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Edward T. Robinson Jr.
March 13, 1924 – October 15, 2020
Edward Temple Robinson Jr., 96 years, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends on Oct. 15, 2020.
Ed was born on March 13, 1924, in Waterloo, Nebraska, to Agnes and Edward (Ted) Robinson. He graduated from Waterloo High School and continued his education at the University of Nebraska and UNO. Ed joined his family seed business, JC Robinson Seed Company, after the death of his father and led the operation as President for 55 years. In 1972, Ed was instrumental in the inception of the Golden Harvest Seed brand, which continues today. He was a member of the Elkhorn Masonic Lodge where he received his 70-year pin and in 2001 was recognized by Aksarben as their Agricultural Man of the Year. Ed also served as President of the corn and sorghum division of the American Seed Trade Association.
Ed met the love of his life, Donna Deffenbaugh, on a Missouri River barge. They were married in 1946 and had four children. He was a man of many talents with a curiosity for learning new skills. He enjoyed photography, lapidary work, cooking, gardening, hunting, fishing, and boating - especially deep sea adventures on the Sea of Cortez. Ed had a deep appreciation of Native American culture and was a collector of art. He cared about the needs of others and has been involved in many philanthropic endeavors over the years.
Ed will be greatly missed by his children: Doug (Gina) Robinson of Omaha; Sara (Gil) Ziff of New York City; Sandra (Marty) Blount of West Des Moines; and Edward III-Rob (Cheryl) Robinson of Omaha. He is also survived by his 10 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild.
Ed was preceded in death by his wife, Donna; his sister, Carol McLean; and his parents. The family would like to extend a special thank you to those friends who showed great care and compassion to Ed in his final months.
Funeral services will be held at Reichmuth Funeral Home, 21901 W. Maple Rd, Elkhorn, Nebraska, on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow nearby at Prospect Hill Cemetery. Memorial gifts may be sent to the Agnes Robinson Waterloo Public Library, 23704 Cedar Drive, Waterloo, NE 68069.
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We are very sorry for your loss of a wonderful person. He will be missed.
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Very sorry to hear this news, but wow what a great man. It was an honor to have worked for him! I´ll never forget Ed´s closings at our meetings, he would simply grab the closest piece of paper jot down a few notes and sent us out the door ready to change the seed industry every time.
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Q: java convert binary/ocal/hex double values I have a double value in binary/octal/hex format and would like to convert them between each other. I was able to do it with integer values like this
  Long l = Long.valueOf(value, FORMAT_FROM); //FORMAT_FROM -> 2 || 8 || 16
  //and then
  Long.toHexString(l) //or
  Long.toBinaryString(l) //or
  Long.toOctalString(l)

The decimal value 11.13 should be (checked this with a calculator):
  13.102436561   //Octal
  1011.001000011 //Binary
  B.2147AE148  //Hex

Any idea or hint how to get there?

A: Long is simply a 64-bit signed integer and does not accept fractional values. Do the same thing except with Double:
  Double d = Double.valueOf(value, FORMAT_FROM); //FORMAT_FROM -> 2 || 8 || 16
  //and then
  Double.toHexString(d) //or

Sadly binary and octal are not directly available.

