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an early lesson in my career was that everything communicates. that lesson rang loud and true last night as i listened to a good friend tell me she'd just learned that she, plus all partners and the founder, was taking a required double-digit pay cut. folks, she's in a nonprofit job so you know that hits hard. the economy is slow, business is down, and she, while not a partner, is one of the highest-paid members of the team.
the founder didn't take a larger cut than the rest, despite his larger stake and greater influence on these decisions.
for my friend, these actions shook her confidence in the leadership. she witnessed thinking in a vacuum in lieu of long-term strategic planning. and she personally felt the brunt of knee-jerk decisions at odds with one another. now this very talented contributor is planning to walk.
she's not alone. a recent workplace survey shows that 54% of workers plan to flee as soon as the economy recovers. furloughs being used to avoid job cuts are creating employees who are overworked, angry, and feeling exploited. these reactions are amplified when leadership avoids making the tough decisions earlier, leaving employees to shoulder the pain today, as in my friend's case.
how leaders lead, how decisions are made, how we work. everything communicates. more than the actual communications — the print, web, email, or in-person way you communicated your message.
it's harrowing to admit that i've seen these types of scenarios time and again. this brings to light some deeply rooted inefficiencies in organizations bogged down either by intense political pressure or sheer lack of accountability and insight.
you called it well. and if one could chalk this up to poor thought leadership, i'd say (as i tweeted once before): so many thought leaders, so little thought.
Sounds like an "actions speak louder than words" sort of situation. I'm guessing that the pay cuts were announced with a we're-all-taking-one-for-the-team kind of spin which, from your description, would have been disingenuous.
So maybe another takeaway from the story is not only that everything communicates but that, in the end, you can try to communicate all you want, but it's your actions that will be noted and remembered.
thanks for your comments. and yes, what you do communicates so much more than what you write.


