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Sometimes a race catches me by surprise. The Ed Erichson was straight up shocking. I've had a lot of success racing the E.E. 5 miler, winning it twice and finishing second twice, but I hadn't run the 10 mile until last Sunday. I was expecting a tough course with the two 200′ hills you can see in the image below, but I was not expecting tough competition. Occasionally some young burners show up for the 5 mile, and the two times I finished second I got smoked by over a minute, the 10 mile however, tends to be less competitive and I thought I would be in for an hour long grind against the clock.
Scott Downing (23-year-old former NJCAA 1500M National Champion) was expecting the same thing. It wasn't until we were a few miles into the race running shoulder to shoulder that either of us realized we were in for a serious battle<|fim_middle|> minute to go in a race! | . After the race Scott confessed he was looking to run 6:10-6:20 pace as a training run and grab an easy win. Once the race started he assumed I was just going out too fast and would drop off the pace after a mile or two. By mile 3 he was trying to figure out if he would be able to out kick me if he could stick with me until the end. It turns out we were thinking basically the same things both before and during the race.
I spent the whole race trying to break away from Scott. I figured his youth would give him an advantage if it came to a sprint, but my "experience", would give me an advantage in a long grind. Each lap I managed to pull away by 8-10 seconds, and each time we hit Croft Hill he closed the gap. You might think living in New Hampshire would give me an advantage when it came to hills, but it takes more than proximity to hills to get good at running them. I'm going to have to stop avoiding them on my training runs.
Scott came up on my shoulder as we flew down the Bushwick hill and I couldn't shake him over the last mile. We made the turn onto Stringham with me on the inside stride for stride. We stayed stride for stride for about 3 strides and then he was gone. In the final 500 meters Scott put 6 seconds on me to win in 58:34. Despite being beat after leading nearly the entire race, I am very happy with my race. Without someone pushing me, I doubt I could have broken 60 minutes. He helped me run my fastest 10 mile race since I split 58:09 at the Flower City Half Marathon way back in 2011.
So thank you Scott. I hope you are still out there racing in 21 years, when some young punk crushes your dreams of glory with 1 | 404 |
Parkinson says Cats job is not impossible
By Paul Fraser paulfraserecho Chief Football Writer / Golf Writer
ANOTHER week, another headache to deal with at Sunderland. If it isn't a negative result or a breakdown in takeover talks, or even a resignation from the boardroom, it is an issue with a player – and this week it was a big player.
Things have been going from bad to worse at the Stadium of Light for quite some time, with a feeling of discontent and frustration running through the club. The disconnect between the supporters and the boardroom, the team and the manager is growing.
Aiden McGeady was told to find a new club to join when the window opens next month, according to Phil Parkinson it was a number of factors that influenced his decision and being pictured in McDonald's in his club gear after last weekend's defeat to Gillingham hardly helped.
McGeady, who was still the team's top scorer this season, has not hit the heights he was able to last season but he remains one of the most talented players in the division. To decide to move him on is a major move for a team chasing promotion.
That is where Sunderland are right now. If McGeady does leave, Sunderland will have lost their best player, manager Jack Ross, executive director Charlie Mehtven and managing director Tony Davison since the start of the season.
No wonder Parkinson, who has certainly been dealt a difficult hand since taking over, is having to work hard to try to repair fractures that have gradually widened since suffering defeat in the play-off final last May – when a proposed takeover looked on the cards and never materialised.
Since taking over from Ross in October, Parkinson has only won two of his 12 matches in charge and the visit of fourth-placed Blackpool<|fim_middle|>Just Sack Phil". He knows he has a tough challenge on his hands but he still feels he has the backing of owner Stewart Donald.
"I haven't read the podcast title or listened to it. But I think when you're losing games and you're on a bad run, you expect things like that to emerge. But you know, to answer your question, I haven't seen it," said the former Bolton boss.
"I have spoken to the owner this week, and last week, he was up here, so we had a good chat, and we're clear what we need to do and we're working towards that."
Having just appointed Andrew Taylor as first team coach and made the decision about McGeady, Parkinson is clearly working towards the window opening – and with Donald's backing there seemingly regardless of the outcome against Simon Grayson's Blackpool today.
"I'm in talks about January and progressing and improving things. And I'm looking forward to getting the opportunity to do that," he said.
"Obviously we're looking to improve the squad, both within and possibly from outside. And Stewart is 100 per cent backing me to do that. He knows this squad needs to be improved, and he sees it clearly what we need to do. We need a lift – I think all the supporters do, as do the players and all the staff. We're doing everything we can to put a team on the pitch that will enable us to do that."
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Bruce confident of making a major January signing | today represents another huge afternoon when the fans could turn on him and the players.
But it also represents an opportunity for Sunderland to start to close the ten point gap to second spot or, initially, the five point deficit to the play-off zone. Parkinson insists the situation is not a lost cause.
"Absolutely not (an irretrievable position)," said Parkinson. "We've got work to do with existing players. We've got players back on the training pitch, which I'm delighted to see. We've got work to do in January, we've got work to do with all departments of the club.
"The scouting department has been improved by the owner, we employed extra people to help with that, which I think is crucial. They've invested a significant amount of money into that, and we've got to work together to try to get us back in the part of the table we need to be, which is at the very top."
Parkinson has come under-fire from Sunderland supporters and one fans' group has just recorded the Wise Men Say podcast and named it " | 215 |
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After the ceremony this traditional Indian wedding followed the ways of changing into the evening and formal wear which again was to follow down the main stair well for more interesting and dramatic over head balcony shots this time.
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SWBAT introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions by drafting thesis statements to characterize Miss Havisham.
Does Miss Havisham regret her actions? Prove it.
1. What does Wopsle tell Pip after the play?
2. What disturbing information does Jaggers tell Pip about Drummel/ about what he thinks about Drummel?
3. What does Pip realize about Molly and how?
4. Why is Molly's case so important to Jaggers?
5. At the end of chapter 47, where is Pip headed?
These questions may seem "nit-picky" to students at this point, but each is important because this information will help us understand later revelations, like that Molly is Estella's mother, which they can figure out right away, if they remember everything Pip learns about her in this chapter. Before moving on to the reading, I will briefly go over the answers to the questions on the quiz; that way I know that everyone is ready to continue reading.
I have been building up chapter 49 all week. At any sign of discontent or boredom, I just say, "wait until chapter 49. It's awesome and you're going to love it," so I'm starting<|fim_middle|> characters who speak and then highlight accordingly. It took some time when I made them, but it was definitely worth it in the long run, since the students love reading this way and it gets more students involved and invested. As we read, we are going to continue to work on specific and thorough thesis statements. Yesterday, we worked in groups to develop them, but today each students will develop thesis statements independently, hopefully using their knowledge from yesterday's class.
In chapter 49, Pip returns to Satis House, at Miss Havisham's request. We will pause in the reading, probably every two to three pages, and discuss Miss Havisham's state of mind. I will ask that, like yesterday, students share in the form of a thesis statement, except that today, each person will work independently (W.9-10.2a). I will ask guiding questions, such as "is this the same Miss Havisham or has she changed? What's the change?" (RL.9-10.3) Students will have to respond stating a specific change and then we can use textual evidence to prove each statement. For instance, a thorough thesis statement might look like this: "Miss Havisham shows a new side of herself in chapter 49. For the first time, she is remorseful and regrets using Estella and Pip as pawns in her game of revenge. She begs Pip to forgive her and even makes him write it down." I give time for students to write their thesis statements first, so they are prepared when we share aloud. I won't call on every student at each stopping point, but I hope that by the end of the chapter I will hear from everyone.
The part that students love in this chapter occurs toward the end: Pip turns around and when he looks back, Miss Havisham is on fire, the flames rising as high in the air as she is tall. The imagery is depicted in graphic and shocking. Here's the moment when we read it together. And now they know why I have been building up to this moment all week!
For homework, students will be asked to reflect on that shocking image of Miss Havisham aflame, and answer this question: Did she do it on purpose or was it an accident? No matter their answer, students will have to prove their point of view with textual evidence, from this chapter and/or the novel as a whole, which means that each response shouldn't merely be a sentence or two. Instead they need to develop the argument in a strong paragraph (W.9-10.2b). And then they will be prepared for class tomorrow.
Who is Esperanza and what shapes her identity in "The House on Mango Street"?
9th Grade ELA » The Search for Identity: "The House on Mango Street" | today with a captivated audience. We are going to read this chapter using scripts that I made a few years ago: I simply photocopy enough copies of the chapter as there are | 36 |
Pendley Manor is home to the award-winning Oak Restaurant as well as the unique Peacock Lounge and Shakespeare Bar. Enjoy dining in our 2 AA Rosette-awarded restaurant; serving exciting and imaginative food, classic afternoon teas and a large selection of wine - in the breathtaking Hertfordshire countryside.
Food was amazing can not fault it.
Staff were great, so polite and attentive. The Manor is fantastic all in all they make you feel special.
The service was impeccable. Very impressive. So mannerly and attentive. Everything was like clockwork and beautiful setting in spotless accommodation.
<|fim_middle|>, although if you give dietary requirements / requests when asked when booking they should be followed. It's just a shame atmosphere is lacking as it's so quiet.
What is scandalous is the amount charged for an additional cup of tea. I understand charging for sandwiches and cakes.... but £3 for a tea top up (times 4 totalling £12!). I would have been happy with hot water for my pot as I don't like it strong but this wasn't offered. Tea top ups were freely offered then we got the bill!
Delicious afternoon tea with a special treat for the mums. Good, attentive service and friendly staff throughout the manor.
Food was lovely, unfortunately my glass at the bar was dirty and two of the tea cups on our table were dirty. I had to get up and ask for water for our table. Was quite disappointed with the level of service, although everyone was friendly and polite, no one came to check up on us once the food was on the table. We ran out of milk for teas and coffee and couldn't catch anybody's eye to ask for more. I thought that tea and coffee would be refreshed but we were not offered fresh pots which was a little disappointing as I would have liked a coffee to wash down my cake.
We still had a wonderful time, but these are points for improvement. Particularly dirty glasses and cups which is quite unacceptable.
There was no earl grey tea which we were told after trying to order.
All of the sandwiches and cakes came out on one plate. The hot scones over the sandwiches. Ordered 3 adults and 1 child's afternoon tea. Was charged for 4 adults.
Very thoughtful staff who checked with us on our mother's welfare, when she retired to the room during dinner feeling unwell (staff informed of reason why) . My sister & I were given a generous large glass of wine each 'on the house' . | Attending the hotel for Easter Sunday staff very friendly and professional food very hot the only issue we had the send back 3roast beef dinners as the meat was too rare but when food returned it was cooked how we liked it and hot.
I was not very impressed. I don't believe what we received was value for money. The afternoon tea was overpriced for what we received. The waiter did not bring me milk for my tea, and we were left alone for almost an hour with nobody coming to check on us so the customer service was poor. In fact I could probably have left and nobody would have noticed. I will certainly not return, nor would I recommend this place to anyone.
Fantastic service! Met all our requirements and we had a amazing time.
Pendley Manor was chosen as a night away for our 37th Wedding anniversey - despite informing the hotel on booking - and in a confirmation call - nothing was done to recognise this fact.
The room was well appointed - but no soaker tub.
The position of the tea & coffee meant I banged my head on the corner of the cupboard.
Breakfast was poor - the bread was economy - no pot of tea or coffee for the table - because everything was kept warm - the scrambled eggs were slimy & rubbery as was the bacon.
The amount of pot holes and poor indication of speed ramps - meant the drive was an obstacle course.
Its getting the small things right that make the rest - there are many, many hotels that fit into this category - so overall a disappointing stay - and we will not be returning and we will be giving friends and family the feedback.
Awful service, can't even get in contact with the hotel via the phone.
Delicious sandwiches and scones. Cakes a little sweet. Tea good but no extra hot water. Afternoon tea took nearly 40 mins to arrive and we had to ask someone as I think they'd forgotten us. It was not busy! Peacock room lovely but starting to look a bit shabby. Wood panel on left hand side rotting and falling to bits. Cobwebs hanging from ceiling. Won't be coming back. A shame as it has so much potential.
Stayed here for one evening, spacious room and well kept grounds. Dinner in the restaurant was fantastic, staff were attentive, friendly and always willing to help.
Rooms good but so very noisy .
Great gardens to occupy the kids.
The Oak Restaurant was amazing!
The staff were so kind and we were shown promptly to our table when arriving. We were seated in a lovely table next to the big window's that let in so much light!
Me and my partner shared a starter of Corn-fed Chicken & Wild Mushroom Terrine, Plum & Ginger Preserve. I definitely wish that we had got one each because it was SOOO delicious! I then had the main course of Braised Lamb Shank, Spring Onion Mash, Roasted Root Vegetables, Garlic & Rosemary Sauce. The only words I can say is YUM! I then had the Creme Brulee for pudding and it topped the whole dinner off. It was a wonderful top class dinner with great, accommodating staff.
A lovely fternoon tea, huge quantities of really lovely cakes and scones. Would thoroughly recommend.
Lovely helpful and friendly staff. Couldn't have done more for my mother who is in a wheelchair and made a real fuss of her as it was a birthday celebration.
Really delicious afternoon tea which was great value.
Lovely afternoon tea and friendly staff.
The afternoon tea food is lovely | 727 |
Ok, I started this so I guess I'd<|fim_middle|> that. | better participate. I have an idea and hope I can pull it off. This is also the start of the sketchbook I made for myself.
I'm debating if I should add more words such as "What? You can't afford the whole tree?"
I used a yellow water color pencil to put a base color on the pear. After that, it was just colored pencils.
Pencils: Prismacolor water color pencil, Prismacolor colored pencils, Colorsoft colored pencils.
Beautiful pear, Debby. . . and nice calligraphy as well.
I like the paper edges....did you create that or is that just your paper?
Thanks Ed. Had to have a sense of humor being the daughter of a clown. The paper edges were created by tearing the pages when I created the sketchbook. See here. for how I did that. I folded the paper then tore it with a bone folder.
Well done pear Debby. Nice calligraphy as well.
I like your sketchbook and the pear looks great... can't wait to see more!
I love the pear and how the shadow crosses over the center, just a very cool theme! Don't add the punch line- let us figure them out, very, very clever.
Nice pear, Debby! And yes, the calligraphy is great...another form of art that I admire but feel too clumsy to try.
great start - and love the humour too!
Nice writing and good color and texture to the pear!!
Thanks everyone for your nice comments.
WYSIWYG, the partridge, like the pear tree didn't make it.
Realized after I shot the photo that I didn't date the entry. I'm working on remembering | 345 |
Ирла́ндия ( , , ольст.-шотл. Airlann , ) — третий по величине остров в Европе (после Великобритании и Исландии) и двадцатый по величине остров в мире; западный из двух крупнейших Британских островов. Остров разделён государственной границей между Республикой Ирландией и Соединённым королевством (Северной Ирландией).
Ирландская культура оказала значительное влияние на другие культуры, особенно в области литературы. Наряду с основной Западной культурой существует сильная культура коренных народов, выраженная в гэльских играх, ирландской музыке и ирландском языке. Культура острова имеет много общих черт с Великобританией, включая английский язык и такие виды спорта, как футбол, регби, скачки и гольф.
География
Месторасположение и размеры
Расположен между 6° 20'—10° 20' з. д. и 51° 25'—55° 23' с. ш. (крайняя северная точка — мыс Малин-Хед на полуострове Инишоуэн). С востока омывается Ирландским морем, а также проливами Св. Георгия и Северным, с запада, севера и юга — Атлантическим океаном. Протяжённость с запада на восток — около 300 км, с севера на юг — около 450 км. Площадь острова — 84,1 тыс. км² (20-е место в мире).
Рельеф
Берега Ирландии (особенно на севере, юге и западе) скалистые, сильно расчленённые заливами, крупнейшие из которых — Голуэй, Шаннон, Дингл и Донегол на западе, Лох-Фойл на севере. Близ берегов Ирландии — множество скалистых островов.
Поверхность в основном равнинная, внутренние районы занимает обширная Центральная низменность, на западе и востоке выходящая к берегам острова. На окраинах острова — невысокие горы (высшая точка — гора Карантуил, 1041 м) и плато (крупнейшее — Антрим на северо-востоке).
Геология
Гидрология
На острове много рек (важнейшая — Шаннон; другие крупные — Ли, Блэкуотер, Шур, Нор, Эрн, Банн, Бойн), озёр (Лох-Ней, Лох-Дерг, Лох-Маск, Килларни и другие) и болот (особенно в центральной части). Ирландию с запада на восток пересекает ряд каналов (Гранд-канал, Ройал-канал, Ульстенский, Логанский и др.). Преобладают тёплые западные ветры. Климат умеренный океанический, влажный; зима мягкая, лето прохладное. Благодаря мягкому климату Ирландия весь год покрыта зеленью, за что стала известна как Изумрудный остров.
Природа
Животный и растительный мир Ирландии небогат, по сравнению с Европой и даже по сравнению с остальными Британскими островами, что связано с образованием острова сразу по окончании последнего Ледникового периода, примерно в 10-м тысячелетии до нашей эры.
Флора
Растительный мир Ирландии относительно беден. В целом, флора Ирландии схожа с той, что встречается на большей части Европы, но она менее разнообразна. На острове растёт около 1300 различных видов растений, среди них — как северные, так и субтропические виды. Это связано с климатом Ирландии, создаваемым Гольфстримом. Тут можно встретить такие деревья как дуб, ясень, берёза, ольха, ива. В XVII веке большую часть страны занимали естественные леса, однако сейчас леса Ирландии составляют не более 10 % территории, преимущественно в центре и на востоке острова. Также есть искусственные насаждения — в основном хвойные леса. Около 20 % территории страны — торфяные болота. Остальная площадь страны — поля и луга.
В заповеднике Баррен произрастают виды арктическо-альпийской зоны, сохранившиеся со времён ледникового периода. В этом заповеднике можно встретить куропаточью траву, герань с пурпурными цветками, прямостоящую фиалку, курильский кустарниковый чай, и даже орхидеи.
В Национальном парке Килларни находятся уникальные тисовые леса, а также рощи из вековых дубов. В Килларни встречается земляничное дерево, килларнийский папоротник, капуста Святого Патрика, ирландский молочай и пингикула грандифлора.
Фауна
Животный мир Ирландии также более бедный, чем в Великобритании и континентальной Европе. В Ирландии обитают всего 4 вида рептилий и амфибий (причём ни одной змеи), 26 видов млекопитающих и 10 видов рыб. У побережья Ирландии водятся треска, скумбрия, сельдь, камбала и сардины.
Редкие виды животных представлены в национальных парках Ирландии, особенно в заповеднике Килларни, где обитают благородный олень, лесные мыши, сосновые куницы, красные белки, барсуки и лисы. Также тут можно встретить более 140 видов птиц (всего на территории Ирландии их насчитывается 380 видов) — такие как белолобый гусь, обыкновенный сокол, чёрный дрозд, козодой, клушица и другие виды водных, лесных, горных и вересковых птиц. Из рыб можно встретить кумжу и арктического гольца. Также здесь встречается очень редкая ирландская озерная финта. Из насекомых обитают северная стрекоза, майские и каменные мухи.
История
Самые ранние свидетельства присутствия человека в Ирландии датируются 10 500 г. до н. э. (12 500 лет назад). В I веке н. э. на территории острова существовала . В V веке началась христианизация острова. После XII века происходят вторжения норманов и установление суверенитета Англии. Однако<|fim_middle|> письменных текстов, лингвисты выделяют старо-ирландский язык (VI—X века), средне-ирландский язык (X—XIII века), ранний современный ирландский язык (XIII—XVII века) и современный ирландский язык. Возрождение ирландского языка началось в начале XX столетия и сейчас изучается в большинстве школ, как обязательный к изучению предмет. Однако из-за недостатка квалифицированных учителей эффективность обучения оставляет желать лучшего.
Среди городского населения Ирландии и Северной Ирландии существует достаточное количество людей, говорящих на ирландском языке, особенно много их в Дублине и Белфасте. Их дети обычно идут учиться в школы с ирландским языком обучения. Однако нельзя утверждать, что такие люди всегда являются более высокообразованными, чем те, кто говорят исключительно на английском языке. Согласно недавно проведенным исследованиям, ирландский язык, как устный, так и письменный, продолжает развиваться.
Традиционно ирландо-язычные территории называются гэлтахты, и на сегодняшний день они сокращаются. Основная территория гэлтахтов находится на западе, юго-западе и северо-западе страны. К ней относится Донегол, Мейо, Голуэй, Западный Корк и Керри, а также Дангарван в Уотерфорде и Ан-Уавь в Мите.
Английский впервые попал на территорию Ирландии во времена набегов норманнов. На нём говорили пришедшее на территорию страны небольшое количество крестьян и торговцев, однако английский скоро был, по большей части, вытеснен ирландским, и это произошло ещё до того, как Тюдор завоевал Ирландию. Ирландский язык стал официальным языком после завоеваний страны Тюдором и Кромвелем. Особенно много людей на ирландском языке говорило в Ольстере, однако это был язык высшего общества по всей стране. Доля ирландоговорящего населения росла. Однако в XIX веке произошел резкий языковой сдвиг, и абсолютное большинство населения страны стало говорить на английском.
Менее 10 % населения на сегодняшний день в Республике Ирландия говорят на ирландском языке постоянно, если не учитывать школьных учителей. 38 % населения, которое старше 15 лет, относят себя к ирландоговоряшим.
В Северной Ирландии официальным языком является английский, однако языки, которые используются небольшим количеством населения, находятся под защитой «Европейской хартии о языках небольшого количества населения». К таким языкам относится шотландский диалект ольстерского языка, на котором говорят 2 % населения Северной Ирландии, а также небольшое количество населения Республики Ирландия. Начиная с 1960 года, в связи с возросшим потоком миграции из Азии и Восточной Европы, в Ирландии начало появляться население, которое говорит на других языках.
Шелта — является языком ирландских странников.
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Острова Атлантического океана | английское правление не распространялось на весь остров.
После завоевания Тюдоров в XVI—XVII веках происходила колонизация острова поселенцами из Британии. В 1690-х годах была разработана система протестантского английского правления, целью которого было оказание давления на католическое большинство и протестантских диссентеров. В 1801 году Ирландия стала частью Соединенного Королевства.
Война за независимость в начале XX века привела к разделению острова, в результате которого образовалось Ирландское Свободное государство и Северная Ирландия, которая осталась частью Соединенного Королевства. С конца 1960-х до 1990-х годов Северная Ирландия пережила множество гражданских волнений, прекратившиеся после политического соглашения в 1998 году. В 1973 году Республика Ирландия присоединилась к Европейскому экономическому союзу.
Население
Бо́льшую часть острова (пять шестых его территории) занимает государство Республика Ирландия. На северо-востоке острова расположена Северная Ирландия, входящая в Соединённое Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии.
По результатам переписи 2016 года население Ирландии в апреле 2016 года составляло 4 761 865 человек, что на 173 613 человек (3,8 %) больше, чем в апреле 2011 года, бо́льшая часть из которых живёт на восточном побережье. Важнейшие города — Дублин и Белфаст.
Население Республики Ирландия — в основном кельтского происхождения. По данным всеобщей переписи 2006 года оно составляет 4,24 миллиона человек. Национальные меньшинства составляют 420 тысяч, то есть 10 процентов. 275,8 тысяч — иммигранты из стран Евросоюза (Польша, Латвия, Литва, Румыния); остальные — из России, Китая, Украины, Беларуси, Пакистана, Филиппин, Нигерии и т. д.
С 1840-х годов, когда население регионов, входящих сейчас в Республику Ирландию, составляло около 6,5 млн, и до 1970-х происходило постоянное сокращение численности населения — в основном из-за высокого уровня эмиграции. Ежегодный прирост населения в 1980-х составлял только 0,5 %, а к 2000 году прирост замедлился до 0,41 %.
Приблизительно 58 % населения живёт в городах.
Этнический состав населения Северной Ирландии неоднороден: здесь живёт около 500 тыс. коренных жителей острова Ирландия — ирландцев-католиков и примерно 1 млн англо-ирландцев и шотландо-ирландцев. Большинство — протестанты, которые являются британцами по культуре и традициям. Они преданы идее сохранения конституционных связей с британской короной. Остальное население Северной Ирландии является католическим и ирландским по культуре и истории. Эта часть населения выступает за союз с Ирландской Республикой.
Таким образом, в Северной Ирландии исторически сложились три группы населения, которые различаются между собой по религии и культуре и весьма настороженно относятся друг к другу.
Восточные области Северной Ирландии были заняты переселенцами из Шотландии — пресвитерианами, центральные и северные провинции заселили англичане, принадлежавшие к Англиканской церкви, в крайних западных и пограничных с Ирландией районах жили остатки коренного населения — ирландцы, католики по своему вероисповеданию.
По данным социологического опроса 2001 года о принадлежности к религии, 53 % жителей Северной Ирландии отнесли себя к протестантам, 44 % — к католикам, и 3 % населения — атеисты или придерживаются иной религии.
Стоит отметить то, что представители протестантской религии гораздо старше представителей католиков. Если рассматривать возрастную группу от 65 лет, протестантов в ней будет 17 % населения, а католиков — 10 %. Что касается молодежи, то в группе до 16 лет 27 % составляют католики и только 20 % — протестанты.
Языки
В 2011 году в Ирландии и Северной Ирландии состоялся сбор сведений о языках
Двумя официальными языками Республики Ирландии являются ирландский и английский. Ирландский язык формировался под влиянием латинского, старо-норвежского, французского и английского языков. Он был основным языком острова в течение 2 тысяч лет. Язык обрёл письменность после христианизации в V веке. С приходом к власти в Ирландии британских правителей ирландский язык пришёл в упадок и на сегодняшний день является языком меньшинства населения в стране.
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Deron Williams extricated himself from the burning wreckage that is the Brooklyn Nets, landing in Dallas on a two-year deal, and former teammate Joe Johnson can't figure out why D-Will bolted.
Johnson says things aren't so bad in BK.
Williams and Johnson haven't spoken since the point guard changed addresses this summer.
Per Newsday:
"What did he have, like two years left on his deal?" Johnson said Monday at Nets media day. "I don't know if he wanted the buyout, if they just bought him out. I don't know. I'm just saying if he wanted to get bought out, I don't think it was that big of a deal, that bad. That's just me."
Johnson said he hasn't spoken to Williams since he left, something that offered insight into their relationship. A moody Williams often alienated himself from his Nets teammates, including Johnson. […] When they acquired Johnson in the summer of 2012, the Nets marketed the two as the league's best backcourt, introducing them to the masses together at an elaborate ceremony at Brooklyn Borough Hall. But Williams did not consistently produce a level of play worthy of his five-year, $99-million contract. He succumbed to a rash of injuries that ate into his explosiveness and overall effectiveness.
Understanding the nature of the business, Johnson figured that after the Nets lost to the Hawks in the first round of the playoffs in April, the roster wasn't going to look the same heading into 2015-16. A voluntary departure by Williams wasn't on his radar, though. […] "Honestly, I didn't know what was going to happen — if I was going to get traded, if he was going to get traded," Johnson said. "I didn't really know. But I didn't see that coming. I didn't see that coming, him getting bought out. I don't think it was that bad. It's not that bad here, so to be wanting to get bought out, I couldn't really put my fingers around that one. But I hear that he's happy, so that's the most important thing for him. He's back at home. So good for him."
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GLEN ROSE — The Glen Rose Lady Tigers held off a late Stephenville Honeybee charge Tuesday night to post a 43-35 victory to improve to 2-0 in district play, and now they will have a week off to prepare for Lampasas.
"We will welcome the bye," Glen Rose girls basketball coach Ramsey Ghazal said. "We have to focus down on Lampasas who is 2-0 district. We lost at Lampasas last year, so this is another huge game. We need to have consistent practices to get ready for what they do."
With their fourth consecutive win, the Lady Tigers improve to 24-4 overall. They have just six games remaining on the regular-season slate, and all are district contests.
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Then the script flipped and the Lady Tigers had to hold on.
"About the last four minutes of the game we did a poor job taking care of the ball leading to some easy points for Stephenville. Then we had some breakdowns which gave them some open looks which they made," Ghazal said. "We need to do better in those situations to close out games."
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Under the Produce Safety Rule (PSR), farms can be classified as farms: a) Not covered by the Rule, b) farms eligible for a qualified exemption and modified requirements or c) Covered farms. This page will focus on farms that are "not covered" and farms that are eligible for a qualified exemption and modified requirements. Most small and some medium scale produce farms in North Carolina are likely to fall into these categories. For more information about "covered" farms, visit the Produce Safety Rule page.
Farms not covered by the PS Rule (2022)
Farms that are not covered by the PSR meet one of the following criteria:
The farm's average annual produce sales for the previous 3-year period is $29,245* or less.
Farms that grow produce only for personal consumption.
These are farms that will not be subject to regular inspections. FDA has implied that there is an expectation that these farms keep financial records to show that their produce sales are below $29,245. This value is adjusted for inflation annually, the figures used in this publication have already been adjusted for inflation for 2022 A sample template to calculate produce sales can be accessed here:Template for farms not covered by the PSR 2021.
Farms eligible for a qualified exemption and modified requirements
In order to be eligible for a qualified exemption and modified requirements produce farms must meet these two requirements:
1) The farm must sell the majority of the food** directly to qualified end-users. Qualified end-users are the consumer of the food as long as the consumer is not a business. Internet sales to the consumer of the food are allowed. A qualified end user is also a restaurant and retail food establishment*** that is located within NC or not more than 275 miles from the farm that produced the food. Based on this, if the farm sells food to a business such as a broker, those sales should be 49% or less of total food sales.
2) The average annual monetary value of food** sales for the past three years must be less than $584,908*. To calculate this value for your farm use annual sales starting in 2019.
Any farm, CSA or U-pick operation can be eligible for a qualified exemption and modified requirements as long as they meet the two conditions set above by the PS Rule. If a farm does not meet both requirements, then the farm should be considered a "covered farm". Covered farms have to comply with the practices outlined in the PSR and have specific compliance dates.
Notes and definitions that apply to these requirements:
*This value has been adjusted for inflation in 2022. FSMA's Inflation adjusted cut offs can be found on the FDA's FSMA Inflation Adjusted Cut Offs page.
**Food is defined as articles used for food or drink for man or animals, or articles used to make components of it. It includes seeds and beans used to grow sprouts. As farms calculate food sales take into account that cotton, tobacco and timber are not considered food. Examples of food include: fruits, vegetables, fish, dairy products, eggs, raw agricultural commodities for use as food or as components of food, animal feed (including pet food), food and feed ingredients, food and feed additives, dietary supplements and dietary ingredients, infant formula, beverages (including alcoholic beverages and bottled water), live food animals, bakery goods, snack foods, candy and canned foods. Livestock and meat are both food within this definition. FDA may interpret the "food" to include "live animals raised for food".
There are instances when live animals are sold for purposes other than for food, such as being sold as pets (e.g., dogs), pets are not considered food. FDA notes that only the value of food "sold" during the year should be counted to determine the eligibility for the qualified exemption. As farms calculate food sales take into account that cotton, tobacco and timber are not considered food.
***Retail food establishment means an establishment that sells food products directly to consumers as its primary function. The term "retail food establishment" includes facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold food if the establishment's primary function is to sell from that establishment food, including food that it manufactures, processes, packs, or holds, directly to consumers. A retail food establishment's primary function is to sell food directly to consumers if the annual monetary value of sales of food products directly to consumers exceeds the annual monetary value of sales of food products to all other buyers. The term "consumers" does not include businesses. A "retail food establishment" includes grocery stores, convenience stores, and vending machine locations. A "retail food establishment" also includes certain farm-operated businesses selling food directly to consumers as their primary function.
Sale of food directly to consumers from an establishment located on a farm or by a farm-operated business includes sales by that establishment directly to consumers:
(i) At a roadside stand (a stand situated on the side of or near a road or thoroughfare at which a farmer sells food from his or her farm directly to consumers) or farmers' market (a location where one or more local farmers assemble to sell food from their farms directly to consumers);
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North Carolina's fresh produce safety efforts are broad and diverse, positioning the state as a national leader in food safety education and outreach. This website represents the "N.C. Fresh Produce Safety program," part of the Department of Horticultural Sciences at NCSU. This website is managed by Elena Rogers and Chip Simmons, Area Specialized Agents in Food Safety- Fresh Produce.
N.C. Fresh Produce Safety Task Force
The N.C. Fresh Produce Safety Task Force minimizes food safety risks and enhances the economic competitiveness of North Carolina's fresh produce industry.
The Task Force is a partnership that brings together members involved in education, public policy, the fresh produce industry and research. Partnering institutions and agencies include:
North Carolina State University – N.C. State Extension, including the program areas of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Family and Consumer Sciences, the Departments of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences; Horticultural Science; Agricultural and Resource Economics; Biological and Agricultural Engineering; and 4-H Youth Development and Family & Consumer Sciences.
North Carolina A&T State University – N.C. Cooperative Extension, Departments of Natural Resources and Environmental Design, and Family and Consumer Sciences.
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services – North Carolina Food and Drug Protection Division and Marketing Division.
United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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(919) 515-2811 ncfreshproducesafety.ces.ncsu.edu | the farmer's crop(s) for that season. This includes CSA programs in which a group of farmers consolidate their crops at a central location for distribution to shareholders or subscribers; and
(iii) At other such direct-to-consumer sales platforms, including door-to-door sales; mail, catalog and Internet order, including online farmer's markets and online grocery delivery; religious or other organization bazaars; and State and local fairs.
For the purposes of this definition, farm-operated business means a business that is managed by one or more farms and conducts manufacturing/processing not on the farm(s).
What do "Qualified exempt" farms have to do to be in compliance with the Produce Safety Rule?
These farms have to comply with two requirements: keep financial records and follow modified labeling requirements.
Financial Records: A farm must establish and keep adequate records necessary to demonstrate that the farm satisfies the criteria for a qualified exemption, including a written record reflecting that an annual review has been performed and verification of the farm's continued eligibility for the qualified exemption. Farms must keep financial records to prove food sales are under $584,908 by keeping dated receipts for the past three years. Farms must have a record of food sales starting with sales from 2019. The records do not need to be submitted to FDA, NCDA or any other agency. These records must be kept by the farm on file in case they are formally requested by an inspector.
A sample template developed by the Produce Safety Alliance and modified by the author is provided and can be used to fulfill the requirement of a written record reflecting that an annual review has been performed. By completing pages 3 to 5 the farm can determined its continued eligibility for the qualified exemption.
Template for farms to determine their status with the PSR in 2022
The receipts that must accompany this record need to be dated but not individually signed. The farm is free to use the template that is provided in this publication or develop its own form.
Any records established and kept for compliance with the PSR must include the following information and adhere to these guidelines:
Include the name and location of the farm
Provide the location of growing areas and packing sheds.
Records need to be created at the time an activity is performed or observed.
Records must be accurate, legible and indelible.
A farm has 24 hours to obtain records kept offsite and make them accessible to FDA for inspection and copying upon oral or written request.
Important provisions about records under the PSR:
Existing records to comply with other federal, state or local regulations can be used.
Records to substantiate the qualified exemption must be kept for 3 years.
Records can be kept electronically; true copies are accepted or can be handwritten.
The records must be signed by the person who created them.
Modified labeling: The labeling requirement consists of including the name and complete business address of the farm where the produce was grown either on the label of the produce or to display the same information at the point-of-purchase. The labeling requirement became effective January 20, 2020.
