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Far from the hype that has built to an unprecedented pitch, 84-year-old Bud Riley will sit at his home in British Columbia and watch ESPN's broadcast of the game. And he has more invested in the game than just being a fan.
He twice worked as an assistant coach at OSU. And his son Mike Riley is the Beavers head coach.
Mike Riley is often portrayed as the Corvallis kid who made good, but that's just part of the picture.He also is very much his father's son, a football coach who has lived the vagabond lifestyle of the profession's highest levels. Both Rileys have coached all over North America, earning respect for their work ethic and ability to relate to players.
Bud Riley's first stint at OSU lasted from 1965 to 1972, and the timing -- whether by fate or coincidence -- was crucial to the events that would later take Oregon State from the college football doldrums to new heights.
With Bud Riley's choice to follow head coach Dee Andros from Idaho to Oregon State, Mike Riley attended grades 6 through 12 in Corvallis. He lived those prime years in a comfortable town where his love of sports grew into a passion he channeled into a career.
And now he has the Beavers to the cusp of earning their first Rose Bowl berth since the 1964 season -- the year before Bud and Mike first arrived in Corvallis.
"In those days, thinking about getting to coach one of these teams in the Civil War, you know, I never would have dreamed I would be in this situation," Mike Riley said this week. "I'm just thankful for it."
"If it hadn't been for football, I don't know what would have happened," he said. "I was a pretty wild kid."
Bud played halfback at the University of Idaho, where he got his first look at the Ducks in 1948, when an Oregon team led by future NFL quarterback Norm Van Brocklin beat Idaho 15-8 in Moscow.
While in college, Bud worked summers in the silver mines in Wallace, about 60 miles northeast of Moscow. The job took Bud a mile into the earth, but it was the town that made a deep impression on him.
Really early. Let's say, 11:30 a.m. ...
Read about it on The Oregonian's Hard Drive commuting blog by clicking here
After he graduated, Bud got his first coaching job at Wallace High School. He met his wife, Mary, who grew up in nearby Mullan, and they had three sons, starting with Mike, who was born in Wallace in 1953. Bud spent seven years in Wallace, coaching hard-nosed kids who were like he was in Alabama, and he loved every minute.
"I go back there as often as I can," he said. "Sometimes I feel like that's my hometown."
But Bud's competitive streak drove him to search for bigger challenges, first to Lewiston High School and then back to the University of Idaho as an assistant coach.
Mike Riley already had a passion for sports when he arrived in Corvallis. Bud remembers Mike, as a young child, making Mary sing the national anthem with him when a game came on TV. He would accompany Bud to practices, and he played and watched every sport he could.
"He was very focused on it, just loved it," said Ed Riley, Mike's younger brother by five years who is an anesthesiologist and faculty member at Stanford University. "He would sit and watch games and just get knots in his stomach over who would win."
In Corvallis, Mike found the perfect environment to foster his love of sports.
"Corvallis was a pretty Shangri-La place for a kid to grow up," said Gary Beck, a high school classmate who is OSU's football coordinator of support services. "It was safe, and you had all sorts of opportunities."
Mike's youth in Corvallis ended in storybook fashion as he led Corvallis High to a state title as quarterback as a senior.
Things were different for younger brothers Ed and Pete, who is 11 years younger than Mike. Bud left OSU for the Canadian Football League, and the younger boys each attended four high schools.
Mike turned to his father's roots as he played cornerback for Paul "Bear" Bryant at the University of Alabama. Family connections were plentiful: His uncle, Hayden Riley, was head basketball and baseball coach, and his cousin, Major Ogilvie, became a star running back for the Crimson Tide a few years after Mike played.
"Bud was probably ahead of his time," said Beck, who was head football coach at Corvallis High from 1977 to 2004. "He was highly respected by the players that played for him. When former players from that era come back, they always ask, 'Is Bud around? Have you seen Bud? How's he doing?'"
Mike first got the OSU job in 1997 after a slew of stops that matched his father's for variety. He got the Beavers to the cusp of ending what was then a 26-year streak of losing seasons. The Beavers capped the 1998 season with a dramatic 44-41 overtime win over Oregon to finish 5-6.
Then the San Diego Chargers offered Riley the job of NFL head coach. He took it.
To Bud Riley, who left his beloved Wallace for a more-prestigious coaching job, making such a move is simply a part of coaching DNA. Mike was 46 and given an opportunity he might never get again.
"I think that's one of the things you look for in coaching," Bud said. "I've always looked forward to the next challenge."
Riley's replacement, Dennis Erickson, ended the Beavers losing-seasons streak at 28 in his first of four sterling seasons, before the veteran coach also left for the NFL, opening the door for Riley to return in 2003.
It took a few years for some fans to forgive Riley for leaving and to stop pining for Erickson, but Riley has established himself as no OSU coach before him. Now in his ninth season, spanning the two stints, Riley, with 64 wins, is 11 from becoming the winningest coach in school history.
Riley seems back for good. Ed Riley jokes that his brother has re-assembled his childhood, with Beck and another Corvallis High alum, Jay Locey, on his staff.
Meanwhile, Bud Riley, who turned 84 Monday, has been retired since 1988. He lives in Penticton, in the pristine Okanagan Valley. Each morning, he has breakfast and reads the newspaper front to back, including the want ads, then works out for 90 minutes. He and Mary celebrated their 58th anniversary last week.
"He is really mentally with it," Ed Riley said.
Bud and Mike speak on the phone once or twice a week but rarely about football. He doesn't get to see many OSU games but always checks the score ticker on TV.
-- Mike Tokito
Follow him at twitter.com/mtokito


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Beginners Yoga Workshop
We Love Beginners! Beginners Workshop This Saturday.
Next scheduled Beginners Yoga Workshop is this Saturday 11/19/2016 From 1 PM to 3:30 PM.
Beginners workshop passes are only $20 if you Pre-book. $25 Day of Event.
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Welcome to yoga! Come explore what it's all about. In this beginners workshop we will explain the significance of connecting your body to your breath and guide you through the progression of a yoga practice. We will talk through each posture of the sun salutations, try some balancing poses, go for some heart openers and then sink into the hips. You may even find yourself upside down! Come prepared to have fun and learn something new about yourself. If you have a mat, bring it, if not, borrow one from us.
This workshop is geared for the new yogi, but is open to even the most advanced practitioner. It's always good to be a beginner. We will start this beginners workshop with a introduction to the history and practice of Yoga. We will then begin demonstrating and discussing each pose and sequence for a vinyasa yoga class. Vinyasa simply means moving with your breath. In other words if you can breath, you can do yoga. We would love to have you join us!
Health Benefits of Yoga
Yoga has both preventative and therapeutic benefits, it has has been shown to offer both physical and mental benefits to the body and the mind. The many physical benefits yoga are:
- Improves flexibility and muscle joint mobility
- Strengthens, tones, and builds muscles
- Corrects posture
- Strengthens the spine
- Eases back pain
- Improves muscular-skeletal condition
- reates balance and grace
- Improves breathing disorders
- Encourages weight loss.
The mental benefits include;
- Increases body awareness
- Relieves chronic stress patterns in the body
- Refreshes the body by relieving muscle strain
- Relaxes the mind and body
- Centers attention & sharpens concentration.
Our Studio location is in the Royal Center Shopping Plaza in Strongsville on the corner of Echo and Pearl Rd. We are next door to Scrambler Marie's Restaurant.

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THE CENTECH GROUP, Inc. (CENTECH®) is seeking a Client Systems Technician – Senior to provide overall computer user support services for the life of the contract located at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) in California.
THE CENTECH GROUP, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EOE M/F/Disabled/Veteran


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Nearly all companies' proxy statements contain a reference to a compensation risk assessment, as required by Item 402(s). However, we sometimes wonder how many companies (and/or outside counsel) are actually conducting a compensation risk assessment each year.
Every company should review the compensation risk assessment issue at least annually (generally, but not necessarily, based on a report to the Compensation Committee by the legal and/or HR functions). However, if there are no major changes in the company's compensation programs, there is no need to completely redo the risk assessment process. Instead, the legal and/or HR functions and outside counsel would review any new programs and changes made to the company's existing compensation programs, with particular attention to the performance metrics and the mix of compensation, and decide whether further review and inquiry is necessary.
In many years (perhaps most), we would collectively reach the conclusion that no further review and inquiry is necessary. However, you should be taking the first step annually.


