But they knew how they were supposed to behave. They knew that they were gathered in the name of a man whose favorite part of town was the wrong side of the tracks, a man who received all kinds of criticism for the company he kept, and he kept their company anyway. And so they gritted their teeth and passed the butter, and prayed for one another, and shared what they had, even when they didn't particularly want to. And little by little—one meal, one worship service, one act of kindness at a time—they found that their forced smiles began to soften, and their robotic greetings began to warm, and their grumpy internal monologues began to die down. Little by little—one story, one shared experience, one word of comfort at a time—they found that that Holy Spirit that Peter had preached about was doing something new inside them, turning swords into ploughshares, deserts into gardens, condemnation into compassion.
Just like us, those earliest Christians didn't always find it easy to get along—in fact, later on in the Book of Acts we do see some stories of disagreement and discord cropping up. Just like us, they sometimes had to employ that age-old strategy: fake it 'til you make it. Just like us, they sometimes wondered why they should bother sticking around such a strange and sometimes infuriating bunch of people.
Just like us, they discovered that even the people they found it hardest to love carried within them a spark of God's Spirit. And in learning to love even those hardest-to-love ones, in going through the motions until they could actually feel the sentiment behind them, they found that the spark of God's Spirit within them grew stronger, and warmer, and brighter. And in putting their sparks together with others, they were able to share so much more warmth and light with the world.
This is, I think, one of the best things about the church. It makes us learn how to be in community with people who, if we're honest, we might not choose to spend time with otherwise. It forces us to be in relationship with people who, if we're honest, might get on our nerves a little bit. It pulls us into interactions with people who, even if they sometimes rub us the wrong way, nevertheless have something to teach us about who God is and who we are called to be.
If you think about it, in many facets of our lives, we get to choose the people we see and the voices we hear. When we're deciding who to spend time with, we get to choose the ones who agree with us. When we're deciding which radio station to listen to or which television show to watch, we get to choose the ones we enjoy and skip the ones we don't. When we're looking at Facebook, we get to ignore or unfriend people whose posts we find irritating or disagreeable.
Not so in the church. As Christians, as followers of Jesus, we are called to love one another even when we don't always like one another, because when we practice loving, we get better at it. We are called to commit ourselves and our resources to one another even when we sometimes disagree, because we know that each person around us is as much a child of God as we are. We are called to stick with it and to build up our community, even when it costs us some of our money, or our preconceptions, or our independence, because it is in being bound to one another and to God that we find true freedom.
Peter was one heck of a preacher, and he preached one heck of a sermon. It helped that he had one heck of a story to tell, the story of God's love for God's people. But it is because those earliest followers of Jesus practiced loving until they got better at it that the movement continued to grow. It is because Christians down through the centuries committed themselves and their resources to one another even when they disagreed that the church continued to grow. It is because our predecessors in this congregation stuck with it and built up this community, even at personal cost to themselves, that we are gathered here this morning.
It takes every one of us to continue this legacy of God's love in action, to do as those earliest followers of Jesus did—feed the hungry, and give drink to the thirsty, and clothe the naked, and care for the afflicted, and comfort the grieving. It takes every one of us to be a living sign of unity in a world that is all too often fractured. Every one of us has something to teach and something to learn, something to give and something to receive. Only when we all join together can we truly be the church, the Body of Christ in the world.
And here's the thing. I don't know if you've noticed, but there are some people, some places, some situations in this world that are very hard to love. I'm not talking only about the people you disagree with or just don't like. There's cancer; there's wildfires and hurricanes; there's ISIS and Al Qaeda and genocide. If we are going to be able to go out into this world and do what Jesus taught us—love our enemies, bless those who curse us, overcome evil with good—then, Lord knows, we are going to need some practice.
So God gives us the church, full of broken people just like us, people who are sometimes a blessing and sometimes hard to love. God gives us one another to have and to hold, to practice loving until we are good enough at it that we really can love the world as God does—unconditionally, without exception, so fiercely and tenderly that, at last, this tough old world will be transformed into the beautiful realm of God.


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Who is better Tesla or Edison? – Practical Guide Free Energy
The answer is the question is still up in the air. The two pioneers of electric cars also face similar problems but that doesn't mean one is better than the other, and the two are no longer simply rivals, but the "better" one in the electric car industry.
It's true that Edison, in spite of his success, was always at loggerheads with some of its engineers. After Tesla, they both started on the same path and with the same goals. They both made enormous progress after the turn of the century. In fact, Edison has achieved an almost unprecedented success that surpasses virtually every other man and woman in the history of science.
And yet, Edison and Tesla don't have anything really in common with one another.
Tesla in History
The only real thing that can be said about Tesla is that his achievements were almost unheard of. He came out of the world of science not very well. What he did during his lifetime is the only thing that he has ever achieved.
Elon Musk is a different person because he worked for many years before he was a billionaire. His accomplishments and accomplishments of his predecessors are almost unmatched. So, the only difference between Tesla and Musk is their success. Tesla built a whole country and created the electric car. Musk, who is more experienced in the industry, built a whole industry.
Tesla was the first person who had a serious interest in electric vehicles. This interest came from his mother who gave him an electric motor car as a present at the age of 9.
Tesla was the person who was the first to start a factory that manufactures electric cars and, in fact, the first man to create a company that actually produced electric cars.
Tesla was a pioneering personality, yet at the same time, a cautious one. He was willing to work under the strictest of circumstances. He even used Tesla's own electric cars as a guinea pig during the development of this business model. This resulted in Tesla's first bankruptcy, the second in his life, and the third in his death in a terrible motorcycle accident at the age of 35.
He was also interested in building dams, and as he did, Tesla was also a pioneer. As Tesla himself said, "If you are going to build a dam, you should have built it first before you start building a factory that is capable of producing water."
Tesla's most important invention was his alternating current engine and the first practical electric car.
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ZOOM Lecture: Suffrage & Women of Color
The Historical Society of Rockland County Invites You to Join Us for
Lifting as They Climbed: Women of
Color and the Fight for Suffrage in
When: Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 3:00 PM, and Thursday, October 22, 2020, 7:00 PM
Where: ZOOM – Online (Zoom link provided with your confirmed reservation)
Admission: $FREE (reservations are required)
African American and Native American women played an integral role in the fight for women's suffrage in New York State, from the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 that launched the Suffrage Movement through ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920.
In this presentation, HSRC Executive Director Susan Deeks explores connections among various movements that brought women together during in the 18th and 19th centuries, and that ultimately split them apart along racial lines. How this played out in the Hudson Valley provides glimpses of promising areas for future research into the history of Rockland County.
TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE FOR THIS ONLINE PRESENTATION, CLICK ON THE EVENTBRITE LOGO:
Email us at [email protected] history. Or download, fill out, and return the PDF below, by October 14, 2020, to:
Historical Society of Rockland County
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Please note: Space is limited for this online program. Reservations are required. A waiting list will be compiled, and available spaces will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Historical Society of Rockland County is a nonprofit educational institution and principal repository for original documents and artifacts relating to Rockland County. Its headquarters are a four-acre site featuring a history museum and the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House in New City, New York. www.RocklandHistory.org.


