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My college roommate was a very practical, unflappable, biology major with social anxiety. A dyed-in-the-wool Republican, she had met Ronald Reagan and the George Bushes. In contrast, I was a knee-jerk, bleeding-heart liberal that spoke first and thought later. At least about social issues.
Our friendship was founded on the fact that we had both curly hair. Ann and I bonded over our joined hatred of humidity and need for moisturizing hair products.
The night we traveled to her family's lake house during the last few weeks of our senior spring, it was very late. We were the first to arrive, but the rest of her family would be joining us the next morning for a long weekend of waterskiing and barbecues. I was installed in the attic bedroom – a large, carpeted space with lots of twin beds. It had the feel of a homey dormitory. There were windows at each end and a staircase in the middle. All of the rafters along the ceiling were exposed. Crawling under the quilt and switching off the small light on the nightstand, I lay in total blackness. Although I had been here a few times over the years, and had even slept in this very same bed, the house and its nighttime noises were utterly foreign. Loons were sobbing out on the lake. There were random splashes, which I presumed to be fish jumping. Tree branches brushed against the side of the house or the roof shingles, creating an eerie, hollow swooshing sound. The boat engines of nighttime fishermen would fire up and then disappear. It was so dark and noisy in that attic, I felt almost disoriented. It took me a moment to realize that the nearby rustling sounds were from a source that was indoors. Even after listing for several minutes, I could not identify the location. Now it sounded close … but seconds later it was more distant. I sat up and turned on the light. There was nothing.
I am a good sleeper and particularly skilled at falling asleep. Ann actually minored in neuropsychology and performed a study on the progression of unconsciousness. Every Sunday afternoon, we would meet at the lab and she would attach electrodes to my head to monitor the early stages of my sleep cycles.
It was such a tease. She always came in to wake me up right when I was getting comfortable. Her professor said I got to REM stage faster than anyone he had ever seen. I was proud of that… how very efficient of me.
But back at the lake, there was intermittent stirring from the far end of the attic. I waited a long while and, eventually, heard nothing further. I was almost asleep when the sound started up again, this time nearby. I sat up suddenly to see if I could hear better by startling whatever it was and gauging its reaction. I felt a breeze on my face.
In seconds, I was downstairs, "Uhhhh, Ann, I think there's something in the attic."
She sleepily asked, "Really? Like a mouse?"
"Um. No. More like a bird."
"Oh, probably a bat, let's go investigate," she suggested.
A bat?
She left the hall light on so there would be a little indirect light, and we lay quietly on the beds. It took the damn thing long enough to come out this time. So long that I was starting to wonder what I would do if Ann fell asleep, leaving me on watch alone. Then I started to worry that I had fabricated my fear. Maybe I hadn't actually heard anything. It really could have been the rustling of leaves and a cool draft from the window. Each passing minute increased my doubt.
Then a small black specter flitted from one side of the room to the other.
"Yep," she confirmed. "That's a bat."
"Oh, okay," I said. Neither of us moved.
Ummm … was this not a big deal? Ann was so still that I wondered, for a brief moment, if she had fallen back to sleep.
Then she rolled off the bed, staying low, motioning for me to follow. I released the breath I was holding and dropped to the floor, slinking down the stairway. Securing the door behind us, she explained, "You can't sleep with those things. My brother'll flush it out tomorrow."
I slept in her parents' room that night, briefly wondering whether they had clean sheets in the linen closet so I could change the bedding in the morning. Then it was onto REM.
After breakfast, Jeremy arrived and disappeared upstairs with his hunting dog, a barrel-chested black lab named Cinder. Ann's brother has always hunted and fished and built things. With a wiry build, ropey muscles and clear eyes, he's the kind of guy you'd want to be trapped on a desert island with. Or the leader you would choose during a zombie apocalypse. For his part, Cinder was more enthusiastic than predatory. From the kitchen, where we sipped coffee, Ann and I could hear clanging and thunking as Jeremy moved furniture and Cinder bounded from one end of the attic to the other. After an hour or so, they had still found no trace of a bat but, because the vent at the far end of the room had been rotated to a slightly open position, Jeremy suspected the creature had found its own way out.
"All clear," he declared. And I didn't question his assessment. I slept in that attic for the rest of my stay without a worry. Such a determinative proclamation from a relative expert was all I needed.
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Hawaii may be an expensive site to visit, but here is a list of enjoyable activities which do not involve prices which are steep: one. Tourists might still drop by the remarkable museums of Hawaii. Aside from learning more about the history and culture of this great state, a visit to the museums won't cost you much.
