Editor's Note:Missoula native Kevin Van Valkenburg is arguably one of the top sports writers ever produced in the Treasure State and must be considered the top wordsmith to ever contribute to the Great Falls Tribune sports pages. The former Hellgate football standout and University of Montana graduate, who served as a sports intern at the Trib in 1999, worked several years for the Baltimore Sun before joining ESPN as a Senior Writer. Van Valkenburg has won several major awards and written about many famous sports personalities and this fall is giving back to his alma mater, teaching classes via UM's Anthony Pollner Professorship. Van Valkenburg, who is married with two young children, visited with Tribune Sports Columnist Scott Mansch this week for our Sunday Conversation.
Q: Are you enjoying the semester back in Missoula, Kevin?
A: I'm really enjoying it. It's so fun to be back and teach at the school where not only I went to school but where my mom (Carol, former UM journalism professor) taught for 30 years. It's a little bit surreal. I've been living in Baltimore for almost 15 years now … but I'm still a Montana kid at heart. It defines so much of who I am and what I love and so it's neat to be back and talk to kids from little towns who have dreams of being a magazine writer, or being on television, and desire to produce great journalism.
Q: Anthony Pollner, for whom the fellowship is named, was a friend of yours, wasn't he?
A: Yes. He was a kid who grew up in New York and wanted something really different for college. So he came here. He didn't really think he'd want to do journalism for a living but he thought it would be a great general education. He was an ambitious person who joined the Kaimin (UM student newspaper) when I was on staff there and threw himself into every story.
Q: Any stories about him?
A: We had this enrollment story that broke and we were trying to get some sort of quote from (then-UM president) George Dennison. He was away in Japan, and Anthony sweet-talked his secretary into telling him what hotel Dennison was at. So Anthony called him in the middle of the night and got a comment from him, which we thought was such great ruthless, ambitious journalism (laughs). He was a fun, energetic, smart person, a really good soul. Shortly after graduation he died in a motorcycle accident in London. His family knew how much the University of Montana had meant to him, so they set up this trust where there could be a visiting professional (writer) every year come to the school.
Q: I know you're still working for ESPN this fall. I saw the recent piece about Tom Brady (which recalls that a year ago some were ready to call his career about over).
A: Yes. I did a Peyton Manning piece, too. It's a lot to juggle, but I've learned a little bit over the years how to budget time. (laughs) We have two little girls (Molly, 5, Keegan, 3) and my wife (Jennifer McMenamin, a photographer) still works full-time. It's quite the circus in our house in the mornings to get the kids to school, talk to the editors at ESPN and get ready for class.
Q: Are your parents (Fred and Carol) still in Missoula?
A: Yes. They're both retired now, and they're thrilled to see their granddaughters. My parents love having them around.
Q: Are you enjoying the ESPN gig?
A: Yes, I am. I feel like I have so many smart people that I work with. The journalism that we do is ambitious. I think some of the best investigative reporters and feature reporters work at the magazine and work for our enterprise team.
Q: Is there anything about the newspaper business you miss?
A: I miss the daily interaction with people … I miss the day-to-day connection with the community that you have.
Q: I certainly know that after being here in Great Falls for 30 years. There is a connection to the community that I feel. There is satisfaction to be derived every day from putting out a newspaper, would you agree?
A: Totally. Most of my friends in journalism work for the Washington Post. I never worked there but I feel a kinship with their sports staff. I miss that team environment, like when a big story breaks and everyone is jumping on it. Where it's all hands on deck and you feel like, hey, this is our team and we've got to do the best job we can with what resources we have. That buzz of newspapers will always be in my gut.
Q: Our industry has struggled somewhat of late, but I firmly believe there's always going to be room for intelligent reporting in our society. What do you think?
A: I think the appetite for stories and news is greater than it's ever been. The medium matters less than the quality of work. We're going to figure out how to distribute information that makes it possible … There's more people who read, say, the Great Falls Tribune, if we combine the newspaper and on the web, than there ever was before. It isn't like that appetite is going away. It's just figuring out how people get it. That Brady column I wrote, like a million people read it. That's a huge number of clicks for potential advertisers.
Q: That was a nice column. And a good job, Kev, for calling him washed up last year at this time!
A: (laughs) No. I was one of the few people who did not say that.
Q: Here in Great Falls we're a long way from ESPN, but we like to think your internship here sent you in the right direction. (laughs) Would you agree?
A: Absolutely, absolutely. No joke. When I got that job from the Baltimore Sun, they talked to (Tribune Publisher) Jim Strauss and George Geise (former Tribune sports editor).
Q: Well, knowing George he probably didn't say you were the BEST sports writer on the staff that summer. But I'm pretty sure you were, Kevin.
A: (laughs) You guys let me do a little bit of everything and that was helpful. Whether I was irritating the minor league baseball coach there by writing snarky, Rick Reilly-type lines or covering car accidents or whatever. I remember that summer quite well.
Q: I'm glad you have fond memories of us here in Great Falls, Kevin.
A: For sure. My mom grew up there in Great Falls and we'd go there all the time to visit my grandparents. The city will always have a lot of meaning for me.
Q: Tell me about your recent story with Peyton Manning. Are you a fan, or can't you allow yourself to become that?
A: You can admire and appreciate people. I really admire Peyton and what he's done. I love athletes when they're late in their career and sort of trying to hang on. For a lot of people that makes them uncomfortable. For I admire that moment when your body can't do quite what it used to and so your mind has to fill the gaps. Watching him in the locker room (and the pain he's in) made me think 'Wow, this is a tough person who still loves football.' Because I love football, I want to make people understand how taxing it is on the body. I'm not really a fan of teams anymore, but I just like stories. All kinds of great stories.
Q: What is it about being a storyteller that warms your soul? And what do think there is about this craft that attracts you and people like myself?
A: For me, it's like you're swimming in an ocean of stories. There are stories all around you, and by sharing them with people you realize that we're not that different. All of us. Whether you're from Baltimore, or Montana, or south Florida, or whatever. We have a shared humanity, and by telling stories you share the world a little bit and make people understand the world a little bit better. I love that aspect of it, and I love striving to find something beautiful in things that are true. I like fiction and read it a lot, but I love nonfiction because there's a magic in finding the right way to explain to people what the world is like.
Q: Listening is a very, very important skill as a writer. Would you agree?
Q: Who are a few of the most memorable personalities you've met in your career?
A: Certainly Ray Lewis and Ed Reed during my time with the Sun. They were loud and quirky and interesting in their own ways. I spent a lot of time around Michael Phelps, because he's from Baltimore. I spent a lot of time with him before the (2008) Games in Beijing. We're not friends or anything, but I think we have a mutual respect for each other.
A: I'm working on a Rory McIlroy piece that hopefully will run in November or December. I'm pretty excited about that. I'm also working on a piece about Julio Jones, the Falcons' wide receiver who's been tearing it up.
Q: What have your folks meant to your life and career?
A: My parents were very important in establishing this: be humble, be curious and be kind to people. They were really encouraging to me to go off to Baltimore and find my own way. They really wanted me to maximize my chance at doing what I love. I think my dad and mom always tried their best to do things the right way. I really admire the both of them. My mom was a teacher and my dad was a prosecutor and they maybe could have done things that were more lucrative financially, but they wanted to do something to give back to people. To do something that was bigger than themselves. I always try to keep that in mind. And that's what I'm trying to do by teaching this fall: pass on something that's in more than just your own interests.
Q: It's a pleasure to talk to you, Kevin. I'm proud of you, too.
A: Thanks, Scott. That means a lot. I appreciate it very much.


