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Berkshire Theatre FestivalOctober 30, 2011 by paulcj2
In this video Brian Weinrich, Inkeeper at Federal House Inn, gives an overview of the Berkshire Theatre Festival.
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Recently the Berkshire Theatre Festival merged and partnered with the Colonial, a renovated classic 1920s theater which now gives the Berkshire Theatre Festival a third stage. This venture now expands the variety of live theater and performance here in the Berkshires year round.
Founded in 1928, the Berkshire Theatre Festival is one of the oldest professional regional theaters in the United States. Presenting world premiers, contemporary works and classics that speak to a variety of audiences, we have never been disappointed after a Berkshire Theatre Festival performance. We always remind ourselves upon leaving the theater how fortunate we are to be located literally "just down the street" [a 5 minute drive] from this exceptional cultural venue.


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This production is not to be missed
Burlington, Vermont (PRWEB) October 21, 2013
Starry Night Theater Company presents Vincent, a one-man play about artist Vincent van Gogh, written by Leonard Nimoy, performed by James Briggs, under the direction of Brant Pope. Vincent will run in two central Vermont theaters. First, it will run October 24 through October 27 at the Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, 60 Lake Street, Burlington. Then, Vincent will run October 31 through November 3 at the Valley Players Theater, 4254 Main Street (Route 100), Waitsfield.
The passion, the love and the tormented beauty of the life of Vincent van Gogh is dramatized in this intimate one-man play, which author Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek's Mr. Spock) adapted from hundreds of letters between Vincent and his closest ally, his brother, Theo. In Vincent's lifetime, he sold only one painting, for four hundred francs. His critics labeled his work "madness" in which "blood and fire appear to have usurped the place of color." But his story is so much more than that of the misunderstood genius who cut off his own ear. His life was one of great passions, and even greater turmoil, ultimately ending in suicide one summer day in 1890.
This production, which BroadwayWorld.com described as "enlightening and enjoyable" and said "is not to be missed," stars James Briggs. Briggs movingly reveals Vincent van Gogh as few knew him. Most of the story is told by Theo, but at times, Briggs becomes Vincent and embodies the loving, passionate, combative, fierce, stubborn, outrageous, exasperating, moody, amazing, and brilliant man so cherished by his brother. This play is not simply a biographical work, but one filled with drama, conflict, humor and beauty. It also includes over 100 stunning projections of Vincent's artwork on a large screen.
"Vincent" runs approximately 100 minutes, including a ten-minute intermission. While appropriate for all audiences, it is best suited for adults and children ages ten and up.
The Director, Dr. Brant Pope, has a thirty-year career in both professional and academic theatre and has directed over one hundred productions. He is currently the chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin and is holder of the Z .T. Scott Family Chair. He has directed at such theatres as Hartford Stage Company, The John Houseman Theatre, Tennessee Repertory Theatre, and Park Square Theatre. For eleven years, he served as director of the FSU Asolo Conservatory, and associate artistic director of the Asolo Theatre Company in Sarasota, Florida.
James Briggs is the actor and founder of Starry Night Theater Company. He has acted in regional theaters such as The Sun Valley Repertory Company, The Asolo Theater, The Williamstown Theater Festival, and the Potomac Theater Project. He is a graduate of Middlebury College and The Asolo Conservatory of Professional Actor Training. Briggs is thrilled to bring his production to Vermont, where he has spent much of his life. As a teenager, Briggs spent three summers with Waitsfield's Valley Players, including the lead role in the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
Vincent in Burlington: Performances of Vincent in Burlington will take place at The Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center Black Box Theater, 60 Lake Street, Burlington. Performances are Thursday, October 24 at 7:00 PM; Friday, October 25 at 8:00 PM; Saturday, October 26 at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM; and Sunday, October 27 at 2:00 PM. Matinee Tickets are $12.50 for students and seniors, and $16.50 for adults. Evening tickets are $17.50 for students and seniors, and $19.50 for adults. To purchase tickets or for more information, contact the Flynn Regional Box office at http://www.flynntix.org, (802) 86-FLYNN, or at 153 Main Street, Burlington; or visit http://www.starrynighttheater.com. Tickets will also be available at the door, subject to availability.
Vincent in Waitsfield: Performances of Vincent in Waitsfield will take place at The Valley Players Theater, 4254 Main Street (Route 100), Waitsfield. Performances are Thursday, October 31 at 8:00 PM; Friday, November 1 at 8:00 PM; Saturday, November 2 at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM; and Sunday, November 3 at 2:00 PM. Matinee Tickets are $10.00 for students and seniors, and $16.00 for adults. Evening tickets are $15.00 for students and seniors, and $18.00 for adults. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit http://www.starrynighttheater.com or call (866) 967-8167. Tickets will also be available at the door, subject to availability.
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Source: Lilly Workneh / theGrio
Steve Harvey interviewed President Barack Obama for his daytime talk show and learned that he shared a lot more in common with the president than he anticipated.
The former comedian and current host of The Steve Harvey Show visited the White House and left politics aside when he talked to President Obama. Instead, he touched on more personal topics that drew close to home for the two men.
"The greatest moment in that interview for me was [when] he was talking about his grandmother, who he misses so," Harvey told NBC4 days following his interview with President Obama. "She passed in her eighties and my mom passed in her eighties.
"And I said to the president, 'I heard a rumor that your mother and my mother had met, and they are on the front row watching us right now. And that was a pretty cool moment."
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If Billy the Kid, Jesse James and Wild Bill Hickok were still about today, they would feel right at home as residents of Western Australia.
The stock-slingers of the wild west, and the odd one out east, have a new caper going. It's a "pump and dump" scheme with a digital twist. A "pump and dump" is when people in the know – brokers and assorted promoters – ramp a share price then sell their holdings on to people who are not in the know. From there, despite the glowing recommendations, it can only be deemed to be an accident if the share price actually goes up.
Often company directors take advantage of the rising price to raise new capital or exercise share options. The buzz is created in the stock chat forums such as Hot Copper. But now the chat rooms are teaming up with brokers, PR companies and stock-tipping websites to co-ordinate their promotion.
So, when you see phrases such as "leading analyst says share price set to triple", "ten bagger" (a stock rising 10 times in value) or "don't miss out, stock to soar" … selling is the best option.
A cursory examination of a few of these stock promotions will show many – all of the ones we reviewed in any case – result in the share price falling. Most fall substantially, and mostly straight after the research report.
Take the veteran speculative explorer Sun Resources, for instance.
On October 1, Hot Copper issued a missive to its many followers: "Drilling complete, oil pay confirmed. Now sit back and watch this stock soar!"
Sun Resources shares were changing hands at 0.01¢ when the report came out. Trading volumes just beforehand were heavy. Sun Resources closed at 0.006 last Friday, a tidy fall of 40 per cent in just a few weeks.
You would have done even worse had you indulged in this alluring offer at 0.011 when this recommendation was made on September 25: "Don't let the Sun set on your chance to buy this stock before it goes ballistic!!"
Sun has been meaning to go ballistic since this writer had the misfortune to briefly trade it as a stockbroker last millennium and, to be fair, one day it just might – though you wouldn't borrow to bet on it.
The company attracted a speeding ticket from the ASX (please explain why your shares have shot up so quickly) on August 11. Its share price had rallied to a heady 0.02. Sun advised the ASX that it was "not aware" of any explanation for the sudden rise.
Duly, on August 25, came the announcement of a $10 million rights issue. It closed at 0.015 that day. Perth stockbroker Patersons Securities was the underwriter, and source of the glowing Sun research too, though by the time the offer had closed "Pattos" had pulled out and the share price finished below the offer price.
Funny thing, the T3 trading summaries appear to show that Patersons was doing more selling than buying.
Then there was IMX Resources. On August 19, this advertisement emerged from Hot Copper: "UP UP UP +400% – 12 month target price $0.15 – IMX Resources makes its graphite breakthrough."
IMX is yet to embark upon its 400 per cent price rise. When the recommendation was made, it was 0.03. It is now 0.02. For those unaccustomed to dabbling at this spicy end of the market, this is akin to buying a stock for $3 only to find it changing hands at $2 a couple of months later; very good for tax losses. The broker research in this instance was BBY and the big volumes occurred the day before the research and recommendation were touted.
Then there is Northern Star, which featured on Hot Copper and also in a report by a website called Resources Rising Stars. Resources Rising Stars is owned by PR company Read Corporate, which doesn't tout an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) on its website but nonetheless wrote this: "Ten Bagger – Northern Star the standout for gold bargain hunters, says Patersons".
Mind you, Northern Star does mine actual gold (rather than wallets) and may well be cheap but the day before the report it opened at $1.06 – having fallen from $1.20 the week before and from a high of $1.37 on October 22. Last trade was 97¢.
Attila Resources is another one. "Significant gains" predicted but significant losses ensued. Share price was 54¢ on February 24 when the euphoric recommendation from The Next Mining Boom website was advertised in the chat rooms. Last close 30¢.
Ram Resources (Read Corporate, Hot Copper and Beer & Co and Hartleys) "set for take off" but down from 0.012 to 0.008 is another. And Centaurus Metals (Wise-Owl, Hot Copper) was said to have "huge upside" at 0.1 but is now 0.063.
A lot of stock spruikers these days are unlicensed. And it is a reasonable expectation that if you buy a stock on the say-so of a chat room, a tip sheet, a PR company or a stock broker, you can't reasonably expect to hold anybody to account if it bombs. The point of the story is that there is an uncanny trend of these stocks sinking the moment they are promoted. It is a trade in itself. Of the recommendations we perused, all have gone down.


