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A SITE SELECTION INVESTMENT PROFILE
LUFKIN, TEXAS
From Site Selection magazine, September 2019
The Best of Both Worlds
Lufkin offers BIG-CITY amenities in a SMALL-TOWN package.
Historic downtown Lufkin
Photo courtesy of Lufkin EDC
by RON STARNER
Renowned economic development expert Jack Schultz wrote the book, "Boomtown USA: The 7½ Keys to Big Success in Small Towns," 15 years ago. In it, he profiled some of the more remarkable economic success stories of our time in rural America.
Were he to write that book today, there's a good chance that Exhibit A would be Lufkin, Texas.
An East Texas community of 36,000 people 90 minutes northeast of Houston, Lufkin punches well above its weight class in economic development performance. Consider this: Most towns its size go an entire year and don't register even one corporate facility expansion project. In the most recent fiscal year, the community landed eight expansion projects totaling $178 million in capital investment and 532 new full-time jobs.
To put that into perspective, metro Atlanta would have to generate 88,500 new jobs over 12 months to equal that performance on a per capita basis. In other words, the one-year track record turned in by Lufkin is not only elite; it is game-changing.
The projects came from companies large and small. Lockheed Martin, a global aerospace and defense conglomerate with $54 billion in worldwide revenues last year, selected Lufkin for a $3.5 million capital investment that creates 125 new full-time jobs. Twin Disc, a Racine, Wisconsin–based manufacturer of power transmission equipment for land and marine based products, chose Lufkin for a 50-job, $6.5-million investment.
These two companies were joined in the 2018-2019 investment parade by Angelina Forest Products ($120 million, 110 jobs); Sterling Lumber ($30 million, 150 jobs); Overseas Hardwoods ($3 million, 32 jobs); American eChem ($8 million, 25 jobs); Angelina Tank ($1 million, 25 jobs); and Hammer Equipment ($5 million, 15 jobs).
Workforce, transportation and quality of life lured these investors. Anthony Pittman, site director for the Lockheed Martin plant, says Lufkin was chosen for the 30,000-sq.-ft. expansion due to a robust workforce base and strong community partnerships in the area. "Our partnership with the Lufkin Economic Development Corp. is strong," says Pittman. "In addition, our employees and team members from East Texas are devoted, committed to the mission, and hard working. Growing our operations here allows us to seamlessly keep up with increasing customer demand over time. This will bring additional high-wage jobs with added benefits to the community. We're looking for a variety of manufacturing, engineering and finance workers. Those critical skills sets are available here in good supply."
I've never seen a community more aligned behind supporting a company project than what I've seen in Lufkin."
— John Batten, CEO, Twin Disc
John Batten, CEO of Twin Disc, says his firm chose Lufkin for a new 50,000-sq.-ft. facility on a 20-acre tract because "we needed to find an outlet for production from our facility on Lake Michigan in Racine. Our radius kept getting longer for employees. We were bursting at the seams. We started looking at areas around Houston, the Gulf Coast, Florida and as far north as Charleston, South Carolina. A friend recommended Lufkin, and we decided to come tour the community and visit potential sites. Far and away, Lufkin rose to No. 1 on our list. The incredible employee base, proximity to Port of Houston, and the support we received from the community sealed the deal. Everywhere we went, I've never seen a community more aligned behind supporting a company project than what I've seen in Lufkin."
Bob Samford, economic development director for the Lufkin EDC, says Lufkin checks every box for employers, including the one that every community talks about: quality of life. "We have the No. 1 bass fishing lake in the U.S. at the Sam Rayburn Reservoir, one of the top golf courses in Texas, a very nice and historic downtown, a state-of-the-art performing arts center, and Angelina College, known for its ability to tailor vocational trainings to suit the needs of industries moving into the area, especially manufacturing."
Another plus is that Lufkin will soon be designated the newest Foreign Trade Zone in Texas, one of just 32 in a state of 1,216 cities. "We're uniquely situated in East Texas near the Gulf Coast," says Samford. "We're the regional medical and retail hub for 12 counties, with a 36,000-resident population that swells to over 100,000 daily because of our workforce. We have a very generous incentives plan offered by the city and a tax abatement schedule. The city offers job tax credits and incentive money to help with construction costs. We have multiple 100-acre tracts, all with available sewer and water, either on or near state highways."
Two railroads serve Lufkin, including Class I railroad Union Pacific. Houston's Bush International Airport is just 90 minutes away, and the community's average commute time is just 10 minutes. Other benefits include a cost of living that's 12% below the national average, 65 million gallons per day of excess water supply, and a 12-county labor pool of 145,000.
More importantly, notes Samford, "we want people to know that we are winners. Other companies want to be around positive, leading people in industry. That's exactly what you'll find in Lufkin."
This investment profile was prepared under the auspices of the Lufkin EDC. For more information, go to www.LufkinEDC.com.
Ron Starner
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Ron Starner is Executive Vice President of Conway Data, Inc. He has been with Conway Data for 22 years and serves as a writer and editor for both Site Selection and the company's Custom Content publishing division. His Twitter handle is @RonStarner.
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Arthur O. Eve was born on March 23, 1933 in New York City and raised in Florida. He received an Associate's degree from Erie Community College and a Bachelor of Science from West Virginia State College. In 1953, Arthur O. Eve moved from the segregated South to Buffalo, NY with less than $10 in his pocket. Uncertain of future opportunities, he enlisted and served in the United States Army from 1953-1955 where he achieved the rank of corporal. Upon completion of his service in the Army, he returned to Buffalo in 1955.
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Official Trailer For 'Girl On The Third Floor' Starring CM Punk Released
By The Movie God | @ | August 29th, 2019 at 10:00 pm
Dark Sky Films has released an official trailer for Girl on the Third Floor, an upcoming horror flick starring Phil Brooks, who is better known as CM Punk from his wrestling days. Trieste Kelly Dunn, Sarah Brooks, Elissa Dowling, Karen Woditsch, Travis Delgado, Marshall Bean, and Anish Jethmalani also star.
The movie is the feature directorial debut of Travis Stevens, who has worked primarily as a producer on titles like Cheap Thrills, Jodorowsky's Dune, Starry Eyes, We Are Still Here, XX, and Big Ass Spider! The movie is based on a story by Paul Johnstone and Ben Parker, with Stevens penning the screenplay.
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A trailer was released recently for Rabid, a remake of the 1977 David Cronenberg movie of the same name which is directed by Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska (American Mary), who are better known to horror fans as the Twisted Twins. The Soska sisters also co-wrote the screenplay with John Serge, co-produce, and have roles in the movie as well.
Starring is Laura Vandervoort, who plays Rose. The cast also includes Stephen McHattie, Greg Bryk, Stephen Huszar, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Mackenzie Gray, Lynn Lowry, Lily Gao, Tara Yelland, Hanneke Talbot, Ted Atherton, Tristan Risk, and Phil Brooks (former WWE superstar CM Punk) and his wife A.J. Mendez (former WWE superstar AJ Lee).
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Holiday Geek Gift Guide 2012: The GoD List – Comics Edition
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Every holiday season, "He's a mean one, Mr." Henchman21 and "Cindy Lou" MK2Fac3 give a lot of comics. Seriously, you guys, a lot of comics. Maybe too many comics? I mean, it is possible.. theoretically. Naturally, they look forward to some gifts more than others. I mean, who doesn't? So, let's take a look into the depths of their Santa bags, grab some comics, and they'll let YOU know what the top books to buy for this holiday season. Hardcovers and trades, they're all here.
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The completion of the Student Union Building (SUB) in two months will mean a noticeable shift in amenities and services on the Abbotsford campus. In addition to new gathering and study spaces, AfterMath, and other student-run operations, Student Life, whose current site is in U-House; the Career Centre and Campus Card office from B building; and Advising Centres from various locations around campus will be moving into the SUB.
As a result, UFV's campus planning department is in the process of deciding how to fill the vacancies left by those amenities and services. Craig Toews, executive director of campus planning, suggests the freed space will provide some needed room for instruction, among other uses.
Right now, Toews and other staff are assessing where to renovate and what makes sense in terms of each building's layout. The rooms that will be left by CIVL, The Cascade, and SUS in C building may become classrooms or spaces for visual arts use. Toews adds that the areas opened up in B building will still be for university staff.
The one undecided location on campus is also the one most frequented by students: U-House. Toews calls it "the last piece" they're working on.
Student Life currently shares the building with the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies, offering a space where students have room to hang out, play games, and visit with Student Life staff to set up events or talk about what's happening on campus.
Student Life director Kyle Baillie says that setup will be replicated in the SUB, pointing out a lounge space, a kitchen, and improved offices for staff.
"Ultimately we want students to feel at home here and to feel comfortable … so we're hoping the physical space will create some of that," he says.
However, plans for the two locations — U-House and the SUB — point to different purposes each fulfills.
U-House, a medium-sized building midway between student residences, the gym, and the library, is a casual setting that students know well. Student Life programmer Martin Kelly estimates that hundreds of students drop by every week.
The SUB, organized around a central space Toews describes as "a mall design," is projected to be a thriving activity hub, but exactly how the space will work is so far unknown to Student Life staff, according to Kelly.
While Toews estimates the final approved plans for U-House will not be disclosed until March, it is known that the location will not continue to be a student lounge. Proposals for the building are currently before the Campus Space Planning committee. One from SUS would add a student service that would then have to go to student referendum before being completely approved for funding.
SUS president Ryan Petersen explains their proposal is just one of several put forward by different groups at the university.
"It's before the committee right now, and whether or not that goes through or not, we'll see how that goes," Petersen says. "Right now, there's a conference centre [proposal], another group wants to turn it into a cultural centre, [and] another group wants to turn it into office space." So far, Toews says only that U-House will not be used for classrooms.
Meanwhile, Student Life's new space on the SUB's first floor will include the addition of a new "Peer Support Centre," which feeds into the overarching idea of the building as an activity hub.
Jody Gordon, who oversaw the development of the project at the administrative level, describes the prospective centre as a help desk or directory where students can get directions to services in the university from other students, rather than from staff, which Gordon says can be intimidating for new students.
The Peer Support Centre service will be funded externally, not by the university. Just as the Envision Athletic Centre and RBC Arts Peer Mentor program are funded by recognized external partners, Coast Capital Savings, Gordon explains, has given UFV $50,000 to start the service. Annual reports will determine if equivalent funding will continue for three additional years. After that, Gordon says how the program will be supported is uncertain.
"We'll do our best to find funds within the institution, within my division … [and] there might be another investor out there that comes along and says, 'Wow, what a great program,'" Gordon explains.
The idea for the centre came from research in community criminal justice done by student and varsity athlete Jasper Moedt. After Gordon his report on peer support, the university funded a flight and visit to the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), which also has a Peer Support Centre.
"He got to go and actually see [the centre at SAIT], and that was a lot of what then shaped his recommendations for us," Gordon says.
Baillie will supervise the service, through which he says students will receive training so they can direct their peers through the university's resource options.
"We're looking at creating a volunteer pool that will be our front-line service, backed by co-op students," he says. Gordon explains co-op students will be tasked with internal research, while practicum students will also be part of the Centre. "And then staff support [will be] behind that," Baillie adds.
Kelly also has ideas for how to bring students closer together which have less to do with the new building, and more with reviving an old tradition.
The regular dinners, which used to be held together through Student Life and SUS when Student Life managed student clubs and associations, have, aside from UCM's pancake breakfasts, all but stopped at UFV.
With files from Megan Lambert.