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NEWS: 22 MAY 2019
Newest Delta Sky Club Evokes Eclectic Austin
Just in time for summer travel, the newest Delta Sky Club and first at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport opened for business on May 21.
"Building on our unmatched operational excellence, award-winning customer service and the ability to easily connect to cities around the globe, the first Delta Sky Club at Austin will give business and leisure travelers yet another best-in-class offering to enjoy," said Erik Snell, Delta's Senior Vice President — Operations & Customer Center, who first shared the news of the new Club during a visit to the Austin Chamber of Commerce last year.
On the mezzanine level of the Barbara Jordan Terminal, this 9,000 sq. ft. Delta Sky Club conveniently located near the Delta gates features:
Covered Sky Deck, an outdoor patio that can be enjoyed year-round
Full-service bar that includes seasonal cocktails and wine, selected by Delta's Master Sommelier Andrea Robinson, which will be stored in a temperature-controlled custom glass tower, along with the Agave Experience — an extensive selection of tequila and mezcal that can be sampled in individual pours or tasting flights — on the premium bar menu
Beer to try from around Texas, like Thirsty Planet Thirsty Goat, Hi Sign Violet the Blueberry Blonde and Saint Arnold Fancy Lawnmower, and rotating, seasonal food offerings inspired by the region, like handcrafted tacos and barbecue dishes
Unique, eclectic interior style inspired by Austin with warm walnut surfaces, metal finishes and rich fabrics
Select artwork from well-known and up-and-coming artists with connections to Texas
Comfortable seating areas, high-speed Wi-Fi and power outlets at nearly every seat
"We've put care into every detail — from the curated, local artwork to the Club design to the seasonal food and beverage offerings," said Claude Roussel, Managing Director — Delta Sky Club. "We look forward to welcoming guests traveling through Austin — they will be wowed by the experience and incredible service."
The new Delta Sky Club is the latest investment Delta is making for Austin travelers. Delta offers 28 peak-day departures with nonstop service to all of its U.S. hubs, including three daily flights to both Los Angeles and New York City, easily connecting customers to the airline's global network of more than 300 destinations. Delta also offers nonstop daily service to other key Austin destinations including Boston and Raleigh. In addition, Delta has hosted a "festival shuttle" from Los Angeles to the South by Southwest Conference and Festivals for the past five years, offering a curated travel experience to tech and entertainment leaders traveling to Austin. And, the airline continues to invest in the local workforce, recently insourcing dozens of airport operations jobs.
The Club is situated within the Austin airport's newly expanded concourse, from which Delta now operates. The $350 million project wrapped up earlier this year and added 9 new gates and nearly 170,000 square feet to the terminal, which features a multilevel design and new restaurants and retail
As a part of a long-term effort to expand the award-winning Delta Sky Club experience across the network, later this year Delta will debut a new Club at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and several upgrades like more, comfortable seating and a completely redesigned food and bar experience at the John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminal 4 Club. Salt Lake International Airport will also see a new, nearly 28,000-square-foot Club in 2020 and Los Angeles International Airport will see a new Club in 2021 — both of which will feature a Sky Deck and breath-taking views. Over the past several years, Delta also opened a new Club at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and a refreshed Club at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, along with a new award-winning flagship clubs at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.


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HomeNewsNorwegian returns to UK homeporting after 10-year gap
Norwegian returns to UK homeporting after 10-year gap
Harry Sommer - 'Other lines make ex-UK [cruises] to the Mediterranean work but it doesn't work for us'
Anne Kalosh | Jan 26, 2016
A return to homeporting in Southampton next year is the first stage in a Norwegian Cruise Line plan to double the size of its UK market by 2020.
It follows 20% growth in 2015 and involves a full summer season of four-, seven- and nine-night cruises by Norwegian Jade from the UK port which begins in May 2017.
Hamburg features on every itinerary as the ship will be embarking passengers there, the day after embarking British ones in Southampton. The shortest cruise will feature just those two ports—and be targeted at the MICE market—while the seven-night itinerary takes in other Northern European ports in France (Le Havre) and the Netherlands (Amsterdam) and the nine-night heads for the Norwegian Fjords.
This will increase the number of European-based NCL ships from four to five and another summer 2017 deployment—of Norwegian Getaway to the Baltic—is also designed to boost UK sales for the brand as the ship offers a 141% increase in capacity compared with the previously deployed Norwegian Star.
'We know the Baltic has great appeal for US passengers so we are putting the larger ship there because we expect them to make up half the passengers with the other half coming from Europe,' said Harry Sommer, evp international business development, speaking in London.
Norwegian Jade's UK-UK series will comprise almost entirely European passengers but that means roughly the same number of Europeans on both ships.
'We did look at operating cruises to the Mediterranean from Southampton but, by the time you reach it, you have already been at sea three days and that Atlantic coast of France, Spain and Portugal does not have many good cruise ports.
'We decided that our customers would probably choose to fly to Barcelona or Venice and get to the Mediterranean the same day. Other lines make ex-UK [cruises] to the Mediterranean work but it doesn't work for us.'
Sommer denied the fjords itinerary might be too 'old' for the Norwegian passenger profile, pointing out that the average age of adult passengers on NCL cruises currently stands at a surprisingly high 52.
He said there were two key factors to the decision to return to UK-UK cruising for the first time in a decade.
'To some extent we were persuaded by how often we were being asked why we did not have a UK-UK product. After all, if the media are asking these questions, it must be because their readers or viewers are asking them the same ones.
'But it is also a consequence of our rapidly expanding fleet. When we just had nine ships, it was difficult to fill every gap in the market.'
Northern Europe and MEA general manager Nick Wilkinson expressed confidence in both the UK and German markets and said this is a great opportunity to grow both markets.'
Europe accounts for 70% of Norwegian's international business and the UK is the largest market within it.
'The story here is not just about the UK-based ship but about bringing more ships to Europe,' Wilkinson said. 'The air access from UK regional airports is fantastic to Copenhagen so we are confident that the British will support the Getaway Baltic cruises, too.
'The Jade in Southampton gives us an opportunity to grow our market by enticing past passengers to return for a new product, and the ship itself will also be renewed by a major refit in March 2017.'
Sommer admitted the possibility that the brand could do some UK television advertising to support the new programme. 'I can't rule it out or in at the moment as it will depend on talks we have with our top travel partners in the UK as this where we focus all our promotional activity.'
And there may also be some news soon on more ships for NCL, beyond those already on order for delivery through 2019.
Sommer said: 'We are actively discussing with the shipyards our next generation of ships which will probably be a slightly smaller size than our most recent orders.'
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Could this Obscure Survey Be the Tipping Point in the Abortion Debate?
Tuesday, 23 July 2019 06:17
This article was published by The McAlvany Intelligence Advisor on Monday, July 22, 2019:
Steven Andrew Jacobs, working on his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago last summer, published a survey that answered Associate Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun's query about when life begins. Wrote Blackmun in the majority opinion in Roe v. Wade in 1973:
We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins. When those trained in the respective disciplines of medicine, philosophy, and theology are unable to arrive at any consensus, the judiciary, in this point in the development of man's knowledge, is not in a position to speculate as to the answer.
Thanks to Ph.D. candidate Jacobs, Blackmun (now deceased) and his majority on the Supreme Court have their answer. According to Jacobs, 95 percent of 5,500 biologists – with specialties in such various fields as anatomy, biochemistry, cellular biology, genetics, and physiology – believe that "a human's life begins at fertilization."
More remarkable is that 89 to 97 percent of them believe it despite describing themselves as "very pro-choice," "very liberal," and "strong Democrats."
What if Blackmun and his majority were given a "mulligan" – a do-over – about abortion? The New York Times thinks it's just a matter of time, and wrote about how life, and abortion rates, would look onceRoe is overturned. Looking at a "post-Roe" world, the Times concluded that eight states with "trigger" laws would ban abortion immediately, while at least 13 more would probably ban it shortly thereafter. Looking at a study conducted by researchers from Middlebury College, the Guttmacher Institute, and the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, the Timesconcluded that the America's abortion rate "would be at least 13 percent lower … 140,000 fewer abortions a year."
This conclusion was no cause for rejoicing by a long-time pro-life advocate, David French. A senior fellow at the National Review Institute, French asked: "Am I the only pro-lifer who is sobered rather than enthused by the idea that ending Roe would cut nationwide abortions by less than 13 percent?"
After looking carefully at the study, French concluded that already high abortion rates in east and west coast states would remain high, while those in southern and Midwestern states, already historically low, would be nearly unchanged. French wrote that abortion is not so much a legal problem as a cultural one: "These numbers highlight two central realities in the fight for life: cultural change precedes legal change, and cultural change is more potent (his emphasis) than legal change."
For example, says French, there were 202,000 fewer abortions in the United States in 2015 compared with 2006: "That's a greater reduction in the United States in 2015 than the one projected [by the Times] … and it was accomplished while Roe remained intact." Simply put, said French, "the pro-life movement is one of the most successful cultural (his emphasis again) movements in American history."
Added French:
Win the culture, and you win the war, saving countless lives even before you can change a single law. Lose the culture, and not even a repealed Roe will end the terrible scourge of abortion in the United States.
That Blackmun and his majority got it wrong – fearfully and dreadfully wrong – has been clear to legal scholars such as Edward Whelan. He has called it, "an unconstitutional act of aggression by the Court against the political branches and the American people." Whelan, whose legal career included clerking for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, and who now serves as president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, compares Roe to the Dred Scott decision inflicted on the American republic in 1857:
Roe is the Dred Scott of our age. Like few other Supreme Court cases in our nation's history, Roeis not merely patently wrong, but also fundamentally hostile to core precepts of American government and citizenship. Roe is a lawless power grab by the Supreme Court….
Roe imposes on all Americans a radical regime of unrestricted abortion for any reason all the way up to viability – and, under the predominant reading of sloppy language in Roe's companion case, Doe v. Bolton, essentially unrestricted … in the period from viability until birth….
Roe disenfranchises the millions and millions of patriotic American citizens who believe that the self-evident truth proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence – that all men are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with an unalienable right to life – warrants significant government protection of the lives of unborn human beings.
There is another player in the abortion controversy, the Creator of life Himself. He has provably had a direct hand in the creation of the American republic, and has watched as His people have turned away from Him. He must grieve immensely at the murder of more than 60 million lives since Roe. And one must ask, just how much longer will the Giver and Creator of life wait until He withdraws His hand of protection from that republic, and lets its people suffer the consequences of their rejection of Him and His laws?
Evangelist Billy Graham asked for His forgiveness:
We know Your Word says, "Woe to those who call evil good," but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values … we have killed our unborn and called it "choice."
Search us, Oh God, and cleanse us from every sin and set us free.
With the revelation from an obscure Ph.D. candidate, that day of recovery of our faith and belief in the nation's right to life may be closer. One can hope. And pray.
WND.com: 95% OF BIOLOGISTS: LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION
Biologists' Consensus on 'When Life Begins'
Biologists' Consensus on 'When Life Begins' – the study in PDF
The New York Times: Where Roe v. Wade Has the Biggest Effect
NationalReview.com: In a Post-Roe World, Pro-Lifers Would Still Have a Lot of Work Left to Do
Background on David French
EPPC.org: Senate Testimony on Roe v. Wade
Background on Justice Blackmun
Background on Edward Whelan
Background on the Dred Scott decision
Background on Doe v. Bolton
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Q: Filter a pattern in middle of a string of an array JAVASCRIPT I have an array, I want to filter out all the paths which are in form of /__/:__Id. I am currently using .endsWith property but I want to make a generic code which recognizes the pattern and doesn't return paths in pattern of /routename**/:nameId**

