This stereotype like many others has been around for quite some time, with statistics to accompany it. According to USA Swimming, almost 70 percent of African American children have limited or no swimming skills compared to 40 percent of White children who don't. Of course these are not scientific numbers and probably have room for percentage error, however, it doesn't take away from the fact of Black children more vulnerable to drowning than other children.
The stereotype of Black people not swimming and the culture of swimming pools go much deeper than swimming. Swimming pools and even the act of swimming has underlying racial and socio-economic issues that go back to the early decades of the 20th century. During the 1920s and 1930s, community swimming pools were becoming popular and was a common activity for children and their families; White families that is. Pools just weren't being built in minority neighborhoods and Black children swimming with White children didn't happen. Whites believed African Americans were easily susceptible to "different" diseases and absurd germs hence the separation of everything.
Jeff Wiltse, author of Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America, says that there were two methods of segregating pools. "One was through official segregation. Police officers and city officials would prevent Black Americans from entering pools earmarked for Whites. The other way of segregating pools was through violence. A city like Pittsburgh who did not pass an official policy to segregate pools, would have the police and city officials allow and in some cases encourage White swimmers to literally beat Black swimmers out of the water." Access to pools were extremely limited because of the racially charged laws kept African Americans away from community pools. Intimidation was often used to scare African Americans away from swimming pools, something that was swiftly becoming a fixture in American family pastimes.
Once pools started to become de-segregated and were supposed to legally allow African Americans in community pools, White families started to leave neighborhood pools. Private club and residential pools began to trend leaving the pools freely to African Americans. However, since Whites were now leaving community pools behind for private pools, the maintenance of swimming pools decreased. Presently, inner city pools are being shut down faster than ever simply because it's not a priority for cities or families anymore.
Yet, Back in 2009, The Valley Swim Club here in Pennsylvania made headlines when a group of primarily Black campers from Northeast Philadelphia were turned away from the club after paying $1900. Many believe they were turned away because The Valley Swim Club is primarily frequented by White children. The club's president response was, There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club".
Despite it being a stereotype, it isn't entirely untrue. But, years of institutionalized racism has contributed to generations of African Americans either not knowing how to swim or having no interest. Hopefully, the story from Louisiana will be a lesson for everyone, no matter the race, background, or status.
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Falling Property Prices - What affect does this have on the overall market?
Falling Property Prices – What affect does this have on the overall market?
During the up cycle of any property market, it's natural that people will tend only to focus on when values rise.
However, values have fallen more recently than we tend to remember in each capital city, in this week's CoreLogic Property Pulse, we look at the magnitude and duration of these falls in the past.
Although value rises have been more common, it doesn't mean that the housing market is bulletproof and in some instances values have fallen quite dramatically and rapidly.
Typically the Reserve Bank (RBA) or the Government have adjusted fiscal and/or monetary policy to support the housing market and arrest the value falls.
Today's CoreLogic research shows that across the combined capital cities, dwelling values increased by 346.4% over the 20 years to April 2017.
In the two periods in which values have fallen, capital city dwelling values fell by -6.1% between March and December 2008 and they fell by – 7.4% between October 2010 and May 2012.
The 2008 decline occurred as the financial crisis hit with values falling however, stimulus measures in the form of aggressive interest rate cuts along with cash handouts and boosts to first home buyer's grants proved enough to spur demand and turnaround the decline in values.
In 2010 dwelling values fell as the post financial crisis stimulus was being wound out of the market with interest rates increasing and first home buyer incentives being removed.
These value falls were arrested as the RBA reversed direction and started to cut official interest rates again in late 2011.
Looking at the declines which commenced in 2008, the magnitude of falls was fairly minor considering most advanced economies fell into recession as a result of the financial crisis.
The period of decline proved quite short and it has become clear that the stimulus measures effectively staved off sharper declines and possibly a national recession.
From 2010 to 2011/12 all capital cities experienced falls in dwelling values as the financial crisis stimulus and low interest rates were wound out of the market.
Sydney (-5.0%), Adelaide (-6.9%) and Canberra (-4.4%) were the only capital cities in which values didn't fall by more than 10% over this period.
The largest falls were recorded in Darwin (-19.7%), Hobart (- 14.3%) and Brisbane (-11.7%). Over the period of falls, Darwin (-1.2%) averaged the largest average monthly fall along with Hobart (-0.8%), Melbourne (-0.6%) and Perth (-0.6%).
Across the other capital cities, Sydney, Adelaide and Canberra recorded average declines of -0.3%/month and Brisbane's declines averaged -0.5%/month.
This analysis serves as a reminder that although capital city dwelling values have largely increased over the past 20 years, they are not immune from potential declines.
The impetus for previous declines has been around external economic shocks along with the stimulus of low interest rates and grants to first home buyers being removed.
Australia is not seeing any of the shocking economic conditions of the size of the 2008 financial crisis, we are seeing the unemployment rate at similar levels to 2008/09 and historically high levels of underemployment.
CoreLogic also reported that the market is slowly seeing historic low mortgage rates move higher against a backdrop of record-low wages growth and record-high household debt.
Depending on how much mortgage rates are increased (noting that this is not happening due to the RBA) home owners should be aware that it could lead to a slowing or even some potential falls in dwelling values.


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Polynesian Airlines is de nationale luchtvaartmaatschappij van Samoa en heeft haar hoofdkantoor in de Samoa National Provident Fund Building in de hoofdstad Apia. Het vloog voorheen over de hele Stille Oceaan, maar door de oprichting van Polynesian Blue door de overheid en Virgin Blue (nu Virgin Australia), heeft Polynesian Airlines zich beperkt to kortere vluchten naar naburige eilanden. De thuisbasis is Fagali'i Airport in Apia.

Geschiedenis
De luchtvaartmaatschappij werd opgericht in 1959 en begon in augustus 1959 met diensten tussen Apia en Pago Pago in Amerikaans-Samoa met behulp van een Percival Prins vliegtuig. De regering van West-Samoa verwierf meerderheidsbelang in 1971. In 1982 ondertekende Ansett Australia een vijfjarig managegement contract met de regering om de luchtvaartmaatschappij te leiden. Dit werd verlengd voor nog eens tien jaar in 1987. In februari 1995 werd een commerciële alliantie met Air New Zealand ondertekend aan marketing, verkoop en operationele relaties te ontwikkelen. Internationale jetactiviteiten zijn overgenomen door Polynesian Blue. De luchtvaartmaatschappij is volledig in handen van de regering van Samoa, die ook een 49%-belang heeft in Polynesian Blue.

Bestemmingen en vloot
Vanaf mei 2011 heeft de luchtvaartmaatschappij lijndiensten tussen de luchthaven van Fagali'i in Samoa en van Pago Pago in Amerikaans-Samoa, met behulp van een vloot van twee De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter vliegtuigen met 19 zetels elk.

Eerder routenetwerk
Polynesian Airlines werd voorheen onderhouden door de volgende internationale bestemmignen: Auckland en Wellington in Nieuw-Zeeland, Brisbane, Melbourne en Sydney in Australië, Rarotonga op de Cookeilanden, Papeete in Frans-Polynesië en Honolulu en Los Angeles in de Verenigde Staten op een code share basis met Air New Zealand en in zijn eigen recht met een gehuurde Boeing 767.

