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Devastating earthquake in Nepal: Are we nearing the end?
Pallavi Thakur, Apr 27, 2015, 17:24 IST 56K
Does god send earthquakes?
Why is the world in such a chaos if God is in control? How could a God of love let masses of people die from catastrophic earthquakes, killer tsunamis, terrorist attacks and disease? Why such bizarre carnage and anarchy? Is the world coming to an end? Is God pouring out his wrath upon sinners? Why is it so often the bodies of the poor, the elderly, and the children are strewn among the rubble? Read on to find some answers…
God, Karma and Natural Disasters
Devastating earthquakes, Tsunamis, volcanic eruptions…. No wonder many people are asking themselves whether we are entering what Kaliyuga predictions called "the end of the age." The latest Earthquake that shook Nepal is one in a long line of natural events that some of us attribute to divine judgment. In short, they say that God is using nature to channel his displeasure with human beings - both the sinners and those who tolerate them - and that we had better shape up.
Earthquakes are not God's punishment
Earthquakes are earthquakes. They're a fact of nature. They are not the result of God unleashing his fury upon unbelievers. They are the result of natural shifts in the earth's crust. We prepare for them by learning how to avoid being struck or trapped by falling debris. We don't prepare for them by manufacturing unbiblical notions about the end of the age and whom God loves and hates.
The 'thoughts' behind the 'thought'
Who accepts these proclamations and who doesn't often depends on how a believer views God: compassionate, angry, active, passive or maybe something less defined, like a cosmic force. Another common thread among people who link disaster to divine judgment is that they tend to consider disasters as confirmation of already-held beliefs. They already think God is working in certain ways, and disasters become an example of that.
To win new believers?
So what is it about nature's fury that attracts theological interpretation? For many religious leaders, scholars say, it's an opportunity to win new believers. It's an impulse that goes back thousands of years and still thrives among people who are generally skeptical of science and who seek divine explanations for natural calamities.
God is NOT responsible
Although God is often viewed as the One causing these terrible catastrophes, He is not responsible. God is not in the business of causing natural disasters and calamities. On the contrary, He is the giver of life. Isn't it? Whenever God came to earth, He did nothing to hurt people, only to help them.
Nepal's Earthquake: Nature, not Karma
A terrible thing happened. An earthquake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, struck just near Kathmandu. Thousands were buried under clouds of dust and rubble as their homes collapsed around them. It was followed by aftershocks. As of the time of writing, over 3800 people have died. The bodies are still being dug up.
Why did it happen?
Saturday's catastrophic earthquake occurred because of two converging tectonic plates: the India plate and the overriding Eurasia plate to the north. Tectonic plates are the large, relatively rigid plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of the Earth. Plates are always slowly moving, but they get stuck at their edges due to friction. When the stress on the edge overcomes the friction, there is an earthquake that releases waves that travel through the Earth's crust and cause the shaking. Let's know more about it…
What is an earthquake and what causes them to happen?
An earthquake is caused by a sudden slip on a fault. Stresses in the earth's outer layer push the sides of the fault together. Stress builds up and the rocks slips suddenly, releasing energy in waves that travel through the earth's crust and cause the shaking that we feel during an earthquake. An earthquake occurs when plates grind and scrape against each other.
What is a fault?
Faults are fractures in Earth's crust where rocks on either side of the crack have slid past each other. Sometimes the cracks are tiny, as thin as hair, with barely noticeable movement between the rock layers. But faults can also be hundreds of miles long.
Nepal earthquake: Has the myth of 80 years come true?
In Nepal, there is a popular folklore that there is a major earthquake once in 80 years. This has in fact been backed up by science, which shows that a major earthquake takes once in 80 years. After the 1934 earthquake, which resulted in massive destruction, there have been smaller earthquakes that Nepal has witnessed. However, it was last year that several people of Nepal had expressed concern about an earthquake which could be big.
Nepal earthquake
The talk about a major earthquake became louder in the year 2011 in which 11 persons had died in Nepal alone. This was an earthquake of a magnitude of 6.9 and when everyone felt that the 80 year syndrome had occurred, many elders believed that this was not the one which was due. Has the myth been proven right?
When Nepal faced an earthquake in 1934
In the earthquake of 1934 almost 12,000 people lost their lives. That earthquake was known as the Bihar-Nepal earthquake in which around 7000 people in India too had lost their life. According to science, the earthquake of 1934 was caused by movements within the tectonic plates. The tectonic plates were the reason for giving rise to the Himalayas, the world's tallest mountain range. The Indian plate pushes upwards into the Eurasian plate and this is the reason for the Himalayas raising by one centimeter every year.
Nepal is prone to destructive earthquakes
Nepal is situated on the Alpine Himalayan belt where the Indian and the Eurasian plates meet. The activity, which occurs causing a centimeter growth of Himalayas, is prone to stress and the release of the same is through earthquakes. Nepal is prone to destructive earthquakes, not only because of the massive forces involved in the tectonic collision, but also because of the type of fault line the country sits on. Normal faults create space when the ground cracks and separates. Nepal lies on a so-called thrust fault, where one tectonic plate forces itself on top of another.
What did people think caused earthquakes in the olden days?
In Norse mythology the fury of Fenris, a giant wolf, at being trapped beneath a mountain was to blame for earthquakes. This giant wolf is destined to bring on Ragnarök, the end of the world. Knowing this, the gods tricked Fenris into wearing a magic chain. Naturally, Fenris is furious at being tied up like this. His roars shake the mountains, ripping open deep fractures in the Earth and raining rocks down the mountainside.
In ancient Japan
In ancient Japan, the rumor was that earthquakes were caused by a very large and very twitchy catfish named Namazu who lived in the center of the Earth. Namazu caused such devastation on the Earth's surface with every thrash of his tail that a demigod was assigned the job of forcing the catfish to keep still. The demigod, Kashima, did this by squishing the catfish's head with a giant rock. Unfortunately, every now and then Kashima wanted a break and allowed the stone to roll off Namazu. Hence, the earthquakes.
Ancient Rome and Greece
Most of us are familiar with blaming earthquakes on angry gods. The Greeks may have pointed the finger at Poseidon, the god of the sea, and the far more theologically pragmatic Romans at Vulcanus (the god of lava and smoke), but the basic storyline remains the same. Humans angered the gods, so the gods smote the earth with a mighty rage that destroys the humans' homes and otherwise wreaks great devastation upon them.
Algonquin mythology
In Algonquin mythology, the Earth is supported by a noble tortoise. Earthquakes happen when the tortoise shifted around to find a more comfortable position.
Maimas of Perus
The Maimas of Perus also blamed their god for earthquakes, but in his case, it wasn't because he had anger management issues. It was just his way of taking a headcount. The Maimas believed that when the earth shook, it was because their god was walking the earth, taking a census of his true-believers.
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Because the standard perception of black feminine beauty is based on a diminution of the Africoid aspects of black women's physical features and results in the frustration of African-looking women trying to achieve a beauty that is impossible for them, the Hampton University Museum is developing Seeing Beauty in Difference (SB), an open-access, interactive project on its IRAAA+ webzine. Through an intergenerational conversation between art experts and the broader population on IRAAA+, SB will develop a flexible, pluralistic, aesthetic philosophy for black women and provide support for them to incorporate the philosophy into their lives.
The IRAAA+ webzine is in the early stage of development. Its staff should address this challenge as it develops "branding" for the zine and builds its readership. The external importance of SB lies in addressing a problem of crisis proportion among black people by encouraging the creation of authentic personal appearance in black women. This aesthetic democracy parallels the political democracy that we cherish, defend and strive to perfect. As African-descended women learn how to depart from a dominant conception that a singular type of beauty fits the diversity of their appearance, and as black men and all other people appreciate this self-affirmation, they, the IRAAA, its readers, and all of us will benefit in widening ripples of impact.
