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There seems to be a bug in facets PQueue v1.8.54, at least the behavior is inconsistent. Here is the output on machine-1 which is running - --------------------------------------------------------- ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) [i386-mswin32] facets (1.8.51, 1.8.8) irb(main):001:0> require 'facets/more/pqueue' => true irb(main):002:0> pqueue = PQueue.new(lambda{|x,y| x<y}) => #<PQueue:0x2c35c60 @gt=#<Proc:0x02c35d28@(irb):2>, @size=0, @qarray=[n irb(main):003:0> irb(main):004:0* pqueue.top => nil --------------------------------------------- This is the expected behavior While on another machine with - ----------------------------------------- ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i386-mswin32] facets (1.8.54) irb(main):001:0> require 'facets/more/pqueue' => true irb(main):002:0> @pqueue = PQueue.new(lambda{|x,y| x<y}) c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/facets-1.8.54/lib/facets/more/pqueue.rb:236: warn ing: default `to_a' will be obsolete => <PQueue: size=1, top=#<Proc:0x02d9bc58@(irb):2>> irb(main):003:0> @pqueue.top => #<Proc:0x02d9bc58@(irb):2> --------------------------------------------- Strangely the lambda supplied as the comparator is inserted in the queue. Both Ruby and Facets version is different. TIA - nasir
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Ah! pqueue.rb was changed to be backward incompatible from facets 1.8.51 -> 1.8.54 # 1.8.51 def initialize(compareProc=lambda{|x,y| x>y}) # By default, retrieves maximal elements first. @qarray=[nil]; @size=0; @gt=compareProc; make_legal end # 1.8.54 def initialize(elements=nil, &block) # :yields: a, b @qarray = [nil] @size = 0 @gt = block || lambda {|a,b| a > b} replace(elements) if elements end Is there a way to load 1.8.51 version of one file (in this case pqueue.rb) while use rest of the facets gem 1.8.54? The other option is to monkey patch :-( Any other option? - nasir
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Le samedi 09 juin 2007 22:14, Nasir K. a écrit : > > pqueue.rb) while use rest of the facets gem 1.8.54? > The other option is to monkey patch :-( > Any other option? > > - nasir > Hi, Yes you are right, pqueue was rewritten and the api changed a lot. In Facets, there was two different classes for the same purpose, PQueue and Heap, which both provided a heap based priority queue. The latter was broken, although it had functionalities that pqueue lacked. So, I merged both classes into one full-featured class, with a different API, closer to the Array one and more ruby-like to me. I submitted it, and as I based my work on pqueue, it replaced the previous version of the class, and Heap was removed. Here is the notes I transmitted to Trans, who maintains Facets : * Initialization can take both initial values and comparison block, both optionnaly. Whereas the original PQueue take only a block, and Heap take only the initial values and needs to be subclassed in order to implement the comparison * Every methods which take an array as a parameter (initialize, push_all, replace) can now take any object that responds to #to_a, and are optimized in the case where the given object is a PQueue itself. * Creating a queue from scratch (with #initialize or with #replace) is faster than for the original PQueue, by adapting the #heapify method from Heap. * Added consistent methods #inspect, #==, #initialize_copy. * Methods are documented and unit-tested. I dropped some methods from both original classes : * PQueue#make_legal, useless since the PQueue is now always legal * PQueue#replace_top_low, which I can't figure out the purpose :) * PQueue#each_with_index, already provided by Enumerator * Heap#sort_internal, was like an inplace-sort, but it destroyed the PQueue. Actually, I didn't know it was already commited :) If you used only push, pop, clear and empty? in your client code, then the only api change is for the instanciation method, which doesn't take a Proc object as an argument, but a block. I see no other solution than monkey patching, if you really don't want to modify your client code. Regards
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Thanks Olivier. IMHO def initialize(compareProc=lambda{|x,y| x>y}, elements=nil) could have preserved backwards compatibility for PQueue users and also preserved semantics of passing the comparator as an argument rather than a block. Shall work around for now. Thanks Nasir


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Well...that was an eventful six months.
I'm Kay B now. Married for 4 months this weekend! Crazy right? It was a truly magical day. Sadly the memories are already all sort of blurred together. I guess I should have expected that. Hoping that when we FINALLY get our pictures that should help regain some of those little details.
In other news, still looking for a house. At this point, we've looked at so many that I've lost count. We've had a few prospects and one VERY close call. But alas...We still live in our shoebox with the worst neighbors on planet earth. We have another possible prospect that we are going to see for the second time on Wednesday. Not getting my hopes up but it's plenty of room, a nice yard (with a pool!) in a quiet rural area. No lie, I stood on the deck and heard cows mooing. Where we currently live I stand on the deck and see the highway and Burger King. THIS WOULD BE AMAZING. I would be half an hour closer to work. The benefits are boundless...
I would like to get settled soon though because we're reaching the end of school year. Not only that but gymnastics is ending in June. If we move it would be a similar drive to the gym to what I have now. However after teaching a week long lesson about different types of dances from all over the world, I was reminded of how all my life I did all types of dance but never Irish Step Dancing because my studio never offered it. My best friend and I joked about taking it with four year olds when we were juniors in high school but we never did it. If you read early blog entries...I was a chicken.
But I'm a little more outgoing now. I have to be. I have to sing in front of adolescents. every. day. I take a "young adult" gymnastics class with kids 5-10 years younger than me. I have a full time job! I can afford to have hobbies!
So I'm going to email some schools and see what they say. I'd like to think that whether I was nine or almost 25 they would want to teach me. Or take my money. But since it's late...more on that later.
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Oscar De La Renta
A moment of silence for our fellow blue and white lover, Oscar de la Renta - a talent and inspiration gone too soon.
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It seems as though Miami is making a footprint in the world of architecture. CNN.com recently named Miami the future architecture capital of America.
Naturally, Stay Miami Beach decided to explore this bold statement a little further and discover a few of the many iconic buildings that this beautiful city has to offer. The architecture variety extends beyond the very familiar art deco district, and of course, we've shared them with you.
In our digging, we discovered the historical beauty that is the Villa Vizcaya built back in 1914. One of Miami's oldest and most stunning buildings still stands today as a museum so far removed from the Art Deco design-scape that Miami, particularly South Beach, is known for. The Italian-inspired Museum and Gardens are like a European escape without leaving the Miami area.
The very popular Fontainebleau Hotel on the Miami beach oceanfront strip also made it to the list. How could it not? Built in 1954 this hotel still remains one of the most famous and luxurious hotels in Miami. It's unusual shape stands alone like no other. Home to the notorious Liv nightclub, this hotel was at one time, also the scenery for the 1964 James Bond 'Goldfinger'.
You may not be able to park yourself here for breakfast in bed, but you sure can park your car in one of the most famous parking garages in the world. Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, 1111 Lincoln Road is one of Miami's newer structural designs, but it's being recognized as the most spectacular parking garage you've ever seen and it's found on the famous Lincoln Mall shopping and dining strip.
It's apparent that Miami has a variety of iconic architectural buildings – many of which differ so greatly from each other in terms of style, design and historical significance. It was a challenge to reduce the list to highlight only 3 of Miami's incredible buildings, but we wanted to entice you with this sample list to give you reason to visit and explore the other architectural wonders this city has to offer.


