Adjusting Your Food Habits Starts With This First Step!
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Whenever I discuss food with my patients, I tell the adults the same thing I tell the kids: junk food makes junk parts! Every cell in your body is made from the food you put in. If you fill your body with 'garbage' that's how it will perform – poorly! You will feel the effects of it too: weight gain or loss, poor mental focus, memory loss, bloating, chronic fatigue, sinus congestion, not to mention the many ailments linked to a poor diet.
Each morsel of food you put in your mouth contains hundreds of thousands of individual nutrients, micronutrients, enzymes and minerals that influence a wide range of functions in your body. Your emotional state, metabolism, energy and focus, body weight, and immune system depend on the right ingredients to support healing and repair. The food you eat is all your body has to work with!
The trouble is, many people are overfed and under-nourished because of the food choices they are making.
So many moms are busy focusing on what their children are eating, grabbing bites of food when they can. Often they eat meals on the go between driving around to after school events, and forget to stop and even consider the quality of what they are eating.
What are you putting into YOUR body? Are you giving your body what it needs to feel and function it's best? The best place to start is to simply start writing it down.
Like most changes we want to make in our lives, if we have a clear understanding of our starting point we can better plan the route ahead. When people ask me what they should eat, the first thing I have them do is a one week food log. You can easily do this yourself by picking up an inexpensive journal, grabbing a blank sheet of paper, or using one of the many apps that will do this for you! Personally, I like pen and paper for this exercise. I find it quicker than punching in everything into my iPhone (what mom has time for that?) and I find it helpful to look at everything spread in front of me.
For one week, write down everything that you eat and drink and the times at which you are eating. Also note how you feel during the day and any unwanted symptoms you may have (i.e. are you Energized? Fatigued? Bloated? Congested? Any digestive complaints? Bowel troubles? Rashes?).
Tracking your food intake for a short period of time can prove to be an invaluable experience. Once you clearly see what you are putting into your body, you then can deliberately start to make small improvements.
When you realize what food habits need to be adjusted, you can work through the changes on your own. You'll feel great knowing you are taking a step to better health, and your body will thank you too!
Need more help? I'm here for you. If you know you'll need more support, accountability and specific guidance based on your particular health concerns or lifestyle then working with me might be what you need to really make some change. Let's set up a time for us to chat and get you moving forward!


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Wisconsin 85, South Carolina State 50: Andy Van Vliet flashes potential
Jeff Potrykus
MADISON – Andy Van Vliet showed, in spurts and for one night, why the Wisconsin staff signed him two years ago.
After being declared academically ineligible by the NCAA in 2015-'16, Van Vliet played a total of 48 minutes last season.
After considering transferring, the 7-foot forward decided to stay at UW and work on his overall game.
The result Friday in UW's opener against visiting South Carolina State was an a18-point, eight-rebound performance in an 85-50 victory.
"It felt good to be on the floor after two years of not really playing," said Van Vliet, who hit 4 of 5 three-pointers, 7 of 11 shots overall and added two blocks. "It's a blessing.
"This off-season I just attacked it, worked out every day and had people around me to support me."
UW coach Greg Gard wants more, particularly on the defensive end.
"I look at Andy's numbers," Gard said, "and I know he has 18 and eight, and I don't think he played very well."
Overall, Gard expects better work on the defensive end and more energy when the shots don't drop and fewer turnovers. UW had 18 assists but also 13 turnovers, including a team-high four by junior guard Khalil Iverson.
"There's going to be a litany of things," said Gard, whose team hosts Yale at 5 p.m. Sunday.
Ethan Happ proved to be too much for the Bulldogs to handle inside.
The redshirt junior scored 12 points in the first half to help UW build a 46-28 halftime lead. He hit 8 of 11 shots overall, all from inside, and finished with 20 points and 11 rebounds. The only blemish was that Happ hit just 4 of 9 free-throw attempts.
BOX SCORE:Wisconsin 85, South Carolina State 50
Guard Brevin Pritzl looked for his shot early but also showed the ability to drive and kick the ball to open shooters. The redshirt sophomore hit 3 of 6 three-pointers and 6 of 10 shots overall and finished with 17 points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals.
"Ethan has gotten on me about taking shots," Pritzl said. "So I've got to be a little more aggressive, but still just trying to make the easiest play for us."
Sophomore guard D'Mitrik Trice (13 points) played a solid overall game by hitting 3 of 6 three-pointers and contributing a team-high five assists with only one turnover.
Guard Donte Wright scored 13 points in the opening half but didn't score after halftime for South Carolina State.
The Bulldogs, who finished 7-9 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and 11-20 overall last season, are picked to finish seventh in the MEAC this season.
UW struggled on both ends of the floor for the first 10 minutes after halftime and the lead was only 58-47 until Happ scored inside, Van Vliet hit back-to-back three-pointers in a span of 22 seconds and then blocked a shot by Wright. That led to a lay-in by Pritzl for a 68-47 lead with 7 minutes 23 seconds left.
"I was really proud of my guys," South Carolina State coach Murray Garvin said. "I thought we played really well for 30 minutes. We had a 10-point game there late in the second half and it was about a three-minute stretch it went from 10 to 21.
"That was the difference in the game."