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An organization representing hedge funds says no one fund today should be designated a "systemically important financial institution" by regulatory authorities.
The Alternative Investment Management Association, which represents 1,250 members from all aspects of the industry, does not believe hedge funds should come under increased regulatory scrutiny.
"We believe that no single hedge fund firm today is sufficiently large, leveraged, complex or interconnected that its failure or financial stress would cause a market disruption sufficient to destabilise the financial system," said AIMA Chairman Todd Groome.
AIMA issued its statement as the Financial Stability Oversight Council considers the criteria by which it will determine which non-bank financial companies may be deemed systemically important.
"We note that the UK's Financial Services Authority has stated that, based on their risk reporting framework, none of the large hedge funds they have examined currently poses 'a significant systemic risk to the financial system'. We also note that the FSA's hedge fund survey has found that major hedge funds 'did not pose a potentially destabilizing credit counterparty risk', and that the levels of leverage employed were 'relatively low', which 'suggests a contained level of risk'."
Groome also points out that during 2008, over 1,400 individual hedge funds closed or were liquidated and those closures "had virtually no impact on hedge fund firms' counterparties or the stability of the financial system at large."
"Hedge funds collectively represent a relatively small group of extremely heterogeneous and often very small businesses, and even their collective positions and exposures are not such that individual failures pose a risk to financial stability," said Groome of the industry that comprises about 10,000 funds and $2 trillion in assets.
AIMA also stressed that hedge fund firms employ significantly lower levels of leverage than banks and some other financial institutions.
Said Groome, "The 2008 experience shows that hedge funds are 'safe to fail', even if they are not fail-safe."
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Labour veteran Tony Benn was last night fighting for his life after spending a fourth night in hospital.
The 88-year-old former Cabinet minister is understood to be seriously ill after being admitted at the weekend feeling unwell.
A family spokesman last night said: "Tony Benn was taken to hospital on Saturday evening after feeling unwell.
"He is currently receiving treatment."
Just last year Mr Benn revealed he did not fear his demise after suffering a stroke, explaining that losing his wife Caroline to cancer 14 years ago had helped him cope with the prospect. He said: "I'm not frightened about death.
"I don't know why, but I just feel at a certain moment your switch is switched off and that's it. And you can't do anything about it.
"I think experiencing my wife's life and then death has encouraged me to feel like this."
But he admitted that he still misses the American educationalist and wanted to be buried next to her by the River Blackwater in Essex.
Mr Benn entered Parliament in November 1950 and served as Minister of Technology, Industry and Energy in the Wilson and Callaghan Cabinets.
He opposed joining the Common Market, was pipped to the Deputy Leadership by Dennis Healey and backed the Miners' Strike.
Mr Benn finally stood down from Parliament in 2001 to "spend more time on politics".
In recent years he has been president of the Stop the War campaign.
His son, Hilary, is Shadow Communities Secretary and his granddaughter Emily Benn stood unsuccessfully for the Labour Party in 2010.
His father, William Wedgwood Benn, was a Liberal MP, a Labour Minister and later made a peer.
On William's death in 1960 Anthony Wedgwood Benn, as he was then, became the 2nd Viscount Stansgate.
But his elevation to the House of Lords prevented him from sitting as an MP.
Mr Benn won the by-election he triggered but was barred from taking his seat.
His battle led to the Peerage Act 1963, which allowed the renunciation of peerages.
No stranger to serious ill-health, he was given three years to live in 1990 after being diagnosed with leukaemia.
He wrote about death in the last volume of his diaries, A Blaze of Autumn Sunshine, released last year.
He said: "I had an extraordinary dream that this was the time to die, here and now, and I lay wondering if I was going to die, and how long it would be before my body was discovered."
In 2007, he wrote: "I feel totally out of sympathy with the Labour Party on civil liberties, on the war, on Europe, and perhaps the only answer is to die, which is an extreme thing to say, but I don't know how I'm going to cope."


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An injury has opened the door for one of the more heated rivalries from The Ultimate Fighter 20 to come to fruition, as Lisa Ellis replaces Seo Hee Ham against Bec Rawlings at UFC Fight Night 65.
Set for May 10 (May 9 in North America), the entire Australian card will air live on UFC Fight Pass. In the main event, Mark Hunt takes on Stipe Miocic.
Ellis (15-9) lost her official Octagon debut to Felice Herrig. She was eliminated on the reality series by Jessica Penne.
Rawlings (5-4) is also coming off a defeat, as she fell to Heather Clark after being eliminated by Tecia Torres.
Below is the current lineup:
MAIN CARD (UFC Fight Pass/11 p.m. ET)
Heavyweight: Mark Hunt vs. Stipe Miocic
Middleweight: Brad Tavares vs. Robert Whittaker
Light Heavyweight: Sean O'Connell vs. Anthony Perosh
Lightweight: Jake Matthews vs. James Vick
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass/7:45 p.m. ET)
Featherweight: Hatsu Hioki vs. Dan Hooker
Welterweight: Kyle Noke vs. Jonavin Webb
Middleweight: Sam Alvey vs. Daniel Kelly
Women's Strawweight: Lisa Ellis vs. Bec Rawlings
Middleweight: Dylan Andrews vs. Brad Scott
Women's Strawweight: Alex Chambers vs. Kailin Curran
Welterweight: Vik Grujic vs. Brendan O'Reilly
Flyweight: Alptekin Ozkilic vs. Ben Nguyen


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Mainly Vancouver – Work By Michael Kluckner2017-04-29 2:30 - 5:30 pm (Opening Reception) 2017-05-28 During Garden Hours Location: Discovery Room, VanDusen Visitor Centre
Michael Kluckner's first local exhibition in 11 years includes watercolours from his books about Vancouver, chiaroscuro woodcuts and drawings of people and places, and oil paintings exploring new territory.
The opening reception will be held on Saturday afternoon, April 29th, from 2:30–5:30 pm.
Exhibition runs from April 29 – May 28, 2017 in the Discovery Room.


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A.I. Maybe Not What We Hoped For?
Lynna… "A Preppers Path" Audio player provided below!
A.I. now for those of us on the homestead the term A.I. refers to artificial insemination, you know when breeding animals without the male (daddy) actually on location, but with times changing and technology growing by leaps and bounds it is better known as Artificial Intelligence!
Once a pipe dream and some great story lines in books and movies AI is now alive, well and growing. A.I. is currently used in many fields today. Read more "A.I. Maybe Not What We Hoped For?"


