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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to again inspect hundreds of recycling and waste management sites following ongoing concerns about the sector's poor safety record involving vehicles and heavy machinery.
The HSE initially ran a campaign of inspections from October-December 2017 after issuing a warning to the sector about the dangers of vehicles and machinery. This was in response to incidents such as the death of contract worker Austin Thomas at the UPM Shotton plant.
A man also died at the Bywaters MRF in east London in June 2017.
Inspections were undertaken at around 600 sites. Forty-eight per cent of these were issued with notices after inspectors discovered "uncontrolled risks" and 60% of all enforcement notices were for risks associated with machinery and transport.
Notices were served on both unguarded machinery and the "lack of ability to isolate machinery for safe clearing of blockages and maintenance".
Transport-related enforcement notices included not segregating vehicles and pedestrians. Drivers were also found to be untrained, plant and vehicles were not maintained while others were examined to ensure they were safe to operate.
During the inspection period, an employee of Recycle Cymru died in an incident reportedly involving machinery, and a 23-year-old man died in an incident reported to be a baler at recycling company in Redruth, Cornwall.
The new campaign will again take place from October to December.
An HSE spokesperson said: "The results of the inspection campaign demonstrate that the HSE is right to be treating the industry as a priority sector.
"We will continue to target our inspections and enforcement to secure effective management and control of risks from transport and machinery.
"However, to improve health and safety in the industry, the whole industry needs to take ownership of these challenges, work together and demonstrate leadership on implementing solutions."
This year has already seen a number of fatalities in the sector.
In April, a man was killed in a collision between two HGV lorries at a recycling plant in Bordesley Green while another man died on a textiles recycling site in Kent that was the subject of action by the HSE.
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California SB1 Increased Vehicle Fees and Gas Taxes
The California State Senate recently approved a proposal to raise gas taxes and vehicle fees by $5.2 billion per year. This tax revenue will pay for repairs and improvements to local and state roads, highways, and bridges, mass transit projects, trade corridors for port roads, and reducing congestion on clogged commuter routes.
This bill raises excise tax on gasoline by 12 cents (to 30 cents) per gallon, and the variable excise tax will be 17 cents. The excise tax on diesel fuel will be raised by 20 cents per gallon, and the sales tax on diesel will increase by 4%. A portion of the excise tax will also rise with inflation over time. In addition to fuel tax, the bill also mandates new annual vehicle fees. These fees will range from $25 to $175 depending on vehicle valuation and will be charged in addition to current vehicle registration costs.
The new gas taxes will boost the cost for all vehicle owners, especially commercial truck drivers. Due to the increased financial burden of the additional fuel costs, SB1 was opposed by several agricultural industry groups, including the Western Growers' Association and California Farm Bureau Federation.

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We have seen a red fox running around our neighborhood recently, so I have been learning more about them from the Internet.
Trivia: What is the name of a female fox? A: a vixen.
(There is no standard name for a male. Nobody seems to care. Besides, you have to roll one over on its back to tell the difference, and that is not easy to do.)
You vixen, you! (I sound like Bruno Tonioli of Dancing With the Stars, but I am still practicing.)


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Bump I Got Doe, the latest cut from The Suppliers. It dropped on Thursday, March 24th, 2011. The Suppliers's horizons are broadening with each new release, and I Got Doe is no exception. It's a worthy addition to a catalogue that has seen much growth since The Suppliers stepped foot in the rap game. We're looking forward to hearing more.
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Discovering The Magic Powers Of Massage Therapy
Massages, both the giver and receiver, can be complicated. Different types of massages have different guidelines. Regardless of if you are a massage professional or a newbie, you will certainly find some insights here to help you engage in the process more fully. Keep reading for some great tips to help you learn more about massage.
When you go to have a massage, keep your mind open to the process. If you are a first-timer when it comes to getting a massage, you will more than likely find some techniques or approaches rather unusual. Refrain from allowing fear to take over, and just enjoy the process. Just lay down and let your mind relax.
Make your massage area as quiet and free from noise as possible. If you have loud noises or distractions near you, it will be hard for you to relax. Massage is meant to be completely relaxing. That's why it's important to select the right venue at the right time for the best results. Make it a relaxing time!
It is important to learn how to relax while receiving a massage. When lying face down on the massage table try to breathe deeply; this will help to relieve tension. Once the massage starts, keep breathing deeply now and then so that your muscles will stay relaxed and loose.
Be aware that there is such a thing as a traveling massage therapist. These individuals are able to minimize their costs by going from home to home instead of renting out an office. This benefits you as they are usually more affordable, and it reduces the time you spend going back and forth to see them.
Read reviews online before choosing a message therapist. It's important to read what others have to say before you literally place yourself in the hands of a stranger. Look for reviews published on websites that are not run by the clinic or the therapist you are considering.
The amount of pressure you use during your massage is important for different goals. Slowly put pressure on the tight knots and release the muscle tension. Even if you maintain constant pressure on your knots, the tension will ease. This tactic is common in deep-tissue massages.
A massage can be enhanced with the perfect scent. Keep the scents natural and mild so they are not overwhelming to the client. Avoid scents that smell like medicine, focus instead on fruity or floral scents. These types of scents will help to melt the stress away and bring a feeling of rejuvenation.
Shiatsu massages are similar to acupuncture, originating in Japan, and using the fingers instead of needles. Pressure will be applied and lead to a full body relaxation. This type of massage increases energy levels and improves your overall well being.
The average person doesn't understand a whole lot about massage therapy and its many benefits, but that's okay. You will probably make a mistake somewhere along the line, particularly if you are interested in giving massages to others. Instead of trying to guess how massages should work, the article you just went over can help you to do things correctly.


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On Saturday, we went to Banbury to celebrate the 18th birthday of Matthew, one of the teenagers from our church. His parents are well known in our church for cooking excellent food (and excellent birthday cakes), and hence I did have high expectations (which was fully realised) for the food they would be serving for the party.
There were 9 different dishes served, as well as prawn crackers. Below are the photos of the food which I took. There is no need for further words, as the photos will speak for themselves.
There were three cakes served as there were at least 30 people at the party – so there was plenty of cake to go around.
The meal was excellent – there was plenty of protein (variety of meat and vegetables dishes), some carbohydrate (rice and noodles) and dessert as well (cake which was simply moreish). We all enjoyed the party, and so did Matthew.


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This traditional Snake hinge will add decoration to light weight cabinet doors, internal shutters and folding screens. Forming part of our Wealdon Black Iron range this hinge is manufactured in Britain using traditional casting techniques and finished in Antique Black for a truly authentic look and feel.
This product is expertly and lovingly crafted by Kirkpatrick Ltd of Willenhall using high quality materials. It should not be confused with the poor quality imitations available from other suppliers.
Snake hinges are designed to be fitted to the opening face of doors with the hinge leaves being visible on both door and frame when the door is in the closed position.
Antique Black is a hard wearing, durable paint finish suitable for both internal and external applications in normal conditions. However, we DO NOT recommend this product for coastal areas or other harsh environments.
Lubricate immediately after fitting and periodically thereafter - at least twice yearly. Clean with an oil impregnated cloth to remove harmful deposits, especially when fitted externally.
Two hinges (one pair) complete with traditional slotted roundhead woodscrews in matching finish.
These hinges are normally held in stock. If we are temporarily out of stock you should allow approximately 7 to 10 days for despatch.


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Reviews for quickFilters
46 reviews for this add-on
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Does exactly what I needed, clone a filter. Great addon.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
It's a little sad that Thunderbird needs an addon to create custom filters out of existing messages, but this addon solves this problem perfectly. Absolute must-have!
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Very useful. I needed it only to export and import filters from my other computer. Sadly that is not a built in feature of thunderbird. The thing I like most about the addon is that it reuses the existing filters and does not reinvent the wheel. Very useful.
I appreciate the work and time creating this addon and bought a license. Keep up your good work :)
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This should have been included in all Thunderbird programs.This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.2). This user has a previous review of this add-on.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This is real easy to use. It helps guide me through the process. It makes it easy to merge new actions to existing rules.This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.2).
