Synopsis : Diet intervention study (FATFUNC) raises questions regarding validity of diet hypothesis that dietary fat and particularly saturated fat is unhealthy for most people.
A saturated fat is defined as a type of fat, in which the fatty acids all have single bonds. Most animal fats are saturated. The fats of plants and fish are generally unsaturated. Saturated fats tend to have higher melting points than their corresponding unsaturated fats. Examples of foods containing a high proportion of saturated fat include animal fat products such as cream, cheese, butter, other whole milk dairy products and fatty meats which also contain dietary cholesterol. Certain vegetable products have high saturated fat content, such as coconut oil and palm kernel oil. Many prepared foods are high in saturated fat content, such as pizza, dairy desserts, and sausage.
"The very high intake of total and saturated fat did not increase the calculated risk of cardiovascular diseases," says professor and cardiologist Ottar Nygård who contributed to the study.
"Participants on the very-high-fat diet also had substantial improvements in several important cardiometabolic risk factors, such as ectopic fat storage, blood pressure, blood lipids (triglycerides), insulin and blood sugar."
"We here looked at effects of total and saturated fat in the context of a healthy diet rich in fresh, lowly processed and nutritious foods, including high amounts of vegetables and rice instead of flour-based products," says PhD candidate Vivian Veum.
"The fat sources were also lowly processed, mainly butter, cream and cold-pressed oils."
"Our findings indicate that the overriding principle of a healthy diet is not the quantity of fat or carbohydrates, but the quality of the foods we eat," says PhD candidate Johnny Laupsa-Borge.
Saturated fat has been thought to promote cardiovascular diseases by raising the "bad" LDL cholesterol in the blood. But even with a higher fat intake in the FATFUNC study compared to most comparable studies, the authors found no significant increase in LDL cholesterol.
Rather, the "good" cholesterol increased only on the very-high-fat diet.
"These results indicate that most healthy people probably tolerate a high intake of saturated fat well, as long as the fat quality is good and total energy intake is not too high. It may even be healthy," says Ottar Nygård.
"Future studies should examine which people or patients may need to limit their intake of saturated fat," assistant professor Simon Nitter Dankel points out, who led the study together with the director of the laboratory clinics, professor Gunnar Mellgren, at Haukeland university hospital in Bergen, Norway.
"But the alleged health risks of eating good-quality fats have been greatly exaggerated. It may be more important for public health to encourage reductions in processed flour-based products, highly processed fats and foods with added sugar," he says.
The Study is named (FATFUNC) and was performed by researchers at the KG Jebsen center for diabetes research, Department of Clinical Science at the University of Bergen.
In the randomized controlled trial, 38 men with abdominal obesity followed a dietary pattern high in either carbohydrates (53 % of total energy, in line with typical official recommendations) or fat (71 % of total energy, of which about half was saturated).
Fat mass in the abdominal region, liver and heart was measured with accurate analyses (computed tomography, CT), along with a number of key risk factors for cardiovascular disease.


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Q: EntityFramework Fluent API Foreign Key ordering How to set column order for foreign key properties, so all columns will be generated in my custom order rather than default alphabetical one?
I want to use pure code first aproach without any annotation attributes and I don't want to include foreign key id columns (like UserId, RoleId etc) in my entity.
Let's say I have following configuration class:
public class UserRoleEntityConfiguration: EntityTypeConfiguration<UserRole>
{
    public UserRoleEntityConfiguration()
    {
        HasRequired(p => p.User).WithMany(p => p.Roles);
        HasOptional(p => p.Company).WithMany(p => p.Users);
        HasRequired(p => p.Role).WithMany(p => p.Users);
    }
}

EF will generate following table:
create table [dbo].[UserRoles] (
[Id] [int] not null identity,
...
[CompanyId] [int] null,
[RoleId] [int] not null,
[UserId] [int] not null,
primary key ([Id]));

But I want:
create table [dbo].[UserRoles] (
[Id] [int] not null identity,
...
[UserId] [int] not null,
[CompanyId] [int] null,
[RoleId] [int] not null,
primary key ([Id]));

UPDATE:
Found a workaround using protected foreign key properties:
public class UserRole : AuditableEntity<int>
{
    protected int? CompanyId { get; set; }

    protected int RoleId { get; set; }

    protected int UserId { get; set; }

    public virtual Company Company { get; set; }

    public virtual Role Role { get; set; }

    public virtual User User { get; set; }

    public class AccessExpressions
    {
        public static readonly Expression<Func<UserRole, int?>> CompanyId = x => x.CompanyId;
        public static readonly Expression<Func<UserRole, int>> RoleId = x => x.RoleId;
        public static readonly Expression<Func<UserRole, int>> UserId = x => x.UserId;
    }
}

public class UserRoleEntityConfiguration: EntityTypeConfiguration<UserRole>
{
    public UserRoleEntityConfiguration()
    {
        Property(UserRole.AccessExpressions.UserId).HasColumnOrder(8);
        HasRequired(p => p.User).WithMany(p => p.Roles).HasForeignKey(UserRole.AccessExpressions.UserId);

        Property(UserRole.AccessExpressions.CompanyId).HasColumnOrder(9);
        HasOptional(p => p.Company).WithMany(p => p.Users).HasForeignKey(UserRole.AccessExpressions.CompanyId);

        Property(UserRole.AccessExpressions.RoleId).HasColumnOrder(10);
        HasRequired(p => p.Role).WithMany(p => p.Users).HasForeignKey(UserRole.AccessExpressions.RoleId);
    }
}

Is there any other way to achieve the same thing?

A: AFAIK, without foreign key properties you can't do that.
Why do you want to omit them? You can do FK properties protected, if you don't want to set them from outside of the model.

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Fazal Bhambro railway station
(, Sindhi: فضل ڀنڀرو ريلوي اسٽيشن) is  located in  Pakistan.

See also
 List of railway stations in Pakistan
 Pakistan Railways

References

External links

Railway stations in Mirpur Khas District

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The large refugee community in Minnesota is a big target for bigotry, and tensions are expected to get worse. But they've got a plan.
In November 2015, Asma Jama, a Somali-born woman living in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, was waiting for her pasta alfredo at Applebee's, chatting in Swahili with her family, when she was confronted by Jodie Burchard-Risch. Burchard-Risch demanded that Jama speak English or go home. Then, she smashed her beer mug in Jama's face.
Minnesota is home to the nation's largest Somali population. And like so many Muslim communities throughout the United States, Minnesota Somalis are organizing to combat the Islamophobia stoked by Trump. The Minnesota Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) plans to activate 10,000 Minnesotans using a three-part strategy grounded in the belief that people will, when given a chance, choose respect and understanding instead of fear, following Jama's example of rejecting hate.
CAIR-MN plans to use a combination of traditional organizing tactics and new outreach efforts to communities not historically engaged in this fight.
Muslims expect American Islamophobia to intensify under Trump, and Somali Americans expect to be on the front line.
The U.S. Census Bureau data estimates there are 40,000 Somali-speaking residents in Minnesota. Underreporting to the U.S. Census Bureau is common, though, and by some accounts, the number of Somalis—including resettled refugees, inter-state migrants, and native U.S.-born residents—could be twice as high. While Somali Americans have planted deep roots in the state, starting thousands of businesses and non-profit organizations, opening schools and mosques around the Twin Cities metro area and beyond, tension between the state's largest Muslim population and native Minnesotans has risen in recent years.
Mohamud, Imam at the Minnesota Da'Wah Institute, spoke at a recent anti-Islamophobia meeting, where he explained how Somali Americans feel the harsh rhetoric against Muslims, the anti-refugee rhetoric in general, and racism against African Americans. The compounding effect of this racism and Islamophobia has left Somalis feeling specifically targeted.
The compounding effect of this racism and Islamophobia has left Somalis feeling specifically targeted.
Perhaps the biggest source of concern in the Somali community—and the one that makes Somalis feel uniquely targeted by the U.S. government—is a Department of Justice program called Countering Violent Extremism (CVE). The program is meant to root out radicalization and extremism on U.S. soil, but it has led to controversy and fear among Somali Muslims. Mohamud and Hussein both agree that CVE's policy of offering money into a resource-starved population in exchange for information about activities taking place within the community has left the Somali community divided. Muslim support for CVE is rare, Hussein explained, but many are in a position where they need to choose the money over their opposition to the program.
According to Mohamud and Hussein, CVE imbeds Islamophobia into government policy. "The program's very premise is Islamophobic," Hussein points out. It targets one community, Somali Americans, and builds suspicion that any individual in that community might be a source of radical extremism. That's "the playbook of the Islamophobia network," Hussein says, and it affirms the principle that Somali Americans are a threat to America.
Trump didn't refer specifically to the stabbing at a mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota, nor to the ISIS trial in which nine men were tried for providing support to the terrorist organization. But the message that he did share was clear: The Somali community as a whole is a threat to Minnesota. "You've suffered enough," he told the crowd.
The first part of the strategy is to make conversations about Islam easier for everyone by "training the trainers." CAIR-MN will provide the preparation for people to accurately combat the misinformation and fear used to perpetuate Islamophobia. Then, the trainers can talk to those who might be susceptible to that fear, those who have little contact with Muslims and are unfamiliar with Islam.
Islamophobia feeds on small pieces of misinformation that build a case for fear.
Islamophobia feeds on small pieces of misinformation that build a case for fear, says Hussein. That strategy succeeds because "people make decisions based on what they feel" and not what is true about Islam or Muslims.
The second part is to share success stories of the Somali community with non-Muslim Minnesotans to challenge the ugly narratives about Islam. Much of that sharing will take place on social media, used by many Somali youth. Hussein estimates that 50–60 percent of the Somali population in Minnesota is under the age of 40. They know English, have adapted to the culture, and are one of community's best advantages in the fight against Islamophobia. The youth, Hussein says, are better able to communicate across the cultural divide—on the internet and off—without losing their own cultural identity.
Finally, CAIR-MN envisions an increase in traditional non-violent organizing tactics that raise public awareness, such as rallies and community education events. Mobilizing public events around Islamophobic incidents or targeted neighborhoods remains a crucial part in the fight against Islamophobia.
Some Muslims use humor as a way to assuage the fear and uncertainty. Mohamud joked about an anti-Islamophobia sticker produced by a local organization that was translated incorrectly into Somali and Arabic, before moving to a sincere plea to recognize that "not all Republicans" are Islamophobes. He related the story of former Utah Sen. Bob Bennet's dying remarks to Muslims, in which he apologized for his party's embrace of Islamophobia.
Hussein opened his meeting at CAIR-MN with similar levity, joking about the election even as the fear created by Trump's victory animated the room. There are reasons to be positive. From the election of the nation's first Somali representative, Ilhan Omar of Minneapolis, who was sworn in last week, to the overwhelming interest in fighting Islamophobia that has emerged since Election Day, Somalis are hopeful.
The Somali community in Minnesota is a big target for bigotry, and tensions are expected to get worse. But in their experiences of facing both institutional and societal Islamophobia, their resilience and optimism is evident.