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Easter Week: Prayer for a Breakthrough
Easter Week: Prayer for a Breakthrough
Oh Father, we want more! Help us make this Holy Week celebrating Easter be about more than finding the right outfit to wear to brunch, and instead about a breakthrough.
We pray THIS word over our life, "…Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people." -Isaiah 58:6b
Lord, free me from the prisons of fear I have erected around my life, light the burdens I bear, free me from the feeling that anything can make me feel less than or oppressed, and remove any chain that keeps me from living the abundant life you want for me. – In Jesus' name, Amen.
Come back tomorrow for another FRESH Daily Prayer for Easter Week.
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Territory Brand Specialist: DC Metro Area
In 2008, cofounders Chris and Jon Cook began Blackwater Distilling to bring back Maryland's distinguished distilling tradition. Quickly recognized for our award-winning spirits (Sloop Betty Vodkas and Picaroon Rums), our distribution has expanded from MD to DC and VA, with further expansion planned.
We are passionate about our company and our spirits, and spreading the Blackwater Distilling message to unleash your inner rogue and drink better spirits.
Candidates must be a college graduate and have at least two years' professional experience with a craft beverage supplier or wholesaler. The ideal candidate resides inside of or near the DC Beltway. Industry experience is a must. Complete working knowledge of working with distributors, the 3-tier system, on premise and grocery chain business.
- Passion for craft beverage & sales
- High levels of energy & self-motivation
- Organized, self-disciplined, detail oriented & sociable
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic industry
- Live in the territory & have a reliable car
- Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in marketing, sales and management is a plus
- Excellent oral and written communications skills
- Valid and clean driver's license
- Ability and willingness to work independently
- 2+ years of sales/distributor management experience
- Expand Blackwater's business in territory as the primary contact with established wholesalers by increasing package distribution off and on premise
- Increase cocktail menu presence in each market
- Conducting sales meetings and kickoff meeting
- Ensure inventory of Blackwater brands is in stock and properly rotated and in code at retail
- Schedule and facilitate "ride withs" with sales reps/team leaders in each wholesaler
- Manage spending budgets for each wholesaler
- Execute and develop a promotional calendar geared towards building sales and distribution
- Develop key customers in each territory and attain a proprietary relationship with said retailers to gain sales and distribution
- Plan and execute promotional events with key retailers that may occur any day of the week
- Keep a weekly/biweekly planner of goals and account calls within each wholesale territory
- Forecast seasonal brand execution and track results
- Conduct monthly and quarterly wholesale wrap-up meetings covering distribution gains and sales results
- Completely understand and embrace Blackwater Distilling brands and culture and deliver our message to wholesale and retail customers
- Opportunity to be an integral part of a professional sales team working in a fast paced and challenging environment.
- Position offers a great learning experience and opportunity for development.
- Competitive salary and commission based on experience
- 40 hour minimum work week, with extended hours as required
- Must be available to work some evenings, some weekends, and some holidays
- Must be available for occasional overnight travel
Please send a resume and detailed cover letter to firstname.lastname@example.com with the position title in the subject line of the email.


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Trinidad and Tobago
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Trinidad is split into 14 regional corporations and municipalities, consisting of 9 regions and 5 municipalities. The island of Tobago is governed by the Tobago House of Assembly and has no further municipalities.
As far as I know, only the capital Port of Spain uses arms.
The regional corporations generally use logos, only a few use a heraldic like design:
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You can identity trees in Florida using the tree and leaf identification keys provided by the Florida Forest Service. The leaf identification key assists with recognition of trees by the leaf's unique characteristic while the tree identification key narrows down the search by location and appearance.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services features a comprehensive list of native trees in Florida. To access this list, visit FreshFromFlorida.com and click Forms and Publications, then click Publications. On the Publications page, click Forests & Wildfire Publications. Scroll down the alphabetical list and click Forest Trees of Florida. The link to the leaf and tree identification keys is just under the Forest Trees in Florida headline. You can use the tree search tool by choosing a tree species on the dropdown menu and clicking Go. The online search tool and identification keys are provide access to information about a wide variety of native trees found in the panhandle state.
The Arbor Day Foundation also created the What Tree Is That app, a free tree identification guide that uses a step-by-step approach in identifying more than 250 trees across the United States. The app is available in mobile and full online versions.


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will hte MacBook work without the display attached?
will the MacBook work without the display attached?
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will the MacBook work without the display attached?
Is this a good question?
Yes it will. I you want to test it, disconnect the inverter cable and the LVDS cable from the logic board, connect your external monitor and boot the machine. You will also be able to use your wireless by taking off the airport wiring/antenna from the display.
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I do not think it will work without the display being attached. I'm not 100% sure of that, though.
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I don't know why it wouldn't. That's the same as using an external monitor. Easy way to find out is to remove the display and hook up the monitor. Not very portable though. Good luck. Ralph
Checking previous post I found a similar question and answer that may help you. Ralph
Battery and LCD panel are failing, can I operate it "headless" safely?
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The Global Food Crisis Response Program
May 27, 2010
Review of Lessons Learned
The overall goal of the Global Food Crisis Response (GFCR) program was to improve immediate and medium-term food security, while laying the groundwork for long-term solutions in vulnerable communities worldwide.
Program implementation focused on fulfilling three strategic objectives: (1) address short-term needs of 7,700 vulnerable individuals to reduce suffering and ease impact of the rise in food prices; (2) reduce vulnerability to future food security shocks by laying the groundwork for stronger livelihoods for 8,400 individuals; and (3) pilot a multi-country emergency response and disseminate best practices.
Discussion of lessons learned in this document follows the chronological order of the program's implementation, from early assessment & planning, to initial quick-impact interventions, and finally to longer-term interventions.


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Jussie Smollett & Naomi Campbell Join Jaden Smith for Hood by Air NYFW Presentation
Jussie Smollett sits close to Naomi Campbell while attending the Hood by Air presentation as part of 2016 New York Fashion Week at The Arc, Skylight at Moynihan Station on Sunday (September 11) in New York City.
The former Empire co-stars were joined at the fashion show by Jaden Smith with girlfriend Sarah Snyder, Black Eyed Peas members will.i.am and apl.de.ap, Tinashe, Whoopi Goldberg, Juicy J, Teyana Taylor and her husband Iman Shumpert.
The night before, Jaden and Sarah were spotted out and about in downtown Manhattan.
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To Learn More About Steve Carpenteri
After last weeks frenzy over the Wassookeag Monster (a hellbender, or giant salamander, caught while ice-fishing by Dexters Steve Wintle), I got to thinking about all the other unusual, bizarre or unbelievable creatures Ive encountered in the Maine woods over the years.
Because I have long studied Maine wildlife and am at least aware of pretty much every critter with fur, feathers or leathery hide that exists in the state, the fact that they are here doesnt surprise me as much as it does some folks. I have a tendency to think everyone knows as much as I do about what goes on beyond the edge of the lawn, and it always surprises me to find that some pretty common creatures in our woods and waters have yet to be discovered by the majority of residents.
I recall a mailbox conversation I had with a neighbor about the pileated woodpecker, that big, gawky, black-and-white bird that flies like a drunkard and sounds like a lunatic watching a really funny TV show. Now, I have seen these surprisingly big birds in every state Ive visited and either hear or see one on just about every trip I make into the woods at every time of year. They are common, widespread and are doing quite well in the woodlands of the East from Maine to Florida.
Well, my neighbor was listening to me describe the bird and said, Ive lived here for over 50 years and I havent seen one. I think youre making that up!
A long-time woodsman, I could not believe that he had never seen a pileated woodpecker, and could not get him to even consider finding the species description in a bird book to verify my claim.
Nope. As far as Im concerned, he declared, they dont exist.
Well, just then what should come loop-de-looping out of the neighbors own woodlot but a pileated woodpecker! It landed in a big, dead locust tree on my side of the road not 50 feet from where we were standing, and the neighbor just shook his head in disbelief.
If I hadnt seen it myself I would never have believed it, he muttered, and went back into his house.
The same thing happened to me one fall while trying to explain the existence of the American woodcock, that drab, brown, long-beaked denizen of the alders and birch hillsides. At the time, I was big on Labrador retrievers and upland bird hunting, and had been chasing woodcock all over New England for close to 20 years. When I described the bird to a couple of wood cutters Id been working with, they just scratched their heads and suggested that I was either seeing things or just had some other kind of bird in mind. Long beak, chicken feet, big eyes and brown feathers? They couldnt imagine such a thing being in the Maine woods.
Some time later I happened to bump into one of the men while bird hunting in Dover-Foxcroft, and I even had a woodcock in hand to show him.
That aint a woodcock, the old tree feller said. Thats a mud hen!
I guess he had seen a woodcock before, he just didnt know it by that name. Another mystery solved!
Another time I had to wade through waist-deep, crusty snow at night in March to prove to another neighbor that there was such as thing as a saw-whet owl. These cute little birds are about the size of a baked potato and are remarkably tame . . . at least in the dark. Every spring, youll hear them uttering that soft, everywhere-at-once whistle that is their trademark call. It was said that the call sounds like an old-time woodcutter filing his bucksaw, but I dont hear it. To me, its just a low-volume whistle thats repetitive and monotonous in its purest sense: Sounded in an unvarying tone. The little owl just sits out there whistling all night long, apparently in an effort to attract a mate. You can walk out there with a flashlight in hand and literally pick the owl right off its limb. In fact, if you walk slowly and shine the directly into the birds face, hell often fly right down to greet you! Who knows what the bird might be thinking hes going to do, but it makes it easier to snatch him up for a closer look.
Saw-whets seem fearless, curious and none too concerned about safety issues. Every so often youll see one mounted (illegally, of course) under glass, but it wasnt till this neighbor happened to see one in an old museum that he believed what Id been telling him.
Back in my trapping days (when prices were high enough that one raccoon was worth more than a days pay at the shoe shop), I decided to make a concerted effort to catch fishers because, in the mid-1970s, a silky female fisher would bring over $200! Considering that the minimum wage in those days was a little over $2.50 per hour, a prime fisher would be worth two weeks pay!
A neighbor whose land I wanted to trap allowed me to set a line but assured me that there were no fishers there. He had never seen one and didnt even know what a fisher looked like, which is not entirely surprising because fishers are primarily nocturnal and are rarely seen in daylight.
Anyway, the neighbor was convinced that I was not going to have any luck catching fishers on his land, and even went so far as to tell me that hed skin every one I caught...for free! At the end of the first week he had already skinned six female and two male fishers, and that Sunday morning I brought in two more prime males, each worth about $150!
OK, fine, there is such a thing as a fisher! my exasperated (and surprised) neighbor exclaimed. You can skin your own fishers from now on!
I guess I should have told him that, in those days, the local fur dealers were paying the same prices whether the animals were skinned or not, but that would have taken all the fun out of it!
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Ek Rishta Sajhedari Ka 1st February 2017 Written Episode Update
Sarita returns home. Saachi asks if she is fine, why did she sent a message. Sarita asks which message, why did she go out without informing and tricking constables. Saachi says she got a message from her. Sarita says which message, she did not send any and if she has, then there should be one in sent log. Neelima says if Saachi is telling, then someone must have sent it from her mobile. Priyanka says maasa was with her whole day and her mobile was with her. Aryan checks mobile and says there is no message in maasa's mobile. Sarita yells at Saachi that earlier also she forced Aryan to take her out for ice cream and today she went out by tricking constables and is lying. She walks angrily. Saachi walks to her room and cries vigorously. Nikita watches her crying on TV screen and gets happy, says she should cry more for coming between her and Aryan, Aryan is only her and Saachi cannot snatch Aryan from her.
Sarita yells that Saachi lied again to go out. Neelima says here must be some mistake, else Saachi does not lie. Sarita says if she cannot see Saachi's lie, it is better she gets alert and stay away from Saachi.
Saachi in her room thinks even she is right and maasa is also right. Aryan sits in office thinking about Sarit and Saachi's words. Nikita calls Saachi and says Aryan looks very tensed and if he continues like this, they cannot complete project on time, hinting Saachi to get out of house to meet Aryan. She thinks she threw food in front of prey and should wait for it to come.
Neelima takes turmeric milk to Saachi's room and asks to have it. She asks Saachi if she is tensed. Saachi says yes, she needs her help. Nikita watches it on her mobile screen and smirks. She then closes Aryan's laptop and says he is looking at it since 2 hours, if there is an issue with Saachi, he can tell her as a friend, he should go and meet Saachi now. Aryan thanks her for understanding him without telling. He walks out to call Saachi. Nikita sings Ja kabootar jaa.
Saachi reaches Aryan's office with Neelima and constables and asks Neelima to send guards away. Neelima asks guards to wait outside as she is with Saachi. She and Saachi then get into lift. Aryan reaches home with flower bouquet and searches Saachi. Saachi and Neelima get out of lift. Nikita asks how come they are here, Aryan left for home already. They all 3 get into lift. Nikita with her mobile disrupts lift. Lifts starts shaking. Nikita and Neelima hit their head to lift wall and get injured. Servant informs Aryan that his office lift broke down and Saachi is in that lift.
Ek Rishta Sajhedari Ka 2nd February 2017 Written Episode Update Precap:
Aryan scolds Saachi that she went out without informing again and because of her Nikita and Neelima got injured.


