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The INCspotlight: The Return of Heracles (1983)
(Originally posted on Channel Awesome on June 16, 2014)
I love retro gaming, and one of my favorites old-school games to revisit every once in a while is The Return of Heracles, my partial introduction to heroic Greek mythology.
The Return of Heracles, released for the Apple II, Atari 8-Bit and Commodore 64,was developed by Stuart Smith, one of the earliest designers of adventure video games. I haven't been able to find out all that much about him, but he was apparently really into classic mythology and folklore and developed games that would educate players about it. His other games include Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, loosely based on the Arabian Nights stories, and Rivers of Light, inspired by the story of Gilgamesh. Rivers of Light was a module for Smith's Adventure Construction Set (it's exactly what it sounds like - a program for designing your own adventure games), which was one of Electronic Arts's early big hits. I unfortunately never played Adventure Construction Set, but I'm sure I would've loved it if I'd had the chance to.
Despite the title, The Return of Heracles isn't exclusively about Heracles. You have an entire roster of nineteen heroes to choose from, as many at a time as you want whenever you want (although they all have fixed starting points). Obviously Heracles is among them (he starts off as the infant Palaemon - Smith really did his homework), but you can also play as A-list heroes of Greek mythology such as Jason, Theseus, Perseus, Achilles, Hippolyta, Odysseus, even Pegasus. Lesser known heroes you can control include Asclepius the physician, Autolycus, Cadmus, and the amazon Melanippe. Some of these heroes have special abilities. For instance, Achilles has natural armor (a power he loses if he buys normal armor - it isn't worth it), Asclepius can heal wounded heroes if he lands on their space (as long as he doesn't attack anyone during his turn), and Autolycus and Polydeuces are exceptionally skilled at close quarters combat.
The basic object of the game is to perform twelve particular heroic feats and make sure as many heroes as possible live to tell about it. Some of these are the same ones Heracles was charged with completing in the original myths, killing monsters such as the Nemean Lion, the Hydra (complete with the crab Hera sent to attack Heracles while he was fighting it), and the flesh-eating horses of Diomedes. Others include finding the Golden Fleece, solving the Riddle of the Sphinx, destroying the Minotaur, and rescuing Helen from Troy. These can mostly be done in any order, although a couple of quests require you to finish other quests first. You can also visit the Oracle of Delphi to get hints on how to complete these missions (for a price, naturally). Completing quests can either get you loads of cash or exceptional weapons and armor - defeating the Nemean Lion gets you the best and lightest armor in the game, and killing the Hydra poisons your weapons of the character that delivers the death blow.
The gameplay is pretty straightforward. You just move around the screen, and you have a certain number of moves you can make during your turn (partially dependent on your speed, the weight of your armor, and how much gold you're carrying). Once your turn is done, if any other NPCs or enemies are on the screen, it's their move - and if there are a lot of these around, waiting for them all to finish moving until you can move again can be tortuously slow, even if you do crank the movement speed. This is easily the worst and most annoying part of the game.
The best part, however, is the freedom to explore and choose which quests you want to complete first - and there's plenty of adventure and danger to be found without them (you won't be able to complete the game if you don't finish the twelve tasks, though). You get point bonuses for completing the Twelve Labors within a certain number of moves and without losing any (or too many) heroes, but I never paid any attention to the whole scoring thing in this game.
The Greek mythology nut in me loves how the programmers stayed extremely faithful to the original legends when designing the levels and the perils populating ancient Greece - within the limits of what the game mechanics were able to achieve. (Although you can have your heroes survive battles and encounters they didn't survive in the original myths, or have them complete quests achieved by another hero in the source material.) For certain characters, you even get some backstory on them mixed in with describing their special abilities.
However, it wouldn't be a game about Greek mythology without the gods taking the opportunity to screw you over. One mission, killing the serpent of Ares, will unlock the city of Thebes; however, a ticked-off Ares will irreversibly turn your character into a snake (so be careful which hero you sacrifice for that quest). Also, among the environmental perils is an invisible spot where you meet Aphrodite, who falls in love with you and induces a never-ending sleep. It won't matter if your character is a man, woman, or creature (I'd be shocked at this if I hadn't read as much Greek mythology as I have) - the effect is the same. On that same note, when the stag in the Orchomenus Forest is killed, you'll inevitably see Artemis bathing and get turned into a stag (again, no matter your gender or species) - and then get killed by the pack of dogs hunting the original, newly-departed stag. And whatever you do, don't go all the way to the top of Mount Olympus (unless you're deliberately trying to get rid of a character).
You spend a lot of time in combat, which is all turn-based. If you're standing next to an enemy, you swing at him with a sword, and you engage in dagger-grappling when both characters occupy the same spot. In actuality, you don't really get to do anything except tell your character whether to attack or defend, and you just have to hope you hit the target (and do enough damage to win the fight). Weapon and armor choices are pretty limited, but there are places where you can have your weapons either enchanted or poisoned to do extra damage or get extra protection. There are also training halls where you can improve your strength, speed, and fighting skills. Other than that, you're simply taking turns swinging at each other, which can get pretty tedious after a while. It takes a LOT of patience to get through this game, and it is a bit on the long side. We're not talking a 40+ hour game or anything like that, but it'll take a few hours at least.
The graphics are obviously simplistic, as you can tell from the screenshots, but remember when this came out. (Besides, sometimes I'm more in the mood for simplified graphics and gameplay without anything too elaborate.) It does require a bit of imagination to picture a big yellow face is a lion, or a horse's head is the majestic Pegasus. Still, as nice as it would be for each hero to have his or her own individual design, I don't think it was technically possible to pull that off at the time. I think some versions of the game have animated sprites, but the Apple II version (the only one I ever played) definitely doesn't.
If you have an Apple II emulator on your computer, you can download and play a ROM of this game, and I've also come across a Flash version of the Apple version on at least one website. I think the Atari and Commodore versions have also been emulated, but I haven't tried it. But however you do get a hold of it, give it a try. This is a great game, even if it can be slow at times and requires lots of patience to complete. If you're really into Greek mythology and/or retro gaming, The Return of Heracles will fit the bill.