Some things you might not think about. First, you need tie downs on the interior. Second, you need to consider location and types of windows, doors, electrical plugs, AC, heaters, lights, electricity, steps and ramps. Third, the interiors of walls, floors and ceiling can dramatically change the look. Fourth, you need furniture including tables, chairs, trash cans, storage crates etc. Finally, the exterior wrap is important.
This is what we picked.
Tie downs on interior sides, (36) ) inch high. Need to prevent furniture and equipment from moving when driving trailer.
Windows - 6 foot food truck window that closes from outside; three high, small windows at front and back, and window in side door.
Electrical plugs -every three feet 4 feet high as needed. One plug outside near large window. Switch near side door. Exterior plug for electricity, and electricity box.
AC, heaters, two lights on ceiling so that you don't hit your head.
Interior siding - we picked stainless steel for middle of trailer (walls and ceiling), and bamboo plywood for front and back of trailer. In small trailer the entire ceiling is stainless steel, one end wall, and entire front walls are bamboo. Breaking up the trailer makes it look bigger, and differentiates between work space and thinking space.
Furniture - Bamboo, adjustable, gladiator work benches; director chairs with black canvas (for large trailer), stools (for small trailer); black slim trash cans with lids, and shelves. We made a small table of bamboo plywood, and a front custom deck in large trailer.
Flooring - We picked one that is grey with tiny raised black squares, to prevent slipping from Garage Flooring Inc.
Epilog Laser - (costs vary by size , we bought Zing for small trailer and larger versions for big trailer and lab.
Sears portable project work carts (2) and locks. Stores under gladiator work bench .
Assorted items - 4 jacks for trailer, 2 8' exhaust house 4" for laser exhaust fan, 2 tie down straps to hold workbenches, locks - 2 circle locks for outside trailer, 2 locks for carts, fire extinguisher (check laser handbook for type) , first aid kit, small tool kit, soldering kit, extension cord heavy, 4-5 computers, little bits electronics, tall director chair -black canvas and light wood.
Here is the Invoice for the 14 foot trailer for example.
Here is a comprehensive spreadsheet of all of the equipment for the WLACC 14 foot trailer.