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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) --Fresno State begins classes next week and on Thursday hundreds of students began moving into the dorms. Freshman Kevin Bowman, from San Francisco, said he and his family woke up early to pack up the truck and get on the road.
"I'm pretty nervous. It's a new experience-- just like starting high school all over again. Trying to make new friends, trying to connect with all these new people."
Bowman will study animal science at Fresno State, and although his parents are proud, they are also nervous for him to be on his own.
"I think once we move him in it'll be a sigh of relief, because then I feel like we've taken care of everything we need to. But yes, we're gonna miss him a lot," said Rocio Bowman, Kevin's mother.
"It makes it a little more comfortable to know exactly where he's gonna be at. So if anything happens we know how to get down here and what not," said Kevin Bowman, Sr., Kevin's father.
Some traveled even further like Anderson Medina Guerrero from Ecuador He's thankful his friend from back home is also a student.
"It's the best part, because if I were alone, it would be worse. It's kind of difficult because everything is new here."
For the most part, it's new for about 900 students moving in this week.
"It's a lot of students and the families are here, and they're here to welcome them in and we've got lots of activities for them to do today and throughout the week so they can get settled," said Erin Boele, Director of Housing.
Settled and adjusted to the campus, and for some, the weather.
"San Francisco's very windy, so we enjoy that, we appreciate that wind and coolness. We're not used to it here," said Rocio.
"Maybe you'll come visit him during the cooler temperatures," asked our reporter.
"Yea, when I don't have to sweat so much," said Kevin.
An experience to remember, in the dog days of summer.
Enrollment is projected to break a record this year with 24,500 students. They'll all start class Monday morning.


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About an hour and a half drive from Dallas is Granbury, Texas— a gem of a "get-a-way" from city life.
Steeped in history and showcasing beautiful old homes, it is set on picturesque Lake Granbury— a virtual water playground with a sandy city beach, boating, skiing and fishing. An extensive trail system is perfect for hiking and bicycling.
However, if the "great outdoors" is not your cup o' tea; don't worry. The historic town square is lined with quaint boutiques, charming eateries and the famous Granbury Opera House.
The Westside Wanderers from Central Christian Church (named after the drama company founded by the late Ed Delatte) took the short drive Saturday morning to enjoy lunch on the square and see the matinee performance of "South Pacific" in the beautifully restored opera house.
Originally built in 1886, the Granbury Opera House has been painstakingly renovated to the period. The interior boasts elaborate, imported chandeliers, elegant curved staircases, the original limestone walls, filigree iron balcony railings, pressed-tin-inspired acoustic ceiling tiles and an intimate seating arrangement.
The Opera House, the landmark crown jewel of Granbury, brings to the small town patrons of the arts from all around the Dallas-Fort Worth area and is home to the Granbury Theater Company.
Rogers & Hammerstein's "South Pacific" originally opened on Broadway in 1949 but the story, set during World War II, could not be more appropriate then than it is today.
Granbury production director Jay Lewis encouraged everyone to enjoy the enchanting story, but added that, "maybe you will be challenged to reach across and better understand those who you might consider different from yourself."
A great cast performed the musical with Amber Lanning playing Nurse Nellie Forbush and Brian Lawson playing Emile de Beque, sounding a lot like Ezio Pinza.
In addition to a wonderful theater experience, the group enjoyed lunch at one of the many tea room style restaurants or diners on the Square and still had time to browse the many interesting shops.
A couple of us came home with coconut balsamic vinegar from 1890, the olive oil and vinegar gourmet shop on the Square. Can't wait to experiment with that.
Day trips from Dallas are a fun and economical way to see our state, get to know our neighbors and make new friends.


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Avi Issacharoff of the Times of Israel makes a very interesting observation about the Israeli navy's seizure of an Iranian shipment of Syrian M-302 missiles destined for Gaza. The missiles, he writes, were almost certainly intended for a Palestinian terror group–not Hamas, which rules Gaza, but for Palestinian Islamic Jihad:
Had the missiles on the Panama-flagged ship reached the Gaza Strip and fallen into the hands of the Islamic Jihad, the organization would have had new game-changing weaponry, not only against Israel, but also against Hamas.
Iran had long funded and supported Palestinian Islamic Jihad. It also developed ties to Hamas, but those may have begun to unwind during the Syrian civil war, when Sunni Hamas began to feel pressure from its supporters to oppose the Iranian-backed Assad regime and Shiite-Alawite alliance devastating Syria's civilian population.
Angry at Hamas for switching sides in Syria, Iran may now be pumping up its local rival. The M-302 missiles presented a huge risk of war with Israel, but could have helped establish Palestinian Islamic Jihad as a greater force than Hamas–which has the additional burden of having lost its Muslim Brotherhood backers in Egypt.
So now there may be two Palestinian civil wars, not one–between Fatah and Hamas on the one hand, and now between Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad on the other. With whom is Israel supposed to make peace?