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By John Ruggiano
November 02, 2014
From December 2014 Through February 2015 (Dec, Jan, Feb)Another Cold Winter can be expected for the Central and Eastern CONUS. Expect higher snowfall amounts, and a more active storm track to shift further south and east this year !
A Weak El Nino Signal , along with a pronounced STJ (Subtropical Jet), will bring stormy conditions across much of the Southern US, and a good part of the Eastern 1/3rd of the Nation.
Another cold and snowy winter is on the way, but the coldest weather and most snowfall will occur further south and east this year compared to last year. The cold air will be delivered by another -EPO signal and -AO due to a blocking type pattern. Warm SST's continue over the Northern Pacific and near AK. This continues to promote a -EPO and + PNA signal, which allows for more ridging over the Western CONUS, Western Canada and Alaska. Colder air is then forced SE and downstream into the Central and Eastern US, very similar to last year. This will continue for this upcoming winter, but not as harsh as last years brutal cold spells. (See Temperature Map)
With a weak El Nino (ENSO signal) expected for this year, a more active southern branch of the jet stream is likely. The Polar and Arctic Jet driven by a -EPO combined with the Southern Jet Stream driven by a weak El Nino, will produce a very active and stormy pattern for much of the Southern States, The Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast. Often We'll see a Split Flow type pattern, Especially from Mid January into early March !
So this year things will change in comparison to last year, as the main storm track will likely be much further south, as weak El Nino conditions prevail. In addition, a more active subtropical jet can be expected. Last year we had a more pronounced Polar and Arctic jet, with a limited amount of activity from the Southern Branch. A strong -EPO and Pacific signal dominated for the most part, leaving the Midwest, Northern M/A and the NE in the Icebox with much above and record breaking snowfall.
The mean storm track for the 2014-2015 Winter Season will extend from the Southern Rockies, eastward to the SE States, and then mainly east of the Apps, through the M/A States and New England. Overrunning events will also be quite common from the Tenn/Ohio Valley into the Lower M/A States. This will also raise the flag for possible Moderate to Severe Ice Storms, from the Southern Plains, The Deep South and into parts of the SE. This is something to be aware of this winter season. I expect plenty of this from mid January into much of February.
Clipper type systems with the Polar Jet (P/J) and Arctic Jet (A/J) will be less common, than the last year. Sure, we'll still have a fair amount of activity with the Northern branch, but most of the energy this year will come from the STJ and the effects of a weak El Nino, with more southern storm systems.
Some of these Southern systems will get a chance to phase with the Northern branch energy, so I expect several Miller A type storms, mainly in January and February ! With this setup, a Split Flow pattern will be more common during the mid and later part of Winter. (See Storm Track Map)
This year I'm forecasting "Above Normal Snowfall" to be concentrated from the Southern Rockies into the Southern Plains. The second area will be from parts of the Deep South, into the Tenn, and Lower Ohio Valley, much of The SE, all of the M/A States, and into New England.
All other areas will be "Near Normal Snowfall", with the exception of the NW PAC and The Northern Rockies, where I'm forecasting "Below Normal Snowfall". (See Snowfall Map)
The NAO (North Atlantic Oscillation) And other key Teleconnections.
The NAO/AO couplet that I mentioned in the past is starting to show up again from this past summer into the fall. I'm seeing very similar wavelengths, and I expect this couplet to continue into the fall and winter months. The overall trends are showing Neutral to Negative wavelengths, which suggest blocking is developing. Last year the NAO was more Positive and the AO neutral to negative thanks to the -EPO helping some. SST's over the North Atlantic do suggest more of a NEG NAO developing for this upcoming winter. So when we do see the NAO going negative, storms from the Southern Branch or STJ, will likely move up and along the Eastern Seaboard !My Winter Forecast for The Mid-Atlantic States (M/A) and Virginia !
The M/A and VA will see Below Normal Temps of (-1 to -3) and Above Normal Snowfall (125% to 175% of Normal Snowfall) for the 2014-2015 Winter Season !
Parts of Southern WV and the mountains of far SW VA, could see even colder temps of (-3 to -5) and Much Above Normal Snowfall (150% to 200 % of normal snowfall).
The winter season will start off slow with December being the mildest of the 3 winter months at near average temps and snowfall. Both January and February will be colder than normal with Above normal snowfall. February will be the coldest and snowiest month. As a bonus for snow fans, this could continue into early March before the pattern breaks down.
Here's a breakdown for each month for the M/A Region, along with some forecasts for some selected areas.
December 2014
Temps: Near Avg. (-1 to +1)
Precip: Near Avg.
Snowfall: Near Normal
January 2015
Temps: Below Avg. (-1 to -3)
Precip: Above Avg.
Snowfall: Above Normal
February 2015
Temps: Below to Much Below Avg. (-2 to -5)
Precip: Above Avg.
Snowfall: Much Above Normal
My Forecast for Lynchburg, VA. (LYH)
Dec 01, 2014 - Feb 28, 2015 (Dec, Jan, Feb)
Mean Temperature: -2.0 F
(Below Avg.)
Mean Temp Range: -1.0 to -3.0 F
(Below Avg)
Total Snowfall Range: 22" to 30"
(Above Normal) Normal Snowfall is 17" for LYH VA.
Target Snowfall Prediction: 26"
Total Precipitation: Above Avg.
ROA (Roanoke, VA)
Temps: -1.0 to -3.0 F (Below Avg.)
Total Snowfall: 26" to 34" (Above Normal)
Overall Forecast: Temps: -2.5 F / Snowfall: 30"
CHO (Charlottesville, VA)
Temps: -1.0 to -3.0 F (Below Avg.)
Total Snowfall: 24" to 32" (Above Normal)
Overall Forecast: Temps: -2.0 F / Snowfall: 28"
RIC (Richmond, VA)
Temps: -1.0 to -3.0 F (Below Avg.)
Total Snowfall: 14" to 22" (Above Normal)
Overall Forecast: Temps: -1.5 F / Snowfall: 18"
DCA (Washington DC)
Temps: -1.0 to -3.0 F (Below Avg.)
Total Snowfall: 20" to 28" (Above Normal)
Overall Forecast: Temps: -2.0 F / Snowfall: 24"
BWI (Baltimore, MD)
Temps: -1.0 to -3.0 F (Below Avg.)
Total Snowfall: 24" to 32" (Above Normal)
Overall Forecast: Temps: -2.5 F / Snowfall: 27"
PHL (Philadelphia, PA)
Temps: -1.0 to -3.0 F (Below Avg.)
Total Snowfall: 28" to 34" (Above Normal)
Overall Forecast: Temps: -2.5 F / Snowfall: 31"
NYC (New York City, NY)
Temps: =1.0 to -3.0 F (Below Avg.)
Total Snowfall: 32" to 40" (Above Normal)
Overall Forecast: Temps: -2.0 F / Snowfall: 36"
In this segment I've attached all my maps, to summarize my overall Winter Outlook. Please see the (4) maps below: Temperature, Precipitation, Snowfall, and Overall Storm Track's. These maps best illustrate my outlook for the Months of: December, January, and February.
In this segment I've attached all my maps, to summarize my overall Winter Outlook. Please see the (4) maps below: Temperature, Precipitation, Snowfall, and Overall Storm Track's. These maps best illustrate my outlook for the Months of: December, January, and February.
These maps indicate the overall Anomalies for both "Temperatures" and "Precipitation" for the 3 month period.
In addition I have included a "Total Snowfall Map", relative to normal and a "Mean Storm Tracks Map", to show the type of pattern I'm forecasting for the winter months.
Take Care,


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Previously I posted The Desteni of Living, principles that I am walking in a process of self change, changing the nature of me. These are cool words that I agree with. The question is how do I as one of all actually in reality live these principles. My first response is that it's a work in progress. The reality is that, sometimes, often I feel clueless as to what is best for all, what is best for me or even what is best for the person sitting in front of me. I'm rarely ever, actually never certain of the outcome the next step until I walk it and it becomes an outcome of the past, now part of who I am in the present. So, let's examine these principles, what they mean to me, how I am better able to direct myself to live them.
Realizing and living my utmost potential
My utmost potential is perfection, and perfection is constant, consistent movement in aliment to that which is best for all. In other words, realizing and living to my utmost potential is a journey of and to life, never about actually being perfect, but always striding for perfection. In a world where there seems not to be any perfection but in the chaos, it's difficult to see where I fit into the big picture, so perhaps it's better for me to focus myself in relation to the small, that which I am able to see and direct. This, I guess is a key for us all to understand; we don't change the world in one big swoop, we change it by changing ourselves in relation to all. I have often viewed myself like a turtle that moves very slowly, considering each step and then taking it, certain that he will get where he's going, but not a clue nor a care as to when. I hold onto to points of me, slowly but surely letting them go as though I'm afraid of shocking myself into the reality of the changed me. What is my utmost potential? The potential to be the best that I am able to be in directing and supporting change in this world, change to living equality for all life. For me, this doesn't mean not having fun; it means letting go of dishonesty/fear so to live. What is living? I haven't a clue; however, I am certain that it is preferable to what we humans currently ascribe to, slaving our lives away as though life were something that had to be bought. In closing on this point of "Realising and living my utmost potential," I will say that this is my journey of self change, self honesty, equality of me within and without, the journey. I'll get more specific in the posts to come; writing/righting myself is turning into a long journey.