1.1 What is Operate Now Hospital?
1.2 Are there any hacks for Operate Now: Hospital?
We recently started playing Operate Now: Hospital. It's quite a fun game, but we kept running out of Golden Hearts and Cash. Initially we purchased them from the in app purchases that are available, but this got expensive quick. We were curious if it would be possible to obtain these resources for free. That's why we started searching for Operate Now Hospital Cheats.
The Golden Hearts start out pretty cheap at $2.99 for a hearts Purse. However, the prices quickly ramp up. A bag of hearts will set you back $20 and even that is not enough to truly enjoy the game. We have bought more of those bags than we should. That's why we needed to find a way to obtain them for free.
In today's article we will share our research about cheats for Operate Now: Hospital. We will answer any questions you have regarding this topic. The main questions that we had ourselves were whether it was possible to hack the game. We were also curious if in case it was possible whether it would be safe to use such hacks. In case we found out that it was impossible to find a working hack, which we expected, we were curious if there were alternative methods of obtaining free golden hearts. Furthermore, We will also write up a quick and concise strategy guide with tips and tricks for new players. We will answer all these questions in this post, but first let's talk a little bit about the game itself.
What is Operate Now Hospital?
Operate Now: Hospital is a mobile game for Android and iOS by Spil Games. It's hugely popular and has accumulated over 10 million downloads on Android alone. The game has an average rating of 4.5 stars on iOS and 4.3 stars on Android.
In Operate Now: Hospital you start out as a new doctor working in a hospital. However, when you start playing the hospital is not doing very well. It is your objective to improve the reputation of the hospital with your doctor skills. You learn the story of the hospital through a story line implemented in the game.
In the game you do not only perform surgeries, it's also up to you to manage the entire hospital. This makes the game quite challenging, but also a lot of fun. However, managing the hospital can cost quite a lot. Especially the gold stars and cash are hard to come by unless you're willing to shell out real money.
For that reason it's not surprising that so many people are after Operate Now Hospital Cheats. We were feeling exactly the same way and that leads us onto our next topic of discussion.
Are there any hacks for Operate Now: Hospital?
We were curious if it would be possible to obtain free Golden Hearts without paying extravagant prices for them. And so we began our search for cheat codes for Operate Now Hospital. When we started our search we found some websites that had what they called an unlimited golden hearts generator. These websites said that they just needed to know our username and that we could obtain any amount of hearts and cash that we wanted.
That sounded a bit too good to be true to us, but we decided to try them out. Unfortunately, none of these websites worked. They have a slickly designed website which includes a generator, but in the end you will be forced to complete their human verification. Now, this would not be such a huge deal if these sites actually worked. But they don't. We never received the resources that we were after and we've tried them all.
If you've been on the hunt for Operate Now Hospital Hacks then you might have run into the same sites. If you've tried them out, then you already know just as well as we do that it's impossible to hack Operate Now Hospital.
But do not lose hope, it is possible to obtain free golden hearts!
We were getting quite fed up with all these fakes websites that promised the world and delivered nothing. So we kept searching in hopes of finding a legitimate method to obtain golden hearts for free. It was not easy, we had to search and test dozens of methods. Most of the methods that we tested were a complete waste of time, but we found one that worked amazingly well.
The method that we found is very easy to do. It only takes a few minutes before you can start obtaining resources. While the method is easy to do, it's not easy to find the method. If you're going to look for it, you will probably not find it. That's why we decided to write a guide so that our readers that play Operate Now Hospital can benefit from our research.
In our guide we will show you step by step how you can obtain the golden hearts you need. You can simply follow the steps that we lay out in our guide and you will be swimming in hearts in no time.
Before we released the guide we made sure to test that it works on both Android and iPhone because we know we have readers from both platforms. Luckily, it does work equally well on iPhone as it does on Android.
Our guide is available completely free of charge, so stop wasting time trying to find Operate Now: Hospital Cheats. If you want to know the only legitimate method of obtaining golden hearts then the only thing you'll ever need is our guide.
For players that are new to the game, we have written a quick strategy guide that can teach you the ropes. These tips and tricks are things that we would have found very helpful when we first started playing the game and we hope that they will be equally as helpful for you. If you have any questions about the game itself you can always shoot us a comment and we'd be happy to help you out.
The break room is a very important room in the hospital, but one that is often overlooked. In the break room your employees can regain their stamina. If you don't upgrade your break room in a hospital it will spell disaster for your journey. You can get away with not upgrading your break room at the start, but as the game progresses it's very important to ensure that you upgrade it.
Whenever you complete an operation in the game you will receive a grade. This grade is based on three separate factors: the remaining vitals, how fast you performed the operation and the amount of mistakes you made.
When we first started playing we operated quite slowly because we wanted to make sure we didn't make any mistakes. However, the key to obtaining high scores is to operate as fast as you can, while making as little mistakes as possible. A few mistakes here and there are often better than a very slow time. The reason for this is that your hospital's reputation will increase based on your score, and you can often get a higher score when you perform the operations faster.
This one is very important. We made a lot of mistakes here when we first started playing. It's important to switch out your staff before they completely run out of stamina and send them to the break room. The reason why it's bad when they run out of stamina they will immediately stop working on their operation. If they are in a critical moment during an operation and the employee runs out of stamina it can end very badly for the patient.
You should always keep an eye on the ring around the staff members. Once this ring turns red it means that the staff member is below 25% stamina. When this happens sub them for a new employee so you won't have any problems with stamina during operations.


The Biemiller Boys with Eddie Joost and ?
I tripped over this photograph after a move to Pennsylvania where I now live. I'm the little kid in front and my brothers are behind me. Brother Jack remembers the player (maybe manager) on the left as being Eddie Joost.
Dad (Carl L. Biemiller) was an editor with Holiday Magazine at the time and that probably had something to do with this photograph being taken.
You'll notice how the fans of that era were dressed. Quite a change these days.
Shibe Park is long gone (as are the Philadelphia A's; moved to Oakland, CA) and the site is now a mega-church.