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What to know about diamonds in the US
A $50,000 diamond from the late 18th century could fetch $1.5 million at auction this week, a record for a diamond earring and one of the highest prices ever for a gem.
The rare diamond was discovered in 1894 in the village of Dix, in South Africa, by diamond dealer Charles Lutens.
It is the second highest priced earring in the world, with the record-holder, the $100,000 "Rudy" earring, auctioned for $4.5 billion in 2009.
Dix is a gem mine, and it has one of South Africa's most prized diamonds, the Rangoon gem gemstone.
It produces a staggering 40% of the world's diamonds.
The mine has produced over 100,000 diamonds since the early 1970s, making it one of Africa's largest diamond producers.
Dawn Bowers, a spokeswoman for the Department of Justice, said Wednesday the sale of the earring could raise more than $1 million.
She did not give a price.
The gem is valued at about $1,500.
Dennis Luteng, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, said the buyer of the diamond is not required to disclose the source of the diamonds, but said it was a well-known diamond producer in South America and an official representative of the company that makes it.
The Department of State also did not respond to requests for comment.
How to Use Diamond Grill To Get A Diamond Wallpaper
Engadgets review article Diamond Grill is an all-in-one app for iPhone, iPad and Android that allows users to make and customize their own diamond grill.
The app offers a variety of options to make the most of the grill's sleek and efficient design.
The design of the Diamond Grill app is so stylish that it is often referred to as the diamond grill of the kitchen.
The diamond grill can also be used to make some amazing decorations, and its simplicity allows users the freedom to use the app for anything.
The diamonds can be used for decorating, lighting up the space, creating some of the most unique and elegant furniture, or just decorating the area around you.
If you are looking to create some awesome decor, you can make a custom diamond grill for your home.
Here are the five most popular diamond grill ideas and their pros and cons.1.
Diamine diamond grill diamond,diamine wallpapers,dish,wallpaper article Diamond grill is an app for iPhones, iPad, and Android which allows users, who want to customize their diamond grill, to do just that.
This diamond grill will provide a great look and feel for your room, or can even be used as a decoration.
The Diamina diamond grill is available for purchase at various online diamond stores.
This type of diamond grill allows you to make a diamond grill with different styles and materials.
The options available include black diamond, yellow diamond, blue diamond, and more.
For those who want something different, you might want to consider a diamond that has been dyed, a diamond from a specific country, or even a diamond of your own design.
A diamond grill like this can also add a lot of fun to a room, and you can decorate your room with it.
It can even provide some of your favorite decor ideas.2.
Diamond Grill wallpaper diamond,wallpapers,wallwallpapers article If you're looking for a diamond wall wallpaper to decorate the inside of your home, this is a great option.
You can make the diamond wallpaper for your bedroom, bathroom, or office, or for a kitchen counter.
This will make it more attractive for those who are looking for something different.
The option to customize the wallpaper for this wall is also available.
The Diamond Grill Wallpaper app lets you create the wallpaper of your choice, which is easy to do.
The wallpaper you choose will be automatically placed in the room.
You will be able to edit the color, shape, and size of the diamond, which will then make the wallpaper look like you are making it yourself.
This can make it a great choice for a space that you would like to have a beautiful, custom diamond wall.3.
Diamond grill wallpaper,wall,wall wallpaper article If your kitchen needs some special attention, this diamond grill wallpaper is a wonderful option.
The custom diamond is easy enough to make, and will add some of that special touch to your home that a diamond will not.
The wall is available in a wide range of sizes and patterns, and it can be created by you or a friend.
This is a beautiful and unique diamond wall that can be customized to suit your taste.
It also has a unique feature that allows you, your friend, or any other guest to add a diamond to the diamond wall, making it look like a diamond dish.4.
Diamond wallpapers diamond,paper,walling,wall paper article If diamond grill isn't the right fit for your kitchen, you have other options.
If your diamond is in the wrong size or shape, you may need to add decorative pieces.
If the diamond isn't perfect, you could choose to make it into a diamond, or decorate it with other items.
There are also many other options available to make your diamond wall even more beautiful.5.
Diamond Wallpapers diamond wallpaper,paper wallpaper,cotton wallpaper article Diamond wallpaper can be one of the best options for decorators who want a diamond-themed wall.
This wallpaper is available at a wide variety of online diamond store locations.
The idea of this diamond wall is simple, but you can also create your own custom wall.
You could add a pattern, color, or pattern of your choosing.
This wall can be made for a small, medium, or large size, and can be decorated with any type of items you like.
It's a great way to add some unique flair to your kitchen or home.
It will also give your diamond a nice and natural look.
When it comes to the future of food, there's no shortage of innovation, says David Goldfarb
Goldfarber, the chief operating officer of restaurant consultancy Chainalysis, believes the rise of restaurant chains like Burger King, Panera Bread, and Olive Garden is a trend that's only just beginning to take off.
"There's no doubt that the fast food business has a future, but the future that it has in the future is not necessarily in the restaurant," Goldfarbs says.
"We've seen a lot of consolidation in the past decade or so, but it's not just restaurant chains, but we have other large chains that are moving into this space as well."
According to Goldfarbers research, there are now more than 500 restaurant chains operating in the United States, a number that's projected to double by 2020.
These chains are all focused on one thing, and one thing only: serving delicious food.
And that's where the industry is going.
Goldfarbes research found that nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population has been served at least one meal at a restaurant in the last year.
And according to Goldfaris research, this number will continue to grow.
The next wave of restaurants is in the works, with a number of companies like Chipotle, Shake Shack, and Panera among the newest to enter the market.
"When I talk about a restaurant business, it is very, very simple.
You start with the premise of, we want to serve delicious food," Goldfarias co-founder, David Goldfavis, said in a press release.
"Then you build the business around that premise, and you take the best ingredients and you bring them to life.
That's the business model that Chipotle has."
Chipotle and Shake Shack are among the companies that are also expanding their menus, with Shake Shack adding more than 20 new locations this year.
It's hard to say how many of these restaurants will ultimately succeed, but Goldfarbos research indicates that the trend of ordering at least some food at restaurants is set to continue.
"I think it's just going to continue to get more and more mainstream and more and less and less niche," Goldafaris says.
"[But] I think the food will still be served.
I think it will be as ubiquitous and as accessible as the food is now."
For Goldfaras research, Goldfarbis restaurant was chosen because it offers a menu of traditional American fare like hamburgers, burgers, and wings, and also offers a wide variety of salads, sandwiches, and desserts.
In addition, Goldfariais restaurant serves a wide range of dishes from the Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Asian cultures, which are all staples in the fast-casual market.
For this research, Chainalysis partnered with Food & Wine, which offers a food industry newsletter, to conduct the survey of 1,000 people who work in the food industry.
The results of the survey revealed that the average worker in the industry earned more than $150,000 a year, and the average person who works in the service industry earned an average of $80,000 annually.
"This is one of the most challenging jobs in our industry, but if you're able to do it and do it well, you're going to be able to earn more," Gold Farbans executive vice president of research, David Goldstein, said.
"People who work for the restaurants are going to have to be very creative in how they do things."
According the survey, people who are in this type of job make up around 15 percent of the overall food industry workforce, and they earn an average $80 per hour.
The top 10 industries by worker income in the U, as of January 2018, were: Retail Sales & Services, $74,900; Transportation & Warehousing, $73,800; Food & Beverage, $72,500; Retail & Wholesale Trade, $70,800, and Construction, $69,900.
According to the Food & wine, a $20 million investment will make the restaurant chain more profitable than the average restaurant.
Goldfias restaurant will be located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, near the Staples Center.
The restaurant is expected to open by 2020, and it will have over 100 employees on site.
Diamond Watch, Diamond Tennis Chain, Different Diamond Cut: Watch This
| Diamonds are no longer the only thing that's going to melt away.
A new diamond-studded gadget called the Diamond Watch is being unveiled this week by a Chinese electronics company, according to The Verge.
The device is intended for the "extreme sports" community.
Its design is reminiscent of an "elephant watch," the Verge reports, and it's powered by the same lithium-ion battery as the first-generation Diamond Watch.
But its diamond-bladed wrist band is actually made of titanium.
"Diamonds have been around for a long time, but now they have a new place to shine," the company says on its website.
"The diamond watch gives you a real time-keeping experience, like no other watch."
While the watch is technically limited to "extreme sport" use, it does have some interesting features.
The first is a ring-shaped display that's capable of displaying time and distance, and the second is a battery-powered alarm clock that can be set to wake the wearer at a certain time or time when the wearer is at the edge of his or her comfort zone.
The third is an alarm that automatically turns on the watch's battery when the alarm is activated.
The Diamond Watch has a price tag of $300, and you can pre-order it online.
Its release is expected to coincide with the International Diamond Week in May.
Diamond grill adds $25,000 in security to your car, boat, RV, SUV
DUSTIN, Texas — Diamond grill maker Diamond Grill Inc. is adding security to every vehicle, boat and RV, and adding $25.4 million in new security to the vehicles it sells and rents out.
Diamond Grill said Wednesday it will upgrade the vehicle's doors, doors, windows and windows, which can hold more than 50 pounds of explosives, and add a security system.
Diamond grill said it's working on adding a $100,000 security deposit for each vehicle it rents out, and it's also working on improving the security of rental cars and boats.
The company also said it will add a new car safety deposit system for each rental vehicle it offers.
Diamond said it has more than 2,000 vehicles available, and said the company has invested in new vehicles, like a $1 million pickup that is equipped with a new safety system.