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Footage has emerged showing a war veteran in Saint Petersburg, Russia, taking on thugs who insulted his man bag.
The incident began in a fast food restaurant, with the yobs taunting the former soldier about his bag. The veteran, seen wearing a black hat in the video, had reportedly been trying to order the food when he heard the other men discussing his bag.
One of the men sneered how it was 'feminine looking', making inappropriate and homophobic remarks about the soldier as they speculated about his sexuality.
After being referred to as 'gay', the unnamed soldier removed the bag from his shoulder and proceeded to punch the bully in the face.
The veteran is then approached by another yob, who he swiftly knocks to the floor. A third man then comes over and appears to be attempting to calm the situation. However, he also receives a powerful punch.
The former soldier then returns to clobbering the first man who crossed him, before hitting the other two with a chair.
The third group member can then be seen apparently explaining himself to the soldier, who heads over to offer an apology to the restaurant staff. He's then seen shaking the peacemaker's hand.
The altercation was captured on CCTV, with the footage later being posted online.
Many of those who've seen the footage have taken to social media to praise the ex-soldier for standing up for himself.
One appreciative woman, by the name of 'Lena Semechkova', wrote:
Those bullies got what they deserved! Love it!
While another applauded the veteran, writing:
The veteran is awesome. Respect!
According to local media, the veteran had fought during the Second Chechen War, which took place between 1999 and 2009.
The incident is not currently being investigated by police as the veteran was not reported.
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In late 2016, President Barack Obama designated 1.35 million acres of land in southeast Utah as Bears Ears National Monument. Rich in history and unsurpassed in natural beauty, Bears Ears is at the heart of a national debate over the future of public lands.
In Voices from Bears Ears: Seeking Common Ground on Sacred Land, writer Rebecca Robinson and photographer Stephen Strom capture the passions of those on opposing sides of the Bears Ears battle. Native American tribes seek to protect sacred ancestral lands; a coalition of conservation-minded citizens and organizations have supported them. Those who oppose the monument see a federal "land grab" that threatens to rob local people of an economic future by limiting income from ranching and mining. What unites these individuals is a reverence for a homeland that defines their cultural and spiritual identity. Therein lies hope for finding common ground.
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German Factory Orders and Eurozone Retail Sales were terrible yesterday, and it didn't do the euro any favours which slid below 1.08 against the dollar, an important milestone on its way down from failing the important psychological level of 1.10. Most speculators now expect a retest of recent lows, and we are seeing more analysts calling for parity and beyond. Morgan Stanley actually entered a long EURUSD position hoping to see 1.16, but they are getting close to their stop at 1.07 – it looks like Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas' trades targeting 1.073 and 1.04 respectively are more likely to be winners. No more data from the Eurozone now until Wednesday next week, which sees the monthly ECB press conference post-rate announcement, and CPI on Friday.
The FOMC meeting minutes showed a split in opinions on when the first hike should occur. 'Several' members expected a hike in June, whilst 'a couple' preferred to wait until 2016. The ubiquitous excuse of inclement weather made an appearance in part of an explanation of recent sluggish growth figures. The stronger dollar was given as a reason for growth forecasts being revised down, and the mot du jour 'patience' is back, with policymakers saying that the improvement in factors such as unemployment warrants the removal of forward rate guidance but that 'the committee would remain patient in beginning to normalise the stance of monetary policy' whatever that means.
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The Angry Birds Movie 2
Red, Chuck, Bomb and the rest of their feathered friends are surprised when a green pig suggests that they put aside their differences and unite to fight a common threat. Aggressive birds from an island covered in ice are planning to use an elaborate weapon to destroy the fowl and swine.
Running Time: 1hr, 36min
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Family
Premiere Date: Jan 01, 1970
IMDB Rating: 6.5
Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Peter Dinklage, Sterling K. Brown, Leslie Jones, Awkwafina, Rachel Bloom, Zach Woods, Eugenio Derbez, Brooklynn Prince, LilRel Howery, Dove Cameron, Beck Bennett, Nicki Minaj, JoJo Siwa, David Dobrik, Colleen Ballinger, Pete Davidson, Tiffany Haddish, Maya Rudolph, Anthony Padilla, Tony Hale, Faith Margaret Kidman-Urban, Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban, Alma Versano, Genesis Tennon
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The Boston Bruins took on arguably the most dangerous hockey player Tuesday night in Alex Ovechkin, but it was Andre Burakovsky who did the damage early at TD Garden.