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Place of birth Footscray Victoria
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Labourer
Address 146 Nicholson Street, Footscray, Victoria
Next of kin Sister, Mrs. Rita Street, 52 Tennyson Street, Seddon, Victoria
Enlistment date 11 February 1916
Unit name 60th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 4 May 1916
Fate Killed in Action 9 August 1918
Commemoration details Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Villers-Bretonneux is a village about 15 km east of Amiens. The Memorial stands on the high ground ('Hill 104') behind the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy, which is about 2 km north of Villers-Bretonneux on the east side of the road to Fouilloy.
The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is approached through the Military Cemetery, at the end of which is an open grass lawn which leads into a three-sided court. The two pavilions on the left and right are linked by the north and south walls to the back (east) wall, from which rises the focal point of the Memorial, a 105 foot tall tower, of fine ashlar. A staircase leads to an observation platform, 64 feet above the ground, from which further staircases lead to an observation room. This room contains a circular stone tablet with bronze pointers indicating the Somme villages whose names have become synonymous with battles of the Great War; other battle fields in France and Belgium in which Australians fought; and far beyond, Gallipoli and Canberra.
On the three walls, which are faced with Portland stone, are the names of 10,885 Australians who were killed in France and who have no known grave. The 'blocking course' above them bears the names of the Australian Battle Honours.
After the war an appeal in Australia raised £22,700, of which £12,500 came from Victorian school children, with the request that the majority of the funds be used to build a new school in Villers-Bretonneux. The boys' school opened in May 1927, and contains an inscription stating that the school was the gift of Victorian schoolchildren, twelve hundred of whose fathers are buried in the Villers-Bretonneux cemetery, with the names of many more recorded on the Memorial. Villers-Bretonneux is now twinned with Robinvale, Victoria, which has in its main square a memorial to the links between the two towns.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 166
War service: Western Front

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Alphen aan den Rijn, Archeon
The museum park Archeon in Alphen aan den Rijn (Netherland) is always worth a visit. It contains many reconstructions of Dutch buildings from Prehistory, Antiquity, and Middle Ages. For example, you can have a drink in the mansio (inn) near the base of the Tenth Legion Gemina at Ulpia Noviomagus/Nijmegen.
When it was opened in 1994, the park was intended to do archaeological research, which would be financed from the proceeds of the visits, but this turned out to be too optimistic, and for one winter, Archeon was closed. The water pipes of the reconstructed bathhouse of Coriovallum/Heerlen were damaged beyond repair, and it is now no longer possible to have a bath and a massage in that building – which used (among Dutch archaeologists) to be a favorite way to celebrate birthdays.
After this crisis, the park was reopened on a smaller scale (1997). Gone is the reconstructed farm of Rijswijk-De Bult, gone are the plans to rebuild an entire castellum; but still, you can visit a lot of reconstructions of buildings that once dominated the towns in the Netherlands, like the small temple that was excavated at Ceuclum/Cuijk. The Roman bridge at Cuijk, which used to be the entrance of the park, still exists, but is almost impossible to find.
When we visited the museum park in 2008, it was a quiet day in spring. The children that can under normal circumstances produce more noise than you can imagine, were at school, and those who were at the park, enjoyed the gladiatoral contests. So, the photos I can present here are without twenty-first century additions. This is what the Netherlands must have looked like at the beginning of our era.
This museum was visited in a/o 1994, 2008.
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Reconstruction of the sanctuary at Cuijk with the Maastricht propylaea
Reconstruction of the Zwammerdam 6
Bridge at Palzem, reconstruction
Ezinge, Reconstruction of a "terpen" farm, interior
Cuijk, Reconstruction of the temple
Voorburg, Reconstruction of a house
Heerlen, baths (outside)
Ezinge, Reconstruction of a "terpen" farm
Reconstruction of the Heerlen baths (façade)
Voorburg, Reconstruction of a kiln
Heerlen, baths (court)
Colijnsplaat, Reconstruction of a votive stela to Nehalennia
Nijmegen, Reconstruction of a Roman inn
Reconstruction of the last phase of the farm at Rijswijk - De Bult
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Athletics place switch pitcher Pat Venditte on DL with right shoulder strain
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The Oakland staff will be without its secret weapon for at least the next two weeks, as the Athletics placed switch pitcher Pat Venditte on the 15-day disabled list with a right shoulder strain.
The ambidextrous pitcher appeared in four games after he was called up from Triple-A Nashville on June 5, allowing just one hit in 5 2/3 shutout innings.
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Venditte signed a minor-league contract with the A's in November and posted a 1.36 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 33 innings in Triple-A before getting the nod .
Major League Baseball needed to add a rule to accommodate Venditte, whom the A's call a "switch-handed pitcher." He has to declare before each batter which arm he's going to use to pitch to that hitter, and he has to stay on that side the entire at-bat.
Using a specially modified glove, Venditte was the first ambidextrous pitcher to throw in the big leagues since Greg Harris in 1995. He's the first one to do it on a full-time basis.
With the open roster spot, the A's recalled pitcher Arnold Leon from Triple-A Nashville.