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1. How do I log into Clever as a teacher?
5. How do I change my password in the Portal?
6. How do I reach out to my district's support contact?
How do I log into Clever as a teacher?
Go to your district's Clever Portal login page, which should follow the format https://clever.com/in/<district name> (e.g., clever.com/in/cleverusd). If you don't know your district's Clever login page, you can go to clever.com/login and look for your school. If you cannot find your school, please ask your district administrator where you should go to log into Clever.
Log in with your district username and password. Your username and password are set up by your school district. They may be your teacher number, ID, or email address. For specific instructions on using Clever Passwords, Google, or Active Directory, keep on reading!
From your Clever Portal, you can click on an application, view your Classes, configure your Teacher Page, check out the Clever Library, or help a student!
If you are using the 'Log in with Clever' button, enter your district username and password. Your username and password are set up by your school district. They may be your teacher number, ID, or email address.
You can click the 'Get help signing in!' link to reset your password using the email linked to your Clever account. Please note: not all districts allow teachers to reset their own password. If you do not see the option to reset your password, or if this doesn't resolve the issue, please reach out to your district administrator for help with your Clever username and password.
Please note: not all districts allow teachers to reset their own Google password. If you do not see the option to reset your password, or if this doesn't resolve the issue, please reach out to your district's support desk for help with your Google email and password.
If you are still having trouble when using your school Google account, please ask your district administrator to confirm the correct school email that is associated with your accoun tin Clever. If they are still seeing an issue, they can contact Clever Support.
If you see a message similar to 'Incorrect user ID or password', you will need to reach out to your district administrator for help with accessing your account.
If you are logging into Clever through Google, Active Directory or LDAPS, Clever is unable to change your password. This is because our system does not have access to your actual password in these instances. If you've double-checked that you used the correct credentials but are still having trouble logging in, please reach out to your district administrator for assistance.
How do I reach out to my district support contact?
You can find your district support contact information by clicking the 'Get help signing in!' link on the Clever login screen. From here, you should see an email or phone number where you can reach the support contact for your district.
Make sure to share this with your students and parents, too!


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Cop Rock
The Cop Rock TV show was a 60 minute police musical drama series that
featured crimes as vicious as any seen on TV but this series stood out from
the others in one major way! The killers, drug dealers, corrupt politicians,
and other evil-doers would regularly break out in song! In a world where it
sometimes seems like everything on TV is a copy of something else, Cop Rock
certainly didn't fall into that trap! Unfortunately, it also didn't appeal
to enough viewers to stay on the air! TV Guide ranked it #8 on TV Guide's
List of the 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time list in 2002.
Barbara Bosson ............ Mayor Louise Plank
Ronny Cox ................. Chief Roger Kendrick
Larry Joshua .............. CaptainJohn Hollander
Peter Onorati ............. Detective Vincent LaRusso
David Gianopoulos ......... Officer Andy Campo
Anne Bobby ................ Officer Vicki Quinn
Ron McLarty ............... Detective Lt. Ralph Ruskin
James McDaniel ............ Officer Franklin Rose
Mick Murray ............... Detective Joseph Gaines
Paul McCrane .............. Detective Bob McIntire
Vondie Curtis-Hall ........ Cmdr. Warren Osborne
William Thomas Jr. ........ Detective William Donald Potts
Teri Austin ............... Trish Vaughn
Dennis Lipscomb ........... Sidney Weitz
Jeffrey Alan Chandler ..... Ray Rodbart
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A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Brian graduated from Saint Xavier High School in 1999. Brian attended the University of Kentucky, where he graduated cum laude with a degree in political science in 2003. He then received his law degree cum laude from the University of Louisville in 2007. While in law school, Brian was a member of the University of Louisville's National Moot Court team for 2 years and he also won the school's Pirtle-Washer Moot Court competition.
Contact Brownfield Dufour PLLC for your free consultation.
From 2007 through 2011, Brian worked as an associate at Thompson Miller & Simpson, PLC, where he represented hospitals, physicians, health care providers, automobile manufacturers, businesses and individuals in Kentucky and federal courts.
From 2012 through 2015, Brian was a partner at the law firm of Rosing & Brownfield, PLLC, where he represented individuals who were injured in automobile, trucking, and motorcycle accidents, as well as those who were injured from medical negligence or malpractice. Brian also gained experience in criminal defense during this time. While at Rosing & Brownfield, he also represented a number of small businesses in the Louisville area as their outside general counsel, where he drafted and negotiated contracts and provided general legal advice for businesses.
Brian continues to fight for the rights of injured people at Brownfield Dufour PLLC, which is located at 607 W. Main Street, Suite 301, Louisville, Kentucky 40202. Brian's primary areas of focus are medical negligence, auto accidents, criminal defense, and business law.
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You can expect to have an awesome week of adventure away from the normal routine and distractions of home. To help everyone fully engage in camp and be spared from the angst of lost, broken, or stolen phones, tablets, etc., all electronic devices will be safely stored upon arrival at camp. Students are allowed to have their devices on the ride to and from camp, but while at camp it's very important to be unplugged.
Also, extra money is not necessary. The camp cost covers all activities and outings and you can bring your own snacks, but if you'd like to buy any treats from the Canteen or any apparel from the camp store, students may bring some spending money. We recommend not bringing a large amount though. Snacks range from $1-$4 and camp apparel ranges from $10-$25.