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As Far As We Can See
It seemed like a logical plan. A pharmaceutical giant that wanted to expand its cancer treatment offerings found a small biotech company with an innovative drug on the fast track for FDA approval, and the two engaged in a strategic alliance. But months later, the biotech company was embroiled in charges of false statements made to the investing public, faulty execution of clinical trials, alleged misrepresentation to the FDA, and more. How did such a promising partnership go so wrong?
By N. Peter Kostopulos | Updated on December 05, 2003

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Q: how to compute expectation and variance of r.v.(geometric d.)? how to compute expectation and variance of r.v.(geometric d.)
straight forward using definition and using MGF
 1/(1-z)^(2)
i have tried using the expectation of geometric d. E(x)=x*(N1 C x)(N2 C n-x) / (N C n) but i don't think this is the the equation I'm lost . I know for the MGF E(x) you take the derivative and set t=0 but what to i plug into the equation? thanks for the help

A: Your moment generating function is incorrect. So your mistake is one you made earlier
The MGF of a geometric distribution is
$$f(z)=\mathbb E(e^{zX}) = \frac{1-p}{1-pe^t}.$$
So for the mean and variance you can calculate $\mathbb E(X) = f'(0)$ and $\mathbb E(X^2) = f''(0)$. I'm assuming this either is homework or an exercise in a book you're reading so I'll let you finish it off yourself.

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New Email system for Government Employees soon
CG News11:52Central Government Employees, Government Employees, loksabha q&a, PSU Employees No comments:
MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
STARRED QUESTION NO: 451
ANSWERED ON: 05.04.2017
Use of Private e-mail by Government Employees
GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ
Will the Minister of
ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-
Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government is aware that the Government employees including PSU employees are still using private e-mail for official communication/work and if so, the reasons therefor;
(b) whether the Government is planning e-mail services at par with private e-mail services such as g-mail and Yahoo for officials work; and
(c) if so, the action taken to improve e-mail services provided by National Informatics Centre (NIC)?
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED
QUESTION NO. *451 FOR 05.04.2017 REGARDING
(a) to (c): The Government has notified the E-mail policy of Government of India vide Gazette Notification dated 18th February 2015. This policy inter alia mandates and provides for guidelines for use of Government email service, provided by NIC, for all official communications by Government officers.
The Government of India has also approved a project to strengthen the NIC email infrastructure. Once implemented, the new email system will provide for 50 lakhs email ids for Government users across the country. This new setup will be as per global standards.
National Informatics Centre (NIC) does not Track the usage of private emails by Government employees, including PSU employees.
Loksabha Q&A
Rajnath Singh orders all Directors General to ensure good food for paramilitary jawans
CG News10:12BSF, CISF, CRPF, ITBP, Jawans, paramilitary jawans, Rajnath Singh, SSB No comments:
Amidst complaints of poor quality food being served to jawans, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today directed all paramilitary forces to ensure that quality food is served to all personnel under their rolls.
At a high-level meeting, attended by Directors General of CRPF, BSF, CISF, SSB, ITBP etc., the Home Minister said that the food served to the jawans and others should be good and there should be no room for any complaint, according to official sources.
Singh said paramilitary personnel are deployed in hostile and difficult terrain and if bad food is served they would be demoralised.
The paramilitary personnel should always be served with quality food and the chiefs of the organisations must ensure that, he said.
The Home Minister is also learnt to have expressed his unhappiness over more than 160 CRPF jawans falling ill in Kerala due to food poisoning recently.
There have been several complaints in the past regarding poor quality food being served to paramilitary jawans, leading to the Home Ministry ordering an inquiry.
Employment on Compassionate Ground
CG News01:00Compassionate Ground, EMPLOYMENT ON COMPASSIONATE GROUND, LOK SABHA, Railways No comments:
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 5289
SUNIL KUMAR SINGH
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:-
(a) whether the Railways proposes to bring amendment in the provision in which employment on compassionate ground is given to any one dependent family member of the rail accident victim;
(b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
(c) the total number of dependents to whom employment has been given during each of the last three years and the current year, zone-wise including Jharkhand?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)
(a) to (c) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5289 BY SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 05.04.2017 REGARDING EMPLOYMENT ON COMPASSIONATE GROUND
(a) & (b) Extant rules do not permit for providing employment to family members/legal heirs of those dying in train accidents or untoward incidents connected with the Railways. However, in the past, pursuant to announcement made by Hon'ble Minister of Railways, employment has been provided, in exception to rules and purely as a humanitarian gesture in certain cases. No change in the same is contemplated.
(c) Information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.
Rajnath Singh orders all Directors General to ensu...


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HomeWorld SportEverything you need to know about the 2022 Kentucky Derby
Everything you need to know about the 2022 Kentucky Derby
Medina Spirit crossed the line first in 2021, but the horse later tested positive for a banned substance, meaning the result was nullified.
The horse's trainer, Bob Baffert, was subsequently banned for two years from Churchill Downs and initial runner-up Mandaloun was announced the race winner.
Baffert later provided a lengthy statement claiming an ointment used to treat dermatitis may have caused the positive test.
The episode, which took another sad twist after Medina Spirit unexpectedly died in December, arguably continues to overshadow the spectacle which was first held back in 1875, but the Derby is keen to leave the controversy in the past.
Without Baffert, who has won the race a record-equaling six times, the field is wide open for what promises to be an exciting contest.
Dubbed the "Greatest Two Minutes in Sports" — a nod to its approximate run time — the Derby is the first race in US horse racing's coveted Triple Crown, which also includes the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes.
Justify — trained by Baffert — was the last horse to win all three races back in 2018.
Despite Baffert being banned from the race, two of his former horses have a good chance of success.
Messier and Taiba are among the contenders having been passed onto Baffert's former assistant Tim Yakteen who has been training the horses for this weekend's showpiece for little over a month.
Yakteen says he hasn't had any communication with Baffert in the lead up to the race but has faced extra attention with some arguing that these are the 69-year-old trainer's horses in all but name.
"I'll be honest, I didn't realize it was going to be like this, but I would have never hesitated," Yakteen told reporters when asked if he had equivocated taking the horses into his barn.
However, Epicenter and Zandon look to be the two standout picks heading into the race with both horses boasting great potential.
Epicenter's trainer Steve Asmussen is the most successful in North American horse racing history but has failed to win the Derby in all of his 23 attempts.
Zandon, meanwhile, is coming off the back of an impressive performance last time out which has established it as the race favorite.
The Derby will air in the US on NBC, the NBC website and its app with coverage of all of Saturday's races starting at midday.
The iconic race is set to start at 6:57 p.m. ET.
2022 Kentucky Derby: Everything you need to know about the 'Greatest Two Minutes in Sports' - CNN
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The report went on to say that Noor was more likely than other police candidates to become impatient with others over minor infractions, have trouble getting along with others, to be more demanding and have a limited social support network. They showed he "reported disliking people and being around them." And yet, since Noor exhibited no signs of a major mental illness, chemical dependence or personality disorder, he was deemed "psychiatrically fit to work as a cadet police officer for the Minneapolis Police Department," the filing said. Given the inconsistencies in the report, a civilian human resources employee followed up with the psychiatrist two weeks later, seeking clarification. The psychiatrist, Dr. Thomas Gratzer, stood by his recommendation.
After responding to Damond's call, Noor and his partner, Matthew Harrity, rolled down the alley with their guns drawn. They stopped at the end of the alley, when Damond apparently approached the vehicle and Noor fired his weapon.
The thread hanging from today's story bears on the obstacles in the path to Noor's hiring that must have been removed to get a Somali officer on the force. Jany's story doesn't touch on this point or allude to any such issue.