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The Technological University for Dublin Alliance has submitted a formal application to the Minister for Education and Expertise to seek designation as the first technological college (TU) in Ireland. Government Chief Whip and Minister of State for the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands, Joe McHugh, TD, formally launched the Dublin Institute of Technology's (DIT) Second Irish Language Scheme, 2018-2021, in accordance with the Official Languages Act (2003) on Wednesday, 25th April, in DIT Grangegorman.
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Transgender inmate recalls civil rights violations in Virginia jail
The Richmond Times-Dispatch has released a long form story on reported civil rights violations of a transgender inmate who spent time in a Virginia jail. Lacy Ferguson-Hernandez, the woman at the focus of the piece, has been in and out of jail for the last 20 years and is currently behind bars at Haynesville Correctional Center. Prior to Haynesville she spent time a Pamunkey Regional Jail in Hanover where she claims to have experienced discrimination at the hands of jail administration.
According to Ferguson-Hernandez, the discrimination took the form of both verbal abuse and forced isolation and solitary confinement:
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For eight weeks at Pamunkey [Jail], Ferguson-Hernandez said she was confined for all but one hour in a day in a cell that smelled of urine, isolated from the general jail population solely for identifying as transgender. She said passing jail officers pilloried her with taunts and insults.
"This is your choice. If you had been a real man, you would never have had to come back here," Ferguson-Hernandez, 35, recalled one of the officers saying.
"This is God's way of punishing you for being what you are," she said another remarked.
The TD article also focused on a study from last year that looked at LGB inmates, not transgender, and examined the use of restrictive housing on them vs. the general population from 2011-12.
According to the study, 27.8% of LGB inmates reported spending time in restrictive housing vs. their heterosexual peers who were reported at a rate of 18%.
On average, up to 4.4% of state and federal prisoners and 2.7% of jail inmates were held in administrative segregation or solitary confinement over the course of the year.
The data from the study showed "a clear link" between the percentage of inmates who identified as LGB and the greater use of restrictive housing.
In an interview with the TD, Gail M. Deady, a legal fellow of secular society women's rights at the ACLU of Virginia, said the use of segregated housing on trans people is a often used to cut them off from resources that could "reaffirm their gender identity, that affirm their humanity."
"By putting them in isolation, it exacerbates the gender dysphoria they may be feeling," she said.
While the study did not examine transgender inmates, it did find similarly high numbers of segregated housing in prison populations that suffered from mental illness.
Pamunkey jail's superintendent James C. Willett didn't answer questions specifically about Ferguson-Hernandez lobbed by the TD, but in an emailed statement Willett said "the jail complies with the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act."
"All of Pamunkey's LGBT inmates are screened for risk of victimization and abusiveness and the jail considers their inmate housing assignments on a case-by-case basis in order to ensure the inmate's health and safety and that a given placement would not present management or security problems," he wrote according to the TD. "Inmates are not placed in involuntary segregated housing unless there is no alternative means of separation from likely abusers."
The use of segregated housing to increase the safety of an inmate is controversial if not illegal. The Federal Prison Rape Elimination Act (2003) includes a number of points about jailing LGBTQ people in federal and sate facilities which specifies isolating someone because of their gender identity or sexual orientation. However it does allow placing someone in separated housing if it is "in a dedicated unit or wing established in connection with a consent decree, legal settlement, or legal judgment for the purpose of protection."
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I've heard it said, "If you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life." I call bull on that. I love what I do, and what I plan to continue doing after graduation. I love the realm of community management with an emphasis on agriculture. But I work hard. I work hard to build relationships, to see connections, to find new and interesting ways to spark conversation. I love it. I love that exhausted feeling of fulfillment after a milestone is reached. I love that even when I feel worn down, I can find satisfaction in seeing the relationships that can truly be built. I may love what I do, but I still consider it work. With that said, I think it's that realization that lays the foundation for the rest of this post.
I've realized I'm not a "settler." I once thought I could take any situation and make the most of it. While I like to think I can still do that in some ways (see The Leap List), in other ways, I've realized that there really are times when striving for happiness is truly called for.
I'd like to rewrite that quote that I opened with. It should be closer to this: "If you love what you do, you'll work your ass off and feel fulfilled." I mean, not every day will be sunshine and roses. Even the best, most ideal jobs come with stress, moments of doubt, and occasional frustration. But, the long-term rewards of the situation? If those make you smile at the end of the day, you've got it. Hang onto it.
I see it in agriculture everyday. I recently became fast friends with a rancher named Ty who blogs about ranching and trying to train a tightly-wound cattledog named Scout. Ty loves his job. Ty is in the middle of conquering calving season. Calves are being born left and right. He's sleep-deprived, exhausted, and stressed. And things don't always go as planned. He wrote an absolutely moving, heart-breaking blog post about losing a newborn calf. It's the kind of day that makes the work emotionally draining. For what it's worth, though, Ty will still tell you that he's got one of the best jobs out there. It's his calling. Ranching is what he's meant to do. And he goes back at it each and every day with a determination and drive that leaves me in awe. Ranching's hard. It's exhausting. It's stressful. It's isolated. Yet, he loves it.
This applies to more than just work, though. Recently, my absolutely adorable and sweet friend Jenny announced that she's leaving her native land of Chico, California to move to the North Dakota prairies. She's relocating to live with her boyfriend, a farmer-agronomist named Mark. They met over Twitter. The massive lifestyle changes are going to be tough. But, when you know what you need to do in life, it's hard to look any other way. Will the differences between California and North Dakota be hard now and then? Yes. Will leaving California be stressful? Of course. But Mark and Jenny know. And the emotional investment's long-term (even lifelong) rewards are so much greater than the momentary difficulties that may arise while they pave the way for a beautiful life together. You can read about Jenny and Mark's story here.
When career and personal life mesh into the feeling of "I need to do this," it can be pretty powerful.
I'm still not ready to openly discuss specifics. But, I know what I want to do with my life after college. I know what I need. I know the direction my life is going in, and right now, it's the light at the end of the dark tunnel that is the remainder of my college career. In many ways, I'm already doing what I love. The clients and the setting will change over time, but the work I am doing is the work that I want my career to start with. And I know my responsibilities and roles within that career path will change as I evolve as person.
I'm finding my direction. I know where I want to go, what I want to do. And let me tell you, it's a pretty fantastic feeling. Does it make dealing with the last few months of college that much harder? Yes. Does it make the wait for bigger, better things seem that much longer? Of course. Does knowing these changes are coming make me sad to leave behind certain people and things? Hell yes. But, it's all worth it.
I work hard. And I'll continue to work hard. I'll face changes and uncertainty and doubt and loneliness and fear. But, because I love what I do and where my life is going, all that hard work and all those brief moments are turmoil are just a small price to pay for real happiness in life.


