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Fuller's buys Reigate pub
02 February 2012 by Neil Gerrard
London-based pub company Fuller Smith & Turner has bought the Market hotel, a pub in the centre of Reigate, Surrey.
The Market will be Fuller's first pub in Reigate and takes the Fuller<|fim_middle|> sign up for our E-newsletters
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Jonathon Swaine, managing director of Fuller's Inns, said: "The Market hotel is a grand old pub in a commanding position on the High Street in Reigate. It is right at the centre of the town and I am really looking forward to bringing the Fuller's ethos to the business and showing Reigate what a good, traditional British pub is all about.
"We will be making only small behind-the-scenes changes in the short term to bring the pub up to Fuller's standards. However, there are some exciting plans in development for later in the year, including introducing a breakfast offer and making some significant changes to the pub garden, a feature which makes the pub stand out from the competition in the centre of Reigate. Watch this space."
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Built in 2013 as part of the renovation of the Englewood Branch of the Charlotte County Library, the Archives for Englewood, Florida area is located at 3450 North Access Road in Englewood as part of Tringali Park complex. This special addition to the library was specifically built to<|fim_middle|> exchanging information about rail transportation past, present and future, and contributing to preservation of rail-related artifacts. They produce a bimonthly chapter newsletter called "Flyer" and members receive the NRHS publication "The National Railway Bulletin". Fans of railway history or train engineering will enjoy membership.
The Suncoast chapter was organized in 1989. There are presently more than 170 chapters of the National Railway Historical Society in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The Suncoast has a rich history of rail service and present day Bradenton, Sarasota and Venice owe much to the early railroads. During most of the twentieth century the Atlantic Coast Line and the Seaboard Air Line railroads provided service for the Suncoast to the rest of the country. Celebrities such as Bertha Palmer and John Ringling used the trains for business and pleasure. The Ringling circus wintered in Sarasota and Venice for over 60 years by using the railroad as the means of transportation. A railroad labor organization provided the financial backing for the city of Venice in the 1920's and the concept remains much the same as it was then.
The chapter meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month from September through April at 7:00 PM in the public meeting room of the Sarasota Fire Station, 2070 Waldemere St., Sarasota, Florida.
A local chapter of the Florida Anthropological Society, Time Sifters has twice hosted the FAS Annual Meeting, most recently in 2015, and participates with and supports local college anthropology programs including sponsoring a paper competition for college students. Each year, Time Sifters sponsors monthly lectures on archaeological topics, all of which are open to the public without charge.
The Venice Area Historical Society (VAHS) was founded in 1991 as the Venice Historic Preservation League, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, in order to celebrate and preserve the history of Venice, Florida and surrounding areas. The service area of the Society is South Sarasota County, Florida, including Venice, South Venice, Nokomis, Laurel, and Osprey. VAHS's mission is to promote a public awareness and understanding of the historic heritage of Florida, Sarasota County, and the Venice area, within the context of our nation's history, and to encourage inquiry and research into this history. The Society sponsors a wide variety of educational programs and initiatives focusing on local and state history—a lecture series, a newsletter, outreach to schools and other local organizations, tours of the Historic Venice Train Depot, a historic plaque program, scholarships for graduating high school seniors, and research into area history. The Historic Venice Train Depot, built in 1927 and renovated in 2002-2003, was central to the founding and development of Venice, Florida. Volunteer docents from VAHS provide free public tours of the Depot and surrounding campus. Panel displays and artifacts in the Depot's two waiting rooms illustrate key events in Venice history and the history of the Depot itself.
Venice Heritage Inc. (VHI) is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the Venice area's rich cultural heritage, including the surrounding communities of Osprey, Laurel, and Nokomis. As an advocate for historic preservation, VHI educates the public about the area's history and provides financial and logistical support to the city-owned Venice Museum & Archives. A primary focus of VHI is to maintain and support the City of Venice's Museum & Archives (VMA). The museum contains a collection of more than 21,000 photos, objects, published materials, and archives. Another primary objective is supporting the Lord-Higel House. Saved from demolition by the City of Venice's Historic Preservation Board, restoration of the Lord-Higel House is being completed by preservationists and VHI volunteers, and will eventually provide a glimpse of life for early settlers to the area. Built in 1896, the Lord-Higel House is the second oldest residence in Sarasota County and once served as a residence to entrepreneur Joseph Lord and grove manager/newsman George Higel. Having occupied several locations during its lifetime, the historic home is now located behind City Hall on Granada Avenue. VHI is operated totally by volunteers who appreciate Venice's unique heritage and the role it plays in defining who we are as a community.
The mission of the Venice Museum & Archives (VMA) is to collect and preserve historical and archaeological material relating to Venice and the communities of Nokomis, Laurel and Osprey, whose histories have all been interwoven from 1867 to the present time. The City of Venice (COV) is the parent organization of the VMA. Museum staff are COV employees under the Department of Historical Resources. The Venice City Council is the governing authority for the VMA with legal and fiduciary responsibility for the museum and for approving museum policy and its annual budget. In July 1991 the Venice Area Historical Collection was housed in a storage space on the first floor of the newly renovated City Hall in downtown Venice. That same year, the name of the collection was officially changed to the Venice Archives and Area Historical Collection (VAAHC). The collection was moved in September 1996 to the restored and renovated historic 1927 building known as the Triangle Inn. The name of the Venice Archives and Area Historical Collection was changed to the Venice Museum & Archives in 2012.
Along with its preservation efforts relating to historic properties and landscapes within the City of Venice, the Department of Historical Resources also manages the Venice Museum & Archives (VMA). The mission of the VMA is to collect and preserve historical and archaeological material relating to Venice and the communities of Nokomis, Laurel and Osprey, whose histories have all been interwoven from 1867 to the present time. The VMA has a collection of 30,000+ photographs, archives, objects, and publications pertaining to area history. The museum processes new donations into the collection and is working to upload a significant portion of the collection records online for greater, external public access. The entire museum collection database is accessible to the public on an internal network. The museum engages the public in local history through changing and permanent exhibits, tours of the Triangle Inn, special events, newsletters and social media, as well as onsite and offsite educational outreach programs to youth and adults. Additional services offered also include assisting the public with research requests and assisting with image request orders. The museum's gift shop offers books, DVDs and other merchandise pertaining to local history available for purchase. | house the archives and preserve documents, photographs, collections, etc. for future generations. The greater Englewood, Florida area community will use the Englewood Archives as a central repository for public records and historical documents which will permanently preserve our rich cultural heritage for future generations. The mission of FOEA is to support the Englewood Archives through fundraising, education, raising public awareness and establishing broad operating policies for the Archives.
The Mission of the Historical Society of Sarasota County is to foster public awareness of the rich historical heritage of Sarasota County and the state of Florida, encourage inquiry and research into this history, promote collection and preservation of memorabilia, develop a broader appreciation of its historical communities, and protect its historic sites and structures. Membership in The Historical Society of Sarasota County is open to any person interested in the history of this area and the State of Florida upon payment of dues. The Historical Society is a 501(C) (3) non-profit organization. Donations are tax deductible.
The timeless mission of the DAR is to promote historic preservation, education, and patriotism. This provides an incredibly wide range of opportunities for women of all ages to serve the Sarasota community and the nation. Committees include Conservation, Literacy, American History, Women's Issues, Veterans Affairs to name just a few. The Sara Desoto Chapter is an active, involved group, with many events, activities and functions. We encourage our members to be good community stewards, while offering a range of activities that suit a variety of people. Discover how this century-old organization has grown and changed with the times. The Sara DeSoto Chapter leads the way in community service and we invite you to join our team. The chapter serve as stewards of the pioneer Whitaker Cemetery and the Whitaker Collection at Pioneer Park in Sarasota.
The Sarasota County Historic Preservation Board is comprised of practicing or retired professionals in the fields of anthropology, real estate, history, conservation, architecture, historic preservation, land use planning, landscape architecture, general contracting and/or professional engineering with a demonstrated interest in historic preservation. The board is advisory to the Sarasota Board of County Commissioners. The board reviews applications for historic designations and issues Certificates of Appropriateness for changes to historically designated resources.
Purpose: Assist in the protection of significant historic resources within Sarasota County by reviewing historic designation nominations, Certificates of Appropriateness for historically designated buildings, and other duties assigned by the Board of County Commissioners.
Historical Resources collects information and artifacts related to the history of the county from prehistoric times to the present. These collections are stored in the center's archives, where they are made available for public research.
Volumes on archaeology, architectural history archives management, and historic preservation.
Publications written by local authors.
No appointment is required to view original papers, vintage photographs, newspaper clippings, aerials, city directories, obituaries, maps, architectural drawings, or ephemera.
Housed in the 1928 Lampp House in Englewood, SHORE provides research assistance, heritage tours, and fundraising support for the town of Englewood, Florida. They participate in local events, and offer free tours of the historic home on the first Saturday of the month from November through March. Call 941-475-2696 for other tours and events.
This group's mission includes; preserving railroad history and promoting interest in all forms of rail transportation, | 701 |
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Now he's hoping he can find a niche in Chicago. | Free agency came and went in July and veteran defenseman Cody Franson didn't sign a contract.
August passed and still nothing. Then came September, just weeks before training camps were set to open, and Franson still took his time deciding where to go.
Franson, an eight-year veteran, said the delay wasn't for a lack of NHL options. He just wanted to make sure he ended up in a good place after his time with the Sabres ended on a sour note.
Despite getting guaranteed contract offers from other teams, Franson decided to sign a professional tryout (PTO) agreement with the Hawks in the hopes of earning a contract and sticking with them.
"When you're signing a PTO, there's no real hurry do that, so it's more or less just making sure we weren't missing on something and doing the homework," Franson said. "Obviously Chicago is an amazing city, amazing place to play. I started out in Nashville. Coming in and playing in this atmosphere against this group of guys is a pretty special thing."
Part of Franson's homework included investigating the Hawks' defensive depth, which is thin. It was an offseason of turnover for that unit, which said goodbye to Niklas Hjalmarsson (traded to the Coyotes for defenseman Connor Murphy), Brian Campbell (retired), Johnny Oduya (signed with Senators) and Trevor van Riemsdyk (drafted by the expansion Golden Knights). Franson, 30, could provide a veteran presence the Hawks need on the back end.
"It shows there's an opportunity for me and obviously I have to come in to camp, play well and take advantage of that," Franson said. "If everything goes accordingly, I think this can be a great fit for me to come in and provide something to this group."
Added coach Joel Quenneville: "He has a lot of attributes you look for in a defenseman. He's big, mobile, can shoot the puck and has some experience."
The 6-foot-5, 225-pound Franson spent the last two seasons with the Sabres. They did not contend during his tenure, instead choosing to give important minutes to some of their younger players.
Franson averaged 17 minutes, 43 seconds of ice time the last two seasons while scoring seven goals with 29 assists.
"You go through some down years in Buffalo and people start to view you in a different way," Franson said. "They start to question can you be that guy — yada, yada, yada. It starts to piss you off after a while.
"I thought I played a lot of real good hockey last year. The numbers didn't really show for it in | 554 |
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NASA looking to private companies to mine the moon
Below the surface there exist deposits of water, rare minerals, and other substances not so common here on Earth.
Instead of NASA resupplying the International Space Station, private corporations have taken on that job. Mars One has just as good a chance as NASA does at establishing a permanent colony on Mars. Even the Moon, which has for so long been NASA's claim to fame, is now being offered up on a silver NASA-backed platter.
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NASA plans to grow vegetables in space
NASA is organizing the Vegetable Production System (VEGGIE) program that will send packs of seed material to the ISS.
When humans begin colonizing space there is one challenge we'll be facing, how to get food to those colonies. The idea of farming in space is hardly a new one. Astronaut Don Pettit successfully grew a zucchini, broccoli, and sunflower on the ISS, but NASA is now researching how vegetables may be grown in space for consumption.
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Business Colonies: Matching talent with pending work projects
Futurist Thomas Frey: The average person that turns 30 years old in the U.S. today has worked 11 different jobs. In just 10 years, the average person who turns 30 will have worked 200-300 different projects.
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Cell Phone Towers A Threat To Honey Bees
The electromagnetic waves emitted by mobile phone towers and cellphones can pose a threat to honey bees, a study published in India has concluded.
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Global Super-Colony Of Ants Rivals Human Population
Scientists have discovered a mega-colony of this invasive insect species that stretches across the globe
Argentine ants from three huge colonies in Europe, America and Japan are actually part of one global super-colony, scientists have revealed.
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Entrepreneurship's evolution
The emergence of empires of one, business colonies and seed capitalists
The importance of stimulating entrepreneurship has not been lost on Asian nations. Communist Youth League of China will set up a fund to help young people establish their own businesses, as part of efforts to ease employment pressures, particularly among graduates, China.com reported in February.
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Tracking Penguins From Space
This satellite image shows white Antarctic ice stained brown by Emperor penguin guano
Satellite images have picked up giant red-brown stains on the pristine white sea ice, indicating the presence of thousands of penguins.
It meant that researchers for the British Antarctic Survey were able to locate every colony on the continent for the first time ever.
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'Lunar Oasis' – Growing Flowers and Vegetables on the Moon
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Astronauts' meals have come a long way from the freeze-dried powders and semi-liquid pastes of decades ago: now US scientists want to grow vegetables in mini-greenhouses on the Moon.
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'Dancing' Algae Discovered By Scientists At Cambridge University
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Ecologists Assess The Impact Of People On Bees
Most of the world's plant species rely on animals to transfer their pollen to other plants. The undisputed queen of these animal pollinators is the bee, made up of about 30,000 species worldwide, whose daily flights aid in the reproduction of more than half of the world's flowering plants. In recent years, however, an unprecedented and unexplained decline in bee populations across the U.S. and Europe has placed the health of ecosystems and the sustainability of crops in peril.
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Movie review: 'TMNT: Out of the Shadows' wears<|fim_middle|> more of: The turtles. And it captures the quirky charm and camaraderie of the cartoon that's missing when the movie too often cuts to rote scenes depicting the humans.
But before you can say "Cowabunga!" the end leaves plenty of room for another movie.
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Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Laura Linney, Stephen Amell, Tyler Perry, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Alan Ritchson, Brian Tee, Stephen "Sheamus" Farrelly, Gary Anthony Williams.
(PG-13 for for sci-fi action violence) | out its welcome
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In "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows," you can take the fab four out of the sewers and into the light of New York City, but too much dumbness still lurks in the dark.
Like its 2014 counterpart — a $500 million surprise hit — this follow-up is loud, befuddling, derivative and long. With a runtime of 114 minutes, the movie wears out its welcome way before the last nunchuck is hurled. In other words, it has all the hallmarks of a brainless Michael Bay (redundant?) blockbuster — excessively noisy, excessively explosive and excessively stupid.
That's no surprise considering Bay ("Transformers" franchise) is back as producer, as are the screenwriting duo of Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec ("Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol.")
Dave Green ("Earth to Echo") takes over directing duties, as the turtles, Leonardo (Pete Ploszek), Donatello (Jeremy Howard), Raphael (Alan Ritchson) and Michaelangelo (Noel Fisher), reprise their half-shell heroics in stopping conspiring baddies, Shredder (Brian Tee) and Krang (voice of Brad Garrett). The pair is plotting to open a portal to a new dimension, which would give the supervillains the power to dominate the planet. The junk food-munching vigilante reptiles come out of the sewers and are again aided in their quest to save the world by TV journalist April O'Neil (Megan Fox, hard-working, but still miscast) and her one-time cameraman, Vern (Will Arnett, so bored that his quippy ad-libs feel forced). Newcomers to the pizza party include an entertaining Tyler Perry, playing mad scientist Baxter Stockman, and "Arrow" hottie Stephen Amell as Casey Jones, a gone-rogue corrections officer who can wield a hockey stick. The Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning Laura Linney pops her head out to play a New York Police detective. Usually a presence like hers would lend gravitas, but I spent way too long wondering why she's even here. Paycheck? Favor?
Parents, take notice: Even though the movie is based on a franchise of toys, TV shows and video games targeting children, it's not for little kids. There's no blood, but there is a lot of computer-generated violence — street fights, explosions and crashes. It's PG-13 for a reason.
Plus, Krang is disgusting — a pink-slime creature that slithers out of a giant, silver robot's stomach.
So if the goal was to be big, dumb and loud, then the filmmakers succeed. The movie is a series of uninspired and unsuspenseful set pieces strung together with expository dialogue about "purple ooze," world domination and a pink lip-glossed Fox wearing tiny tank tops and plaid school-girl miniskirts. Gotta give the dads in the audience something to ogle, right?
Like every other superhero movie this season, a side plot has the teen turtles in turmoil with each other, as their adolescent angst over being different stirs conflict. They wrestle with themes of prejudice and social injustice — all stuff the "X-Men" movies have done much better. Here, it's handled with a real light touch.
In the film's best sequence, the turtles chase oafish thugs Bebop (a purple-mohawked Gary Anthony Williams) and Rocksteady (Irish WWE wrestler Stephen Farrelly) to Brazil to secure some nefarious object. There's some cool aerial acrobatics, fun banter and knockabout action that ends on a dramatic waterfall. Narratively speaking, the Brazil detour does nothing to drive the thin-crust plot, but it supplies what the movie needs | 802 |
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The initial setup seemed promising, and I envisioned a game based around secret societies and the playing of complex games. It didn't exactly pan out as I first hoped it would. The opening section hinted at a game more interesting than this one.
Playing Games is easy (i.e., I wouldn't have dreamt of using a walkthrough), and mostly well clued. I had a little trouble with one of the puzzles (Spoiler - click to show)(setting the watch), because it involved performing a general action on an item immediately after mechanically interacting with the item (so you're falsely led to believe that you should mechanically interact with the item in a different way). There was some nice comedic touches, but there really wasn't much descriptively or story-wise to the game. The point of the game was the game boards rendered in ascii art, which was competently done.
I was sort of looking forward to a series of logical solitaire-esque games*, but they were really all just invisible maze puzzles. Perhaps other people find these challenging, but my spatial memory is good enough for them not to pose a challenge. The main benefit of the game was rather that it showed the possibility of rendering game boards visually in an IF game (perhaps that's already been done before, but I haven't seen it). All in all, it seemed to be an amusing if not particularly awe-inspiring game. UNTIL, I learned about the metapuzzle, and then its awesome factor (along with the other<|fim_middle|> completed in five minutes (or 30 seconds if you knew what you were doing) I didn't see the point. The whole zombie idea is very cliché and no attempt was made to mollify this. About the most interesting thing you could do in the game was kick a zombie head.
The sad thing is, a lot of effort has obviously gone into the project, and writing the program from scratch must require some considerable skill. I just wish it were put to better use.
Tenth Plague is a competently handled short game- each scenario (other than the final one) is slightly more trickier than the last. There's also a hidden commentary mode, which is a neat feature.
There are only a few problems in the implementation of incidental items that Lynnea probably didn't expect anyone to bother interacting with, and I struggled with finding the wording for at least one of the puzzles, though it was always clear what I needed to do to proceed.
I really liked the small visual elements like the dead locusts on the roof, that hinted at the plagues that had come before. The puzzles were simple enough that the game moved along at a fast pace, which worked well for evoking the swift inevitibility of the plague. One of the strengths of IF, seen clearly here, is that novel game and story premises can be explored.
(As far as ratings go- I take 3 as being 'good', '4' as 'great', and five 'transcendental'. In truth, it deserves at least a 3.5). | three games) ever so slightly went up a notch.
*I have a history of disappointment with logic puzzles that don't turn out to be logic puzzles.
Mr C. Zombie gets full marks for taking time off between eating brains to write his very own program, with old-school type-sets and everything. Also, the in-built release of secrets after the competition had ended was an interesting if a little unfathomable game design choice.
"Somehow you got the feeling that this is just the beginning of a zombie apocalypse in New York City."
... and somehow I got the feeling that that was a very short and unsatisfactory ending. Somehow I got the feeling that it would have been interesting to know I was even in New York before the end of the game.
My impression is that this is just part of a much larger unfinished project. It kept asking me if I wanted to save, but as the game could be | 183 |
In the world of business, to say that your ability to communicate is mission-critical to your organization is something of an understatement. You need to be able to reliably reach out to customers to get them excited about that new product or service on the horizon. Communication is the backbone of customer service, helping customers with issues before they become much bigger (and more frustrating ones) down the road. Communication is also essential to pulling the different departments of your own<|fim_middle|> as they're only ever paying for the services they need and aren't forced to add components that they may or may not use in the sake of trying to bundle everything together.
Full-service voice systems bring businesses all over the world the ability to centralize all of their technologies into one individual system, all of which is controlled by just a single affordable bill that remains consistent throughout the terms of the agreement.
Vertical IT is the trusted choice when it comes to staying ahead of the latest information technology tips, tricks and news. Contact us at (888) 505-8215 or send us an email at info@verticalitcorp.com for more information. | company together, helping to guarantee that they're all operating, not as individual elements, but as a cohesive whole.
Along those lines, full-service, cloud-based voice programs like the ones offered by Digitel Systems not only make communication easier and more efficient than ever, but they are also more cost effective in a wide range of different ways.
When you think about all of the varying technologies that make up a business' communications infrastructure, the list can quickly get long and unwieldy before you even get from one end to the other. Your average tech-savvy business will be dealing with things like telephony hardware, VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) services, SIP (session initiation protocol) services and beyond, on a daily basis. Each one of these categories quickly splinters off into countless individual components, all of which were not designed to work together, but all of which must join to form a cohesive whole.
At their core, full-service voice systems allow for exactly that — true unified communications systems for the first time. All communications hardware, technology and general business application services are all bundled together into a single package from a single provider. This frees businesses from the shackles of things like long-term contracts, allowing them to get the most for their money and change the way they communicate for all time and for the better as well.
Another one of the biggest benefits of full-service voice systems is that they allow CEOs to make technological improvements to their own businesses at any time, from any place, thanks to the power of the cloud. Gone are the huge capital requirements associated with making such a significant investment — all components are included in a single package that can easily be scaled up or down as necessary, depending on how the needs of an individual business continue to grow and evolve over time.
Every element in a business' communication infrastructure, from services to routers to phones to switches and beyond, are included. If a CEO or other business leader feels the need to add new services to their infrastructure to stay ahead of the latest technology, they can do so quickly and easily from a single point of contact. They no longer have to contend with dozens of new bills, all of which are on different billing cycles and handled through an ever-growing list of vendors that is difficult to manage on the best of days.
Instead, all mission-critical services are provided on an as-needed basis, allowing a business to pay once for everything they need and more. This also helps to dramatically improve a business' general return on investment, | 503 |
Kabiye (; also rendered Kabiyé, Kabiyè, Kabye, Kabyé, Kabyè, Cabrai or Cabrais) is an Eastern Gurunsi Gur language spoken primarily in northern Togo. Throughout the 20th century, there was extensive migration to the centre and south of Togo and also to Ghana and Benin. Kabiye speakers made up over 23% of the Togolese population in 1999.
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Kabiye is one of two national languages of Togo (along with Ewe). In the Togolese context, national language currently means that the language is promoted in national media and, in the formal education sector, as an optional exam subject in grades 9 and 10.
Linguistic research
The missionary-linguist Jacques<|fim_middle|>he swept yesterday").
The verb phrase may also optionally include modal prefixes that add nuances of meaning: adversative (ɛ̀tɩ́ɩ̀hàzɩ̀ɣ́ "he swept in spite of it"), habitual (ɛ̀tɩ́ɩ́házɩ̀ɣ̀ "he usually sweeps"), expectative (ɛ̀tɩ́ɩ́házɩ́ɣ́ "he sweeps in the meantime"), immediative (ɛ̀tɩ̀hàzàá "he swept straightaway"), pluperfect (ɛ̀ɛ̀hàzàá "he had swept"), future (ɛ̀ɛ́hàzɩ̀ɣ̀ lɛ́ "when he will sweep") and negative (ɛ̀tàhàzɩ́ "he didn't sweep"). Some of these modal prefixes may also appear in combination with each other so that, for example, negative + adversative indicates a negative categorical meaning (ɛ̀tàtɩ́ɩ̀hàzɩ́ "he didn't sweep at all").
The verb phrase may optionally add a subject pronoun prefix (written joined to the root or the modal prefix as in the examples above) and/or an object pronoun suffix (written joined to the root with a hyphen: ɛ̀hàzá-kɛ́ "he swept it").
There is one modal suffix. It is used in conjunction with a negative modal prefix to indicate a Provisional meaning. It is written joined to the verb root (ɛ̀tàhàzɩ̀tá "he has not swept yet").
The verb phrase can also be extended by means of the suffix -náʋ̀ to indicate instrumentality, accompaniment, manner, simultaneity or conformity (ɛ̀hàzɩ́nàà "he swept with").
All verb roots can be nominalised as agentives (házɩ́yʊ́ "sweeper"), adjectives ("kɪ̀hàzʊ̀ʊ́" "swept") or locatives (ɖɩ̀hàzɩ̀yɛ́ "sweeping place").
Sample text
Man-kabɩyɛ kʋnʋŋ, ŋɖewa pɩfɛyɩ naʋ. Yee pɔyɔɔdʋʋ-ŋ nɛ ɛyʋ welesi yɔ, pɩwɛ-ɩ ɛzɩ wondu peteɣ. Ɛlɛ, yee ɛyʋ ɛwɛɛ nɛ ɛɛmaɣzɩɣ ñɔ-yɔɔ camɩyɛ yɔ, ɛɛnaɣ ñe-ɖeu. Nɔɔyʋ ewelesiɣ pɩŋŋ nɛ ɛnɩɩ pɔyɔɔdʋʋ-ŋ yɔ, pɩlakɩ-ɩ ɛzɩ ɛtazɩ nɛ ɛna ñɛ-wɛtʋ yɔ, pɩɩsaŋɩ-ɩ se eyele. Ŋwɛ yuŋ weyi nɛ ɛyʋ ɛɛtɛŋ ñɔ-tɔm yɔ, pɩtɩna nɛ ɛyʋ ɛɖɔkɩ-ŋ pɩfɛyɩ yebu; Ñɛ-wɛtʋ lɩnɩ le nɛ paasɩŋ ñɔ-tɔm ? Tɔm kɔpɔzaɣ ŋga ɖicosuu-kɛ tobi. Ñɛ-wɛtʋ nɛ tɩ-tɩ solo, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ɖooo ŋŋwɛɛ, natʋyʋ taasoki ña-taa se tɩpɩsɩ-ŋ nɔɔyʋjaʋ. Kabɩyɛ kʋnʋŋ, ña-pɩɣa canɩɣna-ŋ nɛ kewiliɣ-ŋ, nɛ kasaŋ-ŋ ño-yuŋ, ñe-ɖeu nɛ ñe-leleŋ yɔɔ.
"My Kabiye language, you are so beautiful! When anyone pronounces you and another listens, you are like a song. But anyone who does not ponder you deeply will not perceive your beauty. Anyone who listens attentively when you are being spoken must, as it were, dig deeply to discover your character. It is because of this inexhaustible weightiness that we cannot let go of you. From where does this impenetrable character come? We can reply straight away to this question. Your character is unique, because ever since you came into being, you have never suffered any outside influences which could turn you into something else. Kabiye language, your child is glad for you, cherishes and praises you, because of your strength, your beauty and your sweetness."
References
External links
Documentation, installation files and fonts for typing Kabiye on your computer
Ethnologue entry for Kabiye
"Lamaakaaou: journalisme, Communication pour le développement, Développement personnel"
PanAfriL10n page on Kabiye
"Kabiye Proverbs" Facebook page
"Blog sur la langue et la culture kabiyè"
Association des Femmes pour l'Alphabétisation, la Santé et les Activités génératrices de revenus
Free audio Bible in Kabiye
The New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures, free videos, audio books and other bible study material (Jehovah's Witnesses)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Kabiyé
Bahaï prayer in Kabiye
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Gurunsi languages | Delord published the first descriptive grammar of Kabiye in 1976. This was followed by Kezié Lébikaza's descriptive grammar in 1999, which remains the key reference work in Kabiye linguistics. There is also a Kabiye-French dictionary. Other topics that have been the focus of research include: Comparative linguistics, Discourse analysis, Language contact, Lexicology, Morphology, Phonology, Sociolinguistics, Syntax, Tone orthography, Tonology, and the verb system.
Publications
The earliest known publications in Kabiye appeared in the 1930s. Altogether there have been about 200 publications in Kabiye, though not all of these are still in print or easily available for purchase. For an inventory up to the turn of the century see Pouwili, 1999. Publications include two books of proverbs, folktales, poetry, medical booklets, agricultural booklets, translations of the Bible, political tracts, religious tracts, a short novel, primers, and other pedagogical materials.
Kabiye Wikipedia
The Kabiye Wikipedia was initiated in June 2014 by Gnasse Atinèdi, the secretary of the Académie Kabiye. It currently (July 2017) has 1185 articles on a wide range of international subjects.
Phonology
Consonants
The five voiced consonant sounds only occur either word-medially or as allophones.
The retroflex sound can occur as voiced allophones of , , or in medial position.
Vowels
Short vowels
Long vowels
The long back unrounded vowels only occur at morpheme boundaries.
Tones
Kabiye is a tonal language, meaning that pitch differences are used to distinguish one word from another. These contrasts may be lexical (e.g. ɖálʋ́ "elder brother" ~ ɖálʋ̀ "intestinal worm") or grammatical (e.g. ɛɛkɔŋ́ "he isn't coming" ~ ɛɛ́kɔŋ "(when) he comes" ~ ɛ́ɛkɔ́ŋ "if he doesn't come).
There are two tones, high (H) and low (L). Six tone contours are possible on mono- and disyllabic nouns (H, L, HL, LH, HLH, LHL) and three on the imperative form of the verb (H, L, HL).
Kabiye also has automatic downstep, where a H following a L is always pronounced on a lower pitch than the preceding H within the same phonological phrase. Numerous tonal processes occur once words are placed in context.
The contour HLH always surfaces as HꜜHH ~ HHꜜH (depending on the consonant–vowel structure that it associates to). This is a postlexical process that occurs wherever the context permits, within words and across word boundaries.
There is lexical L tone spreading in the verb phrase and the associative noun phrase.
Vowel harmony
Kabiye has vowel harmony, meaning that the quality of the vowel in an affix is determined by that of the root vowel. There are two kinds:
ATR vowel harmony, in which words contain either the −ATR vowels (e.g. ɛ-ñɩmɩ́-yɛ "his key") or the +ATR vowels (e-kalími-yé "his chicken"). The vowel is unspecified for ATR and can occur in either set.
Lip rounding vowel harmony, in which some affixes contains either unrounded vowels or rounded vowels . This process is much more limited, occurring in some TAM suffixes (e.g. è-kpéz-íɣ́ "he coughs" / è-ɖóz-ùù "he dreams") and some adjectival prefixes (e.g. kɩ́-kpɛ̀d-ʋ̀ʋ́ "black", kʋ́-hʋ̀lʋ̀m-ʋ́ʋ̀ "white"). Again, the vowel is unspecified for ATR and can occur in either set.
A limited number of prefixes undergo both vowel harmony processes, e.g. the first person plural subject pronoun: pà-kpàzá-à "they coughed", pɛ̀-wɛ̀ɛ́tà-à "they whispered", pè-wèlìsàá "they listened", pɔ̀-cɔ́nà-à "they looked", pò-ɖòzà-á "they dreamt".
Orthography
Kabiye was first written in the 1930s, but it was in the early 1980s that the Comité de Langue Nationale Kabiyè (now the Académie Kabiyè), an organ of the Togolese Ministry of Education, standardized the orthography. Kabiye is written in modified Roman script based on the character inventory of the African reference alphabet. An alternative orthography, devised and promoted by R.P. Adjola Raphaël, is widely used among Catholics; it uses the same letters but with different spelling rules. The following tables show the grapheme-phoneme correspondences in the Standard orthography.
Consonants
The orthography contains a significant amount of overspecification, since the 5 voiced obstruent graphemes b, g, gb, v, j are superfluous from a strictly phonemic point of view.
The grapheme is reserved for loanwords.
Vowels
Short vowels
Long vowels
Tones
The standard orthography of Kabiye does not generally mark tone. The single exception is the spelling of two subject pronouns that are tonal minimal pairs:
Punctuation
The hyphen is used in the standard orthography in order to distinguish homophones. It appear between the possessive pronoun and the noun in the associative noun phrase, and between the verb root and the object pronoun in the verb phrase, e.g.:
{|
|ɛsaŋ || ||he praises
|-
|ɛ-saŋ || ||his showers
|-
|ɛsa-ŋ || ||he scratched you
|}
Grammar
Kabiye is an SVO language. The possessive precedes the head noun. Adjectives, numerals, demonstratives, locatives and relative clauses follow the head noun.
Noun classes
Kabiye has ten noun classes. The first eight are grouped in pairs of singulars and plurals that are sometimes referred to as genders. Some limited cross-pairing occurs. Class 9 contains uncountables (leaves, dust, mosquitos...), while class 10 contains liquids (milk, blood, oil...). There are certain other semantic tendencies (e.g., humans in classes 1 and 2, tools in classes 3 and 4), but these are by no means systematic. The class of any noun is identifiable by its class suffix and by the agreement of other potential elements in the sentence with it, such as pronouns, demonstratives, interrogatives, adjectives, determiners and the numerals one to five. The following table gives an example of a noun–determiner construction from each class. In each case, the class suffix is separated from the root with a hyphen:
Verb conjugations
The verb phrase is composed of an obligatory root and TAM (tense–aspect–mood) suffix. The TAM suffix may indicate imperative (hàzɩ̀ "sweep!"), aorist (ɛ́házɩ̀ "and he swept"), perfective (ɛ̀hàzàá "he swept"), imperfective present (ɛ̀házɩ̀ɣ̀ "he is sweeping"), imperfective past (ɛ̀hàzàɣ́ "he was sweeping") or infinitive (hàzʋ́ʋ̀ "to sweep").
Kabiye is unusual in also having two designated paradigms for expressing comparatives in a subordinate clause: an imperfective form (ɛ̀zɩ́ ɛ̀hàzʋ̀ʋ̀ʋ́ yɔ́ "as he sweeps") and a perfective form (ɛ̀zɩ́ ɛ̀hàzʋ́ʋ̀ yɔ́ "as he swept").
The perfective has two forms: unbound (not followed by a complement: ɛ̀hàzàá "he swept") and bound (followed by a complement: ɛ̀hàzá ɖèdè " | 1,801 |
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by Andrew Maxfield September 18, 2018
Armistice Sonnets, a new choral work commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition, which commemorates the centenary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918, will receive multiple premieres in Fall 2018. My heartfelt thanks to the directors and performers at Voces Novae (Louisville, KY), Penn State University Concert Choir, Virginia Wesleyan Camerata, University of Wisconsin–Madison Madrigal Singers, St. David's Choir (Baltimore, MD), University of South Carolina Concert Choir, and Newburyport Choral Society (Newburyport, MA)!
About Armistice Sonnets
THIS IS A MEDITATION ON CEASEFIRES. 2018 marked 100 years since the signing of the Armistice of 11 November 1918, the truce that ended the fighting of the First World War. That's something worth commemorating, isn't it? It's appropriate to remember such a sobering period in history and to honor those who sacrificed—including especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice—for the cause of peace.
And yet. The terms imposed by the Armistice (and related agreements), in hindsight, seem to have made inevitable the eruption of the Second World War. In short, the "War to End All Wars" wasn't. Ceasefire? Yes. Lasting peace? No—and still no.
The Columbine High School shooting of 1999, which occurred during my own final year of high school, was the first time the words "school" and "shooting" were joined in my mind. And now, 20 years later, in the wake of scores of similar events, recently in Parkland, FL and Santa Fe, TX, the phrase is as commonplace as "school lunch."
What is peace, really? Is it only the "sudden silence after clamour" because, for the moment, all the shooters have been shot? Or is it substantive in itself, something purposefully constructed and renewed by the practice of love? Is it attainable in a community? Between nations?
Eleanor Farjeon's two-sonnet sequence, entitled "Peace," asks this profoundly apolitical question, which sadly remains as relevant now as it was in 1918. Which of us, she asks, will, during moments of peace, "shout the name of love" to prevent the next shooting, the next War to End All Wars?
This piece unfolds in three short movements, the latter two performed attacca. Because it is written to help commemorate WWI (or a related conflict or loss), during the second movement, singers are invited (at the discretion of the director) to speak the names of those who are to be remembered (for example, their<|fim_middle|> during times of relative peace as we work towards a lasting ceasefire. —Andrew Maxfield (2018)
by Eleanor Farjeon
I am as awful as my brother War,
I am the sudden silence after clamour.
I am the face that shows the seamy scar When blood has lost its frenzy and its glamour. Men in my pause shall know the cost at last That is not to be paid in triumphs or tears,
Men will begin to judge the thing that's past
As men will judge it in a hundred years.
Nations! whose ravenous engines must be fed Endlessly with the father and the son,
My naked light upon your darkness, dread! — By which ye shall behold what ye have done: Whereon, more like a vulture than a dove,
Ye set my seal in hatred, not in love.