Zie ook

 Lijst van Samoaanse luchtvaartmaatschappijen

Samoaanse luchtvaartmaatschappij

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« Fly south for the winter?
The Guinness Book of World Records credits the Arctic Tern with the longest migration. Breeding on the tundra north of the Arctic Circle, this gull-like bird, flies south to Antarctica (it is summer down there), a distance of 12,000 miles. In spring, it returns to the Arctic. That is over 24,000 miles round trip every year. Calling the southbound trip "fall migration" is something of a misnomer. Because of the early onset of winter weather that far north, the Arctic Term actually begins heading south in July. And doesn't arrive on the wintering grounds until September.


Here's local grom, Mikey, messin' with my shower. Check out the super cool coiled hose and sweet nozzle- nice arc on that thing! Really though, I'm hooked on having an easy-to-use freshwater rinse that I can take with me anywhere I go. Not only are you going to keep the sand out of your truck but you're going to make a bunch of new friends when they see what you've got going on.
The whole unit comes as a clean little package: the big gray thing ("hey, that's what you store dog food in") is an eleven gallon water tank (I opted for the big one- the small version holds around five gallons). I keep mine filled and locked to the back corner of my truck bed. At first I thought I'd just use it for an after surf rinse. Lately, though I've found all kinds of uses for it; my stand up paddle students use it to rinse off after lessons, my dog gets rinsed off after beach romping- no more sand in the back of my truck!
Inside the tank is a 12 volt bilge pump that's submerged under your shower water. The pump is cleanly wired to a cigarette lighter.
The cigarette lighter comes with more than enough wire to stretch the length of an eight foot truck bed on up to the cigarette lighter in the cab. I thought about hard wiring it into my truck so that I could just flip a switch and fire it up but the thing is put together so nicely, and it works so well that I've decided to just use it "as is".
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I have one too! It's currently needs some repair, but I will email Jeff and he may just send some parts out to me. He's really great about that.
I have had so many people approach me about my Big Kahuna Shower that I had him send me some brochures to those who inquire about it.
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The New Zealand Herald interviews Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern following the 2018 budget lock up.
Next week may be the last Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has in the House before taking time off in mid-June to have her baby, leaving Winston Peters in charge.
As the Government's No 1 political asset, she will be engaged in the marketing of this week's Budget during Question Time.
It may be a Coalition Government, but the Budget is very much a Labour-branded exercise, despite enormous gains by New Zealand First and significant gains by the Greens.
In the next few weeks Ardern will want to reinforce that before Peters is thrust into the role of having to front for Labour.
Had it been a polarising Budget, Ardern's involvement may have been more critical.
But it was not. There was no move that was singularly unpopular that needed defending.
It has been attacked by the left for not being radical enough. That was predictable enough.
What damage National can do over the Budget and how long it can drag it out is less predictable.
At this stage National is getting among the weeds, with mixed results. Its claim that Pharmac's funding has been cut is not true, but it's complicated.
Overall Pharmac has been given more money to buy drugs although it will now also buy for district health boards. Savings of $194 million are forecast because it will now be buying in greater bulk but its budget has not been cut.
National's claim it increased new health spending last Budget than Labour did this time is true.
It was an unusually large year by being the first stage of the pay equity settlement for care workers, but so was the rise for midwives in this year's Budget. If new spending is the measure that matters most, National has a fair point.
And new or extra spending is the way Labour described its election campaign promises of $6 billion in education over four years and $8b in health.
It didn't say $8b more in health services – but not counting any pay increases for midwives or nurses.
Ardern had better be ready. National will have a field day on that next week.
Overall health funding has risen in this year's Budget to $18.07b, from $17.18b last year, as it has risen every year.
The same goes for overall spending on public services. In total, core Crown expenses (health, education, welfare etc) in this Budget amount to $86.7b compared with $81.7b in the financial year about to finish.
National isn't saying Labour should have spent less, nor is it saying it should have spent more.
National is essentially saying you'd have thought it would have been a more radical budget going by Labour's promises.
But when the main complaint from the left and the right is it should have been more radical, Labour can bat that away easily enough.
A more sustainable line of attack is coming from National's former education minister Nikki Kaye. She has been listing Labour's election promises in detail and wondering what happened to them.
It may seem bread and butter for the Opposition to cry broken promises but Labour is staying strangely quiet. It doesn't say that it will implement the long list of promises over the three-year term.
Because the fact is many of Labour's election promises no longer have status as promises unless they were mentioned in one of four documents.
If they were not mentioned in the Speech from the Throne, were not part of the 17 policies in the 100-Day Plan (which have already been implemented) or got a mention in New Zealand First's coalition agreement or the Green Party's confidence and supply agreement, they are no longer promises; they are just Labour policy, sitting on a shelf.
Some ministers have not yet caught up with that. Some have continued to say in media interviews that X or Y policy will be implemented during the three-year term because it was in the manifesto.
Labour's Fiscal Plan developed before the election has no relevance in terms of commitments.
The partner agreements were largely New Zealand First and Green Party policies. And in those documents, only one Labour policy was negated – water rental for farmers.
In effect, Labour's new manifesto is the Speech from the Throne, which is largely short on specifics – the reverse of Labour's previous position where it had copious amounts of detailed policy, none of which got implemented.
Education is one of the few areas in which sums of money were promised in the Speech from the Throne - the $6b of new spending over four years.
The promise of $8b extra in health services over four years is not mentioned in the Speech from the Throne.
That doesn't mean it is not going to happen. But we won't know by the next election because it is a three-year term, not a four-year term.
And nor does it mean that policies not mentioned in the four documents won't be implemented. That is possible if they get enough support.
Ardern and Finance Minister Grant Robertson suggest this reduction in Labour commitments is just a fact of MMP when having to accommodate other parties.
Most of the 17 policies in the 100-Day plan, including the Families Package, were Labour's and will costs $5.5 b over four years.
But it leaves Budget 2019 and Budget 2020 wide open.


Another influential educator and mathematician Jo Boaler, in her book "The elephant in the classroom" claims that " one of the most damaging mathematics myths propagated in classrooms and homes is that maths is a gift, that some people are naturally good at maths and some are not" It is not only academics and mathematicians who are making the point that success is something you learn. Writers and artists as well are argue that what most people refer to as talent is the result of perseverance, resilience, self-awareness and systematic work, qualities that are at the core of 21st Century learning skills.
So, if we all have the power to be creative what's getting in our way? Here lays the importance of Early years education. It is at this developmental stage that kids shape their mindset and it is really important/vital? to make positive assumptions /connections about their abilities and (build) trust on themselves/self-trust?