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Ferris Bueller and the Nature of Goodness
December 26, 2014 General Reviewsanxiety, love, themeLane
*spoilers abound throughout*
During a recent bout of sickness, my boyfriend and I watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off, because it is a wonderful, happy movie that makes life seem less awful even when you have to periodically pause it to rush to the bathroom. While I was watching it, two things struck me. First, it is a wonderful happy movie that makes life seem less awful even when, well, I guess I covered that already. Second, Ferris Bueller does almost nothing I approve of, and yet I can't help liking him and rooting for him. He rejects education for entirely juvenile reasons. He lies to every authority figure, bullies his best friend into going out, takes another person's car out for a joyride and cons his way into taking someone else's dinner reservation (both of which are on the borderline of stealing), all without showing a hint of guilt. Now, there are many stories out there with an amoral, rule-breaking protagonist, but often I root for these protagonists while cringing. I don't want them to be doing what they are doing, but I still care about them and hope that somehow things work out for them. They are often tragic protagonists who are punished in the end for their wrongdoing, and though I didn't want to see them suffer I also wouldn't have been satisfied by any other ending. Ferris, however, is someone who I root for unreservedly, and when, at the end, everything works out for him, I am completely satisfied. It is the one movie that can make me forget all my normal values while I watch it.
The antiheroic characters I described above earn my sympathy through two methods. First, they tend to be charming, cool and often funny, so they are likable. Second, they tend to oppose characters who are unlikable, sometimes even characters who are more morally corrupt than they are. Both of those do apply to Ferris (he is funny and charming, and his main antagonist, Principal Rooney, is so rude and unapologetically overbearing, it's impossible to root for him) but there is another layer to Ferris' success as a character. While in an academic sense everything he does is wrong, while you are watching him do things the way he does, it's hard to disapprove of them.
For one thing, his misbehaving is incredibly harmless. He never seeks to do harm, only to enjoy himself. I'm trying to think of bad things that could have happened offscreen as a result of his actions, and I can only think of one; the maitre d' who was duped into giving Ferris someone else's reservation probably got chewed out by his manager. That's all, and odds are if he's a decent maitre d' who doesn't normally make this kind of mistake, and if the manager is willing to listen to the full explanation, it's doubtful he suffered any long term consequences. Ferris never steals from somebody who isn't capable of easily replacing what was taken, he never lies with the intent to cause somebody else physical or emotional pain, and in general he never shows ill will towards anybody, even Mr. Rooney.
In fact, the humiliations Mr. Rooney experiences are entirely unrelated to anything Ferris does. In another movie a Ferris-like scalawag might set sadistic traps for him, but that's not Ferris' way. Ferris is content to get out of school, and leave Mr. Rooney in peace. It is Mr. Rooney's own actions that hurt and humiliate him. He is rude to a lesbian who he mistakes for Ferris, and gets soda spat in his face. He trespasses on the Bueller's property, and their dog chases him down. He trespasses again, frightens Ferris' sister and gets the police called on him. I've heard some people argue that Mr. Rooney is actually just doing his job, and we just root against him because he is unsympathetic, I think that is a hard position to support. While it is true that Mr. Rooney has a responsibility to maintain his school's attendance rate, do you think any court or review board would say that responsibility justified abandoning his school for an entire day to chase down a single absent student? Or intruding on someone else's property? Dropping a flowerpot on their dog? Even though his anger at Ferris is somewhat reasonable, his actions are not.
So there is one reason why Ferris is easy to identify with. He never harms anyone directly, nor does he intend to hurt anyone. That doesn't necessarily make him a good person. If he cares only about his own pleasure, without any intent to hurt others, that makes him an amorally blithe spirit. To really be considered a good person, he has to care about others in addition to caring about himself. Does he meet this criteria?
I think he does. He brings two people along with him on his day off; his best friend Cameron, and his girlfriend Sloane. At first, when Cameron is sick in bed and conflicted about going, this seems selfish. Ferris claims that Cameron's illness is all in his head, that he is chronically depressed and anxious and what he really needs is to get out of his head and have some fun. For many characters, this would be just another sort of manipulation, or justifications made for the speaker's own convenience, but this movie backs this up. Once Cameron gets out of his house, he really does stop showing any signs of sickness. His facial expressions and mannerisms are very consistent with being anxious, and his parents are described as being both strict and neglectful (speaking as someone who was in the same position for a while, I related to Cameron quite a lot). After Ferris has gotten Cameron out of the house, he continues to have asides to the camera about Cameron's mental state. Ferris only drops his carefree attitude when he talks about Cameron, because he is genuinely afraid that Cameron will never loosen up and find his confidence. At one point Sloane suggests that Ferris planned this whole trip for Cameron's benefit, and we aren't given any reason to think she's wrong.
I've heard some people suggest that Ferris is a sociopath, and it's true that he is manipulative and shows a callous disregard for the rules, but neither of those are the defining traits of sociopathy. What separates sociopaths from non-sociopaths is that sociopaths completely lack empathy. In fact, people who have many traits of sociopathy, but whose sense of empathy is normal, are known for being extreme altruists; the kinds of people who run into burning buildings or dart into traffic to save small children. Ferris is not a sociopath. He does two things a sociopath would never do. First, when Cameron falls into the pool, seemingly catatonic, Ferris dives in to save him. The look on his face when Cameron falls is of shock and terror, and it's not for the benefit of any audience. Nobody else is there, except Sloane, who is behind him and couldn't see his face anyway. Second, when Cameron, at the end of the film, destroys his father's car, Ferris offers to take the blame. He begs for it. He says this is too much heat for Cameron to take. His feelings for Cameron are both selfless and genuine.
One of Ferris' most morally questionable acts in the beginning of the film is stealing Cameron's father's red Ferrari. I say it's the most morally questionable because, while Ferris doesn't intend for it to be damaged, it easily could have been, and because, while Cameron's family is probably financially capable of replacing it, it has strong emotional value to Cameron's father. The car is kept shut up in a garage, never driven, never used, just polished and admired and doted on. Many kids would complain jokingly about their parent's loving some trinket more than them, but when Cameron says his father loves the Ferrari more than his own son, nobody treats it as an exaggeration. It is this transgression of Ferris' that worries Cameron the most.
In the end, the car is returned to the garage unharmed, but Ferris' plan to take off the miles they have driven turns out to be based on a complete lack of understanding of how cars actually work. Cameron goes catatonic for a while, and Ferris' blithe demeanor is shaken for the first time. He is truly anxious for his friend. Then, Cameron comes out with it, and suddenly trashes his father's car. He has lived his whole life in terror of his father, and now, facing the imminent threat of his father's wrath, he decides the fear is not worth it. He wants to face his father, accept whatever consequences there are. This is how you get rid of fear; you stare the thing you fear in the face, and you accept it. From this point on, Cameron does seem more confident. Initially, he was a rule follower, not because he had an internal moral compass telling him to do so, but because he feared authority and devalued himself. Ferris takes him on an adventure to show him that authority is not all powerful, and that Cameron is worthy of the good times that the rules would so often deprive him of, and in the end, this pays off, though not quite the way Ferris had expected.
This movie, while portraying actions that I would never ordinarily condone, does in fact have a moral core that I completely agree with. Ferris breaks the rules because he knows that the rules aren't always good. In this film, everyone who follows the rules does so for completely the wrong reason. They are either like Mr. Rooney, insisting on the rules because they feel the rules should benefit them personally, or like Cameron, following the rules because they are afraid of the consequences. Their morality does not come from a place of compassion, empathy, or desire to make the world a better place. Instead, it is Ferris' mischief that actually comes from concern for others, and that makes the lives of those around him better.
Rules don't exist to make people good. Rules can't make people good. Rules give us a sense of how the world work, they give us a framework to live in, but it's up to us to live in that framework in a way that is empathetic and giving. As long as the rules are consistent with that kind of inner goodness, it is good to follow them, but when that's not always the case. Sometimes the rules are made by people who don't really have our best interests at heart, like Cameron's parents, or maybe the rules become just an excuse for people who aren't acting in a way that's really good, like Mr. Rooney. For those times, we need characters like Ferris to remind us that sometimes the best thing to do is take a day off.
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Q: convert hexadecimal to binary I have a text file with lines (each of 631 characters) consisting of 16 hexadecimal numbers 0,1,2,...,9,A,B,...,F. I would like to replace each number with the corresponding 4 bits of 0 and 1, i.e. 0 with 0000, 1 with 0001, ..., F with 1111 and then save the file as .bin. How can I do so in Linux terminal?
Some lines of my text file are:
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

A: xxd -r -p
Example:
sudo apt install xxd
printf 123456789ABCDEF0 | xxd -r -p | od -A n -t x1 -v

gives:
 12 34 56 78 9a bc de f0

od shows raw bytes as human readable bytes, which means that xxd -r -p did what we wanted and converted the human readable 123456789ABCDEF0 into corresponding raw bytes.
Tested on Ubuntu 19.04, xxd V1.10.