Let no man call me good. I am not blest.
My single virtue is the end of crimes,
I only am the period of unrest,
The ceasing of the horrors of the times;
My good is but the negative of ill,
Such ill as bends the spirit with despair,
Such ill as makes the nations' soul stand still And freeze to stone beneath its Gorgon glare.
Be blunt, and say that peace is but a state Wherein the active soul is free to move,
And nations only show as mean or great According to the spirit then they prove. —
O which of ye whose battle-cry is Hate
Will first in peace dare shout the name of Love?
From Sonnets and Poems, published 1918 by B.H. Blackwell, Oxford.
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Flowing slowly and windingly, the Buna River forms the dynamic shape of the Albanian-Montenegrin border.
The river Buna/Bojana, located in the South Western Balkans, is an important river in the Mediterranean. The Buna/Bojana Delta contains the most important wetlands in the Eastern Mediterranean and covers an area of 19,000 ha. Recognizing its importance, in 2005 the government<|fim_middle|> than 250 species of birds, some highly endangered. The Delta also serves as the region's entrance gate to 107 different species of fish, among them is the globally threatened sturgeon. Protected mammals in the area include large carnivores such as the Golden Jackal, Brown Bears, and Bottlenose Dolphins. The effective protection of both plant and animal species in this region is an obligation under international agreements.
The Albanian side of the Buna/Bojana River features a unique cultural landscape and is home to around 36,000 people. The region's main economic activities are agricultural, fishing, tourism and trade sectors which employ most of the region's population. Beaches and woodlands attract nearly 250,000 tourists a year, mostly between July and August presenting unique opportunities for growth in the fishing and retail sectors.
Unfortunately, the region's economy is limited and residents struggle with very low per capita income levels. Unemployment is high and nearly 12% of the population receives economic aid or remittances from family members abroad. Most villagers rely on the highly fertile and productive land to meet their daily subsistence needs. But, despite the hardships faced by Albanian residents of the Buna/Bojana Delta, they have the potential and drive to meet the challenges of development that lie ahead. | of Albania (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Water Administration) established this biologically rich area as a Protected Water and Terrestrial Landscape, placing it under the management of the Shkodra Forestry Service Directorate. This highly complex hydrologic system is characterised by rich water resources and wetlands and is bifurcated by small islands.
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Goal of summer camp is teaching farm life
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Aug. 2, 2010 Updated: June 17, 2016 4:05 p.m.
By DANIELLE CAPALBO
For Kevin Meehan, nature is more than a backdrop. It's a gigantic, living, breathing classroom.
That philosophy drives his work as a science teacher at Cider Mill School and, when school's out, as director of the Ambler Farm Summer Program, established in 2005 to promote awareness of local agriculture and healthy living at a slower pace for children in pre-K through middle school.
Every day the kids interact with animals, harvest organically-grown produce and learn to cook with the same fresh ingredients they just plucked from the ground.
"For these summer months, it's about slowing down and being present in nature," he said, standing between a chicken coop and gardening beds with fresh produce and fruit. "It's also about making the connection with where your food comes from and how it's grown."
In its fifth year, the program, run through Wilton Public Schools, is stronger than ever. Current enrollment of<|fim_middle|> a vault in Norway is created to do for seeds what Noah's Ark did for animals.
Mostly, it's proof that it's fun and all-inclusive, he said. At Meehan's camp, the closest you'll get to a contest is when counselors face off during an egg relay race, or when kids reach for a second helping of freshly-gathered red potatoes, blackberries or broccoli.
"I've seen kids try things here that, if they were at home, sitting around the dinner table, they wouldn't want to eat," said Adam Rapczynski, a paraprofessional who is working with one of Meehan's campers. "They're actually yelling, reaching, trying to get closer to a vegetable."
On Wednesday morning, 7-year-old Zach Muraskin embodied that rare enthusiasm, bounding over to a couple of girls with a sprig of fresh dill.
"Smell this," he said, holding it out. "It smells like lemon."
Sophie Lang, 9, of Weston, said it smelled "delicious." Other delicious things? The zucchini muffins the group baked the day before, she said, and the green and purple bush beans they harvested.
"It's so different from going to the store and getting food there," she said.
Eight-year-old Isabella Fischetti said she loved the Asian pear she tasted, more tart than one from the supermarket.
"It's healthier, too," she said.
As the kids made their daily taste-testing rounds, some asked for more. One kid shouted, "Awesome!"
"We're talking about vegetables here, for goodness sake," Meehan said. "We're changing the way kids think."
He said the camp might also inspire the way children and their families cook, with a focus on locally-grown products, some of which Meehan raffles off to campers to bring home for dinner.
The most important element of the camp, he said, is the ability for children to interact with the farm, on which Meehan lives, rather than to sit back and watch. Rather than raising 20 sheep, Meehan said he raises two, which his wife bottle-feeds from birth to ensure the animals grow to mix with children safely. Large harvests ensure that every camper gets to pick his or her own turnip.
As a group of kids approached Meehan by the gardens, he shouted, "Hey guys!"
"We did some really cool things earlier -- let me tell you about it." | 420 children marks a 25-percent leap from last summer and, despite the recession, the program grew four percent between 2008 and 2009, Meehan said. It's a testament, in part, to the camp's relevance to current affairs, as the First Lady stokes a garden movement and | 71 |
z Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California
Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California
Edited by Leah Lehmbeck
Extensively illustrated and with essays by both established print scholars and new voices, this volume introduces the printmaking pioneers who nurtured an environment suitable for the founding of the country's most significant print shop and addresses the spectacular spread of printmaking from its modern beginnings in Southern California within the larger narrative of postwar American art. In the 1950s, the print world in Los Angeles was small but active. It was made of artists, educators, collectors, and curators whose collaboration led to the triumphant founding of the Tamarind Lithography Workshop led by June Wayne in 1960. The first goal of the workshop was to create a pool of master artisan-printers in the United States to revive the medium of fine art lithography. The story goes on to include two other major workshops—Gemini G.E.L. and Cirrus Editions—plus artists working independently and the academic printmaking community.
Drawing mainly on the extensive print collection of the Norton Simon Museum, the book includes works by the local founders of the movement such as John Altoon, Garo Antreasian, Richard Diebenkorn, Sam Francis, Ed Moses, Ken Price, Ed Ruscha, and June Wayne as well as by artists who traveled west to print in Los Angeles such as Joseph Albers, Bruce Conner, Lee Mullican, Louise Nevelson, Cla<|fim_middle|>0 color illustrations
Imprint: Norton Simon Museum | es Oldenburg, and Robert Rauschenberg. An accompanying exhibition, part of the Pacific Standard Time initiative, was on view at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena from October 1, 2011, through April 2, 2012.
Leah Lehmbeck is associate curator at the Norton Simon Museum.
"Lehmbeck has assembled a group of expert authors who together create a groundbreaking portrait of a dynamic period and place, and to some extent rewrite the accepted histories of 20th-century art."
—Art in Print
"[This book] will be a valuable addition for libraries with art historical collections that emphasize printmaking."
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LIT Bangkok is located in such a complex area of diversities and program contradictions, with 200 meters away from sky-train, a block away from art museum and shopping centers, the site is surrounded by shop houses, back-packer hotels, and also street vendors. Designed by VaSLab Architecture, LIT Bangkok seeks to articulate architectural space that coexists with the ability to attract passersby but yet seclude itself away from its outer chaos as to enclose them again with warmth and comfort.
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I'm not a superstitious person. If I walk under a ladder, I don't consider it to be bad luck. I don't worry if a black cat runs across my path. And Friday the 13th is just another day. When I knock on wood, I do it as a joke. And what's the go with throwing salt over your left shoulder (or is it your right)?
Today, however, is the 13th and everything I looked at or touched went wrong. The phone at work just never stopped ringing and I could have easily thrown it out the window. Many of the callers were just stupid idiots that should never have been shown how to use a phone in the first place. My computer froze several times, so that could have found a nice spot next to the discarded<|fim_middle|> to write everyday. I prefer to write when I'm feeling full of energy, and I haven't felt like that for some time now.
Best of luck with your own writing. | phone. It was quite hot and humid and the air conditioner wasn't working. I felt drained of energy, but (due to being at work) was unable to have a nap. I generally felt in a cranky mood and couldn't have been bothered about any of the things I had to do all day.
And the words I wrote today felt silted and waffling. I will have to edit a great deal of them out later. I really did have the "I don't want to" woes. But I push myself and pushed myself and eventually I hit the minimum word count and allowed myself to stop writing.
I hate writing when I really don't feel like writing. And I had one of those days. What was your day like?
I had that day last week. Not fun.
My writing has been going ok but I have also felt the "I don't wanna" feelings. I feel those nearly every time I write. Not good, I know. Congratulations on being so far along, over halfway there!
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Same Song, Only Different
October 28, 2020 Tom Vander Well Leave a comment
Same Song, Only Different (CaD Ps 53) – Wayfarer
God scattered the bones of those who attacked you;
you put them to shame, for God despised them.
Psalm 53:5b (NIV)
Wendy and I really enjoy being fans. For us, the fun is in being loyal to our teams, following them, knowing the players, following the drama, cheering for them, and experiencing what ABC's Wide World of Sports used to describe each week as "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat."
A few years ago we found ourselves feeling the emptiness in the depth of our Iowa winter. January through March always feels like a slog, but we realized that it was made worse for us because our Vikings' season was over and it would be April before our Cubs' would begin their annual campaign. For whatever reason, the NBA has never tripped our trigger. So, we decided it was time to join our son-in-law Clayton and give the English Premier League a shot.
We knew that for us the fun is in following a team, so we began researching the various teams in a search for the team to whom we would pledge our loyalty. It's surprising how many resources there are on the internet for Americans trying to choose a Premier League team. In the end, we chose to become fans of Liverpool FC (Football Club). And, as silly as it sounds, the clincher for us was the song.
One of the endearing things about Premier League is the singing. During most pre-covid matches when the stands are packed you'll hear the crowd singing. Not just a specific moment in the match, like singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame in the middle of the 7th Inning. Premier League fans often sing themselves hoarse through the entire match. There are typically different songs fans have for different players, and teams typically adopt a theme song.
Liverpool's theme song is Gerry and the Pacemaker's You'll Never Walk Alone which also happens to be a song from the Broadway Musical Carousel. Wendy and I discovered this fact in our research and then pulled up a YouTube video of the Liverpool crowd singing it before a match. We got goosebumps, and it sealed the deal. Two Liverpool fans were born.
So, you might be wondering to yourself, "Where on earth are you going with this?" Well, if you've followed my blog and/or podcast for anything length of time you know that I'm fond of saying that God's language is metaphor, and metaphor is layered with meaning. The song You'll Never Walk Alone is a great example.
For many people like Wendy and me, the song has been forever<|fim_middle|> ago might suddenly be powerfully important for me today at this waypoint on Life's road. Things that meant one thing to me then might take on a whole new layer of meaning for me now. I'm so grateful to my mentors who taught me at the beginning of my spiritual journey that reading and studying the Great Story was not a one-and-done deal. "On it you shall meditate both day and night," says Joshua 1:8, the very first verse I memorized when I was 15. And, that's what I've tried to do, and it's made an unfathomable difference in both my spiritual journey and my life journey.
The Great Story meets me where I am every morning. A verse, or chapter, or passage can help me frame my past, make sense of my present, and direct my course for the future all at the same time.
Thanks for walking with me this morning and reminding me that "I'll never walk alone."
Go Liverpool! 🙂
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Previous PostThe Impotence to RespondNext PostPrayer of Desperation | tied to the musical Carousel. A teenager growing up in the early 1960s might never have known it was from a Broadway musical, but the version by Gerry and the Pacemakers might have tremendous emotional ties to a crush they had on a boy or girl, dancing cheek-to-cheek at a school dance, or listening with friends on a crackly AM car radio as you scooped the loop. Then Liverpool takes the same song and it becomes an anthem of solidarity, loyalty, and community for fans of their football club around the world.
For me, the most interesting thing about today's chapter, Psalm 53, is that it is virtually identical to Psalm 14. If you put them side-by-side you'll notice that it's the same song, but verse 5 is different. Scholars believe that the nation took David's original and co-opted it after a national victory over armies who had sought to destroy them as in the story found in 2 Chronicles 20 when they were unexpectedly attacked by the army of Edom. When David wrote the song to mean one thing during his life and his generation, but a subsequent generation took the same song, the same lyrics, and made it about another thing.
In the quiet this morning, it has me thinking about something I've frequently observed in my perpetual journey through the Great Story. Something that had little or no meaning for me thirty years | 287 |
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Grooveshark App Reappears Only To Be Swallowed Whole
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As many of you probably don't know (but should), Grooveshark is our music streaming app of choice in the office. So, naturally, we were geeked to see a Grooveshark iPhone app make another appearance in the App Store earlier this month after previously being pulled almost two years ago.
That's right – a mere five days after first being released in 2010, Apple sent Grooveshark a letter saying that Universal Music Group UK had complained and, as a result, its mobile app would be withdrawn from the App Store.
Via Grooveshark's blog: "This comes as an absolute surprise to us, and we are not sleeping until we figure out exactly how to fix this and get Grooveshark for iPhone back in the App Store. Above all, our biggest concern is damaging the service we provide to all of you guys—our loyal (awesome) users."
The ever-thoughtful and optimistic Grooveshark, which competes with other streaming services such as Spotify and Pandora, stated that it is "our policy to honor all takedown requests that comply with the requirements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable intellectual property laws." Which basically means they had no intention of ending up in a courtroom with Lars Ulrich – a wise move, in our opinion.
But Grooveshark swam<|fim_middle|> existence.
And why should they? It's not like Grooveshark is operating like Napster did at the start of the new millennium (ya know, illegally). The company has an "artists/label program to ensure that any owner of content will be compensated fairly for each time their content is played." For those who just can't stand the sight of ads, ad-free subscriptions cost $3 a month or $30 a year.
There are sure to be more chapters to this ongoing story, and we'll be here to provide the CliffsNotes for all of them. In the meantime, we highly suggest that you use Grooveshark for all of your music streaming needs. It's a gem. Oh, and for those of you who were able to scoop up the app during its short-lived existence in the App Store – "If you've already downloaded the app, keep enjoying it," Grooveshark said on its blog. Lucky you!
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A Look At the Original Photoshop | on and, just about a week ago, found itself once again in the App Store in app form. And, much like last time, it was pulled almost immediately. At this time, there has been no word from anyone as to why it has been abruptly made absent, but we suspect some fishiness afoot.
Any users who want to use the service will easily find it available for download directly from its site. While Google doesn't seem like they want to support Grooveshark publicly, they're not going to the extent of trying to sue the company out of | 115 |
San Juan Island whale health assessment - Part 2 — SR3 Sealife Response, Rehabilitation, and Research improving the health of marine wildlife.
Aerial image of an adult female and playful juvenile gray whale taken off Everett in northern Puget Sound, Washington State, using an unmanned octocopter that was flown >125ft above the whales, under NMFS permit #19091.
SR3's Dr. Holly Fearnbach and colleagues Dr. John Durban (NOAA) and Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennard (Coastal Ocean Research Institute) were able to collect data on whale health during their month on San Juan Island. This data contributes to ongoing studies of the nutritional health of these top consumers in coastal marine ecosystems off Antarctica, NE Pacific, and the NW Atlantic.
The team flew<|fim_middle|> NE Pacific) and years (fourth year in a row of humpback whale imaging) to infer key differences in nutritional status.
The gray whales were imaged as part of a collaborative study with John Calambokidis (Cascadia Research Collective) to assess the importance of Puget Sound as a feeding stopover for migrating gray whales.
Image of aerial operations using an unmanned octocopter onboard SR3's research vessel Kuapio Kohola. Dr. Holly Fearnbach is shown catching an octocopter flown by Dr. John Durban (NOAA) after a successful flight over two gray whales off Everett, WA., during a collaborative project with Cascadia Research Collective (CRC). Image by John Calambokidis (CRC).
Additionally, two blow samples were collected from the humpback whales to enable genetic identification of respiratory microbiome as part of a worldwide study to relate respiratory health to body condition.
Aerial image of the head of a humpback whale taken during a blow sampling event (note the white scarring on the blowhole) around the San Juan Islands, Washington State. The image was collected using an unmanned hexacopter under NMFS permit #19091. | an unmanned octocopter to collect aerial images of five humpback whales, two minke whales, and three gray whales. These images will be analyzed to assess body condition to compare the health of whales across study sites (e.g., humpbacks and minkes in Antarctica vs. coastal | 61 |
Bharat Jasani, BSc (Hons), PhD., MBChB , FRCPath
Director of Pathology
Dr. Jasani, a native of Cardiff, Wales, is board certified from the Cardiff University School of Medicine, UK. Previously, Prof. Jasani was Professor of Oncological Pathology, Head of Pathology, Institute of<|fim_middle|> well as International Advisor to the United States Sub-Committee on Quality Assurance for Immunocytochemistry. As the Principal Investigator and Co-investigator for several major translational research projects targeted at developing predictive biomarkers for colorectal and breast cancer, he has been invited to act as a Consultant and a Key Opinion Leader to several world's leading biotech companies.
He as published over 200 peer reviewed articles including in The Lancet; Nat Rev Clin Oncol; J. Immunology; Am J Clin Pathol; J of Pathology & Seminars in Cancer Biology.
»Read Literature | Cancer & Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University (2005-2015). Most recently he has been the Chairman at the Department of Biomedical Sciences: Nazarbayev University. Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan, and Adjunct Professor of Pathology: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburg, PA: USA (2015-2016).
Prof. Jasani has an outstanding research record in cancer biomarkers. As the Head of Biomarker Analysis Unit, Department of Cellular Pathology, Cardiff & Vale Local Heath Authority, he led strategic plans to modernize histopathology service, and the development and establishment of diagnostic immunocytochemistry & molecular pathology service in Cardiff and Wales. Over the past 15 years he has also promoted quality assurance and standardization of cancer biomarker analyses as the Breast Cancer Module Leader of UKNEQAS of ICC, the UK's lead member to the International Working Group on Standardization of Breast Cancer Biomarking, as | 204 |
Is EMT a dangerous job?
Is being an EMT a dangerous job?
EMTs are highly trained professionals, who are used to working in extreme and unique situations. On average, being an EMT is certainly not the most dangerous job. Though, there are increased risks at times compared to other professions. Depending on the area and what types of calls you respond to, you may find yourself in uncomfortable circumstances.
That is why it is important for an EMT to always pay attention. EMTs are trained to always be aware of their surroundings, or the condition of people needing help or treatment, and of anything that could be dangerous or useful. Dealing with patients who may be under the influence of drugs or have weapons can be a frightening perspective. Add to that<|fim_middle|>.
To learn more about EMTs and EMT Training, make sure to visit the homepage. You can also read more about EMTs at WikiPedia.org.
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Ambulance drivers especially need to pay attention when driving as they operate vehicles at high speeds and often do not follow traffic signals. Weather conditions such as heavy rain or icy roads are hazardous enough at normal speed. A traffic accident while a paramedic is working on a patient could mean disaster.
While they can't control the conditions they work under, they can rely on their training and perform critical care in any situation. EMTs are trained to work under considerable stress and exercise good judgment during the most crucial of times.
How hard is EMT Training?
There are different types, or levels, of EMT. Each type identifies the level of training the EMT has received and limits what he or she is qualified for.
EMT-B (EMT Basic) is the minimum EMT training. This level allows you to work on an ambulance, alongside a Paramedic (discussed later), or another EMT-B for non-emergency call response. If pared with a Paramedic, they will handle most of the patient care, while the EMT-B assists. EMT-B training takes about two to three months of classes, where you learn basic life support procedures.
EMT-I (Intermediate EMT) is a step down from a Paramedic, usually specializing in administering IVs and IV medication. EMT-Is are qualified to handle more medical equipment than an EMT-B.
EMT-P (Paramedic) is the highest level of training. It typically takes 1 to 2 years to become a paramedic, depending on what route you take to get your training and certifications. During your training, you will need to complete clinical rotations working at local hospitals and ride in ambulances for experience. Paramedics find their courses challenging, because there is a lot of information to obtain in a small amount of time. Though, starting out as a EMT-Basic, and seeing others in your field operate can really show you the difficult and rewarding things about being an EMT.
EMTs typically love helping people and the life saving training gives them great fulfillment. But, it is certainly not for everyone.
Are you interested in training to become an Emergency Medical Technician, or EMT? This all-important field is crucial to our medical industry by providing emergency services to ill or injured patients needing immediate treatment or stabilization while en route to a hospital. Providing this service can be a very rewarding experience and a fulfilling career choice.
So how do you become an EMT? Here you will find all the steps you need to take to start your way, and links to any pages that might help you down your path to the emergency medical field.
Typically, the first step in EMT Training would be to get CPR certified. There are many options to get your CPR certification in your local area. A CPR certification course may be included in your EMT Training, but if it is not offered, you can easily obtain it from your local Red Cross or American Heart Association location. CPR certification is required before taking the NREMT exam (which will be discussed later).
The next step will be to take an EMT Basic course, typically offered at most local junior or community colleges. If you are having trouble finding a course offered at a local college, try calling the requiting office at a local hospital and ask where you can take EMT Basic courses. They should be able to point you in the right direction, or they may even offer the courses themselves.
You can become your application process online at the NREMT website. The current application fee is $70.00. Once you are eligible, you will receive an Authorization to Test letter with instructions and details for taking your test at a local testing center.
If you are considering training to become an EMT, one of the first questions you probably have is how much money does an EMT make? The average EMT salary as of January 2012 is $40,000 a year. It is important to note that the salary depends greatly on the level of EMT training. There are several types of EMTs, including EMT-B (Basic Training), EMT-I/85 (Intermediate), EMT-I/99 (Higher Level Intermediate), and EMT-P (Paramedic Trained). The salary will also vary greatly depending on the location of the position, and the local demand for emergency medical professionals. You can find more about the EMT salary at Indeed.com.
The EMT field is a steadily growing field and an important side of our medical industry. Emergency response plays a vital role in our healthcare and aids doctors and hospitals in caring for patients before they arrive to a medical treatment facility. If you are seeking a career in the emergency medical field, or as an EMT specifically, there are many opportunities for you.
EMT employment varies by area and community. Many EMTs work directly for local fire departments, while in other areas EMTs work for private businesses, such as hospitals. Consequently, EMT benefits will vary depending on what type of employment they have. Like most in the healthcare industry, EMTs typically receive above average health benefits, which makes it a desirable career choice for many.
Some EMTs are volunteers who work part-time at reduced or no wage. Though not the norm, volunteer emergency medical services are a beneficial assistance to our local communities which allow for people to become trained in life-saving medical expertise and be able to use that knowledge to help their neighbors.
Whether you are looking to volunteer as an EMT in your local community, or are seeking a career as a professional EMT, you need the Training to get your new path started. Read more about EMT Training.
An EMT is an Emergency Medical Technician. EMTs typically are an emergency response medical professional who can quickly assess a patient's condition, providing fast and effective medical treatment. EMTs are extremely valuable for quick-response deployment onto a scene where proper medical conditions may not exist. But one important note is that EMTs are only as good as their training. That is why EMTs go through extensive EMT Training to prepare for their high stakes and high importance role in our medical industry.
EMTs are broken down into levels based on their training and these standards are set by the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration). EMT-B is an EMT with Basic Training, EMT-I/85 is Intermediate, EMT-I/99 is a Higher Level Intermediate, and an EMT-P is a Paramedic. Other EMT levels vary based on region and include Advanced Practice Paramedics, Critical Care Paramedics, Wilderness Paramedics, and Flight Paramedics.
EMTs can be referred to as Ambulance Technicians, as they are often stationed operating or assisting with ambulatory response to medical emergency calls. An ambulance may carry multiple EMTs and will often be the first responder to the scene of 911 calls. Depending on the area, EMTs may work closely with other emergency response professionals from police or fire departments to coordinate with on-scene response procedures.
Ambulances play a crucial role for hospitals and often serve as the hospital "on the go" for EMTs. Ambulances not only transport injured or ill patients to a hospital, but also carry much needed medical equipment and supplies. One such device would be a defibrillator, which would be operated in emergency situations by the trained EMT. Other equipment and supplies would aid with providing oxygen to patients, controlling blood sugar levels, splitting fractures or broken bones, and controlling bleeding.
An ambulance is termed by the level of EMT training of its crew. A BLS (basic life support) ambulance has only EMT-Bs, an ILS unit (intermediate life support) is equipped with EMT-Is, and an ALS (advanced life support) unit is staffed by paramedics, or EMT-Ps | 1,630 |
At GuildQuality, we're continuously striving to improve our offerings for our members. For this most recent update, our Product Team has been busy adding new features to our marketing suite.
In addition to the current social media links that you can display on your GuildQuality member profile page, we now offer the ability to showcase your Instagram and Flickr pages. Instagram is one of the most popular social media sites, with over 500 million active monthly users, and Flickr is another popular site for showcasing photos for your business.
<|fim_middle|>'re displaying your company's contact information and social media links to make both more prominent on your GuildQuality profile page. The image below shows Gavigan Construction's profile page with the updated contact information and social media links.
If you need any help setting this up, please reach out to support@guildquality.com or call 888-355-9223 x2. Is there anything else you'd like to see us add? We'd love to hear your feedback! | To link your Instagram and/or Flickr accounts to your GuildQuality profile page, visit the Marketing Section of your account and then choose Social Media. On the page displayed below, enter in your information for each site.
When you're done, hit Save Changes and the corresponding icon will appear on your profile page under About this company.
Our team also updated the way we | 72 |
Excessive Sentencing Project - Nebraska
Policies and rulings on lengthy imprisonment terms in Nebraska.
Nebraska mandates a two-tiered proportionality review of aggravated murder sentences; non-murder sentencing is left to a factors-based, subjective judicial process that is subject to review for abuse of discretion.
Art. I, § 9. Bail; fines; imprisonment; cruel and unusual punishment: -- All persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for treason, sexual offenses involving penetration by force or against the will, and murder, where the proof is evident or the presumption great. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.
Art. I, § 15. Penalties; corruption of blood; transporting out of state prohibited: All penalties shall be proportioned to the nature of the offense, and no conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate; nor shall any person by transported out of the state for any offense committed within the state.
Proportionality review mandatory, upon appeal, for all murder convictions
The Supreme Court must review murder sentences for proportionality upon appeal. Neb.Rev.St. §29-2521.02. The court is vested with the power to reduce any homicide sentence which it finds "not to be consistent with" §§29-2521.01-29-2521.04, 29-2522, and 29-2524. Neb.Rev.St. §29-2521.03.
Parole at one-half the minimum term
The legislature has mandated parole eligibility at one-half of an offender's minimum term. Neb.Rev.Stat. §83-1, 110(1).
Board of Parole reviews minimum life terms for possible commutation
Minimum life sentences are reviewed during the first year of an offender's sentence and every 10 years thereafter. If the life sentence is commuted, the board reviews the offender's record annually when the offender is within five years of his earliest parole eligibility date. Neb.Rev.St. §83-192(1)(f)(v).
Sentences within the statutory limits are reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard. State v. Thurman, 273 Neb. 518, 530 (2007). An abuse of discretion occurs when the sentencing court's reasoning is "clearly untenable and unfairly deprive a litigant of a substantial right and a just result." State v. Segura, 265 Neb. 903, 909<|fim_middle|> Haley, 2003 WL 1207972, *4 (Neb.App. 2003).
Sentence of consecutive 15-30 month prison terms for two counts of possession of cocaine and amphetamine was not an abuse of discretion in case in which 42-year-old defendant had been to prison on drug charges three times before. State v. Tucker, 262 Neb. 940, 950-51 (2001).
Court upheld 10-20 year sentence for theft conviction under the state's habitual criminal statute. Sentencing court found that defendant was a habitual criminal due to unspecified record of prior felony convictions. State v. Martinez, 2002 WL 31414437, *2 (Neb.App. 2002).
Court upheld 61- to 170-year sentence for robbery, sexual assault, kidnapping, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. State v. McGuire, 218 Neb. 511, 518 (1984). | (2003).
Sentencing judges should consider the following when imposing a sentence: the defendant's (1) age, (2) mentality, (3) education and experience, (4) social and cultural background, (5) past criminal record or record of law-abiding conduct, and (6) motivation for the offense, as well as (7) the nature of the offense, and (8) the amount of violence involved in the commission of the crime. State v. Marrs, 272 Neb. 573, 530 (2006). This is a subjective judgment, "and includes the sentencing judge's observations of the defendant's demeanor and attitude and all of the facts and circumstances surrounding the defendant's life." State v. Leonor, 263 Neb. 86, 99 (2002). The court is not "limited in its discretion to any mathematically applied set of factors." Leonor, 263 Neb. at 99.
The state Supreme Court is required by statute to conduct a proportionality review of death sentences on appeal. State v. Mata, 275 Neb. 1, 29-30 (2008). This review is conducted de novo. State v. Gales, 269 Neb. 443, 487 (2005).
The proportionality review requires the court to compare aggravating and mitigating circumstances in the instant case with those of other cases in which the death penalty was imposed – ensuring that sentences track those imposed in cases with "the same or similar circumstances." State v. Sandoval, 280 Neb. 309, 380-81 (2010). The statute does not require sentencing bodies to compare cases to those in which the death sentence has not been imposed. State v. Galindo, 278 Neb. 599, 672 (2009).
State v. Golka, 281 Neb. 360, 796 N.W.2d 198 (April 22, 2011) (Graham does not apply to homicide cases. LWOP for juvenile convicted of first degree murder is not cruel and unusual punishment)
State v. Mantich, 287 Neb. 320 (February 7, 2014) (Miller was new substantive rule that applied retroactively on collateral review. Had an overall review on the issue of retroactivity in other jurisdictions. )
State v. Castaneda, 287 Neb. 289, 842 N.W. 2d 740 (February 7, 2014) (Remand case in direct review to district court; although the statute does not contain the word "without parole", and parole is possible if the sentence commuted to a terms of years, such remote possibility does not satisfy Miller.)
State v. Ramirez, 287 Neb. 356, 842 N.W.2d 694 (February 7, 2014) (Miller is applicable to cases in direct review. Life sentence mandatorily imposed upon defendant is effectively LWOP.)
State v. Taylor, 287 Neb. 386, 842 N.W.2d 771 (February 14, 2014) (follows Castaneda and Ramirez)
State v. Smith, 288 Neb. 797 (August 8, 2014) (Nebraska Postconviction Act is the sole remedy for Eighth Amendment challenge to mandatory sentence of life without parole for non-homicide offense committed when prisoner was juvenile under Graham, and failure to challenge within time limit would forfeit the right.)
Court upheld sentence of 20 months to 5 years in prison for man found guilty of driving while license suspended; man had a lengthy history of DUI convictions. State v. | 861 |
STEPS (Sustainability<|fim_middle|> a better future. | . Technology. Environment. People. Society) was our submission for the Young Architects Competition of a Green Academy in Bologna, Italy. The project was designed with three principles.
EAT ME! The new walkable and edible addition to the old factory is designed to grow and harvest local produce for both the residents and the restaurants as a self sustaining ecosystem. Every balcony will contain a mini farm, whilst all the public gardens will contain edible plants such as basil, tomatoes and other local produce. The green walls will be a taxonomy of every species in the region with the intention to record, preserve and maintain.
REMEMBER: Overtime, the vegetation on the south wall start to absorb the old structure and be an important reminder that nature must take priority over the unnatural man made world. If we interfere with nature we are ultimately interfering with the destiny of the human race. Another great threat to the human race is violence and intolerance. Eight internal courtyards and gardens act as a memory for the 800 tragic victims that were killed in Bologna during the second world war. These tranquil nodes are peaceful installations created with the intention of bringing people together.
COLLIDE: Through carefully designed spaces such as the internal memorial gardens, a walkable roofs, the shared cafe and extensive public spaces, STEPS is designed to promote collisions between the diverse users of the space for the purpose of fostering interaction, collaboration, building networks and relationships which will ultimately lead to innovation. All the spaces in the building will be shared by all users. For example business people may use a room to have a meeting whilst the schools may book the room for a class or studio session. An eco start-up team might be working in the library next to a student working on his bio physics exam. By creating opportunities for collaboration between a variety of disciplines, experiences and backgrounds, STEPS will foster a culture of collaboration, mentorship and innovation working towards | 385 |
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Christmas in Hawaii, The Lava Edition: The Big Island
On January 2, 2019 January 1, 2019 By martayaki
After a fantastic five days on Kauai, we hopped on a one-hour flight to the Big Island of Hawaii. We started in Kona, the city on the perpetually-sunny western coast famous for its coffee, sunsets, and Ironman competition.
Mark's youngest brother Marshall moved to Hawaii this summer from Washington state. Though he now lives in Hilo on the Big Island's rainy eastern coast, he lived in Kona for several years. He drove over to meet us, and we enjoyed a sunset visit to one of his favorite surfing beaches.
The next day we headed out to a nearby exotic animal rescue, Three Ring Ranch. The caretaker Ann Goody told us about her resident zebra, monkeys, birds, turtles, bison, and other animals. While she spoke she noticed cues from one of the monkeys, then declared that the monkey chose Marshall as his special friend. So Marshall followed Ann's instructions, greeting the monkey with the appropriate lack of eye contact, handshake, and so on. She said that the monkey will remember Marshall as one of his chosen friends even if he waits a few years to visit again.
After a great weekend in Kona, we drove across the island to Hilo.
In December 2016 we visited Hawaii and rented a house in Vacationland, a community of (surprise!) mostly vacation homes. When Kilauea erupted and the lava started flowing in May of 2018, I quickly learned that Vacationland lay in Lava Zone 1 as designated by the U.S. Geological Survey, making it the most vulnerable area to lava-related annihilation. Unfortunately the lava flowed exactly as USGS predicted, wiping out hundreds of homes. I was surprised to hear that most of those homes had no homeowners' insurance because the risk of lava damage was so high.
The following map shows the extent of the lava flow, as well as points along our visit. The location of our 2016 rental house<|fim_middle|> or thisclose photos that follow. Because, you know. Nekkid people.
Our last night, Marshall took us to a famous weekly night market in Kalapana called Uncle Robert's. With food, crafts for sale, and music, it reminded me of a Hawaiian mashup of an Asian street/night market and a weekend street market in the US. The weekly market takes place every Wednesday, and it's the social focal point for the eastern half of the Big Island. Most people within an hour's drive come several times per month.
And that's a wrap on Hawaii 2018!
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Yellow star: the location of rental house where we stayed in 2016; Blue star: the road we drove in on and accessed the lava; Green star: the road to the lighthouse at Cape Kumukahi
We drove as far as we could down Government Beach Access Road, just to the right of the bright blue star in the photo above. The road ended abruptly at a wall of lava, so we parked and joined our fellow lava tourists already on the rocks. We followed a slightly crushed-down path marked by shells and coral left behind by previous visitors.
Driving toward the lava flow on Government Beach Access Road
The end of the road, marked on the map with a blue star
As soon as we climbed up the lava, I swallowed hard and blinked back tears. It was impossible to forget the hundreds of houses entombed under this unfathomable blanket of rock. The house where we celebrated Christmas, the legendary Champagne Pond and Kapoho Tide Pools where we snorkeled. All of it just gone.
Following Hawaiian custom, earlier hikers marked the trail with light-colored shells or coral
I can't even begin to explain the power and sheer vastness of the lava field before us. The lava radiated heat as we walked across it. At first I assumed the black surface simply absorbed the sun's heat, but then I started passing blasts of warm air from below. A physical geographer who worked with the evacuation told us that the lava would stay hot for at least two years.
So remember that map above? Go ahead, scroll up. We parked at the blue star, then climbed across the tiniest little corner of the lava field to the road to Cape Kumukahi, immediately under the green star. We scrambled for a solid 15-20 minutes each way across that tiny corner of the lava field. I can't even comprehend just how much hardened lava came from the Kilauea eruption, and how little of it we could see from our vantage point.
Along the road to Cape Kumukahi Light, marked on the map further above with a green star
Steam vents in the distance perked away.
We headed back to the car and drove around to the southern edge of the lava field for our next stop. Along the way we drove over metal plates on the road just outside Leilani Estates, another subdivision affected by the lava flow. Before the lava started flowing in May 2018, cracks and steam in the road appeared right before fissures in Leilani Estates opened up. Road crews quickly patched up the cracks with those metal plates, and steam vents still bubble away along the side of the road even now. Crazy.
Near Leilani Estates, driving past roadside steam vents percolating away
While the road outside Leilani Estates "only" cracked, other roads were completely covered by lava. As soon as the lava cooled enough for road crews to get out there, the crews poured asphalt on the lava and reopened the road. We drove over those new roads on our way to our next stop, Isaac Hale Park.
We arrived at Isaac Hale Park, a state park that both survived the lava flow and experience some incredible changes. The park's boat ramp used to lead to open water, as boat ramps do. The lava flow cut off the boat ramp from the ocean, so now that ramp leads to a pool of water completely isolated from the ocean. Signs warn swimmers to stay out of the water because the lack of ocean access means that the stagnant water harbors high bacteria counts. People splashed away anyway. Ew.