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Here I will show you how to add the magnetic base and shroud to your AirExchanger Basic.
Please be aware that once you have made this conversion, you will not be able to use the legacy shrouds. You must use a magnetic shroud.
You will need the following components to complete this conversion:
Step 1
The magnetic base is used to allow you to attach magnetic shrouds to the various AirExchangers.
If you are going to paint your magnetic base, you need to do it before proceding with the assembly.
Here I painted mine with two coats of black acrylic paint. I did a light sanding with a fine sanding sponge between the two coats.
Step 2
Place each of the included magnets in the large holes and tap in place with a plastic or wood mallet.
You need to push them in place so that they are flush with the top surface.
When pounded flush, the magnets will be slightly recessed on the reverse side of the base. This is important as it provides a place for the contacts on the dust shoe to make a positive contact.
Step 3
If you have not yet assembled your AirExchanger Basic, it's a simple matter to add the magnetic base to the lower base and then continue with the AirExchanger Basic assembly instructions.
(A) Take the magnetic base
(B) Add the seven #6-32 x 1-1/2" screws to the base.
(C) Add the eight #6-32 x 1" screws to the base.
Make sure the screws are inserted into the side with the recessed magnets and stick out on the flush side. Once Inserted, flip and place on a flat surface.
(D) Add the AirExchanger Basic lower base to the assembly.
Continue the assembly using the AirExchanger Basic assembly instructions starting with step 2.
Step 4
At this point you have already assembled your AirExchanger Basic. You need to disassemble it to add the magnetic base.
Remove the front mount and set aside.
When disassembling the AirExchanger Basic, two things can happen:
If you have not painted the AirExchanger it will just
Step 5
Remove all the remaining hardware.
When disassembling the AirExchanger Basic, one of two things will happen:
Total Disassembly - If this is the case, threat the conversion as a fresh assembly and go back to Step 3.
Partial Disassembly - This is the likely case if you have painted your AirExchanger. If this is the case continue on.
Step 6
Place the magnetic base on top of the lower base and add the 1-1/2" and 1" screws as shown. The 1-1/2" screws go into the front six holes and the center holes.
Make sure the recessed side of the magnets are facing up. The flush side is up against the AirExchanger base.
Step 7
Flip the assembly over and add back any components that may have fallen off.
Add the lock washer back to each screw.
Secure all screws with a hex nut and tighten.
Attach the front mount.
Step 8
Thats It! Your AirExchanger Basic now supports magnetic shrouds.
Install it on your CNC as you did earlier and simply snap the shroud in place.


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Alonso and Vandoorne hit with further penalties after engine change
McLaren drivers Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne's grid penalties at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday have been extended to 40 and 30 respectively, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) said.
The FIA stewards said in a statement that twice Formula One world champion Alonso had another 25-place grid penalty added to his previous sanction of 15 grid places after changing his car's Honda engine for a seventh time this season.
Drivers are permitted to use a maximum of four engines per season.
In a separate statement, the FIA said Alonso's team mate Vandoorne has had his grid penalty extended to 30 places after the same offence.
Vandoorne's use of a seventh Turbo Charger (TC) and seventh Motor Generator Unit Heat during the third practice session means he drops 15 grid positions, added to the 15-place penalty he incurred earlier in the week.
The sanctions ensure that McLaren will occupy the back row in Sunday's race, regardless of their performance in qualification on Saturday.
The punishments are yet another embarrassing episode for the team as they seek to improve their efficiency, reliability and track performance.
Neither Alonso nor Vandoorne have taken any points during the opening seven races of the 2017 season.
"We'll have to start at the back of the grid anyway, so we'll take things smoothly in qualifying," Alonso told McLaren's official website (www.mclaren.com) after Friday's session.
"Today, we chose to concentrate on our long-run pace because we knew we'd be taking grid penalties for the race."


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The Cask Data Application Platform (CDAP) is an open-source platform to build and deploy data applications on Apache Hadoop™. As of version 3.0, it includes a slick new user interface to help users deploy, manage and monitor their data applications. This UI provides real-time updates from the CDAP backend.
Problem Statement
Initiating too many HTTP requests from a web browser to a server is a costly operation that we wanted to avoid when developing the new CDAP UI. So, we decided to use WebSockets and chose SockJS as the framework. The CDAP front end communicates with a NodeJS server (a node-proxy) which in turn communicates with the backend Java server. The client web browser opens a socket connection with the NodeJS server to send messages which in turn are routed as HTTP calls to the backend Java server's RESTful endpoints.
To make this communication with the node-proxy simpler on the client side, we created a service layer that fetches data to be used in a controller for each feature.
- A request is constructed with a URL and, if necessary, a JSON body.
- If SSL or security are enabled, additional headers are added for authorization and authentication.
- The request is sent as a message through WebSockets.
- The node-proxy receives the message and makes the request to the backend server.
- Once the node-proxy receives the response, it routes it through the socket back to the client.
- The response is identified by its request URL and is then routed to the appropriate listener (controller).
The biggest advantage of the above approach is that none of the polling mechanism sits in the client. It merely uses the service layer to make a request or poll for data, and receive it without any additional concerns. There are no HTTP calls made from the client.
We can further enhance this to become a pseudo-push pattern where the node-proxy can compare the change in the server's response for two subsequent requests. If there is no change in the data, no message is sent to the client. As a result, a message is sent to the client only when new data is available, rather than the client asking for new data repeatedly.
The overall idea here is to send messages from the client to the node-proxy, which recognizes the message and perform an appropriate action (request or poll). These messages are specifically named 'REQUEST', 'POLL', and 'POLL-STOP'.
To give a brief overview of what is underneath:
MyDataSource is an Angular factory that acts as the wrapper to send out messages and route responses to appropriate controllers. Internally, MyDataSource maintains a map of controller IDs to callback functions. The MyDataSource returns a DataSource constructor function, which is instantiated in each controller.
The one caveat of not managing the polling or request mechanism on the client is the issue of passing on the $scope of the controller to the MyDataSource. This way, when either a user navigates to a different state, or when the controller is destroyed, the entry from the map is automatically removed and a POLL-STOP message is sent to the node-proxy to stop the polling process for that particular resource.
Modeling the data layer for reusability
The above setup worked great when we used MyDataSource on a small scale (with five to six features). However, as the webapp grew larger, instantiating MyDataSource and constructing the URL in all controllers no longer was reusable! This is where the Angular '$resource' comes into play. The Angular documentation describes it as:
"…a factory which creates a resource object that lets you interact with RESTful server-side data sources."
The need for $resource boils down to two simple reasons:
- Re-usability: services that can be reused anywhere.
- Better API visibility: we see one service and know all the APIs that are being used.
Using $resource initially seemed like a great idea, but then we snapped back to reality and faced one big question:
"How would we integrate MyDataSource, which uses WebSockets under the hood and doesn't really support promises, with Angular's $resource?"
This question can be broken into two different problems:
- $resource is solely used for making HTTP calls (the underlying protocol is entirely different: HTTP versus WebSockets).
- $resource has its APIs closely tied to promises (although you can use callbacks it is generally preferred to use promises as they are better at chaining).
The first problem could be easily solved by the awesomeness (!) of Angular. The Angular Decorator pattern can intercept a third party library (ideally a service or factory) before its usage with custom logic to override or modify its original behavior.
Since $resource uses $http under the hood, it was quite simple to decorate $http with our own logic to use MyDataSource or otherwise delegate to the regular $http service. This potentially acts as a switch to decide whether to use MyDataSource factory or the $http service based on the request.
All that was required was add an additional options argument to the $http config that is being passed by any service using $http (in this case, $resource). If 'options' is available, it indicates that we need to route the request through MyDataSource instead of the regular $http service.
If we put the above idea in Javascript, it roughly looks like this:
Promises, Promises
The second problem is a tricky one and the above Javascript depends on its solution, as $http uses $q (Angular's promise) to return the response back to the callee. To achieve this, the MyDataSource APIs—request and poll—should return a promise. This is simple when we send a 'request' message. Once the response comes back, we call 'resolve' on the promise which eventually calls the 'then' handler with the value; just like an HTTP call.
However for poll, we need a callback that is invoked multiple times and, though we can use $resource, it internally uses the 'then' handler returned by $http service. We initially thought of using the reactive programming approach using the RxJS library which implements observables. However, they don't expose the same API as a promise.
TL;DR definition
A Promise in Javascript is a constructor function which exposes two functions: then and done. An instance of a promise can be chained with further asynchronous operations. A promise accepts a function with two arguments: resolve and reject. These arguments are used to resolve or reject the promise, similar to approving or rejecting an action based on whether it is valid or invalid. Once a promise is resolved or rejected, its then handler is called, which can return another promise, which can be chained:
We can follow the white rabbit (!) and go further into explaining what is a Javascript Promise, but for brevity, I will delegate to the sources of our inspiration:
- Promises/A+ the source of our implementation
- $q – the source of Angular's implementation
The caveat here is that a promise once resolved will not resolve again. That's one of the specifications of a promise. Subsequent resolves just doesn't do anything. Internally, until a promise is resolved, it maintains a list of handlers to callback. Once resolved, the list of handlers is reset and listeners won't be called again.
To solve the second problem, we would require a modification that changes this condition. A solution would be to take the promise implementation and introduce a flag called Observable which is passed in as an additional argument to the Promise constructor function. If the observable is set to true while resolving, the promise never resets its list of handlers to null or its state to FULFILLED. This allows us to resolve the promise and invoke the subsequent 'then' handlers multiple times.
Now that we have an 'observable' promise and a decorated $http service, it's just a matter of stitching them together to work with WebSockets. We use the decorator in our main angular module's config function and implement the request and poll APIs of MyDataSource to return MyPromise. This ensures:
- We have the same promise API as the one internally used in $http; and
- The promise now resolves multiple times.
Beyond this, we need to use $resource and write our own service, to be used across different controllers. This code snippet demonstrates how we pass an 'options' property to $http config from the $resource service:
Voila! Now we have a service API that can be injected into different controllers and used without instantiation: no new operations.
In summary, the above mentioned setup helps in easing out the process of using websockets on a large web application using angular as its framework. It helps in managing the data layer of our angular application in a better way. If you would like to see an end-to-end usage of $resource used with WebSockets, take a look at this git repo . For further reference do checkout our CDAP UI project where we replicate the above setup in production.