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The University of Sydney is proud to offer the Bachelor of Nursing (Post-registration) to registered nurses in Singapore in partnership with the Singapore Institute of Management. This program has been developed, and is taught and awarded by the University of Sydney, and accredited by the Singapore Nursing Board. It is taught in Singapore at the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM).
For twenty years, the partnership between the University of Sydney and SIM has allowed over 3500 of Singapore's most talented health professionals to graduate with nursing and health science related degrees.
The Bachelor of Nursing (Post-registration) Singapore is open to registered nurses who want to extend their clinical practice and progress as a nurse leader in Singapore, or elsewhere in the world. It will equip you with critical thinking skills and an appreciation of how to use the latest research to inform your clinical decisions.
The Bachelor of Nursing (Post-registration) Singapore is offered part time over one or two years and is taught in the block mode with online support.
At the beginning of each semester, leading academics from Sydney Nursing School deliver the face-to-face components of the course, including lectures and tutorials, in a two-week teaching block, with some units having additional face-to-face hours mid-semester.
Important information To assist students to make informed choices about their study, we have identified and set out the Inherent Requirements for coursework award courses in nursing.
The University of Sydney welcomes and encourages applications from students with disabilities, and from diverse social and cultural backgrounds. Where there are physical, intellectual, cultural, religious or other factors that impact on a student's ability to meet the Inherent Requirements, the University will make reasonable adjustments to assist the student to meet the requirements. Please read Inherent Requirements as you consider your course choices.
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Admission to the program requires current registration with the Singapore Nursing Board.
Graduates of the Bachelor of Nursing (Post-registration) are equipped with a strong foundation in the discipline of nursing and are eligible to progress to the Bachelor of Nursing (Honours).
(e) current employment as a registered nurse in Singapore, with a minimum of 12 months experience.
Completing the Bachelor of Nursing (Post-registration) will upgrade students' qualifications to be more competitive in the workplace. It then provides the opportunity to complete postgraduate study that can lead to a broader range of senior and management roles across the healthcare sector.
Graduates of the Bachelor of Nursing (Post-registration) are equiped with a strong foundation in the discipline of nursing and are eligible to progress to the Bachelor of Nursing (Honours) or postgraduate studies. Sydney Nursing School offers a range of advanced learning postgraduate courses a range of nursing specialty areas, including cancer and haematology nursing, clinical nursing, clinical trials practice, emergency nursing, intensive care nursing, mental health nursing and nurse practitioner. Outstanding graduates may pursue a higher degree by research in the courses of Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy.


Ray walked into his apartment with Fraser and Dief and went over to Killer's turtle tank. He lifted his turtle from the tank and Killer wiggled his legs happily.
Later, Ray would dance around the apartment with Killer.
'You wanna spend time with your buddy?' Ray asked. He had first thought that Dief and Killer were enemies, but they were buddies.
Dief barked happily as he laid down at Ray's feet.
Ray sat Killer down and he climbed onto Dief's back. Dief jogged around the apartment with Killer riding him like a jockey.
Both Dief and Killer looked happy as Dief moved around the apartment and Ray grinned.
'What's up with Dief?' Ray asked Fraser as they sat down on the couch together.
It took Ray a few moments translate Fraserish to English.
If Killer had a need for speed than Ray was going to be supportive, his own father hadn't been supportive and he wasn't going to be like that.


Chains are being required on several Lake Tahoe roads as snow falls across the passes.
Kingsbury Grade from Highway 50 to a mile down the Valley side has road controls in place requiring chains on all non-4-wheel drive vehicles.
Highway 28 from Spooner Junction to three miles north is also requiring chains, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation.
More than half-inch of rain has fallen north of Genoa as of 9 p.m. Saturday.
Rain and snow is expected to continue into Sunday afternoon, according to a bulletin issued Saturday by the National Weather Service.
Snow levels were near the level of Lake Tahoe on Saturday afternoon, but rose to 7,000 feet on Saturday night. Snow levels should drop again to Lake level by Sunday afternoon.
A winter weather advisory remains in effect until 4 p.m. Sunday, according to forecasters.
A 62 mph wind gust was recorded at Minden-Tahoe Airport 11:35 p.m. Saturday.
Fish Springs saw a 61 mph wind gust at 1:33 p.m.


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A Arisarum vulgare Targ.-Tozz, comummente conhecida como candeias, é uma planta herbácea, pertencente à família das aráceas e ao tipo fisionómico dos geófitos.

Nomes comuns
Além de «candeias», dá ainda pelos seguintes nomes comuns: capuz-de-fradinho e candelária.

Etimologia
No que toca aos nomes comuns, «candeias» e «capuz-de-fradinho», ambos são alusivos ao formato da espata.

Descrição
As suas flores (não confundir flor com a inflorescência), unissexuais, estão dipostas em torno de um espádice curvo, envolvido por uma espata que envolve totalmente a sua base, onde se encontram as flores femininas, em número reduzido. A espata abre-se na parte superior, deixando sair o espádice curvo, de forma que a inflorescência se assemelha a uma candeia (objecto semelhante à lâmpada de Aladino), com um pavio de fora. A espata, ao curvar-se, assemelha-se, também ao capuz de um frade, até porque tem uma cor escura entre o negro e o violeta.

Ligações externas

 Arisarum vulgare (Malta Wild Plants)
 Arisarum vulgare (foto)

Araceae
Plantas descritas em 1810


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Jean Baptiste François Bulliard, även Pierre Bulliard, född 24 november 1752 i Aubepierre-sur-Aube, död 26 september 1793 i Paris, var en fransk botaniker, särskilt intresserad av mykologi (svampar) och spermatofyter (fröväxter).

Han studerade botanik och medicin i Langres och blev skicklig gravör och akvarellist efter att ha gått i lära hos François-Nicolas Martinet (1731–1800).

Han var praktiserande läkare i Paris. Han tycks aldrig ha samlat till ett eget herbarium, men ändå har många av hans illustrationer tagits som referensexemplar.

Bibliografi
 Flora Parisiensis, ou Descriptions et figures des plantes qui croissent aux environs de Paris, 6 band, 1776–1780
 Herbier de la France, ou Collection complète des plantes indigènes de ce royaume, 9 band innehållande över 600 bilder i färg, 1780–1793
 Dictionnaire élémentaire de botanique, ou Exposition par ordre alphabétique des préceptes de la botanique et de tous les termes, tant françois que latins, consacrés à l'étude de cette science, 1783. Där var han upphovsmannen till 393 av verkets totalt 602 svampillustrationer.
 Histoire des plantes vénéneuses et suspectes de la France, 5 band innehållande över 200 illustrationer, 1784
 Histoire des champignons de la France, ou Traité élémentaire renfermant dans un ordre méthodique les descriptions et les figures des champignons qui croissent naturellement en France, ouvrage achevé par Étienne Pierre Ventenat (1757–1808), 1791–1812.
 Aviceptologie, 1796

Bulliard var den förste som beskrev arterna

 Arecaceae: Atitara granatensis (Bull.) Kuntze
 Arecaceae: Desmoncus granatensis Bull.
 Liliaceae: Lilium humboldtii Bull.

Eponymer
Han har hedrats som namngivare till flera nybeskrivna arter:

 Släktet Crassulaceae Bullardia (!) DC. på förslag 1830 av F. Junghuhn , medan A. P. de Candolle föreslagit Bulliarda 1801, (P. A. Saccardo) Paoli myntade Bulliardella 1905 och Lázaro 1916 föreslog Bulliardia
 Arten Sedum bulliardi E.H.L.Krauss ex Boreau

Förbryllande
Han anges i litteraturen ofta med beteckningen Jean Baptiste François 'Pierre' Bulliard. Det är oklart huruvida den även i litteraturen förekommande Pierre Bulliard är en pseudonym för Jean Baptiste François, eller om Pierre Bulliard är en annan person med samma auktorsnamn som det Jean Baptiste François Bulliard har, nämligen "Bull.".

Icke-unika auktorsnamn förekommer då och då, men när det upptäcks, brukar det fullständiga vetenskapliga namnet för den enes alster förses med beteckningen nom. illeg. (ogiltigt namn).