There is no clear answer to the question of how much water you need to drink every day, because it depends on a number of factors (the state of your health, your activity, etc.). Usually every day we tend to lose a lot of water through sweating, breathing and urinating. As a consequence, there is a need to consume more water to make up for the losses.
It is not entirely wise to drink water just to quench your thirst, you should take the habit of drinking water at regular intervals throughout the day. The food contains about 20% of your total water consumption, but in addition it is also recommended to drink about 8 glasses of water every day.
Your water consumption also depends on the place in which you live, and the climatic conditions in it. In hot, humid weather, it becomes necessary to consume extra water, because a large amount of water is lost through sweating, which increases the risk of dehydration. In the cold season or at high altitudes, urination occurs more often, which also leads to a loss of a large amount of fluid in the body.
The state of health in turn also affects the level of water consumption. In case you suffer from health problems such as fever, fever, vomiting, or diarrhea, this results in excessive fluid loss by the body. Pregnant women should also drink more water, because they have a higher risk of getting dehydrated. Therefore, drink more often during the day to keep fit and be healthy.
You can manage for several weeks without food, but you can not last more than a few days without water. Water is the most important nutrient for life.
Continue Reading: Hydration: How much and what is recommended to drink?
Force loads cause water loss through sweating. You can prevent dehydration by drinking enough water after exercise.
Your muscles need water to recover from the force. If you do not drink enough water, then you will limit the growth of the musculature.
You need to consume about 25 grams of fiber per day for optimal digestion, but since fiber needs a connection with water, it will be useless if you do not drink enough water.
An empty stomach makes you think that you are hungry. Drinking water can fill your stomach and make you feel less hungry.
Clean drinking water regulates the temperature of your body, prevents kidney stones, improves skin condition, facilitates the work of joints, etc.
No wonder they say that water is the source of life, the existence of all life on our planet depends on water. Pay proper attention to this component of your life, and it will surely become even better. Filtered water has numerous proven health benefits of tap water. UKh20 offer a great range of filtered water taps to suit your needs.


Barefoot running was initiated as an observation of many long distance runners from Kenya performed well in competition and trained barefoot. Their lifestyle involved them being barefoot much of their lives and the bottom of their feet became adapted to this over many years and thus the skin was thought to be much thicker and tougher than those who grew up wearing shoes on a daily basis. It did not take long for runners who tried barefoot running to notice that their feet had thin and sensitive soles and cuts, blisters, skin breakdown and pain limited their running. We have all experienced what stepping on a small rock while barefoot feels like. Now try it at a running pace. Thus minimalist shoes were created that fit like a very short sock and have a rubber-like bottom to protect the sole of the foot.
Barefoot running and running in minimalist shoes have been a "buzz" over the past 5 years. It is estimated that 25-30% of runners have tried running in minimalist footwear on a regular basis and only 2% run barefoot routinely. Approximately 20% of people surveyed reported trying to run barefoot.
People who promote barefoot/minimalist-shoe running suggest that it changes the biomechanics of the running style and thus strengthens the foot muscles and changes the forces of impact on the legs. They feel this can reduce certain injuries. An article in March 2014 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine analyzed current research regarding barefoot running and concluded, "running injuries are the result of many factors and running without your shoes is least likely to be the mitigating factor". Studies have shown that 73% of 800 meter and 1500 meter runners have a midfoot or forefoot striking pattern but 89% of half and full marathoners are rearfoot strikers.
The theories on how barefoot running will prevent injury are it reduces impact and reduces the load on the knees. Both of these theories presume changes in mechanics occur with barefoot running by the runner landing in a midfoot or forefoot strike pattern opposed to a heel strike pattern. It has been shown that only 40-50% of barefoot runners change to a midfoot or forefoot striking pattern thus most still strike on their heels. Impact on the heel has been associated with stress related injuries to the tibia (larger lower leg bone). By changing the strike pattern of the foot, the impact is thought to reduce the tibia and knee loading but those forces are now transferred to the foot, ankle and calf muscle. It has been shown that barefoot runners have a higher incidence of foot stress fractures.
Our philosophy is if you wish to change your running style to a midfoot / forefoot striking pattern, we recommend preparing your body's structures which will become more active. Also, take advantage of the millions of dollars the running shoe companies have spent on designing shock absorbing and traction promoting soles. If you have any questions regarding preparing your body for running, properly matching your foot and ankle type to the correct running shoe or have sustained a running injury, please call us at 724-779-1300.


Wholesale Celtic Baby Doll Convertible Top/Skirt - This colorful baby doll top is made from our Celtic sarongs, with a variety of Celtic designs and colors. It has a fully elastic(shirred) bodice for ease in fitting, along with adjustable spaghetti straps. This top can also be worn as a skirt, with the straps tucked in.


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Q: productsRequest seems to return empty set for one app while non-empty for another dear all:
I inherited a program that can be compiled to two iOS apps, one for traditional Chinese and one for simplified Chinese.
The apps have inAppPurchase and worked fine in the last version.
Then this year, I revised the program without changing the inAppPurchase process.
But after the submissions, apple rejected the traditional Chinese app saying that it would be stuck in the inAppPurchase page.
But the simplified Chinese app was approved.
I then traced the program to the following code.
It seems that my apps always get the empty response set for productsRequest.
However, I must say that I did not do sandbox testing since I don't know how.
I am not sure why it worked fine in last year's version but failed in this year's.
Is there change to some default assumption on bundle id, application id, .. etc.
I checked all my program and could not find where I can set up the app id for the productsRequest statement.
My program is just standard as follows.
Any help will be appreciated.
// determine whether payments can be made
if (![SKPaymentQueue canMakePayments]) {
    UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"warning" message:@"ineffective" delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"OK?" otherButtonTitles:nil];
    [alert show];
}
else {
    [buttonPrice setTitle:@"waiting for price" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [buttonPriceAll setTitle:@"waiting for price" forState:UIControlStateNormal];