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Everybody knows her because of her band called Florence and the Machine. She is English, studied art at Camberwell College of Arts but left everything for music. Red hair, great outfits... do I need to say more?
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Work is continuing on an extension to a borough school as part of plans to improve facilities for pupils.
Kings Priory School, in Tynemouth, is investing in significant building works across its two sites in the village to ensure students have the best learning environment.
Construction is taking place on the school's primary site while work is also in the pipeline for the secondary site.
Facilities manager John McLeod said: "This work will create a huge improvement across our school, offering students much more space and an even better working environment.
"Work on the Sixth Form building will start during the Easter break and will be completed by the end of October this year."
Principal Gill Hewlett added: "These building works form part of cross-site improvements to ensure we provide the best environment and facilities for students."
"We have already created vast improvements to our First School site, with new dedicated breakout areas to support more effective learning and refurbishment of classroom and common areas."
Parents and potential sixth form students were given a chance to look at the proposed improvements to the sixth form building at an open evening last week, as well as learning more about the courses available.
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Sitharaman new defence minister: Here are her achievements as MoS commerce
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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's tenure of nearly six months as Defence Minister of India, his second in this government, was again short but eventful. It was marked by key developments, including finalisation of path-breaking Strategic Partnership Policy and a 75-day standoff in Doklam Sector with China.
Jaitley took on additional charge of the Defence Ministry on March 14, after Manohar Parrikar quit the Union Cabinet to return to Goa as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed its government in the coastal state.
It was Jaitley's second stint as the country's Defence Minister -- the first was when the Narendra Modi government came to power in May 2014. That term lasted until November 2014, when Parrikar was brought from Goa to handle the key ministry.
This time around, Jaitley took reins of the Defence Ministry at a time when the talks of September 2015 surgical strikes across the Line of Control in Pakistan had not yet died down and tension on the India-Pakistan border had intensified due to ceasefire violations and infiltrations.
However, a task cut out for Jaitley in his additional responsibility was to give direction to the government's ambitious plan to push domestic manufacturing in defence, with the Strategic Partnership Policy in the pipeline for long.
While the new Defence Procurement Policy was released in 2016, the chapter on Strategic Partnership remained pending and appeared to be stuck.
According to Defence Ministry sources, Jaitley personally pushed the policy, which was finally cleared by the Defence Acquisition Council on May 20. The Union Cabinet "took note" of it on May 24.
As per the policy, Indian industry majors would be identified as strategic partners, and would, in turn, tie up with global original equipment manufacturers to seek technology transfer and manufacturing know-how to set up domestic manufacturing infrastructure and supply chains in defence manufacturing.
Jaitley, shortly before the Cabinet reshuffle, also led the biggest reform in the Indian Army after independence as the government decided to redeploy around 57,000 Army personnel in a bid to increase the tooth-to-tail ratio of the Army.
He also pitched for reforms in the Ordnance Factory Board. In another first, the Ministry decided to give early retirement to 13 Group A officers of the Indian Ordnance Factories Service.
Jaitley's stint would also be remembered for what was one of the longest standoff with China in the Sikkim Sector that began on June 16 and continued for two-and-half months.
It saw India increase its troop deployment along the eastern border. Both sides finally decided to withdraw their respective troops last week.
Increased tensions with China during the standoff also saw a scuffle between the troops of the two countries in Ladakh on August 15, wherein soldiers threw stones and indulged in fisticuffs.
Asked about his stint on Sunday, Jaitley said: "I enjoyed every minute as Defence Minister. I loved the job and had two opportunities to serve. I think the systems in the ministry are excellent. I have the satisfaction that in a brief period, we did a lot -- from strategic partnership to implementing the Pay Commission recommendations, resolving anomalies in the Pay Commission recommendations...."
"My last decisions on streamlining the ordnance factories, and redeployment of 57,000 personnel from non-essential areas are important directional changes. It is a great job, but the Finance Ministry is an important job too. It is not possible to look after these two ministries indefinitely... the Prime Minister was aware of these constraints," the Minister added.


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The Seeker
Those who have had the calling or consciousness to ask the fundamental questions; `Who am I?', 'What am I doing here?', What is life about?' and then earnestly apply themselves to unveil the mysteries of life are called Seekers. The unfolding that occurs once you recognise the truth, leaves a seeker open to investigating 'What is in the way of realising ourselves as truth in the eternal moment of now?
The seeker can experience Satori (a state where awareness has become aware of itself). This state needs no mind and is considered to be a state of oneness with all that is. The beauty and pure contentment from this connectedness is recognised to be aspects of your true self. You are this space always, yet satori often is not continuous and becomes a passing recognition. One can experience the ecstasy of the satori and is then left with the laundry. This laundry state is that of ego, our minds survival program. Through self inquiry and meditation it is possible to turn awareness onto awareness through a disciplined practice. When awareness is being drawn away from itself to a mind that is contracted for some reason, the seeker recognises that additional practices to see through the minds contractions is required.
Many seekers have been initiated into spirituality through Osho and Sai Baba, who made much of eastern mysticism available to the west. Satsang can be found in most major cities in the world now a days. A great part due to the legacy of these of Osho and Sai Baba. A few of the early western teachers to advocate the freedoms offered by eastern spirituality is Wayne Dyer and Eckhart Tolle. Much is owned to them for their ground breaking efforts through western culture.
Doing the work
The seekers quest for higher consciousness is achieved by learning how to meditate, examining the mechanisms of the mind and accepting yourself completely as you are. This does require developing your awareness and skillful means to see the obstacles the mind creates which keeps silence, stillness and unconditional acceptance at bay. Seeing the obstacles within the psyche and removing them is a large portion of doing the work.
These obstacles usually appear as belief systems. Having the integrity to be with what you find, becoming more conscious of how you operate, your agendas when communicating, your defences that come into play to protect a desire or image of ourselves, are all part of doing the work. Developing higher consciousness involves seeing the conditioning or programming, the behavioural patterns and belief systems, which create the filters that stand in the way of knowing yourself as truth.
Ultimately to awake to your true nature, removal of all resistances, delusions and aversions created by the mind is seen through and has been let go to develop an equinamous mind. The endeavour is also a way of living which involves loving kindness and generosity, in service to all others.


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There are 2 types of link cubes, namely the Multi-Link (snap link) cubes and the link cubes. The snap link cubes shown on the right has circular connecting stubs so that it fit snugly and tightly into any side of the other cubes. It comes in 10 colours and each cube measures 2cm x 2cm x 2cm.
The Multi-Link ( Snap- Link ) Cubes comes in quantities of 100, 250 500, 1000 and 2000. Some models come with containers.
This set comes in storage container.
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Finally my first ever kit arrived today! Happy me
First thing I did was to check if everything is in the box and as far as I can see it's complete.
I checked the neck and body and I see that both need some work; the fretboard looks ok but there are some little dents. The inlays are very nice and the rosewood looks beautifull. The neck itself needs a lot of sanding because there are some dents as well and even a little scratch. But nothing some good sanding can solve.
The body; the binding is looking very good and I see I need to sand, sand and sand
There are some glue spots but man, that veneer is looking awesome!! And unbelievable thin!! So I need to take care with the sanding on the top.
Overall I'm very happy!
As decided I will try to recreate the Les Paul Red Widow and I can't wait to get started.


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You have probably heard of a prenuptial agreement. But a less common option, often reserved for those who did not agree to a prenup, is something called a postnup. While it is similar to a prenup, in many cases it is created when divorce is imminent in order to detail what assets are marital property and how they should be divided in the event the marriage does come to an end.
But is there ever a time when a postnup could actually help a marriage that is struggling to remain viable? Some believe it can. One argument for the redemptive powers of a postnup is that financial factors can be major stressors on a relationship and in forcing the couple to sit down and solidify all assets and debts, devise a plan and remove the uncertainty from the future, you may take some of the power away from the stressors.
A postnup will look at what is held individually by each party and what is jointly owned. Who is liable for debt and is it in only one's name or both parties'? In blended families, what support is given to other family members and does anyone have any special needs? How long will the support be given? Does each spouse have a role in any business dealings? What is that role? What is the allocation of earnings? Is one spouse spending more and the other saving more? All of these questions have the ability to generate a conversation that could be therapeutic.
Whether you are working on saving a marriage or determined to end one, you may strongly benefit from the help of a California family law attorney. The right advocate can provide the invaluable counsel you may need to make sure your financial future is sound, regardless of your marital future.


