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Lightlytics Raises $26 Million in Series A
by Kay Aloha Villamor in Series A March 23rd, 2022
Lightlytics, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based SaaS platform helping companies of all sizes code and deploy configurations faster and safer from plan to cloud, announced a $26 million in Series A funding.
The round was led by Energy Impact Partners (EIP), with participation from Cervin Ventures and previous investors, TLV Partners VC, and Glilot Capital Partners VC.
The company intends to use the funds to continue to scale out its go-to-market strategy, triple headcount in 2022, and open an office in the U.S.
The capital will also continue to expand the platform's capabilities, making Lightlytics the market leader in pre-deployment validations. Lightlytics has raised $30 million to date.
Cherian will join the Lightlytics board, alongside current board members, Rona Segev, managing partner at TLV Partners, and Kobi Samboursky, founder & managing partner at Glilot Capital<|fim_middle|>tics Ltd.
Funding Month: March 2022
Lead Investors: Energy Impact Partners (EIP)
Additional Investors: Cervin Ventures and previous investors, TLV Partners VC and Glilot Capital Partners VC
Company Website: https://www.lightlytics.com/
Software Category: Cloud deployment and infrastructure security solutions
About the Company: Lightlytics is a SaaS platform that helps companies code and deploys configurations faster and safer from plan to cloud. The platform creates a real-time simulated model, or "Cloud Twin", of the production environments across the entire cloud-native stack that simulates all configuration changes. Developers and engineers can then use this model to automatically predict, preempt, and prevent critical business disruptions caused by infrastructure changes. DevOps teams and Ops teams depend on Lightlytics to increase confidence, reduce costs, and prevent downtime, data loss, and deployment delays. Lightlytics' mission was simple: help DevOps teams operate cloud infrastructure with confidence.
Source: https://www.lightlytics.com/press/series-a | Partners.
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Located in the highly desirable Harrodsburg Road corridor in Lexington, Kentucky, Southcreek Park offers two timeless Class A office buildings of approximately 65,000 square feet each. Southcreek Park is set on 10 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds with a pond and fountain.
Included on this beautiful property is the historic horse grave of Ornament. The property also offers several outdoor seating and picnic areas. The parking lots are well lit, ample and FREE! US mail and overnight mail receptacles are available on site. Southcreek Park also offers on site storage garages and has a recycling program in place.
This property's excellent location means easy access to New Circle Road, Man O War Boulevard, Bluegrass Airport and many great restaurants and shopping areas.
Southcreek Park is locally owned and managed with an on site management office and full service maintenance on site. The office spaces for lease can be finished to tenant specifications and are always built using quality products and materials. All tenant and building improvements are managed in house<|fim_middle|> click here. | to insure high standards and deadlines are met on every project. Each space provides tenant controlled heating and air conditioning twenty four hours per day/seven days per week/twelve months per year.
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Succession season 4 premiere date talk, Jeremy Strong news
Succession January 23, 2023
The wait is still ongoing for a Succession season 4 premiere date over at HBO. We'd hoped for an announcement alongside The Last of Us and yet, that hasn't quite happened. The reporting still suggests that the show is coming this spring, so we are still at a point<|fim_middle|> else you want, but the results do speak for themselves.
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How far does Strong take things? In a recent interview with W Magazine, he confirmed that he personally picks out and/or lives in some of Kendall's clothes during production:
"I don't know if it's a skill or secret, but fashion is a passion … I pick out all the wardrobe for Kendall Roy, my character in 'Succession,' and I live in those clothes when we're shooting the show. The clothes maketh the man, and aesthetics are so personal."
This is a pretty unusual practice for any actor to do on a big-budget show, which often has a team of costumers working on all of this stuff behind the scenes. (We do tend to think that Strong still collaborates with many of them.) We do get that it's another way that Jeremy is committed to the craft, and he will take Kendall into some pretty interesting directions moving forward. Just think about where we left off at the end of season 3! The character is now exiled in some ways from his father's empire, but he can at least work with Shiv and Roman, if he wants.
Personally, we tend to think we'll see Succession return at some point this April. It may be wishful thinking, but we are hoping for the best.
What are you hoping to see from Jeremy Strong on Succession season 4?
When do you think the show is going to be back? Be sure to share right now in the comments! Also, come back for some other updates. (Photo: HBO.)
This article was written by Jessica BunBun. | where we are anticipating some more news on the future any day now.
Would it be great to have a little bit more in the way of specific insight on the story? Sure, but while we wait for that, it is great to get some more insight on Kendall Roy via Jeremy Strong. The actor's choices as the character have long been a point of discussion, mostly in how he dives into the role in a way few other performers do. You can call it method acting or whatever | 97 |
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Atos Consulting and Technology Services wins place on pan-Government ConsultancyONE framework
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Atos Consulting and Technology Services, a business arm of Atos, an international IT services company, today announced that it has been awarded a place on Government Procurement Service's ConsultancyONE framework.
Cabinet Office is rationalising Government's procurement frameworks for consultancy and has recently awarded ConsultancyONE, allowing departments and agencies across Government to access companies offering value for money and a high quality service.
The framework goes live in March and will allow Government clients to quickly and easily call on the services of Atos safe in the knowledge that the framework is fully EU compliant.
Simon Bates Head of Public Sector for Atos Consulting and Technology Services said: "This is fantastic news for us. It allows us to continue delivering high impact consulting, collaborating with our clients to deliver benefit, innovation and transformation. It reinforces the message we have recently received from Source, an independent research firm, who asked public sector clients across Europe to rank the most influential and insightful firm. Atos was ranked 2nd amongst its peers."
Atos has been successful in two of the lots released under Phase 1 of the Government's Consultancy ONE Framework: Multi-specialism programme delivery and Finance Operations Support.
About Atos
Atos is an international information technology services company with annual 2012 pro forma revenue of EUR 8.8 billion and 74,000 employees in 48 countries. Serving a global client base, it delivers hi-tech transactional services, consulting and managed services.
With its deep technology expertise and industry knowledge, it works with clients across the following market sectors: Public, Health & Transports; Manufacturing, Retail, Services; Financial Services; Telecoms, Media & Technology; Energy & Utilities. Atos is focused on business technology that powers progress and helps clients to create their organisation of the future. It is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic and Paralympics Games and is quoted on the Paris Eurolist Market. Atos operates under the brands Atos, Atos Consulting & Technology Services, Atos Worldline and Atos Worldgrid.
About Atos Consulting and Technology Services
Atos Consulting & Technology Services help clients deliver innovation to their customers and improve cost and effectiveness by leveraging Information Technologies. With over 7,500 experts worldwide, 1,000 of whom are located in the UK, we provide advisory services and expertise and offer a range of cost effective transformation and innovative solutions tailored to our clients particularly around customer-centricity, digital by default, information analytics, and SIAM, Atos Consulting and Technology Services has won 11 awards in the last 8 years at the Management Consultancy | 540 |
A photograph of a family of four including a mom, dad, daughter and son sitting on a log in the tall grass at the Richmond Beach Saltwater Park. Shot with natural light, this photo was taken at the beginning of the late afternoon/early evening "golden hour" of sunlight as the sun began to set<|fim_middle|> and with some of the fires still smoldering out on the peninsula, there was still ash in the air, which further diffused and colored the sunlight. | behind the Olympic Mountains on the Western side of the Puget Sound.
This particular photo was shot as part of a series of photos that we did for an annual fundraising event that we ran to benefit a local school. We scheduled a day-long series of back to back mini sessions on the beach, and turned the mini session fundraiser into a recurring, annual event.
We mostly used natural light with some amount of portable strobe fill, intentionally scheduling the sessions to take advantage of the golden hour lighting coming in from across the sound. This session was shot in early fall, to give participants time to have prints ready for holiday cards and gifts. You can kind of see some of the sky in the top right corner of the image, and if you look closely, the sky isn't entirely blue. We were at the very tail end of the Washington wildfire season, | 171 |
I have watched the Mit Romney speech about 2.8 times.
I have wondered myself if Mit was for real. I am not sure I am a Fan of republicanism; then again I don't think I even know what it is. I do know that in states or cities that are conservative it is harder for me to find<|fim_middle|> | a job. I also know that big money and big business like Republicans (that can't be good for us). Nevertheless, after watching Mit give his speech(which you can watch in parts on youtube) I think he is a good guy. He has good hair and eloquent and usually I don't fall for that crap. but, this one sentence makes me a believer.
"some say that if I don't distance myself from my faith, it could cost me the election. If that is true then SO BE IT".
Usually canadiates will say anything to get elected and gain more votes. I enjoy his cander and fiber to do what he thinks is right regardless. And apparntly others do to. even baptists. | 148 |
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DWI has published its CAF Guidance (PDF 610KB) which outlines a framework to enable companies to create a NIS Scope and provides a set of guidelines to aid the completion of the CAF. | duties of an OES is to manage risks to their network and information systems and to prevent and/or minimise the impact of incidents to those systems, through appropriate and proportionate technical and organisational measures.
NCSC have outlined that this can be achieved by working towards 4 top-level objectives. These 4 objectives will be realised through the implementation of a set of 14 cyber security principles which are designed to be outcome focused.
provide an OES a framework to establish how they are managing cyber security risks in relation to the production and delivery of wholesome water.
the results of the CAF will allow DWI to assess the extent to which an OES is achieving the outcomes specified by the cyber security | 140 |
Review: "Nick Moran Trio: No Time Like Now" - Sea of Tranquility - The Web Destination for Progressive Music!
New York jazz guitarist Nick Moran has another winner here with the upcoming release No Time Like Now, featuring his trio that also includes organist Brad Whiteley and drummer Chris Benham. Paying homage to the classic organ trios of Lonnie Smith or Jimmy Smith, Moran and Co. take it one step further by incorporating a love for rock and blues into the jazz formula. All three players show that love in the opening cover of Cream's "Strange Brew", a fiery rendition with Whiteley's organ really snarling and getting gritty. Moran himself is a tasty player, and it's obvious he's studied the work of Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, and Lee Ritenour since first picking up the guitar. Check out his silky lines on "My Beautiful", the mournful blues of "Intention", or the funky licks that lock in with Whiteley's organ on "Slow Drive". All the while, Benham is there at every corner, restrained yet keeping things in check with some solid rhythms. You have to love the smoldering tension of "Wishful Thinking", which features a more rock based solo from Moran, while the melodic title track is sweet jazz at its finest. Benham<|fim_middle|> delicate approach whereas the bustling "Slow Drive" pulls out all the stops with its funky groove and exceptional pocket presence from Benham.
"Wishful Thinking" is another hot little number showcasing the trio's penchant for funky grooves and ripping Hammond.
The poignant title track, paying homage to a good friend who passed away suddenly, is bittersweet and delicate having a wonderful dream-like flow with every note taking on added depth and meaning.
Thanks to albums like No Time Like Now, the trio format is alive and well. These three gentlemen can play with the best of them. | locks into a funky groove over which Whiteley can solo over on "Say Hi To Paris", and closer "Renewal" is a focused number with some very tasty guitar and organ solos.
If you have a soft spot for the 'organ trio', you can't go wrong with giving No Time Like Now a try. Featuring three outstanding musicians and some enjoyable songs, it's a CD well worth investigating, and I'll bet these guys are hot in a live setting as well.
Brooklyn based guitarist Nick Moran is back with another album entitled No Time Like Now, the follow up to his debut The Messenger released in 2006. The rest of his trio includes Brad Whiteley (organ) and Chris Benham (drums).
Whether exploring a bittersweet ballad or going for a funkier groove, No Time Like Now is worth your undivided attention. The album includes nine original compositions and one cover; the Cream classic "Strange Brew". The Trio really make this one their own with crystal clean lead guitar, delicate phrasings and percolating Hammond. With "My Beautiful" the trio has a gentler touch, opting for a more | 237 |
Administrator warns about insurance merger
They didn't use a medical analogy, but they could have. If Highmark Inc. and Independence Blue Cross are allowed to merge, will their best practices be "catching," leading to cost savings and better service, as their executives predict?
by By Jane M. Von Bergen, Inquirer Staff Writer
They didn't use a medical analogy, but they could have.
If Highmark Inc. and Independence Blue Cross are allowed to merge, will their best practices be "catching," leading to cost savings and better service, as their executives predict?
Or will they infect each other with their worst tendencies?
That was David O'Donnell's point of view, expressed yesterday in the third day of hearings on a proposed merger that would create the state's largest health insurer. Testimony continues today at the Sheraton Center City.
O'Donnell, an administrator for a group of Berks County eye doctors, negotiates with both Highmark and Independence Blue Cross.
"Quite frankly, I'm tired of fighting for valid medically necessary services to get paid," he said.
He described an incident where Independence Blue Cross paid for a corneal transplant, but not the cornea. "We don't have a very good working relationship," he said, although he works well with Pittsburgh's Highmark Inc.
An administrator of a cancer practice in Berks County echoed his point of view. Half the time, it takes Independence Blue Cross more than 120 days to pay reimbursements for claims, said Robert Orzechowski, an administrator with Berks Hematology Oncology Associates.
Highmark and other insurers pay within a month.
"We do battle with cancer," Orzechowski said. "We don't want to do<|fim_middle|> only during the hearings today.
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By Jane M. Von Bergen, Inquirer Staff Writer | battle with payers."
But others thought the opposite might occur. Chief executives from the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Temple University Health System, Children's Hospital, and Holy Redeemer Health System all testified that a merger, subject to some protective considerations, might provide enough scale to make real change in the state's complicated health delivery system.
"Not seizing this opportunity will result in business as usual," which is not acceptable, said Michael Laign, chief executive of Holy Redeemer Health System.
Their comments of measured support for the merger were in opposition to those from Carolyn Scanlan, chief executive of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.
The market, she said, is already "skewed toward Highmark and Independence Blue Cross' advantage."
State Sen. Anthony Williams (D., Phila.) advocated the merger, saying the companies must be allowed to grow so they can generate economic benefits for Pennsylvania, instead of being acquired by outsiders.
"If we stick our head in the sand, these jobs might go away," he said, speaking of the 18,000 people the companies employ in Pennsylvania.
In a testy exchange yesterday morning, Lance Haver, the city's director of consumer affairs, pushed Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario on the issue of having a consumer advocate to represent the public in the context of the merger.
"No one should serve as both the advocate and the judge," Haver told Ario, who had been a consumer advocate earlier in his career.
Haver asked Ario pointed questions about the process and asked for immediate answers. "This is not a cross-examination," Ario retorted, though he promised to get answers to Haver's questions.
Earlier, Ario stunned the Blues' chief executives with a question about use of the coveted "Blues" brand.
What would happen, he asked, if the merger would be allowed on the condition that another company would be allowed to compete in the market under the Blue Cross Blue Shield network name?
"The brand is our most significant asset," Independence chief executive Joseph A. Frick replied. "I can't imagine at what price our board would consider giving up such a valuable investment."
Competition has been a key factor in the merger debate.
"From my perspective, you would have the scale" you want, Ario noted.
Frick said that Independence Blue Cross had a 70-year history of marketing the Blue brand locally.
"Anything related to the brand is a nonstarter for Independence Blue Cross," Frick said.
Watch the hearings at http://go.philly.com/ insurance. The video link will be live | 525 |
Home / Perennial / Shade<|fim_middle|>Fanal Astilbe is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. With its upright habit of growth, it is best suited for use as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden. Be aware that in our climate, most plants cannot be expected to survive the winter if left in containers outdoors, and this plant is no exception. Contact our experts for more information on how to protect it over the winter months.
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Ornamental Features
Fanal Astilbe has masses of beautiful plumes of crimson flowers at the ends of the stems from late spring to early summer, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its ferny compound leaves remain emerald green in color throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.
Landscape Attributes
Fanal Astilbe is an herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.
This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Fanal Astilbe is recommended for the following landscape applications;
Mass Planting
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Planting & Growing
Fanal Astilbe will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity extending to 24 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 32 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 24 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.
This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It requires an evenly moist well-drained soil for optimal growth. It is very fussy about its soil conditions and must have rich, acidic soils to ensure success, and is subject to chlorosis (yellowing) of the leaves in alkaline soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution, and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone over the growing season to conserve soil moisture. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
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Game Of Thrones Episode 5 Breakdown & Recap -- "The Bells" (Season 8)
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From Starbucks cups to abandoned dogs, it's all happening in Westeros this week. Join Lucy, Ryan, Tamoor, and new hire Hamoor, as they sift through the aftermath of the Battle of Winterfell.
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View Latest Episodes | 6. The major development in this latest episode, "The Bells" stems from a fateful moment near the end of Episode 4 with Missandei. Whether what unfolds is what she hoped would happen or not, Dany has made a decision she can't undo. For a look back at Episode 4, check out the video above.
Episode 4 of Game of Thrones has come and gone, and with its arrival, it's now safe to say that we probably have a pretty good idea of what the show's final climax will involve. That's more than we could say at the beginning of Season 8, when many fans would have guessed that the fight between the living and the dead would ultimately take center stage. Instead, the Iron Throne has turned out to be a bigger prize than life itself--particularly because the Night King was rather easily dispatched last week in Episode 3, thanks to Arya's incredibly high stealth stat.
But we digress. Season 8, Episode 4, titled "The Last of the Starks," saw some celebrating following last week's battle, but it wasn't all falling action. It seems Game of Thrones has at least one more fight left in it, and some surprises too. Warning: There are Episode 4 spoilers in the video above, as well as in the text below.
Yes, Dany suffered some unbelievably devastating losses this episode--in her relationship with Jon, the trust of her advisors, her best friend and translator Missandei, and the military might of her dragon (or arguably Jon's dragon, depending how you interpreted the events of recent episodes) Rhaegal. It's unclear how--if at all--the Dragon Queen will recover from these blows. Wouldn't it be just like classic Game of Thrones for Jon and Dany to defeat the dead, but Cersei to win the final battle?
With Season 8 almost done, we're running out of juicy theories to mull over, but we still have a few--from what exactly is actually going on with Cersei's pregnancy to whether Dany is going to go full Mad Queen. One thing is certain: We still have no idea how this is all going to end, except that Cleganebowl is absolutely, 100% confirmed, and we'll tolerate no arguments otherwise. It's time for The Hound and The Mountain to finally go at it again after we got a taste of the duel back in Season 1.
What did you think of Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 4, "The Last of the Starks"? Is Game of Thrones still the best show on TV, or has it lost its way in these final days? Let us know | 552 |
Not Just Following Instructions – The Lego Movie
It's a little difficult to laud praise upon something that is a shamelessly transparent commercial. But seeing as it has a near perfect score everywhere you read about it, I don't feel so bad calling The Lego Movie a really good film.
What intrigued me about this movie, right off the bat, is how it takes some really vicious jabs at its own business and society in general. The film opens with our main character, Emmet (Parks and Recreation's Chris Pratt), mired in a loop of constant conformity partially due to his non-existent personality. Starting off, the audience is treated to a day in the life of Emmett which manages to criticize western culture in a few short minutes. Foreboding political information is blocked out and ignored due to distracting corporate sitcoms. Complacency with the world's current state is reinforced by current pop hits (in the movie this is done by the ridiculously catchy song Everything is Awesome). It was surprising to see such disturbing themes about conformist and consumer culture in a children's movie that was produced by a huge toy corporation.
Suddenly, the plot kicks in and everything, from that point on, moves at a breakneck pace. Emmett is immediately recognized as a chosen one because he touched something shiny and it attaches itself to him (remember kids, shiny things may look nice to touch, but they will irrevocably change your life forever<|fim_middle|> have filled the frame with famous Lego characters and landmarks. Not only are the featured characters some of the most popular intellectual properties that exist, but one could spend hours scanning the background for all the little things going on (you're gonna need a pause button because things usually move way too fast to see).
While the movie is strong in a lot of categories, it does sort of ditch the satire it had at the opening. In the end, the film gets a little schmaltzy and ends up settling for a typical "kids movie" moral of "everyone is special". Lego even ridicules itself for a portion of the movie by villainizing those that are too attached to following instructions. This appears to be a shot at their recent business strategy of selling Lego kits that recreate pop culture but often leave little room for creativity. This criticism eventually gets turned around and the film ends up stating that any form of Lego building is acceptable. Even the song Everything is Awesome changes from mocking an aspect of culture to a credits roll victory tune. So, in the end, Lego effectively creates a movie length commercial that promotes every aspect of their product (even the ones that contradict each other). That being said, it's still the most entertaining commercial you will see so far this year.
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Children's Movies | ). This makes him the target of the film's antagonist President Business (Will Ferrell makes some real callbacks to his Mugatu role in Zoolander). He sends his lead henchman Good Cop/Bad Cop (Liam Neeson), a two-faced cop with a chair throwing compulsion, to catch him but he is saved by a group of rebels. The rest of the film plays out like a game of cat and mouse with constant comedic action and witty dialogue peppered throughout.
What I wasn't too surprised by, but was happy to see, was how funny the movie ends up being. The Phil Lord and Christopher Miller team used their experience on previous joke-a-second comedies like 21 Jump Street, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, and the cult series Clone High, and replicated that style here. They also tactfully deal with a lot of really mature themes in a way that all ages can relate to and don't undermine the intelligence of the audience (even though it will mostly be made up of kids). The comedy, which pops up both visually and in the hilarious dialogue, ranges from both clever to juvenile and is supported by incredibly strong cast of characters.
It's difficult to spotlight the talent in this movie because there are a huge variety of characters with some strong talent voicing them. A lot of attention is going to go to Will Arnett's hilarious portrayal of Batman (which may be the best acted version of Batman since Adam West). He has a great voice for it, adds a real touch of irony to the character as he mercilessly mocks himself. He also gets the best song in the whole movie (trust me, you'll agree when you hear it). My personal favourite character was the spaceship obsessed spaceman who is spastically portrayed by Charlie Day. His character is a bit of a one-note joke but it builds up to one of the funniest moments in the film. There are a lot more notable characters within the film but I'll stop there or else I'll spend the rest of the review talking about them.
All of this is complimented by a visual style that is impressive to see. Through the use of CG, the film's creators manage to halfway mimic stop motion animation almost perfectly. Characters move in a sort of staggering fashion that is almost strange to look at, especially in some action scenes. Additionally, the animators | 478 |
Kicking up a stink at Eden: Freaky Nature with Poo! May 28 - June 5
Eden's popular event Freaky Nature is back this May half-term (May 28 until June 5), but this year it comes with an exciting new feature… poo!
Freaky Nature with Poo! delves deep into the science of waste and the magic of manure, looking at what it's made of, why it smells and the weird and wonderful things it's used for. The event has been developed with the Wellcome Trust as part of their Dirt season.
Visitors can find out what lies around the U-bend with the history of the toilet and the fun Flush Game, where participants can experience what happens once the chain has been pulled and where everything goes.
At the seed dispersal display people can investigate the ingenious ways of seed survival, including the nourishing nutrients of poo, air-born seeds and sticky seed bombs.
There will be lots of other extraordinary activities, including freaky plant tours of the Rainforest Biome, an exploration into the dark side of plants and a Bug Boutique for little ones to dress up as their favourite insects.
Emma Hogg, Eden's Programme Producer, said: "Freaky Nature was a great success last year and this year we're bringing back all our favourites plus the brilliant addition of poo.
"It's been great working with the Wellcome Trust to create activities and exhibits that are not only great fun to explore but delve into the interesting world of dirt and poo as a wider part of our 'freaky' natural world."
Some little-known facts about poo:
The blue whale is the creature responsible for the largest poos in the world at 25 cms wide and several metres long.
The smallest mammal poo comes from the bumblebee bat. It weighs less than two grams and does droppings the size of a pin head.
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John Leech and the Victorian Scene
by Simon Houfe
Antique Collectors' Club (Suffolk), 265 pp., £22.50
How lucky the novelists were in the puff their illustrators gave them in the Victorian age! They doubled and gave visual life to characters and scenes. Lucky also in the proliferation of magazines and the work of the graphic cartoonists and satirists. The age of print was the age of picture, and the pictures stood still and could be pondered. Both novelists and illustrators dwelled on the moments in the life of the crowd and its homes; both staged the incurably stagy Londoners, their quirks, their fantasies, as habit and fashion changed from generation to generation. After the roly-poly Rowlandson comes the savage, political Gillray; after him the gothic, gargoylizing drawing of Cruikshank; after him the long period of domestic Victorian respectability caught by John Leech. In his delicate way, he is as strange as the rest.
An excellent, handsome, and exhaustively illustrated volume—there are twenty-one in color and innumerable black-and-white etchings—has been done on Leech by Simon Houfe. Tall, handsome, Leech was a Londoner who came of Anglo-Irish forebears and inherited perhaps that strain of energy, sociability, lyricism, fancy, and melancholy. He was no bohemian. His air was gentlemanly. His father had a famous and very elegant coffee house near St. Paul's, which attracted rich city men, artists and writers, publishers and print sellers from nearby Paternoster Row. The boy was sent to the expensive Charterhouse School where Thackeray was a senior boy at the time, and indeed Leech's humor was more Thackerayan than Dickensian. The father's intention was to get his son out of trade into the genteel medical profession. The boy did indeed become a medical student. (The reminder of this is his habit of signing his etchings with a little scrawl of a leech in a bottle.)
But the father was weak at arithmetic. He went bankrupt and it has been felt that the shame of the bankruptcy was the spur that turned Leech into one of the hardest working and most prolific graphic artists of his time, and one longing for respectability. In fact, he was a born and most delicate artist. An amazing, elegant watercolor study of the Bath mail, racing all out, done in 1823 when he was six, is reproduced in this volume. At Charterhouse his sketches in the margin of his Latin grammar astonished painters like Frith and Millais, who had watched the schoolboy drawing in the coffee house. He soon got jobs from the printsellers. He especially was drawn to the sporting prints of the earlier Henry Alken, for very early Leech's fancy had been taken by an expensive taste for the horse and for fox hunting, which lasted all his life. He peddled his work and eventually met Dickens, and though nothing came of this for a time, he eventually got a commission to illustrate A Christmas Carol. One of these pictures, done in color, is the frontispiece of Simon Houfe's book. Its subject is Mr. Fezziwig's Christmas ball and we see at once the eye for the detail of character, gesture, and movement, the delicacy of line, in the cheerful people of the jolly whoopee. Mr. Fezziwig, rosy and demure as a plum, eyes bashfully lowered, leads out the dance, and one particularly notices his courtly right leg gracefully in the air as he makes the next step while the crowd admires.
Leech has caught what all the finest illustrators knew how to catch, the split moment in an occasion, not only in Mr. Fezziwig's step, but in the variety of the passing glances of the crowd of families and their children. Nothing gothic here, simply a tender realism. The moment is everything to Leech. All the lookers-on are caught in it. No bodily or grotesque hullabaloo here, no Regency grotesque, no gross bellies, no riotous breasts or pimpled snouts, no sex. Irony, yes, and the affections. Respectable middle-class London has cheerfully arrived, a genteel good time will be had by all. In the shadows is the fiddler.
This is Simon Houfe's point. Leech will be the humorist of Victorian domesticity, of a new and untendentious realism. It is particularly interesting that he had picked this up in Paris from Daumier, and indeed some of the drawings of the ups and downs of domestic agitation or somnolence among husbands and wives, one awake in bed and the other snoring, seem to come straight from Daumier himself. In France Leech had also learned the conceits of fashion; the stovepipe trousers, those comic struggles with the hidden framework of the ballooning crinoline, the taste for the sight of genteel indignity. He is the amused connoisseur of manners and such connoisseurship was to become the preoccupation of Punch, after its short radical and political period. When he came to sit at Punch's round table Leech was uncomfortable with radical politics and was unhappy until Thackeray's influence with the magazines came in. Yet if he was not political Leech was far from complacent about Victorian evils—as one or two terrifying cartoons show. There is the horrifying picture of a sweatshop where the skeletons of a crowd of<|fim_middle|> of manners, its disasters and the pomposities of flunkeydom and the servant problem. The cook bursts in on the guests in the middle of the dinner party to say the boiler has burst or the chimney is on fire and Leech quietly studies, even novelizes minutely, the various reactions of the guests—not forgetting the cook who conveys that it is all their fault, not hers. The servants preoccupied him as they preoccupied Thackeray; if they were "rising" and becoming as snobbish as their masters, they were lofty in giving notice. The word "snob" had come in and Leech had illustrated Thackeray's Mr. Yellowplush. And he had caught another gift from the novelist: he had an ear for class accents in dialogue.
Lady: You wish to leave—really, it's very inconvenient. Pray—Have you any reason to be dissatisfied with your Place?
Flunkey: Oh, dear, no, Ma'am—not dissatisfied exactly; but—a—the fact is, Ma'am you don't keep no wehicle and I find I miss my Carriage exercise.
Another of Leech's flunkeys has been to the Continent with his employers. Asked by a French girl if he likes France, he replies, "Par Bokkoo, Mamzell. I've been so accustomed to gaiety in town, that I'm armost killed with Arnwee here." Mockery of accents was as alive in the servants' hall as it was in the drawing room and was a general gift of the times. But the historical point to note is that we are at Punch's period of the exhaustively explained joke, a fashion that is almost intolerable to us now, although supported by the comic principle that things are made funnier by repetition. Leech's dialogue was considered a gift.
Many of his domestic sketches of delicate moments have a delightful, unspoken tension in which no one ventures to say what is on his or her mind—as when a lady is given a letter she herself would rather say nothing about to her avid company. Leech was good at the look that freezes, not only in the drawing room but in the street. His own dilemma as an overworked artist going actively mad at domestic interruption appears once or twice.
Such moments did not defeat him. His recourse was to get away to the seaside where perfect ladies look prettier and even dressier in impossible hats, having tea in a rocky cove as the wind blows. More attractive to him as a born outdoor Irishman was the revival of his expensive sporty and horsy tastes. The Irishman-cum-Cockney was a natural fox hunter. Also an angler for salmon. Leech loved society, high or low, in the field; the pomposities, the idiocies, the snobberies and calamities of the hunt. He had got away from London smoke into fresh air and the sight of the long, not quite innocent stretches of landscape. He is a master of the exact line of the horses and of the limbs and body of the riders, the decorum and the indecorum of the hunt. Here he worked closely with the great Surtees, the author of Handley Cross, and is credited with having discovered the immortal Mr. Jorrocks, the Cockney sportsman, for the author. Surtees, like Leech, was a Thackerayean, especially in his ear for the vernacular word. All three knew the society of the brutal chivalry. Brutal? To Leech, at any rate, the horse was sacred and, among fish, the salmon noble, and even as fabulous as a duke. One sketch shows a salmon barking at the angler he has entangled. Such fantasies came straight from the Irish in the artist.
Leech's fame was by now national. The melancholy man had become lyrical. Frith swore by the delicacy of his drawing. Of all people, even Ruskin wrote about his eye for the truth to nature—rather overdoing the argument, as Simon Houfe says. But the delicacy of Leech's eye is remarkable in a realist. How subtly he drew Marley's ghost for A Christmas Carol as Scrooge crouches in his mean little room, to which only a miserable little fire in the grate gives a mocking gleam of light! Leech was subtle with the ghost where others would have staged it. Leech was certainly neither coarse nor obvious. We can see that, in his handsome way, he had an edge to his nerves. In middle life he had developed a maniacal hatred of barrel organs and street music, that jaunty plague of Victorian life, and here he can be savage.
Leech's early death at forty-seven was a shock. The handsome man liked to live handsomely and moved from one London house to the next grander one. Dickens was one of those to help rescue his widow when the family were left very poor. Illustrators seem to have been forced to live more fecklessly than the novelists to whom they were so close. Simon Houfe is very thorough and very readable on the technical aspect of Leech's prolific art. There was no decline in it, indeed some of the very late things are superb in composition and show him becoming a fine and serious painter. In the unfinished study called "Tom Noddy," where Tom is riding his horse into the sea while two gorgeous Pre-Raphaelite ladies look on, there is an astonishing response to the degrees of distance in a seascape. The professional touch is that the horse itself is caught at the moment of turning its head in bewilderment, or perhaps in intelligent fear of the serene expanse of meaningless water.
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Possibly matter is almost completely converted into energy in the cores of neutron stars and black holes by a process of nuclei collapse resulting in: proton → positron + 938 MeV, resulting in a >450 MeV positron-electron jet. Trace nuclei swept up in such a beam would achieve an approximate energy of (nucleus mass/electron mass) × 450 MeV, for example an iron atom could achieve about 45 TeV. An up to 45 TeV atom impacting a proton in the interstellar medium should result in the p + A process described above.
Ion-electron or positron-electron plasma with magnetic confinement theoretically allows direct conversion of particle energy to electricity by the separation of the positive particles from the negative particles with magnetic deflection. Direct conversion of particle energy to thrust is theoretically simpler, merely requiring magnetically directing a neutral plasma beam. Present lab production of relativistic 5 MeV positron-electron beams mimic on a small scale the relativistic jets from compact stars, and allow small scale studies how different elements interact with 5 MeV positron-electron beams, how energy is transferred to particles, the shock effect of gamma-ray bursts, and possible direct thrust and electricity generation from neutral plasmas. Lab positron-electron plasmas could be useful for studying compact star jets and other phenomena. However thrust generation or magnetically separating neutral beams for electrical generation will probably only be useful if there is a practical continuous process for generating neutral plasma by nuclear reactions.