First Derivatives (AIM: FDP.L, IEX: GYQ.I), the leading provider of software and consulting services to the capital markets industry, announces that its Delta Stream product will be used by Bandwidth, a fast growing and innovative communications technology providers in the US, to fulfill real time systems monitoring requirements. In particular, Delta Stream will be integral to Bandwidth's Republic Wireless product, which provides consumers access to a cost-effective smartphone solution that uses Hybrid Calling technology to leverage both cellular and Wi-Fi networks for data, talk and text.
Bandwidth requires a solution that will provide views on system statistics, as well as the ability to implement alerts to detect anomalies that may indicate the need to reallocate server resources or investigate unusual usage of the Bandwidth network. This ability to monitor their resources in real time gives Bandwidth's Republic Wireless team key insights on the efficiencies of their network and allows for better capacity planning as their business grows.
As the volume on the network increases; the number of data points being generated has risen dramatically. Delta Stream has been deployed to capture the pertinent system quality and latency statistics and store the processed information to disk for historical benchmarking.
Republic Wireless staff also benefit from Delta training and accreditation, allowing the analysts to develop ad hoc analytics and alerts in house, which are then distributed to the Republic Wireless staff members through the Delta Dashboard visual layer.
Delta StreamTM is in use globally at securities companies, trading exchanges and telecoms companies to meet a range of business challenges. It is one of First Derivatives' world-class, flagship applications within its Delta suite, a powerful "Big Data" platform, offering capabilities in data analytics, event processing, algorithmic trading, FX aggregation and risk management.
Jim Mulcahy, EVP & General Manager for Republic Wireless, said of the new system: "Delta Stream from First Derivatives offered us the ideal platform for processing the high volume of systems data that passes through our networks. As a result we now have real-time insight into the efficiencies and demands on our network that in turn enables us to better manage our services and continually improve the overall customer experience."
Brian Conlon, First Derivatives' CEO, said of the selection of Stream by Bandwidth: "We are delighted to partner with a progressive technology company like Bandwidth. Although Delta Stream is used primarily and extensively in the Capital Markets, the flexibility of the technology means that it has applications in other sectors such as gaming, energy, utilities and telecoms. The adoption of Delta Stream by Bandwidth attests to that adaptability and openness."
Bandwidth is among the nation's largest and fastest-growing communication technology companies. The company operates two divisions - wholesale & enterprise and consumer & SMB - that share a mission of transforming the communications industry. Across the divisions, Bandwidth provides a full range of communications services, including wholesale voice origination and termination, a full suite of 9-1-1 services, hosted VoIP and internet connectivity service for SMBs, and a consumer wireless business. Founded in 1999, and a certified CLEC in 49 states, Bandwidth is a profitable company headquartered in Raleigh, NC with a large remote office in Denver, CO and field offices in eight other cities.
Launched in 2008, Delta is a comprehensive suite of high performance real-time trading, CEP, market data and risk management applications powered by kdb+. Flagship trading products include Delta Flow, Delta Data Factory, Delta Algo, Delta Margin and Delta Stream, which are used in high data volume, low latency environments.
First Derivatives is a global provider of software and consulting services to the financial services industry. With over 16 years' experience working with leading financial institutions, it continues to deliver technologically advanced products and services that anticipate and respond to the evolving needs of global capital markets.
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Johannah Birney and Ganga Devi Braun both have carried decades long initiations into Death Service which brought them together into partnered ministry during the transitions of their own parents. Johannah's mother and Ganga Devi's father were both dying for a year and a half of aggressive cancers and both completed their deaths two weeks apart from one another. This uniquely shared experience brought forth great insight into the gifts and challenges of the hospicing process, and deeply motivated them to develop a ministry to ease, support, and make beautiful the experience of death not only for those who are leaving, but also for those who are staying in Life.
They work closely with the dying and with their loved ones to bring everyone involved into a place of prayer and connection with the Divine, to allow this ritual and all rituals to come to maintain their connection to the Sacred.
As hospice advocates, ritual creators, space holders, and ministers, Johannah and Ganga Devi are ready to support this most challenging time in anyone's life with ease and grace.
We begin the process through virtual consultations which are $120/hour, and depending on the needs, wishes, and prayers of all involved create the custom experience of ritual, advocacy, and care along with you. If you are interested in working with us in this way, please reach out through the contact form below.
Thank you for reaching out during this time. We know firsthand how overwhelming the dying process can be, and we are grateful for the opportunity to be of service.
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Calgary approves $5.5B Green Line transit project
Artist's conceptual image of the newly-added 9 Avenue N Green Line LRT station. CITY OF CALGARY
By Anosha Khan
Calgary has taken a giant leap forward in city mobility with the approval of the $5.5 billion Green Line transit project.
City councillors approved administration's revised alignment proposal 14-1 after years of planning and preparation along with wrangling and division on council. Coun. Jeromy Farkas was the lone dissenter.
"Today's not a big day for the city," said Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi.
"It is the biggest day for the city."
The project began as the Southeast Calgary Transitway (SETWAY) in 1996 and culminated with a functional plan in 2006. It was originally a bus-rapid transit (BRT) plan. Fourteen years and several iterations later, council has agreed on light rail transit alignment.
The Stage 1 alignment is divided into Segment 1, Segment 2A and 2B. The entire project consists of building the Green Line from 16 Avenue N to 126 Avenue SE (Shepard).
Segment 1 is from 126 Avenue SE (Shepard) to East of the Elbow River (Inglewood/Ramsay). Segment 2A is East of the Elbow River (Inglewood/Ramsay) to 2 Avenue S.W. Station (Eau Claire). Segment 2B is North of 2 Avenue S.W. Station (Eau Claire) to 16 Avenue N, running up Center Street.
They're calling the process "stage gating" – or managing the progress of the project by smaller stage.
"It's the best scenario for allowing both the south and north to develop in one continuous line and be able to develop the transit line that is exactly like the red and blue (transit lines)," said Councillor Shane Keating, the main driver behind the project for the past decade.
Within a 10 minute walk of Stage 1, there's more than 31 parks, 21 schools, and 16 cultural facilities, the city said.
The city has also said there are 20,000 jobs connected to Stage 1.
Segment 1 of the Green Line is shovel ready. The procurement process will move forward with the Request for Qualifications shortlisted proponents to be announced in June 2020, and the Request for Proposal to be issued no later than July 24, 2020. Given Segment 1 will be delivered as a design-build finance project, the proponent teams will be bidding on the project starting on July 24, 2020 however, the detailed design and construction will begin in 2021, the city said.
De-risking, or holding back?
One of the ways administration wanted to add a layer of risk mitigation to the project was to put in place a clause that limited potential budget overruns by moving ahead.
Construction of 2B will not begin until the risks to 2A are established.
The mayor questioned Green Line GM Michael Thompson on it, asking if it would actually increase the cost of the bridge to 16 Avenue N.
Thompson said it was a tough question to answer.
"At the same time, depending on the procurement strategy we develop, we may find that competitive tension so that we can actually not be exposed to that," he said.
"And so, I can tell you that the recommendations as they stand before you are something we're comfortable with."
Mayor Nenshi said that recent debate over the project actually elevated the risk.
"It's made people question the project," he said.
Questions came from several councillors about potential "off ramps" or ways out of the remainder of the project should costs escalate.
GM Thompson said that they would come back to city council with updates on the project, including financial ones. Should the project not be on budget, council would have the opportunity to intervene, he said.
Mayor Nenshi applauds work of Coun. Keating
In his address to council, just prior to the vote, Mayor Nenshi thanked a lot of people for their work.
He singled out Coun. Shane Keating, who has driven the project from the start.
"When I heard him say today, as a guy who lives in the deep south, 'I'm telling you, we've got to build north,' that says it all," Nenshi said.
"That says it all about the kind of person he is, the kind of public servant he is and the kind of leader he is in terms of building something that is right for the city, and that will make change forever."
As he closed, Coun. Keating was appreciative of the support he's received for the project over the years.
He thanked the citizens for their thousands of hours of public consultation and engagement to get the project to the point it's at today.
"To finish, your Worship, in my discussion with (MP) Michelle Rempel, back in 2015, she said, 'it's projects like this is why you get into public service," he said.
"And I think we must continue to understand that."