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Will Chevron Outperform the Other Supermajors?
With shares of Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) trading around $116.50, is the company an OUTPERFORM, a WAIT AND SEE, or a STAY AWAY? Let's analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework:
C = Catalysts for the Stock's Movement are Positive
Chevron reported fourth-quarter earnings of $7.2 billion, or $3.70 per diluted share, a 43.4 percent gain on the year-ago period and ahead of expectations of $3.04 per share. Sales and operating revenue for the quarter fell 3.4 percent to $56 billion, mainly due to lower crude oil volumes.
For the quarter, earnings from upstream operations increased 19.5 percent to $6.8 billion. Downstream operations moved from a loss of $61 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 to gains of $925 million in the fourth quarter of 2012.
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|Upstream Earnings ($) in millions
|Downstream Earnings ($) in millions
"We've now led the industry in earnings per barrel for over three years," said John Watson, chairman and CEO. "In the downstream business, we completed a multiyear plan to streamline the asset portfolio," he added.
Shares closed the regular session up 1.17 percent on the Friday the report was released.
E = Equity-to-Debt Ratio is Close to Zero
While Chevron's debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09 looks pretty attractive, it's not best in class. Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) edges it out at just 0.07, but Chevron does come in ahead of BP (NYSE:BP) at a relatively high 0.42.
It's also important to look at total debt and total cash on hand, which for Chevron is $12.34 billion and $21.58 billion, respectively. Exxon Mobil has total debt of $12.42 billion, and a relatively small war chest of $13.06 billion. BP comes to the table with $41.32 billion in debt and $16.36 billion in cash as of the third quarter.
T = Technicals on the Stock Chart
As of February 1, Chevron's stock price was 2.69 percent above its 20-day simple moving average, or SMA; 6.36 percent above its 50-day SMA; and 8.70 percent above its 200-day SMA.
Since the beginning of 2013, the stock price has been in a fairly pronounced upward trend, rising 7.73 percent this year to date and rising 16.78 percent year over year.
As a benchmark, the S&P 500 (in orange) has risen 6.10 percent year to date, and has risen 14.28 percent year over year.
T = Trends Support the Industry in which the Company Operates
The increasing role of natural gas in the energy mix is changing the types of acquisitions supermajors are making. Hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have made accessing shale oil and gas reserves much more financially feasible, and as a result production in North America is ramping up. The IEA predicts that North America will become the world leader in oil production by 2020. Exporting U.S. oil is slated to look very attractive in the coming future.
By successfully drilling in Australia and Indonesia and buying land in Poland and Bulgaria, Chevron has strengthened its global position. Oil and gas companies have been dubious about inland European production, but advancing technology makes shale deposits there easier to access. The vast majority of demand for oil and gas heading through 2035 is expected to come from China, India, and other rapidly industrializing nations. OECD nations are expected to offset increased energy demands with higher efficiencies and renewable energy. Strong production facilities in Australia and Indonesia can help Chevron get ahead of U.S. exports.
Chevron is trading at a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.55, which compares to Exxon Mobil at 9.50 and BP at 8.13, making it slightly more expensive than its major competitors. The company has a dividend of 3.09 percent.
Analysts favor Chevron with a majority "Buy" rating and a mean price target about 6 percent higher than its February 1 closing price. Of all the supermajors, Chevron feels particularly well placed to capitalize on the rapidly-changing energy landscape. Because of this and the metrics mentioned above, Chevron looks like a long-term OUTPERFORM.
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Shared Health Services Names New Chief Compliance and Training Officer
Nancy Paez, BSN, RN, CWCN, ACHRN, LNC, CWS, DAPWCA has been named by Shared Health Services as its Chief Compliance and Training Officer.
Johnson City, TN, August 31, 2018 --(
)-- Shared Health Services, a Tennessee based wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy management company, has named Ms. Nancy Paez, BSN, RN, CWCN, ACHRN, LNC, CWS, DAPWCA as its Chief Compliance and Training Officer. In announcing the appointment of Ms. Paez, the company's President and CEO, David Davis, stated, "Nancy brings a wealth of wound care knowledge and expertise to her new role. We are honored to have her as part of our corporate team."
