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Rockport family receives a new home nearly two years after Hurricane Harvey
Correction: Habitat for Humanity of Aransas County led the construction of a home for a family in Rockport. An earlier version of this article identified the organization incorrectly.
Almost two years after Hurricane Harvey tore down their Rockport home, the eight-member Robertson family received a new one big enough to accommodate them.
Curtis and Cortny Robertson and their six children were welcomed into their furnished, decorated four-bedroom home Tuesday afternoon.
The construction of the residence was a part of a collaboration of Habitat for Humanity in Aransas County, the Coastal Bend Disaster Recovery Group, the Mennonite Disaster Service, the Rockport Fulton Chamber Foundation, the Coastal Bend Food Bank and Save the Children.
Cortny and Curtis Robertson recalled the devastation that they felt when they saw Harvey's destruction. At that time, the couple had already been working to rebuild their home after a 2014 fire caused severe damages.
The work that had been done after the fire was completely erased.
"We were overwhelmed with the fire," Curtis said. "Then with Harvey, it was like starting all over again."
In the aftermath of the hurricane, Curtis started to rebuild again, but the family had to be crammed in a small home while rebuilding took place.
Curtis began extending the home to accommodate their large family, but reconstructing for a second time was becoming a slow and expensive process, made more complicated when Curtis had open-heart surgery in March.
Cortny got a call from Patty Butters, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Aransas County. Butters had heard about the Robertsons' situation and was looking to help fund the construction of a new home for the family.
Cortny said once Butters got involved, the process moved incredibly fast.
"I just did what she asked me to do and they took care of the rest," she said.
The process of building this specific home happened much quicker than usual, according to Butters.
As Habitat for Humanity began putting the funding and organizations together, Butters said, many factors came together.
The family was moved to a rental home accommodated by the various organizations. The Mennonite Disaster Service volunteer network led the majority of the early stage of construction and found itself focusing a lot of it's resources on the home.
"All the houses that (the Mennonites) were working on, for whatever reason, permits weren't coming through," Butters said. "So everybody was hands on deck on this house."
The family participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday, attended by members of the various charities.
"This is a fresh start for us," Cortny said during the ceremony.
The family was given a bible, a letter and a quilt courtesy of the Mennonite volunteer group.
The large home will allow 11-year-old Faith, the oldest, to have her own room. Joshua, 9, Landon, 7, and Logan, 5, will share a room with a triple bunk bed. The youngest siblings, Madison, 3, and Caleb, who is 7 months, will also share a room.
The Robertsons said that they are grateful — and that the idea of them being in permanent home still hadn't settled in.
"I'm just kind of numb to this whole thing," Curtis said. "It's an awesome thing. It's a God-given blessing."
Butters said she is grateful to everyone who worked together for benefit of this family.
"All of this comes from the heart of people in Texas willing to share their money and help have this family back in their home," she said. ""This is the first time they're in a place with real space in years."


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NASA's head of human spaceflight resigns days before historic launch of astronauts
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – The chief of NASA's human spaceflight directorate resigned Monday, a surprising development from an agency scheduled to launch astronauts from American soil next week for the first time since 2011.
In a statement issued Tuesday, NASA confirmed that associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations Doug Loverro resigned from his position Monday. He had just been selected for the role in October.
The agency did not disclose why Loverro, previously of the secretive National Reconnaissance Office, decided to leave the team that is on the cusp of meeting human spaceflight goals.
The shakeup comes just a week before Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley launch from Kennedy Space Center on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, a milestone set to fill the gap a lack of American-led human spaceflight has left behind. The veteran astronauts are set to launch from Pad 39A at 4:33 p.m. May 27.
It remains unclear whether Loverro's departure will have an impact on the mission timeline.
According to a Politico-obtained message that Loverro sent to his team, "personal actions" were the force that drove the departure. He told the publication that it was not due to a disagreement between him and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, but rather a "mistake."
"My leaving is because of my personal actions, not anything we accomplished together," he told Politico.
His acting replacement: Ken Bowersox, currently the deputy HEO administrator, who is a former astronaut and a retired Navy aviator. He also spent several years at SpaceX.
"Bowersox has previously led HEO in a time of transition, and NASA has the right leadership in place to continue making progress on the Artemis and Commercial Crew programs," NASA said in a statement.
Former space shuttle astronaut and current SpaceX consultant Garrett Reisman said via Twitter that while the timing is not ideal, Bowersox is capable of rising to the task.
"Timing on this is not good, but I'd be a lot more concerned if it weren't for the fact that Bowersox is more than capable of overseeing this important week in human spaceflight," he said. "His deep experience at NASA and SpaceX makes him the ideal replacement for Loverro, actually."
Before Loverro, longtime NASA veteran William Gerstenmaier was in charge of human spaceflight operations until his ouster. He now consults with SpaceX.
Follow Emre Kelly at Twitter: @EmreKelly.