Alejandra Lopez thought she knew the signs of a person who may be suicidal. She assumed they would be despondent, talking about ending their lives and, as a final indication, would be giving away all of their precious possessions.
Her son, Nick Cueto, 22, didn't do any of those things.
"He would always smile and laugh and have a good time with us at the house," she recalled.
So when he left the house on Aug. 7, 2017, she had no premonitions. No warning signs.
The next morning, she got a call from the Carson City Sheriff's Office.
She remembers all the details of that morning. She was cleaning under her bed. She didn't get to her phone in time, so she called the number back.
The voice on the other end asked if she knew Nick.
She learned he had taken his own life, and identified his body through a picture from the coroner.
She had to go down to the sheriff's office to pick up his BMX bike and backpack — all she had left of the oldest of her four children.
He built that BMX bike himself. It was his constant companion, spending much of his free time at Carson City's skate park. He was even sponsored by The Wheel House for a time.
After he graduated from Pioneer High School, he moved to Reno where he worked two jobs up until two weeks prior to his death.
While he'd suffered from depression before, Alejandra thought he had it under control.
Alejandra initially took time off her job at Walmart, where she has worked for eight years, to mourn her son. A year later, she is now hoping to help other families prevent similar tragedies.
She and her husband, Martin, participated in Carson City's 5K Walk for Suicide Prevention last week.
"There is help out there and there are people you can talk to," she said.
And she wants people to look beyond the obvious signs.
Through it all, she said, she has been able to find some peace.
It's that peace she wants to share with others.
For resources on suicide prevention, visit this Partnership Carson City webpage.


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Barnsley spoken word artist pays tribute to hospital volunteers
Jimmy Andrex 21 June 2020
A Barnsley spoken word artist has produced a poetic tribute to the town's hospital volunteers. Jeff 'Jethro' Platts was asked by Barnsley Hospital Charity to produce the piece as a way of saying thank you to a much valued, but sometimes forgotten, group of people who have continued to give their time in a variety of roles during the Covid-19 crisis.
On reflection of the celebrations for our volunteers last week, Jeff has written this amazing poem. A big thank you to Jeff!
We think so much of our volunteers for the charity & @BhnftV that we wanted to carry on sending our thanks.
Those That Do – Jeff💗#barnsleyisbrill pic.twitter.com/vSV6LV4BAM
— Barnsley Hospital Charity (@BHNFTCharity) June 12, 2020
A miner for ten years, then a youth and community worker for nearly 30, Jethro writes and performs all over the country and is, for many, the heart and soul of Barnsley spoken word. He's also the founder of Barnsley's Spoken Voices Collective, which exists to encourage people to write, perform and record their words and encourage a sense of community for the betterment of their wellbeing.
Like Barnsley's other renowned bard, Ian McMillan, Jethro retains an authentic local voice as well as staying the right side of the stereotypes which can dog performers from this part of the world. Barnsley is one of the 'go-to' places when news outlets want to point a microphone at 'Northern Brexit Man'. We asked Jethro what he thought of that rather hackneyed media image.
"Given the results in Barnsley I guess it's easy pickings. Journos arriving in Barnsley for their soundbite or vox pop won't have to look far. A quick half an hour around the market and they're soon tucked up in Costa tweeting their editor with their bid for promotion.
"That's not to say every Brexiteer in Barnsley will feed their misconceived expectations of 'Northern Brexit Man'. Many, whilst delivering the 'X' in the same box have opposing views and very different reasons for voting as they did. However, Barnsley folk rightly have stuff to say, so given the opportunity, many will."
Jethro's poem about hospital volunteers talks of "the people's glue … doing their do" and manages the neat trick of eulogising without stating the obvious, of accessibility without cliché. It also challenges us to ask ourselves whether volunteers may have been overlooked in the Covid-19 crisis. "I think those that do volunteer deserve our appreciation and perhaps that level of appreciation has rightly been stepped up, as we all are afforded more time to observe, reflect and notice. So to answer the question: perhaps not", says Jethro.
He goes on to say, "Doing the job I do, working closely with communities in and around Barnsley, volunteers have been the heartbeat and backbone of our little corner of the world. Their efforts are often very discreet so perhaps go unnoticed, as the poem suggests."
More articles by Jimmy Andrex:
Yorkshire Rose reacts poetically to Covid-19
Two metres or one metre: the social distancing debate
Yorkshire artists face lost livelihood under Brexit.
Although it's often portrayed as a traditional working-class, white monoculture, anyone who spends time there will notice that the town is becoming more diverse, particularly in schools. Working as he does with young people and those marginalised, including asylum seekers and refugees, Jethro is keenly aware of the challenges in an area recently targeted by Pro-Trump online activists seeking to spread right-wing propaganda and misinformation.
"I hope that the conversations, debates and often arguments remain open, honest and driven by a common interest of fairness with a will to eradicate hate and division. Whether the mainstream media's agenda will allow for this is the bigger question I guess. Maybe the biggest challenge, certainly in the first instance, is to ensure a level playing surface, one where those that set out to knock the ground staff from their sit-on grass rollers are exposed and brought to account. I have heard and read some shameful things in recent weeks, it must change."
Being unable to work face to face during lockdown has been a hammer blow for artists like Jethro, and, like many, he is struggling to come to terms with a new artistic landscape.
"It's been a huge learning curve. Youth work relies heavily on voluntary relationships and as we know, relationships on any level need nurturing and nourishing. Maintaining the authenticity, and what I hope is genuine practice, has been a struggle for me personally. It feels contrived and clunky, less organic. That said, we're all our own worst critics eh? I guess artists that livestream their music or poetry feel the same: "Was that good enough? Did they get the message? Have I read their response right?"
Whatever happens, Jethro will always be in there, somewhere, seeking to give local people a means of having their voices heard.
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The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) said the country has resorted to external borrowing because it has consistently under-achieved its revenue targets.
Touching on the fiscal sector, the Professor said the overall fiscal deficit was expected to increase by 4.2 per cent in 2019 and that this would be on account of an expected increase in expenditure over revenue.
He said expenditure was expected to increase from 19.4 per cent to 21.3 per cent of GDP between 2018 and 2019, while revenues would increase from 15.7 per cent to 17.1 per cent over the same period.
Focusing on the monetary and financial sector, Prof Quartey said both the monetary policy rate and the Bank of Ghana reference rate showed a downward trend in 2018 with the MPR declining to 17 per cent.
He said the money market rates responded to the decline in the policy rate with all the Treasury bill rates declining except the 91-day rate which firmed up marginally.
He recommended to government to continue their efforts to improve on the country's NTEs and an aggressive industrialisation agenda as well as add value to the primary raw materials exports.
He encouraged government to promote non-traditional exports because agriculture growth had been positive and rising, and that, the planting for food and jobs programme should promote more irrigation and encourage private sector participation.
Prof Quartey said the 2019 budget had ambitious programmes and targets, which aims to transform the country but its outcome depends on how government, was able to address the domestic revenue mobilisation challenges.