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Just two days before the first ever Korean Formula One Grand Prix weekend started in Mokpo, Jeollanam-do province of South Korea, the<|fim_middle|> of Bridgestone's withdrawal from Formula One at the end of this season Hamilton also said, "I have been working with Bridgestone for many years so I understand the passion that they have, as well as the expertise and innovation with their racing tyres for both wet and dry conditions. It has been a great experience working with Bridgestone, and to see the enthusiasm they have had in Formula One for the last few years when they have had great success. It has been a great privilege working with Bridgestone as they are such a great brand. I have Bridgestone tyres on my road car and I've never had problems with them and I'm hoping that even when they leave Formula One they can still continue to supply me with road tyres."
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Against the backdrop of a Vodafone McLaren Mercedes show car, which is currently on display along with many other items of Formula One team and motorsport memorabilia as part of the "Formula One: The Great Design Race" exhibition held at the Seoul Arts Centre, Hamilton was also joined by Managing Director of Bridgestone Korea, Tomoya Sano, and Director of Bridgestone Motorsport Tyre Development, Hirohide Hamashima.
During the talk show Hamilton gave the guests and invited media an insight into his duties over a weekend, the importance of race tyre compound choice and management, as well as giving a few tips to drivers in Korea about safe driving and the importance of regularly checking the pressure and condition of the tyres on their own road cars.
Hamilton, who currently lies fourth in the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship greeted the guests in Korean before going on to comment that, "I am very happy to be here. This is my second visit to Korea after I came here many years ago, so I'm really happy to be back and it is great to see that we have Formula One in Korea. When I came here many years ago I was not in Formula One so I did not have so many fans, but coming here for the first time as a Formula One driver I was very unaware of just how much support we have here. I think it's very exciting for Korea to have this Grand Prix and I really hope that this weekend we're able to put on a great show for all the fans and I'd like to thank all the Formula One fans in Korea for their support. I'll do my best to win this weekend."
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Turf Insight
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Interesting presentation on a new Knowledge Management and discovery tool
Disclosure: I know one of the co-founders, Sridhar, who was my friend at XLRI, Jamshedpur.
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Another #socialrecruiting app
Work For Us – Perspectives 170910.pdf (184 KB)
I've earlier blogged about Hireplug, which has an app that helps companies hire via social networks . Now it looks like there's more such apps
Got an email from Stephane who's the CEO of Work4 Labs, a San Francisco-based startup that develops the Facebook recruiting app, "Work for us."
He says:
We are developing innovative products based on our conviction that Facebook is essentially the world's largest collection of data-rich, constantly updated resumes.
Despite the hype, it is not well publicized that Facebook is a booming means of recruitment. As companies begin to rebuild their work forces on a limited budget, Facebook recruiting will grow exponentially.
Our app is already being used by over 3,000 clients, including Accenture, Cisco, PwC, American Apparel, L'Oréal, P&G, and State Street. We are in touch with several other major international companies and we are adding over 1,000 companies per month. In only a few months, our clients have generated over 4 million job views and received 100,000+ applications via Facebook.
Some of their Clients are :
http://www.facebook.com/LOrealTalentRecruitment
http://www.facebook.com/AmericanApparel
http://www.facebook.com/SUKARcom
http://www.facebook.com/quirkydotcom
http://www.facebook.com/MeetSidLee
http://www.facebook.com/texasroadhouse
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Top 50 Most Prestigious Consulting Firms for 2011
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From: Jon Minners
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:03:05 -0400
Subject: First Impressions Matter: Vault Releases Top 50 Most
Prestigious Consulting Firms for 2011
To: "gautam@gautamblogs.com"
Hello Gautam,
I hope this email finds you well. I had emailed you last week
concerning the kickoff of Vault's Consulting Rankings rollout. Today,
as part of that rollout, Vault has announced its Top 50 Most
Prestigious Consulting Firms for 2011.
The rankings reflect what over 4,500 consulting insiders really think
about their competitors. I'd like to gauge your interest in writing a
story about the rankings — or including the rankings as part of an
overall trend story.
Here are a few headlines:
* McKinsey & Company ranks No. 1 for the 9th straight year.
* Top 10 remains unchanged despite slight adjustments in positioning.
* A.T. Kearney, ZS Associates, and Diamond Management & Technology
Consultants make big jumps in rankings.
The Consulting Rankings rollout continues next week as Vault releases
its 2011 Consulting Practice Area Rankings and concludes on September
14, 2010 with the release of the 2011 Consulting Quality of Life
Rankings.
Vault editors will be available to discuss the rankings and their
impact on the consulting industry. I'll call to follow up. In the
meantime, please let me know if you have questions.
Jon Minners
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VAULT.COM ANNOUNCES TOP 50 MOST PRESTIGIOUS CONSULTING FIRMS FOR 2011
MCKINSEY TAKES TOP SPOT FOR 9TH STRAIGHT YEAR; A.T. KEARNEY, ZS
ASSOCIATES, DIAMOND MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS MAKE BIG JUMPS
New York, NY, (August 31, 2010) Vault.com, the source of ratings,
rankings and insight for the consulting industry, has released its
annual Top 50 Consulting Prestige Rankings. For the ninth straight
year, McKinsey & Company, regarded by consultants as "the gold
standard," has been ranked No. 1.
The Vault Consulting Prestige Rankings provide a comprehensive roadmap
of who's who in the consulting industry—ranging from big consulting
shops to smaller, niche firms, and spanning a vast swath of
industries. From March through July, over 4,500 consultants of all
levels were asked to rate consulting firms on a scale of 1 to 10 based
on prestige. (They were unable to rate their own firm, and were asked
to rate only firms with which they were familiar).
The 2011 Top 10 Most Prestigious Consulting Firms are:
1. McKinsey & Company
2. The Boston Consulting Group
3. Bain & Company
4. Booz & Company
5. Deloitte Consulting
6. Mercer LLC
7. Monitor Group
8. PricewaterhouseCoopers
9. Ernst & Young
10. Oliver Wyman
"McKinsey & Company cannot be beat in the prestige category," said
Brian Dalton, managing editor at Vault.com. "The firm has achieved a
certain mystique that has gone unmatched since we began conducting our
consulting survey, so much so that respondents go so far as to state
that McKinsey has 'invented the industry.'"
Survey respondents call the consulting juggernaut a "powerhouse," "the
name for strategy," "the best of the best," an "industry leader" and a
"founding father." But while the firm might be the "gold standard,"
prestige comes with a price and detractors are quick to criticize
McKinsey for being "arrogant, overpriced and very junior,"
"disconnected," "pretentious," "egotistical," and "not invincible."
But that has not stopped jobseekers from wanting to work at McKinsey.
As one associate at McKinsey notes, "although I do occasionally feel
overworked, I cannot imagine a more interesting place to work or a
better set of folks to work with." Another associate describes
McKinsey as "a great group of very smart and motivated people who are
good at working in team settings. People here work hard together and
develop strong bonds."
Much in line with McKinsey's repeat at the top, this year's prestige
ranking showed a remarkably low rate of movement from last year. The
Top 10 firms are entirely the same, with some slight adjustments in
positioning, as HR consulting firm Mercer LLC moved up two spots,
while Monitor Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers each moved down one
notch.
Rankings See Big Increases From Several Firms In Wake of Recession;
Welcome New Additions
Among the firms that made larger jumps in the rankings are A.T.
Kearney, which jumped from No. 16 last year to No. 11; ZS Associates,
which rose from No. 28 in the 2010 rankings to No. 21 for 2011; and
Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, which jumped five spots
from No. 36 last year to No. 31.
"These jumps suggest that the factors that improved firms' perception
in the industry are stability in the face of the recession and
targeted industry focus," added Mr. Dalton. "For instance, strategic
IT consulting is on the rise as companies seek to streamline their
processes and cut down on back-office costs, and health care
consulting will continue to play an integral role as the new
legislation continues to unfold."
This year's rankings also saw new firms enter into the mix this year.
Grant Thornton (No. 28) is a large, well-known accounting/consulting
shop, while The Cambridge Group (No. 35) has made a name for itself in
the growth strategy space, focusing on customer demand.
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My name is Cynthia Christina Harris and I am a healing artist, playwright, conjure woman, and proud Nashvillian. How to Catch a Flying Woman is my third original production. My work celebrates southern women's voices. It is the artistic half of my research into black women's lives and intimate relationships. I consider the work to be a choreo-poem, inspired greatly by Ntozake Shange's work, For Colored Girls. I received my first copy of For Colored Girls in the 5th grade from my Aunt Joyce. I was given the opportunity to perform Shange's words that year, in Ms. Kaul Williams' Drama class at Meigs Magnet School. The experience of seeing the words on the page and later performing a<|fim_middle|> time.
I'm honored to have How to Catch a Flying Woman produced a second time by Actors Bridge Ensemble and presented in partnership with the Nashville Public Library's Civil Rights Room. Nashville Public Library is part of my Nashville. It is home and history. It helped shape me as an artist and I am overjoyed to perform in April 2019.
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#HTCAFW | monologue for Forensics, changed my life.
I come from a family of creative folk that include gospel singers, scholar artists, hair stylists, novelists, and storytellers. I grew up being entertained by the tall tales of my uncles and their adventures as boys growing into men during and after segregation in Nashville. The overlapping melodies that were the voices of my mom and aunts in excited conversation, soothed me to sleep as a baby girl and later inspired my approach to monologues and dialogue.
One important part of my story as an artist, begins with the story of an aunt and a niece. My mother's younger sister, Aunt Joyce, was a second mother to me. In fact, growing up, I called Aunt Joyce – Mom. I called my mother, Mommy. I was careful to hold the distinction between the two. To say that Aunt Joyce is an involved relative is a vast understatement. She attends all functions and school programs – even now, with a new generation of grandchildren, grand nieces and grand nephews. She often volunteered me for Christmas and Easter speeches at our home church, Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in North Nashville, where my mother and her siblings grew up. She sent clowns and flowers to school for all my birthdays.
Most importantly, Aunt Joyce helped develop my love for poetry and literature. Our trips to the downtown branch of the Nashville Public Library, began with puppet shows and extended time in the children's section. Eventually, those trips evolved into lessons on using library resources to complete homework assignments, as my classwork became more intense with entry to Meigs Magnet Middle School and later Hume Fogg Academic High School. Aunt Joyce sat with me, in the days before the internet, teaching me to use the microfiche reader and how the dewey decimal system translated into locations for journals and books in the aisles. I knew that I liked my special time with Aunt Joyce, but didn't realize until later, the great value of what she was teaching me. I learned that creativity and accessing new information went hand in hand. I learned to use ever resource available to me. I learned to think for myself and ask big questions. I also learned to expect answers and guidance.
A little over 10 years ago, I was introduced to another story of an aunt and niece, this time it was Vali Forrister, co-founder and Artistic Director of Actors Bridge Ensemble, and the writing program she created for her niece, Haviland. Fifteen years ago in June, Vali started the Act Like a Grrrl, an autobiographical writing and performance program for young women in Nashville, ages 12 – 18. She created the program out of the desire to create a space for her niece and, ultimately, all girls in Nashville to be bold, think critically, and break barriers. I thought this was one of the most bad-ass things a woman could do, hold space for the voices of younger women. I was reminded of Aunt Joyce and the opportunity her unwavering support created for me. Last summer Vali produced the She Said/She Said Festival of Women's Stories. Vali invited me to participate and How to Catch a Flying Woman took flight for the first | 660 |
I work very closely with the buying director across all international brands. My role is incredibly varied – from attending shows and showroom appointments during fashion weeks, to meeting new designers at their studios and brainstorming with the editorial and press on how we can support our new and focus brands.
Constant newness is key, and it is important that we continue to engage and delight all of our clients with the product we are offering. It is also important for the buy team to always keep an eye out for emerging trends, which means we are always on the look out for inspiration wherever we are.
Matchesfashion.com has an international luxury fashion client that ranges in age, profession, attitude and lifestyle, but is united by a great taste level. As a global company it is important to consider each market, and I always try to keep in mind this diverse range of women when I'm buying every collection. Asia is becoming an increasingly important market for us, which is why it is so useful for me to be here for fashion week—it has really helped me gain insight into our local customer in this market.
I always<|fim_middle|> key to the success of this collection—these dresses had a more contemporary feminine silhouette and would be perfect for the upcoming party season. | go to shows and appointments with an open mind and no expectations, and Lakmé Fashion Week wasn't any different. Having said that, I loved my time in Mumbai! I definitely found inspiration all around me—both on the runway and off. The collections were incredibly diverse and the fabrics used are beautiful! I loved the heady mix of different textures, prints and colour throughout the collections.
I loved the strong mix of textiles—such as the layering of suede with Georgette and dip dyes with fringe. It added a rock 'n' roll feel to the collection and I felt that the delicate use of texture would be great for transitional dressing.
I love the use of neoprene sponge-like fabrics and mesh, which created a minimal sporty feel to the collection. However, adding the large butterfly sequin embellishment made it feel more modern sports luxe—a key trend this season that can be worn easily from day to evening. I loved the strong floral print and wide-leg cropped pants.
The use of vibrant colours, elaborate surface textures and prints was a true tribute to Frida Kahlo. These styles could easily be worn separately with a simple T-shirt or plain trousers.
I love this contemporary styled collection for its true global traveller style and the way Karishma recycles all the materials and will use every last piece. My favourite look is the pink tie-dye dress and light blue trench coat.
The Venus fly-trap print placement is | 292 |
Have you ever tried spray painting MDF boards? I'm sure it's an unpleasant experience.
MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard) is generally a great choice for many building projects. MDF is actually the most popular fiber material out there, and for a good reason: it is more affordable than high-density boards, yet more affordable than low-density ones.
Now, why is spray painting MDF boards an complicated process? Because, MDF boards with their medium density is porous. So, it's hard to even out the finish when we are using a spray paint. If we spray too much in one area, the MDF board can easily swell, especially if you are using water-based paint.
So, generally brush painting it a better idea, but it will take more time and effort. Yet, spray painting MDF boards is not an impossible task, and here we will share several tips to help you.
One of the biggest disadvantages of MDF is the fact that it is made with chemical substance called urea formaldehyde. Although it is not generally hazardous for humans, it can cause allergic reactions, nose and eyes irritations, and difficulty in breathing.
So, make sure to wear a protective mask or goggles when sanding or cutting MDFs.
We have mentioned that the main concern on spray<|fim_middle|> the job. As mentioned, it is advised to wear protective math and goggles during the sanding process. Also, make sure to clean all dusts and debris before applying primer.
You can either use a spray can directly, or use a paint sprayer, depending on the size of your project. Generally a smaller spray tip will give better results, but will take more time to finish.
If you prime the MDF properly, as discussed above, the spray painting process it relatively easy, and you shouldn't have much issues. Remember to avoid exposure to moistures during the drying process. | painting MDF is the porous nature of the fiberboard. The solution? By priming the MDF before spray painting, we can avoid the swelling issue. This way, your finish won't crack,bubble, or distort.
Keep in mind that the edges of MDF are more porous than the top or bottom surface, so you should pay more attention during priming.
You can generally use any type of primers to prime an MDF. However, avoid water-based ones to prevent swelling and distortion. Lacquer primers can help emphasize the color, so it might be the better choice if you are looking for awesome finish.
Remember that different types of primers require different time to dry up. So, depending on how much time are you willing to invest, you might want to choose a primer that dries up faster.
Another common issue with spray painting MDF boards is the smoothness. So, it is a good idea to sand the MDF before priming. If you need the extra smoothness, you can also sand the MDF after applying primer, and then apply another layer.
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SEAHA student publication
SEAHA student Ida Ahmad publishes research modelling the degradation of archival films
SEAHA student Ida Ahmad has recently published her research "Are we overestimating the permanence of cellulose triacetate cinematographic films? A mathematical model for the vinegar syndrome" in Elsevier journal Polymer Degradation and Stability.
Cellulose triacetate (CTA) films replaced cellulose nitrate films around the mid-20th century due to the flammability of cellulose nitrate. For this reason, CTA films were also known as "safety film". However, CTA films were susceptible to other types of damage.
It was first observed that CTA films stored in warmer environments after some time started to emit a vinegar-like odour. Thereafter, the afflicted films began to show other signs of damage such as embrittlement, shrinkage, channelling and the appearance of crystals or bubbles on the surface. CTA films often appeared stable for long periods of time, before the initiation of what came to be known as the "vinegar syndrome."
The vinegar odour is caused by the emission of acetic acid from the CTA base of the film, which is produced when moisture reacts with the CTA molecule. The progress of this reaction can be measured by the free acidity of the film, defined as the millilitres of 0.1 M sodium hydroxide required to neutralise 1 gram of film base. Film conservation guidelines recommend that a free acidity of 0.5 is considered the point at which the vinegar syndrome starts. After this point, the reaction rate appears to increase markedly, along with other visible signs of<|fim_middle|> analysis of variation into Beaker period funerary practices and began with reanalysing the grave goods from the Durrington Sarsen Burial (see image). The grave goods of this burial indicates a burial date of 2250-1950BC, a time when Beaker burials dominate the archaeological record. The location of this curious burial, which had been excavated in 1809, was lost to archaeology. However, by investigating past maps and letters, the probable location of this burial was identified, just outside the bank of the Durrington walls henge. The absence of the Beaker pottery vessel is interpreted as significant, given that the burial is located within the Stonehenge monumental landscape, which contains numerous Beaker burials containing a range of prestige grave goods.
This research lead to a reconsideration of the archaeological narrative of the Beaker period, which has been dominated by the study of Beaker pottery and the 'Beaker people'. Examples were found of Beaker period burials that excluded Beaker pottery from the grave assemblage. This reasearch considered what these burials represented in terms of social identity and whether they can be interpreted as Beaker burials or represent other identities co-existing alongside Beaker societies. The publication aims to highlight the variation within the burial practices of the Beaker period and promote discussion of multiple identities during this dynamic period of prehistory.
Read the two papers below:
Higham, R., & Carey, C. (2019). The Durrington Walls Sarsen Burial relocated and reconsidered. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 112, 74-84.
Chris Carey & Richard Higham (2019) Multiple identities in the Beaker period: interpreting inhumations out of the Beaker spotlight in southern England, Archaeological Journal
Richard Higham is a SEAHA student in his MRes year currently based at the Institute of Sustainable Heritage at the University College London and will go on to study his PhD at School of Environment and Technology at the University of Brighton. Supported by Historic England and Trent and Peak Archaeology, his present research is 'Evaluating evaluation trenching in archaeological projects'.
Header image: The original engraving of the finds from the Sarsen Burial published in Ancient Wiltshire (1812), drawn by Phillip Crocker, with annotation. These finds are now on display in Devizes Museum.
SEAHA and ISH research on epidemiology for heritage collections published in Heritage Science journal
Former Institute for Sustainable Heritage (ISH) student, presently SEAHA student Cristina Duran-Casablancas has recently published a series of papers on wear and tear in archival and library collections in the journal Heritage Science, with her supervisors Dr. Josep Grau-Bové, Prof. Tom Fearn and Prof. Matija Strlič.
An intrinsic value of archival collections is that they are physically used, which undoubtedly leads to a certain level of wear and tear. This reasearch explores whether differences in individual items might explain patterns of decay across a population, as well as how reliable different groups of objects are.
In 'Accumulation of wear and tear in archival and library collections. Part I: exploring the concepts of realibility and epidemiology' the authors explore how realibility theory, the method that deals with failure in complex systems, and epidemiology, which explores deseases in defined populations, could be applied in the heritage field to provide quantitative evidence of patterns of decay on large heritage collections.
Part II of the study, 'Accumulation of wear and tear in archival and library collections. Part II: a epidemiological study', proposes a new methodology to collection surveying based on epidemiology. The results show that appropriate survey methods and statistical methods of data analysis can reveal the factors that can lead to wear and tear.
'Accumulation of wear and tear in archival and library collections. Part I: exploring the concepts of reliability and epidemiology'
'Accumulation of wear and tear in archival and library collections. Part II: a epidemiological study'
This article is part of the SEAHA CDT collection in the journal Heritage Science.
SEAHA student Cristina Duran presenting research on epidemiology for heritage collections at the 18th ICOM-CC Triennial Conference, September 2017, Copenhagen. Read the paper presented at the conference 'Data mining in collections: from epidemiology to demography' here.
Cristina Duran-Casablancas is a SEAHA student based at the Institute of Sustainable Heritage at the University College London. Supported by National Archief (NL) and Helicon Conservation Support, her present research explores the use of System Dynamics and related mathematical modelling techniques to evaluate the effect of preservation actions during the lifetime of collections.
Header Image: Repositories at the Amsterdam City Archives (© Stadsarchief Amsterdam). | degradation.
The reason that the reaction rate accelerates is because acetic acid catalyses the reaction which produces it. This is known as autocatalysis. It is believed that the acid is also responsible for catalysing processes which result in further symptoms of degradation. Heat and moisture promote this reaction, as well as poor ventilation, as this prevents acetic acid from offgasing and so enhances the effect of autocatalysis.
Previous research has attempted to predict the time until onset of the vinegar syndrome, or permanence, of CTA films as a function of temperature and relative humidity. These models assume that all the acid is retained in the film, but they do not account for autocatalysis, as it was believed that the effect of this was not important before the onset of the vinegar syndrome.
Ida developed a mathematical model which accounts for autocatalysis at all levels of acidity. The kinetic parameters for the model were obtained by fitting to published experimental data of artificial ageing of CTA film. The model predictions were validated against a different set of published experimental data at lower temperature conditions. A good agreement was found between the predictions and the data.
Using the model, Ida made predictions for film permanence at a range of temperatures and relative humidity typically found in archives. These were compared against the predicted film permanence according the film conservation guidelines, which do not account for autocatalysis prior to the onset of the vinegar syndrome. This showed that the guidelines may be overestimating the permanence of CTA films. Significantly, based on the age of most CTA films, the model predicts that there are film collections today or very soon which are at risk of developing the vinegar syndrome much sooner than may be anticipated by conservators if they are following the guidelines.
Read the article here.
Header image: Cellulose triacetate 16 mm film, dated 1968, showing advanced stages of vinegar syndrome. Credit: Ida Ahmad.
Ida Ahmad is a SEAHA PhD student based at the Institute for Sustainable Heritage at University College London. Her research, partnered with Tate and Process Systems Enterprise, uses mathematical models to predict how plastic artefacts in museum collections degrade over time.
Fabiana Portoni publishes paper on the application of a technique to measure pesticide residues in contaminated museum artefacts
SEAHA aligned student Fabiana Portoni, alongside her supervisors Professor Matija Strlič and Dr Josep Grau-Bové, has recently published an article in the journal Heritage Science from Spinger Nature. The paper entitled "Application of a non-invasive, non-destructive technique to quantify naphthalene emission rates from museum objects" focuses on the development of an application to measure volatile pesticides residues in museum objects.
Insect pests can cause damage to museum collections. With the aim to protect objects from pest damage, it was once common in museums to use a wide range of pesticides. This was commonly practiced until as recently as the 1990's. Nowadays, most museums steer away from using toxic chemicals on the objects. However, contamination from earlier treatments can still be a concern for people working with and accessing the collections.
In the last 30 years, the cultural heritage field has undertaken research to identify which pesticide residues remain in their collections and increase their knowledge regarding levels of contaminants present. Therefore, obtaining confirmed quantities of volatile organic residues, and their impact on the air quality surrounding objects, has been identified as an area that would benefit from further investigation.
Fabiana's study analysed a group of organic objects from the British Museum collection with suspected contamination. After an initial screening to identify the pesticide compounds present in the objects, naphthalene was identified as the most common residue present. Therefore, it was decided to focus the research on this specific compound.
To ensure the long-term preservation of museum objects, it is preferable not to damage them by removing physical samples. The sampling methodology proposed in this study complied with this preference. In addition, the method proposed could be undertaken in situ at museum or heritage sites without impacting on the surrounding environment.
So what was the method? The technique required the object to be placed inside a sampling chamber. This chamber was fitted with an air pump. Air forced through the chamber by the air pump then passed through sorbent tubes. Volatiles emitted by the object could be collected into the sorbent tubes. Later analysis allowed identification of the volatiles and their concentrations.
The results for this research showed the concentration of naphthalene being emitted into the air over a period of time. Calculation of active emissions from individual objects is useful in understanding the behaviour of said objects and their impact on air quality in common museums situations. The information obtained was used to model the naphthalene concentrations for a period of time inside 3 common museum scenarios: a box, a display case and a storage room. The aim of gathering these results is to inform ventilation strategies and improve the dissipation of residues.
The paper states it would be interesting to use the method presented to asses a larger percentage of museum objects and get a relevant sample size of the collection.
To learn more about the project read the open access paper here!
Fabiana Portoni graduated from the MRes in Heritage Science at UCL Institute of Sustainable Heritage. She currently works as a Preventive Conservator for the British Museum.
Jenny Richards publishes research investigating the deterioration of earthen heritage by wind and rain
Oxford-based SEAHA student Jennifer Richards has recently published her research 'a controlled field experiment to investigate the deterioration of earthen heritage by wind and rain' in Springer Heritage Science.
Earthen heritage is one of the oldest and most universal forms of heritage with sites dating back to the Neolithic and being found of every continent. Earthen sites also make up 10% of the World Heritage List but are over represented on the World Heritage in Danger list in part due to the extensive deterioration occurring at the sites which threatens to reduce their value.
Deterioration of earthen heritage is affected both by material properties and environmental conditions. However, as conservation strategies try to limit the extent to which historic material is altered, more research is needed to understand how environmental conditions cause deterioration.
Wind driven rain, wind and sediment laden wind (wind which is transporting sediment) all drive the deterioration of earthen heritage with rain noted as causing the greatest rate of deterioration over short periods.
This study utilised a unique opportunity to undertake deterioration experiments at the remote and under-studied site of Suoyang Ancient City, Gansu Province, China. This study (i) compared effect of wind, sediment-laden wind and wind-driven rain in causing deterioration to earthen heritage and (ii) how the incipient deterioration features produced by wind, sediment-laden wind and wind-driven rain on the test wall relate to the deterioration features recorded on the historic city walls.
This research used a test wall built out of rammed earth to the East of the historic walls at Suoyang. The test wall was subjected the wall to low, medium and high intensities of wind, sediment laden wind and rain and laser scanning was used to assess the extent of the deterioration caused by each test run.
The deterioration features caused by each environmental force were notably different and could be mapped onto the historic walls. Clean wind caused the least deterioration and only removed loose material from protruding areas of the wall, while sediment-laden wind caused pitting (small concave features in the wall surface). Wind-driven rain caused the greatest deterioration with the formation of incipient gullies down the wall face. However, the low frequency of rainfall at Suoyang is likely to limit the extent to which rainfall can cause deterioration at the site, whereas the almost continual nature of erosive wind events suggests that wind may play an important role in causing deterioration even though it only has a low magnitude impact.
Further research is needed to understand how climate change will affect the environmental forces operating at Suoyang as increases in the frequency of rainfall or the speed of the wind could result in faster rates of earthen heritage deterioration. These findings show that conservation strategies at earthen sites like Suoyang need to address the impact of multiple environmental forces, such as clean wind, sediment laden wind and wind-driven rain.
Read the article here!
Header image: Jenny and her field work. Credit: Dunhuang Academy
Jenny Richards is a SEAHA DPhil student based at the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford. Her research, partnered with The Getty and Dunhuang Academy, evaluates site-based conservation approaches to mitigating climatic risks to earthen heritage sites in N W China.
SEAHA student publishes research on multiple identities from burial evidence in the Beaker period
SEAHA student Richard Higham (UCL/University of Brighton) has recently published two papers on his research investigating variation in grave assemblages and the construction of social identity during the Beaker period (2450BC- 1650BC). Working alongside his supervisor Dr Chris Carey (University of Brighton), Richard analysed collections and archives of Beaker burials from Devizes museum, Keiller museum, Chichester museum and the Ashmolean museum, in order to identify variation in burial practice during the Beaker period.
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Systemic Failure: Wisconsin doubles GPS monitoring despite five years of malfunctions, unnecessary jailings
by Denise Lockwood March 4th, 2018 Updated February 6th, 2020
Cody McCormick, 29, packs belongings into his fiancé Breanna Kerssen's car in rural Monroe County on Aug. 1, 2017, as they prepare to move from his grandmother's house to an apartment in Sparta, Wis. They had been living in the basement of the rural home but moved closer to town to improve cellular reception with his GPS monitoring device. He has been jailed at least two times for incidents related to alleged GPS violations.
By Riley Vetterkind
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Cody McCormick, 29, moves possessions into his new rental apartment in Sparta, Wis., on Aug. 1, 2017 with the help of his friend Travis Ray, and fiancé Breanna Kerssen. While living in rural Monroe County, McCormick says the GPS monitor he wears repeatedly lost contact with the Department of Corrections' monitoring center, resulting in false alerts, arrest warrants and jailings.
Cody McCormick spent much of the past seven years incarcerated or on probation after being convicted of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct in Minnesota.
Since he had his supervision transferred to his home state of Wisconsin in late 2016, McCormick has been repeatedly thrown in jail. He lost a job. And he continues to be disturbed by corrections officials calling him — sometimes in the middle of the night.
McCormick says these barriers to reintegrating into the community stem from a GPS ankle bracelet, which he was not required to wear in Minnesota but is required by Wisconsin to wear for life. As of January, Wisconsin monitored 1,258 offenders on GPS devices at an annual cost of about $9.7 million.
Five years after the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism documented serious problems with the state's GPS monitoring program for offenders — false alerts that have landed offenders in jail, disrupting family lives and causing them to lose jobs — inefficiencies and inaccuracies with the system remain, according to state and county records and 16 offenders interviewed for this story.
Such problems have led some law enforcement and other officials to doubt the program's ability to ensure public safety and assist offenders in reintegrating into their communities.
Since the Center's 2013 report, the cost of the program and the number of offenders under monitoring have roughly doubled. Lawmakers never followed through on calls to study the system in the wake of the Center's report. State officials have been unable to produce records of any evaluation of the system's reliability or effectiveness.
In this current report, the Center found numerous service requests and complaints related to bracelets failing to hold a charge. In February, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill that would make it a felony for anyone on GPS monitoring to intentionally fail to charge his or her bracelet.
Offender: Problems from the start
Cody McCormick, 29, shows the GPS monitoring device he is required to wear as a result of a sex-related conviction while living in Minnesota. He says the device has severely impacted his life, banging up his ankle, prohibiting him from wearing shorts or swimming, tearing holes in three pairs of pants and is socially embarrassing.
McCormick, 29, said his troubles with GPS monitoring began soon after being fitted with an ankle bracelet in February 2017. Records show the tracker made by Boulder, Colorado-based BI Inc. was not communicating with the Department of Corrections' Electronic Monitoring Center in Madison because of poor cellular reception at his grandmother's house where he lived in rural Monroe County.
And even though police found him exactly where he was supposed to be, McCormick was taken to jail for about three days. As a result, he lost his job at his family's restaurant.
Ten months later, McCormick was incarcerated again, this time for five days. Records from the Sparta Police Department show the arrest stemmed from McCormick allegedly being located next to a library — a zone off-limits for him — for an hour. McCormick said he only drove past it; his roommate, who was driving with him, affirmed this version of the incident.
McCormick's difficulties persisted. This January, McCormick was briefly jailed on a warrant for allegedly tampering with the bracelet. A police report said McCormick showed them he had not tampered with it. He was later fitted with a new bracelet. Officials did not charge him with a crime — although tampering is a felony offense.
"It's not just the people who are on monitoring devices (who are affected)," McCormick said. "It's their family, their jobs, their social life."
McCormick's story illustrates broader flaws with Wisconsin's GPS<|fim_middle|> are caused by equipment malfunctions.
"Even short periods of jail are highly disruptive and can cause a person to lose his job, be unable to care for children, or even lose stable housing," Klingele said.
Local officials uncertain over GPS
Some officials in law enforcement who deal with Wisconsin's GPS program have seen false alerts firsthand and have reservations about the program.
Price County Sheriff Brian Schmidt recalled an incident in which he refused to detain a GPS-monitored offender with a warrant because it appeared to stem from a device malfunction.
"If … you find a gentleman in bed, and the monitor is failing, even though I have the (apprehension) request, I'm less likely to put that person in jail," Schmidt said.
DOC sees it another way. "There is no such thing as a 'false alert,' " Cook said. He said the law requires offenders to be taken into custody until such alerts can be resolved; DOC can have them jailed for up to three days to determine whether a violation occurred.
DOC records show it can take days or even weeks to locate errant offenders, especially if they are homeless or have removed their bracelets.