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Transparency of a Bentley, taken by George Bushell. George Bushell came to Henley in 1919 and took over the task of taking photographs of Henley and its surroundings from two predecessors, called Marsh and Marshall. Bushell died in the 1960s but his business was carried on by his son and grandson. It is his grandson, also called George Bushell, who has donated this important collection of photographs and glass plate negatives to the Museum. This unique collection provides a fascinating view of the changing face of Henley and the Thames over the last century.
Transparency of a Squire's car, taken by George Bushell. George Bushell came to Henley in 1919 and took over the task of taking photographs of Henley and its surroundings from two predecessors, called Marsh and Marshall. Bushell died in the 1960s but his business was carried on by his son and grandson. It is his grandson, also called George Bushell, who has donated this important collection of photographs and glass plate negatives to the Museum. This unique collection provides a fascinating view of the changing face of Henley and the Thames over the last century.
Black and white glass negative of White Hill, Henley. Negative Number 53. Photographed by Samson Ezekiel Crocker in the 1920's. Contact print produced by G.Bushell, November 2002.
Black and white glass negative of Greenlands, Henley. Negative Number 28. Photographed by Samson Ezekiel Crocker in 1925. Contact print produced by G.Bushell, November 2002.
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So, what was the thinking behind Nintendo's Virtual Boy? Next Generation magazine talked to Nintendo's hardware guru Gunpei Yokoi at the 1994 Shoshinkai show in Chiba, Japan, where his latest creation, the Virtual Boy, was quietly unveiled to a less than impressed game industry.
NG: "Just how important is the Virtual Boy product to Nintendo?"
GY: "It really is a very big project, partly because it will be the first product of its type to reach the market and uses very sophisticated technology. We are even telling the japanese press that we will achieve three million hardware sales in its first year on sale in Japan. At the moment we only have plans for its release in Japan."
NG: "Is it Nintendo's next Game Boy?"
GY: "Yes, in some ways. But we excepted the both Game Boy and Virtual Boy to coexist alongside each other rather than the Virtual Boy being a replacement."
NG: "When did the development of the Virtual Boy begin and how many engineers are working on the project?"
GY: "There are four R&D groups within Nintendo, and my department (R&D1) has about 60 people working specifically on the Virtual Boy. Before this, we worked on numerous projects including the Game Boy, and also software for Famicom (NES) and Super Famicom (SNES) such as the Metroid series. Other Departments — R&D3, for example — are working on the Ultra 64."
NG: "When was the deal with Reflection Technologies finally tied?"
GY: "They approached us about three years ago, but they didn't have any specific end-product in mind. So we hit upon the idea of utilizing two separated screens to make a 3D display."
NG: "Did you look at many other forms of technology before deciding on LED?"
GY: "Our first decision was to make use of virtual reality-type technology. From there, we thought about many concepts as display apparatus, including LCD devices."
NG: "Most people who've seen the Virtual Boy are disappointed by its performance. Just how happy is Nintendo with the initial Virtual Boy lineup?"
GY: "I think that the most important point is to show the general public and third-party developers what kind of functions the Virtual Boy has. The initial lineup does that, although it's worth pointing out that it's not yet final."
NG: "Some of the early Virtual Boy software looks distinctly 2D. Is it fully realizing the power of the 32bit processor?"
GY: "The machine is running two displays simultaneously, obviously with two different images, and they have to be synchronized. That's why we need such a powerful Central Processing Unit — it's effectively doing twice as much as a conventional videogame system."
NG: "How many third-party licenses have you got signed up at this point?"
GY: "We haven't been eager to show the technology to many third-parties. We've limited it to only a couple up until now, although every developer was shown the product at Shoshinkai, and any interested will be given full product specs and the tools they'll need to develop for it. I believe that there will be a significant number of licensees interested in working on the Virtual Boy."
NG: "Why have so few licensees been shown the technology before now?"
GY: "This particular strategy was dictated by Nintendo's president, Hiroshi Yamauchi. The main reason is that if we are going to allow any software publisher to develop games for our platform, there's a danger that poor-quality sofware will appear. So we want to limit that danger and maintain as much control as possible."
NG: "Do you have any plans for polygon-based titles or games with other types of 3D environment?"
GY: "Yes, polygon-based games are included in our plans, although I can't announce anything just yet. At Nintendo, we have been extensively testing polygon software on the system, and third parties will no doubt be using their own techniques to develop polygon games."
NG: "What do you believe, in your opinion, will be the most common type of game to appear on the Virtual Boy?"
GY: "Personally, I think that it will be most suited to action and puzzle games, but in the future RPGs and simulations will become popular."
NG: "What are your plans regarding further software releases?"
GY: "Approximately one title per month will be released immediately after the machine's launch, but that will obviously increase as time goes on."
NG: "Has Mr. Miyamoto been involved in any software development?"
GY: "Not at this stage, no."
NG: "Is Nintendo worried about the potential physical dangers of true virtual reality, using head-mounted displays? Wasn't the Virtual Boy originally going to use a head-mounted display…"
GY: "No, we didn't think that a head-mounted would be necessary for a virtual reality system that doesn't use any kind of motion tracking facility. We are worried about the possible danger of HMD technology, but we also considered the fact that if a woman wearing make-up was to use the head-mounted design, the next person might be hesitant in wearing it! So we changed the design so that you can just look into the viewing apparatus and still appreciate the 3D experience. The standard format was shown at the Shoshinkai show, but we have plans for a shoulder-mounted adapter so you won't need a table or desktop to use the system."
NG: "And this attachment will appear bundled with the machine…"
GY: "No, it will be brought separately."
NG: "So what will buyers recieve with the system when it goes on sale?"
GY: "The stand, the main unit, the controller and the battery box that will be slotted with the controller."
NG: "The demonstration machines at the Shoshinkai show were running from AC adapters. Will that be the machine's primary prime's source?"
GY: "No, it's a battery-operated machine. It uses six AA batteries which last for around seven hours. An AC adapter will go on sale separately at the same time as the system."
NG: "Since the Virtual Boy uses cartridges, what size will most of the games be?"
GY: "Eight MBits will be the initial standard for most games, although 16 MBit and 24 MBit titles are feasible and will most likely appear at a later date."
NG: "Is there anything you can reveal to us about the hardware?"
GY: "Sorry, I'm not in position to give you details at the moment — only third party publishers that are currently signed up have that information."
NG: "Are you currently doing any kind of work on other hardware projects at Nintendo — such as development for the Ultra 64, for example?"
GY: "At this stage I'm only working on Virtual Boy. We (R&D1) aren't involved with the development of Ultra 64 hardware — that's being handled in the US by Silicon Graphics and also R&D3."
NG: "Isn't Nintendo worried about the arrival of Sega and Sony in the market with what could be very successful machines? How do you feel about the Ultra 64 arriving almost a year later?"
GY: "When we initially started work on the Virtual Boy, it was at a time when the Super Famicom was really booming. But we still had doubts as to how long it would take before the general public would eventually get bored with a traditional display. So we came up with the idea of a 3D image project.
Now we are showing a product that coincides with the release of the PlayStation and Saturn. And I think that what we originally thought was right, because many people who have seen the demonstrations of these so-called next-generation machines have already said that they just can't understand what the difference is between them and the 16Bit machines. Therefore, I think that the Virtual Boy will prove very important in this respect."
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Q: remove data if they repeated 3 times (Jquery) I have two table one for the data and the second one for duplicate data in first table
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I use this function to remove duplicate data
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how about if i wand just to remove duplicate data if they repeated 3 time?
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is that possible in Jquery?

A: Use your seen object as a counter instead of just setting true, then check the count on each row iteration.
I'm not 100% clear on what you expect the behavior to be so am appending any rows to duplicate table that already have two matches