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A note from Calin Radulescu, Artistic Director: Our faculty, staff, volunteers, and board members eagerly anticipate the production of our NEW Nutcracker this year. Audiences can look forward to beautiful new sets, fantastical backdrops, improved costumes, new musical orchestration, and entirely new choreography. Our brand new Nutcracker will allow more students to be featured and I look forward to sparking new life into a well-loved classic ballet. Southold's Nutcracker is the largest and the only full, unabridged Nutcracker production in the Michiana area. I sincerely hope you will bring all of your friends and family to be the first to experience Southold's New Nutcracker!
The Nutcracker Story
Act I
The Stahlbaum house is aflutter with preparations for their annual holiday party. While Marie and her brother Fritz anxiously await the arrival of the guests, Uncle Drosselmeyer is putting the finishing touches on his dolls. The party finally begins with plenty of food, presents, dancing, and fun! The beloved Uncle Drosselmeyer arrives late and entertains the guests with a puppet show. He then presents Marie with a magnificent Nutcracker. The gift sparks sibling rivalry, and the nutcracker is broken. Drosselmeyer wraps the toy with a silk and promises a complete repair later. Marie and Fritz rejoin their friends for the remainder of the party, ending the evening in a festive gavotte with parents and children alike. As the party nears to an end, everyone prepares for their journey back home.
The Stahlbaums are ready for bed, but Marie asks her mom to allow her to sleep on the couch for the night, so she may be closer to her Nutcracker doll. Once she falls asleep, mice begin crawling with the stroke of midnight. The Mouse King appears, and he is ready to conquer the house with the mice army. Marie screams and her doll comes to life, protecting her from the intruders. A battle between the mice and soldier dolls ensues.
Both the Mouse King and the Nutcracker doll are hurt in battle. Drosselmeyer appears, transforming the Nutcracker doll into a protecting prince. Then, he takes Marie through the beautiful and magical Land of Snow.
Act II
Marie and her Nutcracker prince arrive in the Magical Kingdom where angels and guests from around the world greet them. The Nutcracker Prince tells everyone in the kingdom about their travels and mostly about the great fight against the Mouse King. He then takes Marie to the throne so she can enjoy the festivities prepared specially for her.
After dancing together with the flowers and her Nutcracker Prince, everything seems to slowly disappear in front of her eyes. She swirls around in confusion, dazed, and realizes that she is in her own living room. She finds her Nutcracker next to the tree, and lovingly holds it, wondering if her adventure was real or only just a dream…
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Forever, Inc. Launches Major Updates to Its Leading Digital Scrapbooking Software to Help Customers Tell Their Stories and Save Their Memories for Generations at Forever.com
ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwired - September 25, 2015) - Forever, Inc., the one-stop shop for digitizing, editing, printing, permanently saving, and sharing family photos and memories is pleased to announce that its much anticipated Forever Artisan® 5 scrapbooking software has been released to the public. Forever Founder and CEO, Glen Meakem, announced the release while delivering his keynote address at the first annual Forever LIVE! photography and scrapbooking conference in Atlanta. The new software is much faster and more powerful than the previous version, with page edits, brush strokes, and photo effects that now respond almost instantly.
"Our next generation Artisan scrapbooking software demonstrates our continued leadership in the memory keeping industry," said Meakem. "Artisan's enhanced and new features make it easier than ever for users to create beautiful photo projects that tell their family stories, and to save, print, and share those stories with the peace of mind that comes from knowing everything will be saved for generations."
Artisan 5's exciting new features include improved two-page editing and the ability to save personally created digital art for future use. Artisan 5 also introduces a new font manager and an improved content manager that enhances the user's ability to organize project pages and digital art. And all Artisan projects that have been printed can now be accessed directly from the "Projects" tab in individual Forever sharable storage accounts. Artisan 5 also retains the popular and powerful dual mode approach, which empowers beginners to quickly create and print beautiful photo books, and advanced users to customize every detail of their photo projects.
Mike Carroll, the leader of Forever's desktop software and printing services, said, "Customers have been telling us for months that they liked Artisan's basic and advanced features, but needed powerful new organizational and editing tools to better tell their stories. I'm thrilled that Artisan 5 delivers on these requests. We can honestly say that when it comes to creating beautiful photo books, pages, calendars, and many other photo projects, with Artisan 5 the only limit is your imagination."
In addition to releasing Artisan 5 at Forever LIVE!, the company also released its new "Projects" functionality within each customer's Forever web account. With Forever Projects, people can now design simple photo books, calendars and Christmas cards within their Forever accounts and print to the Forever Print Shop.
According to Meakem, "If our customers, who we call Forever Members, want infinite creativity and thousands of digital art options, then they can use our Forever Artisan 5 software for Windows®, and tens of thousands of people do. But, if they want to make and print simple photo books, calendars, and Christmas cards right from the web, then all they need to do is go to 'Projects' within their Forever accounts. It is very easy to use and every print project can be saved for generations."
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Forever, Inc. offers the world's first and only guaranteed permanent online media storage and sharing service, which is backed by the patent-pending Forever Guarantee. Forever was founded and is led by Glen Meakem, previous Founder and CEO of the highly successful business-to-business e-commerce company, FreeMarkets, Inc. The team at Forever believes that family memories should never be lost. Forever offers a one-stop-shop for digitizing, editing, printing, permanently saving, and sharing family photos and memories. The company offers highly secure, triple backed up cloud storage, with encryption of critical locator data. It also offers award winning mobile apps for iOS and Android that automatically back up to member accounts at www.forever.com as well as web and desktop apps so customers can access, edit, and organize their content from virtually any device. Forever guarantees customers who buy "permanent sharable storage" that their photos and memories will be saved for their lifetimes plus 100 years with the goal of many generations beyond. The company can make this guarantee because a large portion of the money customers pay for "permanent storage" is deposited into the Forever Guarantee Fund, a restricted fund that acts like a permanent endowment or reserve, with earnings paying for storage, bandwidth, and migration to new file formats for generations into the future.
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Re: Airth heirlooms - Correction
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I am embarrassed to say that I just got out the old bayonet I have had since I was a teen and looked for an inscription under the tarnish that might tell me more.To my surprise I found some French and the date 1880 - clearly not an artifact of the Battle of Waterloo.I'm sorry for the false alarm.
At the same time I looked over some books I have also had since my youth - a gift from my grandfather.They were all published between 1811 and 1824.I have scanned the inside cover with Henry Airth signature and will ftp to my website shortly.When it is available I shall post the address were it can be viewd and downloaded.
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What do you mean, it's not my money?
Don't you just hate it when you find out that that multimillion dollar bank account doesn't really belong to you, after all?
NEW YORK (AP) – A defense attorney in New York City says her client believed he was rightfully entitled to the $2 million he's accused of stealing from a bank account managed by someone with the same name. Attorney Julie Fry says Benjamin Lovell "didn't intend to steal from anyone." She says he'll explain in court what the bank told him that led him to believe the $5.8 million account was his.
The 48-year-old Brooklyn salesman has been arrested on grand larceny charges. A judge lowered his bail Friday from $1 million to $10,000 in cash.
Authorities say Lovell spent the misbegotten money on jewelry, cash gifts to friends and failed investments.
The account belonged to a trust, and a different Benjamin Lovell was a signatory on it.
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Honey, could you go get me a railway bridge for the backyard?
Police in the western Czech border town of Cheb have launched an investigation into the theft of a four-tonne railway bridge. "We are not sure if it was taken for personal use or for its scrap value," police spokeswoman Martina Hruskova told AFP. "It is the first time we have dealt with this type of theft."
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A ginger (Zingiber officinale) compress works wonders for back strains, sprains, bruises, and other injuries when applied two or three times a day for several days to a week. Fresh gingerroot works best, but powdered ginger is effective also. You can add cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) powder for extra warming and dispersing action.
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Diamond is a python daemon that collects system metrics and publishes them to Graphite. It is capable of collecting CPU, memory, network, i/o, load and disk metrics. Additionally, it features an API for implementing custom collectors for gathering metrics from almost any source.
Measure Anything, Measure Everything. Sounds great, but how do you actually accomplish this? There are dozens of options for measuring system metrics so why build another one? Simple. They all failed on of these basic tests.
Configuration – Deploy a server. Setup monitoring. So far, so good? Now deploy another 1000. How hard is it to monitor them? We believe that the first server should be as simple as the thousandth, even if each one is slightly different.
Online changes – Why restart your monitoring to add a new monitoring metric? Just add/update a collector and Diamond will detect and start collecting the new metric automatically.
Easy deployment – Written in python to allow deployment to a verity of distros with the same files. This means you don't have to compile binaries or worry about operating system upgrades breaking things.
Configuration management – We allow overrides to the main configuration file to allow multiple ways to manage your configuration. Have a configuration manager that allows roles? Add in a diamond collector configuration file per role and have diamond do the rest.
Scale – Diamond has successfully been deployed to clusters of 1000 machines pushing 3 million points per minute.
Documentation – Not every monitoring solution documents the wide verity of collectors it supports. We are constantly improving our documentation.
Code – FLOSS under a MIT license means you can use Diamond anywhere you want without worrying about licensing or a black box binary.


