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While sadness is a natural part of the grieving process, some people feel that first and second year just too raw to handle holidays. Family and friends may help buffer those first celebrations. But if you're all by yourself or feeling alone, you may be more comfortable finding some help.
Local hospices, hospitals, and even funeral homes offer workshops on getting through the holidays as well as bereavement support groups from Thanksgiving through New Year's. How to find one?
Check your local newspapers or do an online search. Use your favorite search engine and enter bereavement support, space, a plus sign (+), space and your city/town, state. If you come up empty, broaden your location to your county or region. Or, check your local phone listings for hospices near you and give them a call directly.
Many people find grief support particularly helpful during the holiday season. It's comforting to know that you're not alone.


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Santane carried out Helideck Wind Environment Assessment and Exhaust Plume Dispersion Studies on an FPSO project using state-of-the-art Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) techniques.
The aim of the study was to assess impacts to helideck and other safety critical elements on the FPSO from exhaust gases from addition of new pumps & equipment. The adequacy of the location, height and orientation of the exhausts were optimised in order to minimise effect of exhaust gas on operational areas.
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National security veterans, major U.S. technology companies and law enforcement officials from more than a dozen states backed a legal effort against the ban.
A U.S. federal appeals court will hear arguments on Tuesday over whether to restore President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries, the most controversial policy of his two-week old administration.
In a brief filed on Monday, the Justice Department said last week's suspension of Trump's order by a federal judge was too broad and "at most" should be limited to people who were already granted entry to the country and were temporarily abroad, or to those who want to leave and return to the United States.
That language did not appear in the government's opening brief filed at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and could represent a softening of its position.
Last Friday's ruling by U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle suspending the travel ban opened a window for people from the seven affected countries to enter..
The 9th Circuit in San Francisco on Monday asked lawyers for the states of Washington and Minnesota and the Justice Department to argue whether the ban should remain shelved. The court set oral argument for 3 p.m. PST (2300 GMT) on Tuesday.
The new Republican president has said the travel measures are to protect the country against the threat of terrorism. Opponents say the 90-day ban is illegal, barring entry for citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen and imposing a 120-day halt to all refugees.
The case may ultimately reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ten former U.S. national security and foreign policy officials, who served under both Republican and Democratic presidents, filed a declaration in the court case arguing that the travel ban served no national security purposes.
It was signed by former Secretaries of State John Kerry and Madeleine Albright, former national security adviser Susan Rice and former CIA Directors Michael Hayden and Michael Morell.
Over the weekend, the San Francisco court denied the administration's request for an immediate suspension of the federal judge's temporary restraining order that blocked the implementation of key parts of the travel ban while it considered the government's request in full.
The court did say it would consider the government's request after receiving more information.
Trump has reacted to challenges to the ban by attacking the federal judge in Seattle and then the wider court system.
On a visit on Monday to the military's Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Florida, Trump defended his order.
"Radical Islamic terrorists are determined to strike our homeland as they did on 9/11," he said. "We need strong programs for people who love our country," Trump said, adding he did not want to allow "people who want to destroy us and destroy our country" into the United States.
Opponents of the ban received far more filings in support of their position than the Justice Department. Washington state's challenge was backed by about a dozen friends-of-the-court briefs submitted by at least 17 state attorneys general, more than 100 companies and about a dozen labor and civil rights groups. About a dozen conservative groups supported the government in three such briefs.
"President Trump's executive order is unconstitutional, unlawful, and fundamentally un-American - and we won't stand by while it undermines our states' families, economies, and institutions," said New York Democratic Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
Top technology companies, including Apple Inc, Google Inc and Microsoft Corp were among the corporations that filed a similar brief on Sunday with the appeals court, arguing the travel ban "inflicts significant harm on American business, innovation, and growth."
Elon Musk's energy products company Tesla Inc and SpaceX joined the brief on Monday.
Trump faces an uphill battle in the San Francisco court, which is dominated by liberal-leaning judges. Appeals courts are generally leery of upending the status quo, which in this case is the lower court's suspension of the ban.
The appeals court was focusing on the narrow question of whether the district court had grounds to put the order on hold. The bigger legal fight over whether Trump had authority to issue the order will be addressed later in the litigation.
Curbing entry to the United States as a national security measure was a central premise of Trump's campaign, originally proposed as a temporary ban on all Muslims.
U.S. presidents have in the past claimed sweeping powers to fight terrorism, but individuals, states and civil rights groups challenging the ban said his administration had offered no evidence it answered a threat.
Trump, who took office on Jan. 20, has vented his frustration over the legal challenges with a volley of attacks on the judiciary.
He derided Robart as a "so-called judge." On Sunday, he broadened his Twitter attacks on Robart, who was appointed by former Republican President George W. Bush, to include the "court system."
"Just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril," Trump tweeted. "If something happens blame him and court system."
It is unusual for a sitting president to attack a member of the judiciary, which the U.S. Constitution designates as a check on the power of the presidency and Congress. Democrats seized on Trump's remarks to raise questions about how independent his Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, might be.