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Been pinged a few times about the thing in which some folks are complaining that Neil Gaiman got paid a bunch of money ($45k or so) to make an appearance at a library. Neil's take on it is here, but my take is below:
Really? An author who has had four books simultaneously on the New York Times best seller lists, has won an unspeakable number of literary awards, has written for and/or had his books adapted to film, the most recent of which was nominated for an Oscar, and who sold roughly a million books last year, might conceivably ask for and receive a hefty sum for a speaking engagement? Shocked, shocked, I am.
Aside from proof that the free market works sometimes, there's the additional fact that Gaiman's appearance fee was taken not from that specific library's general fund, but out of a pool of money from the State of Minnesota designed to bring speakers to libraries, and the money in the pool apparently had to be spent by the end of the fiscal year or evaporate. Neil, in his bit linked above, rather sensibly suggests that speaker pool money like that should be allowed to roll over into the next fiscal year, but no matter how you slice it he wasn't cruelly yanking books out of kids' hands in order to make his financial nut.
(I suppose this is the cue for someone to bitch and moan about tax dollars being spent frivolously, but, you know, I can think of all sorts of worse ways to spend tax money than having a bestselling author talk to 500 people live and thousands more via radio (the talk was broadcast on Minneapolis Public Radio and is currently being streamed online) about the joys of libraries and literacy, and I don't consider such a thing frivolous at all, in fact, so we'd have to agree to disagree on that one.)
One of the folks who pinged me asked me if I would charge a library $45,000 for a speaking appearance. Leaving aside the provenance of the money in Neil's case, the more accurate question would be could I charge a library $45,000 for a speaking appearance, and the answer to that, alas, is "no," so would doesn't even come into it. But if I were in Neil's particular situation, in which someone was offering me a pot of money, not from the library's own budget, which was going to evaporate if it were not used? If it fit in my schedule, sure, I'd do that, no problem.
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Watch out for scams./
Actors are perhaps the next most vulnerable people after senior citizens for vultures preying on their hopes and dreams. I see now that among all the other bogus offers and products being sold to actors that someone is now selling line rehearsals 'with professional actors.' Line rehearsals! What next? There are people out there who will stop at nothing to take your money and make you believe that their product will get you into the industry. Be smart, guys. Do not get caught up in the scams.


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For the past few years, the costs of solar photovoltaic panels and hardware have seen significant declines, and that's expected to continue. Great news for fans of solar!
Unfortunately, the remaining costs—those attributed to contracting, permitting, and installing a system—remain prohibitively high. Unless those costs fall, solar may struggle to reach mass adoption. Rocky Mountain Institute, Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association and other partners are working directly with leading communities in Colorado to tackle this challenge—making solar easier and less expensive for everyone to participate.
A key barrier to affordable solar power, administrative processes such as permitting and inspections can be unnecessarily costly and time consuming. In many parts of the country, these costs and all other combined "soft costs" of rooftop solar PV can account for over half the total installed costs.
In Germany, the cost of solar is much cheaper than in the United States. Subsidies have long been credited for these low costs, but a recent report by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory indicates that lower soft costs are not just a result of aggressive federal-level policy support. In reality, Germany's low costs are the product of a mature market for solar and they point to a direction of where we need to go.
To add context, the German market has 301 MW of solar installed per million people, compared to 14 MW of installed solar per million people in the U.S. By streamlining processes that create bottlenecks in the solar installation process, communities in the U.S. can help reduce costs that are passed on to consumers, thereby making the technology cheaper and easier to install.
Making that happen will require community leaders to convene the right people around the same table, to explore opportunities to streamline the process while saving time and money. But each jurisdiction is different in some way. Building departments, which are typically responsible for approving solar permits, can have often unpredictable, unique requirements.
To help standardize these processes, RMI recently partnered with COSEIA to launch the Solar Friendly Communities program.
Last week—as part of Solar Friendly Communities— RMI and COSEIA hosted three workshops, in which we presented a new 12-step roadmap to streamline permitting and inspections, and reduce other costs associated with administrative processes. Each step is assigned a point value, so Colorado communities can determine their level of "friendliness" and measure their progress against other communities. By offering this clear template and instilling some healthy competition, we hope to encourage these communities create favorable environments for rooftop solar.
Going forward, RMI and COSEIA will work with stakeholders to establish "Solar Friendly Communities" throughout Colorado. In doing so, we aim to help Colorado become a leading market for solar and, over time, demonstrate a scalable model that other regions can adopt.
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I challenge the solar installation industry to lower the cost of the equipment, use fewer collectors, provide the alternative installation location of free-standing but 7 feet overhead for "Backyards, carports, and vacant land installations." But, more than all that direct the collectors in the better direction toward the South-south-west for increased output in the hours before local sunset.Also, why are simple flat reflectors placed above and below each collector and one and a half times longer to twice the length used to increase the sunlight by reflecting light onto the collector by 100% to 200% at minimal cost?? something like:(Each of the following lines start with a piece of the graphic.) - 0 (Sun) This is a view from the side... / top reflector (/)\ __ Solar collector (\) and ( __) bottom reflector Thus the arrangement is similar to an open 3 ring binder with the metal rings being where the active solar panel is located and the front and rear covers about half open are reflectors directing extra sunlight onto the solar collectorThese reflectors can be "Galvalume roofing panels" coated with a clear finish to keep them bright and reflective supported by simple framing and the top panel can be pivoted to act as a storm cover over the active solar panel. I have not seen anyone offer the "Remote" alternative for city dwellers and apartment residents who want to go-solar, WAKE UP ENTREPRENEURS, lease or purchase rural land install solar PV collectors on that land with a Grid inverter and sell the total production to that local utility and use the income produced to pay the electric bill at the in-city residence. Pasture land is inexpensive to lease in rural locations and if the collectors are put up over six feet high on posts, cows or goats or sheep could graze under them, thereby allowing multi-usage so the farmer can lease the "Air Rights" inexpensively because the animals continue to utilize the shaded pasture.
Sharp Solar has just introduced a "snap on" system that consists of self-sufficient modules each with its own built-in inverter. The units are additive; you can start with two or three and snap on more later until you have the power output you want. The snap-on cells will be sold at the retail level as a home appliance. This kind of smart design will do much to bring solar to the multitudes.
RMI Outlet, Rocky Mountain Institute's blog, explores topics critical to RMI's mission to drive the efficient and restorative use of resources.