'Tail wagging the dog'
Recent studies show that electronic monitoring combined with traditional parole methods and treatment could lower rates of arrests, convictions, and returns to custody. But a University College London study speculates that any positive effects may be due to increased compliance with treatment programs, not the monitoring itself.
Susan Turner, a professor of criminology at the University of California-Irvine, has studied the cost and effectiveness of the GPS monitoring program in California. "Although knowing the whereabouts of sex offenders is important," she says, "the cost of monitoring sex offenders on GPS may outweigh these benefits."
Susan Turner, a professor of criminology, law, and society at the University of California-Irvine, argues such systems do not provide many benefits for the cost.
In a 2015 study on California's GPS program that she co-authored, Turner found the system does reduce recidivism, but only for administrative violations such as failure to register as a sex offender, not for criminal sex and assault violations, where recidivism is already "very low."
"I think they (lawmakers) had the tail wagging the dog," Turner said. "They hadn't really thought through what exactly they hoped to accomplish by putting it on, other than just saying we got the GPS on the sex offender."
Technical malfunctions lead to jailings
Offenders interviewed by the Center say they generally have experienced fewer malfunctions as time passes. Jessa Nicholson Goetz, a Madison-based criminal defense attorney, said that technological improvements have largely resolved the malfunctions her clients experienced.
Still, problems do remain.
James Morgan, a sex offender profiled in the Center's original report who was jailed for alleged GPS violations at least eight times between 2011 and March 2013, has been arrested three times since then for alleged GPS violations. DOC records show that one time was for a lost signal, which was not Morgan's fault. In another case, Morgan said, his bracelet malfunctioned.
If found guilty of violating the terms of his monitoring, Morgan, 58, could be returned to prison for years. That prospect keeps him up at night.
"I could potentially never walk out," Morgan said as his daughter, Angela, and new wife, Rachel, listened beside him.
George Drake, president of Correct Tech LLC, an Albuquerque-based corrections technology consulting company, said agencies should use more discretion.
"If I take this guy into custody, for this two-minute curfew violation, it's going cost (the offender) his job, and he won't be able to pay the victim his restitution, and it's going to create an awful lot of hardships," Drake said.
GPS coverage poor in rural areas
The system's ability to accurately locate offenders in rural areas, where cell service is poor, also can be spotty.
Several offenders told the Center they have received repeated phone calls from the monitoring center or their probation agents asking them to regain a signal or informing them they are located in places where offenders claim not to be.
David Bay, a sex offender on GPS from Ashland County, has been arrested three times on probation violations since 2013. He claimed the problem was with his monitoring bracelet. Bay, 69, of Glidden, said he faces days in jail if he strays too far from the beacon at his home.
Battery malfunctions are widely reported, according to DOC records. Of the 93 service requests submitted in May for battery problems, some were for batteries that failed to take a charge or drained within a few hours. BI Inc., the device manufacturer, advertises that its devices can hold a charge for up to 80 hours.
When GPS bracelets lose their charge prematurely, offenders who are outside of their homes must race to find a place to gain a charge or face jail time.
"When they go dead, they go dead fast," said Steven Nichols, 48, of Whitehall. "I once charged it fully and drove to Eau Claire (a 50-minute drive), and it was beeping that the battery was dead."
Jason Wolford, a 37-year-old offender on lifetime GPS, said he has spent up to five hours sitting in one place to charge an older unit. GPS service requests show reports of charging taking up to seven hours. Offenders say new units charge in about 30 minutes.
Cook said DOC submits service requests when any potential technical issue is identified with equipment. Drake said the DOC should regularly replace the batteries; letting them go dead is "poor management."
A life still interrupted
Cody McCormick, 29, moves possessions into his new rental apartment in Sparta, Wis., on Aug. 1, 2017. McCormick and his fiancé Breanna Kerssen had been living in the basement of his grandmother's rural home, but moved into town after McCormick faced continuous difficulties with the GPS monitoring device.
On an early August evening with the summer sun setting behind them, McCormick, his fiance Breanna Kerssen and a friend packed boxes of belongings into two aging Acura sedans and drove down a winding country road away from his grandmother's house to an apartment in Sparta where McCormick hoped better cell reception would give him a life less interrupted by the corrections system.
"I was tired about getting phone calls (from the monitoring center)," McCormick said as he surveyed his new yard. "Here, I don't have to worry about that as much."
McCormick's optimism, it turns out, was misplaced.
In addition to two more arrests since moving to Sparta, the monitoring center called McCormick in October when he came within half a block of a liquor store, which is one of his exclusion zones. Another time, he had to return home early from helping with his grandmother's fall yard cleanup.
The monitoring center said it could not gain a signal.
The nonprofit Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (www.WisconsinWatch.org) collaborates with Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Television, other news media and the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. All works created, published, posted or disseminated by the Center do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of UW-Madison or any of its affiliates.
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The Center reviewed data from a single month, May 2017, to more deeply explore the large volume of alerts being triggered by Wisconsin's monitored offenders. In all, Wisconsin offenders in May generated more than 260,000 GPS alerts, 81,000 of which corrections officials sorted through manually.
The review found:
The state monitoring center lost cell connection 56,853 times with 895 offenders that month — or an average of about 64 times per offender, according to DOC records.
Most offenders on monitoring across the state experienced loss of satellite signal, generating 32,766 alerts — half of which were serious enough to be investigated.
Of the 52 arrest warrants issued by the DOC monitoring center, service request records indicate 13 involved offenders whose equipment was having technical problems around the same time.
DOC employees submitted 135 requests for technical problems with GPS tracking devices— 93 for charging or battery issues with ankle bracelets, 12 for signals lost, 14 for false tamper alerts.
Wisconsin's problems are not unique. A 2017 examination by the University College London and Australian National University of 33 studies of electronic monitoring worldwide found widespread technological problems.
In 2012, California replaced half of the state's ankle bracelets because of technical problems; Massachusetts replaced all 3,000 of its GPS bracelets in 2016, citing poor cell coverage.
Wisconsin DOC officials said the benefits of the program outweigh any technical drawbacks. Spokesman Tristan Cook said the bracelets provide a "deterrent effect since offenders know they are being tracked."
BI Inc., which supplies the ankle bracelets and other monitoring equipment, declined to answer questions about reported problems with the technology.
Ranks of monitored offenders swell
According to the Pew Charitable Trusts, 88,000 offenders were strapped with GPS bracelets in 2015 — 30 times more than the 2,900 offenders who were tracked a decade earlier. Wisconsin had a daily average of about 1,500 offenders on tracking in 2017-18 — a nearly 10-fold increase from 158 offenders in 2008-09.
Some experts say GPS monitoring can be a useful tool in providing structure, reducing recidivism, allowing offenders to work and lowering costs compared to incarceration. But technological problems can get in the way of those benefits.
Mike Nellis, the editor of the Journal of Offender Monitoring, which focuses on the use of monitoring technology to enhance public safety, said such problems can undercut the program.
"To suddenly find yourself carted back to prison for something that is in no way your fault seems to me to be quite an unnecessary disruption in the life of an offender — and quite at odds with good practice in reintegrating them," Nellis said.
Cecelia Klingele, an associate law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studies sentencing and correctional policy. She argues that even short periods of jail time are disruptive, and that the state Department of Corrections should investigate alleged GPS violations without incarceration, if possible, unless an offender poses an immediate risk to the public.
Cecelia Klingele, a University of Wisconsin-Madison associate law professor who specializes in correctional policy, said DOC is in a difficult position when it knows some, or even many, of the alerts it receives | 734 |
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TOUCH SCREEN TECHNOLOGIES BASIC INFORMATION AND TUTORIALS
What are the different touch screen technologies?
The first touch-screen was created by adding a transparent surface to a touch-sensitive graphic digitizer, and sizing the digitizer to fit a computer monitor. The initial purpose was to increase the speed at which data could be entered into a computer. Subsequently, several types of touch-screen technologies have emerged, each with its own advantages and disadvantages that may, or may not, make it suitable for any given application.
Resistive Touch-screens
Resistive touch-screens respond to the pressure of a finger, a fingernail, or a stylus. They typically comprise a glass or acrylic base that is coated with electrically conductive and resistive layers. The thin layers are separated by invisible separator dots.
When operating, an electrical current is constantly flowing through the conductive material. In the absence of a touch, the separator dots prevent the conductive layer from making contact with the resistive layer. When pressure is applied to the screen the layers are pressed together, causing a change in the electrical current.
This is detected by the touch-screen controller, which interprets it as a vertical/horizontal coordinate on the screen (x- and y-axes) and registers the appropriate touch event. Resistive type touch-screens are generally the most affordable.
Although clarity is less than with other touch-screen types, they're durable and able to withstand a variety of harsh environments. This makes them particularly suited for use in POS environments, restaurants, control/automation systems and medical applications.
Infrared Touch-screens
Infrared touch-screens are based on light-beam interruption technology. Instead of placing a layer on the display surface, a frame surrounds it. The frame assembly is comprised of printed wiring boards on which optoelectronics are mounted and concealed behind an IR-transparent bezel.
The bezel shields the optoelectronics from the operating environment while allowing IR beams to pass through. The frame contains light sources (or light-emitting diodes) on one side, and light detectors (or photosensors) on the opposite side.
The effect of this is to create an optical grid across the screen. When any object touches the screen, the invisible light beam is interrupted, causing a drop in the signal received by the photosensors. Based on which photosensors stop receiving the light signals, it is easy to isolate a screen coordinate. Infrared touch systems are solid state technology and have no moving mechanical parts.
As such, they have no physical sensor that can be abraded or worn out with heavy use over time. Furthermore, since they do not require an overlay—which can be broken—they are less vulnerable to vandalism, and are also extremely tolerant of shock and vibration.
Surface Acoustic Wave Technology Touch-screens
Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) technology is one of the most advanced touch-screen types. The SAW touch-screens work much like their infrared brethren except that sound waves, not light beams, are cast across the screen by transducers. Two sound waves, one emanating from the left of the screen and another from the top, move across the screen's surface. The waves continually bounce off reflectors located on all sides of the screen until they reach sensors located on the opposite side from where they
originated.
When a finger touches the screen, the waves are absorbed and their rate of travel thus slowed. Since the receivers know how quickly the waves should arrive relative to when they were sent, the resulting delay allows them to determine the x- and y-coordinates of the point of contact and the appropriate touch event to be registered.
Unlike other touch-screen technologies, the z-axis (depth) of the touch event can also be calculated; if the screen is touched with more than usual force, the water in the finger absorbs more of the wave's energy, thereby delaying it even more.
Because the panel is all glass and there are no layers that can be worn, Surface Acoustic Wave touch screens are highly durable and exhibit excellent clarity characteristics. The technology is recommended for public information kiosks, computer based training, or other high-traffic indoor environments.
Capacitive Touch-screens
Capacitive touch-screens consist of a glass panel with a capacitive (charge storing) material coating on its surface. Unlike resistive touch-screens, where any object can create a touch, they require contact with a bare finger or conductive stylus.
When the screen is touched by an appropriate conductive object, current from each corner of the touch screen is drawn to the point of contact. This causes oscillator circuits located at corners of the screen to vary in frequency depending on where the screen was touched.
The resultant frequency changes are measured to determine the x- and y- coordinates of the touch event. Capacitive type touch-screens are very durable, and have a high clarity. They are used in a wide range of applications, from restaurant and POS use, to industrial controls and information kiosks.
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THIN FILM TRANSISTOR (TFT) DISPLAYS BASIC INFORMATION AND TUTORIALS
What Are TFT Displays?
Many companies have adopted Thin Film Transistor (TFT) technology to improve color screens. In a TFT screen, also known as active matrix, an extra matrix of transistors is connected to the LCD panel—one transistor for each color (RGB) of each pixel.
These transistors drive the pixels, eliminating the problems of ghosting and slow response speed that afflict non-TFT-LCDs. The result is screen response times of the order of 25 ms, contrast ratios in the region of 200:1 to 400:1, and brightness values between 200 and 250 cd/m2 (candela per square meter).
The liquid crystal elements of each pixel are arranged so that in their normal state (with no voltage applied) the light coming through the passive filter is "incorrectly" polarized and thus blocked. But when a voltage is applied across the liquid crystal elements they twist up to ninety degrees in proportion to the voltage, changing their polarization and letting more light through.
The transistors control the degree of twist and hence the intensity of the red, green, and blue elements of each pixel forming the image on the display. Thin film transistor screens can be made much thinner than LCDs, making them lighter. They also have refresh rates now approaching those of CRTs because current runs about ten times faster in a TFT than in a DSTN screen.
Standard VGA screens need 921,000 transistors (640 x 480 x 3), while a resolution of 1024 x 768 needs 2,359,296, and each transistor must be perfect. The complete matrix of transistors has to be produced on a single, expensive silicon wafer, and the presence of more than a couple of impurities means that the whole wafer must be discarded.
This leads to a high wastage rate and is the main reason for the high price of TFT displays. It's also the reason why there are liable to be a couple of defective pixels where the transistors have failed in any TFT display.
There are two phenomena that define a defective LCD pixel: a "lit" pixel, which appears as one or several randomly placed red, blue and/or green pixel elements on an all-black background, or a "missing" or "dead" pixel, which appears as a black dot on all-white backgrounds.
The former failure mode is the more common, and is the result of a transistor occasionally shorting in the "on" state and resulting in a permanently "turned-on" (red, green or blue) pixel. Unfortunately, fixing the transistor itself is not possible after assembly. It is possible to disable an offending transistor using a laser.
However, this just creates black dots that would appear on a white background. Permanently turned-on pixels are a fairly common occurrence in LCD manufacturing, and LCD manufacturers set limits, based on user feedback and manufacturing cost data, as to how many defective pixels are acceptable for a given LCD panel.
The goal in setting these limits is to maintain reasonable product pricing while minimizing the degree of user distraction from defective pixels. For example, a 1024 x 768 native resolution panel, containing a total of 2,359,296 (1024 x 768 x 3) pixels, that has 20 defective pixels would have a pixel defect rate of (20/2,359,296)*100 = 0.0008%. The TFT display has undergone significant evolution since the days of the early, twisted Nnematic (TN) technology based panels.
SMART CARD READERS BASIC INFORMATION AND TUTORIALS
What are smart cards?
Instead of fumbling for coins, imagine buying the morning paper using a card charged with small denominations of money. The same card could be used to pay for a ride on public transportation. And after arriving at work, you could use that card to unlock the security door, enter the office, and boot up your PC with your personal configuration.
In fact, everything you purchase, whether direct or through the Internet, would be made possible by the technology in this card. It may seem far-fetched but the rapid advancements of semiconductor technologies make this type of card a reality.
In some parts of the world, the "smart card" has already started to obsolete cash, coins, and multiple cards. An essential part of the smart card system is the card reader, which is used to exchange or transfer information.
Why is the smart card replacing the magnetic strip card?
Because the smart card can hold up to a 100 times more information and data than a traditional magnetic strip card. The smart card is classified as an integrated circuit (IC) card. There are actually two types of IC card—memory cards and smart cards.
Memory cards contain a device that allows the card to store various types of data. However, they do not have the ability to manipulate this data. A typical application for memory type cards is a pre-paid telephone card.
These cards hold typically between 1 KB and 4 KB of data. A memory card becomes a smart card with the addition of a microprocessor. The key advantage of smart cards is that they are easy to use, convenient, and can be used in several applications. They provide benefits to both consumers and merchants in many different industries by making data portable, secure, and convenient to access.
History of Smart Cards
Bull CP8 and Motorola developed the first "smart card" in 1977. It was a two-chip solution consisting of a microcontroller and a memory device. Motorola produced a single chip card called the SPOM 01.
Smart cards have taken off at a phenomenal rate in Europe by replacing traditional credit cards. The key to smart card success has been its ability to authorize transactions off-line. A smart card stores the "charge" of cash, enabling a purchase up to the amount of money stored in the card.
Motorola's single chip solution was quickly accepted into the French banking system. It served as a means of storing the cardholder's account number and personal identification numbers (PIN) as well as transaction details. By 1993 the French banking industry completely replaced all bankcards with smart cards.
In 1989 Bull CP8 licensed its smart card technology for use outside the French banking system. The technology was then incorporated into a variety of applications such as Subscriber Identification
Modules (SIM cards) in GSM digital mobile phones. In 1996 the first combined modem/smart card reader was introduced. We will probably soon see the first generation of computers that read smart cards as a standard function.
In May 1996 five major computer companies (IBM, Apple, Oracle, Netscape, and Sun) proposed a standard for a "network computer" designed to interface directly with the Internet, and it has the ability to use smart cards. Also in 1996 the alliance between Hewlett Packard, Informix, and Gemplus was launched to develop and promote the use of smart cards for payment and security on all open networks.
Besides e-commerce, some smart card applications are:
■ Transferring favorite addresses from a PC to a network computer
■ Downloading airline ticket and boarding pass
■ Booking facilities and appointments via Websites
■ Storing log-on information for using any work computer or terminal
HISTORY OF FIBER OPTICS IN COMMUNICATION BASIC INFORMATION AND TUTORIALS
How the use of fiber optics in electronic communications developed?
In 1880, only four years after his invention of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell used light for the transmission of speech. He called his device a Photophone.
It was a tube with a flexible mirror at its end. He spoke down the tube and the sound vibrated the mirror. The modulated light was detected by a photocell placed at a distance of two hundred meters or so. The result was certainly not hi-fi but the speech could at least be understood.
Following the invention of the ruby laser in 1960, the direct use of light for communication was re investigated. However the data links still suffered from the need for an unobstructed path between the sender and the receiver. Nevertheless, it was an interesting idea and in 1983 it was used to send a message, by Morse code, over a distance of 240 km (150 miles) between two mountain tops.
Enormous resources were poured into the search for a material with sufficient clarity to allow the development of an optic fiber to carry the light over long distances.
The early results were disappointing. The losses were such that the light power was halved every three meters along the route. This would reduce the power by a factor of a million over only 60 meters (200 feet).
Obviously this would rule out long distance communications even when using a powerful laser. Within
ten years however, we were using a silica glass with losses comparable with the best copper cables.
The glass used for optic fiber is unbelievably clear. We are used to normal 'window' glass looking clear but it is not even on the same planet when compared with the new silica glass. We could construct a pane of glass several kilometers thick and still match the clarity of a normal window.
If water were this clear we would be able to see the bottom of the deepest parts of the ocean. We occasionally use plastic for optic fiber but its losses are still impossibly high for long distance communications but for short links of a few tens of meters it is satisfactory and simple to use.
It is finding increasing applications in hi-fi systems, and in automobile control circuitry. On the other hand, a fiber optic system using a glass fiber is certainly capable of carrying light over long distances.
By converting an input signal into short flashes of light, the optic fiber is able to carry complex information over distances of more than a hundred kilometers without additional amplification. This is at least five times better than the distances attainable using the best copper coaxial cables.
The system is basically very simple: a signal is used to vary, or modulate, the light output of a suitable source — usually a laser or an LED (light emitting diode). The flashes of light travel along the fiber and, at the far end, are converted to an electrical signal by means of a photo-electric cell. Thus the original input signal is recovered.
When telephones were first invented, it took 75 years before we reached a global figure of 50 million subscribers. Television took only 13 years to achieve the same penetration and the Internet passed both in only four years. As all three of these use fiber optics it is therefore not surprising that cables are being laid as fast as possible across all continents and oceans.
Optic fibers carry most of the half million international telephone calls leaving the US everyday and in the UK over 95% of all telephone traffic is carried by fiber. Worldwide, fiber carries 85% of all communications.
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HAND SOLDERING METHOD BASIC INFORMATION AND TUTORIALS
The various soldering methods which are used with electronic assemblies differ in the sequence in which solder, flux, and heat are brought to the joint, and in the way in which the soldering heat is brought to the joint or joints.
With hand soldering, the heat source is the tip of a soldering iron, which is heated to 300–350 °C/570 660 °F. A small amount of flux may have been applied to the joint members before they are placed together.
The assembled joint is heated by placing the tip of the soldering iron on it or close to it. Solder and flux are then applied together, in the form of a hollow solderwire, which carries a core of flux, commonly based on rosin.
The end of the cored wire is placed against the entry into the joint gap. As soon as its temperature has reached about 100 °C/200 °F, the rosin melts and flows out of the solderwire into the joint. Soon afterwards, the joint temperature will have risen above 183 °C/361 °F; the solder begins to melt too, and follows the flux into the joint gap.
As soon as the joint is satisfactorily filled, the soldering iron is lifted clear, and the joint is allowed to solidify. Thus, with hands oldering, the sequence of requirements is as follows:
1. Sometimes, a small amount of flux.
2. Heat, transmitted by conduction.
3. Solder, together with the bulk of the flux.
Clearly, this operation requires skill, a sure hand, and an experienced eye. On the other hand, it carries an in-built quality assurance: until the operator has seen the solder flow into a joint and neatly fill it, he – or more frequently she – will not lift the soldering iron and proceed to the next joint.
Before the advent of the circuit board in the late forties and of mechanized wavesoldering in the mid fifties, this was the only method for putting electronic assemblies together. Uncounted millions of good and reliable joints were made in this way.
Hand soldering is of course still practised daily in the reworking of faulty joints. Mechanized versions of hands oldering in the form of soldering robots have become established to cope with situations, where single joints have to be made in locations other than on a flat circuit board, and which therefore do not fit into a wave soldering or paste-printing routine.
These robots apply a soldering iron together with a metered amount of flux-cored solder wire to joints on three-dimensional assemblies, which because of their geometry do not lend themselves to wave soldering nor to the printing down of solder paste.
Naturally, soldering with a robot demands either a precise spatial reproducibility of the location of the joints, or else complex vision and guidance systems, to target the soldering iron on to the joints.
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PIEZO-ELECTRIC EFFECT BASIC INFORMATION AND TUTORIALS
When electrical stress is applied to one axis of a quartz crystal it exhibits the piezo-electric effect: a mechanical deflection occurs perpendicular to the electric field. Equally, a crystal will produce an e.m.f. across the electrical axis if mechanical stress is applied to the mechanical axis.
If the stress is alternating – the movement of the diaphragm of a crystal microphone is an example – the e.m.f. produced will be alternating at the frequency of the movement. If the stress alternates at a frequency close to the mechanical resonance of the crystal as determined by its dimensions, then large amplitude vibrations result.
Polycrystalline ceramics possess similar qualities. Quartz crystals used for radio applications are slices cut from a large, artificially grown crystal.
The slices are then ground to the appropriate size to vibrate at a desired frequency. The performance of an individual slice – the crystal as the end user knows it – depends upon the angle at which it was cut from the parent crystal.
Each crystal slice will resonate at several frequencies and if the frequency of the stimulus coincides with one of them the output, electrical or mechanical, will be very large.
The vibrations occur in both the longitudinal and shear modes, and at fundamental and harmonic frequencies determined by the crystal dimensions.
Figure 7.1A shows a typical natural quartz crystal. Actual crystals rarely have all of the planes and facets shown.
There are three opticalaxes (X, Y and Z) in the crystal used to establish the geometry and locations of various cuts. The actual crystal segments used in RF circuits are sliced out of the main crystal. Some slices are taken along the optical axes, so are called Y-cut, X-cut and Z-cut slabs. Others are taken from various sections, and are given letter designations such as BT, BC, FT, AT and so forth.
MICROWAVE ANTENNA BASIC INFORMATION AND TUTORIALS
What is a microwaves antenna and how to design it?
The small antenna elements at microwaves facilitate the construction of highly directive, high gain antennas with high front-to-back ratios. At frequencies below about 2 GHz, 12- to 24-element
Yagi arrays, enclosed in plastic shrouds for weather protection, may be used. At higher frequencies, antennas with dish reflectors are the norm.
The aperture ratio (diameter/wavelength) of a dish governs both its power gain and beamwidth. The power gain of a parabolic dish is given to a close approximation by:
Gain = 10 log10 6(D/λ)^2 × N, dBi
where D = dish diameter and N = efficiency. Dimensions are in metres. The half-power beam width (HPBW) in degrees is approximately equal to 70λ/D.
A microwave antenna with its dish reflector, or parasitic elements in the case of a Yagi type, is a large structure. Because of the very narrow beamwidths – typically 5◦ for a 1.8m dish at 2 GHz – both the antenna mounting and its supporting structure must be rigid and able to withstand high twisting forces to avoid deflection of the beam in high winds.
Smooth covers, radomes, fitted to dishes and the fibreglass shrouds which are normally integral with Yagis designed for these applications considerably reduce the wind loading and, for some antenna types, increase the survival wind speed.
The electrical performance of a selection of microwave antennas is given in Table 4.1 and the wind survival and deflection characteristics in Table 4.2 (Andrew Antennas, 1991).
Table 4.1 2.1–2.2GHz antennas – electrical characteristics
With shrouded Yagis and some dishes low loss foam-filled cables are generally used up to about 2 GHz although special connectors may be required. At higher frequencies, air-spaced or pressurized nitrogen filled cables are frequently used with waveguides as an alternative.
Table 4.2 Wind survival and deflection characteristics
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TYPES OF COAXIAL CABLE BASIC INFORMATION AND TUTORIALS
Coaxial cable consists of two cylindrical conductors sharing the same axis (hence 'co-axial') and separated by a dielectric. For low frequencies (in flexible cables) the dielectric may be polyethylene or polyethylene foam, but at higher frequencies Teflon and other materials are used.
Also used in some applications, notably high powered broadcasting transmitters, are dry air and dry nitrogen.
Several forms of coaxial line are available. Flexible coaxial cable discussed earlier in this chapter is perhaps the most common form.
The outer conductor in such cable is made of either braided wire or foil. Again, television broadcast receiver antennas provide an example of such cable from common experience.
Another form of flexible or semi-flexible coaxial line is helical line in which the outer conductor is spiral wound. This type of coaxial cable is usually 2.5 or more centimetres in diameter.
Hardline is coaxial cable that uses a thin-walled pipe as the outer conductor. Some hardline coax used at microwave frequencies has a rigid outer conductor and a solid dielectric.
Gas-filled line is a special case of hardline that is hollow, the centre conductor being supported by a series of thin ceramic or Teflon insulators. The dielectric is either anhydrous (i.e. dry) nitrogen or some other inert gas.
Some flexible microwave coaxial cable uses a solid 'air-articulated' dielectric, in which the inner insulator is not continuous around the centre conductor, but rather is ridged. Reduced dielectric losses increase the usefulness of the cable at higher frequencies.
Double shielded coaxial cable provides an extra measure of protection against radiation from the line, and EMI from outside sources from getting into the system.
TRANSMISSION LINE FILTERS, BALUNS AND MATCHING CIRCUITS BASIC INFORMATION AND TUTORIALS
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Figure 2–6 Current-boosted 3-terminal regulator without overcurrent protection.
Figure 2–7 (a) Positive current-boosted 3-terminal regulator with current limiting. (b) Negative current-boosted 3-terminal regulator with current limiting.
POWER SUPPLY DESIGN SOFTWARE COMMENT
There is an abundance of software-based power supply design tools, particularly for PWM switching power supply designs. Many of these software packages were written by the semiconductor manufacturers for their own highly integrated switching power supply integrated circuits (ICs).
Many of these ICs include the power devices as well as the control circuitry. These types of software packages should only be used with the targeted products and not for general power supply designs. The designs presented by these manufacturers are optimized for minimum cost, weight, and design time, and the arrangements of any external components are unique to that IC.
There are several generalized switching power supply design software packages available primarily from circuit simulator companies. Caution should be practiced in reviewing all software-based switching power supply design tools.
Designers should compare the results from the software to those obtained manually by executing the appropriate design equations. Such a comparison will enable designers to determine whether the programmer and his or her company really understands the issues surrounding switching power supply design.
Remember, most of the digital world thinks that designing switching power supplies is just a matter of copying schematics.
The software packages may also obscure the amount of latitude a designer has during a power supply design. By making the program as broad in its application as possible, the results may be very conservative.
To the seasoned designer, this is only a first step. He or she knows how to "push" the result to enhance the power supply's performance in a certain area. All generally applied equations and software results should be viewed as calculated estimates. In short, the software may then lead the designer to a result that works but is not optimum for the system.
VARIABLE VOLTAGE REGULATOR ELECTRONIC PROJECT DIAGRAM
The variable voltage regulator lets you adjust the output voltage of a fixed dc power supply between 1.2 and 37 V dc, and will supply the output current in excess of 1.5 A. The circuit incorporates an LM117K three terminal adjustable output positive voltage regulator in a TO-3 can.
Thermal overload protection and short circuit current limiting constant with temperature are included in the package. Capacitor C1 reduces sensitivity to input line impedance, and C2 reduces excessive ringing. Diode CR1 prevents C2 from discharging through the IC during an output short.
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The same effect would be produced by a short-circuited λ/2 section. Unbalanced co-axial cables with an impedance of 50 ohm are commonly used to connect VHF and UHF base stations to their antennas although the antennas are often of a different impedance and balanced about ground.
To match the antenna to the feeder and to provide a balance to unbalance transformation (known as a balun), sections of co-axial cable are built into the antenna support boom to act as both a balun and an RF transformer.
The sleeve balun consists of an outer conducting sleeve, one quarter wavelength long at the operating frequency of the antenna, and connected to the outer conductor of the co-axial cable as in Figure 3.5.
When viewed from point Y, the outer conductor of the feeder cable and the sleeve form a short circuited quarter-wavelength stub at the operating frequency and the impedance between the two is very high.
This effectively removes the connection to ground for RF, but not for DC, of the outer conductor of the feeder cable permitting the connection of the balanced antenna to the unbalanced cable without short-circuiting one element of the antenna to ground.
RF transformer
If a transmission line is mismatched to the load variations of voltage and current, and therefore impedance, occur along its length (standing waves). If the line is of the correct length an inversion of the load impedance appears at the input end.
When a λ/4 line is terminated in other than its characteristic impedance an impedance transformation takes place. The impedance at the source is given by:
Zs = Z0^2/ ZL
Zs = impedance at input to line
Z0 = characteristic impedance of line
ZL = impedance of load
By inserting a quarter-wavelength section of cable having the correct characteristic impedance in a transmission line an antenna of any impedance can be matched to a standard feeder cable for a particular design frequency.
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DOPPLER EFFECT BASIC INFORMATION AND TUTORIALS
What is Doppler Effect?
Doppler effect is an apparent shift of the transmitted frequency which occurs when either the receiver or transmitter is moving. It becomes significant in mobile radio applications towards the higher end of the UHF band and on digitally modulated systems.
When a mobile receiver travels directly towards the transmitter each successive cycle of the wave has less distance to travel before reaching the receiving antenna and, effectively, the received frequency is raised. If the mobile travels away from the transmitter, each successive cycle has a greater distance to travel and the frequency is lowered.
The variation in frequency depends on the frequency of the wave, its propagation velocity and the velocity of the vehicle containing the receiver. In the situation where the velocity of the vehicle is small compared with the velocity of light, the frequency shift when moving directly towards, or away from, the transmitter is given to sufficient accuracy for most purposes by:
fd = V/C fi
fd = frequency shift, Hz
ft = transmitted frequency, Hz
V = velocity of vehicle, m/s
C = velocity of light, m/s
Examples are:
• 100 km/hr at 450 MHz, frequency shift = 41.6Hz
• 100 km/hr at 1.8 GHz – personal communication network (PCN)
frequencies – frequency shift = 166.5Hz
• Train at 250 km/hr at 900MHz – a requirement for the GSM pan- European radio-telephone frequency shift = 208 Hz
When the vehicle is travelling at an angle to the transmitter the frequency shift is reduced. It is calculated as above and the result multiplied by the cosine of the angle of travel from the direct approach
In a radar situation Doppler effect occurs on the path to the target and also to the reflected signal so that the above formula is modified to:
where fd is now the total frequency shift.
LOUD SPEAKER AMPLIFIER DAMPING FACTOR BASIC INFORMATION AND TUTORIALS
The majority of high performance amplifiers are solid state and employ global (overall) negative feedback, not least for the unit-to-unit consistency it offers over the wild (eg. +/–50%) tolerances of semiconductor parts. One effect of high global NFB (in conventional topologies) is to make the output source impedance (Zo) very low, potentially 100 times lower than the speaker impedance at the amplifier's output terminals.
For example, if the amplifier's output impedance is 40 milliohms, then the nominal damping factor with an 8 ohm speaker will be 200, ie. 40 milliohms (0.04) is 1/200th of 8Ω. This 'damping factor' is essential for accurate control of most speakers.
Yet describing an amplifier's ability to damp a loudspeaker with a single number (called 'damping factor') is doubtful. This is true even in active systems where there is no passive crossover with their own energy storage effects, complicating especially dynamic behaviour.
Figure 2.13 again takes a sine-swept impedance of an 8 ohm, 15" driver in a nominal box to show how 'static' speaker damping varies. Impedance is 70 ohms at resonance but 5.6 ohms at 450Hz.
Now, at the bottom, is plotted the output impedance of a power amplifier which has high negative feedback, and thus the source impedance looking up (or into) it is very low (6 milliohms at 100Hz), though increasing monotonically above 1kHz.