const ROUTES = [ { path: "/" }, { path: "/faqs" }, { path: "/contactus" }, { path: "/pricing" }, { path: "/products" }, { path: "/careers/:jobId" }, { path: "/careers" }, { path: "/about-us" }, { path: "/features" }, { path: "/usecase/:usecaseId" } ];

const selectedRoutes = ROUTES.map( (item) => {
  if (item.path === "/")
    return "";
  else
    return item.path;
}).filter( (item) => { return !item.endsWith("Id")});

console.log(selectedRoutes)

A: You can achieve this requirement with the help of below RegExp
^\/(\\w)+\/:.*Id\/?$

RegEx explanation :
^\/ - Match the string start with forward slash
(\\w)+ - Matches the word characters (a-z, 0-9 and underscore), + is used to match the word one or more time.
\/? - Matches zero or one forward slash
$ - Denotes end of a string
Live Demo :

const ROUTES = [ { path: "/" }, { path: "/faqs" }, { path: "/contactus" }, { path: "/pricing" }, { path: "/products" }, { path: "/careers/:jobId" }, { path: "/careers" }, { path: "/about-us" }, { path: "/features" }, { path: "/usecase/:usecaseId" } ];

const re = new RegExp('^\/(\\w)+\/:.*Id\/?$', 'i');

const selectedRoutes = ROUTES.filter((item) => {
  return !item.path.match(re)
});

console.log(selectedRoutes);

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const ROUTES = [ { path: "/" }, { path: "/faqs" }, { path: "/contactus" }, { path: "/pricing" }, { path: "/products" }, { path: "/careers/:jobId" }, { path: "/careers" }, { path: "/about-us" }, { path: "/features" }, { path: "/usecase/:usecaseId" } ];

const selectedRoutes = ROUTES.map( (item) => {
  if (item.path === "/")
    return "";
else
return item.path;
}).filter( (item) => { return !item.includes(":")});

console.log(selectedRoutes);

A: How about using regular expressions (regexp)?

const ROUTES = [ { path: "/" }, { path: "/faqs" }, { path: "/contactus" }, { path: "/pricing" }, { path: "/products" }, { path: "/careers/:jobId" }, { path: "/careers" }, { path: "/about-us" }, { path: "/features" }, { path: "/usecase/:usecaseId" } ];

const re = new RegExp('/.*/:.*Id', 'i');

const selectedRoutes = ROUTES.map((item) => {
  if (item.path === "/")
    return "";
  else
    return item.path;
}).filter((item) => {
  return !item.match(re)
});

console.log(selectedRoutes);

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Guillaume Raineau est un rameur français, né le  à Nantes.

En 2008, il participe à la finale du quatre sans barreur et termine à la  place. En 2009, avec Vincent Faucheux, Damien Margat et Charles Breschet, il décroche le titre de champion de France. En 2010, il décroche de nouveau un titre national avec Vincent Faucheux en deux sans barreur poids léger

Palmarès

Jeux olympiques
  en quatre sans barreur poids léger à Pékin (2008)
   en quatre sans barreur poids léger à Rio (2016)

Championnats du monde d'aviron
  en deux sans barreur poids léger aux Championnats du monde d'aviron 2007 à Munich
  en quatre sans barreur poids léger aux Championnats du monde d'aviron 2009 à Poznań
  en quatre sans barreur poids léger aux championnats du monde d'aviron 2015 à Aiguebelette

Championnats d'Europe d'aviron
  en quatre sans barreur poids léger aux Championnats d'Europe d'aviron 2008 à Athènes
  en quatre sans barreur poids léger aux Championnats d'Europe d'aviron 2013 à Munich

Championnats de France d'aviron
 2 titres en 2009 et 2010

Distinctions
 Chevalier de l'ordre national du Mérite le

Notes et références

Liens externes

Rameur français (aviron)
Rameur (aviron) aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2008
Rameur (aviron) aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2016
Médaillé de bronze olympique français
Chevalier de l'ordre national du Mérite
Naissance à Nantes
Naissance en juin 1986