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Housing > Chapter Housing Funds
About the NHC
NHC Facilities
AXΩ Housing
The Housing Experience
Chapter Housing Funds
Through chapter housing funds, donors can make tax-deductible gifts for educational improvements to chapter facilities within the guidelines provided by the IRS. These funds can only be used for the percentage of the housing project related to educational areas or for furnishings and equipment specifically identified for educational purposes. Examples of educational areas include study rooms and libraries. Examples of educational equipment include desks and chairs, computers, printers, etc.
A one-time 5% administrative fee is assessed on all donations for housing.
Chapters and house corporations can work with the Foundation to establish a chapter housing fund. The process of establishing a chapter housing fund requires documentation related to the corporation's organizational structure and health, facility square footage and usage, project cost estimates, etc. Funds may be established large-scale renovations, new facility builds or small-scale projects, with a minimum of $5,000.
The following chapters have active housing campaigns:
Beta Sigma, University of Georgia
The Campaign for 1064 S. Lumpkin launched in 2017 and the chapter proudly dedicated the newly renovated chapter house in November 2021. Sisters from six different decades and friends of Beta Sigma have contributed to the success of the campaign. The chapter is close to reaching its $1.2 million goal. Your contribution will make a difference for Beta Sigma chapter. Every contribution to the fund will further reduce the chapter's financial burden from the renovations. Naming opportunities are still available. To make a gift please click here.
We are grateful to many donors for committing their gifts to The Campaign for 1064 S. Lumpkin. To see the list of donors to this project please click here.
Iota Sigma
The Building a Future for Iota Sigma campaign launched in 2018 and in just three years has raised more than $1,000,000. The campaign has a generous matching gift of up to $500,000. So far, we have raised $400,000 and "unlocked" that same amount from the matching gift donor. We still hope to fulfill the last $100,000 of the match – any gifts that come in will be doubled through it! To make a gift, please visit the Iota Sigma Chapter Housing Fund gift page.
We are grateful to the many donors who have committed their gifts to the campaign for Iota Sigma. Visit the donor listing to see those who have given generously.
Beta Eta
The Beta Eta house at 518 West Park Avenue is more than just the physical structure! The home plays a significant role in the development of sisters and presents a symbol of the shared values and goals of the chapter.
Since the campaign launched in 2019, fundraising for the new chapter house has been underway, working toward the goal of $1,500,000.
With your support, Alpha Chi Omega at Florida State University will continue to provide a quality living environment that supports, nurtures and develops outstanding young women! To make a gift to the Beta Eta project, please visit the Beta Eta Chapter Housing Fund gift page.
There are still opportunities to make a difference by naming a room or to honor a sister who made a difference in your life by naming a space in her honor.
Zeta Nu
1505 Olympia Way – the epicenter of Aggie Alpha Chi and a place that many have called and will call home. This exciting fundraising project which started in 2021 presents an opportunity to work together to positively impact the future of Alpha Chi Omega at Texas A&M. Your investment in 1505 Olympia Way will help ensure a strong and thriving experience for Zeta Nu. The goal of this campaign is to raise $300,000 in gifts from alumnae, parents and friends of Zeta Nu chapter to match the amount contributed by the chapter and National Housing Corporation.
There are opportunities to make a difference while honoring your experience or a sister who made a difference in your life through naming recognition in the renovated facility.
To make a gift, please visit the Zeta Nu Chapter Housing Fund gift page.
For more information on chapter housing funds and/or educational improvements to facilities, please contact Lindsay Vise, housing advancement officer, via email or (317) 579-5050.


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Cramer: Retail Is Not Going Away; It's Just Going Different Places
Those who can handle one less trip to the mall each month will make it.
By JIM CRAMER
Sep 13, 2017 | 07:36 AM EDT
Stocks quotes in this article: JWN, COST, AMZN, WFC, HD, DLTR, TJX, BBBY, GPS, KSS, NKE, UA, PLCE, ROST, BURL, M, LOW
Now that the Nordstrom (JWN) family is closing in on a buyout aided by the private equity firm of Leonard Green, will there be a revaluation of retailers in the stock market?
I know there are not supposed to be such things as stupid questions, but this is one, because the revaluation has been going on for weeks now. I am not just talking about the comeback by the likes of Costco (COST) post Amazon (AMZN) buying Whole Foods (WFC) or Home Depot (HD) after the announcement of the crucial Sears-Kenmore-Amazon offering.
While everyone revisited the negative thesis after Kroger KR told you last week that it's way behind where it needs to be to compete and that guidance is the least of its concerns, there have not only been green shoots, but actual fruits and vegetables, akin to those in my garden being feasted on right now by the brave.
Consider the stock of Dollar Tree (DLTR) . Two months ago, it was at $66. Now it's at $83. It made me pause and wonder: What exactly was the existential threat facing this chain, given that it put up some pretty terrific numbers when it last reported? That 2.4% comp number when people were looking for 1.6%, that terrific earnings beat and the fact that there's still a lot of low-hanging Family Dollar fruit to pick told a great story.
Or how about Action Alerts PLUS charity portfolio holding TJX Companies (TJX) ? Can someone tell me how come this stock is still in the low $70s after that terrific quarter with a super guide? I can tell you the answer: because somehow, it got to the high $60s even as there are more close-out materials available than ever.
I think the stock's really only been going up because of the new Homesense home furnishing concept that's being rolled out right now across America, with the first two stores, one in Massachusetts and the other in New Jersey, opening to big crowds and rave reviews. Given that it is opening another 100 Home Goods stores, the company clearly expects no cannibalization. It's not just a me-too Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) , either. It's better, with a quirky general store throwback feel.
Or how about The Gap (GPS) . I know a lot of people scoffed when JP Morgan's Matthew Boss came on Mad Money and recommended Gap at $20 not that long ago. If I hadn't just spent $200 at what many regard as the flagship San Francisco store the previous month, I would have, too. But with the stock at $27, and I think going higher, no one's laughing now.
I've been pounding the table on the new Kohl's (KSS) as a strip mall alternative that's got real loyalty and reliability. I didn't expect an Amazon tie-up like the "smart home experience" that it is rolling out in 10 of its stores, and I don't know how much more there will be to it beyond the 1000 square feet being allocated.
That said, how could you not like a company with a monster buyback, huge customer retention, inexpensive prices, a newfound love of brands like Nike (NKE) and UnderArmour (UA) , as well as what was then a 6% yield?
The tape is riddled with the stocks of retailers that should never have been down that are bouncing back hard: The Childrens Place (PLCE) now that Gymboree is waning, Ross Stores (ROST) and Burlington (BURL) , as nothing was ever wrong with off-price to begin with. And we've got some trading bargains, with names like Macy's (M) and Lowe's (LOW) that shouldn't be sniffed at.
But the most important takeaway is to recognize what Leonard Green recognized: retail's not going away, it's just going to different places. Those that can handle one less trip to the mall each month will make it. Not as far as you would like, but, in many cases, certainly further than they've gone already.
Action Alerts PLUS, which Cramer co-manages as a charitable trust, is long TJX.
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The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced that 68 buildings in the Capital have been shortlisted for the 2016 RIBA London Awards.
All shortlisted buildings will now be visited and carefully assessed by one of four regional juries. The winners of this year's RIBA London Awards will then be announced at a special awards ceremony on Tuesday, 3rd May 2016. The ceremony takes place at the Stirling Prize nominated University of Greenwich, Stockwell Street Building.
London Regional winners will then be considered for a highly-coveted RIBA National Award in recognition of their architectural excellence, the results of which will be announced in June. The shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK's best building of the year will be drawn from the RIBA National Award-winning buildings later in the year.
This year's shortlisted buildings can be seen here.


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Q: Can't execute Switch statement inside For Loop more than 10 times - C i'm currently learning C, and i have an exercise, request for 20 characters and show the amount of ('a','e','i','o','u').
I coded this:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>

int main()
{
    char letter;
    int a = 0, e = 0, i = 0, o = 0, u = 0, x;
    for(x = 0; x < 20; x++)
    {
        printf("\nEnter a character: ");
        letter = getchar();
        letter = tolower(letter);
        switch(letter)
        {
            case 'a':
                a += 1;
                break;
            case 'e':
                e += 1;
                break;
            case 'i':
                i += 1;
                break;
            case 'o':
                o += 1;
                break;
            case 'u':
                u += 1;
                break;
            default:
                continue;
        }
        system("cls");
    }
    printf("\nAmount of 'a': %d", a);
    printf("\nAmount of 'e': %d", e);
    printf("\nAmount of 'i': %d", i);
    printf("\nAmount of 'o': %d", o);
    printf("\nAmount of 'u': %d\n", u);
    system("pause");
    return 0;
}

But this only can be executed 10 times. Why this happens?
PD. Sorry for my poor english.

A: As mentioned in the comments, you are processing 20 characters, but half of them are newlines.  If you take out your line system("cls") this becomes apparent:
% ./ctest

Enter a character: a

Enter a character:
Enter a character: b

Enter a character:
Enter a character: c

At the first prompt, I typed a<RET> and the first loop iteration (x=0) processed the a but there is still a <RET> waiting in the input buffer.  The second loop iteration (x=1) gets the next available character, <RET> and processes it, the the third loop iteration (x=2) prints its prompt and waits for new input.
You can further see how this works by getting it to process 20 characters you are counting.  For example, if I provide the input aaaaaeeeeeiiiiiooooo<RET>, which is 21 characters, you can see that the first 20 are processed:
 % ./ctest

Enter a character: aaaaaeeeeeiiiiiooooo

Enter a character:
Enter a character:
Enter a character:
Enter a character:
Enter a character:
Enter a character:
Enter a character:
Enter a character:
Enter a character:
Enter a character:
Enter a character:
Enter a character:
Enter a character:
Enter a character:
Enter a character:
Enter a character:
Enter a character:
Enter a character:
Enter a character:
Amount of 'a': 5
Amount of 'e': 5
Amount of 'i': 5
Amount of 'o': 5
Amount of 'u': 0

To fix this problem you should either read and discard the newline character or use a different method of reading that can ignore the newlines.