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Franska botaniker
Franska mykologer
Personer från Haute-Marne
Födda 1752
Avlidna 1793
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Salone del Mobile expected to move to 7-12 June due to Covid-19 concerns
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The Salone del Mobile furniture fair is set to announce that this year's event will take place in June instead of April, according to multiple sources in Milan.
The fair is now expected to take place from 7 to 12 June at the Fiera Milano fairground instead of 5 to 10 April. It is thought that the move will be announced at a press conference in the next few days.
Milanese newspaper Corriere della Sera stated last week that the current dates are "under review" due to the latest Covid-19 wave, which is forcing international events in Milan to be rescheduled.
Other Milan fairs have seen date changes
Transport fair Transpotec, eyewear show Mido and travel exhibition Bit have already been moved to slots later this spring.
"Fiera Milano is doing a great job managing and reorganizing the trade fair calendars for the coming months," said Salone del Mobile president Maria Porro.
"As for Salone, the enormous interest of exhibitors in participating underline that there is a great desire to work on an essential event for the entire furniture and design community. Now it is extremely important to work the system and we confirm that we are prepared to better manage the different scenarios."
Twenty-five of the best design weeks and festivals for 2022 from Dezeen Events Guide
Salone del Mobile is the world's biggest and most important furniture fair and anchors the giant Milan design week festivities that traditionally take over the city each April.
However, the 2020 event was cancelled due to the pandemic while last year's fair, which was scaled back and rebranded Supersalone, was moved to September.
Global shows affected by pandemic
The pandemic is now impacting events for the third year in a row, with many shows forced to change their plans. IMM Cologne has been cancelled, the January edition of Maison&Objet has been postponed to March while Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair has been moved to September.
Earlier this week Dezeen Events Guide published a guide to 25 key design fairs coming up in 2022, including many that feature revised dates due to the pandemic.
See Dezeen Events Guide for up-to-date details of architecture and design events around the world.
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Former Addict Goes From Homelessness To Magna Cum Laude
Daney Hill lived under a highway overpass struggling with substance abuse, but she picked up the pieces and earned high honors in college with a degree in business.
After her drug addiction left her homeless and contemplating suicide, Daney Hill is now telling her story of getting clean and graduating magna cum laude from college.
The Southern California native explained to NPR that her broken home life led to drug use as a teenager and quickly escalated to crack, hallucinogens, and huffing household products, among other substances. She became pregnant and had a daughter at age 17, but the child went to live with her father when she was three years old.
"My judgment began to deteriorate. I found myself in places I didn't want to be and doing things I didn't want to do," said Hill. "I would get in cars with strangers and drive to another state just on the promise of getting high. It is only by the grace of God that I think I was able to survive."
Hill's addiction left her homeless for years and living with others in a riverbed under a freeway overpass. She sold drugs to cover the cost of her addiction and was even reduced to fighting a rat for remnants of a corn dog she picked up from the trash. After begging to die on her 34th birthday, she was arrested the next day by police and felt it was the sign to change her life.
"I had already had many run-ins with the law and for a moment, I weighed whether I could outrun the police this time. But my body was just too tired. I knew I was again going to prison," she said. "But strangely, this didn't bother me. I felt a great weight lifted off my shoulders. Somehow deep in my heart, I knew I was ready to never live this way again."
Hill was eventually paroled into a residential treatment center and went back to school while in treatment at the age of 35. She graduated from college two years later before transferring to a university, where she graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in business administration. She now works with women who serve their prison sentences in residential treatment facilities along with their children.
"I went after my recovery like I did my drugs and found I was able to accomplish anything I wanted. My path to recovery led me to a job where my experience could help others, and that is why I feel my life hasn't been wasted," said Hill. "I hope I can continue counseling those who share my story. I hope I can continue to build my fragile relationship with my daughter. And sometimes, I just hope."
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Oman's well being method can handle effects of civil unrest in neighbouring nation
Blog Editor January 24, 2018
The study has taken a retrospective evaluation of all civil victims sent from Yemen to Oman right after the March 2015 bombings in two mosques of Sanaa that killed 137 folks of whom 14 had been youngsters. The deadly attacks also wounded 357 folks.
Such a scenario led to a crisis as the Yemeni healthcare method couldn't cope with the require of the hour. Oman becoming the nearest impartial nation in the conflict, evacuated a group of individuals in the days following the twin bombings.
These individuals constituted the very first group of war victims treated at the National Trauma Centre of Khoula Hospital, wrote Dr Sultan al Shaqsi, from Khoula Hospital. Dr Shaqsi has a PhD in disaster and trauma medicine and at present plastic and reconstructive resident at the University of Toronto, Canada. With Oman becoming in a area exactly where social unrest has taken a massive toll on human life, it calls for the country's healthcare method to be ready to handle the humanitarian impact of such a spillover.
"The healthcare system in Oman was able to deal and treat such patients. Preparedness can only be tested by incidents and in this event the Omani system seemed to be able to deal with the surge in victims," Dr Shaqsi told Muscat Daily. The study highlighted the complexity of injuries produced by modern day civil unrest circumstances.
"This is the first study to describe the impact of an international civil unrest on a nearby country. It is probably the first time in modern history in Oman that a large number of bomb victims were treated at the National Trauma Centre."
A total of 47 individuals had been evacuated from Yemen right after the two suicide bombings and treated initially in Oman. All individuals had been males, from six-66 years, with a imply age of 31 years. The study discovered that extended bone fractures had been the most typical injury sort (n = 39, 84 per cent). Complex wounds had been present in 36 (78 per cent) individuals, which needed surgical intervention.
Blast burns occurred in seven individuals (15 per cent) and ten individuals (21 per cent) had abdominal and chest injuries. Two individuals succumbed to their injuries, whilst the typical length of remain for survivors was 25 days (six-156 days). Dr Shaqsi added that there are numerous points to be noted.
"One is that Omani political system is impartial and steps in to help during humanitarian crises in the region regardless of political views. "The second point to emphasise is that the effect of mass disasters respects no boundaries. The humanitarian effect spills over to surrounding countries, therefore national and regional preparedness is critical."
Apart from Dr Shaqsi, the study, published in Disaster and Emergency Medicine Journal, has been performed by Dr Ammar al Kashmiri, Dr Taimoor al Bulushi from Khoula Hospital, and Ahmed Hasan from Louisiana State University, US.
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Creates end-to-end moving and logistics powerhouse in the industry
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Suddath®, a leading global transportation, relocation and logistics company, today announced that it has acquired Daryl Flood Inc. (DFI). The sale, which was effective March 31, 2021, includes all of DFI's operating companies, including Daryl Flood Relocation Inc., Daryl Flood International Inc., Dependable Relocation Services Inc., Daryl Flood Workplace Services Inc., Daryl Flood Logistics Inc. and VERSA Relocation Inc.
The acquisition brings together two of the most well-known and respected moving and logistics companies in the industry. Suddath and DFI engage in similar business lines, including household goods moving, workplace services, logistics, home delivery and final mile services, move management and global mobility – both domestically and internationally.
Combined, the two companies boast more than 140 years of operation, handle more than 88,000 household goods moves each year, and leverage 45 U.S. and international locations with more than 3.5 million sq. ft. of warehouse space. The acquisition also builds upon Suddath's position as the largest commercial mover and military relocation company in North America.
"Having started our business 39 years ago, it was very important to me to have a succession plan in place that gives our employees opportunities and provides the business a path for continued growth and expansion," said Chairman and CEO of DFI, Daryl R. Flood. "In Suddath, we have found a buyer who can help accomplish our long-term strategic plans, while sharing similar values, culture and a passion for delivering exceptional customer experiences. While our dream was never to be the biggest, it is to be the best. Suddath's investment in our company is a testament to the quality of our people and the value we deliver to customers."
Michael Brannigan, President and CEO of The Suddath Companies said, "This acquisition is the largest and perhaps most impactful in the history of the company, and I could not be more excited to welcome the Daryl Flood team into the Suddath family. Daryl and his team have built a very respected and successful organization, with a brand known by its customers for delivering outstanding quality and dependability.
"With our similar and complementary business lines, we see tremendous synergies in our business for accelerating growth and further enhancing solutions for customers," continued Brannigan. "DFI's experience in home delivery and final mile logistics complements our supply chain capabilities well and align with our vision to provide services across the value chain, while the strong reputation of the Daryl Flood brand in household goods moving, commercial moving and global mobility only further enhances our already strong market position in those business lines. We also see great opportunity to accelerate growth by leveraging DFI's focus on customer experience and its Texas footprint with Suddath's proprietary technology, customer relationships and national capabilities. Combining the strengths of both companies enables us to deliver even greater value to customers, all under a common vision of being 'Dependable Together'."
About The Suddath Companies
Suddath moves people, businesses and products.
The Suddath Company was established in 1919 and has grown into a nearly $600-million global transportation, relocation management and logistics company, serving 180 countries with 2,000 employees around the globe. With more than 30 locations and nearly 3 million square feet of warehouse space in the U.S., Suddath each year moves more than 80,000 households, including 30,000 military families, and is also North America's largest commercial mover. For more information, please visit suddath.com.
About Daryl Flood, Inc.
Daryl Flood Inc. offers customized domestic and international household goods moving, workplace services, fulfillment and distribution, home delivery and relocation management solutions to meet the needs of a wide range of consumer and corporate clients. Established in 1982, DFI is based in Coppell, Texas (Dallas), with additional operations across the Southern U.S. in 15 locations with nearly one million square feet of warehouse space. For more information, please visit darylflood.com, dependableRELO.com, darylfloodlogistics.com and VERSArelocation.com.
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The Football Associatiomd was founded in 1863 as the governing body of the game in England. The FA is responsible for all regulatory aspects of the game of football in England.
Its activities are many and varied and include the following:
* Promoting the development of the game amongst all ages, backgrounds and abilities in terms of participation and quality. This also involves promoting the availability of the sport to the greatest possible number of people.
* Regulating the game on and off the field of play through the "Laws of the Game" and the "Rules of The Association".
* Sanctioning, either directly or indirectly, all matches, leagues and competitions played in England
* Overseeing the administration of the disciplinary system, which is applicable to all participants in the game (each club, player, competition, match official and any other person involved in the game in England is bound by the Rules) and the administration of refereeing throughout the game
* Organising a number of senior men's, youth and women's national competitions (including most notably The FA Challenge Cup) and the participation of England national representative teams (again, senior men's, youth and women's teams) in international matches, most notably the men's senior team in the FIFA World Championships and the UEFA European Championships and friendly fixtures.
Football is the Nation's Game
Football is as healthy and successful as it has ever been. The game has more spectators, participants, revenues and media interest than at any time in its history.
Football is the nation's game in more than the spectator sense; the scope and reach of the game across various levels of participation is considerable:
* 7 million participants, plus 5 million in schools
* 500,000 volunteers
* 37,500 clubs, including 9,000 youth clubs
* 2,000 competitions
* 32,000 schools (17,000 primary)
* 30,000 FA-qualified coaches
* 27,000 FA-qualified referees
* 45,000 pitches (21,000 facilities)
The FA acts as the link between the professional game and the amateur game beneath, what we call the "National Game". There are tremendous links between the two sides of the game, not least of these is that the volunteers and players in the National Game are substantially football fans, who are therefore the customers of the professional game.
A strong professional game is fundamental to creating interest in football at the grass roots. The FA has a strong relationship with The FA Premier League, the Football League, and The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA).
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Q: How to extract currency value from string using regex in dart? I'm trying to extract the currency symbol €$ from string using regex.
For Example, if my string contains $40.00, I need to get only the $ symbol from the string, Please guide.
Example String values:
$40.00,
45$,€65,89£.Need to extract any currency.