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Mumbai: Actress Mona Singh, who became popular as the desi Ugly Betty of the Indian small screen with 'Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin', will now sport the look of a fat lady for a sequence in reality show 'Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega'.
The actress, who shows her spontaneous and witty side as the host of the show, will be seen playing a character named Pammi aunty, a lady weighing 120 kg.
"Mona will surprise everyone by dressing in a never-before-seen avatar of a `fat lightweight girl'. Looking at Mona's avatar, everyone including the audience went on a laugh riot," said a source from the set.
To add humour to the situation, Mona even sat on her co-host Krushna Abhishek to prove that she is `lightweight`.


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I am expanding the memory/space for the instance. Attaching an extra Hard Drive to the Instance.I need to move my mongo db from the current locaton to new Drive.How can i achieve it and what all configuration changes are needed for this.
Thanks in advance
Hi @trellisysandroid
I think the recommended way to do this should do a backup of your mongodb database and download the bitnami installer of mongodb and install it on the new location.
Note: Don't forget to stop all the services before you install the new mongodb version, just to avoid a possible port conflict.To stop all the services you have just to do: sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh stop
sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh stop
This is our recommended guide to make the backup and restore it.https://docs.bitnami.com/aws/components/mongodb/#how-to-create-a-database-backup
Once you have installed the new mongodb and loaded the backup you can delete the old installation folder of mongodb.
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Big Wheel
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
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"Not one of my Favs. Noteworthy tracks: "Satellite", "Self Titled Track" & "Invisable People". This is the heaviest Icehouse rocker. Hit & Miss album & not a place to start for new Icehouse fans."


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Science Operations
SOHO Coordinated Observations Calendar
This Calendar is used to track the coordinated observations of SOHO instruments and campaigns with other space-based and ground-based observatories.
Please send updates to: soc (at) esa.nascom.nasa.gov.
Other Planning & Scheduling Pages
Campaign and Calendar Archive
NOTE: Listing of instruments below does not in itself imply commitment to a given observation — instruments must be contacted individually, and their level of commitment is most accurately reflected by their own calendars/pages (see e.g. TRACE link above)
Current Events — Last Update: October 16, 2018
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Pet owners go barking mad to get their pooches in pawfect shape for Crufts competition
PUPS wanting to look the dog's doodahs for their big day at Crufts this week are heading to London for a thorough pampering.
From blueberry facials to a dead sea mineral mud bath, they are treated from head to tail at The Pet Spa in swanky Chelsea.
Man's best friend can have a pawdicure, a soothing Swedish massage and even enjoy a session with an "animal communications expert" should they feel a bit down in the dumps.
Spa owner Stephanie Mehanna said: "You wouldn't believe how relaxed these dogs can get.
"It isn't uncommon for dogs to fall asleep while having a head and body massage. They really love it.
"We are the ultimate retreat for pets, we love to make them feel special."
"It isn't uncommon for dogs to fall asleep while having a head and body massage. They really love it"Stephanie Mehanna, owner
For £99 dogs can enjoy a Refresh and Rejuvenate spa morning which includes a "wash and fluff dry", a fresh breath mint treatment for teeth and a blueberry and vanilla facial or coat-conditioning bath.
Stephanie said: "The blueberry and vanilla facial is a refreshing scrub that also gets rid of tear stains around the eyes and mouth.
"This is quite common in some dogs, particularly white dogs, so we have many coming back for this treatment."
The deluxe spa day includes playtime, lunch from a specially-adapted menu, an afternoon nap plus a range of luxury treatments including a bubble bath, pawdicure and paw massage.
The lucky dog is also given a whole new look after a consultation with a coat stylist, followed by afternoon tea with canine-friendly cookies and a spritz of animal-friendly perfume.
And those wanting an extra bit of glam, perhaps for a special pawty, can step it up a notch with the spa's special "sparkle treatment" where owners get to pick a shimmer colour that is sprayed on their pet.
Male dogs get a bow tie while bitches are treated to a pretty pink ribbon.
Stephanie said: "It's lovely seeing the owner's face when they come out looking glam."
But the spa doesn't only take care of a dog's beauty needs. Our four-legged friends can enjoy personal training sessions with trainers using dog-friendly treadmills and swimming machines.
Those needing a workout of the mind can take part in reiki sessions – a spiritual practice where therapists channel energy into the dogs, helping them to feel rejuvenated through stroking.
And dogs that may be depressed can attend animal communication workshops.
Stephanie said: "Sometimes we may get dogs in who have begun to act erratically and who may be showing signs of distress.
"Our animal communicators spend time with them to try and work out what the problem is. It is very clever and has been proven to work.
"The interesting thing is once one of our animal communication experts has spoken and met a dog once, we can then do consultations with the dogs over the phone, with the owner placing us on loud speaker."
She added: "We pride ourselves on offering a sanctuary to make our much-loved pets happy."


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Make an impact
As an advertising and public relations major, you'll learn how to design, develop and launch incredible campaigns. And you'll learn from and work with faculty and professors who are experts in their field. They will provide you with hands-on learning experiences for social media, television and digital design projects. Once you've earned your degree, you'll be well-equipped for a broad range of advertising, social media and public relations jobs.
What you'll learn as an advertising and public relations major
- Background in public relations, persuasion, design and production
- Strong foundation in communication theory and practice
- Training in public interaction and maintaining successful relationships
- Creation of advertising, social media and public relations campaigns
Curriculum & requirements
Career opportunities
Estimated annual tuition
Learning doesn't get more innovative than this.
At Lynn University, we embrace technology by encouraging our students to engage with course content through iPads, and our professors can develop custom course materials.
Learning is more than sitting in a classroom
Complete one three-week J-Term course and explore innovative ideas, topics and experiential learning.
Advertising, social media and public relations curriculum
In this program, you'll take a range of classes in topics such as public relations, social media, design, persuasion and production. In courses like these, you'll gain a strong foundation in communication theory and practice.
Course preview
COM 116 Public Relations Planning and Strategy
Gain a theoretical and practical foundation for the study and application of public relations as a management function in the overall organizational strategy. Explore organizational PR, social media, reputation management and viral marketing. Create a PR campaign for a contemporary organization.
COM 108 Media Literacy
Examine multiple components of the media paradigm, including the operation of contemporary and developing media, the role of advertising, the effect of society's communication needs and emerging technology on the evolutionary nature of media, the development of content, operation of media-related equipment, and an analysis of how individuals can function as knowledgeable media consumers to accurately interpret content.
GVC 350 Advertising, Design and Production
Study "real world" applications of design, principles and thought. Learn the management of projects for commercial printing and electronic applications. Help improve ads through verbal direction as well as the design and production components. Work with classmates and use them as a resource in the conceptual and technical processes.
Graduates must complete a total of 120 credits.
Advertising, social media and public relations jobs
As an advertising and public relations major, you will gain the skills needed to land a variety of advertising and public relations jobs and careers, such as:
- Copywriter
- Graphic designer
- Art director
- Marketing manager/director
- Public relations specialist
- Media planner
- Social media specialist
- Account executive
Graduates of this bachelor's program have gone on to work for many well-known advertising agencies, marketing firms and corporations, including:
- Aslyum Entertainment in Los Angeles, California
- Marucci Sports in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Levine Communications Office in Los Angeles, California
- The Capitol Theater in Port Chester, New York
- Hispanic Heritage Foundation in Chevy Chase, Maryland