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Q: LuceneNet not able to create *.fdt/*.cfs or *.fdx/*.cfx files on windows server I've a MVC ASP.NET application which builds a search index on startup with LuceneNet. On my local workstation everything is working correctly, Lucene creates all files it needs. After publishing my Website on a windows server (exactly Small Business Server 2011) and requesting the website, only the segment files are created. I'm using "C:\Temp\LuceneIndex" as directory. Do I need some extra permission to the folder or have I missed something?
Thanks in advance!
Problem Fixed
In my solution there is also a REST-Service, as seperate project. After publishing the rest service everything works fine.

A: In windows server the default security restrictions are more limited than on a workstation. You would need to allow NETWORK SERVICE write access to c:\temp, or run your app-pool as a specific user that you grant access to.
However, you should get a security exception, and it shouldn't be able to create any files at all.


*UPDATE* Where Have They Gone?
This is the bummer of being on vacation, I just can't be online for long stretches to scour over things. Thankfully some of you will do me the favor.
There's no way all of these are being done away with. However, Canon has tipped their hat in the past with product removal from the Canon USA site. Announcements are coming soon.
An anonymous tipster said we can expect some Canon announcements on January 5, 2010 & January 9, 2010. Saturday would be a strange announcement day, but CES is just around the corner.
Coincidence or telling us something.
If you visit Canon USA's web site you'll see the following lenses are missing.
We'll keep a close eye on this.
have noticed lenses missing from the Canon EF lenses support site.
learn of new product announcements in the U.S. market.
can be of any further assistance with Canon EF Lenses.
This is a logical and well written response but I am still not 100% convinced.
The Lenses are back! There are a few new non-L models and a 70-200 f2.8 IS II.
Though there was obviously an update included, it wasnt as big as I had hoped.
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Q: How to obtain 2 dimensional arrays of Single in VB.NET exactly like in VBA? I have some code written in VBA that uses a function of the particular environment I programmed in, which given some empty, not fixed-dimensional Single arrays, gives them back 2 dimensional and filled with data. It also produces a Variant as output.
The VBA code is:
Dim vDummy As Variant
Dim RealLev1() As Single, ImagLev1() As Single

vDummy = FFPOL1Array(RealLev1, ImagLev1)

Now, I know for sure that FFPOL1Arrayis a routine written in FORTRAN, but I cannot access to its code by any means.
I successfully managed to address the same routine in a VB.NET piece of code by writing a workaround that "links" my code to the environment mentioned above and uses its own scripting routines.
My VB.NET code would be:
Dim vDummy As Object
Dim RealLev1(,) As Single, ImagLev1(,) As Single

vDummy = NSI.FFPOL1Array(RealLev1, ImagLev1)

NSI is the "scripting routines object", which is working with many other functions and subroutines.
Sadly the code above does not work because (according to the debugger) of a type conflict. So I checked the Classes-Explorer and found out that the FFPol1Array class is defined as:
get_FFPOL1Array(ByRef System.Array, ByRef System.Array) As Object
set_FFPOL1Array(ByRef System.Array, ByRef System.Array, ByRef Object)

Thus I tried to Dim my arrays as System.Array instad of Single but this failed too always because of a type conflict. What am I doing wrong?

A: OK this was a little ridiculous but I managed to understand that I eventually had to initialize the Arrays, because the FORTRAN function did not do that:
Dim RealLev1 As Array = Array.CreateInstance(GetType(Single), 1, 1)
Dim ImagLev1 As Array = Array.CreateInstance(GetType(Single), 1, 1)

This did the job. Even better was:
Dim RealLev1(,) As Single = Array.CreateInstance(GetType(Single), 1, 1)
Dim ImagLev1(,) As Single = Array.CreateInstance(GetType(Single), 1, 1)

A: As @Nathan_Sav suggested, get_FFPOL1Array is returning an Object so you need to use Set.
Set vDummy = NSI.FFPOL1Array(RealLev1, ImagLev1)