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Top 10 Interesting Facts About The Internet
by Awesome Daily Staff
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The Internet. Can you actually imagine where we would be without it? You'd have no memes to share on WhatsApp, no selfies to like on Instagram, no music videos to watch on YouTube, and you wouldn't even be reading this right now. The internet has changed business and social life in ways we can't even conceive, after all, did you ever envision buying something with just the click of a button? So to pay homage to something which we quite honestly couldn't live without, we're going to present our top 10 facts about the Internet.
It's said that over three million emails are sent every second
This does seem somewhat surprising, given the amount of social media channels currently available, but with business and professional communication still likely done via email, it's not hard to see why there are millions every second.
The World Wide Web was essentially created by one man
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Tim Berners-Lee is the person known for constructing the Internet as we know it. The first website went online in 1991, and it's actually still there today.
The first Tweet went live on March 21, 2006
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It's not a terribly interesting Tweet, but Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Twitter, simply wrote: "just setting up my twtrr" (must have been worried about using too many characters).
Similarly, the first YouTube video went live on April 23, 2005
Like Twitter, it wasn't very interesting, just a video of founder Jawed Karim discussing elephants in the video named 'Me at the zoo.'
Still on YouTube, 'Gangnam Style' is the most-watched video of all time
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The incredibly catchy song from Psy has (as of now) an insane 2,831,940,600 views.
North Korea only allows its citizens to access 28 websites
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North Korea has many unusual laws and rules, but heavily censoring the internet has to be up there. As you can read about here, the data regarding North Korea's website restrictions came to light due to an online mishap. But in actuality, most inhabitants of North Korea are considered lucky if they are even granted the right to get online at all.
The Internet weighs the same as one strawberry
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A weird fact, but a fact nonetheless. Taken from Lifewire.com, Physicist Russell Seitz discovered that "with some atomic physics assumptions, the billions upon billions of 'data-in-motion' moving electrons on the Internet add up to approximately 50 grams. That is 2 ounces, the weight of one strawberry."
More people use smartphones than computers to browse the Internet
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AOL spent $300 million sending installation CDs to customers
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A single query on Google requires a whopping 1,000 computers to process
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This was the simpler card that the South Burlington stamp club group made last week. I loved a card that I spotted online that used the same embossing folder on vellum, so I replicated it for this Easter card that you see here. I also wanted to show off the stamp set that is part of the Sale-A-Bration coordination set of products. This card showcases two things that are only available until the end of this month when the Sale-A-Bration promotion ends: the embossing folder and the greeting stamps.
The lovely thing about the More Than Words stamp set is that there are a few stamps that coordinate with the "Wishes" two-step stamp. I used "Easter" for this creation, but a couple of the gals used "Birthday" instead so that they could still use their card even tho they don't send out Easter cards. Yay!