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Now in its amazing fifteenth year, Snowbombing is Europe's largest, longest standing and most unique snow and music festival, taking place from 7-12 April 2014 in the snowy alpine town of Mayrhofen, Austria. With mountains as a perimeter fence and boasting some of the most awe inspiring festival venues in the world, including a sky-high igloo, 2,000 metres above sea level, enchanted forest clearings, cosy alpine lodges and medieval barns, Snowbombing is a festival experience like no other.
The 2014 edition sees Snowbombing celebrate their 15th birthday with their biggest line-up to date. Those famous fire-starters The Prodigy will take over The Forest stage, treating Snowbombers to a high octane, adrenaline-fueled performance like no other! The Chemical Brothers are also set to unleash their Block Rockin' Beats on the 'Greatest Show on Snow' with their debut DJ set at Snowbombing. After recently releasing their forth studio album 'Brand New Machine,' Chase & Status will return to the mountains to entertain the crowds with an exquisite live set delivering their blend of dubstep-infused breakbeat mixed in with some bassy treats.
East London's Rudimental will return to the slopes for a second year. The band went down a storm in the forest in 2013 and will continue to 'Feel the Love' as they treat Snowbombers to an unforgettable DJ set. Another act to be announced in this extravaganza of Snowbombing goodness is Groove Armada. The duo have been shaking clubs and festivals to the very core for 15 years and certainly know how to whip a crowd into a frenzy. We can't wait for them to bring their eclectic DJ set to the slopes.
Other acts performing include Four Tet who will not only be performing live in the magical forest but also curating a special forest line up featuring Daphni, James Zabiela, Nathan Fake (LIVE) and Anthony Naples. Expect this to be a truly magical performance in one of the most incredible settings known to man.
Sub Focus also joins the DJ line-up bringing his own blend of high-energy crowd-pleasing beats to Snowbombing. Man of the moment Breach also joins the snowbombing bill. After hitting the globe with his single "Jack" and becoming a favourite on every DJs playlist, Breach is a force to be reckoned with and we can't wait to see him take Mayrhofen by storm.
Following her summer residency at ENTER. in Ibiza, Siberian producer Nina Kraviz will swap sunny climes for snow-peaked mountains in what will be her debut apearance at Snowbombing. And after packing out the terrace of DC10 all summer long, The Martinez Brothers also need cooling off so they have decided to swap the beach for the snow in April. Snowbombing favourite Skream will also be back to do what he does best!
Hospitality will once again be entertaining the masses with their trademark sounds from High Contrast, London Elektricity, S.P.Y, Logistics, Etherwood and MCs Dynamite and Wrec. Snowbombing stalwarts The Dub Pistols will be back to perform live, there will also be a live performance from Dense & Pika along with DJ sets from A-Skills, Ben & Lex, Breakage, Citizen, Daniel Avery, Hannah Wants, Huxley, Kove, Krafty Kuts, Kyntro, The Martinez Brothers, North Base, Radio Slave, Rattus Rattus, Roska, Route 94, Smash HiFi and The Heatwave.
The new announcements will join acts already announced including Anja Schneider, Antony Naples, B-Traits, Ben Pearce, Bicep, Breakage, Carl Cox B2B Nic Fanciulli, David Rodigan MBE, Dismantle, DJ EZ, Dusky, Gorgon City, George Fitzgerald, Horse Meat Disco, J.G. Wilkes (Optimo), James Zabiela, Kidnap Kid, Midland, MistaJam, Paul Woolford, PBR Streetgang, Phychemagik, Rodriguez JNR (LIVE), Roman Flugel, Scuba, Shy FX, Special Request, Will Saul and Yousef.
Plus there are yet more acts to be announced soon!
Snowbombing runs from 7-12 April 2014. Prices start at £219 for accommodation and all the entertainment. Days are spent on the slopes enjoying music on mountain top stages or relaxing in the spa of a 5* Hotel and nights deliver cutting edge performances from world class acts in unique venues.


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Durable Do-It-All Jacket
Is that a battery in your pocket, and why do you look so warm?
With winter wind and cold rapidly approaching, I'm sure glad to have my new Milwaukee 3-in-1 Heated Jacket (251B-21), which pairs a heated hooded sweatshirt with a durable water-resistant shell. The flexible combination of layers helps me stay comfortable all day in any weather, no matter what I'm doing. Besides being comfortable, the jacket is job-site tough. Rivets and reinforced stitching strengthen all the highwear, high-stress areas. The insulated shell, which can be worn with or without the hoodie, is made from thick rip-stop nylon and includes storm flaps and elastic cuffs to keep out wind and weather. Overall, it's durable, functional, and has an understated style that suits me fine.
The hooded sweatshirt is heavier than the average sweatshirt, and because it's made from polyester, it's warmer, more water resistant, and tougher than a cotton hoodie. Embedded between the hoodie's inner and outer layers are flexible heating elements, creating front and rear heating zones. The carbon-fiber elements, which are powered by Milwaukee's M12 12v battery packs, have three settings (high, medium, and low), so you can match the heat output to the temperature and your activity level.
Milwaukee claims about eight hours of run-time with the heat on low and a 2.0-Ah pack, which matches my experience. Unlike other heated garments I've owned, the Milwaukee 3-in-1 can be machine washed and dried (on low), which sure beats trying to wipe away construction grime with a damp rag — the method suggested for cleaning my old heated jacket.
Available in black and camo, and in sizes from small to 3X, the jacket sells for about $300 without battery packs.