The Easy Button. We all want one.
If we could turn all of the complex things in our lives into Easy Buttons, it'd be smooth sailing. After all, the decision to do something is the hard part. So shouldn't what comes next be easy?
Ah, but life isn't like that. And neither is website development.
Building the backend functions of your website requires a solid understanding of your business, clear goals and a balanced approach to deciding what to build and what not to.
How do you prioritize your backend development efforts when your team gets a request to make that complicated feature into something simple for users?
The Easy Button is easy to press, but it takes some skill to build one. Websites are no different. They are somewhat easy to view once complete, but skills are required to build them.
While it might be true that a plumber can build a website in one evening in his underwear, a high-performance website requires a deeper understanding of the technical aspects of it all: web servers, databases, browsers, Internet infrastructure, and other core pieces to deliver your brand online.
That's why when I hear people outside the dev team within a company asking them to quickly add a new feature to the site because "it should be simple," I know they don't understand everything that goes into it.
So if you're part of a web dev team or you manage the priorities of that team, your job is to understand the complexity of tasks before saying yes to them and knowing how long they are going to take before you commit.
The cost to make complicated concepts in web development into a simple end product or feature is usually high, and may be more than you think in terms of resources and dollars to complete.
But over time, the complicated concepts can become simpler to develop. Look at how your team will bear the burden of these web development requests initially.
If you have a backend process that needs 10 hours of attention from a senior person every week, you may be able to automate portions of that where a more junior person in your company can accomplish the task in two hours a week.
It will cost less do to who can now do the work.
You will gain redundancy because more people can accomplish the task.
Once the process is repeated often enough, complicated tasks will be simplified so that anyone on the team can do it.
I like to remind myself that when I say "yes" to something, I'm saying "no" to seven other things. What we say "no" to defines us.
The work to simplify a complex task in web development requires tough decisions. I believe those decisions start with "no".
A "no" makes features earn the right to be included.
A "no" makes us look at every angle before we act.
A "no" makes our backend simple and effective.
If we are going to invest the time and money to do this, are there other things we should do first? In other words, is this really our top priority?
Who will use the new, simplified solution?
What steps are we are automating, can we remove a step?
How long will it take to automate them?
Where will the payback come from, and will the effort be worth the investment?
Answers to these questions should reveal the right decision.
New feature requests that are seemingly simple to others in the company can add layers of complexity to your team's workload. So, before we ask our development team to "make this easy," let's first make sure we're prioritizing based on the goals of the site, the brand and the effort required to do so.


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package com.andbase.demo.activity;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import android.os.Bundle;

import com.ab.activity.AbActivity;
import com.ab.http.AbHttpUtil;
import com.ab.http.AbStringHttpResponseListener;
import com.ab.util.AbToastUtil;
import com.ab.view.pullview.AbMultiColumnListView;
import com.ab.view.pullview.AbMultiColumnListView.OnScrollListener;
import com.ab.view.pullview.AbPullToRefreshView;
import com.ab.view.pullview.AbPullToRefreshView.OnFooterLoadListener;
import com.ab.view.pullview.AbPullToRefreshView.OnHeaderRefreshListener;
import com.ab.view.titlebar.AbTitleBar;
import com.andbase.R;
import com.andbase.demo.adapter.MultiColumnImageListAdapter;
import com.andbase.demo.model.ImageInfo;
import com.andbase.global.MyApplication;

public class PullToRefreshMultiColumnListActivity extends AbActivity implements
		OnHeaderRefreshListener, OnFooterLoadListener {

	private MyApplication application;
	private List<ImageInfo> mImageList = null;
	private AbPullToRefreshView mAbPullToRefreshView = null;
	private AbMultiColumnListView mListView = null;
	private MultiColumnImageListAdapter myListViewAdapter = null;
	private int currentPage = 1;
	private AbTitleBar mAbTitleBar = null;
	private AbHttpUtil mAbHttpUtil = null;

	@Override
	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setAbContentView(R.layout.pull_to_refresh_multi_list);
		application = (MyApplication) abApplication;

		mAbTitleBar = this.getTitleBar();
		mAbTitleBar.setTitleText(R.string.multi_column_name);
		mAbTitleBar.setLogo(R.drawable.button_selector_back);
		mAbTitleBar.setTitleBarBackground(R.drawable.top_bg);
		mAbTitleBar.setTitleTextMargin(10, 0, 0, 0);
		mAbTitleBar.setLogoLine(R.drawable.line);

		// 获取Http工具类
		mAbHttpUtil = AbHttpUtil.getInstance(this);

		// 获取ListView对象
		mAbPullToRefreshView = (AbPullToRefreshView) this
				.findViewById(R.id.mPullRefreshView);
		mListView = (AbMultiColumnListView) this.findViewById(R.id.mListView);

		// 设置监听器
		mAbPullToRefreshView.setOnHeaderRefreshListener(this);
		mAbPullToRefreshView.setOnFooterLoadListener(this);

		// 设置进度条的样式
		mAbPullToRefreshView.getHeaderView().setHeaderProgressBarDrawable(
				this.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.progress_circular));
		mAbPullToRefreshView.getFooterView().setFooterProgressBarDrawable(
				this.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.progress_circular));

		// 获取ListView对象
		mListView = (AbMultiColumnListView) this.findViewById(R.id.mListView);

		// ListView数据
		mImageList = new ArrayList<ImageInfo>();

		// 使用自定义的Adapter
		myListViewAdapter = new MultiColumnImageListAdapter(this, mImageList);
		mListView.setAdapter(myListViewAdapter);

		//如果里面有图片是动态加载的,请在这配置!!!,系统要处理释放
		mListView.setReleaseImageResIds(new int[]{R.id.itemsIcon});

		refreshTask();

		mListView.setOnScrollListener(new OnScrollListener(){

			@Override
			public void onScrollChanged(int x, int y, int oldx, int oldy) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
			}
		});

	}

	@Override
	public void onFooterLoad(AbPullToRefreshView view) {
		loadMoreTask();
	}

	@Override
	public void onHeaderRefresh(AbPullToRefreshView view) {
		refreshTask();

	}

	@Override
	protected void onResume() {
		super.onResume();
	}

	public void onPause() {
		super.onPause();
	}

	public void refreshTask() {
		currentPage = 1;
		String url = "http://www.duitang.com/album/1733789/masn/p/"
				+ currentPage + "/24/";
		mAbHttpUtil.get(url, new AbStringHttpResponseListener() {

			@Override
			public void onStart() {
			}

			@Override
			public void onSuccess(int statusCode, String content) {
				List<ImageInfo> mNewImageList = parseJSON(content);
				mImageList.clear();
				if (mNewImageList != null && mNewImageList.size() > 0) {
					mImageList.addAll(mNewImageList);
					myListViewAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
				}
				mAbPullToRefreshView.onHeaderRefreshFinish();
			}