Specific guidelines about labeling produce:
Include the name and the business address of the farm where the produce was grown on any food packaging label.
When food packaging label is not required, display at the point of purchase, the name and complete business address of the farm where the produce was grown, on a label, poster, sign, placard or documents delivered with the produce in the normal course of business, or in the case of Internet sales, in an electronic notice.
The complete business address must include: street address or post office box, city, state and zip code for domestic farms, and comparable full address information for foreign farms.
As long as a farm satisfies the requirements for records and labeling listed above or the FDA has not withdrawn a qualified exemption then the farm is compliant with the Produce Safety Rule. Qualified exempt farms are not considered "covered farms" by the PSR. Nonetheless, FDA is expecting these farms to grow, harvest, pack, hold and distribute produce under sanitary conditions. Failure to comply with requirements listed is prohibited by the FDA.
If a farm is not currently implementing good agricultural practices, it is important for the farmer to attend an educational program to learn about the practices that are considered acceptable when growing, harvesting, packing, holding or transporting produce and consider voluntarily implementing practices that reduce the risk of foodborne illness.
Important aspects of Compliance and Enforcement
FDA can withdraw a qualified exemption if produce has been grown, harvested, packed or held in a farm under such conditions that it is unfit for food or if it has been prepared, packed or held under unsanitary conditions where it can be contaminated with filth or have been rendered injurious to health.
An exemption can be withdrawn in the event of an active investigation of a foodborne illness outbreak that is directly linked to a farm; or if FDA determines that is necessary to protect the public health and prevent or mitigate a foodborne illness outbreak based on conduct or conditions associated with the farm that are material to the safety of the food.
Withdrawing an Exemption
Before FDA issues an order to withdraw a qualified exemption:
FDA may consider other actions to protect public health and prevent or mitigate a foodborne illness outbreak, including a warning letter, recall, administrative detention, refusal or food offered for import, seizure, and injunction;
FDA must notify the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the farm, in writing, of circumstances that may lead FDA to withdraw the exemption and provide an opportunity for the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the farm to respond in writing, within 15 calendar days of the date of receipt of the notification, to FDA's notification; and
FDA must consider the actions taken by the farm to address the circumstance that may lead FDA to withdraw the exemption.
To withdraw an exemption:
FDA will issue an order to withdraw the exemption in writing to the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the farm. The order must be in writing and signed and dated by the officer or qualified employee of FDA who is issuing the order.
Process to reinstate qualified exemptions
If FDA determines that a farm has adequately resolved any problems with the conduct and conditions that are material to the safety of the food produced or harvested at such farm, and that continued withdrawal of the exemption is not necessary to protect the public health or prevent or mitigate a foodborne illness outbreak, FDA will, on its own initiative or at your request, reinstate the qualified exemption.
A farmer may ask FDA to reinstate a qualified exemption that has been withdrawn by submitting a request in writing and presenting data and information to demonstrate that the farm has adequately responded to any problems with the conduct and conditions that are material to the safety of the food produced and harvested at such farm.
If a qualified exemption was withdrawn because of an active foodborne illness outbreak investigation at a farm and FDA determines after finishing the active investigation that the outbreak is not directly linked to the farm, FDA will reinstate the qualified exemption and will notify the farmer in writing that his or her exempt status has been reinstated.
Compliance dates for farms eligible for a qualified exemption and modified requirements not growing sprouts.
Farm size Retention of records supporting eligibility for QE Compliance date for labeling produce Compliance date for enforcement and all other provisions for Qualified Exempt farms
Very small business (Farms whose average produce sales are less than $250,000 over the last three years) January 26, 2016 January 1, 2020 January 27, 2020
Small business (Farms whose average produce sales are less than $500,000 over the last three years) January 26, 2016 January 1, 2020 January 28, 2019
Other businesses (Farms whose average produce sales are between $500,000 and $539,982 over the last three years) January 26, 2016 January 1, 2020 January 28, 2019
This information is not legal advice, it is based on the information published in Subparts A, O, Q and R of the PS Rule, answers provided by FDA through the Technical Assistance Network and the Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption: What You Need to Know About the FDA Regulation: Guidance for Industry Small Entity Compliance Guide.
NCSU is providing educational programs coordinated by the Area Specialized Agents in Food Safety- Fresh produce to help you implement practices in your farm. If you need assistance contact your local Extension Agent. Additional resources can be found on the NC Fresh Produce Safety site.
Elena RogersArea Specialized Agent, Agriculture - Food Safety - Fresh Produce Western NC Serves 49 Counties and EBCIBased out of Horticultural ScienceCall Elena Email | 1,823 |
For prostate as well as other cancers, primary tumor growth or spread is driven by amplifications or deletions of portions of the genome known as copy number alterations (CNAs).
A new report describes a new assay to assess CNAs that is cheaper, faster, reproducible, and requires less tissue than other diagnostic techniques and has the potential to significantly enhance prostate cancer evaluation.
Metastases occur in approximately 16 percent<|fim_middle|> such as companion diagnostic tests, can be incorporated.
In previous work, the researchers developed the metastatic potential score (MPS) as an indicator of metastatic potential, using data from other measurement techniques.
They found the MPS to be highly predictive of prostate cancer, triple negative breast cancer, and lung adenocarcinoma metastases.
In the current investigation, NG-CNA assay data were used to compute the MPS in 70 prostate cancer surgical research samples with known clinical outcomes, and the results were highly correlated with that of the Oncoscan CNV assay.
In a separate group, clinical and analytical validity was found between surgical samples and matched biopsies run exclusively on the NG-CNA platform.
An MPS threshold of 0.99 delineated high risk from low risk tumors.
"We believe the addition of the NG-CNA assay onto a standard cancer gene testing platform will augment personalized medicine by identifying aggressive tumors and genetic mutations that are predictors of response to targeted therapies," said Dr. Ostrer.
The study is published in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. | of prostate cancers and account for 8 percent of all male cancer deaths.
Accurate prediction at the time of diagnosis can identify men at risk for metastasis who would benefit from aggressive therapy.
Detection of CNAs in prostate tissue or blood can provide an indication whether previously diagnosed disease has progressed.
The amplified and deleted genes represent novel targets for treating aggressive prostate cancer.
"We have demonstrated that CNAs can be detected rapidly and accurately with the new Next-Generation Copy Number Alteration (NG-CNA) assay.
The impact of this information is two-fold: to assure aggressive therapy at the time of diagnosis for men with metastasis-prone disease and provide a rationale for active surveillance (and not overtreatment) for men with indolent disease," explained lead investigator Harry Ostrer, MD, of the Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
The NG-CNA assay is a targeted amplification sequencing technique that is able to analyze 902 genomic sites belonging to 194 genomic regions.
Compared to array comparative genomic hybridization array (CGH), NG-CNA can process samples faster and decrease the cost per sample.
"For example, with NG-CNA the cost of DNA extraction, library preparation, and sequencing reagents can be $20 to $40 per sample, compared to nearly $1000 for whole genome sequencing," said Dr. Ostrer.
In fact, "massively multiplexed assays, like the NG-CNA assay, provide an entry into personalized medicine applications at a fraction of the cost of traditional whole genome sequencing approaches," added first author Viacheslav Fofanov, Ph.D., of the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
Another practical advantage of NG-CNA is that the results are easier to decipher than whole genome sequencing.
The new assay allows hundreds to thousands of samples to be processed in a single run, with a typical turn-around time of 36 hours.
Samples evaluated with the NG-CNA assay also require less data storage than whole genome sequencing.
"This allows our approach to move from large reference laboratories to smaller, more resource-constrained independent laboratories as needed," added Dr. Ostrer.
A further benefit of the NG-CNA assay is that it can process smaller amounts of material (as low as 12.5 ng) than required by other techniques, allowing cell lines, surgical samples, and biopsies to be analyzed.
The CNA approach also provides a single platform onto which other sequencing tests, | 525 |
IGN Game of the Year Winner Journey Has Surprise Release on iOS
Add this to your list of calming games to play on the go.
byJessie Wade
Without any notice, the indie adventure game known for its vast, stunning landscapes and emotional connections, Journey, launched in the iOS App Store on Tuesday.
The announcement came from Jenova Chen, co-founder & creative director of Journey's developer, thatgamecompany.
Chen shared the news on Twitter saying, "Journey the older sister of Sky is out on iOS today! Thanks to @A_i and @SonySantaMonica, three thatgamecompany games are within my pocket ready to play at all time!"
Journey is from the same developer behind Sky: Children of Light and Flower, and is available to download for $4.99 in the App Store, with the option to play it on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. A multiplayer option is also available, with matchmaking occurring through Game Center.
The iOS release comes shortly after Journey's PC launch on June 7, 2019. The game's initial release was in 2012 on PS3 through the PlayStation Network, and was later ported to PS4 in 2015.
Journey released to high acclaim, scoring 90% and above in reviews from major outlets, including winning IGN's Game of the Year in 2012. According to Apple Insider, the game has won over 100 awards in total, including two Guinness World Records for<|fim_middle|> months Comments
How Journey Changed a Young Girl's Life | , "The Most Awards won by an Independent Game" and "Most Critically Acclaimed Art House Game on PS4."
In IGN's review, we said that, "Journeys span all of Earth's landscapes and resonate within the human heart, regardless of sex, age, and origin. The latest project from the developers at thatgamecompany tells the tale of a traveler and that traveler's journey. Through remarkable beauty and terrible danger, this short downloadable experience marks one of gaming's most beautiful, most touching achievements."
To read about how Journey has impacted others through its emotional adventure, check out how it changed a young girls life, how it positively supported chronic pain relief for a player, and listen to Chen share how his life inspirations contributed to the game itself.
Jessie Wade is Homepage Editor at IGN and fell in love with Journey the moment she played it. Follow her on Twitter @jessieannwade.
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Pc
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Today, I took a long-needed vacation. I woke up and simply got ready to head out. I didn't turn on the computer at all. No email to be checked today. I was going to relax and enjoy myself. My roommate and I and a friend of ours were all taking a drive to the beach and we were going to spend the day there relaxing in the sun and soaking up surf.
It took a lot to get us there. Apparently, the electrical aspect of my cigarette letter doesn't work so my friend's GPS couldn't help us out. That's great. So we have to rush by our seminary and print directions off of mapquest and use battery power on the GPS whenever we needed any more help. For those interested, we made it there and back and did not get lost once.
I rolled down my windows as we were getting close. If there's one thing I like about the beach, it's getting to smell the salty air of the ocean before you get there. I remember making the remark that I hadn't been to the beach in a long time. My friend asked how long and I said a few years and he said "You're in for a treat then." Indeed I was, to see the ocean again.
Yet I wondered about that. Am I just in for a treat because I haven't seen it in a few years? How long do I have to be away before I realize the joy that it is? If I lived near the beach and could see the ocean every day, would that make it less of a wonder? I can look at awe at the ocean, and I think that it's right that I do so, but<|fim_middle|> post: Ready For A Challenge? | should I not do that with everything?
Shouldn't I appreciate the sun that I see rise every morning? Shouldn't I appreciate my roommate, my dear friend who I get to see every day? Shouldn't I appreciate the moon and the stars that are there for me every night? Shouldn't I appreciate the modern conveniences that I have every day that make my life so much easier? How much am I taking for granted? Most especially, what of the cross and the empty tomb?
Oh well. I'm not, but I am simply enjoying that process.
It makes me wonder why I don't enjoy life more. I believe that God is one who never experiences boredom and never can. He is more amazed and in wonder of the ocean than I am. Isn't it odd that we live in such a bored society? We have more channels than we've ever had before and yet, more people are bored than they've ever been. We have people going to electronics areas buying things simply because they're bored with what they already have. Some people have to go see a new movie every week.
Am I any better a lot of times?
Could it be we base it on our feelings so often? Am I any better then? I often don't feel like doing what I do, but that is because of emotional drain from so many areas and that is the type of emotion that simply builds up and tears down every other area that it comes into contact with. Could this be why so many marriages end in divorce? One spouse gets bored with the other and goes off to find sweeter waters because they don't feel love any more?
I thought when walking on the beach once that if I really believed what I said I believed, I'd realize the presence of the omnipresent God is all around me. Why didn't I think about that more? Why didn't I embrace the joy that that thought is capable of bringing? These are the questions I ask myself. What would it be like if we all realized that Christianity is true?
Our drive home was a drive of talking about apologetics, talking about girls, talking about friendship and our life experiences. It was the typical conversation of three ministry students who are guys heading home. My feet are just now starting to recover from that long drive, but it was a time of blessing as we shared many things important to us and many things I can't go into. These are things among friends that those not in the circle aren't privy to.
Naturally, our plans include going back before the next semester begins. My day at the beach is a day to think about so many issues in my life and in the world. There will be much to ponder and I hope somehow I can have work go easier so that I can have time to consider all of it.
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March Madness Live Scores: Who Will Secure the Final Spots in the Sweet 16?
Who will secure the final spots in the 2019 NCAA tournament's Sweet 16? Tennessee punched its ticket in dramatic fashion.
After the first day of the 2019 NCAA tournament's second round was full of blowouts, will Day Two go differently? Florida State steamrolled upstart Murray State, Carsen Edwards shot the lights out in Hartford and Auburn left no doubt in making Kansas the second 2018 Final Four team to head home on Saturday night.
Below, we recap every game of Sunday's second-round action as it goes final.
No. 1 North Carolina 81, No. 9 Washington 59
The top-seeded Tar Heels are off to the Sweet 16 after taking care of Washington, 81–59, in Sunday's second round. The Huskies' defense, led by Matisse Thybulle, did enough in the first half to stay within striking distance, but<|fim_middle|>'s top threat?
The Sweet 16 is full of chalk, but some teams are looking better than others through two rounds of March Madness.
By Eric Single
March Madness 2019: Who advanced to the Sweet 16?
Find the 16 teams still alive in the 2019 NCAA tournament.
By Michael Shapiro
March Madness: Sweet 16 schedule, predictions
Take a look at the 2019 NCAA tournament's Sweet 16 schedule and bracket.
By Emily Caron
March Madness 2018 Sweet 16 schedule: Times, TV Channels, Match-Ups
Here is the full schedule for the Sweet 16 round of the 2018 NCAA tournament.
By Chris Chavez
Expert predictions: Re-picking our Sweet 16 brackets
Nobody's perfect, so now that the 2019 Sweet 16 is set, we revised our bracket predictions. | North Carolina's offense overpowered it over the final 20 minutes to win comfortably. Luke Maye, Coby White and Nassir Little combined for 57 points and 27 rebounds, with Little's contribution being the most notable. The freshman's 20-point day on 8-for-11 shooting marked his second strong game in a row, and his first game with at least 20 points since January. Thybulle had four steals and two blocks in the loss, but the senior finished with just two points and Washington as a team shot just 28.6% from three.
No. 2 Tennessee 83, No. 10 Iowa 77 (OT)
The 2019 tournament's first overtime game did not disappoint, and the two-time SEC Player of the Year ultmately created the separation that lifted a fourth team from the conference into the Sweet 16, as Grant Williams scored six of his team's 12 overtime points in a 83–77 Tennessee win over Iowa. Tennessee came out of the gate firing and led by as much as 25 in the first half before Iowa trimmed the lead to 21 at the break and slowly began to work its way back, finally tying it at the foul line with under three minutes to play after a controversial foul call on a blocked three-point attempt. With Admiral Schofield in foul trouble, Grant Williams took over in overtime, working inside for the first points of the extra session, kicking out to Jordan Bone for a three and then hitting a midrange jumper himself to pilot a 7–0 run. After Iowa hit two free throws, a turnaround jumper by Williams pushed it back out to seven, and at the other end he stripped Tyler Cook inside to spoil the Hawkeyes' last real chance. Another Big Ten team, hot-shooting Purdue, awaits the Vols in the Sweet 16.
SUNDAY'S FULL SCHEDULE
• 5:15 p.m.: No. 9 UCF vs. No. 1 Duke (CBS)
• 6:10 p.m.: No. 6 Buffalo vs. No. 3 Texas Tech (TNT)
• 7:10 p.m.: No. 12 Liberty vs. No. 4 Virginia Tech (TBS)
• 7:45 p.m.: No. 9 Oklahoma vs. No. 1 Virginia (truTV)
• 8:40 p.m.: No. 11 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Houston (TNT)
• 9:40 p.m.: No. 13 UC Irvine vs. No. 12 Oregon (TBS)
All games can also be streamed with March Madness Live online on NCAA.com.
March Madness live blog: Recapping second-round action
LSU's last-second win over Maryland got the second round started with a bang. Who else will reach the Sweet Sixteen?
Analyzing every game of Day 2 of the NCAA tournament
Day 2 of the 2019 NCAA tournament delivered on the drama, with several top teams getting some unpleasant surprises.
Recapping March Madness's first full day of action
The greatest postseason in sports has arrived, and the first full day of action did not disappoint.
Re-ranking the Sweet 16: Who's the tourney | 697 |
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Commencement set for May <|fim_middle|>AreUTSD, #UTHealthHouston, and #ClassOf2022. | 14 at Minute Maid Park
Published: April 28, 2022 by Kyle Rogers
Stage setup from the 2021 UTHealth Houston Commencement Ceremony. Photo by UTHealth Houston.
UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry will see 184 students (108 doctorate of dental surgery, 32 dental hygiene, and 44 advanced education) cross the stage during its 117th commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 14, from Minute Maid Park.
For a second straight year, UTHealth Houston will celebrate its graduates in two ceremonies with three schools participating in each event. Joining the School of Dentistry will be graduates from Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston and UTHealth Houston School of Public Health. McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, UTHealth Houston School of Biomedical Informatics, and MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences graduates will walk at 4 p.m. Friday, May 13, respectively.
Minute Maid Park will allow UTHealth Houston to follow federal and state COVID-19 safety guidelines, encouraging social distancing and disinfection for graduates and attendees. A map of the stadium and parking lots is available online.
Each graduate is allowed up to 10 guests, and students should check their UTHealth Houston emails for instructions on reserving seats.
Complimentary parking is available in parking lots A, B, C, and D. The Diamond Lot will be reserved for staff and vendors. Metered overflow parking is available in neighboring city of Houston managed lots, and fees may vary.
Regalia and ticket information for graduating students can be found on the 2022 UTHealth Houston Commencement webpage, uth.edu/Commencement.
The commencement ceremonies will be livestreamed at UTHealthCommencement.conventus.live. Recording of the two ceremonies will be available following the events.
Date: Saturday, May 14
Time: 10-1 p.m.*
Location: Minute Maid Park, 501 Crawford St., Houston, TX 77002
* Graduates are expected to check in no later than 9 a.m. Late arrivals will not be able to participate.
When celebrating commencement on social media, don't forget to tag @UTSDHouston on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Celebrate with us using the following hashtags: #We | 502 |
Networking vendor Linksys is expanding into enterprise wireless networking with the launch of the first of its business grade wireless access points.
The two new Linksys Wireless-N access points will allow businesses to deploy a fast, highly secure and reliable wireless network or upgrade an existing wireless infrastructure, according to a company statement.
The Linksys Wireless-N Access Points can be deployed as a Wi-Fi access point or a range extender to connect notebooks, smartphones, tablets, and other Wi-Fi devices to the network and the internet.
The Business Wireless-N Access Points use the widely adopted 8<|fim_middle|>ynch pin of the work environment, and the conduit to many business-critical tools taken for granted in our daily work lives.
"Across industries it is vital for real-time information and connectivity, making reliable solutions paramount to ensuring everything always runs smoothly," he said. | 02.11n standard to provide a fast and highly reliable wireless network. It supports advanced features such as Power over Ethernet for flexible placement, plus rogue AP detection and a 802.11X supplicant for enhanced security.
Belkin A/NZ managing director, Ian McLean, said Wi-Fi was the l | 68 |
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EU leaders plot out next stages for drug risk management
Lynne Taylor
Drug regulators in the European Union have expressed satisfaction with the progress made so far with the European Risk Management Strategy, and have begun to draw up the programme's priorities for the next two years.
Proposals for the ERMS were agreed in 2002 to detect, assess, minimise and communicate the risks of medicines in the EU. Discussing the Strategy's progress in Lisbon, Portugal, this month, officials of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) and the Heads of Medicines Agencies emphasised that no effective medicine comes without risk and that regulation cannot protect the public 100%, but stressed that the ERMS should<|fim_middle|> management plans;
- strengthening the spontaneous reporting scheme through further improving the electronic reporting of adverse drug reactions to the EudraVigilance database;
- launch of the European Network of Centres for Pharmacoepidemiology
and Pharmacovigilance project, which aim to strengthen the
monitoring of medicines through multi-centre, post-authorisation safety studies;
- contributing, in collaboration with the European Commission, to research in the field of pharmacovigilance and the safety of medicines; and
- strengthening the organisation and operation of the EU Pharmacovigilance System.
Science underpins safety monitoring
The EMEA and HMA officials also discussed finalising a further work programme of ERMS activities over the next two years. This will focus on two main areas – improving the operation of the EU Pharmacovigilance System and strengthening the science which underpins the safety monitoring of medicines – and will be impacted by a number of initiatives, including the Commission's Strategy to Better Protect Public Health by Strengthening and Rationalising EU Pharmacovigilance, which is currently being developed with a view to presenting a legal proposal in 2008.
The Commission announced its proposed Strategy in February, after a public consultation revealed problems with the current drug safety monitoring system, including unclear roles and responsibilities, complex reporting rules being implemented differently by the various member states, a lack of robust safety studies and complex decision-making at EU level. The system would be strengthened and clarified, "so that safety issues are rapidly detected and effectively dealt with, based on more robust data," said Commission Vice-President Gunter Verheugen. "Rationalisation of the EU medicines safety system will free up resources which can then be directed to better protecting the health of EU citizens," he added.
The HMA plans to publish the new ERMS work programme at its meeting in November.
http://www.emea.europa.eu | create a more proactive approach to the safety monitoring of medicines throughout their lifecycle.
Achievements made under the Strategy since 2005 so far to the present
- implementing the legal tools for monitoring the safety of medicines
and for regulatory actions provided for by the revised EU pharmaceutical legislation, with particular emphasis on systematic implementation of risk | 66 |
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High School Teacher Confiscates Love Letter From Couple, Returns it Years Later at Their Wedding
A couple in China were touched at their wedding after a former teacher returned a love letter that he had once confiscated from them.
The teacher, who has not been identified, took the letter from the groom back in high school, according to Sohu News.
The teacher came up on stage to present his gift to the couple at the wedding which look place earlier this month.
"I confiscated your love letter when you were still in high school," he said. "I actually wanted to return it to you after graduation."
He finally found the opportunity to do so after receiving an invitation to the wedding.
"Unfortunately, I may have been a little late in 'delivering' the letter," he added.
While the letter's content has not been disclosed, the fact that he had kept it all these years has touched netizens' hearts.
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I have been fortunate to work with Tom on several projects. He is a skilled Program and Project Manager who is committed to delivering the best value for his client. He encourages collaboration within his project teams and leverages the skills of each team member to achieve success. Tom is a mentor and role model to his colleagues – always willing to share his knowledge and experiences. Tom's personal and professional integrity, his knowledge and his humor make him a pleasure to work with.
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I went to France, and I came back, and I am different. Why else travel?
Judging a country, or even a city, with just a few days under one's belt, is, of course, unreasonable. But this is a blog, nothing more, and my diary, nothing less, so I'm tossing ideas out here.
We are older, so we do not move as quickly as the folks around us, and that is OK. A young couple strolled by with a child no more than four. She asked something in French, which I missed, and her parents answered, again in French (this is Paris, non?), and again I missed it.
This particular walk along the Seine has no walls between the walkway and the river. The river is a bit more staid than many in major cities, but it is still a river.
The little girl took off, running down the path, along the edge of the Seine, as her parents continued chatting with each other, obviously fond of each other.
The child put about 50 yards between herself and her parents, then scrambled up the steps to the Pont Louis-Philippe.
No reaction from the parents.
Until she hid. We could see her, her parents could not--Dad bolted, sprinting the 50 yards, dashing up the steps three at a time.
He found her, and he picked her up, and that was that.
And that's the point of the story. Children in Paris, at least this child (and we saw other examples), are given free rein.
Do some die from this "negligence"? Peut-être. Here in the States we focus on the safety.
What kind of child does this kind of parenting produce? If our anecdotal experiences mean anything (we saw a lot of kids), we learned this much--the children in France are self-assured and reasonably happy. They also seem<|fim_middle|> not surprising because the adults (not just the parents) seemed to like them. | to like adults, | 4 |
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Why is British Politics Upsetting Us So Much?
Karin Sieger
Brexit , change , politics , society
Uncertainty and upheaval in politics can remind us of personal challenges
Betrayal, disappointment, and anxiety are common in response to social change
If you are feeling overwhelmed by current events, find a therapist here
Whatever your political stance you will agree, UK politics is undergoing change, on a number of levels, since the Brexit referendum. And not everyone feels comfortable.
Questions are asked and decisions need to be taken regarding ongoing relationships with other countries. Divisions have opened up within political parties, and different<|fim_middle|> And the feeling of alienation, judgment and disappointment spreads in concentric circles.
Life is about managing transitions. It is risky to ignore that they are happening; it is risky to delegate the job of managing them to others. We can do that up to a point, in friendships, intimate relationships, at work, in the groups we belong to, in political parties and others.
But if alignment with others and loyalty to them is not kept in line with our own values, principles and ultimately our own identity, than this can lead to serious disappointment. Because people can change and organisations can change. Rightly or wrongly.
We cannot wake up one day feeling betrayed, if we chose to be asleep for the majority of the ride. As adults and voters we have choices and responsibilities, which we did not have as children. Change happens, and we are allowed to change our minds, too. And within our society we have permission to respond to change.
Change is not easy, but it is necessary. It is risky in relationships, as in politics, to give power to the other, if we are left feeling disempowered.
And so I see the current change in UK politics as something that we all are part of. For some it is a wake up call and time for serious introspection, just like when a relationship is in crisis.
We can bemoan the fact, by all means, but we are also capable of and responsible for the choices we make.
This post by Karin Sieger was written three years ago; welldoing.org has updated it
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How social and political forces shape our identity | attempts are being made at resolving the problems. Politicians come and go. Some disappear only to resurface in a different guise. Some get the feeling of being stabbed in the back; others get the feeling of being stabbed in the front. Old alliances give way to new (fragile) ones.
No wonder some people take stock of the value of their own loyalties. While some feel the party they support has left them, others make a conscious decision to leave of their own accord.
At the same time, economic uncertainty continues, social cohesion appears more fragile than ever in many places across the globe and the daily trauma of attack and death is not ceasing. It is all very unsettling.
The impact on the individual
Even more so, if you feel alienated from those you trust or trusted to have your best interests at heart - parties and politicians. It is unsettling for many, who say they feel cheated, disenfranchised, disappointed and angry: "I did not sign up for this… I did not vote for that. You have changed beyond recognition… These are not my values…I have been loyal for decades, but enough is enough…" You may recognise these sentiments and may think of many more..
And as much as you may disagree with party and / or government politics, you will find others who may disagree with you on the very same points. Families, friends, people at work and party members across the land are debating, arguing and disagreeing with each other, a lot more explicitly now, than before.
With the vote to leave the EU, the resignation of David Cameron, the selection and resignation of Theresa May, the in-fighting in the Labour Party, Boris Johnson's new appointment as the PM, a nerve has been touched, and I wonder why?
Who has ever promised that political parties and the fellow citizens we elect to offices do what we expect them to? Why is it that we are struggling with disappointment, which creates even more friction in the relationships we have? Why are we surprised about change that may not have our interest at heart?
When past and present come together
Without wanting to use a clichéd or lazy argument, it reminds me of those key moments in life, when we feel deeply disappointed by those we trusted most – our parents or first caregivers, intimate partners, friends, employers, role models. We entrusted them with something very special: our hopes, our safety, and our future.
Often something needs to go wrong first, for us to realise that others are limited, just the way we are. We cannot do it all, we make mistakes, get it wrong and disappoint. Some people try their best, others don't even try.
And in those key moments we may feel cheated, disrespected, hurt, angry, and we have lost trust. What then?
We may run away in distress or disgust and take the unresolved pain of disappointment with us, and find it difficult to trust again.
We may stay and put up with it, unquestioningly, while seething inside and losing ourselves with every passing day.
Or we talk about it, try and work it through, and then make an informed choice about the next appropriate step.
And whatever we choose, some people will tell us not to. You can see this in the debate over Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. Some people will feel aggrieved with our choice and question our loyalty to them. | 684 |
It can be quite overwhelming when your start to think about baby-proofing your house. Just one look around your house and you see a million potential death traps, which plunges you into an anxious mess as you make sure that every possible surface is protected so your little one can't hurt themselves, only to find that you missed out something. Especially, if you baby starts to crawl earlier than you thought they would! Whilst it is completely normal to be anxious and overwhelmed at the thought of baby-proofing your house, it is essential that it is done properly. Here is our room-by-room guide to baby-proofing your home.
When it comes to the kitchen, it is better to be safe! Ensure that all cabinets and drawers are adequately locked and any appliances on work tops are either locked away or pushed further back from the edges. It is also important to make sure that all stove knobs are covered to prevent your little one from accidentally pushing one of<|fim_middle|> possible, try to ensure that all furniture are secured to prevent your little one accidentally pulling anything over. It is important to make sure that any corners or door knobs are adequately covered and that there are fireplace gates or guards in place. Also, ensure that the windows are lockable, just in case of accidents!
The bathroom can be full of hazards for your little one. Luckily there are plenty of ways of baby-proofing the bathroom. Firstly, make sure that you have locks on the toilet, covers on the door knobs and locks on any bathroom cabinets or drawers. For when baby has a bath, make sure that you have a water temperature gauge and a non-slip bath mat for extra safety.
Again, similar to the rooms above, make sure that all cupboards/cabinets/drawers are lockable, door knobs and window sill corners are covered, cords are out of reach and that all furniture are secured. Another valuable addition to the nursery is a thermometer. This is an invaluable instrument for ensuring that the temperature in baby's room is always at the optimum temperature.
Lastly, there are some general safety precautions in place to provide a safe haven for your little one. It is essential to make sure that you have working smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors on each floor. Not only is this an essential baby-proofing method, it will also benefit all of your family. Our final tip is that you must make sure that all outlet covers are protected to ensure that you're little one doesn't get too curious about the electricity outlets!
This list is not exhaustive and you will know what's best for your home and your baby. So, trust your instincts and don't worry about being too "over-cautious", if you think it would be best, then it probably will be!
Snuggin's Babyproofing Checklist! – An infographic by the team at Snuggin. | them. Lastly, ensure that any cords are out of reach, especially where baby is at the crawling stage!
Ensure that all blind cords are all out of baby's reach. As far as | 38 |
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Anyone who has ever owned a collie knows of the heroic little things they do everyday. From an extra nudge when you are feeling down to being so glad to see you at the end of a long hard day that your troubles melt away. I have had collies protect me when I have been threatened and prevent children from harm. Through the years collies have been known to be among the most courageous dogs in America honored as the dog hero of the year begining in 1954, the dog performing the most outstanding act of courage leading to the saving of life or property. The Collie has surpassed the fiction of the written word and performances on TV to become real heros, in the history of the Dog Hero Of The Year Program, the collie has earned it 9 times, more than any other breed.
In 1954, Tang was the winner of the first annual Ken-L Ration hero award. Tang was a large friendly Collie from Texas, who saved no fewer than five children from death or severe injury. Four times Tang jumped in front of swift moving cars and thrust his powerful bulk against a child to push them to the curb just seconds before tragedy could strike. On another occasion he planted himself squarely in front of a parked milk delivery truck and refused to budge, barking loudly the whole time. The cause of the strange behavior of the normally friendly dog was found to be that a two-year-old girl had climbed into the back of his truck, she would have most certainly haven fallen when the trucked started to move. The moment the child was removed from the truck Tang stopped his barking and returned to the sidewalk.
A beautiful sable Collie from Illinois, named Blaze became the second Collie to win the annual hero award, in 1957. One day, while the 2 1/2 yr old daughter of Blaze's owners was playing in the yard, she decided to get a better look at their baby pigs that were in a fenced enclosure nearby. The 2 yr old daughter crawled through the fence, infuriating the mother sow who charged her, knocked her down and severely mauled and bit her, when Blaze a short distance away went into action. Despite an the fear he had of this massive hog, Blaze never hesitated. With a single leap, he cleared the fence and attacked the sow so savagely that she gave ground. The injured child, was given enough time to crawl back under the fence to safety, where her parents rushed her to the hospital.
Duke, a Collie from Niles, Ohio was the 1961 Ken-L ration dog hero award winner. It was a windy March afternoon when the 10yr old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grantz went to the backyard to burn some papers. The wind caused the child's skirt to billow and suddenly burst into flames as flying ashes caught it. The terrified girl panic-stricken, began to run toward the house. Duke, who was nearby, took in the situation with a glance. Barking loudly he overtook the child and although possessing the average animals dread of fire, he seized her flaming skirt in his teeth and tore and pawed the garment off of her to the ground, sustaining burns to his mouth in the process.
A shy Collie from Budd Lake, NJ who saved nearly 300 Dairy goats in a raging fire that leveled most of his master's dairy goat farm was awarded the 1964 dog hero of the year ward. In the early hours<|fim_middle|>. She let go of him and he raced ahead. When Rae Anne reached the brink, she saw Ray lying unconscious in a stream 80 feet below. Woodie, who broke both hips in the jump, was by his side nudging Ray's face to keep it out of the water. Both Ray and Woodie survived.
In 1989, Buddy a Collie mix was dog hero of the year for alerting a disabled grandmother to a house fire and therby ensuring the escape to safety of the woman with limited vision.
In Melbourne, Australia, Mrs. Irene Hughes, a Collie breeder, reported two of her dogs stolen the spring of 1954. Two weeks later she saw one of her other Collies trotting from the house with a piece of meat in his mouth. She followed and he went straight to an abandoned mineshaft where he dropped the meat. Fifteen feet below where her two lost Collies, kept alive by their faithful friend.
Papillon, the next Collie, dog hero of the year award winner of 1990 something. Papillon, was a big male sable collie. When his owner put their 5 week old baby down for a nap, she went and took a shower, about 10 minutes later, Papillon started to bark like crazy, and charged the bathroom door so hard, he knocked it off its hinges, and tore down the shower curtain, he then ran into the babies room, jumped up on the side of the crib, where it was then, his owner found out, the baby had stopped breathing. Papillon had saved the baby's life!
All contents and photos on these pages belong to Wellsmere Collies and MAY NOT BE reproduced or copied at any time without written permission from Wellsmere Collies.© | of the morning a fire had been roaring in the farm's maternity barn for some time before Buddy's frantic barks of warning were heard by his masters. Racing to the yard, they were astonished and elated to see Buddy marching back and forth with efficiency, watching over the entire flock of 70 expectant mother goats he had herded out of the barn.