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Motorcycle Hire Borneo
Posted by RossAngeles on 20/3/2014 at 19:15
Greetings Fellow Adventurers,
My girlfriend and I are planning to go to Borneo next month. We are currently trying to decide on Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) or Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo). I know Indonesian Borneo is meant to be way less touristy and much wilder (which is what we are after), but communication is much harder and getting around more difficult. We would like to hire a motorbike and use that as our means of transportation around Borneo for a month. Does anyone have any information on renting motor bikes in Borneo? I am not interested in a motorcycle tour. Way too expensive and not the type of thing we are looking for. I am a very experienced Enduro moto rider (BMW's back home). Our biggest concerns are navigation and communication (as none of us speak their language). We will most likely be using GPS, but I know in many parts of Borneo, there are no roads at all.
Can any of you recommend Malaysian Borneo over Indonesian or vice versa? We want both beaches and island experiences, as well as National Parks, longhouses/indigenous, Orangutang's etc.
Any insight, advice and knowledge you can share with me would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you so much!
Safe Travels...
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Posted by frere on 24/3/2014 at 23:38
north borneo better people kalimantan better bike - you buy suzuki trail 125 [sounds teeny but it has 'guts' - i did the jungle for a year] and get a guarantee sell back price - a good deal.
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In my previous post I wrote about fun investigations. Jeremy recently went on one while he was in San Diego for recruiting school. Sadly, I wasn't there to go with him. This is definitely on my list of places I want to investigate bucket list. The Whaley House is someplace my dad and I talked about going to visit sometime. The history of the house intrigued my dad. Hopefully, I will get a chance to visit the Whaley House soon.
These are Jeremy's notes on the investigation (as mentioned previously he prefers doing his notes in this style like they have him do at his work) and his pictures he took with his cell phone.
WHO- Jeremy Stillwagon and the Whaley House tour group
WHAT- Guided tour of San Diego's Whaley House in San Diego, California.
WHEN- June 9, 2018 @ 2100 – 2211.
WHERE- Whaley House in San Diego, California.
WHY- Thomas Whaley moved into his house on August 22, 1857 with his wife, Anna Whaley, and their six children. Their youngest son, Thomas Whaley Jr. died of Scarlet Fever at the age of 18 months on January 29, 1858. After this the Whaley family store burned down and the family moved to what is now San Francisco. During this time Frank Ames was put in charge of all the Whaley assets in Old Town. After the store was rebuilt the Whaley's moved back in the winter of 1868. In January of 1882 both Violet and Anna Whaley, Thomas and Anna's daughters, got married in Old Town. 2 weeks into her marriage Violet's husband disappeared and was later found out to be a con artist that was only chasing his dreams of taking Thomas Whaley's wealth via marriage to his daughter. After this Violet was shunned by the community for being married, but alone. This later caused Violet to commit suicide in her father's study by shooting herself in the chest with her father's 32-calibre on August 18, 1885 at the age of 22. This traumatic event caused the family to vacate their home for over 2 decades due to not being able to live in the same house that his daughter and son died in. In late 1909 Thomas Whaley converted the house into a tourist attraction to show off historic side of the building and all the good it did for Old Town. Every member of the Whaley family passed away in San Diego and are still believed to be apart of the Whaley House.
In October of 1868 the upstairs bedroom was converted into a theatre on behalf of Thomas Tanner and approved by the owner Thomas Whaley. The Tanner Troupe would perform here every night by day and slept there by night. Thomas Tanner passed away in the theatre room just 17 days after renting out the room from Whaley.
The Whaley House served as San Diego's courthouse in 1869 and was rented by the county for just $65 a month.
Shortly after the Whaley's moved into their house they began hearing footsteps throughout the house. These are believed to be the footsteps of "Yankee Jim" Robinson, who had been hung on the property prior to the house being built for stealing a boat.
HOW- I purchased a ticket to tour the Whaley house on June 9, 2018. While I awaited my tour to start I did a walkaround of the property to watch the way the streetlights shined on the house and to check a few of the windows where sightings of the family members were said to be seen. While walking around the back side of the house I was watching the top left window of the backside when I saw a shadow walk across the lower right window of the house. I was unable to get photographic evidence of this encounter but there was no one around nor on the paths surrounding the house. We began the tour in what being set up as the courtroom that the county of San Diego rented in 1869. While there I was taking pictures of the judge's chair and the jury area. While reviewing the evidence I noticed a shadow that appears to be sitting at the judge's chair and in another is appearing to stand. After moving through the General Store and into the dining room area we were informed of a little girl, named Anita Gillis, who enjoys laying under the table in this room and can often be seen if you look through the chairs. While taking pictures between the chairs and the tables in a series of 4 the 3rdshot is blurry across the frame.* After finishing in the dining room, we went upstairs to the bedrooms and the theatre area where Thomas Tanner and his Troupe performed for roughly 2 weeks. The spirit of Tanner is said to wander this room. The image of Thomas Whaley and Thomas Tanner can be seen sometimes under the picture of Thomas Whaley in the second row far left. While waiting in the downstairs hallways I felt several cold chills all around me (the A/C in the house is non-existence due to the historical significance of the building) and heard light footsteps above me while standing to the left of the staircase downstairs.
*There is a logical explanation for this happening. I will address what caused this in Thursday's (August 23rd) post. Until then I would like to hear your theories about what you think caused this to happen.


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Preparing Your Brick Home for Catastrophic Weather
When it comes to hurricane season or living in the path of tornado alley, you want to make sure that you're prepared for anything that comes your way. Living in a brick home can be beneficial when it comes to having a decent amount of protection around you. By keeping some more tips in mind, you can ensure that you're safe and sound within the home, even as the hurricane is raging around you.
Tips for Hurricane Protection
- Cover all the windows of the home. While, the home is brick and it is going to stand strong, the windows are not going to fare so well if they're not covered properly.
- Use the right door to protect the home. Storm doors and large steel doors can protect the home against high winds and potentially dangerous storms that might come about in the area.
- You can add concrete canvas to the outside of the home for further protection. This has been shown to deflect debris and high winds that might come about with a hurricane.
- Make sure that the drainage system is working properly around the home. You want to seal any areas where water might end up getting into the home, this especially includes the basement, as this is the first place that might flood.
- Seal and then secure the roof of the home. While the rest of it might be sturdy, you don't want to worry about losing the roof of the home when a big gust of wind comes rolling through.
Always read over your insurance policy and record all the items that you have before the storm. It is also important to leave important documents within a fire and water proof safe. This can keep everything in the best shape in case something does happen.
Contractors Today knows the masonry contractors that can help a bit more when it comes to preparation for catastrophic weather. Fill out the form below or give us a call today to learn even more!


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How do I get a copy of my Florida driving record?
Please refer to our library for detailed instructions on how to obtain a copy of your Florida drivers license. If you need a copy quickly, you can request it online. If you have some time, you can request it by mail for much less money, but it will take about 30 days.


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There are various veterans dental care grants that combat veterans can take advantage of. The following article will talk about eligibility for dental services for veterans and the types of dental services these grants and benefits can offer. The SS Miranda Dental's clinic near Sylvania, NSW weighs in on dental care for war veterans, you can read more about them by clicking on the link.
What dental services can veterans' dental care grants get?
These dental services are meant to bring the oral health of veterans to its optimal level. Dental services that are covered by grants usually include tooth fillings, dental crowns, the production of dentures and dental implant procedures. These dental services focus on the prevention of tooth and gum diseases and also include general dental health services. As is the case with most dental coverage, cosmetic procedures are not likely to be covered by veterans' dental care grants.
Who may be eligible for these services?
Veterans who have a Department of Veterans' Affairs Health Card or Veteran Card, are eligible to receive the full package of dental services offered by the veterans' dental care grants. You may also receive dental care of you are a veteran who is a White Card holder.
You simply present your DVA Health Card or White card to the dental service provider and they will first assess the clinical need for the dental services before starting any treatment. Although you may be eligible to receive the services, there are instances where approval will be required before the dentist can start the procedures needed. They will be the ones to process any approval or clearances you need with the DVA. The dental service provider should also provide you a copy of the treatments you received for your recording purposes.
Treatment for other types of tooth and gum diseases
You may also receive treatment for other tooth and gum diseases and disorders such as bruxism. If you can provide proof that the treatment id a medical need, and if you have other conditions such as worn-out teeth because of the teeth grinding, you may be eligible to receive treatment.
If you will be needing the services of a dental hygienist or other types of oral health specialists, the veterans' dental care grants under the DVA should also be able to provide those types of services for you, especially if they are in line with the treatment of tooth and gum diseases.
What you can do
If you are a veteran who is interested in getting treatment for your teeth and want to reach optimal oral health, the first thing you can do is talk to your dentist and the factsheets of the Department of Veterans' Affairs. You have to be sure that your dentist is affiliated with the DVA and if your treatment will be covered with that particular dentist. You may also need to confirm your eligibility with the DVA. You will most likely not need to pay for any of the dental services, however, there may be some procedures that require you to shell out some cash for additional materials to be used and that may not be covered in the dental care package. These are mostly connected to dental implants.