			@Override
			public void onFailure(int statusCode, String content,
					Throwable error) {
				AbToastUtil.showToast(PullToRefreshMultiColumnListActivity.this,error.getMessage());
			}

			public void onFinish() {
			};

		});

	}

	public void loadMoreTask() {
		currentPage++;
		String url = "http://www.duitang.com/album/1733789/masn/p/"
				+ currentPage + "/24/";
		mAbHttpUtil.get(url, new AbStringHttpResponseListener() {

			@Override
			public void onStart() {
			}

			@Override
			public void onSuccess(int statusCode, String content) {
				List<ImageInfo> mNewImageList = parseJSON(content);

				if (mNewImageList != null && mNewImageList.size() > 0) {
					mImageList.addAll(mNewImageList);
					myListViewAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
				}
				mAbPullToRefreshView.onFooterLoadFinish();
			}

			@Override
			public void onFailure(int statusCode, String content,
					Throwable error) {
				AbToastUtil.showToast(PullToRefreshMultiColumnListActivity.this,error.getMessage());
			}

			public void onFinish() {
			};

		});
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * 描述:数据来源
	 *
	 * @param json
	 * @return
	 * @throws
	 */
	public List<ImageInfo> parseJSON(String json) {
		List<ImageInfo> mImageList = new ArrayList<ImageInfo>();
		try {
			if (null != json) {
				JSONObject newsObject = new JSONObject(json);
				JSONObject jsonObject = newsObject.getJSONObject("data");
				JSONArray blogsJson = jsonObject.getJSONArray("blogs");
				ImageInfo imageInfo = null;
				for (int i = 0; i < blogsJson.length(); i++) {
					imageInfo = new ImageInfo();
					JSONObject newsInfoLeftObject = blogsJson.getJSONObject(i);
					imageInfo.setUrl(newsInfoLeftObject.isNull("isrc") ? ""
							: newsInfoLeftObject.getString("isrc"));
					imageInfo.setWidth(newsInfoLeftObject.getInt("iwd"));
					imageInfo.setHeight(newsInfoLeftObject.getInt("iht"));
					mImageList.add(imageInfo);
				}
			}
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		return mImageList;
	}

}

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Q: How to convert Latitude Longitude to UTM - conflicting UTM Zone codes Just as in this question, I download a sentinel tif file:
from pystac_client import Client

catalog = Client.open("https://earth-search.aws.element84.com/v0")

mysearch = catalog.search(collections=['sentinel-s2-l2a-cogs'],
                          bbox=[-72.5,40.5,-72,41],
                          query =  {"eo:cloud_cover":{"lt":1}},
                          datetime='2020-01-01/2021-03-31',
                          max_items=10)
print(f"{mysearch.matched()} items found")

resdict = mysearch.get_all_items_as_dict()

Select one:
resdict['features'][3]['assets']['B08']

This is a dict:
{'eo:bands': [{'center_wavelength': 0.8351,
   'common_name': 'nir',
   'full_width_half_max': 0.145,
   'name': 'B08'}],
 'gsd': 10,
 'href': 'https://sentinel-cogs.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/sentinel-s2-l2a-cogs/18/T/YL/2021/3/S2A_18TYL_20210330_0_L2A/B08.tif',
 'proj:shape': [10980, 10980],
 'proj:transform': [10, 0, 699960, 0, -10, 4600020, 0, 0, 1],
 'roles': ['data'],
 'title': 'Band 8 (nir)',
 'type': 'image/tiff; application=geotiff; profile=cloud-optimized'}

Let's see what Rasterio can tell us about the file:
src = rasterio.open('https://sentinel-cogs.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/sentinel-s2-l2a-cogs/18/T/YL/2021/3/S2A_18TYL_20210330_0_L2A/B08.tif')

Then, if I do:
src.crs.wkt

I get:
PROJCS["WGS 84 / UTM zone 18N",GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-75],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","32618"]]

This seem to suggest that for Latitude - Longitude conversion, I need to use UTM zone 18N. Lets plot the image:
plt.figure(figsize=(8,8))
src = rasterio.open(resdict['features'][3]['assets']['B08']['href'])
plt.imshow(src.read(1), cmap='pink')

This is the tip of Long Island. On Google Maps, lets plot a point 41, -71.5 on this area:

The coordinates  41, -71.5 seem to be on my image as well. I then use this website to convert 41, -71.5 to UTM, I get this result:

Ie it seem to think that UTM Zone 18T is used.
Using Wikipedia's map, the 18T Zone seems to be correct.
Shouldn't an image showing the tip of Long Island have the same UTM Zone as a coordinate corresponding to the tip of Long Island? Why is this discrepancy?
I am concerned about this because it was suggested in the comment section of this question that to find pixel coordinates from Latitude-Longitude, first I need to convert to UTM. My UTM Easting and UTM Northing value might be wrong if I use the wrong Zone, at least that is my understanding.

(I am new to GIS.)

A: There are, confusingly, two ways of naming UTM zones. One is using the latitude band from MGRS, which is how you get 18T. The other is to simply use "N" for north of the equator and "S" for south of the equator, which is how you get 18N.