A: Posting my comment as an answer to be marked as "solved"
for n in $(cat myfile | tr 'a-f' 'A-F');do echo "obase=2; ibase=16; $n" | bc ;done
Okay, in the light of what you have said and what I understood, I have a couple of suggestions to you. The first one, converts each hex line into a new binary line and puts a line break at the end of each line. here is that solution:
cat myfile | while read line
do
  len=${#line}
  binline=""
  index=1
  while [ ${index} -le ${len} ]
  do
    hex=$(echo ${line} | cut -c ${index} | tr 'a-f' 'A-F')
    bin=$(echo "obase=2; ibase=16; ${hex}"|bc)
    padbin=$(printf "%04d" ${bin})
    binline="${binline}${padbin}"
    (( index++ ))
  done
  echo ${binline} >> program.bin
done

And, if I am not mistaken, you are trying to use this binary file as a program to an embedded system or something similar. If that is the case the line breaks may present a problem. If this is the case, i.e., you want the whole file as one single humongous line, you can use the following snippet:
cat myfile | while read line
do
  len=${#line}
  index=1
  while [ ${index} -le ${len} ]
  do
     hex=$(echo ${line} | cut -c ${index} | tr 'a-f' 'A-F')
     bin=$(echo "obase=2; ibase=16; ${hex}"|bc)
     printf "%04d" ${bin} >> p2.bin
     (( index++ ))
  done
done

Having said all of this, if your hexadecimal values file is in  gigabytes size or even few hundred megabytes size, bash will complain and may throw a cryptic error. So, it is in your best interest to chop this input file to more manageable chunks and process them piece-by-piece.
Please note that, I wrote these scripts in the simplest for to understand. Hence it will have some performance penalties when you run them. 3 lines takes about 6 seconds of processing time. It is up to you to optimize it, if you find the wait intolerable.

A: Assuming you want hex strings to be converted to binary strings (sequences of 8 0 or 1 characters for each 2 hex digit character), as opposed to convert those to binary, I'd use perl for that:
$ echo 00ffaa | perl -lne 'print unpack "B*", pack"H*", $_'
000000001111111110101010

With xxd:
$ echo 00ffaa | xxd -p -r | xxd -b -g 0 -c 8 | cut -c11-74
000000001111111110101010

A: You can use printf:
$ printf '%04d\n' 0
0000

$ printf '%04d\n' 1
0001

Or the POSIX Awk stdlib library:
$ awklib 'BEGIN {print base_conv("F", 16, 2)}'
1111

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Q: Is there a consistent global FormatSettings variable availabe? I know there is a global FormatSettings variable available, which is initialized with the current regional OS settings on startup. That means, when you convert strings to numbers and visa verse, e.g. in an xml file, and you exchange that files with other PCs. It can happen that such a file cannot be loaded, since the strings cannot be convertet back to numbers anymore. It depence on the DecimaleSeparator.
So my question is: Is there another globel FormatSettings variabel available, which I can use for storing persistent data into text file?
Example:
FloatToStr(Value, PersistentFormatSettings);

A: No, there is no such variable. You're welcome to define one yourself, though. Declare it in a unit, and then use that unit wherever you need your locale-independent settings.

A: In modern Delphi versions, the global FormatSettings variable(s) are deprecated (mainly because they are not thread-safe).  Every RTL function that uses formatting variables has been overloaded to take an optional TFormatSettings record as input.  That allows you to not only use thread-specific formatting settings, but also custom formatting settings on a per-use basis, without affecting any other formatting uses.  For example:
var
  Fmt: TFormatSettings;
  S: String;
begin
  Fmt := TFormatSettings.Create; // get default settings
  //
  // or:
  // Fmt := TFormatSettings.Create(SomeLocaleID); // get locale-specific settings
  //
  // or:
  // Fmt := TFormatSettings.Create(SomeLocaleName); // get locale-specific settings
  //

  // customize its fields to use whatever you want...
  Fmt.DecimalSeparator := ...;
  Fmt.ThousandSeparator := ...;

  // now format it...
  S := FloatToStr(Value, Fmt);
end;

A: Use FormatSettings variable from SysUtils.
So you can save a lot of time (see in TFormatSettings constructor) and do not initialize this large record each time you're converting float - you do not need to create a new TFormatSettings record. Btw you can use simple FloatToStr(val).
FormatSettings does not marked as deprecated, but is not thread-safe.
You can read this variable from any threads (= you can use FloatToStr from any parallel threads), but write to FormatSettings only from one thread (e.g. changing separators in your Core or main Form constructor) and before other threads start to read it (= use FloatToStr).