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Although TruBlue is a national company, our local franchise is located right here in Yorktown and we work with employees and residents in this region. In addition to our regular maintenance and repair services, TruBlue can help seniors stay safe in their homes by handling home modifications and needed upgrades. We're also proud to work with the military to get off-base housing ready for new occupants.
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A Heritage of Hope
Silver Heights Camp was originally envisioned and established by James H. Conner. His vision of a holiness camp near New Albany, IN, came to fruition in the year 1888. He dreamed of a place where people of faith could gather to worship together and experience the peacefulness and serenity of the surrounding countryside.
Silver Heights is located on 22 wooded acres in the beautiful hills of Southern Indiana. It is the longest running camp in the state and has hosted thousands of men, women and children.
The first camp was held under the shade and welcome of a large canvas tent. The horse and buggies tied to available trees and posts surrounded this and other tents that provided shelter and offered food. The camps popularity increased by word of mouth and by 1892, a large wooden Tabernacle had been built to seat 2,500 attendees.
Silver Heights thrived, as people traveled from both near and far to join in the annual camps. In 1909, an estimated 10,000 people attended the camp. Cabins were built to accommodate campers as was a two-story summer hotel that featured 21 rooms. Eventually 31 family cabins, a grocery and a dining hall were added. Later, a five-room army barrack was sent from Camp Taylor, Kentucky. In 1954, the preacher's cabin was completed. In 1961 and 1963, new boys' and girls' dormitories were added. In 2002, fire destroyed most of the cabins, grocery and dining hall, and the old barracks. Today, the Tabernacle, constructed in 1892, still stands solid and majestic, along with the preacher's cottage and one of the dormitories.
A new, dedicated team of leadership volunteers is committed to preserving the camp for future generations. Their first step was the demolition of the old dilapidated buildings and the construction of the new Parnell Conference Center.
New cabins have been constructed, old Post Office renovated into a Prayer Chaple and an existing building is being renovated into a meeting space.
Planning for the future:
Through strategic planning, a three phase reconstruction plan has been developed.
Phase one was the completion of the Parnell Center, allowing the camp to remain open all year round.
Phase Two involves the restoration of the Tabernacle, which needs minor upgrades and improvements.
Phase Three involves the addition of new access roads, parking lot expansion to ease congestion, and hiking trails. Plus, a low ropes course will be added that will give more flexibility to the camp.


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OPT your child out of ALL medical services offered inside the school and that includes weight, height and body mass index. Understand, HIPAA DOES NOT apply inside the walls of the school. Oh it all sounds so wonderful and convenient for parents. Your child's health care is a parents responsibility NOT THE SCHOOL or the government. Give up your parental responsibilities and you also give up your parental rights. What happens when they feel your child is too heavy? Will they start monitoring what you feed your child at home. YES eventually it will lead to this. The school is becoming the one stop shopping for federal data collection. Like I said HIPAA does not apply and the information collected within the school regarding your child's health and everything else will be collected and shared.


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By Brinley Knopf
FIT is very cognizant and conscious of sustainability, the environment and the horrifying, hampering results of fast fashion; with that recognition comes the catalyst of change, known at FIT as the Director of Sustainability.
The post held by William Rossi will be vacated this fall; his successor, Ishani Shah, is an idealist with extravagant enthusiasm for the eco-friendly, eco-conscious and humane. When we sat down for our interview, she spoke at length, eyes alight with her excitement; she handed me an eight-page paper itemizing and detailing her plans. "You can keep that," she said, smiling. "But please, don't forget to recycle it."
Q: What about this position made you want to apply?
A: I've taken a lot from this environment. We're in fashion, which is the world's second most polluting industry after oil, which is worrisome; however, it's also about redefining and recreating change. As a member of society and a responsible citizen, I thought it was my duty to contribute, give back and protect the environment.
Q: What are your thoughts on the relationship between fast fashion, the fashion industry and sustainability?
A: Fast fashion isn't free. Someone, somewhere is paying. The planet is facing severe challenges because of [fast fashion]. The fashion industry is resource-demanding, which causes environmental and political problems. In terms of those environmental concerns, for instance, cotton uses as many pesticides as corn. 20,000 liters of water is used to create 2.20 pounds of cotton, which is used to make just one T-shirt. 1.8 billion people don't access to drinking water. This is the vicious cycle of fast fashion. With a constant search for high profits and fast turnaround, a garment now costs less than a sandwich. How can a product that's harvested, sewn, knitted, cut, packed and transported cost a couple of dollars? The good part is fashion is innovative and fashion can CHANGE. That's what we are here to do.
Q: How do you feel about the Fashion Revolution?
A: The Fashion Revolution is a campaign that started after the Rana Plaza collapsed. Over 1,000 people were killed and thousands more were injured on April 24, 2013. The factory was extended without permits and house generators on the roof to counter power outages. Employees complained about the cracks in the walls and other problems they faced but the management ignored them and demanded they return to their work. So, on the very day, everyone came to work and during rush hours, sure enough, the building finally collapsed and people died for fast fashion. And as more tragedies within fashion supply chains spurred afterwards, a greater lens was centered around the problems in the supply chain. The problems today we face ignore everything else in order to make profits. We need more transparency in business models. The Fashion Revolution at FIT is a week where we make the general public more aware of those unethical practices by asking the question who made my clothes? This year, we had a photo booth on April 26th and panel discussion with Alden Wicker, the founder of Ecocult. Mark Bane, the author of Quartz, is also going to come and do a panel discussion. All these events are free; they're here to help FIT students understand, see the importance of being kind to the environment and realize their responsibility as both fashion students and global citizens. We want students to start small, doing things like reusing paper bags and knowing what they're wearing and where it comes from, because unhappy hands don't make happy clothes. Sustainability isn't just about being green and clean, it's also about knowing where your clothing comes from and under what conditions and circumstances it's made in.
Q: What are your thoughts about what William Rossi has done as Director of Sustainability?
A: William Rossi has co-chaired a planning committee for a week of events that pertain to sustainability, headlined on Patagonia's Worn Wear Tour, chaired the student-led Fashion Revolution Committee to coordinate all Fashion Revolution events, secured funding for more sustainable student-led initiatives and events and attended various conferences, sharing the mission of FIT's sustainable initiatives. As a student, I think everything he's achieved is commendable. I think even the smallest contribution makes a big difference. I really look forward to working with William, as he's still going to be on the sustainability council, and will be an important and integral adviser and mentor for me to confer with
Q: What do you plan to do in this position to make a difference?
A: Fashion has the power to not only redefine our own industry but also become a role model for others to reinvent their practices. I plan to start with small changes from the first day of school. During orientation week, I encourage recycling and reusing boxes for move-in days. One of the first plans I thought of was a similar program; in collaboration with the RHA and Res-Life, I thought we could collect all the boxes from the dorms and reuse them during move-out in the end of the last semester. Additionally, I plan to spread more awareness among students by being informative and educational about the Sustainability Council, which helps students that are passionate about sustainability and the environment to expand on their initiatives. We plan to have more research in textiles and talk to more professors who can help us understand sustainable textiles. I want to increase the number of attendants at Fashion Revolution. Some of the ideas I've had, programs on a small-scale, are campus-wide energy conservation where all the lights are turned off for a half-hour, or incorporating vending misers that will turn off the lights while keeping beverages cold. Or on a larger, broader scale, I have ideas about distributions to local farms, reusable bottles and an end-of-year donation drive. But I don't have all the answers, and I would strongly encourage students to feel free to contact any SGA member regarding any initiatives, ideas or recommendations they have.
Ishani takes on the position this upcoming fall 2017. Until then, she bids you all to keep the air you breathe clean, to be responsible and to exert awareness about the environment.


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Homeland Season 5
Don't miss the season premiere of HOMELAND Sunday, October 4th at 9PM ET/PT. HOMELAND season five will pick up two years after Carrie Mathison's (Claire Danes) ill-fated tenure as Islamabad station chief. Struggling to reconcile her guilt and disillusionment with years of working on the front lines in the "war on terror,†Carrie finds herself in a self-imposed exile in Berlin, estranged from the CIA and working as the head of security for a German philanthropist. Recently nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Drama series, HOMELAND stars Emmy, Screen Actors Guild® and Golden Globe® Award winner Claire Danes, Emmy nominee Rupert Friend, Oscar® winner and Emmy nominee F. Murray Abraham, Sebastian Koch, Screen Actors Guild winner Miranda Otto, Alexander Fehling, Sarah Sokolovic, and Emmy and Tony® winner Mandy Patinkin.