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Animals experience the world through an energetic filter, they are super tuned into the energies of every person, animal, place, or circumstance they encounter. They respond energetically to the world around them and are extremely sensitive to external influences of imbalanced energy and human emotions such as anger or fear.
Electrical energies from Wi Fi, cell phones, above or underground electrical grids, TV's and general household appliances have electrical patterns that can nudge our animal friends out of balance, and anxious, sometimes to the point of illness. The "electrical" energetic patterns of flower essences emanate natures perfect balance, positively helping animals to re-balance and improve the quality of their health and well being.
In nature, animals recognize and forage for plants and flowers with certain patterns of energy to assist them. In our modern age of domesticated animals and often limited resources of natural flowers available, our animal friends do not always have the option to seek out the plants and flower they need to heal themselves.
Animals and flowers share many evolutionary challenges. Flower essences offer animals an ideal way to re balance and heal. They effortlessly replicate the energetic information and patterns of the flower essences, which naturally moves the animal towards greater health.
I have a bunny Shanti (pictured) who occasionally loves to munch on fresh
aloe vera straight from the plant. (surprisingly as aloe skin is quite bitter.) As Shanti doesn't do this every day, she has shown me this plant is medicine for her. Bunnies can suffer from fur blockages in the intestines, so aloe makes sense as it's extremely versatile in it's vibrational strengths, helping calm and soothe inflamed tissue and restore health during any illness. The flower essence of aloe allows animals to experience it's benefits when it is not available and without the bitterness, as the essence comes directly from the flower and not the leaf.
I always have 2 water bottles for Shanti and decided one day to experiment by only putting flower essences in one bottle. Over the years I have learned from Shanti that every single time she will choose water from the water bottle that has flower essences in it, over the water bottle that has none.
Flower Essences can be used by people or animals, providing a natural re-connection back to the master healer…"mother nature". They can be used internally, in water, in a spray bottle sprayed on fur, dabbed on a paw or an ear, or even sprayed in the air around the animal. I have used every method mentioned, for both people and animals and all of them work wonderfully. They can be used for chronic or acute situations, and used over long periods without side effects.
Please feel free to contact me if you would like a Channeled Reading for you or your animal friend or Flower Essences or Essential Oil recommendations. radiant-at-radiantsol-dot-com
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Eluv is a Spirit Channeler for people & animals.
Implementing Flower Essences, Crystal Singing Bowl Sound Healing, Sacred Songs and Angel Harps, Essential Oils, and Ancestral Clearing.
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Eluv's Music & Guided Meditation Albums
"Octaves of Light" with Hemi-Sync® Music by Eluv
International recording artist Eluv has created a unique blend of world music and sound based on her divine inspiration to help others. Combined with Hemi-Sync® frequencies to bring balance and harmony, this delicate and beautiful music also supports the benefits of energy and bodywork. Instruments featured: didgeridoo, tubular bells, crystal singing bowls (in the key of the heart chakra), Native American flute, Indian flute, keyboards, chimes, shenai, tabla, pipa, nature sounds, and Eluv's captivating voice as a celestial instrument on select tracks.
"Chakra Meditation" with Hemi-Sync® album by Eluv
Dolphin sounds and music combine to help align and balance each of the seven major chakras in this verbally guided Hemi-Sync® exercise, created and voiced by Eluv. Located along the central line of the body, chakras receive and transmit life-force energy to our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies. When we experience unreleased emotions such as fear, anger or guilt, the energy flows less freely and can become blocked. The affirmations included here will help to optimize each chakra for an overall sense of well-being. Features two tracks; Track 1 is a 51-minute extended meditation to fully open and deepen the process; Track 2 is a 23-minute abridged version for a quick balance and alignment.
"New Beginning's" – Crystal Singing Bowls – Music by Eluv
This album features the sublime healing sounds of the Crystal Singing Bowls, Eluv's soothing vocals, lush string movements, along with the natural soundscape of gentle ocean waves filled with Dolphin energy recorded on Honeymoon Island (Florida Gulf Coast) while a pod of Dolphins played joyfully in the water.
"Letting Go" Meditation and Guided Visualization by Eluv
This is a simple yet powerful meditation for releasing and letting go of negative energy and things you no longer need or empower you.
Eluv's blissful voice guides you on a journey of inner healing to help you clear and release old fears, pains, negative thought patterns and re-harmonize your emotions. After listening to this CD you will feel lighter energetically, more relaxed and grounded. This CD is an excellent tool to help clear your body's energy system. It will help to redirect and transform your mental focus into a positive uncluttered mind, leaving you with renewed strength.
"Creating New Beginnings" Meditation and Guided Visualization by Eluv
Eluv's soothing voice guides you on a transformational journey of new beginnings along with powerful affirmations. This CD features sound therapy with healing frequencies of crystal singing bowls and ocean waves recorded by Eluv. This CD is also encoded with healing frequencies and ancestral clearing to assist you in creating new beginnings. Ancestral Clearing assists in Releasing family patterns known or unknown that may be blocking you from moving forward and experiencing abundant wellness, joy and unlimited possibilities in your life.
"Surgery Assist" Meditation and Guided Visualization by Eluv
This meditation is essential listening for anyone going through a medical procedure.
This CD is designed to assist you both prior and post surgery or medical procedure. Helping you restore balance in your physical and emotional body, connecting you with a deeper sense of peace, and inner strength…Rejuvenating your mind body & spirit…Grounding and Relaxing you.
Eluv's soothing voice guides you on a journey of pre surgery preparation, pre and post surgery affirmations. This CD is a powerful tool to support your healing while preparing you for surgery, optimal healing and a swift recovery.
11.11 Stress Relief – Relaxation Meditation by Eluv
This is a short 11minute,11sec guided meditation for immediate stress relief, relaxation and re-alignment. Great to do on a regular basis (daily). A great way to begin, take a break in the middle of, or end the day with. Shift your energy fast with this guided meditation.
Healing Music Concert with Eluv
Uplifting Music in the spirit of peace, love and joy
Heritage Museum, 100 Beekman Lane (Craig Park)
100 Beekman Lane (Craig Park), Tarpon Springs, FL 34689
General: $16
Groups (10+): $15
Members & Students: $14
Born in Melbourne, Australia, Eluv's live concerts are an immersion into grace with her angelic vocals and sacred songs. Her singing style is truly unique, blending exotic global sounds with a timeless cinematic appeal. Eluv's exquisitely relaxing music helps people release stress and move into a naturally peaceful state. The ethereal pure tones generated by the Crystal Singing Bowls and Angel Harps are some of the purest and most powerful healing tones in existence.
Each event is one of a kind…" An uplifting, inspirational experience of inner peace".
Join us for this special event, and enjoy your own personal experience of healing music.
"Traveling through sound with Eluv, you feel as if you are floating on a cloud in heaven" ~ Karmen P
WMNF presents Music for Peace.
Featuring German Grammy Award winning Santur Maestro, Nandkishor Muley.
Join us for an unforgettable evening of music and entertainment!
Friday September 30th at the Palladium, St Pete, 8pm.
WMNF presents an evening of exquisite music performed by German Grammy award winning Santur Maestro, Nandkishor Muley as he brings us the sublime music of Northern India played on the hammer dulcimer accompanied by vocalist and Crystal Singing Bowl artist Eluv.
The concert also features special guests from Tampa Bays' performing arts community in a fusion of East meets West Featuring Sitar, World Percussion, Harps, Vocals, and Saxophone.
Santur maestro, Nandkishor Muley is considered the leading performer of this ancient, delicate meditation music from the vibrant land of India. Born in the Western Indian town of Baroda, Nandishkor comes from a long lineage of musicians. Educated early in vocals and Tabla drumming, Nandkishor was the first in his family to study both music and dance. Proficient in the movements of Kathak, Nandkishor had already received acclaim in India before entering study on the Santur with Pundit Shivkumar Sharma, which led to his current esteem as a principal figure in Indian music.
This lush music is performed on an acoustic Santur, the exquisite hammer dulcimer of South Asia that evokes the delicate tranquility of water. The rejuvenating serenity of the exquisite hammer-dulcimer of South Asia has been appreciated for thousands of years. The performance is a refreshing, rejuvenating, meditative and often transformational experience for all who come together to hear it. Musicians use the raga melody form as a painter uses a carefully selected palette of paints, "coloring" the mind of the listener with each successive variation.
Special Guest Musicians:
Michael Rutherford – World Percussion
Ben Tiptonford – Sitar and Guitar
Eluv – Vocals / Crystal Singing Bowls / Tambura / Angel Harps
Alex Bodytko – Saxaphone / Flute
Venue: Palladium Theatre
Venue Phone:727-822-3590
Venue Website:mypalladium.org
Address: 253 5th Avenue North, St. Petersburg, Florida,33701
For tickets and more information call WMNF at 813 238-8001
Tickets may be purchased online at wmnf.org
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HARVEST MOON YOUTHING CEREMONY (This event is only once a year)
Friday Sept 16th | 6.30 pm – 9:30 pm
Reverse the effects of aging on the physical body!
Join us for this ancient ritual from the heart of Africa handed down by Shamans, Curanderos and Medicine People that actually reverses the effects of the passage of time on the physical body.
There is one night of the year that the energies of the moon meet with the energies of the earth in such a way that PHYSICAL YOUTHING can occur. This magical night is the evening of the Harvest Moon. This ceremony turns the aging clock backwards, working on physical appearance and also vitality at a cellular level.
Experience the past, present and future simultaneously, and receive an energy upgrade alignment of the Divine Presence & Physical Body that will assist in rejuvenating, healing and "youthing" your entire system.
This traditional African ceremony will be combined with channeled vibrational sound transmissions to clear limiting thought forms, perceptions, beliefs and expectations that contribute to the degeneration of the body through the aging process.
Join in this sacred ceremony for turning back the clock of aging and allow the powers of Youthing to rejuvenate you inside and out.
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text: Spanish No Se Habla English In Hialeah? Taco Tiff Spotlights U.S.'s Least Diverse City By Tim Padgett • Sep 14, 2018 YouTube Here's an only-in-Miami story. This week a woman who speaks no Spanish tried to order food at a Taco Bell drive-through in Hialeah. Things didn't end happily. ¡Oye, Gringo! Shouldn't You Fix Your Accent In Spanish – Especially In South Florida? By Tim Padgett • Feb 5, 2018 Courtsey Diana Caballero Sometimes an accent can render a language sexy. Even elegant. 'In Miami, You Need to Speak Two Languages Anyway' By Rowan Moore Gerety • May 2, 2017 Rowan Moore Gerety / WLRN On a Wednesday afternoon at Lorah Park Elementary School in Brownsville, a half dozen 4-year-olds are clustered on the carpet trying to keep up with a song on Spanish greetings. "Y como están?," their teacher asks once the music stops, slowing things down so they have time to enunciate. "MUY. BIEN. GRA-CI-AS," they reply in a chorus. "¿Y USTED?" In another room, second graders try their hand at a series of dizzying Spanish tongue twisters—"Como poco coco como, poco coco compro." (Since I don't eat much coconut, I don't buy much either.") How Latino Players Are Helping Major League Baseball Learn Spanish By editor • Mar 26, 2017 With the start of baseball season in sight, millions of Latino fans in the U.S., the Caribbean, and Latin America will be rooting for their favorite players, many of whom are transplants from places like Venezuela, Dominican Republic, and Cuba. But Spanish-speaking fans, millions of whom watch Spanish-language broadcasts of baseball games, will have little idea of the lingering challenge some Latino players in the States have long faced: inadequate language support from the minor and majorleagues. A Latino Family Shares Their Struggles With Learning English By Naomi Prioleau • Jul 27, 2016 Listen Listening... / In a ranch-style house in Town 'n Country, the Ruiz family converses over arroz con pollo in Spanish about the struggles of learning English. The Venezuelan-Colombian family is a blend of native English speakers and Spanish speakers trying to learn or perfect the English language. Poll: Strong Support For Requiring Public School Students To Study Spanish By John O'Connor • Jul 9, 2015 Paul Sableman / Flickr More than two-thirds of Florida residents polled say public school students should have to take Spanish, according to a monthly University of Florida economic survey. POLL: Tell us what language you think Florida students should learn. Florida Roundup: Soccer, Spanish And The Special Session By Wilson Sayre • May 29, 2015 Creative Commons via Flickr / Boston Public Library (https://flic.kr/p/dm191d) Today on the Florida Roundup, we're talking special session, soccer and Spanish. SPECIAL SESSION At 1 p.m. Monday afternoon gavels will fall in the Florida House and Senate, calling to order a special session of the state Legislature. Lawmakers have only one piece of business to take care of: pass a budget before July 1 or risk a state government shutdown. More English, More Money? Maybe Not In Miami By Rick Stone • Sep 24, 2014 freedigitalphotos.net The list of things that threaten the U. S. economy is long, indeed. But here's one item that might not have occurred to you. Speaking bad English. As the Brookings Institution scopes it out in a report released Wednesday, immigrants seeking work in the U. S. often have to settle for jobs beneath their qualifications just because their English is not up to snuff. Univision's New Cable Channel Fusion Opens HQ In Doral By Doug Hanks • Aug 29, 2013 Patrick Farrell / MIAMI HERALD Univision dominates Spanish-language broadcasting, more than doubling the audience of its largest rival, Telemundo. But starting this fall, Univision will tackle an audience that has always been foreign to the Doral-based network: people who watch television in English. With ABC as a partner, Univision is betting big on carving out a niche in English-language television with Fusion, a cable network billed as targeting young Hispanics. Miami Accents: Why Locals Embrace That Heavy "L" Or Not By Patience Haggin • Aug 27, 2013 Isabel Echarte Michelle Antelo was born and raised in Miami but has never lived anywhere else. After learning Spanish at home from her Cuban parents, she always thought her English, which she learned at school, was up to American standards. But, as many Miamians have learned, her way of speaking stuck out around people from places other than Miami. When Antelo was a cheerleader in high school, her Broward County teammates told her she sounded different. Miami Accents: How 'Miamah' Turned Into A Different Sort Of Twang By Gabriella Watts • Aug 26, 2013 Nicolas Espinosa You might've heard it when you're out on the town, at Publix, or at that cafe down the street. Or, you might hear it when you open your own mouth. RELATED: Miami Accents: Why Locals Embrace That Heavy "L" Or Not How I Learned To Swear In Cuban By Luis Clemens • Aug 8, 2013 Editor's note: Fair warning — this essay is, in part, about Spanish profanities, and it includes several. The man who taught me to swear in Cuban died last week. In The Summer, Univision Is Numero Uno By Mandalit del Barco • Jul 23, 2013 For three consecutive weeks this summer, Spanish-language TV network Univision won the prime-time ratings among young adult viewers. The network is bragging about its prime-time ratings domination with full-page ads in the LA Times, New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Its English-language video exclaims: "For the first time ever, Univision is now the number one network in any language." How To Better Protect Farmworkers From Pesticides: Spanish Advocates for farmworkers, especially those who grow America's leafy greens and fresh vegetables, are pushing the government to do more to protect those workers from exposure to pesticides. Why Miami Is Now A Hub For Latino TV By Karen Burkett • May 24, 2013 Carolyn Kaster If you had to guess where most of the TV programming for Latinos is being produced these days, where would you guess? L.A., New York, Texas? How about Miami? A recent deal has solidified Miami as a major television hub. Ana Sagastegui was born in Peru. She has worked in the Miami TV industry for 20 years. Sagastegui remembers how different Miami was then. 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Harmon...has filed a powerful legal challenge asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down New York City's four-decades-old rent stabilization law. At first, New York officials thought so little of Harmon's challenge that they waived their right to file an opposing brief with the Supreme Court. But those officials got a rude awakening when the Supreme Court asked them to respond to Harmon's petition anyway, signaling that somebody at the Court took the legal challenge seriously. Does the case against rent control have merit?...Not only do these rent regulated tenants pay government-set rates that are 59 percent below-market, they have the option of remaining in their apartments for life. Harmon essentially has no choice but to keep renewing their respective leases every few years. The tenants even have the right to name their own successors to the apartments.
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Quite sometime back, we had done a really funny post based on Google Search autocomplete feature for social networking. Autocomplete is a feature in Google search, where search queries are suggested to users based on the words they type. Sometimes these suggestions can be hilarious and at times pretty weird.
Thanks to Download Squad we came across a dedicated website called Autocomplete Me, which tracks all these stupid/hilarious/weird suggestions displayed by Google suggest to users.
If you want to have your share of laugh, or want to share your weird or funny autocomplete suggestions, don't forget to visit Autocomplete me :-).