    // Request product data
    productsRequest = [[SKProductsRequest alloc] initWithProductIdentifiers:[NSSet setWithObjects:bookProductIds[0], bookProductIds[purchaseVolume-1], nil]];
    productsRequest.delegate = self;
    [productsRequest start];

    [self operationStarted];
}


This is a sampler playlist of songs from my Best Albums of 2017 list. Enjoy, Explore, and Share Music!
Been slacking a bit on the playlists lately, this new mixed-tape style playlist includes music from Waxahatchee, Cayetana, Zola Jesus, DEVO & many others. Explore, Enjoy, and Share Music!
Another grouping of not so randomly organized songs in a mixed-tape style Playlist formation. Cabaret Voltaire, Mas Ysa, The Cure & many others make an appearance. Explore Enjoy and Share Music!
Lots of great new music on this mixed-tape style playlist, songs from Pinact, Worriers, Big Hush, Mescaleros and many others. Explore, Enjoy, and Share Music!
Vanilla Stranger Boy is my weekly Mixed-Tape style playlist featuring Moody Beach, LCD Soundystem, Car Seat Headrest, Julien Baker and many others. Explore, Enjoy, and Share Music!
Sonic Dog Mausoleum is this weeks mixed-tape style playlist including music from Gold Class, Guided by Voices, The National, Protomarty and many others. Explore, Enjoy, and Share Music!
"Bird Bite Hair" is this week's mixed-tape style Spotify playlist including music from Pavement, Echo and the Bunnymen, Downtown Boys, Sleater Kinney and many others. Explore, Enjoy, and Share Music!
Australia's 'Cable Ties' just released their self-titled debut album on Poison City Records and it is really good stuff. Explore, Enjoy, and Share Music!
Another Mixed-Tape style playlist, this one featuring GZA, Mr. Lif & Akrobatic, Super Unison, Arcade Fire, Sacred Paws and many others. Explore, Enjoy, and Share Music!
Andrew Savage is releasing a new solo album (and he is from Denton), Parquet Courts are not breaking up, and listen to the Pop Rocks Skylight Spotify Playlist!
The KVB make perfect music for programming dreams. Here is some information on the London Duo and on their interesting EP "Fixation/White Walls." Sample them on the Pop Rocks Skylight Playlist.
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Betty Ford Dies at Age 93
The former First Lady co-founded the recovery center named after her
By Stephen M. Silverman
Betty Ford, the former First Lady who co-founded the famous recovery center in her name, died Friday night. She was 93.
The widow of President Gerald Ford, who died in 2006, Betty Ford died with family at her bedside, CNN reports. Cause of death was not reported.
"She was a powerful advocate for women s health and women s rights," said President Obama in a statement. "After leaving the White House, Mrs. Ford helped reduce the social stigma surrounding addiction and inspired thousands to seek much-needed treatment."
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As First Lady, Ford focused her attention on handicapped children, women's issues and the arts, having studied modern dance at Bennington College in Vermont. She also strongly supported the Equal Rights Amendment.
After undergoing radical surgery for breast cancer in 1974, she advocated for increased public awareness of the disease. "Maybe if I as First Lady could talk about it candidly and without embarrassment, many other people would be able to as well," she said.
Similarly, in the second of her two memoirs, Betty: A Glad Awakening, Ford revealed in candid detail her own recovery from chemical dependency in the 1970s. She helped establish the Betty Ford Center at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., where she and her husband spent their retirement years.
The center opened in 1982 and is still one of the leading facilities of its kind. After Gerald left the White House, Ford remained an activist for children, the arts, and breast cancer, arthritis and AIDS research.
"No one confronted life s struggles with more fortitude or honesty, and as a result, we all learned from the challenges she faced," said former President George H.W. Bush. "The Betty Ford Center, which already has helped change the lives of thousands of people, will be her lasting legacy of care and concern."
According to her Gerald Ford Library official biography, the former Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Bloomer was born in Chicago and raised in Grand Rapids, Mich., where in 1947 she met Gerald Ford, then a young Navy lieutenant returning to start a law practice after his tour of duty. The two were wed in 1948, two weeks before he was elected to his first term in Congress.
"She has been an inspiration to so many through her efforts to educate women about breast cancer and her wonderful work at the Betty Ford Center," said former First Lady Nancy Reagan in a statement. "She was Jerry Ford s strength through some very difficult days in our country s history, and I admired her courage in facing and sharing her personal struggles with all of us."
Former California First Lady Maria Shriver, a friend of Ford's daughter Susan, said, "America fought her struggles with her and learned alongside her. She was brave, outspoken and kind."


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"It is dam hard to find a vacant lot to hold a war in ... and in this new era of warfare, that's the last thing the enemy wants anyway."
--Patrick M. Hughes (Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, Retired)
The war in Iraq is being fought primarily in urban terrain. Gone are the days when the Army could bypass built-up areas to avoid getting bogged down in a difficult fight. Yet the challenge of Iraq and the future is more than mastering urban operations. Current and potential foes have studied us; becoming learning and adaptive opponents using asymmetrical strategies, tactics and tools to mitigate the Army's maneuver, targeting and standoff-fires advantages. While current operations in Iraq have focused on the urban fight the Army must dominate in all types of complex terrain, anticipating evolving threat tactics adaptations and variations.
To address the broader challenge, the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (CSA) recently established two new Focus Areas to address Irregular Challenges and Stability and Reconstruction Operations, as well as Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) G3 and G2 co-led efforts to examine Complex Terrain and Cultural Awareness issues. As these initiatives progress, cross-fertilization and perhaps consolidation will occur. This article focuses on Complex Terrain.
Defining Complex Terrain
Currently there is no Army definition for Complex Terrain. The DA G2 working definition is:

 Complex Terrain are those areas that severely restrict the Army's ability to engage adversaries
at a time and place of its choosing due to natural or man-made topography, dense vegetation or civil populations, including urban, mountains, jungle, subterranean, littorals and swamps.