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"There is a huge amount of data we are sitting on in telecom, garments, retail and financial services businesses," said Santrupt Misra, Director – Group Human Resources, Aditya Birla Group.Megha Mandavia | ET Bureau | October 28, 2017, 14:00 IST
Aditya Birla Group has hired Deep Thomas, a former Tata Group executive, as its chief data and analytics officer to create a group-wide customer database that would underpin the diversified conglomerate's products and sales strategy.
Thomas is the second top-deck hire at the Aditya Birla Group in the past one month. PepsiCo India's chairman D Shivakumar will soon join the Group as head of strategy and business development to replace Saurabh Agrawal, who left the group to join the Tatas as chief financial officer earlier this year.
"There is a huge amount of data we are sitting on in telecom, garments, retail and financial services businesses," said Santrupt Misra, Director – Group Human Resources, Aditya Birla Group. "Given that kind of data on consumers, it is important that we garner insights on that data to prepare solutions and offerings to cross-sell and up-sell. There are tremendous opportunities."
Thomas joined the Kumar Mangalam Birla-led cement to mobile telephony group last week and will set up his own team that would work on short-term, medium-term and long-term goals. He will also work with the data analytics teams at companies across the group.
"Thomas will see first what all the businesses are working on, what are the white spaces available that no one is working on, and what are the missed opportunities. He will then formulate the strategy on what needs to be done," Misra said.
Before joining the Aditya Birla Group he was the founder CEO of Tata Insights and Quants, the group's Big Data venture, for almost three years. Thomas was in charge of enabling customer-centricity across its companies through advanced analytics services and products, integrated with an intelligent marketing database and a group-wide Coalition Loyalty Program. His team had data scientists from General Electric, Accenture, FICO, Dunnhumby, Target and American Express.
"I can imagine a mature group like Aditya Birla, with its diversity of businesses across financial, consumer and telecom sectors, would find it imperative to leverage the rich data they have. Companies will increasingly look at data analytics as key corporate functions in addition to digital and cyber security," said Venkat Shastry, Partner at Heidrick & Struggles, an executive search firm.
Before joining Tata Group, Thomas led Citigroup's Global Decision Management Centre of Excellence across about 25 markets. He has also held various leadership positions with HSBC and American Express in US and India, heading multi-site decision science, direct marketing, and risk-management functions.
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What's Underneath? Karst: Rugged and Beautiful
August 6, 2008 clifftop CliffNotes
An amazing underworld lies beneath our bluff lands. Our region's distinctive geologic history literally laid the groundwork for the area's unique subterranean landscape, a rugged, yet beautiful topography called "karst."
With the birth of the earth, processes began some 4 1/2 billion years ago, to build the globe's crust and develop continents. Rocks and gravels resulting from volcanic activity (igneous rock) and the resulting actions of intense heat and pressure on those aggregates (metamorphic rock) gave rise to the earliest continental formations.
Beginning about one billion years ago, earth's first continents rifted and began migrating to the equator. What was to become Illinois drifted along for the ride, a part of the North American plate.
From 360 to about 300 million years ago, our part of the state was covered by a vast, shallow and tropical inland sea. To the south, the shoal waters opened to the deeper ocean, with dry land areas found only well to the north of what eventually would be Southwestern Illinois.
Our land forms — above and below ground level — were the result of the slow accumulation of yet another rock form: sedimentary rock. Shallow water marine organisms built colonies from the sea floor up, each generation leaving their skeletal structures as new foundation platforms for the next inhabitants. In addition, the shells of marine animals accumulated on the sea floor. And, rivers that flowed into the shallow sea added mineral sediments that had dissolved in the fresh water as it coursed across exposed rock surfaces in the dry land areas. These ingredients — warm shallow waters teaming with coral-making and shelled creatures and the constant replenishment of mineral sediments — combined with time and the simple pressure of accumulated weight, created layered sedimentary limestone rock.
By 144 million years ago, continental migration resulted in Illinois resting where it is today. The vast sea then reached inland only so far as about modern-day Cairo. Monroe and Randolph Counties were not so very high in elevation, but were dry. The marine legacy left us with a 500 to 2500 foot thick limestone bedrock underlayment, filled with numerous, easily-viewed fossilized marine organisms as proof of our maritime heritage.
From 1.6 million through 10,000 years ago, Illinois and much of North America underwent several periods of glaciations — Ice Ages. Most of the state was repeatedly covered by massive blankets of ice. The glaciers carved out and smoothed the flatter land forms now typical of the Prairie State.
All the glaciers, however, stopped on the eastern fringes of our bluff lands. The bluff land corridor was not subjected to the scouring, smoothing and flattening action of direct glaciation. Because of this, our lands remained slightly higher in elevation than glaciated areas to the east and so our area is known as the Salem Plateau, a geographic extension of the also unglaciated Ozark region of Missouri.
This geologic backdrop set the stage for the karstification of our bluff lands. The thickly layered, but highly water soluble and thus easily dissolvable limestone bedrock was (and is) mantled by a water-permeable top soil. With the addition of slightly acidic water, our karst landscape was quickly created.
Rain in our area always is slightly acidic due to droplet formation around micro-particles of acidic soil and dust and because of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Our topsoils, slowly accumulated layers of pulverized rock dust blown to our area from winds howling down from the glaciers, are relatively thin and allow rain water to quickly pass through to the limestone bedrock. Rainwater percolating through our soil becomes even more acidic because of decayed vegetation. The chemical reaction between limestone and slightly acidic rainwater creates a weak solution of carbolic acid which helps to dissolve the limestone. Cracks and planes within the limestone bedding allowed conduits to form within the underlying layers. In time, conduits enlarged, some collapsed and, in a process that continues, several geological features came to characterize our karst terrain.
Dozens of springs; hundreds of caves, more than in any other county in Illinois, many of which harbor rare cave-adapted animals; and, thousands of sinkholes
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can be found in Monroe County. There are a handful of "sinking streams," which flow along the surface, disappear, and then reappear some distance later. There is no abracadabra to these streams: if we were able to see a cross section of the earth we would see the waters simply flowing — via gravity — to their lowest point, which, because of karst geology, is through a conduit in the limestone bedrock that remains underground.
The caves, springs, Houdini-like streams and sinkholes are all testimony to the cooperative nature of limestone in amplifying the trajectory and speed of water moving into our groundwater basins.
Those basins are organized into distinctly different recharge, or groundwater replenishment, areas in the bluff lands. A given recharge area is quite large and can vary in size from one to five thousand acres. Groundwater is funneled through conduits and caves, leached in through sinkholes, and generally remains within its given basin. It usually flows in the same direction as surface stream water. Groundwater may emerge as a spring and flow into a creek, and then flows out of its basin to the Mississippi or Kaskaskia Rivers.
But in our area inter basin transport of groundwater also occurs, with under ground water flowing in the opposite direction of surface flow. It then emerges in the springs of neighboring basins and groundwater areas. Our geology causes both rapid transport of water into groundwater and also can result in groundwater mixing across distances. In areas without karst geology, water moves slowly from the surface into groundwater — a lazy, steady, relatively uniform downward dripping — in a slow percolation through gravel, clay and sand soils which filter and purify the groundwater. In non-karst areas groundwater basins are largely isolated.
Given the size and interconnection of our groundwater recharge areas and the speed of water transport both into and through the subsurface, water pollution and soil erosion impact all bluff landers. Viruses, bacteria, excrement, chemicals and heavy metal concentrations can pass easily and essentially unpurified into and through our groundwater systems. Even the seemingly bright clear water flowing from a spring may include water that passed through a "wet" sinkhole used by cattle for hot-day lounging and drinking, or water that flowed through a "dry" sinkhole filled with abandoned car tires, batteries, trash and contents-no-longer-identifiable containers Filter strips, proper septic and sewage treatment systems, keeping sinkholes trash- and chemical-free — good neighborliness, in short — go a long way to sustaining water quality in our bluff lands. For while the greatest river of North America flows beside our lands, another river — hidden, and subterranean — runs under it.
Our lands — massive limestone bluffs that speak through the ages of the earth, a topography dotted with sinkholes, streams and springs that appear and disappear, caves that provide access to mysteries within the earth — are unique. Karst landscapes are rare on earth, and offer views of the dynamic processes of geology. Seeing karst from bottom-to-top — the underground view within a cave — offers both a lesson in earth's physical structure and a view of scenic wonders.
Illinois Caverns Natural Area allows an up-close view of karst formation and offers insight into a delicate, and rarely seen biological cave community. The cave is home to invertebrates and a large number of cave-adapted animals.
Also known as Mammoth Cave of Illinois, Egyptian Cave, or Burksville Cave, the site was commercially operated during the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904 and again in the 1940s. The State of Illinois purchased the site in 1985.
Clifftop hosted a public tour of Illinois State Caverns Natural Area, near
Burksville, on Saturday, August 23rd 2008. A local Professional Geologist and karst expert led the tour. The unimproved cave system, which was easily walked, required no climbing or crawling, excepting the entry ladder. Every participant brought and wore a hard hat and had three working flashlights. The cave is about 56 degrees (Fahrenheit) year round and is wet. Water depth is ankle-to-knee deep and participants dressed accordingly. Those who attended the field trip gained a better understanding of karst and found the tour informative and exciting!
A version of this article appeared in the August 6 2008 edition of the Monroe County Clarion.
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A lot of thought usually goes into picking out the outer appearance of built-in wardrobes, seeing as how they can make such a big impact on the way a room looks. What you should also consider when building, designing or ordering built-in wardrobes, however, is how you want your wardrobes configured like on the inside.
There are a few different types of internal fittings you can use inside built-in wardrobes to really make the most of the space and provide storage for all different kinds of things, meaning you can keep them stowed away out of sight behind whatever wardrobe doors you choose!
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Monday's FBI raids on Michael Cohen's Rockefeller Center office, his hotel room, and his home all provided a proper dose of comeuppance to a man more accustomed to screaming threats, shit-tier legal theorizing, and putting his strip-mall law degree to work in service of Donald Trump.
Cohen, far from being the superlawyer to a billionaire real-estate tycoon, really only has one important job: covering up Trump's alleged dalliances. It was Cohen batting cleanup, dealing with an army of models, escorts, Mistresses (large "M" and small "m"), actresses, porn stars, models, Real Dolls, fangirls, groupies, and random topiary at Mar-a-Delicto with a wall of nondisclosure agreements. Master of the NDA, Cohen thought attorney-client privilege would protect him.
He forgot he had a fool for a client. Trump couldn't shut his mouth on Air Force One last week.
Even before Trump opened his mouth on that fateful day, Cohen had managed to repeatedly hoist himself with his own petard in his dumb legal fight with adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, hoping she would, like so many of Trump's endless bimbo eruptions, go away after one of his spittle-flecked, apoplectic tantrums. If you ever wanted to see a proof of the Steve Jobs "As hire Bs and Bs hire Cs" rule, it was Trump hiring Cohen, and then Cohen hiring an attorney who was an even lower-rent knockoff version of himself. Hilarity ensued.
The image of Michael Cohen as a superlawyer was always laughable, and even the Trump fan club recognized that Cohen was a particular flavor of attorney: The Fixer. His desire to cast himself as a real-life Ray Donovan made him a kind of overwrought, grunting thug character destined for the cutting-room floor in even the most lurid soap-opera script.
Cohen, though, should be understood as an almost perfect metaphor for the Trump era, the Trump White House, and everything else orbiting this president like the hot chunks of waste spinning around the central oscillator at a sewage-treatment plant. He truly brings it all: the shoddy, hair-trigger temperament, the indifferent education and understanding of the world outside of dalliance-cleanup duty and real-estate branding deals, the malfeasance, the petty corruption, general shitheel behavior, the impulsivity, the tantrum-as-negotiation style, and the overall sketchiness of the Trump administration.
Like Trump, his enablers, and supporters, Cohen thought his position as a Trump inner-circle member would protect him indefinitely. He believed, after so many years of getting away with every kind of shenanigan at Trump's behest, that the facts would never matter, the music would never stop, and the party would never end. Again, he's a perfect metaphor for this administration.
Then the FBI came knocking. Imagine that moment, when he realized that they were going to raid his office, home, and hotel room. It was one thing for Cohen to pay Stormy's $135,000 hush-money payment from his home-equity loan. "Happens all the time!" "Common practice!" "Trump never even met her, I'm just really generous!" (For you Trump readers, that's called sarcasm.)
It's quite another when the most experienced and determined federal prosecutors are giving you an investigative colonoscopy. If you think for one moment there's nothing dodgy and damaging against Trump in the files of Cohen, think again.
Suddenly, Michael Cohen, the bag-walking, dick-swinging swagger-monkey wannabe thug attorney and consigliere for Donald Trump's far-flung penile enterprises is scared. If Cohen had a lump of coal in his ass the moment those search warrants arrived, he could have popped out a diamond. He realizes how deep this hole can become if he doesn't roll over. He doesn't have the resources to defend himself, and Trump isn't exactly known for paying his bills in the first place. Cohen is scared, and he's not alone.
What has to strike absolute terror into Trump at this moment is the fact that the Southern District of New York, acting on a referral from Robert Mueller, was able to obtain extraordinarily broad authority and was granted search warrants that may even penetrate attorney-client privilege.
Trump must know this may be one of the most dangerous moments in his entire life, not just his presidency. The likelihood is that Mueller and the FBI are now in possession of the Black Books of Trump, NDAs from enough of Trump's various affairs that you can staff a 12-pole strip club with plenty of girls left for the Champagne rooms. It's only speculation at this point, but it's quite likely that Cohen was the keeper of many of Trump's lending documents, contracts, business arrangements, and the Kryptonite of Trump's fragile self-worth: the long-sought tax returns.
It's an open secret and has been for quite a while, but Trump isn't worth $10 billion. As one of my hedge-fund friends (an actual billionaire) said of Trump in 2015, "He's a clown living on credit." For Trump to have the public learn that he may not be as wealthy as he has continued to claim as the central element of his branding would hurt him more than if Mueller then proved he took sacks of cash and a foot massage from Vladimir Putin. Collusion with the Russians is nothing compared to having his baroque finances revealed. Trump would rather be known as a traitor than as someone who isn't one of the Masters of the Universe.
This is, of course, another one of those moments where Trump may listen to the devil perched on his shoulder and simply burn the entire Department of Justice to the ground. He is obviously unable to retain counsel skilled enough to control his constant verbal dysentery, even when his yammering puts him in enormous legal peril.
Cohen was one of Trump's most vulnerable and dangerous keepers of secrets. If Trump had a brain, he would have been terrified this moment would come. Cohen simply lived in a state of idiot hubris that it wouldn't.
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Let's take our anger as a city out on the new 97.5 Fanatic show logos
Editor's Note: I wrote this three weeks ago after the Eagles lost to the Titans. It never got published, but because the Eagles are terrible and sports in this town are a huge pit of sadness, it's still appropriate. Updated to include the latest Eagles loss. Enjoy.
Things, well, they're not great right now in Philadelphia. The Eagles are fumbling their way back to ineptitude as Doug Pederson's deal with the devil expired in the offseason. The Flyers are terrible, the Phillies have a meathead, new wave hippie manager being investigated by the FBI for human trafficking (or something like that, I haven't been paying attention) and we're all about to reach our breaking point unless something galvanizes us as a population.
The City of Philadelphia needs to come together, needs to find a target on which to dump gallons of seething anger on; a patsy to absorb the caustic ire bubbling over from hundreds of thousands of fans.
The Eagles are 3-4. Jay Ajayi tore his ACL. Bill Simmons still has his health despite all of our prayers to the contrary. Every city has its limits, and we're rapidly approaching ours.
We need a punching bag. If only something inconsequential and blatantly terrible could debut during this time of need, something we could rally against and funnel all of this seething hatred towards.
Oh dear god. Thank you Fanatic, this will do quite nicely.
Posted in BREAKING NEWS and tagged 97.5 the Fanatic, Anthony Gargano, Jayson Myrtetus, The Fanatic, Tra Thomas on October 23, 2018 by BL. Leave a comment
Applying to be the next 97.5 the Fanatic…I'm sorry, I can't even pretend that's a good idea
The Fanatic had quite a week. Harry Mayes? LET GO. Eytan Shander? LET GO. Anthony Gargano? DEMOTED. Mike Missanelli? STILL AN ASSHOLE.
By my count, the Fanatic is down to about three on-air hosts, a handful of producers, and countless ad reps desperately trying to re-up their accounts with Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza before they catch wind of the sinking ship that is the Fanatic.
The station obviously need some new hosts, some new talent to SHAKE UP THE STATUS QUO and tweet out some new and exciting poll questions from the station's twitter handle for fans to shit all over.
And here's where I'd normally make a wacky and UTTERLY HILARIOUS fake resume and fake job application to throw my name into the mix for the job. It's been done. And done again it seems. Just great stuff there. Well played Coggin.
But at this point, is it even realistic anymore to even PRETEND to want to work for the Fanatic? It's like a curse at this point to work for the station, a horror movie come to life. Everything starts off well, but you know something terrible is going to happen to you before everything is over.
Rumor has it if you say Anthony Gargano's name three times into a mirror he appears and hands you an iron-clad Fanatic contract and uses your toilet for 45 minutes. I don't need that evil.
What is the Fanatic doing? Is there any actual personnel strategy to these moves, or is it simply a cost-cutting effort by the sports talk station? Has the hull been breached?
Posted in BREAKING NEWS and tagged 94 WIP, 97.5 the Fanatic, Angelo Cataldi, Anthony Gargano, Eytan Shander, Harry Mayes, Mike Missanelli on October 2, 2018 by BL. Leave a comment
Applying to be the next 97.5 Fanatic programming director
Well, well well. What do we have here? A job opening with 97.5 the Fanatic to be the station's next programming director? The hunter has become the hunted.
Is there anyone better suited for this position than myself? A blogger with absolutely no experience producing radio programming? A former glue sniffing addict with nothing but a shoddy professional journalism background to lean on? I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THERE IS NOT.
Sure, I know some employees at the station have recently called me a "coward" and a "joke" on social media, but when I'm the program director they'll soon learn the meaning of respect through my patented managerial technique of childish name calling and intermittent, girlish sobbing in the men's room.
I do know that the station needs more discipline. Do you think anyone is going to be taking time off from work to hang out in something called the Meatlocker? NOT ON MY WATCH, YOU AIN'T. That's valuable Twitter poll publishing time, amigo.
I get it, though. I really do. I'm not deaf to my critics.
They said, "Hey, you tear down, but you never build up. You're always criticizing, but never offering any solutions. And you're incredibly handsome and talented, so we're really just saying all of these mean things out of jealousy."
You know what? They're absolutely right. I don't revel in anyone losing their position at the station, but this is a great opportunity to do some good. I can't be a blogger for the rest of my life.
This is a chance to work alongside some of the greats in the sports talk radio industry, like…well, no, Tony Bruno isn't there anymore…but, well, ummm…well it's a chance to work in the industry!
IT'S TIME TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION INSTEAD OF CONSTANTLY BEING PART OF THE PROBLEM.
I am going to take that studio by the horns and mold it into my own unique image. I'll be a benevolent, kind ruler, doling out wisdom to the peons worthy of my ruminations as they grovel at my feet and I smite my enemies.
Let's see what the position entails and why I'm the perfect applicant:
Posted in BREAKING NEWS and tagged 97.5 the Fanatic, Anthony Gargano, Mike Missanelli, Philadelphia on October 11, 2017 by BL. Leave a comment
SHOCKING: Rhys Hoskins, newest Phillies call-up, can't recall Eagles 2016 record
Rhys Hoskins is already in hot water with Philadelphia (photo credit: MLB.com)
The Rhys Hoskins era is already off to a tenuous start in Philadelphia.
The eagerly anticipated Phillies call-up fielded questions from reporters this morning, but the first baseman/left fielder found himself in hot water after failing to correctly answer a fluff question from Phillies field reporter Gregg Murphy about the 2016 Eagles record.
"The Eagles start their preseason tonight against the Green Bay Packers, how do you think they'll do this year?" Murph casually asked the 24-year-old slugger prior to his first organized practice with the team.
Posted in BREAKING NEWS and tagged Anthony Gargano, Carson Wentz, Eagles, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Eagles, Phillies, Rhys Hoskins on August 10, 2017 by BL. Leave a comment
Anthony Gargano rises from Sarcone's Deli after 3 days, 3 nights to return to 97.5 FM
An awestruck Brian Baldinger couldn't believe his eyes Monday morning upon seeing his partner Anthony Gargano behind the microphone once again at 97.5 FM the Fanatic. Baldinger had last seen Gargano entombed in Sarcone's Deli, finishing off his second pound of mozzarella cheese while grieving the firing of his producer, Maureen Crowley Williams.
However, after three days and three nights, Baldinger returned to Sarcone's Deli once again to try to convince Gargano to return to the airwaves, but was surprised when he found his usual corner booth vacant.
Gargano had disappeared, leaving behind only the strips of paper towels he had been using to mop up the grease trapped in his jowls.
Posted in BREAKING NEWS and tagged 97.5 FM Morning Show, 97.5 the Fanatic, Anthony Gargano, Brian Baldinger, Maureen Crowley Williams on April 17, 2017 by BL. Leave a comment
Anthony Gargano returns to 97.5 FM after deep contemplation, binge eating capocollo
97.5 FM Morning Show host Anthony Gargano returned to the air Monday morning after taking several days off last week after the firing of his on-air producer Maureen Crowley Williams.
Gargano and co-host Brian Baldinger both returned to the sports talk station this morning and addressed the elephant in the room right off the bat.
Is Josh Innes vying to replace Anthony Gargano, Maureen Crowley Williams at 97.5?
Is this the face of the next 97.5 Fanatic Morning Show host?
The rumor mill is a-churning this morning, as an ex-94 WIP sports talk radio host may have thrown his obese sombrero into the ring to replace the disgruntled lover of incredible meats Anthony Gargano, who has not been on the 97.5 Fanatic Morning Show for three straight days now.
Gargano was reportedly upset that producer Maureen "Mr." Crowley Williams had been fired from the station earlier in the week. Gargano, who has long been rumored to "like like" MCW, has been notably absent from the airwaves since Tuesday.
But a familiar face to the Philadelphia sports talk scene made a splash on social media Wednesday morning. Josh Innes, who previously hosted the midday show at 94 WIP and currently hosts the Josh Innes Show on Sports Talk 790 in Houston, responded to a fan on Twitter Wednesday afternoon and said he would be willing to make a return to the Philadelphia airwaves.
Follow the jump to see the tweet Innes sent out Wednesday:
Posted in BREAKING NEWS and tagged 94 WIP, 97.5 the Fanatic, Anthony Gargano, Houston, Josh Innes, Maureen Crowley Williams, Mike Missanelli, Sports Talk 790 on April 13, 2017 by BL. Leave a comment