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Mount Vernon Music Presents Wind Synergy
Mount Vernon Music proudly presents Wind Synergy," a concert of music for wind instruments and piano at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 1 in Mount Vernon Music Hall. The program includes two quintets for piano and winds by Beethoven and Mozart, along with music by Wayne Barlow and Mikhail Glinka.
Performing is pianist Evan Mitchell with Elise Belk, oboe; Sara Scurry, bassoon; Ivan Petruzziello, clarinet; and Molly Norcross, horn.
The program opens with the performances of two scholarship winners, Chase Crouch (cello) from Sulphur Springs and Colton Wilson (trombone) from Paris.
Tickets are $10 for MVM members, $20 for non-members, and $5 for college students with valid ID. Children's admission through high school is free. Eighth grade and younger must be accompanied by an adult ticketholder.
Hailed by Alan Kozinn in the New York times as giving "a magnificent performance: precise, passionate, and supple," horn player Molly Norcross joined the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra as principal horn in the fall of 2015. Previously she held the position of third/associate principal horn in the San Antonio Symphony for three seasons. She recently won the principal horn position in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, where she starts working in the 2019-2020 season.
Norcross received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School and pursued additional professional studies at the New England Conservatory studying with William Purvis, Jennifer Montone and Richard Sebring respectively. She has also performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Naples Philharmonic, and Richmond Symphony.
Norcross was a Fellow at the Music Academy of the West in 2008 and 2011, and at the Tanglewood Music Center in 2010 and 2012. As a soloist, she has performed with the Music Academy of the West Festival Orchestra, Juilliard Orchestra, and New Juilliard Ensemble. She has given numerous solo recitals in New York City, Boston, and Taipei, often incorporating works for the lesser known Wagner tuba and natural horn.
Italian clarinetist Ivan Petruzziello currently serves as assistant principal clarinetist of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and principal clarinetist of the Corpus Christi Symphony. Previously, Petruzziello served as principal clarinetist of the Cali Philharmonic and Valle Symphony in Colombia.
As a guest, Petruzziello has performed with orchestras around the world, including the Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, the Latina Philharmonia, the Orquesta Filarmonica Nacional de Cuba, the Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogotá and the Orquesta Clásica of Colombia. In North America, he has performed with the Irving, Plano, Las Colinas, San Angelo and Victoria Symphony Orchestras, among others.
Festival appearances include those with the Sinfonietta di Roma, Euromediterraneo Festival, Tiroler Festspiele, Orquesta Sinfonica de Holguin and Orchestra Nuova Amadeus. Petruzziello is a teaching artist in the B Sharp Music Program. Previously, he was on faculty in several institutions in Colombia, such as the Universidad Central, Universidad del Valle, Universidad EAFIT and the Antonio María Valencia Conservatory. He has presented masterclasses in Colombia, Cuba, Italy, Panama, Perú and the United States.
Petruzziello earned a Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance under the tutelage of Francesco Belli, a Master of Music in Chamber Music and an Artist Diploma Certificate from Texas Christian University.
Elise Belk is a freelance oboist in the DFW area. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Elise moved to Texas after completing a Bachelor of Music degree from Louisiana State University and a Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music.
In addition to maintaining a private oboe studio in Fort Worth, Belk serves as a faculty member at Texas Wesleyan University. She is also the owner of and reed-maker for Wildflower Reeds, providing supplies and hand-crafted oboe and English horn reeds.
Sara Scurry currently performs as an extra with ensembles such as the Fort Worth Symphony, Dallas Summer Musicals, Las Colinas Symphony, Dallas Chamber Symphony and East Texas Symphony.
Prior to arriving in Dallas, Scurry was principal bassoonist of La Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de Mexico in Toluca, Mexico for two years and principal bassoonist of the Shreveport Symphony. She received her education at Juilliard, Oberlin Conservatory (BM) and University of North Texas (MM).
Pianist Evan Mitchell's recent highlights include debuts on the prestigious Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts series (Chicago), at Merkin Concert Hall (NYC), and at several major venues in Shanghai. He has played concerti with the symphony orchestras of Dallas and Fort Worth, among others, and collaborated in recital with such major figures as double bassist Gary Karr and clarinetist Corrado Giuffredi. Mitchell's new recording with bassist Szymon Marciniak is earning rave reviews; most recently, Bass World called their performances "intoxicating," deeming this "a seminal recording." Mitchell is also featured on the 2012 release "Piano de Pampa y Jungla: A Collection of Latin American Piano Music."
Since June 2014 Mitchell has been a Texas Commission for the Arts Texas Touring Roster artist and over the past four years he has given more than 150 performances for Cliburn in the Classroom. Mitchell is currently completing his doctorate at Texas Christian University where he studies with John Owings. More information is found at www.evanmitchell.net.
Memberships in MVM start at $25 and support all the organization's work, including scholarships for young musicians and outreach work for schools and seniors. Memberships are good for the year June 1 through May 31, and members receive discounts on ticket pricing. Details are found at MVM's website.
Mount Vernon Music is a 501(c)(3) organization formed in 2005 to further the performance of classical and other fine music in rural East Texas. For information on the mission and concert schedule of Mount Vernon Music, and about historic Mount Vernon Music Hall, please visit www.mountvernonmusic.org.
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Jar for drinks made from gavaretska ceramic. Very neat, thin master's work.
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My Name is Sherri and I'm an early childhood educator. We are a small preschool daycare in West Roseville CA 95747. We are licensed for 14 children but we keep our preschool childcare small. My preschool childcare home has been in business for 25 years and I know some Sign Language. We offer a fun schedule, lots of outdoor playtime, crafts, story time, nap time and free play.