Ms. Paez has served in several prestigious leadership roles and obtained several awards including:
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It is estimated that over 6.5 million Americans suffer from chronic or hard to heal wounds. Hospital based Wound Care Centers are staffed with specially trained physicians and nurses who work in conjunction with the patient's primary care physician. Together they work to diagnosis and treat a variety of chronic, or non-healing, wounds. The wounds treated often include arterial ulcers, diabetic and neuropathic ulcers, lower extremity edema (swelling of the feet and/or ankles), pressure injuries or ulcers, problem surgical wounds, animal and insect bites, trauma wounds and venous stasis ulcers.
Shared Health Services, in conjunction with its partner hospitals, offers evidence based wound care which is proven to reduce complications and amputations related to these chronic, non-healing wounds. During a typical visit to a Wound Care Center a patient will undergo a complete assessment, wound measurement and photographs, debridement to aid in the removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue by surgical or other means to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue, infectious disease management, laboratory and vascular evaluation, advanced wound dressings, compression dressings, prosthetic and pressure relief assistance, negative pressure wound therapy and/or hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
In accepting her new position Ms. Paez stated, "In the ever changing landscape of wound care and hyperbaric medicine in this country, it is critical to be clinically well educated and current. Understanding the trends of the regulatory bodies and payers is an essential part of ensuring our hospital partners will continue to enjoy delivering the highest quality clinical care to their communities without concern for compliance issues or future negative exposure. I am excited to be joining this team of extraordinarily talented people who put patients first and guide providers and clinicians to provide superior care in an atmosphere of trust, integrity and good will."
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Nov 28, 2017 04:12 PM|NavnathK|LINK
I have created a multi-threaded Client-Server Console application.
But my client can not be only console application. It can be browser also.
I am posting my Server source code here:
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using ServerData; using System.Net.Sockets; using System.IO; using System.Threading; using System.Net; namespace Server { class Server { static Socket listenerSocket; static List<ClientData> clients; static void Main(string[] args) { Console.WriteLine("Starting a Server:" + Packet.GetIp4Addresses()); listenerSocket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp); clients = new List<ClientData>(); //Create IP end point IPEndPoint ipe = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse(Packet.GetIp4Addresses()), 27015); //Bind the server socket to machine address listenerSocket.Bind(ipe); //Create listen thread and start Thread listenThread = new Thread(ListenThread); listenThread.Start(); } //Listener that listens every client connection static void ListenThread() { for (;;) { //Listen to client socket that is trying to connect to this Server listenerSocket.Listen(0); //Add connected client to list of Clients for broadcasting purpose clients.Add(new ClientData(listenerSocket.Accept())); } } //Run the client thead which handles every client individually public static void Data_IN(object cSocket) { Socket clientSocket = (Socket)cSocket; byte[] Buffer; int readByteSize; for (;;) { try { Buffer = new byte[clientSocket.SendBufferSize]; readByteSize = clientSocket.Receive(Buffer); if (readByteSize > 0) { //Handle Data Packet p = new Packet(Buffer); DataManager(p,clientSocket); } } catch (SocketException e) { Console.WriteLine("Client disconnected!!"); Console.ReadLine(); Environment.Exit(0); } } } public static void DataManager(Packet p,Socket clientSocket) { switch (p.packetType) { case Packet.PacketType.Chat: clientSocket.Send(p.toBytes()); break; } } } class ClientData { public Socket clientSocket; public Thread clientThread; String id; public ClientData() { id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(); clientThread = new Thread(Server.Data_IN); clientThread.Start(clientSocket); SendRegistrationPacket(); } public ClientData(Socket clientSocket) { this.clientSocket = clientSocket; id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(); clientThread = new Thread(Server.Data_IN); clientThread.Start(clientSocket); SendRegistrationPacket(); } public void SendRegistrationPacket() { Packet p = new Packet(Packet.PacketType.Registration, "server"); p.GData.Add(id); clientSocket.Send(p.toBytes()); } } }
Here are my questions:
1. I have only handled client request from console client application. I also have to handle it from Web page. How can I differentiate this request type?
2. For each client request, I have to maintain session by a cookie [session cookie]. For this, my server needs be a HTTP server? I really don't understand how my above Server implementation is different from HTTP server?
3. If my server implementation is correct, how can I create session using session cookie and send it back to client?
Thank you in advance!
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Nov 28, 2017 05:04 PM|bruce (sqlwork.com)|LINK
1) normally the accept header is used to request html or json. also it common to an ajax only header.
2) the mvc server adds a request pipeline that supports middleware. one of the middleware packages is session support. another common package is authentication.
3) in your approach you code session or any other common package support from scratch.