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Alt's most lovable workaholic, aka Dave Grohl has been making a movie about Sound City Studios – the legendary LA recording studio that's tattooed onto the very eyelids of rock 'n roll folklore.
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Riga was the entry point to our week long Baltic adventure over the August bank holiday last year and it whetted our appetite for what was to come.
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Latvian garlic bread is a creature to behold – basically it is dark rye bread that is fried in garlic butter. It is crunchy, chewy, soft in the middle with the perfect amount of garlic.
This fuelled us up for our first walk around the city. We stopped at the Town Hall and The House of Blackheads which was originally built in the 14th century as a guild for unmarried merchants, shipowners and foreigners. Both of the buildings had been recently restored but if I'm honest they looked better lit up at night.
Next up on our walking tour of Riga was two "must sees" whose stories are way more interesting than the sights themselves.
The Musicians of Bremen is a copper statue of four animals that is based on a Grimms fairytale where the four animals are so badly mistreated that they decided to run away to become musicians in Breman. The downside to the story is that they never actually made it. The statue itself has been worn away by people rubbing the noses for good luck and were queuing up to take a selfie.
The second site was the Cat House – a house with two black cats that are positioned on the turrets of the building. The story goes that the owner of the house was not allowed into the guild whose house was opposite his, so he positioned two cats with their rear ends facing the guild house. It caused outcry but eventually he was allowed into the guild…as long as the position of the cats were reversed.
Our last stop of the day was the Swedish Gate. The gate is the last remaining section of the old wall of Riga. It was erected in 1698 to provide access into the city. It isn't much to look at, essentially it's a gate in a wall but it was quite pretty. We also saw it lit up in the dark which added to its "prettiness", although I'm not really sure why it's a Swedish gate?
By this point, it was raining and we were tired. The only thing that is to be done in these circumstances is to head for the nearest Belgian beer and sausage restaurant, which is exactly what we did. A few too many beers later we stumbled back to our apartment for some well deserved rest and dreams of what the next day would bring.
The weather didn't do much to redeem itself come morning, although there was slightly less rain. Luckily we are pretty adapt to wet weather trips! We opted to try and get a bird's eye view of the city from St Peter' spire – luckily a lift takes you most of the way up. We did get a view of the city but in all honesty, it wasn't worth the 12 euro (each) entry fee.
After 10 minutes we were back on the ground wondering what all the fuss was about.
I love a good market, having been to a few around the world I find them an intriguing place to get an understanding of how other cultures shop, eat and ultimately live.
Riga market was no different. After a short walk, we found ourselves staring at these giant zeppelin hangers surrounded by stalls selling vegetables. The market was huge, inside and out with all manner of stalls. We weaved our way in and out looking at pickles, cured whole fish in buckets, salmon, pork and more vegetables then you could possibly want.
We opted for some pastries for breakfast and then found an Uzbek cafe selling our favourite Non. A small taste of Uzbekistan that we haven't found since 2015. It proved a nice snack to have whilst watching the changing of the guard at the Freedom Monument.
The monument is considered one of the most important in Latvia, it honours those who died in the Latvian War of Independence in 1918-1920.
The changing of the guard didn't take too long but we were distracted by a man who was wandering around kneeling down and then whipping his jacket off before leaving it on the floor and walking off. The armed guards didn't seem too impressed!
10 minutes up the road from the monument is the Russian Orthodox Cathedral and what a cathedral it was. I don't think I've ever been in one before so I was excited to see the interior. If the exterior was anything to go by it would be stunning.
On the way in there are signs asking for women to cover their heads, which I did, only to find lots of tourists ignoring this. A bit disrespectful in my opinion. We couldn't take pictures inside so in order to appreciate it in its full golden glory I suggest you go visit!
The weather had yet again turned for the worst, we walked to Alberta Iela which is famous for its art nouveau buildings – turns out not our cup of tea – and had some lunch before making our way to the Corner House.
Latvia has a mixed history, some sad, some happy.
The Corner House falls into the former. It houses the old KGB headquarters and is named as the entrance is on the corner of the house. It hasn't quite got the Instagram fame that some similar places have, I'm thinking of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, which means it is being appreciated for what it is.
There is a free exhibition and tour of the cells, we missed the last English tour but spent an hour or so in the exhibition. It was a sombre experience, detailed and too detailed at the same time. The building has this horrible atmosphere if the walls could talk they probably wouldn't.
To continue our historical tour we went to the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia. In a similar way, there was so much information it became overwhelming and hard to make your way around. It is a good way to spend an hour or so but be prepared for a lot of reading.
After a pretty sobering afternoon, the evening was a little more lighthearted.
We had drinks at the Cuba Cafe and dinner at Folkklubs – it was so busy we had to perch at the bar for dinner and got chatting to the barman who gave us some free tasters. 4 drinks and 2 meals later we'd only spent 30 euros! Bargain!!
Riga is a compact and interesting city, known for it's Christmas markets it is worth visiting during the rest of the year. I'd recommend a trip in old weather but rest assured there is plenty to do if it rains. You do have to dodge the cruise ship visitors a bit so as not to get swamped but you just have to go off the main streets to do this.
As the beginning of our trip, it really got us in the swing of the Baltic lifestyle.


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Fidelity Charitable® donors drive a record-breaking year for charitable giving, $4.5 billion granted to charity through more than 1 million grants in 2017
Fidelity Charitable
February 23, 2018 | Corporate Responsibility
Disaster relief, strong markets, appreciation of complex asset contributions like cryptocurrency, and tax reform drive engagement;
Fidelity Charitable welcomes record number of new donors, an 83% year-over-year increase;
Donor advised funds hit tipping point, become a favored vehicle for giving
BOSTON, February 14, 2018 — 2017 was an extraordinary year for giving, according to a report released today by Fidelity Charitable, the nation's second-largest grantmaker. Last year, Fidelity Charitable gave an unprecedented $4.5 billion across more than 1 million donor-recommended grants, to nearly 127,000 nonprofit organizations, as detailed in the new Fidelity Charitable 2018 Giving Report.
The 2018 Giving Report explains why 2017 was such a hallmark year for donor-advised fund giving: strong markets, tax reform, and the fact that donor-advised funds have become a vehicle of choice for charitable giving. The appreciation of noncash assets such as bitcoin was also a large driver of giving. For example, Fidelity Charitable received nearly $70 million in cryptocurrency—ten times what was contributed in the previous year.
An early adopter takes a fresh look at his Giving Account®
Donald Gould is a Fidelity Charitable donor who evolved his take on giving using his donor-advised fund. Given Mr. Gould's long-term commitment to charitable giving, he opened his Giving Account® at Fidelity Charitable in 1998, contributing to it on a regular basis and making grants nearly as quickly as he funded his account.
2017 marked a turning point for Mr. Gould, who runs an investment advisory business in California. Focusing on creating longer-term impact and looking to involve his children, he wanted to make a "down payment" on his charitable giving for the future. The environment in 2017 made it ideal for him to do so. By donating highly appreciated private stock from his firm, he made a contribution to his donor-advised fund (DAF) that will allow him the sort of flexibility he needs to support the causes he cares most about.
"My Giving Account has allowed me to align my priorities with my actions. As I continue to develop my estate plan, I want to do a lot more due diligence on nonprofits and my DAF has allowed me to choose both the timing of my gifts along with the tax deduction. Also, my Giving Account was the only way I could have made a gift of illiquid assets that I could then grant out to multiple charities. We have a duty to give back to help the generations that follow us, and I can now do so in a way that creates the most impact possible," said Mr. Gould.
While Mr. Gould opened his Giving Account well before donor-advised funds became widely known, his story is indicative of a growing trend in how Americans engage with philanthropy—strategically and to create impact. In the past year, donor-advised funds have crossed a tipping point, becoming a popular and increasingly mainstream vehicle for charitable giving.
The numbers in the 2018 Giving Report reflect this tipping-point story: In 2017, Fidelity Charitable welcomed 30,000 new donors across more than 21,000 Giving Accounts, an 83% year-over-year increase. These donors represent varied levels of wealth, with 56% of account balances below $25,000.
"We are now at an inflection point in philanthropy, as donor-advised funds have become more popular over the years with Americans looking at how to best impact the causes they care about the most. Donor-advised funds allow givers to take a more strategic look at how they give, while also facilitating in-the-moment granting. Fidelity Charitable is proud to be a part of that movement," said Pamela Norley, president of Fidelity Charitable.
Where Fidelity Charitable donors sent support
The 2018 Giving Report analysis reveals an upward trajectory of charities specifically focused on targeted issues, such as disaster relief, civil liberties and the environment.
Disaster relief was one of the major themes in donor support last year with more than 20,000 Giving Accounts supporting disaster relief causes; the top three most popular charities across all Fidelity Charitable donors were the American National Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders USA and The Salvation Army. In total, Fidelity Charitable gave nearly $60 million for disaster relief causes and more than 21,000 donor-recommended grants. Other popular charities included St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, The Nature Conservancy, the ACLU Foundation and the American Heart Association.
Record conversions of noncash assets into giving
In 2017, Fidelity Charitable assisted donors in converting a record of nearly $1 billion of non-publicly traded assets into committed funds for charity, helping to unlock the full value of these assets for giving and meet its mission of growing philanthropy. These donations included nearly $70 million in cryptocurrency, as well as assets as varied as private stock, life insurance policies and even bags of grain. Due to the tax efficiencies of donating noncash assets, this uptick results in more overall dollars available for giving.
Through liquidating complex assets and investment growth, Fidelity Charitable has made nearly $11 billion available for charity that did not previously exist, since its inception in 1991.
"We are humbled by the extraordinary generosity of our donors, who have recommended grants worth $30 billion to causes they care most about since we opened our doors in 1991. Our focus is on the future as we continue to work tirelessly to make giving accessible, simple and effective through seamless donor service and continually simplifying the donor experience through technology," said Norley.
Contribution and granting highlights include:
Fidelity Charitable donors recommend $4.5 billion across more than 1 million grants in 2017.
Non-publicly traded assets, such as restricted stock, limited partnership interests and other assets, comprised $916 million in gifts to Fidelity Charitable in 2017.
Fidelity Charitable received $69 million in donations of cryptocurrency, such as bitcoin, a nearly tenfold increase from the previous year.
Fidelity Charitable's liquidation of complex assets has generated an additional $4.7 billion available for grants since inception.
Investment growth of Giving Account® assets has generated an additional $6 billion available for grants since inception.
Fidelity Charitable welcomed more than 30,000 new donors across more than 21,000 Giving Accounts for totals of nearly 180,000 donors and more than 108,000 Giving Accounts.
Fidelity Charitable made 505 grants of $1 million or more, a 25% increase from the previous year.
One in 10 Giving Accounts supported disaster relief causes last year; in total, Fidelity Charitable gave nearly $60 million through more than 21,000 donor-recommended grants, all in support of disaster relief causes.
For the complete Fidelity Charitable 2018 Giving Report, visit: https://www.fidelitycharitable.org/giving-report/2018/overview.shtml.
About Fidelity Charitable
Fidelity Charitable is an independent public charity that has helped donors support more than 255,000 nonprofit organizations with $30 billion in grants. Established in 1991, Fidelity Charitable launched the first national donor-advised fund program. The mission of the organization is to grow the American tradition of philanthropy by providing programs that make charitable giving accessible, simple and effective. For more information about Fidelity Charitable, visit https://www.fidelitycharitable.org.
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Tags: corporate responsibility, Fidelity Charitable, grants