As a business owner of any size have you should consider the impact a death or both long term and short term illnesses of yourself or a key member of your team. Business protection plans will consider the needs of your business in these scenarios and seek to ease the burden of these unforeseen events.
Often they can go beyond mere financial compensation and in the case of key man may have support infrastructure in place to provide a pool of highly qualified individuals to "stand in" whilst you and your business get back on track.
Directors and employees with highly specialist skills or knowledge are key employees of the companies they work for. To lose one as a result of a critical illness or death can be damaging to the business. That is why taking out a keyperson insurance to protect the company is a wise move.
Keyperson insurances can provide several benefits. These can include paying the costs of a temporary replacement or recruiting a permanent replacement. They can also cover the cost of death or incapacity of a key member of staff.
Directors' with share agreements may provide for the remaining directors to purchase the shares of the other shareholding directors should they die or become seriously ill. However there is a risk that the remaining directors may not have sufficient funds to hand when a fellow director passes away unexpectedly or will not return due to serious illness. With small companies they can face problems as the shares can be difficult to sell to another party and are only of real value to those that are connected with the firm. The shares could also be passed to the deceased's family, but the family may not be able to make a contribution to the future success of the firm and so be made a payment rather than join the firm.
To protect against this a Shareholder Protection will provide a life plan to cover this eventuality. A critical illness protection contract can also be relevant where a director is forced to leave due to serious illness.
Critical Illness Plans these may not cover all definitions of a critical illness. The definitions vary between product providers and will be described in the key features and policy document for customer(s) who go ahead with a plan.
Business partners' also face similar issues to those of Shareholders of limited companies and so where a partner dies or contracts a serious illness then the remaining partners may have to make a payment to the personal representative(s) or the partner.
To arrange such cover for either of the above requires the understanding and agreement of all concerned. It will also require some careful calculations to determine how much cover is required. However, it will be a comfort to all directors or partners of a business to know that their own or a colleague's death will leave the other directors / partners with sufficient support to carry out the terms of their shareholders' agreement / partnership agreement.
With life assurance, these plans have no cash in value at any time and will cease at the end of the term. If premiums are not maintained, then cover will lapse.


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All about Basketball
Basketball was invented by James Naismith
It was invented at Springfield college (Y.M.C.A. training school) at the time.
The first rules were devised
Iron Hoops and Hammock style baskets were introduced
Women's Basketball was introduced by Sendra Berenson
Sendra was a gymnastics instructor at Smith College, Massachusetts. No male spectators were allowed at the Women's Basketball games
Free throws were first inducted
A made field goal and a free throw counted as one point
The first manufactured balls
The first balls were made by a bicycle manufacturing company. Until 1894, this game was played with a soccer ball.
The free throw line was established
The free throw line was 21'
The free throw line was moved closer
It was moved to 15'
wire mesh backboards were introduced
The wire mesh backboards prevented spectators from interfering with the game.
Rules were changed to count a made field goal as two points
Five players became the mandatory team size
Originally, there was no set number of players and teams played with up to 50 players. After experimenting, they started playing with 9 players on each team, the reason being that 18 people showed up for Naismith's Physical Ed class.
Rules were changed to allow the person to dribble the ball once
After dribbling the ball, the person had to pass the ball and could not shoot it.
wood replaced easily dented wire mesh
plate glass usage was approved
Player disqualification was increased from 2 to 4
It was again increased in 1945 to five fouls.
a two foot gap was between backboard and the wall
A two foot gap was made between the backboard, to prevent people from running up the walls for easy lay-ups, and the end line was required
Traveling was changed to a violation
Until 1922, traveling was considered a foul
Dribbling was outlawed
Dribbling was outlawed for a two week period but was reinstated
Balls were redesigned
They were redesigned for more bounce and with concealed laces which eliminated uneven bounces
The mid court line was established
This eliminated stalling
The team to advance past the midcourt line in less than 10 seconds
It was again reduced to 8 seconds in 2000
The key was established
This was established to prevent players from camping around the basket
A center jump followed each successful basket
This was changed to alternate possession in 1981
the gap was increased to the present 4 feet
The gap was made to allow for movement under the basket.
Molded basketballs replaced stitched balls
Molded basketballs maintained a constant shape and size
Coaching in the game was allowed
Until 1949, coaching wasn't allowed during the game or time outs; only during half time
The NBA instituted thee 24 second shot clock
The American Basketball league played with the three-point shot
There was a no dunking rule in college basketball
This lasted until 1977
Men's and Women's sports were equalized