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Generation X Tells Y It's Time to Step Up
Activists call on young African-Americans to participate in the civil rights movement.
By Joyce Jones
If at First You Don't Succeed... - Abigail Fisher is continuing her fight against a rule allowing the use of race as a factor in University of Texas undergraduate admissions. A U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined her attorneys' request to overturn a ruling allowing the use of race to promote diversity, so they are now planning to go back to the high court.  (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Becoming a card-carrying member of one of the nation's many civil rights organizations isn't everybody's thing. But according to a panel of mostly thirty-something activists, there are a number of other ways for people to make a contribution and it's time for Generation Y to get in the game.
"The civil rights that we're still fighting for include equity in education for every child, access to a good, family-sustaining job for every individual, access to affordable housing and quality health care," Nevada Rep. Steven Horsford said at a National Urban League-sponsored panel discussion about "The Next 50 Years."
African-Americans and other people don't have access to these basic and fundamental civil rights, he added, and must now also fight to protect their voting rights.
The panel stressed that the march commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington is just a beginning.
"It's important for us to remember that tomorrow is a mean to the end. It should be a catalyst for whatever our next steps our and a visual and figurative representation of what should happen not only in the Black community, but in communities of color and under served and low-income communities, standing together for issues that continue to impact us," said Angela Rye, co-founder of IMPACT, a civic engagement organization formed by emerging leaders. "We cannot sit idly by. Do not go home from the march, put away your signs and retire from the movement. It must continue."
Members of the panel, which included Hip Hop Caucus president Rev. Lennox Yearwood; activist Kevin Powell; Jeff Johnson, founder of Jeff's Nation; Tamika Mallory, executive director of the National Action Network; and Brandi Richard, president of National Urban League Young Professionals, suggested a number of ways young African-Americans can get involved in the civil rights movement.
In addition to making sure they vote in every election, young adults should offer financial support to candidates who support their issues, no matter how small a contribution one can make. Most important, the group said, everyone should take advantage of any personal strength they have to help make an impact.
"The National Urban League Young Professionals is a great organization, we have great tools, and offer leadership training and opportunities to get involved, but that may not be the place for you, and that's OK," Richard said. "But all of us need to be pushing the agenda forward in the way we can best. Whether that means picking up the phone to call people about issues, writing letters to your senator, or what have you, you have to take the onus to get involved."
Doing so, she added, will mean a different conversation in 50 years.
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Home » How to Avoid 'Death by Meeting'
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How to Avoid 'Death by Meeting'
Why Having Meetings for the Sake of Having Meetings is Bad for Business
Local California Nexstar contractors meet on a regular basis to share ideas and hold each other accountable for their business plans. (Photo courtesy of Nexstar Network)
AAA Services in Denver, Colorado, holds regular service meetings to train technicians and build a culture of teamwork. (Photo courtesy of Nexstar Network)
Nexstar Business Coach Jodi Peter facilitates a business planning workshop with contractors in September 2014 to help them plan their growth in 2015. (Photo courtesy of Nexstar Network)
Jen Anesi
KEYWORDS Business Practices in HVACR / HVAC contracting / meeting best practices / Nexstar Network
For many HVACR contractors, employee meetings are an opportunity to discuss business, provide training, address employees' concerns, plan for the future, determine areas in need of improvement, and recognize those who deserve praise. But, for those who are not properly utilizing the time they have with their employees, holding meetings can have a negative effect on morale and productivity, said Nexstar Network business coach Jodi Peter.
"For the contractors I coach, this can be a problem," she said. "They believe they've got to have these weekly staff meetings, but they can run the risk of death by meeting."
Peter said the answer lies in setting a clear purpose for the meeting, planning it out ahead of time, and following through. And, she added, meetings should be held out of necessity — not just because it's been a week since the last meeting.
"We don't meet just to discuss; we meet to decide," she said. "It's important for [employees] to think about what the outcome needs to be of the meeting and be very clear about why they're having the meeting in the first place and what they need to accomplish. It needs to be more about what they need to hear, not what you need to say."
Structure and Goals
Before any meeting, ensure the meeting's goal is well known to everyone in attendance. That means having an agenda prepared beforehand, Peter said.
"A lot of contractors need to set an agenda and an expectation for time," she said. "More often than not, the meeting will run over because the time gets away from them. Sometimes, speaking the agenda — this is what we're going to do and discuss today and when we're going to be done — can help you stay on task and stay on time. Set a very specific agenda so what needs to be covered, and what the outcome needs to be, are known."
Peter added, "I always tell them, at the end of the meeting, there has to be some action."
When it comes to holding a weekly meeting, Peter said it is not always necessary, though she does recommend scheduling standing meetings at a frequency that makes sense for that group.
"For the most part, I do believe in consistently scheduled meetings because it sends a psychological message that it's important, whether it's leaders or technicians in a service meeting," she said.
But, Peter cautioned, don't hold meetings for the sake of holding meetings. "When you send the message that it's important, it needs to be important. Again, there's discussion in every meeting, but what does the outcome need to be?"
If a contractor is frequently calling meetings without having a clear agenda or goal in mind, he or she is likely wasting everyone's time. "A lot of times, they'll get the team together, and they'll all just start talking," Peter explained. "It's not focused on what they need to achieve, what the challenges are in each department, or what we're going to do about it. What are the action steps?"
Steve Moon, owner, Moon Air Inc., Elkton, Maryland, said he has weekly staff and leadership meetings that only last half an hour. And he "always [has] an agenda," he said.
Rick Tullis, president, Capstone Mechanical, Waco, Texas, said he holds an executive team meeting every Monday, a management staff meeting every other week, and a company-wide meeting every quarter.
"We use an agenda as frequently as possible," he said. "Most standing meetings have a page on our Intranet that participants can access to add items to the agenda, as needed. On our company-wide quarterly meetings, the management team meets specifically to pull the agenda together to make sure we're maximizing that time."
Ann Kahn, president of Kahn Mechanical Contractors in Dallas, holds weekly leadership meetings for the duration of each of its large projects. "There is also a weekly management meeting to determine project staffing for the upcoming week — usually Friday over lunch," she said, adding that company officers meet as needed for financial and business planning.
Start and End on a Good Note
When conducting a meeting, Peter said to keep in mind that people are most likely to remember the first and last things they are told.
"You have to have a solid opening that is memorable and important, and then you close them with equal validity," She said. "Meetings aren't always positive, so I'm particularly conscious of opening and closing them in a positive way and thinking about what you want them to take away and what you want them to hear."
Starting with something positive, even if the subject matter of the meeting may not be all good, is a good way to set a positive tone for the meeting, said Peter.
"When I had a team working for me, the first thing we started with was, give me one great thing that happened last week. Start with something positive because it keeps the meeting upbeat. If there's nothing but doom and gloom, it can take a toll on you. Then, specifically ask them, what are you working on this week, and what could you use some help with? Invite the team to participate in solution building."
Kahn said her meetings are "rarely boring," and they will often start meetings with the question, "What good thing this week can you tell us?"
Moon also has his own ways of keeping his meetings engaging and upbeat. "I have a fish bowl that has numbered fish that equal rewards when folks make their goals, and I have a hula hoop for when they forget important actions. These keep it lively."
Tips for a Successful Meeting
Tullis said Capstone spends "quite a bit of time and money to make meeting spaces as productive as possible." Those spaces include comfortable chairs with wheels, modular conference tables with Internet, big screens and good projectors, blackout shades, and much more. And, he added, they have "top-notch HVAC."
Kahn said they use a checklist they call the "7Tab," which is an excel document with seven areas of concern that are discussed at each meeting: safety, one-week planner, six-week planner, budget, quality, opportunities, and submittal log.
All of Kahn's management meetings have an agenda, she said, adding, "Some are written; others are understood."
Greg Crumpton, president and founder, AirTight Mechanical, Charlotte, North Carolina, said he spends most of his time during meetings walking around and listening. He also likes to have a tight agenda. "Get and give as much info as possible prior to [the meeting], so at least some will be prepared," he added.
Repetition is also a key part of a successful meeting, Crumpton said. "Tell them what you want to tell them. Then, tell them. Then, finally, tell them what you told them. After that, go around and ensure that all who have been given a task understand it, and put a fuse on it, meaning a time it needs to be completed by."
Holding too many meetings can be detrimental to businesses, Crumpton added. "The larger the company, the higher the frequency of meetings, and the more people meet, the less time they get to solve problems for their customers," he said.
Some of the most effective meetings Peter has witnessed have included innovative ideas to help make the meeting more interesting while also encouraging attendance, punctuality, and participation. One in particular stands out in Peter's memory.
"It was a service meeting onsite with a member," she said. "They had a weekly service meeting in a very upbeat space with music in the room — just a really lively meeting space. They had a guy who came in late. Unbeknownst to me, they had a rule in place and a way to handle people who were late to the meeting."
Peter said that, instead of being reprimanded in private by a manager, the tardy attendee's consequences were much more public and immediate. "They had an iPod in the meeting room, and they made him dance like a chicken to the chicken dance song," she said. "It was eye-opening to me that you can lean on other employees to dish out consequences. … The contractors and the owners tend to think they have to be the answer person, and leaning on the team to think through the answers is an important discipline."
But, for any meeting to be successful, Peter again stressed that all meetings — whether scheduled or impromptu — must have a clear purpose. "The scheduled meetings are great for team-building and for brainstorming solutions; they have their place," she said. "Impromptu meetings have their place, too, and it's really important to communicate to participants why you're calling that meeting. It's important to clearly communicate why you're doing it, and be very conscious of efficient and effective meetings."
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Work Zone Accidents
on February 20, 2014 by George Panagiotopoulos
It seems that everywhere you go there is work being performed on the roadways. Work zones can be an inconvenience to drivers, but they can also be extremely dangerous. If you or a loved one has been injured in a work zone, it is essential to confer with an experienced personal injury lawyer to learn your options for recovering compensation for your damages suffered.
If you are a worker in a work zone, you are acutely aware of the dangerous conditions. The Associated General Contractors of America (AGCA) reports that approximately 38% of highway construction workers have had a motor vehicle mistakenly enter their work area. Almost half of these workers reported it happening three or more times during a single construction season.
What you may not realize, however, is that work zones are also dangerous for vehicle occupants. In fact, the AGCA found that motorists who have a collision in a work zone suffer a higher rate of injury than the workers. It is estimated that 50% of the vehicle occupants were injured in the work zone accidents, while the workers were injured approximately 18% of the time.
While there is no formula for keeping workers and motorists safe in a work zone, workers should always wear a hardhat and bright-colored clothing to be more visible to drivers. Additionally, all traffic should be re-routed and slowed down when traveling near workers using barriers, barrels, cones or other traffic control devices. The most important tip for motorists is to slow down and stay alert while driving through work zones.
Parties who are injured in a work zone may have numerous parties that are liable to them for their injuries. Thus, a personal injury attorney at Slater, Tenaglia, Fritz & Hunt can review the circumstances surrounding your accident and help determine the parties that should be held accountable for your medical bills, lost wages and other damages.
At Slater, Tenaglia, Fritz & Hunt we take your injury seriously. We are aggressive in pursuing the full and fair compensation you deserve from the negligent party that caused your accident. To schedule your complimentary initial consultation, contact us by phone at (201) 820-6001 in New Jersey or (212) 692-0200 in New York. We can also be found on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, Youtube and on the Internet. All personal injury cases are handled on a contingency fee basis, which means you do not pay our fees unless we recover for you. Contact us today!


This program is for adults with previous paddling experience who are interested in a paddling fitness program. Participants should have previous paddling experience. Light Marathon Masters Sprint boats are used, so paddlers must be able to balance these boats to participate. All equipment is provided.
Rec Kayak is great way to improve your kayaking skills, see the beautiful scenery and meet lots of awesome people. Experienced coaches work with participants in a fun and supportive environment to deliver the best experience possible.
Stay tuned for Summer 2019 dates!
Our popular drop in paddling sessions take place all summer long! Drop in sessions give participants an opportunity to try kayaking at a recreational level or be introduced to our club. Participants are welcome to come to as many sessions as they desire!
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It has all started again in Rijeka. The runners-up of last season's Champions League gathered at the Kantrida swimming complex to start a training regime for the forthcoming season. It will not be easy to retain the Treble they won last year neither qualifying for the Champions League group stage. Although they lost the competition's gold medal game last season, this will be the third year in a row in which Primorje must play thequalification phase of the elite European club competition. Since waiting for their second phase opponents, Primorje reached an agreement to do some practice sessions with AN Brescia on the 10th of September.
Head coach Ivan Asić started the first pre-season tests without five players who are still resting after an exhausting summer with the national selections. Damir Buric, Petar Muslim and Anđelo Setka will start their club season next week, much like Ivan Krapic and Nikola Dedovic, who just returned from playing in the summer league in Malta.
Speaking of new additions in this silverware-packed squad, Primorje acquired the forces of newly-based Pro Recco player Gonzalo Echenique. The native Argentinian first signed for the European champions after playing with CN Atletic Barceloneta and them came to Rijeka on a one-year loan term. Except Echenique, there is another ex-European club champion that made an agreement with the club. Miho Boskovic switched sides from Jug with Xavi Garcia as Spainard moves to Dubrovnik after Primorje declined to give him a lucrative contract offer.
Miho Boskovic (second from the left) posing with the Primorje staff following his contract signing.
Anther new player is Ante Vukicevic from Mladost, but Primorje lost a lot with the departure of Sandro Sukno. One of worlds best players decided to return to Pro Recco after the three years he spent on Kantrida. Sukno and Garcia will be missed a lot, as well as Marko Elez who returned to Italy's new top division side - Pallanuoto Trieste. Not less important however, Split-born goaltender Duje Jelovina returned from POŠK, and will be at the standby-mode to replace veteran Frano Vican between the posts.