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We are really, really pleased to announce that we'll be working with emerging company Flickbook Theatre to help them develop their creative practice. Flickbook are based in the East Midlands and describe their work as "contemporary theatre with storytelling at its heart". We're looking forward to getting started with them this summer and in the meantime, if you'd like to find out more then follow them here and here.
We've recently spent some time in the studio at Tramway and at Lincoln Performing Arts Centre (thank you both) learning about freedom and surveillance and citizenship and democracy and how what we say and do is gathered and picked over and used. Now we're finding the words, putting it all together and we're going to share what we know.
There's further info here and more to follow soon.
We're also working on a new piece for radio. We're telling the story of Lincolnshire's Emelia Jessie Boucherett – often overlooked, she was one of the organisers of the women's suffrage petition of 1866 and a catalyst for women's rights in the UK.


At Matrix Energy Systems (MES) we flirt the line between consultants and installers, offering tailored, practical and affordable Solutions for the conservation and generation of energy in all its forms; improving the lives of our customers and those around them.
When you envisage the city of the future, what do you see? What do we do for a living? How do we get around? And, perhaps most importantly, how do we heat and power our lives, our homes and our businesses? Do we still dig stuff up and set fire to it? Or do we use a more intelligent solution to achieve all that? This technology is available now and is returning significant savings in both capital and carbon. A significant change is occurring and we want to play our part.
We want to be significantly involved in a technological revolution that will see us progress from a nation largely dependent on imported fossil fuel to an island mostly independent of the volatile energy markets. We as a company and individuals wish to pass on to future generations an economic and environmental legacy of which we can be proud of, have no regrets over that allows future generations to flourish in a changing world.
We believe that comfort and wellbeing should be available to all whatever the circumstance and that no one in society should have to make the choice between food and fuel. For this reason we guarantee that we will never incorrectly specify a technology, oversell a product or seek to make money from our customers when no benefit is returned; we will always advise our customers of the best choices available.
We want to give everyone the option of improving their life albeit in one specific area, our area of expertise; energy. We work hard on your behalf so you can think about more important things than the cost of energy.


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Q: Participle phrase or participle clause? For my students please I've looked at other answers, but am still confused - so please don't shoot me down (as tends to happen here) - but rather help if you can for the sake of my little learners. I have to teach a class on this in two days and I suspect that the text provided for me is wrong:

Walking to school, I spotted a car driving erratically toward me.

I would say that "Walking to school" is a participle phrase as it has no subject, but my text says that it is a participle clause. How can it be a clause when there is no subject at that beginning end of the sentence? I've read of implied subjects - i.e. the person walking and the person spotting are one and the same here. Does that count?
Again, sorry if this is an obvious question to some, but you folks here know heaps and I want to give my little guys accurate info, which is truly hard when it comes to clauses!

A: A clause always has a verb, but that verb may be of two sorts:

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*a finite verb clause: one inflected for person, number, and tense

*a non-finite verb clause: one that is NOT inflected for person, number, and tense

The clause further contains all the arguments for a verb. However, the subject argument is optional in non-finite verb clauses. These are the kind that you may have learned to call "verb phrases" rather than "verb clauses".
Sometimes non-finite clauses do have subjects. Here's an infinitive clause with a subject:

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*For John to quit now would be a scandal.

That uses a for-complementizer to give to quit a subject of John. We keep the complementizer but insert a dummy-it when reversing that copula:

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*It would be a scandal for John to quit now.

With -ing verbs, no for-complementizer is needed, nor allowed:

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*John quitting now would be a scandal.

When your non-finite clause is a gerund–participle (GP) one, you can also use a possessive for the logical subject of the non-finite clause. These are both grammatical:

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*I see John quitting now as completely scandalous.

*I see John's quitting now as completely scandalous.

In your own example:

Walking to school, I spotted a car driving erratically toward me.

You have a gerund-participle (GP) clause that's acting as some sort of adjunct. It's an adjunct, not an argument. You can remove it without "breaking" your sentence.
Under one possible analysis, your GP clause would be considered an adnominal adjunct, one modifying only the subject. (It's probably easier to call these by their shorter name, noun adjuncts.)
However, under another possible analysis your GP clause is an adverbial adjunct, one that applies to the predicate or the entire sentence as a whole.
A different kind of participle (the past/passive one, not the present/active one) can be used to form a nominative absolute:

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*Breakfast finished, I hurried off to school.

Your GP clause is not an absolute construction the way that freestanding noun plus participle is in the example I just gave, but exactly which sort of adjunct you choose to call it — adnominal or adverbial — can be argued either way. And often is.
Consider these variants:

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*Luckily, I spotted a car driving erratically toward me.

*Walking to school, I spotted a car driving erratically toward me.

*Ten minutes later, I spotted a car driving erratically toward me.

*Tuesday morning, I spotted a car driving erratically toward me.

*Early this morning, I spotted a car driving erratically toward me.

*Along my morning walk, I spotted a car driving erratically toward me.

To my mind those are all structurally similar in that they have some sort of adverbial phrase at their start, one which applies to the entire sentence following it. For your GP case, that's easily converted into a normal prepositional phrase or subordinate clause:

*Upon walking to school, I spotted a car driving erratically toward me.

*When walking to school, I spotted a car driving erratically toward me.

*While walking to school, I spotted a car driving erratically toward me.

*While I was walking to school, I spotted a car driving erratically toward me.