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Marineland's custom Starphire Aquarium
I asked them for my dream tank, and they built it.
The 400g Starphire glass tank is 84" long by 36" wide by 30" tall, and has a full width external overflow at one end that is completely hidden by a black acrylic panel. All the seams are bonded with black silicone. Black trim wrap the base and top rim of the tank. I wanted euro-bracing and no cross braces. The external overflow has four 1.5" drains. This is the lst custom-made Marineland tank built. I used a powdercoated steel stand to maximize space underneath for better access.
The clean look is visually appealing.
I asked that the black plastic trim wrap the full length of the tank to include the external overflow for a more polished complete look.
The overflow area will get a black acrylic lid to prevent nuisance algae from growing within.
Four 1.5" bulkheads provide plenty of drainage. Three drains lead to the skimmer zone, one drains into the refugium zone.
Criss-cross Eurobracing provides strength. The laminated glass is 1" thick.
Internal perimeter bracing reinforces the walls of the tank.
All three sides are 3/4" Starphire glass. The overflow end is standard glass, hidden behind a full sheet of black acrylic with a full-width teeth comb.


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It's the year 2039. Where's your podcast? (A Preserve This Podcast webinar)
Webinar link & dial-in once RSVP'd
It's the year 2039. Where's your podcast? (A Preserve This Podcast webinar)
Join us from anywhere in the world! We're going to preserve your podcast. Download the zine here.
If you've listened to our podcast or read our zine, you know that podcasts are disappearing. So how can podcasters protect themselves against loss? By attending our Preserve This Podcast webinar. This interactive workshop will tackle this issue head-on by walking audio-creators through the history of podcast technology, the basics of archival preservation, and simple steps you can take to preserve your audio. We will review through the tools and techniques to prevent data loss before it's too late, as well as "bake" these concepts into podcasters' existing production workflows.
Access to the webinar will be provided after you RSVP. Here are the topics we will cover on each day:
Jan. 23 - Part I Get Organized & Back It Up
Jan. 24 - Part II Metadata Meta-awareness & RSS Resuscitations
About our instructors:
Dana Gerber-Margie (@theaudiosignal) listens to podcasts while living in Madison, Wisconsin. She earned her Master's in Library & Information Studies at UW-Madison, and has worked as an A/V Archivist for WiLS and the Wisconsin Historical Society. She is the co-founder and co-editor of the Bello Collective, a publication about podcasts and storytelling.
Mary Kidd (@kiddarchivist) is an archivist and illustrator. By day, she works for New York Public Library's Special Collections Division. She has worked on audio/visual preservation projects for New York Public Radio, the Magic Shop Recording Studio, and the XFR Collective, a non-profit organization that transfers at-risk media off magnetic tapes to digital format for individuals and groups with limited means. She enjoys creating drawings, zines, gifs, and other artful tidbits to make archiving, and the technology that supports it, accessible, approachable and fun for everyone.
Sarah Nguyen (@snewyuen) is the Project Coordinator of Preserve This Podcast. She is an advocate for open, accessible, and secure technologies through a couple gigs during her studies as a Master of Library and Information Science candidate at the University of Washington: Assistant Research Scientist for NYU Libraries and archivist for the Dance Heritage Coalition. Offline, she can be found riding a Cannondale mtb or practicing movement through dance.


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Adams Co. municipalities had mixed reaction to $5 fee
Since a 2013 state law granted counties the option to assess a $5 fee on registered vehicles, 14 counties, including York, have taken advantage in an effort to improve local infrastructure.
On Wednesday, after two months of consideration, the Adams County Board of Commissioners opted against collecting funds that would be funneled back through the municipalities for transportation project funding.
The measure failed to conjure a vote, as Commissioner Marty Qually made a motion that was not seconded.
In a public Facebook post following the decision, Qually called it one of his "most challenging days as a commissioner" as he characterized the ordinance's failure as a missed opportunity for economic development.
The implementation of the program would have collected an estimated $590,000 annually to address design, engineering, maintenance and construction needs on the local road system in the county.
Decreasing funds for the Adams County Transportation Improvement program drove the initial push for enacting the fee. In a recent update, the total financing for Adams County dropped 19 percent, about an annual $3 million loss, for the 2017 to 2020 planning period.
"Everyone's projecting that that trend is going to maintain as a downtrend," Qually said in October.
Funding from PennDOT's municipal liquid fuels program increased for local municipalities, but the county Office of Planning and Development explained these funds cannot always cover the costs of expensive maintenance and construction projects, raising a need for other funding sources.
Shortly after advertising the measure on Sept. 30, the commissioners decided to take a "half step back" after sharp negative feedback from the public. The Oct. 5 Board of Commissioners meeting saw members of the public voice dissent over the extra fee and potential transparency issues over the funds.
The commissioners' pivot included contacting the municipalities to educate them about the ordinance and ask for the opinions of the elected officials and their constituencies.
"We're doing this for the municipalities," Phiel explained in October. "If we did it, it would be a matching situation where a township or borough would come to us, and we would potentially provide matching funds so they would have some skin in the game, too."
As of Wednesday, 10 municipalities responded to the letter drafted by the county and sent out on Oct. 21. Fairfield, Gettysburg and New Oxford boroughs, as well as Hamiltonban Township, voiced approval for the ordinance, while Highland and Oxford townships and Bendersville Borough responded with opposition. Germany Township, Biglerville Borough and Berwick Township requested additional information.
The 24 remaining municipalities did not respond as of Wednesday.
McSherrystown Borough voted down the measure in a meeting on Wednesday. David Bolton, a McSherrystown Borough council member, explained that the board viewed the fee as a "additional tax on their citizens that they would not receive any benefits from."
"We don't have any major projects that we would be able to use those funds in the foreseeable future," Bolton said.
Bolton recused himself from the matter because of his positions on the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs and the Adams County Boroughs Association, through which he is a voting member on the Adams County Transportation Planning Organization Board.
The latter board unanimously voted in support of the taking advantage of the state law, Bolton said.
Mario Iocco, chairperson of the Oxford Township supervisors, acknowledged that the charge was "only $5," but responded in disfavor to the ordinance.
"We just felt that it was another tax on the residents," Iocco said. "It just wasn't something that we agreed with."
READ MORE: Adams Co. nixed $5 car registration fee plans
Iocco also questioned whether the funds collected from each municipality would offer direct benefits to their residents.
The collection would have been distributed through a grant program "similar to the Adams County Parks, Recreation and Green Space Grant Program where the municipalities would apply to the county for funds to assist with their transportation projects," according to the drafted letter sent to each municipality.
By law, the funds are designated for transportation projects and cannot be used for administrative purposes. Had the ruling gone through, the county planned to administer the grant program with a criteria to select projects for funding.
Robert Krummerich, a Gettysburg Borough council member representing the second ward, voted to approve the proposed ordinance, but he doesn't view its failure as damaging.
"It's hard to gauge the loss of something you never really owned," he said.
However, Krummerich said he personally saw the fee as a more creative and equitable method of financing transportation projects in the county rather than a hike in property taxes. By charging the fee to registered vehicles in the county, the ordinance would account for the the drivers that use and impact local roads and bridges.
"I figure if the county needs the money, they are going to get it from us one way or another," he said.