In some locales, such as the Philippines, all of these features can be present within a ten kilometer radius.
Differences in Complex Terrain
What is different in complex terrain? Situational understanding encompasses not only what is in front of you, but also what is behind, above, and below you, with specific differences in these categories: Communications; Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR); Time; and Lethality.
* The enemy has numerous communications capabilities available to employ in a tailored manner, avoiding the communications means most easily collected by our Cold War systems.
* Standard Blue Force Communications may be degraded or neutralized by the physical environment.
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
* With the "home court advantage," the enemy often uses ingenious, if sometimes less technically advanced, human-based intelligence collection. However, adaptive use of commercial technology must be anticipated.
* Blue Force sensors and other technology-based collection capabilities may be degraded or neutralized by the physical environment. HUMINT collection may be difficult to achieve among the native, often tribal population.
Time (The Fourth Dimension)
* The tempo may be excruciatingly slow, but killing happens at an accelerated pace and at close range (within 30 meters).
* Decision time is reduced from minutes to seconds.
Lethality
* Reduced lines of sight severely degrade situational awareness and engagement ranges.
* "One shot, one kill" scenarios are the norm--the enemy will not take the shot or detonate the improvised explosive device (IED) unless they believe they can kill you!
Heading Army Intelligence Initiatives
Army Intelligence is addressing the Complex Terrain challenge through the following initiatives. Leaders and soldiers must fight for knowledge and intelligence as an integral part of every operation. Gone are the days of waiting for intelligence in order to act. Sometimes operations will be conducted solely to gain intelligence. As part of this cultural change, the Army must provide the capability and inculcate a mindset that Every Soldier is a Sensor (ES2) as they likely have the best local knowledge of the situation. Unfortunately, the same soldiers often have the worst global knowledge or understanding of impacting factors outside the local area of operations (AO). This must change: We do not accept latency in reporting threats to our pilots. The same standard needs to apply for our soldiers.
To accomplish this, the Army is connecting the soldier to the network and providing personal digital assistants (PDAs) that enable soldiers to digitize and input their reporting at the point of origin, as well as receive critical alerts and intelligence from operational and national level analysts. In addition, we are training soldiers to be better observers and reporters through the use of video-gaming technology such as the Every Soldier a Sensor Simulation (ES3) currently being used in basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. (1)
The soon-to-be-realized Joint Intelligence Operations Center-Iraq (JIOC-I) will establish a network that enables collaboration and analysis, sensor tipping and cueing, and better national to tactical ISR integration leading to the realization of a Tactical Overwatch capability. The goal is to create a multidiscipline, all source fusion center that leverages national, theater, and tactical capabilities in support of maneuver brigades and battalions, and eventually down to the squad and individual soldier.
Two scientific and technical (S&T) efforts now supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM complex terrain operations are the Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS) and the Persistent Surveillance and Dissemination System-of-Systems (PSDS2):
* PTDS is a persistent, wide field-of-view, aerostat-based surveillance system that can "slew-to-cue" elevated electro-optical and infrared optics from numerous air and ground sensors. PTDS geolocates and captures video and imagery of threat activity and allows near-real time dissemination. This G2 quick reaction capability first deployed in October 2004 and has been effective in responding to direct and indirect fire threats.
* PSDS2 links existing sensors within a selected AO to turn an avalanche of uncoordinated sensor data into one picture to enable rapid visualization and dissemination of actionable intelligence. Initial operational capability is projected for 30 May 2005.
In recognition of the critical role of Military Intelligence, the Army authorized an increase of 9,000 soldiers in the branch. In recognition of the critical role of HUMINT in complex environments, 3,000 will be HUMINT soldiers.
Lastly, the people and their culture are a critical feature, if not the key terrain, in a complex battlespace environment. The Army recognizes culturally literate soldiers understand cultural differences that impact military operations. The Army is examining Cultural Awareness issues that will affect military cultural education. Expect to see changes that will include cultural factors in the Army's military education system from basic training through War College.
"The Army does not currently dominate the complex terrain/ urban battlespace."
--TRADOC Pamphlet 525-66, Military Operations: Force Operating Capabilities, 30 January 2003.
(1.) For ES3 access information E-mail Daniel.Ray@us.army.mil. For more information on the ES3 application, see Major Ray's article "Every Soldier Is a Sensor (ES2) Simulation: Virtual Simulation Using Game Technology" in the January-March 2005 issue of MIPB.
Brad T. Andrew (Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired) is the HQDA G2 Action Officer for Complex Terrain. His active duty assignments included Commander, 303d MI Battalion (Operations), 504th MI Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas; Deputy Director of Operations, 718th MI Group, Bad Aibling, Germany; J2 JTF-Bravo, Soto Cano, Honduras; and Force Integration Staff Officer, HQDA ODCSOPS G3. He has a Masters in Military Arts and Sciences from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from U.S. Military Academy. He is also a graduate of the National Security Agency (NSA) Junior Officer Cryptologic Career Program and earned a Space Operations specialty at Peterson Air Force Base, CO. You may contact him at Brad.Andrew@hqda.army.mil or (703)-695-4188.
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.dropdown.scrollable div::after{
    -webkit-pointer-events: none;
    -moz-pointer-events: none;
    -ms-pointer-events: none;
    pointer-events: none;
}

/* WRAPPER */

.dropdown{
    position: relative;
    width: 160px;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    cursor: pointer;
    background: #fff;

    border-radius: 3px;

    -webkit-user-select: none;
    -moz-user-select: none;
    user-select: none;
}

.dropdown.open{
    z-index: 2;
}

.dropdown:hover{
    box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(0,0,0,.15);
}

.dropdown.focus{
    box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(51,102,248,.4);
}