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Stories from Tuesday, September 8, 2009
St. John's shows financial health, despite unprecedented write-offs (Local News ~ 09/08/09)
BERRYVILLE -- Rumors and misconceptions sprang up in the aftermath of announced staff reductions, but the hospital's mission has remained unchanged. Last week, St. John's Hospital--Berryville announced the elimination of eight full-time and two part-time positions...
Rogers takes top prize at HI Art Guild show (Local News ~ 09/08/09)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- This year's Holiday Island Art Guild show was held over the Labor Day weekend and included a new category -- judge's picks. Best of Show was taken by Pat Rogers, with her watercolor, "Study in Rust." In two-dimensional works, first place was taken by Elaine Ostroot for her oil, "Day Is Done;" second place by Mark Schuler for "Morning Solace;" third place by Suzanne Tourtelot for her untitled fabric collage; and Honorable Mention by Joan Hirnisey for "Get Your Kicks on Route 66;" Jerri Stevens for "Sea Breeze;" Carole Hilmer for "Milkweed Pod;" and Betty Johnson for "Love at First Bite.". ...
Showing off the best of Carroll County (Local News ~ 09/08/09)
Lady Bobcats even record vs Hawks (High School Sports ~ 09/08/09)
BERRYVILLE -- The Lady Bobcat volleyball varsity evened its record at 2-2 Thursday with a sweep of the Pea Ridge Lady Blackhawk squad. Berryville won all three matches from Pea Ridge's first year program, with the varsity taking 25-4, 25-3 and 25-4 wins. The JV won 25-7, 25-13, then played an extra game to 15 to give Pea Ridge players more experience. The junior high won 25-10, 25-17...
E.S. volleyball team wins 1 (High School Sports ~ 09/08/09)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- The first year Lady Highlander volleyball team got a taste of action Tuesday, Sept. 1, against another first year program, the Pea Ridge Lady Blackhawks. Coach James McVey said the girls played hard and won one game out of the best-of-three format...
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Growing up in Durham, UNC student Gavin Bell understood what it meant to be a Lumbee Indian—even though his teachers and friends often didn't. He knew his family roots ran deep in Robeson County. His mother and father told stories about growing up in Pembroke, the tribal seat of the state-recognized Lumbee Indian Tribe of North Carolina.
For Bell, being a Lumbee Indian continues to be an emotional tug of war between disparate worlds as he struggles to assert his identity within a neglected minority even as he tries to find his way in the bigger world. Once he was accepted at Carolina, Bell joined the Carolina Indian Circle, and for the first time, became part of a Native American group in school.
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Live online CCTV watches over leatherback turtle nest
News >> Phuket
PHUKET: A series of CCTV cameras have been installed at Thai Mueang Beach, north of Phuket in Phang Nga province, to protect a leatherback sea turtle nest, with the cameras broadcasting online 24 hours a day.
By Tanyaluk Sakoot
Wednesday 27 November 2019, 08:00AM
The CCTV cameras broadcast live online 24 hours a day. Image: DMCR
Park officers are on the lookout in case the leatherback turtle returns to lay more eggs. Image: DMCR
The CCTV cameras cover every angle of the pen built to protect the nest from intruders. Image: DMCR
The cameras were installed to prevent people from stealing the turtle eggs or disturbing the nest in any other way, explained Khao Lampi - Hat Thai Mueang National Park Chief Haritchai Rittichuay.
Six cameras have been installed. Live footage can be viewed at http://loveseaturtle.dmcr.go.th/
The nest contains 85 eggs laid by a large leatherback sea turtle on Thai Mueang Beach on Nov 17.
The eggs were removed from the original nest dug on the beach by the large leatherback – nearly two metres long, weighing about 200 kilograms and estimated to be more than 25 years old – and taken into care so they could be kept in ideal conditions to hatch in about 55 to 60 days. (See story here.)
The eggs were moved to a new nest dug by park officials on the beach in front of the national park office so officers could keep an eye on them, explained Chief Haritchai.
"We built a bamboo frame over the nest to protect the eggs and a fence to keep people out of the area. People must stay away from the nest because the eggs may not hatch if they are disturbed," he explained.
More officers have been put on duty to protect the nest and to patrol the beach 24 hours a day, Chief Haritchai said.
"We believe that the leatherback turtle will come back to lay more eggs over the next 15 days. We ask people to stay away from the beach from 4:30pm to 8am in case she comes back again," he added.
Chief Haritchai urged anyone who sees a turtle laying eggs on a beach in the area to report it by calling his office at 076-679134.
"Or call me at 081-6199962 so we can quickly go to protect the eggs and take care of them," he said.
The nest has gained specific attention from wildlife officers in Bangkok, with Sophon Thongdee, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, visiting the now-protected nest last Saturday (Nov 23).
"This is the second consecutive year that we have found a sea turtle laying eggs on a beach in Phang Nga after disappearing for a long time," Mr Sophon said.
"This nest is believed to be the first eggs laid by this turtle this year, we believe there is a chance that the turtle will return to lay eggs two more times," he said.
"Therefore we call on all parties to work together in case the turtle does return, including having regular patrols in areas where turtles are known to have laid their eggs.
"Most important is that the nest is not disturbed in the first six hours after the eggs have been laid. Officers may have to seal off the area to make sure the nest is not disturbed. After thatm they may have to move the eggs to make sure they are kept safe," he added.
Meanwhile, further north near the coast off the Similan Islands in Kuraburi district, tourists caught a glimpse of some 40 spinner dolphins riding the waves.
Lertsak Ponklin, Manager of Wow Andaman tours, credited the return of the pod of dolphins to the improving environmental conditions in the area, and especially to the Mu Ko Similan National Park being closed for five months each year to allow the local marine eco-system to recover from the effects of tourism.
"We constantly reminds tour guides to tell tourists not to feed or touch dolphins and other sea creatures, to help ensure a healthy marine ecosystem, because everyone must contribute to protecting the natural environment," he said.
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Mother of foetus dumped in front of Rawai house found, now recovering in hospital
Chinese New Year arrivals 'too early to tell', says TAT Phuket chief
German expat, 84, dies of suspected heart attack at Phuket airport car park
PM orders provinces to 'dig for water'
Chalong raids net two suspects with ice, meth and homemade zip gun


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Chris Owen RIP
by Clive Owen Nov. 1, 2018
It is with great sadness I report the death of my son at the tender age of 32.
Chris obtained a history degree at Hull University and trained with Price Waterhouse Coopers to qualify as a Chartered Accountant
Together mainly with John Atthey he represented England juniors many times between 2005 and 2011. They were the top UK pair in both the European Championships they participated.
He won too many competitions to list in both England and Scotland mainly with John or me but also Malcolm Oliver, Damian Hassan, Geraint Harker , Charles Outred, Tom Dessain to mention just a few.
In 2011 the North East won the Tollemache the EBU teams of 8 competition which attracts the majority of the top English players.
The top eight teams from the first weekend qualify for an all play all second weekend. We were rank outsiders but Chris and John kept bringing back outstanding results against top class players.One member of the team said not only did Chris play well but as the youngest member of the team he encouraged the rest of the team to play their best game.
Tom Townsend wrote a fitting tribute to him in yesterdays Daily Telegraph.
My wife and I are so grateful at the level of support and good wishes we have received from the bridge community and humbled by being told about the positive impact he had on so many lives.
Rest in Peace my dear son my great friend. Life will never be the same again.


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Q: Difference between tf.assign and assignment operator (=) I'm trying to understand the difference between tf.assign and the assignment operator(=). I have three sets of code
First, using simple tf.assign
import tensorflow as tf

with tf.Graph().as_default():
  a = tf.Variable(1, name="a")
  assign_op = tf.assign(a, tf.add(a,1))
  with tf.Session() as sess:
    sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
    print sess.run(assign_op)
    print a.eval()
    print a.eval()

The output is expected as
2
2
2

Second, using assignment operator
import tensorflow as tf

with tf.Graph().as_default():
  a = tf.Variable(1, name="a")
  a = a + 1
  with tf.Session() as sess:
   sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
   print sess.run(a)
   print a.eval()
   print a.eval()

The results are still 2, 2, 2.
Third, I use both tf.assign and assignment operator
import tensorflow as tf

with tf.Graph().as_default():
  a = tf.Variable(1, name="a")
  a = tf.assign(a, tf.add(a,1))
  with tf.Session() as sess:
    sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
    print sess.run(a)
    print a.eval()
    print a.eval()

Now, the output becomes 2, 3, 4.
My questions are

*

*In the 2nd snippet using (=), when I have sess.run(a), it seems I'm running an assign op. So does "a = a+1" internally create an assignment op like assign_op = tf.assign(a, a+1)? Is the op run by the session really just the assign_op? But when I run a.eval(), it doesn't continue to increment a, hence it appears eval is evaluating a "static" variable.