Nov 30, 2017 06:10 PM|NavnathK|LINK
Thank you for your reply.
Could you please explain point #1? I want to differentiate the request type. Client request can be from either web page or windows command line.
So client can be of two types , web browser or windows command prompt. So, my question is how can I differentiate this request type? How can I determine whether client request has come from web browser or windows command line?
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Dec 01, 2017 06:34 AM|Edward Z|LINK
Hi NavnathK,
What is the type of the Console App? Do you use .NET Framework Socket or Microsoft.AspNetCore Sockets? Based on the reference, it seems to be .NET Socket, is it?
>> But my client can not be only console application. It can be browser also.
What is browser type? Do you mean your client will be web application? If so, will the client be JS or web backend code like C#?
Will you listen on specific port only, the client could be anyone to send message with their own implementation, or, both the client the server will be written by you?
From Socket object, I think we could not identify the request type. The only option I could think is to add identifier to the begin of the message.
A demo code like:
//Server Code // An incoming connection needs to be processed. while (true) { bytes = new byte[1024]; int bytesRec = handler.Receive(bytes); data += Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes, 0, bytesRec); if(data.IndexOf("<Web>")>-1) { } else if (data.IndexOf("<Console>") > -1) { } else { break; } } //Client code var data = "<Web>Hello from Web"; // Encode the data string into a byte array. byte[] msg = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(data); // Send the data through the socket. int bytesSent = sender.Send(msg);
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Malaysia, the last country to have implemented GST before India, has decided to scrap the Goods and Services Tax from June 1, barely three years after its roll-out, even as India is gung ho on prospects of its biggest indirect tax reform. The newly appointed government in Malaysia announced on Wednesday to bring down goods and services tax to zero from June 1, effectively abolishing it, a move that is likely to spur spending in the Southeast Asian nation but put pressure on its fiscal position, Reuters reported. It was during the last political regime in the country that GST was implemented in the year 2015 amid lower oil prices. The new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had promised in his election campaign to get rid of the 6 percent GST so as to address the rising cost of living.
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There's something somewhat frightening, yet utterly liberating when leaving the confines of a successful band to venture solo — especially a band whose latest record was called "effortlessly brilliant" by critics. But, such is the case with Erika Wennerstrom who is taking a break from her Austin-based rock band, Heartless Bastards, to deliver her solo debut Sweet Unknown.
"It was a really freeing experience," reveals the singer/songwriter/guitarist. "I found my strength in my vulnerability as an artist, and really, just as a person. It kind of forced me to allow myself to be a little more exposed and stand on my own two feet. I feel like I've grown a lot creatively and personally."
But fans of Heartless Bastards — which has released five critically- acclaimed albums since their 2003 inception, appeared on many late night television shows, and has drawn praise from Rolling Stone, Time, New York Times — need not worry. The band has not broken up. "We'd been going for so long and everyone in the band was just ready for a little break. But I had songs in me that needed to come out. I didn't think it was fair to push them to keep going and I didn't want to do it without them under the band name," explains Wennerstrom, who enlisted the help of HB's Jesse Ebaugh to play bass on 8 of the 9 tracks on Sweet Unknown.
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While Wennerstrom has always been honest in the Heartless Bastards songs she's written, the 9 tracks that make up Sweet Unknown are even more personal and reflective, and for her, quite transformative as well.
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The album kicks off with the feel-good roadtrip vibes of "Twisted Highway," which Wennerstrom says sums up her musical journey on Sweet Unknown. She explains, "'Twisted Highway' is the process of learning more self-awareness and self-acceptance. Writing songs over the years has forced me to do a lot of self reflection, and I haven't always liked what I see. I really needed to change my way of thinking though. I chose to focus on the negatives within myself. I really needed to stop and take a look at what's good in my life."
On the somber psych-rocker "Staring Out the Window," the artist digs even deeper into the inner workings of her mind. "It's about discovering a pattern I established when I was young where when I'm around someone dark, unkind, or full of anger, I tend to internalize it and blame myself. I learned that sometimes we feel comfortable around people that aren't good for us because they feel familiar, but that can be the unhealthy pattern. I had to learn how to love myself more and break this pattern," she says.
Wennerstrom attributes her deep emotional journey, in part, to two pivotal trips in the past year, which resulted in 400 voice notes on her phone with various lyric and melody ideas. "I went down to the Amazon jungle in 2015 right before the last Heartless Bastards record, Restless Ones, was released. I was at a point where I was deeply unhappy, and on a whim, I decided to do an Ayahuasca [pronounced eye-uh-wah-ska] retreat. Despite the idea frightening me, I felt I needed something to change with in me so bad that I had nothing to lose. It really opened the door and started me on a path to many self realizations," she says.