Dr. Craig Maretzki graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1990. He completed an internship at the University of Georgia and a small animal internal medicine residency at the University of California at Davis. Between 1995 and 1998, he was a post-graduate researcher in infectious diseases at Yale University and UC Davis. Dr. Maretzki served as a clinical consultant in both internal medicine and cardiology for a national clinical laboratory and cardiology consultation service for five years. Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, he lives in Marin with his wife, Kristine, and enjoys running and skiing.
Leslie Larson Cooper, DVM, D.A.C.V.B.
Dr. Leslie Larson Cooper graduated from the University of California at Davis in 1980 and became a member of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists in 1995 (one of the very few in the country!). She entered private practice in 1980 and continued to serve as a lecturer at UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital until 2002. She now focuses on private practice exclusively. Dr. Cooper's interests include the human-animal bond and feline behavior.
When not working, she likes quilting and costuming, photography, and singing at church and with the Davis Community Chorale, along with her sons Ben and Nick.
Dr. Margo Mehl obtained her veterinary degree from Washington State University in 1999 and continued on to Colorado State University where she completed a one-year internship in small-animal medicine and surgery. After completing her internship, she went on to a three-year small-animal surgical residency at the University of California at Davis and became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2004. After completing her residency, Dr. Mehl stayed on at UC Davis for three years, where she was an assistant professor in small-animal soft tissue surgery. Her areas of interest and expertise include vascular surgeries, thoracic surgery and liver surgery.
When not working, she enjoys spending time with her son, and cycling and hiking with friends and family.
Philip Watt, B.V.Sc., M.A.C.V.Sc., F.A.C.V.S.
Dr. Phil Watt graduated with honors from the University of Queensland, Australia, in 1982. He completed a small-animal medicine and surgery internship followed by a small-animal surgical residency at the same university. After many years of teaching at the university, he took up a sabbatical clinical research position at Colorado State University. After his return to Australia, he began a surgical consultancy practice within and outside the university teaching hospital. He has lectured widely on a variety of small-animal and orthopedic topics.
Outside his veterinary surgery practice, he enjoys travel, food and wine, biking and swimming.
A board-certified specialist in cardiology, Dr. Justin Williams obtained his veterinary medical degree in 2007 from Colorado State University, after completing his undergraduate degree at the University of California at Los Angeles. He then completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital in west Denver. Dr. Williams finished his three-year cardiology residency at the M.S.P.C.A. Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston in 2011 before joining VCA San Francisco Veterinary Specialists.
Originally from Arizona, he enjoys the outdoors alongside his wife, Emily, and their two children. His hobbies include fly-fishing, hiking, photography, drawing and ice hockey.
Dr. David B. Y. Fong is a holistic veterinarian who has been involved with holistic medicine since 1993. He is a Colorado State University graduate, a certified veterinary acupuncturist and herbalist from the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society, and a California board-certified licensed acupuncturist for humans.
He offers complementary modalities including acupuncture, Chinese medicine, Chinese Herbal Medicine, chiropractic, nutrition and contact reflex analysis. He is dedicated to exploring new and different modalities that offer less invasive treatments than surgery, antibiotics or steroids. His goal is to discover a harmonious integration of techniques.
When not working, he enjoys a good round of golf, exploration of different parts of San Francisco and California, hiking, and spending quality time with friends.
Dr. Elyse Hammer grew up in Northern California. She received her bachelor�s degree in animal science from the University of California at Davis in 2007, before being accepted to the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. She graduated at the top of her UC Davis class in 2011.
Dr. Hammer completed her small-animal internship at VCA San Francisco Veterinary Specialists in 2012, realizing her love for anything and everything truly emergency, and developing a particular interest in toxicity cases.
In her spare time, she enjoys running and �zoning out� at the gym, lots of reading, traveling and tasting wine with her husband, Brett, and hanging out with her cat, Nube.
Dr. Thomas McEntegart earned his DVM from the University of Minnesota after performing his undergraduate work at the University of Virginia. Upon graduation, Dr. McEntegart completed a rotating internship in medicine, surgery and emergency medicine at the Animal Medical Center in New York City. In 2004, he left his hometown of New York City and moved to the beautiful Bay Area. While working at the San Francisco SPCA for three years, Dr. McEntegart regularly appeared on K.R.O.N.-4's "Ask the Vet" feature. Before joining emergency services at S.F.V.S., he practiced at several local emergency hospitals.
He and his partner, Jeff, share their Berkeley home with their three children. Outside emergency medicine, he enjoys hiking, kayaking and film noir.
Dr. Emily Wong received her DVM from the University of California at Davis in 2006, where she also had completed her bachelor's in animal science in 2001. Dr. Wong went on to complete her small-animal internship, focused primarily on emergency medicine, at South Paws Veterinary Specialists and Emergency Care in Fairfax, Virginia. Prior to joining S.F.V.S. in 2008, she was a full-time faculty emergency veterinarian at UC Davis. Dr. Wong, who grew up in San Francisco, is fluent in English and Mandarin with some fluency in Cantonese.
Outside her veterinary practice, she enjoys spending time with her husband and cats, traveling internationally, and exploring the outdoors with her dog. Dr. Wong helped create a nonprofit called San Francisco Aid for Animals and is a former S.F.A.f.A. board member. This nonprofit awards grants to local veterinarians for emergency cases facing financial hardship.
Dr. Erin Burdette was born and raised in middle Georgia. Growing up, she focused most of her energy on tennis and has competed around the world, including in the US Open. She went on to play tennis at Stanford University, where she received her bachelor�s degree in biological sciences. After earning her DVM from the University of Georgia, Dr. Burdette returned to the Bay Area to complete her internship at VCA San Francisco Veterinary Specialists, where she discovered her interest in emergency medicine. When not working, she enjoys spinning, cooking, watching sports and exploring the city with her Italian greyhound, Ella.
Dr. Stephen Atwater attended Lafayette College and graduated with a B.S. in 1981. He then attended Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, where he graduated in1989. Dr. Atwater completed his residency in oncology and received his M.S. in clinical sciences in 1993. Professional interests include internal medicine and oncology. He is a member of the following professional organizations: ACVIM, AVMA, AAHA, V.C.S., C.C.V.M.A. Outside work, he enjoys spending time with his family, gardening, cycling and cooking.
Dr. Atwater says: ?I chose the field of oncology because I get to work with some of the most devoted and compassionate pet owners, helping them make the best decision for their animal?s cancer. This is an often satisfying aspect of a sometimes frustrating specialty. Often times, I can provide some hope, when none is expected. Although most of my patients are never cured of their cancer, they typically obtain good quality of life for the remainder of their time.?
Dr. Jason Kidd received his DVM from the University of California, Davis in 2007. He completed an internship at Colorado State University in 2008 and a small-animal medical oncology residency at North Carolina State University in 2011. Dr. Kidd focuses on maintaining quality of life for his patients and helps owners to make the most informed decisions possible for their beloved pets. He joined VCA San Francisco Veterinary Specialists full-time in 2013, and his clinical interests include lymphoma, histiocytic cancers and metronomic chemotherapy.
Dr. Kidd was born and raised in the Bay Area and is happy to be working in his hometown. He lives with his wife, Katherine (also a veterinarian), and their rescue pup, Fintan, a pointer mix. When not working, he loves surfing, snowboarding, hiking and seeing live music.
Dr. Lisa Klopp has published articles on veterinary and human neurological problems and has advanced the technology and treatment outcomes for brain tumors in dogs and cats. She advocates the use of minimally invasive endoscope-assisted neurosurgical procedures and is a proponent of interventional pain management and physical therapy for the neurological patient.
After graduating from Colorado State University�s veterinary school in 1992, Dr. Klopp completed a yearlong internship working with small animals at North Carolina State University, followed by a year of training in anatomic pathology at the University of Arizona. In 1997, she completed her residency in neurology and neurosurgery at Auburn University, earning a master�s degree studying surgical approaches to the brain stem in dogs. After teaching at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Colorado State University, Dr. Klopp began working in private practice in 2009 and has been with VCA San Francisco Veterinary Specialists since 2012.
In her spare time, she hangs out with her cat, Finnegan (aka �The Puzz�), and her horse, Gypsy. She loves to read, watch chick flicks with her mom, sing karaoke, and cheer on the Dallas Cowboys.
Dr. Laura West received her DVM from the University of Georgia in 2007. She went on to complete a rotating internship at VCA Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center in Norwalk, Connecticut, and a specialty internship in internal medicine at Animal Specialty Group in Los Angeles.
Dr. West completed her residency training at the Veterinary Specialty Hospital in San Diego in 2012, and became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2013. Her special interests include feline medicine, immune-mediated disease and endocrinology.
Outside her veterinary practice, she greatly values spending time with her husband and their two cats, Kitten and Gypsy. She also enjoys yoga, running and hiking in the great outdoors.
Dr. Winnie Low Ybarra was born in Rangoon, Burma, and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She worked as a veterinary technician prior to obtaining her veterinary degree from the University of California, Davis in 2008, and went on to complete a medical and surgical internship at North Carolina State University. Dr. Ybarra moved back to the Bay Area and worked as a general practitioner, emergency veterinarian and shelter veterinarian. She then completed an internal medicine residency at UC Davis in 2013.
Dr. Ybarra�s professional interests include immune-mediated, endocrine, renal, urinary and respiratory disorders, as well as endoscopic procedures and laparoscopy. Her research publications focused on canine urinary stones, feline airway disease and urinary tract infections (for which she received an award). She has received numerous accolades for her excellent teaching of veterinary students and outstanding patient care.
As an advocate for animal welfare and rescue, Dr. Ybarra has rescued many pets that share her home, including three four-legged dogs, one three-legged dog and several cats that rule the house. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, hiking, and trying out new restaurants with her husband and baby, Lucas!
Originally from New York City, Dr. Kristine Chan received her B.S. in animal science and DVM from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. She then completed an internship at Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston and a cardiology residency at California Animal Hospital in Los Angeles, where she achieved board certification in 2009. She subsequently entered a postdoctoral fellowship at an interventional cardiology lab at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Heart Institute, where she trained in catheterization and ablation techniques.
She always thought she would return home to New York, but then met her husband who was born and bred in San Francisco. So Dr. Chan is here in the Bay Area to stay! In her free time, she enjoys reading, walking, hiking, yoga, going to the beach, and playing fetch with Butters, their rescue cat with an atrial septal defect.
Dr. Melissa Bucknoff was born in New York City and grew up in Connecticut. She attended Ross University in St. Kitts, West Indies, where she obtained her DVM. She completed her clinical year rotations at North Carolina State University in 2010, followed by a small-animal rotating internship at Tufts University. She remained at Tufts and completed an emergency and critical care residency in 2014.
Dr. Bucknoff�s medical interests include coagulation disorders, infectious disease and sepsis, transfusion medicine, and trauma care. An advocate for the �one health� initiative, she believes in human and veterinary medicine learning from one another and working together. Last fall, she had the opportunity to spend time in a human trauma surgery unit to further this mission.
Her personal interests include travel, music and guitar, and spending time with her one-eyed shih tzu and little beagle mix.
Dr. Allegra Roth received her DVM from Western University in Pomona, California. Her love of animals began in rural Half Moon Bay, where she spent her childhood riding horses. She earned her bachelor�s degree at California Polytechnic University, studying pre-veterinary medicine. She completed a rotating internship at VCA S.F.V.S., where her love for emergency medicine blossomed.
When she is not in the clinic, she likes skiing, surfing and backpacking with her tripod pit bull, Lexi.
Dr. Amalia Zacher received her B.S. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). To pursue a career in veterinary medicine, she met prerequisite biology requirements by earning a B.S. in biology with honors from the University of California, Santa Cruz. After earning her doctorate in veterinary medicine at UC Davis, Dr. Zacher completed a small-animal rotating internship at S.F.V.S. and a residency in dentistry and oral surgery at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is particularly interested in oral surgery and periodontal disease.
In her spare time, she enjoys hiking and going to the beach with her boyfriend and her dogs, Feroce and Momo, as well as traveling, biking, yoga, natural history and ethnic foods.
A native Californian, Dr. Laura Wilson received her veterinary degree from the University of California, Davis in 2006, where she developed a love for dermatology. She completed her dermatology residency in the high-paced private practice atmosphere of the Animal Dermatology Clinic in Tustin, California. Dr. Wilson is passionate about all things dermatology, especially getting to know her clients and working with them to provide the best short- and long-term plans to remedy their pets� dermatologic diseases. She loves the challenge of tailoring treatment plans that a pet will tolerate at home, keeping in mind any emotional, financial or physical limitations of the client.
Dr. Wilson is a team player, both with her veterinary colleagues � and on the volleyball court! She was a Division I varsity volleyball player and track team member at the College of William & Mary, and continues to be as active as she can. When not treating dermatologic diseases, she loves to mountain bike cross country, practice Pilates and yoga, stand-up paddle board, and restore her 1965 Volvo.