*I'm not sure how to explain the 3rd snippet. Why the two evals increment a, but the two evals in the 2nd snippet doesn't?
Thanks.

A: The main confusion here is that doing a = a + 1 will reassign the Python variable a to the resulting tensor of the addition operation a + 1. tf.assign, on the other hand, is an operation for setting the value of a TensorFlow variable.
a = tf.Variable(1, name="a")
a = a + 1

This is equivalent to:
a = tf.add(tf.Variable(1, name="a"), 1)

With that in mind:

In the 2nd snippet using (=), when I have sess.run(a), it seems I'm running an assign op. So does "a = a+1" internally create an assignment op like assign_op = tf.assign(a, a+1)? [...]

It might look so, but not true. As explained above, this will only reassign the Python variable. And without tf.assign or any other operation that changes the variable, it stays with the value 1. Each time a is evaluated, the program will always calculate a + 1 => 1 + 1.

I'm not sure how to explain the 3rd snippet. Why the two evals increment a, but the two evals in the 2nd snippet doesn't?

That's because calling eval() on the assignment tensor in the third snippet also triggers the variable assignment (note that this isn't much different from doing session.run(a) with the current session).

A: First, the anwser is not really precise. IMO, there's no distinguish between python object and tf object. They are all memory objects managed by python GC.
If you change second a to b, and print vars out,
In [2]: g = tf.Graph()

In [3]: with g.as_default():
   ...:     a = tf.Variable(1, name='a')
   ...:     b = a + 1
   ...:

In [4]: print(a)
<tf.Variable 'a:0' shape=() dtype=int32_ref>

In [5]: print(b)
Tensor("add:0", shape=(), dtype=int32)

In [6]: id(a)
Out[6]: 140253111576208

In [7]: id(b)
Out[7]: 140252306449616

a and b are not referring the same object in memory.
Draw the computation graph, or memory graph
first-line,
# a = tf.Varaible(...
a -> var(a)

second line,
# b = a + 1
b -> add - var(a)
      |
       \-- 1

now if you replace it back to your b = a + 1 to a = a + 1, the a after assign operation is pointing to an tf.add object instead of the variable a incremented by 1.
When you run sess.run, you are fetching the result by that add operator with no side effect to the original a variable.
tf.assign, on the other hand, will have the side effect of updating the state of the graph under the session.

A: For snippet 1 :
with tf.Graph().as_default():
  a = tf.Variable(1, name="a_var")
  assign_op = tf.assign(a, tf.add(a,1,name='ADD'))

  b = tf.Variable(112)
  b = b.assign(a)
  print(a)
  print(b)
  print(assign_op)

  with tf.Session() as sess:
    sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
    print (sess.run(a))
    print ("assign_op : ",sess.run(assign_op))
    print("         b :- ",b.eval())
    print (sess.run(a))
    print (sess.run(a))
    print ("assign_op : ",sess.run(assign_op))
    print (sess.run(a))
    print (sess.run(a))
    writer = tf.summary.FileWriter("/tmp/log", sess.graph)
    writer.close()

the o/p for this snippet 1:
<tf.Variable 'a_var:0' shape=() dtype=int32_ref>
Tensor("Assign_1:0", shape=(), dtype=int32_ref)
Tensor("Assign:0", shape=(), dtype=int32_ref)
1
assign_op :  2
        b :-  2
2
2
assign_op :  3
3
3

have a look at tensorboard's computational graph
points to be noted:

*

*first variable 'a' is evaluated so you get o/p : 1

*next sess.run(assign_op), executes => assign_op = tf.assign(a, tf.add(a,1,name='ADD')), which has effect of updating variable 'a'(=2) and creating 'assign_op' which is tensor type of object.

For Snippet 2: see computational graph, you'll get the idea
(just note there is no node for assignment operation)
with tf.Graph().as_default():
a = tf.Variable(1, name="Var_a")
just_a = a + 1
print(a)
print(just_a)

with tf.Session() as sess:
  sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
  print (sess.run(a))
  print (sess.run(a))
  print ("just_a : ",sess.run(just_a))
  print (sess.run(a))
  print (sess.run(a))
  print ("just_a : ",sess.run(just_a))
  print (sess.run(a))
  print (sess.run(a))
  writer = tf.summary.FileWriter("/tmp/log", sess.graph)
  writer.close()

the o/p for snippet 2:
enter code here
<tf.Variable 'Var_a:0' shape=() dtype=int32_ref>
Tensor("add:0", shape=(), dtype=int32)
1
1
just_a :  2
1
1
just_a :  2
1
1

For Snippet 3: Computational graph
with tf.Graph().as_default():
a = tf.Variable(1, name="Var_name_a")
a = tf.assign(a, tf.add(a,5))

with tf.Session() as sess:
  sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
  print (sess.run(a))
  print (sess.run(a))
  print ("        a : ",sess.run(a))
  print (sess.run(a))
  print (sess.run(a))
  print ("         a : ",sess.run(a))
  print (sess.run(a))
  print (sess.run(a))
  writer = tf.summary.FileWriter("/tmp/log", sess.graph)
  writer.close()

o/p for snippet 3:
enter code here
6
11
    a :  16
21
26
     a :  31
36
41

Now if you look at computation graph for this snippet it looks similar/exact to that of snippet 1. But the catch here is the code a = tf.assign(a, tf.add(a,5)), not only update variable 'a' but also creates another tensor 'a' again.
now just recently created 'a' will be used by
print (sess.run(a))

and this 'a' will be a = tf.assign(a, tf.add(a,5))
the 'a' from tf.add(a,5) is nothing but 'a'(=1) => a = tf.Variable(1, name="Var_name_a")... so 5+1=6 is assigned to original 'a' and this original 'a' is assigned to new 'a'.
I have one more example explaining the concept all at once
check the graph here
enter code here
with tf.Graph().as_default():
  w = tf.Variable(10,name="VAR_W") #initial val = 2

  init_op = tf.global_variables_initializer()

 # Launch the graph in a session.
 with tf.Session() as sess:
    # Run the variable initializer.
    sess.run(init_op)
    print(w.eval())
    print(w) #type of 'w' before assign operation

    #CASE:1
    w = w.assign(w + 50)#adding 100 to var w
    print(w.eval())
    print(w) #type of 'w' after assign operation

    # now if u try  =>  w = w.assign(w + 50), u will get error bcoz newly
    created 'w' is considered here which don't have assign attribute

    #CASE:2
    w = tf.assign(w, w + 100) #adding 100 to var w
    print(w.eval())
    #CASE:3
    w = tf.assign(w, w + 300) #adding 100 to var w
    print(w.eval())
    writer = tf.summary.FileWriter("/tmp/log", sess.graph)
    writer.close()

The o/p for snippet above:
10
<tf.Variable 'VAR_W:0' shape=() dtype=int32_ref>
60
Tensor("Assign:0", shape=(), dtype=int32_ref)
210
660