A: A tactic is to just remove anything from the String which are not part of the number.
void main() {
  print(getCurrencySymbol(r'$40.00'));     // $
  print(getCurrencySymbol(r'45$'));        // $
  print(getCurrencySymbol(r'€65,89'));     // €
  print(getCurrencySymbol(r'100,89 DKK')); // DKK
}

String getCurrencySymbol(String value) =>
    value.replaceAll(RegExp(r'[-.,0-9 ]'), '');

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Monday I taught my first of four classes at Art and Soul Retreat, here in Portland OR. I had a lot of warm, funny, friendly, brave, and talented students. They experimented with creating complex and mysterious collages that evoked people and eras past. We also played with four kinds of transfers. I was very impressed and delighted with the quality of work that came out of this class. The students had fun and were open to trying new things, which leads to wonderful art!
I was too excited during our final class moments of picture taking, leave-taking, hugging, etc., so some of the pictures below are blurry and a few didn't come out. Darn. I think you'll get an idea of how fresh and lovely these pieces are.
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This Week in Digital Advertising: June 5
by Charlotte Otremba | Jun, 2020 | Content, Native Advertising | 0 comments
Yesterday marked the 10th straight day of protests against police brutality and systemic racism triggered by the murder of George Floyd. Bidtellect stands with those oppressed in support of justice and peace in this time of necessary change. Black Lives Matter.
Bidtellect is committed to fostering diversity and inclusion. We are committed to doing better. This begins and continues with education.
We've dedicated this newsletter to amplifying the conversation around race including news within the industry, educational resources, and support and donation suggestions.
Watch: BET President Scott Mills discusses how brands should participate in conversations around systemic racism with AdAge.
How Brands Can Join The Fight For Racial Equality Without Being Tone-Deaf
The big take-aways: stay away from sales-driven messages (e.g. we said this, so buy this!) and don't come off as inauthentic when talking about social justice. L'Oréal received backlash for its statement supporting racial justice after former model Munroe Bergdorfhighlighted how the company red her for speaking out against white supremacy in2017, according to Adexchanger. As Digiday outlines, the advertising industry has work to do. In good news, Procter & Gamble announced a $5 million contribution to organizations fighting Black justice like the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, according to MediaPost.
For actionable advice, watch AdAge's interview with BET president President Scott Mills. He discusses how brands should participate in conversations around systemic racism. It's an insightful and necessary watch.
Now is a great time to shine a light on black-owned businesses. EatOkra app is a guide to black-owned restaurants in your neighborhood. Florida Bidtellectuals compiled a list of black-owned businesses in Palm Beach County to visit (thank you, Courtney, Luke, and Brenna!) And order your next book from local independent black-owned bookstores listed on Literary Hub, all of which are also offering online ordering.
Read. Read. Read.
And speaking of bookstores, what should you read? Now is the time to self-educate. The bonus is there's still a pandemic (lol remember that?) so there's time to stay in and get lost in a new book. Check out these curated lists by The Lit. Bar. Based on this and numerous suggestions across media sites and social media, we might suggest Between the World and Me, The Bluest Eye, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, How to Be an Antiracist, Assata: An Autobiography, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches, and The Color of Law – all of which are sold out on Amazon, by the way, so all the more reason to buy black-owned and local!
Your Weekend Binge List
13th: named in reference to the 13th amendment to the constitution of the United States (that's the one that abolished slavery), this documentary examines mass incarceration and the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans. Just Mercy starring Jamie Foxx is free to rent on streaming services through June; it's based on the true story of civil-rights attorney Bryan Stevenson's fight to overturn the wrongful murder conviction of Walter McMillian. Check out this list of movies and documentaries streaming now for more.
How to Have a Conversation with Kids
It's a tough conversation to navigate, especially when you throw social media into the mix. For younger kids, Sesame Street is coming to the rescue this Saturday, partnering with CNN for a town hall for kids. Big Bird, Elmo, and other friends will discuss racism and the protests. NPR and The New York Times interviewed experts for tips on starting conversations with your kids on systemic racism and police brutality.
The latter also lists or book recommendations for every age group from age 0 to teenagers. Two such books are "Hair Love," by Matthew A. Cherry that is also an Oscar-winning short lm; another is Stamped – a "remix" or abridged version of the comprehensive stamped from the Beginning (listed above) meant for teens/young adults, but my teacher friend also recommended it for us, too. It gives a history of slavery and the concept of race starting with the Ancient Greeks.
Support Black Lives Matter
Bidtellect CEO Lon Otremba called for a company-wide moment of silence yesterday to honor the life of George Floyd and all black lives lost through racial injustice. NAACPcalled for an 8-minute 46-second silence, the length of time a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on the neck of George Floyd.
Donate and learn: NAACP
Donate and join the cause: Black Lives Matter
Sign the most recent petitions on change.org: Justice for George Floyd, BreonnaTaylor, Ahmaud Arbery.
With love and unity,
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Hello Bidtellectuals! When I began to draft this newsletter at the beginning of the week, the sentiment was still an excited and hopeful "Happy New Year!" Well, it feels as though 2020 is having a good laugh at us. We send our fervent hopes and prayers to Washington...
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Valentine's Day trends and predictions for 2021. The holiday has evolved to be more inclusive and creative. Digital marketers should adjust messaging to the times, maximize contextual targeting and optimization, commit to a multi-channel approach.
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Q: how do i use onChange with react hook form and react select ? version7.0 i have a form like this:
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i can select a target audience and based on what is selected it should give the available topics that you can select for that target audience. For that i thought it was good to use onChange on the target audience selector. but it doesn't work. I console log the submitted values in the onsubmit method and it logs that target audiences is undefined
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target audiences
        <Controller
          name="targetAudiences"
          control={control}
          rules={{ required: false }}
          render={({ field }) => (
            <Select
              placeholder="select target audience(s)"
              isMulti
              options={targetAudienceList}
              onFocus={fetchTargetAudienceList}
              {...field}
              onChange={(e) => onMajorChange(e)} // this doesnt work
            />
          )}
        />
        {errors.targetAudiences &&
select at least one target audience
}