In 1966 a stout hearted Collie from Priest River, Idaho with the appropriate name of Hero, was named winner of the 13th annual hero award. Hero was the first show dog to ever capture the honor! It was a nice day on the owners farm. She was feeding horses while her 3yr old son was playing on a hay stack in the barn. All the sudden she heard her son scream, she looked up and saw him racing across the floor toward the end of the barn with a maddened horse racing after him. The mother shouted for "Hero", although she had no idea where he was. At this desperate moment, a blue and white form came sailing through the air and propelled itself directly at the horse. It was Hero, transformed from his usual friendly self into a sudden blaze of fury. Before the horse's lethal hooves could descend on the helpless child, Hero had seized the animal by the nose and was hanging on grimly. The enraged horse swung the dog furiously to one side and then the other, and finally succeeded in hurling him against the tractor wheel, he was up an instant later and flying back at the horse before the latter could bring its feet down on the child. Battling an adversary fifteen times his size, Hero gave the mother time to drag the child to safety under the tractor. Suddenly the horse decided to break off the fight and raced out the door. Hero chased close behind, and stopped only after he saw it disappear, with blood pouring from his nose and mouth....The mother rushed Hero to the vets, where it was found that Hero had suffered from crushed forehead and had five teeth either broken or knocked out, and four ribs were broken.... but just 6 weeks later, he lined up with other Collies in a dog show and won THREE more points toward his Championship.
In 1980, Woodie a Collie mix leapt off an eighty foot cliff to rescue his owner's boyfriend from drowning. As Rae Anne, Ray and Woodie were walking along a nature trail in the Rocky River Reservation, Ray an amateur photographer, desided to capture a spectacular view from atop a steep shale cliff. Rae Anne and Woodie waited on the path while Ray disappeared over the hill. Suddenly, the usually well-behaved Woodie began twisting and tugging to escape from Rae Anne | 554 |
Nahum 1:5 The mountains<|fim_middle|> and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.
The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt; the earth trembles at his presence--the world and all who live in it.
At the sight of the LORD, mountains and hills tremble and melt; the earth and its people shudder and shake.
Mountains quake in the presence of the LORD; hills melt before him. The earth shakes when the LORD appears; the world and all its people tremble.
Mountains quake because of Him, And the hills dissolve; Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence, The world and all the inhabitants in it.
The mountains quake at him, and the hills are shaken, and the earth recoils at his presence, even the world, and all that dwell in it.
Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who live in it.
Verse 5. - The mountains quake. The mountains, the very emblems of stability, tremble before him (Adios 8:8). The hills melt; Οἱ βουνοὶ ἐσαλεύθησαν, "The hills were shaken" (Septuagint). The hills dissolve like wax or anew at his presence (see Amos 4:13; Micah 1:4). Burned; Septuagint, ἀνεστάλη, "recoils," "is upheaved," as by an earthquake. This rendering has the greatest authority. The world; i.e. the habitable world, and all living creatures therein (Joel 1:18-20). Nature animate and inanimate is represented as actuated by the terror of conscious guilt. | quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence--the world and all its dwellers.
The mountains quake before Him, | 32 |
At day care here at Langham Court, we organise a wide range of activities for people to get involved with, such as singing, quizzes, baking, gardening, music and movement, arts and crafts, and even DIY<|fim_middle|> and better yet, it doesn't end when a project's over, as the nest of tables you can see being sanded down in this photo will take pride of place in Langham Court when they're finished. That means that once the tables are complete, we can all sit back, admire and even use our finished work.
In one of the photos, two gentlemen are sanding the largest of the tables, preparing the surface for the next stage, which will be a much-needed coat of paint. The plan thereafter is to decoupage the top of the table and finally, finish it off with a coat of varnish. Projects like this are a great way of empowering people and giving them a sense of achievement.
We also take great pleasure in growing our own vegetables, and the other photo shows two of our gentlemen busy preparing the soil for the lettuces and beetroot we grew. We then put the homegrown lettuce in freshly made rolls with ham and cheese! Everyone was encouraged to make their own rolls up, which made every bite taste even better. Now we just need to decide what to grow next! | – recently, we've been doing a spot of upcycling!
Upcycling is a very popular activity, and it encourages people to work together – | 31 |
Vincent Cerniglia, the unit's first chief, organized the unit in<|fim_middle|>
Ray Feurstein 2010 - | 1950. Cerniglia, a World War II and military police veteran, served as chief through 1983. Cerniglia originally reviewed nearly 200 applicants, selecting only about 50 charter members. In later years the membership grew to approximately 239 members from across Schenectady County. Most of the members were military veterans. Cerniglia organized the men into a series of platoons and divisions. This organizational structure is still in use today.
During the 1950's and 1960's, the unit's responsibilities extended from activation not only in times of emergency but to other details as well. These included church traffic control on weekends, parade traffic and crowd control, and special event crowd control. During this time, the unit assisted police agencies with milestone events such as the Central Park tornado, crowd control during strikes at the General Electric Company, the Standard Furniture fire and various flooding incidents in the Stockade region of Schenectady
In recent years, the unit has assisted with several civil emergencies. These include various years of the Mohawk River floods, a major fire at the Golub Corp., the fatal Broadway landslide and several extended power interruptions in 1996 and 1998. With the recent onslaught of the H1N1 virus in 2008, this unit has been deployed to the H1N1 distribution centers to help the County Health Dept. secure the virus vaults and supply the needed police security presence.
The unit received several honors for its readiness, training, and responsiveness during the 1960's. In 1963, then Governor Nelson Rockefeller recognized 28 members of the unit for years of service and contributions to civil defense. The Schenectady unit was recognized for its excellent training program, consisting of basic law and police practices (arrest, traffic, evidence, penal law, legal procedure and public relations), first aid and firearms. Several cities, including New York City, requested details of Schenectady's program for inclusion in their own training. During the 1970's the unit continued its role of assisting local police agencies, and received several recognition awards from local organizations such as the New York State Office of Civil Defense and the American Legion as well as the Governors office of State. In 1982, the unit admitted its first Female officer, Lisa Weingardner.
The unit has assisted with major charitable events such as the Schenectady Police Athletic League Bike-a-thon, Concern for the Hungry food drive, Schenectady D.A.R.E.'s haunted house, the annual Crop Walk, the MDA telethon, the annual summer Italian Festival, and the Stockade-a-thon. The unit directly supports police agencies for major planned events such as Schenectady's annual Christmas Parade, Rotterdam's Memorial Day and Flag Day parades, the Niskaday celebration fireworks and Pop Warner football games.
Throughout its 60 years, this unit has been involved with many community outreach programs including, the annual Christmas tree giveaway for targeted low income families, and Food Pantry volunteer work during Holiday seasons as well as day to day soup kitchen details. Included with this were the community charitable events such as, Ladies Night fund raising to benefit the local CP organizations and the Schenectady County PBA.
This unit is also active in supporting many community special events including Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School basketball games and dances, Schenectady Museum events such as the Festival of Nations and craft fair, Agudat Achim's Carrot Festival, the Maybe Farm Car Show, the Empire State Aeronotics Museum, and many County sponsored events such as the Schenectady County hazardous materials collection day.
Schenectady County Auxiliary Police Chiefs
The unit has had only six (6) chiefs during the past 60 years.
Vincent Cerniglia 1950 - 1983
James Morette 1983 - 1985
Burt Colvin 1985 - 1992
Thomas Jay 1992 - 2006
Dave Cummings 2006 - 2010 | 880 |
Make 2014 Your Most Beautiful Year Yet.
New Year's resolutions are often hard to keep. This is because, as much as we'd like to change our habits,<|fim_middle|> will boost your appearance, health, confidence and self-esteem — but a sign that you respect and care for yourself.
Become a Home-Care Expert. Feeling great when you leave the salon or spa is one thing, but you can relive that feeling daily with proper at-home care. We'll show you tricks on how to hold the brush during a blow-dry, suggest skin care products to keep the glow going after a facial and educate you on simple things like the benefits of drinking water after a massage. You get more out of your service when you incorporate these tips on a regular basis.
Pre-Book Your Appointments. When you come in for a service appointment, make sure you don't leave without booking the next one in advance. Pre-booking makes it far more likely that you'll get the service provider you want, before you desperately need it. Plus our reminders will help you stick to the beauty routine you're building.
Remind Yourself You're Worth It. With all the energy you put into other people, you deserve to carve out some time to renew and refresh yourself. Also remember that the higher your confidence and self-esteem, the happier you'll feel, and the better you'll approach all the other responsibilities and relationships in your life.
Just wait 'til you see your next New Year's Eve photos, and you'll be grateful that you gave yourself this gift in 2014.
To book an appointment for a consultation with a Douglas J beauty expert, click here. | we just don't know where to start. But, if you make beauty goals for yourself in 2014, chances are you will be able to achieve them. Why? Because you have great resources at your disposal right now — the professionals at Douglas J — who can set you on a path to success so that you can realize your beauty goals for 2014.
1. Identify Your Beauty Goals. Maybe you want to improve your skin's health and appearance; or banish bad hair days; or keep your hands and feet looking soft, elegant and well-groomed. Instead of silently criticizing yourself about these things throughout the year, write down your top beauty goals, in order of importance.
2. Make a Plan. Tell us your beauty goals and your current beauty habits in these areas. Be honest! We'll help you prioritize and make a plan. Committing to pre-booking return visits alone makes a huge difference, so you never go too long without the maintenance needed to stay looking your best.
Know The Benefits. When you feel more beautiful, you feel more confident, content and whole — the benefits are emotional as well as physical. Reminding yourself that your new habits will enhance your well-being, as well as your health, will make them easier to stick with.
Counter Your Arguments. We often talk ourselves out of good habits because of negative thinking. "It's too expensive." "It's too time consuming." "It's selfish." While you're in a good frame of mind, develop comebacks to these negative voices. Remind yourself that professional-quality products and services last longer, look better, and build a better and healthier foundation than drugstore brands. Remember that carving out time for beauty services will save you time in getting ready in the morning and eliminate drama when preparing yourself for big events. Realize that it's not selfish to develop healthy habits that | 382 |
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Apple buys Shaz<|fim_middle|> HomePod smart hub.
Both of these pieces of hardware have music at the core of their user experience, with one being literally a pair of wireless headphones and the other being an Amazon Echo competitor with Siri instead of Alexa.
The first generation of AirPods was groundbreaking in terms of wireless performance, so it wouldn't be crazy to think that they could detect and identify music wirelessly too in the future. On the other hand, a software-lacking HomePod could benefit from Shazam as a trick in spite of its low portability.
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Apple has reached an agreement to acquire Shazam, but how will the deal affect the company's music services? Image: Compfight
After a weekend of rumors, Apple spokespeople confirmed to several media sources that they had entered an agreement with Shazam to acquire their core app business. No amount was disclosed, but people close to the deal say that they closed for approximately $400 million.
The acquisition comes as Apple's second largest move within the music industry, following the buyout of Beats a couple of years ago for a stunning $3 billion. Shazam was once worth at least a third of that, but its valuation has plunged in recent years.
Experts suggest that the deal with Cupertino responds to several industry trends, as well as a further opportunity for Apple to keep expanding its music business. New products by the tech giant focus on music experiences and the music detection app can help them enhance their strategy moving forward.
Siri, what's that song?
Apple buys Shazam: https://t.co/Fvf8r2mIsL pic.twitter.com/YC8iPPs2jd
Shazam and Siri will probably become good friends
Right now, Siri plays nice with Shazam as it supports integration with the app, but music discovery is not a native feature of Apple's virtual assistant. Hoping to add one more skill to the iconic AI, the company might be seeking deeper integration between the two services.
A symbiotic relationship at that level might have Shazam disappear as a standalone application, at least on Apple devices. It might become a core part of the experience on iPhone, iPad, and even Mac computers that support Siri. It could be as easy as asking Siri to Shazam a song to identify it if the firm is keen on keeping the name.
However, it could also lead to interesting and cool features that we can already see on other devices. For instance, users particularly liked the Google Pixel 2's always listening technology, which is constantly listening to the surroundings in search of new songs and music. The song it detects appears by name and artist on the lock screen of the phone.
Shazam will help Apple users discover music on more devices
Most likely, though, Apple's move also intends to exploit the potential of their latest breed of devices focused on music, especially the AirPods and the new | 493 |
Bitcoin is a new currency that was created in 2009 by an unknown person using the alias Satoshi Nakamoto. Transactions are made with no middle men – meaning, no banks! There are no transaction fees and no need to give your real name. More merchants are beginning to accept them: You can buy webhosting services, pizza or even manicures.
A Bitcoin exchange<|fim_middle|> most countries, although this is changing as its popularity increases.
A good place to start is to look at the virtual coins which are supported by an exchange. With over 4,000 cryptocurrencies, and additional ones being added all the time, it is key to figure out which currencies you want to trade in, and then match the exchange that deals in those. For example, Ethereum mining has recently become more popular, but not all Bitcoin exchanges support this alternative cryptocurrency. | is a digital marketplace for users to buy and sell Bitcoins using different currencies. The Bitcoin can be exchanged for either fiat money (legal tender) or other alternative cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum. The exchange serves as the middleman for traders of the cryptocurrency.
Being able to purchase Bitcoin is the initial step to trading in it. Just like trading a stock, Bitcoin exchanges charge transaction fees, which range from 0 to 1%. In order to trade Bitcoin on an exchange, the user needs to have an account, and go through a series of steps to be verified. Remember that Bitcoin and alternative cryptocurrencies are a completely digital currency, and there are no physical Bitcoins.
However, before plunging in with both feet, users should be aware of what to look for in choosing a Bitcoin exchange for their cryptocurrency transactions. This is analogous to the issues and potential pitfalls in making a choice of where to do your banking, or open an online brokerage account. Furthermore, bear in mind that unlike banks and stock trading, Bitcoin trading is largely unregulated by | 206 |
Force India Gear Up For The Final Race Of 2017
It has been a fantastic season for the Sahara Force India Formula One Team. The Silverstone based outfit once again finished a strong fourth in the championship just like last season with both of their driver's Sergio 'Checo' Perez and Esteban Ocon having a fantastic season.
Speaking ahead of the season ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix which takes place this weekend, team principal with Sahara Force India, Dr Vijay Mallya commented by saying:
Whatever happens in Abu Dhabi this weekend, 2017 has already been our most successful season to date. I can't stress just how proud I am of our achievements. Claiming<|fim_middle|> anti-clockwise track produces one of the slowest lap times of the year, courtesy of the high number of corners – the majority of them being low-speed. The three sectors making up the lap are quite distinct: short sector one tests the medium to high-speed performance of the car, while sector two is dominated by long straights and low-speed corners. At the end of the lap, sector three is an intense series of low-speed corners. The Yas Marina circuit is a challenge for engineers too: it's very hard on the brakes and the practice sessions take place early in the day, with higher track temperatures than those we experience during qualifying and race at twilight, meaning it's important to assess the car requirements accurately. As in Brazil, having secured fourth place in the Constructors' Championship, we will use Friday not only to prepare for the race, but also to help the development of next year's car. | fourth place in the World Championship for two consecutive years doesn't happen by accident and I have to pay tribute to each and every one of the 400 staff who played their part in making it possible.
"With fourth place secure, it's nice to end the season free from pressure. Of course, the focus is firmly on 2018 and we will continue experimenting with different things on the car this weekend. We will also continue running George Russell in Friday practice. We have usually been competitive in Abu Dhabi and it's important to end the season well before the start of a busy winter finalising a new car for 2018
Sergio Perez is looking forward to the final race of the season saying:
I enjoy driving at Yas Marina. It's a track where we've been strong for the last few years and I would love to end the year on a high with a strong result. The final race is always a strange feeling because it's your last opportunity to drive the VJM10 and you don't know what next year will bring. We don't have any pressure because fourth place in the championship is confirmed so I can focus on simply enjoying the experience and getting the best result possible.
"There are some interesting corner combinations at Yas Marina and it's a track that is hard on braking, with a lot of emphasis on traction. There are overtaking opportunities at the end of the long straights so you often find yourself either attacking or defending, especially towards the end of the race.
"As a team we can be satisfied with our season. Finishing fourth is the best we could achieve and, on a personal level, finishing just behind the top six drivers makes me feel proud. We just need to make sure we deliver this weekend and end the season well.
Esteban Ocon commented on the final race of the year by saying:
The Abu Dhabi weekend is always special and racing at night creates such a nice atmosphere. This season went by so quickly – it's unbelievable to think we're already at the final race of the season because it feels like yesterday that we were in Australia. It's been a successful season and I hope we can finish it in style with a big result.
"I have great memories from Yas Marina: this is where I was crowned GP3 champion in 2015 and where I drove my first FP1 session in Formula One. I have done so much testing around there and I like the place. The two long straights are good opportunities to overtake: you can use the first to get really close to the car in front and make the move on the second. There are opportunities to shake the order up so the race can be quite exciting.
"After Abu Dhabi, it's not really holidays. It's back to training, back to the mountains for almost two months. I want to be ready for next season, when the cars are likely to go even faster. It'll be nice to spend some time with family and friends around Christmas and New Year, but other than that, my focus is on getting ready physically and spending time at the factory.
The Yas Marina Circuit is a very technical track and speaking about the circuit, Sahara Force India's Chief Race Engineer, Tom McCullough commented by saying:
The final race of the season takes us back to a more standard lap length of 5.554km and to sea level, a change after the high-altitude challenges of Mexico and Brazil. This | 703 |
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LGW2019: Industrial grooves and psychedelic sounds – Exploring The Bug's Thursday curation at Le Guess Who 2019?
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Earth at Le Guess Who? 2019, photo Erik Luyten
Dub, industrial hip hop, dancehall, dubstep…these are only a few of the music genres British musician Kevin Martin has dabbled in. Therefore fittingly, he has been chosen to curate Le Guess Who? festival with an eclectic array of musicians under his banner. From<|fim_middle|>, we couldn't wish for a better kick-off than this at Le Guess Who 2019.
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A random life – 25 years of Anneke van Giersbergen… | the dub stylings of Jah Shaka Sound System to the peculiar electronic free jazz of LOTTO: there seems to be something for everyone. But The Bug's choices on the opening Thursday of Le Guess Who? are perhaps the most out of left field, perhaps even anomalous in nature. He may have Swedish based electronic artist Kali Malone early on as well as his own collaboration as ZONAL feat. Moor Mother & Nazamba later in the evening. Yet, the Thursday also enjoys a curious trio of heavy bands, namely the industrial groovemachine Godflesh, father of drone Dylan Carlson with his band Earth and the screechy guitar wizardry of Caspar Brötzmann Massaker. But upon closer inspection the inclusion of these more guitar driven bands is nowhere near as odd as it initially seems. The Bug is highly prolific and diverse when it comes to collaborations, releasing a joint album called Concrete Dessert with Earth, while Justin Broadrick (Godflesh) is the second half of ZONAL. So, we happily dove in for a highly interesting evening of heavy grooves and psychedelic atmospheres with Godflesh, Earth and Caspar Brötzmann Massaker.
Text: Merijn Siben / Photography: Erik Luyten & Tim van Veen
Caspar Brötzmann Massakar at Le Guess Who? 2019, photo Erik Luyten
CASPAR BRÖTZMANN MASSAKAR
The spacious Ronda in TivoliVredenburg quickly proves to be the Thurday stage for all thing guitar related. And starting off with Caspar Brötzmann Massaker is already intense, which will only build more and more. Brötzmann himself is a Wuppertal guitar player, inspired by rock and heavy metal music. Without a backdrop and minimal lighting, there is a suitably stoic stage presentation, with the music itself the main attraction. This power trio creates an experimental form of rock, enveloped by screeching guitartones, thundering drums and Brötzmanns' goth-like wails. The way they vary from almost doom-like rhythms and riffs to ritualistic barrages of noise is at times quite masterfully intertwined. However, this early in the day, the band tends to lose the audience attention for a bit, especially when ending in a tidal wave of noise. Nevertheless, this powertrio has proven themselves to be a wonderfully intense addition this Thursday.
Godflesh at Le Guess Who? 2019, photo Tim van Veen
The beginning visual of a silhouetted Jesus on the cross, in between industrial pipes spouting fire, is a fitting introduction for Godflesh. Since the late 1980s' the industrial metal stalwarts from England have proven themselves to be one of the most influential bands in this particular subgenre. At first glance the music may seem decidedly minimalist and simple, but there is a certain charm to the heavy guitar riffs of Justin Broadrick, the sludgy bassdrones of G.C. Green and a drum computer that provides head-bashing beats. Simply put: Godflesh creates an impressive wall of sound, that slowly but surely manages to suck the listener in, thanks to blistering grooves and the soul-piercing bark of Justin Broadrick. It is a visceral attack on the senses, one that you'll either love or hate, depending on the mood. Although not every song in the set carries the same weight, overall Godflesh prove to be a sonic punch to the face tonight.
Being a band that influenced the likes of Sunn O))) and many other drone/doom bands is no small feat, but Earth rightfully made an impact in the early nineties. As father of drone Dylan Carlson said in the interview with NMTH-writer Guido Segers though, is that he does not want to stick to one sound or make an Earth 2. And Earth is all the better for it, with a handful of impressive albums containing various sonic colors, from psychrock to doom, stoner to drone. Beginning with Cats On the Briar, the shows set consisting of five songs turns out te be a rewarding slowburner. Second song The Colour of Poison has a nice, sharp, riff-oriented edge, with almost reserved yet meticulous drumpatterns courtesy of Adrienne Davies, playing as if the drums can fall apart at the slightest bump. In between songs Carlson thanks the audience for coming, and behind his status as a pioneer, he seems to possess a certain humbleness. Furthermore, the Ronda provides him and the rest of the band with perfect acoustics, synchronized with Earth's brand of guitar-driven music. Closing of with A Wretched Country of Dusk, Earth has made a show that was quietly riveting and hypnotizing for anyone who stayed.
So all in all, with Earth still rumbling around the confines of the mind, it is without a doubt that The Bug knows his stuff. And as we stand there watching dubduo ZONAL with Nazamba, we can only wonder what the next few days will bring. Nevertheless | 1,052 |
Harold Edgerton
Electrical Engineer / Inventor
Fremont, Nebraska
Best Known As:
The professor who made strobe photography popular
Name at birth: Harold Eugene Edgerton
Harold Edgerton was an electrical engineer whose work on strobe and underwater photography greatly influenced both art and science during the 20th century. Edgerton was from Nebraska and spent<|fim_middle|>98-2018by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. | his entire academic career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after 1927. He made his mark as an expert in high-speed photography -- Edgerton's 1931 doctoral dissertation included a motion picture of a motor lit by a strobe light, and by 1932 he and student/colleague Kenneth J. Germeshausen had made strobe lights commercially available. While teaching at MIT, Edgerton also traveled around, showing the industrial, artistic and entertainment merits of stroboscope photography. Inefficiencies and flaws could be seen in moving machine parts with his new technique, and it could be applied artistically -- his photo "Coronet," of a milk drop just as it breaks the surface of a glass of milk, was shown at the Museum of Modern Art in 1937. Stoboscope photography also revolutionized the world of sports photography. During World War II Edgerton developed long-range night photography for U.S. airplanes, and after the war he figured out how to photograph nuclear tests at the moment of blast. Because of Edgerton, we know how a hummingbird's wings work, and how the tongue of a cat works when it drinks. During the 1950s and '60s Edgerton worked on underwater photography, sometimes in collaboration with Jacques Cousteau. Although he officially retired from MIT in 1968, "Doc" Edgerton continued to teach and work in the lab the rest of his life.
A 1940 short film that Harold Edgerton worked on, Quicker ?n a Wink, won an Oscar.
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Majoli was born in Zagreb, At age 19, Majoli won the 1997 French Open singles title, defeating Martina Hingis in straight sets 6-4, 6-2. Most had expected Hingis, 16 years old, to win the title. Majoli,<|fim_middle|>5-16 but they also finished their tennis careers early too, I'm happy that the age and careers of tennis players on professional level is going up. There are many older players on the tour now and lasting longer also.
About your ward Donna Vekic ?
Iva : I have been with her for the last two months and will be with her till the end of the year. I see a lot in common between me and Donna, I feel her pains of a teenager who has tasted early success in her life. I know her since she has been a kid and travelled with her early as a team. I want to try to be her friend with whom she can share all , and someone she can trust. I also hope that she will be able to take the best and most from me and also bring it to the court.
About your daughter following your footsteps ?
What are the hobbies you follow ?
Iva : I'm a huge fan of figure skating , I love the dresses , the poise and grace . If I would not have played tennis I would surely have done ice skating.
Your thoughts on the Tashkent Open ?
Iva : I'm very impressed with the tournament , it is run professionally and it has been pleasure to be here . It is the first time that I have come to Uzbekistan and really happy that the tournament is gaining ground with every passing year. | however, played aggressively from the baseline and ended Hingis's 37-match winning streak and handed Hingis her first sound defeat in a final of a grand slam.
How does it feel back to be on the tour ?
Iva : It's great to be back on the tour travelling as a coach with Donna . I've now started playing active tennis and also part of the legends tours . Ialso have been the coach of the Croatian Fed Cup and guiding young tennis players from Croatia. I surely like involved with tennis as I love tennis it has given me so much . I want to share my experience with the younger players .
Iva : Life without tennis was a nice experience , spending time with family giving birth to a daughter , getting attention , attending and taking part in Celebrity show was enjoyable. However Staying at one place for a long time however became boring , I started missing the tour , the courts and the game of tennis and decided to be back.
Changes you are seeing in today's tennis ?
Iva : Tennis is truly becoming world sport , in our times it was dominated by Europe , USA , there were not many Asian players , only a few Japanese players and absolutely no Chinese players , but I realize tennis is moving big time into Asia so many players are coming from China and other Asian countries .
Also another thing I observe is that there are very few big names in women tennis one can remember today except for say Serena or Sharapova . In our generation we had some many stars like Steffi Graf , Martina Hingis , Chris Evert , Martina Navratilova , Mary Pierce , Jennifer Capriati all playing at one time , Everyone had different styles , more variety of play and large fan following .
Tennis has become a power game , but looking at the built of girls I realize now it's not important to have a big built to hit the ball hard , it is about good anticipation , coordination and using strength at the right time apart from having good footwork. Girls need to physically fitter than being big.
My generation had champions at age of 1 | 424 |
Being part of an adoption is like suddenly being married into an extended family without a spouse to help teach you about the family dirt. You have to make a lot of assumptions in adoptions, and this can be very tricky. You don't know who is mad at whom. You don't know which side you should be on. In the beginning, you don't even know who roots for what football team. Imagine innocently starting a conversation about Thursday's game. You're trying to make small talk, but suddenly realize the other person absolutely hates that team. Or what about if you compliment someone only to realize you are talking to someone in a feud with the other person? Awkward!
This is just a few of the issues that come up. Many times, there are huge differences between the birth family and the adoptive family. They might come from different walks of life. Each family is going<|fim_middle|>, it will improve even the worst of situations. What examples do you have of assuming the best? | to have its own history, heartbreaks, and limitations. So, more often than not, you are forming a forever relationship without people you do not know--especially at the beginning.
Because you have so little information, it can be easy to make assumptions. For instance, let's say the birth mother has gone silent and is not returning phone calls. You might think she does not care. Or maybe you think an adoptive mother is controlling because she has every minute of a visit planned out. But what if that birth mother is overwhelmed with grief every time she sees her child. What if she does not want this to be confusing for him/her? Or what if the adoptive mother is super nervous and anxious for the birth mother's approval. So, she has spent days planning and trying to make everything perfect?
Over time, these assumptions, whether positive or negative, begin to shape how we see other people and how they see us. For example, let's say you haven't called in a while. I assume you don't care. So, I am less likely to reach out to you. When you do call, I might be a little prickly. Well, if you haven't called because, maybe, you feel insecure and I'm prickly, then this will only reinforce that you shouldn't call. Over time, this will only get worse.
But let's say that you haven't called in a while, and I assume the best. I think, Maybe you have been busy or you are trying to respect our time together as a family. Or perhaps I realize that calling brings up a well of emotions and maybe you are feeling overwhelmed. Now I'm feeling warmly towards you. I am more likely to reach out myself. Or when you do call, I am open and more likely to show you love and compassion.
And here's the thing...when we assume the best, we get the best out of people even when they are not at their best. Take my example above and let's say you really had flaked out or were angry. If I am open and loving and compassionate when you call, you are more likely to open up. We have the possibility of connection now. Our relationship can build even when we are not perfect.
Adoption--especially open adoption--is a wild world of relationship challenges. But one easy and powerful step you can take today to make your adoptions better is simple: Always assume the best. I promise | 516 |
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Male/Female Is Not Enough: Adding Measures of Masculinity and Femininity to General Population Surveys
Jolene Smyth, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
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Published as Chapter 11 in Philip S. Brenner (ed.), Understanding Survey Methodology: Sociological Theory and Applications, Frontiers in Sociology and Social Research 4, (2020), pp 247-275.
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Survey research and sociological theory each provide insights into how and why people and groups act, think, and feel. Sociological theories identify what concepts are important for understanding and representing the social world. That is, sociological theories inform what to measure in surveys, and, to a certain extent, how to measure it. Survey research permits sociologists to carefully specify what is to be measured vis a vis sociological theory, setting surveys apart as a social research tool. It is this level of specification of concepts and measures that allow surveys to provide continued value at a time when "big data" proliferate. High quality survey measurement and estimation is necessary for sociologists to evaluate sociological theory among generalizable samples with well-developed questions, leading to further refinement and improvement of the theory and improved understanding of the social world. High quality surveys also provide insights into where sociological theories fail and where they must be adjusted for different subgroups, as well as basic insights into the prevalence of outcomes of interest. Together, sociological theory and survey methods produce insights about society that can inform decision-making and social policy.
This mutually reinforcing relationship between sociological theory and survey methods requires sociological theory to evolve from insights obtained using survey methods and survey measurement to evolve with advances in in sociological theory. The measurement of sex and gender in surveys is one area where the development of survey measures has not kept pace with sociological theory and empirical, largely qualitative, findings. Contemporary gender theory sees sex and gender as separate concepts, both of which are important for understanding behaviors and outcomes. Yet, virtually all contemporary surveys measure sex as a binary "male" versus "female" categorization and fail to measure gender, ignoring important heterogeneity in gender identification that may exist within sex categories and any overlap that may occur across categories.
Both gender scholars and survey researchers are potentially affected by this shortcoming of modern survey measurement. Gender scholars lose an important tool for assessing gender theories, especially on generalizable samples, risking conclusions that are specific to a small group of individuals rather than the population at large. Survey researchers risk producing theoretically obsolete data, limiting the utility of the data or potentially generating misleading conclusions. Survey data that fail to capture and reflect modern and complex understandings of our social realities also face increased risk of being replaced by "big data" such as administrative and social media data. Survey data that do reflect modern and complex understandings can bring value not available in administrative or other data and are therefore unlikely to be replaced.
This paper is part of a growing chorus advocating for updates to how modern surveys measure sex and gender. We argue that the reliance on a single binary measure of sex (male or female) is out of step with current sociological understandings of sex and gender. In response, we propose and test a new theoretically-informed gradational measure of gender identification in a nationally representative mail survey. We evaluate whether respondents answer the gender measure and examine the reliability and predictive validity of the measure. In particular, we examine whether measuring gender | 720 |
At about 10am, a United Nations (UN) aircraft left Entebbe for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On board were at least 57 former Congolese fighters under the M23 rebel group who agreed to voluntarily return home.
The flight also had 10 of their dependents<|fim_middle|>012 by a joint UN standby force made up of troops from Tanzania, Malawi and South Africa fighting alongside the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) troops.
More than 1000 fighters crossed into Uganda and were taken to Bihanga military barracks in Ibanda district. While some quietly crossed back into the DRC, about 200 ex-combatants are said to be still at Bihanga.
The DRC ambassador to Uganda Jean Pierre Massala and Uganda's Ambassador Special Duties for International Conference for the Great Lakes Region, Robert Masolo saw off the ex-combatants.
"When we see them going back home, it is a positive in terms of stability for the region, that is what our President (Yoweri Museveni) is focusing on, that is what our leaders are interested in – stability of the Great Lakes Region," Masolo said.
Their journey back home comes a month after Joseph Kabila handed power to Félix Antoine Tshisekedi, whose administration is hoped to address decades-old grievances that forced the M23 to take up arms against Kabila's government. | with whom they have been staying in Uganda for more than five years following their defeat in 2 | 19 |
Tabaré Vázquez, Club de Madrid Member and a "serious and responsible" President of Uruguay, dies aged 80<|fim_middle|>é Vázquez joined Club de Madrid in May, shortly after the end of his presidency (March 2020).
President of Uruguay (2005-2010; 2015-2020) |
Tabaré Vázquez's key reforms prepared the Latin American country for an effective management of COVID-19
Club de Madrid Members and the Secretariat alike mourn the loss of the former President of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez, also a Club de Madrid Member, who died at home due to a terminal illness on 6 December 2020, accompanied by friends and family.
After serving as the mayor of his native city, Montevideo, Tabaré Vázquez went on to become the President of Uruguay for two terms: the first, between 2005 and 2010; and the second one, between 2015 and 2020. A discreet yet executive President, Vázquez left an indelible mark in his country, Uruguay, and was a very respected Head of State all across Latin America. "I want to be remembered as a serious and responsible President," he once said in a TV interview.
He accessed the Presidency in 2005, when Uruguay was in a deep economic crisis, which led him to quickly focus on structural reforms and social emergency plans. Throughout his first mandate, Vázquez, an oncologist before a politician, extended health public coverage to all Uruguayans, creating one of the best public health systems in Latin America. His educational plan delivered a laptop to all schoolchildren of public schools, improving their digital literacy.
Many believe that these two key reforms have been crucial in the fight against COVID-19, which Uruguay has managed quite well compared to other Latin American countries. The robust health service has provided the capacity to treat patients and test potential infections and the fact that each student had a laptop with him has reduced inequalities when distance learning became necessary.
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The Invisible Arab<|fim_middle|> elegantly charts how the potent forces of national-ism, Islamism, and Western intervention all mixed to create last year's revolutions."
ID: International Dialogue, A Multidisciplinary Journal of World Affairs
"[The Invisible Arab] is a must-read for students and scholars of the Middle East and the Arab world….The book does an excellent job of documenting the efforts at change, and suggesting how change might ultimately occur."
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The Promise and Peril of the Arab Revolutions
by Marwan Bishara
Nonfiction / Social Science / General
The Invisible Arab traces the roots of the revolutions in the Arab world. Marwan Bishara, chief policy analyst of Al Jazeera English and the anchor of the program "Empire", combines on-the-ground reporting, extensive research and scholarship, and political commentary in this book on the complex influences that made the revolutions possible. Bishara argues that the inclusive, pluralistic nationalism that motivated the revolutions are indispensable to their long-term success.
The Invisible Arab is a voyage in time from the Arab world's 'liberation generation' through the 'defeated' and 'lost generations', arriving at today's 'miracle generation'. Bishara unpacks how this new generation, long seen as a demographic bomb, has proved to be the agent of progress, unity and freedom. It has in turn used social networks to mobilize for social justice.
Bishara discusses how Israel, oil, terrorism and radical Islam have affected the interior identity of the region as well as Western projections upon it. Protection of Israel, Western imperial ambition, a thirst for oil, and fear of radicalism have caused many Western regimes and media to characterize Arab countries and people as unreceptive to democracy or progress. These ideas are as one-dimensional as they are foolhardy. Bishara argues that the Arab revolutions present a great window of opportunity for reinventing and improving Arab ties with the rest of the world — notably the West — on the basis of mutual respect and mutual interest.
The revolutions will be judged by how they realize freedom and justice, and how they can pave the way for reconciling and accommodating nationalism and Islam with democracy. Bishara argues that these pillars — liberty and justice reconciled with religion and nationalism, form the bedrock that will allow stability and progress to flourish in the Arab world and beyond.