The traditional, simplistic 'damping factor' takes this ideal impedance at a nominal point (say 100Hz), then describes attenuation against an 8 ohm resistor. This gives a damping factor of about 3 orders, ie. 1000, but up to 10,000 at 30Hz. Now look at the middle curve: This is what the amplifier's damping ability is degraded to, after is has traversed a given speaker cable and passed through an ideal 10,000μF series capacitor, as commonly fitted in many professional cabinets for belt'n'braces DC fault protection.
The rise at 1kHz is due to cable resistance, while cable inductance and the series capacitance cause the high and low-end rises respectively above 100 milliohms.
We can easily read off static damping against frequency: At 30Hz, it's about x100. At mid frequencies, bout x50, and again, about 100 at 10kHz. However, instantaneous dynamic' impedance may dip four times lower, while the DC resistance portion of the speaker impedance increases after hard drive, recovering over tens to thousands of milliseconds, depending on whether the drive-unit is a tweeter or a 24" shaker.
Even with high NFB, an amplifier's output impedance will be higher with fewer output transistors, less global feedback, junction heating (if the transistors doing the muscle work are MOS-FETs) and more resistive or inductive (longer/thinner) cabling. Reducing the series DC protection capacitor value so it becomes a passive crossover filter will considerably increase source impedance – even in the pass band.
The ESR (losses) of any series capacitors and inductors will also increase source impedance, with small, but complex, nested variations with drive, temperature, use patterns and aging. The outcome is that the three curves – and the difference between the upper two that is the map of damping factor writhe unpredictably.
Full reality is still more complex, as all loudspeakers comprise a number of complex energy storage/release/exchange sections, some interacting with the room space, and each with the others. The conclusion is that damping factor has more dimensions than one number can convey.
POWER AMPLIFIERS COMMON FORMATS BASIC INFORMATION
Audio power amplifiers are most commonly encountered in one of six formats, which exist to meet real requirements. In order of generally increasing complexity, these are:
1 A monoblock or single channel amplifier. Users are mostly audiophiles who require physical independence as well as implicit electrical isolation (cf.3); or else musicians needing clean, 'mono' instrument amplification.
2a A stereo or two channel unit. This is the almost universal configuration. In domestic, recording studio 'nearfield' and home studio monitoring use, the application is stereo. For professional studios, and for PA, the two channels may be handling different frequency bands, or the same bands for other speakers, but usually it is the same 'stereo channel', as amplifiers are normally behind, over or underneath the L, R or centre speaker cabs they are driving.
2b Dual monoblock – as 2 but the two channels are electrically separated and isolated from each other – the intention being so they can handle vastly different signals without risk of mutual interference. However, being in proximity in a single enclosure and possibly employing a common mains cable, together with having unbalanced inputs, inevitably allows some form of crosstalk through voltage-drop superimposition; and magnetic and/or electrostatic coupling and interaction, between wiring.
3 Multi-channel – most often 3,4 or 6 channels. Originally for professional touring use, for compactness, eventually working within the constraints of the 19" wide 'rack-mount' casing system, the de-facto amplifier casing standard for pro audio gear worldwide. Three and six channel mono and stereo 'Tri-amp' units have been made so the three frequency bands needed to drive many activelyconfigured PA speakers, can come from a single amplifier box. Multichannel power amps are also applicable to home cinema and home or other installed Ambisonic (higher-dimensional) systems.
4 Integrated power-amp + preamp. Not to be confused with monolithic integrated circuits (ICs), this is the familiar, conventional, budget domestic Hi-Fi 'amp'. The control functions are built in, saving the cost of a separate pre-amplifier in another box.
But sensitive circuitry (such as high gain disc and tape inputs) may not sit comfortably alongside the stronger AC magnetic fields commonly radiated by power amplifiers' transformers and supply and output wiring. Careful design is needed to reap cost savings without ending up with irreducible hum and degraded sound quality.
In practice, most integrated amplifiers are built because of a tight budget, and so amplifier performance is traded off in any event. But some high grade examples exist and the trend is increasing at the time of writing.
5 'Powered'. The power amp(s) is/are built into the speaker cabinet, to form a 'Powered' or 'Active cabinet'. This approach has been slow to catch on. It has seen some niche use in the past 20 years in smaller installations, and in the home, usually in conjunction with an 'on-board' active crossover.
Having one or more amplifiers potentially within inches of the loudspeaker parts they are driving has the clear advantage that the losses, errors and weight in speaker cables are brought down towards the minimum. This is most helpful in large systems where speaker cables are most often at their longest.
Since an amplifier in a speaker cab does not need its own casing, there can be savings in cost, and the total system weight (of amps + speakers) can also be reduced. In the home, the need to live with the conventional amplifier's bulky metal box is avoided.
One downside, at least for touring, is that even if there is an overall weight reduction, the speaker cabinets assume added weight, which may cause flying (hanging) restrictions. There's the need to runs mains cables as well as signal cables to each speaker cabinet. This is more of a nuisance in large systems.
For touring sound, health and safety legislation is also unwelcoming to powered cabs, particularly when flown, on several counts. Also, if flown, maintenance can be onerous and adjustment impossible without remote control. Although beyond the remit of this book, it is worth noting that musician's 'combo' amplifiers are an older, simpler and far more widespread variant of the powered cab.
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RECOMBINING SEALED LEAD-ACID BATTERIES BASIC INFORMATION AND TUTORIALS
There are two categories of sealed lead-acid cell. These are the non-recombining or partially recombining type, such as those manufactured by Sonnenschein and by Crompton-Parkinson Ltd, and the fully recombining types, as manufactured by the General Electric Company and by the Gates Rubber Company. The fully recombining types are also produced in the UK under licence by Chloride Energy Ltd under the trade name Cyclon.
Particularly towards the end of charge and when being overcharged, the sulphuric acid electrolyte in lead-acid batteries undergoes electrolysis to produce hydrogen and oxygen.
Consequently, in service, the electrolyte level drops and the concentration of sulphuric acid increases, both of which are deleterious to battery performance and, unless attended to by periodic topping up with distilled water, will lead to the eventual destruction of the battery.
Aware of this danger manufacturers recommend a periodic topping up of the electrolyte to the prescribed mark with distilled water. The need for regular topping up has in the past limited the applications in which lead- acid batteries can be used. Manufacturers have adopted two methods of avoiding the need to top up lead-acid batteries:
1. The development of non-recombining or partially recombining batteries in which, by attention to battery design (new lead alloys for grids, etc.) and by using more sophisticated battery charging methods, gassing is reduced to a Aninimum and topping up is avoided.
2. The development of fully recombining types of battenes in which any hydrogen and oxygen produced by gassing is fully recombined to water, thereby avoiding loss of electrolyte volume.
Both methods have been used to produce a range of non-spill either partially or fully recombining sealed lead-acid batteries which are now finding an everincreasing range of applications for this type of battery.
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THREE-TERMINAL REGULATOR DESIGN VARIATIONS DIAGRAMS AND TUTORIALS
The following design examples illustrate how 3-terminal regulator integrated circuits can form the basis of higher-current, more complicated designs. Care must be taken, though, because all of the examples render the over temperature protection feature of the 3-terminal regulators useless.
Any overcurrent protection must now be added externally to the integrated circuit. The current-boosted regulator.
The design shown in Figure 2–6 adds just a resistor and a transistor to the 3- terminal regulator to yield a linear regulator that can provide more current to the load.
The current-boosted positive regulator is shown, but the same equations hold for the boosted negative regulator. For the negative regulators, the power transistor changes from a PNP to an NPN. Beware, there is no overcurrent or overtemperature protection in this particular design.
The current-boosted 3-terminal regulator with overcurrent protection This design adds the overcurrent protection externally to the IC. It employs the base-emitter (0.6 V) junction of a transistor to accomplish the overcurrent threshold and gain of the overcurrent stage.
For the negative voltage version of this, all the external transistors change from NPN to PNP and vice versa. These can be seen in Figures 2–7a | 3,292 |
Thurrock Council set up news service
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THE first issue of Thurrock's monthly newsletter has landed in residents' inboxes. 'Thurrock News' provides residents with all the latest on events and services from across the borough.
The first issue featured information on the #LoveThurrock campaign to clean up the borough, a competition to win a pair of tickets for Peter Pan at Thameside this Christmas and an update on the widening of the A13 between the Orsett Cock and Manorway roundabouts.
'Thurrock News' will feature updates on priority areas for residents, key messages about the council and important dates for the diary.
Portfolio Holder for Finance and Legal, C<|fim_middle|>6 | llr Shane Hebb, said: "This is a new way for us to let our residents know what is going on in the borough in a way that works around the very busy lifestyles of Thurrock people. The new, regular e-mails will be waiting in your inbox ready to read when you have the time.
"I encourage all residents to sign up to stay updated with all the latest from Thurrock Council."
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Jordan Sandke is an American jazz trumpeter, cornetist, and fluegelhornist.
Biography
Sandke was born around 1946. His main area of musical interest is the swing era. He and his brother, Randy Sandke, played in the Widespread<|fim_middle|> American male musicians
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Widespread Depression Jazz Orchestra members | Depression Jazz Orchestra. His recording debut as sole leader was Rhythm Is Our Business, for Stash Records in 1985. He played both trumpet and cornet on the album, which also featured Tad Shull (tenor sax), Jaki Byard (piano), Milt Hinton (bass), and Charlie Braugham (drums).
Playing style
A 1988 reviewer commented that "Sandke, using both trumpet and fluegelhorn, is rich-toned and mellow at one moment or crisply biting at another." With the Widespread Depression Orchestra, he played "gloriously growling full-bodied Cootie Williams solos".
Discography
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Rhythm Is Our Business (Stash, 1985)
As sideman
With Widespread Depression Orchestra
Downtown Uproar (Stash, 1979)
Boogie in the Barnyard (Stash, 1980)
Rockin' in Rhythm (Phontastic, 1980)
Time to Jump and Shout (Stash, 1981)
With Widespread Jazz Orchestra
Swing Is the Thing (Adelphi, 1982)
Paris Blues (Columbia, 1984)
References
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Queen City Pride festival rolling out plans
"Starting it all will be the traditional rainbow flag raising at Regina City Hall."
Will Chabun • Regina Leader-Post
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Huge rainbow colours fly during the 2025 Queen City Pride parade in Regina. Michael Bell/Regina Leader-Post
"Inside and OUT" — that will be the theme of this summer's Queen City Pride Festival, set for June 20-26.
The festival — in its 27th year — will celebrate individuality and community with a focus on health and wellness, said co-chair Dan Shier.
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That includes personal and community health, mental health, physical health, spirituality, sexual health, relationships, STDs and personal well-being, added Shier, who<|fim_middle|>/Tuck to two editions of CSI, My Name is Earl, Hot in Cleveland and Drag Queens of London. Willam (real name: Willam Belli) will perform at the festival's Pride After Dark after-party event on the evening of June 25.
He has toured North America, Europe, and Australia, but this will be Willam's first performance in Saskatchewan.
That will come a few hours after the festival's signature annual Pride Parade through downtown Regina. The QCPride Awards Gala, which will recognize lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and allied community leaders and their achievements, takes place June 22.
In between will be several days of events and seminars, most in the evening to make them easy for day-time workers and students to attend. One of them will be a "coming-out party" geared to give "youth looking for a safe space to 'come out.' "
Starting it all will be the traditional rainbow flag raising at City Hall.
A full schedule of events should be posted on the website www.queencitypride.ca by mid-May.
June not only marks the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City, a symbol around the world of LGBT resistance to police harassment — but also is right in the middle of Saskatchewan's summer festival season.
wchabun@postmedia.com | said another goal is that of continuing to make the festival even better known outside the local LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community.
Part of that was Thursday night's "teaser" announcement of the entertainment headliner.
Another part is a set of partnerships with organizations like the University of Regina's 5th Parallel Gallery, the Regina Public Library, the local drag group and Regina businesses like bars and hotels, said Shier, who noted that past festivals have drawn visitors from as far way as the Maritimes.
The festival's major headliner will be celebrity drag queen and television star Willam, one of the contestants several years ago on the reality TV series RuPaul's Drag Race, which follows RuPaul in his search for "America's next drag superstar."
Willam's resume includes not only a long list of recordings, but guest spots on TV shows ranging from Nip | 181 |
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Utah Code > Title 31A > Chapter 41 – Title Insurance Recovery, Education, and Research Fund Act
Part 1 General Provisions 31A-41-101 – 31A-41-103
Part 2 Creation of Fund 31A-41-201 – 31A-41-203
Part 3 Claims on Fund 31A-41-301 – 31A-41-306
Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 31A > Chapter 41
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(a) a person other than an individual, including a sole proprietorship by which an individual does business under an assumed name; and
(b) an insurance organization licensed or required to be licensed under Section 31A-23a-301, 31A-25-207, or 31A-26-209. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
Air pollutant: means a substance that qualifies as an air pollutant as defined in 42 U. See Utah Code 19-2-102
Air pollution: means the presence of an air pollutant in the ambient air in the quantities, for a duration, and under the conditions and circumstances that are injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plant life, or property, or would unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or use of property, as determined by the rules adopted by the board. See Utah Code 19-2-102
Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
Application: means a document:
(i) completed by an applicant to provide information about the risk to be insured; and
(ii) that contains information that is used by the insurer to evaluate risk and decide whether to:
(A) insure the risk under:
(I) the coverage as originally offered; or
(II) a modification of the coverage as originally offered; or
(B) decline to insure the risk; or
(b) used by the insurer to gather information from the applicant before issuance of an annuity contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
Assessment: means any charge imposed by the association, including:
(a) common expenses on or against a unit owner pursuant to the provisions of the declaration, bylaws, or this chapter; and
(b) an amount that an association of unit owners assesses to a unit owner under Subsection 57-8-43(9)(g). See Utah Code 57-8-3
association: means all of the unit owners:
(a) acting as a group in accordance with the declaration and bylaws; or
(b) organized as a legal entity in accordance with the declaration. See Utah Code 57-8-3
Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
Commercial condominium project: means a condominium project that has no residential units within the project. See Utah Code 57-8-3
Commission: means the Title and Escrow Commission created in Section 31A-2-403. See Utah Code 31A-41-102
Condominium: means the ownership of a single unit in a multiunit project together with an undivided interest in common in the common areas and facilities of the property. See Utah Code 57-8-3
Condominium project: means a real estate condominium project; a plan or project whereby two or more units, whether contained in existing or proposed apartments, commercial or industrial buildings or structures, or otherwise, are separately offered or proposed to be offered for sale. See Utah Code 57-8-3
Condominium unit: means a unit together with the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appertaining to that unit. See Utah Code 57-8-3
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Declarant: means all persons who execute the declaration or on whose behalf the declaration is executed. See Utah Code 57-8-3
Declaration: means the instrument by which the property is submitted to the provisions of this act, as it from time to time may be lawfully amended. See Utah Code 57-8-3
Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
Department: means the Insurance Department. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
Director: means the director of the Division of Air Quality. See Utah Code 19-2-102
Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
Document: means every instrument in writing, including every conveyance, affecting, purporting to affect, describing, or otherwise concerning any right, title, or interest in real property, except wills and leases for a term not exceeding one year. See Utah Code 57-1-1
Escrow: means :
(i) a transaction that effects the sale, transfer, encumbering, or leasing of real property, when a person not a party to the transaction, and neither having nor acquiring an interest in the title, performs, in accordance with the written instructions or terms of the written agreement between the parties to the transaction, any of the following actions:
(A) the explanation, holding, or creation of a document; or
(B) the receipt, deposit, and disbursement of money;
(ii) a settlement or closing involving:
(A) a mobile home;
(B) a grazing right;
(C) a water right; or
(D) other personal property authorized by the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed pursuant to Section 19-1-104. See Utah Code 19-1-103
Filed: means that a filing is:
(i) submitted to the department as required by and in accordance with applicable statute, rule, or filing order;
(ii) received by the department within the time period provided in applicable statute, rule, or filing order; and
(iii) accompanied by the appropriate fee in accordance with:
(A) Section 31A-3-103; or
(B) rule. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
Fund: means the Title Insurance Recovery, Education, and Research Fund created in Section 31A-41-201. See Utah Code 31A-41-102
Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
Insurance: includes :
(i) a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind;
(ii) a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and
(iii) a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement,<|fim_middle|> class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
Judicial foreclosure: means a foreclosure of a unit:
(a) for the nonpayment of an assessment;
(b) in the manner provided by law for the foreclosure of a mortgage on real property; and
(c) as provided in this chapter. See Utah Code 57-8-3
Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
License: includes a certificate of authority issued to an insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
Limited common areas and facilities: means those common areas and facilities designated in the declaration as reserved for use of a certain unit or units to the exclusion of the other units. See Utah Code 57-8-3
Management committee: means the committee as provided in the declaration charged with and having the responsibility and authority to make and to enforce all of the reasonable rules covering the operation and maintenance of the property. See Utah Code 57-8-3
Mixed-use condominium project: means a condominium project that has both residential and commercial units in the condominium project. See Utah Code 57-8-3
Nonjudicial foreclosure: means the sale of a unit:
(b) in the same manner as the sale of trust property under Sections 57-1-19 through 57-1-34; and
Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
Order: means an order of the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, trustee, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 57-8-3
Person: includes :
(a) an individual;
(b) a partnership;
(c) a corporation;
(d) an incorporated or unincorporated association;
(e) a joint stock company;
(f) a trust;
(g) a limited liability company;
(h) a reciprocal;
(i) a syndicate; or
(j) another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
Premium: includes , however designated:
(i) an assessment;
(ii) a membership fee;
(iii) a required contribution; or
(iv) monetary consideration. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
Proceeding: includes an action or special statutory proceeding. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
producer: means a person licensed or required to be licensed under the laws of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
Property: means the land, whether leasehold or in fee simple, the building, if any, all improvements and structures thereon, all easements, rights, and appurtenances belonging thereto, and all articles of personal property intended for use in connection therewith. See Utah Code 57-8-3
Rate: means :
(i) the cost of a given unit of insurance; or
(ii) for property or casualty insurance, that cost of insurance per exposure unit either expressed as:
(A) a single number; or
(B) a pure premium rate, adjusted before the application of individual risk variations based on loss or expense considerations to account for the treatment of:
(I) expenses;
(II) profit; and
(III) individual insurer variation in loss experience. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
real estate: means any right, title, estate, or interest in land, including all nonextracted minerals located in, on, or under the land, all buildings, fixtures and improvements on the land, and all water rights, rights-of-way, easements, rents, issues, profits, income, tenements, hereditaments, possessory rights, claims, including mining claims, privileges, and appurtenances belonging to, used, or enjoyed with the land or any part of the land. See Utah Code 57-1-1
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Title insurance: means the insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying of an owner of real or personal property or the holder of liens or encumbrances on that property, or others interested in the property against loss or damage suffered by reason of liens or encumbrances upon, defects in, or the unmarketability of the title to the property, or invalidity or unenforceability of any liens or encumbrances on the property. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
Title insurance licensee: means :
(a) an agency title insurance producer; or
(b) an individual title insurance producer. See Utah Code 31A-41-102
Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
Trustor: The person who makes or creates a trust. Also known as the grantor or settlor.
Unit: includes one or more rooms or spaces located in one or more floors or a portion of a floor in a building. See Utah Code 57-8-3
Unit owner: means the person or persons owning a unit in fee simple and an undivided interest in the fee simple estate of the common areas and facilities in the percentage specified and established in the declaration or, in the case of a leasehold condominium project, the person or persons whose leasehold interest or interests in the condominium unit extend for the entire balance of the unexpired term or terms. See Utah Code 57-8-3
Utah Code: means the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code, as amended, unless the text expressly references a portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code as it existed:Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Writ: means an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of:Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 | but with a | 3 |
Weight is an important consideration when going walk-about so if given the choice of that emergency flare or Dermot Somers' book 'Endurance: Heroic Journeys in Ireland', leave the emergency flares behind.
'Endurance' is composed of seven stories spanning 2,000 years, from the Fifth Century BC to the compilation of the 'Annals of the Four Masters' just before the arrival in Ireland of Oliver Cromwell in the mid 1600s. It allows the reader to superimpose upon the mental map of Ireland the sweeping tides of history both National and European, before the centralization of power in London and the Plantations.
The first story recounts Red Hugh O Donnell's kidnap in 1587. Set against the pre-Armada paranoia of Elizabethan England and his subsequent "escapes" from Dublin Castle. It segues nicely<|fim_middle|> of the pieces on the chess board and the absence of a centralized bureaucracy during Brian's reign the reader awaits the inevitable end and the shout of - all change, start again!
The final story covers the journey of Michael O'Cleary..
An edition, published in 1848-51 and edited by John O'Donovan, of the Annals of the Four Masters (compiled during the period 1632-6) was published in six massive volumes, plus a seventh as an index, and runs to well over four thousand pages.
It is debatable as to whether the "Annals of the Four Masters" would ever have been compiled without Michael O'Cleary.
Somers traces his journeys upon his return from Louvain, Belgium in 1626 for ten years to 1636. It recounts his compilation by debate of what merited retention of Gaelic Ireland's history definitely slanted to over-emphasize the contribution of the Northern half of Ireland. He was hereditary historian to the O Donnells of Donegal. When viewed with the benefit of hind-sight his journey and work was more important than even he could have imagined.
A contemporary was Ussher, Protestant Primate (who traced the creation of the world to October 23rd, 4004 BC at 8:00pm!) and whose extensive library O'Cleary visited to do research.
Somers' also informs us of the academic spleen which greeted O'Cleary's work and which did perhaps more to popularise it than anything else.
For anyone driving, walking around Ireland this is a good companion. It will also interest anyone interested in a series of short, palatable stories identifying where upon the landscape the stories which inform our myths, legends, history and literature were written, This book is well written and is a testament to the changes of yesteryear and also a witness to the changes of today. | into the story of the shipwreck of Francisco De Cuellar on Streedagh Strand, County Sligo in September 1588. The reader is introduced to the casual brutality of troubled times where shipwrecked survivors were either murdered for their possessions and clothing or stripped naked and left to the harsh elements. Francisco's account, possessing great humour at times, shows us avarice, greed, mercy, barbarity and life and death on a whim. It is poignant for its view of shifting allegiance. Red Hugh's father handed over Spanish survivors to Dublin Castle in return for his son. The Spanish were promptly executed. Red Hugh remained a prisoner.
The third deals with Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beara's retreat/flight from Beara, Co. Cork to Briefne, Co. Leitrim. The 400th Anniversary of this epic walk took place in January 2002. The details of this story are well documented but Somers manages to add a new slant to some aspects of the story, asking was O'Sullivan a "charismatic figure that folklore reveres, or simply a running man protected by hired soldiers?" Somers also wonders why we know the names of none of the people who died en route but have the full story on the demise of a horse called An Cearc!
The Tain and the Connaught invasion of Ulster under Queen Medb is one of our greatest legends. It retraces the invasion route from Cruchan, County Roscommon to County Louth, but deals in myth, difficult to credit numbers, and feats of magic that leaves little impression on the rational mind. As little in fact as on the landscape. For these tales require a suspension of belief which is difficult in modern Ireland.
Brian Boru's tour of the North is an account of a High King's patrolling the kingdom to control his subject lords. Though a real historical figure, his accession to power bore a strong resemblance to a leveraged buy-out deal of today, and his power base folded just as quickly upon his death. Generational change always brought a realignment | 432 |
I haven't been very committed to this blog for the past few weeks because I've been hit with a dose of the winter blues or winter blahs or winter grrs. I'm quite fond of winter, but I'm always a bit bummed after the time change and this year it coincided with 2 weeks of overcast weather quickly followed by winter chills. Plus, I re-injured my knee, so I struggled with getting any for my normal outdoor time (I actually took the bus to work for a few days, despite living less than 2km away). I think it all just made me really grumpy and uninterested.
But, we had a lovely big snow just as my knee decided to be (mostly) healed. I haven't been able to make it out for a long walk, which is something I *love* to do when Edmonton is a winter wonderland, but I've been out and about enough to cheer up quite a bit. I've been stopping to watch the chickadees and chipmunks as much as possible because they make me happy.
Magpies trying to<|fim_middle|> by the time I get home). | steal the chipmunk's food. Chipmunk being cute, but having none of that nonsense.
And, I got most of my Christmas decorating done, including a string of lights that turn on automagically before I get home. I like coming home to a bit of cheer in my otherwise dark and gloomy apartment (the sun has set | 70 |
Looking for a fresh, easy meal to help boost your metabolism? This delicious tabbouleh is packed<|fim_middle|> sugar balanced. This prevents spikes in insulin and reduces fat storage.
Want to know how food can play a vital role in your long-term health? We have plenty of guides, information and meal ideas for you to sink your teeth into. | full of healthy vegetables and is ideal for an office lunch or lighter evening meal.
We'll explain how to make it and show you how each ingredient can help you on your weight loss journey.
Cut the stalks off the cauliflower and broccoli and discard them.
Place the cauliflower and broccoli in a food processor and blend in short burst until they reach the consistency of couscous.
Slice the red onion and add half to your mixture, along with half the lemon zest.
Microwave on full power for 45 seconds.
Leave in the fridge for one hour.
Remove your 'couscous' mixture from the fridge and add the lemon juice, half the tomato and half the olives. Mix well.
Put the mixture on a plate and top with the rest of the onion, olives, tomato and lemon zest.
Top with the hummus and serve.
Contains compounds called glucosinolates, which protect the stomach lining and support a healthy digestive process. Like all cruciferous vegetables, it's also high in fibre.
The Vitamin C in broccoli helps you burn fat more efficiently while you exercise. If you're exercising regularly but can't seem to shift any weight, it could be that you're lacking Vitamin C.
Broccoli also contains calcium, which can also boost your metabolism when you get it from a low-fat source, such as vegetables.
Another great source of Vitamin C, so they'll help your body turn fat into usable energy. Radishes are another high-fibre vegetable, adding to the already high amounts in this salad dish.
Red onion stimulates production of glutathione, an antioxidant that helps remove hormone-disrupting chemicals from your body and protect the metabolic process.
Ensuring you eat plenty of antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables, such as tomatoes, can help your body to fight the damage caused by free radicals.
Olive oil has been shown to break down fats inside fat cells, which will help you get rid of belly fat. Tests have shown that people with plenty of olive oil in their diet have higher levels of serotonin, a hormone that makes us feel full.
Lemons help to increase your metabolic rate, thus allowing you to burn more calories and store less fat. They work to slow down the rate of starch digestion, helping to keep blood | 456 |
The Global Data Summit (GDS) is a gathering of experts and professionals from<|fim_middle|> want to ensure that every event is successful for both attendees and vendors.
Why Attend Global Data Summit? | around the world. GDS speakers represent the best of the best internationally and are ready to share the very latest global innovations, leading edge advancements, thoughtful analysis and the latest break-throughs in leveraging organizational data. This is a chance to listen and learn as well as interact and mingle with leading experts in the field. The format will emphasize interaction over podium-to-audience speaking and will include plenty of time for networking, small group discussions, workshop/flipchart sessions. We are striving to make this the most valuable Global Data Summit for you.
Global Data Summit is a team of leading data experts interested in bringing together the best minds.
We host relevant data conferences that attract the top strategic thinkers from throughout the world.
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It's pretty cool, right? You have vision like a hawk.
You can see perfectly far away. In fact, the farther, the better. The problem is you can't read without getting a headache or without having to squint. It's weird.
Things up close should be easy to read, shouldn't they? Yes, they should. But, you may have a condition called "hyperopia." Here's what you need to know about it.
No one really understands the root cause of hyperopia, but current research suggests that much of the cause of the condition is correlated with genetic factors. Hyperopia is a condition in which objects up close appear blurry while objects far away appear in focus.
This happens because the eyeball is smaller or flatter than it should be, causing light to enter the eye's lens and bend – focusing behind the retina instead of on it. In order for objects to be in focus, the light must bend and then focus on the retina. To the extent that this does not happen is the extent to which you suffer from altered or distorted visual acuity.
So, you know you have a problem. Now what? There are many options available, fortunately<|fim_middle|> (your prescription keeps changing with each visit), then you will not be recommended for the procedure. You should contact a professional if you need more help deciding whether you're a good candidate for this type of surgery.
Refractive surgery for hyperopia allows the doctor to cut a flap in your cornea. From there, a second laser is used to make surface adjustments to the shape and angle of your eye. For hyperopia, the doctor steepens the angle of the cornea.
This allows light to bend at a steeper angle, which then allows the light to focus onto the retina instead of behind it.
Once the second laser has made adjustments to your eye, the doctor replaces the flap and the procedure is over. You are send home to heal. It takes roughly 1 to 3 days for your vision to be restored. But, once it is, you will be able to see much more clearly. Over the next several weeks, you will have to come back to the doctor's office for followup examinations.
Your vision should steadily improve until you have attained 20/20 vision, and you no longer suffer from hyperopia.
Holly Davison is training to be an optician. She enjoys sharing her knowledge with the general public through her articles, and hopes to provide helpful information in an easy to understand way with her writing. | . You can opt for traditional corrective lenses or for surgery, and multiple options in between.
Corrective lenses are cheap and they will help you see better when working on the computer or when you are trying to read. Based on the degree of your refractive error, your age, and other factors, your doctor will help you determine which option is best.
If reading glasses will suffice, you will only have to shell out a few pounds for the lenses, and you'll be sent on your way.
However, if you want to address the basic structural problem, you will need to opt for surgical intervention.
LASIK treatment is a laser eye treatment that permanently changes the shape of your eye.
While many people are great candidates for this procedure, many are not. If your doctor determines that your vision is not stable, or you have refractive instability | 169 |
Steve Spangler (born December 8, 1966) is an American television personality, author and science teacher. Spangler founded Steve Spangler Science and its wholesale division, Be Amazing Toys. He served as CEO of Steve Spangler Science and the creative director of Be Amazing Toys. Both companies develop science education teaching tools and toys. Spangler posted the first Diet Coke and Mentos video on YouTube in September 2005 and his 2002 televised demonstration of the eruption went viral launching a chain of several other Diet Coke and Mentos experiment viral videos. He earned two Heartland Emmy Awards and a total of five Emmy nominations. Spangler holds a Guinness World Record for the largest physics lesson and is an inductee of the National Speakers Association Speaker Hall of Fame.
Career
Education work
Spangler's career began as a science teacher in the Cherry Creek School District in Colorado. As part of a science outreach program, Spangler created a traveling science show targeted to elementary and middle school students in an effort to increase interest in science. In 1991, Spangler began traveling throughout Colorado and the surrounding states to present school assembly programs and teacher training workshops focused on using more inquiry-based science activities in the classroom.
Spangler presented over 4,500 science shows for students and teachers at approximately 900 schools throughout the U.S. from 1991-2003 when the tour ended.
In 1992, Spangler began working as an adjunct faculty member at the Regis University in the Department of Chemistry. He served as the Executive Director of the National Hands-on Science Institute until 2001. The institute combined professional development for elementary and middle school teachers with an authentic lab experience for teachers to test out best practices and hands-on learning strategies with Denver-area children who attended an afternoon science camp.
Spangler hosts several summer science institutes as professional development science educators. Science in the Rockies offers strategies and best practices for increasing hands-on engagement in the classroom. In 2009, Spangler partnered with Holland America Cruise Line to offer an environmental science curriculum exploring the inside passage of Alaska.
Television work
During his first year of teaching, a producer from the Denver,<|fim_middle|>1, Spangler was selected as one of 100 initial partners for the YouTube Original Channel Initiative and received funding for the production of new original programming. Spangler's YouTube show, The Spangler Effect, debuted February 1, 2012.
Personal life
Steve Spangler was born on December 8, 1966 in Denver, Colorado. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a dual degree in chemistry and humanities in 1989. Spangler has three sons.
References
External links
Steve Spangler
Steve Spangler Science
Video experiments on 9News
"A blog, a bottle, a mint" - Toronto Star
Living people
American chief executives
Emmy Award winners
1966 births
American scientists | Colorado NBC affiliate KCNC-TV offered Spangler a position as a science host on News for Kids after seeing him perform a science demonstration show at a public event. News for Kids premiered in 1991 and was picked up for national syndication in 1993, airing in 185 cities every Saturday morning. After six seasons, Spangler produced 220 segments that featured simple science experiments that viewers could easily recreate at home. Spangler received a Heartland Emmy Award for his work on News for Kids in 1997.
In 2001, Spangler joined the Denver NBC affiliate, KUSA-TV 9NEWS as their Science Education Contributor. His weekly science segments feature science demonstrations and experiments that encourage viewers to learn more about science. Denver, Colorado NBC affiliate, KUSA-TV 9News.
Spangler has also been featured on Food Network, Discovery Channel, HGTV, NBC Nightly News, History Channel, Today Show, Good Morning America, The Weather Channel, VH1, QVC, Modern Marvels, The Doctors and DIY.