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Want to know why the growth of government is the greatest threat to our future?
The latest example is a grant that came from the department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which gave almost $5 million dollars to the Bay Area's Metropolitan Transit Agency (MTC) in order to carry out the socialist dictates of a plan entitled the "Bay Area Regional Prosperity Plan."
This Thursday in Redwood City, a coalition of "community organizations"–many of which are front groups for the socialist labor movement, including churches, social justice and living wage nonprofits, unions, local governments, housing collaboratives, and others who profit off the massive, growing labor-poverty-government industrial complex—are hosting one of their 5 launch meetings for their "Regional Economic Prosperity Strategy."
You might think that sounds harmless, even beneficial–and you'd be right if they were advocating for less government restriction to unleash the power of the free market.
But they're not. And they're not doing it with their money. They are lobbying our state and local government with our tax dollars handed over by agencies of our federal government.
Yes, that's right. Government is using money funneled through an innocuous-sounding grant to advocate for the following (and these are just a few of the juicy ones):
90….Organize and professionalize industries to improve wages, benefits and career ladders. (So now the government is now officially in the business of subsidizing the unionization of entire industries?)
93. Remove barriers to unionization. (Really? Shouldn't the goal of an effort at creating prosperity be to remove barriers to economic growth so that companies can prosper, expand and hire more workers?)
95. Enacting living wage ordinances. (Translation: Force private businesses to pay above-market wages to compensate some individuals while reducing opportunity for others.)
96. Passing prevailing wage ordinances. (Make government contracts for services such as janitors and security guards as grossly overpriced for taxpayers as public works projects are now.)
97. Establishing project labor agreements (PLAs). (Force all those wishing to work on a project to join a union, and legally discriminate against smaller contractors, who are usually non-union and might be willing to work for less, costing the public more.)
Yet what's so bad about wanting economic security? Isn't prosperity desirable?
Sure, but the key is in how you achieve it.
If you wake up one morning and decide you are going to rob a bank because you can't find work, that might get you prosperity, but it's illegal and could also get you 20 years behind bars.
By robbing a bank, you put the lives and economic prosperity of others in jeopardy, and that's immoral. You wouldn't steal your neighbor's car either, but why is it OK if the government robs your neighbor's business by forcing him to pay a "living wage" instead of whatever the market will bear?
Theft is theft, even if the government is the agent of it.
At its core, this is really a moral question.
"Is it moral for the government to take from those according to their ability and give to those according to their needs?" Karl Marx thought so, and pushed for a fully communist society, in which the government controlled everything–all means of production–and where every individual belonged to and was dependent on the state.
That's economic servitude—slavery—the antithesis of freedom.
And yet, little by little, California is funding this socialist labor movement, so that outcomes are equalized and controlled by the government.
It all started with a coalition of governmental bodies who crafted a regional plan entitled Plan Bay Area. It is a blueprint to implement "social justice" initiatives disguised as a pathway to prosperity, which empower unelected "regional" bureaucrats to dictate what you can do with your property, your business and your capital.
By forcing Project Labor Agreements (PLA's) on every public project–and pushing for more public projects as a means of "job creation" for "low and middle wage" workers–all job creation is put at risk.
It is ironic that by instituting PLA's, the bureaucrats almost guarantee that those jobs will never go to any of the people they claim they want to help; those jobs will be parceled out by powerful unions in union halls based on seniority, not need.
Pushing for "living wage" ordinances might sound noble, but it's not government's job to fix prices for labor or anything else. In order to give that raise to someone by legislative fiat, you must first take that money from the business owner.
In a completely free market, If you don't work, you don't eat. And being hungry is a powerful motivator. It forces you to learn new skills in order to meet the demands of the market.
If you believe that government ought to keep its hands out of your pockets, and stick to its proper role–which is protecting our right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"; securing our borders; maintaining infrastructure; and achieving a handful of other things enumerated in the Constitution–then you cannot be silent in the face of an attempt to seize what little freedom you have left.


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Fire and Ice – Children of all ages will discover how hot and cold science can be as they take a journey through the world of Fire & Ice! Experience the "eggcitement" as we fit an egg into a seemingly impossible space. Watch a chemical reaction take place as a real dollar bill goes up in flames without burning! We'll also create an unforgettable display of power as we demonstrate that not all tornadoes are made of wind. For our finale, audience members will explore the mysteries of dry ice as we create large-scale bubbling potions that fill the room.
Movie Special F/X – Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of effects directors use in movies! Children will learn about chemical reactions, polymers, and air pressure as they get a backstage pass to see how special effects are created. Learn about the science behind magic when we make things appear and disappear before your eyes. Give us a standing ovation as we melt our special Styrofoam guest star with a unique chemical. For our finale, we'll create a gigantic dinosaur sneeze straight out of Jurassic Park!
Spin, Pop, Boom! – Learn about crazy chemical reactions, the amazing properties of acids and bases, and the greatness of gravity! Discover the forces that act on roller coasters as we simulate what happens when they spin upside down. See combustion in action as our roaring exothermic reaction lights up the stage. We'll also create a colorful chemical reaction rainbow as we introduce acids and bases. In our finale, brave volunteers will help activate an enormous erupting foam volcano!
Sounds Like Science – Join us as we surround ourselves with the science of sounds! Volunteers will demonstrate how sound travels through solids, liquids, and gases, and we'll create wacky wavelengths for sounds to move through. Our Singing Pipe will impress you by changing tones as it moves. In addition, audience members will experiment with different objects to simulate the electrifying noises of a large-scale thunderstorm. For our finale, you'll hear the sounds of several animals as we take a trip through the jungle!
Toxic Tobacco – Take a tour through the human body to see the way the brain, mouth and lungs are all affected by tobacco. Through displays and demonstrations, students will learn about the important choice to live tobacco free. Students will observe the amount of toxins that build up in a person's body due to smoking and learn how our sense of taste and smell are drastically affected by tobacco use. We'll also discuss the powerful impact of second-hand smoke using a smoking chamber. For our finale, students will see the shocking difference between a healthy person's lung and a smoker's lung.


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Charlottesville Dining
Offering Four On-Site Establishments
With four on-site restaurants, Boar's Head has something to satisfy every taste. From seasonal fine dining at a Four Diamond restaurant to light bites, evening cocktails, and post-golf snacks, our Charlottesville dining has everything you need, no matter your mood or craving.
Sustainability in the Kitchen
Boar's Head is committed to supporting local vendors, including an array of Virginia-based farms, vineyards and companies that support the work we do on a daily basis.
Culinary Team Bios
Executive Chef, Dale Ford
Chef Ford brings more than 25 years of culinary expertise to the Boar's Head. Coming to us from the Jekyll Island Club Hotel, there he led the culinary team as they oversaw all the resort culinary operations including banquets, catering as well as the operations of 3 distinct restaurants. Chef Ford has held positions at such esteemed resorts as TradeWinds Island Grand Resorts, Amelia Island Plantation, Omni Amelia Island Plantation, Kingsmill Resort and the Omni Richmond. He has been actively involved with the American Culinary Federation since 1990 and has recently served as ACF Chapter President for the Golden Isles and North East Florida chapters; he also served as Vice President of the Resort Food Executive Committee and most recently as Committee Chair Nominations and Election Committee at the national level. Dale enjoys sports and farming.
Restaurant Chef, Francisco Ayala
Chef Francisco Ayala has a culinary career at Boar's Head stretching nearly across two decades. Inspired by his grandmother's kitchen in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Francisco has explored and enhanced his love of southern influences and local ingredients as a way to express himself in food. Joining the Boar's Head kitchen in 1998, Francisco has cooked for almost every occasion: from being a line cook to baking in the pastry kitchen to leading our banquet team in creating memorable experiences for corporate, social events and weddings. Chef Ayala knows Charlottesville and understands what Boar's Head diners want. As Restaurant Chef, Francisco will lead Boar's Head dining to take the next step in our pursuit to provide cooking based on sound craftsmanship, honest flavors and integrity of ingredients thereby creating experiences that are seasonal, delectable and memorable.