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Australia v India – First Test, Day 1: Heavyweight Bout Begins
December 18, 2020 by Smokie 4 Comments
Adelaide, Day 1
India 6/233 (Kohli 74; Starc 2/49) v Australia
The Ashes may have all the tradition of the contests between the old enemies but, these days, the real heavyweight stoushes are the Australia v India series, whether they be here or on the sub-continent. Indeed, the battles are becoming more frequent, for it seems as if India were in Australia only a couple of years ago. Which, in fact, they were. Having attended four pink-ball Tests in Adelaide, this year the ongoing post-lockdown fug and the proximity of Christmas confined me to viewing the opening blows of this bout on television. As the teams traded jabs, I was of the mind that up until the moment that Ajinkya Rahane called "Yes, No" (and possibly "Oh, shit!") and gifted Australia the prized wicket of Virat Kohli, India were on top in this most enthralling of contests. But the senseless dismissal of the Indian skipper, who had hitherto appeared well set and relatively unperturbed by the Australian attack, unexpectedly provided a breach in the batting line-up, which the home team had no hesitation in attacking.
Earlier, Australia had landed the first punch, courtesy of a second-ball Starc in-swinger which powered through Prithvi Shaw's lax defence and onto the stumps. Before India could get their bearings and re-set, they were once again set back on their heels courtesy of a Pat Cummins snorter which, with all due respect, would have beaten even better players than Mayank Agarwal. India, having elected to bat, were 2/32 with the Aussies all over them like cheap suits.
Not unexpectedly, Cheteshwar Pujara, player of the series when India last visited, began the painstaking and patient task of rebuilding the innings with Kohli, who must relish the fact that his number 3 his so reliably obstinate. Despite his 43 from 160 balls, I thought Pujara never really looked his old self. This was particularly true when facing the wily off-spin of Nathan Lyon, who cajoled a few false strokes from Pujara. It appeared only a matter of time before "Gary" would get his man, and so it proved when he was beaten by some extra bounce and snapped up by Marnus Labuschagne at leg gully. India, having absorbed the early blows and blunted the new pill, were now 3/100. Although the run-rate was painfully slow, this bout was now evenly poised.
Rahane, so often spoken of as India's next captain, looked determined to build a big innings with the current leader. For the most part, he looked unharried in laying the foundations of doing so. At 3/188, with Kohli having effortlessly worked his way to 74, India had less than an hour to navigate under the Adelaide Oval lights and subsequently take the points on the first day. Alas, it was not to be. In a moment of confusion, Rahane drove to mid-off, called "yes", and then called "no", as Josh Hazlewood fielded the ball. His throw to Lyon at the non-striker's end found an unhappy Kohli stranded. It was a sucker-punch alright. On such pivotal moments do Test matches turn.
Having been gifted this most prized of scalps, just prior to the second ball being taken, the Australian team suddenly had their tails up. Rahane (42) was trapped on the crease, plum in front to Starc. Hanuma Vihari followed soon after, courtesy of yet another new-ball lbw. It was left to Saha and Ashwin to absorb everything that the Australians could throw at them which, admirably, they did until stumps.
This was an enjoyable, old-fashioned style of day's play to open what will be an enthralling test series. Almost treacle-like was the 233 runs at 2.6 runs per over, as was Australia's over-rate (12 overs in the first hour!!!). Australia's bowling looks on-song and settled, with debutant Cameron Green able to offer some valuable overs of relief to the quicks. Lyon still looks to be at the peak of his powers as he marches toward 400 wickets, and Starc and Hazlewood keep on keeping on. The batting might be another story, but right now the points easily lie with Australia, as I reckon the wicket will become easier to bat on after this first day. If the Indian tail can be mopped up early, and they can withstand what promises to be a ferocious onslaught at the beginning of their innings, the Australians will be well placed.
Better placed certainly than Ajinkya Rahane, who might be well advised to put much consideration and thought into his apology to the skipper, lest he run the risk of being on the wrong end of a Virat fisticuff.
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Daryl Schramm says
Beautifully written Darren. It was indeed a slow but absorbing day. My clunky effort (to be posted) took well over two hours. This just flows like a graceful Kohli cover drive. Love it.
Peter_B says
Spot on Smokie. I dipped in and out of the first two sessions before a dinner commitment took me away from the always compelling last session under lights.
Surprised myself by being engaged. The players looked to enjoy fair dinkum cricket after the endless hit and giggle. I fear the fizz will go out of the bottle after Kohli departs. He is magnetic and demands the best from team mate and opponent alike.
More please.
Mickey Randall says
Enjoyed your summary and analysis Smokie, and suspect I speak on behalf of many local pubs in saying that you and your mates are missed!
I know he has his critics and his form hasn't been strong, but Starc's two wickets are why I'd always pick him: a left-armer who can swing the ball back into the right-hander at pace.
Looking forward to Day 2.
Luke Reynolds says
Great summary of what was an absorbing days play Smokie. How tough has it been watching events this year on TV that you'd normally go to? I instantly thought of you when the Adelaide Test started.

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Pictures and accounts from the "gathering"
The service was at the Calvary Baptist Church. There were perhaps two hundred people attending. The first person to speak was Mrs. Jensen, Mark's mother, a very lovely and sweet lady. She spoke in a very light hearted way which I believe set the tone of the service. At that point it seemed to me to become a celebration of life.
The Pastor spoke next and told anecdotes about Mark which reflected how he felt about his family, friends, and even people he had just met. He loved his family, he loved his friends, and he genuinely liked people.
After the service a group of us [see tribute for Mark] were invited by Dennis and Mary Davis to come to their home to talk and reconnect. I would like to say that Dennis and Mary could not have been more gracious in allowing us the use of their home. There were approx. twenty of us and we seemed to all get a chance to talk to everyone else one-on-one which was refreshing. George Vass then addressed us all and told of his memories and impressions of Mark, then Paul Duus and then Steve Lawrence.
I suppose Mark's last gift to the class of '63 is to remind us of how precious life is. Friends are to be treasured and memories hoarded.
The memorial service for Mark was held at the Calvary Baptist Church in The Dalles on Thursday, October 5, 2006. Many, many classmates showed up. Paul Duus gave a talk about this "friend". Afterwards, there was a reception in the lobby and of course, Lester and Betty Jensen were there as were Helene and Chris, Mark's sisters, Mark's wife Donna and their two boys with their families. Walt Smith and Jerry Brown were there.
Classmates that I can remember were, Arlone Benson, Bobbi Baker and her mother Phyllis, Ben Blount, Dennis and Mary Davis, Diane Colcord, Jerry and Loretta Commander, Paul Duus, Libby Haynes, Gloria Jolley ( Johnson), Mike Kennedy, Jan Muller ( Guerci) and her sister, Bill O'Gorman and his wife, Pat Sutherland (Kenslow), Nikki Wassem ( Mackan), Cara Lynn Wheeler (Carr) and her sister, and myself.
Russ Brown attended the later gathering at Dennis and Mary's. George Vass, Don Quint ( who was married to Judy Tibbits), Gary Bradford, Dennis Morgan, Bill Gustafson, Diana Compton and Christie Webber were other school friends in attendance. Of course, there was all of Donna's family, her sisters Nancy and Kay and Mother, Virginia, Also friends came from Idaho where Mark and Donna had lived in McCall for almost 30 years.
It was a sad day. There were wonderful pictures of Mark throughout his life, with family and even with his Annapolis uniform on. I considered Mark as sort of the flagship to our fleet of classmates. Multi-talented and humble at the same time, he was a friend to everyone. Mark and Donna had just moved to The Dalles and were spending their first night in their new home on October l, 2006 when he passed away in his sleep. He will be missed.
Just a short note to let you know that Mark's service was a wonderful tribute to him, what a neat Man he turned out to be. There were a lot of classmates that came to honor his memory. The wonderful Mary and Dennis Davis opened up their house at short notice and all of us classmates were invited to come and "BOND" with one another and we did do that, and I know Mark was right with us looking down on us.
Heartfelt condolences for the loss of Mark. Although I've not seen him for years, the memories of high school are still there. The partnership of a locker . . studying together for exams and papers . . getting "caught" for doing things we shouldn't have . . the list goes on . . He was a leader and a friend. Blessings on those who are left behind. May God fill the void and heal the hurt. Words aren't enough . . .
This news truly saddens me. At the last two reunions, Mark and I had two great conversations. He asked me to dance during one of those mixer dances and I was quite honestly zapped back to our Junior and High School years. He laughed when I hesitated; he took my hand and said......"You're dancing with me..., no excuses!" Even my husband laughed.
My thoughts and prayers are with his family and his friends.
Leslie Clumpner Bindschadler: I was so surprised and shocked to read of Mark's passing. It makes one realize how precious and fleeting life is. When I went to our last high school reunion, John Greene (whom I dated, remember?) said to me, "I remember that smile!" And that is the first thing that I recalled about Mark...he had a great smile! To me, he epitomized leadership...the leadership of our class. (He and I served as ASB President and Secretary together.) He had a presence and was an inspiration to all of us. He will be sorely missed. Of all the ones that have left us, his leaving has saddened me the most. I wish I could be there for his memorial service. And I would like to request that all of you that live close enough to attend, do so for the many of us that are too far away. Thank you! Love and blessings to everyone, especially his family.
I know how badly ... many others would have liked to be there in person but know, too, you were all there in spirit. Mark was truly the leader of our class of 63 in everything, scholastically, athletically, and as a person who treated everyone alike with respect. We had a wonderful gathering at the Davis Home and truly enjoyed sharing time and stories together.