The Diet Coke and Mentos eruption experiment was first televised by Spangler in 2002 and became popular on the Internet in 2005. More than a thousand videos appeared online replicating the experiment. Spangler was nominated for the Time 100 in 2007 because of the experiment. He signed a licensing agreement with Perfetti Van Melle, the maker of MENTOS, in 2006 and developed a line of toys to be used with the experiment.
Spangler made his first appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2007. One of his show demonstrations, Walking on Water, consisted of mixing 2,500 pounds of cornstarch and 500 gallons of water into a large container to create a Non-Newtonian fluid.
Other work
Spangler founded Steve Spangler Science and Be Amazing Toys, the wholesale division of Steve Spangler Science. Steve served as the CEO of Steve Spangler Science until 2018 when the company was sold to Really Good Stuff, LLC, a division of Excelligence Learning Corporation.
Spangler is the author of seven books: Down to a Science, Taming the Tornado Tube, Bounce No Bounce, Fizz Factor, Secret Science, Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes, Fire Bubbles and Exploding Toothpaste.
Spangler is also known for the Sick Science! YouTube channel, which received 170M views by 2020. The channel contains instructional videos on simple at home or classroom science experiments. He also runs a TikTok account which has been verified and has amassed more than 1.2M followers and 16.5M likes as of November 19, 2020.
Awards
Spangler received a Heartland Emmy Award in 1997 for his contribution the television program News for Kids. In 2010, he received a Heartland Emmy Award for Spangler Science - Weather and Science Day at Coors Field. Spangler also received a Guinness World Record for the largest physics lesson.
Spangler was inducted into the National Speakers Association's Speaker Hall of Fame in 2010.
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Because piratemistress asked to read some of my old West Wing fic, I went hunting around my journal (Why don't I tag anything? Why?) and was driving myself nuts looking for fic that I knew I'd written but couldn't find! Of course after a couple of hours I remembered that back in 2006 I was still posting my fic on my old geocities website, now dead, and only started using LJ half way through my West Wing obsession. Duh!
So because piratemistress has just watched the fabulous Noel and wanted to read my little post-ep fic, I'm posting it here as it's no longer anywhere else online. So here it is - fic from 2006.
"Come on," she said, holding his arm and pulling him gently away from the carolers. She couldn't tell what was going on inside, he was keeping it too well concealed, but his face had that pained, tight expression she'd grown to hate over the past few weeks and she wondered what it was about the singers that disturbed him.
He came with her readily enough, taking a deep breath and letting her guide him through the milling, happy crowd toward the road. He didn't say much, his silence as eloquent as one of Sam's speeches; there were very few things that kept Josh Lyman silent, and this was one of them. Donna quelled a flash of anger; sometimes she was glad the bastards who'd done this to him were dead. Other times she wished they were alive, and that she could have half an hour with them in a locked room.
When she stopped at the curb, Josh opened his mouth to speak but she forestalled him. "We're getting a cab," she said, spying one and raising her hand.
The driver glanced over his shoulder, eyeing them both warily.
Josh didn't answer, just let his head sink back and closed his eyes. With a shrug, the cab driver turned around and they pulled out into traffic. Donna kept half an eye on where they were going and half an eye on Josh. He looked tired, exhausted. She suspected he hadn't been sleeping well. If at all.
As the cab slowed to a crawl in the evening traffic, the driver switched on the radio. A tinny Christmas classic wailed quietly, filling the silence. Donna had always loved Christmas, the bustle and the tinsel and the forced good will. She didn't care that it was forced, at least it was good will. At least people were trying, aiming for the best for once instead of putting up with the worst. But this year none of it seemed to matter, it all seemed like exactly what it was – frills and fancy, covering up what really mattered.
"Turn it off." He said it very quietly, so quietly she wasn't sure she heard him right.
She leaned forward and put a hand on the driver's shoulder. "Excuse me, could you turn the radio off?" It wasn't really a request; she'd been around Josh long enough to know how to give orders.
With a disconsolate grump the driver did as she asked and the cab filled with the white noise of the rush hour. Donna sat back, her full attention on Josh now. He still hadn't moved, and didn't look much more relaxed. She wanted to ask him if he was okay, but she knew he wasn't and it seemed like a stupid question. He'd spent all day talking about it, or – knowing Josh – avoiding talking about it, so she didn't press the issue. Instead, and given the circumstances she thought it was entirely reasonable, she slipped her arm through his and sat quietly.
And she remembered the Congressional Christmas party, and the way he'd bolted from the room when the lights came up. Toby had noticed something too, he'd said so after. He'd said he'd seen Josh crying. She squeezed his arm, ignoring the ache in her chest. "You'll get better," she said, and hoped it wasn't a platitude.
The cab turned into the hospital and pulled up outside the ER. An ambulance was parked in a bay, lights flashing. But no sirens. And Josh's eyes were riveted. Donna briefly wondered if GW was the best place to take him; when it came to memories it couldn't be good. Climbing out of the car, she hurriedly paid the driver – tipping heavily to compensate for the radio thing – and caught up with Josh who'd wandered away from the cab to study the ambulance.
What he meant was that it was self-inflicted and that he hated being here at all, wasting people's time. What he didn't get was that he was the Whitehouse Deputy Chief of Staff, the one who'd been shot and on CNN's rolling news for days and days after Roslyn.
"Joshua Lyman?" Maryanne's gaze darted to where Josh had taken a seat at the far side of the room.
"He's the guy who got shot, right?" Donna thought the nurse looked a little star struck.
Eyes wide, Maryanne nodded and hurriedly disappeared down the long, white corridor. When Donna turned around, Josh was glaring.
"What did you do?" he asked as she approached.
Outside a siren whooped into life, Josh nearly jumped out of his skin and the clipboard went flying. Donna retrieved it, smiling at the startled drunk on the opposite seat. When she sat back down, Josh had his head in his hands. She filled in the forms and hoped the doctor would hurry.
True to her word, after about fifteen minutes, Maryanne returned with a young kid in a white coat – the doctor? – following. "Ah, this is Doctor Edwards," she said, talking to Donna but eyeing Josh, who still sat with his head in his hands.
The doctor smiled, head cocked to one side, and took in the pale face, sweating slightly even in the cool air. "There's no line, Mr Lyman. Come this way." Donna reassessed him instantly; the kid knew what he was doing.
Josh stared out into the corridor as the doctor got to work. He was embarrassed and Donna wondered if she should leave, let him handle this alone. But she was transfixed by the doctor unwrapping the bandage, fascinated by the nasty cut already showing the first signs of infection… It was almost as if she could see on the outside how he was feeling inside, and that if she walked away now she'd be turning her back on him. Besides, Josh wasn't talking and the doctor needed someone to answer his questions.
"Three days ago," Donna answered.
"Thanks," Donna said. Josh was still staring into the corridor.
The doctor didn't believe him anymore than Donna did, but there were times and places for the truth and this wasn't it. The very last thing she wanted was Josh's mental health on the front page of the morning papers. "We just need you to fix his hand," she said.
And so he did, with no fuss and little conversation. Whether it was his natural style, or whether he just read Josh well, Donna didn't know. Either way, she was grateful and put him on her thank you list too. Within half an hour they were ready to go. Ten minutes after that they were in another cab and heading for Josh's apartment. She'd asked the driver to switch off the music as soon as they'd climbed in, and they rode in silence through the emptying streets into Georgetown.
"Actually, I don't think that's a crime in DC," he grumbled, climbing the stairs and rummaging for his keys.
George pulled out a handful of letters from under the counter of the small reception desk. "Got some mail, Mr. Lyman." As Josh took the letters, Donna noticed George's gaze dart discretely to the fresh bandage. "Happy holidays, sir," he said as they moved away.
Something unpleasant fluttered around inside Donna's chest, but she kept her face and voice even. "What thing?" A date?
She stopped as she stepped inside. Perfect. It was as neat and hotel-like as ever, barely lived in. Maybe she'd read him wrong, but that couldn't be true. She never read Josh wrong. The door closed quietly behind her, she slipped off her coat and hung it up on the peg that had somehow become hers during the three months she'd been all but living here. She was about to make a crack about a coaster being out of place when she saw the window.
The glass was so new it still had stickers on it, and the wooden sash was pure, virgin wood. Never painted. Brand new. A brand new window. He caught her staring and rubbed his good hand over his face, saying nothing as he headed for the kitchen.
So much for the broken glass story. She took a couple of steps closer to the window and saw dark spots on the cream carpet. It looked like blood. Should have used salt, she thought, to get the stain out.
"I know." And she tried to imagine him standing there, punching his hand through the window. She couldn't. Maybe she didn't want to.
He nodded and turned away. "No olives," he said, disappearing into his bedroom.
She gave the order, charged it to Josh's account – he'd<|fim_middle|> seen him losing over the past weeks, its force turning inward instead of out, turning self-destructive.
That had been the hardest thing about the whole horrible disaster, to see him knocked so flat. First physically, then emotionally. She felt a sudden surge of emotion and wished she hadn't had the extra beer.
"Donna? Are you brooding?" he asked suddenly, leaning back in his chair and draining his beer.
"Hours of research, Josh. Hours." She stood and picked up her plate. "It's late." Almost midnight, and she was exhausted. After the day he'd had, Donna didn't know how Josh was still awake.
But as he sat forward and studied his empty beer bottle, Donna saw a flicker of anxiety pass over his face and instantly understood. "No work tomorrow," he said, but didn't sound thrilled. "And I have some stuff to look over before I go to bed..." He was stalling.
"What stuff?" She headed to the dishwasher and slipped her plate inside. She didn't clear his away; there were principles at stake, which was why she didn't bring him coffee either.
Much later, in the dark hours of the morning when everything was silent, Donna woke with a start.
Something thudded to the floor and smashed. Donna shot out of bed. Heart thumping, she reached her bedroom door almost before she was awake. It was pitch black in the apartment and she hit the hall light, half-blinding herself.
Fumbling for a light in the darkness, Donna missed the bedside lamp and knocked over a glass of water. She cursed, quietly, and remembered where she was.
It was silent now, but that didn't mean anything. She remembered other nights, months back, when she'd woken with a jolt to find that he needed her. Sometimes he'd woken her, other times she'd just known.
"Josh?" She barreled into his room, light from the hall spilling in behind her. The bed was empty. The lamp on his side table was in pieces on the carpet and he was slumped next to it on the floor, ashen in the dim light. Her heart stopped dead.
Sitting in the silent darkness, Donna's heart raced – half from the memory and half from the sensation that something had just happened and she'd missed it. Uncertainty kept her frozen in place, listening to her own quiet breathing.
She didn't know what to do. There was no doctor on call tonight, no danger of a sudden complication or infection or catastrophic disaster. And yet here she was, sitting bolt-upright in bed, listening to the silence as if it might tell her something. It was giving nothing away, so she peeled back the covers and slipped out from between the smooth cotton sheets. There'd been no crashing, no smashing of bedside lamps, but there had been something.
"So you're sleeping on the floor now?" Donna had swiftly learned that sympathy got you nothing but the door where Josh Lyman was concerned.
"Some chance," he complained. But he took her hand, and didn't object when she looped her other arm under his. Carefully, and not very elegantly, she managed to haul him upright. But he was heavy, and woozy, and his knees gave out just as they reached the bed. His dead-weight yanked her down and he collapsed onto his back, gray as dishwater and breathing in short, sharp breaths.
Donna opened her bedroom door on silent hinges and stepped out into the hall. A light seeped from beneath the door to Josh's room and she knocked softly, calling his name. There was no answer.
And then she saw it. She saw him being shot.
He jerked, one hand flew to his chest and the breath burst from his lungs like he'd been punched. She knew exactly what was happening inside his head; Donna always did her research and she'd found out everything the internet had to offer about the symptoms of PTSD. Nightmares, panic attacks, flashbacks, night terrors; this could be anyone of them.
Hurriedly, she crossed the room. Josh was still staring, the fingers of one hand clasping a fistful of his t-shirt. All she could hear was his harsh, rasping breaths. "Josh?" He didn't respond, lost in the nightmare. "Josh?" He whimpered, both hands clutching at his chest as if he was holding himself together.
He blinked, still not with her.
"No." His voice was tight, as if forced through a constricted throat.
His fingers clenched into a fist around the fabric of his t-shirt, right over the scar on his chest. Deliberately, she covered his hand with hers. "Does it hurt?" She'd read somewhere that it did, that the memory was as physical as the trauma itself.
Over the past three weeks his lies had become so thin that they were now entirely transparent. More of a reflex response, she suspected, than any real attempt at deception. She stroked her thumb over the back of his hand. "Were you scared?" It was a stupid question, but Pop Psych 101 told her that talking about it was good. She hoped she was right.
"Terrified." And that was God's honest truth; more scared then she'd ever been her whole life.
"I could hear sirens," he said, almost as if she hadn't spoken. "I could hear sirens everywhere, but there was no one there. And I couldn't move, I couldn't shout for them. I thought—" He broke off sharply.
His fingers tightened around hers, and they were silent for a long time. It was late, glancing at his clock she saw that it was past two, and Donna felt her eyelids growing heavy. She needed to sleep; so did Josh. A couple of times his eyes drifted shut, but always flashed open immediately. He showed no sign of letting go of her hand, and she was honest enough to know that despite her fatigue she was glad. At least she felt like she was doing something, however small, to help him through this. Her gaze fell on the plump white pillow next to his and she wondered what he'd say if she just lay down. It wasn't like they hadn't crashed side-by-side on the campaign bus more than once, and woken up in some new town tangled together, aching and desperate for coffee. This wasn't really any different.
And so she curled her legs up onto the bed and lay down. He didn't move, just shifted his hold on her hand to accommodate her change of position. But he didn't let go and, astonishingly for Josh, he didn't even comment. With her free hand, she reached out and switched off the light.
"I know how serious it is," she snapped, sounding harsher than she'd intended. She softened it with a squeeze of his hand and said, "You never do well on your own, Josh. You're a people person. You need someone here." You need me.
He didn't answer, and after a moment she switched off the lamp. This time his only response was to hold onto her hand like a lifeline.
"Is that a promise?" He said it so softly, she barely heard him. But they both knew he was talking about a lot more than Roslyn. This was about who they were, how they functioned together. It was at the heart of their friendship, as hard and precious as diamond; an unbreakable, unyielding trust.
He sighed, a deep sigh of relief. In the darkness she could almost trace the smile tugging at his mouth; she could certainly hear it in his voice. "I'm going to sleep now," he said.
She smiled, but didn't reply. Gradually, his hand relaxed in hers but Donna still held tight. She didn't plan on letting go until morning. With a sigh of her own, she closed her eyes and listened to his breathing even and deepen into a steady rhythm. And eventually fatigue caught her up, sweeping her along after him toward a peaceful, dreamless sleep.
A silent night, at last. | claim it as expenses anyway – and headed to her bedroom. Strictly speaking it was the spare room, but Donna considered it her own and a few bits and pieces of hers were still dotted around the place: a toothbrush (vital), some emergency make-up (also important), a couple of t-shirts she'd appropriated from Josh and a couple of pairs of jeans that he must have thrown into his own service wash because they'd come back neat and pressed. No socks though.
The kitchen floor was cold on her feet as she pulled out plates, silverware and checked the fridge for anything to drink. He had beer, and not much else of anything.
He laughed his dry laugh, and was on the point of replying when the buzzer announced the arrival of dinner. And so they ate, and talked about work and politics and didn't mention once the reason his hand was bandaged or why she was staying with him on Christmas eve. And it felt okay, it felt normal. More normal than anything had felt for the past three weeks. Donna found herself relaxing, found herself drinking one more beer than was wise, and found herself studying his face and trying to work out exactly what it was about him that was so compelling. He didn't have Sam's perfect features, but there was something – an energy, perhaps – that she found impossible to resist. And it was that energy she'd | 282 |
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British Conversations
CD (Item 105123) My Only Desire (UK), 1975 — Condition: New Copy
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Graham Collier — British Conversations ... LP 36.99
A fantastic longform composition from British jazz legend Graham Collier – presented here for the first time ever, and every bit as crucial as his Fontana albums from the late 60s! Here, Collier's at the helm of a large ensemble – with Harry Beckett as the key soloist on trumpet and flugelhorn, plus full backings from the larger Swedish Radio Jazz group – a lineup that's filled with all-star players who include Arne Domerus on alto, Lennart Aberg on tenor and soprano, Bertil Lovgren and Jan Allen on trumpets, Rune Gustafsson on guitar, and Bengt Hallberg on piano – all giants on the Swedish scene of the time, and perfectly realizing Collier's vision here! There's nice use of guitar in the group from Ed Speight, who also solos a fair bit – and there's electric bass at many points, which gives a great lilt to the music – presented here in five fantastic movements, overflowing with color and life – "Red Sky In The Morning", "Clear Moon", "Halo Round The Sun", "Red Sky At Night", and "Mackerel Sky". © 1996-2022, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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Lennie Tristano
Lennie Tristano – Personal Recordings 1946 to 1970 (6CD set)
Mosaic, Late 40s/1950s/1960s. New Copy 6CD
CD...$99.99
An incredible collection of music from the great pianist L<|fim_middle|> giving us great records for years, but who are maybe even more important to the scene than ever before! The core of the record is the long title track – a very jazzy tune that builds up over loops set down by ... CD | ennie Tristano – and maybe the first-ever set to truly get at the range of genius he could express on the piano! Given that Tristano only made a small amount of records during his too-short career, yet also left a major impact on the ... CD
Luke Stewart's Silt Trio
Cuneiform, 2022. New Copy
CD...$15.99 16.98
Bassist Luke Stewart is fast becoming one of our favorite talents on his instrument in recent years – an artist who first grabbed our ears with his work in Irreversible Entanglements, but who seems even better suited to stand out front as a leader! The performance of the trio here is ... CD
Kirk Lightsey
Coltrane Revisited @ Bird's Eye
Steeplechase (Denmark), 2021. New Copy
The music of John Coltrane, but served up here with a very different voice – that of tenorist Gabor Bolla, whose captured here at an early point in his career, with a sound that's more than bold enough for the material – but also very much all his own! Kirk Lightsey leads the group, ... CD
Craig Bann
Past Present Future
Guitarist Craig Bann has a wonderfully rich tone – one that leaps from the record at the very first note, and continues to charm throughout the session – on both upbeat tunes and mellow moments too! Brann handles his chords with a sense of color that's as strong as the masters of the ... CD
Isaiah J Thompson
Composed In Color
Red (Italy), 2021. New Copy
We loved pianist Isaiah Thompson on his debut, a tribute to the music of Buddy Montgomery – but here, he sounds even more amazing, and very much his own man – bursting forth with a sense of energy and imagination that will no doubt make him one of the key young voices on piano to watch ... CD
Brian Charette
Power From The Air
Brian Charette wields the Hammond B3 here in a really wonderful way – sometimes using the instrument with a full force that really drives the rest of the group, other times hitting more spacious lines that bring in all these great colors from the horn players on the set – a lineup that ... CD
Gabor Bolla
Stunt (Denmark), 2021. New Copy
Saxophonist Gabor Bolla really comes on strong here – blowing both tenor and soprano sax alongside frequent musical partner Robert Lakatos on piano, a player who almost feels like the co-leader of the set, given the contributions he makes to the record! Many tunes are originals by Bolla ... CD
Tubby Hayes
Complete Hopbine '69
Jazz In Britain (UK), 1969. New Copy 2CD
There's been a number of live performances by tenor great Tubby Hayes at the Hopbine club over the years – but this is the first-ever appearance of this 1969 concert – a great addition to Tubby's too-small catalog in these later years! The tracks are long and extremely vibrant – ... CD
Wadada Leo Smith Great Lakes Quartet
Chicago Symphonies (4CD set)
Tum (Finland), 2021. New Copy 4CD
A fantastic package from trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith – one that's billed as "symphonies" in the title, but which instead features quartet jazz performances throughout – as you've maybe guessed by the name of the group! There's maybe a more compositional structure here than on ... CD
Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet
Blue Beginnings
Jazz In Britain (UK), 1964. New Copy
Genius early work from this legendary British jazz combo – material recorded right before the release of their classic Shades Of Blue album – which marked a huge watershed in European modern jazz! The tracks here were recorded live on the BBC, and have the group stepping out in their ... CD
Barbara Mason
Lady Love (with bonus track)
Buddah/Soul Brother (UK), 1973. New Copy
CD...$8.99 16.99
A pivotal album for Barbara Mason – one in which she takes the little girl soul sound of earlier albums, and turns it into a sophisticated range of emotions that foreshadows later Philly work by singers like Jean Carn and Phyllis Hyman! Despite the Philly arrangements by Ronnie Baker, Norman ... CD
Burnt Sugar Arkestra
Angels Over Oakanda
Avantgroidd, 2021. New Copy
Wonderfully righteous work from Burnt Sugar Arkestra – a group who've been | 999 |
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A Kirana ultrahigh-speed camera from Specialised Imaging is recording failure mechanisms of a carbon-epoxy composite.
AuthorGail Overton
A Kirana ultrahigh-speed camera from Specialised Imaging is being used to study material failure of carbon epoxy composites. (Image credit: Specialised Imaging)
IMAGE: A Kirana ultrahigh-speed camera from Specialised Imaging is being used to study material failure of carbon epoxy composites. (Image credit: Specialised Imaging)
The Institute for Carbon Composites (LCC) at the Technical University of Munich, Germany is using a Kirana ultrahigh-speed camera from Specialised Imaging (Tring, England) to record high-resolution images of a unidirectional carbon-epoxy composite material undergoing dynamic tension testing on a split-Hopkinson Tension Bar. The experimental setup was to determine the mechanical properties of carbon epoxy composites under high strain rates (100 – 1000 1/s). The deformation and the failure patterns of these composite materials, was observed and recorded in tests that lasted less than 200 microseconds.
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Using the Kirana camera has provided the LCC with the ability to capture high-resolution images of the ultrahigh-speed events that often occur when undertaking dynamic tension tests. Taking up to 5,000,000 frames per second, and shuttering every 100 nanoseconds, there is no compromise in capturing high-quality data. The data is exported in 180 frames so each test can be easily saved and viewed.
Using the images captured by the Kirana ultrahigh-speed camera, the LCC researchers imported them into state-of-the-art Digital-Image-Correlation (DIC) software enabling the calculation of the in-plane strain-field. In addition, the images revealed useful information regarding the deformation and failure mechanisms of the specimens.
Founded in May 2009, the Institute for Carbon Composites (LCC) undertakes fundamental research and application-oriented industry cooperation in the field of fiber-reinforced composites. Experimental methods are of great importance for the investigation of material behavior and the further development of fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composites. At the LCC a broad spectrum of state-of-the-art test methods and equipment is available for the determination of the physical and mechanical properties of matrix systems and laminates. In addition to the application of various standards, the LCC also investigates and develops new and innovative testing techniques (see http://www.lcc.mw.tum.de/en/home/).
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Do you have other ideas for how to spend a snow day in NYC? Share them in the comments below! | so many attractions within walking distance, so grab your sleds and turn this day into an adventure.
Here are 10 things to do on a snow day in New York City, even if you're on budget—because let's face it, who isn't?
NYC Students get free admission to the MoMA and The Met and discounts at The Guggenheim.
There's even a discount for skating Monday to Thursday rather than on the weekends.
10. And if all else fails: Netflix.
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AWANA reaches<|fim_middle|> complete a short booklet that explains God's plan of salvation. | kids for Christ through fun, Scripture-rich experiences that lead them to know, love, and serve Him. AWANA is our Wednesday night children's ministry program that meets from 6:15pm-7:45pm during the school year. There is an AWANA club for all ages: Puggles, Cubbies, Sparks, and Truth & Training (T&T). See the information below to learn more about AWANA!!
Puggles is for children up to 2 years of age. It recognizes their learning ability by introducing biblical precepts at church and equipping parents to teach them at home. In Puggles, children are welcomed each week with play time, songs and simple crafts and activities. Leaders present age-appropriate lessons using large, colorful teaching cards, finger puppet plays and more.
Cubbies celebrates the spiritual potential of preschoolers (3 to 4 year olds) by helping them develop respect for God, His Son and His Word. At Story Time each week, preschoolers learn about God – the greatness of His love and His Word – and about His Son, Jesus Christ, the promised Savior. Non-competitive games build excitement and reinforce Story Time lesson themes.
Sparks ignites the curiosity of early elementary age kids (K5-second grade) to learn about the people and events of the Bible, building a foundation of wisdom for knowing Christ. To many children in kindergarten to second grade, Sparks is the highlight of the week! They love their red vests, the exciting games and spending time with leaders and friends.
Truth & Training (T&T) engages third through fifth graders by answering their questions about God and the Bible, guiding them through this pivotal life stage to grow in Christ's grace. Kids in T&T learn that the Bible is true and they can firmly trust what it says. Before working in a handbook, kids new to T&T | 381 |
Clean and simple sketch for The Paper Players . . . .
Anyone who knows me, knows that "clean and simple" is NOT my style!! Copious amounts of lace, fabrics, ribbons, flowers, and anything vintage . .. THAT's "me"!!
However, it's good once in awhile to stretch outside our comfort zones and try something different . . .so every once in awhile I like to do<|fim_middle|>, doing final preparations for my monthly stamp clubs next week, so I grabbed yet another piece of navy, some pretty designer paper from Stampin' Up, and did this card. The beautiful flower stamp is one of my favorites; "Birthday Blooms" from Stampin' Up. I colored it with an aqua painter and Cherry Cobbler ink, with some Daffodil Yellow for the center, topped with some clear Stickles bling.
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I love the colors in this paper and you've accented them beautifully with the big, bold flower! Great job with the sketch…thank you for joining us at The Paper Players!
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Very pretty…I love this DSP but find it intimidating to use, but your card works perfectly! Thanks for playing with the Players and making my sketch look great! | a "clean and simple" (CAS) card. This week's sketch challenge from The Paper Players presented the perfect opportunity! I've been working with navy blue cardstock the last few days | 38 |
"If you're interested in biology, chemistry, physics, any kind of science, you'll have many options when you prepare for your future," said one Stuyvesant High School student of MƒA Master Teacher Marissa Maggio after a recent tour of the New York Structural Biology Center (NYSBC). Last month Marissa and 60 of her freshmen AP biology students visited the NYSBC, an organization of nine eminent academic research institutions and the global<|fim_middle|> protein production. And because of the connection she made with the center as part of her MƒA fellowship, she was able to coordinate a fun and informative visit, the first of its size the center has ever held. All scientists at the NYSBC stopped work for the day and devoted themselves to the MƒA field trip for students.
During their excursion to the NYSBC, Marissa and her students were introduced to some of the concepts and experimental methods used by structural biologists to understand "molecular machines," the biological complexes that carry out multiple functions within our cells. They met lab technicians, computer programmers, software developers, and visiting researchers from universities across the country. They broke into small groups and journeyed to a number of different working stations which provided opportunities like exploring cell culturing rooms, learning more about bacterial expression analysis, and having fun with liquid nitrogen. | leader in structural biology, to learn about the center based on her involvement in MƒA.
This past fall Marissa participated in the MƒA multi-session course "First-Hand Exposure to Spectroscopy and Microscopy Techniques," which took place at the NYSBC. The goal of the course was for MƒA teacher participants to both learn about the work done at the center and form working relationships with the NYSBC staff.
After the course was completed and when offered the opportunity, Marissa jumped at the chance to bring her students on a field trip to the NYSBC. Marissa was eager to introduce her students to NYSBC's research, expertise, and state-of-the art equipment in the fields of NMR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, electron microscopy, and | 163 |
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McDonald's Bitmoji Steals Your Coffee In AR
Snapchat is launching a sponsored AR Bitmoji with McDonald's.
When it comes to Snapchat users messing around with their bitmojis, McDonald's is hoping they're loving it.
McDonald and Snap have partnered for the platform's first sponsored bitmoji. The augmented reality feature, which rolls out today, aims to promote its McCafe products and lets users have their 3D Bitmoji steal a coffee cup from them. In an almost elfish manner, the character mischievously runs around the cup before running off the screen—McCafe and all.
The feature was created with We Are Unlimited—a Chicago-based agency that runs McDonald's social, digital, retail and data marketing in the U.S.—along with Resolution Media and OMD<|fim_middle|> statement. "As augmented reality continues to present opportunities to innovate through creative, we are thrilled that people can not only express their love of our coffee, but finally give the (digital) version of themselves a delicious cup of McCafé." | . According to We Are Unlimited chief creative officer Toygar Bazarkaya, the campaign is part of McDonald's plan to get more involved with holiday marketing than in the past.
"It's just a playful take that even your avatar behaves like you," Bazarkaya said. "You have to have your coffee first before you go about your business."
While it's the first time Snapchat has sold a sponsored Bitmoji product to a brand, its the latest in a series of branded AR world lenses sold to advertisers this fall. In September, it partnered with Budweiser to create an AR beer seller. At the same time, Warner Brothers became the first companies to buy a sponsored AR flying car within Snapchat for BladeRunner 2049.
To create the Bitmoji, Bazarkaya said the agency spent the past four weeks creating something alongside Snapchat employees embedded in the office. And while the cost of the feature was not disclosed, he said the agency is less focused on metrics for the experiment than they are for other types of marketing.
"We have very strict success metrics when we're going against our launches," he said. "But when we're going into innovations like this we don't go at it as tough and hard because we need to let the brand innovate and explore. We know that the scale is there, but when partners are exploring new territory, being the first to market is kind of the fun part, so we allow our partners to do big bets where you might come out as a big winner or you might come out as a big learner."
Bitmojis do seem to be a boon for more users trying out augmented reality. According to its most recent quarterly earnings results, the integration of 3D Bitmojis have increased the use of world lenses by 20 percent.
"We are always looking for new and compelling ways to engage with our customers, and we are excited to the first to bring this approach to life with our partners at Snapchat," McDonald's USA chief marketing officer Morgan Flatley said in a | 408 |
Solving Cryptic Crosswords For Dummies Cheat Sheet (Australian Edition)
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Cryptic crosswords are often seen as a challenging puzzle form — delight may be rare to anyone new to this type of brain teaser! On first reading, the clues can seem to be made up of complete gibberish. However, cryptic crosswords actually conform to a set of rules and they can be solved! In this Cheat Sheet, you will discover some handy pointers on how cryptic clues go together, the basics of the main cryptic devices, and a brief introduction to cryptic abbreviations often found in clues.
Understanding Cryptic Clue Anatomy
While they do look completely incomprehensible at first glance, cryptic clues are actually written along set guidelines. The majority of clues in a cryptic crossword adhere to these standards:
Every cryptic clue includes a straight definition of the answer, just like in a 'regular' crossword. It's astonishing, but true!
The definition part of the clue will always be at the start or end of the clue, and never sandwiched in the middle.
Most cryptic clues run along the lines of this formula: Definition + Wordplay = Answer (or Wordplay + Definition = Answer).
The wordplay is the (hopefully) fun part, and can use one, or a combination of, about 8 or 9 main clue types. Wordplay devices include anagrams, reversals, deletions and so on.
The definition part of a cryptic clue may be a straightforward dictionary definition, or a more oblique or unusual definition.
Identifying the definition section of the clue is a vital part of solving a cryptic clue. Once you think you've pinned it down, the remainder of the clue is automatically the wordplay!
Many cryptic clues include 'indicator words', which are a word or a short phrase that tells you what sort of wordplay is being used in the clue.
Getting to Grips with Cryptic Crossword Devices
There are about eight main types of wordplay devices used in cryptic crossword clues and a bunch of less common ones. Here you'll find the basic points of the main devices.
An anagram is a device where the letters from one word, or a few words, are jumbled up to form another word (the answer to the clue). For example, TRIMS CASH is an anagram of CHRISTMAS.
The letters to be rearranged are in clear view in the clue. These words are called the anagram 'fodder'. Abbreviations are occasionally included in the anagram fodder.
An anagram clue has to have an anagram indicator, which tells you some words in the clue have to be rearranged. There are hundreds of possible anagram indicators. Any word that gives the impression of something being broken, confused and so on, could be one!
The longest words in the crossword grid are very often clued with anagrams.
A charade clue is one where one part is added to another to get the answer. For example, CARAWAY can be clued as a charade of CAR + AWAY.
The parts that are added together are typically synonyms, words 'in the clear' (words seen in the clue without needing to<|fim_middle|> These can really present stumbling blocks to the uninitiated! A lot of these are British, and come from an earlier time when cryptics were first developed (in the 1940s and 1950s). Many of these abbreviations stem from British divisions in the World Wars, or from school boy slang.
As an example of this, meal ticket = LV (luncheon voucher, part of a WWII scheme in the UK), main road = MI (looks like M1), lines = BR (British Rail), and beware = CAVE (from the Latin word for "beware", which was used as schoolboy slang).
The best way to spot abbreviations in cryptic clues is to look at each word of a clue in turn, and see if it might lead to a common abbreviation. Looking up single letter entries in any dictionary will provide you with good lists of the common abbreviations. For the more specialised cryptic abbreviations, try using a cryptic crossword dictionary such as Chambers or Bradford's, or looking for lists online. | find a synonym), or abbreviations, or combinations of these.