"There have been few events as consequential in recent history as the Arab Spring, and if one wants to understand its genesis, one should read this book. Engaging in a regionwide analysis with a concentration on Egypt and Tunisia, Bishara brings out little-known aspects of the tremors that have been felt around the world…. Bishara presents a clear-eyed assessment of the dictatorships that have blighted the Arab landscape."
"Bishara tears down the Western media's narrative of the Arab revolutions….[The Invisible Arab] helps make all that was invisible to the Western eye about the Arab Spring visible."
London School of Economics Review of Books
"The Invisible Arab is a small book that pulls a lot of punches….Bishara's analysis is thoughtful and detailed."
"[I]nformed and engaging…"
Thinking Fits (blog)
"Marwan Bishara's The Invisible Arab… sings like a canary…. The Invisible Arab is at its most resonant when reconstructing the building blocs of Arab misery that pinned down much of the 20th century."
"An engaging new book…[Bishara] delivers a sweeping, provocative and at times entertaining tale, revolution jokes and all….The Invisible Arab is an insightful and absorbing read for inquiring minds, and a valuable tool for students of the Middle East. As globally resonant events continue to unfold in the region, a sequel is clearly in order."
Newsweek / Daily Beast
"Avoiding the pitfall of seeing the revolution in isolation, Bishara | 695 |
November 2018 Patch Tuesday
by BeyondTrust Research — November 16, 2018
Welcome back to this month's Patch Tuesday. Microsoft has patched 62 vulnerabilities this month, including two that had details disclosed prior to patching, and one "zero-day" vulnerability in Windows that was actively being exploited. The bulk of the vulnerabilities focus on<|fim_middle|> this month's patches. Attackers exploiting these vulnerabilities could gain access to sensitive information, execute code with privileges equal to that of the current user, and cause denial of service conditions.
Adobe Flash Player was patched for an Out-of-Bounds read vulnerability that could allow for remote code execution. As usual, Microsoft has bundled the patch with their update service due to the frequency of discovery of Adobe Flash player vulnerabilities.
Bitlocker
A previously disclosed vulnerability in Windows Bitlocker encryption technology was patched this month. Attackers exploiting the vulnerability would have been able to bypass the encryption features to access protected data. Specifically, SSDs that were encrypted using BitLocker were suspended in a state that, if found powered off, would be readable without decryption.
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Internet Explorer and Edge
Microsoft's browsers received a host of fixes this month. Eight vulnerabilities in the Chakra Scripting Engine were patched for Internet Explorer and Edge. Attackers may be able to execute arbitrary code by luring a victim to a website hosting maliciously crafted content. Attackers would gain the same user rights as the current user.
Like last month, a vulnerability in the Windows Kernel was patched that was actively being exploited. The attacker would have to have been logged into the system, but it would allow them to elevate their privileges to system level. Attackers leveraged this vulnerability against Windows 7 and Server 2008 targets in the wild.
As usual, MS Office was host to many vulnerabilities that were patched this month. Over 20 vulnerabilities were addressed in | 161 |
Chef Gianfranco Minuz at Locanda del Lago for the monthly Morso Bella Bestia.
Each meal features five courses each containing a signature protein such as venison in January. Chef Gianfranco Minuz from the Fruili region of Italy started the evening with a starter of roasted venison loin on baby frisee salad and pickled vegetables followed by housemade cannelloni with venison belly and juniper berry filling. Risotto<|fim_middle|> highlights the best of Southern California's seasonal produce.
Locanda del Lago offers diners a warm, welcoming environment in which to savor an authentic menu featuring market-fresh northern Italian specialties by a skilled culinary team hailing from the regions of Lombardy and Lake Como.
Slowly braised venison shoulder rubbed in cinnamon.
The monthly Morso Bella Bestia at Locanda del Lago. | with venison steak came next with a slowly braised venison shoulder rubbed in cinnamon as the main course.
Each course can also be paired with wine or you can choose the "free-flowing" house wine. In February Locanda del Lago features wild boar from Cinghiale and in March suckling pig from Porchetta. The restaurant serves classic northern Italian cuisine that | 78 |
Single: Let's Work
1981: Sexuality ◄ All Singles All Related Artists Singles ► 1982: Do Me, Baby
Single details
Released: 6 January 1982 (7" release)
17 February 1982 (12" release)
Related album: Controversy
Label(s): Warner Bros.
Non-Album track(s):
Let's Work (Dance Remix) (8:02)
Let's Work (Edit) (2:56)
Let's Work (Edit) (Mono) (2:56)
Charts, Certifications & Awards
Country: Chart
Weeks in Chart
USA: Billboard Disco Top 80
(Listed with Let<|fim_middle|>-5)
Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003 by Joel Withburn. (ISBN 0-89820-156-X)
Sexuality All Singles All Related Artists Singles 1982
Do Me, Baby
Retrieved from "https://www.princevault.com/index.php?title=Single:_Let's_Work&oldid=224455"
Singles (Prince) | 's Work) 3 Oct. 1981 1 (6) 30
USA: Billboard Hot Soul Singles 23 Jan. 1982 9 16
USA: Billboard Bubbling Under The Hot 100 30 Jan. 1982 104 3
This single has not received any certifications in the USA
This single has not received any awards in the USA
Unreleased single
Let's Work was the third single (second in the US and the UK) from Prince's fourth album Controversy. It was released three months after the album, and received release in North America and Europe. The b-side, Ronnie, Talk To Russia, was also taken from Controversy.
The North American 12" versions instead included Gotta Stop (Messin' About), which had previously been released as a stand-alone single in European territories.
The single reached only number 104 on the US Billboard Pop Chart, but reached number 9 on the Billboard Soul Chart. Pairing with Controversy, Let's Work also reached number 1 for 6 consecutive weeks on the Billboard Disco Top 80 in late 1981.
Prince had initially planned to release a single in 1979 with the title track Let's Rock (named after a dance Prince had seen in clubs during that summer) and wanted to release it immediately after recording. Warner Bros. declined, and while Prince liked the track, he felt it needed to be renamed when released a few years later to avoid it seeming dated. The track, and the resulting single, were renamed Let's Work.
7" 12"
A. Let's Work (Edit) (2:56)
B. Ronnie, Talk To Russia (1:48)
US/CA/NZ: WBS 50002
UK: K17922
NL/DE: WB 17922
A. Let's Work (Dance Remix) (8:02)
UK: K17922T
B. Gotta Stop (Messin' About) (2:55)
US/CA: DWBS 50028
See individual tracks and related albums for credits.
7" Promo 12" Promo
(US: WBS50002)
A. Let's Work (Edit) (Stereo) (2:56)
B. Let's Work (Edit) (Mono) (2:56)
(US: PRO-A-1004)
A. Let's Work (Dance Remix, Long Version) (8:02)
B. Let's Work (7" Single Version) (2:56)
This record wasn't released in any other format (cassette, CD, Digital).
7", 12", CD, Cassettes and Other versions
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2
USA 7" WBS 50002
USA 12" DWBS 50028
UK 7" K17922
Variants, Special Editions and Reissues
Promotion (at time of release)
Triva
The single remained 10 weeks into the Billboard Soul Singles Top 40 Chart.
Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart progression:
Entry position 109 (30 Jan. 82), 107 (6 Feb. 82), exit position 104 (13 Feb. 82).
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Press Release 08-26-2015
RSI Awarded Contract for the Government of Saskatchewan<|fim_middle|> company that specializes in providing revenue and compliance management products and services to federal, state and municipal government revenue, labor and child support agencies, is pleased to announce a contract with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Finance. RSI will provide Revenue Premier®, RSI's software solution designed specifically for the tax and revenue industry, and implementation services for a new Tax and Revenue Management Solution.
The Tax and Revenue Management Project (called "RAMP") will consist of a 48-month implementation with four distinct software releases. Following each release is an onsite warranty period and then a transition to the client, and RSI's Solution Center, in Roseville, CA, for ongoing support. Key features of the project include:
Implementation of all Saskatchewan tax types: Provincial Sales Tax, Liquor Consumption Tax, Fuel Tax, Tobacco Tax, Corporation Capital Taxes and Insurance Premium Taxes. These taxes account for $3B in revenue annually.
Implementation of RSI's comprehensive Compliance and Audit solution.
Integration of a new portal, enabled by the Revenue Premier Taxpayer Portal.
Upgrade and enhancement to the Ministry's imaging and scanning subsystem.
Introduction of a new content management solution integrated with Revenue Premier.
"As we begin Release 1 of our Revenue Administration Modernization Project (RAMP), we are pleased to be working alongside Revenue Solutions, Inc. (RSI). RSI was selected for their collaborative approach and flexibility, which was first demonstrated during the procurement process – a theme which has continued throughout the project's Mobilization phase. Their team has shown versatility in accommodating our project objectives and patience as we overcome our learning curve to understand future state concepts.
We look forward to sharing our implementation journey with RSI, and have every confidence that the path to modernization will be eased with them as our valued business partner."
Brent Hebert
Assistant Deputy Minister, Revenue Division
The Ministry of Finance, Government of Saskatchewan
The entire software solution will be hosted by an external vendor located in Canada. The selection of the hosting vendor is currently in final evaluations.
The competitive procurement, which included a very thorough Request for Proposal (RFP), a written proposal response, orals presentation and product demonstration, took place in the second half of 2014. After making their selection in December, the Ministry had to wait for budget approval in the spring of 2015 before negotiating the contract. The RSI Project Team began work in Saskatchewan this summer. The project award by the Canadian Ministry makes this RSI's first international client.
About Revenue Solutions, Inc.
RSI's mission, since incorporating in 1996, is to assist government agencies realize their business objectives and achieve significant results from information technology investments. RSI partners with clients on information technology initiatives to improve customer service, increase operational efficiency and maximize compliance. Federal, State and Municipal government agencies rely on RSI's extensive expertise in business and technical domains. With a dedicated team of full-time business and information systems consultants and a suite of software solutions, RSI is one of the largest organizations of its kind dedicated exclusively to tax, labor and child support agencies.
Revenue Premier®, RSI's flagship product, provides an integrated, functional and advanced technical solution to support the processing, tax accounting and compliance functions of a revenue agency. Revenue Premier is comprised of four (4) primary modules – Integrated Tax Processor, Collections Manager, Portfolio Warehouse and Audit Manager. Revenue Premier boasts an open technical design and a set of shared services which provide vast flexibility for reusing services, integrating other products and a variety of supporting technical infrastructure options. | , Ministry of Finance Tax and Revenue Management Solution
August 26, 2015. Pembroke, MA – Revenue Solutions, Inc. (RSI), a | 36 |
First win makes Habas happy
Habas was pleased with his team's performance and said: "I am very happy with the win and the three points. The team showed good tactical discipline." The Spanish coach, however, was left unimpressed by the pitch condition at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
S. Dipak Ragav
Chennai 03 October, 2015 23:59 IST
Spanish head coach of Indian Super League (ISL) football team Atletico de Kolkata Antonio Lopez Habas looks on during a press conference in Kolkata on September 25, 2015. The second edition of the eight-team Indian Super League football tournament kicks off on October 3. AFP PHOTO / Dibyangshu SARKAR | Photo Credit: AP
Atletico de Kolkata kicked off their title defence in style with a 3-2 win over Chennaiyin FC in the inaugural match of ISL Season II. ATK coach Antonio Lopez Habas was rightly pleased with his team's performance and said: "I am very happy with the win and the three points. The team showed good tactical discipline."
The Spanish coach, however, was left unimpressed by the pitch condition at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here. "The conditions were humid and it was tough on the players. The grass and the pitch were horrible," he said.
The injury to marquee signing Helder Postiga, who was stretchered off after scoring the team's second goal, was a cause of concern for ATK and Habas said the player was taken to a hospital for further tests.
Refusing to be tagged as a defensive coach, the Spaniard added: "I have never been a defensive coach. One needs to find the right balance between attack and defence without going to either extreme."
Chennaiyin FC were left undone by missed opportunities<|fim_middle|> sign. We know our mistakes and we will work on it," he said.
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ISL Week 9: Chennaiyin's surge to the top, successive wins for Blasters | and sloppy defensive work. "We were just a bit unlucky and conceded soft goals. The goalkeeper's fumble led to the first goal and it handed the early advantage to Kolkata," assistant coach Vivek Nagul said.
Defending the team's ploy to play long balls, especially in the first half, Nagul said: "Fikru was playing well and he was using his stature to control the (long) balls. Had we won some second balls it could have been very different."
The home team's Italian manager Marco Materazzi did not take his place in the dug out, serving a ban, which was handed to him during last year's semi-final. "We could have used his experience on the field. His presence motivates the players," Nagul said.
The assistant coach, however, said the team had a lot of positives to take from the game. "We had more shots on target and created good chances, which is a good | 193 |
With respect to housing, this is a house that blends the modern with the traditional. Cozy and very spacious. It has four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a living room, work area, reading area and children's area that will make the delight of the little ones. It also has two porches. One of them serves as the living room.
Decorated in classic style with fine quality materials.
Outside there is a pool, a garden area and a closed barbecue.
It is equipped with everything needed to make you feel at home. All rooms have TV. Bed linen and bath as well as personal care products.
Regarding the situation, Torrecaballeros in a small town in the mountains of Segovia, which although does not have a significant importance in terms of historical and cultural heritage, it is the first town in the so-called "route of the lamb." That is the path of lamb ?? The route lamb form the segovianos the municipalities of the N110 road from Segovia to Madrid with a great gastronomic reputation, have a varied menu, including could not miss the lamb and roast suckling pig.
Torrecaballeros is a quiet town where you can enjoy peace and nature, with a variety of facilities with great gastronomic prestige. strategic location as a starting point for those who like the rural world with all that it entails: hiking, bird watching, gliding, canoeing .... Making a brief tour can mention, the Real Sitio de San Ildefonso with its majestic palace and gardens, which are<|fim_middle|>, Bunkers with an important activity in gliding, Sacramenia, the cradle of good lamb and the purest Romanesque and Sickles Duratón, with reservation of vultures and canoeing .... However, if your preferences are aimed more towards large cities, barely an hour are two large cities with a wide variety of everything you could want, Madrid, capital of Spain, and Valladolid, capital of Castilla y Leon.
Villa with private pool, wif, air conditioning, 12km of beautiful beaches. | a replica of Versailles; Chorro Navafría with Martinete; Sepulveda, always special, Turegano, with its castle presiding over the whole municipality, Pedraza spectacular at night by candlelight | 48 |
From conducting archaeological research in the Republic of Armenia to exploring how rumors spread through Twitter, the Institute for the Social Sciences' small grants program funded 22 faculty members' projects for the 2<|fim_middle|>000 for research projects and conferences. According to ISS Director Kim Weeden, the program prioritizes research by early career faculty, that spans across the social sciences, and that is likely to "seed" larger external grant proposals.
The deadline for the fall 2014 round is Sept. 9. Applications will be accepted shortly after the fall semester begins.
The program is funded by the ISS and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, with supplementary funding provided by the President's Council of Cornell Women.
Posted in Features and tagged awards on July 24, 2014 by ktb1@cornell.edu. | 013-14 year.
Open to tenured and tenure-track faculty members in the social sciences, the ISS' biannual small grants program awards up to $12, | 37 |
Mounties Group Announces New Group Chief Executive Officer
Mounties Group are pleased to announce the appointment of Dale Hunt to the role of Group Chief Executive Officer.
Former General Manager of the iconic Mounties Group club, Harbord Diggers, Dale was instrumental in leading the considerable redevelopment project that transformed the venue into an award-winning "intergenerational community hub". Dale has most recently held the role of Group Chief Executive Officer of Workers Group.
President of Mounties Group, Kevin Ingram, is excited to be welcoming Dale back to the Mounties Group family.
"Dale's previous contribution to Mounties Group in his nine years with the Northern Site venues was immense. Most importantly, his values that place people – whether they be employees, members or guests – at the forefront of his vision and passion is what Mounties Group is all about."
"As a leadership team, we will continue to strive to make Mounties Group clubs destinations for the community to trust and enjoy for generations to come. We have a bright future ahead," Kevin says.
Dale's appointment follows the resignation of Greg Pickering who held the role of<|fim_middle|> end of April.
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Kevin says, "We wish Greg all the best in his future endeavours and thank him for his tireless dedication in leading the Group for so many years."
Dale Hunt has become the fourth CEO in the Group's 50-plus-year legacy.
Dale will commence his new role with Mounties Group at the | 74 |
to its board of directors | Hillier
Home / Garden Centres / News & Events
Hillier welcomes two members
to its board of directors
Hillier Board of Directors, from left to right; George Hillier, Martin Hillier, Hossein Arshadi, Gavin Marsh, David Holligon,<|fim_middle|> developments.
Discussing his new position on the board George said: "I'm thrilled to be joining the Hillier board. These are very exciting times for our business! We have such a strong and experienced team, and are in a great position to make the most of our existing business. This is of course whilst pursuing future opportunities and focusing on what we do best – trees, plants and great customer experiences."
The second board appointment is George's cousin, Martin, who joined Hillier in 1992 as a supervisor at the company's Brentry Container Unit. He moved to Andlers Ash tree production nursery where he created the craftsman training programme, and then in 1998 he took on the role of Senior Manager at Broadmead Trees where he remains today, running the production and despatch of Hillier containerised trees.
"I feel very honoured to be joining the board as the family representative. I see it as a custodial role continuing the stewardship of the four previous generations but especially that of my father John Hillier, whilst carrying on my senior management role at the nursery. The Hillier business is continually evolving and adapting to changes in market forces and environmental pressures and I'm excited to be even more of a part of that." | Chris Francis, Robert Hillier
George Hillier and Martin Hillier will both be joining the board on Thursday 6th September, with George continuing to manage the property portfolio as Director of Property and Martin taking on the role of a Non-Executive Director.
Chairman of Hillier, Robert Hillier, commented: "We are delighted to welcome George and Martin to the board. We are extremely proud to be a family business that looks to the future, so it is wonderful to have the fifth generation of the Hillier family involved at board level to continue to build on the fantastic achievements of the last 154 years, and to drive this forward in the coming years."
George has worked in the company for 17 years. He began as a Garden Centre Assistant, and worked his way up to become Manager of the Hillier Chichester Garden Centre, before progressing to Area Manager for three years and then into his current role where he manages property acquisitions and | 195 |
Q: "Space" of L-functions Ok, so this is a rather loose question (but one that has been on my mind for some time) so I don't expect any rigorous (but hopefully serious and thoughtful) answers.
Think of an L-function attached to some motive (<|fim_middle|> a small number of places and get something automorphic). This can fail for residual representations but I don't have good examples to share.
In another sense, you could deform an L-function $L(s,\pi)$ by considering $L(s,\pi\otimes|\cdot|^z)=L(s+z,\pi)$, where $\pi\otimes|\cdot|^z$ is $\pi$ with its central character twisted by $|\cdot|^z$ (some care is necessary if $z$ is not imaginary). Also, Eisenstein series exist in meromorphically parametrized families, so their L-functions also exist in families. For example, the L-function for the classical non-holomorphic Eisenstein series $E_z$ is $\xi(s+z)\xi(s+1-z)$.
Regarding vector spaces, note that the sum of two automorphic L-functions will (generally) not have an Euler product, so won't be automorphic in the usual sense.
Finally, just to explicitly tie the above in with the original question, Artin L-functions are conjecturally cuspidal automorphic for $GL_n$, and motivic $L$-functions are conjecturally automorphic for some group $G$ which can them be conjecturally transfered to $GL_n$.
| I refrain from giving a more detailed description of what this means; if in doubt think of Artin L-functions). Is there in any sense a ''space'' (vector space, scheme,...) of L-functions?
I know that this is not a very precise question, but my thoughts on this are not very precise either (more like a vague dream world), but I know that there are people out there on this forum who know a lot about L-functions. Hopefully some of these can make my dream world a little more real, or shatter it completely.
I should also say that the recent philosophical question modularity gave me the courage (!) to ask the present one.
Edit: I should perhaps stress that I'm not quite sure myself of what I mean but I'm hoping for experts to give their informed opinions of what could be true.
Edit: Ok, to accomodate Gerhard P's comment below in some small way let me give the following motivation.
Suppose given a Galois representation (over some fixed base). I'm particularly thinking of those rep's with finite image. To such a representation you can attach an L-function as the Artin L-function of the fixed field of the kernel of the rep. Suppose now that you deform the representation in "a moduli space" (or in some parameter space) of Galois representations. Is there a sense in which the L-function deforms with it to a family of L-functions in some "space" of L-functions?
This can (probably) be generalized to other motives.
A: Just to summarize some of the comments:
Strong Multiplicity One says that if the local factors of two (cuspidal) automorphic L-functions agree at all but finitely many places, then they agree at all places ("all but finitely many places" can conjecturally be replaced with "all places in a set of Dirichlet density greater than $1-1/2n^2$"). So, in this sense, the space of automorphic L-functions is rigid (you can't make changes to | 425 |
The North Sea Coastal Managers Group is an informal group of coastal managers, advisors of government and public authorities from France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, Scotland and Denmark.
We meet once every year at a place by the sea in the different countries.
Our meetings consist of an informative part where each country presents status for the on going activities on the respective coasts and the coming challenges. We also have a part where we discuss how to fulfill our objective by initiating and facilitating new projects, research, communication and so fort.
A walk on the beach or a short excursion can also bee on the agenda. Surely the morning swim in the sea is mandatory which guarantee for awareness right from the start of our meetings.
The North Sea<|fim_middle|> KFKI journal DIE KÜSTE informs periodicly on topics of coastal research.
Information on past and present KFKI research projects. | Coastal Managers Group can be contacted via its secretariat hosted by Danish Coastal Authority.
Information on the annual KFKI seminars.
The KFKI newsletter informs about status and progress in projects on coastal research.
The | 42 |
La Ford AU Falcon è la prima versione della sesta generazione della Falcon australiana, entrata in produzione nel 1998. Rispetto alla precedente EL compie un notevole passo avanti in fatto di originalità stilistica, fattore che sarà il principale motivo dello scarso gradimento da parte del pubblico australiano, abituato a vetture dallo stile principalmente conservatore.
<|fim_middle|> Pilotata da Glenn Seton, ha ottenuto cinque podi e si è classificata quinta nella classifica finale del campionato.
Altri progetti
AU | Esce di produzione alla fine del 2002 sostituita dalla più tradizionale (esteticamente) Ford BA Falcon.
Storia
La serie AU è stata nota come "progetto Eagle", progetto iniziato nel febbraio 1993 ed ha guadagnato il nome in codice ufficiale "EA169" nel mese di ottobre 1994. La Ford AU Falcon è stata presentata ed ha debuttato sul mercato australiano nel 1998, solo dopo che la Ford in Australia aveva valutato varie alternative, come ristilizzare profondamente la precedente generazione, o importare la berlina a trazione anteriore americana Ford Taurus o la berlina a trazione posteriore americana Ford Crown Victoria oppure la berlina a trazione posteriore europea Ford Scorpio oppure modificare la berlina giapponese, anch'essa a trazione posteriore, Mazda 929 (Mazda allora faceva parte del gruppo Ford). Ultima scelta era invece quella di creare un nuovo modello da zero, scelta che diventò poi quella definitiva. Per il progetto Ford spese ben 700 milioni di dollari australiani.
Rispetto al modello uscente, la nuova Falcon era di 35 kilogrammi (75 libbre) più leggera, aveva una scocca più rigida del 17,5% e dei consumi migliorati dell'8%. Il pianale della Falcon AU, usato anche per le serie successive BA e BF, era un profondissimo aggiornamento di quello del modello precedente. La Falcon ha utilizzato come caratteri per i badge posterior Falcon e Futura gli stessi usati negli anni Cinquanta dai modelli del marchio.
Attività sportiva
L'AU Falcon venne impiegata nel campionato australiano V8 Supercar del 2000 in versione XR8. Era equipaggiata con un propulsore OHV Windsor SVO V8 302 dalla potenza di 610 CV e coppia di 635 Nm. | 495 |
Николай Емельянович Лысенко (1910—1943) — полковой комиссар Рабоче-крестьянской Красной Армии, участник Великой Отечественной войны, Герой Советского Союза (1940).
Биография
Николай Лысенко родился в 1910 году в селе Софиевка (ныне — Золотоношский район Черкасской области Украины<|fim_middle|>1985.
Участники советско-финляндской войны (1939—1940)
Политработники Великой Отечественной войны
Полковые комиссары
Погибшие в боях Великой Отечественной войны | ). После окончания неполной средней школы работал на шахте. Учился в школе фабрично-заводского ученичества. В 1939 году Лысенко был призван на службу в Рабоче-крестьянскую Красную Армию. Окончил военно-политическое училище. Участвовал в боях советско-финской войны, будучи политруком роты 255-го стрелкового полка 123-й стрелковой дивизии 7-й армии Северо-Западного фронта.
В бою за высоту к юго-западу от Выборга (ныне — территория Ленинградской области) Лысенко, несмотря на массированный огонь, поднял в атаку весь батальон, приняв активное участие в захвате высоты.
Указом Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 21 марта 1940 года за «образцовое выполнение боевых заданий командования на фронте борьбы с финской белогвардейщиной и проявленные при этом отвагу и геройство» политрук Николай Лысенко был удостоен высокого звания Героя Советского Союза с вручением ордена Ленина и медали «Золотая Звезда» за номером 357.
Участвовал в боях Великой Отечественной войны. 18 января 1943 года Лысенко погиб в бою на территории Ростовской области. Похоронен в хуторе Верхний Митякин Ростовской области.
Примечания
Литература
Герой Советского Союза И. Рослый. Штурмовые дни // Бои в Финляндии: Воспоминания участников. — М.: Воениздат, 1941. — Ч. 2. — С. 101—105.
Они отстояли мир. — Днепропетровск: Промінь, | 557 |
Marketing Trends 2022: Predictions From Industry Experts
The GRIN Gets Real podcast is a show for marketers, by marketers, to talk shop and share insights on the ever-changing landscape of the digital world. Over the past year we've hosted more than 25 guests – from behavioral scientists, best-selling authors, influencer marketers, CRO experts, and so many more. We asked each of our guests what they expect as we move from this tumultuous year into the next, and what we should look out for. Here is a breakdown of their insights into marketing trends 2022.
Rayhan Perera
Rayhan Perera is CEO and founder of OneDash, a platform that offers tools to make any kind of media interactive and help brands make an instant return on their content investments. A serial entrepreneur, Rayhan has expertise in venture capital, ecommerce strategies, and digital marketing.
Rayhan predicts social media will bring people together through virtual and augmented reality. That way, if they can't be a part of the conversation in real time, brands will have the opportunity to engage with them virtually.
"Hopefully this is the year when AR and VR take a big step up, because we kind of have to think outside the box. We get tired of the same old thing.
Listen to the full episode.
Matt Barnett
Bonjoro is the second company founded by British designer Matt Barnett. The company went from a simple sales hack, to side hustle, all the way to a global business in just 18 months. With the ambitious goal of becoming the most beloved brand in the world, Matt's love of building great products is only surpassed by that of building great company culture.
Matt sees the next year as a season for maturing and settling into strategies that drive maximum sales for brands.
"I think<|fim_middle|> content creator for more than 7 years and has personally made over $3 million working with brands. He has also run an influencer marketing agency for over 5 years that helped other creators earn an additional $2 million. Josh has worked on more than 500 brand deals, interpreted 1,000-plus sponsorship contracts, and has partnered with pretty much every consumer brand imaginable.
Justin has three bold predictions for the future of influencer marketing:
More creators going full-time – Creators will realize they cannot rely on social media alone, and will need to use new tools to help monetize in different ways.
More inauthentic influencers – Brands will need to careful about who they partner with as more and more influencers buy vanity metrics such as likes and followers.
Influencers will own their expertise – More brands will realize it's time to cut the middleman and stop outsourcing to agencies.
"Using a tool like GRIN is critical because things can get overwhelming quickly, especially when you're trying to scale your influencer marketing strategy."
Josh Roush
Josh Roush is the CEO and lead brand strategist at Movetic, an award-winning branding agency located in Leucadia, California. Since the age of 19, Josh has worked with brands like H-P, Lyft, Crocs, Reef, Verizon, and more. Fueled by perpetual motion, he leverages the power of creativity and analytics to create experiences that are real, relevant, and memorable.
Josh expects brands to give their influencers more creative freedom to produce the type of content that resonates best with rising consumer expectations.
"Brands are starting to develop strategies around their influencers and their customers, rather than just telling them what to do. Brands are asking the people who align with them to weigh in and be a part of the journey."
Anthony Blatner
Anthony Blatner is the founder of Speedwork Social, a LinkedIn advertising agency. After watching many startups fail even after launching an amazing product or service, Anthony identified quality marketing as the biggest difference between growth and decline and launched Speedwork in 2016 to help B2B companies unlock their marketing potential. By blending his experience in technology with marketing, Anthony helps businesses reach key decision makers consistently and at scale using LinkedIn Ads.
Anthony expects more activity centered around product pages on Linkedin, resulting in more communities built around company products.
"Companies can now list products with the platform that they have. This is going to be interesting, because LinkedIn groups aren't as great as I wish they were. So I hope that this feature helps groups get better."
Allison Brown spearheaded the influencer marketing success at Kodiak Cakes and Factor_. She combined influencer marketing with social social media efforts to create experiential events across the country that built lasting relationships and increased brand awareness.
Allison expects video content to become king in the near future as influencer marketing continues to grow and brands further expand their budgets.
"We're seeing it with Reels on Instagram, and TikTok isn't going anywhere, either. Even YouTube is still growing exponentially despite having been around for so long."
Joe Pulizzi
Joe Pulizzi has founded four companies, including digital content news site The Tilt and Content Marketing Institute. In 2014, he received the "Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Content Council. His podcast series This Old Marketing with Robert Rose, has millions of downloads across more than 150 countries.
Joe envisions email will take center stage as marketers' go-to medium, especially as privacy measures eliminate the use of third-party cookies.
"I want to move from rented land to owned property. That means taking subscribership on YouTube, a Facebook Group, or LinkedIn, borrowing those connections and moving them onto something you have more control over. Email will be the core of almost every content marketing program."
Kathleen Booth
Kathleen Booth is the vice president of marketing at clean.io and a startup marketing expert. She is also the host of The Inbound Success Podcast and a board-level advisor for tech startups. Her marketing security career includes government and public sector consulting on strategic communications.
Kathleen expects more security training and service providers to pop up as markers begin to understand the dire need for increased security measures.
"I do think we're going to see a movement within the marketing world to understand security more. I've been calling it marketing security or MarSec for a long time. People are starting to realize it's something they need to be concerned with."
David Wachs
Before launching Handwrytten, David founded Cellit, a mobile marketing platform and mobile agency. David established Cellit as a pacesetting brand in mobile marketing and is responsible for creating the Mobile CRM concept. Cellit is one of the most robust and widely used mobile marketing platforms in the world and delivers millions of SMS and MMS messages to consumers daily.
David expects personalization to continue in communication, but take a major step forward when it comes to personalization of products and services.
"Brands succeed when they send something that is totally personal – it might not even be the main product – but even just little gifts that are personalized. Small, personalized gifting, I think, is going to be a really big trend in the 'thank you' arena."
Alexander Low
Over the last four years, Alexander Low has worked as a business development consultant for marketing teams, attorneys, and other consultants. His goal is to help professionals understand how to craft social media and achieve desired responses for their overall go-to-market strategy.
Whether you like it or not, Alexander says AI and automation is coming in full force.
"If you're not in that space and learning about that space, you will become obsolete."
Dan Gingiss
Dan Gingiss has a marketing and customer service background spanning more than two decades. As a senior manager at several Fortune 500 companies, including Discover, McDonalds, and Humana, he gained expertise in customer experience management through sales, support, social media, and more Today, he is an internationally-recognized public speaker and brand experience consultant.
Dan has two major predictions for the future:
Increased safety measures – Consumers don't want to do business with companies that don't make them feel safe.
Improved omnichannel experience – The consumer expects the physical and digital experience to go hand-in-hand and work together.
"When we talk about omnichannel, it's not about being everywhere, it's about making sure that you understand that consumers cross channel all the time between web, phone, email, social media, in-person, etc. And as they cross those channels, the experience should be the same."
Re Perez
Re Perez is a former Fortune 500 brand consultant turned entrepreneur, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and the founder and CEO of Branding for the People – an award-winning branding agency that creates world-class brands that accelerate business growth. Businesses across 100+ different industries and professions credit him for positively transforming the trajectory of their business.
Re Perez expects more brands to take their authenticity to the next level by visibly aligning with issues and social movements that resonate with consumers.
"People are craving genuineness and realness. People are craving wanting to buy from and support brands that share the same ethos and share the same belief systems — maybe even support the same causes."
Carla Johnson's work with Fortune 500 brands serves as the foundation for many of her books. Her 10th, RE:Think Innovation, busts the myth that innovation is something that requires a specific degree or special training. Her goal is to teach one million people how to become innovative thinkers by 2025.
Carla believes innovation in marketing will have to be everyone one the team's business, not just a select few.
"There is more focus on innovation as a skill and a mindset for marketers that has never been there before."
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Derric Haynie is the host of "The Future of Ecommerce" podcast and the chief ecommerce technologist at Ecommercetech.io. Half of his day is spent reviewing tech tools, and the other half is talking with merchants to help them discover which solutions are right for them.
Derric believes AI personalization and better data analytics tools will become more accessible to brands that haven't been able to afford them in the past, and in turn, completely revolutionize the way humans interact with artificial intelligence in the workplace.
"I don't think people really know how fast this is going to become part of the ecommerce experience. Artificial intelligence will be doing more and more of what humans do now. In the future, our jobs will be to manage AI."
Claire Leon
Claire Leon is the co-founder of Acorn-i and is responsible for overseeing internal teams, working closely with partners, and driving the company's market expansion. She previously spent seven years at Amazon where she played a key role in bringing its advertising platform to market in the UK and building partnerships with global agencies.
Claire predicts the value of building communities as a way to communicate with consumers will only continue to increase. Traditional social activity and live streaming will always be useful for building communities, but she says the rise in anonymous platforms should not be ignored.
"Brands who ignore the anonymous platforms do so at their peril. To compete with these platforms' ability to deliver on time and at the right cost means playing with a very expensive fire for brands in the long-term."
Jessy Grossman
From an obsession with technology to a knack for negotiations, Jessy Grossman's work has created new opportunities for hundreds of influencers and brands. Jessy is a long-time entrepreneur in the entertainment and digital media space and founded one of the fastest-growing new talent agencies in the country. She recently pivoted from agency work to focus on her long-time passion project: Women in Influencer Marketing.
In the future, Jessy expects influencer marketing to become more diverse and more representative of America as a whole.
"In the past, brands were only looking for very typecast non-white representatives, even down to the specific type of hair they wanted on a Black woman. Nowadays, brands aren't as interested in a specific look, they just want to see all types of people representing their brand."
Carrie Melissa Jones
Carrie Melissa Jones is an author, community builder, and online community researcher. Her work has influenced the world's leading online brand communities including the American Medical Association, Patreon, Google, and two U.S. presidential campaigns. She was a founding partner and served as the COO of CMX – a hub for more than 20,000 community professionals worldwide.
Carrie predicts there will soon be even more ways for people to gather digitally. This accessibility will allow people to meet at any time and not be restricted by location or travel expenses.