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ARNotations is a Ruby on Rails plugin to map any kind of ActiveRecord model
to a Topic Map Fragment, providing the ability to expose them TMExplore
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Dependencies
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Currently ARNotations depends on the libxml gem.

Installation
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If you are using ruby, please install "libxml-ruby" or "libxml-jruby" if you use JRuby.
For Rails 2.x use `script/plugin install git://github.com/tmlab/ARNotations.git` to
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Some examples how to "arnotate" your model:
Give some typical ActiveRecord class like:

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to your model.
In your controller e.g. the PeopleController
add `format.xtm {render :xml =>  @person.to_xtm2}` to your `show` Method, and
`format.xtm {"render :xml =>  @people = Person.all.to_xtm2 }`
to your `index` Method, and given you use the default RoR routing (with `.:format`)
or request content type "application/xtm+xml" those Methods will return you some
nice explorable Topic Map fragments.

Copyright (c) 2010 Daniel Exner <exner@informatik.uni-leipzig.de>, released under the MIT license


FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. (September 30, 2015) – With the last few races of his 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) rookie season approaching, Ray Black Jr. and crew chief, Jason Miller, took a chance to review his season so far and grade his performance. The driver of the No. 07 ScubaLife.com Chevrolet has learned a lot this year and is looking forward to finishing out the season strong with another great finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Black, who will be making his debut start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend, is coming off of two Top-15 finishes during these past two races, one of which (11th at Chicagoland Speedway) tied his second-best finish of the season. He also improved his career-best finish at New Hampshire Motor Speedway by seven spots.


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"If we observe well we can see that most of us are like a stone in water. Maybe we talk about bodhichitta, about acting for the good of others, and many other nice things, and maybe we live in a rosy atmosphere, but then we remain like a stone."
"If we observe well we can see that most of us are like a stone in water. Maybe we talk about bodhichitta, about acting for the good of others, and many other nice things, and maybe we live in a rosy atmosphere, but then we remain like a stone. Usually things that are left in water get soft, but not a stone, it always remains hard because that is its condition, it never relaxes and even after centuries it does not have the least idea of integrating with the water. Even if it stays in the water for thousands of years, if we break it open it is still dry inside. In this way our ego never integrates with the teaching, all it is capable of doing is uttering a lot of nice words, like a scholarly professor who gives a talk and everyone says, 'Ah, how erudite he is, what a good talk.' But really he has not integrated anything in himself and his condition has not changed one bit. So the teaching must not become like this, we must integrate it in ourselves, but in order to integrate it we must open a bit, that is, we must observe ourselves and understand our condition."
This collection of teachings contains the foundation for observing ourselves and understanding our real condition: the four awarenesses, the three sacred principles (refuge, bodhichitta, dedication of merit), the three trainings, and the vajra state.