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(a) Every policy of disability insurance that is issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 1999, that provides hospital, medical, or surgical expense coverage under an employer-sponsored group plan for an employer subject to COBRA, as defined in subdivision (e), or an employer group for which the disability insurer is required to offer Cal-COBRA coverage, as defined in subdivision (f), including a carrier providing replacement coverage under Section 10128.3, shall further offer the former employee the opportunity to continue benefits as required under subdivision (b), and shall further offer the former spouse of an employee or former employee the opportunity to continue benefits as required under subdivision (c).
(b) (1) If a former employee worked for the employer for at least five years prior to the date of termination of employment and is 60 years of age or older on the date employment ends is entitled to and so elects to continue benefits under COBRA or Cal-COBRA for himself or herself and for any spouse, the employee or spouse may further continue benefits beyond the date coverage under COBRA or Cal-COBRA ends, as set forth in paragraph (2). Except as otherwise specified in this section, continuation coverage shall be under the same benefit terms and conditions as if the continuation coverage under COBRA or Cal-COBRA had remained in force. For the employee or spouse, continuation coverage following the end of COBRA or Cal-COBRA is subject to payment of premiums to the insurer. Individuals ineligible for COBRA or Cal-COBRA or who are eligible but have not elected or exhausted continuation coverage under federal COBRA or Cal-COBRA are not entitled to continuation coverage under this section. Premiums for continuation coverage under this section shall be billed by, and remitted to, the insurer in accordance with subdivision (d). Failure to pay the requisite premiums may result in termination of the continuation coverage in accordance with the applicable provisions in the insurer's group contract with the employer.
(2) The employer shall notify the former employee or spouse or both, or the former spouse of the employee or former employee, of the availability of the continuation benefits under this section in accordance with Section 2800.2 of the Labor Code. To continue health care coverage pursuant to this section, the individual shall elect to do so by notifying the insurer in writing within 30 calendar days prior to the date continuation coverage under COBRA or Cal-COBRA is scheduled to end. Every disability insurer shall provide to the employer replacing a group benefit plan policy issued by the insurer, or to the employer's agent or broker representative, within 15 days of any written request, information in possession of the insurer reasonably required to administer the requirements of Section 2800.2 of the Labor Code.
(3) The continuation coverage shall end automatically on the earlier of (A) the date the individual reaches age 65, (B) the date the individual is covered under any group health plan not maintained by the employer or any other insurer or health care service plan, regardless of whether that coverage is less valuable, (C) the date the individual becomes entitled to Medicare under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, (D) for a spouse, five years from the date on which continuation coverage under COBRA or Cal-COBRA was scheduled to end for the spouse, or (E) the date on which the employer terminates its group contract with the insurer and ceases to provide coverage for any active employees through that insurer, in which case the insurer shall notify the former employee or spouse, or both, of the right to a conversion policy.
(c) (1) If a former spouse of an employee or former employee was covered as a qualified beneficiary under COBRA or Cal-COBRA, the former spouse may further continue benefits beyond the date coverage under COBRA or Cal-COBRA ends, as set forth in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b). Except as otherwise specified in this section, continuation coverage shall be under the same benefit terms and conditions as if the continuation coverage under COBRA or Cal-COBRA had remained in force. Continuation coverage following the end of COBRA or Cal-COBRA is subject to payment of premiums to the insurer. Premiums for continuation coverage under this section shall be billed by, and remitted to, the insurer in accordance with subdivision (d). Failure to pay the requisite premiums may result in termination of the continuation coverage in accordance with the applicable provisions in the insurer's group contract with the employer or former employer.
(2) The continuation coverage for the former spouse shall end automatically on the earlier of (A) the date the individual reaches 65 years of age, (B) the date the individual is covered under any group health plan not maintained by the employer or any other health care service plan or insurer, regardless of whether that coverage is less valuable, (C) the date the individual becomes entitled to Medicare under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, (D) five years from the date on which continuation coverage under COBRA or Cal-COBRA was scheduled to end for the former spouse, or (E) the date on which the employer or former employer terminates its group contract with the insurer and ceases to provide coverage for any active employees through that insurer, in which case the insurer shall notify the former spouse of the right to a conversion policy.
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(2) If the premium charged to the employer for a specific employee or dependent eligible under this section is not adjusted for age of the specific employee, or eligible dependent, then the rate for continuation coverage under this section shall not exceed 213 percent of the applicable current group rate. For purposes of this section, the "applicable current group rate" means the total premiums charged by the insurer for coverage for the group, divided by the relevant number of covered persons.
(3) However, in computing the premiums charged to the specific employer group, the insurer shall not include consideration of the specific medical care expenditures for beneficiaries receiving continuation coverage pursuant to this section.
(e) For purposes of this section, "COBRA" means Section 4980B of Title 26, Section 1161 and following of Title 29, and Section 300bb of Title 42 of the United States Code, as added by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (P.L. 99-272), and as amended.
(f) For purposes of this section, "Cal-COBRA" means the continuation coverage that must be offered pursuant to Article 1.7 (commencing with Section 10128.50), or Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 1366.20) of Chapter 2.2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code.
(g) For the purposes of this section, "former spouse" means either an individual who is divorced from an employee or former employee or an individual who was married to an employee or former employee at the time of the death of the employee or former employee.
(h) Every group benefit plan evidence of coverage that is issued, amended, or renewed after January 1, 1999, shall contain a description of the provisions and eligibility requirements for the continuation coverage offered pursuant to this section.
(i) This section shall take effect on January 1, 1999.
(j) This section does not apply to any individual who is not eligible for its continuation coverage prior to January 1, 2005.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 64, Sec. 2.)