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In an ongoing series of posts, I'm examining the current state of affairs for those of us writing and making new plays in the DC metropolitan area. The series began with a look at what I call the audience problem, then continued with an examination of civic pride (or the lack thereof), then discussed the issue of making (or using) spaces for art.
The series then turned in a more positive direction. I started with a look at one critical ally, who I think we under-rate, and then I talked about how awesome it is that playwrights are starting to get their mutual acts together. Today's last post in the series:
New Developments
If you want to develop a new play here in DC, it really isn't that hard any more to find help.
For starters, we now have a diverse array of play development opportunities available for those who want to make new plays in the old way: by workshopping and reading them aloud. The Inkwell, of course, is foremost among them, and although they help develop plays that were written all over the country, they have genuine and lasting devotion to working with DC-based playwrights, as well as a track record of doing so, that sets the bar very high. After several years of operation, Artists' Bloc — which offers playwrights a variety of means by which to explore new work with audiences, and which also serves primarily local theater makers — has become a fixture, too. And then there's First Draft, which has begun developing not only plays, but audiences for plays: a very promising beginning that has already born fruit.
(The grandparent of them all was the First Light Festival at the now-defunct Theater of the First Amendment, which not long ago announced it was shutting its doors. As someone who developed two plays with that wonderful organization, I know we're going to miss them.)
Along these same lines, if you just want to hear your play read in front of an audience (which is a very useful thing, if you ask me), it's not that hard to work with a local theater and put together a reading for the venerable Page-to-Stage Festival at the Kennedy Center. (We almost lost it last year — funding was an issue — but it's back and on firm ground again.) Audiences are plentiful, and the excitement in the building all weekend long is palpable. Another reading series that's new to the scene (and that also has terrific ambitions for the future) is the National New Play Network's DC-Area Writers Showcase: a fantastic opportunity to strut your stuff in front of theaters all around the country. We're damn lucky to have it.
If you'd rather not follow a more traditional path, of course, you can always consider joining one of the new devised theater ensembles that are popping up all over the city… of starting one of your own. Thanks to Bright Alchemy, Dog and Pony, Happenstance, and a few other groups, the road has begun to be paved in the city. Artists are getting more and more familiar with the devised theater concept, and audiences are catching on, too. (If they haven't already.) There's great energy here, and it's probably only going to build. I consider that very hopeful.
If you're a do-it-(mostly)-yourself kind of person, you can also produce your own work at the Capital Fringe Festival. I've gone that route myself now twice, and it was essential to my early career. It's an education in producing theater, which is great… but it's also a relatively easy way to get your work in front of an audience quickly. The Fringe folks know what they're doing, and the experience is a terrific whirlwind. And while we're on the subject: the last few years in the city have seen the arrival of several new theater companies around town that began as groups of artists producing at Fringe. They have experience working with DC-based playwrights and other theater artists and they're creating new opportunities all the time. (Which reminds me to mention the local small theaters — Active Cultures, perhaps, primary among them — that have been working with DC-area playwrights for a long, long time.)
Last, but not least, there's the brand new Locally Grown Festival at Theater J, which kicked this past year into high gear for DC-based playwrights. It's not clear yet what the next year will bring, but if it's anything like what I (and four other DC-based playwrights) experienced, it'll be a great gift. The Locally Grown Festival is (in my experience)Â the single most professional and profound development opportunity in the city, and as it matures, it's likely only going to get better. I'm excited to see what comes out of it next.
So, that's the end of my series. I hope it's been useful: that it helped shine a light on many of the great things we've got going for us, while not ignoring some of the struggles we're still facing. I hope to do this same thing every once in a while — though it's been a big challenge, so perhaps not too often. In any event: thanks for reading, and for helping to make this a better city for new work.


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We at the Ontario Hairstylists Association want to wish you all a wonderful holiday season and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.
We've had a busy year at the OHSA, receiving our official registration as a not-for-profit organization and our membership has grown in leaps in bounds. Our new website launched in early 2015 and we started securing members-only benefits, like rental car discounts, insurance discounts, and more. We've met several times with the governing provincial Liberals to promote our organization and its goals, and we've put one of our members on the College of Trades board. Most significantly, we also prepared and presented a thorough submission to the government-appointed panel reviewing the current compulsory trade criteria with the College of Trades. That process continues and we'll keep you posted every step of the way.
This is YOUR forum – we still want to hear from YOU. So if there's something you want to share with us, drop us a line. Just follow the "contact" link here: http://www.onhairstylists.ca/contact/.
Our Job Postings link got pretty busy this past year as several salon owners or managers took advantage of the page and posted openings for stylists.
Interested in doing a guest blog? – Let me know.
Let's have a great 2016 together!
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A quick comercial, showing some surface transformation from a small car to formula1 racer.
The job was to animate and render one shot right from the start just with an idea of how this may look like in the end.
For this task i did a simple script to speed up the process of animating symetrical parts quick, and being able to adapt quickly to changes without the need to change too many curves. This was needed due to the fact that 3dsmax offers no tool to mirror any anim curve precisely.
The result was a simple helper based approach, where each part was parented to its helper, then animated by hand to achive the retracting parts for the small car. If the parts had symetry one would be able to just copy and mirror it, then using the script to flip the curve exactly at any point, leaving a clean and quick symetrical animation.


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Amid reports that Microsoft is set to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to launch a new Windows Vista advertising campaign, comes the assertion that consumers investing in the beleaguered OS will 'pay it forward' into Windows 7.
With support for XP being extended, and availability increased for the burgeoning sub-notebook range, Vista's already troublesome life is being squeezed by its predecessor and the looming arrival of Windows 7 in early 2010.
To Microsoft's chagrin Vista's reputation has become that of a failure, which is making driving sales more difficult and this has prompted a huge investment in a new advertising campaign.
Plain awful
As reported by Information Week, Vista consumer marketing VP Brad Brooks has admitted in a keynote speech to Microsoft's partners that "there's a conversation going on in the marketplace today and it's just plain awful. We've got to get back on the front foot.
"Windows Vista is an investment in the long term," he continued. "When you make the investment into Windows Vista, it's going to pay it forward into the operating system we call Windows 7."
It's yet more indication of a difficult time for Vista – but it will be interesting to see just what's meant by 'paying it forward'. We can only assume it won't mean a free upgrade to Windows 7.
MIcrosoft's new advertising campaign is believed to centre around the phrase 'free the people', a term that is likely to bring a fair amount of, erm, gentle ribbing from the IT industry.