        topics
        <Controller
          name="topics"
          rules={{ required: false }}
          control={control}
          render={({ field }) => (
            <Select
              placeholder="select topics"
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The new radio control transmitter connects directly to the computer and is programmable from the software provided to give rate and exponential capabilities.
The Sky 706 connection port is the interface for programming but is also, of course compatible with FMS and also works with a number of other flight simulators.
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The Aural Equivalent of Watching The Blue Angels Air Show
Uptempo Pepper and Baker in their prime leave a vapor trail
Despite the inherent lightness and breeze of "West Coast" jazz, this set recorded Halloween day 1956 is simultaneously cool and blazing hot, with Art Pepper and Chet Baker at their youthful peak navigating a set of intricately written and charted tunes, five of the seven by Jimmy Heath, hence the album's title, plus two by Pepper.If you're of a certain age, some of the uptempo vibe here will remind you of 50s and 60s era television show theme songs... Read More
Is That Jazz? Lil B's 'Afrikantis'
The most fascinating avant-garde jazz album in recent times
By: Malachi Lui
Anyone who predicted this is either a time traveler or is clinically insane (probably both). It's December 2022, everyone's "best albums of 2022" lists are out, and Lil B has dropped a jazz album.That's right: Lil B The Based God, the rapper and motivational speaker who's perhaps the most detrimentally prolific artist of our time (did anyone actually listen to all eight volumes of his 855 Song Based Freestyle Mixtape?), has made what can loosely be considered a jazz... Read More
John Zorn Keeps Evolving
The impresario of New York new music's new piano quartet
Years (it feels like eons) have passed since John Zorn filled his bill as the Angry Young Man of New York's Downtown jazz scene. (In a bit of etymology right out of a Terry Southern novel, "Zorn" in German means "anger.") Nearly a decade ago, on the occasion of his 60th birthday, he was touted in tributes and concerts by such exemplars of Uptown culture as the Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum, the Guggenheim, and Columbia University. Now recognized as... Read More
Handel's "Messiah"—And The Recording That Changed The Classical Record Industry
'Tis the season, and in the classical music world that means Christmas carols, Nutcrackers, more carols—and Handel's "Messiah".
By: Mark Ward
Which is actually quite odd, because Messiah was never intended by its composer as a Christmas piece—quite the opposite in fact. It was originally composed, in 1741, for performance at the most solemn time in the ecclesiastical calendar—Easter. The work tells the entirety of Christ's story, culminating in His Crucifixion and Resurrection, with a meditation on the meaning of His life and death to Christians. So, this is hardly the stuff of Christmas levity.However, the... Read More
TrackingAngle.com's Christmas Radio Show From 2016 is Here!
Same show, changed "previous endeavor"'s name
In the mid 2010s I had a two hour radio show on the Fairleigh Dickinson college radio station WFDU. It was fun, it was popular and everything played on it was transferred at 96/24 from vinyl so it sounded really good. The weekly show was done under the name of my previous endeavor. I wasn't paid for it so I've gone in and changed the name to "TrackingAngle.com radio". I think you'll really enjoy the eclectic Christmas music and banter from the... Read More
Warsaw Audio Video Show 2022—Stadium Venue Coverage
sorry for the delay
Sorry it's taken so long to edit and post the second video from Warsaw Audio Video Show 2022 held the final few days of October, but based on previous show videos, interest remains strong well after the event. The Warsaw Audio Video Show is now considered Europe's second most important show after Munich, but that's mostly because Munich is more of a business to business show to which consumers are invited, whereas this show is almost exclusively a... Read More


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The Executive ensures that the management of the bad Bank model does not prejudge or conditions subsequent actions you make. The Government repeats that the rent is a priority at this time. The start-up of the SAREB, bad Bank, has coincided with a sort of process (politics and media) general awareness of the seriousness of the problem of evictions in Spain (almost 400,000 since 2007). In this context necessary to understand the fact that the Government does not rule out floors of the bad Bank earmarked for rent. In response to a question from the Plural left, the Executive says does not rule out the possibility of real estate to financial institutions that receive public assistance transferred to the so-called bad Bank can be used for rent. In written response to a question from the spokesperson of the Plural left (IU-ICV-CHA) in Congress, Jose Luis Centella, about the possibility of establishing a housing stock for rent with real estate ownership of nationalized banks, the Government It ensures that this is possible given that the management model of that new entity not prejudge or conditions subsequent actions you make. Textually, the Executive says so it is not excluded that you can allocate a portion of these properties to rent in conditions deemed appropriate, always according to criteria of efficiency and independent and professional management.
Financial reforms approved in February and August are forcing banks and receiving public aid to transfer their toxic assets (dwellings as well as floor) to a new society of management (SAREB). The rent, a priority as reminds the Government, the SAREB obligated to dispose annually, at least 5% of its assets to a third party other than the entity contributor credit or any affiliate of his group. Perhaps to add credibility to your response, the Government recalls that building of the rent bill (in the pipeline) main objective mobilize and incorporate into the rental market not only the houses owned by financial institutions, but the whole of empty homes and without use of the Spanish real estate Park. See more: the Government does not rule out allocate rental flats of the bad Bank.
Not by chance belongs to the Duke of Wellington catch phrase that Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. Only a small portion of the tens of thousands uk schools belong to the category of public school; here has about 5% of the total number of pupils, however, these institutions (among which one third is the most reputable and prestigious in the country and the elite of the elites constitute Eaton, Winchester, Rugby, Harrow) are primary channels of reproduction of the political elite. This document describes some schools have a high degree dinastichnosti, which, respectively, favors the closure of the elite, it (for example, among school Eton two-thirds are children of alumni of this institution, between its walls came in 1918, Prime Ministers). The second link in the British system of elite reproduction – Colleges of Cambridge and Oxford. In Britain and most other European countries are more interdependent. Only a very narrow circle of people in the uk attending fee-paying schools, and goes to Oxford or Cambridge – the leading universities of the country. It is these people occupy senior positions in various fields, although it should be noted that their industry is less. This is because that the prestige of business in the uk is significantly lower than in the United States. 60-80% of persons occupying the highest positions in the military, the church hierarchy, the judiciary, the civil service, as well as components of the conservative wing in the parliament, were educated at fee-paying schools, and then at Oxford or Cambridge.