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On Tuesday 15th August, SNPHN held an evening forum for GPs introducing the range of newly commissioned mental health and drug & alcohol services with over 100 GPs in attendance.
SNPHN Chair Dr Magda Campbell set the scene for the evening and welcomed attendees. David Grant, General Manager of Commissioning & Partnerships introduced SNPHN's new Mental Health Triage process and stepped care approach to mental health service delivery.
The keynote speaker for the evening was Professor Ian Hickie, a psychiatrist and leading international expert on youth mental health. Professor Hickie spoke on best practice approaches to assessing and treating young people with or at risk of mental illness and highlighted the unique opportunity Primary Health Networks (PHNs) have to provide real reform in local mental health service provision.
Feedback on the evening was overwhelmingly positive with many GPs impressed and the range of services available and noting the importance of early intervention for young people. Professor Hickie's presentation was a particular hit with attendees.
Videos of the presentations from the evening can be found on our website.
For more information SNPHN Mental Health Triage click here.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Linq;
using LinqToDB.Common;
using LinqToDB.Extensions;

namespace LinqToDB.DataProvider.Oracle
{
	using Configuration;

	using Data;

	public static partial class OracleTools
	{
		public static string AssemblyName;

		static readonly OracleDataProvider _oracleNativeDataProvider  = new OracleDataProvider(ProviderName.OracleNative);
		static readonly OracleDataProvider _oracleManagedDataProvider = new OracleDataProvider(ProviderName.OracleManaged);

		static OracleTools()
		{
			AssemblyName = DetectedProviderName == ProviderName.OracleNative ? "Oracle.DataAccess" : "Oracle.ManagedDataAccess";

			DataConnection.AddDataProvider(ProviderName.Oracle, DetectedProvider);
			DataConnection.AddDataProvider(_oracleNativeDataProvider);
			DataConnection.AddDataProvider(_oracleManagedDataProvider);