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Loosely adapted from the 2003 novel of the same name by Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada was a box office smash taking over $325m from a budget of $35m. The Devil Wears Prada follows Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway), a college graduate and aspiring journalist who gets a job as a co-assistant to Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), the editor of the World's most famous fashion magazine ˜Runway.' Initially sceptical about the importance of her job, she slowly gets sucked into the fashion world helped along by the Art Director Nigel (Stanley Tucci) and hindered by her fellow co-assistant Emily (Emily Blunt) she sees her relationship and personal life suffer as she dedicates more and more time trying to prove herself to a seemingly uncaring boss.
During production, many high-profile designers refused to participate in person in the The Devil Wears Prada for fear of displeasing Anna Wintour (editor of U.S. ˜Vogue' magazine) on whom the character of Miranda is alleged to be based. They did however contribute clothing, which helped to give The Devil Wears Prada one of the highest-valued costume departments of all time.
The Devil Wears Prada was one of the pleasant surprises of 2006. Judging from early trailers and advertising, it would be another in a long-line of plastic romantic comedies, with little substance and no bite. What it turned out to be was a ruthlessly careerist view on life in the big city and the lure of power and success. Wall Street in high heels if you will.
Anne Hathaway is excellent as the at-first frumpy Andrea, who sits at odds with the fashion world. She gets her mentor in the delightful Tucci and were nemesis in the ice cold Blunt, carving a niche for herself as super-bitch. Yet the soul of The Devil Wears Prada lays on the broad acting shoulders of Meryl Streep and if ever you needed further proof of her range and quality just see her as the titan of the fashion world.
Streep plays Miranda Priestly as a calculating, intelligent and utterly evil boss from Hell. She could have easily chewed scenery in the role and gone over-the-top, but it is the downplaying of all emotion that is the key to her success. Her slow, considered monotone as she tears away the defences of frightened assistants and sub-editors alike is irresistible. Yet there are brief moments when the mask of confidence slips and Streep conveys so much humanity that it's impossible not to be completely drawn in, especially as she quickly follows these moments with more outrageous requests and disapproving ˜pursing of the lips.'
While clearly a morality tale about the pitfalls of success, The Devil Wears Prada has a certain realistic comedy to it, which stops it becoming an drama and makes it accessible not only to fashion-lovers, but everyone. We can all see a little bit of ourselves in the increasingly praise-hungry Andrea and her slow and rather focused descent into the darker side of success.


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Henri Bergson is a famous French philosopher whose career climaxed in 1927 when he won the Nobel Prize. Bergson led an interesting life. He was a Polish Jew who lived in France, and even though he remained faithful to his Judiasm for his entire life, he had a Roman Catholic priest say a prayer for him at his funeral. I guess some people simply want to have all their religions covered just in case. Read some of Henri Bergson's greatest quotes below.
Sex-appeal is the keynote of our whole civilisation.
A situation is always comic if it participates simultaneously in two series of events which are absolutely independent of each other, and if it can be interpreted in two quite different meanings.
Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality.
Life does not proceed by the association and addition of elements, but by dissociation and division.
You will obtain a vision of matter that is perhaps fatiguing for your imagination, but pure and stripped of what the requirements of life make you add to it in external perception.
When we make the cerebral state the beginning of an action, and in no sense the condition of a perception, we place the perceived images of things outside the image of our body, and thus replace perception within the things themselves.
Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools.
In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.
To perceive means to immobilize... we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself.
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.


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The trip price excludes flights. Wild about Africa can arrange flights originating from the UK or within Africa on request; please ask us about these.
Day 1 There's usually time to explore the curio stalls and cafes of Windhoek before your guide meets you to discuss your safari.
Day 2 Drive north to visit the Cheetah Conservation Fund which works to conserve Namibia's population of cheetah.
Day 3 Tonight's chalet accommodation is within Namibia's renowned Etosha National Park.
Day 4 Spend the day exploring Etosha with your safari guide, focusing on game sightings and busy waterholes.
Day 5 Game-drive across the park, stopping to enjoy spectacular views of the vast Etosha Pan and for any interesting wildlife.
Day 6 Head westwards into the attractive landscapes of Damaraland and your luxury mobile camp in the Mowani foothills.
Day 7 Visit Twyfelfontein's rock art and experience the Damara Culture at a Living Museum.
Day 8 Begin with an insightful visit to a Himba Village before crossing desert plains to the Skeleton Coast and on to Swakopmund.
Day 9 Join an interactive boat cruise to see Namibia's rich marine life, such as dolphins and playful Cape fur seals.
Day 10 Traverse deeply incised canyons and the gravel plains of the Namib to your campsite at the edge of the desert.
Day 11 Rise before dawn to drive deep into the Namib Desert to see some of the world's highest dunes and stunning scenery.
Day 12 Drive back to Windhoek over the escarpment to arrive in time for your scheduled afternoon flight home.


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Guide to £15,000 loans
Learn more about £15,000 loans and compare your options before diving in.
Key points
- Lenders may check your credit score before approving your loan
- APR isn't the same as the interest rate
- Shop around to find the right loan for you
At some time in our lives, most of us need a helping hand with our finances.
You may have accumulated some debts which would be easier to manage if you just made one payment a month. Or maybe you need a new kitchen.
Whatever the reason, if you decide to take out a loan, it's important to get the right one for your circumstances, and one you can afford the repayments on.
Where to find an unsecured loan for £15,000
In the good old days you'd go to your bank if you wanted finance. But now you only have to hit the search button on Google, and your screen's filled with hundreds of companies competing for your business.
A sensible option is to compare loans using a comparison site. That way, you'll be able to compare rates and monthly repayments all in one place.
Taking out a loan
The amount you'll be allowed to borrow will depend on a number of things like your income, your ability to make the repayments, and your credit score.
Even if you're a straight-A student credit history wise, if a lender thinks you won't be able to make the repayments, they won't lend you the cash.
Your credit history is, in essence, your track record of paying bills and loans such as mortgages. Companies are more likely to lend you money if you show them you pay what you owe back and on time.
If your credit score is low, the average loan provider may not want to give you any money. You may have to use a company that deals specifically with poor credit history. Unfortunately, this usually means you'll have to pay a higher interest rate on any money you borrow.
How long does it take to get a £15,000 loan?
Beware those adverts which claim you can get a decision in minutes. Usually, you'll need to undergo a credit check, especially if you want to borrow a substantial amount like £15,000.
The application process will also include verifying things like how long you've lived at your current address, who your employer is and what your income and outgoings are.
The process typically takes anywhere between a day and a week.
If you're approved for a loan, your interest payable will depend on a number of factors like your credit score, how long you take the loan out for and which lender you choose.
Lenders must tell you what the APR or annual percentage rate for your loan is before you take it out. The APR isn't just the interest rate you pay on a loan; it includes the interest rate and any charges you'll have to pay, like an arrangement fee.
Repaying your £15,000 loan
You'll agree the way in which you'll make loan repayments with your lender. If you earn more than a Premiership footballer and have relatively low outgoings, you may choose to take a loan out for a shorter time. Remember though, the longer your loan period, the more you'll be paying back.
You can pay your loan back early, but you may have to pay an early repayment charge. You can find out how much this will be in your loan documentation. Lenders can charge you up to 58 days' interest for early repayment.
Can I get a £15,000 loan for a one-off purchase?
See also:
- Guarantor loans
- Bad credit loans
- Debt consolidation loans
- What happens when you apply for credit?
- Car finance calculator
Yes, you can get a standard unsecured loan to buy a one-off purchase – for instance, a car. Alternatively, you could get specialist car finance.
Check the interest rates on different types of loan to see which will cost you less in the long run. It's also worth checking whether a car loan will be secured on the car. If it is, the car won't be yours until you pay the loan off, similar to the way a house isn't yours until you pay your mortgage off.
Make sure you don't just skim those terms and conditions – it's best to know exactly what you're getting into before you sign on the dotted line.
How can I get the right deal?
If you do commit, it's essential to shop around to get the right loan for you. Here at GoCompare, you can compare loans from multiple providers without it affecting your credit record by using our smart search. It will show how likely you are to be accepted for certain loans.
Don't be tempted to get a bigger loan than you need - it'll cost you more in the long run.