The boat used to lead to the ocean, but the new wall of lava created a germy swimming hole instead
In addition to a new, bacteria-filled swimming hole, the lava created a new black sand beach.
After enjoying the rather aggressive surf there, we headed out for another, older black sand beach, Kehena. Marshall warned us in advance of its clothing-optional reputation. Hence the from-a-distance | 824 |
great idea. A couple of months ago I did a 101 level class on optimizations for our local PASS chapter. I saw the sometimes blank looks while we had the many GREAT speakers show us how to do things. But then it struck me, if it is great for me with 20+ years experience with SQL, how would I have felt if that is how I first met SQL? Intimidated and scared out of my mind most likely.
In the last 15 months I have also thought SQL as part of my company's recent college graduate training program. 4 weeks of intense training in SQL, mostly programming, but also basic index strategies etc. It's enough to get them started, if they have the aptitude it gets them down the right track. Two of them are now working as junior DBAs on teams with strong senior DBAs, 1<|fim_middle|> type of work they would do in these fields. Basically intro the path and that's it.
Interesting idea. I dropped out of college, so I definitely benefited from the unregulated and unlicensed nature of IT. I've always felt this was a great profession for second chances.
One thing though with beginner tracks is you want to go wide, because someone might think they want to be a DBA, but discover they'd rather be a dev or a sysadmin. Does your metro area have a code camp, powershell Saturday, barcamp, etc?
The PowerShell Saturday's have a beginner track. Usually Ed Wilson (The Microsoft Scripting guy) runs a few of those sessions. I think start with #SQLStarter at SQL Saturday, but also tell these guys "hey also go to these free events" If someone turns their life around with Python and Postgres instead of SQL Server, that's still a win. | is the sole DBA for his team (with me and a couple of other senior DBAs available to help him as needed). The rest are either SQL programmers or .NET programmers.
Even with graduating 20 people in the program over the last 15 months (granted, some are no longer with us for various reasons), we still have plenty of unfilled junior level SQL and .NET programmer positions.
So yes, this is needed. While I can't make it to Indy, it is something I think we need to work on for SQL Saturdays. Beginners track. Keep it simple.
Great idea, Hope! We've been thinking along the same lines for SQL Saturday Albuquerque next year. We're struggling with what to name the track; "Absolute Beginners" is the best we've come up with so far.
As far as your sessions go, there would be an awful lot to cover in a single BI session. Perhaps breaking that out into an Intro to SSRS session and an Intro to SSIS session would be ideal for absolute beginners? I'm not sure that there's a good way to make SSAS immediately accessible and useful for the complete beginner.
Thanks Chris! I don't intend for any of these sessions to get too technical. Maybe mention technologies to look further into but that's extent of it. Give them resources to dig into it. Maybe super high level tech but that's the idea. Give them an idea of | 290 |
I apologize for not having a pithy and thought-provoking post this week. I'm actually working on a couple different ideas, but was interrupted by a couple days of good prescribed fire weather. We had a long day yesterday and today looks like it'll be another.
I can at least post a few photos from our fires yesterday. We completed a fire in one of our restored prairies that will be grazed this year, and then had time to light off a small island in a nearby restored wetland.
Mardell Jasnowski lights the headfire near the end of yesterday's prescribed burn in a 2001 prairie restoration. The Nature Conservancy's Platte River Prairies, Nebraska.
Big flames from tall grass. The burned area will be grazed intensively by cattle this season while unburned areas will receive little grazing pressure.
Burn crew member Aric Ping keeps the fire inside the mowed firebreak with a high-pressure spray of water.
Fire burns on a small island in a restored wetland. The burn will encourage shorebird use this spring, suppress the growth of willow trees, and make it easier for us to find and control reed canarygrass this summer.
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Nothing smells better than your clothes after good controlled burn in the spring or fall! I miss those days!
– Do you add a surfactant to the water you used for maintaining fire lines?
– Looking forward, when you have time, to a more precise description of "grazed intensively".
Hi James, No surfactant, just high pressure. Seems to work well, though some of our partners do use surfactant. Good question on grazing. The entire restoration is 68 acres. I think the plan is to have 6 cow/calf pairs on the site from about mid-April to Sept 1. That's not very heavy, but we hope the grazing will be largely concentrated on the burned half. My hope would be that the cattle would hit the grass pretty hard but not graze most other species. The drought will affect things, of course, so we'll watch and pull the cattle out early if we need to. This is a site that we've been grazing about every other year, giving it complete rest in addition to the (mostly) rest the unburned portion gets when we do grazed it. There's a deep wetland on the site, so we're being a little more cautious about annual grazing – and it's one of multiple sites in which we're trying various grazing/rest regimes.
Very nice pics. Keep up the great work. Would like to see how the grass varies in a drought. So more pictures on this subject will be nice later on this summer.
Thanks Todd. Or you can just stop by and take a look this summer!
Are your high pressure pumps the piston type?
Dennis – no, they're diaphragm pumps. Can't draft with them, but they work great. We have 120 gal sprayers and can get through a burn with that much water most of the time, but we have water tender trucks on hand to re-fill them if needed, so don't need to draft.
Putting Ar<|fim_middle|> years and it has only escaped on us twice. Fortunately we were able to get ahead and rake a line in the timber and set a backfire.
It seems so odd for you to be burning when we, so far south and east, were stuck with snow! Really set me behind but it's gone now and, after one more chill, may be able to get to burning and seeding. Great photos, as usual.
Anxious to start burning here. The Smooth Brome and Fescues are popping up! | ic to work…. good!
We mow closely around the area to be burned and wet the area just ahead of as we start a backfire. We're too close to a big timber. Our problem is a consistent wind as we are in a valley and the wind shifts constantly so it's hard to predict the direction of the wind. We usually wait until we can get a consistent wind from one direction but they always seems to change in the valley. It is very tricky and a bit scary at times but we have managed to control it for 25 | 112 |
This dissertation works on dynamic asset pricing with heterogeneous agents. The heterogeneous agent model assumes that public information is available to<|fim_middle|> onwards, the investors in the stock market switch between two strategies more frequently than in the past. | all investors and agents. However, the agents or the investors form different beliefs and different trading strategies based on the same information. Investors keep reallocating their money between different strategies depending on their beliefs. This dissertation assumes there are two strategies in the market, namely fundamentalist and chartist strategies. A strategy with a good performance is expected to attract more investors than other strategies. Fundamentalists believe that any mispriced asset adjusts its price back to fair value. Chartists believe that the trend of deviations from fundamental values continues in the next period. This dissertation estimates the model by collecting monthly Australian stock price from 1882 to 2008. Our estimated results support that there is heterogeneity in the stock market and the model with two types of investors outperforms a homogeneous expectation model. The fractions of investors using the chartists and fundamentalists forecasting rules show substantial time variation and switching between predictors. From the 1980s | 191 |
Cereus peruvianus or Peruvian apple cactus | Care and Growing
Care of the plant Cereus peruvianus or Peruvian apple cactus
The genus Cereus, family Cactaceae, comprises 50 species of cactus native to South America. Some species are: Cereus peruvianus, Cereus haageanus, Cereus albicaulis, Cereus jamacaru, Cereus lanosus, Cereus spegazzinii.
Common names: Peruvian apple cactus, Queen of the Night, Giant club cactus, Hedge cactus. This species is native to Brazil and Venezuela.
They are fast-growing branched columnar cacti that reach 10 meters in height. The stem has 5 to 9 well-marked ribs, is bluish-green in its youth (then turns light green) and has areoles with brown spines. The very showy flowers are 16 cm in diameter, white; they open at night and in the early hours of the day. Plants over 4 years old bloom in summer.
They are used in pots for terraces and patios, as a houseplant, in cactus and succulent gardens or to form informal hedges or barriers. It's believed that it absorbs electromagnetic radiation and is located next to the computer screen.
Cereus peruvianus prefers full sun exposure although it can grow in semi-shade or indoors near a window. Do not expose it to temperatures below 7 ºC. A winter rest at 10-12 ºC is advisable.
It's important that the soil is well drained (they tend to rot the roots); use a mixture, in equal parts, of topsoil, coarse sand and peat moss. The pot transplant is<|fim_middle|>us
Cereus hidmannianus | done in early spring.
Water moderately in spring and summer, waiting for the soil to dry out. In autumn, reduce the risks until they are eliminated in winter.
Fertilize with cactus and succulent fertilizer once a month in spring and summer and with organic matter in early spring.
The main enemies are excess moisture, flat mealybugs, and root mealybugs.
They propagate in a simple way by seeds sown in spring in a seedbed with a sandy substrate rich in organic matter; also by cuttings in spring or summer.
Images of the plant Cereus peruvianus or Peruvian apple cactus
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Here are two of the most frequent questions we get from new customers: "Should I get the steam bent wheel hoe handles or the pistol grip wheel hoe handles?" and "Should I get the standard wheel hoe handles or the junior wheel hoe handles?" So, there's two separate issues to cover here — handle styles and the height adjustment of the handles. We'll start with the handle styles.
We have two different styles of hardwood, ash handles for our Wheel Hoes — steam bent and pistol grip. The pistol grip handles have a wide block at the end that fits in the palm of your hand with your fingers wrapping around like the block like you are gripping a "pistol." This type of handle was the preferred design in the late 1800s and early 1900s when Wheel Hoes were the preferred tool for all farmers — not just market<|fim_middle|> are bent and formed by an Amish group in Ohio who uses a very detailed and unique heating and bending process. In the early 1900s when pistol grips were most popular, the steam bent handles were actually an up-charge option on the Planet Jr. Wheel Hoes.
So which is best? Nowadays most people prefer the steam bent handles because it's easier to wrap your hands around them. They're also easier to grip when performing a forward and backward shuffling motion of weeding or cultivating, such as is done with our Oscillating Hoes. The pistol grip handles work great when the Wheel Hoe is being continuously pushed forward down the row, such as is done when using the Plow attachments. It's really about personal preference. If you're just using it to make furrows and hill with the Plows, the pistol grips might be best for you. If you're going to shuffle the hoe down the row like has traditionally been done, then the steam bent handles are probably best.
We also have two different lengths of handles — a standard handle (Single and Double Wheel Hoe) and a Junior Wheel Hoe handle. The Junior Wheel Hoe handles are the same steam bent handles included with the Single and Double Wheel Hoe, except they have 10″ cut off the end. In the location on the Wheel Hoe frame where the handles attach, you will notice that the top bolt hole is slotted. This slotted hole allows you to adjust the handles up or down depending on your height. Simply loosen that nut on each side, move the handles to the desired height and tighten the nut.
For the standard wheel hoe handles included with the Single Wheel Hoe and Double Wheel Hoe, the range of height adjustment is 38″ to 45″ from the ground to the tallest point on the handles. For the Junior Wheel Hoe handles, the range of height adjustment is 33″ to 39″ from the ground to the tallest point on the handles. As with handle style, handle height is also a matter of personal preference. Some people push the Wheel Hoe using more leg strength than arm strength, and so they prefer the handles lower on the hip. However, some people push the Wheel Hoe using their upper body more than their legs, and so they prefer the handles higher above the hip. | farmers and backyard gardeners.
The steam bent handles have a curved end that's not as thick as the pistol grip handles. The ends of the steam bent handles | 32 |
"Our vision for Cafe Nemo was to introduce a mixed, progressive cuisine— we like to label it 'agnostic' with Asian influences," Anup Gandhi says. After having launched Bonobo (a restobar at Bandra) and Jamjar Diner (at Versova), Gandhi and partners, Nevil and Sahil Timbadia, launched Cafe Nemo in August 2014. A dynamic eatery, it had enough quirkiness to keep all interests up and a food-and-drinks menu catering to the tastes of diners who, in Gandhi's words, "are well-travelled now and have better awareness about global food standards and cuisines".
Tucked away into the otherwise unexplored corners of Worli village, Cafe Nemo derives its name from the adventures of Captain Nemo aboard his submarine Nautilus in Jules Verne's book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Indeed, a spirit of adventure is what beckons you the moment you step into the cafe's gallery-like whimsical space, housed in a 4,500 sq-ft bungalow. The interiors are done in shades of stark black and white, juxtaposed with bright yellow walls. Gandhi says, "While the idea was to keep the mood fun and playful, we also wanted to ensure that the interiors didn't take the focus away from our progressive menu." The first room has large windows at one end to let in bright sunlight, monochrome furniture and a wall that displays the brushes used in the fit-out with a bright yellow paint drip. In the second room, what grabs your attention is the chessboard-like flooring and an origami art installation on a wall panelled with small hooks from which hang either origami boats [created by a student from the Sir J J Institute of Applied Art], or tiny black pebbles, flowers or feathers. The bar area sports chalk art created by artists brought in from Gujarat. The last room is an acoustically-insulated space for gigs and private parties.
"At Ankit's house, the smell of delicious food was omnipresent. His mother's family had come to Bombay [Mumbai] from Burma [Myanmar] decades ago, and the tantalising aroma of Khow Suey, that mouth-watering concoction of noodles, spicy<|fim_middle|>." The decor at the 2,500 sq-ft space at Andheri is minimalist, classic yet grungy, with artworks and installations. Wooden crate lamp shades with yellow old-school bulbs hang in the room and the plush leather armchairs in the lounge area, together with the low lighting and the bare brick walls lend it an industrial, warehouse-style feel. | curry and lots of toppings, was my favourite during parties there," says Chirag Chhajer. Chhajer, 27, and Ankit Gupta, 28, are owners of Burma Burma, a 60-seat eatery at Fort, Mumbai, that's been creating waves with its vegetarian takes on all foods Burmese since May 2014.
The inconspicuous entrance of Burma Burma, with two dolls—similar to the Russian Matryoshka doll—mounted on either side, leads the diner through to a 1,600 sq-ft space. According to Gupta, "We commissioned interior designer Minnie Bhatt [who's also done up Silver Beach Café and Nom Nom, Versova] to transform the interiors with a modern-day Burma inspired look and feel, keeping it contemporary yet subtle and restricted to a minimalist look." Spanning a side of the seating area is a moulded wall designed and built by students of Sir J J Institute of Applied Art depicting Buddhist pagodas. A row of 18 wooden, brightly-painted prayer wheels form the centrepiece here. Another wall has been inscribed with a traditional Burmese prayer. Authentic Burmese parasols in vibrant colours, sourced from Mandalay, Myanmar, descend from the ceiling. The parasols are handmade using bamboo and cotton, then hand-painted and lacquered so that they can stand up to sunshine and rain. And while sunshine and rain is not what you would find here, these brightly coloured pieces do seem like clouds floating above the tables.
When Yasho Sonthalia and Abhishek Goyal opened Bóveda in 2013, they wanted to provide guests an experience similar to what well-heeled clientele enjoy in pubs abroad. Sonthalia, who spent five years in Singapore, says, "The whole idea of opening our own restaurant came to us in Singapore; Abhishek and I were students there, and would often go out to party. Each time we came to Mumbai for a vacation, we couldn't find places with innovative cuisines, eclectic drinks or lounge music." And so the duo set about to launch a chic restobar with daily-themed music nights and a relaxed, unpretentious atmosphere.
What does 'Bóveda' mean? Goyal explains, "Bóveda is 'vault' in Spanish. While planning the menu, our executive chef Saqib Duggal came up with interesting ideas of Spanish dishes. So we thought 'why not start a Spanish-themed restobar'?" Sonthalia says, "We wanted the place to look like an old vault so that one feels secure and cut-off from the world | 555 |
Your Queen Is A Reptile, the new release from Sons Of Kemet, is ferocious. This tightly crafted album is an apparatus for robust political dialogue, as band-leader and composer Shabaka Hutchings weaves a narrative of revisionist black history. Addressing the British Monarchy, the Sons reject the notion that some are born better, and the idolatry of the British Queen. Instead, Hutchings here presents an alternative: his own Queens.
With their inclusion of rap and elements of dub, it is easy to see why Hutchings and the Sons Of Kemet are feted well beyond the contemporary jazz scene. The unique instrumentation, cross-genre exploration and agile thematic expression are bracing. It makes you want to dance, mourn and hold a political protest all at once, and it seems entirely fitting that for their third album, the group has joined the legendary label Impulse, known for names such as Charles Mingus, John Coltrane and Pharaoh Sanders, creators who reaped benefits from fearless experimentation.
As well as featuring Hutchings on clarinet and saxophone, Sons Of Kemet includes Theon Cross on tuba and both Tom Skinner and Eddie Hick on drums. Poet and lyricist Joshua Idehen adds vocals to the record, as does Congo Natty. This impressive group of musicians make the most of their collective force, with acrobatic interplay.
The scope of ambition shown in Your Queen Is A Reptile is monumental,<|fim_middle|> composition. The result is a highly listenable album with an audibly beating heart, which deserves to be played so loudly that the neighbours complain. | and yet it does not at weigh down the boisterous musicality of Hutchings' compositions. It is not just the textual qualities of the record which speak of an uprising, but the sonic qualities as well. Hutchings said: "I see one of the primary roles of music as being a vessel for the articulation of sentiments which we fall short of semantic tools to express." A heavily textured mix of influences, from Rastafarian vibes to African beats and jazz patterns, Your Queen Is A Reptile is musically quite happy to turn tradition on its head.
Its sprawling rhythms and rich melodies are a heady combination which leave the listener on unsure footing. Given that the record's central aim seems to be moral and social unrest, this philosophy is carried well throughout the tunes. Skinner and Hick are a double drum act to be reckoned with; high-energy and urgent, with not so much as a beat out of place. Cross's tuba adds a distinctive, often pleasantly disorientating layer. This is the perfect place for Hutchings' rich and sultry saxophone solos to be heard in all their full-throated glory, particularly on My Queen Is Harriet Tubman and My Queen Is Albertina Sisulu, as Hutchings and company showcase their immense and varied talents with zealous polyrhythms and deft interaction.
Throughout Your Queen Is A Reptile, thundering drum solos and rapid tempos are tempered by Caribbean beats and carefully constrained | 301 |
Luke Strong admits he had to live up to his name after being crushed when he failed to make the British Olympic team in London.
The trampoline gymnast may only be 21 but he's already had a lifetime of overcoming adversity.
As a 15-year he was told he would probably lose his leg after a devastating training injury but recovered to put himself in contention for the 2012 Games, only to miss the qualifying standard by a tenth of a point.
He then broke the leg he nearly lost before recovering again to win bronze at last year's European Championship, becoming the first British medallist at the event in 32 years.
<|fim_middle|> routine and finished ahead of some well established athletes." | And that's form which makes the Liverpudlian one to watch at the European Games in Baku.
"Being so close to making London 2012 was obviously heartbreaking and it's definitely always in the back of my mind," said Strong.
"It would have been amazing to be at a home Games but everything happens for a reason.
"It definitely pushes me every day at the gym through the hard days to come back and hopefully make Rio."
Strong claims he has blocked out the memories of the training accident that nearly proved life changing and credits long-time coach Jay Scouler for keeping him focussed.
"It happened ages ago and I'm fit and fine now," he added.
However, Scouler - a member of the Team GB coaching staff in Baku - admits the memory of that day is still vivid for him.
"His injury was the worst I've ever experienced with one of my athletes, the doctors were talking about amputation," he said.
"Sometimes when young people have an injury like that they don't have the drive or ambition to keep pushing forward but I had to slow Luke down with his recovery.
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Over the last eight years RUSK & RUSK has opened some of Scotland's most loved dining spaces in The Butchershop Bar & Grill, Hutchesons City Grill, The 158 Club Lounge and most recently The Spanish Butcher, cultivating a reputation as a leading light in the UK hospitality scene. With a passion for design, creativity and pushing<|fim_middle|> business in their absence. The AGM will be responsible for a number of back office duties, from completing rota's to conducting interviews and maintaining an up-to-date and organised staff database. | the boundaries of innovation within our industry, the RUSK & RUSK venues are well turned out, individual, full of personality and quality driven; with awards ranging from Best Restaurant to Scotland's Most Stylish Restaurant, we are group whose prime ambition is to make people feel great, and we love what we do!
The Assistant General Manager is one of the key lynchpins of the business. You will support the General Manager in the day-to-day operation, whether leading the floor team for restaurant service or aiding in the completion of daily, weekly & monthly reporting and admin tasks; stepping in and taking the reins go the | 126 |
LUCAMA, NC – Colt James once again dominated in the Fast Five Pro<|fim_middle|> to win. Often time, James and 'The Little Team That Could' had to battle against Super Late Model titans such as Casey Roderick and Bradley McCaskill, as well as rising stars – including Will Bristle, Mason Diaz, Hailie Deegan and Giovanni Bromante, among others.
Next season, James hopes to continue racing at Southern National while also traveling around the region.
James won four out of the five races run for the Fast Five Pro Late Model Series at Southern National Motorsports Park. His worst finish was a third place finish in a race in October. | Late Model Series, winning all but one race en route to his second consecutive division championship.
The 34-year-old driver who hails from Buda, Texas began his reign last year when he closed out the season with five consecutive wins. This season, he picked up right where he left off, winning race after race after race. It was not until October that James' winning streak came to an end, and after losing one race in a twinbill, he responded with a victory in the second race – clinching the division championship.
James is a blue-collar racer with a low budget operation. His red no. 15, often seen at the front of the pack, was always the predominant threat | 143 |
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Omnicom Buys Jump 450, Enhances Performance Media Offering
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General Motors Plans to Double Revenue by 2030 — Report | media services division Omnicom Media Group (OMG) has acquired New York-based, Jump 450 Media, a performance marketing agency. Shares closed at $75.24 on October 6.
Omnicom Group is a global media, marketing, and corporate communications holding company. With a market cap of $16.13 billion, shares have gained 44.3% over the past year. (See Omnicom Group stock charts on TipRanks)
Founded less than a decade ago, Jump 450 Media has created a name for itself as one of the best places to work and has won several awards over the years. The company aims to provide best in class performance marketing services and focuses on customer acquisition for high-growth and enterprise clients in industries like consumer, health and wellness, gaming, and fintech. Furthermore, the company utilizes algorithmic scaling strategies, rapid creative testing, and robust data analytics to optimize its clients' digital media spend.
Commenting on the deal, Daryl Simm, Global Chairman and CEO of OMC, said, "Jump's focus on pure performance marketing and e-commerce media will add a distinct set of capabilities to OMG's existing performance media offerings…Their performance and transformation expertise will amplify impact for high-growth and outcomes-focused clients. We are thrilled to welcome such an entrepreneurial team of leaders and talented professionals."
Recently, J.P. Morgan analyst Alexia Quadrani lifted the price target on the stock to $93 (23.6% upside potential) from $90 while maintaining a Buy rating.
OMC is scheduled to report its Q3FY21 earnings on October 19, before which Quadrani has raised the company's organic growth estimates. Based on the Channel checks and read-throughs from media peers, the analyst noted that the advertising market is witnessing strong growth that will benefit the industry due to significant lifestyle and work changes by consumers. She goes on to state that the Delta variant will not have any material impact on advertising demand.
Overall, the stock has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on 3 Buys and 1 Sell. The average Omnicom Group price target of $89.25 implies 18.6% upside potential to current levels.
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General manager of the adidas Y<|fim_middle|> – you'd expect an adi executive to do that, right? He also took to Twitter to defend Stormzy's 350s V2s. It was definitely a long and prosperous tenure.
'Wex' is yet to announce what his next steps will be, but the sneaker world will be watching intently.
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Now ReadingJon Wexler Has Left adidas and Yeezy | eezy line, Jon Wexler, has finished up with the brand. It's been confirmed his last day with adidas was on August 31, and the long-time marketer just took to Instagram to announce his departure from the Three Stripes.
Wexler worked a combined 18 years at adidas, starting all the way back in 2000. Before his last role as Yeezy GM, he was instrumental in pioneering collaborations with Kanye West, Pharrell, and Beyonce as vice president of global entertainment and influencer marketing.
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Best Ultrabook 2017 – The 10 Winners Might Surprise You!
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(Updated September, 2017) Are you searching for the Best Ultrabook Under 1000 or even the Best Ultrabooks Under 500? We started this with our Best Ultrabook 2015 and have been reviewing and re-checking a couple of times a year since then! So if you're considering an ultrabook, check out this year's list of the Best Ultrabooks 2017 for all budgets and price points.
The term "ultrabook" is not new in the tech field. In the last few years, massive changes in technology paved the way for fast and high-quality ultrabooks that are available at incredibly affordable prices. In recent years, we have seen laptop brands introduce technology-compliant gadgets—faster in performance and smaller in size.
Intel has been at the forefront of producing incredibly slim, low-voltage processors and battery friendly laptops. Interestingly, ultrabooks were previously known as CULV laptops (Consumer ultra-low voltage processors), but was later changed to "ultrabooks" to heighten the appeal. Personally, I think that change was for the best! What about you?
So, What Exactly is an Ultrabook?
An ultrabook is a thin, lightweight laptop that functions as a traditional laptop without as much hardware. While technology continues to develop and alter the specifications for ultrabooks, generally, for laptops to qualify as ultrabooks, they need to have the following key features:
A frame that is less than 0.83 inches
A low-voltage Intel Core processor
Quick boot times (Rapid Start technology)
Minimum five hours of battery life
In recent years, touch screens have become more elaborate in ultrabook specifications. With the launch of Windows 10, all 2017 ultrabooks equipped with Windows 8 or 10 will have enhanced touch screens. The touch technology has allowed Intel to focus on its ultrabooks functioning as detachable tablets and hybrid laptops. The introduction of hybrid models have elicited mixed reactions, but more hybrid styles are being produced and launched nonetheless.
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Which Ultrabook Should I Buy?
Like any computer or electronic decision, that depends on your needs and requirements. If you are looking to get the most out of your investment, here are a few of the ultrabook's key features:
An ultrabook is much lighter than most laptops and is easier to travel with. They usually weigh in at around 3lbs or less and are generally under 1 inch in thickness.
Women, take note! Ultrabooks are sleek enough to fit in handbags, such as totes, when on the move.
Ultrabooks tend to have fantastic battery life. In general, most ultrabooks will last 8 hours on a single charge, allowing you to work a full day without charging. Check out our post on Laptops with Best Battery Life for more information.
An ultrabook is like having a tablet with the benefits of a laptop.
Ultrabooks offer high-security identity protection and anti-theft technology. The anti-theft technology allows you to cut off data access no matter where you are located.
Newer models use processors that are energy-efficient and faster than processors found in traditional laptops. Ultrabooks come loaded with SSD drives, so you no longer have to wait for the operating system to load.
Intel and other ultrabook manufacturers have been working hard to make ultrabooks more affordable, and they are coming in at under $1,000. The price drop, however, is achieved by changing the configurations and specs of the ultrabook. For high-end and top-quality specifications, you will likely spend at least $1,000 for some models.
There are plenty of ultrabooks to choose from and more than enough 2017 reviews to help you find the best ultrabook, whether you need it for business or pleasure. Ultrabook processors Intel Core i3, Core<|fim_middle|> you appreciate stylish gadgets and want to appear trendy and don't mind fewer performance capabilities, the Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro is an ideal choice. Lenovo is a flagship ultrabook brand and is capable of comfortably handling a wide variety of tasks. Its sleek, ultra-thin design and new metallic hinge are loved by many who use this ultrabook.
What makes Yoga 3 Pro feature on our list as the best ultrabook under 1000? It has an excellent case considering its multi-purpose abilities. No doubt, this is one of the slimmest and lightest Windows laptops.
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When it launched in late 2013, the Yoga 2 Pro was considered the best convertible ultrabook at that time and has been on our list since our best ultrabooks 2015 review was done!
It has been described as having a sleek with an impressive QHD+ display. Yoga 3 Pro's features include a striking watchband hinge that has been designed from over 800 individual pieces of aluminum steel, according to Lenovo comments.
The only downside of the Yoga 3 Pro is its battery life, which is shorter compared to its peers. Also, the absence of 802.11ac Wi-Fi opens up room to make changes and solve these pitfalls. With the two issues resolved, Lenovo is set for good times ahead with this fine ultrabook.
It is also capable of transforming positions depending on how you intend to use it. Since its introduction, the Yoga 3 Pro has performed well in the market. Priced under $1,000, this is a tech toy to consider.
Toshiba Satellite U925T – Best Ultrabook Under 500
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Toshiba has become one of the leading electronics manufacturers in recent years. Toshiba ultrabooks are of high quality and performance within the best ultrabook options. The Toshiba Satellite U925T is the second-generation of Toshiba's ultrabook line, that is replacing a couple of past models. This ultrabook has a 13.3 inch HD, an LED back lit display and is powered by the Windows 8 Operating System.
It also comes with 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5 processor, 6 GB DDR3 RAM, 128 GB SDD storage, IntelHD Graphics 4000 and 5.5 hours of battery life for a user-friendly experience. And with the touch screen it becomes an even more versatile tool to have!
Acer Aspire S7 – Best Touchscreen Ultrabook
Acer has undoubtedly worked hard to upgrade its laptops to keep up with high-end, luxury products. The Acer Aspire S7 is a luxury laptop characterized with a super sharp QHD display. Hyper HD content is enabled thanks to its 2560 x 1440 that performs excellently when used even on a wireless network. Because of this the ultrabook's 2016 text and images look splendid which only enhances the feel and sophistication of the device.
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The build quality of this ultrabook is spacious and eye-catching. The Acer Aspire S7 has a Gorilla Glass frame is paired with a snappy keyboard and electro-luminescent lighting. The Acer Aspire S7's price has it fitting in the best ultrabooks under 1000 and everyone who has used it before agrees it has been built and designed for the modern day user. There are so many things this ultrabook has that you will love; premium specs, fine typing experience and a cutting edge build.
The Aspire S7 needed very little in terms of upgrading. When it first came out, Acer came pretty close to a Windows 8 dream machine because of its slim and gorgeous feel.
Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus – Best Ultrabook Under 1500
For a long time, Samsung has been well respected in the tech industry. In fact, it was indeed one of the pioneer manufacturers to venture into the production of ultrabooks. No doubt, Samsung has no doubt done Intel a lot of proud.
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Samsung Ultrabook, Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus is the new baby Samsung is relying on to appeal to the market. With a price tag of $ 1, 399, the firm hopes that the abilities of this ultrabook will appeal to modern day tech enthusiasts. Its amazing capabilities qualify it as one of the best 2016 ultrabooks.
If you love wonderfully slim gadgets, Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus has been well crafted with a shiny striking appearance and an all aluminum chassis. This ultrabook has a plain black exterior which together with its premium price tag, is classified more as a business laptop. Contrary to Windows Ultrabooks, Ativ comes with Haswell, a new fourth-generation processor developed by Intel similarly to 2013 Macbook Air.
The Samsung Ativ Book 9 is cute and users love it because of its extended battery life (11 hours). The Ativ is extremely thin with only 13.6mm. When you lift the lid, you get to discover that it's really a good bargain for all that's included within.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon – Best Ultrabook for College
If you're looking for exciting, premium ultrabooks, don't forget to check out Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon. This is an ideal choice especially if you're looking for a laptop for business purposes. (Yet another contender in our Best Business Ultrabooks list.)
For those who pay a lot of attention to aesthetics, the brand new design is tastefully equipped with a host of ultrabook features all packed into this magnificent piece of hardware. Business users are definitely set to have great times thanks to all the modern features packed in this piece of hardware.
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Undoubtedly, this Lenovo's beauty and super slim design makes it one of the Best Ultrabooks of 2016. The adaptive keys add to the superior functionality of the laptop and ensure that the limited amount of space is thoroughly utilized while not compromising attractiveness of the gadget. If you thought the MacBook Pro was the ultimate slim, lightweight gadget, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is a worthy competitor.
Acer Aspire Touchscreen Ultrabook – Best Ultrabooks Under 1000
The Acer Aspire Touchscreen Ultrabook is slim, tough, and light. It features a 4th generation Intel i7 processor and has up to 7 hours of battery life. The keyboard auto-illuminates for comfortable use in dim settings, while the Acer TwinAir cooling makes this Ultrabook a pleasure to hold. The cover is made from Gorilla Glass 2, so it's thin, light, scratch resistant, easy to clean, strong, and beautiful. From the look to the feeling, every aspect of the Aspire S7 is designed with cutting-edge technology for a better touch experience.
The patented Dual-Torque Hinge makes it easy to open the Aspire S7 lid with just one hand and keeps the display wobble-free against finger-touch force for excellent touchscreen use. It also allows the display to open completely flat for better sharing and collaboration.
13.3″ Full HD widescreen CineCrystal™ LED-backlit display: (1920 x 1080) resolution; 16:9 aspect ratio
4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4500U Processor 1.8GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.0GHz
Intel® HD Graphics 4400 with 128MB of dedicated system memory
8GB DDR3 Memory
256GB SSD drive in RAID 0 configuration
Digital Media Card Reader – Secure Digital® (SD)
Razer Blade Stealth – Best Ultrabook For Gaming
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When anyone thinks about Razer, the first thing that pops in their mind is gaming. Over the years, Razer laptops and ultrabooks have established a reputation among gamers and the Razer Blade Stealth is a fine proof of why they are so highly regarded.
With a 13.3-inch gorgeous display that provides up to QHD+ 3200 x 1800 touch enabled display, this ultrabook is worth every penny. The Razer Blade Stealth has everything you can need in a gaming ultrabook, including a 7th generation Intel i7 processor and a powerful graphics card! The downside is this product quickly heats, so you'll have to buy a cooling pad if you plan on high-end gaming.
HP Spectre x360 – Best Business Ultrabook
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If you're looking for the Best Business Ultrabook, then the HP Spectre x360 is definitely worth your time! The HP Spectre x360 is a 2-in-1 touch screen laptop that is equally as good for college, business and gaming. Its elegant and professional look add to the high-end performance. Powered by a 7th generation Intel Core i7-7500U mobile processor and has 16GB of DDR4 Ram, the HP Spectre x360 is an ideal option for design and medical students as well. For gamers, this 2-in-1 Ultrabook has a 15.6″ 4K Ultra HD touch screen along with a NVIDIA GeForce 940MX graphics for high-end gaming performance!
Acer Swift 7 – Best Ultrabook Under 1500
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Acer Swift 7 is the slimmest laptop on the list and offers amazing performance but it faces the same issues as many other slim ultrabooks — lack of ports but if you want high portability with functionality than the Acer Swift 7 is your best bet. Though it only has a pair of USB-C twins alone, the Acer Swift 7 makes up for it with its high-end performance thanks to a 7th Generation Intel Core i7-7Y75 Processor.
Even with it having a display that is only 1080p in resolution but the quality and pixel density deliver a truly stunning video and multimedia experience.
Huawei Matebook X – Best Ultrabook For The Money
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If you're looking for an Ultrabook that's similar to a MacBook but has what you need for gaming, then Huawei Matebook X is definitely worth your time. This is one of the few Huawei laptops and ultrabooks that are mainstream which is awesome, especially due to the fact that it looks gorgeous and offers a great value for price (latest price check shows this fits our Best Laptops Under 1000 category). With a stunning 13-inch screen as well as a 2K display, watching videos and other multimedia will be a genuine pleasure. Thanks to the 7th Generation Intel i5 Processor coupled with Intel HD Graphics, this ultrabook can run most MMO games at high setting as well as being a must have for college students that don't have enough budget to buy a professional gaming laptop.
If you're planning to go shopping for one of the 2017 ultrabooks that not only portrays top style and sophistication, the above list can definitely make it a lot easier to eliminate those you aren't interested in! However, the list is not exhaustive, because every week we have new brands and models coming on the market. One of the most important things to consider when shopping for your choice within the category of the top ultrabooks 2017 is to carefully examine the features and see whether they meet your specifications.
Also, the price range says a lot about the quality and type of features you will find in this list of the Best ultrabooks 2016. Before making your final decisions, do a bit of research and compare market prices of different products to make the best decision for you!
Best Ultrabooks 2015 & Best Ultrabooks 2016 – No Longer Available Models
HP Spectre XT TouchSmart UltraBook
Source: Amazon.com
HP is known for its perfect hardware quality and amazing ultra books. HP Spectre XT TouchSmart UltraBook is 15.6 inch, Touch screen and it's powered by Windows 8 operating system.
When it comes to performance, it features a 1.9 GHz Intel Core i7 – 3517U processor and 8 GB DDR3 RAM. It also includes 500 GB with 5400 rpm HDD and in additional 32 GB SDD which ensures that the data which you store in 32 GB SDD be safe. HP Spectre XT UltraBook battery life is around 6 hours which is almost double life of available notebooks in the market. While we loved it on our best ultrabooks for 2015 list, it's been "retired" now, though you can occasionally find used or refurbished ones.
Asus UX31
This was one of the most anticipated gadgets to come around in awhile and it is finally here! This ultrabook has very impressive features that are discussed in detail below.
The best thing about this ultrabook is the resolution which is a very impressive 1600 x 1900 and with this cool screen you can actually edit two different documents on a single screen.