Ayahuasca (an Amazonian hallucinagenic plant used in Shamanic healing ceremonies) is often used to help people break through emotional and creative barriers. For Wennerstrom, the experience helped her let go of the push-and-pull of ego and self-doubt. "It helped me be free to be honest with myself and put out what I think is my most honest record ever. It used to take me a while to get to that vulnerable place in my writing, but I got there faster this time. It just felt easier, more natural, and not as much second-guessing," she says.
The upbeat and optimistic "Letting Go" epitomizes that experience. "It's about letting go of what doesn't serve me anymore. I came to the realization that we all as human beings have an inner struggle. Sometimes even people that have so much are hard on themselves with a sense of guilt. We're all just doing the best we can in each moment. Some maybe more consciously than others. Perhaps it's my limited perspective, but I feel it's the human condition — an ancient feeling," she says.
Soon after the band decided to take a hiatus the following year, she also spent quite a bit of time hiking and reflecting in the mountains of West Texas in Big Bend National Park. Explaining the impact of that trip, she says, "That's where a lot of the ideas for the album came to me, and I spent the next year working on it. The song "Extraordinary Love" is the realization I do everything in my life for love. We all want to be liked and to give and receive love. If I can't be kind and loving to myself how can I expect anybody else to. It's starts with me. I find the most extraordinary thing is to be truly compassionate to yourself."
"Good To Be Alone" is just one sonic outcome of her Big Bend trip. "I wrote this one right after a long tour, and with it being one of the last ones the band did before our hiatus, I had quite a lot to think about. I did a big hike that day in Big Bend and the seeds for the idea were planted. I was so thankful for that time alone to recharge and ponder. This song expresses how deeply introverted I can be at times and how sometimes I just need to step away and take some time for myself," she says.
Clearly, that time alone was time well-spent. With Sweet Unknown, Erika Wennerstrom bravely invites the listener in to experience her trials and tribulations of life amidst a lush soundscape of deeply emotive vocals and melodies to what is ultimately the soundtrack to her soul.
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The water shortage due to the Sungai Langat, Cheras Batu 11 and Ampang treatment plants producing only 301 million litres of treated water a day (mld) or 43 per cent of their normal output, has led to water rationing last Friday for 207 areas in the Klang Valley, which would have water supply for 12 hours daily on alternate days between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m.
There is an urgent need for an efficient water rationing exercise for these 207 areas, as there are too many complaints that the announced schedules for the water supply for the areas whether in Zone A (which covers Kuala Lumpur and Petaling areas) or Zone B (Hulu Langat and Gombak areas) are not being adhered to.
Water distribution by tankers is another sore point among the people. The Selangor Mentri Besar, Datuk Hassan Omar, said that the Selangor Waterworks Department is working with only 47 water tankers and 170 static tanks, when it actually needs 1,300 tankers and 4,000 static tanks.
After chairing a top-level meeting at the City Hall headquarters yesterday to seek solutions to the water shortage crisis, the Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that the number of tankers sent to the affected areas would be increased by more than 60 from the 70 already deployed.
This increase is clearly most inadequate and a greater sense of urgency is needed to address the water shortage crisis in the Klang Valley.


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Municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) is a method of waste valorization whose overall sustainability depends on the effective removal of the gaseous contaminants generated. Hydrogen chloride (HCl) is a typical pollutant formed in waste combustion. Dry processes based on its reaction with basic powders such as calcium hydroxide are among the state-of-the-art best available technologies for MSWI flue gas treatment. An experimental investigation of the heterogeneous reaction process between hydrogen chloride and calcium hydroxide in the temperature range between 120 and 180 °C was carried out. A laboratory-scale fixed bed reactor connected to a Fourier transfrom infrared (FTIR) spectrometer was used for the online continuous monitoring of HCl conversion. Solid reaction products were characterized using thermogravimetric analysis and X-ray diffractometry. The experimental data collected were used to validate a fundamental kinetic model for the description of the gas–solid reaction between Ca(OH)2 and HCl. A sensitivity analysis was carried out to assess the importance of the different temperature-dependent parameters in the model. The results allow an improved understanding of the heterogeneous reaction process that is applied in acid gas dry removal processes.