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Crash closes part of Cornwall Inn
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Cornwall Inn owner Mark Hampson shows the wall of the breakfast area that was knocked out by a car driving through it on Saturday night. Ruth Epstein Republican-American
The Cornwall Inn on Route 7, south of West Cornwall, was heavily damaged by a car that drove into it Saturday night. The building, which houses a restaurant and guest rooms, will be closed for two to three months. Ruth Epstein Republican-American
The bumper from a Honda that drove through the Cornwall Inn on Saturday night lies on a beam that was knocked out in the accident. Ruth Epstein Republican-American
CORNWALL – One of the Cornwall Inn's buildings will be closed for two to three months because of damage caused by a car that veered off Route 7 and struck the east side of the building.
State police said the accident occurred a little before midnight on Saturday, when Michael Vance, 20, of 295 Amenia Union Road in Sharon, was driving northbound, approximately a half mile south of Mansonville Road.
Police said Vance lost control of a 2007 Honda, owned by Anne Mackay-Smith of the same Sharon address, and struck a guardrail off the northbound shoulder. The collision caused the vehicle to cross the roadway, hit a guardrail on the southbound side of Route 7 and eventually strike the Cornwall Inn at 270 Kent Road.
The vehicle sustained heavy damage and was towed from the scene by Lime Rock Auto. Vance was transported to Sharon Hospital because of the severity of the impact with the building and his statement to the EMS that he didn't remember what happened, state police said.
The Cornwall Inn has been owned by Stacey Marcin and Mark Hampson for the past 12 years. One of the inn's buildings, whose original section dates back to 1821, had to be evacuated.
Hampson said Wednesday there were two guests asleep at the inn when the accident occurred.
"Ironically, they are from California, and when the building shook, the man thought there was an earthquake," Hampson said.
The owners live in a house further back on the property. Hampson, who was asleep when the crash occurred, said he didn't hear anything until his pager went off. He is an EMT with the Cornwall Ambulance squad.
"Fortunately, no one got hurt," he said. "Structures can be rebuilt, lives can't."
Hampson pointed to a thick wooden beam that was lying on the ground outside the building and surmised it was part of the original construction. The bumper of the Honda was still resting against the beam on Wednesday.
The crash moved a corner of the building, causing structural damage. Until it is rebuilt, "and we will rebuild," Hampson said, guests will not be occupying the building. There are guest rooms in another building on the property that will be available, he said.
Hampson said the restaurant and rooms located in the damaged building will be closed for about two to three months. He showed the area that was hit – a room in which breakfast is served. The force of the car coming through the wall totally took it out.
Though the inn cannot serve food for the next few months, the couple will continue to cater private parties for events off site.
Contact Ruth Epstein at kcsruthe@aol.com.
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The products will be shown at the CEDIA Expo.
The addition of Z-Wave support enables Clare's systems to control such Z-Wave-enabled products as Schlage door locks and Z-Wave thermostats/humidistats.
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CONTROVERSIAL 'Frankenfood' crops are expected to be given the green light today by the European Parliament.
MEPs will vote on whether or not to clear the block on growing genetically modified (GM) crops, that has prevented commercial cultivation for more than 10 years.
Spanish ministers, along with former Conservative Environment Secretary in the UK, Owen Paterson – who was sacked last year – are championing the changes.
Each country in the EU would be allowed to decide for itself whether or not to allow GM crop production, under the new rules.
The crop would, however, first have to be ruled safe by EFSA, the EU's food safety body.
Even if a GM crop is banned in countries that oppose the changes – such as Germany, Italy and France – it can still be grown in supporting countries, such as Spain and the UK.
The changes could come into effect from as early as next year.
But there is concern among consumers that the crops pose risks to human health and the environment.
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Published on: April 3, 2019 | Last Updated: April 3, 2019 12:35 PM EDT
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Paula Cackett believes in the vision Rachel Notley has for Alberta.
An emergency nurse from Hinton, Cackett was born and raised in Jasper and is the NDP candidate for West Yellowhead.
"Notley is a huge inspiration to me, I think she's done a wonderful job over the past four years," she said. "There's really strong female role models in the Alberta legislature right now and I think being born and raised in this constituency, I know a lot of the issues and concerns that people have and I think I could be a big advocate for them."
Cackett said the New Democratic Party believes in "honest government, integrity within (their) leadership and fighting for all Albertans, no matter who (they) are."
She is inspired by what Notley has accomplished over her four-year term including the number of investments the NDP government has contributed to.
"In 2015 we were dealt with a big recession with the price in oil crash, that was really hard on a lot of towns. I'm sure Whitecourt felt the affect of that," Cackett said. "Not everybody but lot of towns are now coming out of it because of Rachel. She decided to invest in schools and hospitals and new roads … those investments gave people jobs when they otherwise might not have had one.
"I know lots of people are concerned about the cost of our investments, but we are on track to pay them off by 2023."
The Trans-Mountain Pipeline has been a topic of debate at all levels of government and Cackett links its progress back to the efforts of Rachel Notley.
"(She's) made great strides over the past four years, it's now approved, and we will complete the pipeline," she said.
The forestry business in West Yellowhead is currently being affected by the Mountain Pine Beetle. The NDP government continues to invest in a solution with Cackett supporting the forestry industry.
"(It's) a big problem in this area and Notley has put in hundreds of thousands of dollars for a solution," said Cackett. "There has been a little bit of pushback from the federal government which is unfortunate, but I will continue to advocate for it and all the parties can get on board and work together to solve the problem."
Cackett briefly touches on Notley's plan regarding "one of the largest investments ever."
"Rachel has double incentives for petro chemical upgrading projects and she'll be investing $7-billion over the next decade," she said.
When discussing the carbon tax, Cackett explained its importance that it be set by the provincial government.
"It's unfortunate people see it (as a negative). As Albertans we don't have a choice; either way we will have a carbon tax," she said. "Either we use the Made in Alberta solution that Rachel Notley created and we get the opportunity to chose what the money goes towards, what projects we can use it for, or the federal government has legislated that they will impose one for Alberta, and our projects may be in Ottawa instead of here in Alberta."
Cackett believes in supporting small businesses by helping cut taxes, affordable housing and "making sure (the) seniors are protected."
"We're opening 2,000 long-term cares beds and seniors that make less than $75,000 a year will no longer have to pay for their prescription medications," she said.
Affordable healthcare is something Cackett supports and strongly believes in and disagrees with the approach taken by the United Conservative Party.
"As a nurse, it's important for people to be aware that if our healthcare system turns into a two-tiered American style privatized hospital system, that will be devastating for Albertans," she said. "The majority of us (wouldn't be able) to afford a hospital (visit) and as a nurse, it's sad to think that we'd ask for a credit card, a payment, before we ask what's wrong."
At this time, it has not been confirmed whether Cackett will be present at the candidate forum at 7 p.m. at the Whitecourt Senior Circle on Thursday, April 4.
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Q: Error trying to use getElementsByName in order to choose multiple "placeholders" (JavaScript) This script of mine has a function, which is not working the way, I want it to. Take a look at the script, the function is called display_Value():