It's not every day that you see a small group take over a restaurant and start slinging free pizzas around to hungry customers.
And it's even rarer that people will give up their time and money to do something like this with no ulterior motive—except to bring an unexpected smile to people's faces.
Here at Our Savior, we were challenged in Lent this year to "give up and give out" as a church and school at all of our multiple ministries in multiple locations around the area.
The group connected with family-owned Fazio's Pizzas & Subs in Gulfport, explaining their idea for blessing strangers through providing a delicious meal. The owners excitedly embraced the idea, rushing to give a large discount to the group so they could maximize their impact.
Fazio's owners also thoughtfully preselected several families that would be especially blessed by the free pizzas, picking out several single mothers and others in financially challenging situations and connecting with them to ensure that they were able to take a hot meal home to their families.
In early April, the small group teamed up with the staff at Fazio's and in the words of Bakken, "We spent the evening living love!" Anyone who came into the restaurant that night to order their food was given their meal free, since Our Savior covered the cost of the food.
So how did people react to their unexpected gesture of love?
Taking over a pizza joint for one evening ended up being a huge blessing to many—and one ingenious way that Our Savior continues to live love.It's not every day that you see a small group take over a restaurant and start slinging free pizzas around to hungry customers.
Taking over a pizza joint for one evening ended up being a huge blessing to many—and one ingenious way that Our Savior continues to live love.