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Toby Hemenway was the author of the first major North American book on permaculture, Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, as well as The Permaculture City. After obtaining a degree in biology from Tufts University, Toby worked for many years as a researcher in genetics and immunology, first in academic laboratories at Harvard and the University of Washington in Seattle, and then at Immunex, a major medical biotech company. At about the time he was growing dissatisfied with the direction biotechnology was taking, he discovered permaculture, a design approach based on ecological principles that creates sustainable landscapes, homes, and workplaces.
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Mr Arunachal 2019, Tumken Sora gets direct entry to the finals of India's biggest pageant for men: Rubaru Mr India
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Mr. Arunachal 2019 competition concluded with the election of Tumken Sora as the event's winner. The grand finale of the pageant took place on November 30, 2019 at DK Convention Hall in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. Along with winning this prestigious title, the winner, Tumken Sora also got direct entry to the final show of India's biggest annual pageant for men – Rubaru Mr India. He will compete at the Rubaru Mr. India 2020 contest scheduled to take place next year (2020).
Mr. Arunachal 2019, Tumken Sora with Rubaru Mr. India 2018 (Runner-up), Dilip Patel.
Tumken Sora hails from the Lepa Rada district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. He holds a degree in science and technology from Jawaharlal Nehru College, Hyderabad and is a model and actor by profession. This very good-looking 24-year-old gentleman stands 5 ft and 11 inches tall and has black hair and black eyes. At the Mr. Arunachal 2019 contest he also won Best Walk special award.
. Along with winning this prestigious title, the winner, Tumken Sora also got direct entry to the final show of India's biggest annual pageant for men – Rubaru Mr India. He will compete at the Rubaru Mr. India 2020 contest scheduled to take place next year (2020).
About the pageant – Mr Arunachal: Mr. Arunachal is an annual state-level pageant for men. The pageant is run by Aries Group headed and managed by Taniya Budh (President) and Tarh Rekam (Vice president). The pageant is the biggest state-level pageant in Arunachal Pradesh and is supported by the state government. The winner of Mr. Arunachal contest gets a direct entry to the national finale of India's oldest running annual pageant for men – Rubaru Mr. India. This year's Mr. Arunachal pageant was attended by the vice president of Rubaru Mr. India contest, Pankaj Kharbanda; Rubaru Mr. India 2018 (Runner-up), Dilip Patel and Miss NEFA Arunachal, Dichenla Wangmo. The event was graced by Mama Natung and Kipa Babu.
The vice president of Rubaru Mr. India contest, Pankaj Kharbanda with Rubaru Mr. India 2018 (Runner-up), Dilip Patel and Miss NEFA Arunachal, Dichenla Wangmo.
About the pageant – Rubaru Mr. India: Rubaru Mr. India is India's biggest and most prestigious national level pageant for men. The pageant is owned by Rubaru Group headed by its founder and president, Sandeep Kumar. The winners / top placers of the pageant represent India at some of the biggest and most well-established international pageants across the globe. The Rubaru Mr. India pageant was created in the year 2004 and has been happening annually ever since its inception, making it the oldest existing annual male pageant in India. Since the pageant's inception in the year 2004, the pageant has sent India's representatives to more than 15 different international pageants and modelling competitions for men. The pageant also holds the records of being associated to the maximum number of international modelling organizations in India. The pageant is regarded as one of the most successful national male pageants in the world for producing multiple international titleholders and award winners over the years.
Sandeep Kumar while receiving the Best Pageant Director award at the grand coronation gala of Mrs. Tourism Universe pageant in Manila, Philippines.
About Rubaru Group: Rubaru Group is the parent organization of Rubaru Mr. India contest. The organization was established by Indian entrepreneur, social activist and international award winning pageant expert, Sandeep Kumar in the year 2004. It is one of the biggest and most successful pageant organizations in India. It owns 7 beauty pageants and modelling competitions – Rubaru Mr India, the biggest and oldest running annual pageant for men in India; Rubaru Miss India Elite, an annual beauty pageant for Indian women; Rubaru Mrs. India, an annual beauty pageant for married women in India; Mister Model Worldwide, the first and only international modelling competition for men, based in South Asia; Miss Supermodel Worldwide, the first and only international modelling competition for women, headquartered in South Asia; Mrs. Supermodel Worldwide, the first and only international beauty pageant for married women, headquartered in South Asia; Rubaru Mr and Miss Junior India, a talent and fashion event for kids.
← Meet the new Mr Arunachal titleholders, Tumken Sora, Duge Buchi and Waison Sangwal
Narusha Leonath Dsouza from Calangute won Miss Goa 2019 →
Glamanand Group launches a new beauty pageant for teenagers – Miss Teen Diva
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Everyone loves jewelry and precious stones, but there are some of them even more amazing than rubys and diamonds. Here we present you ten of the most expensive and rare precious stones in the world.
Jadeite is a pyroxene mineral with composition NaAlSi2O6. It is monoclinic. It has aMohs hardness of about 6.5 to 7.0 depending on the composition. The mineral is dense, with a specific gravity of about 3.4. Jadeite forms solid solutions with other pyroxene endmembers such as augite and diopside (CaMg-rich endmembers), aegirine (NaFe endmember), and kosmochlor (NaCr endmember). Pyroxenes rich in both the jadeite and augite endmembers are known as omphacite.
In mineralogy, diamond (from the ancient Greek αδάμας – adámas "unbreakable") is ametastable allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of theface-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stablethan graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at standard conditions. Diamond is renowned as a material with superlative physical qualities, most of which originate from the strong covalent bonding between its atoms. In particular, diamond has the highest hardness and thermal conductivity of any bulk material.
Garnets possess similar physical properties and crystal forms but different chemical compositions. The different species are pyrope, almandine, spessartine, grossular(varieties of which are hessonite or cinnamon-stone and tsavorite), uvarovite andandradite. The garnets make up two solid solution series: pyrope-almandine-spessarite and uvarovite-grossular-andradite.
Serendibite was discovered at Gangapitiya, near Ambakotte, Sri Lanka, in 1902 by G.T. Prior and A.K. Coomaraswamy. Prior and Coomaraswamy named the mineral 'serendibite,' which is derived from 'serendib,' an old Arabic term for Sri Lanka.
Serendibite is rarely found as facet-grade material. Before the 2005 discovery of serendibite in Mogok, Myanmar, there were only 3 known faceted serendibites, which were from the original Sri Lankan find. The serendibite from Sri Lanka and Myanmar is believed to be the only sources for facet-grade material. Sri Lankan Serendibite was an attractive greenish or violet-blue, while the stones from Myanmar are dark black.
Musgravite, Be(Mg, Fe, Zn)2Al6O12,is a gemstone reportedly named after the Musgrave Ranges, Australia, where it was first discovered. It is a member of the taaffeite family of minerals.There are currently only eight known specimens in the world, at USD $35,000/Carat.
Painite is a very rare borate mineral. It was first found in Myanmar by British mineralogistand gem dealer Arthur C.D. Pain in the 1950s. When it was confirmed as a new mineral species, the mineral was named after him.
The chemical makeup of painite contains calcium, zirconium, boron, aluminium andoxygen (CaZrAl9O15(BO3)). The mineral also contains trace amounts of chromium andvanadium. Painite has an orange-red to brownish-red color similar to topaz due to trace amounts of iron.
Grandidierite is a bluish mineral that transmits blue, green and white light. Half a carat costs about fifty thousand dollars. Painite was once considered to be the rarest mineral on the face of the earth. Although that is not the case anymore, it is still considered extremely rare. As of the year 2005, there were only twenty-five of these crystals found anywhere, but more seems to have been discovered in the time since.
Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica; its water content may range from 3% to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6% to 10%. Because of its amorphous character it is classed as a mineraloid, unlike the other crystalline forms of silica which are classed as minerals. It is deposited at a relatively low temperature and may occur in the fissures of almost any kind of rock, being most commonly found with limonite, sandstone,rhyolite, marl and basalt. Opal is the national gemstone of Australia, which produces 97% of the world's supply. This includes the production of the state of South Australia, which amounts to around 80% of the world's supply.
Jeremejevite is a rare aluminium borate mineral with variable fluoride and hydroxideions. Its chemical formula is Al6B5O15(F,OH)3.
In geology, beryl is a mineral composed of beryllium aluminium cyclosilicate with thechemical formula Be3Al2(SiO3)6. The hexagonal crystals of beryl may be very small or range to several meters in size. Terminated crystals are relatively rare. Pure beryl is colorless, but it is frequently tinted by impurities; possible colors are green, blue, yellow, red, and white.


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Q: Hover/mouseenter event triggers jQuery UI's 'animate' repetitively So I have a navigation and I'm using jQuery's UI animate to make the list item slide down out of view, change colour, and to then slide back up, revealing the button in a different color.
The problem I'm getting is that whenever I hover over the list item, the hover event is triggered continually until the mouse has left.
Even stranger, is that it appears that the mouseleave event triggers right after the hover event, regardless of whether the mouse has actually left the list item. This happens whether I used hover or mouseenter.
Here's what I have:
HTML:

Home

Services

Portfolio

Contact

About

jQuery:
$("nav li").mouseenter(function(){
        $(this).animate({bottom:"-50px"},"fast", function(){$(this).css('background','orange');$(this).css('color','#fff');});
        $(this).animate({bottom:"-0px"},"fast");
    }).mouseleave(function(){
        $(this).animate({bottom:"-50px"},"fast", function(){$(this).css('background','white');$(this).css('color','#333');});
        $(this).animate({bottom:"-0px"},"fast");
    });

CSS:
nav{
float:right;
margin-top:91px;
}
nav ul, nav ul li{
display:inline;
}
nav li{
margin-left:10px;
position:relative;
padding:5px 20px;
color:#A29874;
background-color:#fff;
border-top-right-radius:5px;
border-top-left-radius:5px;
 }

nav a{
position:relative;
text-decoration:none;
 }

I can achieve the effect I'm after if I very slowly bring my mouse into one of the list items, just a few pixels inside. This task, which seems as if it should be relatively easy, is driving me nuts.
I've scoured the net and have tried things such as unbinding the mouseenter event, using a conditional to run the animation only after the mouseleave event has triggered to no avail.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, preferably before I go bald.
Thanks!