"We now live in a world with hybrid approaches to gathering people. The boundary between online and offline is already very, very blurry, and it will just become even more so over the next year."
Justin Moore
Justin Moore is the founder of Creator Wizard. He has been a full-time | 709 |
Wednesday, 4 February 1998, Brussels, Belgium.
On that day, Bill Gates became the 25th famous victim of Noël Godin. This 52 year-old Belgian author, film historian, actor (The Sexual Life of the Belgians), writer (Cream and Punishment), led the gang that gave Bill Gates four big wet pies in the face.
Four months after the attack, does he regret anything? No, of course. "Today I'm convinced that he really was the idyllic victim, more than I thought, more than the victims we are actually threatening, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair or Jacques Chirac. They are puppets, only Gates is pulling the strings. Many people think that after him there is only one other powerful man in the world, the Pope," explains l'Entarteur ("encaker" or "pie-er").
It is this question of Power that led the pie commando to the leader of Microsoft, at the entrance of Le Concert Noble on Arlon Street in Brussels. Noël Godin doesn't know anything about computers and doesn't care that Netscape isn't part of Windows 98. He doesn't own a PC and doesn't even know what a URL is. His girlfriend, however, uses a PC.
But things are changing, even for Noël Godin. Thanks to some admirers, he now has his own official Web page (still under construction), the Gloupgloup Web site, featuring his slogan "Entartons! Entartons!" ("Let's pie! Let's pie!"). Noël is considering bringing the internet into his home, but he wasn't able at this time to tell us if he will use - or will not use - Internet Explorer.
The following interview was completed shortly after the pie attack in February. You won't find in this interview the name of the traitor in the staff of Microsoft Belgium who helped the cream commandoes to fulfill their mission. Noël Godin has promised not to reveal to anyone his identity. "Today he hasn't got any problems at Microsoft. No one suspects him, he's not in trouble," Noël simply explains. However there are some who are still trying to track this insider down. "Each<|fim_middle|> Tony Blair, on Bill Clinton, on the pope... When the pope last came to Belgium, if we'd had a traitor sponsoring us, we'd have pied him. We had a strategy. For us, the pope is a dangerous serial killer because he is against the preservative [birth control]. On our blacklist, you will also find Demi Moore; Tom Cruise and John Travolta, who are both members of the Scientology; Bill Graham... On the other hand, we have more and more sympathizers everywhere. We had thousands of propositions to help us, even abroad. We also have many enemies. But we are like the characters of a cartoon. We are like Laurel & Hardy, Bugs Bunny, the Marx Brothers, the yippies of May 1968. | week I receive three or four phone calls from strange people. At first, they are very kind - then they want to know more about this man from Microsoft, in a very clumsy way."
This interview was conducted and translated by Hugues Henry and originally appeared in the Netly News on 9 February 1998. It is reprinted with the permission of Netley News and Hugues Henry.
Noël Godin in his house in Schaerbeek, Brussels. On the wall, a painting inspired from the little shop where he bought the pies for the attack against Bill Gates, called Au Petit Pain Frais.
First Monday: Who are you, Noël Godin?
Noël Godin: I'm part of a gang of bad hellions that have declared the pie war on all the unpleasant celebrities in every kind of domain (slogan: "Let's pie! Let's pie! Nincompoop guys!"). We began to act against "empty" celebrities from the artistic world who were thinking they were the cat's whiskers. Then we attacked the TV news business in France, for instance, Patrick Poivre D'Arvor [a famous French TV presenter]. Then it became political with Philippe Douste-Blazy in Cannes, the French minister of culture, or the other French minister Nicolas Sarkozy last year in Brussels.
FM: When did you first pie someone?
Godin: In November 1969, with French writer Marguerite Duras, who represented for us the "empty" novel.
FM: Why did you choose Bill Gates?
Godin: Because in a way he is the master of the world, and then because he's offering his intelligence, his sharpened imagination and his power to the governments and to the world as it is today - that is to say gloomy, unjust and nauseating. He could have been a utopist, but he prefers being the lackey of the establishment. His power is effective and bigger than that of the leaders of the governments, who are only many-colored servants. So Bill Gates was at the top of our lists of victims. The attack against him is symbolic, it's against hierarchical power itself. Our war cry was explicit: "Let's pie! Let's pie the polluting lolly!"
FM: So you have a whole list of people you want to pie?
Godin: Yes, we have meetings here in my house. These are funny meetings; we have a good time with good drinks and at the same time we plot. We always agree on the target choice and then we have to study how to reach the target.
FM: How did you prepare to pie Bill Gates?
Godin: For several years, there's been a new phenomenon. Traitors appear in the entourage of our victims who contact us to give us firsthand information. Our victims, at first sight, are very unpleasant and they are far from being loved in their own circle; this is our trump. For instance, these last years, Patrick Poivre D'Arvor, [producer] Daniel Toscan du Plantier and [French minister] Nicolas Sarkozy have been betrayed. In the case of Bill Gates, a member of the staff of Microsoft Belgium contacted us and gave us a mysterious rendezvous. Thanks to him, the operation was a success. Of course we won't give his name. It's a secret; only a few know his identity. But we want to tell it because we would be very amused if there was suspicion in the staff of Microsoft. "Who's the traitor?!"
It happened one week before the arrival of Bill Gates in Belgium. We received, little by little, very precise information about the planning of the Bill. Some Parisian accomplices followed him the day before, step by step, notably when he first met Lionel Jospin [French prime minister]. For instance, we learned that he was always escorted by five armed bodyguards but no more. In Belgium, he had four motorcycle policemen and he had five important rendezvous that day. So, to succeed, we only had one solution: our number. We were 30 individuals. That's why we succeeded. We were extremely determined, we were in a good mood. We were a funny commando.
We were divided in "gloupinesques" [from his pseudonym, Le Gloupier] fighting units of three on Arlon Street, where people were waiting for him in Le Concert Noble. There was traffic in the street so the plotters were anonymous. When Bill Gates arrived with screaming sirens, he walked outside his car and as he was climbing the steps several of our fighting units gathered and they created a kind of pie whirl that fell on him. The bodyguards were completely distraught. None of them even took out his gun. They were as dazed as Bill was.
FM: Do you know why there's a traitor in the staff of Microsoft Belgium? What were his motivations?
Godin: This man told us he really loved Bill Gates in the past, saying that he was very cool and passionate. But little by little he considered that his power had tainted him, and that he was becoming more and more haughty with his own collaborators. So the man who gave us the information considered, and he's not alone, that it wouldn't be bad to teach Bill a lesson, to bring him back to reality. That's how he explained to us why he was doing it. He's far from being a member of our band, he's not an anarchist and he likes his work with Microsoft, but he thought it had to happen.
FM: So you weren't paid by someone from Netscape or Oracle?
Godin: Certainly not; I wasn't even aware of their existence.
FM: Weren't you afraid of the armed bodyguards and the police?
Godin: This time, yes, we were afraid. We didn't sleep very well the night before. We thought, since the bodyguards of Bill Gates are professional, they won't fire. I told my men, "Be happy and show it is only cream." To be strong, we drank some good Trappist beers. So they were laughing and joking when they went to the front... Of course I wasn't in the commando because the authorities, the press... they know my face. It would have been a mistake, even with a disguise. So I was on an adjacent street.
FM: How many pies were thrown?
Godin: Four touched Bill Gates in the face. There were 25 pies in all. One of the secrets of the gloupinesque operation is that you don't have to throw the pies. You must put the pies point-blank in the face of the victim. One of the members of the victorious commando is the filmmaker Rémy Belvaux ("Man Bites Dog"). He unfortunately lost his papers and so the cops revealed his identity.
FM: What were their feelings just the second after they touched Bill Gates with the pie?
Godin: The exhilaration of victory. Exquisite pleasure. The gloupinesque operations have a 95 percent success rate. But each time we are stressed, and each time it's the same pleasure.
FM: How did Bill Gates react?
FM: When you touch your victim, don't you have the feeling of being powerful? You had pies, but it could have been a knife.
Godin: Yes, but this is not our problem. We are comical terrorists and the pie is symbolic. The victim is only injured in his self-esteem. We take a lot of care that the pies can't hurt psysically. The pastry is soft and full of cream.
FM: Do you cook the pies?
Godin: No, we are very lazy. We buy the pies in a shop nearby the place of the crime. This time, the pies where coming from a little shop called Au Petit Pain Frais, chaussée de Haecht.
FM: Will Bill Gates pursue your commandos?
Godin: No, it would be catastrophic for him and his reputation.
FM: If someone gave you money to pie his enemy, would you accept it?
Godin: We have never been pie mercenaries. But we've had several offers of a good amount of money. For instance, I had an offer to pie Catherine Deneuve in Cannes and also Sharon Stone. I refused. I love Catherine Deneuve and the movies of Jacques Demy; and that year Sharon Stone was in a western I really liked. So I had nothing against her. We are pie pirates. But if we receive money when we pie someone, we are not puritan leftists. We received money once: in the case of [famous French singer and actor] Patrick Bruel. We offered the money to the anarchist Parisian magazine Mordicus. So if someone wants to give us money we won't misuse it. I could really enjoy life if I could earn much money doing this job! It's a big game and we have fun together. We want to live fast and to laugh as much as we can. We want to transform our lives just like Oscar Wilde wanted to. Everything is awful around us, so let's try to have fun.
FM: If Bill Gates had to come back in a few months in Belgium, would pie him again?
Godin: We shall see. But we declare war on all the governments of the world, on | 1,935 |
G.L. Unit var ett svenskt experimentellt storband.
G.L. Unit leddes av Gunnar Lindqvist och bestod av en lång rad framstående jazzmusiker, av<|fim_middle|> 69.
Svenska jazzgrupper | vilka flera senare kom att ingå i musikgrupper som Arbete & fritid, Iskra och Fläsket brinner. År 1969 utgavs musikalbumet Orangutang! (Odeon 062-34163) och deras musik influerade senare grupper som Lokomotiv Konkret och Iskra. Gunnar Lindqvist var också verksam som musikproducent på EMI, bland annat för Solar Plexus.
Medlemmar
Gunnar Lindqvist (saxofon, klarinett, flöjt, keyboards)
Bernt Rosengren (saxofon, klarinett, flöjt, oboe)
Allan Olsson (saxofon, flöjt, percussion)
Göran Freese (saxofon, flöjt)
Tommy Koverhult (saxofon, flöjt)
Rune Stålspets (saxofon, flöjt, percussion)
Gunnar Bergsten (saxofon)
Alphonso Dantzler (saxofon)
Bengt Nordström (saxofon)
Maffy Falay (trumpet)
Torsten Eckerman (trumpet, percussion)
Peter Hennix (trumpet, percussion)
Roland Keijser (klarinett, flöjt, percussion)
Åke Holmqvist (blockflöjt, melodica)
Kjell Norlén (gitarr, percussion)
Allan Wanja (keyboards, blockflöjt, percussion)
Björn Alke (cello, bas)
Mats Hagström (cello)
Ove Karlsson (cello)
Göran Oskarsson (bas)
Ivar Lindell (bas)
Lennart Sandsjö (bas)
Bosse Skoglund (trummor)
Bengt Berger (trummor)
Sune Spångberg (trummor)
Sven-Åke Johansson (trummor)
Gunnar Nyberg (trummor)
Bampe Karlsson (trummor)
Peter Smoliansky (percussion)
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Tobias Petterson: The Encyclopedia of Swedish Progressive Music, 1967–1979, Stockholm, Premium 2007, , sid. | 525 |
It's weird though, because I've never been any different. I've always been the same. Even as a little kid, I seemed to always get my own way and do what I wanted it. But everybody used to say this was bad. Honestly, the school wanted me to see a psychiatrist, they said I was insane! Lol! Or maybe schizophrenic.
But now all of a sudden. People are saying different things to me. But when they say them, they never match up to what I'm thinking I'm saying. It's nearly always the opposite<|fim_middle|> this is the teacher in me! ~ please know, that what you see in me, is already in you. It is simply not possible for you to see something in me, that wasn't already in you. If it wasn't in you, you couldn't see it in me.
I could go into the science of that. But trust me. It's true. I am simply the mirror to your soul. Look within, and you will know it's true.
Read back through some of your posts, if you don't believe me. The evidence is there. We're either growing or we're not. And if we are. It doesn't matter where we are on that journey, because it's not lineal. It's not possible to compare where we are, with another, but if we do, we base it on someone we would like to be. Because that person, is simply our teacher. Just as that person has their teacher. And so on. And we have many teachers. But nobody is higher up the ladder. Not ever.
I don't see that I've faced any challenges in life, and if I have, they have been few, and they're usually along the lines of not eating chocolate for a month! And I gave those kinds of challenges up a long time ago. I rarely face challenges. But I have had so many amazing adventures, and I've been so privileged and humbled to have experienced so many different walks of life. But rarely have they been challenging. More fascinating, I would say :) and they all lead me to where I am today. Knowing, since diagnosis, that I am a human being after all. Even if I am different. I'm a human being and that's all I care about. That's all I wanted to know. Who was I?
Possibly, I wonder what other people on here experiences with this are?
Yeah, that's what I was hoping to find out when I made this post. I'd love to know. It's really caught my attention.
I don't like to focus on the positives. That doesn't really work for me. It feels like I'm trying to get my mind to believe something that isn't true. I prefer to simply focus on the truth. | . But this comment was particularly striking because of the extreme contrast.
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BroadwayWorld.com Nov. 23, 2020
Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song, the revised edition of his Tony-winning classic Torch Song Trilogy, will come to The Ensemble Company (in residence at Penguin Point Productions) to close out its 2020 season this December. First produced on Broadway in 1982 starring Fierstein and a pre-Golden Girls Estelle Getty, this version premiered Off-Broadway at the Second Stage Theater before transferring to Broadway starring Michael Urie and Mercedes Ruehl.
In Torch Song, the life of Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing, Jewish drag queen living in New York City, is dramatized over the span of the late 1970s and 1980s. Told with a likable, human voice, the play follows Arnold's odyssey to find happiness in New York. All he wants is a husband, a child, and a pair of bunny slippers that fit, but a visit from his overbearing mother reminds him that he needs one thing more: respect.
The Ensemble Company production will star Ryan Ball (The SantaLand Diaries, Lifespan of a Fact) as Arnold; Jarman Day (Les Liaisons Dangereuses) as Ed; Sarah French (Les Liaisons Dangereuses) as Laurel; Ethan Lolley (Les Liaisons Dangereuses) as Alan; Rose LaMarre (Season's Greetings) as Ma, and--making his Ensemble Company debut--Connor Nichols as David. Torch Song will be directed by producing artistic director Matthew MacDermid.
Torch Song runs December 11th through 21st, 2020 at Penguin Point Productions' venue, located in the Oviedo Mall at 1220 Oviedo Mall Blvd in Oviedo. Performances are at 7:00pm on Fridays and Saturdays with Sunday matinee performances beginning at 2:00pm. The December 2st performance is a special industry night performance beginning at 7:00pm. Tickets are $20 for Adults, $18 for Seniors (60 and up) and $16 for Students (with I.D.) and may be purchased at www.penguinpointproductions.com/tickets.
A NOTE ABOUT COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS: Penguin Point Productions has been re-opening in phases, following guidance from the City of Oviedo, the State of Florida, and the Centers for Disease Control. The safety of staff, students, artists, and guests is taken very seriously.
In addition to the usual high standards of cleanliness, the entire facility is being sanitized multiple times daily utilizing a peroxide fogger.
Until further notice, everyone entering Penguin Point will have their temperature recorded using an infrared touchless thermometer. Anyone registering a temperature of 100F or higher will not be permitted to enter.
Audience size is currently limited to 33% overall capacity--therefore The Ensemble Company is currently capping seating for performances at 50 patrons. Additionally, audience members are expected to wear masks. Penguin Point | 691 |
FRANK LAMPARD must learn quickly to keep his cool on the touchline after being sent to the stands for the first time as a manager.
That is according to former QPR and Blackpool manager Ian Holloway.
Derby boss Lampard was given his marching orders in the 1-0 Championship defeat by Rotherham last week after leaving<|fim_middle|> he's got a lot of expectation.
Derby play Brentford on Saturday before a League Cup clash with Manchester United.
The Rams' trip to Old Trafford will see Lampard face one of his old managers in Jose Mourinho. | his technical area to argue with a match official.
After the match, Lampard claimed there was no communication between him and the officials.
But the 40-year-old admitted he was guilty of misconduct and fined £2,000 by the Football Association.
Lampard has made a decent start to his coaching career so far, guiding Derby to seventh place in the Championship table.
A place in the playoffs by the end of the season is considered a major target for Derby.
And Holloway believes Lampard will quickly realise the benefits of behaving on the touchline.
"Lampard has been under some fantastic managers in his career but it is about him finding out who he is," Holloway, a pundit for the EFL on Quest highlights, also on QuestOD, told Express Sport.
"There's nothing worse than an emotional match, not getting the result you want and losing yourself for a bit.
"He'll quickly realise it won't get him anywhere. In fact, it will get him further away from where he wants to be.
"It is frustrating enough not being able to go out on the pitch, get your message across and change things yourself.
"He'll realise now how bad it is being away from the team.
"It is a learning curve and he will have to learn quickly because | 260 |
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The Nine-Hole Peg Test is a board with nine holes into which subjects have to insert nine pegs and is designed to test dexterity and coordination. Scores range from 0 (good) to 60 (bad). As such a decrease in score indicates an improvement, and a negative value indicates an improvement from baseline.
The total bladder control test score was the sum score from fifteen questions were each scored on a 0-2 scale (one question 0-3), where 0 = good and 2/3 = bad. Ten questions were related to bladder symptoms and control and five were related to the effects on the patient's life. The summary parameters were the total score with a minumum possible score of 0 and a maximum possible score of 31. A decrease in score indicates an improvement, as such a negative value indicates an improvement in condition from baseline.
The tremor activities of daily living scale is a patient self-reported questionnaire which consists of 25 questions relating to the effect of tremors on different day-to-day activities, such as eating, drinking, threading a needle and tying a shoe. The ability to perform these tasks was scored on a scale of 0 (unable) to 3 (completely able). The summary parameter was the total score with a minimum of 0 (unable to perform tasks) and a maximum of 75 (completely able to perform tasks). As such, a positive value indicates an improvement in condition from baseline.
The 10 Metre Mobility Score is a four point scale assessing a subject's level of mobility. The time taken to walk ten metres was measured for the subset of subjects who were able to walk. A decrease in time indicates an improvement in condition.
Sleep quality scores were rated using a 100 mm visual analogue scale where 0 = best and 100 = worst. As such, a negative value is indicative of an improvement in score from baseline.
Sleep amount was rated using a 100 mm visual analogue scale where 0 = best and 100 = worst. As such, a negative value is indicative of an improvement in score from baseline.
The Barthel Index consists of 10 items that measure a person's daily functioning, specifically the activities of daily living and mobility. The items include feeding, moving from wheelchair to bed and return, grooming, transferring to and from a toilet, bathing, walking on level surface, going up and down stairs, dressing, continence of bowels and bladder. The person receives a score based on whether they have received help while doing the task. The ability to undertake the 10 different daily activities was assessed on scales of 0-1, 0-2 or 0-3, with 0 indicative of the poorest outcome and the highest possible score indicative of the best outcome. The summary parameter was the total score for each of the ten items, with a minimum possible score of 0 and a maximum possible score of 20. An increased score indicates an improvement, with a change of two or greater in the total score indicating a clinically relevant change. A positive value therefore indicates an improvement from baseline.
The Short Orientation-Memory-Concentration test is a questionnaire designed to measure orientation, concentration on simple tasks and learning and recall of simple information. The test consists of six items, such as 'what year is it now?' and 'count backwards from 20 to 1'. Each item was scored between 0 (maximum number of errors) and three-10 (best score; no errors), with a point deducted for each error. The summary parameter was the total score from the sum of scores for each item, with an overall possible maximum score of 28 (no errors). Scores over 20 are considered 'normal'. As such, an increased score indicates an improvement, and a positive value indicates an improvement in score from baseline.
Assessment of reading visual acuity was made using a standard reading chart. Scores could range from 1 (good) to 20 (bad), indicating good and poor eyesight, respectively. As such, a negative value from baseline indicates an improvement in eyesight.
The Caregiver Strain Index is a 13-item questionnaire designed to detect strain in those that care for subjects. Carers were asked if they found certain situations difficult (i.e. work adjustments, family adjustment, emotional adjustments, physical effort). Each question was scored zero (answered no) or one (answered yes), and was recorded for each of the 13 questions. The summary parameter was the total score, which was the sum score of the 13 questions, giving a minimum possible score of 0 (no strain) and maximum possible score of 13 (maximum possible strain). As such a negative value from baseline indicates an improvement in caregiver strain.
The Guy's Neurological Disability Scale has 12 separate categories which include cognition, mood, vision, speech, swallowing, upper limb function, lower limb function, bladder function, bowel function, sexual function, fatigue, and 'others'. Each category consists of a series of questions, which are scored on a 0 to 5 scale, with 0 being indicative of a better outcome and 5 being indicative of a worse outcome. The total Guy's Neurological Disability Scale score is the unweighted sum from the 12 categories with a minimum score of 0 and maximum of 60. A negative value indicates an improvement in score from baseline.
The Adult Memory and Information Processing Battery test comprises six sub-sections which assess cognition and mental alertness. These include immediate and delayed story recall, word-list learning, copying a complex figure followed by its immediate reproduction, design learning, and information processing (parts A and B). The sum score for each section gave the total score which ranged from 1 (bad) to 105 (good). As such, a positive value indicates an improvement in score from baseline.
Multiple Sclerosis of any type.
Stable Multiple Sclerosis symptomatology during the four weeks before study entry.
Symptoms of the required severity (>50 mm on a 100 mm Visual Analogue Scale severity scale) in least one of the specified impairment categories; spasticity, muscle spasms, disturbed bladder control, neuropathic pain, limb tremor.
A stable medication regime during the four weeks before study entry.
Willing to abstain from cannabis or cannabinoids for at least seven days before study entry, and during the study.
Agreed either to use effective contraception during the study and for three months thereafter, or had been surgically sterilised or, if female, were post-menopausal.
Clinically acceptable laboratory results for pre-study screening.
Willing and able to undertake and comply with all study requirements.
Willing and able to read, consider and understand the subject information and consent form and give written informed consent. Subjects unable to read or to sign the document procedures were treated as detailed in the Declaration of Helsinki.
Willing for their general practitioner, and consultant if appropriate, to be informed of study participation.
Willing for their name to be notified to Home Office for participation in the study.
Known or strongly suspected to be abusing drugs, including alcohol.
Not prepared to abstain from cannabis or cannabinoids during the study.
Current or past addiction to cannabis.
History of any type of schizophrenia, any other psychotic illness, or other significant psychiatric illness or personality disorder other than depression associated with chronic illness.
Received any drug containing levodopa (Sinemet®, Sinemet plus®, Levodopa®, L-dopa®, Madopar®, Benserazide®).
Serious cardiovascular disorder including angina, uncontrolled hypertension, or an uncontrolled symptomatic cardiac arrhythmia.
Significant renal or hepatic impairment as shown in medical history or indicated by laboratory results.
Terminal illness or other condition in which placebo medication would be inappropriate.
Pregnant, lactating or at risk of pregnancy.
Participated in any other clinical research study during the 12 weeks before study entry.
Planned hospital admission between study entry and Visit 6.
Planned travel outside the UK between study entry and Visit 6.
Principal Investigator: Derick Wade Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre, Oxford. | 0:50) excipients, with peppermint oil (0.05%) flavouring. The maximum permitted dose of study medication was eight actuations (22 mg THC and 20 mg CBD) in any three hour period, and 48 actuations (130 mg THC and 120 mg CBD) in any 24 hour period.
Each actuation of placebo delivered the excipients only.
This was achieved by measuring the change from baseline after six weeks of therapy in the severity of the primary impairment, a composite score from one of five Multiple Sclerosis symptom categories that subjects nominated as their most severe symptom. The severity scores were recorded using a 100 mm Visual Analogue Scale, where 0 = no problem and 100 = very bad. A decrease in score indicates an improvement.
Severity scores over the last 24 hours were recorded using a 100 mm Visual Analogue Scale on one nominated day each week. Scores ranged from 0 = no problem to 100 = very bad. A decrease in score indicates an improvement.
Severity scores were recorded using a 100 mm Visual Analogue Scale. Scores ranged from 0 = no problem to 100 = very bad. A decrease in score indicates an improvement.
A 7-point Likert-type scale was used, with the question: 'Please assess the status of your multiple sclerosis since entry into the study using the scale below' with the markers "very much improved, much improved, slightly improved, no change, slightly worse, much worse or very much worse". At Visit 2 (Baseline) patients wrote a brief description of their Multiple sclerosis which was used at end of treatment to aid their memory regarding their symptoms at study start. The number of subjects that considered their condition to be better or much better at the end of treatment is presented.
All 20 muscle groups were assessed for spasticity (using a 1-5 scale): 1= no increase in muscle tone to 5= passive movement is difficult and affected part is rigid in flexion or extension. The score for all 20 muscle groups were added to give a total score out of 100; minimum score was 20. A decrease in score indicates an improvement in condition. As such, a negative value indicates an improvement in score from baseline.
This was a 21-question multiple choice self-report inventory. Subjects' responses to the 21 questions were assigned a score ranging from zero (good) to three (bad), indicating the severity of the symptom. The sum of all BDI-II question scores indicated the severity of depression; score range 0-63. A decrease in score indicates an improvement in condition. As such, a negative value indicates in improvement in score from baseline.
The Fatigue Severity Scale is a nine-item questionnaire developed to assess the level of fatigue due to neurological disease, were each assessed on a 0-6 scale (0= no fatigue and 6= severe fatigue). As such a decreased score indicates improvement, and a negative value indicates and improvement from baseline.
The Rivermead Mobility Index is a measure of subject self-mobilisation and was developed to enable rehabilitation professionals to document the effect(s) of interventions. This consisted of 15 questions relating to the dexterity and/or mobility of the patient. Each question had a 'yes' / 'no' answer which was scored as yes=1 no=0. The summary parameter was the total for the 15 questions, with a maximum score of 15. An increased score indicates improvement. As such, a positive value indicates an improvement in score from baseline.
The 28-item General Health Questionnaire is a self-reported questionnaire for the | 770 |
"The<|fim_middle|>alloh. | greatest challenge in the Sherbro Island has been water and the water we are drinking has a lot of salt in it. The water resembles clay. There is no school with WASH facilities not to talk about good toilet," said Mayor of the Bonthe Municipal Council, Layemin Joe Sandi.
A 2013 Government of Sierra Leone health survey found that only 6.3% of children in rural areas receive an acceptable minimum food supply. According to the "Sierra Leone National Nutrition Survey" of 2017, chronic malnutrition in children, measured by "stunting", is 31.4% in Bonthe and the district has the highest prevalence of childhood diseases. Malnutrition and diarrhoeal diseases are therefore among the main causes of infant mortality.
It is against this challenging backdrop that the NGO SEND Sierra Leone, with funding from German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (WHH), recently launched the 'Promotion of Nutrition Sensitive WASH Self-Sufficiency project' in Bonthe Sherbro Island, specifically targeting 50 very remote communities in Sittia and Dema chiefdoms.
The project's overall objective is to contribute in improving the nutritional and health status of up to 1,000 households in the Bonthe Sherbro Island through the construction of water supply and sanitation infrastructure in targeted communities; establishment of structures for sustainable community participation; (financial) contributions to the development and maintenance of the WASH sector/institutions; and enabling households' and communities' access to improved WASH facilities through a WASH self-supply system.
"The project seeks to help the people of Bonthe District overcome these serious development challenges to be self-reliant, to be able to do things for themselves as a people. Government won't be able to do everything for every community; government just won't," said Mohamed Jalloh, SEND Sierra Leone Project Manager during the project inception meeting with stakeholders from the target communities at the Bonthe Municipal Council Hall early March 2019.
"We want to get the stakeholders from the target communities to be involved every step of the way; to let them know their responsibilities and we work together to achieve the objectives of the project," continued Jalloh.
"We will recruit and train 100 community multipliers to serve as intermediaries in carrying out community mobilization and awareness raising activities on the project content and approaches in addition to three trained local technicians in each community who will continue to provide WASH services to communities after the project shall have ended," disclosed J | 527 |
What role can artistic engagement play in imagining the future of public life? How might artistic research support public policy or strategies of social change? Join the Arts + Design Initiative, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to explore the complex interplay between art and public service in the Bay Area.
This gathering invites participants and Bay Area partners to map upcoming activities in 2017/2018 at the intersections of art, design, architecture, activism, and government. It marks the launch of SFMOMA's new Initiative, Public Knowledge with the San Francisco Public Library, as well as future collaborations with YBCA; it anticipates UC Berkeley's platform on the theme of Public (Re) Assembly, and it celebrates the publication of Public Servants: Art and the Crisis of<|fim_middle|> event; museum admission is not required. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. | the Common Good, co-edited by Johanna Burton, Shannon Jackson, and Dominic Willsdon.
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RockBass Line. Active RockBass 2-band electronics. Warwick 4 String Bass. Warwick machine heads. 2-piece Warwick bridge. Warwick RED Strings (42200). 045"-.105". Warwick Security Locks. Nirvana Black Transparent Satin finish.
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The brilliant Just-A-Nut III can be raised or lowered to suit, and the 2-piece bridge is another wonderfully functional piece of design, allowing you to lower/raise the entire bridge unit or adjust each string height individually.
The CV series is for players who prefer a flatter fretboard radius than most Warwicks, a bolt-on neck to a neck-through and a passive pickup and EQ system to an active one. New Gear: If you're not satisfied, neither are we.
Which top-of-the-line Warwick is right for you?. The CV series is for players who prefer a flatter fretboard radius than most Warwicks, a bolt-on neck to a neck-through, and a passive pickup and EQ system to an active one.
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The CV series is for players who prefer a flatter fretboard radius than most Warwicks, a bolt-on neck to a neck-through and a passive pickup and EQ system to an active one. Warwick machineheads. Gigbag by RockBag® Starline (RB 20505).
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Die Ukraine nahm mit 205 Sportlern, darunter acht Olympiasieger, in 22 Sportarten an den Olympischen Spielen 2016 in Rio de Janeiro teil. Es ist die insgesamt siebte Teilnahme an Olympischen Sommerspielen. Das Nationale Olympische Komitee der Ukraine nominierte die Athlet<|fim_middle|>Kanurennsport
Kanuslalom
Leichtathletik
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Springen und Werfen
Mehrkampf
Moderner Fünfkampf
Radsport
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Mountainbike
Reiten
Ringen
Rudern
Schießen
Schwimmen
Synchronschwimmen
Segeln
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Tennis
Tischtennis
Triathlon
Turnen
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Rhythmische Sportgymnastik
Trampolinturnen
Wasserspringen
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Ukrainisches Olympiateam 2016 (ukrainisch/englisch)
Einzelnachweise
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Sommerspiele 2016 | en für die einzelnen Sportarten.
Fahnenträger des ukrainischen Olympiateams bei der Eröffnungsfeier war der Sportschütze und Olympiasieger von Sydney Mykola Miltschew. Ukrainischer Fahnenträger bei der Abschlussfeier war Olha Charlan, die bei den Spielen eine Silber- und eine Bronzemedaille gewann.
Erfolgreichster Athlet der Ukraine war der Turner Oleh Wernjajew, der eine Gold- und eine Silbermedaille erringen konnte.
Bilanz
Medaillenspiegel
Medaillengewinner
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Collage from a new favorite blog, by our favorite Kiwi: R's Adventure.
Creativity coming out her ears.
Charlotte Taylor S/S 2012: amazing on many different levels.
Nordic happy design from Little Studio.<|fim_middle|>.
A peek into the studio of digital agency Fuzzco. And see the founders' amazing home here. | Love the cheerful colors and especially the b&w single apple print.
Seneca Rising's Spring 2011 Collection.
Norwegian goodness. I'm such a sucker for that wall and those floors.
A few shots and spaces I love from the talented Marjon Hoogervorst.
Tights from Patternity: art for your legs. I think they're pretty awesome, and the packaging design is great.
Julian Bialowas' 365q. I'm interested to see his next project.
I love the way all those books bring so much personality to Silke Neumann's Berlin flat.
A little mixed media magic from Luci Everett.
Dali magazine covers. He also designed the Chupa Chups logo.
Charlotte Swiden: Fun park rides, fairy floss and ferris wheels | 165 |
Mangaluru: Youth dies after falling from roof of workshop
Lakhimpur Kheri case: Ashish Mishra released from jail
Usain Bolt fires business manager over Jamaica fraud case Sullia: 25-year-old pregnant woman commits suicide 7 arrested in Bengaluru for smuggling endangered animals Drug cases against medicos sees 'Brand Mangaluru' getting hit Karnataka polls: Hassan seat a bone of contention as Deve Gowda's daughter-in-law appears keen to be in fray Don't click selfies with fellow tourists without their permission: Goa govt in advisory The wicket surprised us: Pandya Conway, Mitchell fire NZ to 176-6 in first T20I Forest officer convicted of corruption; sentenced to 5 yrs imprisonment<|fim_middle|> Choudhari also said the rescue operation was completed in his district and their main focus was on providing essential supplies to people.
"Relief material is being provided to people at over 160 camps set up in the district. We are also working on assessing the losses," he said.
Another official at the collectorate said the flood waters were receding rapidly in Sangli.
"Around 17 villages are marooned. Essential items are being sent there through boats as roads in those areas are in a bad condition," she said.
"To check health hazards, water is being supplied to flood-hit people after being treated at filtration plants and even water tankers are properly sanitized," the official said, adding that health camps have also been set up at various places in Sangli.
Despite the flood waters receding, major rivers in both Kolhapur and Sangli were still flowing above the danger mark, another official said.
Meanwhile, Fadnavis said the state government will seek a Rs 6,813 crore package from the Centre for relief and rehabilitation of flood victims.
A provision has been made for seeking an assistance of Rs 2,088 crore for crop damages, Rs 876 crore for road and bridge repairs, Rs 300 crore for families of deceased, Rs 222 crore for repairs of house damages and Rs 125 crore for repair of schools and restoration of water supply schemes, he said.
The state will for the first time also seek Rs 300 crore for losses incurred by small traders, he said.
Besides, Rs 168 crore would be sought for irrigation works, Rs 75 crore for health-related initiatives, Rs 66 crore to Rs 70 crore for cleaning the areas, Rs 27 crore for temporary camps, Rs 30 crore for loss of livestock, Rs 25 crore for relief works and Rs 11 crore to help the fishermen, he said.
On the same lines, Rs 2,105 crore assistance is planned for Konkan region, Nashik and rest of the affected districts in the state, he said.
Fadnavis also said a cabinet sub-committee has been formed under his leadership to discuss change or amend rules and issue government resolutions (GRs) for rescue, relief and rehabilitation.
An expert committee will also be appointed to suggest actions/remedies to be taken in case of 700 per cent rainfall in four days, he added.