• The specs include Windows 7(64 bit), Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi b/g/n, HDMI and mini VGA
This ultrabook is quite expensive when compared to some of its competitors. It is priced at approx $1500. In spite of the steep price point, this ultrabook has sold quite well due to its features and technology.
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Best Ultrabook Reviews – Best Ultrabook for the Money
Which ultrabooks are listed on our best of 2017? Every brand wants to be on this list! For newer models, expect to spend between $700 and $ 1,500.
Below are our selections for the Best Ultrabooks of 2017. We've made sure all our choices are loaded with the best features in the market to make your search that much easier.
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Dell XPS 13 2015 version is one of the finest ultrabooks seen since its introduction. It is impressively thin and lightweight. The 2015 model surprised many because, even though it's a 13.3-inch notebook, it looks like an 11-inch machine (and the 2017 ultrabooks are even better).
Aside from its sleek design, this laptop has a superior horsepower that makes work and play worth every moment. Another impressive feature is its long battery life. It doesn't matter whether you want the full HD model or the touch screen quad HD+ version, the Dell XPS 13 is an excellent choice for anyone who loves well-performing technology.
If you're planning to spend on an attractive, portable and top-performance laptop, the Dell XPS, with its revolutionary design, sleek display, and lightweight chassis, has completely shifted the goalposts in laptop technologies. The XPS 13 2015 is easy to spot; its silver color and aluminum exterior resemble the MacBook Air both in durability and sheen. Reviews about the XPS 13 agree that its resistant to scratches, smudges and fingerprints.
The XPS 13 is 15mm tall (0.6 inches), 7.88 (200mm) long and 11.98 inches wide. It's definitely slimmer when compared to other models. For instance, it's 0.17 inches shorter and one inch shallower than Yoga 3 Pro. In relation to Asus Zenbook, it is one inch shallower and slimmer.
If you appreciate style and treasure portability, the XPS 13 is a smart choice. Users can enjoy high-tech features; this laptop has been built with precision and a keen eye for modern technology trends.
Asus ZenBook UX 305 – Best Ultrabook for College
For those who've managed to read and interact with 2016 & 2015 ultrabook reviews, you will agree that the Asus UX305 is a flawless and highly sophisticated gadget that deserves all the praise that it has been getting. If you love metal gadgets, Asus ZenBook is fully metallic which gives it an edgy and sophisticated look. The laptop is lightweight and one can comfortably carry it around and multitask comfortably and seamlessly. A lot of users find the ZenBook UX305 simple and convenient for task execution.
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It doesn't matter whether you love browsing the web, editing images or watching movies, all these features are available to ensure users obtain maximum benefit. This machine is also associated with excellent battery capabilities despite the fact that it's a 1080p display. The most notable thing about UX305 is the friendly price tag considering the high level of technology that has been used to design and build the laptop specifically for mobile computing purposes.
The recent pricing averages under $700 for a full metal ultrabook, 256GB SSD to boot plus an exemplary complete HD display. According to a 2016 ultrabook review, even though it might not top technology innovation when compared to other high-tech gadgets, it is the best for buyers on a tight budget and doesn't disappoint.
13-inch laptops are shrinking daily drawing wider comparisons between small laptops and ultrabooks. There is a mad rush to manufacture slimmer and light gadgets that are appealing to users and therefore there's a demand to design and manufacture compact systems. Asus has followed this call emulating Dell which unveiled XPS 13 that reduced the sizes of a 13-inch laptop to an 11-inch frame and Lenovo's LaVie Z whose weight is similar to that of an iPad. With Asus ZenBook UX305, it is right to say the principles of designing thin 2016 ultrabooks have been put into practice.
With a price tag of under 700 dollars when we checked, the Asus ZenBook is definitely cheaper than other premium ultrabooks for 2017 like the Acer Aspire S7 listed below. No doubt, this machine has managed to perfectly balance both affordability and luxury.
Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro – Best Ultrabook Under 1000
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Homecoming/Family Weekend 2015 is right around the corner!
Cazenovia College invites students, families and alums to join us on campus October 2-4, 2015 for<|fim_middle|>end. | Homecoming/Family Weekend. Register by September 25 to enjoy a fun-filled weekend with wagon rides through Cazenovia, athletic events, Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and so much more!
The festivities start Friday and continue through Sunday with an exciting mix of events including a performance by Robert Channing, the world's foremost mind reader; the Fall Harvest Celebration at Critz Farms; Wildcat BINGO; horse-drawn wagon rides around the village of Cazenovia, and hilarious stand-up comedy with David Ferrell.
Plan to cheer on our student athletes at Jamesville Beach on Saturday morning for the Cross Country Homecoming Invitational or head up to the Schneeweiss Athletic Complex on Sunday afternoon when our men's and women's soccer teams will take on Penn Tech.
Be sure to join us in celebrating the accomplishments of our alumni athletes on Saturday evening at the Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honoring Aaron Vaber '02, Brian Krux '03, and Jessica Custer McNabney '05.
For the complete schedule of events and registration information visit www.cazenovia.edu/homecomingfamilyweek | 231 |
It started off strongly with beautifully structured pieces, yet<|fim_middle|> started off with a tartan square neck dress, a jarring departure from the brown pleated coat that was just shown before. "The second part was very me, what I have inside, just crazy. It's a little bit of Scottish Highlander and Tudor-y," Alaverdian said. | arced off into a poorly developed story line when creative designer Natalia Alaverdian split her collection into three different narratives. In the first chapter, which was reminiscent of Phoebe Philo's Celine, neutral palettes and chic silhouettes highlighted the designer's deft hand at tailoring.
Skirts were cut asymmetrically and held together by a deconstructed waistband and these pieces were shown in a variation of black leather, grey wool and beige cotton options. Leather looks stole the show, a pair of high-waisted trousers stood out sharply and elsewhere, a high-shine skirt ensemble popped.
Just as suddenly as it started, the music stopped and the stage was plunged into darkness with many wondering if Alaverdian had presented a very short yet sweet collection – which would have been ideal.
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My first memory of seeing Carleen Anderson speak was on a short piece of music news reportage circa 1990, which was also the last time England reached a World Cup semi final in football, but more importantly it was at the height of London's Acid Jazz scene. She was interviewed as the lead singer of über influential Talkin' Loud label group The Young Disciples.
As the daughter of soul singer Vicki Anderson, and the God-daughter of James Brown – yes that James Brown – she added a kudos and credibility to what was an already incredibly hip scene. DJ Gilles Peterson, Mother Earth, Corduroy, Omar, The Brand New Heavies, The K Creative and Jamiroquai – whom I saw playing upstairs at London's Imperial College for only £2 a couple of years later – were all a part of the scene. There was only one album from the Young Disciples, even though plaudits were free flowing and the<|fim_middle|>3 piece – works through some serious grooves. The crowd are already warm by the time they drop their version of Stevie Wonder's Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing, before moving breezily through As from his Songs In The Key Of Life set. It's when the band are fronted by the diminutive but powerful Soulstress Anderson that things really crackle though. Her appearance is preceded by a story from Bluey where he reminisces about being played The Young Disciples, Road To Freedom set in Gilles Peterson's office at Talkin' Loud… "In my head I said oh sh*t, but my heart said, oh wow!" They tear through the classic Apparently Nothing, and the voice has lost none of its impact, with lyrics such as 'what have we learned from history' resonating just as powerfully as ever. Bluey is so impressed with the live take he proclaims "Apparently Everything!" as a compliment when it ends. Carleen Anderson then sits on keys to play All that glitters ain't gold from her Cage Street Memorial set, backed by the full band. A number of female vocalists take the lead before and after Anderson's set surprising the audience with an eclectic mix, which includes a cover of Christopher Cross's Ride Like The Wind. Incognito continue to call the tune long into the July summers night, reminding the audience of their pedigree and longevity. They represent so much of what is best about London's music scene, and Camden's Roundhouse homecoming felt like they'd come full circle. | first ever Mercury music prize followed in 1992.
A solo career then came for Anderson, with self penned tunes including Mama Said, collaborations with artists such as Paul Weller (she appears angelically on the song Wings of Speed, a highlight of his Stanley Road set) and some memorable covers, such as her version of Donny Hathaway's A Song For You. Her latest project and seventh solo album, The Cage Street Memorial – now also a music and stage production – was part-funded by the Arts Council England and sees her going back to basics with a trio, while some tracks are just piano nd vocals. But tonight is all about the party. I get to Camden's Roundhouse for the 3rd gig of the Innervisions festival and it's a hot night, having been touching 32 degrees C for most of the day in London. I catch the end of UK vintage funksters Cymande, before the powerhouse that is Bluey Maunick's Incognito – who have a rich UK jazz-funk heritage of their own – arrive on-stage. (See Cocoa's throwback link to read about the night Incognito backed another female music legend, Chaka Khan, at Ronnie Scotts jazz club in London.
The feelgood factor is in the air, and whether football may or may never be coming home, the music and spirit of London as cultural centre never went away. And who better to represent than these guys. They kick off with a song from 1979 to celebrate 39 years in the business, before their band – which swells to a 1 | 328 |
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Steve Monroe, Editor of The SeniorCare Investor and moderator of the panel, will pose relevant topics such as: Who is doing construction financing and for which property types; Whether new sources of debt capital are emerging; What the pricing trends are for construction financing; Who is providing takeout financing and at what terms; and whether construction is really slowing down. Our panel of experts will include, Chris Fenton, Managing Director at Berkadia; Rich Malloy, Senior Vice President with BBVA Compass and Cary Tremper, Managing Director with Greystone.
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Verse 1: "What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you"?
So far in the book of James, he has built the argument that the things in our heart and mind are what guide our actions, control our tongues, and directs our decisions. In chapter four, he turns the discussion towards the disagreements and arguments that mankind often enters into. One only has to watch the nightly news for a short time to see plenty of examples.
James opens chapter four with two great focus questions: "What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you"? Once in a while we fight<|fim_middle|> love, mercy, past, peace, pride, prince, quarrel, struggle, stubborn, trigger, within | Permalink. | and quarrel for other reasons, but most often the battle begins with an internal issue or struggle. Maybe it is something that happened in our past that we haven't gotten past or let go of yet. Similar events trigger us, pushing that button that leads us to desire to fight and quarrel. Maybe our desire to enter the battle comes from some perceived need or want and our envy or jealousy flares up. Sometimes it has to do with a lack of maturity. I can remember times in my greener years when I'd argue for the sake of arguing and times when I would argue long after I knew I had lost the argument. Pride was definitely at work.
When we come to the edge of a fight and quarrel, James suggests a few filters. We should ask ourselves questions such as these: What am I about to fight about? Is this about getting even? Are these feelings even connected this actual person or situation? Am I being stubborn or prideful? Again, in most cases the urge to fight and quarrel is driven by a struggle or issue within us. When we allow these to linger, they inhibit our relationships with God and with others. Only when we make peace within will we have peace without. James has a suggestion here too: seek God's help with the right motives. Pray for help with the struggle within. God is faithful. He will rain down mercy, grace, forgiveness, and healing.
Prince of Peace, pour out your peace upon my inner being. Guide me to those that I need to reconcile with. Lead me to speak words of unity and healing. Wipe away all unrest and discord that is within. Help me to freely offer mercy, grace, and forgiveness so that I may receive them from you and from others. May I model your love each day. Amen.
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Choosing the Cheap or No-Cost Option Isn't Always a Good Idea In Business. Here's Why!
I hear these types of things ALL THE TIME from other small business owners. I've even been guilty of saying them myself!
It's tempting to go for the cheap or no-cost option, especially when you're new to business and you aren't bringing in much (if any) of an income yet.
While I'm not encouraging you to go into debt, I DO want to encourage you to make the right investments in your business! So today, we're talking about money tips for freelancers.
When you make the right investments in your business, they will often save you time or headaches, and/or they'll improve the quality of your business.
The problem with choosing a platform just because it happens to be inexpensive (or even free), is that you might be choosing something that doesn't<|fim_middle|> how much it's worth it to you to, for example, have social media posts to be looped.
Maybe it's not important to you at all.
…Or maybe it would change *everything* in your business.
The important thing is to carefully consider it BEFORE you automatically choose the cheap or free option.
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It is extremely important not to base your choice of investment primarily on the cost. Cost should be considered, especially if you're on a tighter budget, but it's not the be-all end-all.
First, consider what benefits you are going after (e.g. more time), and then consider what features you need (e.g. social media posts to be written and then repeated in a loop or a cycle so that it's truly automated), and THEN look into your options and weigh the cost vs. benefits.
It's that simple: one, two, three.
In that example, MeetEdgar* would be totally worth the investment—it's a pricey investment for a small business owner, to be sure, but if you have a lot of social media posts and you like the idea of automating them so that you can spend more of your time working on business projects, then it might just be worth it.
Spending a few dollars now to save you a few hours in the future could be a fantastic choice for you.
I recommend that you start by considering the benefits, because otherwise, it can be tempting to get something just because other business owners are raving over it.
Take some time to look at what benefits are most important to you at this stage of your business.
After you've identified the key benefits you're looking at, pay attention to the features within this thing you want (whether that's in a social media scheduler, an email marketing platform, an online program, or something else altogether), and check to see how closely the features match up with the benefits you want.
Using this method, you might discover that some of the options you are looking at are automatically pushed out of the running. Suddenly choosing between different options isn't quite such a daunting task!
If you spent money on something today, what would that empower you to do tomorrow?
Time is one of our most valuable commodities, and unfortunately we often don't value it as much as we should.
Think about it: could you spend $100 on something today, that will save you 10—20 hours of time in the coming weeks?
To me, that would definitely be worth it!
You'll also want to look at urgency options: how quickly do you need something to be done? Are you running out of time? The urgency is an important thing to take into consideration, or you might end up spending much more in the future.
Important to note: Low-cost or free options aren't inherently a bad thing!
All of this OF COURSE isn't to say that cheap or no-cost options are always the wrong choice.
On the contrary! If you aren't a blogger or if you don't want to have email sequences or multiple content upgrades on your website, then to be honest, ConvertKit* might not be the right choice for you, for example (but if you ARE a blogger, or you DO want email sequences or multiple content upgrades, then I can't speak highly enough of ConvertKit!). And the free version of MailChimp is a great starter point for a lot of businesses who are just starting out with having an email list.
Similarly, if you don't need your social media posts to be looped, then I would probably encourage you to choose a different social media scheduler than MeetEdgar* (the free version of Hootsuite is something I enjoyed and used for many years—and I still use it to this day for one-time Tweets). And now that Edgar's price is increasing, it's a much larger ongoing investment—so in that case, you'll want to think very carefully about | 737 |
Blu-Ray Review: Scream Factory's The Blob (1988) [Collector's Edition]
Chuck Russell's Modern update to The Blob is far superior to the 1950's Drive-In Classic. Scream Factory has produced a filled-to-the-gills Special Edition worthy of the Neo-Classic.
Few films get the remaking of a classic as right as Chuck Russell's The Blob. Much like John Carpenter's The Thing, was a failure upon release. Like the Carpenter film, Russell's remake is as mean, gross, and darkly humorous and any horror fan could want.
A Snow town in Colorado is visited by what at first appears to be an alien lifeform. That lifeform is a gelatinous blob can digest anything but specifically has a craving for animals of the human varietal. Our only hope against this is a group of teenagers whom no one seems to believe. As these teens begin to slowly fight for their town and families, we find that there appears to be more to the story than aliens.
Russell takes what could have been, and was in the 1950s original, a jokey premise and took it the right amount of serious. The script by Russell and Frank Darabont (yes, that Darabont) craft a story that is front-loaded with human drama. That is the film's secret weapon, along with a mean streak a mile wide. These contrasting ideas make the perfect complement during the film's cracklingly good pop set pieces. Rather than fodder for the blob, the characters are actual humans that you want to see survive.
This 1988 iteration is not a stiff affair in the least. Rather, it understands the material and approaches everything with none of the arched type of tone that one would think but still managing to be a bit playful especially with some great retorts to a few terrible characters with some truly fitting deaths for. It's the kind of smart horror one doesn't expect at the end of the '80s where the jokey slasher was king.
Grab the popcorn, candy, and soda. Make a pillow fort. Watch The Blob on the biggest screen the closest you can the loudest you can. It's that kina movie.
The transfer is decent. It appears to be the same transfer from the Umbrella Entertainment disc a few years back. Which also is the same one from the Twilight Time limited edition. The transfer reproduces the color and contrast levels proficiently but one wishes that a new transfer was generated. It's still a good transfer provided by Sony.
Audio Commentary With Director Chuck Russell, Special Effects Artist Tony Gardner, And Cinematographer Mark Irwin, and Moderated By Filmmaker Joe Lynch
Audio Commentary With Actress Shawnee Smith
Audio Commentary With Director<|fim_middle|>), how he approached making the film scary, the quick turn around on post-production and other great production anecdotes. Irwin and Gardner contribute a lot to the technical aspects of the production and how difficult the FX work was. Listen for the various films that Russell shot at Griffith Park including The Blob.
The next commentary is a solo one with actress Shawnee Smith. The track hosted by John Beam of shout Factory is a laid back affair with Beam prompting Smith questions. Smith admits that she's not seen the film in decades. The actress is great commentator discussing not only the film, but her life, film, music, and horror. The commentary is a delight and manages to drop a bit of knowledge about the Larry Hagman Blob sequel from the 1970s. Though be forewarned the commentary is edited so there are moments when the commentary drops in and out.
The final audio commentary included is with Russell joined by Blumhouse Halloween (2018) Producer Ryan Tyrek. Ported over from the Twilight Time Blu-Ray, this is a fantastic commentary and does not have much cross over from the Lynch hosted commentary. This commentary is a bit more technical. Some of the best anecdotes are how Russell brought on various crew members like Darabont, Irwin and how those relationships evolved.
It Fell From the Sky! Is Part one (23-minute) of a two-part interview with director/co-writer Chuck Russell. As with many of the more recent Scream Factory! entires there's a question prompt title card. Russell is a great interview beginning with where his interest in creating stories beginning with theaters as a kid. Russell in this first part discusses his love of silent film, comedy, where he went to school, a mentor who inspired him, how he loved improv, moving to LA, being hired on Dreamscape, meeting Frank Darabont, being hired on at PA at Stunts Unlimited and how much that and being an Assistant Director informed his career. He also discusses his major films in the first part of his career like Hell Night, and advice he got from Bob Shaye (New Line's Head of Production) during Nightmare on Elm St. Part 3, and The Mask.
I Killed the Strawberry is Part two (27-minute) of the two-part interview with Director/Co-Writer Chuck Russell. As with many of the more recent Scream Factory! entires there's a question prompt title card. Russell discusses the technical and honest reasons why he chose The Blob. Russell discusses Jack Harris giving him a chance, how his friendship with Frank Darabont informed on their working relationship, the makeup FX. It's a great interview that doesn't go over the same details and anecdotes in the three commentaries.
We Have Work To Do is a new 14-minute interview with Jeffery DeMunn. Like the Russell the interview has question prompt title cards. DeMunn discusses his early life and his first experience with acting, how he went to school initially for electrical engineering but quickly turned to acting and the theater to his first acting gigs and lessons learned working.
Minding the Diner is an all-new 17-minute interview with Candy Clark. Like the DeMunn the interview has question prompt title cards. The most refreshing aspect of the interview is how honest Clark is about her growing up. Clark discusses her modeling career and her just wanting to be an extra. Some of the anecdotes she has are too good to ruin but she does make references to a very iconic film. It's a great all-around interview.
They Call Me Mellow Purple is an all-new 15-minute interview with actor Donovan Leitch Jr who plays Paul Taylor who was the Steve McQueen role. Like Clark, the interview has question prompt title cards. Leitch who grew up in Hollywood discusses his upbringing always wanting to be an actor. Leitch does discuss the casting process and his time during production.
Try to Scream is an all-new 18-minute interview with actor Bill Moseley who has a big part in the film. Like the Leitch, the interview has question prompt title cards. The actor discusses his childhood with bouts of acting and sneaking out to the living room to watch old sci-fi and horror films late at nice. Moseley discusses his first time seeing the original and how it left an indelible mark on him. The excitement of getting the part in a time I'd need.
Shoot Him! is an all-new 18-minute interview with cinematographer Mark Irwin. Like the Moseley, the interview has question prompt title cards. Irwin does not waste time with his origins rather goes into discussing the story and the approach to shooting the film and the style that Chuck Russell wanted to achieve visually. This is a very technical based interview as Irwin discusses on-set lighting issues with various pieces of the film.
I Want That Organism Alive! is an all-new 12-minute interview with "Blob Mechanic" Peter Abrahamson. Like Irwin, the interview has question prompt title cards. Like many guys his age he discusses his Empire Strikes Back love that brought him to USC and eventually gets hired to do FX on The Blob through relationships not from being a USC student. Abrahamson like Irwin's interview is tech-based as he discusses the FX work he eventually did on the film.
Gardner's Grus Crew is an all-new 28-minute featurette that combines b-roll and behind the scenes footage. The score from composers Michael Hoenig and J. Peter Robinson is used for score. We watch as they apply the plaster and molding agents to Leitch's head for the casting of his head. This kind of footage you rarely see anymore included … anywhere but on a Scream Factory Disc that is. Bravo for them in including this footage of Leitch getting his head cast, in real-time.
Incredible Melting Man is an all-new 22-minute interview with SFX artist Tony Gardner. Like Abrahamson's interview, this interview has question prompt title cards. Beginning with his origins with the likes of Stan Winston and Rick Baker, Gardner recalls his time in the 80s on other features before deep-diving into the work he did on The Blob. It's a great tech-savvy interview that FX fans will not want to miss.
Monster Math is an all-new 26-minute interview with SFX Supervisor Christopher Gilman. Like Gardner's interview, this interview has question prompt title cards. I will say this, Gilman has had a varied career in and out of Hollywood. There are a few things that are too good to ruin but needless to say this reviewer was highly entertained by the varied work and with certain legends in Hollywood before becoming an SFX Supervisor.
Haddonfield to Arborville is an all-new 21-minute interview with Production Designer Craig Sterns. Like Gilman's interview, this interview has question prompt title cards. As the title suggests Sterns discusses his work with JohnCarpenter on Halloween and other projects before moving onto The Blob. Another great technical interview.
The Secret of the Ooze is an all-new 20-minute interview with Mechanical Designer Mark Setrakian. Like Sterns' interview, this interview has question prompt title cards. Beginning with his love of Universal Monster Movies, Setrakian gives us a detailed look at what it took to create the various appendagies and the Blob itself. Don't want to give anything away as this one is really fascinating.
Rounding out the special features are Theatrical Trailers, a TV Spot and a Still Gallery. The two trailers run about 3-minutes combined. The 30-second TV Spot is exactly what you would expect. The Still Gallery runs automatically and cannot be navigated through, the 65 images consist of Production Stills, some Poster Art, News Ads, and some great Japanese Promotional Art.
The Blob is a neo-classic in the same way that The Fly (1986) and John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) are remakes that upped the ante. Scream Factory has done an exemplary job with their new special features. HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS!!!
Scream Factory's Blu-Ray Edition of The Blob is out October 29th
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It Fell From The Sky!
We Have Work To Do
Minding The Diner
They Call Me Mellow Purple
Try To Scream!
Shot Him!
The Incredible Melting Man
Monster Math
Haddonfield To Arborville
The Secret Of The Ooze
I Want That Organism Alive!
Gardner's Grue Crew
Theatrical Trailers
TV Spot
The Audio Commentary hosted by Joe Lynch with director Chuck Russell, Cinematographer Mark Irwin, and FX artist Tony Gardner is fantastic. Lynch as a filmmaker and podcaster knows the right questions to ask and the flow to allow Russell, Irwin, and Gardner maximum information and entertainment. The entire commentary is a lively affair with Lynch recounting his childhood memories of seeing the film in the theater, Fangoria issues, and trailers. Russell gives a lot of insight as to why it is as a failure (because of Regime change at Tristar | 202 |
Back-to-School Preparation Tips for Parents - Dr. Gail Gross Ph.D., Ed.D.
Children take their cue from their parents. If parents are calm, reassuring, optimistic, and supportive, children will feel both confident and competent.
It is important when preparing our children for the first day of school to plan ahead. Children want to fit in – so parents must begin at the beginning, and first find out what inoculations are needed, what the dress code is so they can have all the required clothing, back-packs, lunch boxes, and equipments purchased in advance. No last minute shopping; it only adds to stress at an already anxious time for both parents and children alike.
Children will experience separation anxiety and so will parents. Therefore, it is so important for parents to take the lead and parent – not burdening their children with their own anxieties. Be honest with your children; talk to them about their fears; and listen with empathy. Children will tell you everything.
Next visit your child's school at least one week in advance. Let your child get familiar with their classroom, the hallways, and important offices such as the nurse and principal.
Practice and rehearse their classroom schedule. Don't over program your children with activities. Allow them time for homework, and allow them free time to play and work off steam.
Find out if there are any friends, relatives or neighbors in their class; if not, contact one or two of the parents in your child's class and set up a play-day in advance of the first day of school. Knowing a child or buddy-system helps the transition to move more smoothly.
Do your homework; talk to the teacher, the nurse, the guidance counselor, and the principal. Show both your interest and your goodwill. Tell them of any concerns you have in regard to your children's health, and apprise them of any learning problems in advance.
Send your child to school with a picture of you and your spouse or family picture – including siblings. This can be a touchstone that they can reach for when feeling uncomfortable or insecure.
Start a bedtime schedule one week in advance of school so that your child gets at least ten hours of sleep at night. As an adult, we know how cranky we get when we are tired, and so do our children. Remember that they don't have our coping skills.
Be reliable; be<|fim_middle|> show up when you say you will. This builds self-actualization in your child. If they can count on you, they will count on themselves and they will learn to trust others.
Safety first is a very important part of the first day of school, including teaching your child the proper way in advance to deal with bullies by reporting them to either a teacher or counselor. You want your children to know traffic safety, as well as physical safety. That means to partner with your neighbors and the school to give age-appropriate and balanced information to your children about strangers and how to protect themselves from – yes – things even like abduction. Young children should know their name, how to spell it, they're telephone number and the number of a safe and responsible adult that is designated by their parents. Also do not label your children, their clothes, or their lunchboxes. That makes them easy targets for unsavory characters.
Talk with your children about their feelings and invite them to participate in a conversation that gives them some sense of control. Never embarrass, discount or demean your children's feelings. Ask them how they would like to be helped in this transition – what things parents can do and they can do as partners to make the first day of school a pleasant beginning. This is called the empathetic process, and if you invest children in the discussion, they are more likely to follow a smooth outcome and go happily to school. It is important to be honest with your children and tell them you will miss them too – and that they will like school because it will give them new and exciting experiences. Be empathetic, be compassionate and be firm. Nurture your children, meet their needs and be reliable. You can't spoil your children with love. | on time. It is important to take your child to school in the morning on time, and that means having a good breakfast, a good visit and no rushing. Be there at the end of school on time, so that they can count on you to | 51 |
Whenever you say the words labor or childbirth you<|fim_middle|> well for almost anything that requires you to calm yourself. This is also a great thing to teach to children. | will usually imagine a woman huffing and puffing her way through labor. This patterned paced breathing is most commonly ascribed to Lamaze Childbirth Classes. Though this is not typically what is taught in most childbirth classes, including Lamaze classes these days.
The breathing that most childbirth classes concentrate on is deep, abdominal breathing. This form of breathing actually promotes relaxation. It also helps supply you and your baby with the most oxygen in labor.
This is a very natural form of breathing, so it is not difficult to master. The key is to watch your abdomen rise as you inhale and contract as you exhale. Doing so slowly will ensure good oxygenation of your blood and will begin to relax you without much effort at all. This type of breathing is the most important form of breathing for labor and birth.
You may also hear people talk about a cleansing breath. This is a deep breath at the beginning or end of a contraction to help center your mind on the work of labor or to release any residual tension. It is also a good way to let those around you know that a contraction has begun or ended. It is simply a deep breath in and out. Sometimes you need to do this more than once to achieve the desired effects. You may also hear this referred to as the greeting or parting breath.
You can practice this type of breathing at any point throughout the day. Some women choose to practice with their partners just before bed, learning to add other forms of relaxation with the abdominal breathing. You might also try this at points in your day that you find stressful. Learn to create brief rituals that help you relax. This will serve you well in labor.
Once you get the hang of the deep abdominal breathing, you can use it in many instances, not just labor. This is a nearly perfect relaxation took because it works | 370 |
Each week our service includes a<|fim_middle|> today's Morning or Evening Prayer. | collect, or special prayer for the day. Click for the Church of England collects or the calendar of Saints' Days.
O God, of your goodness, give us yourself, for only in you do we have all.
Almighty and everlasting God, the comfort of the sad, the strength of those who suffer; hear the prayers of your children who cry out of any trouble; and to every distressed soul grant mercy, relief and refreshment.
Deep peace of the running wave to you/ Deep peace of the flowing air to you/ Deep peace of the quiet earth to you/ Deep peace of the shining stars to you/ Deep peace of the Son of peace to you.
We pray in each church every week for the needs of the church and the world, the local community, for those who are suffering or in need and those who have died. If you would like us to pray for you or someone you know, please contact one of the ministry team or your church warden.
in the peace of Christ our Lord. Amen.
You have given it to me and now I freely return it.
Use it according to your will.
For these will be enough for me.
Morning Prayer is said daily (Mon-Fri) at St Andrew's Colyton at 8.30 am. Pray | 262 |
Breaking newscoming down fromthe CLG organization today as they announce mid-laner Austin "Link" Shin will be out indefinitely to undergo Tommy John surgery on his throwing arm.
Breaking news coming down from the<|fim_middle|> elbow is replaced with a tendon from elsewhere in the body. The procedure is common among collegiate and professional athletes in several sports, most notably baseball pitchers as the UCL can become stretched, frayed, or torn through the repetitive stress of the throwing motion.
I suppose we all have to wait and see what the near future holds for CLG.
Disclaimer: This is satire. I hope that was obvious enough before you got to this point. | CLG organization today as they announce mid-laner Austin "Link" Shin will be out indefinitely to undergo Tommy John surgery on his throwing arm. Known in medical practice as ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction, Tommy John surgery is a surgical graft procedure in which the ulnar collateral ligament in the medial | 65 |
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan are teaming up to launch a new healthcare company.
The move came as a shock to the healthcare industry, sending stocks plummeting on Tuesday morning.
Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon have spoken at length about the healthcare system in the past.
Jamie Dimon, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett have a new plan to tackle<|fim_middle|> lack of opportunity for many, declining wages, students and low wage workers being left behind, economic and job uncertainty, high healthcare costs and growing income inequality all have created deep frustration," Dimon wrote in his 2016 annual letter.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos hasn't said a whole lot about healthcare above considering the potential for artificial intelligence, including Amazon's voice assistant Alexa, to help with an individual's health. Bezos's personal venture capital arm has invested in a number of biotech companies, including Grail, a company developing a cancer-screening blood test to catch cancer early on, and Zocdoc, Denali Therapeutics, and Juno Therapeutics.
The three are going to have a lot to prove. This isn't the first time employers have banded together to try to lower healthcare costs. While the news sent healthcare stocks plummeting on Tuesday morning, analysts were skeptical of any imminent disruption. | the rising cost of healthcare in the US.
Bezos's Amazon, along with Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and Dimon's JPMorgan, are teaming up to form an independent venture that'll be focused on healthcare for their US employees.
"The healthcare system is complex, and we enter into this challenge open-eyed about the degree of difficulty," Bezos said in a release. "Hard as it might be, reducing healthcare's burden on the economy while improving outcomes for employees and their families would be worth the effort. Success is going to require talented experts, a beginner's mind, and a long-term orientation."
So far, the companies have only provided a few details about the initial phase of the joint venture, so it's unclear exactly how this new effort will play out. But healthcare has been on these business titans' radars for a while, and what they've said could inform how this venture ultimately works.
Buffett has been the most outspoken, saying that he supports a single-payer system, in which the government provides near-universal healthcare coverage.
"With my limited knowledge, I think that probably is the best system, because it is a system — we are such a rich country. In a sense, we can afford to do it," Buffett told PBS's "News Hour" in June 2017. "But in almost every field of American business, it pays to bring down costs. There's an awful lot of people involved in the medical — the whole — just the way the ecosystem works, that there is no incentive to bring down costs."
And on multiple occasions he has compared costs to a parasitic worm.
"So, medical costs are the tapeworm of American economic competitiveness," he said in May 2017, a metaphor he used again on Tuesday.
Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway's vice chairman, has also been outspoken about moving to a single-payer healthcare system. Munger is a fan of Kaiser Permanente, a health system on the West Coast that contains both health plans and healthcare providers. "If the whole nation had Kaiser Permanente care, the average quality of the care would go way up and the cost would go way down," Munger said.
If healthcare in the US were to move toward a more single-payer system, it might look a lot like that.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has had the frustration people have over their healthcare costs on his mind as well.
"Low job growth, a | 502 |
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The Best Philadelphia Sports Movies Ever Made
By John Saeger
Anyone who enters a Wawa in the Delaware Valley on a Monday after an Eagles game knows that Philadelphia values its sports teams. The city's blue collar makeup and sports interests are a natural vehicle for storytelling. Whether it is about fictional characters, real life heroes, or the city's manic passion, Philadelphia is its own sub-genre of sports movies.
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Philly is not the only city to inspire similar art. The Brooklyn Dodgers are a romantic symbol of the Fifties and shattered innocence. Until 2016, the Bleacher Bums of Chicago were viewed with pity by sports creatives. The most frequently discussed team in the cultural zeitgeist is the Boston Red Sox, whose local nine are the subjects of books from writers like David Halberstam and Stephen King.
The City of Brotherly Love does not inspire baseball fiction or hoop dreams. Boxing and football are the primary subjects of Philly sports movies. Rocky Balboa punching frozen meat or Vince Papale leaving it all on the gridiron is iconic cinema that the area embraces with gravitas.
Some of these movies are timeless classics. Tony Danza's The<|fim_middle|> by the brilliant Ryan Coogler, the movie stars a tenacious Michael B. Jordan as the titular character.
The film is a testament to how modern technology can improve action scenes. The long take fight scenes are perfect action sequences. How the camera seamlessly weaves and bobs with the fighters is a creative choice that makes viewers feel like they are in the ring.
The fight sequences and Coogler's exploration of Philadelphia gives a touch of realism that other boxing films do not utilize. There are few boxing movies with an African-American protagonist. Through the angle of Apollo's son as the lead, Creed gives audiences a look at the city beyond Italian Stallion's South Philly neighborhood.
It does not hurt that Jordan and Tessa Thompson are sensational in the movie. Watching the onscreen bond of Jordan, Thompson, and Stallone gives a proper Philly feel of unity that defines the best qualities of the City of Brotherly Love. The story and cinematography make it a Rocky of the modern era. Creed is a Philadelphia sports film that a new generation can call their own.
About the Author: John Saeger is a music and film writer from Philadelphia. Since 2017 he has been writing his pop-culture blog Long After Dark, a site dedicated to the arts in the City of Brotherly Love and beyond.
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Doing the Most Around the Globe: The Phila Globe Guide to the Six Best Philadelphia Sports Movies Ever Made
1. Big Fan
Confession: sports talk radio is one of my guilty pleasures. Anyone who listens long enough starts to recognize certain callers. You either listen to Chuck's take or flip the dial as soon as Dom from…. let me take you off speaker… Port Richmond calls in. Big Fan taps into the mania of fandom with an accuracy that is a little too real.
Big Fan is mostly a New York Giants movie, but the protagonist's on-air rivalry with an Eagles fan gives it a touch of Philly. Unlike other flicks on this list, Philadelphia fans are the antagonist, but with a tone that we can all reluctantly acknowledge fits the give and take of local rivalries.
In the indie film, Patton Oswalt plays a parking garage attendant who lives with his mother (Marcia Jean Kurtz). Oswalt's character attends Giants games by hanging around the stadium parking lot. His radio nemesis, Philadelphia Phil, is played with the appropriate amount of beer muscles by Michael Rappaport.
The film nails the feeling of a fan looking from the outside in on the supersized pro sports landscape. As much as an everyday fan yearns to participate in the tough world, Big Fan provides a dose of reality that shows how fandom can be taken to extremes.
Oswalt deserves recognition for a great performance that induces a tinge of empathy and sadness. Even though Big Fan did not do well in the box office, it is a movie Philadelphia sports lovers will find a little too relatable. Overall, it offers a lesson on keeping our passions grounded.
2. Invincible
Vince Papale's story is an easy Hollywood premise that is almost too good to be true. Except it is. Papale is an Eagles season ticket holder who tries out for, and makes, his childhood NFL team. While there are some tweaks to Papale's life in the script of the 2006 film, Invincible deserves credit for turning the premise into a silver screen gold.
Perhaps this is me growing up in Philadelphia or a lifelong rooting interest in pro-Eagles stories, but Invincible is one of my favorite sports movies. It is not a classic like Raging Bull, but it is a solid film that is catnip for Birds fans. So many fans dream of running out on the gridiron (okay, maybe not the Veterans Stadium astroturf) and Papale's story successfully taps into that fantasy.