A: The reason for your problem is that you're moving the element so it is no longer under the mouse. Therefore obviously mouseleave() is triggered. You can avoid this by triggering the animation on hover of the a tag, but target the li with the animation. See: http://jsfiddle.net/aN4g4/50/
Here's your new js:
$("nav a").mouseenter(function(){
    var $li = $(this).find('li');
    $li.stop(true,true).animate({bottom:"-50px"},"fast",
        function(){
            $li.css({'background':'orange','color':'#fff'});
        });
    $li.stop(true,true).animate({bottom:"-0px"},"fast");
}).mouseleave(function(){
    var $li = $(this).find('li');
    $li.stop(true,true).animate({bottom:"-50px"},"fast",
        function(){
            $li.css({'background':'white','color':'#333'});
        });
    $li.animate({bottom:"-0px"},"fast");
});

You may have noticed that the callback function which fires after the animation finished has been optimized a bit. You can pass multiple CSS properties in this way: .css({'prop1':'val1','prop2':val2'}) Also, I have optimized the code so you're not generating a lot of jQuery objects because that is slow. (notice the var $li line.)

A: try to set yours li as position: relative;
i just "paste" your code and set relative yours

the result was a little funny.
See here: http://jsfiddle.net/aN4g4/47/

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Message Envelopes is a concept that make it easy to extend and influence the on-the-wire format of data on top of what the SDK's Messages provide out of the box.
Message Envelopes are supported on all platforms.
Existing and pre-defined message envelopes make it easy to apply functionality such as encryption, signing or other well-defined operations to data before it is send out over the wire, and undo/decode those operations on data that is received, where necessary.
Envelope marker: This property uniquely identifies the envelope and its configuration for en- and decoding.
Enabled: Controls whether this envelope will be used for outgoing messages.
Individual envelopes can be marked as enabled or disabled. Disabled envelopes will not be applied when sending out, but are available to process incoming messages. This can be used to have different envelope configurations on client and server. The message's envelope lists persist the order of registered envelopes.
The receiving system will use the Envelope marker to identify the envelope type to be used for processing the envelope. This name will be determined by the envelope configuration on the Message component. Envelope implementations will provide a "default" marker, which can be overridden by the user of the envelope component. This will allow, in theory, the same envelope type to be used in different configurations. Envelope names on client and server systems must match.
We are shipping one concrete message envelope implementation: the AES Encryption Envelope. This has been one of the most sought-after features (cross-platform compatible encryption) and will also serve as a sample implementation for those wanting to implement custom message envelopes.
Custom message envelopes can easily be implemented by creating a descendant from the MessageEnvelope/TROMessageEnvelope class and implementing DoWrap/DoUnwrap or intProcessOutgoing/intProcessIncoming methods according to whatever functionality your envelope wants to provide.
Envelopes can change or replace the original message data (as is the case for the encryption envelope provided), but can also decide to simply append - as for example an envelope signing a message with a public key might do.
The envelope implementations will get passed in the inner message body (which might or might not already be wrapped by other envelopes, and return the wrapped body (for writing to the network) or get passed in the wrapped message body and return the inner message (for reading from the network). Handling of the preamble and detection of envelopes (see below) will be handled by the RO framework, and does not affect the envelope implementation.
Since envelopes can be nested arbitrarily, it is important that envelopes make no assumptions about the content of the message body they are enveloping.
Individual properties (for example encryption keys) might be provided on the component itself.
Custom envelope implementations should also override the read-only DefaultEnvelopeMarker property to provide a "unique enough" default name that will identify the envelope. A Blowfish implementation might merely return BLOWFISH, for example.
Envelopes will work with any message type, although they will not conform with SOAP or XML-RPC standards, so usage with anything but BinMessage would be purely academic.
Envelopes can be combined arbitrarily, and the messaging stack in Remoting SDK will handle the processing of all configured envelopes, transparently.
Envelopes can modify the contents of a message, by adding data before or after the original message, or by replacing the entire message.
Envelopes work cross-platform, although cross-platform usability of course relies on matching implementations of the used envelopes being available on both sides. The message envelopes shipped with RO itself are cross-platform.
5 ASCII characters ROENV as a marker.
The envelope marker, as 1-byte binary length, followed by the UTF-8-encoded envelope name (maximum of 255 characters). The length bytes indicates the number of bytes, not UTF-8 characters.
This preamble is followed by the enveloped (wrapped) message body, which reaches until the end of the stream or data packet.
It is up to the envelope implementation to define the format and handle the processing of this message body. Envelopes might simply add data at the end (for checksums), rewrite the entire body (for encryption or encoding), they might also leave the message body untouched entirely. The RO stack will at no time try to interpret the data of the wrapped/enveloped message body.
The 5-byte ROENV marker will be used by the receiving system to determine the presence of envelopes. Since envelopes can be nested, the receiving system will continue unpacking and processing envelopes until no (further) envelope marker is found, and then proceed with handling the result as a plain RO message.


The self-braking I'D S descender is designed for work at height and rope access work. It has an ergonomic handle that allows comfortable descent control. The integrated anti-panic function and anti-error catch limit the risk of an accident due to user error. The AUTO-LOCK system allows users to easily position themselves at a work station without having to manipulate the handle or tie off the device. Once locked, the rope can be taken up without having to manipulate the handle. The safety gate allows the rope to be installed with the device remaining connected to the harness. I'D S is compatible with 10 to 11.5 mm ropes and allows handling of loads up to 250 kg.


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Q: What is the purpose of the default site collections? In our SharePoint admin portal, we have the following site collections. We created none of these.

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*[tenant].sharepoint.com

*[tenant].sharepoint.com/portals/community

*[tenant].sharepoint.com/portals/hub

*[tenant].sharepoint.com/search

*[tenant].sharepoint.com/sites/CompliancePolicyCenter

*[tenant]-my.sharepoint.com

*[tenant]-public.sharepoint.com

Questions:

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*What is the purpose of each?

*Can we delete each of them?

A: This is my best guess for each Site Collection, though I have been able to find limited official documentation.
domain.sharepoint.com

*

*This is the top level (aka root) SharePoint Site Collection.

*Okay to delete, if you want all Site Collections to be inaccessible.

*It is also possible to recreate this (see references) though this can take upwards of 15-minutes.

*Both domain-my.sharepoint.com and domain.sharepoint.com/search remain accessible after deleting the root.

domain.sharepoint.com/portals/community

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*Lists all community sites available on your company intranet.

*Okay to delete and possible to recreate (see references.)

domain.sharepoint.com/portals/hub

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*Goes to the Office 365 Video page.

*Okay to delete and possible to recreate (see references.)

domain.sharepoint.com/search

*

*Goes to the search page.

*Cannot delete (delete is disabled.)

domain.sharepoint.com/sites/CompliancePolicyCenter

*

*Goes to the Compliance Policy Center for SharePoint.

*Okay to delete.

domain-my.sharepoint.com

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*The OneDrive for Business page of the currently logged in user.