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QA testing
Quality Assurance tests look at the functionality of Moodle from a user's point of view.
Real users systematically try each feature in Moodle and test that it works in the current version of the Moodle code. These tests are repeated in series of cycles, usually just before major releases.
QA testing latest: A 100% pass rate was obtained in Moodle 3.4 QA testing. Many thanks to all our QA testers.
Getting involved
Would you like to help with QA testing? If so, please make sure you have created an account in the Moodle tracker, then contact Helen. Also, make sure you're subscribed to the Testing and QA forum in order to receive QA testing news updates.
All testers are members of the testers group in the Moodle Tracker, enabling them to pass or fail QA tests and add comments.
Running tests
- Select a test from the list. When viewing a test, if you wish, you can click the 'Assign to me' link on the right, so that nobody else chooses the same test to run. (If you then find you are unable to run the test, you can assign the issue back to 'Unassigned'.) Please note:
- Only assign an issue to yourself which no one else is testing (Assignee = Unassigned).
- Only assign one issue at a time unless you plan to test a number of related issues within the next 24 hours. In other words, don't assign several issues to yourself then do nothing for several days. ;-)
- The label test_server_required indicates issues that can't be tested on the QA testing site. The label credentials_required indicates that credentials such as an OAuth 2 service client ID and secret are required.
- Using either the Moodle QA Testing Site or your own test site running the latest Moodle 3.4 beta (available from Git on the integration/master branch git://git.moodle.org/integration.git) with debugging set to developer, perform each of the steps listed in the test. Please test using both the Clean and Boost themes.
- Choose an appropriate workflow action:
- Pass - Test runs perfectly. Add comment such as feedback about a new feature, browsers used for testing (if applicable), or simply "This test passes - yippee!"
- Fail - Something doesn't work, or you obtain debugging messages. Add comment describing the step that doesn't work. If in doubt whether to pass a test, give it a fail and add a comment describing your doubts.
- Obsolete - Test is no longer relevant in the current Moodle version. Add comment explaining why.
If you notice that the test description is out-of-date, add a comment suggesting how it can be updated and type @Helen Foster then select Helen from the menu below the input box. Alternatively, if you'd like to help with updating the test yourself, see below.
Moodle QA Testing Site
The Moodle QA Testing Site is updated daily at around 13:00 UTC with the latest bug fixes to enable you to re-run QA tests.
To prevent the site being used for sending spam, no emails are sent from it. Thus, tests involving email cannot be run using the Moodle QA Testing Site. (If such tests are attempted, an email debug message is displayed. This is not a bug but rather expected behaviour.)
Manager, teacher and student accounts are provided. Please contact Helen if you would like admin access to the Moodle QA Testing Site for running certain tests.
Failed tests
So you ran a test and it failed? Congratulations on finding a bug! Please do the following.
- Click the Fail button at the top of the page.
- Add a comment to the QA test stating that there was a problem and that you will report it as a Moodle bug.
- Note the MDLQA number; it will be something like MDLQA-448.
- Try searching for whether the bug has been reported previously, and if not create a new issue for it (as described in Tracker introduction).
- In the new Moodle (MDL) issue select 'Link' from the 'More actions' dropdown menu.
- Link to the QA test by selecting 'blocks' as the link type, entering the MDLQA number that you noted earlier, and optionally adding a comment.
- Give the issue the label 'mdlqa'.
- (Optional) Add yourself as a watcher to the MDL issue so that you receive email notification when the issue is fixed.
- When the MDL issue is fixed, hopefully within a day or two, the QA test can be reset and can then be run again.
Resetting tests
Note for integrators:
After integrating a fix,
- Reset the MDLQA test, adding a comment.
- Remove the 'mdlqa' label from the MDL issue.
- If the issue doesn't have testing instructions, pass it with message "Will be tested by MDLQA-XXXX".
The tester will then receive email notification that the bug is fixed and will hopefully decide to run the test again soon.
Suggested comment:
Thanks for running this QA test. The bug causing it to fail has now been fixed, so the test can be reset and run again. Please note that if you are using http://qa.moodle.net for testing, you will need to wait for the site to be updated at 13:00 UTC in order to test the bug fix.
Updating tests
QA tests often become out-of-date due to new developments. If you would like to help with updating tests, you'll need to be a member of the test writers group in the Tracker. Please contact Helen about being added.
To update a QA test:
- Search for the master copy of the test - with affects version as 'Master copy' and MDLQA-1 as parent.
- Edit the test description.
- Optional: Add a comment describing your edit.
Writing new tests
Would you like to help with writing new QA tests? If so, as for updating tests, you'll need to be a member of the test writers group in the Tracker. Please contact Helen about being added.
To create a new QA test:
- Choose an issue from the closed qa_test_required-labelled issues
- Create a sub-task of MDLQA-1
- Select Master copy as affected version
- Select appropriate components including at least one of the following: User, Student, Teacher, Administrator
- Set assignee as unassigned
- Write the test (usually between 3 and 10 steps). It's a good idea to try doing the steps yourself as you write the test.
- Go to the MDL issue and create a 'has a QA test' link to the new QA test, adding a comment "Thanks for this improvement which is now covered by the QA test MDLQA....", and if necessary remove the qa_test_required label. Make sure that all QA tests are linked back to a corresponding MDL issue.
New tests will be included in the next QA cycle.
Feedback on all aspects of our QA testing process is welcome. If you have any questions or comments, please post in the Testing and QA forum.
See also
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Snowflake Bentley
by: Jacqueline Briggs Martin
A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.
by: Jacqueline Briggs Martin
A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.
by: Tonya Bolden
A biography of the slave-born black scientist whose affectionate nicknames included the Wizard of the Goober and the Yam. Bolden provides the requisite biographical details, including Carver's early, tragic separation from his mother, but also traces themes of his career, drawing connections between his kind masters' waste-not values and his future devotion to finding new uses for farm by-products.
by: Jennifer Berne
Before Jacques Cousteau became an internationally known oceanographer and champion of the seas, he was a curious little boy. In this biography, poetic text and paintings combine to create a portrait of Jacques Cousteau.
by: Laban Carrick Hill
Chronicles the life of Dave, a nineteenth-century slave who went on to become an influential poet, artist, and potter.
by: Don Brown
Gr. 3-5. An introduction to the work and early life of the twentieth-century physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.
by: Amy Novesky
Artist Frida Kahlo finds her own voice and style when her famous husband, Diego Rivera, is commissioned to paint a mural in San Francisco, California, in the 1930s and she finds herself exploring the city on her own.
by: Jeanette Winter
Author note: "I wish that when I was a little girl, I could have read about someone like Jane Goodall – a brave woman who wasn't afraid to do something that had never been done before. So now I've made this book for that little girl, who still speaks to me."
by: Barbara Kerley
A brief biography in pictures and simple text of Alice Roosevelt, the daughter of Theodore Roosevelt and his first wife.
by: Carole Boston Weatherford
Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman would make nineteen subsequent trips back south, never being caught, but none as profound as this first one.
by: Robert Burleigh
The neat switcheroo in this picture-book biography has the story of Mark Twain's life told by one of his most endearing characters, Huck Finn. As one might expect, Huck isn't the most articulate of narrators ( I ain't no highfalutin' talker ), and he would probably rather be doing just about anything else: This ain't intendin' to be some windy biografy. I don't lean much to writin', and I don't fetch to books much neither, 'specially long ones. Although Huck's narration is almost overwhelmingly
by: S. D. Nelson
A simple biography of Lakota-Oglala medicine man Black Elk, from his childhood vision which shaped his life through his battles with the whites and his travels with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
by: Candace Fleming
Though Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln's backgrounds differed considerably, both were intellectuals who shared interests in literature and politics, as well as a great love for each other.
by: Russell Freedman
Gr. 4-10. This realistic, perceptive, and unromanticized biography of Lincoln includes a sampler of quotations from his writings and speeches.
by: Anne Frank
by: Sid Fleischman
Gr. 6-9. A biography of the magician, ghost chaser, aviator, and king of escape artists whose amazing feats are remembered long after his death in 1926. Profiling his early years, personal life, and great accomplishments in show business, the story of the famous magician, Harry Houdini, comes to life through a review of his greatest tricks and most amazing feats, complete with index, photos, and author's notes.
by: Jon Scieszka
How did Jon Scieszka get so funny? He grew up as one of six brothers with Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, and jokes told at family dinner.
by: Georgia Bragg
A look at the deaths of several famous people throughout history and the circumstances surrounding those deaths.


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Renouncing Violent Appearances: CWG Excerpt
My ultimate hope for this two-volume work is that readers will acquire the cross-centered "Magic Eye" that allows them to discern the self-sacrificial, indiscriminately loving, nonviolent God revealed on the cross in the depths of the OT's sometimes horrifically violent depictions of God. And in seeing this, my hope is that readers will see that the revelation of God on the cross must bring a once-and-for-all end to all of our own violent conceptions of him. Just as we renounce the sin and violence manifested on the surface appearance of the cross, even as we by faith discern God stooping out of love to break this sin and violence, so too, I contend, we should renounce the sin and violence manifested on the surface appearance of the OT's violent depictions of him, even as we by faith discern God out of love stooping to bear this sin and violence. For when the sin of the world was nailed to the cross with Christ (Col 2:14), the sinful conception of God as a violent warrior god was included.
Hence, the revelation of the agape-loving and sin-bearing crucified God entails the permanent crucifixion of the violent warrior god.
Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Volume 1: The Cruciform Hermeneutic, pages xli-xlii