Charades don't generally have indicator words. They occasionally have linking words such as with, has, and, and similar, to join the parts.
Charades are a common clue device and can be used in conjunction with other clue devices.
All cryptic crosswords include at least some, if not many, charade clues.
The container clue device is one set of letters, or a short word, put inside another word.
Indicator words are used in the containment device, and will indicate that you need to put one thing inside another. Just a few examples: aboard, among, breaking and within.
Container clues can also be clued as one word out around another word.
The sorts of indicator words used give a sense of surrounding, such as astride, clutching, eating, going around, outside, protecting, and wrapping. The parts to be put together are usually synonyms of words in the clue, abbreviations, or a combination of these.
This is a very common device, and can be used in conjunction with other clue devices.
A deletion cryptic device is one or a few letters being deleted from another word, to get to the answer. For example, END can be clued as MEND – M, or FRIEND – FRI, or …
An indicator word or two is always needed in a deletion clue. These are words which give a sense (not surprisingly) of something being deleted. A few examples: abandoned, almost, cut, excluding, forgetting, lacking, leaving, missing, not, shed, wanting, without.
Letter position is sometimes indicated in these clues (first, middle, last, half, etc). This is a common cryptic device, and can be used in conjunction with other devices.
Reversals are a cryptic device where one word, or a part of a word, is reversed to get to the answer. For example, OGRE is ERGO reversed.
Indicator words give a sense of something being reversed, such as backfiring, back to front, coming back, contrary, go around, inverted, recalled, and spun.
* Down clues can also have reversal indicators that give a sense of words rising upwards, such as ascending, elevated, hoisted, raised, and skyward.
Reversals are a common device, and can be used in conjunction with other devices.
Homophones are words that sound like other words, but are spelt differently. For example, BOW and BEAU are homophones.
Homophone clues have indicator words that give a sense that something needs to be heard, spoken, or broadcast. Some examples: aloud, audibly, by the sound of it, declared, for the listener, I hear, in speech, on the radio, orally, and verbal.
This is a less common device, and a crossword will generally have only a few or even none.
Double Definitions
In a double definition clue, there are simply two different definitions for the answer put next to each other. For example, DESERT can mean an arid sandy place, or to abandon someone.
Double definition clues vary from the usual "Wordplay + Definition = Answer" equation. Their equation is "Definition 1 + Definition 2 = Answer".
Indicator words are not generally used, although sometimes a linking word or two is used, such as and, but, from, gives, makes, or that.
This is a moderately common cryptic device, so keep an eye out for them!
Hidden Words
The letters of the answer are in plain sight, in a hidden word clue! They are sitting within other words of the clue. For example, the word TENT can be hidden in kitTEN Temper.
Indicator words are used, these will give a sense of containment, such a bit of, buried in, concealed by, essentially, from, held by, in part, sample of, or within. Container indicator words can also be used.
Sometimes the alternate letters of a word are indicated. These can be indicated an instruction to look at the alternate, regular, odd, or even letters of a word in the clue.
This is a less common cryptic device, as these clues are relatively easy to solve.
Cryptic Definitions
Cryptic definition clues are different from the standard cryptic equation. In a cryptic definition clue, the whole clue works as a funny or quirky definition for the answer. There isn't any wordplay in the usual sense of the word, and there aren't any indicator words. For example, a wicked thing is a cryptic definition for CANDLE (because it has a wick, groan).
A question or exclamation mark is often used at the end of these clues.
These clues are seen in most cryptics; some setters use them a lot, some use them a little.
Tackling Abbreviations Used in Cryptic Crossword Clues
Abbreviations are widely used in cryptic clues, and many clue devices use them. You will come across abbreviations in charade, container, reversion and deletion clues in particular, and in some anagram clues.
Cryptic abbreviations can often trip up new solvers, so gaining some familiarity with these is a great way to improve your cryptic solving skills. There are hundreds of possible abbreviations, so reference lists are definitely handy.
Many cryptic abbreviations are quite straightforward and in common use. For example: north = N, left = L, oxygen = O, and that is = IE. The phonetic alphabet is often used (foxtrot = F, sierra = S, etc), as well as musical symbols (soft = P, for piano, loud = F, for forte, soprano = S etc) and cricketing terms (duck = O, from a score of 0, run out = RO etc).
However, there are a bunch of abbreviations that are decidedly odd, and which you really need to be told about to understand. | 1,218 |
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OLATHE — Curtis Keddy wasn't eager to take part in a parish-wide participation program in Financial Peace University.
But as director of faith formation at St. John Paul II Parish in Olathe, how could he refuse?
"I was very skeptical," said Keddy. "I would not have done it if I hadn't been asked to do it as a staff member.
Instead, Curtis and his wife Amy discovered that Financial Peace University, developed by Dave Ramsey, is a biblically based program that teaches people how to manage their money responsibly and faithfully.
"We moved to Kansas just a year and a half ago," he said. "We wanted to buy a house and were trying to figure out a plan to do that. This program was extremely beneficial in teaching us about mortgages and everything you need to know when buying a house.
"Now, we really feel we're building a firm foundation for our family's future, which is great," added Keddy.
That's half the reason why pastor Father Andrew Strobl promoted parish- wide participation in Financial Peace University this year. He wanted to help parishioners build firm financial foundations for their families.
But the other half is that he also wanted to build a firm financial foundation for the "bigger" family of the parish.
St. John Paul<|fim_middle|>. At some point, parishioners will be asked for financial gifts to build the parish's physical presence.
The big question was this: Would people give? The research wasn't promising.
Which left the parish a lot of room to grow.
People want to give, he believes. But research shows that uncertainty about finances and debt inhibit not only giving, but also participation. The malevolent poison of debt seeps into all other parts of people's lives.
So, what to do? There had to be something better than "putting the touch on" fundraising.
The answer — Financial Peace University — was provided by parishioners Matt and Meili Brady.
Matt Brady is chairman of the parish finance council. He and his wife attended Financial Peace University in 2000 and have since then taught the program at various churches, including their former parish of Prince of Peace in Olathe.
"Knowing that we would be in a growth phase in terms of attracting parishioners, growing services for parishioners and eventually a physical church home, I started to talk to Father Andrew," he said.
He told Father Strobl about Financial Peace University, and the pastor thought it was a great idea.
First, the parish selected a leadership team of about 25 people to go to St. Louis last spring to be trained by Dave Ramsey's organization. This first group led 29 families in the nine-week course beginning in July.
Next, from this first group, leaders were trained for the second, larger enrollment of 123 families that took the course from Sept. 15 to Nov. 12.
The parish-wide approach is called "Momentum." It offers many different times and days for people to meet in small groups for their Financial Peace University training. Momentum also offers a lower cost of $90 per person.
The numbers aren't in for the second group, but the summer "leadership" group was very successful.
Financial Peace University has given several participants calmness, confidence and control about their finances that they never had before, said Matt Brady. They also see spiritual benefits. | II, founded in 2016, meets in borrowed spaces and has a master plan for a church and school | 24 |
It is refreshing to see how far ocean paddling has come in North Queensland, one of the markers to show the improvement of NQ paddlers is that on any given day we can't pick how the top 10 is going to pan out.
Early in the week forecasts were for 20plus knott easterlies which had a few of us pretty excited, then the forecast turned to a 15 knott wind which was probably more suitable for a wider variety of paddlers.
We sent off the SUP and Prone paddlers first to try and give them more chance at making it to the finish at a descent time a brave few set off and it's great to see paddlers regularly turning up for the long course.
The women's wave took off before the rest of the field and each of them rounded the Sprint boat before heading to the turn marker which ended up in line with Bay rock as the direction of the wind kicked slightly northerly just prior to race start (thanks John in the lead boat getting the buoy in a bit earlier than expected).
The East north east wind proved to be a bit tough for some with a slight cross chop for part of the leg heading to the first turn marker<|fim_middle|> the Barge, it goes to show we all have conditions that we do better in that why the ocean is so cool, it can change the dynamics of the race.
Quona Young took out the women's ski category with a come from behind surprise win (seriously she had no idea she had won) Liz Kerr came in 2nd place only a couple minutes later.Quona says she took a riskier left line to try and get some runners and see what happens…WELL Quona first win for 2018 so it worked today.
Sue Creece came in first OC1 female and Angie Cooper came in 2nd place. One of our safety boats says Angie has THE perfect line every race, well Done Angie might have to pass on some of your wisdom.
SUPS- Tyson Reeve had a crack at the Sup today, You will often see him on a ski and he was our Series champion in 2017 on a ski. Tyson said he is not really in as good a shape as normal so it was no pressure to be on the sup today and a challenge to tray and stay upright especially in the cross chop sections. Tyson took the win today with Marvin Baumeister Schoenian in 2nd place … Marv took a left line towards the mouth of the Bohle and says he saw a Croc (EEEK) also a hard paddle back to finish in these conditions. Thomas Martyn came in only 3 mins behind.
Prone- Bloody hell what a hard day, well done to Tony O'Connor who did the paddle on a prone board taking a left line and finishing with a long walk along the beach to the finish.
We are so excited to see where ocean paddling is going in North QLD at the moment and thank all the local outrigger clubs , paddling groups, sup clubs, coaches etc for their support promoting the series.
We look forward to seeing you at one of the upcoming races. | , then creating a wind shadow behind Magnetic Island where getting runs was hard work and minimal payoff, some just sticking to marathon style paddling. As we got further from the Island, there was a little bit of bump starting to appear and at this point the filed started to spread a fair distance left to right.
Some paddlers took a gamble on a left line closer to the smoke stacks of Yabulu trying to cut right on each run , the problem being you get too close and the water is messy, slow and shallow so you would need to work harder in the last few km. Those who were willing to avoid the temptation of the first signs of fast moving water and stick it out a bit more on the right hand wider line definitely ended up with the best finishing speeds where runs started to open up and link in to one another. We saw so many lines being taken out there and we hope you all got a lot from the experience.
With a Prime line and his first win for 2018 in the Series Alex Duggan dominated in todays conditions, with around 7 minutes lead on the rest of the field, Brett Mesner Shocked himself coming in 2nd place after his top 10 at Battle the Barge. Peter McEwan (winner from battle the barge) was only 30 seconds behind Brett and told us on the finish line that he didn't push it as there wasn't a lot of reward on offer from the bumps so no point fatiguing too much. Have a look at the top 10, its pretty awesome to see a mix up from Battle | 328 |
Last night ZAHRA NOORBAKHSH, contributor to NY Times featured article (http://nyti.ms/zFuBhi) and "Love Inshallah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women" the groundbreaking anthology now available internationally (Amazon.com),<|fim_middle|> to promotion and Q&A's that we don't really get a chance to sink into our chairs - at times, melt into them - and fall into the well-crafted tale. Tonite, our audience got to do exactly that."
THANKS Zahra for hosting such an incredible array of talented writers last night at The Bloom. And stay tuned for more The Bloom and more from Zahra Noorbakhsh.
UP NEXT? TONIGHT, catch The Local Vocals Variety Show. TOMORROW is Rising Stars with Star Amerasu. And SUNDAY is a FREE concert by Snow Angel and Micropixie.
The next THE BLOOM is on THURSDAY, April 11 at 7pm. It is hosted by Jason Wyman. And the theme is Death and Taxes! | hosted the monthly reading series The Bloom: Something Old + Something New. Readers included Anita Amirrezvani, Susanne Pari, Lindsey Crittenden, Monica Wesolowsk, Susan Ito, Jarett Kobek, Maryam Rostami. The readings were funny, moving, and at times racy. The crowd could be heard laughing all evening long.
"I'm still vibing off the incredible performances we has this evening - and I say performances because they were more than just readings. Often, at book signings and panels, so much time is devoted | 116 |
Spring Postcard: The Rockies are Troy Tulowitzki's team now
Jonah Freedman
1) This is officially now Troy Tulowitzki's team.Much like the rest of the Rockies last season, cult hero Tulo came crashing back to earth after the team's improbable run to the 2007 World Series. Six months after being rewarded with a six-year, $31 million extension last January, he was battling injuries and batting .166, a slump that culminated with him angrily -- and somewhat childishly -- slamming a bat onto the ground after manager Clint Hurdle pulled him from an 18-17 win over Florida.
The resulting laceration on his right hand required 16 stitches and landed Tulowitzki on the DL for the second time that season. This year, Hurdle says, it's Tulo's chance to apply what he took from that experience and become the guy, especially with slugger Matt Holliday having been traded away to Oakland in the offseason.
"The most valuable lesson he learned last year is that leadership isn't negotiable," Hurdle says of his 24-year-old shortstop. "I really think it helped him grow up and understand what leadership is truly about at this level. Not only are your skills under the microscope every single day, your character is also under the microscope."
For his part, Tulowitzki acknowledges that he made mistakes in '08 and says he's happy and eager to accept the burden of leading the team at such a young age. Jokes his manager, "There comes a time when you throw your kid the car keys and say, 'Take me for a ride.' You just cover your eyes while they're driving."
2) Two young studs are poised for a breakout -- if they'd just relax. Ubaldo Jimenez may end up being the ace of this staff, and Carlos Gonzalez could be the Rockies' every-day left fielder. But for all of their talents, they're still basically kids (25 and 23, respectively) who have a tendency to try too hard.
Jimenez is the No. 2 starter behind Aaron Cook, and is blessed with some of the nastiest stuff in the division, including a four-seam fastball that has been clocked at 100 mph. But the team prefers that he not try to make the speed gun explode. "Ninety-three to <|fim_middle|> "It has some good words," he explains. "'Ain't worried 'bout nothing 'cept for the man I wanna be.'"
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Jonah Freedman: In the tight NL West, a few dollars could make a world of difference | 95 is plenty," says GM Dan O'Dowd. "He has an above-average slider and breaking ball, and a great change. He needs to control his emotions a lot better. If he works on those intangibles, he's ready to take that next step."
The 23-year-old Gonzalez, one of the players Colorado received in the Holliday trade, has some nifty pop with his bat and has a great arm in the outfield. In a five-man battle for the starting left-field position, Gonzalez's lack of plate discipline may be working against him most. "It's a matter of how much he learned from first 300 to 400 plate appearances," O'Dowd says. "His strikes-to-walks [ratio] is not something he can survive."
3) Todd Helton is in good spirits, and that's a good sign.The five-time All-Star first baseman has yet to see any game time this spring as he recovers from arthroscopic back surgery. (He missed almost half of last season with back problems.) But the fact that he's back to his jovial self says a lot about how he's feeling.
Just ask any of the Rockies beat reporters, most of whom have been targeted by Helton's playful slaps and general teasing. "If he does that, it means he likes you," says one longtime Denver Post scribe. Still, Hurdle isn't taking any chances with Helton, tops among active players in career on-base percentage (.428). He may not play Helton much at all during spring, and will certainly rest him regularly during the season.
"He won't be like Willis Reed in the Garden in Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals," quips Hurdle. "We're capable of winning games without him in the lineup -- he knows that. We also know that with a healthy Todd Helton in the middle of our lineup, we're a better team."
Never mind the fact that Gonzalez, Seth Smith, Ian Stewart, OmarQuintanilla, Matt Murton and even Scott Podsednik all are fighting for the left-field role. The departure of Brian Fuentes has left a big hole in the closer slot, and both Huston Street and Manuel Corpas are fighting to fill it. "One of those guys will step forward," predicts Hurdle, who will alternately use the duo in eighth-inning set-up and closing positions.
If that fleet-footed, slick-fielding dude at second looks familiar to Rockies fans, he should: That's Eric Young Jr., the 23-year-old son of the former Colorado icon. Perhaps the eventual heir to Clint Barmes, the switch-hitting EY2 did his pops proud by hitting .290 with 46 stolen bases last season at Double-A Tulsa. He's far from a finished product, however: After stealing second and later turning a nifty double-play in a late February game, he committed two bone-headed errors just two days later. But much like his dad, the team loves his quickness and athleticism. Young could see a late-season call-up from Triple-A Colorado Springs.
Are those two-hour drives up and down Interstate 10 soon to be a thing of the past? The city of Tucson is showing little interest in approving $10 to $20 million in public funds to upgrade dilapidated Hi Corbett Field. That might make both the Rockies and Diamondbacks -- the only two clubs who still train here -- flee north. The teams are exploring building and sharing a new facility by 2011 in Goodyear; that would bring all the teams in the Cactus League (15 by then, with Cincinnati joining next year) into the Phoenix area, at most an hour's drive from each other. ... Let's just say Helton isn't exactly a fan of nearly two months of spring training: "You need about a week as a hitter to get ready, maybe two if something goes wrong with your swing." ... Tulowitzki liked to keep fans on their toes last season with his choice of walk-up music at Coors Field, mixing it up with everything from Britney Spears to Lupe Fiasco. This year? It's Roll with Me, by country duo Montgomery Gentry. | 886 |
I've always been interested in seeing a game at every NBA arena and it would probably just be a matter of time and money to make that happen. After reading The Happiness of Pursuit, I decided to make this "pursuit" a little more interesting.
So, my "pursuit<|fim_middle|> enjoy basketball as much as I do or not, I hope that you will feel inspired as you follow Red Phog. | " is going to be to photograph each NBA arena and the 7 wonders of the college basketball world, as well as see a game at each venue. In an attempt to make things more fun I also want to shoot a free throw in the process of taking photos.
But I don't want to stop with high profile venues. To me it's more than just visiting arenas and seeing a basketball game. I want to explore the history and culture of basketball on a different level than what is shown in the mainstream sports media. I want to take photos of basketball courts of all shapes and sizes, share stories of people who love the game, and inspire those who see these stories.
For me, basketball has been something I've enjoyed for a long time with friends and family. I've gotten to know several of my closest friends by shooting baskets in the driveway or playing pickup games at the gym. I want to share my passion for the game with everyone in this unique way. Whether you | 197 |
Monty Python co-founder Terry Jones's last major project was this Canterbury Tales app
David Pescovitz 12:09 pm Wed Feb 12, 2020
Monty Python co-founder Terry Jones who died last month was also a scholar of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, having penned two books about the great English poet. Before Jones's death, he was collaborating with an international team of Chaucer geeks on a Canterbury Tales app called "General Prologue." It is the first in a series.
"We want the public, not just academics, to see the manuscript as Chaucer would have likely thought of it—as a performance that mixed drama and humor," said University of Saskatchewan English professor and project leader Peter Robinson.
"We were so pleased<|fim_middle|>, notebook or… READ THE REST | that Terry was able to see and hear this app in the last weeks of his life. His work and his passion for Chaucer was an inspiration to us," Robinson said. "We talked a lot about Chaucer and it was his idea that the Tales would be turned into a performance."
From the University of Saskatchewan:
The app features a 45-minute audio performance of the General Prologue of the Tales—the masterpiece work by the most important English writer before Shakespeare—along with the digitized original manuscript. While listening to the reading, users have access to supporting content such as a translation in modern English, commentary, notes and vocabulary explaining Middle English words used by Chaucer.
The app, an offshoot of Robinson's 25-year work to digitize the Canterbury Tales, contains key new research work. This includes a new edited text of the Prologue created by USask sessional lecturer Barbara Bordalejo, a new reading of the Tales by former USask student Colin Gibbings, and new findings about the Tales by UCL (University College London) medievalist professor Richard North. The National Library of Wales offered its digitized version of the Prologue's original manuscript for the app.
Here bygynneth the Book of the tales of Canterbury. And of course also on ye olde Google Play Store and Apple AppStore. (Thanks, Jeff Cross!)
Busy Simulator makes app notification sounds to make you seem busier than you are
Brian Moore's Busy Simulator enables you to play the notification sounds of Slack, iMessage, Outlook, Discord, and other apps so that you sound busy, to your co-workers or perhaps just to yourself. Turning them all on creates a very unnerving app symphony that captures the zeitgeist. Try it here! From the instructions: Use the sliders… READ THE REST
This iPhone fan app can actually blow out a real candle. Here's how it works.
Blower is an iOS app that simulates a fan but can actually blow out a real candle. How is that possible? The Action Lab explains in the video above. READ THE REST
Blog online with a paper notebook
Paper Website is a clever OCR app that you use to scan paper notes and convert the handwritten and hand-drawn work into to posts on a no-code, zero-configuration blog. Turn your journal into a micro-blog. We use AI to turn your handwriting into beautiful tiny websites.Take a photo of any piece of paper | 497 |
Our track record on<|fim_middle|>IWA stakeholders to make it more accessible to partners; v) and incubation/mentoring in the development of local businesses, we expect to see some progress.
Seed Forecasting Tools
CORAF shall also use the Seed Forecasting Tool for predicting seed demand and supply. This tool will be updated for use to predict both seed and fertilizer demands. The West African Seed Exchange (WASIX) will be updated and linked to those developed for fertilizer by IFDC and ECOAGRIS in promoting an agri-inputs package approach.
The Seed Forecasting Tool is in the form of an excel spreadsheet that works by a series of basic assumptions such as the potential area to be used for seed production, seeding rate and seed yield, to assist producers in planning the seed production effort through a process of demand projections and by examining past and present performance levels, combined with an assessment of available products and current markets.
Lessons learned in implementing WASP
WASIX
CORAF operates a platform to facilitate the flow of seed-related information. www.wasix.net provides marketing opportunities and business intelligence to businesses working in the seed sector. It also maps stakeholders with the overarching intention to ensure quality and certified seeds are available.
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Partnership for Agricultural Research, Education and Development
A thriving private sector is vital for the sustainable transformation of the seed industry in West and Central Africa.
But as we know, there are still many challenges facing the sector. These include inadequate seed policies, cross-border restrictions, inadequate agri-business models, lack specific incentive and financial solutions for the seed, weak technical and organizational capacity of the private sector, a weak seed value chain, etc.
In the implementation of the West Africa Seed Program, many lessons were drawn that could be helpful to further grow this industry in the region. Further analyses will be conducted to support the existing business-models developed under the WAAPP. With financial Solutions supporting the funding of private companies' business plans, the promotion, and sharing of the business models developed among AS | 171 |
Find out more about the classes we offer at Blissful Life Corporation. This list is updated regularly, but for the most detailed and up-to-the-minute information, visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/BlissYogaCenter.
All classes at Blissful Life Corporation are donation-based. This means that you can give any amount that feels appropriate and affordable to you. When asked, we recommend $10-15 per class, or $60-80 per month for an unlimited class pass-equivalent donation, to help us pay our teachers and the bills. Donate now at http://bit.ly/2rZ5GyJ.
Immerse yourself in a wave of sound and vibration which leads you deeply within. Calli introduces a Sanskrit chant with its English translation. The chants are repeated several times in call/response format followed by a period of silent meditation.
Join Megan Whittaker for an all-level upbeat yoga flow class, featuring energy-increasing breath-work and ending with a guided savasana for relaxation! Join Megan on Mondays at 5:30pm to work out your workday with these flowing postures and walk away relaxed and ready for the rest of your work week!
A fun-based, get-your-body-moving, low-impact dance class. Explore various style of Belly Dance, Flamenco, North African, Moroccan, and Indian dance. Follow along to simple choreographies with world and contemporary music. Learn how to transition the moves you have already learned or just groove out to get your blood flowing and spirit soaring.
Give yourself permission to arrive on your mat for a lunch hour reprieve or to just unwind from the everyday bump and grind. This is a Yogi's choice, go with the flow, safe space. The intention of this class is to incorporate several different styles into your practice. Modifications are offered for safety and enjoyment. FOR ALL LEVEL STUDENTS.
Level 1/Beginner's Vinyasa: A yoga class for those newer to yoga or those wanting a basic flow class. This class introduces foundational yoga postures, teaches you how to breathe and helps you feel more comfortable in the yoga practice. Although this class moves at a slower pace than the other vinyasa classes, expect to be challenged both mentally and physically.
This is a sequence of relaxing postures supported by props (blankets, yoga blocks, bolsters, eye pillows, etc.) that allows the body and the mind to completely unwind, finding stillness and becoming one. Poses are held from 3 to 5 minutes, facilitating the opening of the major joints and the spine, by stretching beyond the fascia all the way to the connective tissues, to enhance flexibility, restoration and rejuvenation of the self, with the unavoidable sense of inner peace that flows with it from within. This practice is in synergy with essential oils, specifically lavender-peppermint aromatherapy, to soothe the mind and allow the soul to surrender in a state of allowingness. Find your way to a meditative state that will allow you to connect with your higher-self and eventually with The Divine.
This class size is limited. Get there early to ensure your space.
This class is perfect if you're brand new to power yoga! Even if you're not a newbie but would like to feel more empowered in your yoga practice, you're more than welcome to join in this class series that will introduce a new set of poses each week in a fun and laid back workshop style setting that'll make 60 minutes fly by! Every class we will break down the poses with point-to-point cuing, mirrored demonstrations, and gentle hands-on assists, building on what we learned previously.
Eli will lead you through a gentle series of flowing postures that can be modified to any skill level. A class designed for those that have never practiced Yoga before. If you feel you don't have the flexibility, coordination and strength that many photos with yoga poses in social media typically portray, this may be the right class for you. It is a class taught in a safe, effective, compassionate, non-competitive environment that welcomes you. Whether you are just starting out or a bendy practitioner, this class is a great way to set the tone for the rest of your day! This class is appropriate to those who prefer a softer, nurturing, slow-paced, well-supported. and relaxing practice. Gentle Yoga is often considered easier, less intense, non-strenuous, quiet, and meditative.
Chair Yoga is a gentle form of yoga that can be done sitting on a chair or standing on the ground while using the chair for support. It is beneficial for people with limited mobility and for those who want to practice yoga at their workplace.
This class is perfect if you're brand new to power yoga! Even if you're not a newbie but would like to feel more empowered in your yoga practice, you're more than welcome to join in this class series that will introduce a new set of poses each week in a fun and laid back workshop style setting that'll make <|fim_middle|> to enjoy your weekend to the fullest.
Join us every THIRD Friday for a Crystal Bowl Meditation with The Healing Solutions Center! Come early for Destress & Stretch with Calli at 5:30pm to put you in the receptive mood you need for this transformational, vibrational sound healing and meditation.
This class is just for Yoga Instructors!! Led by Renee Howerton, E-RYT500.
Saturday mornings from 10:30am - 12:00pm, join the Blissful Life Corporation current YTT class, alumni, and other area yoga teachers for a class exclusively for yoga instructors. Every week, we will work on techniques and methodology that will help you hone your teacher skills!
This class is open to ALL yoga instructors of all schools and traditions. 3 CEUs are available for each session you attend. | 60 minutes fly by! Every class we will break down the poses with point-to-point cuing, mirrored demonstrations, and gentle hands-on assists, building on what we learned previously. This class will be a repeat of what is covered in Joan's Tuesday night Intro Series to Power Vinyasa class.
Chair Yoga is a gentle form of yoga that can be done sitting on a chair or standing on the ground while using the chair for support. It is beneficial for people with limited mobility and for those who want to practice yoga at their workplace. It is a style designed for seniors and/or people with any physical limitations or injuries, however, everyone is welcome (and encouraged) to experience it! The use of the chair will help to enjoy your yoga practice with more confidence and support, allowing to take your practice slowly but surely to the next level.
This class is limited to 7. Get there early to secure your seat.
This class is offered every other Wednesday, starting on April 3, 2019, alternating with Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique.
Teach your mind how to work for you. No matter what path you seek on your journey, learn the secrets to making your subconscious work for you. Use the power of your mind to create your future! Learn how to program your subconscious to create the life you want. Imagine what life would feel like if you could think into existence all the things you've dreamed of. Attract the life you want with this guide into learning how to manifest.
This class is offered every other Wednesday, starting on April 10, 2019, alternating with Advanced Mediation & Manifestation.
- What is Quantum Healing?
- What is Past Life Regression?
- How natural & easy is it?
Clinton will explain to you the process of Quantum Healing, Past Life Regressions, share samples, and explain to you the approach of Cosmic Quantum Awakening (CQA). Learn more about how to connect to your Higher Self through transformative Past Life Regression sessions that will help you understand and reach your intended goals for this life's journey.
Blending Yin Yoga with gentle stretches and restorative postures, this class is designed to relieve tension and reduce stress. We'll focus on calming your mind through breath work and holding postures with support to access deeper connective tissues of the body. This is an excellent class for beginners as well as experienced students. Bonus: You may find that you experience deeper sleep after this class!
Feeling blocked? Stagnant? Confused? Or just overall 'bleh'? You may need to open and activate one or more of your Chakras! During this class, Reane Russell- Spiritual Life Coach will guide you through a meditation that will open, activate, and balance your whole being - one chakra at a time.
This class alternates with Moon Magic Guided Meditation with Reane.
The New Moon is all about setting intentions - telling the Universe what it is you want. Reane Russell- Spiritual Life Coach will aid you in setting your intentions, guide you in meditation, and facilitate an intention setting ritual. This class is for anyone who is looking to align with the moon's cycle and harness that energy for the manifestation of their desires!
The Full Moon is all about letting go - releasing all the things that no longer serve you. Reane will aid you in clarifying what to let go of, guide you in meditation, and facilitate a letting go ritual. This class is for anyone looking to align with the moon's cycle and harness that energy for self healing and the manifestation of their desires!
Bring relaxation into your body by gently moving through squeeze-and-release sequences along energy lines, incorporating breathing techniques and stretching. A great way to end a busy week, let this class allow you | 762 |
Concept Mapping is Helping Teachers and Students to Structure their Knowledge
Concept Mapping is a visual illustration of concepts and ideas as a complex structure composed of boxes or circles which are connected to each other with a linking word(s) or phrases that are connected to a central concept. The structure mostly has a hierarchical relationship. Boxes and circles depict topics and sub-topics which are connected with descriptive expressions so that one can define their mutual relationships.
Through the years concept map creator tool has gained immense popularity as it is a highly applicable technique allowing people to state what they know and have learned for a specific discipline. People can portray their thoughts and ideas, analyze what they know and don't know and structure their knowledge in a hierarchical way.
The American<|fim_middle|> Mapping in the 70s which is based on an organizing and structuring theory by American psychologist David Paul Ausubel. Ausubel tried to find a way to develop a method to present information before Novak came up with the concept mapping method.
At the start, Novak introduced the concept mapping technique as a way to show changes in a child's interpretation of scientific concepts. Concept mapping was taught to young students in primary and elementary school so that they could effectively express their answers to elementary questions on different subjects like 'What is air?', 'What is Earth?', 'How does it rain?', etc.
Ausubel had declared in his theory that the most important factor influencing one's learning is 'what the learner already knows'. Novak worked on the basis of this idea and expanded the theory to conclude that the meaningful learning is where the new concepts get assimilated with propositions in existing cognitive structures. Thus coming up with concept mapping that improves and facilitates the process of teaching and learning science for teachers and students respectively.
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Anthony Sorella Talks About the Obstacles He faced on His Journey to Creating His Own Agency and Overcoming Them | professor and science researcher Joseph D. Novak developed the technique of Concept | 14 |
Collaboration with cities and regions
Strategic partnerships play a key role in the development of Aalto University. Well-planned regional cooperation bolsters the university's impact. In the Helsinki region, cooperation with cities forms a strong and influential entity.
Kuva: Aleksi Poutanen
Strategic partners Helsinki and Espoo
Helsinki and Espoo are Aalto University's strategic city partners. Key goals of cooperation include finding solutions for sustainable development and strengthening the Helsinki region as an area that attracts and holds on to people.
Collaboration in solving global challenges also opens new opportunities for students in the form of student work, for example. Aalto University and the University of Helsinki, as well as the<|fim_middle|> In the shared vision, the Helsinki Metropolitan Area is being developed as a unified whole with an environment that is close to nature, and where it is good to live, learn, work, and engage in business.
Aalto University Code of Conduct for Partners
Sanna-Katri Rautava | cities of Helsinki, Espoo, and Vantaa, are working in close cooperation to advance the sustainable development of the cities. In the areas of urban research and planning, the two universities have a common Urban Studies and Planning master's programme and minor studies. Aalto University also has a professorship for urban economics led by Assistant Professor Tuukka Saarimaa.
Aalto University and Helsinki: major changes bring possibilities for improvement
Cooperation between the City of Helsinki and Aalto University is based on a shared view of the need to prepare for major changes in the world and the possibility of using them to build a more functional and safer world.
Aalto University and Espoo: toward a more sustainable future
Aalto University and the City of Espoo want to find ways to build a more sustainable world both locally and globally. The aim of the cooperation is to encourage bold creativity in a new type of thinking, action, and continuous learning.
Other regional and city cooperation
Aalto University engages in cooperation with many regional entities, including several regional councils. The University is represented in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council cooperation group and it is also a partner in the Council's EU office, which represents the region's interests and disseminates regional information. Other cooperative partners include the Chamber of Commerce as well as the Centre for Economic Development, Transport, and the Environment (ELY Centre).
Continuous cooperation also takes place with the Regional Council of Häme, especially in innovation activities. The presidents of university-level institutions in the Helsinki region and municipal leaders have been holding joint meetings since 2007. | 323 |
We love it when people tell us that eyewake has increased their confidence and made them feel better in their own skin.