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I've been using Thunderbird for a number of years because I just could't count on Outlook to move emails to the appropriate folders. Thunderbird and this add-on have worked without a hitch. This add-on saves me time and makes sure that important emails aren't lost in the flood of daily emails that I get. I used the free version until recently. The annual license is very reasonable and if it helps keep this add-on working then I'm all for it. I'm sure the developer isn't getting rich from this add-on, but he should get compensated for the time it takes to produce and keep it running.This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.2).
thanks for the feedback. Indeed I am not getting rich, but I am pretty much doing this full time - I want to get to a point where this is sustainable at minimum wage, so I am happy about every single user who helps out with buying a license. Check out my other Add-ons QuickFolders and SmartTemplate⁴ when you can!
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Ein wirklich hilfreiches und gut durchdachtes Plugin. Viele Plugins stellen es frei zu spenden, was sicherlich nicht immer den Aufwand deckt. Bereits die kostenlose Basisversion ist schon eine gute Sache. Die vielen Möglichkeiten der Pro-Version jedoch und der Service sind absolut ihren Preis wert.This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.1.1).
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
I'm sorry but however good this addon is I can't use it - it puts a banner ad across the bottom of the screen with a flashing (!) "buy license".
This sort of thing should disqualify addons from being listed in the addon store IMO and I'll be petitioning for that with the Thunderbird community.
The addon seems in general to be alright, but I don't want shitty advertising distracting me when I'm trying to read emails.
Not sure how I'm supposed to reply, but I deinstalled. There was no facility shown as to how to cancel the banner, it was permanently shown when the addon is installed default. I wasn't using a premium feature, clearly I can't without buying a license. I did have a hack of the css to turn off the banner, but am not interested in using addons in that way - if you want to write addons that constantly flash on screen, that's your prerogative. It is FOSS and so a little adjusting of the css can remove it (and the code on github seems like licensing could be removed relatively easily) but I'd be wary of software written in that way, so I'm not sure it's for me.
Just to make it clear, I wasn't aware of using a premium feature, I just used the default install, I didn't activate anything unless it was a "drive by" install.
The notification could not be removed, there was no cancel button. The perpetually flashing "buy license" button was preventing me working.
Good luck to you; I appreciate you've created a good addon, but I wasn't looking for nagware or flashing ads.
You have 3 choices:
1 - you can deinstall the Add-on or
2 - do not use the specific feature that is listed in the notification bar.
3 - you can keep using the pro feature and be annoyed that it wasn't provided "for free". Note that the notification can be closed and it will not stop you from working
I would be curious on what choice you took.
thanks for the edit / feedback. Notification panels do have a removal button on the right, and if it is for a specific feature, the session should remember your decision and not flash it up again even if you use it as long as you have Thunderbird running. It does state which feature and the choice is either allowing free as in beer users access to the "premium" features in order to generate some interest in licenses or some other way promoting it which is usually inefficient. If you check the version histories of my Add-ons you see that I put a ton of time into feature development and (behind the scenes) write 100s of support emails for free (also for my free users). Working on porting the Add-ons to Thunderbird 66 is ongoing, support for next years ESR will likely cost 2 to 3 man weeks. That's why you see a lot of Thunderbird Add-ons that have stopped working with Tb60 - people do not want to do this type of work for free anymore. I am supporting my own Add-ons for 10 years now; had to build my own web shop (because Mozilla, unlike google, does not support monetising directly from their Add-ons "store") and I am helping Thunderbird with Add-on reviews and documentation. I have looked into other ways of monetising but I do not like ads or data snooping - the sort of stuff other Add-ons owners do in order to be "nice". Feel free to submit suggestions on making it better here if you still have a nerve for it: http://quickfilters.mozdev.org/bugs.html
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Quick Filters & Quick Folders "a must" to enhance the overall Thunderbird experience. Developer is super responsive to any reported issues or questions.This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.10).
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I must commend this add-on developer, they are very conscientious and wish to do the best, even to the extent of making changes/improvements according to users requirements.
GREAT add on for Thunderbird!
Please, before you spend too much energy here, why not get it modified by filing a feature request or contacting me personally - http://quickfilters.mozdev.org/bugs.html
generally the one click solution for getting rid of Spam is clicking the Junk button, but I am open to add some modifications under your guidance - provided they are beneficial to the majority of quickFilters users. For now, you can remove at least 2 clicks by disabling Actions: "Display Filter List after Filter creation" and "Open Editor after Filter creation"
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Somewhat convenient. But why doesn't the "Mailing List" option create a filter based on a List-Id header, which is standard for mailing lists???This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.8.1).
good point - however - please go to my support site for bugs & feature requests:
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
ja heel graag een update
ik vind het een geweldige ad on
dank je wel
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great addon!
But, pls, update for TB 60.2.1.
Ok, I will publish the new versions soon - already have a new version here:
or hit me up directly through http://quickfilters.mozdev.org/index.html directly (mail link at the bottom)
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
A great add on which I have used for years. Unfortunately, it is not compatible with the current Thunderbird 60.0b1. Hopefully, an update is in the making.This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.4.2).
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Using quickfilters-3.4.2-sm+tb in Thunderbird 38.8.0, Windows 8.1 64bits
If I right click a message which is in a local folder : "QuickFilters : create filter from message..."
I get an error : "Tried to create a filter 7 times, but didn't work out [and more text]"
Drag and drop gives the same error message.
(note : in Account Setting - Server Settings - Advanced : inbox is set to Local Folders, for all my accounts)
Any known conflict with some extension ?
(I have about 30 of them, if needed I could provide the list)
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most issues are already solved by the developper in the pre-release of this AddOn.
Please can you go the official bug site here:
38 is rather old as well, I am currently testing with v60. The 2016 ESR version was 45, the current one is 52, see also:
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
There is an annoying little message poping-up on the bottom-right corner of the screen, just above taskbar, near the hour. It appears each time one selects a message in thunderbird and change its label color priority (0 important, 1 work, 2 personal, 3 to do, 4 wait).
It say's "quick filters applies filters on the selected message".
This is a new and, sorry, seemingly boring and inconvenient feature.
Please, wouldn't it be possible to remove it ? That would be nice and great, at least to my undestanding, and from my point of view.
it can be by xnote++, 4 other users reported it at http://quickfilters.mozdev.org/bugs.html
I fixed it yesterday and the fixed version is here:
(all detail there) I will releasee 3.4.1 with the fix he coming weekend.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Very convenient, helps me organize my email. Thunderbird's default interface for configuring filters is a bit clumsy, this is much easier to use and manage.This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.2.1).
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I use this add-on for 3-4 years. It's great in automatically organizing email on directories in Thunderbird. Works without errors or other problems.
Thanks, developer.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent addon for organize emails.This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.2.1).
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I love this filter tool - it has literally saved hours of my life over the course of just a few weeks. It's easily trained to remove only the e-mails I want to take out of my inbox, and it can save everything in case I want to look at something later. It's powerful, intuitive and well-supported. Axel has done an amazing job here.This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.2).
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This gave me yet another excuse for a little window shopping and this is what i found cute cloud shaped little stud earrings I actually love all the stuff from this designer could cost me!!!
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"As our society has changed and evolved, so too has the public's opinion on gay marriage – and so has mine," he wrote on his Facebook page. "I pray every day for God to grant me the wisdom to do what is right. Through my prayers and conversations with my family and countless friends and Delawareans, I've been reminded of the power of one of my core values: the Golden Rule. It calls on us to treat others as we want to be treated. That means, to me, that all Americans ultimately should be free to marry the people they love and intend to share their lives with, regardless of their sexual orientation, and that's why today, after a great deal of soul searching, I'm endorsing marriage equality."
Carper's statement comes a day after Delaware Congressman John Carney and Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey announced their support of nuptials for gays and lesbians. It also coincides with the expected introduction of a bill that would allow same-sex couples to marry in the First State.
"We thank Senator Carper for standing with the majority of Delawareans who support marriage equality," Equality Delaware said in a statement. "We're honored to have such strong support from our statewide elected officials in Delaware."
U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.,) Mary Landrieu (D-La.,) Mark Pryor (D-Ark.,) Bill Nelson (D-Fla.,) Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.,) Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) are the only Senate Democrats who have yet to publicly back nuptials for gays and lesbians.
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Obtiuary: Jeff Conaway
Actor Jeff Conaway (b.1950) died on May 27. Conaway may be best known for his roles as Bobby Wheeler on Taxi and Kenickie in Grease, but he also had numerous genre roles including Prince Erik Greystone in the short-lived series Wizards and Warriors, Willy in Pete's Dragon, and Zack Allen on Babylon 5.
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Hi friends,
I made a card with a girl on the moon.