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Series: Nice Guys Novel #3
Author: Kindle Alexander
Genre: M/M Romance
Honor, integrity, and loyalty are how Deputy US Marshal Kreed Sinacola lives his life. A former SEAL now employed by the Special Operations Group of the US Marshal Service, Kreed spent most of his life working covert operations and avoiding relationships. Never one to mix business with pleasure, his boundaries blur and his convictions are put to the test when he finally comes face-to-face with the hot computer geek he's been partnered with. Hell-bent on closing the ongoing case for his longtime friend, he pushes past his own limits and uncovers more than he expects.
Aaron Stuart strives for one thing: justice. Young and full of idealism, his highly sought after computer skills land him a position with the National Security Agency. Aaron's biggest hazard at his job is cramped fingers, but all that changes when he is drawn into the middle of a dangerous federal investigation. Aaron gets more than he bargained for when the FBI partners him with a handsome and tempting deputy US marshal. His attraction to the inked up, dark-haired man provides another kind of threat altogether. Aaron tries desperately to place a firewall around his heart and fight his developing feelings, knowing one misstep on his part could ultimately destroy him.
The solution isn't as easy as solving the case, which is treacherous enough as it is. But the growing sexual attraction between them threatens to derail more than just Kreed's personal convictions as he quickly learns temptation and matters of the heart rarely fit easily into the rules he's lived by. Will Kreed be able to convince Aaron to open his heart and face the fact that sometimes the answers aren't always hidden in code?
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"You're so fucking sexy with those fuck-me-I'm-so-smart glasses on and that intense look on your face." Aaron glanced up and narrowed his eyes as he shoved the glasses off to the top of his head and stretched out his back. There was just something about the big, gorgeous deputy marshal growling those words at him that made his dick want to come out and play. A tired yawn from hours of sitting behind his laptop slipped free as he rubbed his eyes. "And those noises you make are a complete turn-on." "I have a feeling it doesn't take much to turn you on. A slight gust of wind would probably have you at full mast," Aaron teased, lowering the lid to his laptop.
Best Selling Author Kindle Alexander is an innovative writer, and a genre-crosser who writes classic fantasy, romance, suspense, and erotica in both the male/male and male/female genres. It's always a surprise to see what's coming next!
I live in the suburbs of Dallas where it's true, the only thing bigger than an over active imagination, may be women's hair!
Usually, I try for funny. Humor is a major part of my life - I love to laugh, and it seems to be the thing I do in most situations - regardless of the situation, but jokes are a tricky deal... I don't want to offend anyone and jokes tend to offend. So instead I'm going to tell you about Kindle.
I tragically lost my sixteen year old daughter to a drunk driver. She had just been at home, it was early in the night and I heard the accident happen. I'll never forget that moment. The sirens were immediate and something inside me just knew. I left my house, drove straight to the accident on nothing more than instinct. I got to be there when my little girl died - weirdly, I consider that a true gift from above. She didn't have to be alone.
That time in my life was terrible. It's everything you think it would be times about a billion. I love that kid. I loved being her mother and I loved watching her grow into this incredibly beautiful person, both inside and out. She was such a gift to me. To have it all ripped away so suddenly broke me.
Her name was Kindle. Honest to goodness - it was her name and she died a few weeks before Amazon released their brand new Kindle ereader. She had no idea it was coming out and she would have finally gotten her name on something! Try finding a ruler with the name Kindle on it.. It never happened.
Through the course of that crippling event I was lucky enough to begin to write with a dear friend in the fan fiction world of Facebook. She got me through those dark days with her unwavering support and friendship. There wasn't a time she wasn't there for me. Sometimes together and sometimes by myself, we built a world where Kindle lives and stands for peace, love and harmony. It's its own kind of support group. I know without question I wouldn't be here today without her.
Find out more by visiting www.kindlealexander.com or email me at kindle@kindlealexander.com