        <title>JavaScript</title>

    <input type="text" id="txt" value="Skriv dit navn her" onFocus="noValue('txt')" onBlur="changeValue('txt')">
    <input type="button" onClick="display_Value()" value="Click me" />

Hello. Your entered value is:  and it is repeated below

The functions noValue() and changeValue() makes the original value disappear on focus and come back if the field is empty on blue. That part works. When the button is clicked, the value in the text box is supposed to be displayed in the -tags. That's not happening. The hidden text which is hidden with
 is shown, as I want it to, but the value is not displayed. The form gets destroyed, just as I want to. Where have I made a mistake? :)
Ps.: If you are wondering what "Skriv dit navn her" means, it means "Write your name here" in danish.
EDIT
I isolated parts of the code once again. I found out, that if I replace getElementsByName("placeholder").innerHTML; with getElementById("placeholder").innerHTML; and assigns the first  with and ID="placeholder" the value is displayed in that particular .This is, however, not exactly what I wanted. I wanted the value to be displayed in all 3 of the placeholders - how?
ANOTHER EDIT
I know it is possible to make this script work by assigning ID's to all of the placeholder; I'm not interested in that. I would like the function to display the value in all of the placeholders in as little text as possible and without repeating. I think this is called DRY / DIE :)

A: Replace your display_Value function with this:
function display_Value() {
    var val = document.getElementById("txt").value;
    if (val != "Skriv dit navn her" && val != "") {
        document.getElementsByName("placeholder").innerHTML = val;
        document.getElementById("hidden").style.visibility="visible";
        destroy("destroy")
    }
}

You were taking the value of the placeholder, not a reference to it.  So the value wasn't going anywhere.  You need to assign it directly to the innerHTML of the placeholder.

A: document.getElementById returns just one element. An Id is supposed to be unique and not repeated over three tags.
So you could give your 3 spans 3 different ids, and set the value with 3 different lines of javascript code.
Or, you could use something like jQuery and give your spans a class:

then in jquery jou can set the html of all spans at once:
$("span.placeholder").html(value);

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Posted inMental Health
New Cardinal Board Chosen, Will Include Several Former Members
Commissioners from the counties served by Cardinal Innovations met Thursday and picked 16 new board members to oversee the managed care organization.
by Rose Hoban December 15, 2017 April 14, 2021
Commissioners from 19 counties met Thursday to choose new board members for Charlotte-based Cardinal Innovations. Photo credit: Rose Hoban
Nineteen county commissioners met in Graham on Thursday to choose a new governing board for Cardinal Innovations, the troubled state-funded mental health agency recently taken over by state officials.
The 17 new board members, chosen from dozens of applications submitted over last weekend, will be joined by a handful of members of Cardinal's Consumer and Family Advisory Committee and several picks made by Health and Human Services Sec. Mandy Cohen to make a total of 21 members.
County commissioners Jeremiah Jeffries (Caswell), Karen Howard (Chatham) and Steve Shell (Davidson) read through resumes and recommendation letters for Cardinal Innovations board nominees. Photo credit: Rose Hoban
The move was necessary since Cohen took over the agency on Nov. 27 in the wake of excessive salaries and severance packages given to former Cardinal CEO Richard Topping. The old Cardinal board had approved of a $1.7 million golden parachute for Topping, along with about $2.1 million in severance for other agency officials.
The firings came in the wake of two audits detailing high salaries for Topping, contracts with generous escape clauses and Topping's, pressure from state officials and the board's defiance of those officials.
Three of the newly chosen members also served on Cardinal's old board, which was stripped of its power by Cohen in the surprise takeover.
Last week, DHHS officials called for the meeting of the county commissioners to choose new board members, as required by state law. Getting a new board seated and trained is part of state officials' desire to quickly move Cardinal back to being an independent entity.
Returning members
One of the three returning board members, Bryan Thompson, was expelled by the old board at a meeting on Nov. 17 when he complained about financial issues.
"There were several people on the board trying to do the right thing; everybody got painted with the same brush," said Mecklenburg County Commissioner George Dunlap, who had also been on the former Cardinal board.
Dunlap recounted Thompson's final board meeting on Nov. 17.
"I've never seen this happen before, as soon as the meeting was gaveled in … there was a member of the board selected to read a statement to say that what Bryan was doing was against the rest of the board," Dunlap said. "They took a vote and he was kicked off, it was just that simple, within three minutes of the board meeting started … he was kicked off."
(L to R) Davie County commissioner Terry Renegar, Franklin County commissioner Cedric Jones, Granville County commissioner David Smith and Mecklenburg County commissioner George Dunlap listen to presentations about the candidates for the Cardinal board on Thursday. Photo credit: Rose Hoban
Dunlap says he resigned several days later upon learning that he was being excluded from decision-making about Topping's and others' severance packages.
"It has been brought to my attention that the board is taking action without informing all of its members, therefore effective immediately I am resigning from the board," Dunlap wrote to board chair Lucy Drake in an email on the morning of Nov. 27.
Dunlap said his resignation was in part strategic: His resignation reduced the board's number below the minimum of 11 members, the minimum required in state law, putting the board out of compliance.
"That would keep them from having the eleventh [person] to take any action on behalf of the board," he said.
The third returning member will be Halifax County commissioner Marcelle Smith, who argued his continued association with the re-cast Cardinal board was an effort to clear his reputation.
"I supported a lot of things that went on, and I'm sorry, things are definitely 20/20," Smith said.
He also argued that, at times, he had pushed back against the majority.
"When the minutes are finally released, it won't show we were voting in opposition to the board," he said. "It won't show that when the decision was made to terminate Richard and what his compensation would be, it won't show that we abstained from setting an amount."
He said that in the end, he had only wanted to honor what was in Topping's contract. But when asked, he admitted that he had not seen the actual document.
Sen. Tamara Barringer (R-Cary), an attorney who teaches at the Kenan-Flagler School of Business, pointed out the responsibilities of public boards during the legislative oversight meeting this past Tuesday.
New Cardinal Innovations board members appointed on Thursday:
Tom Lane (Granville)
Dawn Allen (Stanly)
Dr. Richard Blanks (Forsyth)
Dan Brummit (Vance)
Bob Byrd (Alamance)
Scott Craver (Davidson)
Keith Duncan (Rockingham)
George Dunlap (Mecklenburg)
Judy Klusman (Rowan)
Layton Long (Chatham)
Tchernavia Montgomery (Mecklenburg)
Carmen Hooker Odom (Mecklenburg)
William Pilkington (Cabarrus)
Gordon Powell (Person)
Jennifer Richards (Orange)
Marcelle Smith (Halifax)
Bryan Thompson (Davie)
"Perhaps it's not known if you serve on a board, and you do not dissent from an action in the board minutes, meaning that you had it entered into the minutes, you have voted for that action," she told the oversight committee. "All of those former board members that did not dissent have committed whatever has been committed."
And on Tuesday, Barringer publicly urged the county commissioners not to put any old board members on the new board.
"I'm disappointed that the nominating committee did not provide us with an absolutely fresh start so that Cardinal can regain the confidence and the trust of the people of North Carolina, the vulnerable that they serve and the taxpayers who finance it," said Barringer said when told of the new board makeup.
At Thursday's meeting, commissioners expressed awareness that their deliberations would be dissected by the public and legislators alike.
Hours of Thursday's meeting were spent with the county commissioners wrangling over procedure, discussing how to conduct voting for new board members, and haggling over how many board members they would finally appoint.
As there is no precedent for reseating such a board, they adjusted their process to ensure that each new board member would be chosen by majorities, rather than pluralities.
"Anything less than half this group voting in favor of someone raises a question," said Chatham County commissioner Karen Howard. "I find that uncomfortable."
Facilitator Laura Fjeld presents candidates for the Cardinal Innovations board at a meeting of 19 county commissioners in Graham on Thursday. Photo credit: Rose Hoban
There were also discussions about making sure the board would be diverse: racially and ethnically, geographically and with both men and women. And in the end, the commissioners decided to seat a larger board than had been appointed previously.
"With what we had to deal with I recognize the importance of filling those seats," said Davidson County commissioner Steve Shell. He did say he wished there had been more time than just a few days last week to solicit nominations for the seats. "I'm just concerned that we left good candidates out there that would have made great board members."
"I'm hoping this group here is going to rebuild the trust in something that seemed to have gone awry," he said. "But we'll move forward and see what we've got, just like we have to from time to time."
by Rose Hoban, North Carolina Health News