I like this stamp
I think it is a little bit mysterious
and full of come true wishes.
This stamp is called Moonlight Wishes,
from Lili of the Valley Ltd.
I used Distress Inks for colouring it,
blue and white glitter glue.
I made snowflakes with
Tim Holtz´s layering stencil and I add
a little bit blue glitter glue in the embossing paste.
Then I sprinkled some blue and gold glitters
over snowflakes.
The stamp A Merry Christmas is
Magnolia stamp, A Christmas Story col. 2012.
I would like to enter into these challenges:
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Many people in Raleigh, NC are not worried about backyard drainage until they have a problem. Water naturally follows the route of least resistance to reduce elevations and difficulties happen whenever authentic airways created by the contractor become clogged or were insufficient from the beginning. Without suitable slopes and drains about a home to direct or divert water overflow will permit the water to identify a route straight to regions where you'd least desire it including fundamentals, below pavement, in a basement etc. Flooding basements and damaged fundamentals are wise wake-up calls to the issue yet addressing difficulties beforehand will protect you 1000s of dollars, and headaches, down the road.
Types of Drainage Solutions
"Surface and subsurface drains are the two kinds of drainage solutions, each providing vital protection for buildings and lawns," said Scott from Authentic Restoration in Raleigh, North Carolina. Surface drainage refers to the natural pathway taken by the water following rainfall or irrigation and is attained through gutters, downspouts, surface grates, exposed French drains and by shaping and grading a garden to supply maximum surface water treatment with minimum soil erosion. Subsurface drainage refers to pipes and drains placed in the garden that eliminate any extra water that has gravitated belowground, either through holes in the soil or from soil saturation. Water travels through soil by capillary action, that is much like a paper towel – whenever 1 side gets wet, moisture will slowly travel to the dry side until the entire substance is saturated. Once the soil is saturated, subsurface French drains are essential to take out extra water. In doing so, subsurface drainage keeps plants healthy, helps soil to warm earlier in the spring and leaves less water to freeze in the wintertime, minimizing frost heaving damage to a home or building.
Problems Connected with Incorrect Drainage
Improper drainage can cause pools of collected water in a garden and/or around a home or building, each of that can pose a threat. When gathered close to a foundation, standing water will potentially results in foundation splits, foundation movement, and overloaded basements. When gathered about your backyard, pooling water gives mosquitoes a reproduction ground and will leave a turf vulnerable to disease.
The wet side has expanded, and remains thus, while the other side contracts as it dries, and this action pulls the walls of the structure away from 1 another. Repetition of that procedure will eventually produce splits in the fundamentals, walls and/or ceilings. Foundation treatments are not generally covered by homeowners insurance plans and will expense as $20,000 to $30,000 or more to fix, not including cosmetic fixes to drywall, door jams, bricks, overloaded carpets, flooring, etc. Anyone who has experienced a loaded basement or splits due to heaving will confirm a costly fix! In addition, the drainage issues that caused the issue will nevertheless must be resolved.
Basement Drainage
Basements: The same matter connected with fundamentals pertains to a basement, with all the added problem of letting water into a home through the splits. In addition to damaging carpets, flooring, drywall and furniture, the water increases a basements humidity creating the perfect environment for the development of germs and mold. Mold enters a home as tiny spores, that need moisture to grow and increase. They will grow about virtually any surface plus they digest and destroy a home as they are doing. When disturbed, mold spores are released into the air and is breathed in by we and your family, aggravating allergies and asthma. A few of molds produce mycotoxins that can cause nausea, fatigue, headaches and lung and eye aggravation whenever an individual is exposed to high degrees. Additionally, mites and spiders will proliferate in a moldy basement as mites feed on mold spores and spiders feed on most mites.
Waterproofing a basement will enable protect a home and is a superb insurance policy, yet very first line of defense against a wet basement is improving the drainage in the garden and all areas surrounding the home or building. According to most engineers and home inspectors, 85 to 95% of wet basements and interiors of buildings is created dry by improving outdoor drainage around home or building.


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I just completed teaching a Reiki 1 course this last weekend and it is one of the joy's I get to experience in my life path. I am fortunate that I have multiple ways to help individuals release, heal, and grow during their lifetime and while it is hard for others to see, my gifts and my paths are intertwined with doing that while developing along my own spiritual path.
The work I do with Michael, whether you want to label me an exorcist or any other word, is exciting and fulfilling for me. When I encounter those who do not have any experience with this line of reality they always follow the same process towards acceptance of this aspect of my life. Or, there is that percentage of people who do not accept it and then they fall within one of two camps.
I do not hide what I do within the circles I frequent – it is a part of me and I cannot deny it any more than the average person can deny the color of their eyes. I don't flaunt it because I am sensitive to others' discomfort, and when people do reach a point of rationalizing it in their minds they usually ask questions, ranging from intriguing to outright ridiculous.
My greatest enmity has and continues to be "reality" shows and Hollywood that purport to put out valid and credible information regarding ghosts, hauntings, demons, and possessions. The second is people who have no hesitation to use their children and/or loved ones in dangerous situations so they can attempt to garner their 15 minutes of fame because they are either too stupid or too selfish to understand the true danger these individuals could experience if there are demons or discarnates present.
The third are religions that have no knowledge based upon reality yet seem to think they are the authorities of the matter because over the centuries the valid ones who did were eliminated by said religious organizations.
I am the type of teacher who loves to have interactions with my students during the class period. PLEASE ask your questions when you have them, I tell every class, because then not only do I know you are listening but you are also then relating the information I am sharing with you to your own life.
I was designed a particular way, with particular spiritual/psychic gifts, and with a particular personality. I am not scared when someone is experiencing a full body possession; I am not scared by creepy noises or lights going on and off by themselves. I live for those moments because they are fun to me; in the beginning they would challenge my abilities and I would grow. Now, while they don't challenge me as they did, they are still fulfilling because that is my path in life.
So – for the questioners out there, email me. I don't shame anyone for their questions and for those out there who are afraid, email me. I will help everyone and anyone as best able. I would rather people contact me directly instead of reaching out to the local paranormal pretender so that I can give valid advice on steps to take instead of you getting hurt by someone stupid telling you to do something stupid.
Stupid, yes. Not ignorant but stupid – someone who displays a great lack of intelligence or common sense, and in this case that lack is regarding demons and discarnates and their abilities. The reality I live in is not Hollywood, it is not a place where you can yell "cut" and someone can rush in and make a change or shift their body and then you continue to play act. I deal with real lives and I help real people get through traumatic experiences in their lives.
But if you set up a situation because you wanted attention and now your child is paying the price for it, I will bitch slap you upside the back of your head. Just saying…
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A 1ha private garden property which I would like to lease to a nice swinger couple . Play room ,games room ,Flintstone cave with spa massage table all made of rock, boules bowling alley, Bali-hut swimming pool .Great nudist club .Lots of privacy .On top of this we have a B&B, so some couples may stay overnight. Membership is $80.- .Each visit $60.- . B&B from $135.- per couple .Singles by appointment only.
We play on the European style Swing Parties where guests are changing into lingerie /boxershorts and maybe morning coat after having showered off (if not done already at home) you may also only wrapp one of the 2 towels around you that you will be given. the atmosphere is relaxed and low key nice background musik suiting the over35.


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Warbird Radio – Safety Month "Oldie But Goodie" – Episode 431
Posted by Staff Writer on March 21, 2013 · 1 Comment
WARBIRD RADIO – Here's one of our favorites from last year's safety season. "It's time once again for Open Line Friday on Warbird Radio LIVE! Tune in and share your thoughts on safety as we continue our month long safety discussion on Warbird Radio LIVE. If you have a tip you'd like to pass along… this is the morning to do it. The contact information is posted below. Thanks for listening…and we hope you'll call in this Friday morning at 10am (EASTERN)."
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Maderas Volcano National Park
June 2014
Improvements to Finca Magdalena's visitor and park ranger station
Ometepe is the largest volcanic island (107 square miles) within a fresh water lake in the world, and is one of the largest non-oceanic islands in the world. It sits in Lake Nicaragua, the second largest body of fresh water in Latin America.
The island encompasses a dramatic range of altitude, topography, and climate. Its two volcanic peaks—forested, dormant Volcán Maderas and active Volcán Concepción—are joined by a low wetland isthmus. As a result, Ometepe boasts an extraordinarily diverse mosaic of forest and wetland habitats. It supports a dazzling array of species, including an endemic salamander and endemic orchid. The island is of particular importance for neo-tropical birds that migrate to Central and South America from the north. UNESCO declared the entire island a Biosphere Reserve in 2012.