No ministers even 18 days after BSY became CM, Cong asks Karnataka Governor to dismiss govt
Plane carrying Gadkari returns to bay after 'caution message' | and Rs 1.5 Cr fine Lakhimpur Kheri case: Ashish Mishra released from jail I'm your son, strengthen my hands: DK Shivakumar in a seeming Chief Ministerial bid BBC documentary: Delhi Police detains 24 students from DU Arts Faculty for planning to screen film Congress party has been rejected by voters: Vijayendra India issues notice to Pakistan seeking modification to Indus Waters Treaty ICC announces all-female panel of match officials for Women's T20 World Cup
Focus on Relief, Maharashtra CM to Seek Rs 6,813 Crore from Centre After Floods in the State
PTI, Aug 13, 2019, 5:20 PM IST
Kolhapur/Mumbai: With rescue operations over in flood-hit Kolhapur and Sangli, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said his government will seek a relief package of Rs 6,813 crore from the Centre.
The proposal to be sent to the Centre will be in two parts – seeking Rs 4,708 crore assistance for Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara districts and Rs 2,105 crore for Konkan, Nashik and rest of Maharashtra, Fadnavis told reporters in Mumbai after the weekly Cabinet meeting.
"A memorandum for this assistance will be sent to the Centre, but till then the Maharashtra Cabinet has approved to spend the amount from the state corpus," he said.
Kolhapur and Sangli districts have been the worst hit following heavy rains in Konkan and western parts of the state where 43 people died in the deluge in last nine days.
With flood waters receding in both the districts, the authorities there are now focusing on providing essential supplies to people affected by the rain fury. "Rescue operations have been completed in Kolhapur.
The national highway (NH-4) is open and the traffic is moving slowly. Petrol, diesel and gas supplies have been restored. Work is going on a war-footing to restore power and phone connectivity," resident deputy collector Sanjay Shinde said.
Relief centres have been set up and all efforts are being made to make sure the essential supplies reach the flood-affected people, he said.
"We have also begun the process of distributing monetary relief to the people," he said.
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Keren Landman | Work Of Contact Tracing Can Slow The Spread Of An Outbreak
By Keren Landman
When someone tests positive for COVID-19, epidemiologists make detailed lists of everyone they may have had contact with in their daily life and reach out to those people.
When I was a fourth-year medical student, I did a month-long rotation at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. My first task was decidedly unglamorous: I sat in a cubicle and crunched data about fungal infections caused by contaminated contact lens solution.
So when my supervisor asked one afternoon if I wanted to help investigate a disease outbreak, I jumped at the chance. My task would be to track down people who had been in direct contact with mumps patients, work known as contact tracing..
There was a cluster of travel-related mumps cases in the Midwest. I immediately envisioned jetting around America's heartland, swabbing people in hospitals and sampling the ductwork of airplanes — or at least, leaving the office.
Instead, I ended up in another cubicle on a different floor, cold calling an entire subdivision's residents to ask scripted questions about fever and neck swelling, a telltale symptom of mumps.
Contact tracing can feel like drudgery, but in an outbreak, it's vital to public health. During events like the current COVID-19 outbreak, it helps make possible early diagnosis and getting care to people who need it. The information it uncovers also helps public health authorities contain epidemics.
For clusters of new or poorly understood disease, the contact information can shed light on how a disease is spread.
Here's how it works. Epidemiologists, or "disease detectives," start with the index patient, sometimes called "patient zero." Depending on what they already know about that patient's condition — how the disease is spread, its natural history, what symptoms it causes — they interview the patient to learn about their movements and identify all close contacts. Sometimes, they ask the index patient to give a detailed history of where they have traveled, eaten, slept, and bathed.
On the basis of the answers, public health workers may contact the management of airlines, restaurants, hotels, hot tubs, shopping centers, public transit, and other public spaces where the index patient might have had contact with others while they were sick. They review passenger manifests, reservation logs, and other records — sometimes even surveillance tapes — to compile exhaustive lists of people potentially exposed to patient zero.
These lists become the basis of an enormous amount of outreach work in the early days of an outbreak. Public health workers contact each of these people to explain their risk, offer screening for the infection and conduct regular monitoring for symptoms of the infection.
In the U.S., that outreach often happens by phone. In some cases of mass exposure to a concerning infection, as in the measles outbreak originating at Disneyland in 2015, media advisories are sometimes used. In other situations, the outreach may take place in person, as much of it did during the Ebola outbreak that started in West Africa in 2014.
In some cases, public health authorities may offer preventive advice or treatment for the infection. They may tell these contacts to isolate themselves at home, as many COVID-19 patients have been asked to do. And if one of these contacts turns out to have the disease of interest, they become the focus of the same cycle of identifying and reaching out to contacts.
Contacts can add up fast, depending on how infectious the disease is and the environment in which it is spreading: even a moderately infectious disease like the seasonal flu can spread like wildfire in a crowded environment full of susceptible people, like a classroom or a subway car. And the higher the number of contacts, the more outreach work needs to be done to trace them.
If epidemic spread outpaces contact tracing efforts, cases may begin popping up outside of the chain of transmission, as they have recently done in several states. That raises the concern that contact tracing is not enough — or is too late — to contain the epidemic.
But the detective work can still help.
"Even if there's a widespread epidemic where you don't know your transmission chain, contact tracing still adds value," says Ranu Dhillon, an instructor and physician in the Division of Global Health Equity at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Infected people still get identified and isolated early, which slows the spread of the disease.
But contact tracing is expensive — and if it's not actually containing the disease, public health experts may add, and perhaps prioritize, broader community measures like widespread screening and travel restrictions.
In early March, when a resident of New Rochelle, N.Y., was diagnosed with COVID-19 infection, a robust contact tracing effort led officials to not only recommend self-quarantine for his infected family members, but also to close his children's schools, his synagogue, and the law school of a student who had contact with the case.
On Tuesday, the governor of New York announced a "containment zone" would be created in a one-mile radius around the synagogue that seems to be the epicenter of the outbreak. The containment plan does not include travel restrictions or road closures, but does include closures of schools and large gathering areas and a National Guard deployment to carry out school cleanings, as well as food deliveries meant to enable people to limit their movements.
These responses can often make a difference in the dynamics of an outbreak when it happens early enough: During the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the early rollout of such measures alongside contact tracing efforts in Liberia may have played a role in the rapid decline of the country's cases in September 2014.
In Seattle and in California, contact tracing for COVID-19 cases continues while mitigation measures are being initiated, said Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, in a media briefing Monday. Those mitigation measures include canceling or limiting large gatherings, including sporting events, closing schools, and other social distancing measures.
When there are many unknown transmission chains, or when communities don't cooperate with public health efforts, the value of contact tracing really takes a dip, says Dhillon. And when there are many contacts who are geographically widespread — as is often the case in our globalized society — it can become impossible for contact tracing to keep pace with the epidemic.
Although epidemiologists have tried to develop mathematical models to understand when the costs of contact tracing outweigh its benefits, there is no real formula for determining when an outbreak has become too widespread for contact tracing to be of use, or when to switch from contact tracing to community mitigation measures.
In practicality, public health authorities often end up doing both at the same time: "It's not an on-off switch, it's a dimmer," said Messonnier.
It often falls to local and regional health commissioners and other public health leaders to make the call, says Dhillon. And when they're in uncharted waters, as they are with COVID-19, "those are not easy judgments," he says, "and honestly, you're not going to know if you're | 1,455 |
An excerpt from Mesha Maren's new novel Sugar Run.
The woman leans forward, elbows on the table and black hair slicked back under a cap. She's been there for three days, winning more than half the hands she plays, and her presence carves a space in the room disproportionate to her size.
A short story from the Fall 2018 issue.
He saw no need to damn a place just on the face of it; he figured there must be a flower blooming somewhere in West Memphis, though he had seen no sign of one, and that maybe East St. Louis had a park where children played tag-you're-it together while old men read newspapers from benches and spoke of last night's ballgame.
An excerpt from Silas House's new novel Southernmost.
The rain had been falling with a pounding meanness, without ceasing for two days, and then the water rose all at once in the middle of the night, a brutal rush so fast Asher thought at first a dam might have broken somewhere upstream.
What could you<|fim_middle|> walked around the curve of the road, they came across the man—sleeping, but not. Baba paused, then Angela did too. She felt her voice catch low in her throat so that her scream came out instead as a yelp.
When the real estate agent first drove us up the gravel driveway, I felt I'd been to this place before. I wasn't sure at first, for I'd first been there at night. Over fifteen years before. A dinner of academics after a lecture at UNC on Southern food. I was still living in New York then, and found the idea of owning a two-hundred-four-year-old restored farmhouse out in the middle of nowhere surrounded by cornfields to be the height of fancy. Nothing in my future. Much too Town & Country for my tastes. Back then I fully expected to die on the twenty-first floor of a high-rise in the middle of some urban engine. How odd. | make of a world where two things were true at the same time? For instance: Ronnie was dead. But also, Ronnie was alive, and striding very quickly through the Atlanta airport.
A feature short story from the 100th issue.
Oh, Stephanie, this is not at all what you expected. You're confused. All of us are, thoroughly. You've landed on a new planet and lo and behold it's populated, incredibly, with other humans. What gives? What are the odds of traveling across the universe and finding people so eerily similar to yourself? Impossible, just about.
A feature short story, the winner of our debut fiction contest, from the 100th issue.
When granddaughter and grandmother | 149 |
Q: Advice for building a web analytics tool (preferably Python friendly) - OLAP/Python I'm about to start the development of a web analytics tool for an e-commerce website.
I'm going to<|fim_middle|> these events, and then build a reporting interface to allow my colleagues to use it.
Am I right? Do you have advices on the engine and frontend/reporting tool I should use? I'm a Python programmer, so anything Python-friendly would be nice.
Thank you!
A: The main question is how big your cube is going to be and if you need an open source OLAP solution or not.
If you're dealing with big cubes and want to get room for future features you might go for a real OLAP Server. A few are open source - Mondrian - and other have a 'limited' community edition - Palo, icCube. The important point here is being compatible with MDX and XMLA. defacto OLAP standard, so you can plug different reporting tools and/or using existing libraries. My understanding, there is no Phyton version for an XMLA library as in Java or .NET not sure this is the way to go.
If you're cubes are small you can develop something on your own or go for other quicker solutions as the comment of Charlax is indicating.
A: As mentioned in the selected answer, it depends on your data amount. However, just you run into a case that a light-weight Python OLAP framework would be sufficient, then you might try Cubes, sources are on github. It contains SQL backend (any other might be implemented as well) and provides a light HTTP OLAP server. Example of an application (PHP front-end with HTTP Slicer OLAP server backend) using it can be found here It does not contain visualization layer and complex queries thought, but that is trade-off for being small.
| log several different events, basically clicks on various elements of the page and page views.
These events carry metadata (username of the loggedin user, his country, his age, etc...) and the page itself carries other metadata (category, subcategory, product etc...).
My companies would like something like an OLAP cube, to be able to answer questions like:
How many customer from country x visited category y?
How many pageviews for category x in January 2012?
How many customer from country x visited category y?
My understanding is that I should use an OLAP engine to record | 122 |
Microfluidics allows for the manipulation of small amounts of fluids on the scale of microl<|fim_middle|> widely used or accessible to many benchtop biologists. The current "lab on a chip" microfluidic devices are highly specialized to each experiment and expensive to manufacture. In order to analyze the results of the experiments on microfluidic chips, many designs embed sensors directly into the chip. Many of these sensors, however, already exist as traditional analytical devices, such as plate readers. These devices could be used for analysis of microfluidic outputs if the outputs were dispensed selectively into a compatible vessel, such as a microtiter plate. If this were possible, synthetic biologists would be able to incorporate microfluidic chips to streamline their experiments without sinking time and money to design and fabricate highly specialized chips.
Microfluidics: A microfluidic chip designed to execute a desired biological experiment.
Hardware: A low-cost, accessible active XY-plane selectively dispenses the output of the microfluidic chip to a 96-well plate and automated control syringes.
Software: A software interface that will allow the user to detail the parameters of the experiment run on the chip; the specific location per output on the 96-well plate; and the amount of each output dispensed.
We are proud to have achieved a Gold Medal and nominations for Best Hardware and Best Software tool at the Jamboree! | iters and nanoliters. The application of microfluidics in synthetic biology research would enable scientists to design and implement synthetic biology systems more efficiently and with greater reproducibility.
While microfluidics is not new to the field of synthetic biology, it is not currently | 55 |
All nebulisers need to be maintained and cleaned. If your health care professional arranges one for you, they should give you information about this.
You should always follow the instructions from the nebuliser's manufacturer.
It can be time-consuming to clean and maintain<|fim_middle|>3 to 4 months.
To avoid cross infection, you should never use other people's mouthpieces, masks or tubing.
Hospitals assess the risk of infections caused by using nebulisers and have clear procedures to avoid spreading infections. These may include using nebulisers or their parts only once, and processes to clean and decontaminate them. At home, you should also be aware of the risk of infection. Nebulisers can be contaminated by infections in your airways and bacteria in the environment. Any fluid left in a nebuliser can easily grow bacteria.
So it is very important you know how to clean and dry your nebuliser after every use.
If you have a nebuliser in the Aquilon series, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency advised to stop using it in February 2018.
Who can benefit from a nebuliser?
As part of your treatment, you might be offered medications delivered by a nebuliser. Find out how you could help you.
Find out how to get a nebuliser at home. | your machine, so you'll need to build this into your routine. It's important to clean and dry your nebuliser thoroughly every day if you use one regularly.
You may also be advised to disinfect the nebuliser regularly.
Parts such as mouthpieces, masks, tubing, filters and the nebuliser's chamber need to be changed regularly, at least every | 76 |
Tech Sassy<|fim_middle|> information, visit the TSG website at www.techsassygirlz.org or email [email protected].
About Tech Sassy GIrlz:
With a mission to empower middle and high school-age girls to pursue future careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), Central Florida-based non-profit organization Tech Sassy Girlz is leading the way in inspiring the next generation of female STEM professionals. For more information, visit www.techsassygirlz.org.
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Nonprofit Garners National Interest by Efforts to Spark Diversity and Inclusion
ORLANDO, FL, December 04, 2019 /24-7PressRelease/ — The Nielsen Foundation, a private foundation funded by Nielsen, a global measurement and data analytics company, has awarded Tech Sassy Girlz (TSG) with funding to support its efforts to spark diversity and inclusion in technology fields. The Nielsen Foundation seeks to enhance use of data by the social sector to reduce discrimination, ease global hunger, promote effective education, and build strong leadership.
"We are thrilled that we have been awarded with a grant again from the Nielsen Foundation. Their financial support of $22,500 will go toward supporting Tech Sassy Girlz programs. The Foundation's support of our organization helps to raise our profile and attracts more interest in our cause and the impact we're making for future women in STEM," says Laine Powell, Ed.D., Tech Sassy Girlz Founder and Executive Director.
Founded in 2012, TSG was created to cultivate young girls to aspire as innovators, makers, entrepreneurs and pioneers of the future. The organization works to empower middle and high school girls to pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields through college preparation, career readiness, and mentoring. To date, TSG has touched the lives of more than 800 middle and high school "girlz" and awarded more than $25,000 in STEM scholarships.
According to national research, in 2020, 1 million tech jobs will be available in the United States, but the vast majority of U.S. students will be unprepared to fill them. 51 percent of all STEM jobs are projected to be in computer science-related fields. The federal government alone needs an additional 10,000 IT and cybersecurity professionals, and the private sector need many more. STEM fields are at the core of the nation's innovation.
In 2015, research showed that only 22 percent of students taking the Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science exam were girls, and only 13 percent were African-American or Latino students. These statistics mirror the current makeup of some of America's largest and more innovative tech firms, where women comprise less than one-third of their technical employees, and African-Americans less than three percent.
"Tech Sassy Girlz is a program that aligns with the Nielsen Foundation's priorities, which include technology, education and diversity & inclusion. We are committed to making a global impact in these areas to enable the next generation of extraordinary and diverse leaders, and we're thrilled to support Tech Sassy Girlz as part of this mission," says Emily Epstein, President, Secretary & Executive Director– Governance, Nielsen Foundation.
Computer science can help foster computational thinking skills that are relevant to many disciplines and careers, such as breaking a large problem into smaller ones, recognizing how new problems relate to ones that have already been solved, setting aside details of a problem that are less important, and identifying and refining the steps needed to reach a solution. Programs like TSG that foster STEM by providing access to mentors and immersion are helping to inspire young girls and are changing the face of technology.
"Computer science and data science are not only important for the tech sector, but also for a growing number of industries, including transportation, healthcare, education, and financial services, that are using software to transform their products and services. In fact, more than two-thirds of all tech jobs are outside the tech sector," says Powell. "It gives students opportunities to be producers and makers, not just consumers, in the digital economy, and to be active citizens in our technology-driven world," she adds.
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A couple weeks ago I decided to clean up the basement. I can't even remember why now. Perhaps because it was a wreck. How the basement becomes a wreck is never all that clear, either, but that's definitely the state it tends toward.
The bulk of the stuff piled on and around the table down there was beer brewing and bottling supplies. They've since moved to the room under the front porch, which Eric cleaned out last weekend. That room is the darkest, dampest room in the house, so it tends to get really gross, really fast. Then we ignore it for a long time.
But it's all cleaned out now, and Eric fixed some of the drainage issues that led to it being wet, so we'll see how it goes, keeping bottles and dry supplies down there. It might now work for grain storage, but for now, the part of the basement we use as living space looks a lot better!
I also removed some excess furniture from the couch arrangement, and got rid of some<|fim_middle|>.
When I read about other people's decluttering and organizational projects, I always wonder how they hold up. How functional is it? What changes? This one was quite successful for me, so there you have it. | cushions. For the cushions I kept, I took the covers off and washed them. And I wiped everything down, swept and mopped the floors (twice now).
It's an ongoing process, because every time I declutter one space, I unearth things that need to go somewhere else, but where exactly? Trash and items to donate are easy, but I have a tougher time making decisions about Eric's stuff. I could haul everything out to the garage, but then it would be a pile in the garage, because I don't know where things really should go. So I leave it for him, and sometimes it moves on, and sometimes it doesn't.
Despite the ongoing-ness of this whole decluttering process, I continue to believe there will be an end point. Obviously, the end does not come after one, or even two, rounds of decluttering. But surely at some point we'll be out of stuff to declutter? Everything in the house will be things we use. Most everything. I really hope so, anyhow.
Just for the hell of it, I took some pictures of the laundry room, as it is today. I decluttered the laundry room back in January and I haven't done anything special to maintain it, other than the occasional cleaning. So how's it holding up?
The shelves are a little messier, and you can see some actual laundry. But overall, it's held up pretty well. And I can't think of a single thing I regret removing from the space | 309 |
The building<|fim_middle|> in existence, the Hanover Theater and the Byrd Theatre in Richmond, VA. | has over 12,000 square feet of finished space with at least another 2,000 of unfinished space. The building is equipped with a full stage complete with a fly tower with 50 feet of space above the stage. The auditorium is adorned with cast plaster pilasters as well as ornamental plaster moldings and other elaborate treatments. Construction is primarily an I beam skeleton with steel purlins and brick infill for the walls. Lot size is approximately 60' by 230'.
The building was designed by William Harold Lee who is credited with at least 80 theaters, predominantly in the Philadelphia area. Only 16 are still standing. The interior decorator was Arthur Brounet a well-known decorator who often collaborated with Thomas Lamb, the most prolific theater architect of his day. Today there are only two complete Brounet decorated theaters still | 182 |
The program is seen as a framework in which both tutorial and skilled issues are explored. It can be downloaded without cost nevertheless many of its<|fim_middle|> as an alternative concentrate on the key steps and construct a framework on which you'll base your structure and design.
You'll appraise present theoretical approaches to architecture and concrete design then assess and show their relevance in present and proposed contexts. The taught component of this programme is structured around a 60 credit score design module, the place you'll use techniques of analysis by design to explore a difficulty of curiosity related to one of many College's design units.
What's refreshing (and likewise often very frustrating) for me about structure is that each building design be based mostly on an mental proposition (parti). Thus, the goal of the analysis is to strategically use formation rules as drivers within the architectural design course of. | export options are disabled. Many people from India after completion of go to U.S.A or U.K. for pursuing – Graduate diploma (which is equivalent already) without this information. Don't get lost in the particulars, however | 45 |
10-Year-Old Hero Pulls 2 Kids Out of Burning Mobile Home in Fla.
Breanna Edwards
Isiah Francis and Jeremiah Grimes
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When a fire broke out early Tuesday morning inside a mobile home in Orange County, Fla., Isiah Francis leaped into action, even though he's only 10, WFTV reports.
The boy rushed into the burning home and successfully pulled two young children out of the blaze with the help of his friend, 11-year-old Jeremiah Grimes. The children's father was trying to get the fire out, throwing water on the home.
"I was in the place first trying to get those little kids out to save their lives," Isiah, who did not know there were two additional kids still in the home at the time, told the news station. "I was nervous because there was so much smoke. It was hard for me to see and all that."
"I took the infant, he took the older one, and we ran back to his house," his friend Jeremiah added. Once at Isiah's house, the duo called 911.
The children they rescued were 18 months and 6 months old. A <|fim_middle|> said. "Even though I have to go through all this hard work, I still want to be one."
"We always try to teach our kids to dial 911," a fire official told the news station. "He definitely went above and beyond in risking his life to go in and save those kids."
The cause of the fire was not made immediately clear.
Read more at WFTV and ABC News. | 5-year-old and a 3-year-old remain in the hospital.
Firefighters, who arrived shortly after the boys, rescued the 5- and 3-year-olds from inside the mobile home. According to ABC News, 75 percent of the home was engulfed by flames by the time rescuers arrived.
Isiah told WFTV that he wants to be a firefighter when he grows up, and perhaps, he's off to a good start.
"I've been wanting to [be a fireman] ever since I was 5 years old," he | 114 |
Advertising Week New York Welcomes Hornet, First Gay App to Present
Written by Sean Howell on September 23, 2017
Hornet, the world's premier gay social network, today announced that president and co-founder, Sean Howell will be speaking at Advertising Week New York, the world's leading event for marketing, brand, advertising and technology professionals. Howell's presentation will be at the Startup Summit and will highlight opportunities in LGBTQ advertising, as well as Hornet's strategy and execution in targeting LGBTQ audiences.
"It is a privilege to speak at Advertising Week New York," said Howell. "It's the perfect platform to share our LGBTQ advertising insights and what's in store for publishers and advertisers who are trying to reach the growing LGBTQ demographic."
From the conference's Startup Summit on September 25 at the Nasdaq MarketSite at 4 Times Square, Howell will speak on the power of mobile apps to reach the pink economy and share insights on how Hornet was able to garner 2.<|fim_middle|> and the web.
About Hornet Networks
Hornet is the world's premier gay social network. Founded in 2011 with the mission to build the digital home for the gay community, Hornet has grown to 25 million users by utilizing cutting-edge technology for its dating platform and producing original editorial content to connect a community around common interests. Hornet provides a superior user experience and is number one in the key markets of France, Russia, Brazil, Turkey and Taiwan, and is consistently expanding its sizable user base in the United States. For more information, please visit: http://gethornet.com.
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This Artist Reimagines Disney Characters Into Sexy Hunks | 5 billion ad impressions per month, providing an opportunity for advertisers looking to go mobile, where its predicted there will be a $40 billion ad spend in the U.S. in 2017. Howell will also be discussing thriving versus surviving in a mobile-first world as he addresses the question of how mobile communication has changed marketing and what innovative answers Hornet has to offer.
As brands continue to see the value of advertising on mobile platforms, these channels are seeing an increasing demand for integrated marketing initiatives. As marketing and content converges, advertisers are now able to directly reach consumers on their mobile devices, which is where they are browsing most. Hornet now builds its content around helping brands communicate authentically to LGBTQ audiences. Hornet has proven effective in reaching LGBTQ markets, in large part because of content on a platform that engages LGBTQ consumers on a significant scale.
With over 50 percent of the LGBTQ community choosing mobile over desktop, Hornet allows brands to show they are an LGBTQ-welcoming brand by reaching over 25 million LGBTQ highly-engaged, tech savvy consumers worldwide. Under the leadership of former Hearst Media sales leader Matthew Smith, who was recently hired as Hornet's SVP of Global Sales, Hornet will create and execute advertising and marketing programs for current and future Hornet partners seeking innovative digital solutions to reach a targeted demographic. Hornet creates advertising programs including targeted native or banner ads, broadcast messages and custom advertising campaigns.
Hornet will continue the conversation at their own Advertising Week LGBT Mixer – presented by Hornet STUNG at Slate (54 West 21st Street, New York, NY) on September 26, 6 – 9 p.m., where guests can meet the Hornet team and network with top advertising executives and LGBT professionals and allies, while enjoying cocktails, games and other activities. For more information about the mixer please visit: http://bit.ly/2ytM4Vt
Howell recently spoke at Dmexco (Digital Marketing Exposition & Conference), the largest conference and exposition for digital and advertising, which takes place every September in Cologne, Germany. He spoke to power of mobile apps in reaching the LGBTQ consumer in unexpected places, from Indonesia to Turkey. He also provided insight into the economic impact of marriage equality in Taiwan on the rest of Asia and the monetary potential for Japan to embrace LGBTQ business promotion and policies ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Hornet's free social network app is available on iOS, Android, | 512 |
In my last post I started to build two functions that took pairs of variables from a dataset and produced some nice useful ggplot plots from them. We started with the simplest case, plotting counts of how two variables cross-tabulate. Then we worked our way up to being able to automate the process of plotting lots of pairings of variables from the same dataframe. Today we'll improve our functions and add a feature. For now, we're going to continue to make use of the built in dataframe known as mtcars. We're doing that to make sure that<|fim_middle|> function so we can reuse it. To do that we'll have the user specify the dataframe, xwhich and ywhich as parameters to the function. Then inside the function we'll do the work and return the user the two lists that can be used to "feed" mapply. I'm personally a fan of providing some feedback in the console to inform the user of what's going on, even though the actual output product of the function is just a list with two sublists nested inside. On the other hand we'll return the list "invisibly" since we don't really need to print out the list structure.
Then we can use them as part of our mapply call by addressing them as bothlists$indvars & bothlists$depvars, otherwise our command remains the same.
Appears to be working as we want it to. Which means it's a good time to test it on some other data and see if anything breaks. Let's try the esoph dataset… First we'll call PlotMeX with alcgp by tobgp. Then we'll make CrossXYs give us lists for agegp by alcgp & tobgp. That should reassure us that all is well.
Very nice! We seem to have accomplished what we set out to do.
This has become a very long post so I'm going to end here. But the astute among you have probably detected we're still being inefficient. Be nice if we could integrate these two functions a little better so we didn't have to think of it as a two step process. Great idea for a next post on a future day.
I hope you've found this useful. I am always open to comments, corrections and suggestions. | whatever we do in this post today, it works on a known start point so we can compare and contrast.
We started with a simple task in the console. Take two of the mtcars variables, in this case am and cyl, and conduct a cross tabulation and then plot it.
Our function (called PlotMe) was a lot more robust. It checked for basic user entry errors, added a useful title and generally did what we wanted.
Along the way we learned the "tricks" of working with dplyr and ggplot2 inside of functions.
Here's the PlotMe function as we left it.
the Y axis label ylab (since in two cases it's a count and in one it's a percent).
Here's our new version of the function. Temporarily named PlotMeX, and with the error checking removed just for brevity, but it's what we want. Let's test it against am by vs just for a variable change of pace.
A few posts back we also recognized that if we need to work on multiple pairs of variables in the same dataframe (not uncommon in my field). It would be very tedious to keep running the PlotMeX function over and over again. So we developed a block of code that does something important for us. We feed it the column numbers of the variables we want to pair, accounting for which side of the plot (dependent or independent) we want them on, and the code produces two lists that we can systematically feed to our PlotMeX function and produce lots of plots.
There are any number of ways we could pass the columns, by quoted name, by bare name or as I have done with simple column numbers. I honestly prefer just looking up the numbers or a range of numbers. Far less typing for me and the ability to incorporate lots of variables with the colon : shortcut, e.g. 3:333.
So the process would be to choose some variables for one side of the by, in this case let's say gear and carb those are columns 10 & 11 so we can write c(10:11) on the other side cyl & am written as c(2,9).
Then we create two empty lists that we will insert the variable names into and a counter variable (not strictly necessary but I'll actually use it in a minute). We could of course rewrite our function to accept column numbers instead of variable names right from the outset. But I'm choosey. When I work in small batches I want to be able to use names, it's only when I have a lot of names I prefer to operate by number. It is essential to initialize the lists, and if I were ever to intend to have large lists it would be preferable to specifiy a length in advance for performance reasons. Something like indvars <- vector("list", length(xwhich)*length(ywhich)) but for now I'm going to keep it simple.
Now we take xwhich and ywhich and run them through some nested loops and see if we get the four possible pairings we are expecting.
Yes that looks like what we want. It's a bit trivial for 4 plots but imagine the effort savings if you had 5 variables on each side. Keeping track of 25 possibilities by hand is annoying. So the simplest case of our function is PlotMeX(mtcars, am, cyl). We'll feed our function and our two lists to mapply and let it do the tedious work for us. N.B. If you don't wrap it with invisible mapply will actually return two copes of the plots. More on that in a bit.
Notice that MoreArgs is a list. We are passing it the name of the mtcars dataset but we can also pass it other parameters such as our plottype preference.
Now we can turn this working code into a | 790 |
Geographical Distribution - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
Observations - Generally described, this bird has the whole of its upper surface dark-grey; moon or crescent-shaped markings over the eyes and behind the ears, throat, tips of the wing coverts, margin of the secondaries white. Shafts of the tail feathers are also white (hence the vernacular name, White-shafted Fantail); under surface buff; eyes, bill, and feet black; total length, 6-1/2 inches (including tail, 3-3/4 inches.
This exceedingly tame and lively little favourite is distributed over most of the eastern part of<|fim_middle|> of romantic situations. The first I ever found was overhanging a clear purling stream that had carved for itself a narrow track through a rich alluvial flat, where tall timber grew. The nest was low down, well under the shelter of one of the banks. In the Big Scrub of New South Wales I took another beautiful nest for two purposes, firstly, to enrich my collection from that locality, and secondly because it stood right in the way between my camera lens and a picturesque waterfall I intended to photograph.
On the 23rd October he found a nest with only the foundation laid. The pair of birds building had a brood of three young ones to feed, hatched from another nest not far away. 27th.- Nest apparently finished and contained one egg. 29th.- Three eggs. 14th November.- Four young hatched. 27th - Young birds quitted their home.
Sometimes the White-shafted Fantail will pull down a partly-constructed nest and built it elsewhere for no other reason apparently then its having been seen or watched b y some person. This little bird seems to be a favourite foster-parent of the Square-tailed Cuckoo (C. variolosus). The White-shafted Fantail is a late breeder. I have never taken eggs earlier than the 13th October, and have taken them as late as Christmas time. Between these periods probably two or more broods are reared.
Transcribed Archibald James Campbell. Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds, including the Geographical Distribution of the Species and Popular Observations Thereon, Pawson & Brailsford, Sheffield, England, 1900, pp. 108-110.
Archibald J. Campbell Naturalist, conservationist, collector, photographer and writer in the late 1880s and early 1900s. | Australia, where it is everywhere met, especially in the more heavily-forested parts. The White-shafted Fantail has closely-allied representatives in Northern Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania; therefore it is again advised that the study of their respective habitats will greatly aid the zoologist in separating the different species.
Quite a chapter might be written on this interesting and useful little Fantail and its beautifully-built, small elegant nest - sometimes not much bigger than the bowl of a large smoking pipe - which always attracts attention, particularly the singular ornamental handle or tail that is prolonged downward from the body of the nest.
Could make one such another?
I have taken the pretty homes of the White-shafted Fantail from a variety | 149 |
Study Finds Hollywood Does Not Offer Adequate Production and Marketing Support for Films Starring Women
A common belief in Hollywood circles is that on average films with a woman lead actor will not perform as well at the box office as films with a male lead. But a new report authored by Rene Weber, a<|fim_middle|> other factors that are within the control of executives — production costs, promotion, distribution density, and the story itself that play a key role in a movie's success."
In other words, if Hollywood executives provided the same level of production and marketing support to movies with women as the lead characters, they would enjoy similar box office success as movies with male leads.
Dr. Smith joined the faculty at the University of Southern California in 2003. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Tags: University of California Santa Barbara • University of Southern California | professor of communications at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Stacy Smith, associate professor and director of the Inclusion Initiative at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, may put that belief to rest.
The authors examined the economic performance of 1,200 top films from 2007 to 2018. They found that when controlling for a set of production, distribution, and exhibition factors, films with female lead or co-lead characters do not perform significantly different than those with male lead characters domestically and internationally.
"This study confirms our previous work indicating that the gender of the lead/co-lead character is not a significant predictor of box office performance," said Dr. Smith. "Rather, it is | 152 |
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The 3M Scientific Anglers Beluxe fly tying kit has everything needed to create effective dry flie, wet flies, nymphys, and streamers. It includes deluxe fly tying vise, bobbin and threader, bodkin, hackle pliers and scissors, hooks, thread, tinsel, wire, dubbing, hackle feathers and marabou. The travel case is great for tying on fishing trips.
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15th of July 2018 – The last week have been very warm and the river have dropped dramatically during the past last days and today the river flow is down to only 7,9 m<|fim_middle|> no relief to the river in terms of rain. | 3 out of Skoganvarrer which is very low for the time of the year actually the first time in many years we have so low water this early, what this will have of effect during the rest of season we must wait and see, but surely there are fish in the river, our own homepool have been boiling of fish and we have seen some really big fish moving up river while standing on the Olderø suspension bridge seeing them clearly when they pass just under your feet in only 1 meter deep water, the runs have been constant on almost every tide despite the low and clear water conditions.
We have had a group from UK, Ireland and Finland fishing our waters this last week, they have despite the low water and difficult conditions done well, all have been in contact with fish throughout the week fishing floating line mounted with very small sunrays, bombers and hitch flies while on the river, the last techniq (Hitching) introduced to clients of Olderø 7-8 years back of our former campmanager Ingolfur Davidsson, Iceland with big success. Since introduced on Olderø waters, this techniq have produced some really big fish and again this year we have already had a lot of action with these flies and it looks like the conditions for this tecniq will continue as I don't believe we will see any major change in the waterflow in the river the rest of the season.
Besides all the action we actually also had a double hook up an evening in one of our upper beats were Chris and Bill was fishing with their guide Christian, one fish on 10 kg was landed while the other one unfortunately broke the leader only centimeters from the net, this was estimated to be around 15 kg, both fish silver fresh from the ocean.
We have been in contact with the next group coming into the lodge to make sure that they would bring singlehand rods and some lighter equipment to make sure they fish as stealthy as possible trying to catch some of the big Atlantic´s already on our waters in the river.
On the positive side, next week we have the biggest high tide in the fjord of July, this normally brings in the biggest runs of fish in July and it going to be interesting to follow in the days to come, despite the weather forecast for next week looks very warm and dry and it seems that there is | 476 |
Do low-carb diets work for kids?
A new study that looked at which diets work best for kids found that compared to portion control and low-glycemic index (GI) diets, low-carb diets work just as well for weight loss, but are more difficult for kids to stick with long-term.
The study also showed that low-GI diets, which promote foods like fruits, vegetables and whole grains yielded similar weight-loss success, but showed greater long-term compliance a year later. This diet is part of the innovative clinical research conducted by David Ludwig, MD, MPH, director of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center Boston Children's Hospital, and its Optimal Weight for Life (OWL) Clinic.