New Cardinal Board Chosen, Will Include Several Former Members

by Rose Hoban, North Carolina Health News
December 15, 2017

By Rose Hoban

Nineteen county commissioners met in Graham on Thursday to choose a new governing board for Cardinal Innovations, the troubled state-funded mental health agency recently taken over by state officials.

The 17 new board members, chosen from dozens of applications submitted over last weekend, will be joined by a handful of members of Cardinal's Consumer and Family Advisory Committee and several picks made by Health and Human Services Sec. Mandy Cohen to make a total of 21 members.

The move was necessary since Cohen took over the agency on Nov. 27 in the wake of excessive salaries and severance packages given to former Cardinal CEO Richard Topping. The old Cardinal board had approved of a $1.7 million golden parachute for Topping, along with about $2.1 million in severance for other agency officials.

The firings came in the wake of two audits detailing high salaries for Topping, contracts with generous escape clauses and Topping's, pressure from state officials and the board's defiance of those officials.

Three of the newly chosen members also served on Cardinal's old board, which was stripped of its power by Cohen in the surprise takeover.

Last week, DHHS officials called for the meeting of the county commissioners to choose new board members, as required by state law. Getting a new board seated and trained is part of state officials' desire to quickly move Cardinal back to being an independent entity.

Returning members

One of the three returning board members, Bryan Thompson, was expelled by the old board at a meeting on Nov. 17 when he complained about financial issues.

"There were several people on the board trying to do the right thing; everybody got painted with the same brush," said Mecklenburg County Commissioner George Dunlap, who had also been on the former Cardinal board.

Dunlap recounted Thompson's final board meeting on Nov. 17.

"I've never seen this happen before, as soon as the meeting was gaveled in … there was a member of the board selected to read a statement to say that what Bryan was doing was against the rest of the board," Dunlap said. "They took a vote and he was kicked off, it was just that simple, within three minutes of the board meeting started ... he was kicked off."

Dunlap says he resigned several days later upon learning that he was being excluded from decision-making about Topping's and others' severance packages.

"It has been brought to my attention that the board is taking action without informing all of its members, therefore effective immediately I am resigning from the board," Dunlap wrote to board chair Lucy Drake in an email on the morning of Nov. 27.

Dunlap said his resignation was in part strategic: His resignation reduced the board's number below the  minimum of 11 members, the minimum required in state law, putting the board out of compliance.

"That would keep them from having the eleventh [person] to take any action on behalf of the board," he said.

The third returning member will be Halifax County commissioner Marcelle Smith, who argued his continued association with the re-cast Cardinal board was an effort to clear his reputation.

"I supported a lot of things that went on, and I'm sorry, things are definitely 20/20," Smith said.

He also argued that, at times, he had pushed back against the majority.

"When the minutes are finally released, it won't show we were voting in opposition to the board," he said. "It won't show that when the decision was made to terminate Richard and what his compensation would be, it won't show that we abstained from setting an amount."

He said that in the end, he had only wanted to honor what was in Topping's contract. But when asked, he admitted that he had not seen the actual document.

Will it fly?

Sen. Tamara Barringer (R-Cary), an attorney who teaches at the Kenan-Flagler School of Business, pointed out the responsibilities of public boards during the legislative oversight meeting this past Tuesday.

"Perhaps it's not known if you serve on a board, and you do not dissent from an action in the board minutes, meaning that you had it entered into the minutes, you have voted for that action," she told the oversight committee. "All of those former board members that did not dissent have committed whatever has been committed."

And on Tuesday, Barringer publicly urged the county commissioners not to put any old board members on the new board.

"I'm disappointed that the nominating committee did not provide us with an absolutely fresh start so that Cardinal can regain the confidence and the trust of the people of North Carolina, the vulnerable that they serve and the taxpayers who finance it," said Barringer said when told of the new board makeup.

At Thursday's meeting, commissioners expressed awareness that their deliberations would be dissected by the public and legislators alike.

Hours of Thursday's meeting were spent with the county commissioners wrangling over procedure, discussing how to conduct voting for new board members, and haggling over how many board members they would finally appoint.

As there is no precedent for reseating such a board, they adjusted their process to ensure that each new board member would be chosen by majorities, rather than pluralities.

"Anything less than half this group voting in favor of someone raises a question," said Chatham County commissioner Karen Howard. "I find that uncomfortable."

There were also discussions about making sure the board would be diverse: racially and ethnically, geographically and with both men and women. And in the end, the commissioners decided to seat a larger board than had been appointed previously.

"With what we had to deal with I recognize the importance of filling those seats," said Davidson County commissioner Steve Shell. He did say he wished there had been more time than just a few days last week to solicit nominations for the seats. "I'm just concerned that we left good candidates out there that would have made great board members."

"I'm hoping this group here is going to rebuild the trust in something that seemed to have gone awry," he said. "But we'll move forward and see what we've got, just like we have to from time to time."

This article first appeared on North Carolina Health News and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
Tagged: Alamance County, Cabarrus County, Cardinal Innovations (Piedmont Behavioral Health), Caswell County, Chatham County, Consumer and Family Advisory Committee, Davidson County, Davie County, Forsyth County, Franklin County, Granville County, Halifax County, LME-MCOs, Mandy Cohen, Mecklenburg County, NC Department of Health and Human Services, NC DHHS, Orange County, Person County, Rockingham County, Rowan County, Sen. Tamara Barringer, Stanly County, union c, Union County, Vance County, Warren County
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5 replies on "New Cardinal Board Chosen, Will Include Several Former Members"
Christine Luppino says:
Do you know which of these Board members are parents or caregivers of an individual receiving services from Cardinal?
Rose Hoban says:Article author
It was mentioned that several of the new members have family members with behavioral health issues, but it was not mentioned whether those people's loved ones were served by Cardinal.
There will be three CFAC members seated, but the CFAC will be choosing its own members, they are not being chosen by the commissioners.
M. C. Brock says:
What about those who are users of the DHHS services? And not just the CFAC members? did any apply, and if so, were any selected by the County Commissioners.
Amber Grumbles says:
I am very disappointed that 3 old board members were put on the new board. However, I think to see a real long-term change we need to change the law ( Statue 122-C) that states the Board of Commissioners shall occupy a seat on the Board of Directors at Cardinal. There are many competent professionals that work in the field of intellectual disabilities, mental health and substance abuse. Individuals that have degrees and years of experience in those fields. Why are county commissioners making decisions on these populations when they might have zero experience with it?
Don Stedman says:
Don Stedman says
It would be very inappropriate if at least one third of members are not family members of persons with disabilities receiving Cardinal services.