A building there is currently used as a field base for volunteer park rangers and tour guides. Seacology, with our partner NGO, Fauna & Flora International, is funding the renovation of the building so it can serve as a center for visitors exploring the trails that extend over 5.3 miles into Maderas Volcano National Park. The grant will also fund an outdoor exhibit to educate tourists about the park. The permanent presence of park rangers, who are also tour guides, will allow better oversight of park visitors and enforcement of regulations.
- April 2016
- The completely renovated building, which is located near the beginning of one of the most popular volcano trails, is now being used to educate and inspire visitors to Volcano National Park. The...
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- January 2016
- Seacology's Executive Director Duane Silverstein and Central America Field Representative Ian Drysdale attended an opening ceremony for the rehabilitated facility in January 2016. They reported...
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- September 2015
- Field representative Ian Drysdale visited the site and reports that great progress has been made on repairing the building. New doors have been built and are ready to be installed. Ian says that...
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- May 2015
- The architectural design of the park ranger station renovation has been finished and approved by the local park management committee. A local contractor plans to start the work in May; repairs to...
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- January 2015
- Our partner NGO, Fauna & Flora International, is now hiring the architect and construction crew for improvements and repair of the Finca Magdalena building. The hiring process should be completed...
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One of my favorites.
Paul was not interested merely in the ethical principles of religion or of ethics. On the contrary, he was interested in the redeeming work of Christ and its effect upon us. His primary interest was in Christian doctrine, and Christian doctrine not merely in its presuppositions but at its centre. -- J. Greshem Machen.


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In this webcast we cover:
- Why customers are leaving their existing providers for competitors and what they say is the most effective way providers can communicate.
- How integrating phone communications with Salesforce allowed MobileIron to change the way they were interacting with their customers and increase their overall customer satisfaction
- What key technology features does MobileIron consider to be "non-negotiables" in automating the service experience for both the customer and their agents
- What's next? How MobileIron plans to further develop their customer service experience using their existing technology investments.
Monica Girolami – RVP of North America Marketing, NewVoiceMedia
Monica has over 15 years of experience leading global Marketing and Business Development teams. She is responsible for building and managing NewVoiceMedia's, field events, demand generation and partnership alignment across North America. Monica works closely with customers and prospects to help them maximize their Salesforce CRM investment with an integrated cloud communication strategy.
Dave Carlson – Sr. Manager of Technical Support Operations & Quality, MobileIron
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Thursday, November 28, 2013
One Summer by Bill Bryson
I am a big fan of Bill Bryson's work - Mother Tongue and A Short History of Nearly Everything are among my favourite books ever - but lately he seems to have gotten a little long-winded. His previous book, At Home, was just too long and rambling, and One Summer suffers from the same problem, if to a slightly lesser extent.
It's hard thing to balance, because part of what makes Bryson so good is his conversational style of prose and his knack for following any tangent that leads to an interesting anecdote - the problem to me seems that lately he is just going a bit too far with it, with too many unrelated tangents that don't quite meet the burden of interestingness.
Part of this is bound to vary from reader to reader, though. I loved the parts in One Summer about the race to cross the Atlantic, the changing nature of entertainment as plays gave way to radio and talking movies, and things of that sort. But a sizeable portion of the book is devoted to baseball and the life of Babe Ruth - a topic about which I give precisely zero fucks. Presumably readers with different interests would have different opinions, but in any case there is a trove of information on the 1920s that cannot be dismissed.
More than information, though, Bryson tries to convey the feel of the time - how it felt to be in America in the Jazz Age, when America was booming, both in terms of economic prosperity and in terms of international importance. In this he succeeds quite admirably - for example, you get a real sense of how crazy the public was about Charles Lindbergh, who was really the first proper celebrity.
Despite the fact that it loses marks for just being that bit too long, there is a lot packed into One Summer that is worth reading, and anyone with an interest in the 20s would find a lot to love in it.
Labels: Bill Bryson, books, Bookworld, history
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Antiquing in Pasadena, CA
Episode 7 | 53m 11s
In this week's episode of MARKET WARRIORS, our pickers (Miller, John, Bob and guest picker Bob Cirillo) head out west to the world famous Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA for their monthly flea market. This week our pickers are challenged to find Native American wares, and one of our pickers uncovers a piece with a questionable past.
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Apparently, I am the only one not watching more cable news programming these days. Ratings growth in the first three quarters of this year across the three 24-hour news nets has been nothing short of extraordinary. In an era of hyper audience fragmentation and declining ratings, the news nets audience growth story is even more incredible. While admittedly I have no insight into the financials of these operations, ratings growth almost always yields revenue growth. Good news (so to speak) for everyone in the news ecosystem … or maybe not.
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Over the last decade Central Washington's men's and women's teams have been among the best in the nation. The Wildcats women have been consistent threats to win championships and the men's team has made it deep in the Varsity Cup tournament before focusing on DI-A. This move gives the team a facility on par with other varsity team. The Wildcats became a varsity program in 2013.
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November is a busy month – with the school term reaching its busiest peak and a constant downpour of homework before winter break arrives. I daresay the Lunchtime 2015 held on the 29th of November was affected by this yearly phenomena with the number of participants lower than usual. The ones who did participate had a competitive problem set to go up against which included Black And White Cells, Query over Matrix, Product on Tree and Chef And A Complete Graph. The problem setters for the contest were Amit Pandey and Sunny Aggarwal, problem tester – Pushkar Mishra and the editorialist Prateek Gupta.
Here are a few statistics for a brief view of the contest.
The problems for the contest proved to be on two ends of the difficulty spectrum. Some saw a hoard of submissions while some went hardly attempted. Read on to see how our users fared against these obstacles in their race to the top.
Obstacle 1:
Score: BWCELL-0 USER-1
Obstacle 2:
Score: QMAXTRIX-0 USER-1
Obstacle 3:
Score: TREEPROD-1 USER-0
Obstacle 4:
Score: KCONNECT-1 USER-0
With a score of 2-2 the November Lunchtime ended with a tie between the problems and the participants. Watch this space for the score next month and see if the participants beat the problems or do the problems take them down.
Meanwhile, take a look at the top performers of November Lunchtime '15.
Rest of the World:
For a detailed explanation of the solutions, find the editorials at: https://discuss.codechef.com/tags/ltime30/
We hope to see you at the contests.
Over and Out,
Team CodeChef
Concealed amidst the festivals turning the environs bright and colorful, was our November Cook-Off 2015. And just like a festival you await all year, we too were excited about it. After all we were nearing a packed programming season with ACM ICPC regionals just around the corner. The stage was set for the finest programming brains from across the world to come together for yet another fiery Sunday night. And to tell you the story of that night, let us take you through the proceedings of the contest as it happened.
The problem set for the contest came from Sergey Nagin, who in his trademark style named and themed, all the problems against his name. While he was hosting a birthday dinner with Sereja and Line, the problems Sereja and Tree & Sereja and Tree 2 gave us insights on his affection for Trees. Irrespective of the name of the problems and the themes surrounding them, they were received with great anticipation as the contest started. And it took only a minute for the first problem, Sereja and Array and Subtracting to be cracked. The glory went to user math. And with a username like that, it did not surprise us. However, what did surprise us was the fact that the mighty ACRush got WA for the same problem. It sent mixed signs about the difficulty level of the problem. And it was early days into the contest to even draw any conclusions. So, we waited for the contest to move forward and see what it has in store for us.
As the contest progressed, we were joined by several other prominent names in programming world. While it made the rank list exciting to look at, it also brought the uncertainty about the name that finally will triumph the rank table. So, we left it to the future and shifted our focus on the contest problems. The tester Istavan Nagy's job was put to some serious test as the participants flooded the problem pages with their doubts and queries. While there were some genuine queries, there were few others questioning the test cases for the problems. Thankfully, none of those "Test cases are weak" queries were true. Good job Mr. Tester. With that, the contest was at peace and so were we.
All that remained now was for the final bell to ring and we get our winners. And at the stroke of midnight, the November Cook-Off 2015 concluded, with some new, some familiar, and some really famous names adorning the rank table. So, let us introduce you to them all.
We start with the ROW top 10:
Now, the Indian top 5:
Let's give a big round of applauds for all these wonderful brains and for everyone who made the November Cook-Off 2015.