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Find accommodations in Barford with the hotel list provided below. Search for the cheapest discounted hotel and motel rates in or near Barford, United Kingdom for your upcoming personal or group travel. We show the best Barford hotel rooms. Review the Barford hotel list below to find the perfect lodging. We also have a map of the Barford hotels.
The Barford center point is around 2 miles south of Warwick Castle and 5 miles northeast of City Centre Stratford upon Avon.
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An 18-year-old victim of the sex attacks in Cologne has described being surrounded by a group of 30 'angry' men who groped her and her friends then stole their belongings as they fled.
The teenager, named only as Michelle, appeared on German TV to recount the harrowing ordeal she endured during the city's New Year's Eve celebrations last week.
Police say the wave of attacks – which has so far seen 100 women report being assaulted – were perpetrated by groups of 'Arab or North African' men in the city centre.
Michelle's shocking testimony comes as the city's own council today admitted its town centre was now a 'no-go area' for women, while it has emerged similar attacks occurred the same night across Hamburg and Stuttgart.
Alarmingly, police in Dusseldorf fear the attacks may be linked to a known criminal gang comprising 2,000 North African men who use sexual assault as a means of distraction.
And while German media and authorities stand accused of covering up previous incidents to avoid stoking tensions, there are fears the upcoming carnival celebrations in Cologne will see a repeat of the brazen attacks.
Her testimony comes as the city's own council has admitted the town centre is now a 'no-go area' for women, while protesters angered by authorities' alleged inaction held demonstrations last night.
Witnesses and police have described men working in 'coordinated' groups to grope women who were unable to escape, while two women reported they were raped.
Michelle told N-TV: 'There were 11 of us together at the time.
'At around 11pm we were at the main train station and wanted to travel on to see the fireworks, and that was when we first noticed all these men standing around.
'We managed to go into the cathedral and wanted to go past the Museum Ludwig to join everyone and watch the fireworks by the river, but suddenly we were surrounded by a group of between 20 and 30 men.'


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RT News - October 04, 2016 (12:00 MSK)
The U.S. suspends talks with Russia on the Syrian peace process, blaming Moscow for being ineffective in the fight against ISIL. In reaction, Moscow says Washington appears to be ready to 'strike a deal with the devil' to achieve its aims in Syria. And an award-winning British comedian says he was axed by the BBC - for being white and male.


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posted by Prerna Arora, last updated on March 11th, 2015 at 1:38 pm
After witnessing a deadly fight between Ranvir and Chirag in the last few episodes, seems like the conclusion has put Ishani in trauma! Last we saw Ranvir walk out from the fight taunting Chirag that he would never get his hands dirty by killing him. But in tonight's episode a huge twist awaits as Ishani finds Chirag's dead body. The plot thickens!
While Ishani thinks it is Ranvir who has killed Chirag, on the other hand Ranvir is desperately looking for Ishani but can't get through her phone. He even tries at home but no one seems to be responding. Finally when he gets through Ritika's number does he find out that his parents have been arrested! He immediately rushes to the police station but is still unsure about Ishani's whereabouts. Thanks to Falguni , Ranvir gets his parents out of the jail as she provides a recording of Baa confessing to make a false charge against Amba and Kailash.
But in all this chaos where is Ishani? And who really killed Chirag? Thinking that Ranvir has a hand in the killing, will Ishani take an extreme step to save him? Do not forget to tune in to tonight's episode of Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi at 10PM only on Colors!


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The tool enables a direct, mechanical translation of the text to be made on the website. Neither the Swedish Courts Administration nor any other authority within the Courts of Sweden (Sveriges Domstolar) can be held liable for the correctness of the translation.
The court can appoint a defence advokat (public defence counsel) if you are suspected of having committed a crime. Your defence advokat will assist you with everything relating to the criminal case and will also attend the trial at the court.
The court will consider whether you need public defence counsel. You can always have public defence counsel if you are suspected of a serious crime. In the case of less serious crimes, you can only get a public defence counsel if there are special reasons. Public defence counsel is not normally appointed if the offence is such that the penalty is usually in the form of fines, for example in traffic cases.
The State will pay part of the costs for public defence counsel. If you are acquitted, you will not need to repay anything to the State. If you are sentenced for the offence, you will, depending upon your income, normally be liable to pay all or part of the State's costs.
Contact the court if you want to know more.


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Disentangling moral hazard and adverse selection
Disentangling Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection in Private Health Insurance
By David Powell and Dana Goldman
National Bureau of Economic Research, January 2016
NBER Working Paper 21858
Moral hazard and adverse selection create inefficiencies in private health insurance markets and understanding the relative importance of each factor is critical for policy. We use claims data from a large firm to isolate moral hazard from plan selection. Previous studies have attempted to estimate moral hazard in private health insurance by assuming that individuals respond only to the spot price, end-of-year price, expected price, or a related metric. The nonlinear budget constraints generated by health insurance plans make these assumptions especially poor and we statistically reject their appropriateness. We study the differential impact of the health insurance plans offered by the firm on the entire distribution of medical expenditures without assuming that individuals only respond to a parameterized price. Our empirical strategy exploits the introduction of new plans during the sample period as a shock to plan generosity, and we account for sample attrition over time. We use an instrumental variable quantile estimation technique that provides quantile treatment effects for each plan, while conditioning on a set of covariates for identification purposes. This technique allows us to map the resulting estimated medical expenditure distributions to the nonlinear budget sets generated by each plan. We estimate that 53% of the additional medical spending observed in the most generous plan in our data relative to the least generous is due to moral hazard. The remainder can be attributed to adverse selection. A policy which resulted in each person enrolling in the least generous plan would cause the annual premium of that plan to rise by $1,000.
From the Introduction
Moral hazard and adverse selection create inefficiencies in health insurance markets and result in a positive correlation between health insurance generosity and medical care consumption. The policy implications are very different, however, depending on the relative magnitudes of each source of distortion, though isolating the independent roles of both moral hazard and adverse selection is rare in the health insurance literature. This paper separates moral hazard and adverse selection for the health insurance plans offered by a large firm.
The average observed expenditures in the most generous plan are $3,969 more than the per person costs in the least generous plan. We estimate that if selection were random, that the most generous plan would lead to $2,117 in more spending than the least generous plan, implying that 53% of the differential can be attributed to moral hazard. We also estimate adverse selection without restrictive structural assumptions. We find that if everyone in the sample were enrolled in the least generous plan that the premium for that plan would increase by over $1,000.
2.1 Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection
Optimal policy depends on the relative important of adverse selection compared to moral hazard in explaining the correlation between plan generosity and medical care costs. The policy implications for moral hazard are different than those required to confront adverse selection. Adverse selection typically requires risk-pooling, while distortions driven by moral hazard would motivate additional cost-sharing.
3.4 Attrition
If we define attrition as individuals enrolled in 2005 but enrolled for less than 365 days in 2007, the attrition rate in the MarketScan data (selecting on firms in the data in both 2005 and 2007) is 58.3%. Our sample has a 58.7% attrition rate.
Understanding moral hazard and adverse selection in private health insurance is widely- recognized as critical to policy. While the literature has frequently estimated the effect of price on medical care consumption, it has typically resorted to parameterizing the mechanism through which individuals respond to cost-sharing. We show that these assumptions typically contradict economic reasoning, and we provide empirical evidence that these specifications perform poorly. In this paper, we estimate the impact of different health insurance plans on the entire distribution of medical care consumption using a new instrumental variable quantile estimation method. These estimated distributions are the distributions caused by the plans in the absence of systematic selection into plans. We map these causal distributions to the parameters of the plans themselves. We can statistically reject that individuals only respond to the end-of-year price.
We also estimate the magnitude of adverse selection. We find favorable selection in the least generous plan and adverse selection in the most generous. We estimate that adverse selection is responsible for $773 of additional per-person costs in the most generous plan, implying that an individual considering this plan would pay over $60 per month in additional premium payments simply to cover the expected costs of the population selecting into the plan. Similarly, a policy which resulted in our entire sample enrolling in the least generous plan would cause annual premiums for that plan to rise by over $1,000.
We estimate that moral hazard is responsible for 53% of the differences in expenditures between the most and least generous plans. Adverse selection also plays an important role, accounting for the other 47%. In the absence of moral hazard, the difference in average medical expenditures across these plans would be $2,117 instead of $3,969. Finally, we find that using the previous year's medical expenditures as a metric of selection greatly overstates the magnitude of selection.
PDF of full paper (53 pages):
By Don McCanne, M.D.
In health insurance, moral hazard occurs when individuals obtain more health care than they would have if it were not paid for by the insurer. Adverse selection occurs when individuals with greater health care needs select plans that provide greater coverage. Both have an impact on health care spending. This paper estimates the relative impact of each of these in spending under private health insurance.
Each is responsible for roughly half of the differences of expenditures between the most and least generous health plans. So enrollees in the more generous plans pay higher premiums because of both moral hazard and adverse selection.
Today's standard in insurance coverage is shifting towards lower actuarial value plans - plans that pay a lower percentage of the total health care costs. What does this study tell us about premiums for these less generous health plans? As more people enroll in them, which they are, the premiums increase to cover the additional expenditures for those who otherwise would have enrolled in the more comprehensive plans. The lower actuarial value plans are subject to favorable selection (the healthy buying less expensive plans in anticipation of not needing care), but that diminishes as higher cost patients move from the more comprehensive plans into these cheaper plans.
The insurance actuaries set premiums based partly on anticipated moral hazard and adverse selection. Though less comprehensive plans theoretically have less moral hazard and no adverse selection, the lower premiums are attractive even to those with higher health care needs. As Powell and Goldman have shown, increased enrollment in the least generous plans cause premiums for those plans to increase. This likely goes a long way toward explaining why premium increases this year were much higher than the overall rate of inflation, even though the rate of increase in total national health expenditures has slowed.
Under a single payer national health program, adverse selection doesn't even exist since everyone is in the same plan. Efficiency is an important goal of health care reform, and wouldn't it be much more efficient putting these health economists to work designing a simple single payer financing system, instead of laboring over the complexities of making a dysfunctional and inequitable market of private health plans somehow work for us, though not very well?