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Alleged Wirral paedophile will face trial in December
Paul Cleary, 61, will be tried on 16 counts of sex abuse
Property in Toronto where Paul Cleary had been living
An alleged paedophile who was extradited to Britain from Canada will face trial in December.
Paul Cleary, 61, is accused of abusing two young girls in the 1970s and 1980s in Wirral.
Cleary, who was bailed following his return to the UK, must reside at an address on Wood Lane, Greasby, while awaiting trial and was told to keep a curfew.
He is also banned from approaching certain people, not to apply for travel documents and not to enter an area where the abuse is alleged to have taken place.
Cleary, who is charged with 16 sex abuse counts dating back more than 30 years, was escorted back to the UK in July after refusing to be extradited voluntarily. The next hearing will take place on October 11.


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Ogee is consulting on multiple historic tax credit projects in downtown Ennis, Texas, which is a National Register Historic District. Just 35 miles south of Dallas, Ennis began as a cotton producer and railroad town in the late 19th century. A wave of reinvestment in the city is transforming Ennis into a charming destination in central Texas. Read on to learn more about its history and our current projects.
Ennis was established as a railroad station in 1871, during a time when the Houston & Texas Central Railroad were founding communities to link railroad lines. By the late 19th century, Ennis had become a regional hub of cotton production and shipping, and the town prospered as entrepreneurs and businessmen opened businesses to service the local market. One of those businesses was the Ennis National Bank, located at 110 W Ennis in 1883. Until 1917, when a new facility was built, the bank occupied the first floor, while the second story was leased for offices. Since that time, numerous businesses have occupied the Classical Revival building, which features a corner turret, corbeled brick parapet, and the original cast iron storefront. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1983. Currently, an Italian restaurant occupies the first floor. As part of a historic tax credit project, the second floor will be rehabilitated as apartments.
Not all the early businesses in Ennis were so high-dollar and high-style. The building at 105 W. Ennis is a one bay-wide, two-story building constructed in 1884 as a one-story building. The second story was added a few years later. This skinny building began as a tiny liquor store and bar, conveniently located just steps from the train depot to quench the thirst of travelers. By 1890 it served as a bookstore, followed by several more retail operations up to the present.
By 1890, Ennis had grown to a population of 3,000. Cotton production was a major contributor to the growth in the region, making Ennis a center of trade and commerce for both agriculture and the railroad. Success from the railroads and cotton are still visible in the residential areas of the city, which contain elegant homes for the upper-class and Folk Victorian cottages and Craftsman bungalows for the middle- and working-class (many of these are now contributing to a residential National Register Historic District).
The expansion of the cotton industry combined with the support and growth of the railroad enabled Ennis to gin and ship over 150,000 bales of cotton in 1920. This prompted the Ennis Chamber of Commerce to adopt the slogan, "Where Railroads and Cotton Fields Meet."
A cotton broker's office occupied the second floor of 116 W. Knox for decades, while the first floor housed a grocery store, followed by various iterations of clothing stores. An advertisement for the cotton broker is still visible on the upper floor windows, which have been preserved under plywood for years.
As is often the case in commercial historic districts, trends of the mid-20th century result in dramatically altered storefronts. 116 W. Knox received a drastic stucco alteration in the 1950s, covering up its beautiful masonry ornament. Thanks to historic tax credits, the building will receive an exterior restoration involving the removal of this stucco and the building will appear much like it did when constructed in the early 20th century.
We're thrilled to be a part of the revitalization of Ennis. In addition to multiple historic tax credit projects jumping off soon, the Ennis Economic Development Corporation is embarking on a master plan to transform downtown Ennis into a pedestrian friendly shopping and entertainment destination. Read more about the plan here, and stay tuned to learn more about our historic tax credit projects.


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L'île Thitu (en tagalog: Pag-Asa, en chinois simplifié : 中业岛 ; en chinois traditionnel :  中業島 ; en pinyin: Zhōngyè Dǎo ; en vietnamien : Đảo Thị Tứ) est une île habitée de l'archipel de Spratleys, dont elle est la deuxième île la plus étendue, avec 37,2 hectares. Elle est sous contrôle des Philippines et revendiquée par la République populaire de Chine, la République de Chine et le Viêt Nam.

Histoire
Les Philippines revendiquent cette île depuis 1974, et fondèrent la municipalité de Kalayaan le  sous la présidence de Ferdinand Marcos. Sa population est estimée, en 2020, à environ 400 personnes qui vivent principalement de la pêche. Un port y est mis en chantier en 2018 et est inauguré en 2020.

D'autres développements sont prévus, tels le resurfaçage de la piste d'aviation, l'installation de machines à glace pour les pêcheurs, de générateurs d'électricité, d'antennes de télécommunication ou la construction de salles de classe.

Elle abrite une base de l'armée de l'air philippine : le Rancudo Airfield, avec une piste d'environ .

Notes et références

Îles Spratleys
Territoire contesté ou occupé en Asie
Île contestée ou occupée


Distance from Strip: 15 – 20 Min.
Designed by the well-known Jay Morrish and Dave Druzisky, DragonRidge Country Club quickly has become one of the best known courses in Las Vegas to play when you are here. The tables can wait if you want to play some serious golf. This course has been fully private for a few years now, and has decided to reopen its doors for limited non-member play.
Even though the course only plays a little over 7,000 yards from the tips, do not let that fool you. Being fully dynamited from the mountains, and a slope and rating of 72.9/143, DragonRidge has some shots that you will not think are possible. Your ball will fly over multiple desert washes, bunkers, and water features during its flight. This course does cater play to all golfers with six sets of tee boxes and generous fairways.
DragonRidge Country Clubs is also privy to some of the most breathtaking views in the Las Vegas Valley. Number 2, being one of the most popular holes on the course, is a par-3 that is 229 yards from the tips. The nice thing about this hole is that it plays 2-4 clubs shorter due to the tee-box being on top of a mountain. You have to see it to believe it. You can see the entire Vegas Valley from one end to another….bring your camera; you will regret it if you forget it.
The famous holes that you have to look out for are 10 and 18. These holes both have split fairways; meaning you have 2 different fairways to choose from. All we can say is go left on 10 and right on 18…you should be safe with that. Do not be scared; the holes may look intimidating, but the landing areas are ample. Smart shot selection is a must.
The best thing about DragonRidge Country Club, if the layout isn't enough, are the greens. These are the best greens in town, year around. The original superintendent of the course received Superintendent of the Year in 2000. Another quick tip for this course is that every green breaks toward the east part of the Valley. You will see from every view that the city slopes to the east, and so do the greens. You may not realize it or even think it is possible, but after a round or two on the course, you will want to take the valley's slope into consideration on each putt. From past experience, the valley does not affect the putt on number 16.
DragonRidge Country Club is located 15-20 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip. The course included a full driving range, chipping green with bunker, and putting green. The facility also has a 35,000 square-foot clubhouse at the top of the mountain, that has views of the entire city. The course runs Bermuda on the fairways and Bentgrass on the greens. The greens come with severe to tricky breaks, especially with the valley having its affect. The clubhouse contains a fully stocked golf shop and a full-service bar and restaurant. Get your round in before DragonRidge Country Club becomes fully private again and they close their doors to the outside public. Trust VIP Golf Services, it is a "must play".