Now, before we move ahead let us give you the final stats from the contest:
We hope you all enjoyed cracking the problems from November Cook-Off 2015, however, if there is any doubt or query that has been giving you sleepless nights, get over it with the editorials from Sunny Agarwal. They will help you crack many such problems in the future.
That brings us to the final section of the post, we hope you've enjoyed the tale of November Cook-Off 2015 as much as we did penning it down for you. And with that, we move towards the November LunchTime and the final month of 2015 and the final three contests for the year. So, buckle up your seatbelts and get ready for the final ride of year 2015. Let's make it a big one.
That will be all from us here at CodeChef for now. We will soon come up with yet another tale and some more exciting stuff for you. Till then, keep writing to us at: email@example.com.
You can also call us at: (022) – 30797709.
See you at the contests.
Team CodeChef
The scarfs are out, the mufflers are in place, and the huge colorful anoraks have taken over the t-shirts and shirts. Winters are here. And with them is a big wave of colors. Colors of the sweaters, socks, brightly lit food stalls, and the mesmerizing decorations of the impending festivals. It's the happiest time of the year. With everyone looking more at calendars for vacations, than for the dates, the excitement is rather apparent in schools, colleges, and offices alike.
This was the set up for our November Challenge 2015. We too weren't untouched with the festivities around. And neither was our November Challenge. With problems like Chef and cakes, and Eugene and function, we were ready to unwrap the packaging of November Challenge 2015, to begin the 10 day programming festival on planet CodeChef.
Unlike the starts that we have seen in the past for our contests, the November Challenge had a rather calm start. Calm not in terms of the submission flow, but in terms of problems getting solved. Blame it on the winters or the heavy festival diets, the submissions into the contests were flowing at snail's pace. The first 50 submissions took almost 30 mins. And just like the decorations outside, our submission table was also adorned by the colorful result codes of all sorts. There was the green of AC, the blue and yellow of TLE, the red of WA, etc. giving it a festive touch.
The slow moving submissions meant lesser action on the rank tables as well. And even though it was slow, it wasn't dull; especially the ROW rank table, where we had participants from 10 different countries occupying 10 different positions. With ten different flags waving on the top of the rank tables, we were excited to see who will emerge as the ultimate victor in this challenge. The presence of few popular names like zhouyuchen, ceilks, notimesea, and others made it further confusing to establish or predict a clear winner. So, we waited till the very end of the challenge to meet our winners.
And now that the contest is over let us greet them with a big round of applause:
We start with the ROW top 10:
Now, the Indian top 20:
Now, the lets meet winners from Schools.
Top 5 ROW school winners:
Top 5 Indian school winners:
Now, for our special achievers:
Top 3 ROW users with highest score for challenge problem SCRABBLE, apart from the winners:
Now, the top 3 Indian scorers:
A big round of applause for all the winners and everyone associated with contest.
The final stats for November Challenge 2015 are:
In terms of numbers, the November Challenge 2015 might be a tad behind its predecessors in terms of numbers, however, in terms of competition, it was right up there. And the assortment of country flags on the rank table establishes it.
So, let's meet the panel behind this testing problem set. The problems were cooked by Roman Furko, Evgenij Artemov, Egor Bobyk, Eugene Kazmin, Yurii Rebryk, Maksym Bevza, Sergey Kulik, Kirill Shchetinin, and Vsevolod Stepanov. The problem testing was done by Istvan Nagy, while the elaborate editorials came from Jakub Safin. The other gentlemen who contributed to the November Challenge include Rahul Arora (Language Verifier), Praveen Dhinwa (Contest Admin), Sergey Kulik (Russian Translator), Team VNOI (Vietnamese Translators) & Hu Zecong (Mandarin Translators). We thank you all for all your contribution and giving us our Diwali present.
That sums up the November Challenge 2015, however, if you think we have missed something or missed to mention someone, feel free to let us know. You can always reach us at: firstname.lastname@example.com or can call us at: (022) – 30797709
Now, before we say farewell let us serve you the editorials for the contest. We are sure you would have enjoyed them after the contest, just like always. But here they are for you, once again.
That will be all from us for now. We will come soon with a new post, and with a new story to tell.
Till then, Happy Holidays and Happy Coding!
See you at the contests.
Team CodeChef
Lunchtimes at CodeChef remind us why we love hosting challenges for our young coders. The enthusiasm and effort that they show is worth a mention and October LunchTime 2015 was another opportunity to witness that. 1431 users competed in the race to win the coveted top spots in the challenge. Let's give you a play by play of what went down.
The dev team was sitting tight in their seats with much needed mugs of coffee. They had been prepping for the onslaught that the system would suffer soon.
Kickoff! The questions went live and the site traffic began. First time competitors and returning users alike, started hammering away at their keyboards – from the looks of the string of submissions.
The emitL problem was raging initially. Our young contestant mbrc of South Point High School cracked it in the first 6 minutes. Save the Nature submissions were next in line. The greens were few initially, but they started appearing towards the end of the quarter hour as everyone got into their groove. capawesome from Nancho Popovich Maths and Science High School Shumen was another front runner in the contest.
The heat then turned up and the results were simmering on the flame that was the problem set. We were tracking the progress as the users devoured the questions. A mention for c1_6 from Birla Vidya Niketan, another top contender who had emitL, Save the nature and Fast Squarer under his belt at the end of the hour.
Back at the office, the team was busy managing traffic, trying to ensure that everything runs smoothly. Empty coffee cups kept piling up on the tables.
In the last one hour of LunchTime, the simmer came to a full boil. In the last 60 minutes, the 'Estimating Progress' problem was putting up a fierce fight as users failed to get a full score on it. Meanwhile, the list of top contenders was losing names and adding new ones every moment, only to be shuffled again. Despite the ever-changing nature of this rank table, some of the contestants were hell bent on laying claim to the top rows. And they did.
The contest ends.
October LunchTime 2015 could not have been the same without our problem setters, testers and editorialists. They did a great job engaging young coders with their problem-set. The problems were dished out by Pavel Sheftelevich and tested by Sergey Kulik, while the editorials were prepared at length by Pawel Kacprzak.
We sign-off now, but not before giving you the juice on October LunchTime 2015.
Presenting the front runners-
From around the world
And some more tit bits:
Total Users: 1431
Total Submissions: 8700
Number of distinct users with correct submissions: 1073
Total users from India: 927
Total users not from India: 504
That will be all from team CodeChef, for now.
Until next time then.
Team CodeChef
The build up to October Mega Cook-Off 2015 was a tad like a ripple. We had seen a smoother September Cook-Off 2015; we had seen the tumultuous ACM-ICPC Asia-Amritapuri Site, First Round – Online Contest 2015 and a special mention to the disastrous August Cook-Off 2015. So we went into October Mega Cook-Off 2015 absolutely oblivious to what the coming 2:30 hrs had for us. And as they say "when uncertainty is high, plans should be specific, but flexible." And the only plan we had was to make COOK63 a smooth affair and few other variants of the same plan locked in the back of our mind. And that is how the October Cook-Off 2015 started. How it went though? We will see ahead.
As the clock was nearing 21:30 Hrs on Sunday, 18th October, 2015 the atmosphere here at CodeChef headquarters was getting tensed. The clear voices were now replaced by quite wispers and there was a shortage of fingers to cross. Skipping a heartbeat or two we were ready to welcome the COOK63. And as the clock struck 21:30 Hrs, October Cook-Off 2015 started to a jumping ovation from us, and we are sure, from some of you as well. The problem set of Jingbo Shang was live and accessible to all and sundry. And we could not have been happier. We have said this earlier as well, and we will say it again, nothing pleases us more than a smooth start to the contest. And we got one. It was now time to focus on how it was doing. So let us throw some light on its proceedings.
The problem set of Jingbo Shang was turning out to be a tough nut to crack, as after the first AC in the third minute on STEM, there was a scarcity of green ticks on the rank table. The participants were trying their hands alike on STEM and ASP. However, ASP found more love than STEM. With one ACM ICPC Indian regional over and two pending, the testing that this problem set would have given to all ACM ICPC aspirants would certainly be of great help to them in the coming time.
The testing for this testing problem set was done by Xiaoxu Guo. Accompanying Shang and Xiaoxu on the problem setting panel was Pushkar Mishra as editorialist, Sergey Kulik as Russian translator, Hu Zecong as Mandarin Translator, and VNOI Team as Vietnamese translator. Taking care of the proceedings as contest admin was, Praveen Dhinwa.