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Tokio ya no nos quiere () is a novel published in 1999 by Spanish author Ray Loriga. It was published in English in 2003 by Canongate, in a translation by John King.

Plot summary

It is a first-person account of a travelling drug salesman. He goes to different places around the world, peddling a memory erasing drug. Various minor characters act as outlets for the authors musings on memory. Told through a mental haze of pretty much every drug ever invented and smattered with promiscuous sexual encounters of all varieties, the protagonist eventually begins sampling his own product. Pages of deja vu and disjointed thought lead him to meet with the inventor of the drug in Arizona. The author is an epileptic and took his seizures and temporary memory loss as part of his inspiration for the book.

The memory loss also gives him an interesting transitional device for forwarding the plot without having to get caught up in details he wishes to omit.

Major themes
The author was trying to provoke the question to the reader, "What does it mean to be human?". There are definitely religious ideas here, and it is important to note that Loriga was raised Catholic. Memory is linked to sin, both original and individual. Almost reminiscent of Dr. Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne, each character is to some extent doomed to make the same mistakes they did before. Therefore, one could draw the conclusion that our sins are a part of us, inseparable and thus uncontrollable.

The novel can be described as very European because it reflects the pain of the Second World War and its extension into the future. The author once said in an interview that, "...we Europeans are so divided amongst ourselves, but we have so much in common -- a common history and a heavy past that we carry, and at some point you feel we look back more than we look forwards. Whereas in America it's the other way around. It doesn't mean whatever they're saying or whatever they're seeing is better than what we're doing. It's not a good thing in itself. But it's true: Americans are more like little kids in a way, they predict themselves in the future. We're the old people now."

This is clearly shown towards the end of the book when the inventor, K.L. Krumper, talks about being injured and in a hospital, watching reconstruction work and thinking. "Now seeing absolutely clearly the feeling of peace sweeping through those labourers as they finished their job, I decided to place all my faith in the demolition of the past...You have to remember that in those days I was just one more of the millions of soldiers surviving from a vanquished army. Belonging to a dead Germany, defeated by shame...We came back to Germany in the slow trains defeated, like strangers ejected from paradise by strangers. The destruction of the past then seemed to me to be the only possible hope."

At the same time then, the book jumps to the opposite position and reflects a Nietzschean concept found throughout the writings of modern authors like Chuck Palahniuk. The idea being that you have to break societies (or people) down before they can become something better.

Footnotes

1999 novels
20th-century Spanish novels

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Grady Lamar Quinn – family man, car enthusiast, natty dresser and collector of things both curious and cool – died on July 6, 2016 at the ripe old age of 77.
You might know the name from the Lamar Quinn Auto & Body Shop sign painted on the tall brick walls of the old garage on Franklin Blvd. Cracked and weathered, it's a moment frozen in time more than 20 years after he hung up the drills and buffers for good. He'd spray paint some wheels for Cale Yarborough, strip down a used-up Chevy El Camino then pull out a dent someone brought home from the Food Town parking lot, all before lunch.
Lamar smoked Pall Malls as a younger man but traded them for Mountain Dew and Krispy Kreme down the stretch (chocolate glazed, of course). He was fine with Steak n' Shake, preferred Longhorn on special occasions and felt like Outback was international fine dining. He didn't drink much, but every Friday night he'd have a single beer out at dinner, then pretend to be drunk and crack up Estelle and the girls all the way home.
He was a Gaston County rascal to the core who lamented that NASCAR died when Dale Earnhardt did. He thought Arnold Palmer was the last golfer worth watching. John Wayne might have been his hero but the guys on American Pickers had the dream jobs. Lamar had a hat for every party and was cool in a pair of shades. Man, was he fun to be around!
Truth be told, Lamar would not want us to make much of a fuss over his passing. But he would want you to know that Estelle was the love of his life, and he missed her every day after she was gone. Fear not: They're together again, exploring God's universe the way they did before.
He'd want you to know that the happiest times of his life were spent flying down the back roads of Gastonia in a souped-up '58 Pontiac with Lea Ann and Lisa jumping up and down on the bench seats. "Faster, Daddy! Go faster!" He'd press that pedal to the floor as his precious cargo cackled and laughed until they were exhausted. (You could do that in 1971.) Now it's a dream shared only by those three, special and unique and a gift from the man who loved them most.
Lamar would brag about his grandsons, Lee, Matt and Nick. He loved that only Matt could truly appreciate his fantastic sword collection. He was so proud of Nick's military service, though he worried while he was in the desert. And he would give Lee, the oldest, anything he wanted if he only asked. Derick was his son, Amanda was his grand-daughter, there was no need for an "in-law" designation for Lamar. And he'd certainly want you to know that he got to hold great-grandson T.J. in his arms just a few weeks ago, with a grin wide as a hubcap and a heart swollen with devotion. He was, after all, the baby boy in his own family to older sisters Aline, Frances and dearly departed Dot. He'd want Sid to know he respected him a great deal, and there was a special place in his heart for longtime friend and companion Helen. He missed every day the family who'd gone before him: Benny, Lester, David, R.L. and his mom and dad, Janette and Grady. And Lamar loved his mother-in-law, Belle, who's going to outlive us all.
He'd also want all of his family and friends too numerous to mention here to know he loved them, too, and he's sorry if you ever surprised him with a visit only to find him in his tidy whities and not much else.
So if Lamar were still around today, he'd wonder what the big deal was all about. He wouldn't want you to grieve, but instead, do yourself a favor: Tell the people who mean the most to you how much you love them. Fill your days with joy and gratitude. And for goodness' sake, have some fun.
If you're a friend or family and you'd like to swap stories about Lamar with a bunch of like-minded people, we'll be at Carothers on New Hope this Sunday, July 10 (that's today). Visitation starts at 2, service starts at 4.
In lieu of flowers, make a donation to Loray Girls Home, located just down the street from his old garage in West Gastonia.
Carothers Funeral Home at Gaston Memorial Park is serving the family of Lamar Quinn with Dignity and Compassion.


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package net.runelite.client.plugins.notes;

import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JEditorPane;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException;
import javax.swing.text.Document;

import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
import net.runelite.client.ui.PluginPanel;

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.FocusEvent;
import java.awt.event.FocusListener;

@Slf4j
public class NotesPanel extends PluginPanel
{
	private final JEditorPane notesEditor = new JEditorPane();

	void init(NotesConfig config)
	{
		// this may or may not qualify as a hack
		// but this lets the editor pane expand to fill the whole parent panel
		getParent().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
		getParent().add(this, BorderLayout.CENTER);

		setLayout(new BorderLayout());
		setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(2, 6, 6, 6));

		final JLabel notesHeader = new JLabel("Notes");
		add(notesHeader, BorderLayout.NORTH);

		notesEditor.setContentType("text/plain");

		// load note text
		String data = config.notesData();
		notesEditor.setText(data);

		notesEditor.addFocusListener(new FocusListener()
		{
			@Override
			public void focusGained(FocusEvent e)
			{