It is always a difficult time of transition when the roles between parents and their children reverse as they age. While there are plenty of seniors in America who are perfectly able to continue taking care of themselves on a day to day basis, there are still millions who will require different types of help from their children. That process could take place over a gradual period of time, or could show up unexpectedly for a variety of reasons. Regardless of how it transpires, those who have older parents may suddenly realize one day that they must take the next step in providing the proper amount of care for them.
But what if the sudden change is because of a parent dealing with a mental health issue? Mental or behavioral health challenges are compounded with older age, and it can create a problem for family members in knowing how to respond to the situation, make an evaluation and determine what they should do. On a very basic emotional level, it can also be simply difficult just dealing with a parent who is struggling; your parents or parents are who raised you, and seeing them struggle through this situation can be disorienting for many.
In order to help deal with the stresses of this new chapter of life for both parties, there are various options available. Counseling can be a helpful tool for helping to balance the emotions that can come rushing through at this time. A mental health expert can also become a powerful figure during this time, as they provide the needed guidance for what steps should be taken in order to get your parents the proper treatment. Developing these types of relationships should and can provide you with a solid network to deal with these trying times.
There are plenty of local groups or families who are likely undergoing the same situation as yours: a senior parent who is struggling through a mental illness situation. Having the ability to talk with, share, discuss and encourage each other through the ups and downs can be a great source of encouragement.
It is also important to address these issues as early as possible; for example, don't wait for months or even potentially years after symptoms have set in to start taking steps or making changes. Make a stand to be proactive and not reactive, even if you experience some pushback from your parents at first. The key will be to promote constructive conversations and communication as much as possible in the early stages; this will be even be more helpful down the road as tougher decisions need to be made.
Understand that your parents have lived decades making their own decisions, raising you and providing for their family. It may not be easy for them to admit that they are struggling with a mental health condition, so it always helps to empathize with them and their situation; imagine if the roles were reversed. Do your best to see the situation through their eyes, and empathize with this change in their life.
Having the ability to receive quality mental health care can make a huge difference, especially if the facility or mental health professional is focused on providing a welcoming atmosphere that makes patients feel at ease. The key to success always starts with the patient feeling loved, cared for, listened to and that they are in this together!
Contact Montevista today for a free and confidential mental health evaluation at 702-251-1371; if you feel believe that your senior parents are suffering from a mental health condition, we can help!


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Fibrosis File – March 2018
Fibrosis File
Find Support. Give Support. Get Support.
The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) believes participating in a sup- port group may improve your emotional well-being and have a positive impact on your health by offering you an opportuni- ty to connect with others who are facing similar experiences to obtain practical information, and to receive support. Please visit www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org/life-with- pf/support-groups to find a group in your area.
There are many online groups you might get involved in but attending a meeting where you can see people face-to-face is an added benefit! You will also be able to find valuable educational resources at the PFF web site including an hour-long video on Nutrition and Interstitial Lung Disease.
Dentist Office Mystery
Health officials have identified a group of dentists who died of a mysterious lung dis- ease. A report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that nine dentists in Virginia were found to have idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) between the years 2000 and 2015. The researchers found 894 people diagnosed with IPF at a medical center in Virginia. Dentists made up just 1 percent of th
e people documented in the study but about 23 times higher than expected.
Past research has linked IPF to jobs that involve exposure to dust, wood dust and metal dust. Some other suspected causes include tobacco smoke and viral infections. This is the first study to find a possible association with dentistry and IPF. Dentists and other dental personnel have unique exposures at work. These exposures include bacteria, viruses, dusts, gases, radiation and other respiratory hazards. The likelihood of exposure to dusts and airborne chemicals is less than in the past, but still there for many dentists, particularly if they trained long ago and haven't kept up with environ- mental and workplace warnings. Experts recommend dental workers wear certified respiratory masks if they are working in any environment that might result in respiratory hazards.
Fibrosis Research Developments
The American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology published a study that suggests increasing the pro- duction of lipids in the lungs may help slow pulmonary fibrosis progression and potentially lead to new treatment options. Pulmonary lipids, also called surfactants, play a key role in lung flexibility to help the lung sacs open up when breathing. This suggests that the body's failure to produce lipids, perhaps due to injury or age-related changes, may be a factor in development of lung fibrosis. Scientists are now working on developing a therapy based on these find- ings to help those with pulmonary fibrosis.
Using statins to prevent cardiovascular disease is safe for those with IPF, accord- ing to an analysis of trial data on the IPF therapy Ofev (nintedanib). Statin therapy does not contribute to lung function decline or diminish Ofev's effectiveness in IPF, researchers said. Their analysis of data from the INPULSIS trials appeared in the journal Respiration.
A lung transplant is the only way to cure IPF. Boehringer Ingelheim's Ofev (nintedanib) preserved the lung function of nine people with IPF waiting for a lung transplant, according to a study in the journal Respirology Case Reports. Ofev fights lung tissue scarring. Seven people had lost an average of 7.8 percent of their lung function before starting Ofev. The measure researchers used was forced vital capacity – the amount of air a person can exhale after taking the deepest breath possible. Once Ofev was started, the lung function decline of eight of them averaged only 3.2 percent over 12 weeks.
Worldwide Clinical Studies
A Phase 2 clinical trial showed Reata Pharmaceutical's experimental medication, bardoxolone methyl, significantly improved the exercise capacity of people with idio- pathic lung disease (ILD) associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) The ongoing LARIAT study (NCT02036970) is evaluating the safety and efficacy of bardoxolone in people with PAH associated with several lung diseases. They include IPF, sarcoidosis, connective tissue disorder, and idiopathic interstitial pneumonia.
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Research by Professor Richard Custin Cited in Report to U.S. Congress
Wednesday, July 31, 2019TOPICS: Research
Richard Custin is a clinical professor of business law and ethics at the University of San Diego School of Business. His research article on the Feres Doctrine, barring claims by military personnel for injuries received "incident to military service," was cited in a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report, submitted to the United States Congress as it considers modifying this doctrine.
Professor Custin's article, which originally appeared in the 2016 Journal of Law, Business and Ethics, was referenced and cited in the CRS report dated May 21, 2019, The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA): A Legal Overview. CRS is a well-known source for analysis that is authoritative, confidential, objective and nonpartisan. Its highest priority is ensuring that Congress has constant access to the nation's top thinkers and most-informed research.
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Words from our President: How Solving Poverty Will Help America Come Back