Whether it is the totally believable overly enthusiastic tryout sequence starring Tony Luke Jr. or the give and take between Papale (Mark Wahlberg) and his wife-to-be Janet (Elizabeth Banks), Invincible relays the feeling of wearing your heart on your sleeve. It could only be set in a handful of dedicated sports towns, but this one happens to be Philadelphia and resonates as something a little extra especial.
I imagine that people from outside Philly view Invincible like college football fans view Rudy. Both are solid movies that are a little hokey, but carry more emotional weight if you are a Notre Dame or Eagles fan. The most heartstring-tugging moment of Invincible is the muddy touch football scene. The idea that someone is never too good to skip a rough touch game with his friends is an authentic Philly touch.
3. Warrior
I have no idea why Warrior was not a bigger hit in the box office. The Gavin O'Connor film is a terrific movie about two estranged brothers who engage in Mixed Martial Arts. Despite a cast of then-rising stars Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton, Warrior lost money in the box office and faded into obscurity.
The film did receive some awards attention. Nick Nolte was honored with a supporting actor nomination for his role as their recovering alcoholic father. That nom did not rescue a flick lost in the shadow off The Fighter, a similar story about a family dealing with addiction and estrangement that was released a year earlier.
Like The Fighter, Warrior endures as a story of characters facing internal and external conflict. Tom Hardy is fantastic as a brooding Marine on the run from a dark past. Edgerton is similarly captivating as a physics teacher who is fighting off the foreclosure of his family's home.
The movie is set in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Atlantic City. Warrior uses these cities as more of a setting than a vehicle trying to soak up the local flavor. The blue collar backdrop, however, fits the story perfectly and enables the mood of its stars. Like The Big Fan, this one is an underrated gem worth checking out.
4. Silver Linings Playbook
Like Big Fan, Silver Linings Playbook is a movie that is more about sports fandom than sports. Out of all Philadelphia sports movies, this David O. Russell film might not reveal the best side of the Philly area. It does show a slice of life that is undeniably Philly and "Delco" (Delaware County). It also does not hurt that a Cowboys fan is the troll in the movie.
People in Philadelphia went crazy for Silver Lining Playbook and it is not hard to see why. When some of the biggest stars in Hollywood are sitting in Llanerch Diner or walking through a neighborhood in Delaware County, it is impossible not to get excited. It also shows everyday family struggles with a local backdrop.
Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, and Robert De Niro are outstanding in this movie. There is a tangible chemistry between the actors that allowed the movie to click. The same plot could have been great with indie actors, but performers of that caliber flat out elevate any story.
Russell had a string of hits in the early part of the decade. Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter, and American Hustle are some of the best films of that time period. Philly gets to claim one of them as their own.
5. Rocky
Rocky is so intertwined with Philadelphia sports that it is hard to remember that its lead is a fictional character. Sylvester Stallone's film owes much to Elia Kazan's 1954 classic On The Waterfront. Rocky Balboa essentially reimagines what Marlon Brando's Terry Malloy might have been if he had a second chance. Both stories honor grit and the drive to be somebody.
Kazan's character dwelled on how close he was to stardom. Balboa wanted to not be just another bum from the neighborhood. Both worked near the docks and fought inner demons. These motivations fueled Rocky's training, allowing for an iconic workout montage to become iconic and staple of future films in the franchise. The hard work leading up to the fight is as satisfying to watch as the boxing itself.
This is a style that Philadelphia sports fans frequently relate to. Fans honor the hard work of their athletes and honest effort as much as the results. Whatever the unifying mindset was before Rocky hit theaters only solidified afterwards.
Philadelphia's embrace for Rocky is tangible, but the reasons why the film struck a nerve are hard to quantify. Maybe it was that Stallone's writing nailed the city or the mere fact that a local wrote a movie about Philadelphia? Regardless of the reason it is a multigenerational classic, Rocky is a beloved culture entity treasured by Philly.
See also: The Phila Globe spoke with Robert Schwartzman about his band Rooney, the remake of cult-classic movie RAD, and his thoughts on his mother, Talia Shire, playing the role of Rocky Balboa's love interest, Adrian Balboa.
6. Creed
Rocky is a classic. Later films in the Rocky franchise are either solid flicks or "meh." As sacrilegious as this take is in Philadelphia, Creed is as good of a film as the original Rocky. The premise of the film sees an older Balboa take the son of Apollo Creed under his wing and tutor his growth as a man. Co-written and directed | 1,687 |
WOW. Staging this parade home was quite a feet. This was not a planned project and it was needed to be done in less than 24 hours. These types of projects defiantly have their challenges. But they also are kinda of a thrill. By nature I'm kinda of a "wing it and make it work" type of girl.<|fim_middle|> you self when it is done. Unless your like us and can't resist the RUSH!
White bedding is such a great idea. Why you may ask? One reason is because it always makes a bedroom feel fresh and clean. 2. One less decision you will have to make about your bedroom! It will go with any rug, any pillow, and any window treatments. I just pressed the easy button for you on that one. DONE. Your welcome.
Don't be afraid to mix styles. Old and new pieces with high and low price-points. That way you will get an aesthetic that feels curated and polished and not look.
More staging photos coming from St. Helens! | And most of the time in this industry we don't get to practice the "Wing it style" But in this case we had to just pull together whatever we had and go with it!
We had this metal bed frame in storage. So that was our starting point. We decided to go with white bedding to keep it simple and because I think white bedding is always a WIN. We added these gray tone wood nightstands to add warmth and ground the room since the bed frame was not very substantial.
For the color palate we decided on warm woods, accents of dark green and blush pink with warm leather and brass accents. The leather bench is an unexpected element that we think every room should have. The end result is a mix of modern traditional with a touch of ruggedness!
We added a small traditional chair and paired it with a rustic dresser. We kept the dresser vignette simple with a few accents and vases. And then hung 2 16x20 frames with prints above the dresser. The end result is relaxed and soothing.
Don't ever agree to stage a any home in less than 24 hours. You will want to hurt | 233 |
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In Memoriam: Sister Mary George Barlow, D.C.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Mary George Barlow, D.C., was celebrated November 2, 2018, at the Cathedral of St. Peter, Wilmington, Del. Burial was November 3 at the Daughters of Charity Sacred Heart Cemetery in Emmitsburg, Md.
Sister Mary George died October 25, 2018, at Christiana Hospital, Wilmington, Del., while on mission in Wilmington. She was 89 years of age and 69 years vocation as a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.
Born in Wilmington, Del., on February 19, 1929, Sister Mary George (baptized Madeline Elizabeth) was one of seven children born to George Edward and Mary (Carney) Barlow. Sister graduated from Ursuline Academy, Wilmington, in 1946. She earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mathematics from St. Joseph College, Emmitsburg, Md., in 1956; and she earned her Master of Social Science Degree from Fordham University, New York, N.Y., in 1959.
Sister Mary George entered the Community of the Daughters of Charity from St. Patrick's Parish, Wilmington, in December 1948. Following initial formation, Sister taught at St. Patrick School, Richmond, Va., (1950 to 1954); and at Immaculate Conception Academy, Washington, D.C, (1954 to 1959). Sister then ministered at the Kennedy Center, part of Catholic Charities for the Archdiocese of New York, (1959 to 1967). She served in Administration at Labouré Hall for Girls, Buffalo, N.Y., (1967 to 1969; while there, Sister served as the Local Community Superior), and at the Astor Home, Rhinebeck, N.Y., (1969 to 1976). During her years in New York, Sister developed state-of-the art Day Treatment and Group Home Programs. While at the Astor Home, Sister Mary George was elected to the Provincial Council of the Daughters' former Northeast Province. From 1976 to 1977, she resided at DePaul Provincial House in Albany, N.Y. Sister then continued her role as Provincial Councillor and also served as Local Community Superior at De Paul Center, Vineland, N.J., (1977 to 1978). She then returned to DePaul House, Albany, where she served on the Council until 1984.
Sister's next mission was to Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, Bayside, N.Y., (1984 to 1990; while there, Sister served as the Local Community Superior). She served again at Kennedy Child Care Center, New York, (1990 to 1992); then returned to Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, Bayside, (1992 to 2005; while there, Sister served once again as Local Community Superior from 2001 to 2005). Sister Mary George's next mission was to Good Samaritan Sisters' Residence, Pottsville, Penn., (2005 to 2007). While serving on these missions, Sister continued to provide creative and innovative ideas for programs. Sister then was missioned to St. Peter's House, Wilmington, Del. There, she served as Director of Parish Outreach (2007 to January 2017), and as Parish Home Visitor.
Sister Mary George was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, George Barlow and Francis Barlow; and her sisters, Ellen Anklin, Mary Steffenberg, Jean Casey, and Catherine Day. She is survived by her sister-in-law, Evelyn "Chevy" Barlow of Clayton, N.C.; nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews; and her Sisters in Community.
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For a long time now, Tag Heuer has earned a stellar reputation for its trackside innovation and invention. With the help of the Tag Heuer Carrera Men's Chronograph CAS2111.BA0730 they might just reinvent you. This driving champ has no numbers on its polished bezel, just classic styling that's offset with an azurage embossment and blue color scheme. Made for those<|fim_middle|> of slope at each hour position. Azurage embossing brings dark color to the sub-dials and hands, while the hour numbers and indexes are a slightly lighter blue. Understated chronographic sub-dials at 12, 6, and 9 offer all the performance for pro competitions, but don't compete for attention. The hour sub-dial at the 6 also opens to a black and white date window. And it's rated for 100 meter water resistance, so this piece will withstand anything but the deepest sea adventures.
The vintage-looking Tag Heuer Carrera CAS2110.FC6266 uses silver tones on a black dial.
Tag Heuer's history of chronographic inventions is no secret. Especially in car racing, which this watch's collection celebrates. And many are the watches in the Carrera collection that pay more tribute to a driver. So if that's what you're after, you're better off digging a little deeper into the collection. If you like the understated look of this numbered face that contrasts white, silver and blue, it's offered several ways. In addition to the polished steel, the band also comes in blue, black or brown alligator skin. There are also less colorful options within this Carrera series, like the timepiece on the right. Instead of azurage embossment, this black-dialed option is contrasted only with polished steel.
Priced at $4,300, the Carrera Men's Chronograph CAS2111.BA0730 is made for both race enthusiasts and those with unique standards of style. It is, however, available online for around $3,000 from a few sites, so looking around will save you some money. Tag Heuer is well known for it's high quality, so whether this watch is for you will depend more on color preference. The two-toned blue color scheme won't be for everyone, but other options in the series complement more traditionally with gold or rose gold. Still, I love the vintage look of that black and silver option most. | who don't want the whole cockpit on their wrist, it's clean and sporty look is not overdone.
The dial is an engraved flinqué, intersecting straight and wavy lines to produce a subtle illusion | 44 |
Bruce M. Owen is the Gordon Cain Senior Fellow at SIEPR. His career has spanned academia, government service and the private sector; his research interests focus on economic analysis of law, economic regulation and antitrust economics, especially in the telecommunications and mass media sectors. Owen received a PhD in economics from Stanford in 1<|fim_middle|> a large number of articles, and has appeared as an expert witness in several antitrust cases and regulatory proceedings. At SIEPR since 2003, Owen is also the Morris M. Doyle Centennial Professor in Public Policy and director of the Stanford Public Policy Program, which grants bachelors and masters degrees to Stanford students. | 970, and later economics at Stanford and at the schools of law and business at Duke University. He was chief economist of the White House Office of Telecommunications Policy and later chief economists of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He was a co-founder and CEO of Economists Incorporated, a Washington DC economic consulting firm, from 1980 to 2003. He is the author or co-author of eight academic books and | 96 |
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A plaque commemorates Dr A. Phillips who died in 1911. He was widely respected in the community and practised in Warwick from 1880 until his death.
A tablet to the memory of the late Dr. A. O. H. Phillips, of Warwick, was solemnly unveiled at the morning service at St. Mark's Anglican Church yesterday. After Matins and before the celebration of Holy Communion, the Rector (Rev. W.P. Glover), accompanied by Mr. B. Smith (one of the churchwardens) and Dr. Hankins proceeded to the place in the church where the tablet had been erected. Dr. Hankins read the faculty permitting the erection of the tablet in the church, and the Rev<|fim_middle|>ld), 5 February 1912.
Grafton Street, St Mark's Anglican Church, Warwick, 4370
Actual Monument Dedication Date:
Sunday 4th February, 1912
In Loving Memory Of The Late
Dr PHILLIPS
By A Few Women Of Warwick And District
Died 28th July 1911
A Good Life Hath But Few Days;
But A Good Name Endureth For Ever. | . W. P. Glover read from Ecclesiasticus the verses commencing "Honor a position with the honor due to his name." Then followed a special collect after which the tablet, which had been covered with the Union Jack, was unveiled. The inscription on the tablet was as follows:— "Placed in loving memory of the late Dr. Phillips by a few women of Warwick and district. Died 28th July, 1911. A good life hath few days, but a good name endureth forever." The congregation sang the hymn "On the Resurrection Morning," and the Rector's sermon was based on the first verse of the 21st chapter of Revelations—"I beheld a new earth and a new heaven, but the first earth and the first Heaven are passed away." There was a very large congregation present, and a number of those present were visibIy affected by the sad recollections raised of the passing of such a good and noble citizen of Warwick.
Warwick Examiner and Times (Q | 215 |
Continuing our journey to dine where the locals dine, I decided to invite a few foodie friends to join me for a classic mi vit tiem along ever-busy Nguyen Trai Street in District 5.
This is a busy street pretty much every day of the year.It is teeming with clothes shops, streetside stalls, eateries of every kind, and a few mi vit tiem places. Mi vit tiem is a Vietnamese favourite — a duck noodle soup dish of Chinese origin.
Thiem Huy Mi Gia is my absolute favourite spot for mi vit tiem in Saigon. It's a small, family-owned place that has been open since 1980.The owner likes to show off the restaurant's expansion: from humble beginnings in the alley to the purchase of the adjacent house. The specialties here are mi vit tiem chien gion (deep-fried duck leg and thigh soup) and mi vit tiem mem (slow-roasted or braised duck leg and thigh soup).
The duck broth is normally made from duck bones and innards, five spices, dark soy sauce, honey, ginger, and mushrooms, creating a dark, rich, hearty, and very healthy base. The heady and fragrantly sweet aroma from the broth is a wonderful prelude for what's to come. Mr Huy (the cook and owner) told me that his restaurant's soup is a secret family recipe passed down from his father. So I took the hint and didn't pry for further details.
The mi vit tiem chien gion (deep-fried duck soup) is served with the fried duck on the side. Take your chopsticks and peel off chunks of steaming-hot duck meat and crispy duck skin and place it in the bowl of soup. Now take your spoon, ladle up a bit of broth, noodles, and duck and tuck in. Personally, I would just eat the deep-fried duck<|fim_middle|> up. Next to pho, I would say this is a must-try dish for anyone living in or visiting Vietnam. | as is. My friend, however, prefers the slow-roasted duck soup (mi vit tiem mem), a noodle soup served with the braised quarter duck in the bowl. The duck is so tender that the meat falls from the bone when held | 51 |
The European Society of Clinical Pharmacy was founded in 1979 by clinical practitioners, researchers and educators from various countries across Europe. Since its foundation, there has been a gradual and sustained growth of clinical pharmacy in many European countries.
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promoting and enabling multi-centre research in all areas of clinical pharmacy both within countries and between countries or differing healthcare delivery systems. | term "clinical" does not necessarily imply an activity implemented in a hospital setting. It describes that the type of activity is related to the health of the patient(s). This implies that community pharmacists and hospital pharmacists both can perform clinical pharmacy activities.
The European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP) is an international leader in advancing quality and innovation in clinical pharmacy education, practice and research.
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All Bible verses presented are of the New King James Version or the Amplified Bible & the Words of Jesus in red.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 "1 If I [can] speak in the tongues of men and [even] of angels, but have not love (that reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion such as is inspired by God's love for and in us), I am only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
The following are 3 sections of Scripture for "comparative analysis." They are in the New Living Testament, New International Version and the New King James Version.
Galatians 5:16-26 (NLT) "So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions. But when you are directed by the Spirit, you are not under obligation to the law of Moses. When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God. But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives. Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealous of one another."
Galatians 5:16-26 (NIV) "So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the<|fim_middle|>, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another."
Taking a deeper look at the fruit of the Spirit. | fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other."
Galatians 5:16-26 (NKJV) "I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident | 180 |
Bananas have been talked about a lot over the past few weeks in regards to bad politics. We thought we'd restore their good name, so we went to have a look at the biggest banana greenhouse in Europe, situated in Hveragerði.
<|fim_middle|> all corrupt and they seem to think about their own benefits rather than to think about the country." That's also why he doesn't like bananas being associated with politics. | We met up with Elías Óskarsson, manager of the greenhouses owned by the Agricultural University of Iceland. He's aware of everything there is to know about each and every greenhouse plant. Genuinely passionate about the subject, he showed us around.
The 500-square-meter greenhouse was built in 1950 with the purpose of having experiments growing bananas for consumption. At the time — due, in large part, to World War Two — it was difficult importing bananas, amongst other fruits.
Moreover, the greenhouse has a significant educational purpose, allowing students at the university to partake in the agricultural process.
Each plant can only make one cluster of bananas. After that it needs to be cut so others can grow. Surprisingly, it's not hard at all to grow bananas in a country as bleak as Iceland.
"It's more difficult to keep them in check because they keep on growing at a fast pace," Elías says.
When asked his opinion of the banana in relation to Icelandic politics, he says without any hesitation: "Well, I don't agree with throwing food away. There are better ways to have an opinion than to throw stuff and try to hurt people." Even though he doesn't agree with the politics right now, he adds, "I think it's | 263 |
Tomahawks and Health Care First Credit Union Team Up for "Red Out"
The Johnstown Tomahawks are proud to partner with Health Care First Credit Union for a "Red Out" in support of American Heart Month and the American Heart Association. The Tomahawks will wear their red jerseys during the 7:30 p.m. game, and fans are encouraged to wear red to the game to<|fim_middle|>.
The Tomahawks welcome Wenatchee to the War Memorial this Friday and Saturday. Game times are set for 7:30 p.m. on Friday night and 7 p.m. on Saturday night. For more information, visit www.johnstowntomahawks.com or call 814-536-4625.
Watt, Bednard Sweep North Division Weekly Awards | create a "Red Out" inside the Cambria County War Memorial Arena.
A representative from the American Heart Association will be in attendance on Friday night to talk to fans and provide information on their organization and American Heart Month. Fans can also purchase red hearts for $1 each at the game, with the proceeds benefiting the American Heart Association. Fans who purchase a heart will be eligible for prizes, including a Family Hockey Night prize package. "Our goal is to fill the stands with as many hearts as possible," said Health Care First Credit Union Marketing Director Nancy Urban.
Health Care First Credit Union has been active in supporting American Hearth Month for several years, showing support for local healthcare workers. "We have members who work in healthcare, so we like to participate in health-related activities. We have participated in a variety of heart health activities, and we like to take things one step further each year," said Urban.
Urban also said that she appreciates the support of the Tomahawks for this event. "Last season, we brought a group to a game, and we decided we wanted to use the game this season to raise awareness of American Heart Month and the American Heart Association. We appreciate the support of the Tomahawks organization and their fans for their cooperation in support of this important cause," said Urban. For more information on Health Care First Credit Union, visit www.healthcarefirstcu.com | 278 |
RSG Newsletter – April 2017
Robertson School of Government Dean's Corner
We are only a month from graduation and our students and faculty have been busy. In this edition of our newsletter you'll meet some of those students and alumni, such as Phoenicia Hill (MPA, '17), who was on the first place team at a NASPAA student competition at George Mason University, and alumna Chelsen Vicari (MA, '11), who works at the Institute on Religion and Democracy in Washington, DC. In recent weeks we have also had the privilege of hosting former RSG student and state-level judge (Oregon) Vance Day and alumnus, and past Virginia governor, Bob McDonnell.
This is the trajectory that we aim for at the Robertson School of Government: success in the classroom, meaningful work as a young professional, and maturation into significant public service. I trust that you will find the activities of our students, faculty, and alumni inspiring and I hope you will stay in touch with us at the Robertson School of Government.
Eric Patterson, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor
Watch the "Get to Know RSG" video.
Read more about RSG alumni.
For more details as well as our calendar of events, please see our website.
Student Story – MPA student, Phoenicia Hill, wins first place at NASPAA competition
Phoenicia Hill (MPA, '17) competed at the NASPAA (Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration) Batten Student Simulation Competition. Phoenicia and her team composed of students from multiple universities took first place at the competition. The Batten Competition includes students from all over the country meeting at eight different host sites to discuss the UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 (end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030). Phoenicia attended the competition at the host site, George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government in Arlington, Virginia. During the competition, Phoenicia was placed on the West Africa team in World 1. For the first two rounds of the simulation she served as the Regional Director where she was responsible for approving the projects based off a given budget, which was approximately $80 million each round. The last two rounds she acted as the Environmental Program Officer. Other team member roles included Health and Agriculture Officers.
As a team, Phoenicia and her colleagues analyzed data, proposed recommendations based on computer simulation results, submitted policy recommendation memos, and presented their solutions to a panel of site judges.
Phoenicia says, "It was an honor to represent Regent University and to meet so many other talented and dedicated public policy students. I will never forget this valuable learning experience. One of the most exciting things about the competition is that my team won at the host site!"
Book Launch with RSG Alumna Chelsen Vicari
Chelsen Vicari (MA, '11) spoke with RSG students about her book, Distortion: How the New Christian Left is Twisting the Gospel and Damaging the Faith. Currently, Chelsen serves as the Evangelical Program Director for the Institute on Religion and Democracy. She formerly worked for Concerned Women for America.
Chelsen came to Regent after having graduated from Radford University. She initially enrolled in Regent's School of Law, yet, she struggled to find a good fit in law or public policy. Chelsen then entered the Robertson School of Government, where she found her academic and professional niche.
Yet her graduation from the RSG did not guarantee her a direct avenue to professional success. After struggling to find a job in her final semester on campus, Chelsen was blessed to obtain a paid internship with Concerned Women for America (CWA). Her duties with CWA involved serving as a receptionist and many administrative tasks which also gave her the time to write on public policy issues.
In her current position with the IRD, Chelsen works to report on occasions where mainline Christian denominations employ "revisionist [Christian] theology" to promote liberal public policies. Her technique is to "speak the truth in love" to these groups. Specifically, she strives to communicate with the leaders of these denominations not "with darts" but with "grace and compassion." Her efforts have been successful as she reported that the United Methodist Church leadership recently abandoned their support for same-sex relationships and the Supreme Court's 1973 decision in the Roe v. Wade case.
Movement Mortgage's Toby Harris Shares "Magic of Vision" with Regent University's Executive Leadership Series
Photo courtesy of Elisa Sosa
When William "Toby" Harris co-founded Movement Mortgage, in the midst of the 2008 mortgage crises, this company had no special rates and no backing.
The state of the industry was "painful" at best, with a reported 8 million people who lost their jobs and 6 million people who lost their homes.
"We had nothing except a vision and a passion to start a company," Harris<|fim_middle|> and the advancement of professional local government through leadership, management, innovation, and ethics. The goals of ICMA Regent student chapter are to introduce and integrate students into local government and foster a strong commitment to servant leadership.
Dr. Agyapong speaks at American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) in Atlanta, GA
This year's ASPA conference was held at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel. Dr. Elijah Agyapong participated in two panels. The first was on 'Employee Attitudes and Organizational Behavior' where he and his coauthors from the University of Texas at Dallas presented a paper on "The Impact of Goal Setting and Perceived Supervisory Support on Public Employees' Intrinsic Motivation in U.S. Federal Agencies." The second panel was on 'Gender Equality and Empowerment in Public Administration. Dr. Agyapong presented a paper on "Representative Bureaucracy and Bureaucratic Responsiveness: Examining the Effects of Female Teachers on Girls' Education in Ghana." Western governments, especially the United States, invest a lot of resources to improve governance in developing countries. We know little, however, about whether bureaucracies in these countries are responsive to their citizens. This paper is part of a broader project that examines how the education bureaucracy can be made responsive to girls in Ghana. ASPA is a leading interdisciplinary public service organization and the largest and most prominent professional association for public administration.
Chelsen Vicari featured in a Pro-Life Message
RSG Alumna, Chelsen Vicari, is proud to have participated in a video supporting a Pro-Life Message, a topic on which "America has consensus."
Afghan War Game Simulation – April 20, 2017
Book Launch with Professor Jeffry Morrison, Ph.D. and Dean Eric Patterson, Ph.D. – April 24, 2017
Why the Church Should be Incorporated – April 29, 2017
Pi Alpha Alpha Induction Ceremony – May 4, 2017
RSG Commissioning Service – May 5, 2017
Regent University Commencement – May 6, 2017
"Hacksaw Ridge": The Moral, Ethical, & Spiritual Leadership Dimensions of Combat – May 8, 2017
U.S. Army TRADOC Band Concert – May 25, 2017 | told guests of Regent University's Executive Leadership Series (ELS) on Wednesday, March 22.
But Harris and his partner held fast to their "magic of vision" in a time when many mortgage companies were simply trying to keep their businesses running.
He also had a challenge that was unheard of for his employees: while his competitors were processing loans in 90 days and increasing to 120 days, his loan processors were given the goal to complete theirs within seven.
This, according to Harris, was the key to the company's growth, which now boasts funding more than one billion dollars in home mortgages a month, and 4,500 employees serving in 45 states.
The company has come a long way since its early days, when Harris held interviews for his employees in a local Starbucks – as an homage to those early days, he passes out gift cards to the coffee store to those he connects with.
"Everything in our business is about relationships," said Harris, who set off to create a culture within his company based on servant leadership.
"There are two types of employees in our company, the loan officers and the rest of us who work for them," said Harris, who explained that businesses can see how effective their servant leadership mentality is treating their company by watching how their employees treat each other.
He holds fast to his principle that he, as Movement Mortgage's co-founder, co-owner and executive vice president, is there to serve his employees. So much so that his cell phone number is printed in his employees' handbook.
His heart for serving others goes beyond his own employees; through his business, he co-founded the Movement Foundation with his partner, Casey Crawford. Through the organization, Movement Foundation has invested more than 16 million dollars in individuals, ministry partners and organizations who share the same goal to put action behind their vision.
"Business is a service," said Harris. "And as long as you are in step with God's plan, it's amazing what you can do with a vision."
Each month, Regent's ELS brings innovative and influential business men and women to discuss leadership principles for successful organizations. Next month's ELS will feature the annual Town Hall with Mayors of South Hampton Roads on Wednesday, April 12.
Challenges for the Christian Leader with Congressman Randy Forbes
On March 21, 2017, Congressman Randy Forbes spoke with Regent University students on "Challenges for the Christian Leader." Forbes, former U.S. Representative for Virginia's 4th District, serves as University Fellow at Regent University and a distinguished fellow at the U.S. Naval War College. Forbes exposed the primary qualities of Christian leadership by presenting three important questions "What is your purpose?" "Who do you follow?" and "What do you stand for?" Forbes stated that his belief in God, standing for his faith, and following Jesus Christ have guided his actions toward a career and life full of purpose. He concluded his talk with a great quote, "It takes one to stand, and one to make a change."
Congressman Forbes speaks to students on National Security
During a recent campus visit, former U.S. Congressman and Regent University Fellow, Randy Forbes spoke with Dr. Manjikian's Russian Politics class. He shared with the class his years of experience as senior member of the House Armed Services Committee and chairman of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee. He stressed throughout the entire lecture the importance of strategic analysis.
Forbes discussed the importance of looking at national defense through an analytical lens. He argued that the number one threat for the U.S. right now is our absence of strategic analysis and thought. In contrast, Forbes suggested that Russia's President Vladimir Putin is an opportunist who gauges all other superpowers actions and then plots his reaction. According to Forbes, the U.S. was great at strategic planning during the Cold War, but is not well practiced in strategic analysis since it has become so accustomed to asymmetrical planning. An example of this strategic lacunae is the Obama Administration's presuppositions stated in its National Security Strategy. That twelve-page documented included the following assumptions: 1) Isis would never grow and leave in 2009 permanently, 2) The U.S. would leave Iraq and Afghanistan completely, 3) China would never do a military build-up, and 4) Russia would never grow back militarily to the size of the Cold War.
To combat U.S. inadequacies in this arena, Forbes said, the Trump Administration must develop new strategies, determine the resources necessary to support these strategies, and be willing to take the risk associated with new strategies.
Regent ICMA Student Chapter Hosts an Event on Diversity in Administration
The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) Regent student chapter organized an event on 'Diversity in Administration' in March. The guest speaker was Dr. Ron Carlee, Director of the Center for Regional Excellence at Old Dominion University's Strome College of Business. His career has been in local government, including City Manager, Charlotte, North Carolina; County Manager, Arlington, Virginia; Chief Operating Officer, ICMA; Director of Health and Human Services, Arlington, Virginia; and Assistant to the Mayor, Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Carlee spoke broadly on Leading Local Government in Challenging Times, looking specifically at ways to improve racial relations, overcome racial discrimination, and engender equitable service delivery to diverse populations in the country. The topic is critical because racial diversity is salient to efforts toward sustainability at the local government level.
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ON THE BRINK CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO SAVE SHARKS AND RAYS
by Q & A Team June 27, 2022
South Africa is 'on the brink' of either expanding protection of our sharks and rays or, ultimately, facing the extinction for the species – the choice is ours.
That's the strong message that comes with the WILDTRUST's newly launched marine campaign called 'ON THE BRINK'.
'ON THE BRINK' is a campaign underwriting a three-year project called 'Sanctuary for Sharks & Rays' driven by WILDTRUST in partnership with the South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFE) and funded by the Rainforest Trust with co-funding from Oceans 5 and the Shark Conservation Fund.
The campaign name and logo, 'ON THE BRINK' has made use of negative space in its graphic implementation under the concept that we know what
should be there, but it isn't. The two arrows that make up the non-existent 'N' reinforce the concept of extinction vs expansion – that we can either eradicate species from our waters or grow them.
"This is the precipice that 'ON THE BRINK' aims to highlight. Negative space allows one to see something that is both there and not there at the same time and this duality defines the message of the campaign. A world without sharks and rays could be the reality for future generations, and its impact runs far deeper than what the general public might assume," says Lauren van Nijkerk, WILDTRUST Campaign & Communications Director.
SOUTH AFRICA A GLOBAL HOTSPOT FOR SHARKS AND RAYS
Known as chondrichthyes, sharks and rays are arguably one of the most endangered species on the planet. In 2021, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reported that a third of the world's shark and ray species were threatened.
We are already too late for two species – the Largetooth Sawfish and Green Sawfish are now considered locally extinct in South Africa.
Yet, with around 200 species in our waters, South Africa could still be a 'lifeboat' for the species.
Our country is currently rated as one of the top five when it comes to being a global hotspot for shark and ray diversity. 42% of chondrichthyan species (sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras) occurring within South African waters are already threatened and are either vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered. Two of the 29 species listed as endangered are South African endemics and only found in our waters – namely the Puffadder shyshark and the Twineye skate.
However, with negative trends such as habitat destruction, illegal fishing and fisheries and climate change and economic development gaining momentum – we need to increase protection or risk further extinctions.
The creation of sanctuaries for sharks and rays in South Africa is critical for their increased protection and the health of our ocean and our people.
The hope is for an additional 5% ocean protection for South Africa to enable this country to achieve its global commitment of 1<|fim_middle|> everyone who came on board to collaborate on this plan. It shows everything we have done to change our fisheries and how to improve things. It has a comprehensive roadmap which details how we can conserve our chondrichthyes in South Africa, from research to
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management and monitoring. It also has a comprehensive review of the sharks that are caught in our various fisheries and highlights what we have done to reduce catches in sharks with a reduction in catches by 50%," commented Charlene da Silva, production scientist, fisheries research and development for the National Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment.
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The Ocean Steward team with Sharkie from the Cell C sharks.
WILDTRUST'S national campaign for sharks and rays aims to highlight the importance and value of new sanctuary areas in South Africa's oceans for the species and to strengthen support for the designation and establishment of protected areas and their effective management.
Dr Jean Harris Executive Director of the WILDOCEANS programme of the WILDTRUST
"This project is a result of many years of collaboration, research and partnerships in marine conservation. New data is telling us that, of almost 90 of some 200 shark and ray species found in South Africa's oceans, only 28% of their range is currently protected within Marine Protected Areas (5% of our mainland waters). The expansion of 5% to 10% of our ocean in Marine Protected Areas will potentially almost double their protection – protecting up to 50% of their range," said Dr Jean Harris, Executive Director of the WILDOCEANS programme at WILDTRUST.
NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FROM GOVERNMENT
In the same week – and announced at the 'ON THE BRINK' launch event – came the release of South Africa's second National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks. This builds on the achievements and lessons learned from NPOA-Sharks I and closely follows the recommendations of the shark expert panel that was elected.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty
Kaushiki Chakraborty began her musical journey under the tutelage of her renowned parents, Chandana and Ajoy Chakraborty and gave her first major concert at the age of 16 at the India Habitat Centre in Delhi. The audience comprised a few of the greatest names in Hindustani music, including Zakir Hussain, Alla Rakha Khan, Sultan Khan, Amjad Ali Khan. The verdict of that evening was unanimous: the next big phenomenon in Hindustani music<|fim_middle|> in the country and with several foreign tours under her belt. Kaushiki is an apt inheritor of her father's mantle and a torchbearer of the Patiala tradition. She chose to adapt the tenets of the Patiala gayaki style to suit her own voice and temperament and her gayaki adequately expresses this balance, as it strides effortlessly across khayaland semi-classical genres and beyond. Over just the last 3 years, Kaushiki has sung in films and been a part of the hugely popular MTV Coke Studio project. | had arrived!
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The Harden B/E 3 is set to release 8/1 for $100, who's looking to cop this interesting looking shoe? That's all we have, more to come as we get more info and leaks on these and other highly anticipated kicks. | to love reading up on the Harden Vol. 4 tech specs and release details. Here we are again, this time we're going to cover the Harden B/E 3, which is part of Harden's budget line. Right off the bat, I've got to say that this silhouette looks really interesting to say the least.
Starting off with the upper, the materials are unfortunately not listed on these tech specs, but it looks interesting and can honestly be a variety of things. My guess is that it could be a textile or tightly knit woven, either one make sense since this is a budget model and adidas wouldn't go all out and put premium materials on it. Another interesting detail is that these shoes have no laces and instead relying on a strap to secure you in. Say what you want, we'll have to wait and see if this strap is a gimmick or not.
The midsole of the shoe is Bounce, which adidas does use a lot on their budget models. Bounce is a solid cushioning setup and with rumors that adidas and BASF (the company that makes Boost) seems to be having contractual issues, Bounce and Lightstrike seem to be the future for adidas (really hoping they figure it out and Boost is here to stay).
The outsole is a simple herringbone thread pattern that adidas seems to love and if it works then I'll love it too. adidas has been nailing these outsoles, so you can expect the Harden B/E 3 to have solid traction that | 306 |
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Ps: these nails are a sneak peak of tomorrows nail post. | of the week is Lush cosmetics face scrub – let the good times roll.
It is an exfoliator for the face and I was told is good on dry skin. It contains all natural products apart from a perfume ingredient. If you are a Lush newbie – all their products are made with fresh products and have a best before date. I love the natural ingredients – makes my skin feel great.
I use it about three times a week in the shower (so I remember to use it). I rub about a 10 pence piece size into my palm with a little water and exfoliate into my face – not going too crazy to make sure it doesn't dry my skin out. After my shower I always moisturise to lock in all the lush goodness.
I absolutely love the results of this product. I find that other products of theirs work best for oily skin – so this is a great product for those of you with dry skin like me. I was in the store for ages with the shop assistant to find me the best products for my skin, which was great because they actually suit my skin perfectly! So, always ask for help because most of the time they really know their stuff.
I find that this scrub reduces any spots that I get from sometimes over moisturising. I have also used this on my boyfriend a few times who has oily skin and it didn't give him spots – so it isn't just for dry skin.
Also, the pot is lasting me much longer than expected! A little going a long way is such a bonus.
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All-Wheel Drive Systems Compared
Human beings are fascinating creatures. For all of our likenesses as people, thanks to nature, nurture, or a combination of the two, our brains develop in delightfully different ways, and we have very different ways of tackling the problems life throws at us. Take, for example, the solutions for distributing engine power to the wheels of a car.
It's a seemingly simple problem, but every brand has its twist on making this happen. When it comes to all-wheel drive systems, it can be a bit overwhelming. So if you're wondering what the difference is between Audi Quattro and BMW xDrive, wonder no more. We're going to break down the differences of all the major European all-wheel drive systems, from Audi to Volvo, and everything in between.