The testing nature of problem set could be understood from the fact that only djdolls and slimtashady in top 10 were able to keep a clean sheet on their score card. However, they too were not able to crack all the five problems of the contest. In fact none of the participants were. The highest number of problems solved in October Cook-Off was 4, by akash4983. The problem set kept the participants on the edge of their seats till the very last moments of the contest with everyone trying to get past one more problem and move several positions on the rank table. However, not many were able to get past more than two and among the very few that did, we had our winners. So, let us go and meet them.
We start with the ROW top 10:
And now, the Indian top 5:
A big round of applause to all you wonderful people adorning our rank tables and our contests.
We are now done with all the online rounds for ACM ICPC India regionals and are waiting for the results. So, while we wait let us put the paddle on the metal and get the final preps in place. We have the editorials of the October Cook-Off 2015 ready for you and we know you have gone through them, but here they are for you once more.
With that, this delayed train of posts which started with July Challenge 2015 around a few days back moves towards its final stop, the October LunchTime 2015. So, let us not delay it any further and move towards the final stop and hope for this series to run smoothly from here onward.
As always we would like to hear your thoughts about the contest, about the post, about anything in fact. We love hearing from you guys, so fire up your mailboxes and let us know your thoughts at: email@example.com
That will be all from us for now.
See you at the contests.
Team CodeChef
October was going to be a busy month. After all we were hosting the online rounds for all the three ACM ICPC regional sites in India. Combine that with our monthly contests and you hardly are left with any space to breathe. So pulled ourselves up, stacked up the energy drinks besides our desks, and went about our business as usual, taking one contest at a time. We started with October Challenge 2015.
The longer format of our Long Challenges allows the users to join in the contest at their leisure as opposed to the shorter format, where everything has to happen in that given 2:30 Hrs of the contest. This takes away the worry of the initial load on the servers when the contest starts. Giving our long challenges a polished start every time. The story was no different for October Challenge 2015. The contest started without even the smallest of flicker and the submissions started flowing.
The affect of looming ACM ICPC regionals was pretty apparent in the October Challenge, as we saw many new comers trying their hands on the problems. The increasing number of submissions on SUBINC and WDTBAM established the fact that everyone is taking their preparations rather seriously. In fact, we think it was the first instance when we saw two problems in the same contest getting over 4.5K submissions. If you know any other contest which has seen such huge number of submissions on single problem, kindly do let us know.
The frequently increasing number of submissions also meant a constant change of names on the rank tables, both the Indian as well as the ROW. And while the ROW table was dominated by the familiar big guns in anta0, mugurelionut, antoniuk1 and some others, we had two first timers, t1024 and ceilks, paving their way to the top battling the biggies. While ceilks has been part of our contests previously, it was the first contest for t1024. And to be among top 5 globally in the first contest sends a clear message to his counterparts. So, watch out for this budding champ.
The story of Indian rank table was even interesting as three out of the top 10 slots were occupied by our champs rajat1603, animesh_f, and dev127. To have them amongst some of the most celebrated student as well as professional programmers in India was sheer pleasure. We are sure they have set their eyes on the top slot and it's just a matter of time before we see any one of them or it could be someone else from the schools topping the Long Challenge tables. So, college goers pull up your socks and get your game straight. Now, to see the final standings for all our winners let us give you the final rank tables for the October Challenge 2015.
This time around as well we did not have any Women programmer in the first 100 participants of our long challenges. So, their prize again goes unclaimed. Come on ladies, we do not want to keep your prizes. Come up and grab them.
For now, let's start with ROW top 10:
The Indian top 20:
Now, our little geniuses from Schools, we start with ROW top 5:
The Indian top 5:
And finally, our special achievers with highest scores for challenge problem apart from the winners:
First, the ROW top 3:
And now, the Indian top 3:
Let us give a big round applause to all of you on your miraculous performances.
After the rank tables, it is time to look into the nitty gritties of the contest and find out what all did you missed during the contest or any minor aspect of the problems that might have stopped you from cracking them problems. And what better way to do that, then going through the editorials for the contest. They are up and ready to be devoured, so let us take you there.
That brings us to the end of the story of October Challenge 2015. We hope you enjoyed the rise of the debutants and the takeover of the school students. We now are left with October Cook-Off 2015 and October LunchTime 2015 before we bring this delayed train of blog posts on time. So, without further ado, we will move towards the next post in line.
Do let us know what you thought of the post and the contest itself. We love reading your guys, so do send in your thoughts at: email@example.com.
That will be all for now.
See you at the contests.
Team CodeChef
Registration – a word that everyone loathes, but cannot circumvent or miss it. This is why every registration date is of so much significance. And by the time we arrived at the September LunchTime 2015, we had the registration dates for both, IOI as well as ACM ICPC 2016. Now, we know you all are smart enough to not miss out on any of those dates, so without worrying about constantly reminding you about the last dates, we focused on getting you ready for the contests. And the only way we know to do that is by serving you the contests of highest order. So, we started getting the September LucnhTime 2015 ready for you all.
The responsibility for the early Sunday party went to the LunchTime veteran Sergey Kulik, who doubled as the problem setter and Russian translator for the contest. Following up on his footsteps we had Yanpei Liu, doubling as Mandarin translator and problem tester for the contest. And the Vietnamese translations came from Team VNOI. The editorials for the problems came from Pawel Kacprzak, while Praveen Dhinwa and Pushkar Mishra donned the admin hat and Rahul Arora proof read the problem statements. With IOI registrations opening few days from the LTIME28 it just the right time for all the school students to get their preparations going.
The seasoned problem setting panel used their experience to treat the participants with a problem set that not only will test them, but will also help them evolve as a competitive programmer. And that's exactly what they need ahead of a busy programming season ahead. And the participants received the problems with the same love and zeal. We started getting submissions right from the very first minute of the contest with SPALNUM getting the first submission of the contest. It also was the first AC for LTIME28. After the first submission in the first minute we started getting submissions almost every minute, with the number of submissions per minute fluctuating on both sides of scale.
There was not much happening on the rank tables in terms of changes in name occupying the top slots. However, the competition between our LunchTime pros yutaka1999, fleimgruber, meteora, rajat1603, kmcode, and additya1998 was constantly heating up. And it was only a matter of time before someone cracking an extra subtask or a complete problem to take advantage over the others. So, who was it going to be this time? We were in the final stages of the contest and we still did not have a clear name to paste on the top of rank table. However, after two unsuccessful attempts yutaka1999 cracked PATTMATC and took the lead over others. And it didn't take him too long to seal the contest in his favor as he solved MANYLIST with his first submission on it. We still had one hour left into the contest, so we were not drawing any conclusions till it was over. And now that it is long over, let us not keep you waiting to meet the winners of September LunchTime 2015.
We start with ROW top 10:
Now the Indian top 10:
A big round of applause for all the young champs!
It's editorials time. We hope you have already used them to good effect to strengthen your practice for the impending ZIO and ZCO. But if you have not, you can still do a lot with them. So, let us take you to them.
That brings us to the last segment of the post. Even though, it is a long delayed post, we hope we have succeeded in bringing in the real essence of the September LunchTime through it. However, if you have any reservations regarding the contest or the post, kindly do let us know. You can reach us at: firstname.lastname@example.com
That will be all for now.
See you all at the contests.
Team CodeChef
After the debacle that was August Mega Cook-Off 2015, the September Mega Cook-Off 2015 presented our engineering team with a chance to redeem themselves. It also put us all under tremendous pressure as it was the second of the three Mega Cook-Offs we were having this year and if anything goes south, we will only have one Cook-Off for selecting the 150 Indian ACM ICPC aspirants for their travel and registration reimbursements. Both of the aforesaid parameters hinted towards a high octane contest, for both, the organizers as well as the participants. Thankfully, it all went rather well for both. And how did it all happen? We will tell all in here. So let's start.
The sever glitches that hampered the August Cook-Off 2015 highlighted that fact that changes are needed in the contest environment and our engineering team was onto them fixes straight away. Among the many changes that they made, the most prominent one was the lighter contest environment. Right before the September Cook-Off we launched a much lighter version of the contest environment to ensure smoother starts for our contests and we saw the results immediately. The smooth start to the COOK62 was a huge sigh of relief for everyone here at office and few others praying and wishing for a smoother contest in different parts of the world. It's an incredible feeling to see your fixes withstanding the expectations and we were overjoyed with it. And now that we have had a smoother start to our contest, we wanted to make sure that remain this way till the very end, and it remained so. Yippy!