In the State of the Union Address, President Obama said, "Anyone who tells you that America is in decline or that our influence has waned doesn't know what they're talking about." The President, it turns out, had been talking about an essay released earlier that day by Robert Kagan, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a columnist for the Washington Post. According to a Foreign Policy article, Obama was quite taken with Kagan's arguments explaining why America is not in fact, in decline. Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist, three time Pulitzer Prize winner and mega-bestselling author, isn't nearly so sanguine. For Friedman, an American decline may not be inevitable, but it does look increasingly likely if we don't act decisively. So, we brought Friedman to address NASCSP members and partners prior to our Mid-Winter Conference. Why? Because we can't help but notice that every challenge to our country that he describes ultimately ties back to the very poverty issues we work to combat every single day.
If you've read Friedman's new book, That Used to be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World it Invented and How We Can Come Back, you already know what he believes. How we adapt to globalization and adjust to the information technology revolution, how we cope with soaring budget deficits and growing demands on government on every level, and how we manage a world of both rising energy consumption and rising climate threats will ultimately determine our place in the world. Do any of these things sound familiar to you from your job? It's interesting that as candidates jostle to position themselves as the most "pro-America," no one's willing to talk about the number of people in poverty and how that affects our economy, our future prospects, our energy consumption—in short, everything.
So we sat down to talk with Thomas Friedman about our role in arresting an American decline. Here are some highlights:
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Freidman says that in today's economy individuals need to completely reinvent themselves frequently. They need to be ready to change careers, think strategically, and stay up-to-date on technology. He questions whether our current educational system prepares students for this. Aside from the obvious connection to CSBG-funded efforts around education from Head Start to job training that help create economic security, the other link I see is with the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). WAP is about as cutting-edge as it gets with all the technology, best practices, metrics, and state-of-the-art training protocols it employs. It addresses both energy consumption and climate issues as well as economic security. Now more than ever this nation needs this program. We need to protect and develop it to serve as an energy-efficiency influence hub, spreading best practices in all communities regardless of income level.
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Freidman said, "I'm a big believer that Harvard is better because of Yale; the Washington Post is better because of the New York Times. Competition brings out the best and keeps things focused." He's talking about the global economy, of course, but the same principal applies to what the Obama Administration wants in terms of accountability for all federally-funded programs, including CSBG. This is necessary to direct scarce resources toward only the best and highest-impact strategies. Political perspectives aside, CSBG is moving toward a framework that will hold all its agencies accountable for performance. The better the strategies we put on the ground, the more likely we'll be to survive and thrive. This competition, though, doesn't produce winners and losers. It produces winners or losers. Friedman says, "Part of the earth race is we can all be winners; we all have to be winners or we'll all be losers." This is true too, with our work to end poverty. Either we all rise to the highest standard or we all lose funding.
Freidman talks a lot about the efficiency of China and the high academic performance of Chinese students compared to the sluggishness of America's infrastructure and education system. He argues that we've grown complacent about gridlock, inefficiency, and low academic achievement. "What we don't want is to absolutely fall behind. There's a real hunger for greatness in China—as there was with the new immigrants in America—we've lost that in this country." But there's actually something more tangible than an abstract yearning or lack of same at work here. Take education for example. According to the Schools Matter blog, the American education gap is really a socio-economic issue. U.S. students from high-income families who attend well-funded schools outscore nearly all other countries on international tests. Only our children from low-income homes who attend poorly funded schools score below the international average. "Our scores look low because the U.S. has the highest percentage of children in poverty of all industrialized countries (25%, compared to Denmark's 3%)," says Schools Matter, "American education has been successful; the problem is poverty."
Since we work in the anti-poverty field, we understand the interconnectedness of income and energy security and our nation's overall health. The most vulnerable Americans suffer disproportionately from loss of jobs and rising prices, especially soaring energy costs. The growing number of Americans in poverty exacerbates the very conditions that cause poverty, locking us in a vicious cycle.
So what have I learned from Thomas Friedman? The work we do each day is what our country needs not just to raise some number of our citizens out of poverty, but also to ensure long-term prosperity and security for all Americans. Also, we cannot rest on the perceived laurels of successful programs, like CSBG and Weatherization. We must work vigilantly to prove these programs are unique and value-added. We must also be willing to constantly ask ourselves how we can improve them for the better.
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USDA Seeks Applications for Rural Broadband Loan Program
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Washington, D.C., , April 17, 2018 —
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that USDA is accepting applications for loans under its long-standing Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program to extend broadband infrastructure in eligible rural communities. USDA has supported broadband infrastructure projects through this program since it was created in the 2002 Farm Bill and reauthorized under the 2014 Farm Bill.
The Agency has also announced that it is revising the process in which applications will be accepted under the program. Since the passage of the 2014 Farm Bill, the Agency has only accepted applications according to discrete application windows. However, USDA has determined that the use of application windows has not effectively supported its mission to finance improved broadband service in rural areas. As a result, USDA will now accept applications on a rolling basis throughout FY 2018. This will give the Agency the ability to request additional information and modifications to submitted applications whenever necessary.
USDA plans to make more than $100 million available through The Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program. Loan applications ranging from $100,000 to $25 million will be processed on a first come, first served basis. USDA will review and rank applications every 90 days through Sept. 30, 2018. Funding priority will be given to applicants that propose to serve the highest percentage of unserved households.
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Q: Core Data: What's the proper way to move an attribute from one entity to another? My app is still in development so I am not trying to do anything fancy like migrating data from one version of my data store to another. Instead I am trying to refactor my design and part of that is moving an attribute "Foo" that belonged to entity "Entity1" over to entity "Entity2". Using the XCode data model editor, I deleted the "Foo" attribute from "Entity1". Then I selected "Entity2" and added a new attribute with the same name, type, and other settings that "Foo" had in "Entity1". Thus, I moved "Foo" from "Entity1" to "Entity2". I then recreated the managed object classes for both "Entity1" and "Entity2" and confirmed that they reflected the change ("Foo" now being a dynamic property of "Entity2" and missing from "Entity1").
Next, I went to the /Users/mike/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/4.2/Applications directory and nuked the folder that contained my app to make sure that it no longer had a .sqlite file.
Next, I went to the iOS Simulator menu and chose to Reset Content and Settings.
Next, I did a Clean in Xcode.
Finally, I built and ran my app. But what I got was an InvalidArgumentException stating that "Foo" did not exists in "Entity1" id = 4!
I thought I nuked my data store? Why does my app think that there is an object of "Entity1" with an id of 4 that has the old schema?
What is the proper way to do a refactor like this in Xcode?
Please help!