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Franklin Junction Expands Executive Team
Industry veterans Pascal, Pappas, and Maddox join the team.
Franklin Junction has expanded its leadership team. Pictured from left to right: Matt Maddox, Vice President of Technology; Rishi Nigam, CEO and Co-Founder; Michael Pappas, Vice President of Operations; Bob Pascal, Chief Revenue Officer.
Franklin Junction, the innovative restaurant e-commerce growth platform launched in 2020, welcomes three industry veterans to its leadership team: Bob Pascal joins as Chief Revenue Officer, Michael Pappas as Vice President of Operations, and Matt Maddox as Vice President of Technology.
"I am invigorated by the addition of Bob, Mike, and Matt to the Franklin Junction team," said Franklin Junction's Co-Founder and CEO, Rishi Nigam. "They each bring a proven track record of innovation and a wealth of restaurant industry knowledge to our company. I look forward to working with them as we elevate to the next phase of significant growth and development as we continue to break barriers for our restaurant partners."
A veteran restaurant, growth, and data technologist, Pascal comes to Franklin Junction most recently from Morsum, the food service data technology company, where he led growth. Before his time at Morsum, Pascal served as Chief Marketing Officer for Sodexo's global Centerplate brand. Prior to his time at Sodexo, he held brand marketing and technology consulting positions in the consumer-packaged goods and financial services industries.
A proven culinary, logistics, and operations executive, Pappas joins the company following more than a decade of leading front-of-house, quick-service, and culinary operations as Vice President and Corporate Executive Chef for 26 NASCAR/F1 racetracks throughout the United States, annually serving more than 10 million guests. Prior to which, he held senior culinary positions at event hospitality giants Aramark and Sodexo, as well as restaurant group Harry's Seafood of America and Ritz-Carlton hotels.
A technology innovations leader, Maddox most recently served as Head of Technology for Roark Capital, the $33 billion private equity firm with significant food and beverage holdings including recognizable brand names such as Arby's, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin', Carl's Jr and Hardee's, and The Cheesecake Factory, among others. Prior to his position at Roark, he served as CIO of Old Republic Aerospace and as a senior technology project leader for AIG. He holds a BBA in MIS from the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business and currently serves on various technology advisory boards including Atlanta Technology Professionals and at the University of Georgia.
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Soggy and I love it.
cold front coming through, no where near as cold as before. rainy for the rest of the week with Wed. being the worst of it.
Freezing rain, some sleet and a few flurries. 32° with wind chill of 25°. It's definitely a cold day here for us. They are saying 35° will be the high today but by Monday we will be back in the 70s. I'm ready for it!
Been dry and quite mild here.
Mornings dip into the 30's and highs in the 50's and 60's.
Cloudy with light rain at times, upper 40's, calm.
Clear. 35, light easterly breeze at times.
Kit is still very mild here - at the moment. Its been nice the last couple of days. It is currently 70° but the cold front is going to come through today and temps are to drop. It is supposed to be mid 50s by 5p.m.
We got up to 83° yesterday and it's 73° now. We also have the cold front coming through later today that will bring some rain and lower temps. I'm not quite ready to start mowing yet so I don't mind if it stays cool a bit longer.
It was a beautiful weekend. Sunny and we hit 65 on Saturday and 75 on Sunday. Really starting to feel like spring.
Yesterday, sunny, lower 70's, light easterly breeze, it was nice and comfortable.
This morning, clear, 46, calm.
We have days in the 80's except I think only 78* or so on Wednesday. I'm Warmer but I would rather have rain.
Currently 72. Will climb a couple more degrees before going down. Partly sunny. Nice, so far.
Sunny, around 70, light breeze at times.
Sunny high of 83*. It was 90* down in town.
Rainy, high of 69. Sat.'s high is only supposed to be 63/57 on Sun. and night time lows in the 40s sat. & sun. But at least the rain is supposed to be gone by then. Then we'll start warming back up next week.
Sunny, low 70's, light refreshing breeze at times.
Sunny, around 80, light refreshing breeze at times.
Today is a repeat of yesterday.
Here too, only slightly cooler.
Partly cloudy, cooler upper 50's, light breeze.


Q Commons is a two hour learning experience equipping the people of your church to faithfully engage our cultural moment.
A two-hour event gathering your community for a conversation on how we can advance good thinking, action and virtue in our cities.
Q Commons is a town-hall style meeting that connects artists, entrepreneurs, politicians, church leaders and anyone interested in how the Christian faith can advance good in their local city. Hosted in 150 locations around the United States and the World, no other gathering unifies this many Christians on one night to give witness to our belief that our way to peace is to love God and love others. Q Commons will demonstrate what's possible when we do.
On October 25, you will receive the full Q Commons simulcast program delivered in HD through your internet connection. You are not required to have any special equipment beyond basic A/V functionality.
Direct your church's attendees to the personalized website that advertises the full event. This is where they can RSVP and access all the details of your Q Commons Event.
The promotional trailer will help your community grasp what Q Commons is all about and clearly present the topics that will be discussed during the simulcast.
This digital resource pack will help you communicate using a flyer and social media graphics to invite those in your church.
You will have access to turnkey event materials such as a host script, name badge template, event slides, and more.
We've made this Q Commons experience accessible and affordable so that every church and member concerned with our cultural moment can participate. For a low-cost investment, you can equip your people and participate with tens of thousands of other Christians in a historic conversation.
During this exclusive, two hour evening, your church will join tens of thousands of Christians to be equipped on how to engage this unique, American moment. Our six world class presenters will educate, inspire and offer people of faith creative ways to respond to the difficult challenges facing our local communities.
CAN I HOST Q COMMONS AT ANOTHER DATE?
Although the national simulcast date is Thursday, October 25th, we can delay the broadcast for your location for up to 3 weeks if a better evening would suit your congregation. Contact kellie@qideas.org to discuss this adjustment.
DO YOU OFFER A CANCELLATION POLICY FOR SITE LICENSES?
There are no refunds once a site license has been purchased. Full refunds are allowed within 24 hours of the time of purchase. Partial refunds are available, contact info@qideas.org for more details.
HOW DO I SIGN UP FOR Q 2018?
To sign up for the Q national gathering April 24-26, 2019our website. There is limited seating and it will sell out, so make arrangements now if you intend to attend.
WHAT OTHER CHURCHES AND CITIES ARE HOSTING Q COMMONS?
On October 25th, 150 locations will host Q Commons. From city-wide events to college campuses and private church events (what is described on this website), tens of thousands of Christians will be unified and equipped on how to engage our cultural moment. We do not provide a listing of private church hosts, however, you can see a full listing of our public Q Commons city locations at QCommons.com by clicking on the "Cities" tab in top navigation bar.


We are sharing a really fun game today, and I guarantee it's one you'll have lots of volunteers for! We introduce, The Great Escape.
Once you have selected your participants, slide the oven mitts all the way on with their hands completely flat inside. This keeps them from gaining extra room for their escape.
Considering Halloween is tomorrow, we want to share a bonus game that is always good for a laugh. We introduce to you, Pumpkin Drop.
Most people will be familiar with an Egg Drop. Just in case you're not, this is where you take random items, put them together and try to keep your egg from breaking after it is dropped off the ledge of a building or a tall ladder.


Greatest snow on Earth and surrounded by friends on all sides!
Steve - Thanks for all you have done to create the international community and network. Looking forward to working with you to further the vision.