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We live in a winter-wonderland… at least for the next few months! While you might be counting the days until spring, it is also fun and inspiring to take advantage of our winters by connecting with the great out-doors. Whether you are skiing, snowboarding, skating, sledding, snow-shoeing, or good old snowman-building, playing in the snow is a blast… And by eating the right foods, you can help keep your face smiling and your cheeks rosy through all your winter fun!
1) A starch (such as bread or cereal), since carbohydrates fuel your muscles and brain with essential energy. Aim for starches that are high in fibre (such as bran cereal, oatmeal, or whole grain breads), as these will digest more slowly and provide you with longer-lasting energy than refined white breads or sugary cereals.
2) A source of protein, like milk, peanut butter or eggs, to fill you up and extend that energy for even more hours of play, as well as for post-play muscle repair.
3) A fruit or vegetable, to provide you with a great source of energy-boosting carbohydrates, long-lasting fibre, as well as vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that are important for immune function and body recovery after a hard day of fun.
1) When doing short bouts of strenuous or intense activity, like hockey, carbohydrates are essential refuel your muscles with the energy you need to keep up the pace. Get carbs from snacks before you start, like fruit (bananas are always handy), fruit bars, dried fruit, granola bars, chocolate milk, juice, or sports drinks. Avoid fat, as well as heavy doses of protein and fibre, since these take longer to digest and can cause cramping during strenuous exercise.
2) If doing lengthy endurance activities, such as skiing or snowboarding, have several high-carbohydrate snacks on hand (see examples above) to continually top up your muscle energy stores and keep your brain focused. Hydration is also essential. Drink water with food, or if going several hours without eating, hydrate with sports drinks to ensure that electrolytes lost in sweat are being replaced.
3) If doing light activities, such as skating or playing in the snow, be sure to enjoy a balanced lunch that includes starch, protein and fruits/vegetables, such as a tuna sandwich with raw veggies on the side, or a wrap with black beans and salsa. Also include light nutritious snacks between meals, such as a granola bar, yogurt or cottage cheese and fruit, veggies and dip, hot chocolate made with real milk, or crackers and cheese.
After a day of fun, it's important to top up your energy stores with carbohydrates, repair your muscles with protein, and rejuvenate with antioxidants found in fruits and vegetables. If you've worked hard, try to eat a high-carbohydrate snack within 15-20 minutes of finishing, replacing energy stores and preventing muscle fatigue over the next few days. Enjoy a balanced meal (carbohydrates and protein) as soon as possible after this.
Rehydrating is also crucial to replace fluids lost throughout the day. Remember that once you feel thirsty you are already dehydrated, so it's important to keep drinking, before, during, and after activities. All fluids (other than alcohol) count towards fluid needs. While water is always best, you can enjoy options such as tea, juice, milk or soup!
Have a Happy Snow Day!