Wichita, Kansas is a major hub of aircraft design and manufacturing, home to Cessna, Beechcraft, Leerjet, Airbus and Spirit AeroSystems, along with numerous public and private research, academic and training institutions. So it was natural for its hometown science center, Exploration Place, to choose aircraft design, engineering and manufacturing as the theme for its new signature STEM exhibit gallery.
Concept design and fundraising visuals.
Exhibit design and interactive engineering.
Coordination of community partnerships and in-kind donations.
Design Build Fly is a 5,000 square foot highly-interactive STEM exhibit, blending learning outcomes based in both process and content of airplane design and manufacturing. Visitors learn the tools and practice the methods that aircraft designers, engineers and builders use, while exploring a variety of interesting features of actual aircraft design and fabrication.
From the initial concept rendering, Design Build Fly has been envisioned as an exhibit built with and among a large number of authentic airplane sections. This required extensive coordination between suppliers, EP and Roto, from early design through all stages of engineering and fabrication.


The 2017 Barefoot Blowout is in the books after an incredible weekend at the Stevenson Ski Ranch in Conroe, Texas.
The lake is usually used for collegiate three event and slalom tournaments, however the Stevenson Family was gracious enough to let the South Central Barefooters hold the first ever barefoot tournament on the lake's glassy blue water!
The tournament was a laid back format with each footer lining up on the dock at their leisure and choosing whether they wanted to do tricks or slalom. The conditions were perfect all day and each skier was able to get two to three rounds in of each event.
The new ABC performance divisions made for some awesome competition. In the Men's B Division there was father/son combo of Jim and Durant Rollins skiing against each other as well as the infamous Lee Stone and his prodigy Austin "Cadillac" Kolodejack.
In Men's C we had some newcomers, competing in their first ever barefoot tournament! There was Reagan Burns competing on his home lake at the Stevenson Ski Ranch, Jose Romero a foreign exchange student from Chile currently studying at Texas A&M University and Kenny Parker from Australia who came in all the way from Fort Worth "just to watch" but got fired up enough to hop in and get on the water! Each one of them rocked it out, but could not surpass the one and only Mark "Shank Diggity" Shank who took first place in both events winning overall in Men's C.
There was a guest footer from the Southern Region, Brett Swanbom competing in Boy's B who flew with his father Bob all the way from Florida to hang out and ski in his father's hometown. Brett thought that "this Texas lake must be lucky" because he scored not one but TWO personal best scores with a 1090 in tricks and 8.25 in slalom. However, it might have more to do with all of his hard work and training at the World Barefoot Center in Winter Haven, Florida!
There was some fierce skiing going on with two pending national records in Men's 5 slalom set by Blake Ehlers with a 13.2 and Jim Rollins with a 12.1.
The competition was fun, but the Barefoot Blowout was not all about competition! After lunch, there was a tournament intermission where the boom was brought out and three returning Texas A&M students from Aggie Barefoot Day got some more practice on their feet. Also, Joey Holder came out of retirement and got his feet wet again after eight years!!
The 2017 Barefoot Blowout was a last minute tournament put on by the Austin Barefoot Ski Club after the annual Ultimate Barefoot Championships was canceled, however it went off without a hitch! All of the officials did an incredible job coming together and helping each other put on a tournament but mainly just ski and have a great day on the lake. That is what barefooting is all about!
Huge thanks go out to Landen and Lauren Landry Ehlers for all of their hard work putting this tournament together in Record Time!


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Internet providers in West Modesto, CA
Shop the best West Modesto internet providers. Compare internet plan pricing and speeds from DSL, cable and fiber-optic providers in your area.
West Modesto, CA internet providers
AT&T $40.00 10 - 1,000 Mbps Fiber-optic 34%
Xfinity $29.99 25 - 987 Mbps Cable 100%
unWired Broadband - - Wireless 100%
Fire2Wire - 6 - 12 Mbps Wireless 100%
West Modesto internet service at a glance
Provider: AT&T
At 100%, broadband coverage in West Modesto is comparable to the rest of California - 93%, and comparable to broadband coverage across the U.S. - 95%.
The vast majority of those living in the West Modesto area will have access to DSL, which covers 100% of West Modesto residents. Cable internet is also an option for many, offering service to 100% of the area. Fiber-optic is less available but still a popular internet option for roughly 34% of those living in West Modesto.
There are six internet providers serving the West Modesto area, and 100% of households will have internet options from more than one provider. Among West Modesto's six internet providers, prices start at $29.99 and available download speeds reach up to 1,000 Mbps.
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Top high-speed internet providers in West Modesto
The largest internet providers in West Modesto are AT&T and Xfinity bringing DSL, fiber-optic, and cable options to West Modesto.
DSL internet from AT&T is available to nearly all West Modesto residents, covering 100% of households. Some will also have the option of fiber-optic from AT&T, which covers 34% of the area. West Modesto's third most-available internet provider, Xfinity, offers cable to around 100% of West Modesto residents.
DSL from AT&T offers broadband to all households in West Modesto covering 100% of the area.
DSL internet from AT&T uses telephone lines in West Modesto to deliver service, which often leads to lower prices and higher availability, though download speeds are likely to be slower than cable or fiber-optic internet.
Internet prices for AT&T start at $30/mo.*, which is significantly lower than the average starting price for internet in West Modesto, $42.49.
AT&T customers who choose the lowest-priced plan can expect speeds up to 10 Mbps, which comes to an estimated $3.00 per Mbps, higher than the average cost per Mbps for the lowest priced plans in West Modesto, $2.02.
For those who value internet speed as much as cost, AT&T offers download speeds up to 75 Mbps and upload speeds up to 20 Mbps in West Modesto. These download speeds are available to 100% of the area, and are much slower than the average max speeds from all West Modesto's providers, 525 Mbps.
AT&T fiber-optic internet
1,000 Mbps
Fiber-optic from AT&T offers broadband to some, but not many households in West Modesto covering 34% of the area.
Fiber-optic service from AT&T is popular for its fast download and upload speeds, even during peak usage times, but may be less available throughout West Modesto than other internet types.
Internet prices for AT&T start at $40/mo.*, which is about the same as the average starting price for internet in West Modesto, $42.49.
For those who value internet speed as much as cost, AT&T offers download speeds up to 1,000 Mbps and upload speeds up to 1,000 Mbps in West Modesto. These download speeds are available to 34% of the area, and are much faster than the average max speeds from all West Modesto's providers, 525 Mbps.
Cable from Xfinity offers broadband to all households in West Modesto covering 100% of the area.
Xfinity's cable network is likely to offer faster speeds than DSL or satellite service, but West Modesto residents in densely populated areas may experience slowed speeds during peak usage times.
Internet prices for Xfinity start at $29.99/mo.*, which is significantly lower than the average starting price for internet in West Modesto, $42.49.
Xfinity customers who choose the lowest-priced plan can expect speeds up to 25 Mbps, which comes to an estimated $1.20 per Mbps, about the same as the average cost per Mbps for the lowest priced plans in West Modesto, $2.02.
For those who value internet speed as much as cost, Xfinity offers download speeds up to 987 Mbps and upload speeds up to 35 Mbps in West Modesto. These download speeds are available to 100% of the area, and are much faster than the average max speeds from all West Modesto's providers, 525 Mbps.
If you live in the heart of West Modesto, you'll likely have options from DSL, cable, and fiber-optic internet providers. For those in rural areas or just outside West Modesto, however, satellite or fixed wireless internet may be the best internet option.
Satellite internet from HughesNet and Viasat offers 100% availability in West Modesto and surrounding areas. HughesNet starting prices are significantly higher than average in West Modesto at $59.99/mo. for speeds up to 25 Mbps. Viasat starting prices are higher than average in West Modesto at $50/mo. for speeds up to 12 Mbps. Satellite internet is a less appealing option for many West Modesto residents, however, as service typically comes with high latency and low data allowances.
What's the fastest internet provider in West Modesto?
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Is fiber internet available in West Modesto?
AT&T is the largest fiber-optic internet service provider in West Modesto, covering 34% of the city.
What's the best internet deal in my area?
Internet deals such as speed upgrades, promotional pricing, equipment perks and free installation are available from many internet providers. Bundling internet with TV and home phone is also a popular way to get a deal on internet.
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Q: .JAR + Android? I just purchased an Archos 5 and I'm wondering if it is possible to put a .JAR file on it and use it as an application. I read somewhere that it is possible but saw somewhere else that it wasn't. If it is possible, is there anything I have to do differently? Or do I just run it like I would on my computer?