A: You need to ignore newline chars.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>

int main()

{
    char letter;
    int a = 0, e = 0, i = 0, o = 0, u = 0, x;
    for (x = 0; x < 20; x++)
    {
        printf("\nEnter a character: ");
        letter = getchar();
        letter = tolower(letter);
        if (letter == '\n')
        {
            x--;
            system("cls");
            continue;
        }
        if (letter)
        {
            switch (letter)
            {
            case 'a':
                a += 1;
                break;
            case 'e':
                e += 1;
                break;
            case 'i':
                i += 1;
                break;
            case 'o':
                o += 1;
                break;
            case 'u':
                u += 1;
                break;
            default:
                break;
            }

        }
        system("cls");
    }
    printf("\nAmount of 'a': %d", a);
    printf("\nAmount of 'e': %d", e);
    printf("\nAmount of 'i': %d", i);
    printf("\nAmount of 'o': %d", o);
    printf("\nAmount of 'u': %d\n", u);
    system("pause");
    return 0;
}

You can use scanf instead of getchar, it will also solve it.


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Son of God; Saviour
Book of John
A Sermon on John 7:8-13
You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come." After saying this, he remained in Galilee.
But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. The Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying, "Where is he?" And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, "He is a good man," others said, "No, he is leading the people astray." Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him. (ESV)
Is it your conviction that there is nothing more important than a person's reaction to the Lord Jesus Christ? Do you desire to take the Gospel to the nations? Do you believe that evangelism is essential to Christian discipleship? If so, then Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones' message on John 7:8-13 is important for you. In this sermon, he grapples with the nature and condition of unbelief in the world. But he first asks us to look closely at the Savior Himself. Dr. Lloyd-Jones lifts our eyes to see Scripture's teaching concerning Christ's loneliness, His isolation, humility, wisdom, and the purpose for His suffering. In so doing, it is all the more perplexing that the world rejects such a blessed person. How could it be that the world rejects such a Savior? How could it be that the religious authorities, experts, kings, and common people all rejected the Son of God? What does this say about the human condition? What is the answer to such spiritual blindness? Listen as Dr. Lloyd-Jones explores this important topic of the world's rejection of Son of God, savior of the world.