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BC's Official and World Recognized Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off Event!!!
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Scott Carley!! BC's 1st place giant pumpkin (1,172lbs)!
Andrea and Glenn Dixon!! BC's 2nd place (1,077lbs) and 4th place (1,029lbs) giant pumpkins!
Janet and David Chan!! BC's 3rd place (1,036lbs) and 5th place (958lbs) giant pumpkins!
Kate Mumford!! BC's 6th place (617lbs) and Howard Dill Award for BEST Looking Pumpkin! It's a beauty!
Jeff Pelletier!! BC's 7th place giant pumpkin (410lbs) and 1st place giant green squash (457lbs)!
Justin Hoskins!! BC's 8th place giant pumpkin (347lbs)!
Eileen Pavan!! BC's 9th place giant pumpkin (145lbs)!
Maurizio Camparmo!! BC's 10th place giant pumpkin (132lbs)!
Congrats to all of our local growers and their gargantuan gourds!!
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SABARIMALA: The Ayyappa temple closed on Tuesday night after remaining open for a little over 24 hours even as right-wing protesters agitating for the supposed safekeeping of "traditions and customs" ran into a controversy by ironically violating one of the customs which is considered sacrosanct.
This even as the protesters succeeded in ensuring that the Supreme Court verdict allowing women aged between 10 and 50 to pray at Sabarimala still remains on paper almost 40 days after the order though the shrine has opened twice for as many as eight days. No woman in this age group could reach the sanctum on Tuesday despite heavy police bandobast with Sabarimala turning into a virtual cantonment. The temple opens again for the annual two-month pilgrimage season on November 17. On November 13, the SC will be hearing review petitions regarding its verdict.
irumudi are allowed to ascend the holy steps, and they have to do so as quickly as possible.
irumudi later in the day. Asked about the incident, the Sabarimala tanthri said if tradition has been violated, special purification rituals would have to be conducted.
Throughout Tuesday, ignoring prohibitory orders, protesters belonging to several right-wing organisations and the Sangh Parivar had a complete run of Sannidhanam (area around the sanctum), with police remaining spectators despite massive strength.
choroonu (first rice-feeding ceremony) of her six-month-old granddaughter. The protesters, not convinced that she was above 50, blocked her way. Minor scuffles broke out as policemen escorting her tried to force their way through. Eventually, police convinced leaders of the protesters that she was actually 52 and showed them her Aadhaar card, after which the protesters themselves helped Lalitha have an unobstructed darshan.
Lalitha was also given first-aid at a hospital at Sannidhanam after which she was taken to the police station to record her statement. Based on her statement, an FIR has been filed against 200 unnamed persons. SP P K Madhu, in charge of security at Sannidhanam, said police will examine CCTV footage to identify the culprits. The 200 men have been accused of rioting, unlawful assembly, protest against the Supreme Court verdict, attempt to murder and assault on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty.
In the morning scuffle, several mediapersons too were roughed up by protesters. At Pamba, women reporters of two news channels had to face tense moments as some protesters mistook them for pilgrims.
Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said "certain people" were trying to destroy the peaceful atmosphere in Sabarimala. "They are trying to prevent devotees arriving there for darshan. Real devotees and society will identify such forces," he told reporters in Kozhikode.
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Training Committee Makes Most of Fall
The Training Committee was very busy this fall, hosting a number of events. Check out the recap of events with photos for a glimpse into the happenings.
List of Fall Events:
Sunday, September 24, 2017 – Technology Series – Photography from Your Phone
Sunday, October 8, 2017 – Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure®
Thursday, November 16, 2017- Entertainment Series – How to Prepare and Landscape a Table
Wednesday, December 6, 2017 – Entertainment Series – Holiday Gift Wrap to Impress
Photographer Al Viola coached participants on tips and techniques to capture great photos.
Photography from Your Phone
On September 24, 2017, the Training Committee partnered with two local photographers, Haley Cameron and Al Viola, to show League members how to take better photos from their phones. Covered topics included lighting, composition, focus and simple editing techniques using apps.
Eighteen attendees registered for the two hour training, which took place at Elmwood Park. Attendees had glowing remarks. "The phone photography class was so much fun! It was really great learning all the tricks of how to take a great picture on your phone" said Kailin Pinkington. "Snapseed is an amazing app that allows you to edit your photos while on the go!"
League member Teresa Riesberg appreciated the opportunity to meet others interested in photography. "The JLO photography training taught me all the tips and tricks of capturing the perfect photo," she said. "I really enjoyed meeting other creative women interested in photography!"
League member Kathleen Johnson learned a few tricks worth sharing. "My biggest takeaways were turning your cell phone upside down when trying to grab a shot low to the ground" she said. "I have tried it with some toddlers in my family and the perspective is so much better. I also use the SnapSeed app that we downloaded in the class every day! It's a quick and easy photo editor."
Pictured is Katie Wurth, League member Nicole Caputo-Rennels and her son Charlie, League member Megan McFarlin and her daughter Elizabeth Horn, and former League member and cancer survivor, Mary McFarlin. They joined together to walk in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.
Race of the Cure
On Sunday, October 8, 2017, seven League members met in Aksarben Village to participate on the Susan G. Komen Race of the Cure team. The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® is the world's largest, most successful fundraising and education event for breast cancer. This important annual event raises significant funds for the breast cancer movement. League members showed their support for the cause by running and walking in the day's event. Participants found the event to be impactful.
"We were so proud to be a part of Race for the Cure this year," said League member Megan McFarlin. "Not only to walk for the survivors but also for all those we remember and for preventative care moving forward. It was an awesome event to participate in."
"I had never attended this event before and was amazed by how many people came out," said League member Kendra DelaCadena. "Survivors and supporters, men and women alike, came together on a beautiful fall day. I look forward to next year's Race for the Cure to see how much more its grown."
bouquet lead designer Mark Griffith shows off his elegant holiday tablescape at the November 16 training event.
How to Landscape a Table
The Training Committee partnered with bou•quet and its Sustainer-owner, Julie Hockney, on Thursday, November 16 to teach tablescape tips and tricks. With the help of bou•quet's lead designer, Mark Griffith, League Members learned how to style event tables for light lunches to formal holiday feasts. Attendees learned how to use items from their individual collections in new ways and how to add statement pieces to make the table stand out. The training showcased linens, napkin folds, serving pieces, flatware, color, texture, pattern and, of course, floral centerpieces. At the end of the evening, League Members left with an elegant floral takeaway.
"This was such a fun event to attend," Active Member Jennifer Peters said. "The tablescapes that Mark put together were stunning and his expertise on the subject was unprecedented. I loved seeing how he used everyday items in new and innovative ways to create a beautiful event."
Wednesday Dec 6 – Entertainment Series – Holiday Gift Wrap to Impress – 6:30-8:30pm at JLO Headquarters
Registration is still open!


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Jack's Fusion burst onto the Maltese music scene with debut single
The band officially established itself in the summer of 2014, and is driven to continue making music – a passion common to all members of the band.
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Fronted by vocalist Emma Grech, with Jean-Luc Camilleri on drums, bassist Kurt Bezzina, and Jacob Spiteri and Luke Deguara on guitar, the band Jack's Fusion has kickstarted its recording history with the release of their first single – 'Electric'.
The song marks the beginning of the musical journey of Jack's Fusion, and will form part of the band's upcoming EP. From the punchy initial riff, all throughout the entire song, 'Electric' gives off an undeniable energetic vibe; emerging from the driving rhythm of the drum beat, to the bold guitar chords, mixed with lyrics which complement the spirit of the song itself. "When writing lyrics, we tend to pay attention to what the music wants to convey first, and work from there," says vocalist Emma Grech.
"This song is about empowerment and breaking free from something which is tying you down in life." With regards to the meaning behind the song, the band feels that 'Electric' will be found relatable by innumerable people who have passed through something similar. A music video, directed by James Spiteri, is due to be released on the same date.
Although this is the band's first single to be released to the public, the members of Jack's Fusion have been experimenting with their sound for a number of years. The band officially established itself in the summer of 2014, and is driven to continue making music – a passion common to all members of the band.
The past year has kept JF's members on the go, with continuous rehearsals, recording in the studio, as well as a heap of live gigs. The band has performed at venues all over the island, most memorably at Amplified, a self-organised gig put together with other bands, as well as at the Farson's Great Beer Festival, Rock Stage in the summer of 2015.
As Jacob Spiteri, guitarist of JF describes it, "Performing a full electric set with all our energy at its highest level can be exhausting, but super rewarding and fun. I give all my energy and spirit on stage so that the audience can feed off the energetic vibes."
And what lies ahead for the band? "We are aiming at expanding our fan base, and we're also focusing quite a lot on original content right now – it's then when we can showcase our sound best," says bassist Kurt Bezzina.
"Our upcoming EP is also something we're working towards," adds Jean-Luc Camilleri. "We'd love to perform at even bigger events, and perhaps even gig abroad – whatever the outcome, we want Jack's Fusion to become a sought after band."