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Truth team boss steps aside
Tuesday November 2 2010
Embattled truth commission chairman Bethuel Kiplagat finally succumbed to pressure on Tuesday and stepped aside to allow a tribunal to investigate his conduct.
Rather than convene a press conference to make the announcement, Mr Kiplagat released a press statement stating he was stepping aside to allow the tribunal to investigate the allegations levelled against him. "In order to allow the Tribunal to carry out its mandate, I am, therefore, as of today stepping aside from my day-to-day responsibilities at the TJRC," he said.
Reversed quit decision
In a dramatic turn of events, one of the foreign commissioners, Prof Ronald Slye reversed his decision to quit the commission, saying his faith in the truth body had been restored following Mr Kiplagat's move. "The decision of the chairman to step aside has restored some of my faith in the ability of the commission to succeed. It is for this reason that I am withdrawing my intention to resign from the commission," Prof Slye said at a press conference convened by the rest of the TJRC team to react to Mr Kiplagat's move.
Welcoming Mr Kiplagat's announcement, Justice minister Mutula Kilonzo said he had expected the embattled Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission boss to step aside.
He also asked the Treasury to release Sh408 million to enable the commission to discharge its mandate.
"I asked for Sh1.1 billion and the Treasury only gave Sh90 million which has been exhausted. I now expect the Treasury to give the commission Sh408 million to enable it move. Instead of Parliament intimidating Kiplagat and TJRC, it should be playing its oversight role by ensuring that TJRC is properly funded," he stated. Mr Kilonzo also asked Chief Justice Evan Gicheru to reduce the period within which the tribunal ought to investigate Mr Kiplagat from six months to three months. "There is nothing much to investigate, just Ouko, the Wagalla massacre and the land issues," he said.
Mr Kilonzo further asked the President to replace former TJRC vice-chair, Ms Betty Murungi, and Prof Slye, apparently unaware that the latter had reversed his decision to quit the body.
The commission also expressed optimism that Mr Kiplagat's move would enable it to proceed with its mandate at a much faster pace.
"The chairman has acted within the law. I believe this will present us with the opportunity to proceed much faster without having to think about the allegations levelled against us," said the TJRC chief executive officer, Ms Patricia Nyaundi.
Ms Nyaundi said that in Mr Kiplagat's absence, commission vice-chair Tecla Namachanja Wanjala will head the truth body. "The law states that the vice-chairperson holds forte in the absence of the chair," she said.
The move was also welcomed by the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, Mr Ababu Namwamba. "I commend him for this honourable step and urge the tribunal to take no more than sixty days to deliver its verdict," Mr Namwamba said from Tanzania.
He said the committee would meet the other TJRC commissioners on Friday to discuss the way forward.
Nation learnt that Mr Kiplagat had held a meeting with President Kibaki yesterday morning to notify him of the decision before formally making the announcement.
Mr Kiplagat said he welcomed the CJ's move to appoint the tribunal which will investigate allegations into his conduct, noting that he has all along "maintained the need for this matter to be addressed fairly and decisively, according to the rule of law".
On Friday, the CJ named a five member tribunal to investigate the embattled TJRC chair and make its recommendations within six months.
The tribunal will be chaired by former Appeal Judge William Deverell with a mandate to inquire into claims that Mr Kiplagat's past conduct "erodes and compromises his legitimacy and credibility" as chair of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission.
Ms Nyaundi allayed fears that the commission may not be able to meet its time-lines following Mr Kiplagat's move to step aside to enable the tribunal to investigate his suitability to chair the body.
"We are within the time-lines we have given ourselves, we are currently in the phase where we are taking statements and I believe we will be able to meet the timelines we have set," she said.
According to the timelines, TJRC expects to compile its final report detailing historical records and recommendations on reparations, prosecutions, institutional reforms, amnesty and monuments by November 2011.
According to Section 52(1) of the TJRC Act, the commission "shall stand dissolved three months after submission of its report to the President."In his statement, Mr Kiplagat said he believed in the constitutional right of every Kenyan to be presumed innocent unless otherwise proved in a court of law.
He said he saw the "Tribunal as an opportunity to finally put any doubts about my credibility to rest once and for all".
The chair said the journey to his eventual decision to step aside had been difficult.
"However, it is my fundamental belief in the rule of law, my commitment to peace in this country and my sense of duty to those that appointed me and the many that support the Commission that has guided my every decision," he said.
Last week, the Parliamentary Committee had given the TJRC a 72 hour ultimatum to put its house in order or the House initiates the process to disband it.
The mandate of the TJRC is to inquire into human rights violations including those committed by the state, groups or individuals. It includes but is not limited to politically motivated violence, assassinations, community displacements, settlements and evictions.