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The Hazelwood Police Department's Criminal Investigation Team is responsible for the follow-up investigation of criminal matters referred to them by the Neighborhood Patrol Teams.
The Hazelwood Police Department maintains a separate traffic unit for the sole purpose of handling traffic enforcement and crashes with reported injuries or fatalities.
The Youth Interaction Team is comprised of five officers. One officer is assigned as the Juvenile Detective, one as the Demand Reduction Officer (DRO or D.A.R.E) and three other officers are assigned to the Hazelwood School District as School Resource Officers.


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Gentleman, Rubyist, Herokai & Go enthusiast
I'm an Engineer at Heroku in San Francisco, CA. I primarily write Ruby today, but I'm also learning Erlang and Go.
I share my code and co-host Ruby5.
Here's a sampling of my current open-source work:
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Exploring Lands End
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Speaking at RubyKaigi
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Cyclovision is an immersive arts studio where revolutionary ideas are made and developed. The team have over 100 years of production experience. Immersive experiences are the future and the technology we have access to has not yet been fully exploited. We want to create new VR systems and content for people to enjoy, learn and become inspired by.
Imagine stepping into your favourite painting; at Cyclovision this is a reality. For another unique viewing experience, you can walk into a Cyclodome. This is a geodesic dome that features the highest available quality 8K immersive video content that plays all around you. We thrive on delivering omni-channel content for multi-purpose projects. At Cyclovision we can seamlessly crossover any content we create onto VR headsets, smart phones or custom-built large screened CycloWalls. We can of course also create bespoke installations with one of a kind creative ideas and marketing plans.
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Attention all diners! Trayless Tuesdays may be the start of a new trend, coming soon to a dining hall near you. The idea is simple: gather your dining hall meal without using a tray—and help save hundreds of gallons of water needed for washing them up. "We're just asking people to do things a little differently," says Andrew Porter '98, area manager for dining services, who reports that washing one tray requires a half gallon of water. And then there's the fact that an empty tray inspires people to fill it up, encouraging them to take more than they can eat—and resulting in leftovers that wind up being thrown away.
Save water. Save food. What's not to like? Some aren't too keen on the juggling act required to get their food to the table. "It's hard enough to make your way through HoCo during rush hour," says sophomore Dennis Faucher, who often eats in Holloway Commons. "Let alone having to do it with no tray while juggling a plate, a cup and silverware." In fact, when Trayless Tuesdays started last spring in Stillings with the intention of raising environmental consciousness, the effort instead inspired a flood of napkin notes to dining hall staff opposing the idea.
Despite decidedly mixed reviews, the initiative returned full force in the fall—Stillings has gone completely trayless this year, and other dining halls are moving in the same direction with their own efforts to discourage tray use. It'll take some education, says Jon Plodzik '89, UNH dining director, but the results will be worth it once diners get used to the idea that they can help reduce overall costs and waste by as much as 30 percent. Besides, fewer trays in the dining rooms could mean more trays on the slopes. (Turns out they make excellent sleds.)Return to UNH Magazine Campus Currents


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Sunday, February 05, 2006
Black Fries, Tiny Stories and an actual conversation
Today the kids and I applied a bit of the scientific method and discovered the following:
French fries, forgotten and burnt to dry crisps, make a fair drawing medium.
French fries, forgotten and burnt to dry crisps, float in the pool for quite a long time and, eventually, turn into something even the long net won't pick up.
French fries, forgotten and burnt to dry crisps, taste at least as bad as pennies.
Gurtie doesn't like French fries, regardless of how they are cooked, and says she could make a better drawing with her eyes closed.
I finished reading all the Tiny Stories submissions. Now I have a list of the ones I like best. I'll add my list to Bob's list and someone else will have the difficult job of combining those into one. I don't envy that person, as this was much more difficult a job than I expected. Still, as tasks go, reading and rereading stories craftily created from one hundred unique words by so many unique individuals from so many places is better (I think) than most.
Actual conversation:
Lisa: "Hey sweetie, look in that drawer, third down, third over, and hand me a brain please?
Aubrey: "A hollow brain or a solid brain?"
Lisa: "Hmmm. Solid."
Aubrey: "Here ya go."
Lisa : "Thanks!"
Aubrey (in parting) "Mom, please no dancing with the brain........so abby normal."
We'll be taking orders for "Midnight" and "Grim" through February.
Temps got up to 91F yesterday. This doesn't portent well for summer. We hardly got any rain this winter. It's been several years since we had one of those weeks-0f-125F summers. One may be coming soon.
Posted by lisa at 10:45 PM
2 comments:
- Carl V. Anderson said...
91! That makes our unseasonable 60's weather of last week seem positively arctic!
And thanks for the educational material...its nice to know that art supplies are as close as my oven door!
- jordan's mom said...
"Dancing with the Brain".......
Another one of those thoughts/ideas to be tucked away in the Soup Kettle of potential ideas to be sampled later.
Please ask Aubrey if I might borrow this for a chapter title????
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We all participate in some form of online content curation whether we realize it or not. From customizing the Apple News app on your iPhone to unfollowing Facebook Pages whose posts are no longer relevant to your interests, as a society we've become accustomed to personalizing our online spaces.
Lately, I've found myself spending more time on Pinterest than any other social media. I believe this is because Pinterest combines several attractive elements – sorting information via boards, a sense of community, and resources on a broad spectrum of topics such as business, history, fashion, and culinary arts.
Why Pinterest
At a recent ILED Learning Design Studio session, we discussed the concept of Pinterest as a learning environment in the ILED course Introduction to Learning Environment Design. There are four main categories of learning environments – personal, group, organizational, and communal. While my initial instinct was to regard Pinterest as wholly a personal environment, a discussion with my manager at NextThought made me reconsider this assumption about the nature (and purpose) of the site.
Stacy Zemke is an adjunct professor at OU and Director of Learning Services at NextThought. We were discussing classroom tools this week, including the way she's used blogs, Twitter, and Pinterest in her courses to add creativity to assignments. She admitted that even after several years, she still has concerns about students' reactions to these online activities. The question she's mulled over is, in essence, "Is it right to co-opt tools that were made for personal use into the public domain of a classroom? Am I ignoring their right to personal space?"
The more we discussed it, I could see Pinterest as an informal, communal learning environment.
And example
A recent experience from a wedding I was in came to mind. There were eight bridesmaids – all wearing different colors and living in different states – coordinating our dresses via a shared board to make sure they flowed smoothly. The ease of uploading Pins rather than emailing or discussing via phone was immeasurable. While there is the ability to create a private space on Pinterest via secret boards, part of the appeal of the site is seeing other public Pins and finding new inspiration from their starting points.
This lead me to the realization – isn't that what good teachers do? Give students information and send them into the world to find their own application of that knowledge?
In many ways, I think Pinterest has been a communal space for continuing education all along.
While opinions on the topic vary, I would argue the educational and community-building benefits of Pinterest outweigh its privacy cons. Whether you're a classroom teacher in need of ideas for a new lesson plan or an executive looking for time management strategies, Pinterest offers resources that could meet your needs.
The pressure to craft an online persona can feel unwelcome, but I feel confident Millennials and upcoming generations will continue to innovate, test new coping strategies, and share their curated content online to benefit the community.