A: Figured it out. My problem was not how I changed the data model but rather that I had a predicate that was still referring to the "Foo" attribute in "Entity1".


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Tucker Carlson: The elites want COVID-19 lockdowns to usher in a 'Great Reset' and that should terrify you
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America is locking down again. In some places, that's already happening. If you have kids, you've seen it. Joe Biden has promised more of it — more masks, more quarantines, more limits on travel, more restrictions on who you can eat with and who you can touch.
The most intimate details of our lives are being completely controlled by our leadership class. The people who used to scream at politicians, "Keep your hands off my body!" aren't saying a thing about this. In fact, they're encouraging it.
So the question is, what exactly is this about? It's not about science. If masks and lockdowns prevented spikes in coronavirus infections, we wouldn't be seeing spikes in coronavirus infections after nine months. But we are seeing them, so clearly, the geniuses got it wrong once again. This time, they're not even bothering to point to legitimate scientific studies to support continuing their policies because there aren't any studies that support that. So what is going on?
Catholic Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has some idea. Viganò is one of the truth-tellers in his church. He made himself deeply unpopular with many in the hierarchy several years ago by exposing their complicity in decades of sex abuse. Viganò is 79 years old and in the way that older people stop caring what others think, he really doesn't care. So instead, he says what he thinks is true.
A few weeks ago, he wrote a letter to President Donald Trump assessing the lockdowns from a perspective you almost never hear in this country.
"No one, up until last February," Viganò wrote, "would ever have thought that, in all of our cities, citizens would be arrested simply for wanting to walk down the street, to breathe, to want to keep their businesses open, to want to go to church on Sunday. Yet now it is happening all over the world … The fundamental rights of citizens and believers are being denied in the name of a health emergency that is revealing itself more and more fully as instrumental to the establishment of an inhuman, faceless tyranny."
There's a reason you may not have heard those words before. The usual foot soldiers for conformity in our news media did their best to suppress and discredit Viganò's letter to the president. Yahoo News tried to tie the elderly clergyman somehow to QAnon, which to them made sense. He alleged that a global health emergency was being used by the people in power for ends that had nothing to do with the virus itself, and of course, that's crazy talk. That's the media position on that.
The only problem is that what Viganò wrote is actually true. It's not a conspiracy theory, it is factually accurate. Here's Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking to the United Nations in September.
TRUDEAU: This pandemic has provided an opportunity for a reset. This is our chance to accelerate our pre-pandemic efforts to reimagine economic systems that actually address global challenges like extreme poverty, inequality and climate change.
"This is our chance," says Justin Trudeau. Not our chance to save you from a virus with a 99% survival rate. This is our chance to impose unprecedented social controls on the population in order to bypass democracy and change everything to conform with their weird academic theories that have never been tested in the real world and, by the way, don't actually make sense.
"This pandemic has provided an opportunity for a reset." Keep in mind, that's not from QAnon, that is a head of state talking and he's not alone. Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, has written a book called "COVID-19: The Great Reset." The book isn't really about science or medicine. Instead, it describes, "what changes will be needed to create a more inclusive, resilient and sustainable world going forward."
What changes is Schwab talking about? We don't know. What we're certain of is that you're going to pay for them and the people in charge will benefit from them.
What's telling is how different this is from the way our leaders were talking back when the pandemic began. Statewide coronavirus lockdowns in this country started about eight months ago, in mid-March. At the time, California Gov. Gavin Newsom predicted that 56 % of his state's population — more than 25 million people — would become infected with the virus within eight weeks. Businesses would need to shut down, Newsom acknowledged. But he also promised he would all be over soon. "This is not a permanent state," Newsom assured us. "It is a moment in time."
That should have made us nervous. Because in the end, that moment continued indefinitely. Pretty soon Gavin Newsom was telling us who we were allowed to be around and who we were allowed to talk to.
NEWSOM, IN JULY: As always, I want to remind you, limit your mixing with people outside of your household. It's just common sense. But the data suggests not everybody is practicing common sense.
What have we learned from the data since then? Well, as of Nov. 15, about 2.6% of the total population of California has been infected. That's roughly 20 million fewer people than Gavin Newsom predicted to be infected by May. So in some ways, that looks like a victory. Can we declare victory? No, just the opposite.
Monday, Newsom announced that more lockdowns are underway. Right now, 41 counties in our biggest state are under the most restrictive form of lockdown. Churches, gyms, and restaurants cannot conduct any kind of indoor operations.
Newsom is implementing these lockdowns on scientifc grounds, of course, but he doesn't believe in it for himself because apparently he is exempt from the laws of epidemiology. We know this because nine days ago, the governor was caught violating his own guidelines by eating at one of the state's most expensive restaurants with a dozen other people. By the way, he's fine. He didn't die from it. When you're God, you don't fear viruses. Lockdowns are for mortals.
You'd think getting caught would hurt Newsom. Getting caught ignoring your own rules used to be a major problem for politicians, but it's not anymore. They are no longer humiliated by their own hypocrisy. The point of the exercise is to humiliate the rest of us by forcing us to obey transparently absurd orders.
"Everyone has to wear a Viking hat with horns every Wednesday. It's the law! Dr. Fauci's orders!"
By the way, people would do that. They would follow the orders and would scream at others if they didn't. In an environment like this, dominated by completely unreasonable demands from the people on top, mediocrities like Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot thrive. This is a moment created for her and people like her. Lightfoot explained on MSNBC Friday that she has no personal obligation to follow the lockdown restrictions that you could be arrested for ignoring.
STEPHANIE RUHLE: What do you say to those who are criticizing you, where less than a week ago, you went out and stood before a massive crowd who was celebrating Joe Biden's victory, and now you're saying your city has to shut down? How do you have one and not the other?
LIGHTFOOT: There are times when we actually do need to have the relief and come together. And I felt like that was one of those times. That crowd was gathered, whether I was there or not.
Notice the complete lack of embarrassment and shame. "There are times when the rules just don't apply to me."
So when specifically are those times when the rules don't apply to the people making the rules? Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser decided that her rules did not apply to Joe Biden's victory party in Delaware, so she went. Going to the party, she explained, was, "essential." Muriel Bowser didn't have to quarantine or restrict her travel in any way because it was on behalf of the Democratic Party.
What does the Great Reset look like? This is what it looks like: The people in charge doing whatever they want because they're in charge. There will be no live music in the Great Reset. Choirs will be illegal unless they are singing the praises of Kamala Harris. Christmas will be banned. "Sorry, put on your mask and spend the holidays alone. Good luck."
So how long can this all continue, this weird and yet weirdly recognizable combination of hypocrisy and authoritarianism? Well, it's hard to imagine it could go on forever. In his letter last month to the president, Archbishop Viganò wrote this and it's worth hearing:
"This Great Reset is designed to fail because those who planned it do not understand that there are still people ready to take to the streets to defend their rights, to protect their loved ones, to give a future to their children and their grandchildren."
Let's hope that's true.
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At the inauguration of the 13-member board of Directors of the NBA in Accra on Monday, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation said since GMOs were good technological systems that help improve crop and plant varieties and ensuring food security, it was proper that the public was well engaged to help them better understand and accept biotechnology.
He therefore urged the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) Board to educate the public on biotechnology and biosafety issues. This he said will help the public understand and embrace biotechnology as a better alternative to socio-economic Advancement. He said such public education on biotechnology, especially on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), was needed to be carried out by the Board "to help correct the wrong perception created in the minds of the public regarding the technology. "Biotechnology is so important and we can't develop without it", the Minister noted, adding that countries like China in 1986 embraced biotechnology and did extensive research in various biotechnology systems which resulted in its fast advancement globally.
Prof Frimpong-Boateng explained that genetically modified foods and products were being consumed everyday all over the world, and therefore, Ghanaians have to embrace GMOs as a new way of technological advancement that had come to stay to help the world cope with weather changes. He said the Crop Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) continues to research and develop new plant and crops varieties like yams, maize, cassava and potatoes that were more resistant to the changing weather patterns, and gave the assurance that these were very safe for consumption.
He said, Government sees great potential in modern biotechnology and thus initiated the biosafety system some 19 years ago for the country to have an appropriate and transparent decision-making mechanism for modern biotechnology for the benefit of the people and the environment. The Biosafety Act, was subsequently passed in 2011 in line with Ghana's obligation under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, legalizes Biosafety, to help the country make decisions on modern biotechnology, based on risk assessment and other considerations. The Act also legally established the NBA.
He therefore, tasked the NBA to take immediate steps to work with the Finance Ministry to finalise the free regime for biosafety applications and also manage the GMO detection laboratories, which was about to be commissioned to generate income for the NBA and the government.
The new board, which has a three-year mandate, is chaired by Professor Charles Antwi-Boasiako, a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The Board is expected to make decisions on biosafety applications for safe development, transfer, handling and use of GMOs in Ghana, and address socio-economic issues related to biotechnology and biosafety. It is also mandated to promote public awareness, participation and education, while establishing committees, including Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBCs) and set procedures for the operations of such committee, among other functions.
Prof Antwi-Boasiako on behalf of the board thanked the President for the confidence reposed in the members, and gave the assurance that the Board would work tirelessly to make it relevant in the rapidly-changing global environment of science and technology.
He said the Board would also work to promote environmentally-sound application of biotechnology that maximises its potential benefits and minimises the likely risk to the environment and human health. The Board would also scrutinize the handling of requests for approval of application for "Contained or Confined Use involving GMOs, Introduction into the environment, Import or Place in the Market, Exports and GMOs in transit.
Other members of the NBA Board include, Mr Eric Amaning Okoree, Chief Executive Officer of the NBA, Ms Delese Mimi Darko, Chief Executive Officer of Food and Drugs Authority, Dr Yaa Difie Osei, Chairperson of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of MESTI, Ms Adelaide Asantewaa Asante of MESTI, and Mr Emmanuel Kojo Gyimah, of the Association of Ghana Industries.
Others are; Lawyer Yaw D. Oppong, a legal Practitioner, Prof Victoria Pearl Dzogbefia, an Academician, Dr Francis Boateng Agyenim of the CSIR, Dr Anastasia Michaelina Yirenkyi of the Ministry of Health, and Mr Anthony Asewa Mensah of the Ghana Revenue Authority.
The rest are Dr King-David Amoah, an NGO activist and Dr Samuel Asiedu Okantah, an academician.
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Very few sites that use time synchronization systems have tested them. When asked how they know that the software/hardware is doing what is expected the response is usually "the documentation says so" or the "the software itself reports all is ok". There are very few tools available to easily test time synchronization or easily reproduced methods for testing and this is a likely cause for this problem.
Our tests show that NTP, one of the more popular time synchronization systems, exhibits some undesirable behavior including poor tracking of a single time source, significant offset from a desired time for long periods, and erratic "jumps" in time during startup. Running untested time synchronization software is a very dangerous thing since it exposes applications to unpredictable behavior of the system clock. This can be especially dangerous for sites that have external or customer requirements for time synchronization.
All of our tests were run with NTP version 4.2.4p6 on a RedHat Enterprise 5.3 stock installation with Supermicro 64-bit AMD quad-core servers. We used a Garmin GPS 16HVS as an external time reference. This GPS provides a pulse-per-second (PPS) signal. This is a 5v signal from the GPS that is produced every second-to-second transition with +/- 250 nanoseconds accuracy. The PPS line was run from the GPS to the serial port of the computers. This allowed the server and client machines to compute an offset from a common reference each second for an accurate measure of the offset between the clock on each system. This PPS signal was also used as a reference time for the server to synchronize to so that it was able to provide a time that was synchronized to other systems.
The main measurement I present in this article is the difference between the Linux clock (as provided to user programs) and GPS PPS signal on both the server system and client system. These values show how well the synchronization between the client and reference time source is being maintained through the server. To obtain this measurement we wrote a Linux kernel module that isolates one processor of the system and runs in a busy-wait loop looking for the PPS signal from the GPS. Once the signal is seen the Linux system time is noted through a gettimeofday() system call and the offset from the nearest second is calculated. A value of 0.0 seconds shows that the Linux time is exactly in sync with the external signal and the second transitions of the Linux clock are perfectly aligned with the GPS second transitions. If both the server and client show the same offset value then they are perfectly synchronized even though they may be offset from the GPS time. By routing the PPS signal from a single GPS to both the client and server we are able to measure the system time offset from a common reference on multiple systems at the same time.
There was no load placed on the systems used in these tests except where noted. The network was not loaded except where noted and each machine was connected to a Linksys SR2024 gigabit switch. Each test was started with the local system time set one half-second behind a reference time (a remote NTP server) to give each system a reproducible startup scenario and show how each deals with initial setup and starting error.