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WHS Daily Bulletin
Wednesday, November 21:
Lunch: French toast sticks/syrup or Sausage gravy over biscuit, sausage links, tomato juice, seasoned potato wedges, orange slices, cocoa puffs, ½ pint of milk
Shortened Day Schedule – 2:15 pm Dismissal
Student Council members stop by Mrs. Walsh's room to draw your secret santa name sometime today!
S.A.V.E. will be having a bake sale on Wednesday during both lunch shifts so bring some extra cash for dessert.
After Prom Take Over Night! WHS is "taking over" Buffalo Wild Wings on Wednesday, November 21 from 5:00-9:00pm. Come to the Dirksen Parkway location and help raise money for your After Prom! Just present the fundraising ticket and we'll get 15% of your pre-taxed food sales! Come and join the fun! Click on the link for the certificates necessary for fundraising credit: BWWdirksen_TakeoverNight_NOV21_12 (1).pdf
Thursday, November 22:
No School - Thanksgiving
Friday, November 23:
No School – Thanksgiving Break
Saturday, November 24:
9:00 AM JV Wrestling at Springfield High – Van leaves at 6:30 AM
General Announcements:
Christmas Break ACT Prep classes being given by: "Better Test Scores" The average ACT improvement is four points! Students can pick up flyers or get the website and phone number in the Guidance Office.
Juniors – Sign up in Mr. Kershaw's room to work concessions.