Audi AWD (Audi Quattro)
Audi is the originator when it comes to installing all-wheel drive systems in German luxury vehicles. Quattro itself is a brand name and is used on any AWD Audi, regardless of the exact all-wheel drive system in use in the car. As a rule, there are two kinds of systems branded as Audi Quattro. First, there is the traditional longitudinal engine and drivetrain with full-time mechanical Quattro, with its roots in rally racing, and used primarily in midsize and larger vehicles such as the Audi A4, A6, and A8. Then, the smaller platform cars have a transverse front engine and drivetrain that use a computer-controlled, on-demand Haldex all-wheel drive system. The Haldex-based Quattro cars include the TT (including the TTS and TT RS), A3, S3, and RS3. As you'll see further down, Haldex is used across multiple brands and models and is not exclusive to Audi.
In 1980, Audi Quattro debuted, based around a system initially developed in the 1970s for the German military Volkswagen Iltis—basically their version of the Jeep or Humvee. In the late 1980s, Audi switched to the Torsen T1 center differential, which began the era of modern Quattro. It is a purely mechanical system, with minimal service or maintenance needed. It cannot be turned off or disabled without physically being removed or disconnected.
Torsen differentials can divert power from whichever axle is losing traction and send it to the axle with more traction without any noticeable intervention as far as the driver is concerned. Audi has used various Torsen differentials in its Quattro systems over the years, most of which have a 50/50 baseline torque split. Torsen differentials have a torque-bias ratio, which dictates the maximum power to be distributed front or rear. For example, a 3:1 rate can send up to 75% of total power to either the front or the rear. Torsen designs such as Audi Quattro require preload or some level of traction on both axles to function correctly.
A few Volkswagens sold in the USA use the traditional Audi Quattro all-wheel drive system, mainly Passat models, thanks to their close ties to the Audi A4 Quattro. These VWs include the Quantum Synchro and select B5 Passat 4MOTION models such as the Passat W8, GLX V6 4MOTION, and 1.8t 4MOTION.
Audi currently uses either the Torsen T3 or their own Crown Gear differential depending on the car and model. The T3 and Crown Gear design feature a more sporting standard 40/60 front/rear power split. The Crown Gear design has several benefits over the Torsen unit. Where the T3 Torsen still has to work with its fixed torque-bias-ratio, the Crown Gear differential has a more flexible design. It can send between 85% of torque to the rear or 70% to the front and does not require any preload to lock fully. The Crown Gear differential was developed and introduced on the RS5 super coupe, and is a huge step forward in terms of performance and increased flexibility for the grandfather of all-wheel drive. Problems with the Audi Quattro systems are pretty rare. Thanks to the purely mechanical system and robust design, it is unusual to require Quattro service beyond changing gear oil and replacing a seal or carrier bearing on high mile units.
Haldex AWD (Volvo, Audi, Volkswagen)
Haldex all-wheel drive systems have been used by numerous manufacturers since its introduction in the late 1990s, including Volvo, Audi, and Volkswagen. Haldex, originally based in Sweden, was eventually acquired by BorgWarner, and the systems have continued to be updated and improved over the years. The basic concept of Haldex has not changed, and it is remarkably simple and effective.
Haldex all-wheel drive systems are found on cars with transverse engine layouts that are front-wheel drive first, with an optional all-wheel drive option. Because of its compact design and layout, it's ideal for an extensive range of applications and the tight packaging of a FWD platform. Typically, an add-on transfer case is attached to the front transmission, which sends power to the rear via a central driveshaft. At the rear, this is connected to the Haldex unit, which contains a computer-controlled clutch. The Haldex system is not active under normal driving conditions, so the rear wheels just spin freely like any other FWD car. This saves wear and tear and also reduces drivetrain drag, which gives better miles-per-gallon. The Haldex unit is connected to the car's central electric system. It uses the available info such as ABS wheel speeds, steering angle, throttle input, and throttle angle to decide when and if it should activate. Once the control unit detects a difference in wheel speed between the front and rear, it enables and begins locking the clutch and sending power to the rear wheels. Generally, a Haldex system can carry 50% of maximum torque to the rear when needed, but programming does change this from car to car.
The latest Haldex systems (they're up to version 5) are far more advanced than the early versions. Haldex is no longer merely a reactive system but proactive, stepping in to instantly balance traction and power, thanks to constant monitoring of the other car control units. Haldex AWD systems tend to be reliable but require regular service of the system's gear oil. This is usually just a fluid and a filter change every 40,000 miles, but a car that sees more substantial use, such as increased engine power or track day driving, will benefit from more frequent changes. The latest generation 5 Haldex does not have a removable filter but a screen on the pump that should be cleaned whenever the fluid is changed. Failure of the control unit is generally rare, but it can happen, especially in cars that aren't serviced properly.
Audi AWD (Audi Quattro Haldex)
Audi introduced Haldex-based Quattro all-wheel drive on the 2001 Audi TT 225 Quattro. The TT uses a transverse engine layout based on the same basic chassis as the Volkswagen Mk4 Golf and Jetta. Basically, all of the compact platform Audis use Quattro-branded Haldex AWD, all the way up to the most recent RS3 super sedan and TT RS.
Volvo AWD (Haldex)
Volvo's all-wheel drive history has developed very similarly to Volkswagen's, with early examples based on a GKN viscous coupling design, and then followed by the adoption of Haldex. Of any of the brands, Haldex seems to make the most sense for Volvo since both companies are of Swedish origin. Unlike most other brands on our list, Volvo has not created its own brand name for their all-wheel drive models, letting a simple 'AWD' badge on the back handle that task. Volvo stuck with the viscous-coupling design until 2002, with the introduction of Haldex AWD on the V70 AWD.
Volvos, like all other Haldex-based AWD cars, utilize a transfer case driven off of the front transmission to send power to the rear. Volvo calls this a bevel gear, and it is a potential failure point. First, Volvo's gear oil is considered a 'lifetime fill,' but ideally should be changed regularly, every 40,000 miles or so, whenever you're servicing the rear Haldex unit and rear differential fluid. Secondly, the bevel gear design can be a bit fragile, and hard launches should be avoided as it can cause the bevel gear to break. Thankfully, a repair kit is cost-effective and can restore the drive to your rear wheels should your AWD Volvo have a bevel gear failure.
Volkswagen AWD (VW 4MOTION)
Volkswagen has been selling all-wheel drive versions of their Golf, Jetta, and Passat models since the early 1980s, almost as long as their sister brand Audi. VW initially used the Synchro moniker and utilized either a proprietary viscous coupling system on their transverse applications or the Torsen-type Audi Quattro on longitudinal applications. Synchro AWD is a passive system and works a lot like a mechanical version of Haldex, where the car remains front-wheel-drive until there's slip at the front wheels and then the viscous coupling begins to lock. There are many drawbacks to this type of AWD, mainly down to response time and potential instability under braking if the rear wheels start to lock before the front. Synchro models are relatively rare in the USA, limited to only the Quantum Synchro, which was Audi Torsen based, and the Vanagon Synchro, which used the VW viscous-coupling system.
In the late 1990s, Volkswagen began marketing all of its all-wheel drive systems under the VW 4MOTION moniker. The first model to use the 4MOTION branding in the USA is the Audi Quattro/Torsen based B5 and B5.5 Passats, followed by the Haldex AWD Mk4 Golf R32 in 2004. 4MOTION as an option in the United States has been limited to the R32, Golf R, SUVs, and the Passat, until the Golf SportWagen 4MOTION introduction in 2017.
MINI AWD (MINI All4)
MINI being MINI, they have a unique and reportedly very effective all-wheel drive system that they market under the All4 insignia. You can simplify it and call it an electric version of the Haldex, but that would be doing a disservice to what sets it apart from that popular system. MINI's All4, like cars featuring Haldex, is based around a transverse, normally front-wheel-drive layout. Like Haldex, it is an active system that monitors wheel slip and other parameters and sends power to either the front or rear of the car via an electronically controlled clutch. While Haldex and other systems use hydraulic wet clutches with a pump to engage them, MINI's All<|fim_middle|> in terms of design. The control unit is also fully integrated into the ABS and stability management systems, which is said to provide a quicker response.
The other thing that sets the MINI All4 apart is the way it splits torque. From the start, MINI All4 has a maximum 50/50 torque split when fully engaged, not unlike many other systems on the market. What's different is that All4, although based on a FWD platform, has this 50/50 power split as the baseline torque split, and it is not front-wheel-drive first, like the systems we've talked about from Audi, Volkswagen, and Volvo. To maximize fuel efficiency, however, as the vehicle's speed increases, the All4 system slowly bleeds torque towards the front until power is only going to the front wheels once it's above 80mph. Assuming no wheel slip, of course. It's primarily for traction and safety versus pure performance, but the All4 is a pretty trick solution. MINI introduced AWD on the MINI Countryman S All4 and has expanded it into other MINI Cooper All4 models since then.
Transfer case problems are reportedly an issue on some earlier models (pre-2014) and typically presents itself as a significant vibration at speed, or a persistent noise similar to cupped or unevenly worn tires. The transfer case is an expensive item, so if you're looking to purchase a used All4 MINI and notice any significant noise or vibration at speed, it may be a vehicle to avoid.
Porsche AWD (Porsche Traction Management)
Porsche has been playing with all-wheel drive since the debut of the 959 supercar in the 1980s. The 959 was the first Porsche production car to use AWD, as it was designed to enter Group B rally competition before the class was disbanded in 1986. The 959 went on to win the Paris Dakar rally, and it's all-wheel drive system eventually trickled down into the 964 911 Carrera 4. While the Carrera 4 featured a heavy-duty design, with three differentials plus a multi-plate clutch designed to withstand the rigors of rally, Porsche eventually adopted a viscous-coupling system to replace it on the 993. While not technically advanced, it did the job and did it well in terms of weight, complexity, reliability, and performance. The early 997 Carrera 4, Carrera 4S, and 996 Turbo are the last 911 models to feature the older viscous coupling design.
Porsche loves its acronyms, so when revamping its all-wheel drive system, they officially branded it as Porsche Traction Management or PTM for short. PTM debuted on the Cayenne SUV but was quickly expanded into the 'proper' Porsche line up with the 997 Porsche 911 Turbo. On the Cayenne, PTM is a full-time AWD system with a 38/62 torque split, and a self-locking center differential, and is very similar to the non-Haldex Audi Quattro systems.
On the 997 Turbo and other performance models, the PTM system itself is similar to the MINI Cooper's All4, with a front and rear differential and an electro-mechanical multi-plate clutch to handle splitting the power and torque between the front and rear axles. The exact torque split will vary depending on the model and the driveline layout. For example, on a 911, the car remains 100% rear-wheel-drive until the system's control unit detects slip, or decides it needs to activate based on input. Once activated, the system will begin locking the differential and sending power to the front while determining the torque split to be applied by considering all other inputs such as throttle angle, steering angle, vehicle speed, yaw, and g-loading. Porsche also utilizes computer-controlled torque vectoring on the rear axle to increase handling performance.
Porsche's ability to program software that optimizes the PTM system for whatever car it is installed means it can be used for on-road or off-road performance alike. Porsche has many all-wheel drive 911 models, but the modern active PTM system was not installed across the full 911 model lineup until 2009. 993, 996, and earlier 997 models, aside from the 997 Turbo, still used the viscous-coupling system.
BMW AWD (BMW xDrive)
BMW's first attempt at selling an all-wheel drive model in the USA was less-than-successful, with the much-loved but seldom-sold BMW E30 325iX fading from sales floors in the early 1990s. The 325iX featured a large, somewhat complicated viscous-coupling based AWD system that worked well but didn't lend itself to wide-spread adoption across the rest of the BMW model lineup.
It was a solid 10 years or so before BMW reintroduced AWD into their model line up with the BMW X5, and its new AWD system, now dubbed xDrive. xDrive, like Haldex-based Quattro, 4MOTION, All4, and PTM, utilizes an active, electronically controlled wet-clutch to split power between the front and rear axles. The transfer case sits at the rear of the transmission and has a driveshaft that runs forward to drive the front differential. The standard split is a rear-biased 40/60, which gives any xDrive-equipped BMW the feel of a proper BMW.
The electronic control unit monitors wheel and vehicle speed, slip, throttle angle, steering angle, and other inputs, to determine how much power to send either front or rear. As it steps in, the electronic motor spins the pump and creates pressure in the hydraulic system, locking the clutch plates. BMW xDrive systems can send 100% of available torque to either the front or rear axle, providing extreme flexibility, traction, and performance for drivers of BMW SUVs and sedans alike. xDrive has been extremely popular with BMW buyers, and like Audi before it, BMW has become strongly associated with all-wheel drive performance.
The F90 M5 is the first xDrive equipped BMW that can be either rear-wheel-drive or all-wheel drive, depending on the selected drive mode. The very newest X1 and X2 xDrive models are equipped with the same all-wheel drive system as the All4 MINI Cooper models.
Mercedes-Benz AWD (Mercedes 4MATIC)
Mercedes-Benz has almost followed what some could call a backward development of their 4MATIC all-wheel drive system. First introduced in 1987, the original 4MATIC AWD system was a highly advanced computer-controlled system with a hydraulically-activated center clutch/differential used to split power. The center differential unit contained two clutches, and early 4MATIC models featured three different drive modes, with varying torque splits for each, including a setting for full-time RWD. Lacking the CAN bus systems of modern cars, the early 4MATIC system used only wheel speed and steering angle to determine how and when to engage and distribute power. It was a competent system for the time as well as extremely complex, and the first generation 4MATIC ultimately proved to be relatively unreliable.
With the re-introduction of 4MATIC in the late-1990s on the W210 E-class, Mercedes decided to go with a passive full-time AWD system. Of all the all-wheel drive systems we've reviewed here, the standard Mercedes 4MATIC design is the closest to traditional Audi Quattro. Mercedes-Benz 4MATIC has either a 45/55 or 35/65 rear-biased torque split depending on whether it has a 7-speed or 5-speed transmission. The torque-sensing center differential sends up to 70% of power to either the front or the rear depending on needs and conditions. Much like Audi Quattro, Mercedes 4MATIC utilizes the ABS braking system as part of the Mercedes Electronic Traction System (ETS) to manage power delivery and wheel slip.
Select Mercedes-AMG vehicles feature 4MATIC+, an active AWD system that is more similar to Porsche PTS and BMW xDrive. An active electro-mechanical locking multi-plate clutch system is employed to handle the torque distribution between the front and rear. Mercedes was also thoughtful enough the include a 'drift mode' on these models, allowing 100% of the tire-shredding torque to go to the rear, with a fully disengaged front axle. Mercedes 4MATIC+ also changes how it manages power depending on the AMG DYNAMIC SELECT drive program in use.
With the proliferation and adoption of all-wheel drive systems across all the major German and European makes and most models, it's clear that AWD is no gimmick and is truly here to stay. What's more, thanks to advances in technology, modern AWD systems are not just for traction in snow and over rough terrain but also for driving enthusiasts. As technology continues to progress and these systems become even more reliable and more capable, we don't expect to see any of these manufacturers dropping the option from their model lineups.
German & European Manufacturer Models With AWD
Audi Quattro Models
1983-1985 Audi GT Coupe Quattro
1984-1987 Audi 4000 Quattro
1990-1995 Audi 90 Quattro
1990-1994 Audi 100 Quattro
1990-1994 Audi V8 Quattro
1990-1991 Audi 90 Coupe Quattro
1992-1995 Audi S4/S6 Quattro
1996-2020 Audi A4 Quattro
2001-2005 Audi Allroad Quattro
2000-2002 Audi S4 Quattro
2008-2012 Audi R8 Quattro
2020 Audi R8 Quattro
2007-2008 Audi RS4 Quattro
2009-2020 Audi Q5 Quattro
2014-2020 Audi SQ5 Quattro
2019-2020 Audi e-tron Quattro
Audi Quattro Models with Haldex
2001-2020 Audi TT Quattro
2009-2020 Audi TTS
2012-2013 Audi TT RS
2006-2009 Audi A3 3.2 Quattro
2009-2013 Audi A3 2.0t Quattro
Volkswagen 4MOTION Models
2000-2005 Volkswagen B5/B5.5 Passat GLS/GLX V6 4MOTION
2004-2005 Volkswagen B5/B5.5 Passat GLS 1.8t 4MOTION
2002-2004 Volkswagen B5.5 Passat W-8 4MOTION
2006-2008 Volkswagen B6 Passat 3.6 VR6 4MOTION
2009-2016 Volkwagen CC 3.6 VR6 4MOTION
2012-2013 Volkswagen Mk6 Golf R
2015-2020 Volkswagen Mk7/Mk7.5 Golf R
2017-2020 Volkswagen Mk7/Mk7.5 Golf SportWagen 4MOTION
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Oconomowoc has always been my home; so I have grown up with the opportunity to enjoy the unique Lake Country lifestyle, especially the lakes! Passion for real estate is at the core of everything I do, and I enjoy my role in working as part of the Spheeris family business. My father, Jon Spheeris, has been involved with real estate and development for over 40 years, so I have grown up watching and learning from him. Two of the greatest values he instilled in me were the importance of working hard and providing excellent customer service. Beyond that, the core values I have learned from my partnership with Coldwell Banker complement my own personal values.
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Innovation: By my partnership with the forward<|fim_middle|> other beneficial relationships in the industry to help facilitate smooth closings.
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Outside of real estate, I enjoy spending time outdoors and working on cars! Both are things that I find relaxing after a long day. | thinking brand of Coldwell Banker, and by staying abreast of new trends, technologies and marketing strategies, I can provide my customers and clients the best the industry has to offer.
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Audrehem is one of many small villages and towns in the Hem Valley.We stay in the Pas de Calais area at least once every year about 10 miles away from the Hem valley. So on this trip we decided to see as much as possible. We managed to see about 20 villages and small towns in the day.
Audrehem is in a national park within the valley des Caps et Marais d`Opal. The church building is quite interesting it has 3 naves from the 16th and 17th century and a font from the 12th.
Built on the remains of a 17th century manor.
This neo-Flemish chateau is set in ten acres of lush parkland.
Five kilometres from the historic town of<|fim_middle|> a fantastic covered swimming pool set in the middle of a beautiful lawn, making Aiguille Creuse perfect for families with young children. | Saint Omer.
The Hotels offers a restaurant and a bar/lounge. Recreational amenities include an indoor pool and tennis courts.
For a fun family holiday in Normandy, Aiguille Creuse is an ideal destination. Nestled in the small village of Les Loges, it's only a few miles from the beautiful Channel beaches. The campsite offers a relaxed and friendly atmosphere surrounded by invigorating sea air and magnificent coastline.
Sports fans are also well catered for with volleyball, pétanque, tennis, table tennis and cycling all available onsite. Children have their own playground complete with a bouncy castle and there is | 129 |
Ambiguity: (noun) the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.
I coach students in a variety of graduate degree programs at Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management. Many have spent anywhere from a couple of years to a couple of decades in the workforce, so we use a well-regarded "360" assessment, in which students ask their peers, bosses, and subordinates to rate them on 38 different leadership, managerial, and interpersonal competencies. The assessment has been widely used for years: over 4.5 million people have taken it.
In North America, the lowest scoring of the 38 competencies is—wait for it—Managing Ambiguity. Why?
Business people are successful first and foremost because we get things done. We naturally seek to control as much as we can, because it provides a sense of efficiency, competency, and security. And what we see time and again is when our clients' projects and commitments are made more complex—more ambiguous—by things beyond their control, they often get emotionally triggered and react negatively. Ironically, the much greater threat to their success becomes their reactions to the ambiguity and loss of control, not the ambiguity itself.
To illustrate, meet our client, "Jake." Jake was promoted and given responsibility for creating a new customer support call center for his company. As part of this change, the project was to be formally announced by company leadership, accompanied by a request for staff to collaborate with Jake on this new endeavor. Because change at the company historically moved slowly, Jake wasn't given a hard completion date; it was made clear this was expected to be a lengthy process.
Subsequently, the announcement and formal launch for Jake's project<|fim_middle|> in coaching. For those in similar situations to Jake, as long as the boss knows the status of things—even if he or shee seems ambivalent—it's best to keep working steadily and not to worry. Don't worry about the growing complexity or lack of clarity, about the increasing inefficiency, or about your seeming loss of control. How you do what you do is equally important as what you do. Manage your emotions and reactions to ambiguity and loss of control, and you'll usually be just fine.
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Are You Grateful for Change? | were delayed several times. Meanwhile, Jake was encouraged to continue engaging his colleagues to work with him planning the project. Jake did what he could, but without the formal company-wide launch, building consensus for the change was not easy. Leadership did not criticize Jake for the relative lack of progress; on the contrary, they knew they hadn't yet done their part to get the ball rolling and they repeatedly assured him not to worry.
Nonetheless, Jake was frustrated, spending precious political capital pressuring his higher-ups for the formal launch and doing more damage to his perceived competency than the project's sluggishness. Jake's get-it-done attitude, which worked beautifully when he was solo—it had gotten him the promotion after all—now belied his lack of emotional intelligence for dealing with ambiguity. Lashing out at the people above him, he did serious damage to his superiors' previously positive regard.
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On The Foreign Passion - by Catherine Boyle
At our launch of Cristian Aliaga's The Foreign Passion (trans Ben Bollig), Catherine Boyle, Professor of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies at King's College London gave a great talk on the importance of translation and the book.
Here is a transcript of that talk.
Translation is about travelling. And in many ways translation is no different now from it was in the middle ages. It passes through the body of the translator, of the traveller. Translators are on the look-out for new stories. Our constant question is: what are the stories that you have that that we could borrow and tell again; tell to ourselves; tell to each other? And as we translate we do not colonise the language – although that has been known – we inhabit it. We travel with it and we make it live again in another place, another time, with new eyes and ears. And we hope that in that new space and time what we have translated can find its voice, can find an audience, new listeners, new interpreters. Maybe, even, that the translation can have an impact on the language and time it has come it inhabit anew. Just as we are worlds of migrants, nomads, incomers, newcomers, intruders, we are worlds of invention and re-invention.
Translators are also advocates. As we travel the world physically and linguistically we are alert to those stories that will travel and when we find some we respond to what Peter Brook calls 'the formless hunch', as I have said and written so many times before: the intuition that what we have found needs to be translated, brought to the new place to speak again because it has something urgent to say to us, now, and here.
What Ben Bollig has done here in The Foreign Passion is a form of advocacy. He has found in La pasión extranjera a poetry that speaks to him, and knowing that he can only be of his time, he intuits that it will speak to other people. We are introduced to themes that are crushing in on us, of the political construction of the spaces we inhabit, of global capital and its / our impact on our earth, of migration, immigration movement, of belonging, and of the strangeness of being other<|fim_middle|> makes me very well aware that I have a 'centre', that that centre is European, no matter how much and how openly I have travelled and that the our centre, our home is visible to, analysed by, sought after, loved and hated by others, by those whose centre is somewhere else. Of Peckham Rye station [in the poem 'Un-chewed Life'].
So, thank you, Ben for doing the work of the translator: for travelling, seeing, recognising and bringing back 'home' these stories. It doesn't matter that they were written here, because they really weren't. The beauty of translation is to find the place that the poems were written, and rewrite it so that we can be destabilised and made to look at our world with different eyes. With words we recognise, but in their foreign passion, we have to work that bit harder to find, to harvest and bring to a new home.
Catherine Boyle is Professor of Latin American Cultural Studies at King's College, London. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/splas/people/staff/academic/boyle/index.aspx
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The Anti-Canon: María Angélica Bosco by Ben Bollig
April 04, 2016 in Blog, The Anti-Canon
The Argentine novelist and critic Carlos Gamerro once wrote that the 'whodunit' is doomed to struggle in his country. There is a simple reason for this. In Argentina, if there is an unsolved murder, everyone assumes, or maybe knows, that the police or the military did it. In his novel An Open Secret he explores the role of the police during the Proceso, the dictatorship of the late 1970s. Police forces carried out disappearances, torture and repression far from the big cities, where there was no significant military presence and, it's worth mentioning, there were very few of the alleged 'subversives' whom the junta claimed they were targeting.
Tags: anti-canon, maria bosco, ben bollig, cristian aliaga, argentina, detective novel, crime fiction, spanish, buenos aires | , or of moving into spaces in which we are rendered as other. Profound memories are lost and commodified, and are located in museums where people go 'to beg for a memory' / 'para mendigar un recuerdo' ('Belleza ajena'), pathetically pleased with, for example, the postcard that is the most abject trace of what we think we want to remember, or own again, or belong to again.
These poems and their translations remind us that all translation is an exploration. There can be no translation without the journeying through words and meaning. The creation of excess – of many drafts, many possibilities, many suggestions – allows to wander through the poetry. We need this space to allow a submersion, from which we will emerge clutching the right word, the word that does the job. For this time, for this moment, for now. It may not be the same next year, but the submersion has allowed the creation of a parallel poetics and by the time the words come to rest on the page – for this particular version printed – there is a sense of coherence, of rhythm, of a new poetics that can deliver meaning in the new space. 'Come to rest' suggests an end, a dead place. But I don't mean that at all, because the page will always provoke the new life of reading and listening.
The M62 [as featured in the poem 'Natural Life']. I know it. I know that house. I've passed it two or three times a year between London and the west coast of Scotland for about twenty-five years. I know the story of the house. I have another story of this house, different from Aliaga's. His poem makes me want to tell that story, to respond to his story. My rhythms of telling it would be different and the shade would be inflected by dark winter nights with Chris Rea singing 'Driving Home for Christmas' or long summer nights with the promise of even longer nights ahead. And that's the point of the travelling of poetry: it provokes other stories to be told, maybe borrowing- knowingly or unknowingly-from the new account.
These poems destabilise the centre. That sounds like academic speak. It is, but we academics too want to and can provoke ideas and meaning. Ben talks in his introduction to the book about some of the ways in which Cristian Aliaga brings his own language and the language of others with and through him to write and unwrite history and lived experience. Well, I know the places of The Foreign Passion. Some of my own history is written there, in Scotland, Ireland, England, in reading, in histories, and poetry I've read. So when I say that Aliaga destabilises the centre, I mean that he | 568 |
As a superintendent, you must answer to the demands of all of the other constituencies within your district. When it comes right down to it it's seemingly the community at large. In the end, you're guided by one question.<|fim_middle|> the community a great sense of self when it comes to their schools, students, and accomplishments. When one takes on the responsibilities of an entire district, the results can be highly rewarding. | What is best for all of the students?
A clear vision of what needs to be done for the good of the district is part of being a great superintendent. Setting the vision, objectives, and goals for your district is a must; as is seeing those goals achieved.
Your goal is to make sure that the students in your district are learning and achieving at a high level. A great superintendent is knowledgeable about the best practices for maximizing the achievements of their students as well as giving support to the teachers in their district.
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Research | Volume 40, Article 18, 06 Sep 2021 | 10.11604/pamj.2021.40.18.24992
Use of medicinal plants by cancer patients at the National Institute of Oncology, Rabat: a cross-sectional survey
Nadia El Orfi, Saber Boutayeb, Bouchra Haddou Rahou, Ahlam Aitouma, Amine Souadka
Corresponding author: Nadia El Orfi, Life and Health Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
Received: 14 Jul 2020 - Accepted: 25 Jul 2021 - Published: 06 Sep 2021
Domain: Oncology
Keywords: Cancer, medicinal plants, adverse reactions, reported efficacy
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Nadia El Orfi
Saber Boutayeb
Bouchra Haddou Rahou
Ahlam Aitouma
Amine Souadka
Reported efficacy | 1.40.18.24992]
Nadia El Orfi1,&, Saber Boutayeb2, Bouchra Haddou Rahou3, Ahlam Aitouma1, Amine Souadka4
1Life and Health Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco, 2Department of Medical Oncology, National Institute of Oncology, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco, 3Research Department, High Institute of Nursing Professions and Technical Health, Rabat, Morocco, 4Surgical Oncology Department, National Institute of Oncology, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
Nadia El Orfi, Life and Health Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
Introduction: the use of medicinal plants has increased significantly in recent years. According to the World Health Organization, 80% of the world's population uses medicinal plants to treat themselves. Our study aims to estimate the prevalence of medicinal plant use by cancer patients, list the different plants and identify their adverse effects cited by users and their reported efficacy.
Methods: this study was realised among 100 patients via a questionnaire with 14-items. Socio-economic and clinical characteristics have been analysed. The bivariate and multivariate analyses have been used to demonstrate the association between the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants, the duration of the disease and the use of medicinal plants.
Results: 45% of participants used medicinal plants. The most commonly reported reason for using medicinal plants was cancer cure (22%). During this study, 32 plants were identified. The Honey was the most commonly used (25%), thyme was also consumed at 15%, fenugreek at 13% and garlic at 7%. According to the multivariate analysis, the residence is predictor of medicinal plant use, urban residents used medicinal plants more than rural patients with an OR: 3,098, IC, 95%: [1,183-8,113] and P = 0,021. Fifty patients reported the moderate efficacy of the use of medicinal plants, and 20% described some side effects such as abdominal pain in 34%.
Conclusion: in order to avoid any interaction with oncological drugs and to improve their effectiveness, a great importance must be given to information, education and awareness sessions.
In recent years, medicinal plants (MP) as well as honey as a plant derivative processed by bees [1] and obtained from the combination of the plant and animal world [2] have been accorded great importance as a natural remedy for the treatment of diseases at the international level. According to the World Health Organization, 80% of the world's population uses medicinal plants for their health. In China, herbal preparations represent 30 and 50% and in Germany, 90% of people take a natural remedy [3]. Morocco is known throughout the world for its wealth of aromatic and medicinal plants and its diversity. It has 4200 species of which 800 are endemic and nearly 500 species are used in the medicinal and/or aromatic field [4].
According to a national study, 77.8% of patients consulting a herbalist use MP to treat different diseases [5]. Consumer patients perceive plants as natural and safe products [6], however, some scientific research has shown that plants can contain toxic substances mainly mercury, lead, cadmium, copper, iron, manganese, nickel, zinc and arsenic [7]. Cancer patients are no exception to this rule. At the national level, various studies have shown MP utilization rates in this category of patients and have revealed a rate by 36% of patients [7, 8]. In Turkey, the prevalence of MP use is 68.2% [9]. In China, the utilization rate was 53%. [10]. These natural remedies used may interact with conventional agents and their association with concomitant treatment may have an impact on its efficacy and safety [11]. They can also affect the absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity of drugs [12].
The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of MP use in cancer patients followed at the National Institute of Oncology (NIO), and to list the MP used, the information that participants had about the MPs consumed, their adverse reactions and their reported efficacy.
Design and setting of the study: this is a cross-sectional study conducted at the National Institute of Oncology, particularly in hospitalization services for digestive surgery, gynecomammary surgery, medical oncology, radiotherapy and external services such as outpatient clinics, biological analysis laboratories and day hospitals. This study consists of estimating the prevalence of MP use, listing the different MP used by participants and identifying the adverse effects cited by users and the effectiveness expressed. The duration of this study was one month from March 15th to April 13th 2018.
Participants: the sample for the present study used a national average prevalence of 40% calculated from results obtained from national surveys of MP use among cancer patients. The confidence interval was 95% and the margin of error was 10%. The study sample size was 92. A supplement has been made to avoid losses. The study involved both inpatient and outpatient. A total of 100 patients of different sexes, their selection was random. All patients over 18 years of age; undergoing treatment for digestive, gynecologic or other cancers, present during the study period and willing to complete the questionnaire, were included. Exclusion criteria were patients who refused to participate in the study, patients with WHO>3 or hospitalised in palliative care and patients with a pathology that did not allow them to speak.
The study was approved by the Ethics Committee for Biomedical Research of the Mohamed V Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy in Rabat N° 27/18. It is a questionnaire study administered face to face by the investigators participating in the study, it is in French language.
The questionnaire includes socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients as well as 14 items relating to the prevalence of MP, their quantity, the reason for use of MP, the person advising this use, the part consumed, their preparation mode, the frequency and duration of use, information on the MP used, their adverse reactions and their effectiveness. It includes closed-ended questions (gender, age, origin, socioeconomic status, occupation, cultural level, type of illness, duration of illness and location of illness) and open-ended questions.
The patients who answered were classified according to their medical coverage into low socio-economic level with medical assistance regime, those with medical coverage insurance and paid patients. For the residence, patients were classified according to an urban environment (from cities) and a rural environment (from rural areas). The disease stage has been classified into metastasic and non-metastasic stages. The plants surveyed were classified according to their type (condiment, food, aromatic plants, medicinal plants and seeds). We have listed honey among the medicinal plants since it is transformed from nectar by bees and therefore it is considered a product derived from plants. The Codex Alimentarius (FAO 2001) as well as Council Directive 2001/110/EC of 20th December 2001 of the European Union define it as a natural sweet substance produced by bees from plant nectar or from secretions from living plant parts or from excretions of foraging insects left on living plant parts.
The duration of the illness was calculated before hospital admission. For age, it has been classified into three bands, from 20 to 40 years old, from 40 to 60 years old and over 60 years old. The variables studied were calculated in terms of frequency and percent.
Statistical analysis: the statistical analysis of the data was performed by the SPSS software version 23. Qualitative variables were expressed in frequency. A Pearson´s chi-square test was used to compare MP users and non-users. Univariate analysis was done to determine the association between socio-demographic, clinical parameters and MP use. Multivariate analysis was used to determine factors predictive of MP use. P value <0.05 was used whether the association is statistically significant.
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics: during our study, 100 patients were surveyed for a 100% response rate. According to the results, women represented 80% of the study population and married people 56%. Patients aged 40 to 60 years were the most represented group (64%). 89% of the participants had no profession. Regarding medical coverage, 77% of the participants were the patients with medical assistance regime, 75% of the patients came from urban areas and 53% of the patients were illiterate. Gynecologic and breast cancers were the most important with 54%. The most commonly reported antecedents were high blood pressure (13%). 40% of the respondents were on chemotherapy treatment at the time of the study. 66% of patients have non-metastatic cancer. Forty-six of the participants had a duration of illness of less than one year (Table 1).
Use of medicinal plants: of the 100 participants, 45% used medicinal plants. The main reason for use was cancer treatment (22%). The use of MP increases during treatment (36%). Thirty Two percent of patients reported using MP less than one year. The use of a single plant was observed in 36% of the participants (Figure 1).
Medicinal plants used: during this study, 32 plants were identified belonging to different categories and showing the richness of the traditional Moroccan pharmacopoeia in cancer patients in the Rabat region and followed up at NIO. The most used of these plants were honey (29%), thyme (18%), fenugreek (15%), nigella seed (8%) and garlic (8%). The most commonly used part was seeds (29%), the amount consumed was an additional spoon at 61%, the way MP was prepared was infused (29%) and mixed with honey at 29%. About 50% of users consumed MP once a day (Table 2).
Information on PM, person advising on the use and acquisition of MP: about 58% of the users among the 100 participants had information about the MPs consumed, of which 31% stated that they are useful for strengthening immunity. The use of these natural remedies was mainly requested by the participant's entourage (66%). For the supply of MP, 80% of 100 respondents did not change their supplier (Table 3).
Effectiveness and adverse effects of MP: certainly, 50% of 100 participants found MPs moderately effective and 20% of participants reported adverse effects, including abdominal pain (34%) (Figure 2).
Predictors of MP use: a univariate analysis was performed to analyze the association between socio-demographic and clinical characteristics and MP use. Results showed a very significant association with the residence (P=0.02), participants from the urban environment were the most frequent users of MP. A multivariate analysis showed that the independent factor predicting the use of MP is the residence (OR: 3,098, IC 95%: [1,183-8,113], P=0,021) (Table 4).
Our study revealed the use of MP by patients during conventional treatment. The rate of their use was higher (45%) than that shown in other studies [7]. Despite advice and prescriptions from oncologists reporting a ban on taking MP, the rate of use remains increasing, this can be explained by the recent development of media that encouraged the use of MP to treat chronic diseases as well as the influence of family and friends, this has been confirmed by other studies in different countries [9, 10, 13].
A variety of plants (32 plants) were identified during our study belonging to different classes. Some studies have cited and shown the use of a different package of MP by patients as remedies, supplements and functional foods [7, 14, 15]. In our study honey is the most commonly used product, as are the results of was the most commonly used, similar to the results of a previous study [8]. Thyme, fenugreek and garlic were also consumed by patients; their use has been demonstrated in other similar studies [16-18].
The results of our study showed that MP is used not only in seeds, which was the most consumed part, but also in leaves and roots, which is perfectly in line with another study that showed that leaves, fruits and seeds are the essential ingredient in the preparations used [19].
Our study showed that the environment of origin is a predictive factor in the use of MP by cancer patients. Indeed, participants from urban areas were more likely to use natural remedies to treat themselves, this may be due to the availability and accessibility of MP. Participants reported adverse events (AEs) (20%) related to the use of MP, this rate was somewhat similar to that reported in other previous studies [7, 10]. These AEs can be explained by the lack of knowledge of the MPs regarding the dosage, the preparation method and the part used as well as the random use since the Moroccan market is rich in MP and their sale is not subject to any control or regulation. However, this rate may be low estimated due to the non-medicalised surveillance of the MP intake. The results of our study showed that patients (50%) found MPs moderately effective, as demonstrated in another previous study [15].