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September 15, 2012 · by Tosy Mahapatra · in Features, Reposts
Would you kindly fund my dreams? Tosy Mahapatra reminds us to keep our hopes for Kickstarter reasonable.
It's safe to say publishers have a bit of an image problem in our community, being generally seen as faceless corporations trying to rob us blind while not contributing to the quality of the games they are funding in the slightest. It may be an exaggerated view, but it's not entirely inaccurate, either. Happily perpetuating exhausted franchises and flogging peripherals, big publishers seem awfully reluctant to take risks. Indie developers have cleverly broken into this stagnant market by delivering the kind of games larger companies would never dare fund, but their ambitions are held back by a general lack of money. This is where Kickstarter comes in.
Kickstarter, one of many burgeoning platforms enabling crowd-funded development, allows game developers to raise capital for their projects through donations from potential future customers. In exchange for perks and benefits such as a DRM-free download of the eventual product or a free t-shirt, consumers provide project owners with the funds to make bigger, more ambitious games while retaining creative independence. With no supervisors or subcommittees to answer to, developers are free to craft just the game they want, for the people who want it. At least if they can find those people.
As a stepping stone for breaking into the videogame market, Kickstarter is strange in that it's already a market in and of itself. Putting the cart before the horse, project owners need to sell their game before they can create it. This may seem awkward at first, but as we live in an economy fuelled by credit it's a quite common and well-established method of production. Instead of selling their ideas to a publisher, developers on Kickstarter are selling their ideas straight to the consumer. The difference is that in dealing with publishers, you only need to find the approval of a few people to be greenlighted. Finding public support is a much more broad issue. Before they can even think of making a successful game, hopeful indies will need to successfully play the Kickstarter game by selling their concept to thousands of people.
Just finding that kind of audience can be difficult when there are hundreds of other projects vying for the attention of donors. In this fiercely competitive environment, the most successful projects seem to be those sporting big names, be they of designers or brands. To date, the three biggest piles of cash have been raked in by the as of yet untitled Double Fine Adventure game, Wasteland 2 and Shadowrun Returns, even though all three campaigns gave us very limited information about the games proper. The platform is ideal for high-profile developers looking to rejuvenate old franchises or dive into niche genres. Not only do these developers have decades of industry experience, they can tap into an established fanbase to fund them.
Classic RPGs like Wasteland and adventure games like Leisure Suit Larry are ignored by publishers since they don't follow current trends, but there's a definite, albeit small market for them. By emphasizing their history and portfolio, experienced designers have an easy time winning over these audiences. They need no intricate design documents, people know what to expect when dealing with those established developers.
Small developers trying to fund their breakout title can't rely on fame to achieve their own modest goals, they need to convince the public of the merits of their idea. There's no one right way to do this, but generally the more content and gameplay you can present, the better. This poses another problem for bedroom developers, who need that cash before they can even start thinking about making the game. The Kickstarter environment favors developers looking to expand their budget for games being made either way, ventures such as Project Giana, The Other Brothers or Shadowrun Online.
Zion Eyez
Even without having to fight existing games for a moment in the spotlight, it can be hard work convincing people to part with their money, since the platform doesn't guarantee you'll see anything in return. Kickstarter exercises very little regulation, providing project owners with near unlimited freedom, and the legal classification of consumers as donors means that they don't share the same rights as regular consumers. Under most jurisdictions, there's very little they can do to hold the creators of a project accountable as donations aren't covered by consumer law or advertising law. ZionEyez for instance, a company promising HD video recording glasses, raised $344,000 before vanishing. Donors began to believe they were scammed and formed ZionKick, a forum seeking legal compensation. Although ZionEyez reemerged as Zeyez a few weeks ago, declaring their intention to continue the project and raise more funds, ZionKick still considers it a scam. They have not had any legal success yet.
Of course, any real developer using Kickstarter to scam consumers is effectively committing career suicide, but as the high-profile hoax Mythic: The Story of Gods and Men has shown, there are still people who will pose as developers. Using stolen assets, copied reward tiers and a fantastical tale of industry veterans hailing from the likes of Blizzard or Activision and partners such as Disney and Pixar, the project managed to raise almost five thousand dollars before journalists and consumers caught on. The project has been pulled and since it failed to reach its goal no money was lost, but it could happen again. Kickstarter leaves the burden on donors, asking them to be prudent with their wallets and to understand that every project comes with the inherent risk of failure. The only thing stopping these scams is our own vigilance, so it shouldn't be very surprising that consumers are starting to be more cautious.
How does this affect indie developers though? Mythic: The Story of Gods and Men was a poorly planned scam, easily exposed over its stolen content and outrageous claims. If future frauds learn from the mistakes of this ill-fated cash grab and exercise a modicum of restraint, we might start seeing smaller scams, with humble goals and maybe even facades of genuine imagery. It's hard to tell how frequently we can expect those, if at all, or how easily public and journalistic scrutiny can uncover their malicious plans. What's important to remember is that Kickstarter can potentially be abused.
At the time of writing there are over 280 projects in the Games section of Kickstarter, and although the figure includes a few dozen that have already been successfully funded, it gives a rough impression of the brutal arena developers are throwing themselves into. Kickstarter, for better or worse, is a pure, Darwinist marketplace. The divine consumer hand is free to pick any title that tickles its fancy, spelling life or death for the project. The ventures to succeed in this environment are not necessarily the best, but the most apt: Projects that understand how to win people over with endearing promises. They might end up delivering brilliant games, but their initial success is not based on the merits of the product they have yet to craft, but their ability to play the Kickstarter game. Good ideas might fail due to poor marketing, while those with the resources to provide polished pitch videos will find it easy to prosper.
This isn't to say that developers lacking established franchises, fanbases and funds can't succeed on Kickstarter, just that they will have a harder time doing so. Games like FTL or Castle Story have already shown that clever independents can break through on Kickstarter, but on such a selective platform ambition and even fresh ideas are no guarantee for success. In a way, it's reflective of the indie market at large: Some succeed, but many more fail. Kickstarter can help those small studios clear the final hurdle, but it's much better suited for veterans or established developers. As games like Planetary Annihilation show, the current trend seems to be experienced developers entering the indie market, not indies breaking out of it. With more fierce competition, this is beneficial for us as consumers, but it creates an increasingly difficult landscape to thrive in. Kickstarter then, is a highly selective, but potentially rewarding environment for new developers. Either you fail, or you get to make the game of your dreams.
Tosy Mahapatra is a law student at Dublin University with a taste for Samuel Beckett, good ale and fantasy football.
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A: NSLog will print extended characters in escaped form. The characters are still (presumably) correct in the string. (Remember, NSLog is not intended for "production", only debug, and many debugging environmments would have trouble displaying the extended characters.)