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A Gun Won't Make Your Penis Larger
There's a brief scene in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket in which the new recruits, led by Gunnery Sgt. Hartman, chant in unison, "This is my rifle, this is my gun. This is for fighting, this is for fun." On the words "gun" and "fun" the privates grab their, well, privates, letting the audience know that there's a Marine-Corp-specific semantic distinction between the words "rifle" and "gun."
Unfortunately, too many pro-gun American men don't know the difference and this is a central problem in the process of redefining the purpose and availability of firearms in America. Men, whether intentional or not, tend to confuse their guns for their penises. The bigger the gun/penis, the more masculine they are. Guns have become penis extensions, if not penis substitutes, and the phallic similarities are obvious.
Consequently, our gun culture too often blurs the line between masculinity and firearms, even among people who ought to know better. If you own, hunt, shoot, or generally fetishize firearms, it's considered to be synonymous with being a tough, virile guy. Likewise, if you're opposed to guns or, dare I say, afraid of guns, you're considered girlish or -- heaven forbid -- gay. From a very early age, men are taught that guns are a manly-man guy thing. Hunting and shooting are manly activities, we're told, and any dude who's packing heat is a total badass because guns are badass. (Killing animals for pure sport is another issue for another day.)
That's exactly why politicians often stage photo-ops in which they're trucked off to a gray field somewhere in garishly-colored regalia pretending to shoot at something that lacks the brain stem and opposable thumbs to shoot back. I'm old enough to remember John Kerry's photo-op in 2004, which, next to his windsurfing photo, was nothing less than another Dukakis-in-a-tank photo. In fact, there's another one: Dukakis in a tank. Good Lord. He went all out on that one. His staffers thought of the biggest, heaviest metallic penis he could find and plunked Dukakis inside of it wearing a helmet that actually made him look like a penis. Of course, his intentions were good and, at the time, Republicans had falsely tagged Democrats as being soft on the military. But Kerry didn't need to go hunting because he was a decorated and thrice-wounded Vietnam veteran. He did his duty with a firearm in Southest Asia, unlike badass chickenhawk Dick Cheney or badass chickenhawk Rush Limbaugh or badass chickenhawk Ted Nugent. Leave it to the Bush era Republicans, led mainly by guys who dodged the draft, to accuse a war veteran, Silver Star and Purple Heart recipient, of being effete, "French" and unpatriotic, to a point when that veteran had to go out and pretend to hunt in order to make himself seem tougher. (Every time I recall that era, I can't help but to think how badly all of America was in the throes of a totally batshit nervous breakdown.)
And you know what? At the end of the day, conservatives who were inclined to believe Kerry was kind of gay (the ultimate message of Karl Rove's campaign against him) didn't think he was any less gay because he went hunting. In fact, they thought he was cartoonish and awkward. And still kind of gay.
Which leads us to this past weekend when President Obama stepped into a similar trap. In an interview with The New Republic, there was this exchange:
FF: Have you ever fired a gun?
Yes, in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time.
FF: The whole family?
Not the girls, but oftentimes guests of mine go up there.
And then he segued into a thing about respecting the traditions of hunting. Obviously the skeet shooting remark was a pander to gun owners but, like Kerry and Dukakis, gun people thought it was fake and weak. Hell, I'm as anti-gun as they come and I thought it sounded weird. It's like saying, "I respect rock music. I sometimes listen to Nickelback on my Bose Wave Radio when I'm playing tennis at the country club."
Naturally, though, the far-right had a blast with it today. Drudge and Breitbart.com posted photos of the president shooting a water gun at a backyard pool, and the general right-wing reaction was that he was lying. Plus, they suggested, is skeet shooting supposed to make him seem more pro-gun when he's clearly plotting to take their guns away? On one hand, there's the president saying he occasionally shoots skeet at Camp David. On the other hand, there's this rampant myth that the president is a tyrannical overlord who's going to seize everyone's firearms just before declaring himself to be the new Soviet Premier. The latter is way more powerful than the former, and so the skeet shooting thing seems a little silly to gun people who don't view the Second Amendment as protecting hunters or sportsmen; it's about self-defense against the government. (It's not about that, but that's what they say.)
Yes, I realize there are responsible gun owners in the middle who have one or two firearms for hunting or sport. The president addressed those people by saying, "And I have a profound respect for the traditions of hunting that trace back in this country for generations. And I think those who dismiss that out of hand make a big mistake."
"Profound" is a little much, but that's fine. He can win some support from moderate gun-owners with this kind of talk, but there's simply no need to toss in the look-at-me-I'm-shooting-stuff-with-a-gun imagery.
We simply have to get beyond this expectation that the phallical over-compensatory gun fetishists need to be appeased and won over with stunts and pandering. In fact, the masculine equivalence of guns and gun ownership needs to be phased out, which is to say manhood and firearms must be divorced from each other if we're going to get beyond the deadly gun culture. Guns should eventually be regarded as nothing more than a tool -- stripped of mystique and Freudian symbolism -- for people who need to hunt their own food or to defend themselves in law-enforcement or military situations. Nothing more.
It's not going to be a quick or easy task. But the anti-tobacco people accomplished amazing things in just two decades, marginalizing the "coolness" of smoking and turning smokers into societal refugees. The same can be done with firearms. The first step is making it clear that a rifle isn't a "gun" (in the Sgt. Hartman sense), and if you have a small penis, no firearm will ever make it bigger, Mr. Nugent.
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At Domino's in 34982, we make it fast and easy to get the fresh pizza you're craving. Visit your nearest Domino's location to place a carryout order, give us a call, or order your pizza online!
Start off by picking from our menu of crusts. Choose a fluffy, hand-tossed crust that's dusted with garlic seasonings and buttery flavor, a gluten-free crust, a pan crust featuring two monstrous layers of cheese, or even a crispy thin pizza crust! Next, pick your sauce and load up on your favorite, most delish toppings. Whether you're all about the veggies like green peppers, spinach, and onions, or you prefer the sweet and savory combination of ham and pineapple, you can make your dreams come true at your local Domino's!
At your 34982 Domino's, we take pizza delivery pretty seriously. In fact, we guarantee your pizza will arrive hot and fresh, right from our oven to your door. Use our patented Pizza TrackerⓇ to follow the progress of your pizza order from the time it's placed till it arrives at your doorstep… and do your best not to drool on your computer's keyboard in the meantime.
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A yuppie was opening the door of his Porsche when a car came along and hit the door, ripping it off completely.
When the police arrived at the scene, the yuppie complained bitterly about the damage to his car.
"You yuppies are so materialistic, it's ridiculous" retorted the officer.