			DataConnection.AddProviderDetector(ProviderDetector);

			foreach (var method in typeof(OracleTools).GetMethodsEx().Where(_ => _.Name == "OracleXmlTable" && _.IsGenericMethod))
			{
				var parameters = method.GetParameters();

				if (parameters[1].ParameterType == typeof(string))
					OracleXmlTableString = method;
				else if (parameters[1].ParameterType == typeof(Func<string>))
					OracleXmlTableFuncString = method;
				else if (parameters[1].ParameterType.IsGenericTypeEx() &&
				         parameters[1].ParameterType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(IEnumerable<>))
					OracleXmlTableIEnumerableT = method;
				else
					throw new InvalidOperationException("Overload method for OracleXmlTable is unknown");
			}
		}

		static IDataProvider ProviderDetector(IConnectionStringSettings css, string connectionString)
		{
			if (css.IsGlobal /* DataConnection.IsMachineConfig(css)*/)
				return null;

			switch (css.ProviderName)
			{
				case ""                                :
				case null                              :

					if (css.Name.Contains("Oracle"))
						goto case "Oracle";
					break;

				case "Oracle.Native"                   :
				case "Oracle.DataAccess.Client"        : return _oracleNativeDataProvider;
				case "Oracle.Managed"                  :
				case "Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.Client" : return _oracleManagedDataProvider;
				case "Oracle"                          :

					if (css.Name.Contains("Managed"))
						return _oracleManagedDataProvider;

					if (css.Name.Contains("Native"))
						return _oracleNativeDataProvider;

					return DetectedProvider;
			}

			return null;
		}

		static string _detectedProviderName;

		public static string  DetectedProviderName
		{
			get { return _detectedProviderName ?? (_detectedProviderName = DetectProviderName()); }
		}

		static OracleDataProvider  DetectedProvider
		{
			get { return DetectedProviderName == ProviderName.OracleNative ? _oracleNativeDataProvider : _oracleManagedDataProvider; }
		}

		static string DetectProviderName()
		{
			try
			{
				var path = typeof(OracleTools).AssemblyEx().GetPath();

				if (!File.Exists(Path.Combine(path, "Oracle.DataAccess.dll")))
					if (File.Exists(Path.Combine(path, "Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.dll")))
						return ProviderName.OracleManaged;;
			}
			catch (Exception)
			{
			}

			return ProviderName.OracleNative;
		}

		public static IDataProvider GetDataProvider()
		{
			return DetectedProvider;
		}

		public static void ResolveOracle(string path)
		{
			new AssemblyResolver(path, AssemblyName);
		}

		public static void ResolveOracle(Assembly assembly)
		{
			new AssemblyResolver(assembly, AssemblyName);
		}

		public static bool IsXmlTypeSupported
		{
			get
			{
				return DetectedProvider.IsXmlTypeSupported;
			}
		}

		#region CreateDataConnection

		public static DataConnection CreateDataConnection(string connectionString)
		{
			return new DataConnection(DetectedProvider, connectionString);
		}

		public static DataConnection CreateDataConnection(IDbConnection connection)
		{
			return new DataConnection(DetectedProvider, connection);
		}

		public static DataConnection CreateDataConnection(IDbTransaction transaction)
		{
			return new DataConnection(DetectedProvider, transaction);
		}

		#endregion

		#region BulkCopy

		private static BulkCopyType _defaultBulkCopyType = BulkCopyType.MultipleRows;
		public  static BulkCopyType  DefaultBulkCopyType
		{
			get { return _defaultBulkCopyType;  }
			set { _defaultBulkCopyType = value; }
		}

		public static BulkCopyRowsCopied MultipleRowsCopy<T>(
			this DataConnection        dataConnection,
			IEnumerable<T>             source,
			int                        maxBatchSize       = 1000,
			Action<BulkCopyRowsCopied> rowsCopiedCallback = null)
		{
			return dataConnection.BulkCopy(
				new BulkCopyOptions
				{
					BulkCopyType       = BulkCopyType.MultipleRows,
					MaxBatchSize       = maxBatchSize,
					RowsCopiedCallback = rowsCopiedCallback,
				}, source);
		}

		public static BulkCopyRowsCopied ProviderSpecificBulkCopy<T>(
			DataConnection             dataConnection,
			IEnumerable<T>             source,
			int?                       maxBatchSize       = null,
			int?                       bulkCopyTimeout    = null,
			int                        notifyAfter        = 0,
			Action<BulkCopyRowsCopied> rowsCopiedCallback = null)
		{
			return dataConnection.BulkCopy(
				new BulkCopyOptions
				{
					BulkCopyType       = BulkCopyType.ProviderSpecific,
					BulkCopyTimeout    = bulkCopyTimeout,
					NotifyAfter        = notifyAfter,
					RowsCopiedCallback = rowsCopiedCallback,
				}, source);
		}

		#endregion

		public static bool UseAlternativeBulkCopy = false;

		public static Func<IDataReader,int,decimal> DataReaderGetDecimal = (dr, i) => dr.GetDecimal(i);
	}
}

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The Epilogue is the last chapter of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It shows an episode when Harry's children and Ron's children meet on a railway station to board the Hogwarts Express.
The very first sentence of the epilogue says the Epilogue happens on the 1st of September. But what year is it?
I know this should be easy to tell, because the book says "Nineteen years later" and we know all the dates, but I've computed it three times already and always got a different answer. So now I'm confused and think it's better to clear this up once and for ever, so that if other people are confused about the dates too, they can just find this answers here.
It takes place on Friday, September 1, 2017.
The Battle of Hogwarts took place on May 2, 1998.
As I'm sure any well-prepared person already has their calendar for 2017, it's easy to look this up to see that it's a Friday.
1 In the documentary, J.K. Rowling marks the Battle of Hogwarts/Fred's death as 1997, but May 1997 is before the end of Half-Blood Prince, so I'm discounting this as J.K. Rowling's dodgy maths.
Harry was born 31 July 1980. He started Hogwarts 1 September 1991.
In 2015, James Sirius Potter starts at Hogwarts.
In 2017, Albus Severus Potter will start at Hogwarts.
In 2019, Lily Potter will start at Hogwarts.
Note: in the Potterverse, 1 September is ALWAYS a Sunday, with the first day of school a Monday. The Potter dates and the calendar catch-up at some point before Hallowe'en. References to the Muggle calendar (ie: Thurs 1 September) are thus inaccurate, although we would celebrate the day on the 1st, regardless of the Muggle calendar.
Seeing as book seven took place in 1997-1998, nineteen years later will either be 2016 or 2017.
If it isn't 2016, it must be 2017.
In 2014, James Sirius Potter starts at Hogwarts. In 2016, Albus Severus Potter will start at Hogwarts. In 2018, Lily Potter will start at Hogwarts.
Why add 19 years onto 1997 and not 1998?
Yes you could argue that the 19 years gets added onto 1998 because thats the year the books ended. If this is the case then it would be set in 2017. However, it should be taken from the start of that year of school, in my opinion, why? Because it makes more sense. It all depends if you read the 19 years later from the year of the book as in 1st september 1997 - August 1998 or as the year the last chapter was set in. I believe that years mean 1st september 1997 - August 1998 as that is how all of the books have portrayed a year as being.
19 years after the Battle of Hogwarts. The Battle of Hogwarts took place May 2nd 1998. 1998+19=2017. The epilogue takes place in 2017 or in about 2 years.
What are the relative ages of the next-generation Weasleys?
Who was the third kid with Harry's and Ginny's kids?
Why didn't Kreacher disapparate with Regulus from the cave?
Did the Wizarding World learn about Voldemort's Horcruxes after his defeat?
How did the Stupefied Yaxley manage to get up to the Ministry lobby so quickly?