*Cannot delete (delete is disabled.)

domain-public.sharepoint.com

*

*This is our public facing website.

*Okay to delete, if we are not using it as our LIVE website.

Annotated References
https://community.office365.com/en-us/f/154/t/403878 Portals (community and hub) [are] created automatically when setting up your tenant along with tenant.sharepoint.com/search and tenant-my.sharepoint.com, these site collections are pre-defined.
https://community.office365.com/en-us/f/154/t/420137 Hub and Community portal recreation is possible as administrators, though to recover data we need to contact Microsoft support.

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*Recreate /portal/hub by going to /_layouts/15/videoredirect.aspx

*Recreate /portal/community by creating a video channel named Community.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/kb/2559901 Restore or recreate the root site collection after you have deleted it.
Screen Shots
After deleting everything that is possible to delete.

Compliance Policy Center for SharePoint that we deleted.

Community Portal that we deleted.

Hub Portal that we deleted and recreated.


BIR hails CTA's decision on P40M income tax collection from Napoles daughter 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Jun RamirezThe Bureau of Internal Revenue welcomed on Friday the decision of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) giving it the go-signal to collect some P40 million in deficiency income tax from the daughter of suspected "pork barrel" scam mastermind. "The court's ruling removes all obstacle to collect back taxes from Ms. Napoles," said a BIR litigation lawyer who declined to be named. The civil case is separate from the P18-million tax evasion complaint filed against her by the BIR which was dismissed last year by the tax court for insufficiency of evidence. Both cases arose from the massive acquisition of properties by Ms. Napoles here and in the United States, including a condominium unit at the luxurious Ritz Carlton in Los Angeles, California.


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KHN's 'What The Health?': Biden Doubles Down On Obamacare
19.7.2019 10:23:22 Daddyhood Health
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Former Vice President Joe Biden has said if he's elected president he would build on the Affordable Care Act rather than move to a whole new health care system, such as the 'Medicare for All' plan supported by some of his primary opponents for the Democratic nomination. But his campaign's new health plan would include many things Congress tried and failed to pass as part of the health law, including a government-run 'public option' plan that would be widely available.
Meanwhile, the U.S. House voted to repeal one of the ACA's key financing mechanisms, voting overwhelmingly to cancel the so-called 'Cadillac tax,' which was set to take effect in 2022. It is a 40% excise tax on the most generous employer-provided health plans.
And it was not a good week for Planned Parenthood. The women's health provider parted ways with its president of less than a year, Leana Wen. And the Trump administration announced it would begin enforcement of new rules for the federal family planning program that Planned Parenthood said will force it to stop participating.
This week's panelists are Julie Rovner from Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Margo Sanger-Katz of The New York Times.
Among the takeaways from this week's podcast:
Biden's health proposal seeks to lower out-of-pocket costs for many people in several ways. For example, it would make federal premium help available to all who buy their own insurance, not just those with low and middle incomes. It would also change how federal premium subsidies are determined. It would base the assistance on the cost of a gold plan, rather than the current practice of using the second lowest priced silver plan. Since gold plans are more generous, using that standard could lower the amount of deductibles and copayments people getting subsidies have to pay.
The ACA's Cadillac tax has been strongly endorsed by health economists, who view it as a way to cut the amount of unnecessary care some people with generous plans seek. But many employers, consumers and labor unions don't want to tinker with the current tax system of job-based insurance.
The administration's decision to go forward with its new rules for the Title X family planning program — while critics are challenging those regulations in the courts — will have a significant effect on Planned Parenthood's finances. But the group gets even more government money through the Medicaid program.
Despite two setbacks last week in the administration's efforts to reduce drug prices, President Donald Trump is continuing to hint that he wants to go forward with a plan to tie some Medicare drug prices to what people in other countries pay for the medications.
Federal officials have announced that opioid deaths have declined, but it is not clear that opioid overdoses or addiction has declined.
Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read too:
Julie Rovner:
The New York Times's 'Where Roe v Wade Matters Most
,' by Quoctrung Bui, Claire Cain Miller and Margot Sanger-Katz.
Joanne Kenen:
Scientific American's 'Why Doctors Are Drowning in Medical School Debt
,' by Daniel Barron.
Margot Sanger-Katz:
Bloomberg News' 'Deadly Disease Is Treatable, But Newborn Screening Patchwork Leaves Many Vulnerable
,' by Michelle Cortez.
Kimberly Leonard:
The Washingtonian's 'DC Types Have Been Flocking to Shrinks Ever Since Trump Won. And a Lot of the Therapists Are Miserable
,' by Britt Peterson.
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Closest to the pin — No. 17 Javier Garza; No. 4 Santiago Solis. Long drive — No. 15 Tom Youngblood. Long putt — No. 6 Benny Puente.
First Flight — 1. Susie Crowson 25.5; 2. Linda Seaquist 26.5; 3. Rita Rosales 28.5.
Second Flight — 1. Lynn Fleming 25.5; 2. Melodye Reeves 26.5; 3. Betty Hudson 28.5.
Birdies — No. 4 Seaquist; No. 8 Rosales. Closest to pin — No. 13 Kitty Donuhue. Chip-Ins — No. 8 Crowson; No. 9 Fran Seagrave. Low Putts — Rosales 26. Low Gross — Seaquist 87.
Front 9 — Marlene Smedman 35. Back 9 — Diane Teichman 31. Overall — Marlene Smedman 69.
Low Gross — Diane Teichman 76. Low Net — Marlene Smedman 69.
Jess Castillo, 72, shot a 72 on May 11. Witness was Mike Mauldin.
Billy Moorefield, 70, shot a 70 on May 16. Witnesses included Dial Cornwell, Beto Contreras and Eddie Alaniz.
1. Wanda Dungan-JoAnn Fuska-RaeAnn Regmund; 2. Diane LaRoe-Carey Hopkins-Mary Schwartz.
Longest Drive — No. 2 JoAnn Fuska. Closest to Pin — No. 6 Wanda Dungan. Low Putts — Wanda Dungan.
Closest to the Pin — No. 4 Bill Easum; No. 7 Hector Sanchez; No. 13 Mike Hatley; No. 15 Danny Cohea.
1. (tie) Betty Hudson 60; Wendy Flint 60; Barbara Williams 60; 2. Christine Harms 66.
Low Putts — Harms 31. Closest to Pin — No. 15 Harms. Birdies — No. 2 and No. 12 Harms. Low gross — Harms 82.