While all that was the tale of the pre-contest preps and fixes, let's see what happened during the contest. Normally in our Cook-Offs, the battle among the Indian programmers is to finish in top 20, while their global counterparts fight for a place in top 10. There also are few slots available in the special achievers category. However, when it comes to the Mega Cook-Offs, the battle among the Indian programmers becomes bigger and fiercer as they now compete for a slot in the top 75. With the increase of slots to fight for, the number of participants fighting also increases significantly. And it's that battle that earns these Mega Cook-Offs a special mention and a special recognition among the programming fraternity. The battles for this year are over and we hope all the top 75 candidates have received the intimation regarding their winnings and have responded to them accordingly.
While the battle on the Indian rank table was to secure the travel and registration reimbursements for the ACM ICPC India regionals, it was the good old fashioned rivalry at the ROW rank tables. The fight to the top started right from the start of the contest with ACRush making the first move with an AC on SPRNMBRS. It was only the 6th minute of the contest and we had seen submissions from the likes of xellos0, uwi, balajiganapath, lebron and many prominent names alongside ACRush. So, it is safe to say that the battle had started right from the first minute of the contest. It continued with dreamoon4 and notimesea joining in the party. With it, the three way battle to the top between ACRush, notimesea, and deamoon4 was on. And all of them very careful about every submissions they made into the contest and hence took their time to before making one. With 100% accuracy they were the frontrunners for the top slots and that's where they ended. However, to find out who ended where, let us stroll through the rank tables.
First, the ROW top 10:
Now, the Indian top 5:
Congratulations to everyone on their brilliant performance in the September Cook-Off 2015.
If you faced any trouble during the contest or had trouble understanding the concept behind any problem from the contest, you can refer to the editorials for the problems below. And with ACM ICPC regionals fast approaching, we strongly recommend you going through them.
Now, before we put pen down on this post, let us thank the people responsible for the contest. For COOK62 we had Kanstantsin Sokal making a return to the kitchen. He was accompanied by Jingbo Shang, as the tester and Lalit Kundu, contributing as the editorialist. The Russian, Mandarin, and Vietnamese translations for the problem set came from Vasia Antonuik, Gedi Zheng, and Team VNOI respectively. And their final company was Rahul Arora. Thank you gentlemen for yet another fulfilling problem set. We hope to see many more such contests in near future.
With that, it's time to put pen down on September Mega Cook-Off 2015 and move towards the final contest for the month, the September LunchTime 2015. We will soon be serving the story for September LunchTime, so keep watching this space. And while you wait, do let us know your thoughts on the post and the contest in the comments below or you can send them to us at: email@example.com
That will be all from us for now.
See you all at the contests.
Team CodeChef
The final few months of the year packs a whole lot of happiness. With the festivals lined up, there is a sense of joy and celebration in the environment. For the programmers, the joy doubles up with the arrival of ACM ICPC. To further elevate the festivities, we are ready with our contests to make sure that you do not miss out on any programming action, while you are busy celebrating any festival of your liking. This time it was September Challenge 2015.
While we had two debutants on the problem setting bench in LTIME27, we had three in Evgenij Artemov, Suhash Venkatesh, and Yuriv Rebryk for September Challenge. Joining the debutants on problem setting panel were Alex Gu, Andrii Mostovyi, Antoniuk Vasyl, Jakub Safin, Lalit Kundu, Misha Chorniy, Pavel Sheftelevich, and Shchetinin Kirill. The coming together of these fine programmers hinted towards a cracking contest. The testers' hat for the contest went to Kevin Artienza, while the editorials for the problems came from Suhash Venkatesh and Pushkar Mishra. The apt use of language was assured by Rahul Arora. With these fine gentlemen we were all ready for ten fine days of programming action. And we are sure you were too.
Let us take a walk back through the tipsy and tricky course of September Challenge 2015. Judging by the number of submissions each problem got, the problem set was a tad on the harder side. Was it though? At times it felt is wasn't, but as we moved into the latter stages of the contest, it started looking like it was a hard contest. The green tick that once ruled the rank tables was now overshadowed and beaten by a mixed assortment of WAs, TLEs, and other result status. That had very little effect on the flow of submissions into the contest as MSTEP was still finding the love from the participants. Other than MSTEP, the only problem that kept the submissions flow going was DONUTS and we hope you enjoyed it.
While MSTEP and DONUTS were getting all the love, problems like MGCH3D and TERVEC were making life tough for the participants in the final stages of the contest. And we knew that somewhere in those few ones who cracked the two aforementioned problems we have our winners. However, with the presence of names like ACRush, endagorion, mugurelionut and some others, it was really difficult to put your finger on one. So, we decided to let the contest run its course and meet the winners once they have been decided. And now that they have been, let us go and give our greetings to them.
First the ROW top 10:
Now, the Indian top 20:
After the big guns, let us meet the young champs from schools:
First, ROW top 5:
Now, the Indian top 5:
Now, the participants with highest score for the challenge problem CHTTRS, other than the winners:
First, the ROW top 3:
Now, the Indian top 3:
Congratulations to all you wonderful people on your amazing performances in the big fat September Challenge 2015.
Sadly, we did not have any women programmer inside the first 100 participants of the contest, so the prize for women category goes unclaimed. We hope that it will not remain unclaimed for too long and that we will soon meet our next women winners.
For those who want to sharpen their programming skills or just want to revisit the problems from September Challenge and get over that miniscule doubt that has been bugging them for over a month now, here are the editorials for the contest. Go munch on them.
With that we arrive at the final segment of the contest, where we ask you to send in your feedback or queries regarding the contest. So, as you know the routine we'll be waiting for your feedback, send them our way at: email@example.com
We hope you enjoyed the short trip to September Challenge 2015. If we have missed any important event or moment, kindly do let us know in your comments below.
That will be all for now.
See you at the contests.
Team CodeChef
Concealed deep into the corridor of August 2015, the August LunchTime 2015 was our final contest for the month of August 2015 and after what happened at COOK61, we wanted it to be a smooth affair. And that's exactly what we got. Even though the LunchTime programming series is aimed at the school students, it has found quite a lot of love from the seasoned programmers as well. We have seen many prominent names from the programming fraternity on our previous LunchTime rank tables. To compete alongside all those celebrated names must fuel up the aspirations of many young programmers and encourage them to constantly do well in what they are doing. With that thought, we sat for the August LunchTime and let us tell you how it all went. It will be yet another short, yet concise story. So, let us start.
The kitchen for August LunchTime 2015 had Sunny Agarwal and Amit Pandey as problem setters, Alex Gu as tester, and Prateek Gupta as editorialist. While, Amit and Sunny has the experience of setting problems for CodeChef, it was the first time for both Prateek Gupta and Alex Gu to contribute to CodeChef. So, we saw two debuts in our August LunchTime. How did you find our debutants, do let us know through your comments below. Overlooking the proceedings in the kitchen were our contest admins Praveen Dhinwa and Pushkar Mishra. The Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Russian translation for the problems came from Gedi Zheng, Khanh Xuan Nguyen, and Vitalij Kozhukhivskij respectively. That completed our problem setting panel for August LunchTime 2015. Now, let us see how you the contest advanced.
At CodeChef we have seen some stunning debuts in our contests. The August LunchTime 2015 is also a tale of one such debut. Our LTIME27 had a smooth start, both in terms of the site accessibility and the beginning of submissions on the problems, with first 100 submissions of the contest coming on MNMX. Some of them were AC, some of them were not. But that's how these contests move, don't they? With the flow of submissions steadying, we shifted our focus on the rank table. With kmcode, meteora, ptnk131627 and some other famous names dominating the school rank table; we were expecting a rather familiar final 10 tens.
r_64 although had different plans. Starting the contest right at the start with his first AC at 11:03 am, r_64 took his time to plan his climb atop the rank table. But, when you are competing against some of the best programmers across the globe, you will need planning. And we must say, he executed his plan to perfection with taking his time to solve the problems. It becomes rather clear with more than 1 hour of gap between his first and second submission into the contest. He did not take that much time for the third problem and gulped it immediately after the second. The final problem though, got him, with two incorrect submissions and over an hour of brain crushing. But, finally he found his way around in the very last minutes of the contest. Literally it was only 2 minutes remaining when r_64 cracked INVERT and took home the August LunchTime 2015. And we were all pleasingly surprised to see him top the rank table, beating some of the hot favorites.