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New study suggests aging has little impact on brain function
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Age differences in brain activity may have been overestimated in the past because of noise in fMRI signals (Photo: Shutterstock)
When we get older, communication between neurons slows down and certain regions of the brain see reduced function. At least, that's the current understanding. But a new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge and Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit shows that the difference between older brains and younger ones may not be so great. The researchers demonstrated that functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which is commonly used to study brain activity, is susceptible to signal noise from changing vascular (blood vessel) activity.
fMRI doesn't directly measure neural activity but rather infers it through changes in regional blood flow (because blood flow increases in a brain region whenever that region is in use). Normally that isn't much of an issue, but blood circulation differs between people of different ages and the emerging method favored in accounting for the resultant signal noise by making additional measurements (such as of people holding their breath) is impractical in larger cohort studies of aging (these are comparative studies conducted over a long period that aim to establish links between risk factors and health outcomes).
Vascular function noise consequently tends to be unaccounted for when exploring the effects of aging on the brain. For this new study, the researchers were able to use resting state fMRI measurements (i.e. the data for when subjects aren't doing anything) to probe and validate CamCAN project data across 335 healthy volunteers over their lifespans.
They found that the age differences in fMRI signals during a task are correlated to vascular, not neuronal, activity. And this extends to sensory tasks. Once corrected for the vascular noise, apparent reductions in brain activity in the visual and auditory areas disappeared. The implication is that prior studies may have overestimated the effect of aging on cognition and other areas of brain activity.
The researchers propose that their method is a suitable alternative to "golden standard" calibration measures in large-scale and ongoing longitudinal studies.
A paper describing the research was published in the journal Human Brain Mapping.
Source: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Age differences in brain activity may have been overestimated in the past because of noise in fMRI signals (Photo: Shutterstock)
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Listening to the CD release of BABYMETAL's major-label debut single was instantly familiar, since I'd been replaying the mind-blowing video from the title track for weeks. An epic choir, deep-chord metal riffs, and the perfect vocal synchronicity of the three young vocalists have already made "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" a favorite.
The single's regular edition comes with another new track, "Catch Me If You Can." It's a good showcase for their kawaii-metal style, but it's sort of a step backward to when BABYMETAL first started and hadn't hit their full power yet. "Air-vocal" versions are also included.
On the Limited Editions, the choir returns for coupling track "BABYMETAL DEATH" (the girls' famous introductory pun), with backing members BABY BONES throwing power-chord, death-metal fire in an escalating chant. If you're a BABYMETAL fan, the Limited Editions are the ones to get, for the 2 songs plus the video DVDs.
Limited "I" comes with the "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" music video, plus a "making of" video, which is just a handycam of behind the scenes shooting. There's no footage of the members talking or interviews, so I was disappointed.
Limited "D" comes with a great live video of "DO.KI.DO.KI. MORNING" and "II NE!" The live crowd energy is fantastic here, and it's a fun flashback to an earlier stage in BABYMETAL's development.
Limited "Z" is my favorite because of SU-METAL's eerie emergence from her onstage coffin to begin "Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!" The girls are in full Metal Princess mode here, and the performance of "U.KI.U.KI MIDNIGHT" is equally magnetic.


Can you eat stingray? General Freediving Area. Scallops taste nothing like any kind of ray we have here. Stingray does taste like shark, and can get ammonia smell if you dont take care of it,but has stringy tough meat, nothing like a scallop and the grain runs the wrong way.
A stingray is a type of fish, so it can swim, eat other sealife (from plankton to fish to other rays, depending on its size), raise offspring, and sting a person if stepped on.
Stingray is also sold as a cheap imitation scallop. It is used best when grilled, or broiled with some oilve oil and salt/pepper. Curried dishes, pad thia, are also both good uses for stingray, as is a cream based soup, it produces a slightly sweet mellow flavor in the soup.
Stingray diet can be varied and diverse. "What do stingrays eat" is the critical issue so that you can have a good strategy when fishing.
Some stingrays can even change color over the course of several days to adjust to new habitats. Since their mouths are on the side of their bodies, they catch their prey, then crush and eat with their powerful jaws.Like its shark relatives, the stingray is outfitted with electrical sensors called ampullae of Lorenzini.
Before you can try Stingray, you first have to catch one. Lucky for you, they are an easy fish to catch! Stingrays are like saltwater catfish in that they are bottom feeders that will eat pretty much anything that they can put in their mouths. A few top choices include, dead or live shrimp, cut Ladyfish, and live finger mullet.