			}

			@Override
			public void focusLost(FocusEvent e)
			{
				notesChanged(notesEditor.getDocument());
			}

			private void notesChanged(Document doc)
			{
				try
				{
					// get document text and save to config whenever editor is changed
					String data = doc.getText(0, doc.getLength());
					config.notesData(data);
				}
				catch (BadLocationException ex)
				{
					log.warn("Notes Document Bad Location: " + ex);
				}
			}
		});
		add(notesEditor, BorderLayout.CENTER);
	}

	void setNotes(String data)
	{
		notesEditor.setText(data);
	}
}

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In September 2006 Simon Trapnell, the director of the Nature in Art Museum at Wallsworth Hall, Twigworth, Gloucestershire contacted Tina Oloyede to discuss a proposal to stage a fractal art exhibition for the spring of 2007. At a meeting a couple of months later, the format and logistics of setting up the exhibition were finalised. Janet Parke was invited to join Tina as a key exhibitor and to begin the selection process for the remaining exhibition pieces. Invitations were sent out to members of the international fractal art community to submit twelve images each to be considered for inclusion.
The artists other than Janet Parke and Tina Oloyede, whose art was displayed were Elizabeth Thallauer, Etienne Saint-Amant, Samuel Monnier, Kerry Mitchell, Linda McCarthy, Heather Lamb, Damien Jones , Linda Hill, Lenora Clark, Katherine Bendtsen and Ronald Barnett.


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By Tina Peak
Lake Wales Library Director
Library Issues READ Lake Wales 2021 Challenge to Adults
Last updated 2/4/2021 at 8:34am
The Lake Wales Public Library invites adults 18 years of age and older to participate in the READ Lake Wales 2021 Challenge. Participants must be a library card holder from the Polk County Library Cooperative.
The READ Lake Wales 2021 Challenge requires that adults complete 50 books between January 4, 2021 and December 10, 2021. Print, electronic and audio books are all accepted for entries.
Participants may request an official READ Lake Wales 2021 reading log from the Lake Wales Public Library. Reading logs may be picked up at the Lake Wales Public Library, or call the library and request that a log be mailed to you. Participants may also request a fillable book log via email. Each entry must include a brief comment, review or overview of the book.
Once 50 books are read and entered in the reading log, return the completed reading log to the Lake Wales Public Library. Entries must be on the library's reading log.
Book logs can be returned via mail or email, dropped off in the Lake Wales Public Library. Participant's name and contact information must be written on the completed LWPL log. Logs must be returned to the Lake Wales Public Library, with 50 entries no later than 4 p.m., Dec. 10, 2021 to be eligible for the prize drawings.
Books must be read or listened to between January 4, 2021 and December 10, 2021.
Books checked out from any Polk County Library Cooperative site are eligible. Titles can also be from a personal collection. Books read prior to Jan. 4, 2021 are not eligible.
A drawing will be held at 5 p.m., December 10, 2021. Several prizes will be awarded, including the grand prize of a $200 Visa Gift Card.
READ Lake Wales 2021 is made possible by the generous sponsorship of the Lake Wales Library Association and Florida's Natural Growers Foundation's support of the Lake Wales Public Library's Lifelong Learning programs.
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Q: Selenium can't find geckodriver I tried to control firefox with selenium by using geckodriver. The script can't find geckodriver as it said "Message 'geckodriver" executable needs to be in PATH". As I already put geckodriver into /usr/local/bin.
Is there something wrong?

A: If you are using MacOS I strongly recommend using brew. After installing it with brew never had any problems, could use it with selenium easily.
brew install geckodriver

http://brewformulas.org/geckodriver should help :)

A: Phoo, finally I found the solution. According to mantonel. 2016. Web scraping with a Raspberry Pi and Python. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.mantonel.com/tutorials/web-scraping-raspberry-pi-and-python. [Accessed 6 May 2018],
the selenium 3.0.1 doesn't work with Firefox 45.4.0.
It works, after I installed selenium version 2.53.5 (pip3 install selenium==2.53.5)

A: *

*Please make sure you're running on the latest version of selenium and have the latest release of geckodriver.

*

*Update selenium using pip:
pip install -U selenium

*Download geckodriver from here: https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases

*Extract the geckodriver executable and place it in the Scripts folder of the python installations. It should be in this directory
Drive:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python3x\Scripts

*Now simply import and call the driver
from selenium import webdriver
myBrowser = webdriver.Firefox()


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Ex oblivione (en inglés Ex Oblivione) es el nombre que recibe el poema en prosa del escritor de ficción y terror estadounidense, H. P. Lovecraft, escrito a finales de 1920 y principios de 1921.

La obra fue publicada en The United Amateur en marzo de 1921 bajo el pseudónimo Ward Phillips.

Sinopsis
Escrito en primera persona, Ex Oblivione habla de los sueños de un hombre presuntamente listo para morir. En estos, el hombre camina por un valle, se encuentra con una pared cubierta de enredaderas y una puerta de bronce entre ellas, y se pregunta qué es lo que habrá detrás.

Una noche, el hombre sueña con la ciudad de Zakarion donde encuentra un papiro escrito por sabios de sueños que solo existen en el mundo de los sueños. Se dará cuenta que el papiro contiene diferentes versiones de lo que hay más allá: unos dirán que existen inmensas maravillas, mientras que otros argumentarán la existencia de horror y decepción. Es precisamente por las diferentes versiones de lo que hay detrás de la puerta, que el hombre prefiere averiguarlo por sí mismo. Así, leyendo más en el papiro, el hombre aprende que una droga le permitirá abrir la puerta; la toma y cuando vuelve, la puerta está entreabierta.

El hombre descubre que ambas versiones del papiro tienen parte de verdad: lo que hay detrás de la puerta es la maravilla de ser libre del dolor que hay en el mundo real y la sorpresa que en realidad no hay nada más allá de la puerta que el infinito de la muerte.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Ex Oblivione
 El poema en inglés en LibriVox, en Commons.

Cuentos de H. P. Lovecraft


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The O.C. Fan Art: Ryan Atwood Season One Pencil Sketch!
Here we have a very awesome pencil sketch of Ryan Atwood drawn by AmelieMe. This work of art comes complete with hoodie/jacket combo, leather choker and Ryan's famous "Whoever you want me to be." sad Chino pout (he can convey so much in a look). However we do believe the face shading has aged Ryan a bit here and makes this supposed teen look to be around 35 to 40 years old! But all jokes aside this is a fantastic sketch maybe even the best we've seen. Check out more awesome artwork by AmelieMe here!


At dinner the other night, a few of us were discussing films we've seen recently and The King's Speech came up. It demonstrates (quite remarkably) a few tools. Have you seen it? If so, what tools and concepts did you see at work? Which character do you most identify with most?