Limits: the limitations of this study may be related to the under-reporting of patients regarding the use of MP and the low number of participants, and the potential underreporting of side effects due to uncontrolled MP use and non-medicalized surveillance.
The use of MPs in Morocco, especially in the Rabat region, is very much in demand by cancer patients. Despite the advice provided by oncologists, the use of these remedies for treatment remains high. Our study counted 32 species consumed by these patients. The residence is a predictor of the use of MPs, patients living in urban areas are more likely to consume MPs. Honey, thyme, fenugreek, black cumin seed and garlic are the most commonly used herbs. Most patients believe in the efficacy of MP without considering side effects or interactions with conventional treatment. Pending further studies to justify this efficacy, adverse effects and interactions. It is necessary to be vigilant with patients using these plants during treatment and to adopt strategies to sensitize and educate the patient and his entourage.
Cancer patients under conventional treatment should not consume herbal medicines;
Herbal medicines consumed may cause interactions with conventional treatment and result in side effects;
The medicinal plants consumed can influence the effectiveness of the treatment and delay healing.
Patients have reported side effects from herbal medicines, particularly abdominal pain;
The rate of consuming medicinal plants in study patients is high at 45%;
32 plants were identified in our study.
Nadia El Orfi designed this study, participated in the collection, analyzed it and wrote the manuscript. Amine Souadka, Saber Boutayeb, Bouchra Haddou Hahou and Ahlam Aitouma participated in the design, writing and revision of the manuscript and gave their final approval to the version to be published.
We would like to thank Ms. Bouita Hind, Ms. Rakibi Latifa, Ms. Belomara Fatima and Ms. Berahal Sara for the data collection. Many thanks to Mamouch Fouzia for her support in SPSS.
Table 1: socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients (n=100)
Table 2: type of MP, quantity, part used, preparation method and frequency of use
Table 3: information on MP, person advising on the use and acquisition of MP
Table 4: comparison of variables between MP users and non-users
Figure 1: use of medicinal plant; result of the study of use of medicinal plants by cancer patients, Morocco, 2018
Figure 2: effectiveness and reported adverse effects; result of the study of use of medicinal plants by cancer patients, Morocco, 2018
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Almost a year ago, Elderbrook joined forces with production duo CamelPhat to release "a cool little club record"<|fim_middle|> inspired MTV to include him in their Brand New For 2018 list, while Magnetic Magazine highlighted him as #1 in their Artists to watch in 2018 feature.
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Man's body found in Salinas riverbed near Paso Robles | that the tax roll went into negative territory for the first time since the Great Depression.
Auditor-Controller Gere Sibbach operates as the county's accountant and determines how to distribute property tax revenue. He recently issued a report that itemizes how the property tax rolls dropped in various communities.
The higher-priced coastal communities continue to retain their residential property value better than most inland areas, but even the coast has seen assessments flatten or dip into negative territory.
Only four communities out of the 15 The Tribune reviewed had any increase in property taxes, and the rise was lower than in past years.
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Carl Andre was born on September 16, 1935 in Quincy, Massachusetts. Andre attended Quincy public schools from 1941 to 1950, and then studied art at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts from 1951 to 1953, followed by Kenyon College in Gamier, Ohio. After serving in the U.S. Army in North Carolina from 1955-1956, Andre moved to New York City. From 1958 to 1960, while in New York, Andre shared a studio space with his fellow Phillips Academy alumni, Frank Stella. The two were reacquainted after school by the artist Constanin Brancusi, and both Brancusi and Stella served as key influences on Andre's mature works.
Andre is best known as one of the foremost members of the Minimalist movement of the 1960s. Working primarily in sculpture, Andre pioneered a method which disengaged from the processes of carving or modeling in favor of works based on arranging or placing. Using materials such as wood and bronze, Andre would organize ready-made commercial units into various geometric forms directly onto the floor, emphasizing materiality and inviting audiences to contemplate the space the sculpture<|fim_middle|> | inhabits.
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llection of Sherlock Holmes short stories. ?Silver Blaze?, ?The Yellow Face?, ?The Stock-Broker's Clerk?, ?The ?Gloria Scott'?, ?The Musgrave Ritual?, ?The Reigate Puzzle?, ?The Crooked Man?, ?The Resident Patient?, ?The Greek Interpreter?, ?The Naval Treaty?, and ?The Final Problem? are included. A lot of information about Holmes and Watson is included in this collection. There is some information which is shocking, and other information which might have been expected. These stories also include some of Holmes' most memorable adventures. I suppose this is why they call it Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
?Silver Blaze? actually has two mysteries: the disappearance of a famous horse, Silver Blaze, and the murder of its trainer. When Holmes and Watson hear about this, they go to check it out, with Colonel Ross, the owner of the horse, and Inspector Gregory. The foursome travels to the scene of the crimes: where Silver Blaze had last been seen and the body of the trainer was found, lying on the ground. They find nothing there, and after the colonel and the inspector leave Holmes and Watson at the crime scene, they find footprints a little ways off. The footprints are of a horse. They follow the footprints and find that a little farther they are joined by the footprints of a man. Following these set of tracks, the detective and the doctor are lead to Mapleton stables, which are the only other stables in the area besides the one where the horse lived. Holmes has a talk with the owner in private and finds that he does have Silver Blaze. After some negotiating the owner promises to let the horse ride in the races the next day, and then give him back to the owner. Holmes makes Watson promise to not tell anyone<|fim_middle|> the client's original job. He tried to steal all of the money from that job the night before, but he was caught. Holmes announces that ?human nature is a strange mixture, Watson. You see that even a villain and a murderer can inspire such affection that his brother turns to suicide when he learns that his neck is forfeited?.
?The ?Gloria Scott'? is very interesting, being that it was Holmes' first case. It is strange to read about a case without Watson being the narrator. In this case, we also learn that, after Holmes got out of college, he had his amazing ?powers?, but he only imagined them as the merest hobby. It is also learned that Holmes only went to college for two years. He was not very sociable, either. He had only one friend during those years, named Victor Trevor. During a long vacation in the college years Trevor invited Holmes to his father's house. They have a good time there and the old Trevor is amazed at Holmes's ?powers?, fainting when Holmes mentions that the old Trevor used to be intimately aquatinted with someone who's initials were J.A., and afterwards he desperately wanted to forget about them. A day before Holmes is about to leave, a strange man walks in the door, who the old Trevor recognizes as Hudson. He is still there when Holmes leaves, and he is glad he did, because this Hudson character isn't the most pleasant of fellows. Near the end of the long vacation Victor sent Holmes a wire asking him to come down to the old Trevor's house immediately. Victor meets Holmes at the train station and explains as they are riding to the house that his father received a wire which, after reading it, drove him into a stroke, where he fell into a coma. The only thing is that the wire makes absolutely no sense at all. By the time they get to the house the old Trevor has died. Victor goes into the room where he lies dead, privately with the doctor. Meanwhile Holmes tries to make sense of this confusing mess. Finally Victor returns from the room, with a few papers and a small piece of paper. The small paper was apparently the wire which the old Trevor had received when he was driven into the stroke. It read ?The supply of game for London is going steadily up. Head-keeper Hudson, we believe, has been now told to receive all orders for fly-paper and for preservation of your hen-pheasant's life?. Holmes was sure that it was a message written in code. After a few tries, he figures out that every third word reads ?The game is up. Hudson has told all. Fly for your life?. The papers are a lengthy letter from the old Trevor to Victor, apparently to be read after he died. It said that he was not born Trevor, but James Armitage. He had committed some very bad crimes in his youth, and so was forced to work rowing on a ship with other inmates (remember, this was probably around the 1840's, so they were aloud to have slaves). However, the inmate who sat next to him, Jack Prendergast, had almost a quarter of a million pounds with him. He also had a lot of friends on the crew. He planned to get the rest of the inmates to team up with him and take over the ship. His friends on the crew brought everyone weapons every day, and so everyone had plenty of weapons in a short amount of time. They attacked soon after they received the weapons, and within a few hours or so, had killed almost every enemy on the ship except for a few, who were being held captive. About half of the inmates, the half which had Jack Prendergast, and their friends wanted to kill them, but the other half, the half which had the old Trevor/James Artimage, was tired of blood and didn't want to kill them. The half which had Prendergast won the argument, but they agreed to let whoever didn't want to see blood onto one of the smaller life boats attached to the ship, and they could stay in the boat until another ship came to rescue them. Trevor/Armitage and a few others went onto the boat. About an hour after they left the ship, they heard a giant booming sound. They rowed back to the ship, only to find a cloud of smoke and some pieces of wood from it. It had apparently been blown up somehow. They looked for survivors, but only found one, a man named Hudson. When they were rescued and returned to the shore, Trevor/Armitage and a few others changed their name and started their life over again. When Hudson came, apparently he got mad at Trevor/Armitage for some reason, and told the police everything which had happened.
?The Musgrave Ritual? is also one of Holmes's pre-Watson cases. Apparently one of Holmes's college mates calls on him about a possible case a few years after they got out of college. Holmes rides down to where the mate lives. It seems that the mate had a butler who had been faithful to the family for a long time. However, one night he was caught looking at the family papers. The mate gave him one week to get out of the house. When the butler had gone sulking to his room, the mate looked at the paper which he had been studying. It turned out to be a paper which explained a silly family ritual which didn't make much sense. One morning, within the week, the butler simply disappeared. That night a servant girl who had been very ill for some time disappeared. The mate found her footprints leading up to the lake, and some strangely shaped metal objects in her purse thrown into the lake. However, they could not find her body in the lake. Holmes looks at the paper which the butler had been studying. It reads:
?Whose was it??
?His who is gone.?
?Who shall have it??
?He who will come.?
?Where was the sun??
?Over the oak.?
?Where was the shadow??
?Under the elm.?
?How was it stepped??
?North by ten and by ten, east by five and by five, south by two and by two, west by one and by one, and so under.?
?What shall we give for it??
?All that is ours.?
?Why should we give for it??
?For the sake of the trust.?
Holmes follows this as best hi can, and it leads him to an underground passage. It stops where there is a huge rock covering the passage. With the help of the mate, Holmes pushes it to the side and finds that there is a little space and then there is a wall blocking the rest of the passage. In this area is the body of the dead butler. Holmes figures that the butler had followed this ritual and had gotten help from the sick girl in moving the rock. There must have been the contents of her purse in that room. After rescuing the ?treasure?, the butler must have wanted it all for himself, so the girl got mad at him and somehow managed to push the rock back, where he was left to die. Holmes also figures out that the ?treasure? really is treasure; it is the remains of the ancient crown of the kings of England. The ?Whose was it? His who is gone? part of the ritual was after the execution of Charles. The ?Who shall have it? He who will come? part of the ritual means it was meant for Charles the Second. But, for some reason, he never received it.
?The Reigate Puzzle? case takes place at Watson's friend's place, just after Holmes has just gotten over a terrible illness. There is a murder at someone's house one night while Holmes and Watson are staying at Watson's friend's place. Holmes and Watson decide to investigate. The person killed was William the coachman, working for Mr. Cunningham and his 20 year old or so son, Alec. They go into the Cunningham's house to investigate. Holmes acts as if he made a lot of mistakes, he pretends to have a nervous attack, and he pushes something over and then blames it on Watson, but it is worth it, because all this helps him find the answer to the mystery. It turns out that the Cunningham's murdered William because apparently he had knew something about them which they didn't want anyone else to know, and was going to blackmail them.
?The Crooked Man? begins with Holmes coming to Watson's home and asking to spend the night. Of course Watson agrees, and Holmes explains a case which he should like to investigate with Watson in the morning. A wife and her friend had gone out one night to spend some time in town. They stayed out for a few hours, and then returned. When the wife came home, she went into the morning room, even though it was late at night, and asked the maid for a cup of tea. When the maid returned with her request, she found the door to the morning room locked and the husband inside with the wife. They were talking quietly for a bit, but then they started yelling at each other. After a while of yelling, the husband gasped, the wife screamed, there was a loud thumping noise, immediately followed by an even louder thumping noise. And all through this, the wife was screaming. The maid ran outside and around to the window, but she found it already open. The husband was lying dead on the floor with a very bad cut on the back of his head, the wife was lying on the couch still screaming in a state of shock, there was a heavy candlestick holder which could easily have cut the husband's head like that, and the key was nowhere to be found. a heavy candlestick holder which could easily have cut the husband's head like that, and the key was nowhere to be found. The maid called the police, and even they could not find the key. The next morning Watson and Holmes are up investigating the scene of the crime. They ask the friend of the wife who had gone out the evening before what had happened on the trip to town. She says reluctantly that a hunchbacked man had come up to greet the wife. She asked her friend if she would leave them alone to talk for a minute or two. After a while they stopped talking. Holmes and Watson find out where the hunchbacked man lives, and go to have a chat with him. He says that the husband had betrayed him in a war that they fought on opposite sides in India. The wife, who hadn't been a wife then, had loved the hunchbacked man, who wasn't hunchbacked then, and not the husband, who wasn't a husband then. The hunchbacked man was tortured in India and left with a hunchback to wander around. He finally got enough money to go back to England, and when he found out that the wife had married the husband, he was furious. After he had had that talk with her, he came to visit her, but saw her and her husband having a big argument in the morning room. The hunchbacked man had opened up the window and jumped into the room. The surprise and his looks so startled the husband that he fell backwards, hitting his head on the corner of the table, and so cutting his head enough to kill him. As for the key, the hunchbacked man had noticed it, and picked it up, since no one seemed to be using it.
?The Resident Patient? begins with a man coming to Holmes' place while Watson is visiting and asking for Holmes' help. This man is Dr. Trevelyan, who is very skilled at medical doctory, and lives with his employer. One day, while the employer was out, a father and son came into the doctor's office. The son said that his father had a very bad, very rare disease and he needed help right away. The son waited out in the waiting room while the doctor treated the father. Just before the employer came home, the father and son left. When the employer went into his bedroom he saw footprints on the carpet which were not his and definitly not the doctor's. The employer insisted that Dr. Trevelyan tell Holmes about it. So Holmes, Watson, and Dr. Trevelyan go to his and his employer's home. When they see the footprints and the employer starts talking, Holmes says that he can't help him if he doesn't tell the truth, and when the employer keeps lying, Holmes and Watson walk out of there and to Holmes' place. The next day they receive a wire from Dr. Trevelyan which asks them to come quickly. Once they arrive, they find out that the employer was hung in his room, and they quickly go upstairs into his bedroom. After looking carefully at all footprints viewable Holmes deducts that there were three men involved: the two men which were supposedly the patient and son of Dr. Trevelyan, and a third unknown man. They crept up to the employer's bedroom and gagged him while they decided what to do with him. Finally they decided to hang him, and so they did. Later on Holmes discovers that the three men had committed previous crimes together.
In ?The Greek Interpreter?, it is discovered that Holmes actually has a brother, and he is better at deduction than Holmes is! The only reason why Holmes is famous and his brother, Mycroft, isn't is because Mycroft is terribly lazy. One night, when Watson and Holmes go to visit Mycroft, he tells them that he has a friend who has a case for Holmes. This friend tells them the story. It seems that this friend happens to be a foreign language interpreter, but he is especially good at Greek. One night someone came to him, asking him to come with him so he could interpret a Grecian friend. On the way there the interpreter is told that he better not tell anyone about this, or he will pay the consequences. When they arrived there the interpreter met a Grecian man, who was obviously being starved. He also had plaster over his mouth so he could not talk. The interpreter interpreted what the man told him to tell the Grecian man, but he also added on his own little questions at the end. The Grecian man wrote down the answers to both questions in Greek on a sheet of paper. The interpreter found out his name and where exactly they were. Then they drove the interpreter back to the hotel where he had been staying, and he was reminded once again that he better not tell anyone about this. Holmes, Watson, Mycroft, and the interpreter ride to the house, but first they have to get a warrant, which takes a long time, so by the time they go into the house it is emptied. Except for one room, that is. The room is filled with smoke, and the Grecian man is found inside it, dead.
?The Navy Treaty? is a complex case, in which Watson's friend, Percy Phelps, is the victim. Holmes and Watson take a ride to Percy's house on his request. It seems that Percy was trusted with a treaty between England and Italy for a day or two. It was to be kept completely confidential. Late at night Percy was at the office with the treaty when he went down to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee. He heard a slamming door, and, taking all precautions, checked back at his office to make sure no one had taken the treaty. But, to his horror, he found that someone had taken it. He went outside and asked a couple of policemen if they had seen anyone suspicious looking going into or out of the building. They said no. Together they searched the streets frantically in search for some sort of clue of who could have stolen the treaty, but there was none. This drove Percy into a mad fit, and he was taken to his bedroom, where his fianc?e and her brother lived. They took good care of him. Holmes and Watson ride around town asking all the policemen questions, but none of them were helpful. The next morning Holmes and Watson return to Percy's house and tell him the bad news. Percy, in turn, tells them about something interesting which happened last night. Percy was in bed asleep, when he awoke from a banging sound at the window. He threw open the shutters to find a man in a black cape with a long knife. He immediately ran away, so Percy could not see who it was. This gives Holmes an idea. He tells Percy's fianc?e to sleep in her bedroom that night, and sends Watson and Percy back to Baker Street. Holmes, meanwhile, stays in the town which surrounds Percy's house until it is late at night. This is when Holmes creeps to underneath Percy's bedroom's window and sits there, squatting, waiting. After a while Percy's fianc?e's brother, Joseph, steps outside, wearing the black cape and holding the long knife that Percy had described. He opens up the window, not seeing Holmes, and creeps into the bedroom. He would have gone through the bedroom door except then he would have to pass the bedroom in which his sister was sleeping, and so risk the chance of waking her up. He took the long knife and carefully opened one of the pipes which was going through Percy's bedroom, near the wall. Inside the pipe was the treaty. When Joseph stepped out of the bedroom window with the treaty, he walked straight into Holmes's arms. Holmes negotiates with him, and so gets back the treaty, which he gives to Percy next morning.
?The Final Problem? is a very moving case, in which both the criminal and Holmes lose and win at the same time. It is indeed the very last case which Holmes ever took on in his life. There is a certain Professor Moriarty who is as intelligent as Holmes, only he is the backup for every single criminal in London. Holmes tries desperately to get rid of him time and time again, but to no avail. Finally Holmes thinks he can really capture Moriarty and his many agents for good. Holmes doesn't really explain what it is that he is planning to do, but it better work, because Moriarty is only a step behind Holmes. Watson and Holmes go out of the city into the country, where they spend the night at a hotel. In the morning they leave walking, and, about an hour later, a messenger comes up to Dr. Watson with a note from the hotel keeper that a resident is very sick and needs immediate care from a doctor, and Watson just happens to be the closest doctor around. Watson is reluctant to leave Holmes, but Holmes says that he should go, so he does. When Watson arrives at the hotel and asks the hotelkeeper where the sick resident is, she looks at him funny. He shows her the note and asks her if she wrote it. She said she never did. Watson starts to run back towards Holmes. He knows that Moriarty must have written the note, and the messenger must have been one of his agents. When Watson arrives at the place where he last saw Holmes, he is gone. However, Watson sees two sets of footprints. They lead up to the waterfall, where the stop, as if the people who made them fell into the waterfall, and so would die immediately. Watson notices a note left on a rock for him, held from the wind by the silver cigarette case which Holmes used to carry with him. The note read:
?My dear Watson:
I write these few lines through the courtesy of Mr. Moriarty, who awaits my convenience for the final discussion of those questions which lie between us. He has been giving me a sketch of the methods by which he avoided the English police and kept himself informed of our movements. They certainly confirm the very high opinion which I had formed of his abilities. I am pleased to think that I shall be able to free society from any further effects of his presence, though I fear that it is at a cost which will give pain to my friends, and especially, my dear Watson, to you. I have already explained to you, however, that my career had in any case reached its crisis, and that no possible conclusion to it could be more congenial to me than this. Indeed, if I may make a full confession to you, I was quite convinced that the letter from Meiringen [the hotelkeeper] was a hoax, and I allowed you to depart on that errand under the persuasion that some development of this sort would follow. Tell Inspector Patterson that the papers which he needs to convict the gang [Moriarty's agents] are in pigeonhole M., done up in a blue envelope and inscribed ?Moriarty.' I made every disposition of my property before leaving England and handed it to my brother Mycroft. Pray give my greetings to Mrs. Watson, and believe me to be, my dear fellow,
Very sincerely yours,
Sherlock Holmes?
And so ends the career of the great Sherlock Holmes, forever.
I don't think there can be a theme for a collection of short stories, but I would say that, for all the Sherlock Holmes books, the theme would be something like keep trying, no matter what happens.
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?The Yellow Face? is one of the rare, unknown cases where Holmes turns out to be wrong. Another interesting truth learned in this case is that Holmes occasionally used cocaine! However, when these stories were written, it wasn't known that cocaine can kill you, so we can't blame Holmes because he didn't know. A man comes to Holmes and Watson's house, asking for advice and an answer. The man explains that some new people had moved into the house next door to his home, where he lived with his wife. When he had knocked on the new neighbor's door, he was answered by a woman who was very harsh to him. She wouldn't let him go inside the house, and she shut the door in his face. When he started to walk home, he just happened to glance at one of the upstairs windows of the house. He saw a yellowish, livid-colored, expressionless face staring straight at him. He was very spooked, and hurried home. That night, at about two in the morning, he woke up and noticed his wife getting dressed. Pretending he was still asleep, he watched her walk out of the bedroom door, and he heard the front door open, and then shut. A while later he heard the front door open and shut again, and he saw his wife come through the bedroom door. He sat up and asked her where she had been. Her face turned guilty and frightened, and she lied and said that she had simply needed some fresh air. The next day, the man came home from work and saw that his wife was gone. He had a hunch that she had gone to see the new neighbors. She had gone home by the time he got there, but he stormed in anyway. There was only one room in the entire house which looked like it had been lived in, and no one was in the house at the time. The man finishes his story, and mentions on the way out that he and his wife had never kept secrets from each other before, and that he was his wife's second husband, the first one and the child having died from a severe illness. Holmes figures that the first husband has not died, but is a bad man and has come back to ?haunt? his ex-wife. However, when Holmes, Watson and the man invade the house with whoever is living in it still there, a child and the wife are in the only comftorable room in the house. When the child shows her face, it is that same livid-colored face which the man had described earlier. But Holmes just laughs and, putting his hand behind the child's ear, pulls off the mask to reveal her true face. She is black, and, in the time that this story was written, blacks were called negros, and even though the Civil War had just ended, they were still treated as ?below? whites by most people, in England as well as America and Europe. The wife explains that the first husband truly had died, but the child had not. The first husband had been a ?negro?, and the wife described it as ?a misfortune that our only child took after his people rather than mine?. She explained that the child had been living in America with a nanny for the three years that the wife has been married the second husband. Finally, the wife could not stand the thought of not seeing her child, and insisted that she move into the cottage next door for about a week or so. The wife is afraid that the second husband will hate the black child, force her to move back to America, and will be furious at the wife for having married a ?negro?. However, the man kisses the child, and says they can discuss it in their own home. Holmes proves himself to be wrong, and takes it to heart.
?The Stock-Broker's Clerk? begins with the interesting fact that Watson has married and has a job as a medical doctor. However, Holmes calls upon him and asks him if he would like to go on another ?adventure?. Watson readily agrees, and, telling his wife, he sets off with Holmes. Their client explains that he had just gotten a job when, one night, a man came to his home and asked him a few questions such as if he kept up with the stock-market, et cetera. The man was delighted with the answers which the client gave, and decided to hire him for the unknown company Franco-Midland Hardware Company, Limited. The client agreed to quit his current job, to join this new one, and noticed that the man's tooth on his left side had gold filling. The next day the client reported to the given office and was assigned some trivial work which took a few weeks. When the client was finished he went back to the office and handed the work to the man. This man was different from the one which had come to his house. However, the client noticed that he had the same exact tooth had gold filling as the first man. This confused the client, which brought him to Holmes. So Watson, Holmes, and the client go back to the office to find the man reading a newspaper. When he looks up from it his face is chalk white, and he generally looks really terrible. He wishes that everyone would just let him be, even though he has no idea that he is in the presence of the great Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson. The client reminds the man that he is here on appointment, and the man excuses himself for a minute. He goes into a back room. The three men are left waiting for some time, until they hear a few banging noises, and then a gurgling sound. They rush into the back room to find that the man has hung himself. The detective, his client, and the doctor immediately take the rope from around his neck, and taking him into the office, lay him down on the sofa. Dr. Watson saves him from death. While they are waiting for the man to completely recover, they read the article which the man had been reading aloud, only to find that it supports Holmes' guess. The man does have a partner, but he has been working at | 1,479 |
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Because bodies in the outer Solar System are always observed at very low phase angles from the Earth, the only reliable data for measuring their Bond albedo comes from spacecraft.
The phase angle α is the angle between the source of the radiation (usually the Sun) and the observing direction, and varies from zero for light scattered back towards the source, to 180° for observations looking towards the source. For example, during opposition or looking at the full moon, α is very small, while backlit objects or the new moon have α close to 180°.
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Children 'Hop on<|fim_middle|> Stanko, left, and Matt Geake with Santa at the North Pole. | the Polar Express' at Chew Street Community Center
Children with Christmas wishes for Santa.
Children were invited to "Hop on the Polar Express" at Catholic Charities' 2019 Christmas Party Dec. 11 and 12 at the Chew Street Community Center, 179 W. Chew St., Allentown. Approximately 125 people attended each night.
The children infants to age 18 received a passport and had it stamped at the various stations. Once all stamped, they received a "Golden Ticket" to board the train and see Santa Claus. After visiting with Santa, each child received a gift.
Children created Christmas cards for residents of Holy Family Manor, Bethlehem and the Older Adults Program; made angel ornaments to take home; played games; sang carols; had fun with a photo booth; and enjoyed snacks of cocoa, cookies and North Pole cupcakes.
Gifts were donated by Bethlehem Catholic High School students (Key Club raised $1,100 and purchased gifts), and wrapped by students of St. Anne School, Bethlehem and Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Bethlehem.
The Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley also gave Holiday Hope Chests, which were donated from the entire Lehigh Valley community.
Members of Catholic Charities' Angel Society also participated, and volunteers, including many Diocese of Allentown employees, served as Santa's Helpers.
Allentown police officers James Stanko and Matt Geake also helped as Santa's elves.
Catholic Charities is a nonprofit social service agency caring for needy people in Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton and Schuylkill counties, regardless of their religious affiliation.
Among its services are feeding the hungry, helping veterans in danger of becoming homeless, counseling families and students, caring for the elderly, and offering service for pregnant women in need of support.
For more information, call 610-435-1541 or visit "Catholic Charities."
Making angel ornaments.
Displaying a finished ornament and a card.
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North Pole cupcakes.
Angel wings for some photo booth fun.
Bethlehem Catholic students bring gifts.
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JINAN, China, April 1<|fim_middle|> the official in January.
"We hope to see more running races, and more Chinese to make the final top places," Zhang Liangyou told Xinhua. | 7 (Xinhua) -- A grey-haired couple from east China' Anhui Province just completed another road running race last Sunday, proving that races are not just for the young.
Sunday saw a total of more than 40 road races across China featuring at least 260,000 runners.
Zhang Liangyou, 91, and his wife Shang Diane, 86, have just participated in a half-marathon in Hefei, capital city of Anhui Province.
"We now could not complete the race by the cut-off time, but we enjoy standing on the course. We will go on with running as long as our body does not fail us," said Zhang.
In the early 1950s, Zhang, then a running lover and coal miner from Anhui, went to buy a book about long-distance running after a 10000m race in Shanghai. A bookseller showed him a book about marathon, and the book put a running dream in him from then on.
Due to his illiteracy, Zhang had others read to him and followed the training instructions step by step.
"I ran 30km at first, then 40km, and finally could run up to 50km" said Zhang, adding that he trained for two years.
After testing his marathon time in 1957, Zhang reckoned that his finishing time could match that of the elite runners. "I was thrilled, and wrote to the sports bureau to ask to hold a marathon,"said Zhang.
Several officials from sports bureau later contacted him, and Zhang completed the marathon. China's Track & Field History published in 2006 included a line: "Zhang Liangyou finished the marathon with 2 hours 54 minutes and 34.6 seconds in Hefei in 1957." Zhang remembers the time well, even at 91 years old.
"Many laughed at me when running, especially with shorts in winter. I kept running," said Zhang, who also led his wife to the running course.
Shang Diane used to suffer from breathing problems, so she cycled to keep fit at the beginning.
"After cycling for three years, I began to run with him," Shang told Xinhua, adding that she took to running in the 1980s, and later ran marathon.
"We run in the morning and afternoon except on rainy days," said Shang. "Six of eight family members ran in the 2014 China Zhengkai International Marathon in Zhengzhou. It was simply gorgeous to run with family."
The many road races on April 15 in China drew a wide range of participants, and many shared running photos on social media.
"Perfect running course, amazing audience and the fresh smell of Spring. See you next year," Zhu Xiaoyang, a Hangzhou-based, judge wrote on Wechat after finishing a half-marathon in Hangzhou.
The number of marathon races held in China has increased rapidly in recent years.
In 2011, China only hosted 22 marathons, but the number of marathons and road running races reached 328 in 2016, a 150% increase over 2015, according to Chinese Athletics Association (CAA).
The CAA said in January that China's marathon industry rose 20 percent from 2016 and reached 70 billion yuan (some 10.96 billion US dollars) in 2017.
A total of 1,102 distance running events were held in China in 2017, 256 of which were hosted or co-hosted by the CAA; the total number of participants reached some 4.98 million, according to the CAA.
"More cities even at the county level are hosting marathons to promote tourism and their images, as they usually pick out unique routes through scenic spots and historical sites," said Huang Shunong, vice director of the Wuhu sports bureau in Anhui.
Wei Pulong, director of Hefei marathon association, gave three factors to explain the marathon rush on April 15.
"First, China has more marathon runners. Second, the weather in April is suitable for running, a golden month for marathon. Also, the runners can go back to work after Sunday's race," said Wei.
The marathon events will continue to grow in the future, according to an official with the CAA. "The number of the events is expected to increase to 1,900 by the year 2020, with some 10 million participants, and the industry can reach 120 billion yuan by then," said | 993 |
While a single tablet is a far less demanding regime to follow than the multiple doses a day required of the first HIV patients back in the 90s, antiretroviral therapies only prevent an active virus from copying itself and spreading throughout the body. They do not cure the infection altogether, and patients must continue to take those medicines.
Adherence is the number one mission in HIV treatment," Geleziunas explains. "If patients do not take their medication every day, they can develop viral resistance, which can basically render that regimen useless. As a result, potential treatment options begin to diminish." At the same time, providing access to these treatments around the world has been a public health success story. Today, it is estimated that nearly 21 million people living with HIV are accessing antire<|fim_middle|> and middle-income countries. According to Sarah Fidler, professor of HIV medicine at Imperial College London, this progress is thanks to a combination of international co-operation and dedicated funding from organisations such as the Global Fund and PEPFAR. Most important, she says, is to continue to sustain that strong political will, in order to bring treatment to the many millions still in need.
In research supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and presented at a recent scientific meeting, scientists from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center showed that 45 per cent of monkeys infected with a virus very similar to HIV, and treated with two of Gilead's investigational agents, a TLR7 agonist and an antibody, were able to prevent the virus from rebounding in their blood once antiretroviral therapy was withdrawn. Gilead will test these in clinical trials and is funding research at Aarhus University in Denmark to test similar agents in human trials. | troviral therapy globally, with the majority living in low | 12 |
Rare Black Moon solar eclipse takes a bite out of the sun over South America
Sky watchers in parts of the southern hemisphere today enjoyed the first partial eclipse of the year.
The April 30 partial solar eclipse, one of two to occur in 2022, swept across parts of South America, Antarctica, and the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The solar eclipse began at 2:45 p.m. EDT (1845 GMT) in the far southeastern Pacific, near the coast of Antarctica. It lasted just under four hours and ended at 6:37 p.m. EDT (22:37 GMT) over the southern Atlantic Ocean, according to TimeandDate.com, though for many observers, the sun set while it was still partially eclipsed.
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. Today's celestial event was a partial eclipse, meaning the moon obscured only part of the sun, depending on the viewer's location. The maximum eclipse occurred today at 4:41 pm EDT (20:41 GMT), when the moon blocked about 64% of the solar disk from viewers just south of the southern tip of South America.
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The partial solar eclipse of April 30, 2022 is seen at sunset in this zoomed-in view from Argentina by Timeanddate.com and its Latin American Astrotourism partner. (Image credit: Timeanddate.com/Latinoamericano de Astroturismo)
A view of the partial solar eclipse of April 30, 2022, with sunspots clearly visible, as seen from Santiago de Chile by the Instituto de Astrofísica in a Timeanddate.com broadcast. (Image credit: Timeanddate.com/ Institute<|fim_middle|> regions in the southeastern Pacific Ocean and Antarctica, as well as some South American countries, including Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Peru.
However, viewers in the US and other areas outside the eclipse path were able to watch the event live, thanks to online broadcasts from Timeanddate.com, which offered views from Santiago, Chile and parts of Argentina, and the India-based YouTube channel Gyaan. ki gareebi Live, which showed views from Cerro Shenolsh in the Tierra del Fuego province of Argentina.
Today's eclipse also coincided with the second new moon of the month, known as the Black Moon. A new moon usually occurs only once a month, when the side facing Earth is completely covered in shadow. However, April started with a new moon on April 1 and ended with a second one today.
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The next partial solar eclipse will take place on October 25, when the moon will block out part of the sun from viewers in Europe, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. After that, we won't see another solar eclipse until 2023. However, a total lunar eclipse is right around the corner, starting on May 15.
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The partial solar eclipse of April 30, 2022, as seen from Viña del Mar, Chile, by eclipse scientist Jay Pasachoff and his research team. (Image credit: Jay Pasachoff)
A view of the early stages of a partial solar eclipse on April 30, 2022, as seen from El Colorado outside Santiago, Chile. (Image credit: TimeandDate.com)
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Giving birth in Cyprus - Freyja's story
Freyja and her husband were living in a British military base in Cyprus when she gave birth to her daughter Holly by emergency c-section.
My daughter Holly was born in 2014 at 30+6 weeks via emergency c-section. At the time, my husband, three-year-old daughter and I were living in Cyprus on a British military base because my husband is serving in the RAF.
During my routine prenatal checks my midwife discovered I was showing signs of developing pre-eclampsia because of protein in my urine and raised blood pressure. I began to have regular monitoring and after three consecutive checks which revealed my symptoms had worsened, immediately my midwife transferred me to hospital by ambulance.
Once there, I was given steroid injections to mature my baby's lungs and admitted under close observation. Two days later, my condition worsened further and I was taken to theatre for an emergency c-section.
I lay there for what felt like an eternity, shaking with fear and desperately fighting the urge to pull everything off me and run away. The doctors pinched and then pressed frozen saline to my stomach and asked me if I could feel it. I cried out that I could feel everything and<|fim_middle|> and setting my alarm to pump at night. When she eventually began to take milk it was only 1ml every four hours or about a teaspoon a day.
Eventually Holly was moved into a less high dependency room and I was allowed to do kangaroo care with her for an hour before each first daily visit. I adored this special extra time with her. I was beginning to feel more like a mum and bond with my baby. It wasn't long before we were allowed to hold her at every visit and even attempted to feed her with expressed milk.
When she moved into one of the last rooms, we became excited knowing we were over the worst now and on our way to taking her home. When I walked in one day and saw her in a bassinet and in clothes rather than just a nappy in her incubator I broke down into happy tears. It was an amazing moment. From then we were allowed to dress, feed and change her and we loved every minute. By this point all we were waiting on was her reaching 2kg and it was an agonising slow wait.
We were on our way to the hospital when we finally got the call that we could take our baby home that day. We wouldn't be able to take her until later on in the day so attending that last visiting hour was frustrating but when we left, knowing that was the last time we would walk out of that hospital without our baby, we felt incredible. Taking her home was amazing. We could finally take care of her properly and feel like proper parents to her. Her sister could finally hold her.
I will be forever grateful to everything the NICU staff did for our baby, we might have found their ways frustrating at times but ultimately they enabled us to take our healthy baby home.
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Going into labour while my husband was on holiday – Oonagh's story | began panicking in case they started the operation before the anaesthetic kicked in. It was an emergency situation so time was important and they decided they couldn't wait so put me under for the surgery. I was terrified that I wouldn't wake up.
Holly was born weighing 3lb 3oz. She went straight onto a ventilator. When I came round, my husband, Andy, showed me photos he had taken but I was so groggy I didn't really understand what was happening.
The next day, I was far more lucid and desperate to see my baby. The nurse spoke to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to get me an update but I wasn't allowed to see her until 12.00pm when the one-hour visiting slot began. Andy arrived and we anxiously watched the clock until it was time to go.
There were four babies in Holly's room and it felt horrible walking into the room and not having a clue which one was mine. Andy led me to her and I couldn't believe how perfect she was. She was so small but absolutely flawless. She had a scary amount of wires and tubes attached to her and we were only allowed to put our hands in the incubator and touch her tiny fingers.