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How Donald Trump's shock politics are stalling his ambitions in world golf
Published: June 1, 2016 9.15am EDT
William Walton, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Senior Lecturer, Northumbria University, Newcastle
William Walton does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
Northumbria University, Newcastle provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK.
Trump at Turnberry. Kenny Smith/PA
The media circus surrounding Donald Trump's bid for the US presidency is briefly switching from America to the £200m reopening of a golf resort in south-west Scotland. Trump Turnberry, as it has been renamed, boasts a remodelled course and a substantially upgraded five-star hotel and spa. The man himself is reportedly to fly in for a grand ceremony on June 24.
Turnberry is among 18 golf courses that belong to The Trump Organization in the US, Scotland, Ireland and Dubai. It represents his best chance of landing the British men's Open Championship, the only one of the four golf majors to take place outside the US.
Then came his campaign for the Republican nomination. Though golf's ruling body in the UK has avoided commenting on that situation, Turnberry's immediate future as an Open destination is arguably in doubt, despite it having played host four times, most recently in 2009. Given that Trump's golf courses are at the heart of a global property and hotels empire, events in this quiet corner of Scotland look like an interesting case study in the risks of mixing business and presidential ambition.
Trump in the rough
Insulting Mexicans and Muslims might have played well with some blue-collar Americans fed up with cookie-cutter politicians and afraid of terrorism and losing their jobs to illegal immigrants, but it may not be going down well with the ruling bodies of golf. The sport is increasingly keen to lose its white men's elitist image and embrace far corners of the world – witness the recent embarrassing row over allowing female members at Muirfield Golf Club in the east of Scotland.
Turnberry has already come perilously close to losing one major championship since Trump purchased the resort in 2014. The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) openly contemplated withdrawing the British Women's Open last July in protest at his comments linking Mexican immigrants with rape, crime and drugs.
While Trump told the LPGA to go elsewhere if they felt so strongly and that he wouldn't sue them for breach of contract, losing the championship would still have seriously damaged his reputation and caused enormous commercial embarrassment.
Donald's Mexican fanclub. Charles Rex Arbogast/PA
The decision on where to hold the men's Open Championship rests with golf's governing body outside North America, the Royal & Ancient (R&A). It chooses the destination from a rota of ten courses around the UK, which has included Turnberry since 1977.
It already surprised some golf observers by agreeing to Trump's plan to substantially change the Ailsa course at Turnberry – particularly the stretch of eight holes along the craggy coast. While the traditionally conservative body has allowed minor tweaks to all courses on the rota over the years, Trump has realigned fairways; changed greens and relocated them closer to the sea shore; and even introduced completely new holes.
The end result, according to computer-generated images, is an undeniably spectacular course that will place Turnberry truly in a category of its own. The experience will not be cheap, however – anywhere between £195 and £275 for a round depending upon whether you stay at the hotel. In a country where Trump was already notorious before his presidential campaign for fighting with both the Scottish government and landowners over his other golf investment, the Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire, this will not help attract local players.
Open or closed?
Granting permission to change Turnberry is also a different matter from allowing the Open to be held there, of course. The R&A avoided answering questions about Turnberry's place on the men's rota when it announced in late 2015 that Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland would host the championship in 2019 following a break of nearly 70 years.
It then confirmed that Turnberry would not be considered to host any Open prior to 2022, apparently chipping a decision on holding the event at the course into the long grass.
Though Trump's supporters argue Turnberry may have lost its place on the rota without his investment, the R&A will likely be hoping that Trump moderates or backtracks on his more controversial comments, perhaps even that his 2016 presidential bid fails. If he does win in November, one assumes that pronouncements concerning temporary bans on Muslims entering America, deporting 11m illegal immigrants and building a wall along the Mexican border will come to nothing. Even so, a President Trump would be sufficiently unpredictable that the R&A could well feel that a Turnberry Open was an unnecessary risk.
And given current golf politics, Trump might still be damned without winning the presidency. Last month's bold decision by the R&A under new chief executive Martin Slumbers to withdraw the open from Muirfield – arguably the most acclaimed test of golf on the rota – is a clear sign of dramatic change.
Moderniser McIlroy. Brian Lawless/PA
Tellingly, men's number three Rory McIlroy was quoted as saying Muirfield needs the Open more than the Open needs Muirfield. The values of proprietary club owners like Trump will probably no longer be off bounds in determining the venue of the game's leading men's competition in future. There have meanwhile been calls in the US for Trump's course at Bedminster, New Jersey to lose another of golf's majors, the 2022 PGA Championship.
So notwithstanding his immense wealth and the unparalleled visual magnificence of his championship-quality course at Turnberry, Donald Trump may not have any lever to pull to get his way with golf's regulatory body. One suspects he has become the obstacle to his own ambitions in international golf. It will be interesting to see if he encounters similar difficulties in other parts of his empire.
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Katherine Acey on Putting the Movement First in Grassroots Fundraising Journal
I have been a fundraiser for nearly three decades, but I fancy myself an activist, organizer, political thinker, manager, leader of sorts – they all have become inseparable identities for me. There have been times when, called a fundraiser to my face, I've even cringed, felt a jab to the heart.
Putting the Movement First
By Katherine Acey as seen in Grassroots Fundraising Journal
I have been a fundraiser for nearly three decades, but I fancy myself an activist, organizer, political thinker, manager, leader of sorts — they all have become inseparable identities for me. There have been times when, called a fundraiser to my face, I''ve even cringed, felt a jab to the heart. Why? I didn''t want to be seen only as a fundraiser. I wanted to be seen as a political being doing work to change the world in some small, significant way. I, like many others, had unconsciously associated this very important political act–fundraising–as devoid of politics, lacking substance, not the real work the side dish.
Me, a one-dimensional, technical functionary? Never. But I got through that phase. I know that fundraising is an important and essential part of my goal to actively seek social change in the world and a redistribution of resources, including cash.
At the last Raising Change Conference, Sonya Garcia-Ulibarri said, ""You do not have to sacrifice your politics to fundraise. You have to fundraise in order to live out your politics.''" Embracing that simple principle takes work, demands intentional practice for the individual and for any social change organization or group. It means undoing deeply entrenched attitudes that separate our work into differently valued compartments, which serves to undermine the social change we so passionately pursue.
How can we begin to make some small shifts in how we think about and structure our work so that fundraising is cast as a key component rather than an appendage of our social change work? We may have to experience some personal discomfort, deal front-on with contradictions, as we do in all aspects of our political work.
There are small, incremental ways that we can shift the cultures of our organizations and even the functions of our various positions — volunteer or paid staff — so that the various functions that go on in our organizations — fundraising, program work, organizing — inform and support each other. We have to get over our feelings about not liking/wanting/knowing how to ask for money and that asking is only for the bold and gifted few.
Everyone — from the bookkeeper to the office manager to the organizer and the person who has the title of fundraiser — can and should be raising money. This applies to groups with no staff, too. It is not only about the fundraising committee bringing in the dough.
I am not suggesting that everyone do everything the same or spend the same amount of time doing the core functions, including fundraising. That's not efficient or effective. What I am suggesting is what Sonya instructed: "We have to fundraise in order live out our politics," and that we make space within organizations and our prescribed roles to see it and live it as an act of organizing and engagement.
A light bulb went off at the Astraea Foundation, where I work, this past year when we decided that our grants programs should collaborate with grantee and donor and communication projects to inform and support the fundraising efforts. This may seem obvious, but there's a subtle, important shift of emphasis in that statement. More often than not the dominant thinking is that fundraising supports the program. In reality both things are true.
We need to pause and think about what stops us from shifting our thinking and how we structure our work. No time, too much pressure to do too much, and so on, are no longer, if they ever were, sufficient reasons. Together we can help each other see some different ways forward.
One example at Astraea is our annual house party fundraiser. Everyone on staff does something to make it happen, and everyone asks friends, colleagues, and current Astraea members for a gift, whether they can attend or not. People feel good about working as a team and seeing the results in terms of dollars and people supporting the organization.
When we make a thoughtful and intentional decision to see fundraising as integral to our work it can and does bring results. The more people we have asking for money — gifts of all sizes — the better chance we having of reaching more people. If we reach more people, we will get more money. Most of us, as generous and political as we are, don't give unless asked.
Imagine the results if we behaved as if fundraising was an integral part of our organizing, that donors and constituents were one — ready to be mobilized at any moment. I would trade any one big gift from an individual or a foundation (and I like big gifts) for smaller gifts from hundreds of people.
We face inherent dilemmas and contradictions when we talk about fundraising for social change and building a social justice feminist movement. One major contradiction for nonprofits (and public foundations like Astraea that fundraise for their budget) is that we are simultaneously trying to build a movement as we build institutions. While many of us may feel that we are building the institution to build the movement, there are hard realities that we have to resolve. We believe that the institution is just a vehicle to achieve a greater good, and we know we are in constant peril of its taking on a life of its own. In doing all we need to keep those doors open, the mission and the vision to support movement building can sometimes disappear from focus.
How many of us have had felt we had to distinguish our groups by saying we are the first, we are the only, we are the biggest, we do it the best, as opposed to admitting that we would like to be out of business in ten years and here's our plan to do that? How many of us realize that we can't move ahead without these five or ten other groups moving with us?
The way nonprofits are structured, including public foundations of which Astraea is a part, is that we work mostly alone, perhaps occasionally sharing information, networking, or occasionally working on a project together. There are not many organizations whose primary goal is to collaborate and of those that do collaborate, few have a well-thought-out strategy for it, including fundraising. Can we break out of this old model? It's a direct hindrance to movement building, which is all about collaboration and collective process.
Just as we're at a moment of possibility for political change, let's keep our hearts and minds open to change within ourselves, our organizations, our movements. Let's each of us resist the "Yes, but" when a new idea comes up that feels hard and instead figure out how to make it possible and who needs to be at the table. Let us use the power we have in order to get all the power and money that is needed to transform — not merely make minor adjustments — to our world.
KATHERINE ACEY IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ASTRAEA LESBIAN FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE.