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|Animals and plants in natural settings must have minimal living regions in order to have sufficient room within which to live and survive. Because of global warming, it becomes even more important that plants and animals can migrant, otherwise they will die out. However, if a natural region is too small, than it can be made livable through a connection with another ecosystem or biotope, via a so-called green corridor. Together animals and plants are then offered a chance to survive, beyond which can also initiate a similarly interesting landscape for human recreation. With the "Ecological Connection (EC)" is simply implied - a connection together with other biotopes. In direct opposition exist the regions wherein intensive factory farming is concentrated.
|What comes into existence then, in an Ecological Connection, is a newly created natural area: or natural developing regions. Natural developing regions are regions that must still be developed. There is also a transition form, mainly a region wherein farmers determine how convenants are made for looking after and sparing nature. The water ways hold an important role: the big rivers, but also the small locks alongside arable land. That nature is to be preserved is not to say that it has become realized or that this will happen in a short amount of time. Much can also happen in between, and as a consequence of economic pressure which is continually placed upon the plans and ultimately placed upon the available room for slowly consumed natural habitats. It is also important to keep pollution outside of the EC. If the food in the EC becomes scarce or biodiversity decreases, the animals must seek food outside the EHS, whereby the chance becomes greater that they will become wrongly victimized or cause severe damage to crops.


text: Reports — some of them from our readers — are circulating that thieves are hacking their way into Xbox Live accounts, perhaps in greater numbers than usual. While Microsoft says it has no evidence that there is an Xbox Live security breach, the Xbox Live general manager says support teams are working hard to retrieve swiped accounts and protect users from threats. [More]