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Is included in the acquisition fee so that in the event of a total loss, the whole balance of the lease/residual is paid off, regardless of the actual market value of the vehicle, which is all that your casualty insurance will pay.
The entire debt does not show on a balance sheet; the amount shown is only a fraction of the selling price.
The guaranteed future value of the vehicle is the amount deducted at the beginning of the lease. It is also the expected value of the vehicle at the end of the lease. You have the term of the lease to decide if you want to purchase, trade or turn it in at the end of the lease.
- If the guaranteed future value compared to the actual market value at the end of the lease favors you, you may purchase it or trade it using the equity towards your next car.
The only thing better than a tax deduction is never having to pay the tax in the first place.
The tax advantage of leasing is that you only pay tax on the monthly payments on the amount between selling price and residual value. The residual value is based on the MSRP. This is what makes the lease attractive as the payments are based on the difference between selling price and residual value, not the MSRP.
For example, on a $45,000 car with a 58% residual, you would pay tax on the difference between selling price and residual vs the whole $45,000. As an example, say the $45000 car is discounted to $41000, you pay tax on $14,900.
The tax is paid in the monthly payment rather than all up front at time of purchase.
Vehicles do not appreciate; they depreciate. Would you pay $100,000 for a house if you thought it would be worth $58,000 in three years?
It's true. Some people have had issues with leases. In most cases, it's because they opted for wrong mileage terms or it wasn't fully explained to them. We offer closed end leases, so there is never any question regarding the lease end value. In other cases, perhaps they had a charge back for abnormal wear and tear. We explain the condition the vehicle must be returned in up front. It also should be remembered that if they had purchased the same vehicle and drove the same number of miles, or traded it in the same condition, they would have experienced the same deductions.
If you drive more than 15,000 miles per year you may not be an ideal leasing candidate. You do have the option of building the extra miles into the lease at .20 per mile or pay .25 per mile at the end of the lease. Which would you prefer?
.20 per mile is quite a savings for you. If you buy the same vehicle and drive the same number of miles, when you go to trade it in, they will deduct .25 to .30 per mile, over 15,000 miles, to get the appraised value. You can actually buy the miles you need cheaper in a lease than you can from yourself!
According to a survey by J.D. Powers and Associates, once people have leasing explained and they try it, 93% of them are so satisfied they lease their next vehicle! We don't view leasing as just another way to buy a car. We view it more as an insurance policy. It removes the risk of the vehicle's depreciation. Leasing offers value; ownership does not.
Leasing gives you the ability to pay for the part of the vehicle you use, and give you a choice of "purchasing or trading it in using the potential equity" after you have driven it for a few years.
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Flexible and layered materials which are textured with nanoscale wrinkles could provide a new way of controlling the wavelengths and distribution of waves - no matter whether there of sound or light. The process has been developed by researchers at MIT, which could eventually find applications for the non-destructive testing of materials-to-sound suppression. Also, it could provide new insights in biological systems as well as possibly provide a path for new diagnostic tools.
The research has been described in the journal Physical Review Letters - authored by an MIT Postdoc Stephan Rudykh and Mary Boyce. Boyce is a former professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and now is the dean of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia university.
Whilst some materials are known to have properties which affect the propagation of light and sound, unfortunately, in most instances such properties are fixed when the material is made or grown, and so are extremely difficult to alter afterwards. However, at the same time the layered materials can have changing properties - for example the ability to "tune" a material to filter out specific colours of light - which can be as straightforward as stretching the flexible material.
Rudykh states - "These effects are highly tunable, reversible, and controllable," - and - "For example, we could change the colour of the material or potentially make it optically or acoustically invisible."
The materials can be synthesised through a layer-by-layer deposition process, and subsequently refined by researchers at MIT and elsewhere, which can be controlled to a high precision. The process enables the thickness of each layer to be determined to within a fraction of a wavelength of light. The material was then compressed, thus, creating a series of precise wrinkles whereby the distance in-between can scatter selected frequencies of waves.
Rudykh states that surprisingly the effects work even on materials where the alternating layers have the same densities - "We can use polymers with very similar densities and still get the effect," - and - "How waves propagate through a material, or not, depends on the micro-structure, and we can control it."
Rudykh continues to state that by designing the micro-structure to produce a desired set of effects, then altering the properties be deforming the material - "We can actually control these effects through external stimuli," - and "You can design a material that will wrinkly to a different wavelength and amplitude. If you know you want to control a particular range of frequencies, you can design it that way."
And he (Rudykh) continues with stating that the computer modelling research could also provide insights into the properties of natural biological materials - "Understanding how the waves propagate through biological tissues could be useful for diagnostic techniques."
Currently diagnostic techniques for certain cancers involve a painful and invasive procedure. Ultrasound can provide the same information non-invasively, but, unfortunately, today's ultrasound systems lack sufficient resolution. So, the MIT research with wrinkled materials could lead to more precise controlling of the ultrasound waves, and so provide systems with improved resolution.
Interestingly the system could also be employed in sound cloaking, which is an advanced form of noise cancellation whereby outside sound could be completely blocked from a certain volume of space rather than at a single spot, as is the case with noise-cancelling headphones.
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Nevak Rogers: Windows into other worlds
Posted by Nevak Rogers | Oct 28, 2018 | 1 | 10 min read
Nevak Rogers, proudly Hula Haka.
Our mainstream media organisations have, for generations, played an unsavoury part in helping keep many New Zealanders uninformed and prejudiced about Māori and Pasifika issues. No doubt unintentionally in most cases. It's just that their journalists usually haven't known a great deal about the non-Pākehā worlds in Aotearoa — or about the country's history. And their stories have reflected that weakness.
So there were great hopes for the wholesome impact that Māori and Pasifika broadcasting and print enterprises might make when they began getting traction 30 years ago. But all along there have been doubts about their capacity to make much of a difference because they've generally been small-time and poorly funded.
There have been doubts, too, about the capacity of the mainstream media to lift their game, despite encouraging signs now and then.
It's not clear where the answer lies. But at least reform is on the agenda now that a couple of cabinet ministers are on the case and Te Puni Kōkiri is about to embark on a stocktake.
And another encouraging development is that a number of journalists with a background in Māori and Pasifika journalism are being drawn into discussions about the issues we need to deal with.
One such journalist is Nevak Rogers, who's now the Māori and Pacific Commissioning Consultant at TVNZ.
I'm a Hula Haka, a Moko Bunga, and an Afakasi Māori. At least, that's what I began calling myself as a Māori-Pasifika combo back in the '90s. I'm not sure where those labels came from. For me, it was just a fun way to acknowledge both sides of my heritage.
My Māori whakapapa comes from my mum, Waina (nee Mihaka), who grew up in Manutūke, just outside of Gisborne. She was raised by her nan after her mum, Hine, passed away in 1959. She spent four years at Hukarere Girls' College, did her teacher training at Ardmore, and landed her first teaching job at Manurewa Central.
My Tongan genes are from my dad, James (or Kelly, as many people know him) 'Ilolahia. In 1941, my grandfather, Molimea 'Ilolahia, came over from Tonga to work as a butler for the Governor-General, who was Sir Cyril Newall at that time.
The 'Ilolahia clan (from left): Uncle David, Grandpa (Molimea), Uncle Will, Nana (Lusi), Dad (James). Front row: Nevak (left) and cousins Frelimo and Jaunnie.
Dad's mum, Mina, had passed away when he was young so, as a seven-year-old, he came over on the Matua and joined Grandpa in Auckland in 1949. Then he went to Auckland Grammar where, so the story goes, he was a gun boxer. A few years later, he joined the army, and later the SAS, and fought in Vietnam.
He clashed with his younger brother, Will, over that war. Uncle Will, who was New Zealand-born, was opposed to our troops being there. So it was a subject that was avoided at the family home in Sandringham. Not that either Dad or Will — who went on to co-found the Polynesian Panthers — were inclined to avoid confrontation.
Dad met Mum while she was doing her teacher training at Ardmore and he was based nearby at the Papakura Army Camp. Mum convinced Dad to leave the squadron once my younger brother Clayton arrived, and so we moved to Ōtara when I was four.
There the whānau ran a dairy which served a community that was a neat mix of Māori, PI and Pālagi, although the special virtue of the shop, in the eyes of us kids, was that it could mean access to free lollies if our parents were distracted.
Nevak and her mum, Waina.
Mum says I had good manners in those days. Didn't even say "bum" or "fart" until I was at high school. But, apparently, I did have a temper. And our cop neighbour who witnessed my tantrums as a toddler was predicting that I'd be trouble as I grew up. I remember the principal racing out after school one day because he thought, from the sounds I was making, that I was being abducted. It wasn't quite that serious. I was upset because Mum was late picking me up — and I was refusing to get into the car. I was five.
My parents pushed me into all kinds of sports to keep me busy and out of trouble — athletics, ice-skating, touch rugby, and tennis. And three other sports where I did well: netball, badminton, and horse-riding, too, because, for some years, right up to my late teens, I had a pony and rode competitively in dressage, showjumping, and cross-country.
In Papakura, with Clayton and her dad, just before her dad left the army and they moved to Ōtara.
Through those school years, we'd always spend our holidays in Manutūke (a six-hour trip), hanging out with my nan, Blossom Waipara, and the whānau, including Mum's dad, Bluey, who's 92 now. We'd roam with the cuzzies from house to house, grazing on the fruit trees, swimming at the swing bridge, spending time at our five marae, and landing chores on the farm or the pā.
At the marae, I'd gravitate to the kāuta because that's where the action was among my aunties and uncles. I'd hang on their every word while I was stirring custard or peeling spuds. Gossip, PGR-rated stories, verbal jousting, and belly-bursting katakata. I wanted to be just like them when I grew up.
We'd spend time, too, with Uncle Will's kids, Jaunnie and Frelimo, who were the same age as me and my brother. I was always in awe of Jaunnie. She epitomised cool. Uncle Will was managing Herbs at the time, so she grew up around musos, and always had the latest sounds, haircut, and kākahu. Plus, she knew how to tau'olunga, the traditional Tongan dance.
Family gatherings and tangi were our main link with our Tongan culture. Dad didn't speak much Tongan to us growing up. He was very much of a mind that, for us to be successful, we needed to know how to foot it in a Pālagi world.
And, despite pleas from Mum and me, he hasn't felt any overwhelming urge to return to Tonga or, maybe more importantly, take us there. My husband, Tipene, and I went there about 12 years ago. And, for me, like many Kiwi-born Pacific Islanders, making a visit to your ūkaipō was a surreal experience. But we need to build on that with our kids.
It's been different on my Māori side because Mum had grown up with her grandmother, speaking Māori. Nan was from the old school and a stickler for tikanga. My Pop lived at Rongopai in Waituhi and his dad, Nanny Snapper (Tāmure Rangiaho), was Ringatū tūturu. So those Māori values and beliefs were very much in and around me from an early age — including what may seem to have been little things.
So no cutting your hair or nails at night. No flowers to be brought inside after dark. No head-related anything on the tables. No going under the table. Tea towels washed in their own buckets. And no playing leapfrog with boys. I never questioned them — and, to this day, they're non-negotiable in our whare.
When I was 11, my folks settled on a lifestyle block in Glenbrook, a couple of kilometres from the steel mill. And from Glenbrook Primary School, I went on to Pukekohe High. Even though there was a large Māori population in Puke, I was in a very Pākehā environment at that school, especially when I hit the sixth form. I had an 'afakasi Sāmoan mate in my class and brown mates in my netball teams. But that was about it.
Mum was teaching at Puke North Primary in those days. To catch a ride home with her, I'd walk through what some locals called "the Reservation" because there were so many Māori families in that area. That term may give you some idea of the attitudes around the town then. And no doubt still.
Some of my Pākehā mates were uneasy about me walking, on my own, through what they saw as "gang land". But I felt just as at home there as I did whenever I went off on the weekend to white reservations on the Coromandel, like Pauanui and Tairua.
The school could've, should've, done more to see that we learned our New Zealand and Pukekohe history. But a brief burst on the Treaty of Waitangi is all I can recall. And then it was Mary Queen of Scots, the Gaza Strip, Mao Tse Tung and stuff like that. So we had no context for, or understanding of, the realities around us.
There was a Māori culture club which I now wish I'd joined because I'm hopeless at all things kapa haka. My son, Te Kaha, who's 18 and the leader of Ngā Puna o Waiōrea, cracks up laughing at how un-co I am.
Te Kaha leading Ngā Puna o Waiōrea.
I had no idea what I wanted to do when I left school but, eventually, after some prodding from Gary Wilson, a family friend, I enrolled in the Pacific journalism course at Manukau Polytech.
Gary had teamed up with Derek Fox and Piripi Whaanga to set up Mana Māori Media, and when I finished the course, they offered me a job there working on radio stories we supplied to Radio New Zealand and to the iwi network — and doing bits and pieces as well for Mana magazine.
The course gave me a chance to immerse myself in the Tongan culture, which I relished, but it also woke me up to the part that colour plays in Kiwi society and to the struggles for a fair go that Māori and Pasifika leaders had been engaged in for generations.
The wake-up call came from my larger-than-life, very passionate, slightly manic American journalism tutor, Bob Wandstraat. I'd led such a privileged life, had copped so little overt racism, and learned so little history, that I was oblivious to much of what was going on in Aotearoa.
I was born in 1972, the year that my uncle co-founded the Polynesian Panthers and the year that the Māori language petition was presented to parliament, yet that and much more might have been in another world for all I knew.
But the Manukau course and then the apprenticeship at Mana Māori Media helped me understand not only that there was a struggle worth joining, but also that media skills were worth learning because they're such a valuable tool.
Life at Mana was a rich experience because there was a wealth of knowledge there and a critical mass of expertise. That wasn't just in the Māori staff such as Wena Harawira, Dale Husband, Ana Tapiata, Gideon Porter, Rereata Makiha, and Wassie Shortland. It was there, too, in the Pasifika journos like Tapu Misa, Isabell Speck, Tiana Tofilau, and Lito Vilisoni.
Also, there were clued-up Pākehā (Carol Archie, Andrew Robb, Lloyd Ashton, and Siobhan Wilson) who were quite at home with kaupapa Māori.
And then there was Gary and Derek setting and keeping the bar high — way higher than the mainstream media could manage or even hope to match.
My next steps were moving to Rotorua in 2000, having Te Kaha, and then deciding with his dad, Mike Jonathan, that we'd set up a production company to make content for the Māori Television Service which was to be launched in due course.
Together with our mate Glen Bates, we started Hula Haka Productions. We converted our master bedroom into an office and the walk-in wardrobe was our edit suite. Once we'd taken over the dining room and lounge too, we moved into a grown-up office.
With 'Marae DIY' co-presenter Te Ori Paki.
It was an exciting time. We did freelance stories out of the Bay of Plenty for the three free-to-air networks and made some documentary and factual series including Marae DIY, which in 2007 won the Qantas Media Award as the best reality series, although it was up against Police Ten 7 and NZ Idol.
As with Mana, we had some seasoned players in our team, like Wena Harawira and Kirsty Babbington, and we groomed a bunch of newbies who've gone on to set up their own production companies or become producers or media execs around the motu.
But running our production company took its toll. For instance, the $40,000/hour cap for Marae DIY all but crippled us. We eventually shut up shop and went back to Tāmaki where, as a freelancer, I produced and directed for some of the bigger production companies, such as Screentime, Eyeworks, and Tūmanako.
The documentaries on Ngā Tamatoa and the Polynesian Panthers came out of that period, and so did Sons from Afar, when we took Che Fu and his whānau home to Niue for the first time.
Five years ago, I produced a doco to mark Māori Television's tenth anniversary. In the course of that project, I could see clearly that the channel wasn't close to where we thought we'd be when there was all the excitement and razzamatazz at the launch in 2004. So when I was asked to tono for the job of commissioning the MTS programmes, I took it.
Being in a position to choose the programmes that MTS should broadcast wasn't the way to fix what needed fixing in Māori Television. But we had some wins with a number of shows. Like Sidewalk Karaoke, the Ring Inz, and Piri's Tiki Tour. And we took risks that paid off with Ahikāroa, Artefact, and Find Me a Māori Bride.
However, the channel simply didn't, and doesn't, have anywhere near the pūtea needed for the kind of high quality shows that can attract and hold audiences, especially when the new generation of rangatahi Māori have been thrashing YouTube and moving en masse to social media platforms like Insta.
And with the industry not having the dollars to pay production companies at a realistic level for high-quality shows, that's meant curtains for some of them.
With MTS moving from Newmarket to East Tāmaki and with our pōtiki, Mina, starting kura in the city, I applied for the Māori and Pacific Commissioning Consultant role at TVNZ. That's where I am now. It's a neat role — Te Reo Tātaki is the home of New Zealand's most-watched Māori programmes and I love that I get to work on PI content, too — especially at such a critical time in the public broadcasting space. I'm hopeful but concerned.
Hopeful because, with Kris Faafoi we now have a Minister of Broadcasting who knows the business from first-hand experience as a journalist. Also, Nanaia Mahuta, the Minister for Māori Development, is taking a keen interest in seeing that the Māori media becomes much better organised — and the stocktake she's calling for from Te Puni Kōkiri has the potential of finding out not only what's wrong, but what the remedies could be. So there's cause for hope.
Not boundless optimism, though, because there have been problems festering away for 25 years or more.
At the top of a depressing list has been the failure of successive governments to understand the need for strong Māori and Pasifika voices in the media — seeing that we still have a society who don't know what they don't know about te ao Māori and Pasifika. And that means substantial funding, not the less than subsistence level that's been the rule.
Then there's the fragmentation of the Māori and PI media workforce. The professionals and talented amateurs are scattered through scores of organisations ranging from TVNZ and MTS down to the tiniest of the 21 iwi radio stations. But no one has come up with a master plan. Or, if they have, it's been kept a secret.
And what about the talent scouting and training that began in the 1980s when the NZ Journalists Training Board and the Department of Māori and Pacific Island Affairs got together? Their schemes provided a flow of brown media recruits, including me. But what's being done now to see that there's trained talent coming into the business?
There are other concerns. Some of them huge, like the need to rethink the role of broadcasting in protecting and promoting te reo Māori — and to respond to the reality that te reo Pākehā has a critical role in supporting te reo Māori and the Pasifika languages.
So roll on Te Puni Kōkiri's stocktake. And let's hope that we can provide the courage, clear thinking, and ingenuity to handle the consequences.
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Ighodaro Christian Osaguona (nacido el 10 de octubre de 1990) es un futbolista nigeriano.