At the same time, we want to let our customers know that our products can be complemented by a well-balanced diet. In this blog, we will look into three different foods that will help your skin<|fim_middle|> your skin and not restrict your diet unnecessarily.
At eyewake we want to encourage people to feel confident in their own skin. Extreme diets have potentially the worst unintended consequences for your skin! Enjoy a balanced diet, eat the right foods and make sure you enjoy your life! | look and feel healthy.
Fish is a fantastic food source to help you maintain healthy skin.
Fish, particularly fatty fish, contains omega-3 fatty acids. The benefit of consuming fatty acids is that they keep your skin supple and moisturised.
Not only that, fish is one of the best sources of protein. This is essential in maintaining your skins strength and vitality.
It definitely makes sense to get a drink on this list.
University studies have suggested that green tea may contain anti-aging properties.
Green tea contains catechins, a natural anti-oxidant that reduces premature skin aging. Make sure you don't take your tea bag out straight away and allow it to brew for a couple of minutes. This will guarantee the greatest impact.
Hopefully this one comes as a pleasant surprise! You can get your cocoa fix and not feel guilty!
Yes, chocolate can be good for your skin but make sure it is dark if you want to achieve the greatest effect.
One study has shown that consuming dark chocolate can make your skin less coarse and will improve blood flow. Cocoa also contains powerful anti-oxidants that can help your skin looking young and vibrant.
We appreciate that people are obsessed with a variety of different diets in this social media age. We really want to stress that the best rule is always: everything in moderation, nothing in excess. The extreme diets we see celebrities promoting are often the worst for you! You should feel happy in | 288 |
the UK, Ireland and Europe.
Application Recruitment is a boutique recruitment agency. Offering a range of targeted recruitment and consultancy solutions to a growing client base.
We work closely with select client firms and candidates, providing a professional and personal service to both, and use the combined insight of our Directors' 60 years recruitment experience to understand and support your needs and requirements. Your company doesn't fit in a pigeon-hole, your staff don't either, so our approach takes us beyond this.
We work across a range of industry sectors and specialties to ensure our clients enjoy a full-service offering across all of their immediate and strategic staffing requirements.
Our recent assignments have seen the successful UK wide appointment of roles including: Managing Director, "Head of" roles including Finance, Operations, Marketing and HR, some more<|fim_middle|> go to market plan aimed at sourcing and securing the next best position in my career progression path. I congratule Application Recruitment on their approach and recommend them to any job seeker and potential employer."
"From the outset Tracey has been outstanding in all facets of the recruitment process as well as being a lovely person with it. I would have no hesitation in recommending this talented lady and look forward to continuing to work with her in the future."
We recruit for a variety of roles and disciplines. | specialists roles such as Business, Systems and Financial Analysts, SQL Developers and Property Managers. We are also proud to support our clients with back office support roles such as: PAs, Collections Advisors and Accounts Clerks, ensuring consistency of service across the business.
"I engaged Application Recruitment to find a Corporate Communications Manager. They did just that and I'm pleased to say the person we selected was a first rate candidate who remains with S&N to this day.
"Application Recruitment is committed, exceptionally hard working and professional. I have found Application Recruitment to be reliable, honest, trustworthy and totally dedicated to their work. Application Recruitment definitely has a "can do approach" and works at a personal level to understand business requirements to ensure complete satisfaction."
Application Recruitment was very informal and transparent all the way through my recruitment process, which I greatly valued. Application Recruitment gave me an honest and thorough description of the company and the role within it.
Application Recruitment made a point of meeting face-to-face which is something that other recruiters I dealt with did not. Since being successful in my application they have stayed in touch to check in on how I'm enjoying the role. I'd definitely work with Application Recruitment again if my circumstances were to change.
I was very impressed with Application Recruitment's professional approach and their ability to easily identify my key strengths and competencies. I would definitely recommend them to anyone who is looking for a new job as Application Recruitment can not only help you to find suitable a role, but also provide advice on a career path. After meeting, I see more clarity in what I am good at and what direction is suitable for me. Additionally, Application Recruitment is a people person and has a lovely personality that makes the experience of looking for a new role with Application Recruitment a pleasure.
"I had the pleasure of working with Application Recruitment during my career transition period and was amazed at their forward thinking and professional approach. In a highly competitive market dominated by big-data and keyword based automation, Application Recruitment's approach was different; they took the time to meet with me, understand my background, personality, aspirations and expectations, and developed a tailor-made | 425 |
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BlackSky's Newest Satellites Have Completed Commissioning and Entered Into Commercial Operations
BlackSky announced its fifth and sixth global satellites have completed commissioning and are in commercial operations. The addition of these two satellites to the BlackSky constellation brings higher resolution and increased revisits for<|fim_middle|>The BlackSky constellation now includes six satellites. The company is on track to add 10 more satellites to its constellation by the end of 2021.
Subscribe to talksatellite Weekly Newsletter - circ@talksatellite.com | key customer markets around the world.
These latest two satellites launched in August 2020 and successfully achieved first images within 58 hours of operation. The satellites have been delivering customer collections since that time while concurrently completing the commissioning process.
"The addition of our fifth and sixth satellites into our commercial constellation is an important step in our strategy to provide our customers with data that materially impacts their mission and business objectives," said Brian O'Toole, CEO of BlackSky. "We've always prioritized speed and utility so our customers experience incredible first-to-know insights. This campaign continues to execute on that commitment by delivering intelligence that can change outcomes."
BlackSky's fifth and sixth satellites are already delivering enhanced image performance and growing revisits for BlackSky customers. By flying at lower altitudes than other satellites in BlackSky's constellation, these latest two satellites can produce images with resolution up to 80 cm — a 20 percent improvement over the existing satellites in the constellation.
The position of these satellites at an inclination of 53 degrees will allow additional revisits across all markets with heightened performance in Europe and Asia. These advances will unlock more analytic and data driven opportunities for BlackSky's customers.
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Gold! (Hardcover)
By David Shannon, David Shannon (Illustrator)
(CHILD PICTURE BOOKS)
A riotous retelling of the Midas myth by the Caldecott Honor-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of No, David!
Maximilian Midas was a peculiar little boy.
He didn't much like chocolate and he didn't play with toys.
The first word that he uttered when he was one year old
Wasn't Mama, wasn't Papa; what Maxie said was, "Gold!"
Max Midas isn't like the other kids. Instead of trying to make friends, he decides to make millions and spends it all on what he loves best: GOLD. Gold statues. Gold fountains. Piles and piles of gold, and atop them all, a golden castle. But one day, things get lonely inside his shiny castle and Max finally learns that gold isn't worth anything without friends and family by your side.
David Shannon, the Caldecott Honor—winning and New York Times bestselling author of No, David!, is back with a riotous romp that's sure to be a beloved classic.
David Shannon is the internationally acclaimed author and illustrator of thirty-five books for children, including No, David!, a Caldecott Honor Book and his second New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year, and four more David picture books. Shannon's bestsellers include A Bad Case of Stripes, Duck on a Bike, and Too Many Toys. He lives in Southern California with his family.
★ "Told in clever rhyming text and illustrated in vibrant oil paint (with lots of gold hues!), Shannon's quirky cartoon characters lend humor and affection to one aspect of childhood and family." –Booklist, starred review
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: September 6th, 2022
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes<|fim_middle|> | / Values & Virtues
Juvenile Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Adaptations | 18 |
The Fourth of July is one week away! Do you know what you're going to be making? Still need a few ideas? Well here's one I think you will enjoy.
Homemade graham crackers smothered with cinnamon cream cheese topped with red, white and blue fruit will be a hit at your serving table next weekend!
Yes, I know I just posted a Do It Yourself recipe, but the next recipe I want to share with you requires<|fim_middle|>. They are cheep, easy, sugar free, filling, and just plain amazing!
Ah, just writing the title makes me want a full glass of this cool, yummy drink! Ever come in from working hard and wanted something cold, healthy, and refreshing to drink? I know I have and this cooler really hits the spot!
This drink really makes you think summer with its fresh, tropical flavors. And with only two ingredients to boot! Super easy, super quick, super refreshing, what more could you ask for?
Strawberries are in! And they are coming on strong...AKA millions of strawberries. What better way to kick off the strawberry season then with a homemade Strawberry Shortcake? Sugar free!
My whole family loves this dessert. I love it cause you can totally taste the fresh, sweet strawberries. They really shine in this recipe, which I love. | homemade graham crackers. You just can't use the store ones, you can't! Okay, well. You could, but I totally recommend this recipe instead.
Whether you plan on using them in my next recipe or not these crackers are amazing! WAY better then ANYTHING you buy from the store | 60 |
Report: Hawks made pitch to talk to Blazers' GM OIshey for their job, got shot down
By Kurt HelinMay 19, 2017, 9:23 PM EDT
Portland's Neil Olshey is one of the more respected and aggressive team president/GMs around the league. When Portland makes a move, rarely does it not have sound logic behind it (even<|fim_middle|> the coach and now former GM, stepped down because of a disagreement about the future direction. He was down with the rebuild, which means ownership may not be.
At least it sounds like ownership is willing to spend on someone who has done the job before. | if it doesn't always pan out as hoped).
Atlanta has a vacancy at the GM spot, so they decided to be aggressive themselves and see if Olshey — who is under contract — was available. Turns out, no.
Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical at Yahoo Sports broke the news.
Sources: Atlanta requested the opportunity to talk with Portland GM Neil Olshey about its vacant GM job, but was denied permission.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) May 19, 2017
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Atlanta's new GM is in an interesting spot, Paul Millsap is a free agent, and the team is at a crossroads: re-sign him to a max deal and likely be a 4-6 seed, good but not great team for a few years, or start the rebuild now. Mike Budenholzer, | 251 |
Expert stresses immediate action to combat public health disparities
Dr. Leana Wen said public health disparities disproportionately target people of color in the United States
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In an event hosted by the Wisconsin Union Directorate's Distinguished Lecture Series Wednesday, speaker Leana Wen advocated for what she believes can be real, tangible solutions to the problems faced in public health.
Wen is the current health commissioner for the City of Baltimore, a position through which she sets and implements public health policy. Wen brought decades of experience as an emergency room medical doctor, public health professor and policymaker to the lecture.
In her lecture, Wen stressed the ideas of taking action to bring about real change in combating public health disparities. She identified three concepts she said could be most effective on this front.
The first concept Wen identified as a possible agent for change in public health was challenging the "pervasive narrative of choice."
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Wen said the idea everyone has equal access and ability to make good choices for their health is false, and understanding this is essential to combating disparities.
"Choice is predicated on privilege, and privilege is not something everyone has," Wen said.
Wen said wealthier people in the United States have greater access and ability to buy healthy foods and live healthy lifestyles — something which she said is disproportionately concentrated in the hands of white Americans compared to people of color, particularly black Americans.
Wen said unhealthy lifestyles are oftentimes the only option open to families of low socioeconomic status, which makes the "narrative of choice" false. She identified combating this narrative as one mechanism by which action can be taken to reduce racial health disparities.
Wen also stressed the importance of immediate action, rather than "admiring" the problem through inactive academic studies which tell the public information it already knows to be true.
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"We have studied these problems to death," Wen said. "I don't mean that we shouldn't do more research, but I don't need another research study to tell me about the problems and disparities that exist."
Instead of studying the problem, Wen advocated for active solutions to combat the<|fim_middle|> the third concept for taking action identified by Wen. In the public health sector, Wen said one of the most pervasive problems which must be called out is stigma, particularly as it is attached to addiction.
Wen said the way addiction is addressed has changed, as it now seen as more of a disease than a choice. She said the change in how addiction is perceived is due in part to the fact that the opioid epidemic has begun to affect the white community.
"We have incarcerated generations of black and brown people to whom we owe an apology, because if we understand addiction to be a disease now, we sure didn't treat it like that a couple of years ago," Wen said.
In her closing remarks, Wen advocated for immediate action on these and other issues on everyone's behalf, and stressed that those who stand up against injustice are on the "right side of history."
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His budget highlights funding for "What's Best for Kids," higher education, healthy communities | problem. She said small, seemingly ineffective solutions can sometimes have great effects.
When Wen first came to Baltimore, she said less than 20 percent of students who were screened as needing eyeglasses actually had them, which can have adverse effects on their ability to perform well in class and vision, and even further rippling effects from that.
She said providing eyeglasses to students helped in part to combat the disparity in educational achievement levels, which remain stark in the city and which have rippling effects to many other areas.
Wen believes no matter how small an action may seem, or how ineffective its outcome may appear, it is important to pursue that action.
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"If there is one tangible thing we can do that we know can make a difference, let's not get paralyzed … because there is something that we can do right now," Wen said.
Calling out problems when we see them was | 229 |
A foggy start to your Sunday in parts of western Washington. We also have some icy spots with temps below freezing in some areas.
High pressure is building in as we speak. This morning the fog will give way to partly to mostly sunny skies by the afternoon. Highs will<|fim_middle|> we don't expect much in the way of showers. Highs will be a few degrees cooler. If you are going out to ring in the New Year, bundle up as some spots will hit the upper 20s into 2013.
Tuesday we are back to the pattern of fog in the morning and afternoon sunshine. The first 3 days of 2013 are looking nice with partly to mostly sunny skies. Highs will stay in the upper 30s to low 40s.
Our next best chance of a few showers doesn't show up until late Thursday. | stay below normal, only making it to the upper 30s to low 40s.
2012 is going to go out on a calm note. A system approaching the coast will bring increasing clouds on Monday, but | 48 |
Prabhupāda: So I cannot speak. I am feeling very weak<|fim_middle|> place, let it take here. So there is nothing to be said new. Whatever I have to speak, I have spoken in my books. Now you try to understand it and continue your endeavor. Whether I am present or not present doesn't matter. As Kṛṣṇa is living eternally, similarly, living being also lives eternally. But kīrtir yasya sa jīvati (Cāṇakya Paṇḍita): "One who has done service to the Lord lives forever." So you have been taught to serve Kṛṣṇa, and with Kṛṣṇa we'll live eternally. Our life is eternal. Na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre (BG 2.20). A temporary disappearance of this body, it doesn't matter. Body is meant for disappearance. Tathā dehāntara-prāptiḥ (BG 2.13). So live forever by serving Kṛṣṇa. Thank you very much.
This page was last modified on 22 May 2018, at 12:30. | . I was to go to other places like Chandigarh program, but I cancelled the program because the condition of my health is very deteriorating. So I preferred to come to Vṛndāvana. If death takes | 45 |
US, Belizean workers lay groundwork for New Horizons construction
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Melissa Baker, left, and Lance Cpl. David Cafarelli, right, Marine Wing Support Squadron 472, prepare a corner of the Edward P. Yorke school construction site to lay block March 31, 2014, in Belize City, Belize. Marines from MWSS-472 will work side by side with engineers from the Belizean Defence Force to provide an additional classroom to the Yorke school. The construction is part of New Horizons Belize 2014, an exercise to build partnerships and learn from one another in construction and medical realms. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kali L. Gradishar/Released)
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David Cafarelli, Marine Wing Support Squadron 472, prepares a corner of the Edward P. Yorke school construction site to lay block March 31, 2014, in Belize City, Belize. Marines from MWSS-472 will work side by side with engineers from the Belizean Defence Force to provide an additional classroom to the Yorke school. The construction is part of New Horizons Belize 2014, an exercise to build partnerships and learn from one another in construction, as well as medical, realms. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kali L. Gradishar/Released)
A Belizean contractor makes final preparations at the Sadie Vernon Technical School March 25, 2014, in Belize City, Belize. Sadie Vernon is one of five construction sites throughout Belize where Belizean Defence Force engineers and U.S. service members will team up to build partnerships and learn from one another. The construction is part of New Horizons Belize 2014, an exercise to enhance BDF and U.S. construction and medical processes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kali L. Gradishar/Released)
Belizean contractors make final preparations at the Hattieville school construction site March 26, 2014, in Belize City, Belize. Sadie Vernon is one of five construction sites throughout Belize where Belizean Defence Force engineers and U.S. service members will team up to build partnerships and learn from one another. The construction is part of New Horizons Belize 2014, an exercise to enhance BDF and U.S. construction and medical processes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kali L. Gradishar/Released)
By Tech. Sgt. Kali Gradishar
BELIZE CITY, Belize -- U.S. and Belizean workers made final preparations at construction sites in Belize March 28-30 in preparation for new facilities at four schools and<|fim_middle|> the Marines are going to get an idea of what it's like living [and working] in Belize through the interactions they have with the people."
Airmen and Marines have already received an introduction to Belize Defence Force operations as BDF security members are providing security at each of the construction sites.
"We get along great," Robb said. "It's obvious we come from two different military worlds, but it's interesting to see how they work."
In addition to construction, the New Horizons Belize 2014 exercise will also include numerous medical readiness training exercises, or MEDRETES, throughout the country during which U.S. and Belizean medical professionals will work hand in hand providing medical care to the Belizean people and learning from one another's medical practices.
U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Canadian, and Belizean medical professionals will work together and share medical best practices during the MEDRETES.
The entire exercise is expected to continue through the end of June. | one medical clinic in the country.
Construction professionals from both countries will work together at each site to build additions to the schools and hospital as part of the New Horizons Belize 2014 exercise. Preparing for this exercise has required extensive coordination from representatives of both countries.
"We've been working on this particular exercise for over a year now," said Master Sgt. Craig Hunter, New Horizons construction superintendent, responsible for coordinating with Belizean construction workers and overseeing U.S. manpower at each of the construction sites. "We've done countless hours of planning back at the unit in order to make sure we have all the materials, the tools and the contracts set up well ahead of time to make sure that once we hit the ground here in Belize we can get started with our construction projects."
It's very interesting when you consider the way we do things versus they way our partners do things, and "just communicating those differences has worked out really well for us," Hunter said. " The coordination with the Belizeans went great ... We were able to get everything that we needed. They were able to provide it. It was a great working relationship."
This exercise is a valuable opportunity to practice interoperability and knowledge sharing. It will not only be U.S. and Belizean workers learning from one another, but amongst the U.S. representatives are members of various service branches being offered the chance to train and operate in a joint environment.
U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army and Belizean Defense Force engineers will learn one another's building techniques and trades.
Hunter is looking forward to discovering new construction techniques to apply to future construction projects, he said.
"We're looking forward to seeing how they lay their block down here," Hunter stated. "We've heard the BDF are very good...it's beneficial to us to see how our partner nations do things."
"The [airmen] have been gearing up for many months, and they're really excited to hit the ground and start doing some construction."
As each side learns new techniques, they will also be offered the opportunity for making new connections.
"The Marines are going to interact with the people who are going to come on site from the Belizean Defence Force," said Chief Warrant Officer 2 Patrick Robb, officer in charge of New Horizons Marines. "They're going to get to see how the Marines work, and | 484 |
The food was amazing, the portions generous and the service was perfect. I will<|fim_middle|>. The only "to improve" aspect will be to allow more time to finish the meal and not to be rushed to finish.
A very lovely restauant with a delicious cuisine! Compliments to the chef and to the wine carte!! The only minor ciritics might go to the noise in the dining room from the closely located bar and no luck in getting a table with a view..maybe next time?
Personnel attentionné, service efficace, et très bon dans l'ensemble.
Nous avons attendu trop longtemps entre les entrées et le plat principal, presque une heure. Quand au plat de poisson, sans goût, et pas à la hauteur du restaurant. Quant au dessert citron, il y avait trop de crème. | definitely go back.
Dans le cadre du Resto days, nous avons bien manger pour un prix raisonnable.
Food too heavy and uninspired.
Nice enviroment, good meal, good location | 40 |
To understand Sinus Tarsi<|fim_middle|> down like a nodding head), the subtalar joint is where your foot can move in every plane. This allows it to make circular rotations and to cope with uneven terrain underfoot.
In true sinus tarsi syndrome, the tissues in the canal will show signs of chronic inflammation. This includes cellular damage and fibrosis, an overgrowth of tissue similar to scar tissue.
A tear of the ligament that binds the Subtalar Joint together. This could result in too much movement between the bones in an uncontrolled way.
Damage to the cartilage of the Subtalar Joint. This is known as an osteochondral defect.
Injury to the Subtalar Joint, especially from a wrenching injury that strains the tissue that binds the bones together.
Degenerative disease of the subtalar joint. Commonly, Osteoarthritis.
Long term inflammation of the soft tissue within the sinus.
What are the signs and symptoms of Sinus Tarsi Syndrome ?
Pain will be felt in the location of the sinus tarsi. This runs across the foot near, below the ankle bones as described above. Walking on uneven ground is usually painful. There is often there is a history of ankle injury. The pain is usually worsened by standing on the feet and tipping the soles inwards – like a sprained ankle position.
A reliable way to diagnose the condition is to inject local anaesthetic into the canal. This is a diagnostic test – not a treatment – as the reduction in pain only lasts a few hours.
X rays of the joint are often normal if the cause of the pain is one of the soft tissue injuries. Bony injuries such as degenerative arthritic disease or tarsal coalition should be visible on X Ray. It can be difficult to get a good view through the subtalar joint at the Sinus Tarsi. An X ray view known as a Harris and Beath is the best plain image. MRI is the investigation of choice and will show the soft tissue conditions well if there is significant inflammatory and fibrotic changes. It also allows a good view of the cartilage and bone components inside the joint. These can be difficult to assess on plain x ray as the joint's curves make it difficult to get a good shot 'through' it.
How do you treat Sinus Tarsi Syndrome ?
Treatment would usually start with a thorough assessment of the nature and the degree of the injury. Milder problems can usually be well treated by providing mechanical support to the foot, such as an orthotic. We would aim to control 'bad' movements in the Subtalar Joint and address poor function of the tendons around the ankle. If the condition has been present only a short time and might be transitory, pain killers and anti-inflammatory tablets may help.
If not Sinus Tarsi Syndrome, what else might it be ?
It would be fair to say that true Sinus Tarsi syndrome is quite uncommon. There is, however, a very common complaint that creates pain in the area of the Sinus Tarsi that is not the condition described above. The Subtalar Joint, which contains the sinus tarsi canal, is a complex joint with three articular facets. This means that three pairs of cartilage coated, bony areas rub together during each part of the joint's movement. The bottom bone is shaped a bit like a horse's saddle and the top bone is equally contoured in the reverse way.
It is difficult to imagine this particular joint at work because it moves in such a unique way. However, this idea of the concept will help to understand this other condition of Subtalar Joint strain. Imagine that you went to the gym and picked up a heavy hand weight. If you did bicep curls the right way – without straightening the elbow all the way out – the session should pass without incident. Imagine that instead of this, you flung your arm straight out, at speed, until your elbow joint was forced to stop the movement because you have reached the point where bone hit on bone. You can see that you would hurt yourself. This is a good analogy for what happens in the Subtalar Joint.
If your foot posture and function is bad, you might not be working in the middle of the range of motion of the Subtalar Joint. You work be working at the end of your possible range, just like the elbow discussed above. A bad foot position will almost always mean pronated / flat footed, rolled in feet. Each time you hit the end of range, it 'pinches' the joint on the outside edge and causes pain in the region of the Sinus Tarsi. Over time, the joint can develop serious wear and tear or osteoarthritis. This is known as Lateral Subtalar Joint Impingement.
Lateral Subtalar Joint Impingement has a lot in common with Sinus Tarsi syndrome, but is earlier, milder and more treatable. The treatment is quite simple, non surgical and has very good rates of success. As with all degenerative conditions, the earlier the treatment is commenced, the less damage has time to build up. If you think that you have an issue with this, or any other foot condition, call us today. Wouldn't it be nice to Walk Without Pain? | Syndrome, it is important to know a bit about the anatomy of the foot. The Sinus Tarsi is a bony canal inside the rear part of the foot. It runs roughly crossways (like left to right) just in front of the outside ankle bone. If you feel that area, you will find a deeper spot where you can push your finger further inwards than in the bony areas that surround it.
The canal is formed by two 'half-pipe' like grooves carved into the bones that meet there. The Talus Bone on the top and the Calcaneus or heel bone on the bottom. Inside the canal is a ligament, blood vessels, nerves, fat and some gristle-like tissue that binds the bones very tightly together into a joint.
The joint is called the Subtalar Joint. This joint sits ~3 cm below the ankle joint. Importantly, where the ankle joint can only move in one plane (up and | 194 |
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In 1998-99 an outbreak of a disease caused by a new virus, now called Nipah virus, killed more than 100 people and infected thousands of pigs in Malaysia. Our scientists were part of the international task force to tackle the virus and have since participated in research to better understand the virus and to help develop countermeasures.
Malaysian outbreak
Cases of an unusual encephalitis were identified in pig farm workers in the Malaysian state of Perak in 1998, although, retrospectively, earlier human infections were diagnosed. These cases were initially diagnosed as Japanese encephalitis (JE), a virus which causes neurological symptoms in humans. JE is endemic in Malaysia.
In 1998-99, an outbreak of a previously unrecorded viral disease killed more than 100 people in Malaysia. These people had become infected from a widespread epidemic involving thousands of pigs, as well as some horses, dogs, cats, fruit bats (<|fim_middle|>CoV (which is causing an ongoing crisis), maintain themselves in bats and how the viruses 'spill over' into other animals and humans.
Research to understand more about zoonotic diseases is also being undertaken, with a focus on the interaction of bats and viruses and identifying and characterising new and emerging infectious agents such as 2019-nCoV.
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By late 1998, about ten workers from a number of villages near Ipoh, had also died. As a result, a Malaysian task force was formed to investigate. Through movement of infected pigs, the disease reached Sikamat, about 60 kilometres south of the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, in December 1998.
By March 1999, the disease spread to the major pig-producing area of Bukit Pelandok, in southern Malaysia, with many more human cases occurring. The outbreak resulted in 265 confirmed human cases with 105 fatalities.
Nipah virus is a paramyxovirus and is very closely related to Hendra virus. It was named after one of the Malaysian villages affected, Sungai Nipah, and was isolated by Dr Chua Kaw Bing from the University of Malaya in March 1999.
Tackling a new virus
As part of an International Task Force, Dr Peter Daniels and Dr John White from CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL), travelled to Malaysia in March 1999 joining a US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) team.
Dr Daniels worked with the Malaysian Department of Veterinary Services, conducting animal post mortems and collecting animal samples for testing at AAHL in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Nipah virus under the electron microscope.
Dr White worked with the Veterinary Research Institute in Ipoh to develop a test to show if animals had antibodies to the virus, indicating previous exposure.
The Malaysian Cabinet task force, together with international experts, developed a program of eradication. From 28 February 1999 to 26 April 1999, more than 900,000 pigs from affected areas were culled.
Preclinical research and development
There have been almost annual outbreaks of Nipah virus in Bangladesh since 2001, with neighbouring India reporting outbreaks in 2001, 2007, 2018 and 2019. With an average case fatality rate of 75 per cent according to the World Health Organization, and the total number of cases to date estimated to exceed 700, the CSIRO has been at the forefront of global efforts to develop and evaluate countermeasures.
The CSIRO Dangerous Pathogens Team and colleauges at AAHL Geelong have undertaken transmission experiments with pigs to determine how the virus is shed from infected animals. They have used a range of techniques including electron microscopy, histology and genetic sequencing to research the virus.
This discovery accelerated research in many different areas, including the development of improved diagnostics, and vaccine candidates. Recently, the group at AAHL in collaboration with US scientists evaluated a potential human vaccine to provide protection against both Nipah and Hendra viruses.
Scientists at AAHL are also studying bat ecology and the bat immune system to determine how viruses, such as Nipah or 2019-n | 624 |
I have seen this recommended over and over again, and had kind of been looking forward to getting started with it. Having read book by Seneca and Marcus Aurelius, this was going to be my first encounter with Aristotle.
To cut the story kind of short, I was somewhat disappointed. I do not know if this is because I got a "wrong" edition of it – mine being translated by David Ross. But it was just so extremely hard to read. As I have pointed out in this post I always read these kinds of books with a pen in my hand and underline or mark whenever I<|fim_middle|> and remains so pretty much till the end.
But it just keeps nit-picking at little details, shining light on things from so many useless angles that it just get's so hard to keep reading. It is a really short book, only about 200 pages but, the amount of useless things that are discussed in the middle of the book, just makes it feel like a marathon.
Usually I would abandon ship, if the book keeps being uninteresting after several sittings, but in exactly this case I am rather glad I stayed as the last part, starting from Book VIII is actually really really good.
But as my personal advice, I would probably stick to the start of the book and then jump to Book VIII on friendship and keep with it to the end. If you have had a totally different experience with the book then I would love to hear it, perhaps I was just unlucky with my translation, as I have been before the Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. | stumble upon something useful and then write page-numbers at the back of the book to make it easier to find things I found interesting, when picking up the book at a later occasion.
Judging by the number of page-numbers written in the back I can sort of see the tendency. From page 13 to 24 seems pretty good, then only consistently again from 65-76 and then a long and tedious pause all the way to Book VIII that starts on page 142 where it begins to be really good | 110 |
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China's 2.5 Billion Investment Plan in India
LiuGong India, a wholly owned subsidiary of China-based Guangxi LiuGong, a heavy equipment maker is planning to invest 2.5 billion in India with the motive of<|fim_middle|> positive light when it comes to business and sees the potential of returns in investments they are making.
Courtesy : The Enterprenuer | making it a sourcing hub. This move indicates that the business world, irrespective of the tensions in the political arena, believes in seeing the world in a totally different light.This will also strengthen India's position as an economic superpower is making a huge investment.
Liugong was founded in 1958 in Liuzhou, China. It was in 2007, that this Chinese company set up its first overseas manufacturing plant and a Research and Development Centre in India. In January this year, the machinery manufacturer completed 15 years of business in India. Liugong has had an exhilarating journey from starting out like a wheel manufacturer to becoming a global manufacturer. Liugong in all has 20 manufacturing plants, of which 17 are in China and the rest are in Poland, Brazil and India.
Nischal Mehrotra, National Sales and Marketing Director of Liugong India said, "We are committed to making in India. Planning to make India as a second global sourcing hub after China for some products for certain international markets." This is just a single drop in the ocean of opportunities that India needs to progress as a nation and as an economy.
Talking About India's Growth
Mehrotra also said that said the company believes in India's growth story in the long run despite recent crises like IL&FS default which led to an abrupt slowdown in project execution besides impacting demand for the last two months. He also highlighted that it has cumulatively sold over 4,000 machines in India and in the current fiscal the company hopes to sell 1,500 units.
The Chinese outfit has invested about Rs 3 billion in its existing manufacturing base at Pitampura in Madhya Pradesh during the last 10 years but the company has proposed to pump Rs 2.50 billion in near future once the new emission norms are notified. Hydraulic excavators and compactors will be sourced from India for exports to the Middle East, Africa and SAARC countries, the company.
Analysing India-China Relations
India and China relations have been conflicting for a long time. This comes as a breath of relief. The cross-border tensions are apparent. However, business deals can become a source of positivism within the rationality of these relations. The political and business perspective of China towards India is poles apart. While, in the political arena, there is constancy of disturbances while businessmen and Chinese investors look at India beyond the political know-how of circumstances. This move clearly proves that China looks India in a | 518 |
Cedar smoked salmon on the barbecue and a glass of chardonnay. Sounds heavenly right? Even more so,<|fim_middle|> of the most beautiful cool-climate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir viticultural regions in the world: Burgundy; Oregon and Niagara.
On colour, Bachelder Niagara Chardonnay 2013 holds a pale wheat hue. On the nose, citrus, oak, spice, and apricot are noted. On the palate, bold acidity, oak, spice, apple, and lime are present. We found this Chardonnay to pair beautifully with grilled salmon. | when you know the Chardonnay was from Bachelder Niagara Chardonnay 2013.
Bachelder wines and the Bachelder Project itself bestows such a fantastic story. With vineyards in Bourgogne, France; Oregon, USA; and Niagara, Canada, the experience of wine making in each terroir makes the next produced bottle, regardless of the region, that much richer.
We never meant to run away from our native Québec with our young family in tow, never meant to become wine gypsies: but, by doing so, we have been blessed to live and work in three | 126 |
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International MPS Customer Panel at IPM Essen
Date of publication: 4-2-2020
The MPS Customer Panel took place on Wednesday 29 January during the IPM Essen, with participants from many countries taking part. Although MPS regularly organises customer panels, this was the first time that customers from all over the world were present at the same time. Thirty parties participated in the customer panel: from growers and traders to retailers, certification bodies and other stakeholders.
Customer panels are important to us. They are an excellent way for us to keep in touch with our customers and other interested parties and enable us to provide everyone with an update on our latest innovations. Additionally, these panels give us an opportunity to receive feedback that we can use to continue to improve our services.
During the customer panel at IPM Essen, Martine Holtkamp (Product Development Manager) presented the amended MPS-ABC scheme. The updated scheme was well received, and there was plenty of feedback. One point of attention for the revised scheme (which takes effect in early 2021) is that producers of starting material have asked for a practical solution for recording data at crop level in the updated record-keeping tool.