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Visakhapatnam, April 10 (IANS) Rohit Sharma hit a match winning unbeaten 73 to guide Mumbai Indians to a five-wicket win over Deccan Chargers in a last-ball finish in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Y.S.Rajsekhara Reddy Stadium here Monday.
Chasing a target of 139, Rohit hit a six off the last ball as Mumbai Indians made 142 for five in 20 overs for their second win in three matches. Rohit, who hit five sixes and four fours in his 50-ball knock, was also adjudged as the Man of the Match.
With the win, Mumbai Indians stayed third with four points from three matches while 2009 champions Deccan Chargers remained at the bottom of the table with no win after two matches.
Mumbai Indians had to struggle to score as South African Dale Steyn (3-12) almost took the Deccan Chargers on the threshold of a win.
Steyn's brilliant penultimate over, during which he gave away just five runs, left Mumbai Indians needing 18 runs from last six balls.
Deccan Chargers captain Kumar Sangakkara, who missed the first match due to national duty, had no doubt in asking Daniel Christian (1-49) to bowl the last over as the Australian had conceded 29 runs for one wicket from three overs before that.
But Christian erred miserably in his last overs. James Franklin (7 not out) raised hopes hitting the first ball, a full toss, for a four down the ground in the first ball.
Rohit then held his nerves and hit the Australian all-rounder for a six in the fourth ball. The Mumbai batsman survived a run out chance in the fifth ball. And with three runs needed to win in the last ball, Rohit smashed Christian for a six over the long-on for the winning runs for an edge as the whole Mumbai Indians squad rushed onto the ground to embrace the youngster.
It was a tough win indeed for Mumbai Indians, as Ambati Rayudu (19) and Kieron Pollard (24) were the other two batsmen to get to double figures.
Mumbai Indians were going slowly till the 15th over when they were 85 for three. But they accelerated well in the last five overs scoring 57 runs that proved crucial for their win.
Earlier, opting to bat first, Deccan Chargers made 138 for nine in 20 overs after opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan top scored with 41 while Christian made 39. Cameron White also came up with a valuable unbeaten 30.
Munaf Patel was the pick of the Mumbai Indians bowlers with four for 20 while Lasith Malinga bagged three for 27.
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Brian Corrigan, of Farrell Fritz, writes about a case where the NY Surrogote's Court awarded a non-party $40,000 in counsel fees for compliance with a subpoena. HIs article begins as follows:
New York CPLR 3122(d) provides that the "reasonable production expenses" incurred by a non-party's compliance with a subpoena shall be defrayed by the party issuing the subpoena. May a non-party's counsel fees related to responding to a subpoena involving the production of electronically stored information be included as part of the "reasonable production expenses"?
This largely unsettled question was recently answered in the affirmative by Surrogate Peter J. Kelly in Matter of Khagan, 2019 NY Slip Op 29352 [Sur Ct. Queens Co. Sept. 18, 2019], who noted that "there is a dearth of Surrogate's Court opinions on this issue". Upon consideration of the limited relevant case law, the policy behind the statute, and the facts giving rise to the document discovery dispute, the Court awarded a non-party $40,000 in counsel fees and $5,571.28 for an e-discovery vendor's services, pursuant to CPLR 3122(d). The Khagan decision presents an instructive analysis that may guide both attorneys issuing subpoenas duces tecum and those advising clients in receipt of such subpoenas.
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Value based care is a healthcare financial model in which doctors and hospitals are reimbursed not by the services they provide (as they do under the fee for service model) but rather by how well their patients get.
Let's consider a child arriving at the a GP's office with general symptoms such as low-grade fever, runny nose and edgy behaviour. The patient most likely has a cold. The GP can send the patient home with instructions to avoid public places for a couple of days and come back if symptoms get worse.
A different GP could choose to "err on the side of caution" and refer the patient to get blood and other tests done, conduct a mental health assessment and ask to see the patient again in two days and keep going from there.
As a patient, which doctor would you like? If you answered the latter, you might be surprised at just how bad this is, not just for your wallet but also for your health (you can find more information in the attached link at the bottom). Both GPs have actually treated the patient the same way (i.e. did nothing) but one added costs, inconvinienced both parent and child and subjected them to over-diagnosis, that is the risk of finding something to treat that needs not be treated.
In a fee for service model, the first GP will be paid much less than the second. In a value based healthcare model, both GPs will be paid the same. Under this model would you call the "cautious" GP cautious or frivolous? The reimbursement model drives the behaviour of clinicians. Value Based Care encourages them do what the patient actually needs.
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Programming Books, part 5: Programming Pearls
To my astonishment, I see that it's been a whole year since the last installment in the Programming Books series (1, Coders at Work; 2, The Elements of Programming Style; 3, Programming the Commodore 64; 4, The C Programming Language). I got distracted. But today I want to write about what I would judge the second best book on programming I've ever read: Jon Bentley's Programming Pearls [amazon.com, amazon.co.uk]
I tried to write about this book once before, but I was distracted by what it has to say about binary search, and that ended up being a whole series of its own (part 3, part 4a, part 4b, part 4c). Continue reading
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Testing is not a substitute for thinking (binary search part 3)
The contributions to the original binary search thread continue to trickle in, and now stand at an astonishing tally of 679 comments, most of them containing code. Thanks once more to all of you who've attempted this challenge, and to everyone who's commented.
In one of the more interesting comments, Darius Bacon tested a sample of 20 of the Python submissions, and found that exactly 10% of them both passed the functional test and appeared to run in O(log n) time — which of course is exactly in line with Jon Bentley's original statistic, that 10% of the professional programmers he'd examined were able to write correct binary search code (albeit under rather different conditions). It subsequently became apparent, though, that Darius's testing code was overly strict, and that a further two of the sampled routines did run correctly (though not necessarily in O(log n) time). Still — it's a surprisingly low hit-rate, especially when you bear in mind that, contrary to the rules, many of the programmers did use testing to help them develop the code. (You should read the second linked comment, as it has plenty of other interesting observations, too.)
[Update, an hour or two later: as Darius Bacon points out in a comment below, I misinterpreted his results. Once the testing code had been fixed, his sample of 21 routines found 9 that passed all test, of which 6 were O(log n).]
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Common bugs and why exercises matter (binary search part 2)
Many, many thanks to all of you who have contributed to the astonishing response to the previous article on the difficulty of getting binary search right. I've never seen anything like this: in just over 24 hours since I posted the article, 541 comments have been posted, and they're still rolling in. (That number is a bit inflated by people re-posting the same code-samples multiple times after seeing WordPress mangle their source, but even taking that into account it still amazes me.)
You guys rule. Seriously.
I have a lot to say in response to it all. Read on …
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Are you one of the 10% of programmers who can write a binary search?
There are some programming books that I've read from cover to cover repeatedly; there are others that I have dipped into many times, reading a chapter or so at a time. Jon Bentley's 1986 classic Programming Pearls is a rare case where both of these are true, as the scuffs at the bottom of my copy's cover attest:
(I have the First Edition [amazon.com, amazon.co.uk], so that's what I scanned for the cover image above, but it would probably make more sense to get the newer and cheaper Second Edition [amazon.com, amazon.co.uk] which apparently has three additional chapters.)
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Programming Books, part 4: The C Programming Language
It's 32 years old, and it remains the single greatest book ever written about a programming language. Its crown is secure; even if you'd not already read the title of this article, you'd know what book I'm talking about. It's the only language-specific book in Top Five programming books of the Programming Reddit's FAQ. Co-written by Reinvigorated Programmer regular Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, it's not just the definitive book about the language in question, it's the book the rewrote the book on what it means to be definitive. Step forward, please, The C Programming Language! [amazon.com, amazon.co.uk]
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The hacker, the architect and the superhero: three completely different ways to be an excellent programmer
Like most programmers, I suppose, I'm arrogant enough to think I'm pretty good (although see The Dunning-Kruger effect). But through the last thirty years' programming, I've worked with plenty who I know are better than me. Today I want to talk about three of them, and about how very different their skills are; and I'll finish up by thinking about what the rest of us can learn from them, and what we can do to maximize our own abilities.
I agonized about whether to name them, but eventually concluded that I can say more about their work if I am specific; and what the heck, they might enjoy being held up as examples. They certainly deserve it! So step forward (in chronological order) Steve Sykes, Mike Selway and Adam Dickmeiss!
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Programming Books, part 2: The Elements of Programming Style
I said in the first part of this series that one of the books I wanted to talk about was written in 1974. My colleague Dennis Schafroth guessed that it might be Kerninghan and Ritchie's classic, The C Programming Language, but the first edition of that book actually came out in 1978. But I awarded half a point anyway, because the book I had in mind (A) was co-written by Brian W. "Water buffalo" Kernighan, and (B) had a second edition in 1978, the same year as K&R. It is Kernighan and Plauger's The Elements of Programming Style (amazon.com, amazon.co.uk)
(This isn't a cover image from Amazon, it's a scan of my personal copy, because I wanted you to see how well-thumbed it is.)
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Some sushi I made the other day
I work for an open-source software house, Index Data, which is the world's smallest multinational: although there are only twelve of us, we represent seven nationalities (Danish, American, Polish, German, Finnish, English and Canadian) and work out of eight different locations in five countries.
Last week, one of the American-based guys was in Copenhagen, so there were six of them all together, which is a bit of an event for us. Purely to spite me, they all went out for sushi, and sent me a photo of the empties stacked up.
Living in the wilds of rural Gloucestershire as I do, there is no sushi to be had for love nor money for many miles in any direction, so I had to make my own. And here it is:
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Anything can happen at Confectionique
We sat down at our sweet crafting table to finish our dinner when a very frightened bird flew over our heads and into the shop. It swooped through the store and right onto the buffet where we wrap merchandise. There she sat. She looked at home for a moment. But then she started fluttering around, quite distressed and flew into our windows and between another display window we had propped up against the window. She was so scared. We spoke softly to her, letting her know that we really are nice people. We moved slowly and finally were able to get her to let me grab her and bring her back outside. As cute as she looked with Mademoiselle Chat (the cat cookie jar) she belonged back outside. She was a bit stunned but after a bit of time and eating the bird seed (leftover from our Garden Market), she flew away.
Just another night at Confectionique...
A Bientôt,
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Abstract. We present our system used for the AIPHES team submission in the context of the EmpiriST shared task on "Automatic Linguistic Annotation of Computer-Mediated Communication / Social Media". Our system is based on a rule-based tokenizer and a machine learning sequence labelling POS tagger using a variety of features. We show that the system is robust across the two tested genres: German computer mediated communication (CMC) and general German web data (WEB). We achieve the second rank in three of four scenarios. Also, the presented systems are freely available as open source components.
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