A: Android devices run Android applications, not ordinary Java applications, and the ARCHOS 5 is no exception. While Android applications are written in Java, an ordinary Java desktop application uses a different GUI framework than Android offers.

A: As said by CommonsWare, although Android apps are written in Java you can't actually run Java code(s) on Android devices sinces Android actually has the Dalvick Virtual Machine as compared to the Java Virtual Machine (which runs the Java Bytecode)
If you still plan to use the logic of your jar file and run it on your device, you may reference it in an android app and use the feature(s) from it.
But be awared, that this mostly depends on what your jar file actually does and how it is packed. You may need to, otherwise, repack it to suit if for using in it Android apps.
Bottom line is, however, you can't run the jar files directly on the device!


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Blade Runner 2049 – Review
5th October 2017 21st November 2017 Jason Korsner
Worth seeing: for a nostalgic return to Ridley Scott's futuristic world of android police
Featuring: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Barkhad Abdi, Carla Juri, Dave Bautista, David Dastmalchian, Edward James Olmos, Hiam Abbass, Jared Leto, Lennie James, Mackenzie Davis, Robin Wright, Sylvia Hoeks, Tómas Lemarquis
Released: 5th October 2017
30 years have passed since we followed LA police officer Rick Deckard's (Harrison Ford) efforts to hunt replicants – human-like androids, designed as slaves but rebelling against their human masters.
A conglomerate run by Niander Wallace (Jared Leto) has since designed loyal machines that are hardwired to obey, to do all that the previous generation of replicants could do – as well as "retire" any of their surviving predecessors.
One such new-style replicant, Officer K (Ryan Gosling), has a routine of hunting older models by day and relaxing at home by night with his artificial-intelligence holographic girlfriend, Joi (Ana de Armas).
But one day on the job, he makes a discovery that concerns his boss, Lieutenant Joshi (Robin Wright), who sends him on a new mission to eliminate the problem and tie up any loose ends.
Officer K finds himself on a search for what could be the future – or the end – of humanity, a search that puts him on a collision course with Joshi, Wallace and the remaining old-style replicants – during which he encounters the reclusive Deckard himself, hiding out in the radioactive wreckage of Las Vegas.
WHAT'S IT LIKE?
Set three decades after Sir Ridley Scott's iconic science fiction epic Blade Runner, Scott the producer and his original writer Hampton Fancher have made audiences wait thirty five years for the next chapter in their contemplative saga that employs dazzling visuals in the hunt for the meaning of life.
A title card at the start prepares newcomers for what is to follow, but in truth, most people itching to see this will be at the very least familiar with its predecessor – some will have a religious-like passion for the futuristic world first created by the author Philip K Dick.
Fans will delight in spotting references not just to the 1982 film but a whole number of science fiction works that have been inspired by it in the interim. The story itself is weighed down by religious allegory as the origins of life are explored through a search for a messiah figure, as characters contemplate their own existence, past, present and future.
But much more than that we can't discuss, because a message from director Denis Villeneuve, read to reviewers before the screening, included a plea not to tell audiences any details of the plot. This – he suggested – would enable them to experience the film in the same way as critics. But in truth, it silences critics who – in good faith – feel that there might be something lacking in the narrative. It's like inviting someone to go to church without telling them what's in the Bible, lest knowing about an ethereal miracle worker in advance might affect their predisposition to believe. In truth, audiences who want to know nothing about film shouldn't read the reviews, critics should be allowed to do their job and film-makers shouldn't hide behind pleas for privacy but should allow their work to be open to scrutiny. It is a thought-provoking piece of work, but he hasn't got the courage of his conviction to let me tell you why.
Blade Runner 2049 is certainly faithful to its predecessor in terms of the stunning visuals, from the dirty night-time city-scapes to the updated neon billboards and the personal transportation. The low-life characters will have a familiar ring to them, and the score – while not by Vangelis – more than pays homage to his music in the original. There's no question that this film feels like it's set in the future of the same world we've previously experienced.
But – not that I'm allowed to explain why – there are many areas where the narrative simply falls short, whether elements feel inconsistent or motivations unconvincing. It feels like it's trying to be important but ties itself in knots and simply over-stretches its own ambitions – and with a running time only a few minutes short of three hours, the film itself is needlessly over-stretched.
This is a dark world – with much of the plot unfolding at night, in heavy rain or under thick cloud – radioactive or otherwise – but the existential themes, as well as weighty, are similarly dark. Perhaps it's inevitable in a film inhabited largely by characters who lack humanity, there is almost no humour to be found, except for the odd knowing line from Harrison Ford's Deckard – a handful of welcome, if somewhat incongruous interruptions of the seriousness of proceedings.
While Gosling's necessarily one-note performance is right for this role and the vision of Villeneuve, his cinematographer and his production designer is at times stunning, it's hard to deny that the highlight of the film is the return of Ford's Blade Runner. But it won't escape the notice of anyone that this talented and otherwise versatile actor seems to be earning his keep exclusively these days by reviving characters from the 1970s and 80s. We've recently had Han Solo's return in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, now Deckard is back and soon, Indiana Jones will be back in a fifth instalment of that franchise. What next? Witness 2? The Return of the Working Girl? The Fugitive: Back on the Run? Or perhaps he might revisit his character from Air Force One and end up in the real Oval Office. Stranger things have happened.
Blade Runner 2049 is an impressive, thoughtful and entertaining piece of cinema and a welcome addition to the science fiction canon, but it's not as important as it believes, won't have the resonance of its predecessor and does not deserve to go unchallenged.
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D850 Online Manual; White Balance; White Balance Options; White Balance Options. White balance ensures that colors are unaffected by the color of the light source. Auto white balance is recommended with most light sources. If the desired results cannot be achieved with auto white balance, choose an option from the list below or use preset white Auto White Balance is a handy setting to have when you are unsure of what white balance would work for your scene.
If you shoot in RAW, you can easily change your White Balance after the fact to Most of the time, the Auto White Balance (AWB) setting on your DSLR will prove extremely accurate but it's not always the best tool. Different digital cameras have different ways of adjusting white balance so ultimately youll need to get out your cameras manual out to work out the specifics of how to make changes. Auto white balance or manual meat said this many digital cameras have automatic and semiautomatic modes to help you make the adjustments.
In this article we'll cover how to properly set a custom white balance manually in your digital camera. First, a little easy to digest explanation of why you need white balance though. when you take photographs with your digital camera in auto mode, Setting a manual white balance, Auto white balance Output Figure The figure output will contain a plot of the correlated color temperature with respect to time for each patch of the measured chart.
The time axis (xaxis) will be in units of seconds and will be in units of absolute time from the video file. Apr 23, 2015 Understanding White Balance and Color Temperature in Digital Images. By Todd Vorenkamp However, if due to a misreading by the Auto WB setting or an erroneous manual WB setting, the image has a color cast, then you can work on neutralizing that color cast in post processing by using the softwares white balance presets, or an eyedropper Mar 27, 2008 Manual White Balance or Auto WB?
Discussion in 'Wedding and Event' started by dennismansour1, Mar 22, My D1x had relatively poor Auto White Balance, however it is very accurate in the D2 cameras. I use the manual mode (incandescent) for theater and concerts the light is just too flaky at times and AWB doesn't work well in spotlights What is the difference between auto white balance and custom white balance?
With Auto White Balance most cameras place a greater weight on the brightest parts of the frame. Some newer models, particularly higher end ones, also measure all of the color in each picture and compare it to a stored database. Manual white balance does not try The Cloudy White Balance setting (left) warms the hands but doesn't produce the bright white of Auto White Balance. In most cases, though, accurate color rendition is going to call for a manual white balance setting.
Those settings choices are incandescent, fluorescent, flash, cloudy, open shade, sunny, Kelvin color temperature and PRE. Your camera has preset white balance settings, including Auto White Balance (AWB), to aid you in the decision making process. While were on the subject of custom white balance, lets talk about why you would want to use it, when and when NOT to use it and, finally, how to use it. Feb 01, 2007 Auto white balance can be affected by subject matter, just like the light meter. On manual white balance, if you do need to make adjustments, they can generally be made in batches because there will be consistency regardless of what colors you include in the scene.