/* CARAT */

.dropdown .carat{
    position: absolute;
    right: 12px;
    top: 50%;
    margin-top: -4px;
    border: 6px solid transparent;
    border-top: 8px solid #000;
}

.dropdown.open .carat{
    margin-top: -10px;
    border-top: 6px solid transparent;
    border-bottom: 8px solid #000;
}

/* OLD SELECT (HIDDEN) */

.dropdown .old{
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 0;
    height: 0;
    width: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.dropdown select{
    position: absolute;
    left: 0px;
    top: 0px;
}

.dropdown.touch .old{
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}

.dropdown.touch select{
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    opacity: 0;
}

/* SELECTED FEEDBACK ITEM */

.dropdown .selected,
.dropdown li{
    display: block;
    font-size: 18px;
    line-height: 1;
    color: #000;
    padding: 9px 12px;
    overflow: hidden;
    white-space: nowrap;
}

.dropdown .selected::after{
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    top: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    width: 60px;

    border-radius: 0 2px 2px 0;
    box-shadow: inset -55px 0 25px -20px #fff;
}

/* DROP DOWN WRAPPER */

.dropdown div{
    position: absolute;
    height: 0;
    left: -1px;
    right: -1px;
    top: 100%;
    margin-top: -1px;
    background: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    border-top: 1px solid #eee;
    border-radius: 0 0 3px 3px;
    overflow: hidden;
    opacity: 0;
}

/* Height is adjusted by JS on open */

.dropdown.open div{
    opacity: 1;
    z-index: 2;
}

/* FADE OVERLAY FOR SCROLLING LISTS */

.dropdown.scrollable div::after{
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    height: 50px;

    box-shadow: inset 0 -50px 30px -35px #fff;
}

.dropdown.scrollable.bottom div::after{
    opacity: 0;
}

/* DROP DOWN LIST */

.dropdown ul{
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 0;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
    list-style: none;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.dropdown.scrollable.open ul{
    overflow-y: auto;
}

/* DROP DOWN LIST ITEMS */

.dropdown li{
    list-style: none;
    padding: 8px 12px;
}

/* .focus class is also added on hover */

.dropdown li.focus{
    background: #d24a67;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 3;
    color: #fff;
}

.dropdown li.active{
    font-weight: 700;
}

JS:
/*
* EASYDROPDOWN - A Drop-down Builder for Styleable Inputs and Menus
* Version: 2.0.4
* License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported - CC BY 3.0
* http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
* This software may be used freely on commercial and non-commercial projects with attribution to the author/copyright holder.
* Author: Patrick Kunka
* Copyright 2013 Patrick Kunka, All Rights Reserved
*/

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A: It's not possible using EasyDropdown because it's not the original purpose of the plugin, even with optgroup tag (2-level only).
But if Bootstrap is ok for you :3 I suggest you see the nested/multilevel dropdown example here:

*

*show dropdown when hovered

*show dropdown when clicked (good for mobile)


Here's a strange facet to the season: mail theft!
Whoever it was (perhaps a certain… jolly fellow… behind on deadline) got my freshest batch of Bones of Starlight stickers! Courtesy of Seattle's own Uncle Slappy. Careful, that could be a stolen black market sticker.
I'll take this opportunity to again direct attention to a small side project, Share Your Words @ Standing Rock. My typewriter was the vehicle for people's thoughts and expressions on Veteran's Day, 11/11/2016, at the Oceti Sakowin camp near Cannonball, ND. The historic unfolding of these events is a piece of gladness for which I still feel waves of gratitude, and some friends of mine still hold that ground.
The six collective pages are being hosted and transcribed over its own facebook page, and I intend to continue storing and propagating these images and words in different places on the web. Melwing also archived them on imgur.
I'm now in the midst of sharing the higher quality scanned images of the typed pages, and transcribing what's written for readability and searchability. I do it in my extra time, therefore it's not under schedule.
The images and their written contents are available to the public for distribution, reuse, and evolution under a Creative Commons free culture license (CC-BY). I feel this is in the spirit of the collective work, and I don't even feel the need for my name to be attached so long as it isn't misattributed. But I will appreciate the nod when given.