The hour passed so quickly and when I returned to my bed I felt lost. I could hear the newborns on my ward crying and it was so difficult not to be with my baby. I was advised that although Holly was not able to have milk yet, she would eventually be able to take breast milk and I should start expressing.
I was taken to a nursery where the nurses brought the babies to care for them while the mothers rested and where they kept the breast pumps. My milk had not come in yet and expressing was a difficult experience. While I was trying, a new mother came in and began to breastfeed her baby. It was too much and I left in tears.
I asked Andy to bring in my own breast pump from home and began pumping at my bed. I took milk down to the NICU every day for Holly even though it was too early for her to have it but I wanted to make sure some would be on standby.
When I was discharged, the military provided us with a welfare house on the nearby UN base so that we could be close to the hospital. To begin with, we were so optimistic about having a short NICU stay because I read that most babies at her gestation come home after four or five weeks. Our British midwife told us that that was unlikely and that she would most likely be in NICU until close to her due date. The midwife was right and Holly came home after almost nine weeks.
The NICU experience was emotionally draining and I can't help feeling it would have been easier to handle if we had been in the UK. Visiting hours amounted to two hours a day and sometimes less if there was a new baby being admitted into your baby's room. On one occasion, we were only allowed to see her for less than 10 minutes.
Our family flew out to visit and welfare officers provided by the military would also come to see us but when we were on our own, one of us would have to stay outside with our three-year-old Sophie because she wasn't allowed onto the unit. It was incredibly hard telling Sophie she couldn't meet her sister yet but thankfully when Holly was in her first room, her incubator was near the viewing window so Sophie was allowed to peep in.
Communication between doctors and parents was extremely limited, and speaking with Cypriot families we knew it wasn't just because of a language barrier. We would visit the doctors at every opportunity and mostly Holly seemed to improve a little bit and then have a setback. She had transfusions and treatments that we didn't know about until after they'd taken place. She was ventilated for two weeks and then moved onto CPAP. The tapes hid her face and it was strange not really knowing what our daughter looked like.
When she was 20 days old we were finally, albeit briefly, allowed to hold her. We were told not to expect to again soon. It was around this point that we realised this was going to be an extremely long process and we began to settle into that mind set. We felt so helpless for so long, only able to stroke our baby through a hole in the incubator. I focused on expressing my milk, pumping regularly to maintain my supply | 908 |
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For generations of New Yorkers that's been a not-so-secret code leading to a rendezvous point in one of the most highly traveled buildings in the City, the grand concourse of Grand Central Terminal. How many trysts have begun there? Enough that there's a "kissing room" not far away. At least one group of saboteurs planned to meet there and keep the US out of the Second World War, but how many other connections were made under the opalescent faces of that legendary timepiece?
That you may never know, but if you want to learn the many secrets of Grand Central Terminal, get a private tour with Danny Brucker, their resident expert. Recently, I met a small group of mystery writers under the clock for one of Danny's tours. Danny is a bespectacled human tornado sporting rolled up shirtsleeves and workman's slacks, the thick-soled brogans of a man who spends his day on his feet, and the lightning patter and quirky mannerisms of a character who marched out of a Donald Westlake novel. Placards of old photos under his arm, jabbing his finger at minute details on the ceiling, he informs us that there's a $20 million jewel in the room that no one's ever tried to steal; that the train schedule above the ticket booth is wrong; that there's another error, as big as the concourse itself, and there's a secret staircase right under our noses. And of course, he'll reveal all the secrets, but not until the end of the tour.
For a second I thought he was selling time shares. But no, that's Danny's way. The building is living history, working history. In operation since 1913, a half million people walk through it every day. The trains run as smoothly as that famous clock. And their emergency planning is second to none. On 9/11, when the bridges and tunnels were shut down, the airplanes grounded, the PATH train crippled, the GCT had every passenger out of the city by 5 P.M. During the Northeastern U.S. blackout of 2003, they evacuated five thousand passengers on stalled trains from dark tunnels in under an hour. Touring this operation behind the marble skin, I felt like a mouse exploring the insides of a giant robot. The roar of human activity whooshes through the concourse like the city's blood coursing through concrete veins, and the thunder of the trains below is its ironbound heartbeat.
Take note of the dirty rectangle on the left.
If you can't get behind the scenes, here's some interesting tidbits about the concourse. If you look up at the starfield with its constellations, scan it for a little rectangle that's darker than the rest. When they restored the building in 1998, the marble was stained nearly coal-black. Rail dust? Diesel soot? No, when they analyzed it, it was cigarette smoke. Central Park may be known as the Lungs of New York, but the ceiling in the grand concourse of Grand Central Terminal, that was the lung cancer of New York. Of course, now you can't smoke there, so the ceiling will stay clean for another hundred years. Not far from the lung cookie on the ceiling, there's a gouge made by a rocketship.
Danny has enough stories to fill a dozen novels, and he tweets them at a nonstop pace as he Pied-Pipers us through the Terminal. First stop, the Lost & Found. It doesn't sound very exciting, but they operate just as efficiently as the conductors and computerized rail systems. The lost and found office has an 80% return rate. Everything from priceless violins to an urn full of cremains has been returned to its rightful owner. Thousands of umbrellas, iPods, laptop bags. All are tagged and numbered, searched and the owners tracked down by indefatigable sleuths.<|fim_middle|> ask Danny how the train was ever supposed to leave the terminal if it can't leave now. My guess is that after the war the tracks were removed). A pity, because I'm sure the inside of the car would be something to see. Anyone wanna kickstart this?
Back at the concourse, under the clock, Danny told us the answers to his riddles, exactly as promised. Rather like the end of a drawing room mystery. So where's the $20 million dollar gem? It's the clock itself. I gave you a hint back there when I called it opalescent; that's not poetic. It's tuned to the Atomic clock, but its faces are made of polished, high-grade opal, which Sotheby's has valued at $10-20 million. Not sure how much of that is because of its history, but that's one big clock and a lot of opal. So it could be raw value. As for the mistake in the train schedules—those are in your favor. The times are a minute earlier than when the train actually departs, so when you're running late or procrastinating, or stuck behind a mook on their cell phone, the conductor can wave and tell you to slow down, you've got a minute before the train leaves. And it gives them a minute's leeway, for any delays.
You'd need a well-trained eye to pick up on the mistake here. Photo courtesy of Thomas Pluck.
As for the mistake that's as big as the concourse itself? Look up. The starfield, that glorious palette of the universe, immortalized in Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin (I'll always think of the horse as Athansor) is…backwards. Whoopsie? The Vanderbilts, who funded the construction, were mortified when an astronomer told them of the mistake. Their PR people covered it up, by saying that we're seeing the heavens from "God's perspective." I hope they paid well for that bit of hooey, it's a good one. The muralists seem to have generated a mirror image by referring to a model lying on the floor when they painted the ceiling, instead of holding the model over their heads and looking up at it. But only an astronomer would notice. I wonder if it irks Neil Degrasse Tyson? Unless you're following the north star, you should find your train without a problem. And if you need a compass, there's one on top of the big clock. But you should just ask at the information booth. Which is where the secret stairwell is. How else would they get in there? There's no door to the circular booth! They enter from one level below.
Thomas Pluck writes unflinching fiction with heart. He is the author of Blade of Dishonor, an action thriller spanning Shogun-era Japan to WWII, and the editor of Protectors: Stories to Benefit PROTECT, an anthology of crime fiction for charity. You can find him on Twitter as @thomaspluck.
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Good stuff Thomas. It's an amazing place for sure.
Great post. And of course as a "born and raised here, lived here all my life" New Yorker I never took a tour of Grand Central–sounds like I missed out on the fun.
Sorry, I posted a link to a tour, but it was out of date. | They box them by train, row, seat. And they'll ask you when and where you left it, so don't think of marching down there to collect a free iPad! Lose a phone, and they'll get it unlocked by the police, and call your recent contacts. And if you're an urn full of cremains, well… there's a story behind that one.
They also find the occasional prosthetic limb, but that doesn't mean the water fountains have the healing properties of Our Lady of Lourdes, but a lot of veterans take the train to the VA hospital to get fitted. If they find the new limb isn't comfortable before it's broken in, they take it off for the ride home… and well, it's as easy to forget a leg as an umbrella when it comes down to it.
Those lost-and-found sleuths and their in-terminal police station also foiled a brazen robbery, when three gunmen donned masks and robbed every passenger of a train car. With the victims unable to ID the gunmen, the police instead tracked down witnesses on the platform who saw them without their masks. How? By tracing every receipt from sales on the platform. A combination of footwork and electronic investigation showed that robbing a train is no saner than when Butch and Sundance were in business.
There was a time when the police had to watch for more than thieves, when a bucket of sand might have gotten you shot on sight. During the Second World War, 80% of the troop movements in the northeast went through the Terminal, and the Third Reich knew it. They sent four saboteurs by submarine, and tasked them with infiltrating the engineering room, where massive rotary converters powered the electric trains. These machines spun so fast that a few handfuls of sand tossed into the works would melt into glass and render them inoperable in seconds. The saboteurs were captured, their plot unveiled, and guards were ordered to shoot anyone smuggling sand onto the machine level on sight.
The view from the catwalk. Photo courtesy of Thomas Pluck.
Today the generators are less fragile, but you can still find yourself at gunpoint if you wander behind the scenes on the right day. Danny took us to the glass catwalks above the concourse (where that lovely photo was taken) and to a view of the control room, but the operating manager of the Terminal once took the wrong elevator and found himself held at gunpoint for 45 minutes.
"This is MY terminal!" he complained.
"Not today," said the armed guard.
The unnamed agent of the Secret Service was correct. The Terminal still serves as a backup escape route when the President visits New York City, and stays at the Waldorf Astoria hotel. That's no secret. Any time he's in town, you'll find the entrances to this secret part of the terminal under constant guard. The actual location of the enormous private elevator was so secret that the terminal manager didn't know about it, and when he pressed a button to see where it went, he found out the hard way. The President was in town.
No longer operable, this train was specially made for FDR.
The elevator was originally built for FDR, not only to protect him from assassins, but also to protect his polio and wheelchair bound state from the public, especially during wartime. The public would see him in his armor-plated Pierce Arrow limousine, which would disappear into the terminal into the freight elevator. From there he could exit to the nearby Waldorf Astoria, and when he left town, the procedure was reversed. And in case of emergency, a special armored rail car was built, with the air vents doubling as gun ports, and uniquely built wheel trucks that dampened lateral movement. A little side to side shimmy on a train is expected, but in FDR's case it would unseat him from his wheelchair.
The commanding view of the track switching from above in the Situation Room. Photo courtesy of Thomas Pluck.
We saw the Situation Room and a beautiful view from the catwalk, with the concourse on one side and Park avenue on the other, but we didn't get to visit Secret Sub-Basement M42, where FDR's train resides. It's as large as the grand concourse and not on the blueprints, but someday I hope it will be open for tours. You'd think such a train belongs in a museum—and the FDR museum sure wants it—but it remains underground at Track 61, the secret platform built for its purpose. Dismantling the train car would be a monumental expense. (I didn't | 950 |
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I come to KUNC by way of Jackson, Mississippi, where I worked as the digital media director at Mississippi Public Broadcasting and co-host for a weekly call-in tech show, Everyday Tech. While there, I did a huge variety<|fim_middle|>is has won the Democratic primary in the race to replace Colorado Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper.
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Kalahari Farmhouse: a relaxing oasis in the Kalahari, Namibia
By Roxanne Reid
You know the feeling when you smell the yeasty aroma of freshly baked bread then bite into it to discover the taste is even more heavenly? Now imagine you watched the swirl of spinach threaded through the roll being harvested earlier that day. That's when you know that the concept of farm to fork is thriving here at the Kalahari Farmhouse, a relaxing oasis in the Kalahari, Namibia.
But it's not only the veggie gardens at Kalahari Farmhouse lodge near Stampriet that are special. An artesian basin lies under the area and water bubbles up from a spring on the property, so there's a secret flower garden too. Drive past the lodge on the C20 and you won't have a clue it's there. Turn off to the lodge - a great place for your Stampriet accommodation - and discover a peaceful oasis of green grass and tall palms and other evergreen and deciduous trees. When we visited in June red leaves of creepers draped the trees and sprinkled the grass as birds fluttered here and there in search of insects and worms.
Lodge entrance, with the bar on the left and dining room on the right
The old farmhouse belonged to Johannes van der Wath, first administrator of South West Africa under direct UN responsibility in the 1960s. It's now home to the dining and bar areas. Perhaps<|fim_middle|> the lodge. The Kgalagadi landscape is pure Kalahari, just like Kalahari Anib Lodge, but with the added excitement of large predators like lions, leopards and cheetahs.
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The Kalahari in bloom
We are huge Gondwana supporters! We are travelling to Namibia in september on a three week trip and will be staying at The Delight, Canyon Lodge and Klein-Aus Vista. We stayed two years ago at the Kalahari Anib lodge and loved every minute. We even named our trip 'the gondwana tour'. The service is great and the food is even better. You just cannot go wrong with a gondwana establishment!
We love Gondwana too, good value at 40% reduction for SADC visitors with a Gondwana Card, and great campsites at many of the lodges too if you want to mix it up a bit. We haven't stayed at The Delight - it was still being built last time we were in Swakopmund - so I'd love to know what you think of it. Have a wonderful trip in September, you lucky fishes. | this history, the locals quip, is why there's a tar road all the way to Stampriet, despite it being such a dot on the map.
A garden to relax in
There's a cosy feel to it all, with photos in distressed frames, a bike mounted above a dresser, old-fashioned bread boxes and egg holders in the breakfast area, a dresser with pots of jam just like you might find in your granny's farmhouse. Continuing the farmhouse theme is an aged mangle in the courtyard, old telephones and posters in the bar. Best of all, almost floor to ceiling windows mean you can enjoy breakfast while looking out at the garden every morning.
Dining room with a view
The breakfast buffet is laid out in this area
I imagine that in summer the pool courtyard with its loungers and picnic tables, its built-in braai, would be the focal point of the lodge. But in winter, it was the fires in the bar and dining area that drew us in, enveloped us in a warm hug. Even the rooms have their own fireplaces to ward off the biting desert chill and add a touch of romance to your day.
The pool courtyard
Picnic tables make a cheery al fresco dining area by the pool in warm weather
The rooms are individual little houses built in a Cape Dutch style using limestone rocks found in the area. Crisp duvets and colourful crochet blankets, armchairs next to the fireplace and an enamel basin on a wooden washstand in the bathroom add authentic touches.
Part of the horseshoe of tiny Cape Dutch houses that are the accommodation
The bedroom had a fireplace just out of shot to the right
There's a homely feel that's very seductive, luring me onto the room's stoep to sit in the sun with my book, to enjoy the view of the gardens and the busyness of its bird visitors. But if you dig beneath the surface, there's a lot more going on behind the scenes.
For instance, the lodge closes from January to March when it's used as an academy for ongoing training of the Gondwana Collection's staff, aiming for them to leave with new skills and fresh motivation for their work in the tourism business.
An enamel basin continues the farm theme in the bathroom
The staff, like the lodge, are relaxed and friendly
Self Sufficiency Centre
There's also a Self Sufficiency Centre on the property that supplies 70% of the needs of the Gondwana Collection's Namibian lodges, from the Fish River Canyon in the southwest to the Zambezi and Chobe rivers in the northeast.
Using water from the natural aquifer on the property, the centre's aim is twofold. First is obviously to make the Gondwana Collection's lodges self sufficient. Second is to create jobs. It employs 22 permanent staff and around 11 seasonal workers in spring/summer.
We visited in winter, a quiet time when few veggies grow because of the cold – down to minus 9 degrees in manager Breshnef Diergaardt's 17-year experience here. But the scale of the operation is impressive nonetheless. 'We produced 5500 lettuces last year,' said Breshnef. Using shade-net tunnels, they also produce watermelon, pumpkin, cabbage, onion, tomato, pepper, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, spinach – just about any vegetable you can think of except potato, which has its own particular challenges. There's a small vineyard too.
Self Sufficiency Centre manager Breshnef Diergaardt in one of the shade-net tunnels
The centre buys in meat, including game and pork, even though it has its own pigs which live in beautifully clean, big pens. All meat is processed in the centre's butchery, which produces everything from droë wors, biltong, salami and sausages to steaks and roasts. 'We specialise in processing game meat because no one wants to come to Africa and eat beef they could have at home,' Breshnef said.
As part of a social responsibility effort, the Gondwana Care Trust gives off-cuts from the butchery to some 40 organisations that help to support underprivileged people.
Pigs live in a large enclosure at the Self Sufficiency Centre
10 things to do at Kalahari Farmhouse
So, what is there to do in this oasis among the dry Kalahari sands? Here are some ideas.
Go walking at sister lodge, Kalahari Anib, about 25km to the west. Collect a walking trails map from Kalahari Anib reception when you arrive, then choose from as little as 5km or as long as 16km. Note that there are no dangerous large predators in the reserve.
Join a morning or sundowner drive at Kalahari Anib Lodge. Kalahari Farmhouse will phone ahead to confirm your place, then you drive about 25km to Kalahari Anib for your activity. Animals you may see include springbok, oryx, red hartebeest, kudu, eland, giraffe, wildebeest and zebra. To get a sense of what the sundowner drive is like read my blog post, Kalahari Anib Lodge: enjoy a sundowner drive in Namibia.
Sundowner drive at Kalahari Anib Lodge nearby
Enjoy good food that's a cut above what you'd expect here in the Middle of Nowhere, Namibia. Breakfast is a buffet of all the usual suspects, but I especially loved the fresh fruit (what a luxury in this semi-arid area) and the light-as-air pastries and croissants. Dinner is a set menu that includes things like delicious vegetable soup, springbok fillet in a wine sauce, and toffee apple pudding. It's good farm-style food with a sophisticated edge.
Head chef Paulus Andreas
Once you've tasted the food, you'll know you have to tour the Self-Sufficiency Centre. The profusion of produce seems paradoxical in this semi-arid area, but is made possible by an aquifer that pumps water to the surface naturally. All the Farmhouse had to do was install water canals, piping and a pressure pump to get it from the spring to the rest of the farm. You can buy directly from the butchery, so stock up here for your holiday braais.
Admire the parade of old farm implements that line the entrance road to the lodge. Especially atmospheric in the early morning light, they will put you in the farm mood and evoke nostalgia in anyone with farming in their blood.
Old farm implements march down each side of the entrance road to the lodge
Go for a swim in the pool, a welcome treat on a hot Kalahari summer's day. There are loungers, chairs and tables around the pool where you can soak up the sun even in winter.
Relax on your stoep – it may be the only time you really do this during your Namibia holidays. Our visit was during the last week of an extended and busy trip to Namibia so it was a pleasure to kick back and just chill out, no long distances to drive, no madcap activities to be ticked off the list. If you're quiet you may even hear the tinkling of water from the aquifer that bubbles up near the main building.
Kitsch but rather endearing small statues dot the garden
Take a stroll in the garden to enjoy quirky touches like small statues (I loved one old man taking a nap next to a pile of red leaves, as if he was tired from sweeping them up). Order a cold drink or cup of tea to enjoy on a rustic bench or sit at one of the tables that dot the garden. Listen and watch for birds like white-browed sparrow-weaver, hornbill, laughing dove, Namaqua sandgrouse, wagtail and olive thrush.
Enjoy some star-gazing. Here in the clean, dry Kalahari air, you'll be astounded by the masses of stars in the dark sky, the density of the Milky Way. Try to walk a little distance away from the lodge's lights for the best effect. If you're camping at the lodge's campsite, you'll know what I mean.
Lions of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Remember that Kalahari Farmhouse's Stampriet accommodation is just a three- to four-hour drive from the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, so perhaps schedule a stopover there on your way to or from | 1,780 |
The following petition was sent from the people of Passage West and Monkstown to Cork County Council in objection to the application for the temporary closing of the R610, Passage West for construction of a foul sewer pipe from 06.00 h Monday 13thAugust 2018 to 06.00 h Friday 7thSeptember 2018 (24 hour closure), Toureen House – Passage West library.
Although we are a harbourside town and we welcome the cleaning up of Cork Harbour, this is the second time within a month that total closure of the R610 has been proposed to facilitate the installation of sewers. The first time, the proposed closure was from Glenbrook – Lucia Place for a period of two months. We strongly opposed it and it was withdrawn. A rethink was promised. This proposed closure is the first part of what would be an even longer closure of the Cork Road. We equally vehemently oppose this proposed road closure.
The combination of total road closures proposed for the Cork Road would seriously impinge on the everyday lives of residents and would have a catastrophic impact on the viability of businesses, particularly in Passage West town centre.
The combination of total road closures proposed for the Cork Road is likely to be even longer than that previously proposed for Glenbrook – Lucia Place.
No information has been presented on the expected Glenbrook – Lucia Place closure. It is impossible for businesses and residents to evaluate the full impact of these proposed total road closures unless they are presented holistically. The likely reality is that the two total road closures could span a collective 4 – 6 months.
The impact of any prolonged total road closure on business is far longer than the period of the closure itself. What is proposed in these road closures would close several businesses in Passage West town centre entirely and would catastrophically impact on all others.
There is much concern that the advertised 18 km alternative route for emergency vehicles could place lives and property at risk.
The 223 is the only public bus route through Passage West/Monkstown. The alternative proposed shuttle bus arrangements are unsatisfactory and would prohibit the bus from use as a reliable form of transport.
The alternative route identified involves travelling the temporary road surface laid by Ward & Burke from Monkstown through Raffeen to the N28. Its poor quality has a costly and detrimental effect on vehicles.
Neither the surface nor the width of our local roads could accommodate the diverted local traffic which would inevitably use them to avoid the 18 km advertised alternative route.
Many working in the Ringaskiddy Strategic Employment Area commute through Passage West/Monkstown so as to avoid congestion on Carr's Hill.The impact on the wider road network of forcing all commuting traffic through the Shannonpark roundabout has not been considered.
A total road closure such as is being suggested for the R610 through Passage West would effectively shut down any town and is an entirely unprecedented proposal.
For over a year we have lived with significant inconvenience to accommodate the laying of sewers. We have tolerated the inconvenience because we understand the benefits of the Lower Harbour drainage scheme. Our town cannot withstand the burden of what is now proposed. We need more time so that businesses can employ expert engineering and legal advice. We need Ward and Burke/Ervia to use every resource to achieve real reductions in the length of time for which these total closures are proposed. Failing those deliverables, we call for Ervia/Irish Water to return to the planning process to seek approval for an alternative route by which the sewer can be brought through Passage West – a route that will keep the R610 open.
An Bord Pleanála, the highest planning authority in the land, is responsible for the determination of appeals and other matters under the Planning & Development Act 2000. This Act has one main purpose: to provide for proper planning and sustainable development in the interest of the common good.
One would imagine, therefore, that members of the Board would have a long-demonstrated expertise in planning, both by qualification and practice. In fact though, this is not always the case.
The Board is made up of a chairperson appointed by the government and 9 ordinary Board members appointed by the Minister for the Environment. Those 9 are selected from nominations from organisations prescribed in secondary legislation. This appointments process is intended for the Board to represent a range of societal perspectives. But the legislation is written in such a way that none of the Board members have to be planners. Two members are to be chosen from prescribed organisations representative of professions in<|fim_middle|> in the absence of a planner.
Of course all Board decisions are informed by a planning inspector who will have examined the planning proposal in detail but the Board is at liberty to overturn the recommendation of that planning inspector. The most recent high profile overturning of an Senior Planning Inspector's recommendation by the Board was in the granting of planning permission to the proposed incinerator at Ringaskiddy. In this case, the decision was taken was taken by 7 members of the Board, only 2 of whom are planners or architects. The other two planners on the Board were excluded from taking part in any meetings pertaining to the application or to the final decision-making.
The Board is required to implement government policy but each proposal must be evaluated and considered in the context of proper planning and sustainable development. To do that, it is critical that Board members would have qualifications and experience in planning or at the very least, be capable of demonstrating long-standing experience and interest in the planning field. This request has been made previously by the Royal Town Planning Institute of Ireland, I echo it now and I ask that all Members would support me in that.
This workshop is being delivered by SECAD Partnership CLG - SECAD on Thursday morning (11th April) in the Carrigaline Lions Youth Centre over a long lunchtime. It is all about using mindfulness and goal setting to help your own personal development. It is entirely free of charge to all who would like to attend. Just give SECAD a call at 021-4613432 to let them know you will be there.
Please note that the week after next, the road from Marian Terrace to Coolmore Cross, #Shanbally will be closed Monday - Friday inclusive for resurfacing.
Passage Glenbrook Monkstown Grow It Yourself is hosting a talk about Kitchen Garden Inspiration on Thursday 11 April 2019 at 7:30pm at the Church of Ireland Hall, #PassageWest. All welcome, whether you are just interested in growing veg or a potential new member! There is a €5 charge at the door.
HADD Ireland is coming to Cork to host two information sessions at Bru Columbanus, Wilton for parents whose children are diagnosed or affected by ADHD. The first is on Tuesday April 09th at 7.00pm and the second is on Wednesday April 10th at 10.00am. Attendance is free but registration is essential. Registration can be completed at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/d/ireland--cork/adhd/ If you have any queries or need special accommodation, you can ring HADD Ireland at 01-8748349 or email info@hadd.ie.
Welcome to my website. I am currently serving on Cork County Council. The site contains information about the various projects which I have been working on.
Politics is about improving the everyday lives of people. At a local level, those improvements are sought in the areas in which we live and work, the quality of our free time experiences, how easily we can access necessary services. We have many assets in and around our communities. But much more can be done to protect and improve the quality of our everyday lives. As an environmental engineer, I have developed the technical skills so useful in tackling this job effectively. As a former consultant to local and national government, I am acquainted with those who make this job possible.
As an independent, I have the freedom to act always in accordance with my professional integrity. | the fields of planning, engineering or architecture. That is as close as it gets. There are no qualifications as such for membership of the Board. The prescribed bodies are given no statutory guidance regarding how to go about selecting their nominees. In essence, the procedure for appointment of ordinary Board members is somewhat akin to the procedure for appointment of directors of state-sponsored bodies generally, in that the Minister is empowered to use his discretion as to whom he appoints.
The chairperson is not required to be a planner either. A person nominated as chair must have "special knowledge and experience and other qualifications or personal qualities" which the appointing committee considers appropriate to enable them to effectively perform as the chair. But the legislation doesn't mention planning.
When the P&D Act was passed, we had a Board comprising a chair and 9 members all of whom had qualifications and experience in planning or architecture. At present, we have a Board of whom 3 ordinary members is a planner and 1 is an architect. That is 4 out of 10. That is not to say that all members are not experts in their fields but it seems to me imperative that for the highest planning authority in the land, at least a majority would have an expertise in planning.
When the Board is deciding on a planning appeal, the quorum for a meeting is 2. So it is entirely feasible that a decision is taken by two people who, although undoubtedly highly qualified in their own fields, are not planners. Planning applications made under the Strategic Infrastructure Act go directly to the Board. The Strategic Infrastructure Division of the Board comprises the Chair of the Board, the deputy Chair and 3 ordinary members. A quorum for a meeting of the Strategic Infrastructure Division is 3. So it is entirely feasible that for these generally big projects which can often have a long-term, significant impact on the neighbourhoods for which they are proposed, a decision on determining whether they are proper planning and sustainable development, can be taken | 398 |
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The Plot Hole
Academy Bans Sacha Baron Cohen from Oscars
By: Julian Stark | Movie News | February 23, 2012
Love him or hate him, Sacha Baron Cohen has become one of the world's most well-known and respected comedians by way of satirical man-on-the-street mockumentaries. Unlike other comedians, however, he's also dabbled in more refined fare, such as a brief yet memorable turn in Tim Burton's adaptation of the Broadway musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of<|fim_middle|> ceremony to promote the summer comedy. However, this planned promotion involved him showing up on the red carpet as General Aladeen, his Saddam Hussein-inspired character, and though he'd change into the traditional tuxedo for the actual ceremony, the Academy has said it will have none of it.
The stunt would be seen as such an offense, in fact, that Cohen's tickets to the big event have been deemed void. Paramount relayed that he won't be able to regain those privileges unless he assures them that he won't pop up to the shindig in costume.
Deadline Hollywood reminds us that this isn't Cohen's first kerfuffle with those in the Academy: they asked him to present at the 2007 ceremony, but he refused when they told him he couldn't dress as the titular character from his Oscar-nominated mockumentary Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. He didn't even show up to the ceremony, though he still had the freedom to attend if he chose to do so.
On this end, the whole thing seems hugely superfluous. After all, the Academy Awards began as a way to promote the then-struggling movie industry, and even now, studios often use the honor attached to an Oscar or Oscars to promote their prestige pictures. What's the harm being done by Cohen having a little bit of fun on the red carpet?
Julian Stark
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In a similar fashion, Cohen plays a notable yet small part in Martin Scorsese's Hugo, which nabbed eleven Oscar nominations – including one for Best Picture. Since he's an Academy member and stars in a film voters showered with nominations, he's attending the Oscar ceremony, right? Well, a rumored publicity stunt might keep that from happening.
With his new film The Dictator hitting theaters in May thanks to Paramount—the studio that also distributed Hugo—the comedian has allegedly planned to use his appearance at this year's | 113 |
Our "In the Spotlight" series returns to the scene in 2019 with one of our favorite humans on the planet: Dr. Jane Macris of Blooming Chiropractic. We met Jane back in 2015 when we had office space for rent in our Costa Mesa office<|fim_middle|> the pregnant and pediatric spine. She is currently pursuing her diploma from the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association and is Webster Certified to better serve her clients. Jane now has her own beautiful office (just across the street from our old one!) and her business is indeed blooming. We had the chance to catch up with Dr. Jane to learn more about how things are going and reconnect after many months had passed and we're excited to share more about her with you all! | . Her energy, smile, and warmth are infectious and we love her heart for serving families. Dr. Jane graduated from Life West Chiropractic College West, where she learned a range of techniques (from gentle, low force to instrument assisted) to address | 51 |
<|fim_middle|>GYMAX 3-in-1 Multi-Game Table Review
Generic 4-in-1 Combo Entertainment Game Table Review | Lancaster 3-in-1 Combo Arcade Game Table Review
This three-in-one game table by Lancaster allows you to play foosball, slide hockey, and billiards by simply changing the playing surface. It's taller design makes this table appropriate for both child and adult use, so it's a great option for the family that loves to play together. The table's durable design and the included accessories also make it a steal for the price. In most cases, these multi-game tables are mainly designed for children, so it's refreshing to see a table that both adults and the kids can use. Considering it's also designed for adults, you'll notice right away that this is a well-built, stable table that will remain firmly in place when you're playing slide hockey, foosball, or a game of pool.
This table comes with three classic table-based games: billiards, foosball, and slide hockey. Each game comes with all of the accessories you'll need to play. In terms of durability, the table is made out of thick wood and feels incredibly stable during use, which is a huge plus for any user.
The height of the table is a huge selling point for parents who want to join in on the fun since many multi-game tables in this price range are often much shorter and mainly directed toward child use. The table's large foosball attachment will add seven extra inches of height to the table and easily locks into place for added stability. Overall, this is a great table for kids and adults alike. The lower price makes this model very budget-friendly, so even the family on a tight budget can afford a multi-game table for the family room.
Overview and Features
Slide Hockey
Lancaster Three-in-One Versus Gymax Game Combo Table
Conclusion and Rating
Lancaster is a company that offers a wide range of game tables designed for both kids and adults. They have a reputation for designing and producing tables that are built to last using high-quality materials that can withstand even the rowdiest kids. Their lower prices are just one of the reasons their tables are so popular. Upon closer inspection, you'll notice how well-built these tables are. While this particular model can't compete with a traditional full-sized game table, it comes close.
Is this one of the best multi-game tables for adult and child use? Many buyers seem to think so. This table will allow families to play billiards, foosball, and slide hockey. Since this is not a dedicated slide hockey table, you'll find that it's not quite as stable as the best air hockey table at your local arcade, but as a three-in-one model, it's pretty durable and will remain securely in place when in use. But this lack of stability is often a tradeoff for multiple games in one table. However, when you compare how stable this table is to other game tables in this price range, you'll be impressed with the design and its overall quality.
Of course, the biggest drawback of the table's larger design is the fact that it's not a good choice for shorter children or children under the age of three, which may be a deal-breaker for some potential buyers.
Lancaster 3-in-1 Combo Arcade Game Table
Three games in one table
Perfect for child and adult-use
Taller design
This model is quality all the way. Its solid design is one of its main selling points, especially for parents who are tired of dealing with flimsy game tables that don't end up lasting a year.
This table is forty-eight inches tall, when in billiard or slide hockey mode. When used as a foosball table, the attachment adds approximately seven inches, for a total of fifty-five inches tall. This is a huge plus for parents since other combo game tables tend to be on the shorter side, which can make it difficult for adult use.
The table is made out of wood, with long legs that allow taller children and adults to play comfortably without hunching over. The table's playing surface is the traditional green felt that you'll find on all types of billiard tables. In terms of size, the table is compact and weighs in at sixty-one pounds. The weight of the table can make it difficult for some users to transport from one room to the next, which is why most parents place it in a dedicated space. However, it's still relatively light enough to move and store at the end of the day, with some help.
In terms of dimensions, the table measures in at forty-eight inches tall, twenty-two inches wide, and twenty-one inches long.
The foosball attachment is a kid favorite. It comes with the traditional amount of players for each side, smooth-action knobs, and a couple of extra soccer balls. The attachment will easily lock in place, so you won't have to worry about it sliding or moving during rough use. This attachment consists of the basic three goalie setup. Each player will control four rods of men. Both players will also have a manual scoreboard and a ball return.
The billiard table felt is the base of the table. It comes with a set of billiard balls, two pool sticks, chalk, and a triangle to rack the balls. The playing surface quality is perfect for shooting billiards. The balls are top quality, so you won't have to worry about upgrading them. The pool sticks are slightly shorter and lighter than what an adult may be used to using, but they work well for this table. Just remember, you'll need to take into account the size of the table and add at least two feet of space around each side to accommodate shooting.
This attachment fits over the billiard felt. Its smooth playing surface will allow users to easily push the puck across the table, however since this is slide hockey and not traditional air hockey, it doesn't come with a blower system. Instead, you'll need to rely on your arm power to shoot the puck quickly into your opponent's goal.
While it's a slightly different take on the traditional game, the same air hockey rules apply. In terms of accessories, this package includes a couple of strikers and two pucks. However, for adult use, you may find that the strikers are difficult to grasp. If you want to upgrade, stop by and read my guide on the best air hockey pucks and paddles for a look at some top-selling sets that can make gameplay more fun.
All accessories included
Large foosball attachment
Table is forty-eight inches tall
Designed for adult and child use
Not recommended for children under the age of three
These tables are very similar, however, there are some notable differences. Both tables allow you to play billiards, foosball, and slide hockey, and each comes with all the accessories you need to play each of these games. They both have a height of forty-eight inches, but the competing model also comes with leg levelers, which can work for you in a couple of different ways.
The Lancaster table isn't suitable for children under the age of three due to its taller height. The Gymax multi-game table features leg levelers will allow you to lower or raise the table based on the height of the players, so it's suitable for all ages. Next, the leg levelers will also come in handy if you're playing on an uneven surface since the height of each of the legs can be adjusted independently.
Aside from the leg leveler design, another difference is the weight of each table. This model weighs sixty-one pounds, while the competing table weighs just forty-five. A lighter design will make it easier to transport the table and store it away when not in use, but it can also have an impact on the table's stability during use.
These tables are available at a comparable price, but if you're looking for a model that's designed for younger children, older children, and adults, then the competing model may be the best option.
Tall, stable, and durable, this table is specifically designed for older children and adults. It offers the type of stability you need when you're playing an intense game of slide hockey or foosball, and features a larger playing surface that's perfect for billiards.
This Lancaster game table has it all. If you're on a budget, the table's low price and the fact that it comes with all the accessories you need to play each of the games makes it very affordable. It's taller height allows both the kids and the parents to use this table, however, because of the height, this table is not the best choice for children under the age of three. The durable construction and the heavy playing surfaces, including the large foosball attachment, are quality all the way. I gave this model a rating of four and a half out of five stars.
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So, let's start with<|fim_middle|> pyramid, with a gold glitter star and a few gold beads.
On the middle finger, I was going for those trees that are cone shaped - you often see them on reception desks and the like - and the little finger was just some vague branch shapes lol.
Overall, I really enjoyed doing this mani, and I like the skittle effect. | the index and the ring fingers. This is 2 coats of Lacquerhead Polish Green Goddess which you first saw HERE. Once it was dry I used an Art Deco Gold glitter striper to add my tinsel.
Once that was dry, I applied a thick layer of top coat and put my little christmas lights on! I have to say, chasing those pieces of glitter around my desk with a pair of giant tweezers was soooooo frustrating! They kept pinging away like tiddlywinks lol.
The other nails are all on a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls with CG Starboard for the tree. The thumb is a dotted | 137 |
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