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Osaguona fue convocado por la selección de fútbol de Nigeria para los partidos de la clasificación para la Copa Africana de Naciones de 2015 y jugó su primer partido internacional el 10 de septiembre de 2014 en contra de la selección de fútbol de Sudáfrica, después de entrar como suplente de Gbolahan Salami en el minuto 63.

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Futbolistas del Al-Shorta Sports Club
Futbolistas del Persépolis FC
Futbolistas del Umm-Salal Sports Club
Futbolistas del KVC Westerlo
Futbolistas del KV Malinas
Futbolistas del Raja Casablanca
Futbolistas del Rangers International FC
Nacidos en 1990
Delanteros de fútbol
Futbolistas del Buffles du Borgou FC
Futbolistas de la selección de fútbol de Nigeria
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Personas vivas

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Conflict resolution with the 'f' word?
The over-ear headphones didn't reveal what track I was listening to last night, but the device itself is certainly noticeable. My evening stroll met with a detour: several police officers adjacent to barricaded segments of sidewalk on either side of where they stood in the middle of the street. I approached one officer – an exceptionally tall man – and asked for directions indicating that my destination was on the other side of this unusual configuration. The officer told me I could walk down the middle of the street, close to the parked cars. Automotive traffic, scooters, bicyclists were also making their way at a slow pace, yet I wanted to be sure. I thanked him, replaced the headphones and continued homeward.
Perhaps a minute later, another officer wearing graying hear, a tense face and big hat stood before be. He pointed his gloved finger at me. It seemed his face became more tense with this gesture. His mouth was moving but Robin Thicke was singing about Blurred Lines and I couldn't hear what Officer Big Hat was saying. I removed the obvious headphones to hear Dutch in its aggressive less poetic form.
Me: Your colleague told me I could walk through….
Me: Don't touch me! Don't push me!
Me: (Well, I used the 'f' word) followed by 'you'.
Then he stopped. He froze actually. Some shred of sensibility awoken. I walked back to the first officer who seemed interested in what happened. His first comment was to say his boss pushing me was very strange. Then (sadly) his own humanity – that he did show earlier – was discarded. He backed up his boss by acting in the same way: he pushed me too, not nearly as hard, more theatrical some how, then he walked away.
Traffic including a cars, a bus and woman walking her bicycle continued for a few more minutes down that very street, before a real diversion of pedestrians was implemented.
Two witnesses, young acting students, stopped to speak with me and the conversation lead to a nice meeting about a consciousness, behavior and fear.
I have compassion for him, forgive all parties involved in the transgression and move on.
#1: If your boss is behaving in a way that is really beyond the boundaries of the 'job description', irrationally/violently or degrading to others please acknowledge it (in a safe way) rather than succumb to your own fears or their threats. Consider (your own) humanity.
#2 Having compassion and forgiveness doesn't mean to choose to suffer, that would indicate the aforementioned haven't found their alchemical potential.
PS: Dear Police Officers of the world: you are first men and women. There are potential life threatening dangers and psychological traumas in your job. Please embrace your humanity or you will loose the ability to recognize what those dangers are. Some of you chose to 'protect and serve'. That, at least to me, means to be present, to listen and to communicate. You have so much incredible training, yet don't let it beat the heart from your chest or your personality from your birth name. Would you rather be fearless or intimidating? Shift your energy and intention and help make your community a community. Thank you.