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The Glass Blowing Art of Ola Hoglund is Inspirational.
Ola Hoglund's renowned glass blowing art carried on his family traditions in Tropical North Queensland. Trained in Sweden under the rigorous tutelage of master glassblowers and encouraged by his artist father, Ola has worked in New Zealand for many years, also spending part of each year in Australia.
He now spends most of each year at his glass blowing studio in Otago, New Zealand.
Hoglund Art Glass is collected world wide and Ola and Marie have received many accolades for commissions such as the America's Cup and the Sydney Olympic Games as well as New Zealand and Sweden's stamp issues.
The gas fired glass furnace was slowly heated over a period of two weeks as Ola prepared his materials and glass blowing equipment for another season in the North Queensland studio that he shared with his artist partner, Marie Simberg-Hoglund. The furnace would continue burning day and night until the end of their residency when it would be slowly cooled and turned off.
Pure silica sand from Tasmania is mixed with a flux of sodium carbonate, lime and other minerals to make clear crystal glass for glass blowing.
The hollow, stainless steel blowpipe is readied, glass is melted in the furnace, jacks and shears laid out, wet paddles and newspaper prepared and designs planned.
"You need to know exactly what you are making", says Ola, "everything needs preparation".
This planning extends to the coloured glass to be used, the heat of the glass furnace and of the annealing kiln where the finished piece is slowly cooled.
The history of glass blowing is almost lost in the mists of time, its origin thought to have been developed by chance around 2000BC as Phoenician sailors made camp fires on a river using pieces of sodium carbonate to support their cooking vessels. This flux reacted with the sand from the beach to form lumps of clear glass.
Glass has always been considered to be rare and precious, traded for gold, slaves and ivory, its forming techniques and materials a closely guarded secret until relatively recent times.
But, of course, glass is merely a substance without form until it is given life in the hands of a master glass blowing artist, such as Ola Hoglund.
Ola constantly strives to improve on the previous piece that he has made so that the properties of the glass are given full rein to reach their potential of transparency, translucency, strength as well as fragility. An ethereal looking form often surprises with its dense heaviness, which seems to contradict its appearance.
Gathering molten glass at the end of the blowpipe from the furnace, Ola rotates it to make a roundish shape then blows little puffs of air into it to make a bubble. A kiln called a 'glory hole' is kept burning during working hours only and it is into this temperature controlled space that he re-heats his, now cooling, glass 'bubble' to keep it at a workable temperature as he continues to form the piece.
Pieces of coloured glass are picked up and incorporated into the design as the glass blowing art process takes over, the artist's brain, eye and soul working as one with his materials.
Glass blowing demonstrations: Ola and Marie work as a team, blowing, turning and shaping.
He repeatedly puffs air to make the form grow, shaping it with wet newspaper or a wooden paddle and re-heating it until he has the correct shape to finish it into a platter, vase or round bowl.
The finished piece is put to cool in the electric annealing kiln. Initially this kiln is at the same temperature, approximately 490C, but at the end of the day's work it is slowly cooled over a period of 12 - 48 hours to reduce any stresses that could develop with more rapid cooling.
Cutting and polishing then completes the piece, after which it is engraved, numbered and signed, ready for its special collector to find!
Then there's Hoglunds' speciality, the intricate painted or engraved graal glass, a collaboration between Ola and Marie. Marie usually paints, engraves or cuts patterns and designs into the small 'blanks' before Ola enlarges them with his blowing and turning techniques.
For details of the graal glass process please see here.
A painted graal vase or bowl (see examples, below) also starts life as a small bubble of glass onto which Marie paints colourful images. Ola then blows them larger and larger, adding coats of clear glass in the process. Fun, aren't they?


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Q: Uploading file, axios works but fetch API doesn't, what did I do wrong? I'm using fetch API to communicate with the server, then I realize when I use fetch API to upload file, the post request looks weird and my PHP server couldn't get the file by $_FILES correctly.
Here's my basic setup, the file and fileName are pre-populated.
const api = 'xxxx/api/file';
const body = new FormData();
body.append('files[]', file, fileName);
body.append('bid', 529);

const headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data',
  'Authorization': 'Token xxxxxx'
};

While I'm using fetch API, the post request looks like this, any my PHP server couldn't get the post data.
fetch(api, { method: 'POST', body, headers, mode: 'cors' });

But when I use axios, the request looks like this, and my PHP server could get the files correctly:
axios.post(api, body, { headers });

So what is going on? Did axios do something different?
And is there a way to achieve this without using axios?

A: Try the fetch API without the content-Type key:
const api = 'xxxx/api/file';
const body = new FormData();
body.append('files[]', file, fileName);
body.append('bid', 529);

const headers = {
  'Authorization': 'Token xxxxxx'
};

delete headers.headers['Content-Type'];

fetch(api, { method: 'POST', body, headers, mode: 'cors' });

Source: https://muffinman.io/blog/uploading-files-using-fetch-multipart-form-data/


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from .currency import currencydb

# Eurozone countries (officially the euro area)
# see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurozone
# using ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes
# see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2
#
eurozone = tuple(
    ("AT BE CY DE EE ES FI FR GR IE IT LU LV LT MT NL PT SI SK").split(" ")
)

def print_eurozone():
    for c in sorted(map(country, eurozone)):
        print(c)

_countries = None
_country_ccys = None
_country_maps = {}

class CountryError(Exception):
    pass

def country(code):
    cdb = countries()
    code = country_map(code)
    return cdb.get(code, "")

def countryccy(code):
    cdb = countryccys()
    code = str(code).upper()
    return cdb.get(code, None)

def countries():
    """
    get country dictionar from pytz and add some extra.
    """
    global _countries
    if not _countries:
        v = {}
        _countries = v
        try:
            from pytz import country_names

            for k, n in country_names.items():
                v[k.upper()] = n
        except Exception:
            pass
    return _countries

def countryccys():
    """
    Create a dictionary with keys given by countries ISO codes and values
    given by their currencies
    """
    global _country_ccys
    if not _country_ccys:
        v = {}
        _country_ccys = v
        ccys = currencydb()
        for c in eurozone:
            v[c] = "EUR"
        for c in ccys.values():
            if c.default_country:
                v[c.default_country] = c.code
    return _country_ccys

def set_country_map(cfrom, cto, name=None, replace=True):
    """
    Set a mapping between a country code to another code
    """
    global _country_maps
    cdb = countries()
    cfrom = str(cfrom).upper()
    c = cdb.get(cfrom)
    if c:
        if name:
            c = name
        cto = str(cto).upper()
        if cto in cdb:
            raise CountryError("Country %s already in database" % cto)
        cdb[cto] = c
        _country_maps[cfrom] = cto
        ccys = currencydb()
        cccys = countryccys()
        ccy = cccys[cfrom]
        cccys[cto] = ccy