Since long-term habits are the foundation of healthy living, Ludwig and his colleagues focus on choosing the right combination of foods to limit hunger and overeating, rather than encouraging people to eliminate entire classes of nutrients, like carbohydrates. Ultimately, this method makes it easier for a child to accommodate his or her personal and cultural preferences, allowing the diet to more easily become a lifestyle.
"When you line up biology and behavior, you can accomplish greater results with less work," says Ludwig. "On a bicycle, if<|fim_middle|> are healthy and nutritious." Ludwig encourages parents to model healthy behaviors at home as well, and set healthy examples from which even lean family members can benefit.
To help with the process, Ludwig suggests consulting with your family's doctor, psychologist and nutritionist, who can create a personalized approach for weight loss. Boston Children's Hospital's OWL clinic does just that, by offering a multidisciplinary team to provide patients with customized, age-appropriate weight management at both the Children's Hospital Longwood campus and its suburban location in Waltham, MA. This summer, the center will also expand to Peabody.
For families whose children have less significant weight problems and may not need intense personalized therapy, Ludwig's book "Ending the Food Fight" translates the science of the OWL approach into a practical nine-week program for families to follow at home.
For more information on Boston Children's Hospital's work on preventing obesity and helping children achieve healthy weight, visit the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center Boston Children's Hospital.
Read more about the future of personalized weight loss, and watch a video about one patient's experience at the OWL program.
I'm a bit skeptic with having my child diet. But with his sudden increase in weight, I was alarmed that he might get obese. I read this article http://reallycheaphealthinsurance.com/healthy-homemade-lunches-for-school-make-a-big-difference-for-students/ , funny but I think by making my son's lunch for school I guess we can say that I'm somehow already putting him in a diet. It's just pretty alarming that obesity rate in here in the US sky rocketed this past few years. | you're in the wrong gear, you can pedal a whole lot and still not get very far. When you find the right gear, however, suddenly that effort pushes you forward more efficiently." The same is true for choosing the right weight-loss plan for a child.
But as the study's findings show, there are plenty of obstacles that keep kids and families from sticking to healthy habits long-term.
The challenge is even more intense for inner city and low-income families, who may live in "food deserts" where fast food restaurants and convenience stores prevail, and quick access to fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains is limited.
The solution, Ludwig says, is to create a nutritional safe zone at home, thereby reducing outside temptations.
"Each family has to work toward making the home a sacred healthy environment," says Ludwig. "It's OK to enjoy a treat once in a while, but we should make the home a place where the only foods available | 191 |
Haanwijk is een landgoed en een natuurgebied gelegen nabij Halder, dat op het grondgebied van de gemeente Sint-Michielsgestel in Noord-Brabant ligt. Het is eigendom van Het Brabants Landschap.
Gebouwen
Haanwijk is ongeveer 110 hectare groot en bevat onder meer een landhuis, een bakhuisje,<|fim_middle|> de Rijksmonumentenlijst.
Daarnaast kent Haanwijk parkbossen met eeuwenoude bomen, historische dijkjes en de kenmerken van een beekdallandschap. Het kasteeltje in Haanwijk stamt deels uit 1649, en deels uit de 18e eeuw. Karakteristiek is het oude torentje. Volgens een tekening van J. de Grave (1643-1712) bestond het gebouw uit twee haaks op elkaar staande vleugels. De huidige ingang dateert van 1834.
De bij het huis aansluitende boerderij stamt uit de 18e eeuw. Het nabijgelegen bakhuisje is mogelijk eveneens 18e-eeuws en werd in 1960 hersteld. Langs de Dommel staat een oud veerhuis, bekend als 't Vaantje.
Natuurgebied
Haanwijk ligt nabij de samenvloeiing van de Dommel en de Essche Stroom. De Dommel werd niet lang na 1957 gekanaliseerd. Haanwijk maakt deel uit van een complex van natuurgebieden van 237 hectare, waartoe ook Sterrenbos, Pettelaar en Dooibroek behoren.
Het huidige Sterrenbos, 80 hectare, in het westen van het gebied, werd in het begin van de 20e eeuw voor de helft gerooid. In het overgebleven deel woont de das en groeit het lelietje-van-dalen. Lange ereprijs is te vinden langs de met platanen beplante laan die van het kasteel Haanwijk naar Halder voert. Pettelaar en Dooibroek kennen met gemengd bos begroeide donken en lagere zand- en veengronden. De veengronden worden gebruikt als grasland en kennen lange kavels. De bossen worden verbonden door lanen, en het cultuurland kent vele houtwallen.
Het gebied is vrij toegankelijk en er is een rondwandeling in uitgezet.
Bewoners
Tijdens de Romeinse tijd was in de omgeving al sprake van bewoning. Bij Halder en Ruimel zijn resten gevonden van Romeinse villa's die op donken waren gelegen. In de middeleeuwen vonden ontginningen plaats en werden ook lage dijkjes aangelegd die voor overstromingen moesten vrijwaren.
Stichters van Haanwijk zouden leden zijn geweest van het geslacht Herlaar. In een document uit 1306 was sprake van Johan van Hanwic, en verondersteld wordt dat er toen ook al een kasteeltje zou zijn, maar bewijs hiervoor is nimmer gevonden.
Documenten uit 1570 en 1599 maken voor het eerst melding van een hoeve op Haanwijk. Later werd herhaaldelijk van een jachthuis gesproken, dat in verband met kasteel Oud-Herlaar moet hebben bestaan. In het midden van de 17e eeuw was het in het bezit van Maarten Christiaan des H.R. Rijksridder Sweerts de Landas (1629-1704), vanaf 1672 heer van Oirschot en Best. In een beschrijving stond te lezen dat Haanwijk een huizinge of oud kasteeltje niet ver van de stad 's-Hertogenbosch, liggende oostwaarts van Vught, even over de rivier de Dommel.
In de 18e eeuw was kolonel Onno Tamminga du Tour (1724-1779) met zijn vrouw Anna Maria Bouwens de eigenaar. Hij bezat ook het nabijgelegen Nieuw-Herlaar. Na zijn dood woonde er zijn dochter Cornelia (1760-1838) die trouwde met Charles de Senarclens de Grancy (1780-1838) waarna het landgoed overging naar de familie De Senarclens de Grancy die het tot in de 20e eeuw zou bezitten.
In 1629 liet Stedendwinger Frederik Hendrik de Circumvallatielinie om 's-Hertogenbosch leggen. Ter hoogte van 't Vaantje kruiste deze linie de Dommel. Het water werd afgedamd en omgeleid. Sporen van de linie zijn zichtbaar in de houtwal die min of meer dwars staat op de oprijlaan naar Haanwijk.
Externe link
Landgoed Haanwijk, brabantslandschap.nl
Natuurgebied in Noord-Brabant
Buurtschap in Noord-Brabant
Geografie van Sint-Michielsgestel
Landgoed in Noord-Brabant
Dommeldal
Kasteel in Sint-Michielsgestel | een veerhuis en boerderijen. Diverse gebouwen staan op | 20 |
School tax relief program retooled
STAR tweaked so more people get it from rebate checks instead of tax bills
JOE MAHONEY
Press-Republican
ALBANY — New York's property taxes are not only among the highest in the nation, but they're also complicated.
This year, they are becoming even more complex, due to new wrinkles in the state's school tax rebate (STAR) program for homeowners that were stitched into the state budget.
STAR has been in effect since 1999 and now drives some $3.4 billion a year in exemptions and rebates to property owners.
There are two types of STAR — "basic," designed for homeowners whose annual income is $500,000 or less; and "enhanced," aimed at homeowners who are at least 65 years of age and whose income is $86,300 per year or less.
Enhanced STAR provides rebates of about $1,400 per year, on average, to eligible seniors, significantly higher than the average rebate under Basic STAR.
First $30,000
Initially — and for many homeowners still — the STAR saving showed up as a reduction in a homeowner's school tax bill, with the state reimbursing the school districts for the amount of savings that went<|fim_middle|> since the Enhanced Star benefit for his local taxpayers is $1,474, that means a homeowner would have to set aside $122 a month in order to have enough to pay the pre-credit tax bill.
"For some of them, that is quite a hurdle," he said, noting the school tax bills in the city are sent out in July, earlier than most parts of the state.
Thus, homeowners would have to wait longer for the rebate to show up in mailboxes.
Fiscal gimmickry
Surpitski said the 2% extra would amount to about $25 for those getting Enhanced STAR.
He predicted some seniors may forego the credit in order to get the savings upfront.
"STAR began as a way to help taxpayers, but it's become a big mess," the assessor said.
E.J. McMahon, who served as a deputy tax commissioner in the administration of former Gov. George Pataki and now is the research director for the Empire Center for Public Policy, an Albany think tank, said STAR has always been about fiscal gimmickry and is going further in that direction.
"It would have been a better idea to simply freeze the STAR benefit rather than sneakily convert it into a credit," he said.
"The policy explanation that they 'want to track it better' is just smoke."
Better off without?
Critics of the program, among them McMahon and Friedfel, see STAR as a budget gimmick because it allows state officials to say they are holding growth in state spending at 2% or less.
That is because the STAR credits are counted as a state expense.
Friedfel said the program effectively subsidizes wealthy school districts, contending New York would be better off without it.
Mailing coming
A spokesman for the State Department of Taxation and Finance, James Gazzale, said his agency is preparing a mailing to explain the STAR changes to taxpayers.
"Registrations for the switch to the credit program will be accepted for three years from the income tax filing deadline for the year that the credit covers," he said.
Credit savings this year will be subject to a 2% cap, while the exemption savings cannot increase, according to the agency.
"In the typical place where the school district levies taxes on September 1, property owners would need to switch from the STAR exemption to the credit by August 1 to receive the credit this year," the agency explained.
Veteran Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, said he is pressing state tax officials to do a better job educating taxpayers about the new options under STAR.
While the program, in its infancy, was "one of the best things the Legislature has ever done," the new changes threaten to "erode some of the benefits," Seward said.
"There is a need for a real public information campaign to inform people so they can make the best judgment as to whether they just want to continue with the current exemption or switch over to the tax credit, with the check coming," the senator said.
Property owners who want to check their exemption status may contact their local assessor and consult with the state tax agency.
The latter runs a help line that can be reached on business days at 518-457-2036. | to a taxpayer.
The first $30,000 of a home's full value was exempted by $30,000 under Basic STAR. For Enhanced STAR, the program exempts $68,700.
The program became more complicated in 2016 when the state decided that a better approach would be mail rebate checks instead of having the savings show on tax bills.
New Yorkers who purchased their houses in 2015 were put into the check program, while those who owned their homes before then and qualified for STAR could still get the savings on their tax bill.
There's a catch
In this year's budget STAR changed yet again, with the Cuomo administration pushing for amendments that are designed to get more homeowners to opt for the credit program, providing them with the checks.
The administration says the credit system is run "more efficiently" and "gives the state a better look at who is receiving the benefit to help prevent abuse of the system."
Homeowners earning $250,000 or less who get the Basic STAR savings on their tax bill, as well as seniors who qualify for the Enhanced STAR, can continue on that path — but there is a catch.
By not electing to go with the credit checks, they won't get an annual savings of up to 2% that the state will add to the checks of those getting the credit sent to them.
Another important change this year is that those who get the BASIC Star savings on their tax bill and earn more than $250,000 but less than $500,000 will need to switch out of the local exemption on their school taxes and opt for the state rebate in order to preserve the advantage.
While the initial rationale for STAR was to cushion taxpayers from New York's high property taxes, some say the abrupt changes are bound to leave homeowners confused over the amendments.
David Friedfel, director of state studies for Citizens Budget Commission, a watchdog organization, predicted many taxpayers will be greatly displeased by the new approach.
"For people who currently get the STAR benefit as an exemption on their property, if they don't make a change, their STAR benefit will be frozen in time, and their savings will be frozen in time at the same amount," he explained.
"But if they switch to the new program, where they get a check back, then it will grow by 2% a year."
Quite a hurdle
One major hitch for those who opt for the credit checks is that they will have to pay their full school tax bill upfront to get the credit.
Coming up with that money could be a challenge for people struggling to meet their obligations, especially seniors living on fixed incomes, said Timothy Surpitski, the Clinton County assessor who is assigned to the City of Plattsburgh and other municipalities.
He said that | 581 |
I recently saw a post on Pinterest that suggested cooking ribs in your crock pot. I thought that seemed crazy, but I was intrigued. So I headed to Costco to buy some St. Louis-style pork ribs as it the author suggests because they are a meatier rib. There was no grilling here. This is all about indoor cooking.Keep reading below to see how they turned out as compared to cooking in the oven.
Cooking Ribs Two Ways – Which was better?
I know, cooking ribs in a crock pot. Who would have thought? The stated reason on the Pinterest board for doing so is to "not heat up the kitchen."<|fim_middle|> imagine that if I left them cooking for another hour or more, they might have cooked down more. How much more time? Note sure. I also think that because the ribs stood vertically versus laying flat causes the juices to drain away from the meat which made for a "drier" bite.
If I had switched the two slabs would the results have been the same? Also not sure but I liked the caramelization that was achieved in the oven, and I loved the glaze that resulted and well as the dipping sauce as compared to the au jus. | Ok, I will roll with that. However, I had two racks, and they both would not fit in my 1970-something crock, I decided to do a test. One rack cooking in the crockpot and one in the oven.
Yes, you heard that right, my 1970's crockpot. It was my mother's, and it still works like a charm. There was no interest in replacing it until we watched the fire episode of This Is Us. For the record, the switch on mine is in perfect working order, but Gary is insisting. Fire is his biggest fear. I guess I get to go shopping.
I prepared both slabs in the same manner and used the same dry rub and barbeque sauce. I made the dry rub cause I did not have any and I bought the BBQ sauce because well, that is easier and cheaper.
Both were then placed in the pan or crock and doused in barbeque sauce. In the crockpot, the instructions say to place meat-side out and pour the sauce down over the ribs to create a thin layer to glaze. I chose a cast iron skillet to cook the rack in the oven. Here the rack laid flat.
Since the crockpot needed a lid, I also covered the skillet with aluminum foil. Both cooked for 4 hours at 300 degrees. Note the lid on the crockpot would not fit, so I weighted it down.
The rack on the left is from the crockpot, and the rack on the right is from the cast iron skillet. Remember both cooked for 4 hours at 300 degrees. The ribs cooked in the crockpot remained thicker and meatier, and the juices ran off and formed a pool in the crockpot. They tore apart by hand, but a bit of effort was required.
The ribs from the cast iron skillet in the oven looked drier on the outside and seemed to have lost more moisture but were fall apart tender. And while they looked drier than the other rack they were in fact, incredibly moist. The juices from the ribs along with the barbeque sauce that cooked off and made a thicker, more flavorful dipping sauce that I loved. Gary thought it was burnt.
The verdict is… I preferred the rack from the oven. They were falling apart delicious and incredibly moist even though the fat content thoroughly cooked out. As a result, when you grabbed a rib, the bone and the associated connective tissue all just fell away leaving a mouth full of meat.
That is not to say that cooking ribs in the crockpot did not work. I | 542 |
The folks at Zooma put together a fun run over the weekend to kickoff the August event. I picked up my Patsy girl and headed to the city with Meghan to Universal Sole. We got there early and parked before getting settled in and meet the other ambassadors.
Hanging out with fellow Zooma ambassadors!
I've been chatting with these folks online and via social media so it was nice to see and meet them in person. We didn't really have an exact course mapped out and navigating the busy city streets and crowded lake front path led to quite a workout! We pretty much stayed as a pack for most of the run as we weaved in and out and around.
Doing runs like this remind me of my fond days in the city, yet make me thankful that I live in the suburbs. I don't miss the crowds, but I do miss the beautiful lakefront view available on the regular. Towards the end, I was about ready to be done. The sun was hot and pushing the stroller was getting kind of old. It was so fun having Patsy there though. I love that she is still little enough where it is easy to take her to fun events like this.
I'm excited about the Zooma race on Saturday August 2! Come run with me and use code CAMB12 for 10% off your 10k OR half marathon registration..
Special thanks to Zenaida for the pics!
I had such a blast - thanks for the ride! And I love my Oiselle top, though that last photo??? YIKES. Most unflattering angle EVER. Can't wait for more runs - next time, I'll bring Layla!
You look gorgeous, especially since you just had a baby 6 months ago. :) Yes, I'm excited for more runs! I gotta<|fim_middle|> meeting you and Patsy. She is even cuter in person. | really buckle down with my training. Spartan is slowly and quickly approaching!
I had so much fun and it was great | 23 |
Training for Building Personnel Managing an Emergency
By Christine C. Barnas 2009 April Real Estate Trends
On the infamous evening of September 11, 2001, Battery Park City resident Hank Wisner was unable to go home to his smoke- and ash-filled apartment across the street from the World Trade Center. As he watched the day's events play over and over on a friend's TV, he realized that the average civilian is unprepared to handle an emergency situation of that magnitude. In the months following 9/11, Wisner began shopping around for a program his building community could implement to address emergency rescue issues.
Ellen Kornfeld, vice president of The Lovett Company LLC, a property management firm, also watched in<|fim_middle|>, and search and rescue, among many other issues. Attendees were taught what to do in the event of a fire, a medical emergency, power outage, and even about handling contaminated substances and how to avoid cross contamination.
"This gave my boards tremendous comfort, knowing their supers were becoming knowledgeable about these types of issues. It really is a win-win situation," Kornfeld says.
In order to keep one's FEMA status current, members are required to attend at least one of the two to three drills that are conducted on a yearly basis. At a roundtable drill held early last year, CERT members brainstormed about how to deal with a fictional chemical attack affecting Lower Manhattan to 42nd Street. Simulated, real-time emergency drills are also held, giving members actual hands-on practice in search-and-rescue and crowd control operations.
"This program is something they really take seriously," says Kornfeld of her firm's superintendents. "In the event of a real emergency, I'm grateful that these supers have these skills they otherwise would be without. As a managing agent, my job is not just to make sure buildings are running efficiently as far as equipment and cost-effectiveness, and that all procedures are in place and being followed properly, but also to ensure the safety of the residents. We are now much more informed, even regarding emergency equipment and tools that are important to have in-house."
Wisner stresses that CERT members are trained what to do during the 72 hours following an emergency, or until emergency services can arrive, and that they in no way are meant to replace the government agencies that may have delays in responding.
To register your building staff members for CERT training, which begins this month, visit www.bpccert.org, or contact Wisner at HLWisner@cs.com or by phone at 917-939-5653.
Christine C. Barnas is an assistant property manager with The Lovett Company LLC.
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Kornfeld wanted to ensure that in the event of an emergency, residents of her buildings would be able to get the advice and assistance from someone they already knew, and who was familiar with residents and the building itself.
And, says Wisner, "What better person to train than the live-in super, who's already knowledgeable about the building's layout and the way things operate? If we need to evacuate residents, the super will automatically know all the exits, who in the building needs assistance due to specific limitations, and what procedures to follow. [Kornfeld] strongly urged every one of her resident managers and superintendents to attend FEMA classes and become certified, which I think is great."
Although the CERT initiative debuted in 1985 when it was developed and implemented by the Los Angeles Fire Department to train civilians to respond to catastrophic disasters such as earthquakes, it wasn't until after 9/11 that the program gained a foothold in New York City. Today, every community board in New York City has a CERT program, the largest of which is located in Battery Park City and boasts 400 members. Wisner, special assistant to the chief of the BPC CERT, has been a pioneer in conducting rescue classes for those interested in becoming FEMA members and donates many evenings and days to practice drills and training sessions.
Wisner quickly signed up The Lovett Company's properties to participate in the very first BPC CERT course, which lasts nine weeks. "What a commitment this was for our superintendents to make," says Kornfeld.
Attendees gave up one night a week for nine weeks to learn how to be better equipped to handle all sorts of problems. The two- to three-hour classes focused on CPR, evacuation procedures | 454 |
The 12th of March marks the start of National Butchers Week 2018 and to celebrate this, we've teamed up with Q Guild of Butchers to talk all things meat.
As you can probably tell from our previous food posts such as our best burgers guide, we demand quality when it comes to food here at Slaters, whether that be in our cooking or when it comes to eating out.
Butchers are famous for providing the best quality meat on the market but the 120 butchers that form the Q Guild of Butchers are some of most experienced and talented butchers in the business which is why we're so pleased to have worked alongside them to create this guide.
We chatted with David Lishman, master butcher and owner of Lishman's of Ilkley and he's helped us provide you with the best advice for choosing, buying and cooking meat.
Rump – a reasonably flavourful steak with minimal fat, David told us how rump steak gets a 3.5/5 for tenderness but is great for those wanting a leaner steak.
Sirloin – a 4/5 for tenderness and high in flavour thanks to the marbling of fat throughout the cut.
Rib Eye – similar to sirloin in tenderness, rib eye steaks have quite a lot of fat but that just adds to the flavour.
Fillet – your most premium cut, although fillet is the leanest with next to no fat, it carries the least flavour.
T-Bone – as well as looking impressive on the plate, T-Bone is cut from across the loin so combines two cuts of steak. Half fillet and half sirloin, you get the best of both worlds with this steak.
Flat Iron – a cheaper alternative, flat iron is cut from the 'forequarter' and is a thinner, slightly tougher cut but softens nicely when cooked properly.
When it comes to choosing beef joints for roasting, David told us how brisket is a great cut for slow roasting. Initially a tougher piece of meat from the front of the cow, with slow cooking, low heat and lots of flavour, brisket starts to fall apart and becomes incredibly soft.
For faster roasting, topside, silverside and sirloin joints are ideal.
If you're looking to make a beef casserole and want great tasting meat, chuck steak comes highly recommended. This steak breaks down really well on a low heat over a long cooking period. The Q Guild of Butchers are also passionate about using ox-cheek in casseroles. This less popular cut has a high fat content and releases great flavour because of that. When cooked slowly, the layers of this cut soften and break down nicely.
Whole Chicken – as a smaller animal, if you want enough chicken to feed the whole family for a roast dinner, a whole chicken is your best bet and has something to suit everyone's tastes.
Breast/Fillet – as the skin is removed from these cuts of the chicken, there is next to no fat in these cuts, making them the leanest and one of the healthiest meats on the market. Breast is best paired with a strong flavour as due to the lack of fat, doesn't naturally carry much flavour.
Thigh – a really flavourful part of the chicken thanks to being close to the bone and being covered with skin, the thigh is great for using in curries as it breaks down so well.
Drumstick – popular for marinating and throwing on the BBQ, drumsticks also carry great flavour thanks to being on the bone and having the skin still attached.
Wings – a similar meat to the drumstick but a slightly smaller cut, wings also have the same rich flavour thanks to the bone but carry less meat than other cuts of chicken.
Loin Steaks – said to be nearly as lean as a chicken breast, pork loin steaks have next to no fat and any fat will<|fim_middle|> mean the meat is bad quality, it actually means it will probably carry more flavour. Fat alone has a different flavour to the meat itself but it also carries any extra flavours you add really well, so if you're not on a health kick, don't avoid fattier cuts.
The Colour of Your Meat Matters – When buying meat, the colour it is when it's raw says a lot about age and flavour, so you should pay attention to ensure you're buying the best. Darker meat usually comes from more mature animals and will therefore probably carry more flavour whereas lighter or pinker meats are from younger animals and may need more flavouring. Any meat that is looking grey or an 'off colour' may be past its best or have been butchered badly and should therefore be avoided.
Meats with Bones Carry More Flavour – if you want no fuss cooking then you probably avoid cuts of meat with bones but it's being cooked close to the bone that adds a distinctive flavour to all meats, one that can't be found in boneless cuts.
Although the convenience of the supermarket can make it very tempting to just buy your meat there, a trip to your butchers is well worth your time if you want quality meat that will result in great cooking.
It's a Myth That Your Butcher is Always More Expensive – many of us are guilty of being stuck in the mindset that meat from the butchers is always more expensive but in fact, that's a bit of myth. Butcher's are very competitive with price and will always try to offer their customers the best price to ensure good business and will often do you a good price to thank you for your custom. Although a supermarket price may seem better because there's a deal on, you can't guarantee the quality you can when you visit a butcher.
Less Packaging – plastic waste and over packaging is a hot topic at the moment and if you want to avoid purchasing food products with excessive plastic packaging then visiting your butcher is your best bet. Butchers will never vacuum pack meat and generally use a lot less packaging when wrapping up your meat.
Don't Be Drawn in By Long Use by Dates – many of us choose to buy meat from the supermarket as it is labelled with a 'use by' date that is a few days away whereas fresh meat from the butchers may need using sooner. If meat has a long date on it, it may have been vacuum packed and lost a lot of the flavour in the process. The Q Guild butchers told us how you shouldn't keep meat too long anyway, so having to use meat within a few days of buying it just ensures flavour and quality.
Butchers Know Best – the supermarket shelf isn't going to help you find the best cut of meat for the meal you're planning or trim the piece to meet your needs or provide you with seasoning and cooking tips but your local Q Guild butcher will. Butchers have years of experience in their trade and are keen to help you make the best choices, which is why you're guaranteed to get a better piece of meat from your butcher.
When David Lishman spoke to us on behalf of the Q Guild of Butchers, he told us how passionate each and every member of the Q Guild association are about not just butchering but helping their customers too and that's why supporting your local butcher is essential.
Convenience is great for some things but when it comes to buying one of your main food staples, that is a process that shouldn't be rushed. David described to us how he and his fellow butchers aim to create a tailored experience for each customer who comes through their doors to ensure they get the best meat possible for their individual needs.
He explained to us how in his eyes, cooking a meal can be a big task, so if you're going to put the effort in to cook, you should choose the best ingredients and that's why he thinks buying meat from a butcher is always the better option.
So, there you have it, everything you could possibly need to know about choosing, buying and cooking meat, all courtesy of the best butchers in the business. If you're keen to keep up to date with the 120 butchers in the Q Guild, follow the Q Guild Twitter!
We hope you've enjoyed this National Butchers Week celebration, we'd love to know the reasons you choose your local butcher over the supermarket, so let us know on our Twitter or Instagram! | be around the edge and easy to remove. This cut is also very tender and easy to chew.
Tenderloin – this cut of pork has become increasingly popular and is the pig's equivalent to fillet steak in shape and texture. You can either cook the whole tenderloin or cut into medallions and grill or fry.
Belly – known for carrying a larger layer of fat, it's this that gives belly pork such an iconic flavour. David recommends slow cooking and roasting belly pork to soften the meat and fat while enhancing the flavour.
Ribs – although the whole rib cage can be removed and used, it is often cut into two kinds of meat: shorter ribs known as baby back ribs and longer ribs called 'St Louis ribs'. Both have the same juicy taste for being cooked close to the bone and work well with an intense glaze.
Chops/Steaks – a lamb chop has a bone whereas a steak does not, both carry different flavours but the boneless steaks are leaner as they carry less fat. The bone of the chop gives a great flavour while the steak will need more flavouring.
Leg – one of the most popular roasting joints and for a very good reason, leg of lamb can be served pink and is very tender and full of flavour.
Shoulder – the team of butchers recommend cooking lamb shoulder on the bone for the best flavour and suggest you cook it slowly to allow the meat and fats to soften and the flavours to enhance. Cooking like this allows the meat to become soft and fall away from the bone.
Shank – lamb shank is cut from the back of the leg and comes on the bone. A great use for lamb shank is to put it in a casserole and cook slowly to allow it to break down.
Whether you head to a supermarket or a local butcher's shop, there's more to consider when choosing meat than you may think if you want to get the best product possible.
Meat Flavour Depends on the Season – As with many foods, some meats come in and out of season and although they're available to buy all year round, they may taste different depending on what time of year it is. Lamb is known for having a season but it is available all year, it just takes a slightly different taste and different breeds of beef become available in different seasons that carry a slightly different flavour.
Fat Means Flavour, Not Bad Quality – We're all guilty of avoiding a cut of meat as it looks as though it is carrying too much fat but that doesn't | 516 |
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Iulius Ursus stammte wohl aus der Provinz Gallia Narbonensis. In einem unbekannten Jahr war er praefectus annonae; unter Domitian wurde er praefectus Aegypti und wahrscheinlich Prätorianerpräfekt. Trotz zeitweiliger Bedrohung des Lebens durch Domitian wurde Iulius Ursus in den Senat kooptiert. Im Jahr 84 bekleidete er sein erstes Konsulat, das er wohl Titus' Tochter Iulia, mit der er in Verbindung stand, verdankte. Im März des Jahres 98 wurde er zusammen mit Trajan zum zweiten Mal Konsul. Iulius Ursus hatte wesentlichen Einfluss auf die Adoption Trajans durch Nerva. Trajan dankte ihm dafür mit einem dritten Konsulat im Jahr 100, wiederum mit dem Kaiser als Kollegen.
Iulius Ursus adoptierte um 102 Lucius Iulius Ursus Servianus, der ebenfalls dreimal Konsul wurde.
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There are many people playing golf, for leisure or professional reasons. Needless to say, considering playing the sport is indeed a good idea. The game may not be as physically demanding as other sports, but needless to say, the excitement is equal or even more than the sports you know.
If you are planning to pursue playing golf, may it be<|fim_middle|>.
Of course, as much as possible you want to go just within what you can afford. There are many golf clubs available in the market today, and they range from affordable to the most expensive you can think of. Set your budget right and make sure that buying golf clubs will not break your bank account. You are playing the sport to have fun and not to be broke.
Note: if the golf club you are planning to buy went over your budget, you can opt to wait and save more money before buying. You would not want to buy golf clubs that you do not really like, as that is just a complete waste of money.
Excited to play golf? Who would not. Buy the right golf club for you and maximize your golfing experience. | as a hobby or leisure, it is only right that you consider important factors before you decide buying a golf club set of your own.
If you have previous history of giving up and dropping a sport you thought you are very interested, used clubs is a better option. They are a lot cheaper than newer ones, and replacing them later, in time you are fully decided that golf is a sport you want to play for a long time is easy.
Note: Since they are second hand, do not expect that they are in pristine or in best condition. Golf clubs especially if used regularly are prone to dents and scratches. When choosing second hand, try to be as keen as possible, scratches and small dents are okay but major problems like broken sticks and handles are not.
Being new in the sports, it is highly recommended that you ask for pro's advices and reviews. Since they are pros, they may be using the more expensive brands of clubs, but just like anyone else, they also started as beginners hence knowing the brand of clubs they used when they were just starting and the level of their satisfaction is good to know.
You can read this information through reviews and blogs over the internet | 239 |
The nonlinear time history analysis and seismic performance based methods require a set of scaled ground motions. The conventional procedure of ground motion selection is<|fim_middle|> RECORDS FOR SEISMIC ANALYSIS USING AN OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM. 2015. | based on matching the motion properties, e.g. magnitude, amplitude, fault distance, and fault mechanism. The seismic target spectrum is only used in the scaling process following the random selection process. Therefore, the aim of the paper is to present a procedure to select a sets of ground motions from a built database of ground motions. The selection procedure is based on running an optimization problem using Dijkstra's algorithm to match the selected set of ground motions to a target response spectrum. The selection and scaling procedure of optimized sets of ground motions is presented by examining the analyses of nonlinear single degree of freedom systems.
Karaki, Ghada: SELECTION AND SCALING OF GROUND MOTION | 136 |
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Genre: Vocal Music, Chamber Music, Ballet, Avant-Garde Music
The child of former missionaries, composer Harry Partch grew up in a musical family, and at an early age taught himself to play the guitar, harmonium, clarinet, and other instruments. During his early school years in Arizona and New Mexico he had some rudimentary music lessons, which he found unexciting and conventional. He wrote a considerable amount of music as a youth, but set it all afire in a pot-bellied stove around 1930.
Partch's intensive studies in music history and intonation led him to reject conventional Western tunings and musical techniques. He devised a 43-note octave, and started adapting and building instruments to perform the new kind of music he was envisioning. Employment was hard to come by in those years, and Partch spent the Depression wandering the United States as a hobo, doing occasional odd jobs. Those experiences are reflected in his early works Barstow - 8 Hitchhiker Inscriptions from a Highway Railing at Barstow, California (1941) and U.S. Highball - A Musical Account of a Transcontinental Hobo Trip (1943).
Over the next three-plus decades, Partch created dozens of new reed, string, and percussion instruments using a variety of materials including found objects like artillery shell casings, Pyrex jars, bottles, and old fuel tanks. Many of the works he wrote for this ensemble are ambitious theater pieces that incorporate dance, mime, costumes, and ritual: Oedipus, The Bewitched (A Dance Satire, 1955), Revelation in the Courthouse Square, and Delusion of the Fury (1969), perhaps his best-known work. Partch never held a formal teaching post, although he was employed as a researcher at various times at the Universities of Wisconsin, Illinois, and California. He supported himself through foundation grants, and the publication, performing, and recording of his works, working for much of that time out of an abandoned shipyard in Sausalito, California. The Gate 5 Ensemble (named after one of the gates at the shipyard) was created to perform his works, and Gate 5 Recordings made many of them available on record.
Partch's book Genesis of a Music (1949, revised 1974) details Partch's theories and methods, and describes many of his works in detail. The idiosyncratic list of influences Partch cites includes "Christian hymns, Chinese lullabyes, Yaqui Indian ritual, Congo puberty ritual, Cantonese music hall, and Okies in California vineyards, among others." Hints of all these, and many more besides, can be found in Partch's unique music.
- Chris Morrison (All Music Guide)
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Impressions of America by Oscar Wilde<|fim_middle|> large, dark[6] and ever-changing in expression. He was a charming companion who could tell racy stories and repeat bons mots of those whom society delighted to honour, and at the same time could cap quotations from Greek authors.
6. A French writer, M. Joseph-Renaud, recently described Wilde's eyes as being blue, while Lord Alfred Douglas affirms that they were green.
The two poems Le Jardin and La Mer appeared originally in the first number of Our Continent, an American Magazine, in February, 1882. They have not been reprinted or included in any edition of the collected poems.
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Impressions of America
With an Introduction by Stuart Mason
TO WALTER LEDGER: PIGNUS AMICITIÆ.
LE JARDIN.
The lily's withered chalice falls
Around its rod of dusty gold,
And from the beech trees on the wold
The last wood-pigeon coos and calls.
The gaudy leonine sunflower
Hangs black and barren on its stalk,
And down the windy garden walk
The dead leaves scatter,—hour by hour.
Pale privet-petals white as milk
Are blown into a snowy mass;
The roses lie upon the grass,
Like little shreds of crimson silk.
LA MER.
A white mist drifts across the shrouds,
A wild moon in this wintry sky
Gleams like an angry lion's eye
Out of a mane of tawny clouds.
The muffled steersman at the wheel
Is but a shadow in the gloom;—
And in the throbbing engine room
Leap the long rods of polished steel.
The shattered storm has left its trace
Upon this huge and heaving dome,
For the thin threads of yellow foam
Float on the waves like ravelled lace.
Oscar Wilde visited America in the year 1882. Interest in the Æsthetic School, of which he was already the acknowledged master, had sometime previously spread to the United States, and it is said that the production of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera, "Patience,"[1] in which he and his disciples were held up to ridicule, determined him to pay a visit to the States to give some lectures explaining what he meant by Æstheticism, hoping thereby to interest, and possibly to instruct and elevate our transatlantic cousins.
He set sail on board the "Arizona" on Saturday, December 24th, 1881, arriving in New York early in the following year. On landing he was bombarded by journalists eager to interview the distinguished stranger. "Punch," in its issue of January 14th, in a happy vein, parodied these interviewers, the most amusing passage in which referred to "His Glorious Past," wherein Wilde was made to say, "Precisely—I took the Newdigate. Oh! no doubt, every year some man gets the Newdigate; but not every year does Newdigate get an Oscar."