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In German election, Green party surge creates hope for constitutional carbon target
GermanZero among non-partisan climate groups that would benefit from Annalena Baerbock victory in September
Editor's note: This column is being published today exclusively for subscribers first.
By Darrell Delamaide
(Darrell Delamaide is a freelance journalist in Washington, D.C. He has specialized in business and finance over a long career, writing for Barron's, Dow Jones, Institutional Investor, Bloomberg, and MarketWatch, among others. A longtime correspondent in Europe, Delamaide also has written about international economics, global markets, and foreign policy.)
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Callaway Climate Insights) — After more than 15 years of leadership by Angela Merkel, Germany will be choosing a new chancellor in September and for the first time the environmental Greens party is in position to head the government.
Nobody is more excited than Jochen Wermuth, a well-heeled financial manager who is backing an initiative to embed a 2035 target for carbon neutrality into the German constitution. A nonpartisan group called GermanZero is seeking an amendment of the Basic Law to keep national and regional politicians from prevaricating or backsliding.
"Our goal is to work across party platforms," says Wermuth, "What happens in Germany is important for all of Europe."
And something needs to happen in Germany. Europe's biggest economy has ambitions to be a leader in fighting climate change, but it was only the Covid pandemic that enabled Germany to meet its 2020 emissions target and the country still mining brown coal to fire power plants.
Germany, with the surging Greens and activist groups like GermanZero, is now creating a momentum that captures the zeitgeist of our era to fight climate change and find more sustainable ways of living.
"We need a change of power," says Wermuth. "The goal is to push for a competent government."
The end of Merkel's long tenure has not been marked by the competence and efficiency one usually attributes to Germany. The rollout of the Covid vaccine, for instance, has been botched, as Germany — like many other European Union countries — lags Britain and the United States in the pace of vaccination.
GermanZero was founded in August 2019 and has developed a growing network of committed backers like Wermuth to work toward its goals. It joins an array of other nonprofits and federations in Germany campaigning to fight climate change.
The effort got a big boost last week when the Greens nominated 40-year-old Annalena Baerbock, a co-leader of the party and a member of parliament, as its first-ever candidate for chancellor.
The Greens have a shot at unseating Merkel's center-right Christian Democrats as the dominant political party in the government. They have surged in opinion polls as Merkel's party has dropped precipitously, upending the political dynamic in Germany.
An April 20 poll shows the Greens commanding 28% support as Christian Democrats drop to 21% percent, reversing their positions from the previous week. Pollsters say Baerbock's nomination is propelling the Greens forward even as Christian Democrats' designation of old-school party chairman Armin Laschet for chancellor candidate is depressing their support.
The Christian Democrats have been riven by charges of corruption, forcing several lawmakers to resign for bribery and kickbacks in everything from shilling for Azerbaijan to facilitating government procurement contracts for sanitary mask makers.
Under Baerbock and co-leader Robert Habeck, the Greens have moved to the center of the political spectrum and developed a full-fledged party platform built around environmental and other social issues.
"They have a chance to get a majority," says Wermuth. "The biggest voting group in Germany is the nonvoter — 30% of the people don't vote."
Getting those voters out could give the Greens a parliamentary majority, or at least make them the leading party, able to designate the chancellor and set the government agenda with a coalition partner.
The Greens and GermanZero are on the same page for working across party lines to reduce emissions in accord with the Paris climate agreement.
GermanZero is also lobbying for a carbon tax to incentivize industry and consumers to reduce emissions more rapidly, using innovative technologies. The tax revenue can be used to ease the transition in transport, power, and agriculture. Society will change its mobility behavior, its energy consumption, and consumption in general, the group believes.
To bring a country that currently relies on oil, gas, and coal for four-fifths of its energy needs to rely solely on renewable sources will require an emphasis on energy efficiency as well as new technologies for production and storage of renewable energy.
Germany can import renewable energy from all over Europe, whether from hydroelectric storage power stations in Scandinavia or solar farms in southern Europe, and serve as an engine for developing these resources throughout the continent.
Political donations are not as commonplace in Germany as in the U.S. but GermanZero hopes to cast a wide net outside the country for aid in transforming Europe's biggest economy. "The Greens cannot solicit funds outside Germany," notes Wermuth, "but GermanZero can as a cross-party platform."
As the cases of bribery and kickbacks demonstrate, Germany's mainstream parties have not had to rely on donations. In seeking widespread support for its sustainability goals, GermanZero is trying to change a political culture marked by increasing corruption.
If the polls are right and the momentum holds, that is about to change.


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Five People That Had A Worse Weekend Than You: Bullying, Bad Box Office, and The Blues
By Jenna Crowley June 10, 2019 June 9, 2019
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It was a beautiful weekend here in Massachusetts, so I can't really complain. Not that I did a whole lot outside, mind you – more like stayed inside with all of the windows open. I napped, I read, I shopped – all of my favorite things. But while I was relaxing, some people had a pretty crappy weekend.
Nicole Curran
We all know the BeyHive is vicious to anyone that crosses – or is perceived to have crossed – Queen Bey. The latest person to find that out is Ms. Curran, the wife of Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob.
The whole thing started when Nicole leaned across Beyoncé to speak with Jay-Z at the Warriors game last week and fans noted what they supposed to be Bey giving her "side eye." The Hive went insane, attacking Nicole online to the point where she deactivated all of her social accounts due to the cyber bullying, which included death threats.
To stop the craziness, Bey's publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, took to Instagram to remind the Hive not to sprew hate in the goddess' name.
I am looking back today at the start of The OTRII tour, one year ago. It was a place of joy, unimaginable entertainment from two of the best performers in the world, and a place of love. Every single day on that tour I saw love. Which is why I also want to speak here to the beautiful BeyHiVE. I know your love runs deep but that love has to be given to every human. It will bring no joy to the person you love so much if you spew hate in her name. We love you. 🐝 🐝 🐝
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I love Beyoncé as much as the next person, but seriously…chill the hell out. [Via TMZ]
Another weekend, another movie bomb. This time it's the swan song of the X-Men franchise.
Dark Phoenix bombs at the box office during its opening weekend by making only $33 million in the U.S., despite a $200 million budget. it wasn't actually a surprise; according to ScreenRant,
"The film received universally poor reviews, with many critics taking issue with aspects like poorly developed character arcs and a weak story. Because the word-of-mouth was so negative, projections indicated Dark Phoenix would have the lowest debut of any X-Men film to date. That turned out to be the case, and things were worse than initially expected."
Not the best way to end a franchise. [Via ScreenRant]
If you can't trust your girlfriends alone in your house, who can you trust? That's the question the running back must be asking himself after he was robbed of over $500,000 in jewelry.
According to Bell, he left two women at his Hollywood, FL house and headed to the gym, and when he returned, the women were gone, along with items including two gold Cuban link chains with diamonds, a gold chain with a black panther pendant which contained black and white diamonds, a rose gold Rolex presidential watch and a two tone rose gold and white gold Cuban link bracelet.
Of course, the other result of this story is everyone learning that Bell has two girlfriends, so it's not all bed. [Via CNN]
I don't know much about MMA but I do know that this looks like it hurt:
Omg what a KO. Valentina KOS Jessica Eye in devastating fashion #UFC238 pic.twitter.com/ifBaAfAfHE
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The women's flyweight title bout between Valentina Shevchenko and Jessica Eye was the co-main event of Saturday's UFC 238 show at United Center in Chicago. Shevchenko was a 14-1 favorite heading into her defense of women's flyweight title, and she dominated, with the end came at the 0:26 mark of the second round with that vicious kick to Eye's head that knocked her out cold.
Ok, I know this probably isn't the place – but shouldn't we all be concerned about brain damage here? I mean, seriously. [Via USA Today]
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I am writing this Sunday night during Game Six of the Stanley Cup Finals so only one of these entities are happy this morning: me because the Blues lost in their house and it's back to Boston for Game Seven or The Blues because they won the Stanley Cup at home. If it's the former, you are best served not to try and speak to me today.
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Tina Turner was formerly known as "Anna Mae Bullock" before she became Mrs Turner in 1958 when she got married to Ike Turner.
However, when Turner was in her teens, her talent as a singer and a dancer began to show and she performed frequently at dances and picnics. Her family separated and she moved, with her mother and sister, to St. Louis, Missouri, where she met Ike Turner.
In 1958, she became Mrs. Turner, Ike and Tina Turner became a major act on the club and concert circuit, opening for groups like the Rolling Stones. After a while her marriage to Ike Turner deteriorated andthey divorced.
Tina Turner became a sole act and after an initial struggle, she revived her career, In 1984, she played a major role in a sucessful action film 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' and won high praise for her performance. The songs that she sang on the sound track of the movie, "We Don't Need Another Hero" and "One of the Living" both were hits.
Turner plans to concentrate on her acting career, but continues to record and perform.