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Fletcher Priest Architects has unleashed a 'reign of terra' in Newbury, Berkshire, for its controversial hq for Vodafone. The eight offices around a lake in a shallow greenfield valley will be faced in terracotta, glass and cedar. The 52,000m2 complex will be linked by tented canopies and a glass bridge. It will include cafes and a jogging track, and in total will cost around £120 million. The 3400-staff design, blasted by the Council for the Protection of Rural England, was approved last week. Work is due to finish in 2003.
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Im a making a mod that needs pumpkins to spawn in the world. I made a texture where it does not have a face when i make it a plant i can obly use 1 texture for the whole thing and in game its in a X shape.
Also if i make it a block and make it spawn in world i cant find any + they spawn under ground.
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You might have to make it its own biome and just make it super small and as rare as you need it. I'm not sure.
When you set world spawn for your pumpkin set it over ground


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When a national plastics maker announced plans to grow its operations in Pineville, local economic development leaders and politicians were thrilled. The $15 million expansion of Plastipak would generate 10 new full-time jobs, paying salaries of about $40,000 a year.
But there was a little twist: The Rapides Parish government was being asked to forgo about $1.8 million in tax revenue over the next 10 years.
In the past, parish officials had never been required to give deals like this much thought. For the past 80 years, such giveaways were granted — more or less automatically — by the state, to any manufacturer that met the guidelines of Louisiana's industrial tax exemption program. Pretty much any Louisiana manufacturer making a capital investment of any size qualified. Over the decades, the break cost local governments tens of billions of dollars in tax revenue.
Louisiana's costliest incentive program allowed manufacturing companies to cut jobs while saving billions in taxes
Over the past 20 years, Exxon Mobil has been exempted from paying almost $700 million in property taxes that would have otherwise helped pay f…
Now, for the first time ever, local police jury members and school board members, along with the sheriff, would get to decide whether Plastipak would get the tax break that would come out of their budgets. Gov. John Bel Edwards changed the rules last year, with potentially dramatic effects, and Plastipak found itself among the first round of companies testing the waters of a revamped program.
After a rollicking debate about whether they'd lose the business, whether they should give up the tax money, and whether they should even be making such decisions, both of the elected boards in Rapides Parish approved the exemptions. But just barely. The sheriff also signed off. Local officials also briefly considered and then rejected a measure that would have approved, on a blanket basis, all tax exemptions that came before them.
"The boards in both cases were coming to grips with the fact that they have this new responsibility," said Jim Clinton, the president of the Central Louisiana Economic Development Alliance, an organization tasked with attracting businesses to the region. "But we have no staff history of how to go about this, no policy history of how to go about this, and yet there's a timetable that needs to be adhered to and a company waiting that shouldn't be penalized because we're all learning how to do this on the fly."
Before Edwards' 2016 executive order, the state's behemoth industrial tax exemption was such a reliable giveaway that Louisiana Economic Development described it as basically a part of the state's tax code rather than an incentive program. It's also by far the costliest giveaway in Louisiana, which has been plagued by red ink in part because of the proliferation of such tax breaks.
While the industrial tax exemption cuts local property taxes rather than state taxes, it affects government finances at both levels, because the state winds up paying for many services that would ordinarily be handled by local governments were they not so revenue-starved.
The shake-up in the industrial tax break is something watchdog groups say was sorely needed, but many economic development and industry groups worry it will stifle investment and growth.
So far, only a handful of parishes have gotten an opportunity to exercise their new authority, a task they've taken on with varying levels of enthusiasm. Some groups say the shift in power has only created competition for business among parishes, while others say they're happy to have some say in whether they give away property taxes that could otherwise pay for police protection, schools, roads, libraries and parks.
Almost every tax-exemption application that has gone before a local governing authority — about a dozen projects to date — has been approved so far, leading some critics to ask whether this key reform to the multibillion dollar property tax giveaway has really changed anything. Only Calumet Specialty products, a hydrocarbon and fuel products manufacturer in Shreveport, was unsuccessful in getting its application approved by the local government, in part because the company was unable to illustrate job creation. But firm officials indicated they plan to bring their application back for consideration after retooling it.
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For years, the industrial tax exemption worked like this: Any manufacturer, from a small brewery making craft beer to a billion-dollar oil refinery, could apply to the state for a property tax exemption on the value of any new capital investment. The new project wouldn't be subject to property tax for 10 years. Identical breaks could also be applied to routine improvements and upgrades.