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Korea out to tie winning streak records of 1990s
Lausanne, Switzerland, July 19, 2017 - Korea host Kazakhstan Friday in Suwon for the second time this season, after a 3-0 Korea win in the opening weekend. That was the first time the two sides came head-to-head in the history of the FIVB World Grand Prix. But while Kazakhstan still seek their first win of the season, Korea are on a four-match winning streak and look to equal their previous best of five from 1994-95 and 1996-97.
• Korea and Kazakhstan have met once in the World Grand Prix. In the first weekend of this season, Korea proved too strong in straight sets.
• All matches between these teams this decade (2010-2017) have been won in straight sets by Korea (5).
• In 2010, Korea won 3-0 in the semifinals en route to the Asian Games final in which they lost against China.
• Korea have won their last four World Grand Prix matches. They can equal their best streak ever by winning five in a row. They achieved this in 1994-1995 and in 1996-1997.
• They can win six in a single World Grand Prix for the first time since 1997, when they won six and lost three.
• The last time Korea finished a World Grand Prix with a winning record was in 2011 when they won five and lost four.
• Korea have already won three matches in straight sets this season. Only in 1994 they claimed more straight set victories in a single edition as they managed to achieve it four times.
• Kazakhstan claimed their first victory in the 2017 World Grand Prix in their last match after losing each of their first five.
• They can win consecutive matches for the first time since winning four in a row in the first and second weekend of the 2016 World Grand Prix.
• Kazakhstan is one defeat away from losing their 50th match in the World Grand Prix. No country has played fewer matches (64) than Kazakhstan while losing 50 matches.
• Yekaterina Zhdanova has scored most points for the team this season (67). With 22 points, she led the team in scoring against Croatia.


A few days ago I came across an issue on an internal HAProxy (1.6.3) which uses a backend server in the AWS cloud. The backend server in this case was using a DNS record which was a CNAME to an AWS load balancer.
Over the last couple of weeks this particular backend reported being down several times and only a manual reload of HAProxy would resolve the issue.
After a detailed analysis, I came to the conclusion that this is related to HAProxy's internal DNS caching and that AWS change the DNS records of their load balancers (sometimes more, sometimes less often).
I posted the analysis and solution as a response on Stackoverflow, but I'll also share it here.
The HAProxy running in our internal networks would suddenly take this backend server DOWN with a L7STS/503 check result, while our monitoring was accessing the backend server (directly) just fine. As we run a HAProxy pair (LB01 and LB02) a reload of LB01 immediately worked and the backend server was UP again. On LB02 (not reloaded on purpose) this backend server is still down.
All this seems to related to a DNS change of the AWS LB and how HAProxy does DNS caching. By default, HAProxy resolves all DNS records (e.g. for backends) at startup/reload. These resolved DNS records then stay in HAProxy's own DNS cache. So you would have to launch a reload of HAProxy to renew the DNS cache.
So what this does is to define a DNS nameserver set called "mydns" using the DNS servers defined by the entries starting with "nameserver". An internal DNS cache should be kept for 60s defined by "hold valid 60s". In the backend server's definition you now refer to this DNS nameserver set by adding "resolvers mydns". In this example it is preferred to resolve to IPv4 addresses by adding "resolve-prefer ipv4" (default is to use ipv6).
Note that in order to use "resolvers" in the backend server, "check" must be defined, too. The DNS lookup happens whenever the backend server check is triggered. In this example "check inter 2s" is defined which means a DNS lookup happens would happen every 2 seconds. This would be quite a lot of lookups. By setting the internal "hold" cache to 60 seconds, you can therefore limit the number of DNS lookups until the cache expires; latest after 62 seconds a new DNS lookup should therefore happen.
Starting with HAProxy version 1.8 there is even an advanced possibility called "Service Discovery over DNS" which uses DNS SRV Records. These records contain multiple response fields such as priorities, weights, etc. which can be parsed by HAProxy and update the backends accordingly.


There are times where you need to remove a hard cost from a paid invoice in situations where you may have mistakenly billed the client for a hard cost.
You will now see the invoice amount updated in the unpaid balance section, and the funds moved to the operating retainer.
You can now go back and reapply these funds back to the invoice by clicking on invoice payment using > Existing Operating Retainer.


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