text:
Healthcare Industry News: TomoTherapy
Devices Oncology
News Release - August 3, 2006
TomoTherapy(R) Radiation Treatments Begin in Germany
University Clinic Heidelberg is the First to Treat Cancer Patients With the Hi-Art System(R)
MADISON, Wis.--(HSMN NewsFeed)--Aug. 3, 2006--TomoTherapy Incorporated announced today that the University Clinic Heidelberg became the first German institution to treat cancer patients with the TomoTherapy® Hi-Art System®. Four other major university hospitals in Germany will soon follow, offering image-guided radiation therapy on the industry's most advanced platform.
"The University Clinic Heidelberg is very proud to be the first center in Germany which can offer the new TomoTherapy treatment to its patients," said Prof. Dr. Jurgen Debus, Medical Director of the Clinic's Department of Radiooncology and Radiation Therapy. "It is a perfect addition to our concept in Heidelberg, which ranges from IMRT, stereotaxy and radiosurgery to proton and heavy ion treatments."
Prof. Dr. Debus continued, "The (Hi-Art System's) novel combination of CT and linear accelerator technology brings new possibilities to improve the precision of radiation therapy and allows us to treat cases which have been very difficult to treat with standard linear accelerators."
In discussing installation of the System, Dr. Gabriele Sroka-Perez, Head of Medical Physics for the Department, explained, "It was a challenge for our team to install and commission the first TomoTherapy Hi-Art System in Germany. The innovative technology used in the System required new approaches for the commissioning and approval process. Because of the perfect collaboration with the experts from TomoTherapy Inc., we found good solutions in a very short time. Our expectations for the performance and stability of the TomoTherapy System were more than fulfilled."
Dr. Fred Robertson, CEO of TomoTherapy Inc. expressed his congratulations. "We are pleased to share this milestone with the University Clinic Heidelberg, and with patients throughout the region," Robertson said. "We look forward to the coming months, when we'll install four more Hi-Art Systems in Germany, moving that much closer to our mission of providing the best radiation treatment for patients worldwide."
Additional German sites to receive TomoTherapy Hi-Art Systems include Charite Berlin, the University Clinic Essen, the Clinic of the Technical University Munich Rechts der Isar and the University Clinic Hamburg.
About TomoTherapy Incorporated
Based in Madison, Wisconsin, US, TomoTherapy Incorporated has developed a revolutionary new medical system that combines on-board CT imaging with conformal radiation therapy to provide unprecedented precision in the treatment of cancer patients. The TomoTherapy® Hi-Art System® is designed to target radiation treatment to the patient's tumor while helping to limit damage to the surrounding tissues. The technology was developed in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin. To find out more, please visit our website at www.TomoTherapy.com.
About the University Clinic Heidelberg
The Radiotherapy Department of the University Clinic Heidelberg is one of the leading RT centers in the world. In collaboration with the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the Clinic has developed and clinically introduced a number of new techniques, including stereotactic and 3-D conformal treatment and IMRT. The University Clinic Heidelberg will open the world's first dedicated medical proton and ion treatment facility next year.
Source: TomoTherapy
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text:
How to Choose the Music You Practice To - Balancing Practicality with Passion
Chances are, there are less than 10 songs that you seek out at any given time. When a friend hands you the aux cord, you don't dig deep into your creative memory to find an old song that would be perfect for today, and you don't take those opportunities to explore new music either. You play what's familiar and reliable, and typically, whatever is on the top of your mind. That's not a diss, it's just human psychology; our brains are risk averse, and the guaranteed pleasure of something we know by heart will win out against all of our friends' music choices time and time again.
We behave the same way at dance practice. You probably have two or three favorite tangos, and that one rumba that you just have to dance to, but beyond those, how expansive really is the music you play when you dance? And how much of it is dictated just by what you feel like dancing to at that moment?
Maybe you've already developed this skill, or maybe you're not the half of the partnership that manages the bluetooth speaker. Regardless, I'd like to make an argument for you to approach music with a new lense and treat your song choices with a deliberate intention that most competitors don't even think about.
Fact: music has a significant impact on your dancing. If you need proof, video yourself and watch the way you dance to a song that inspires you, and one that bores you out of your mind. See which one has more energy. Because of this impact, we ought to take some control over this element of competition and use the time we practice dancing to train our ear, our memory, and the musical advantage we have over our competitors. Doing this means striking a balance between two things: exposure and appetite.
Your exposure to music is effectively how ready you are for the curveballs DJ's might throw at you. More than that, actually, it's the familiarity you develop with the songs you could be hit by. It means listening to a lot of different songs so that no matter what plays on the competition floor, you're already comfortable with the piece. Luckily, you don't have to recite the BPM and key of the thousands of songs you hear. Listening to a song just once or twice is enough for your brain to file it for future use. When a DJ plays that song on a competition floor two years later, something inside of you says "I've heard this before" and the stress of not knowing the song or being able to predict what's next is gone.
Let's take a look at how this works with a quick neuroscience lesson. The human brain can store approximately 2.5 petabytes of data, or 2,500,000,000 gigabytes (your computer has around 8 gigabytes, if even that). As a result, the memory storage you have is functionally infinite. You're not going to forget how to ride a bike because you read too much; the storage you have is so vast that you will never have to "empty the recycle bin" to make space for new things.
Bottom line, you remember a ton of stuff, it's just that most of it isn't accessible to your conscious mind. For example, there are thousands upon thousands of songs that you would recognize if you heard it playing on the radio, but you'll be hard pressed to list the names of 200. Having that recognition and familiarity of so many songs might not give you every beat of every one, but that's not what your brain needs. Just being familiar with a song is enough for some part of your body to say "I know what to do" and pull out some of the data without you even knowing it.
This can develop your dancing in every way from knowing how to accent different parts of the song to feeling when the next hit is coming to just eliminating the stress of having no clue what's going to happen next. You can strengthen this muscle by picking out songs that you've never heard before, and songs that you don't particularly like dancing to. Go to somebody else's Cha Cha playlist on Spotify, hit shuffle, and see what happens. This will not only develop your cache by adding most of the unknown songs to it, but it also lets you practice dancing in an unfamiliar environment and cope with the mild stress, something that throws all too many dancers off when they compete.
If we were totally logical creatures, then becoming familiar with as many songs as possible seems to be all that's necessary. But that's not the case. Humans are highly emotional, and dancing is an emotional sport, so while we do want to give you the tools to succeed in the future, we also want to satiate your appetite for great music. Dancing to music you love is exciting, and that excitement will affect you in countless positive ways.
First, you will learn faster and practice harder if you're in the positive mental state playing your favorite Foxtrot puts you in. Your energy levels will increase, your attention will heighten, and you'll be eager to keep dancing more and more. Running endless repetitions of the same figure gets a lot less painful if you're in love with the music you have playing, and the round you dance to will be closer to competition levels of excitement if you can't wait to dance to the music you've chosen.
This excitement wets your appetite and trains your brain in two more important ways: it teaches you to listen more closely to music as you become more knowledgeable about your favorite songs, and it helps your brain associate that feeling of joy and excitement with the dance you're performing. If you're amped when you practice, that will show on the competition floor and strengthen the energy you project when you perform.
Choosing the music you practice to is all about striking a balance between these two things. You need to develop your toolbox, which means playing things that are unfamiliar and new, but you also need to weaponize your excitement, which means playing your favorite five songs on loop over and over again. Developing your exposure means playing defense by preparing you for what could happen, where satiating your appetite goes on the offense, sharpening your energy and accelerating your learning.
How often you prioritize either one of these is up to you, and I encourage you to experiment with it and see what works in your partnership. But if you have just one take-home from this overextended rant, it's to be deliberate with the music you choose: always ask yourself, will playing this next song develop me as a dancer in some way? If not, what will?
(Published in Sheer Dance magazine October 2019)