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Annals of Invading My Own Privacy
Back last year at the tail end of my trip to Copenhagen for reboot, Nikolaj Nyholm and I took a walk in a park and he related to me his new involvement with a bunch of brilliant image processing minds. That "involvement" eventually became a living, breathing project, termed Polar Rose.
The company's task is to develop applications that will "give meaning to digital photos and allow these to be indexable just like text documents on the web are today." In its simplest form this means "automatically figuring out who's in photos."
After a long development ramp-up, Polar Rose launched a private beta of the current version of their web-based system today, and after a bit of ego-surfing to web to locate photos of myself, this is what it looks like:
In its current incarnation the Polar Rose beta is built around a Firefox plug-in that, as you browse the web, sticks a clickable icon on top of any image where it can pick out a person's face. At your option you can click on the image and provide the name of the person it has identified. This data gets sent to the Polar Rose server where it joins their index of "who's in photos."
Ultimately — although not yet in its public form — their technology will be able to automatically identify people in photos using the clues it has obtained from previous human-submitted identifications.
Obviously this has some significant implications for privacy. For some people it's problematic to have anonymous photos of themselves on the web, let along ones that can be Googled. In this blog post from last December Nikolaj attempts to address some of these concerns. This is certainly an ongoing issue, and one they'll have to be ever-vigilant about addressing as they move forward.
As with other self-inflicted wounds against my personal privacy (see Plazes et al), I think it's important to dive headlong into experiments like Polar Rose precisely because of the privacy implications of the technology. I don't want Wal-Mart to be able to auto-tag me as I roll in the front door, but you gotta imagine that it's coming soon. To say nothing of CSE and their ilk.
At the very least I want to have some personal familiarity with the technology terrain before this happens so that I can understand what evil can be wrought against me; otherwise I'm just a naive sitting duck.
All that said, the technology that underlies Polar Rose, when it's working full tilt, is one of those things that will appear tantamount to magic (it's already pretty magical that it can figure what's a face and what isn't). In other words, it's pretty cool.
Polar Rose
Written August 3, 2007 at 2:13 p.m. by Peter Rukavina


Learn what daily data backups are, what they include and just what they mean for your data and email messages.
A backup is a copy of an Internet site which is kept on another hosting server and can be restored if something wrong happens with the live Internet site - a failed script update, an accidental deletion of a file or of the entire database, and so on. Restoring the site the way it was shall eradicate or reduce the damage the issue may have caused, that is by all means a certainly better alternative than having to reconstruct your entire website from scratch. Although you could download a copy of your content on your personal computer, keeping a backup is a feature that almost all hosting providers offer as part of their plans. You'll have to check how frequently they do that, though, because some companies create a backup just once every 7 days, which may be far from enough for a booking Internet site or an e-commerce portal where the data is updated every day. You should also see how fast and easy a backup can be restored, which could be essential if some problem appears on your website.
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(MMFF 2014) "My Big Bossing" Full Movie Trailer, Cast, and Information
ekmanalaysay 8:00:00 AM FILIPINO FILMS, MOVIE TRAILERS AND INFO
The official full movie trailer of the 3-in-1 adventure movie, "My Big Bossing" was recently released by OctoArts Films in their youtube account. "My Big Bossing" features three episodes of fun and adventure starring Ryzza Mae Dizon and Vic Sotto. Also stars in one of the episodes are Nikki Gil, Nino Muhlach, Alonzo Muhlach, Jose Manalo, and Marian Rivera.
"My Big Bossing" Summary/Synopsis/Plot
From the producers that brought you "My Little Bossings," OctoArts Films, MZet Films, and APT Entertainment, come another movie with big 3-in-1 adventures. Ryzza Mae Dizon and Vic Sotto star in a three-episode motion picture with titles "Sirena," "TakTak," and "Prinsesa."
"My Big Bossing" can be considered as an independent movie and not a sequel to last year's hit, due to some reasons, of which the exclusion of James "Bimby" Aquino-Yap in this film. Another reason might be the genre of this film, which is far more different than last year's entry of the same producers.
Based on the feedback from last year's movie entry, fans of Ryzza Mae Dizon and Vic Sotto were disappointed with the movie due to excessive product placements inside/within the movie. I do hope this will not be the case in "My Big Bossing" MMFF 2014 entry.
Watch the "My Big Bossing" full movie trailer below. Enjoy!


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These Certain People
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These Certain People' are a six-piece band who infuse an impressive energy within every live set. With a colourful repertoire extending from Buggles and Jesse J to The Killers and ABBA and from Cream to Faithless and so on… TCP deliver tight harmonies and produce a professional sound that has been honed during the band's extensive experience of playing live music, of late TCP were asked to perform at the 2 day Henley Rewind Festival which attracts up to 40,000 visitors each year and are hoping to return this year.
The list of Festivals they are performing at so far this year is growing fast. Drawing on the knowledge from such diverse backgrounds has allowed TCP to create a broad appeal to people of all generations and tastes. TCP are therefore, guaranteed to rock the Bier Keller
Doors open 7pm, Act 9.45pm
(Standing only in Bier Keller)
From Friday 17th December the requirement to show an NHS COVID pass will come into force for the Keller Live Music Events and Après Nightclub. All guests MUST show proof of having been double vaccinated or a lateral flow test. This test must have been completed within the 48 hour period prior to entering the venue(s). Both the NHS COVID pass or lateral flow test result must be presented on a mobile device via the NHS App. There will be no exceptions as this is in line with the Government regulations
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Celebrating seasonal festivals is important to us in Tigh a'Chomainn.
In our Monday House Meeting we discuss and decide together how we would like to celebrate any forthcoming festival.
We will look forward to Christmas during Advent Time by lighting the Advent Wreath. Some of us may decide that we would like to attend carol concerts or other Christmas preparations.
We have fun already on St. Nicholas Day (December 6th), which is already celebrated as Christmas in many countries, through receiving a small gift at breakfast time.
On Christmas Eve we join the Christmas Eve celebration at Newton Dee and then return to Tigh a'Chomainn to light our Christmas Tree and have a peaceful meal together.
Christmas Day is a time for fun, presents and a good meal!
During Christmas time we may also decide on the panto, concerts or movies.
There is naturally time to see and be with our family and friends.
Candlemas is on February 2nd when we light earth candles in the garden to celebrate the idea that, although it may sometimes feel like the middle of winter, Spring may not be so very far away.
Shrove Tuesday, (Pancake Tuesday) the day before the beginning of Lent, is celebrated as Carnival in many countries so – apart from eating pancakes – we may also decide to join our friends in Newton Dee for a big dressing up party.
Lent itself is a more peaceful time that calls for reflection. We might meet together to talk about our lives and the things that are important to us. We might also decide to give something up or…take something extra up for someone else.
Easter is marked with a festive breakfast and readings.
And after lunch there is an Easter Egg hunt!
We celebrate Ascension Day by going on an outing into Deeside or having a Community Meal together.
W e celebrate Harvest Festival on Michaelmas Day (September 29th) with a Community Meal together and Michaelmas Readings.
We may also celebrate Festivals that are well known by some of our residents or co-workers: Chinese or Korean New Year, Santa Lucia and ……Birthdays are Very Important and are enjoyed in whatever way the Birthday Person may wish.


Wanting to keep stuffed animal toys just like kids next door is per part of childhood desire. Not only that, a stuffed animal toy from friends or boyfriend is a desiring gift of girls too! This Stuffed Elephant Plush Pillow Toy is ideal as a gift for kids, wife and girlfriend. With its smooth touch feeling and huggable size, it will impress your kids, wife and girlfriend a lot!


A bill that would replace the state's A-F grading system for public schools flew through the Senate Education Committee on Monday with little opposition.
Senate Bill 229, sponsored by Sen. Mimi Stewart, D-Albuquerque, would kill singular letter grades and, instead, set up a dashboard system with the aim to provide more information about schools.
Stewart told the committee the dashboards would still show academic achievement but it would also include other types of information including schools' goals, missions, curriculums and teacher quality.
Representatives from major local teachers unions and school districts – including Albuquerque Public Schools – backed the bill.
New Mexico's current grading system for public schools was signed into law by then-Gov. Susana Martinez in 2011.
It relies on student standardized test scores, graduation rates and reading improvement to issue annual letter grades to schools.
But critics have argued the system stigmatizes and punishes low-performing schools.
Although there was no opposition from the public during Monday's hearing, Sen. Craig Brandt, R-Rio Rancho, said he liked the simplicity of an A-F system and was "still thinking through" Senate Bill 229.
Brandt, who voted in opposition, also said his primary concern, as a parent, was academic information about schools.
Under the bill, schools would be identified for additional federal funds and other support via proficiency and growth in math, English and science on statewide assessments. High schools' graduation rates would also be evaluated.