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([The poor) know that even a small amount of giving can make a huge difference —Pamela Atkinson
BERKELEY, Calif. — It didn't make the wealthy look so good.
A 2009 national look at charitable giving by McClatchy Newspapers showed the poor give a higher percentage of their income (4.3 percent) to charity than rich people (2.1 percent).
"We thought, 'Wow, that's kind of surprising,'" says Michael W. Kraus who was studying at the University of California, Berkeley at the time and who is starting as an assistant professor in the psychology department at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign beginning in July.
The survey led Kraus and his colleagues at Berkeley and the University of Toronto to conduct several experiments to see if the McClatchy analysis could be replicated; to see why people who are in lower classes appear to be more generous than people in higher classes
"Wealthier people are not jerks," Kraus says. "They're not."
The recent study, "Having Less, Giving More: The Influence of Social Class on Prosocial Behavior," included several tests to try to isolate and analyze the generosity of lower class versus higher-class people — the rich attitudes versus the poor attitudes. It was a way of seeing if the results of the national survey were isolated or if they could be replicated in a more laboratory-like setting. The results could have implications on how non-profits look for contributions — and on how people who want to be more charitable can move in that direction.
Psychological studies typically bring people in (usually university students) and test them in a variety of ways — often obscuring the real purpose of the test. In the "dictator game" subjects were surveyed about their perceived social standing. They were then given 10 points and told they could give points to another unseen anonymous test subject. They were told the more points they had at the end of the test, the more money they would be given for participating in the study. Those who were ranked lower in social standing gave more of their points away.
Another study manipulated peoples' feelings about where they fell on the social class continuum — telling them to compare themselves to either people at the bottom or the top. Again, the more people perceived themselves as in a lower social standing, the more generous they were when allocating charitable donations.
A "trust game" showed lower class people were more trusting and egalitarian — and more concerned about the welfare of the other players in the game.
Notice them not
Pamela Atkinson, a community advocate and a member of the Deseret News Editorial Board, says, "I was a trifle surprised at the results of that research."
She often has rung a bell around Christmas time for the Salvation Army donation kettles. "I noticed that there really was a preponderance of lower income people who were putting money into the kettle," she says. "Very often it was families. And the kids would get excited and the parents would give them money to put into the kettle."
But Atkinson was reluctant to say this meant wealthier people were not generous. "I didn't judge the people who kept on walking," she says, "because I have no way of knowing if they hadn't already contributed already online or by check."
Kraus was also puzzled by the results. The last test mentioned in the study, however, gives some clues as to why the poor may give more, percentage-wise, of their substance.
This test partnered two participants and asked them to divide up and finish a set of tasks. The catch was the second "participant" was really an actor.
Before the actor participant showed up, the real participant would be shown one of two videos. One video was designed to increase compassion and charitable awareness by showing scenes of suffering children and the like. The other video was neutral and just showed a quiet conversation from the movie "All the President's Men."
The actor participant would arrive late, flustered and distressed. After separating the real participant and the actor participant into different rooms, the test-giver would ask the real participant if he wanted to take on a greater share of the tasks to make it easier for the distressed actor participant.
The lower income participants helped out regardless of which video they were shown at the beginning of the test. Higher income people, however were different.
If a higher income person had only been shown the neutral video, they didn't help out much. But if they saw the compassion video, higher income people helped out as much as the lower income participants. "Seeing suffering makes them concerned about their partner," Kraus says.
It was all about noticing. The lower income people always noticed the distressed partner's need. The higher income people noticed when primed to notice.
Educating for compassion
This ties in with Atkinson's experiences in charity work in Salt Lake City. "When people find out about a need with a certain charity, or a cause, they are more than willing to give," she says. "People in the upper and middle class, if I give them information about something in which I am involved, and if I show them what the outcome would be from their donating, they usually give."
She also thinks poor people are quick to help because they know small things help. "They know that even a small amount of giving can make a huge difference," she says. "They know it is going to make a difference because they have experienced the difference themselves."
Carrie Roberts says that for poor people it isn't about tax deductions or tax shelters or trying to get something out of it. Roberts is the founder CEO of For the Charitable Community, Inc, which helps with networking, training and support for the non-profit sector. "They are giving because they want to give," she says. "They are not as organized, there are not strategies around it. People are more likely just to help each other out."
One of Roberts' clients is a free medical clinic. She said people with lower incomes will often try to volunteer or donate or do things to pay back the clinic even though the clinic charges nothing. "People regularly go beyond what they could or even they should be doing," she says. "It surprises me sometimes."
Wary for good and bad
Kraus said people with lower income are familiar with resource scarcity and how vulnerable it makes them. They worry about all the external factors that can immediately affect their lives. There is no cushion. There is no emergency fund.
People who have a lower income are always wary of possible threats to their precarious position, Kraus says. They are always on the lookout for negative emotions.
But such awareness makes people more generous. "Because you notice other people in need a lower class person may say, 'I know what it is like to be in need. We need to help those other people out. It is wrong to turn a blind eye,'" Kraus says.
And without the constant threat to financial, social and familial survival, middle and higher income people just don't notice things.
And, to Kraus, this explains why wealthier people are not jerks. "They're just focused," he says. "They are checking their cell phone. They are thinking about places A, B and C they need to go to today. And they are trying to check off their to-do list. If you were just to slow down a little bit and consider the people around you and their emotional experiences, you would become aware of other people's distress and you would probably be more likely to help people when they need it."
Learning to notice
And to get people in higher classes to notice, they need to have things brought to their attention — like how the sensitizing video in the study put higher income people in a charitable sensitive mindset.
Atkinson places a lot of the responsibility for creating more awareness on the non-profits. "I am constantly amazed at people's generosity once I've shared with them what the needs are," she says. "It may be in donation of money. It may be in donation of material goods. If we don't educate people, if we don't let them know what they can do, why they need to do it and how they can do it, then we can't say to people they are not very generous."
But being aware doesn't come in a day.
Kraus said he would like to think working on the study changed him. "But my profession is so self-focused," he says. "It is all about the next study that you are doing and answering emails and keeping projects in line. I regret I am a victim of my education and upbringing. … I spend a lot of time doing research and a lot less time than I should, probably, thinking about other people."
Atkinson, however, isn't discouraged.
"Everybody has enormous power to help another individual," she says. "They don't have to be Bill Gates."
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The secret fiber project revealed!
First things first, to those who celebrate any of the following: Merry Chirstmas, Happy Festivas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Yule a little late (and if I missed one, happy that as well)! It's a busy time of year and I can't believe in a few short days it will be 2013 and then I'll be 27 shortly after that.
I know that I've been a bad blogger, but it's for good reason. I had to do a lot of work on my secret project and a gift project. I also updated my Chevron Hat pattern for worsted weight yarn (the original was for bulky).
So my secret project has been in the works for quite a while and it was a project for my partner. Somehow in the several months I worked on it, he never caught me. Here are a few pics of the final product (that still needs to be added to).
I need to add at least 4 rows to it to make it a bit longer. I think I'll be adding 8 rows. This blanket was inspired by some Googling and I landed on PaisleyJade's blog post. One day when I lose my mind, I want to make one that is the poison mushroom for me.
The other project that I was working on was a scarf for a Christmas gift for my aunt. I didn't want to post any pictures sooner because I wanted it to be a surprise. It's the Heide Mountain scarf and it turned out really well. The pattern was easy to knit and I would definitely use it again.
And a matching Chevron Hat (loose version):
This version of the Chevron hat not only has been update for worsted weight yarn, but it also has variations for the brim as well as a loose and cloche version.
So it's been a post full of photos and you've hopefully made it this far.
My knitting plans for 2013 are:
- Type up some more of my patterns to share
- Learn some new knitting skills
- Get ohmisterknitter.com up and running
- Hopefully start on my K25 project…which at this point I'll have to rename (I have one in mind)
- Try to blog at a very minimum once a month, but twice if I can
- I might try throwing in some more Work In Progress Wednesday and Finished Project Friday posts
Last but certainly not least, have a happy, safe, and healthy new year!


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The January move for Printwear & Promotion LIVE! proved to be a great success. A total of 5,918 visitors flocked into Halls 17 & 18 at the NEC Birmingham from Sunday 21 to Tuesday 23 January to discover new products and equipment, as well as the garment decoration industry's latest clothing lines.
Event director, Tony Gardner, commented: "As anticipated with January being a little quieter for the industry as a whole, the earlier dates enabled even more to attend and despite snow on the first day, we were delighted that visitor numbers were 300 up on last year and surpassed our previous high achieved in 2015! Once again our exhibitors put on a real show with the quality of their stand presentations and the 150 stands were an excellent showcase for and a reflection of the vibrancy of the printwear market."
Visitors were spoilt for choice with the number of new equipment launches at the show, ranging from direct to garment printers such as the Brother GTX and the Ricoh Ri 100 to embroidery machines including the SWF KS tubular series featuring 1,200spm and the super compact SAI from Tajima.
J&B Sewing Machine Co managing director, Robert Miller, who was exhibiting the new Brother GTX DTG printer, commented: "We have never been so swamped with potential buyers. We were overrun with people excited to see the new Brother GTX and we printed non-stop for the three days of the show. Even in the first few days post show we have secured a number of confirmed orders so we are extremely happy."
The show also saw a number of new exhibitors showcasing their products and services for the first time.
Owner of Start2Print, Steven Galbraith, who is already planning a return in 2019 with a bigger stand, commented: "We spoke with many people wanting to get started in the trade that were just after a little advice. Over 500 people visited our small stand over the three-day period."
Familiar faces and new arrivals
Printwear & Promotion LIVE! 2018 was attended by both returning and new visitors alike. Janette Gibbons, Sara Easton and Emma Crowhurst, owners of EJS Products, returned after attending the show for the first time last year. They commented: "We made the effort to take the time out of our busy workload and come this year; it's definitely been worth it! It's great to have both clothing and equipment all in one place. We came to source new technology and garments, and if there is something new out there it's going to be at Printwear & Promotion LIVE! We came with a lot of questions, but are leaving with a lot of answers."
Mark and Katy Spence, owners of Linear Signs and Graphics, visited Printwear & Promotion LIVE! for the first time this year, saying: "We have never been to the show before, and it has been very eye-opening. We specialise in signs and graphics, but starting to venture into garment decoration and hoping to conquer that market as well. We were very impressed by the quality and number of exhibitors and will return next year."
Exclusive feature areas successful as ever
Debuting at the 2018 show were two new seminar theatres: The Knowledge Centre and The Decoration Advice Suite. Providing information on how to develop a garment decoration business and the best ways to maximise profit when it comes to decorating garments, both seminar theatres proved to be a success.
Other show features included the ever-popular Fashion Show, sponsored by Regatta, showcasing the latest garments in sportswear, outdoor clothing and workwear, the Screen Print workshop and the Bag & Headwear Decoration Advice stand sponsored by Beechfield Brands.
Next year will see Printwear & Promotion LIVE! celebrate its 30th anniversary. The show is provisionally planned to take place in January in Halls 17 & 18, so watch this space for further details.