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text: As the Director of Perioperative Services at Good Samaritan Hospital, I believe that scheduling is the first step in assuring our patients' safety. The scheduling office plays a key role in confirming that all aspects of the surgery are accurately planned and documented, including:The correct specialtyThe specific procedureThe necessary equipmentThe necessary personnelThe correct incision pointWhen this information is not correctly entered into our system, several problems can occur. A surgery may be cancelled for lack of equipment, an improper block of time may be allotted, or the cascade effect from one inaccurately scheduled surgery may affect other surgeries throughout the day.Good Samaritan Hospital already had Studiomaca OR Benchmarking in place, but initially we were not leveraging it to monitor our scheduling practices. Working with a Studiomaca Business Advisor, we ensured the integrity of the data put into ORBC. We then presented the data to surgeons and staff to highlight opportunities to drive continued scheduling accuracy, increase on-time starts, improve patient satisfaction and reduce overtime.Trust in the dataHaving accurate, live data to show physicians has been very persuasive. Whether we're talking about the average length of a specific procedure or chronic lateness, we can view this information with the click of a button and answer questions on the spot. When proposing changes to our scheduling procedures, our solutions are backed up with accessible, verifiable data. For example, a physician may rely on memory to guess how long a given procedure will take, but we have post-case data history to show the block of time actually needed.Drilling downDiving into the details helped identify seemingly small factors that could drive significant improvements. We found that a key detail for one of our highest volume procedures was often overlooked in scheduling. The time and equipment difference for an open or laparoscopic cholecystectomy is substantial, and an error either way could mean a delayed or cancelled procedure. We also discovered that late starts were sometimes caused when pre-op antibiotics were delivered to the inpatient unit rather than the operating room. Adjusting the delivery protocol minimized this reason for delay. Once we began addressing some of the reasons for delay, we could also get a clearer picture of our operating room utilization and begin to align our resources with how our rooms are actually used. Drilling down into our weekend hours, for example, allowed us to begin researching the feasibility of scheduling staff for a regular 8-hour shift on Saturday rather than relying on unplanned callbacks throughout the weekend. This will be a cost savings for Good Samaritan and a benefit to staff.SuccessesOur accuracy metric continues to climb as we address the opportunities identified through ORBC, nearing a 20 percent improvement in the second quarter of 2015. In addition, we have cut casual overtime in the operating rooms to near zero, as staff no longer needs to stay late to get caught up. The increased efficiency in scheduling and planning has also allowed us to reduce patients' time in the pre-op area by 30 minutes, which provides a considerable increase in patient comfort and satisfaction.To learn more about how Good Samaritan gained insights into their scheduling performance and assessed the downstream impact of scheduling on OR throughput, download our webinar, Benchmarking Drives OR Efficiencies and Savings, recorded September 2, 2015. Or, download the case study to see how Good Samaritan built trust in their data and used the findings to identify and address opportunities to enhance OR efficiency.


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Kevin Harvick Featured in Sonoma Race-Day Q&A
California native Kevin Harvick will be front-and-center for race fans on Sunday, June 23, with a special Q&A session just hours before the drop of the green flag for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in Sonoma.
Race fans can secure preferred access to this exclusive Q&A by purchasing a full-price race-day ticket or weekend pass before May 1. Harvick will be joined by other special guests for this all-new fan appreciation event, which will take place on the road course at Turn 11, one of the most exciting turns on the circuit.
Reserve your spot at the Turn 11 Trackside Chat Q&A session with Harvick and friends by purchasing your full-price race-day or weekend ticket before May 1. Call 800-870-RACE (7223) or visit racesonoma.com/nascar today!


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What's open, what's closed and overnight parking tolerance for Thanksgiving, Monday, Oct. 9
Hours of operation for Thanksgiving Monday, October 9, 2017
All administrative offices will be closed.
Aquatic and Community Centre: 8 am to 8 pm (indoor pool closes at 7:30 pm)
Library: 12 pm to 5 pm
Public Works Yard: Closed
Samuel Moskovitch Arena: Closed
Gymnasium: 8 am to 8 pm
CSL Tennis Club: 8 am to 10 pm
Rembrandt Tennis courts: 9 am to 11 pm
Curbside waste collection: Organic waste collection service is not affected by the holiday.
Overnight parking will be tolerated during the following dates:
Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 5 pm to Sunday, Oct. 15 at 8 am
Note: Vehicles are not permitted to park in front of fire hydrants, in fire lanes, in front of driveways, in no-stopping zones or anywhere else when parking is never permitted etc.


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RoboFab RComponent
# the easiest way to get to a component
# is to get one from a glyph
from robofab.world import CurrentFont
f = CurrentFont()
g = f['adieresis']
for c in g.components:
print c
< RComponent for Excellent-Regular.adieresis.components[0] >
< RComponent for Excellent-Regular.adieresis.components[1] >
A component can be a part of a glyph and it is a reference to another glyph in the same font. With components you can make glyphs depend on other glyphs. Changes to the baseGlyph will reflect in the component as well. Fontographer and RoboFog called them composites. The parent of a component is usually a glyph. Components can be decomposed: they replace themselves with the actual outlines from the baseGlyph. When that happens the link between the original and the component is broken: changes to the baseGlyph will no longer reflect in the glyph that had the component.
- baseGlyph: the name of the glyph the component points to. The glyph is assumed to be present in the same font. Note: in FontLab this attribute is readonly.
- index: the index of the component in the list of components in the parent glyph. i.e. the first component in a glyph has index 0.
- offset: offset vector (x, y). The distance the component has been moved.
- scale: scale (x, y). The distance the component has been moved.
- box: the bounding box for the component (read only).
Attribute examples
# robofab manual
# Component object
# attribute examples
print f['adieresis'].components[0].baseGlyph
print f['adieresis'].components[1].baseGlyph
# move the component in the base glyph
f['adieresis'].components[1].offset = (100,100)
# scale the component in the base glyph
f['adieresis'].components[0].scale = (.5, .25)
- decompose(): in the parent glyph replace this component object with the actual contours. This practically ends the existence of the component object.
- move((x, y)): move the component to position (x, y)
- draw(aPen): draw this component with aPen
- drawPoints(aPointPen): draw this component with aPointPen. Note: both these drawing methods are usually called by aGlyph.draw() and aGlyph.drawPoints() as part of the drawing process.
- copy(): return a deep copy of the object.
- setChanged(): call to indicate that something about the component has changed.
Method examples
# robofab manual
# Component object
# method examples
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Mass Schedule
Masses at Our Lady of Sorrows:
Saturday Vigil/Vigilia del Sábado:
5:00 p.m. Spanish/Español
8:30 a.m. Bilingual/Bilingue
10:30 a.m. English/Ingles
1:00 p.m. English/Ingles
Weekdays/Entre Semana
7 a.m. M., W., Th., F.: English
6 p.m. Tuesdays in Spanish
*First Friday Mass during the School Year at 8:15 a.m. and not 7 a.m.
Holy Days of Obligation/Días de Obligación:
7 a.m. 12:15 p.m. 7 p.m.
Las Misas de la Capilla de la Santísima Trinidad
Las Misas del Domingo
9:30 a.m. Español
11:30 a.m. Español
Misas en los Días de Obligación: 7 p.m.
When can I go to confession?
Check out our Reconciliation page for times and information.
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Need directions to the church?
Visit our Direction page for the address and a map.
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What is the mass schedule for holy days?
Our Holy Day page lists all masses and special events for the holy days.
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