        # If set, remove cfrom from database
        if replace:
            ccy = ccys.get(ccy)
            ccy.default_country = cto
            cdb.pop(cfrom)
            cccys.pop(cfrom)
    else:
        raise CountryError("Country %s not in database" % c)

def set_new_country(code, ccy, name):
    """
    Add new country code to database
    """
    code = str(code).upper()
    cdb = countries()
    if code in cdb:
        raise CountryError("Country %s already in database" % code)
    ccys = currencydb()
    ccy = str(ccy).upper()
    if ccy not in ccys:
        raise CountryError("Currency %s not in database" % ccy)
    cdb[code] = str(name)
    cccys = countryccys()
    cccys[code] = ccy

def country_map(code):
    """
    Country mapping
    """
    code = str(code).upper()
    global _country_maps
    return _country_maps.get(code, code)

# Add eurozone to list of Countries
set_new_country("EU", "EUR", "Eurozone")

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Jemal Singleton (December 7, 1975) is an American football coach who is the assistant head coach and running backs coach for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach for the Cincinnati Bengals, Oakland Raiders, Indianapolis Colts, University of Arkansas, Oklahoma State University–Stillwater and the United States Air Force Academy.

Coaching career

Air Force
In 2000, Singleton began his coaching career at the United States Air Force Academy, his alma mater, as a prep assistant. In 2003, Singleton was hired as a varsity assistant coach. In 2006, Singleton was promoted to running backs coach.

Oklahoma State
In 2011, Singleton joined as the running backs coach at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater.

Arkansas
In 2015, Singleton was hired by the University of Arkansas as their running backs coach.

Indianapolis Colts
In 2016, Singleton was hired by the Indianapolis Colts as their running backs coach under head coach Chuck Pagano. In his two seasons with Indianapolis, Singleton helped Frank Gore amass 1,986 rushing yards, the ninth-most in the NFL during that span. Gore came just shy of 1,000 yards in 2017, finishing 12th in the NFL with 961 yards on the ground. In 2016, he guided Gore to his ninth 1,000-yard season, becoming the first Colts rusher to eclipse 1,000 yards since RB Joseph Addai in 2007, and also becoming the first running back age 33-or-older to rush for at least 1,000 yards since John Riggins in 1984 (fourth player overall).

Oakland Raiders
On January 11, 2018, Singleton was hired by the Oakland Raiders as their running backs coach under head coach Jon Gruden.

Cincinnati Bengals
On February 10, 2019, Singleton was  hired by the Cincinnati Bengals as their running backs coach under head coach Zac Taylor.

Kentucky Wildcats
On January 7, 2021 Singleton was hired by the University of Kentucky as their running backs coach and special teams coordinator.

Philadelphia Eagles
On February 8, 2021, Singleton was  hired by the Philadelphia Eagles as their assistant head coach and running backs coach under head coach Nick Sirianni, replacing Duce Staley.

Personal life
Singleton is married to his wife, Jennifer, and they have two daughters together.

In 1999, Singleton graduated from the United States Air Force Academy with a bachelor's degree in social sciences.

References

External links
Indianapolis Colts bio

Living people
Indianapolis Colts coaches
Oakland Raiders coaches
Kentucky Wildcats football coaches
Arkansas Razorbacks football coaches
Air Force Falcons football players
Air Force Falcons football coaches
United States Air Force Academy alumni
1975 births
Cincinnati Bengals coaches
Philadelphia Eagles coaches

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UNBELIEVABLE! SEE WHAT COST IBE KACHIKWU HIS JOB AS THE NNPC GMD
Fresh facts have emerged as to the underlying reasons the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, was removed as the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC), after serving in that capacity for a period of 11 months. Before his appointment as GMD of NNPC last August, he was the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel for Exxon Mobil (Africa).
Armed with private sector experience, Kachikwu, on assumption of office, introduced some swift reforms geared towards the restructuring of the NNPC, the resuscitation of the refineries, and deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry.
He also sought to introduce transparency and accountability in the huge oil corporation in such a way that each subsidiary would be required to render profit and loss accounts at the end of each fiscal year.
There have been speculations that Kachikwu came under attacks from various quarters and interest groups who felt threatened by these reforms. Sunday Telegraph learnt that Kachikwu had to give way because, apart from the abnormality in one person holding the two strategic positions, he was too fast and reform-minded for the NNPC and ruffled not a few feathers while he held sway as the NNPC boss.
An oil industry source told Sunday Telegraph that the first factor that led to his exit was that it was not legal for one person to be the Minister of Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of NNPC, at the same time.
"It was an anomaly and supposed to be a temporary arrangement. It was not supposed have lasted that long. In addition, he brought private sector initiatives into a largely conservative and bureaucratic system. Normally, reforms will be resisted by those used to the old system.
But one of the things he didn't do well was not carrying the people along. "There was a lot of disenchantment in the system because of the sweeping reforms Kachikwu tried to introduce.
The 'indigenous NNPC staff' said they were not carried along. He brought in a lot of strange people, a lot of new ideas and these were coming a bit too fast. Civil servants are usually conservative people, so when they do not understand what you are doing or where you are going, they will ask all sorts of questions. What is this man doing? You want to destroy the system? You want to destroy our NNPC?
How can he make this man a General Manager when he just finished school 10 years ago? All those things are bound to be there.
"He ought to have been a bit gradual in introducing those reforms, but he was working on timelines that were too fast for the system. He was in a hurry because he knew that he was not supposed to occupy those two positions for a long time," our source said.
Although Kachikwu remains the boss of the oil industry, there are indications that his current position as Minister of State may not give him the full powers to drive the series of reforms he introduced into the system. His successor, the newly appointed Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru, has assumed office and pledged to carry on with the reforms of his predecessor.
Baru has, however, unfolded a 12-point agenda for the corporation but said he will run an all inclusive system for better results. According to Baru, his administration will set up an all-inclusive internal advisory council on security comprising representatives from NNPC, the international oil corporations(IOCs), the Unions and Security Operatives to brainstorm and address host community agitations to complement efforts of the Government Security Team.
The new helmsman also pledged to implement the new business models and grant the needed autonomy to the strategic business units; provide relevant directions and control that will ensure their growth and profitability, continue to explore ways of relieving government from the burden of cash calls obligation, defray the agreed cash call arrears of the IOCs, restore oil and gas production and grow the reserve portfolio.
Meanwhile, some lawyers, yesterday, kicked against the various appointments made so far by President Muhammadu Buhari into boards and parastatals, stating that such is against the provisions of federal character.
The President had, last week, appointed members into the board of NNPC, with his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, making the list. Speaking with Sunday Telegraph, an Abuja based lawyer, Wahab Olatoye, noted that the appointments of Buhari since he was sworn in, has been lopsided, as only his allies from the North are always being considered for appointments. "Like people have been saying all along, appointment under Buhari's administration has been tailored towards CPC members who are in APC and the CPC members are the ones from the North alone and it does not cut across nationwide.
"The lopsidedness is against the Federal Character law and it is not cognizance of that.
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