One day the ambulance brought in a 13 year-old who had almost drowned in a local hotel pool. He was awake on arrival, but everyone had a good scare. The pool had a deep end but no lifeguard.
The boy could not swim, the parents told us, but enjoyed bobbing in the shallow end, going to the bottom and then pushing up out of the water. This time he had bobbed and bobbed is way into the deep end until he couldn't bob up high enough to reach the surface. The boy remembers looking up and seeing his parents helplessly looking back down at him. They could not swim either.
All the parents could do was shout from above: "Get out of the pool!" I guess they could not make the connection that "can't swim" means "can't get himself out of the pool." Eventually a more capable adult jumped in and hauled the boy out.
This story illustrates several points for swimming safety. Water is fun and inviting. If you don't know how to swim, however, water is deadly when you get in (literally) over your head. Being safe means knowing how to swim. Summer is coming and it is time to sign your kids up for lessons. The Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts have excellent swimming programs. One of the first things a Boy Scout learns is not just how to swim, but how to swim safely. The lessons l learned at Scout Summer Camp stick with me today.
The first safety principal is swim at a pool with a lifeguard. Lifeguards have training to save drowning kids without endangering others. There are too many stories in the news about people who jump in to save a foundering child, and end up drowning too. It takes training and equipment to safely rescue a swimmer in trouble.
Next, swim with a buddy. That way if one gets in trouble, the other one is there to help. It is also just good sense to have someone account for you. Lastly, have flotation devices at the pool. If someone gets in trouble, throwing them a float to hang on to is better than offering your hand. You don't want to get pulled into the water and taken to the bottom by a panicking victim.
There are two groups of kids that tend to drown more: toddlers in water at home, and teenagers in open water like lakes and rivers. The best way to prevent a toddler from drowning is not to have a pool or pond on your property. Everyone loses track of their little one sometime. It is impossible to prevent. They are natural explorers, and poor listeners (they barely speak English yet!). They are going to get out and into things- the street, the cleaning products, the backyard pool. If you don't have a body of water at home to fall into, you eliminate the risk of them falling in and not being able to get back out- a pond doesn't even have to be over the child's head to be deadly!
If you already have a pool or pond, the next best thing is to fence it on all four sides. No back door access to the pool! The fence should be toddler proof. This means a fence that can't be climbed, with a lock too high for the toddler to reach. If you haven't seen that kind of fence before, visit a local hotel pool. They will have one.
Talking to your toddler only helps a little, but talking to your teenager works (somewhat) better. Despite what we all say about teens, they do listen, particularly when we talk directly to them about safety. It helps to talk to them earlier- at ages 10-12, about not drinking while swimming or boating, about not diving into shallow water, about swimming with buddies who are also safe and responsible. Talk to them nicely! Tell them you trust them to do the right thing, but as a parent you have to remind them to be safe. Take the eye rolling and "you've told me this a thousand times" in stride. Teens do this even when they are listening.
Drowning is preventable- do your part. Secure any water at home, get the kids swimming lessons, and talk to those teens. Let them get wet this summer, but safely!


The Irish Petty Sessions Order Book collection on FindMyPast just keeps growing! The latest update of more than a million records takes the total of entries in this collection alone past the 21million marker.
And that's discounting the Dog Licences collection which stems from the same court; they've been 'moved' to a distinct record set within the online database and comprise 1.8million records.
Find out more about the Irish Petty Sessions Court on Irish Genealogy Toolkit.