Now, let us meet all our August LunchTime 2015 winners, who accompanied r_64 on the rank table.
We start ROW top 10:
Now, the Indian top10:
A big round of applause for our young champions making their schools and countries proud!
We hope to see many such pleasingly surprising debuts in our contests and we are sure we will see many.
Now, to help you strengthen your programming prowess let us give you the editorials for the August LunchTime 2015. Written by yet another debutant from LTIME27, these editorials will help you get over any doubt that you might have encountered during the contest.
It is time for us to move towards another contest and another delayed post. We hope you enjoyed the contest and its curtailed tale. If you have any doubts or feedback regarding the contest or its story, feel free to write to us at: firstname.lastname@example.com
That will be all for now.
See you at the contests.
Team CodeChef


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Regional water agency considering end to programs in response to lawsuit
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California may cancel five contracts with the San Diego County Water Authority in a dispute over litigation. Incentives in those contracts cover:
• Adding high-efficiency urinals, low-flow irrigation nozzles and synthetic grass at commercial, industrial and institutional sites
• Installing weather-based irrigation controllers, high-efficiency clothes washers and other residential conservation devices
• Training landscaping auditors
• Expanding low-water landscapes
• Recycling wastewater
Water customers in San Diego County would keep paying for conservation programs — but would not get rebates and other benefits — under a move being considered today by Southern California's regional water agency.
The Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District might take the action against San Diego in response to the county water authority's lawsuit last year over MWD's rate structure, claiming it's unfair to customers here.
The agency would invoke its "rate structure integrity" clause in response to the San Diego lawsuit. That contract language allows MWD to stop funding conservation and local water supply efforts in jurisdictions that challenge its rates.
San Diego County water officials said customers here will pay about $17 million this year for conservation programs as a part of the bill from MWD, which supplies water to about 19 million people across six counties. That money would still be charged, and likely would fund initiatives in other counties.
Programs under review include residential rebates such as $80 for people who buy weather-based irrigation controls and $85 for high-efficiency clothes washers. The Ramona Municipal Water District was counting on about $1.8 million over 20 years from the program for recycling wastewater.
"If the board votes to withhold funding under these programs, we think it's just plain out retaliation" for protecting San Diego's interests in court, said Keith Lewinger, general manager of the Fallbrook Public Utility District, who sits on Metropolitan's board.
He said the MWD policy is an attempt to take away San Diego County's right to challenge poor policies.
"You can't require somebody to waive their legal rights," Lewinger said.
San Diego Mayor
"At risk is the momentum of three years' worth of combined investments," he wrote to the agency.
MWD officials declined to discuss the issue. They have said that support of the agency's rate structure is needed to fund conservation and local supply initiatives.
"Any agency that receives financial incentives for various innovative water management programs and projects should also support the integrity of the rate structure that makes it possible," said Ronald Gastelum, then the CEO of Metropolitan, when the rate integrity program was enacted in 2004.
San Diego has four seats on the 37-member regional board, a minority position that has left local representatives feeling disadvantaged over water rates, supplies, expenses and other issues.
Rising water charges from MWD have sharpened the differences as local water leaders respond to public demands to control costs.
The county water authority, which serves 24 local water agencies, filed its lawsuit in Superior Court in June. San Diego contends that MWD charges more than the actual cost for transmission of water — and below the actual cost for the water itself.
That arrangement means ratepayers in San Diego County — at the southern end of the supply line — will pay $31 million too much this year, according to water authority figures. The overpayment subsidizes water customers elsewhere, the lawsuit argues. It also said the inequities will grow over time so that county residents will be overcharged $230 million in 2021.
Metropolitan lawyers have argued in court papers that the law gives them plenty of leeway to set rates, and that the agency "has at all times acted well within the confines of this discretion." They also said that representatives from San Diego County have voted in favor of the rate structure at least twice since 2002.
Metropolitan casts the lawsuit as an attempt by San Diego to foist its costs onto sister agencies.
"Outside of San Diego, there is overwhelming support for Metropolitan's current rate structure, which reflects an equitable and regional approach," the agency says on its webpage.
Lewinger said he and other local representatives will be asked to leave the room while the rest of the MWD board considers terminating some current conservation programs in San Diego County. Letters from Metropolitan show the agency has declined to process three county requests for new funding.
If the contracts are terminated, county water officials will have to decide whether to contest the move in court.
Dennis Cushman, assistant general manager at the county water authority, said county residents over the past seven years have received a 66 percent return on money they paid to MWD for conservation and local water supply programs.
He said any move by Metropolitan to cancel San Diego's incentives was "retaliatory and punitive."
"The water authority could very well be victorious in the rate lawsuit (and) still be forced to continue paying tens of millions of dollars of water stewardship rate payments each year — and be precluded from competing for any of those funds," he said.
Metropolitan adopted its "rate structure integrity" provision in 2004 to minimize disputes in the courts or the Legislature by threatening to stop paying incentives to agencies that sued over rates. Metropolitan cast the strategy as a way to maintain a steady stream of revenues for finding and conserving local sources of water.
County water officials have opposed Metropolitan's "integrity" language for years, calling it bad public policy and legally unenforceable.
"There is no other reason for the inclusion of this rate structure integrity clause other than to attempt to shield Metropolitan's rates from the scrutiny of the courts and the California Legislature," Cushman said.
At the Ramona water district, general manager Ralph McIntosh has accepted the chance that Metropolitan would pull funding over the water authority's lawsuit.
"My decision would be the same today," he said. "I have to look at the total cost regionwide. In the scheme of things to us, $1.8 million or $2 million is a big deal, but in the big scheme of things, it's small potatoes (compared the overall rate structure)."
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ST.LOUIS, Mo. - Dot Foods recently made a surprise donation for $5,720 to Youth In Need. Employees gathered for a cocktail reception at the home of Dot Foods CEO, John Tracy and his wife Linda, to help raise the funds for the local non-profit.
A photo of members of Dot's Charitable Committee presenting the check to Nancy Clark, community relations manager with Youth In Need can be found at http://budurl.com/DotYIN (from left to right: Jeanne Fernandez, brand manager; Carrie Augspurger, business development manager; Nancy Clark, community relations manager, Youth In Need; Andrea Saeger, marketing communications specialist; Chris Connolly, sales automation manager; and Joe Miller, e-commerce developer).
"This donation came as a complete surprise to us! When Dot called, I thought it was just an in-kind donation; I had no idea I'd be receiving such a generous donation," said Clark. "We are so thankful for any contributions, and have been so blessed by our relationship with Dot Foods."
More than 85 employees and guests attended the cocktail reception in late March. Employees were asked to donate $20 per person to attend the cocktail reception; the Dot Foods Charitable Committee and John and Linda Tracy personally matched each donation. This is the third year the Tracy's have hosted this event.
About Youth In Need
Youth In Need, a proud member of the United Way, is an eastern Missouri regional agency serving nearly 20,000 children, teens and families each year with residential group homes, homeless street outreach, education, counseling and support groups, foster care case management and infant, child and family development programs. Youth In Need's mission: Believing in the power of potential, Youth In Need's mission is to provide nurturing environments and educational opportunities so children, youth, and families will find safety and hope, achieve their goals, and build a positive future. Youth In Need's programs and services are funded, in part, by its 2012 Children's Partners, including Mercy as the Principal Partner. Visit www.youthinneed.org for a complete list of Youth In Need's Champion, Guardian, Trustee and Patron Partners.
About Dot Foods
Dot Foods and Dot Transportation continue to experience exceptional growth and are hiring in record numbers. Both companies are looking to fill several positions for full and part-time drivers and warehouse personnel in all eight locations. To learn more about careers at Dot Foods, visit www.dotfoods.com/careers and follow @DotFoodsCareers.
Dot Foods Inc. carries 105,000 products from 600 food industry manufacturers and is the largest food redistributor in the United States. Dot Foods distributes foodservice, convenience, retail and vending food products to distributors in all 50 states. Dot Foods operates eight distribution centers in: Modesto, Calif.; Vidalia, Ga.; Burley, Idaho; Mt. Sterling, Ill.; Cambridge City, Ind.; Williamsport, Md.; Liverpool, N.Y.; and Ardmore, Okla. For information, visit www.dotfoods.com.


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