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Maggie gets upset when Meredith dodges her questions about DC; Bailey and Ben become concerned about Ben's brother after he is admitted to the hospital, and Dr. Herman starts to warm up to Arizona. Meanwhile, Richard feels manipulated by Catherine, on "Grey's Anatomy," THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
"Grey's Anatomy" stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey, James Pickens, Jr. as Richard Webber, Sara Ramirez as Callie Torres, Kevin McKidd as Owen Hunt, Jessica Capshaw as Arizona Robbins, Jesse Williams as Jackson Avery, Sarah Drew as April Kepner, Caterina Scorsone as Amelia Shepherd, Camilla Luddington as Josephine "Jo" Wilson, Jerrika Hinton as Stephanie Edwards and Kelly McCreary as Margaret "Maggie" Pierce.
Guest cast TBA.
"The Great Pretender" was written by Mark Driscoll and directed by Jeanot Szwarc.
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Almost $1 billion is owed in child support by people living overseas, with one person in debt for $4.3 million. What impact does this have on parents struggling to raise their children and how is the Government tackling the issue?
For nine years, Tania Symes has hoped for some financial support from the father of her youngest boy.
But during that time, not a single cent has arrived from her former partner after he packed up and moved to Australia.
Symes estimates that she has missed out on about $70,000 in child support payments, money that would have been life-changing when she was struggling to feed her family.
"We were living in Auckland at the time and we just couldn't afford to live. The last six months we were living up there we were living off food parcels and food grants, my weight went from 55kgs to 45kgs because I was earning the minimum wage.
"I messaged him when living in Auckland and said I was really struggling and his response was 'go and see WINZ, they'll help you'."
Now living in Feilding with her parents, Symes has a better paying job and is saving for a house deposit.
Receiving child support would still be a huge help in raising her son, she says, who is now 13.
She remains in sporadic contact with her former partner, knows where he lives and that he is working.
But despite providing those details to the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), along with his cell phone number, nothing has happened.
Symes is just one of thousands of parents struggling to raise their children without financial support from their former spouse.
There is $3.2 billion of child support owing, with $909m owed by overseas parents and $1.5b owed domestically. The remainder is made up of debt owed to non parent carers and parents now based in Australia, along with debt owed by employers who hadn't deducted from liable parents' wages.
In the 2016 financial year $474m in child support was collected, with $280m passed on to parents and $194m going into Government coffers to offset the sole parent support benefit.
For chasing debtors across the Tasman, the IRD has the benefit of a reciprocal agreement with the Australian Department of Human Services that can collect on its behalf.
Figures show that since the agreement began in 2001, $428m has been sent back to New Zealand while $729m is still being sought.
"Only a small portion of child support customers, that Inland Revenue considers are residing in Australia, are compliant," the IRD told Revenue Minister Judith Collins in a February briefing.
The IRD also uses private debt collectors to chase up some of their more problematic clients and has collected almost $1m since 2014, although it has spent a third of that on agency fees.
Figures released under the Official Information Act reveal that the biggest defaulters owe astronomical amounts in child support.
As at 31 May, the 20 highest outstanding debts for liable parents living in Australia total $26m and range from $930,000 to $2.1m.
For parents living overseas, but not in Australia, that figure is even higher.
The 20 highest debts internationally total $55.5m, with one parent owing an eye-watering $4.3m.
Most of the money owed in child support is in penalties.
The longer a person avoids paying child support the more penalties they accrue, with compound interest continuing to inflate the sums.
For domestic defaulters, 79 percent of the money owed is in penalties while that figure is 90 percent for those living overseas.
Last year the Government announced it was relaxing its penalty rules and would consider wiping debts to try and encourage parents to pay what was originally owed in child support.
The law still needs fixing
In 2015 the formula for calculating child support payments was also tweaked.
It now takes into account the income of both parents, how often they care for their children and the cost of raising a child.
But it was criticised for some shortcomings, such as not considering dependent children from new partners in a relationship.
Rob St George believes the system remains grossly unfair to some parents.
As the founder of childsupportnz.com, a website he started for both receiving and paying parents, he says he constantly hears from people placed in unfair situations.
As a father paying child support himself with a partner who was receiving child support from her former spouse, he had first-hand experience of both sides.
"For example, if her ex stops paying my family is disadvantaged because I'm still paying for my kids and because she lives with me, she's not entitled to Working For Families."
St George cites a lack of parental alienation laws in New Zealand, which means that when splits turn bitter one parent can poison their child against the other.
The way child support was calculated was also confusing, with little information on how IRD had reached their cost estimate for raising a child.
Some of those who were most affected were women working for the minimum wage while their ex-partners were on the benefit.
If there was a 50/50 shared care arrangement, the working parent would be paying their counterpart despite being unable to afford to do so.
"It's not this lady's fault that her ex is on the benefit but she's supposed to pay for it, she already pays tax, why does she also have to pay for her ex's life choices?"
In its briefing to the Minister, the IRD said the recent changes to the Act had received mostly positive feedback.
But despite the recent reforms, child support debt continued "to be a challenge".
Newsroom wanted to speak to the IRD about how they were chasing up overseas debtors and criticisms of the child support scheme.
Senior media advisor Pete van Schaardenburg said that would not be possible and asked for questions to be written in an email, before responding that no comment could be made before deadline because "one of the managers required to sign off on it is on leave".
Judith Collins did respond to a request for comment and said while the IRD was required to charge penalties on outstanding child support they now had greater flexibility to write off penalties for customers who engaged with the department.
There were already measures in place to collect overseas child support payments and the IRD was regularly reviewing those methods.
Back in Feilding, Symes doesn't think the system is working and just wants someone to do something so she can better provide for her family.
"They just need to get their butt into gear, I want some money for my son."


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The West Central District added a rule Thursday morning because of what transpired before Wednesday night's 4A first-round high school boys basketball game between Todd Beamer and Olympia that will allow home teams to practice in their gym as long as it ends an hour and a half before the start of that night's game.
Beamer coach Brent Brilhante said he alerted district officials that his team arrived at Olympia's gym to find the Bears practicing. The rule had stated "no practice at the game site prior to and during the tournament."
Olympia coach John Kiley denied that his team held an organized practice, but said players were simply in the gym shooting and that he quickly ended it.
District basketball commissioner Tim Thomsen, the athletic director for the Sumner School District, said the rule was intended for neutral-site locations, and not for teams hosting first-round games. The sites switch to neutral courts after the first round.
"The first round site is both the game court and the practice court for the home team," Thomsen said in an email to district coaches and athletic directors. "Often times the opposite gender team has a practice right after school leaving a short window for the home team playing the game to get a shoot around/walk through practice. In most cases the visiting team probably had a walk around/shoot around practice before getting on the bus, so in fairness the home team should have one, too.
"As the WCD Basketball Chairman, I will take responsibility for not thinking about the need for this clarification at the first round home sites. I apologize for any real or perception of inequity that this might have caused at last night's sites."
Olympia won the game, 70-50, and will not be penalized for holding its pregame practice. It will play Kentwood in a winner-to-state game at 7:45 p.m. Friday at Auburn Mountainview.
Beamer heads to an elimination game against Emerald Ridge at 7:45 p.m. Friday at Stadium.