There was no minimum investment required to receive the giveaway, nor was there any requirement that the new investment would create even a single job — or, for that matter, preserve the ones that already existed. In many cases, the improvements resulted in efficiencies that allowed manufacturers to cut jobs over time.
But perhaps the strongest critique of the program was that locals got no say in whether they wanted to forgo the taxes owed to them.
That changed with last year's executive order. Under Edwards' revamp, local taxing bodies — parish councils or police juries, plus sheriffs and school boards — have to submit cooperative endeavor agreements indicating they approve the exemption before the state board can actually award it. The tax exemptions can also be scaled back, depending on what the local government wants to give up. For instance, the locals can give up 100 percent of property taxes or a smaller percentage of their choosing.
And different taxing entities can opt to award varying levels of exemptions. For example, a sheriff refuses to give the tax break and collect 100 percent of taxes owed to his office, while a school board can take 50 percent and a parish council can award a full exemption. Industry leaders say this is another complicating factor for the companies.
In what so far has proved to be the most significant change, Edwards cut the life of the tax exemption to eight years instead of 10; he also ordered the exemption to be capped at 80 percent for the last three years. Routine upgrades are no longer allowed to be included, and job creation or retention has to be considered.
At a minimum, those changes will trim the cost of the program by a quarter.
"I sought to make the program as beneficial as possible to everyone in Louisiana," Edwards said. "That includes the people who work at manufacturing sites in Louisiana, the people who own manufacturing operations in Louisiana and the people in our communities who benefit from a fair and reasonable tax on the value of that manufacturing property."
Parishes have responded in a variety of ways. Some said they were apprehensive about their new responsibilities, adding that the result is that parishes are now competing against each other for projects.
Kevin Couhig, president of West Feliciana Parish, said his plan is to make it easy for businesses by offering a promise that any firm that meets the minimum requirements for the tax exemption will be pre-approved for the maximum benefit.
"My belief is that the greatest incentive you have is not worth much if there's uncertainty about whether a prospect will get them," Couhig said. "What we've chosen to say is that if a prospective manufacturing business wants to relocate or expand in West Feliciana, we'll preapprove you."
That's tough to compete with, said East Baton Rouge Parish Councilman Matt Watson.
"The fact that we're competing with every other surrounding parish here does put us in a situation where we have to be a little more generous," Watson said. "We may be motivated by the negotiations of an adjacent parish. The main deal here is that West Baton Rouge has the same access to things to resources as we do. Exxon Mobil's lubricants factory is on the other side of the river, so who is to say they won't just decide to build more things on the West Baton Rouge side?"
In East Baton Rouge Parish, local officials aren't in complete agreement about which exemptions should be approved. So the local governments plan to create a rubric that spells out minimum investment and job requirements; that way, business owners can reasonably expect to be approved if their project meets those targets. However, the local groups have yet to create that matrix and have been split about which local officials will help craft the guidelines. They have already had to approve one tax exemption — for Tin Roof Brewery — before establishing guidelines.
Rapides Parish leaders have also decided to establish a rubric to guide their future decisions.
But in Ascension Parish, council chairman Bill Dawson said he eschews that idea because he believes it limits flexibility and he doesn't want to have his hands tied. As of now, the Ascension Parish Council and the school board have opted to take each project on a case-by-case basis.
Dawson also said he's not entirely convinced that it's a good thing that local boards wield this new power.
"We have this authority we didn't have before, and it puts us in competition with our neighboring parishes," he said. "We're not excited about that. We think the region and Louisiana should be trying to attract projects."
Greg Bowser, president of the Louisiana Chemical Association, is also not a fan of the changes, which he said will stifle industrial growth in Louisiana.
"It's made it more complicated to get a contract," Bowser said. "There's no certainty anymore."
Well, frankly, that's the point, said Together Louisiana leader Broderick Bagert, whose organization has been trying to draw attention across the state to the shortcomings of the tax exemption.
Bagert and other members of his group have spent the last few months meeting with local elected officials, highlighting the historic waste of the tax exemption program and urging local leaders to exercise their new discretion when deciding on the next one.
Bagert said he'd like to see local governing groups establish minimum criteria, like East Baton Rouge and Rapides parishes have done. Absent some standards, he's concerned the program will continue on much as it did before, without any real consideration given to kind of return on investment it is providing.
"These wasteful subsidies could go back to where they belong: To our schools, to our sheriffs, in our pockets and all the places where our communities really need investments," he said. "It's potential is really big, if and only if local government takes their responsibility as taxpayers as seriously as they ought to."