Mr. Frank Siclari has been hired as Becton Regional High School's head wrestling coach.
The Becton Wrestling Team is proud to announce its new coach, Mr. Frank Siclari.
Coach Siclari has a strong work history as head coach for Chatham High School's wrestling team and assistant coach for Saint Joseph Regional High School located in Montvale.
The previous coach, Mr. Settembrino, chose to step down from the position to spend more time with his family. "That is my main priority right now," he said. This will be Coach Settembrino's first time without a wrestling obligation dating back to when he was six years old.
However, the physical education instructor stated that he isn't quite done yet. He plans to return to the mat this season to contribute as a volunteer coach so he can continue to work one-on-one with the wrestlers to help them improve.
"I don't know what will happen yet, but I want to wait for my son to grow up and make his own decisions, and if he wants to wrestle, I will too. His choice will determine my decision of coming back," mentioned Coach Sett.
Becton's athletic director, Ms. Giancaspro, stated, "I have met him [Mr. Siclari] when I first interviewed him with Mr. Settembrino. He's young and knowledgeable." She feels that Mr. Siclari will continue the great success that Mr. Settembrino left at Becton.


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Q: Как обработать все кнопки одним мтеодом Winforms? Нашел такой сайт - https://vscode.ru/prog-lessons/kalkulyator-na-c-sharp-oop.html
Где рассказывают как создать калькулятор на WinForms.
И там для каждой клавишы (от 0 до 9) свой метод.
Возможно как то сделать одним методом все эти клавишы.
Заранее спасибо.

A: Да конечно нужно смотреть кто sender. Пребразовать в button и взять его текст.
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County budget: DSS requests positions to handle program
Chris Lavender / Times-News
GRAHAM � The Alamance County Department of Social Services is seeking to add 15 positions to its economic services staff in 2015-16 to assist with processing requirements mandated by NC Fast.
DSS Director Susan Osborne presented her request to the commissioners Thursday during a budget retreat. Of the 15 positions, 11 would be full time with the remaining four being part-time positions for the next two years.
Osborne said the department�s projected expenditures in 2015-16 are $23,304,460 with $17,259,522 in federal and state revenues. DSS� total request in local funding for the new fiscal year is $6,044,938. The department was approved $6,356,554 for fiscal 2014-15 in local funding. The local funding request for fiscal 2015-16 represents a 4.9 percent decrease.
The 15 new positions requested, if approved, would allow DSS to cut back on using temporary staff to process NC Fast applications and recertifications. During the past year, mandatory staff overtime and 30 temporary workers have been used to process applications and recertifications for NC Fast.
The proposed DSS budget also provides funding for the expansion of the Northwoods Computer Software for the department�s Child Support division, to assist with meeting increased service demands and to have the entire agency operating on the same computer system. The cost for the expansion would be $182,619, of which $80,589 would be reimbursed.
COUNTY HEALTH Director Stacie Saunders presented her fiscal 2015-16 budget request to the commissioners, which represents a 5.5 percent decrease as compared to fiscal 2014-15. The request for fiscal 2015-16 is $7,210,101.
The approved budget for fiscal 2014-15 was $7,630,668, which included funding to help implement the health department�s new electronic record keeping system. This hardware cost doesn�t roll over to fiscal 2015-16.
Saunders� requested budget includes funding a position in environmental health to assist with a backlog of needs. The position was first created in the 2007-08 fiscal year but never filled due to a funding freeze.
The health department also oversees the annual budget for the Dental Clinic Program and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. The budget for dental is self-sustaining and doesn�t require county dollars. Its projected budget for fiscal 2015-16 is $1,007,007 down from $1,012,007 approved in fiscal 2014-15.
Saunders said state and federal funds sustain the WIC program. WIC caseloads across the state continue to decrease. The projected budget for fiscal 2015-16 is $823,433 which is a 5.2 decrease from fiscal 2014-15 when $868,904 was approved for the program.
THE COUNTY INSPECTIONS Department is requesting $598,883 in fiscal 2015-16. This represents an 8.7 percent decrease from fiscal 2014-15 when $655,968 was approved for the budget.
County Inspections Director Robert Key said during the budget retreat that he decided not to fill a vacated supervisor position. Last month, the inspections department approved 33 new home permits and overall revenues for the current fiscal year are ahead of projections. The department also decided recently to cut two vehicles from its fleet saving some county dollars.
Key who was hired in February as the new inspections director said he had reviewed the county permit fee schedule and would likely present a recommendation to the board soon about possible changes. Commissioner Dan Ingle recommended Key compare the county�s permit fee schedule to counties of comparable size in population.
THE COUNTY LANDFILL, which operates on a self-sustaining enterprise fund, is projected to need $3,526,185 for 2015-16. County Solid Waste Director Greg Thomas said the landfill expects to spend 9.7 percent less than it did in fiscal 2014-15. The landfill�s budget for fiscal 2014-15 was $3,903,147.
Thomas said the landfill�s fund balance or savings account has $20 million of which about $7 million is unrestricted. The restricted funds would be used for closure and post-closure costs when needed. The landfill�s life cycle has about another 80 years of life.
The landfill�s capital outlay requests for fiscal 2015-16 include $40,000 for a skid steer loader which would be used for many facets at the landfill operation. They are used to safely grip, move and load scrap metal, large appliances, and other large bulky material.
Another capital outlay request for the landfill is to spend $180,000 to construct a 2,500-square-foot pre-engineered metal shop building near the landfill working face operation. This building would consist of an open shop area for repairing and servicing heavy equipment.
Thomas said the metal shop building also would feature a small office and break room area for workers to use and store some supplies. Thomas said he believed a heavy equipment mechanic position would be needed in the future at the landfill but is not included in his budget request for 2015-16.
REGISTER OF DEEDS Hugh Webster was scheduled to present his budget request but was unable to attend the session. According to the county, the requested budget for his office for fiscal 2015-16 is $721,575 as compared to $695,914 approved in 2014-15. The budget request for fiscal 2015-16 represents a 3.7 percent increase.
The request includes $5,000 more for supplies and materials.
County Finance Officer Susan Roberts discussed the county�s debt service for 2015-16 as well. The county�s total debt is $57,297,611. Roberts said the county was scheduled to pay off $11,045,073 of its debt in fiscal 2015-16. The total debt owed by the county will be $49,649,671 at the end of fiscal 2015-16.
Commissioner David Smith attended the budget retreat session on Thursday after not being present for the sessions on Monday and Wednesday.
The board is scheduled to meet at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday to hear budget requests from outside agencies, including the Alamance-Burlington School System and Alamance Community College. The budget retreat sessions are held at 124 W. Elm St., Graham at the county administration building�s second floor meeting room.


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Nice Curls: These pedals unfurl in unison, almost looking like some sort of exotic musical instrument. I wonder what kind of sounds it would make?
Questa la conosco molto bene. E ribadisco il mio giudizio: delicata ed incantevole.
Excellent!!! This is an interesting and well-composed capture, Laura.
This is a lovely capture with the curly green fronds offset by the orangey foreground and lovely Bokeh.