As we approach the final days of 2015, it's important to reflect on some of the hot topics and events that shaped the last year. Taking the time to look back gives perspective, an opportunity to celebrate successes and identify areas of focus for the coming year.
Perhaps even more than in previous years, innovation played a huge role in 2015. The growth of smart, connected devices had a major impact on every aspect of our lives – personal, professional and even the smart cities we live in. With so many connected devices, there has been an explosion of data that is only going to grow in the years ahead.
Yes, 2015 was definitely the year of data, from harnessing data to make our work better to protecting it from the growing number of cyber threats that impacted every industry. The profusion of data was (and still is) on everyone's mind and as a result of the shift, we explored the evolving role of Chief Data Officers in government and analyzed the big opportunity that comes hand-in-hand with big data in the public sector.
We saw a huge transformation in the workforce with an influx in younger generation employees and baby boomers no longer dominating the labor pool. In fact, a new study by the Pew Research Center said that millennials surpassed Gen Xers to become the largest generation in the U.S. labor force in May 2015. This revolution has government agencies thinking about how they can hire and empower the next generation of government leadership. Like every new generation entering the workforce there are best practices for recruiting and investing in tomorrow's leaders.
Additionally, business and government processes are transforming thanks to technological advancements. Digital transformation and mobile technology are helping companies and agencies serve citizens better and break down communication barriers. It isn't just one or two industries; everyone must find ways to evolve with the times or risk falling behind. We are seeing government programs like child support and WIC embracing this digital evolution by introducing new, digital processes like mobile payments and electronic benefits availability . Agencies are also taking advantage of the growth of mobile apps and using them to improve service to citizens. Even justice systems are jumping on the latest innovations to transform today's court systems.
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A hard focus on the constituent will continue into 2016 as well. In fact, analysts say that by 2020 customer experience will be the only differentiator, not price or product quality. With these high constituent expectations, we will continue to keep customer care a priority to help you meet and exceed the expectations of today's citizen.
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Active reservoir management for improved hydrocarbon recovery
Lead Research Organisation: University of Edinburgh
Department Name: Sch of Geosciences
Hydrocarbon extraction for energy supply, or injection of CO2 to mitigate climate change, both require a detailed knowledge of the structure of underground reservoirs, and how they evolve in response to engineering decisions (when and where to inject or extract, how fast etc.). In this project we will carry out market research and determine user requirements prior to a separate application to develop a commercial version of a new statistical reservoir model discovered during a NERC grant as an aid to understanding and engineering reservoirs of oil and gas and underground storage sites for CO2.
The new model is a way of extracting information directly from flow rate data already recorded at injector or producer wells without significantly adding to the cost of acquiring the data. It has proven successful in a number of field trials as a scientific concept, but it has been harder to prove commercial value without a version that could be run in trials by a practitioner. This project will provide a first step in developing such a platform. Here we will engage with potential end-users to make it as fit-for-purpose in its design, and extend the range of applications to a wider range of operational and commercial problems.
The technology is based on establishing a multivariate regression model to forecast oil and gas production rates from past injection and production data. The technique provides a low-cost, optimised targeted search for the relevant well pairs that respond to each other, and quantifies the strength of the correlation. The scientific concept has been proven in a number of research articles and test cases, and in an independently-refereed, 'blind test' forecast of data not available to our team.
In this project we will carry out market research with the questions and objectives to be addressed listed in the Objectives section above. These work elements will enable us to submit a mature follow-on fund application by informing us of the size of the market, the specific technical problems of current interest, and to design and scope the template for a new software tool to be provided to a professional software engineer in a full follow-on fund application.
End users will benefit primarily from being able to condition the functionality of the tool, particularly early adopters to be identified by the market research. Ultimately the tool will add an independent constraint to current reservoir models used to optimise the extraction of oil and gas, at little extra cost compared to acquiring the data or carrying out a conventional reservoir model. The aim is to provide a user-friendly platform to enable end-users to identify geo-mechanical effects, and to use the results to constrain parameters in conventional 'black oil' simulators, thereby improving reservoir description and conventional forecasting.
Funded Value:
Funded Period:
Apr 11 - May 11
Project Reference:
NE/I029846/1
Ian Graham Main
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University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Lead Research Organisation)
Ian Graham Main (Principal Investigator) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7031-6746
Michelle Galea (Researcher Co-Investigator)
Author Name Title Publication Date Published
Policy Influence
Software and Technical Products
Description The aim of the project was to carry out market research on the commercial potential of the statistical reservoir model. This was achieved through direct requests, crowd-sourcing through specialist user fora and analysis of questionnaire returns and free-form comments. The results were positive, and the potential applications were identified in order of potential utility. This led to a successful bid for a full follow-on fund award with the same title.
Exploitation Route In the long term the idea is to mine existing data on flow rate at injector and producer wells either to characterise hydrocarbon reservoirs, monitor performance and forecast future production rates independent of current physics-based models.
Sectors Energy,Environment
Description Independent reviewer for NAM - the operators of the Groningen Gas field in the Netherlands
Geographic Reach Europe
Policy Influence Type Participation in a advisory committee
Impact Changes in operational practice in terms of production rates to minimise risk of induced seismicity. My independent advice was a small but significant part in the long chain to this decision (ultimately done by the Dutch Government), but ensured the estimates of seismic hazard used in making this decision were recognised best practice.
URL https://www.reuters.com/article/netherlands-groningen/update-1-dutch-pm-says-to-reduce-groningen-gas...
Title Statistical Reservoir model
Description The statistical reservoir model predicts the response of the earth to injection and production of fluids during hydrocarbon production. It can be used to optimise hydrocarbon recovery, to identify connected well pairs and to identify hydraulically-reactive faults.
Type Of Technology Software
Year Produced 2015
Impact The software was embedded in a commercial grade workflow for the client and tested successfully. However, the company decided not to take up a licence after the trial.


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Visit the Old Town of Klaipeda. See where shoemakers, blacksmiths and bakers used to live and work and browse the Amber market for the perfect souvenir.
See some of the typical residential areas built in Soviet times.
Visit ex explosives depot, which now houses Museum 39/45, dedicated to Klaipeda's history before, during and after WWII.


Although retired from Cornell, I maintain a presence in the bicycling and walking world with this web site.. Browsing these pages should help in anyone's search for the elements of a bicycle and pedestrian friendly community and answers to questions about bicycle and pedestrian transportation concerns.
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# dotnet-svcutil.xmlserializer - Release Notes

Visit [GitHub issue#2927](https://github.com/dotnet/wcf/issues/2927) for Getting Started instructions and for design and other discussions.

### Information
* [NuGet Packages](https://nuget.org/packages/dotnet-svcutil.xmlserializer)
* [Report an Issue](https://github.com/dotnet/wcf/issues/new)
* [Source](https://github.com/dotnet/wcf/tree/master/src/svcutilcore)

## Version History

### 1.1.0
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### 1.0.0
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### 1.0.0-preview1
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Q: Application deployment to network drive I have a .NET 4 WPF application that needs to run inside a company network.
The application does not use local files (it does have an app.config file but it only contains some connection strings)  for data storage but a central SQL server database.
What are the downsides of putting the application files on a shared network drive and just creating a shortcut to the application executable for each user?
I've found some data on the subject in the following links but I couldn't get a clear answer:
Run a .NET program from a mapped drive or shared folder - Pros/Cons
Run a .NET program from a mapped drive or shared folder
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832742
It would also be nice to know how stuff works when using this approach, are the application files being copied to the local user or something else happens?

A: I've done this with an application we run internally.
Depending on settings, .NET may simply refuse to load or execute an assembly from a network drive because of the potential for that executable to be a security risk. So your program might not run or might throw an exception when it tries to use a DLL.
Another downside to simply having a shortcut to an executable on the network will be when you go to deploy an update. Those files will very likely become locked, and you'll either have to go to every computer and make sure the software is shut down, or remove the user's lock on the server which might be painful. I found a bug in my program pretty quickly after deploying the first time, and found this problem right off the bat. Avoid it.
I have all of the files needed to run the program in a well-known location on the network (configurable). When a new user needs the application, I simply copy everything over to someplace on their computer and make a shortcut on the desktop (or start menu, possibly Startup folder) for them to use. The program then automatically looks at some metadata (version information) in that directory from time to time, and if it's newer, automatically updates itself.
This requires a separate executable for updating in addition to the application executable to avoid performing shadow copies and rebooting. The following basic things happen in my application:

*

*The application determines if a newer version is out on the network drive.

*If so, it updates the updater executable, then launches the updater with the process ID of the application as a command-line parameter, then terminates itself.

*The updater waits for the process it was passed to die before proceeding (so the application executable is not locked).

*The updater updates the application files.

*The updater then re-launches the application.

I haven't run into any problems with this scheme yet.

A: My question for you is why would you want to? Why not just publish the .NET application using click once to the network share?
When you run the application from the network share, a copy of the program is loaded into memory on the client machine, and requests for supporting files will transverse the network as well, to be loaded into memory. On top of this, you have to check for any prerequisites, and may experience some failures.
If you publish to the network share, when you complete the publish wizard, your browser will open up to a webpage that resides on the network share. Just share the URL to this and users will be able to 'install' the program on their machine. Best part about this way is updates are automatic and you don't have to worry about interrupting users workflow when publishing updates.
ClickOnce applications do not require admin permissions to install, and will install its own shortcuts for the users. I have built and deployed several of these, and most users are comfortable enough with the install process to access it through a link from an email.
EDIT
You can also distribute a shortcut to the .application file once you deploy, as long as you are confident users have the pre-reqs installed. This will launch the application if it was installed, or install and then launch.