At Omaha, where, under the auspices of the Social Art Club, Wilde delivered a lecture on "Decorative Art," he described his impressions of many American houses as being "illy designed, decorated shabbily, and in bad taste, filled with furniture that was not honestly made, and was out of character." This statement gave rise to the following verses:—
What a shame and what a pity,
In the streets of London City
Mr. Wilde is seen no more.
Far from Piccadilly banished,
He to Omaha has vanished.
Horrid place, which swells ignore.
On his back a coat he beareth,
Such as Sir John Bennet weareth,
Made of velvet—strange array!
Legs Apollo might have sighed for,
Or great Hercules have died for,
His knee breeches now display.
Waving sunflower and lily,
He calls all the houses "illy
Decorated and designed."
For of taste they've not a tittle;
They may chew and they may whittle;
But they're all born colour-blind!
His lectures dealt almost exclusively with the subjects of Art and Dress Reform. In the course of one lecture he remarked that the most impressive room he had yet entered in America was the one in Camden Town where he met Walt Whitman. It contained plenty of fresh air and sunlight. On the table was a simple cruse of water. This led to a parody, in the style of Whitman, describing an imaginary interview between the two poets, which appeared in "The Century" a few months later. Wilde is called Narcissus and Whitman Paumanokides.
Paumanokides:—
Who may this be?
This young man clad unusually with loose locks, languorous, glidingly toward me advancing,
Toward the ceiling of my chamber his orbic and expressive eyeballs uprolling and so on,
To which Narcissus replies:–
O clarion, from whose brazen throat,
Strange sounds across the seas are blown,
Where England, girt as with a moat,
A strong sea-lion sits alone!
Of the lectures which he delivered in America only one has been preserved, namely that on the English Renaissance. This was his first lecture, and it was delivered in New York on January 9th, 1882. According to a contemporary account in the "New York Herald" a distinguished and crowded audience assembled in Chickering Hall that evening to listen to one who "was well worth seeing, his short breeches and silk stockings showing to even better advantage upon the stage than in the gilded drawing-rooms, where the young Apostle has heretofore been seen in New York."[2]
On leaving the States in the "fall" of the year Wilde proceeded to Canada and thence to Nova Scotia, arriving in Halifax in the second week of October. Of his visit there we have no record except an amusing interview described in a local paper a few days later. He was dressed in a velvet jacket with an ordinary linen collar and neck tie and he wore trousers. "Mr. Wilde," the interviewer states, "was communicative and genial; he said he found Canada pleasant, but in answer to a question as to whether European or American women were the more beautiful, he dexterously evaded his querist."
As regards poetry he expressed his opinion that Poe was the greatest American poet, and that Walt Whitman, if not a poet, was a man who sounded a strong note, perhaps neither prose nor poetry, but something of his own that was "grand, original and unique."
During his tour in America Wilde "happened to find" himself (as he has himself described it), in Louisville, Kentucky. The subject he had selected to speak on was the Mission of Art in the Nineteenth Century. In the course of his lecture he had occasion to quote Keats' Sonnet on Blue "as an example of the poet's delicate sense of colour-harmonies." After the lecture there came round to see him "a lady of middle age, with a sweet gentle manner and most musical voice," who introduced herself as Mrs. Speed, the daughter of George Keats, and she invited the lecturer to come and examine the Keats manuscripts in her possession.
Some months afterwards when lecturing in California he received a letter from this lady asking him to accept the original manuscript of the sonnet which he had quoted.
Mention must be made of Wilde's first play, a drama in blank verse entitled "Vera, or the Nihilists." It had been arranged that, before his departure for America, this play should be performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London, with Mrs. Bernard Beere as the heroine, on Saturday, December 17th, 1881, but a few weeks before the date fixed for the first performance, the author decided to postpone the production "owing to the state of political feeling in England."
On his return to England in 1883 Wilde started on a lecturing tour, the first being to the Art Students of the Royal Academy at their Club in Golden Square on June 30th. Ten days later he spoke at Prince's Hall on his "Personal Impressions of America," and on subsequent occasions at Margate, Ramsgate and Southampton. On Monday, July 30th he lectured at Southport and on the following Thursday he went to Liverpool to welcome Mrs. Langtry on her return from America, and the same afternoon he left on his second visit to the States in order to superintend the rehearsals of "Vera," which it had been arranged to produce at the Union Square Theatre, New York, on August 20th following. The piece was not a success—it was, indeed, the only failure Wilde had. However, his next play, which he called his "Opus Secundum," also a blank verse tragedy, had a successful run in America in 1891. This was "The Duchess of Padua," played by Lawrence Barrett, under the title of "Guido Ferranti." This has not been seen in England, nor is it even possible for Wilde's admirers to read this early offspring of his pen, for only twenty copies were printed for acting purposes in America and of these but one is known to be in existence, in this country at least.
An authorised German translation was made by Max Meyerfeld and the first performance took place at the German Theatre in Hamburg about a year ago. An English version is advertised from a piratical publisher in Paris but it is only a translation from the German back into English.
Towards the end of September 1883 Oscar Wilde returned to England and immediately began "an all round lecturing tour," his first visit being to Wandsworth Town Hall on Monday, September 24th, when he delivered to an enthusiastic audience a lecture on his "Impressions of America," which is contained in the following pages. He was dressed, a London paper of the time states, "in ordinary evening costume, and carried an orange-coloured silk handkerchief in his breast. He spoke with great fluency, in a voice now and then singularly musical, and only once or twice made a scarcely perceptible reference to notes." The lecture was under the auspices of a local Literary Society, and the principle residents of the district turned out "en masse." The Chairman, the Rev. John Park, in introducing the lecturer, said there were two reasons why he was glad to welcome him, and he thought his own feelings would be shared by the audience. They must all plead guilty to a feeling of curiosity, he hoped a laudable one, to see and hear Mr. Wilde for his own sake, and they were also glad to hear about America—a country which many might regard as a kind of Elysium.
On March 5th in the following year Wilde lectured at the Crystal Palace on his American experiences, and on April 26th he "preached his Gospel in the East-end," when it is recorded that his audience was not only delighted with his humour, but was "surprised at the excellent good sense he talked." His subject was a plea in favour of "art for schools," and many of his remarks about the English system of elementary education—with its insistence on "the population of places that no one ever wants to go to," and its "familiarity with the lives of persons who probably never existed"—were said to be quite worthy of Ruskin. A contemporary account adds that Wilde "showed himself a pupil of Mr. Ruskin's, too, in insisting on the importance of every child being taught some handicraft, and in looking forward to the time when a boy would rather look at a bird or even draw it than throw "his customary stone!"
The British "gamin" has not made much progress in this respect during the last twenty years!
His lectures on "Dress," with the newspaper correspondence which they evoked, including some of Oscar Wilde's replies in his most characteristic vein, must be reserved for a future volume.
STUART MASON.
Oxford, January 1906.
1. First produced at the Opera Comique, April 23rd, 1881. Wilde was burlesqued as Reginald Bunthorne, a Fleshly Poet.
2. Wilde repeated this lecture throughout the States during his tour. At Rochester, on February 7th, he met with a most disorderly reception on the part of the College Students. Two days later Mr. Joaquin Miller, of St. Louis, wrote to Wilde saying that he had "read with shame about the behaviour of those ruffians." To this Wilde replied, "I thank you for your chivalrous and courteous letter," and in the course of his letter makes a more special attack on that critic whom he terms "the itinerant libeller of New England."
IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA.
I fear I cannot picture America as altogether an Elysium—perhaps, from the ordinary standpoint I know but little about the country. I cannot give its latitude or longitude; I cannot compute the value of its dry goods, and I have no very close acquaintance with its politics. These are matters which may not interest you, and they certainly are not interesting to me.
The first thing that struck me on landing in America was that if the Americans are not the most well-dressed people in the world, they are the most comfortably dressed. Men are seen there with the dreadful chimney-pot hat, but there are very few hatless men; men wear the shocking swallow-tail coat, but few are to be seen with no coat at all. There is an air of comfort in the appearance of the people which is a marked contrast to that seen in this country, where, too often, people are seen in close contact with rags.
The next thing particularly noticeable is that everybody seems in a hurry to catch a train. This is a state of things which is not favourable to poetry or romance. Had Romeo or Juliet been in a constant state of anxiety about trains, or had their minds been agitated by the question of return-tickets, Shakespeare could not have given us those lovely balcony scenes which are so full of poetry and pathos.
America is the noisiest country that ever existed. One is waked up in the morning, not by the singing of the nightingale, but by the steam whistle. It is surprising that the sound practical sense of the Americans does not reduce this intolerable noise. All Art depends upon exquisite and delicate sensibility, and such continual turmoil must ultimately be destructive of the musical faculty.
There is not so much beauty to be found in American cities as in Oxford, Cambridge, Salisbury or Winchester, where are lovely relics of a beautiful age; but still there is a good deal of beauty to be seen in them now and then, but only where the American has not attempted to create it. Where the Americans have attempted to produce beauty they have signally failed. A remarkable characteristic of the Americans is the manner in which they have applied science to modern life.
This is apparent in the most cursory stroll through New York. In England an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth. There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America.
I have always wished to believe that the line of strength and the line of beauty are one. That wish was realised when I contemplated American machinery. It was not until I had seen the water-works at Chicago that I realised the wonders of machinery; the rise and fall of the steel rods, the symmetrical motion of the great wheels is the most beautifully rhythmic thing I have ever seen.[3] One is impressed in America, but not favourably impressed, by the inordinate size of everything. The country seems to try to bully one into a belief in its power by its impressive bigness.
I was disappointed with Niagara—most people must be disappointed with Niagara. Every American bride is taken there, and the sight of the stupendous waterfall must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments in American married life. One sees it under bad conditions, very far away, the point of view not showing the splendour of the water. To appreciate it really one has to see it from underneath the fall, and to do that it is necessary to be dressed in a yellow oil-skin, which is as ugly as a mackintosh—and I hope none of you ever wears one. It is a consolation to know, however, that such an artist as Madame Bernhardt has not only worn that yellow, ugly dress, but has been photographed in it.
Perhaps the most beautiful part of America is the West, to reach which, however, involves a journey by rail of six days, racing along tied to an ugly tin-kettle of a steam engine. I found but poor consolation for this journey in the fact that the boys who infest the cars and sell everything that one can eat—or should not eat—were selling editions of my poems vilely printed on a kind of grey blotting paper, for the low price of ten cents.[4] Calling these boys on one side I told them that though poets like to be popular they desire to be paid, and selling editions of my poems without giving me a profit is dealing a blow at literature which must have a disastrous effect on poetical aspirants. The invariable reply that they made was that they themselves made a profit out of the transaction and that was all they cared about.
It is a popular superstition that in America a visitor is invariably addressed as "Stranger." I was never once addressed as "Stranger." When I went to Texas I was called "Captain"; when I got to the centre of the country I was addressed as "Colonel," and, on arriving at the borders of Mexico, as "General." On the whole, however, "Sir," the old English method of addressing people is the most common.
It is, perhaps, worth while to note that what many people call Americanisms are really old English expressions which have lingered in our colonies while they have been lost in our own country. Many people imagine that the term "I guess," which is so common in America, is purely an American expression, but it was used by John Locke in his work on "The Understanding," just as we now use "I think."[5]
It is in the colonies, and not in the mother country, that the old life of the country really exists. If one wants to realise what English Puritanism is—not at its worst (when it is very bad), but at its best, and then it is not very good—I do not think one can find much of it in England, but much can be found about Boston and Massachusetts. We have got rid of it. America still preserves it, to be, I hope, a short-lived curiosity.
San Francisco is a really beautiful city. China Town, peopled by Chinese labourers, is the most artistic town I have ever come across. The people—strange, melancholy Orientals, whom many people would call common, and they are certainly very poor—have determined that they will have nothing about them that is not beautiful. In the Chinese restaurant, where these navvies meet to have supper in the evening, I found them drinking tea out of china cups as delicate as the petals of a rose-leaf, whereas at the gaudy hotels I was supplied with a delf cup an inch and a half thick. When the Chinese bill was presented it was made out on rice paper, the account being done in Indian ink as fantastically as if an artist had been etching little birds on a fan.
Salt Lake City contains only two buildings of note, the chief being the Tabernacle, which is in the shape of a soup-kettle. It is decorated by the only native artist, and he has treated religious subjects in the naive spirit of the early Florentine painters, representing people of our own day in the dress of the period side by side with people of Biblical history who are clothed in some romantic costume.
The building next in importance is called the Amelia Palace, in honour of one of Brigham Young's wives. When he died the present president of the Mormons stood up in the Tabernacle and said that it had been revealed to him that he was to have the Amelia Palace, and that on this subject there were to be no more revelations of any kind!
From Salt Lake City one travels over the great plains of Colorado and up the Rocky Mountains, on the top of which is Leadville, the richest city in the world. It has also got the reputation of being the roughest, and every man carries a revolver. I was told that if I went there they would be sure to shoot me or my travelling manager. I wrote and told them that nothing that they could do to my travelling manager would intimidate me. They are miners—men working in metals, so I lectured to them on the Ethics of Art. I read them passages from the autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini and they seemed much delighted. I was reproved by my hearers for not having brought him with me. I explained that he had been dead for some little time which elicited the enquiry "Who shot him"? They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method of art criticism I have ever come across. Over the piano was printed a notice:—
PLEASE DO NOT SHOOT THE
PIANIST.
HE IS DOING HIS BEST.
The mortality among pianists in that place is marvellous. Then they asked me to supper, and having accepted, I had to descend a mine in a rickety bucket in which it was impossible to be graceful. Having got into the heart of the mountain I had supper, the first course being whisky, the second whisky and the third whisky.
I went to the Theatre to lecture and I was informed that just before I went there two men had been seized for committing a murder, and in that theatre they had been brought on to the stage at eight o'clock in the evening, and then and there tried and executed before a crowded audience. But I found these miners very charming and not at all rough.
Among the more elderly inhabitants of the South I found a melancholy tendency to date every event of importance by the late war. "How beautiful the moon is to-night," I once remarked to a gentleman who was standing next to me. "Yes," was his reply, "but you should have seen it before the war."
So infinitesimal did I find the knowledge of Art, west of the Rocky Mountains, that an art patron—one who in his day had been a miner—actually sued the railroad company for damages because the plaster cast of Venus of Milo, which he had imported from Paris, had been delivered minus the arms. And, what is more surprising still, he gained his case and the damages.
Pennsylvania, with its rocky gorges and woodland scenery, reminded me of Switzerland. The prairie reminded me of a piece of blotting-paper.
The Spanish and French have left behind them memorials in the beauty of their names. All the cities that have beautiful names derive them from the Spanish or the French. The English people give intensely ugly names to places. One place had such an ugly name that I refused to lecture there. It was called Grigsville. Supposing I had founded a school of Art there—fancy "Early Grigsville." Imagine a School of Art teaching "Grigsville Renaissance."
As for slang I did not hear much of it, though a young lady who had changed her clothes after an afternoon dance did say that "after the heel kick she shifted her day goods."
American youths are pale and precocious, or sallow and supercilious, but American girls are pretty and charming—little oases of pretty unreasonableness in a vast desert of practical common-sense.
Every American girl is entitled to have twelve young men devoted to her. They remain her slaves and she rules them with charming nonchalance.
The men are entirely given to business; they have, as they say, their brains in front of their heads. They are also exceedingly acceptive of new ideas. Their education is practical. We base the education of children entirely on books, but we must give a child a mind before we can instruct the mind. Children have a natural antipathy to books—handicraft should be the basis of education. Boys and girls should be taught to use their hands to make something, and they would be less apt to destroy and be mischievous.
In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilisation. There at any rate is a country that has no trappings, no pageants and no gorgeous ceremonies. I saw only two processions—one was the Fire Brigade preceded by the Police, the other was the Police preceded by the Fire Brigade.
Every man when he gets to the age of twenty-one is allowed a vote, and thereby immediately acquires his political education. The Americans are the best politically educated people in the world. It is well worth one's while to go to a country which can teach us the beauty of the word FREEDOM and the value of the thing LIBERTY.
3.In a poem published in an American magazine on February 15th, 1882, Wilde wrote
4. Poems by Oscar Wilde. Also his Lecture on the English Renaissance. The Seaside Library, Vol. lviii. No. 1183, January 19th, 1882. 4to. Pp. 32. New York: George Munro, Publisher.
A copy of this edition was sold by auction in New York last year for eight dollars.
5. See An Essay concerning Human Understanding, IV. xii. 10.
A still more striking instance of the use of this expression is to be found in the same writer's Thoughts concerning Education, s. 28, where he says:—"Once in four and twenty hours, I think, is enough; and nobody, I guess, will think it too much."
OSCAR WILDE IN AMERICA.
An interesting account of Oscar Wilde, at the time of his American tour, was given in the Lady's Pictorial a few weeks after his arrival in New York, the city which he described as "one huge Whiteley's shop."
His Abode.
He was interviewed in a room which was intensely warm and the sofa on which the poet reclined was drawn up to the fire. An immense wolf rug, bordered with scarlet, was thrown over it and half-encircled his graceful form in its warm embrace. Wilde was wearied. In a languid, half enervated manner he gently sipped hot chocolate from a cup by his side. Occasionally he inhaled a long, deep whiff from a smouldering cigarette held lightly in his white and shapely hand.
His Dress.
He was attired in a smoking suit of dark brown velvet faced with lapels of red quilted silk. The ends of a long dark necktie floated over the facing like sea-weed on foam tinged by the dying sun. Dark brown nether garments, striped with red up the seam, and patent leather shoes with light cloth uppers completed the rest of the poet's costume.
His favourite colour is said to have been something between brown and green, a tint "that never was on sea or sky," and he had a complete suit made of it. A white walking-stick which he was in the habit of carrying was presented to him at the Acropolis and was said to have been cut from the olive groves of the Academia. Only in the evening was he wont to don knee breeches, "but evening and morning alike," adds his interviewer, "find him neither more nor less than a man, and always a perfect gentleman."
His appearance.
Long masses of dark brown hair, parted in the middle, fell in odd curves of beauty over his broad shoulders. He wore neither beard nor moustache. The full, rather sensuous lips, now pressed close together with momentary tension, now parted in kindly smile, showed to perfection the nobility of his countenance.
A Grecian nose and a well-tinged flush of health on the poet's face added all that was required to make it a truly remarkable one. The eyes were | 5,796 |
I'm haunted, redeemed by Thanksgivings past
Syndicated Columnist
A visit to Lowe's shortly before Halloween was a preview of hell. Everywhere I turned, I saw decorations for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas all merged into a torture chamber bedecked with lighted trees, inflatable grinches, pumpkins, scarecrows and turkey fryers.
I buried my head in a vat of fake snowflakes and screamed.
Soon, I figure, we'll have no breaks between our celebrations and stores will be brimming all year with New Year's Eve confetti, Valentine's hearts, Easter baskets, red-white-and-blues for Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day – and gifts, gifts, gifts.
The effect of so much giving-and-receiving in the so-called spirit of the season is that no season is special. What, after all, is more depressing than a year-round Christmas store? I know<|fim_middle|> put the bird in the oven at 2 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day for a long, slow roast at 200 degrees. This meant staying up all night, of course, which was accomplished with the aid of adult beverages, "ciggy-poos," as his daughters called them when bumming from dear ol' dad. For all we knew, he was holding seances out there in the kitchen and burning his favorite incense, "Campfire Memories," which reminded him of campouts with his father way back when in northern Illinois.
When the turkey emerged from the oven a golden brown that can only be duplicated by God or Photoshop, the chef placed it on his butcher block with the reverence of someone placing an offering on an altar, there to rest until dinnertime.
But first, the gravy!
His was no ordinary gravy. It was labor-intensive, requiring endless stirring and patience, a consortium of giblets that had stewed for hours, a loaf of white bread for frequent tasting, and grease. It was, to borrow one of his favorite words, scrumptious, and probably lethal, too. I suspect his gravy, along with other World War II-era "delicacies," contributed to his first heart attack at 50 and his last one at 72.
I can't match his talents in the kitchen, nor would I try. I gave up ciggy-poos long ago and can't match his tolerance for long, haunted nights. But I'm grateful that his spirit persists in haunting me about this time each year, and that his kitchen remains a memory filled with love, laughter – and the occasional provocation. Nothing's perfect.
The importance of such rituals can't be overestimated nor more longingly missed when gone. This is the reason for rituals after all — to invite new generations to become part of the memories they'll look back on and someday remember how much they were loved. | , I know, starving puppies.
Don't get me wrong: I love special occasions as much as anyone and enjoy decorating as much as the next maximalist. But to all things there is a season. We don't have time to enjoy one season before the next one is banging at the door. It's all exhausting and depleting, which is why so many of us love Thanksgiving.
For me, it's the day I most associate with my father, the Ghost of Thanksgivings Past and my only parent during much of my childhood. No one loved the day more than J. Hal Connor, a.k.a. Popsie.
Sometimes married, sometimes not, he was always the chef, and the kitchen his beloved domain. Whenever I think of him, he's always in the kitchen. His "happy place," a term he would have despised, was spectacular in a dream-driven way. It contained all his favorite things and was arranged for conversation over-seasoned with jokes and laughter.
The room was big enough for a large fireplace and indoor grill built into a recessed space along one wall. Furnishings included a hand-hewn rocking chair, a lazy-Susan table, and two comfy club chairs for (and only for) Bandit and Nero, his dogs. An oversized butcher block that he had coaxed from a local grocer was the room's centerpiece.
I see him standing at his cooking island, his Command Central, which was crowned with a gleaming copper hood. Did I mention that he had obsessive-compulsive disorder? We know that now, but at the time no one recognized his perfectly sharpened No. 1 Mirado pencils as such. They were always sharp — when did he do this? — and ready for his daily crossword puzzle and housed in a sterling cup engraved with the words, "Young Man of the Year."
J. Hal's preparations for Thanksgiving began days in advance, beginning with his purchase of a special-order turkey that was comparable in size to a sack of soccer balls. Said bird would be lovingly massaged with butter, salt and pepper. He buttered and seasoned the turkey inside as well and made sure to slather beneath the wings and legs. Into the cavity went a whole onion, an apple and orange, and stuffing made from Pepperidge Farm breading mixed with celery, onion, assorted giblets, poultry seasoning and broth. I told you it was big.
He | 493 |
Think pink wine (since, while there's no case for disregarding it the rest of the year, during the next four months it will refuse to be ignored) and you'll probably light first upon Provence in southern France. Turns out Provence rosés are benchmarks for good reason.
France's much-touted seaside holiday area, and the country's most Mediterranean wine-making region, was settled by vine-bearing Greeks around 600 BC. Those winemakers produced the pale-red wine style common to those days — not until the Romans' arrival seven centuries later would longer maceration, or juice-and-skins soaking, techniques produce darker-colored, or in today's terms, red, wines — and have held onto the style ever since, establishing themselves as rosé's historical and cultural center. Sunny with mild temperatures and kept dry by the powerful mistral (mistrau in the local Provençal dialect) wind that blows in from the north after each rainy spell, Provence is a natural fit for organic, sustainable viticulture. Grapes ripen easily<|fim_middle|>quin (a local variety also called Téoulier Noir) and Castets. "Their rosé operates on a higher level," says Moeller, who sells these bottles. "We don't see them released until a year after the vintage and it will continue to last" — a trait he credits to the Mourvèdre part of the blend. | here, and vineyard disease is easy to control. Many Provence rosés are estate bottled. None of them are sweet.
"It's a classic rosé region, and the style is recognizable," points out Stefanie Schwartz, a friend of mine who is also a sommelier at Manhattan's Le Coucou — which this week earned 2017's Best New Restaurant James Beard award. On the restaurant's list: Commanderie de Peyrassol's Clos bottling, a delicately tinted blend dominated by Provençal speciality Tibouren (the same grape that appears as light red wine Rossese di Dolceacqua in neighboring Italian region Liguria and is thought to have made its way there via Provence) and supported by Grenache and a little Rolle (called Vermentino in its native Italy). It's made only in the years grapes are deemed of high-enough quality.
While Provence's popularity has caused the prices of some less deserving bottles to rise, more recent years have brought a tightened focus on seriousness and distinction. First there's the color, a glint-y, stony hue that generally ranges from pale blue-gray pink to pale tangerine-tinged. It would be distinguishing enough on its own but it's quickly followed anyway by that magic-carpet scent: garrigue, the thyme, juniper, rosemary brushland of coastal Southern France enhanced by the addition of lavender around Provence, is somehow unmistakably present in these famously fresh and crisp rosés wherever you're drinking them. Red wines and white wines are made in the area, too, the former from warmth- and sun-loving French grapes like Grenache, Syrah and notoriously hard-to-ripen Mourvèdre, the latter from varieties like Rolle and Southern Rhone staple Clairette. But in terms of both quantity (up to two thirds of its wines are rosés) and attention received, Provence is a rosé place, its pink-hued wines based on Grenache and Cinsault blends.
It is also home to an unusual wine research facility. The Centre de Recherche et d'Expérimentation sur le Vin Rosé (or Center for Rosé Research), made up of members of the Provençal wine industry, works to communicate what rosé truly is. First, a quick reminder that rosé wine is generally made of grapes with dark skins: a short soaking of skins and juice once the grapes are crushed grants color, intensified flavor, and a touch of tannins. In Provençe, juice and skins spend an abbreviated time together before the famously lightly colored juice is drained off and then fermented. Then, the Centre's mission, as laid out on its website: "To demonstrate its link to the terroir, to clarify its production process, to validate its analytical identity, to invent its tasting vocabulary." In short, to make sure we all understand what it is to drink well-made, thoughtful, quality rosé.
Here, then, are six personable Provence rosés for thinking deeper about rosé. Flavors range from lean strawberry and floral notes to more savory and tannic pours. All will be passionately herbal.
Start here in Provence's largest, most widespread appellation, for classic mineral-y and berried Provence rosé. Côtes de Provence grapes include Cinsault, Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, supported by Tibouren, and are grown in a variety of conditions, from warm coastal zones to cooler climate vineyard higher up along the Maritime Alps.
Look to hand-harvested steep-vineyard Bandol by the Mediterranean Sea for Grenache-driven rosé, blended with Cinsault and sometimes Syrah, Carignan or Mourvèdre, which ripens easily here. (Bandol is also known for its Mourvèdre reds, which are widely considered that grape's finest expression.) Refreshing and juicy, these rosés tend to have ripe berry flavors.
Within the mostly white wines of Cassis, on the Mediterranean just northwest of Bandol, small quantities of rosé are made from Mourvèdre (which ripens well here, too), Grenache and Cinsault, most of it enjoyed on site by summer visitors. These will have savory and earthy tones along with that signature Grenache strawberry.
The vast majority of the wine made in cooler Coteaux Varois is rosé. Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah and sometime Mourvèdre are the major players here — supported by Tibouren. These ones will tend toward light fruit and bright acidity.
On around 50 hectares on the hillsides outside Nice, mere miles from the Italian border, there's Bellet, whose rosés (one-third of production alongside reds and whites) are dominated by entirely other grapes: aromatic, rare and local Braquet and Folle Noir (known also by its Italian name, Fuella Nera) make up the majority of Bellet rosé blends — the rest to be taken up by grapes like Grenache and Cinsault. Château de Bellet (see below) makes a 100 percent Braquet rosé in addition to its blend.
Also tiny but of a different local makeup, Palette sits inland on the banks of the Arc River and is known for its indigenous grapes alongside the more usual ones. Chateau Simone makes most of Palette's wine, and its rosé is a departure from the classic style: light-filled ruby-red in color, it's more complex, meant for drinking later, and made of a wide variety of grapes, including Grenache, Mourvèdre, Cinsault, plus rarities like Manos | 1,175 |
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If you're selling your home, you're in a much stronger negotiating position if you know what issues might be raised following potential buyers' building inspections. The last thing you want is a sale to fall through or be negotiated down at the last minute due to issues you were not aware of. Whether you are selling, buying, building or renovating a building inspection by an experienced building consultant will help to avoid nasty surprises. "For Peace of Mind, It's Vital".
When should I have a building inspection?
There are many different types of building inspections available, including pre-purchase inspections, pre-listing/sale inspections, construction progress inspections, new home/pre-handover inspections, strata inspections, rental inspections, property condition inspections and more.
It's best to have a building inspection before entering a contract or putting down a deposit, while this<|fim_middle|> with many different drivers. Our role is to provide you with another tool to aid in your decision making. No inspector should advise you to either purchase or not purchase a property. This is always the buyer's decision alone.
While our inspection is a very thorough recording of the building/property observable condition at a point in time, often some problems can only be discovered by living in a property. Your inspection is a record of observable conditions at a particular point in time. So, building inspections is not a guarantee, warranty or insurance policy. Some problems can only be discovered by living in a property.
Is there a Money-Back Guarantee on Customer Service Experience?
We are confident in our ability and experience and committed to meet and exceed your expectations. We back our customer service up with a 100% money-back guarantee, so if you are not completely satisfied with our service, we will do our best to address your concerns and if you are still not satisfied we will refund you your money without delay.
I have a brand new home is an inspection really necessary?
Absolutely! This is a very different type of inspection. General wear and tear on a property with some age does not apply for a new construction and you have a brand-new warranty in place that you should absolutely make sure is used. While many new homes are well built, it is not unusual to find serious defects or poor workmanship on a completed property. There are several stages where you can choose to have your new home checked, including; Frame, Lock-Up/Waterproofing, and Fixing/Pre-Painting.
A Handover Inspection is essential for identifying items for rectification before your builder's (90 days) warranties expire.
Can you (the Client) meet the Building Inspector on site?
Yes, you can meet with inspector onsite if the agent/vendor is happy for you to attend. We love having our clients present as it gives them the opportunity to see what we do first hand. It is also an opportunity for our clients to speak with the inspector face to face and for better understanding of building assessment. However, your presence does not affect our level of effort in conducting the inspection diligently and professionally. So, be assured that your interest is most certainly covered whether you are there or not.
Can You Quote My Renovation Costs?
We are solely focused on your inspection. Our inspectors have years of building and renovation experience behind them. The cost of repair or renovation can vary greatly depending on taste, materials used, design, method, economic climate, and the tradesperson undertaking the work. Based on these factors and more we do not provide quote and estimates as they can be grossly misleading and inaccurate.
As professionals, we take safety very seriously. A fall from this height may not only have extremely serious consequences for your inspector, but also for us, and ultimately, you.
We are guided by Workplace Health & Safety practice. There will be a number of situations when your inspector won't get on the roof. Eg the roofing material may be unsafe to walk on; the roof may have a steep pitch, may be slippery or not be accessible from a 3.6-metre ladder.
We understand you're concerned about the state of the property's roof and will do everything in our power to inspect it. Your inspector will also be able to view the roof from a ladder and your inspector can identify most roof problems from within the roof space and walking on a roof is a common cause of damage to roofing materials. It is also possible to make special arrangements to access difficult roofs by cherry picker and use of drones (at an additional cost).
We are suitably qualified, accredited and experienced building consultants. Qualifications and accreditations include certificate IV and Diploma of building and constructions, Accreditations in Termite/Timber Pest assessment and Identification, Building Inspections and Defects identification, building science including mould identification and remediation, building assessment and restoration following disasters such fire/smoke and flood/water damage. The head inspector has over 17 years of on job experience. We are involved with building industry associations and continuously take part in educational and training programs such as continued professional development. This help us to keep abreast with the latest changes in technology for building inspection and legislations that benefits our clients. Vital Building and Pest Inspection is committed to give you the best customer experience. "For Peace of Mind It's Vital". | isn't always possible, it's highly recommended. If major defects are found, you may have to forfeit your deposit. For this reason, we advise having a building inspection before you pay a deposit, to give you peace of mind.
Do I need to be there for the duration of the inspection?
No, you don't have to. It's not obligatory, but you do have the right to attend during a building inspection, however there are certain restrictions around access.
You will need to be home to give the building inspector access to your property. All rooms, including garages and storage spaces, should be unlocked for the building inspector to access.
Working through a systematic and exact process, assessing, testing, taking photos and notes to aid with the completion of the report, an inspection may take up to three hours to complete.
We take great pride in delivering to you a very detailed report. We believe and have received feedback that our reports are some of the most detailed in the business. Generally, your comprehensive Inspection Report will be delivered to you via email within 24 hours of your inspection for your perusal. There after you may call us with any questions you may have or to further discuss the findings in the report for more clarity and better understanding.
What happens if the inspection reveals a number of defects?
It is good to note though that as inspector we will never advise you to either buy or not buy a property. This is not our role. We are simply there to provide you with a true picture of the condition of the property.
Yes, the report will include photographs of defects identified within the property, wherever possible.
How quickly can we organise an inspection for you?
We recognise that buying a property is big decision and many of our clients need that peace of mind, sooner rather than later! We have a very quick turnaround time, usually within one to two days of you contacting us.
Once you have signed our service agreement, we will liaise with the agent/vendor for access and time for the inspections and will keep you posted.
What is covered in a Pre-Purchase/Pre-Sale Building Inspections?
A standard building inspection covers all readily and accessible areas of the building interior, roof space, building exterior, roof exterior, subfloor space and site. A thorough assessment and tests are carried out in accordance to AS standard 4349.1 2007 and 4349.3 -2010. This is to help identify any major issues present at the time of the inspection that is/may be adversely affect the building and will/may prove costly if not identified. Our objective is to present to you, our client, the accurate condition of the building and property at the time of the inspections.
We cover Sydney metropolis, primarily North-western, South- western and Southern Sydney. Please give us a call for more area coverage or check it out on our website.
Can I use the report for a Building Commission Dispute, NCAT Tribunal or Court Case?
A standard building inspection is one of the first step you may require in event of NCAT (NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal) However, we offer expert witness reports for Building Claims or Litigation in (NCAT tribunal or Court). Whether you're a builder, owner, or tenant in a dispute, you will need an expert witness report to submit a building claim in the court or tribunal for litigation (NCAT- New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal).
The report is delivered to you via email for your perusal within 24 hours of the inspection being completed. Our inspector will be available to answer any questions of which you may have about the report.
Although, our report is carefully written and without technical jargon, we encourage our clients to call and speak to the inspector who is ever willing to answer your questions and offer you a more in-depth explanation on the condition of the building.
It is expected that payments be made at least 1 day prior to the inspection. The payment remittance receipt copy is required to be sent to us via a text message or email.
Payments are made via electronic fund transfer (EFT) using our banking details which is found on the invoice of which you will receive subsequent to the approval of the service agreement. You may also pay on the day of the inspection or at completion of the inspections. Please discuss your options further with our office.
Buying a property is expensive! We work extremely hard to keep our prices down to minimise the additional expense to you, so unfortunately, we do not reduce the price for cash payment.
Our reports automatically generate a tax invoice and all of our payments are recorded in our financial system. But always check out our website for any promotions that may be happening!
Do we provide advice on renovations, extensions, removing walls etc?
We will always recommend that clients get advice from a structural engineer first before any building work proceeds.
We are not in the business to recommend a particular tradesperson or company. This should be your own personal choice.
Yes, we do. We also do have workers compensation and public liability insurances. A Certificate of currency will be provided to Solicitors and Conveyancers on request.
If the report is bad will you tell me not to buy?
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