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Stanford/Packard Study Of Language Development Needs Toddlers, Parents
For Release: May 10, 2011
STANFORD, Calif. -- What: Scientists at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford University are recruiting parents and toddlers to study the effect of premature birth on language development.
Who: Toddlers aged 18-24 months whose first language is either English or Spanish and their parents are invited to participate. The study is recruiting toddlers born prematurely before 32 weeks of gestation and toddlers born full-term after at least 37 weeks of pregnancy. Parent-child pairs participate in each study session.
Why: Children born prematurely tend to develop language skills more slowly than their peers. Challenges in language use and later in reading may persist into the teen years and beyond. By comparing language development from age 18 months to 4 years old in preterm and full-term children, the research team hopes to find early markers to identify which children are at greatest risk for long-term language problems. They also want to understand why these delays occur more frequently in children born prematurely. In future studies, they plan to develop ways to intervene at young ages to help children at risk for long-term delays.
When and where: The study tests language comprehension in each child volunteer at 18, 24, 30 and 36 months and at 4 years of age. Study testing takes place in a psychology laboratory on the main Stanford campus or at a satellite location in Sunnyvale. Heidi Feldman, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine and a developmental-behavioral pediatrician at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, and Anne Fernald, PhD, associate professor of psychology, are co-leading the study.
How: The scientists use hidden cameras to track children's eye movements in response to questions about pictures on a computer monitor. For instance, a child is shown a picture of a dog and a cat, and asked, "Where is the dog?" The cameras record whether the child looks at the dog.
"What's really exciting is that this method doesn't require the child to do a lot of talking," Feldman said. "If the child understands spoken language, we can include him or her in the study." Fernald has used this method in children born full term and found that early performance predicts later skills.
For more information or to sign up, parents should call (650) 723-1257 or email Laura Barde at lbarde@stanford.edu.
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Q: Unity 2D: Collision trigger So here it is, Iam making a game for my thesis. The game is called hacky sack, Iam having a problem when my trigger is true because the collision for my character and the object is passing through and if idon`t have a trigger it was just basically hitting it even when my Player is running.
And can you guys help me on how the Object/Sack going up randomly when it hit. So here is my code :
 public void Sipa()
 {
   if (canSipa == true)
    {
     _pitcha.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().AddForce(new Vector2(-400, 1000));
    }
 }

}
And here is for my object
private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
{
    if(collision.gameObject.tag == "Player")
   {
       _player.GetComponent<PlayerManager>().canSipa = true;
     }
}

 private void OnTriggerExit2D(Collider2D collision)
 {
    if (collision.gameObject.tag == "Player")
   {
   _player.GetComponent<PlayerManager>().canSipa = false ;
  }
 }

}

A: add a second collider, slightly larger then the first, mark it trigger. leave the smaller inner collider for physics. you "foot" should enter the trigger and activiate it, then collide with the inner collider. make sure the collider marked trigger is the larger one.


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The District also maintains the detention ponds and drainage channels within the District and has a large pumping station near Alcorn Lake in the southwest portion of the District to pump any flood waters collecting within the District into the Brazos River. The District has contracted with The Commonwealth Civic Association, Inc. to mow and maintain the aesthetics of most of the detention and drainage areas within the District.
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Experimental Ebola vaccine offers long-term protection
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Scientists in Israel and Germany show that an experimental vaccine offers long-term protection against the deadly disease.
To fight recurring, deadly Ebola outbreaks in parts of Africa, healthcare workers have given vaccines to more than 100,000 people. However, anti-Ebola vaccines are barely out of the experimental stage. Nobody knows if they can provide long-term protection across a broad population. And nobody has understood the effect of these vaccines on the immune system.
A research lab from Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science recently joined forces with a research team in Cologne, Germany, to uncover the details of the molecular response that occurs in the immune system after vaccination against Ebola. Their findings may help health organizations devise better strategies for containing and preventing the disease, which currently has no cure, and kills around 50 percent of those infected.
"These vaccines — made by recombinant methods that attach an Ebola protein to a harmless virus — are hard to produce, and thus there is not enough of them to vaccinate an entire population," said structural biologist Ron Diskin of the Weizmann Institute. Furthermore, he added, the vaccines rarely reach remote villages that where they are needed most. They tend to be given only to people most closely connected to individuals who are already sick.
"Understanding exactly how the immune response is produced following vaccination will not only help refine the vaccine. It can help us understand whether it will work against different strains of the virus or whether the dose given today is the best one," said Diskin. Diskin in his new lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot.
Immune memory The study began in the lab of immunologist Dr. Florian Klein of the University of Cologne. Klein and his group looked for signs of the immune response in blood samples from six people who had received the vaccine a year or more earlier. The group singled out the B cells – those that produce the antibodies that make up our "immune memory" – and conducted deep sequencing, tracing the lineages of those cells and isolating individual antibodies that bound to viral proteins.
Cells from each of the six people produced a wide number of antibodies. Diskin and his team focused on two promising ones they believed were strongly involved in the long-term immune response. To understand exactly how and where the antibodies bind to the harmless virus in the vaccine, and how this binding neutralizes the virus so effectively, the team used a new high-powered electron microscope to reveal the three-dimensional structure, practically down to the last atom, of an antibody bound to its target. This analysis enabled the research group to show why the two antibodies characterized by Diskin and his group were especially efficient at stopping Ebola. They were able to distinguish the exact make-up of these antibodies and to map the precise points at which they attached to the viral protein.
"In fact," says Diskin, "the antibodies we studied are much more effective at binding than those that are being tested today to treat Ebola." Comparing the map of binding sites to those studied in Ebola survivors, which are known to be protective, showed a nearly identical pattern.
Further research tested the antibodies against the Ebola protein ‒ even against the live virus ‒ and ultimately explained the mechanism of protection. It is not yet known whether the vaccine they tested can produce an immune response against other Ebola virus species. But the study suggested that the antibodies did work against multiple isolates of a single species, and Diskin hopes that further research will show a single vaccine capable of fighting the disease across the continent.
Diskin's research is supported by the Moross Integrated Cancer Center; the Dr. Barry Sherman Institute for Medicinal Chemistry; the Jeanne and Joseph Nissim Center for Life Sciences Research; and the estate of Emile Mimran.
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