In addition to the<|fim_middle|>
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By continuing using our site, you automatically accept our cookie policy. Settings. | update on the new MPS-ABC scheme, Harold Beek (Deputy Director) gave a presentation on the HortiFootprint. The HortiFootprint is an evolving, internationally accepted standard method for the horticulture sector to calculate the environmental impact of the cultivation of plants and flowers. MPS is collaborating with other parties to develop this footprint. Beek also explained that MPS is currently developing a software module, based on the calculation rules of the HortiFootprint and MPS-ABC registration, that can be used to calculate the environmental impact. Producers will receive interactive overviews of their results which they can compile according to their own needs. The results from the module also provide a great deal of insight into the areas where further sustainability can be achieved.
The most important question for the customer panel participants was how we can best provide our participants and, for example, the retail sector with the necessary feedback based on the 'mountain' of information we'll receive. This was followed by an extensive brainstorming session, which yielded plenty of useful input that we will take into account in the further development of the module.
The international MPS customer panel was a roaring success and definitely worth repeating. We intend to organise this every year during the IPM in Essen. If you would like us to keep you informed about this or if you would like further information about other MPS Customer Panels throughout the year, please email us at communications@my-mps.com.
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The superconducting differential acceler<|fim_middle|> masses are suspended by stable superconducting magnetic levitation. The suspension design makes all the degrees of freedom of the masses stiff, except for the axial differential mode which is made compliant in order to obtain a high intrinsic sensitivity of the differential accelerometer, < 10-14m s-2Hz-1/2. Trimming of persistent currents circulating in the levitation system allows to achieve rejection ratios for the unwanted common and radial accelerations > 106. Two separate superconducting circuits couple the axial displacements of the test masses to two SQUIDs. Persistent currents are stored in the two circuits such that one SQUID is only coupled to the differential displacement while the other only senses the common one. By differencing the signal before its detection, one highly reduces the dynamic range needs of the SQUIDs, of the following amplifiers and of the final A/D converters. | ometers both for the Equivalence Principle experiment and geodesy within the European STEP mission have common design principles. The test | 24 |
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Crime on the Rise?
By Jennifer McAndrew November 11, 2009 facebook twitter email
Public perception of crime remains out of sync with reality, criminologist contends
A jarring statistic you're not likely to hear on the evening news: the homicide rate has been declining since the 1300s.
Sociology professor Mark Warr, who has studied social reaction to crime for three decades, offers that up as a reality that doesn't necessarily jibe with the perception of crime as portrayed by the news media and popular culture.
"Many people don't realize that while reported crime may appear to go up in a given year, that doesn't mean real crime rates are on the rise," says Warr, who is also on faculty at the university's Population Research Center. "Based on data from a variety of measurement tools, the overall trend is actually quite good. In fact, the homicide rate in the western world has actually been declining for more than 700 years."
Warr has published dozens of studies on crime, public opinion and victimization, authored a book on delinquency and served as a consultant for the National Institute of Justice and National Academy of Sciences.
Yet when dramas such as "CSI," "Criminal Minds" and "Law & Order" dominate popular television, and crime coverage often fills a quarter of newspapers, measured perspectives such as Warr's can be lost in the clamor for lurid stories about America's most wanted.
"People are bombarded with information about crime from the media, which makes them believe the world is a much more dangerous place than it really is," Warr says. "This creates a climate of fear that can negatively affect the way we live, the way we go to work, the times we shop and the precautions we take for our families and children."
Today, the issue of crime is a staple of news coverage and political campaigns, but this has not always been the case. Though the FBI began compiling data on crime in the 1930s, it was not until the 1960s that crime rose to the top of the public agenda.
During the 1968 U<|fim_middle|> be optimistic about crime, if not crime news coverage, Warr asserts.
"Part of my job as a researcher is to educate people about the reality of the world they live in — the reality that isn't reflected in the media," he says. "And overall, crime is going down. There are individual years where it will jump. But the long-term trend is that things are getting better."
Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: sociology | .S. presidential election, for example, Republican Richard Nixon campaigned on the promise to restore law and order, a pronouncement that Warr believes is steeped in irony given the administration's ignominious end.
During this time, Gallup began tracking public opinion about crime. One question in Gallup's annual crime survey, which measures fear of crime, asks Americans: "Is there any area near where you live, that is, within a mile, where you would be afraid to walk alone at night?"
Americans and scholars were taken aback to learn that about one in three people answered yes, according to Gallup's 1968 poll, Warr says.
Where was this fear coming from and what were the consequences of fear for public life? As Warr and other sociologists began investigating these questions during the 1970s, they asked Americans who or what were their sources of information about crime. The answer: the mass media.
Subsequent research has shown the mass media are a powerful amplifying mechanism when it comes to crime coverage, Warr says. Unfortunately, this can lead to big misperceptions.
"In media coverage of crime, a key element of newsworthiness is seriousness," Warr explains. "The more serious a crime is, the more likely it will be reported. But, in using seriousness as a news criterion, the media are more likely to over-report crimes that are least likely to occur, which presents an upside down view of the world."
As a result, people tend to exaggerate the risk of rare crimes, Warr says. They think murder is far more common than it is, and they underestimate frequent crimes, such as burglary or larceny.
"In the real world, the more serious a crime is, the less frequently it happens," Warr says. "That correlation is very strong. However, if you were to take any newspaper and count the crimes they report, you'll find the exact opposite. There's a distortion that creeps into everyday reporting about crime."
For example, Americans might be surprised to learn they are more likely to die from suicide than homicide. Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States, according to the National Center for Health Statistics' 2008 report on death rates, and homicide falls even further down on the list.
"That's why I always tell my students not to hang out with themselves alone, it's very dangerous," Warr says, tongue in cheek.
Americans might also be surprised to learn that children, as a group, face greater danger from swimming pools than from strangers, Warr says. Drowning is the second leading cause of death (after car accidents) for children under the age of 14, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
"Parents shouldn't be concerned about kidnapers, they should be worried about the number of water-filled buckets in their house," Warr says. "For the most part, there's no need to worry about strangers lurking in every corner because they're just not there."
Though crime rates overall are declining, last year Gallup found Americans perceive the crime problem in the United States as worsening, with seven in 10 saying there is "more crime in the U.S. than a year ago."
The failure of the media and public officials to demystify crime is not just unfortunate, it is dangerous, Warr warns.
"What makes fear of crime so important as a social problem is its consequences for our society," Warr says. "When people take precautions based on fear that restrict their life and their children's lives, we restrict our freedom and we do so unnecessarily. Fear also undermines the civility and trust in our communities that make civic life possible, and that's a terrible consequence for a democratic society."
When speaking with the media about crime during the past few decades, Warr has tried to inject information about the negative consequences of fear into news stories. His approach met with some success during the mid-1990s.
In 1994, ABC News drafted Warr to serve as an expert consultant for John Stossel's news special "Are We Scaring Ourselves to Death?" which investigated the media's culpability in cultivating fear of crime.
Though the television special drew millions of viewers and was a step in the right direction, Warr found its impact was short-lived. Today, he sees the proliferation of true crime shows, such as ABC's "Primetime Crime," as evidence that, in the quest for ratings and advertising dollars, the media are back on the crime beat.
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This is Amanda, a 29 years old massage therapist. Her husband works 7 days a week, while she takes care of their young child and their dog Lola. I met her when she was mowing the lawn. She was willing to pose for me after she had a few minutes to freshen herself up.
George is the proud man in front of his house in Somerville. This friendly man is originally from Portugal, but has been living in the US already for 54 years. No Portugese flag, this would make things a bit complicated. He apologized for the state his garden was in. For me actually it looked quite allright. Doing the maintenance at the Boston University for already more than 30 years. Still having another 5 years to go, he wishes this would be much shorter!
Don, 64 years old, administrator at a Behaviour Health Clinic. He had his arm in a sling for a few months, because he got injured in an accident. Today was the first time he could use both of his arms normally again.
When I just arrived at my destination in Somerville area of Boston, I met Moses a 41 years old programmer. This young man told me he bought his house a few weeks ago. Because I was just coming back from the country side, with the big houses and their huge gardens, I was impressed by the way he was taking care of his tiny little garden.
This is Alan, 84 years, a former mechanical engineer. He has been retired for a long time now, because of knee problems. He lives with his son and helps him fix any problems with his motor bike.
Armando just turned 89 years old. I met this Italian man when he was asleep in his white chair. When I was contemplating if to take his picture, he woke up. We had a little chat. He worked his whole life as a bricklayer and is now enjoying his retirement.
Blanca just came back from her work at the laundrette. Everyday she starts at 6am. Even though she was rather tired, she still had the energy to pose for a few minutes. She lives with her sisters and their children in the same house. We were talking Spanish. I liked the red shirt against the white house and of course her tattoo.
This is Eric…..he was willing to pose for a few minutes, but didn't want to give any further details about his life. He only told me he likes to draw. He gave me a little drawing.
William, 64 years old, worked in a bakery when he was still young. Because of mental problems he was not able to work anymore. His favourite place to stay is in front of his house, "cause where else can I go?"
Aangeharkte tuinen, dubbele garages met een enorme oprijlaan en natuurlijk de nationale vlag. Elke zaterdagmiddag gaan Amerikanen in de middenstandswijken massaal hun gras maaien. Achter het huis blijkt zelfs nog een grotere tuin te zijn. Met prachtige veranda's waar nauwelijks gebruik van wordt gemaakt. De Amerikaan is meer bezig in zijn tuin te werken dan dat hij er volop van geniet. De tuinen zien er soms zo netjes uit dat het surrealistisch aandoet. Zoveel grond, maar je ziet er bijna nooit iemand rondlopen. Wellicht omdat Amerikanen een stuk minder vakantie dagen hebben dan wij? Of gebeurt dit alleen als de barbecue aangaat? Ook in de stad zelf veel verzorgde kleine tuintjes, soms afgewisseld met een verpauperde woning met hoog gras. Het intrigeert mij omdat ik zelf in een appartement in Amsterdam woon zonder tuin. Vijf dagen lang ben ik gaan fietsen door Boston en omgeving. Hierbij heb ik veel mensen aangesproken die bezig waren in hun tuin, en soms lagen te slapen, of gewoon voor zich uit zaten te staren. Het mondde uit in bijzondere gesprekken, waarin ik binnen een mum van tijd onbekende personen een klein beetje leerde kennen op de plek waar zij zich thuis voelen.
Carefully tended gardens, double garages with a huge drive and, of course, the national flag. Every Saturday afternoon all the Americans in their suburbs jointly mow their lawns. At the back of the house appears to be an even bigger garden. With beautiful, hardly used verandas. The American is busier working in their garden than enjoying it. The gardens look so tidy that it is almost surrealistic. So much land, but you hardly see anyone walking around in it. Maybe because the Americans have a lot less annual leave days? Or does this only happen when they light the BBQ? Also in the city many neat little gardens, sometimes alternated with a dilapidated house with high grass.
It intrigues me because I live in an apartment in Amsterdam without a garden.
<|fim_middle|> through Boston and its suburbs. I spoke to a lot of people who were gardening, asleep in their gardens, or just sitting around in it. This ended in special conversations in which, within no time, I got to know strangers in the place they felt happiest in. | For five days I cycled | 6 |
US production of crude oil has more than doubled since 2008.1 Starting in the mid-2000s, the application of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing to tight oil formations led to a surge in US supply known as the shale boom. In this post, I discuss the shale boom's impact on the relationship between business investment and the price of oil.2 I then estimate the effect of the recent rise in oil prices on investment in 2018. I find that oil prices might even account for most of the increase in the growth rate of investment in 2018.
Oil production is capital-intensive. As US production expanded rapidly over the last decade, the oil sector's importance as a driver of business investment grew in tandem. Figure 1 shows the contribution of oil-related assets to growth in private nonresidential fixed investment. Oil's direct impact on investment increased sharply around the beginning of the shale boom and has remained significant, though not always positive, since then.
Note: Oil-related assets consist of petroleum and natural gas structures and exploration, mining and oilfield machinery, and railroad equipment.
One implication of the oil sector's increased importance is a change in the relationship between the price of crude oil and US business investment. Figure 2 shows that growth in oil-related investment generally tracks changes in the price of oil with a one- or two- quarter lag. After the price of oil collapsed in 2014, oil-related investment dropped sharply, subtracting nearly three percentage points from growth in total business investment in both 2015 and 2016. When the price rebounded in 2017, so did the oil sector, adding 1.5 percentage points to growth in investment. While oil-related investment is naturally tied to the price of oil, the magnitude of these impacts is much larger than was typical before the shale boom. As a result, changes in the price of oil are now an important driver of changes in overall business investment.
Note: Rolling correlation between year-over-year changes in nonresidential investment and lagged year-over-year changes in the price of WTI.
Figure 3 provides further suggestive evidence of the increased sensitivity of investment to oil prices. The figure shows the time-varying correlation between business investment and the price of oil over the last three decades. Prior to the shale boom, there was no consistent relationship: rising oil prices sometimes coincided with increases in investment, and other times with decreases. As the boom unfolded over the course of the 2000s, however, a substantial positive correlation emerged.
The price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI), a medium crude oil used as a benchmark for US production, rose from less than $50 per barrel in the third quarter of 2017 to roughly $70 per barrel in the third quarter of 2018.3 Over the same period, growth in business investment picked up. Nonresidential investment grew seven percent year-over-year in the third quarter of 2018, up from five percent over the same period in 2017 and less than one percent in 2016.
To get a sense of how much the 40 percent rise in the price of oil may have contributed to the increase in investment, I estimate a simple statistical model of the determinants of investment and use it to simulate what would have happened if the price of WTI had been stable.
Oil production is the most direct channel through which the price of oil affects investment, but not the only one. Oil is an important input in some industries, and higher prices mean higher costs. Rising prices also crowd out consumer demand for non-energy goods and services, which reduces businesses' need to invest. To account for these various channels, the model differentiates across ten different types of equipment and structures investment and allows the effect of oil prices to vary for each.
For simplicity, I assume that the only source of<|fim_middle|> prices on the different types of assets. As expected, oil-related equipment and structures account for most of the increase, with some positive spillovers to other assets. However, these gains are partially offset by declining investment in manufacturing, transportation, and commercial structures. | investment other than oil-related activities is industrial demand, captured by industrial production in the manufacturing sector.4 Its effect also varies by type of asset. Changes in the price of WTI and in manufacturing production can affect investment contemporaneously or with a lag. I also include year-fixed effects.
To determine the impact of the increase in oil prices over the last four quarters, I use the estimated coefficients to simulate a counterfactual in which WTI remains fixed at its third-quarter average of $48 per barrel, shown by the dashed line in Figure 5.
Figures 6 and 7 show the results. I estimate that the increase in oil prices added about 1¾ percentage points to growth in business investment over the last four quarters. Without it, investment would have grown 5 percent year-over-year in the third quarter, the same rate as in 2017. The response to the rise in oil prices explains the entire increase in the growth rate of investment in 2018.
Figure 8 shows the estimated effect of the rise in oil | 215 |
Badji scored twice in FC Dallas' 3-0 win over Toronto FC
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth
FRISCO, Texas (AP) - Dominique Badji scored twice, Bressan added another and FC Dallas beat Toronto FC 3-0 on Saturday night.
Badji's short tap-in from the left of the goal at the 41st minute drew the ire of Toronto defenders who argued he was offside but the goal stood. Bressan scored his first goal of the season on a quick header off a corner kick in the 51st.
Badji finished the scoring in the 58th, taking a pass on an uncontested run down the left and bending a shot in.
Sixteen-year-old Ricardo Pepi made his MLS debut for Dallas (7-6-4), entering the game in the 84th minute.
FC Dallas has three wins in its last five games. Toronto FC (5-7-4) is winless since May 4.
GALAXY 2, FC CINCINNATI 0
CINCINNATI (AP) - Emmanuel Boateng and Favio Alvarez scored in a three-minute span early in the first half to<|fim_middle|> 1, TIE
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) - Albert Rusnak scored on a penalty kick in the 33rd minute to help Real Salt Lake tie the Chicago Fire 1-1 on Saturday night.
The free kick was set up when Mohammed Adams was called for a hand ball in the penalty area. Rusnak has six goals this season.
Chicago struck early when Aleksandar Katai scored in the fifth minute on a free kick.
Chicago (4-6-7) extended its home unbeaten streak to seven. Real Salt Lake (6-8-2) has been outscored 8-1 in its last three games.
TIMBERS 4, DYNAMO 0
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Diego Valeri scored on a penalty kick and added three assists, leading Portland past Houston.
Marvin Loria opened the scoring for Portland in the 39th minute, scoring off assists from Jorge Moreira and Valeri.
Valeri converted a penalty kick in the 61st minute and assisted on Brian Fernandez's goal in the 63rd minute and Jeremy Ebobisse's score in the 75th.
Steve Clark earned the shutout for the Timbers (5-7-2).
Houston, which had just one shot on goal, slipped to 7-4-3 with the loss. | help Los Angeles beat expansion FC Cincinnati.
Boateng scored his first goal of the minute in the 12th minute, taking a pass in stride running to the left side of the box and punching a left-footed shot across his body back to the right. Favio Alvarez connected in the 15th on a shot that resulted from FC Cincinnati's failure to clear the ball out of its own end. A pair of defenders collided trying to head the ball from the right of the box, giving Alvarez a clear shot.
The Galaxy (10-6-1) have won three of their last four. FC Cincinnati (3-12-2) was shut out for the second straight game.
RAPIDS 2, WHITECAPS 2, TIE
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Yordy Reyna scored on a free kick in the 80th minute and Vancouver overcame an early two-goal deficit to tie Colorado.
The kick from about 19 yards was set up when defender Lalas Abubakar was called for a foul. Reyna's strike sailed over the wall and goalkeeper Tim Howard seemed to lose sight of the ball until it was in the net.
Fredy Montero pulled Vancouver (4-6-7) to 2-1 on a penalty kick in the 45th minute.
Diego Rubio and Andre Shinyashiki scored for Colorado (4-9-4). After losing eight straight matches, the Rapids are 4-0-2 in their last six.
REAL SALT LAKE 1, FIRE | 329 |
Search engine aids rights workers
4th Dec 09:45 Human rights groups around the world are creating a search engine to help co-ordinate campaigns against abuse. The database behind the search system pools data about dissidents, the abuse they have suffered, and campaigns that highlight when freedoms are restricted. More than 3,000 groups around the world are contributing information to the database. It has been set up because rights groups say they are not well served by current search engines. Work on the search system is being co-ordinated by Huridocs - a non-profit group set up to help human rights groups, non-governmental<|fim_middle|> information. The project began by indexing documents and data prepared by large campaigning groups such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Anti-Slavery International. Now these have been joined by thousands of other organisations around the world who upload information into the database ready for searching. Before its creation much of the detailed local information about rights abuses could have been overlooked. Huridocs estimates that the system now holds more than 2.5 million pages from more than 3,000 separate websites. Users can search the database in 77 languages. Work on the system, called Hurisearch, started in 2003 and now it is completed it is due to get its official launch on 10 December - Human Rights Day. By pooling information the groups hope to do a better job of co-ordinating work to highlight human rights abuse and campaigns to free prisoners of conscience. No responsibility can be taken for the content of external Internet sites.
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Located in the province of Lombardy in northern Italy, Mantova is the perfect destination for tourists wanting the culture and cuisine of Italy without the crowds.
Although the settlement's history reaches back to 2000 BC, the first recorded mention of Mantova registers the site as an Etruscan village (the name deriving from Mantus, an Etruscan god). Taken by the Romans in the mid-3rd century BC from the-then dominant Cenomani tribe, Mantova prospered economically and culturally under the Empire. Ravaged by various tribes after Rome's collapse, Mantova only re-stabilised as an independent commune in the 11th century until internal turmoil resulted first in the noble Bonacolsi family takeover in the 13th century and then the Gonzaga family's dominance decades later. The Gonzaga era inaugurated another period of prosperity and the end of the family line brought about the hugely destructive War of the Mantuan Succession in the 17th century. Finally taken by the Austrian Habsburgs in the early 18th century, their rule proved an unstable one which was definitively ended in 1866 by the Risorgimento.
Now a central part of Lombardy, Mantova's tempestuous history is on show for tourists and, coupled with an unmatched tranquillity for such a city, is an attractive and unique spot for visitors.
Historically associated with high culture, being the birthplace of the great Roman poet Virgil and the home of artists such as Andrea Mantegna, Giulio Romano and Donatello, Mantova's architecture reflects this reality. Particularly illustrative is the Palazzo del Te in the Viale Te, constructed between 1524 and 1534 for Federico II of Gonzaga as a suburban home. Designed by Romano, a pupil of Raphael, in Mannerist style, the interior is lavishly decorated with frescos and carvings such as Romano's own Fall Of The Giants. Despite extensive looting during the War of the Mantuan Succession, the Palazzo is still a must-see monument and is also home to Mantova's Museo Civico.
Far more unconventional but equally impressive is the Palazzo Ducale di Mantova. Built between the 14th and 17th centuries in the Piazza Sordello as a royal residence for the Gonzagas, the Palazzo encompasses a number of buildings, including the Palazzo del Capitano, the Magna Domus, the Domus Nova and the Church of Santa Barbara. Among the many beautiful artworks found in the Palazzo Ducale, the altarpiece of the Gonzagas in adoration by Peter Paul Rubens stands out and reflects the site's<|fim_middle|> Mantova does not exactly have a hectic nightlife, reserved largely for the pubs and bars around the Piazza Sordello and the Piazza Mantegna. Tourists looking for a night out generally travel to the nearby towns around Lake Garda.
Gonzaga point, Piazza Erbe 3, Mantova
E-mail: gonzagapoint@comune.mantova.it
IAT Tourist Office, Piazza Mantegna 6, Mantova
E-mail: info@turismo.mantova.it
The nearest international airport to Mantova is Verona's Villafranca International Airport, some 45 km away.
International and domestic connecting flights are regularly available to limited destinations within the continent.
British Airways (multiple airports) use Villafranca International Airport to and from British destinations. | importance.
Elsewhere, the chief religious building in Mantova is the Basilica di Sant'Andrea. Designed by Leon Battista Alberti for the Gonzagas, work started in 1472 and was only completed some three centuries later. Standing now in Renaissance style with an interior covered with frescos by Romano and the great painter of the Parma School, Correggio, the Basilica also houses the tomb of Andrea Mantegna.
There are many other fabulous edifices in Mantova such as the 12th century Renaissance-style Rotonda di San Lorenzo and the Torre della Gabbia, so feel free to look around. You'll find something spectacular wherever you wander.
As well as the aforementioned Museo Civico, Mantova is home to the Palazzo d'Arco Museum in the Piazza Carlo d'Arco (covering the history of the 18th century palace), the National Archaeological Museum in the Piazza Castello and Mantegna's House in the Via G. Acerbi (surveying the life of the great artist).
Mantova hosts a number of festivals and events annually, the most important of which being the Festivaletteratura, an annual book fair held in September which has attracted big literary figures and Noble Prize winners in the past.
Football is the dominant sport in Mantova and the city is represented by AC Mantova, who play their games in Serie B at the Stadio Danilo Martelli.
Mantova is not especially recognised for its shopping. However, if you're willing to travel just outside the city, try the Bagnolo San Vito shopping village, which specialises in high-street fashion.
Nightlife and Eating Out
Mantova has a strong gastronomic pedigree, with local specialities like polenta e gras pistà (grilled polenta minced with garlic and parsley), agnolini (a special type of homemade ravioli) and tortelli di zucca (ravioli with pumpkin filling). The city also stocks and produces fabulous local cheeses, wines and sweets such as torta di tagliatelle (noodle cake) and torte delle Rose (Rose cake).
There are many great places to eat in the city, but the Antica Osteria Broletto in the Via Broletto and the Mocambo Pizzeria around the centre are highly recommended.
Matching the general ambience, | 496 |
Benga joins EZ for DJ Mag birthday in Birmingham
DJ Mag's 25th Birthday celebrations have gone up a notch with the release of more names<|fim_middle|> Artwork.
Swing specialists Cause & Affect will also step in to bring their bass-heavy tech house and garage fusions to the party, as will jungle DJ Randall and breakbeat legends Stanton Warriors. Early garage innovators Dreem Teem complete the heavily packed lineup.
Words by Andrew Kemp
Photo courtesy of Benga | on the lineup for Birmingham's The Rainbow Venues on Saturday 19th November. Already a big event thanks to a headline set from garage master DJ EZ, the addition of Benga, Cause & Affect and more has ensured that the event will fit the occasion as the popular magazine marks its quarter century in the business.
DJ EZ is by now well known by all as one of the leading figures in UK garage, notorious for his ridiculous mixing and unbelievable knowledge of party anthems. Up there with the best of them when it comes to high-intensity, fast-mixed party sets, he's made a name for himself as one of the most fun selectors around, and was no doubt an easy pick as head of the table for this one.
Joining him on the lineup though, a few similarly titan bookings will be making sure that they're not cast as a one-man team, with dubstep legend Benga stepping in to throw his weighty selections into the mix. Big subby basslines and scattered percussion are to be expected from one of the genre's early pioneers, so the Tempa, Big Apple, Hotflush and Planet Mu signing will appeal to a crowd of bass heads who remember the heady days of the mid-2000s, as well as fans of his extremely popular Magnetic Man project with Skream and | 271 |
At La<|fim_middle|>602 0055 or at joanne.sidoti@lsre.com.au. | ing+Simmons Liverpool, we believe local needs are best understood by local people, and Joanne Sidoti certainly matches the profile.
More than just living locally, Joanne has worked for close to a decade in real estate in Liverpool and its surrounds. She has a wealth of sales, property management and administration experience and knows exactly what it takes to deliver personal service that customers not only remember, but recommend.
There are numerous non-negotiables in Joanne's approach. She recognises there's no substitute for open and prompt communication. Working with Joanne means being informed at all times. Absolute attention to detail is crucial, and she has no time for cutting corners. Strict time management and organisational skills mean a deadline is never missed.
However most importantly, underpinning Joanne's approach is her understanding that property is about people. Real estate decisions are big ones, emotions can run high, and stress is a factor for many people. Sometimes an ear to lend is the best way Joanne can put her customers' minds at ease.
A true people's person, Joanne would love to make your acquaintance and can be contacted on 9 | 232 |
"Is that what we're doing?" she responded.
She was wide eyed. I'm sure she didn't know, and that any further conversation would have led to a call for security. She is working, after all, for the largest live theater company in the world, big enough to license the music of the Beatles, big enough to borrow, for their sheer weight, melodies resting in the hearts of an entire global generation. Behind her, the stage itself, powered by hydraulics that would do a battle ship justice, was rising up at the bowels of the earth and peopled with some of the greatest dancers in the world. These ballerinas were taking to the air, arcing down into center stage from three stories up – a quartet of Tinker Bells all grown up, except that it wasn't animation. These were dancers in the sky.
Who could possibly object to all of that?
Who indeed? I'm no Southern Baptist. When the pretty girls above me first winged down onto the stage, I giggled like an eight year old boy. If this were a Dean Martin tribute and the stage was full of leggy dancers with feathered pink crowns, three feet tall, I would have been dazzled, and unashamed. God is the author of music and dance and celebration – and the glories of the female form. I actually like Vegas, and there's a comradery at the black jack tables I don't always feel in church. I'm not making a Hayes code objection here.
But the strange sodomite vibe is only relieved from time to time, to avoid putting off the audience of largely normal people. The show actually begins with one of the Beatles' darker tunes – Eleanor Rigby, and, of course, with a little reflection the reason is obvious: it gives the producers a chance to actually turn "Father McKenzie" and his sad, unheard sermon into something far darker. Elevated in the center of the "lonely people," a creature of profound ugliness is presented haranguing the healthy young bevy of beautiful people below him. The message is clear – Christianity is "evil<|fim_middle|> dollar stage transformed itself into a skate board park with two half-pipes, and the aerials, as you might imagine, were stunning. These kids were flying, but then I looked down at the stage floor to see sheeted creatures, wickedly mitered, and Klan-like dancing outward toward the perimeter and revealing the centerpiece of the skateboard park: a cross. The performers were gleefully flying over the cross of Calvary. The central event of history, the great banner under which armies have marched and souls saved, was reduced to trailer park graffiti, and the rainbow-clad demons were laughing with glee.
That's when I walked out and encountered the pretty usher, who didn't have a clue what her show was all about. The irony here is that she's the intended audience, like many in her generation who never heard enough of the gospel to even consider it, much less come to its defense. Today's pagan cultural elite are in desperate need of an enemy, a "Father McKenzie" who doesn't actually exist, so the shame they feel at their own lifeless sexuality can be smothered in secular self-righteousness.
Now they could take on the caliphate, of course, and the Q'uran. They could mock Mohammed and his violent followers–the people who actually do stone homosexuals and adulterers. That really might make for a great show. Cirque du Soleil and the Barbary Pirates?
Nah. They're not man enough for that.
So much wrong with your hypocritical ignorance, it's hard to know where to start. So I guess I'll start at the beginning. #1 the Bible condemns gambling, yes black jack. The bible never mentions anything about androgyny however I can see where someone determined to villify would race to the promotion of homosexuality. Lastly the cross has been used as a symbol far before the time of Christ. Simply because Christianity has embraced it as our banner of faith, that does not mean that we can hijack it from the rest of the world. | ," and the gods of the dance are "good." Woe to those who can't be bothered to read the symbols. The folks at Cirque du Soleil are taking a dump on the faith.
I can't really say this qualifies as a "review" of the production, because what followed for me cut it all short. The multi-million | 70 |
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (November 8, 2017) - Under the auspices of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and over a dozen world leaders along with over 3800 global youth from 148 countries, the World Youth Forum also invited Ms. Faten Alshazly, Principal and Chief Creative Officer of WeUsThem. Engaging with world leaders, policymakers, celebrities and youth in a discussion on Women's Role in Decision-Making Circles, Faten brought to<|fim_middle|> service vertical, WeUsThem brings together its prowess in delivering a full service to clients on both the strategic management as well as creative executions across industries such as academia, hospitality, healthcare, real estate, oil and gar, tourism, etc. | bear her experience as a mentor, educator, celebrated leader and entrepreneur.
"The World Youth Forum is a phenomenal undertaking to bring together voices of a new generation to those that can impact change and make a difference," says Alshazly. "Decision making circles for women has a different meaning in each individual geographical, socio-political, economic and a whole host of other dimensions and I was glad to bring my perspective to embolden a new era of leaders globally."
Faten Alshazly is one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women, a Woman of Excellence, 1 of 5 Women of Inspiration across Canada and most recently being named a Top 25 Immigrant of the Maritimes. She has worked to embody her insight into how she builds and leads her internationally recognized team at WeUsThem.
The World Youth Forum has brought people together from around the world to share their thoughts and engage with top policymakers. The ideas and experiences were shared through five pillars: Youth Global Issues, Sustainable Development, Technology and Entrepreneurship, Civilization and Culture, Creating Future Leaders, and Model United Nations. The forum sent a message of peace, prosperity and universal progress to everyone that attended and addressed important issues faced by various group across the world.
"The World Youth Forum provides a platform to not just impact the youth you have direct access to, but also create youth ambassadorships from around the world that you speak to in these few days. It has been a tremendous honour and a pleasure to be invited to address the Forum." said Alshazly.
With a consulting | 317 |
When was the last time you went to a spinning class and the instructor told you to shake the bike side-to-side? Probably never. That's what is so cool about our RealRyder bikes, they tilt and lean side-to-side. Instead of staying center all class, we can turn left, we can pulse right, we can shake side to side; activating our arms and core while working our legs!
Not only is the side-to-side movement more fun and more dynamic than traditional spinning, but it activates more muscles which means a LARGER CALORIE BURN (if that is your goal). This also means more upper body and core strength/definition.
For athletes, this means lateral strength, agility, and speed. No athlete ever moves in a straight forward/backward line. We are constantly moving laterally. Basketball players have to dribble down the court and dodge people. Baseball players are constantly running in a<|fim_middle|> lateral strength, agility, and speed, we get injured. On our RealRyder bikes, we can strengthen the left- and right-side bodies. We can do a hill climb to the right or a sprint to the left. Not to mention, these bikes are much easier on the low-back, hips, and knees (than running and traditional stationary spinning), providing a great low-impact cross-training exercise for all athletes. | counterclockwise loop (same with track runners). Football players run down the field and have to go side-to-side to get around people. My point being, we are humans and we move laterally. Without | 43 |
DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC. COMMENTS ON DBCP PUNITIVE DAMAGES VERDICT
Westlake Village, CA - November 16, 2007
Dole Food Company, Inc. today announced that it is pleased that the punitive damages phase has concluded in the Tellez case in Los Angeles Superior Court. The jury awarded a total of $2.5 million in punitive damages against Dole to five Nicaraguan plaintiffs who claimed they were injured by DBCP on independent banana farms in Nicaragua nearly 30 years ago. Dole plans to appeal legal and constitutional issues pertaining to the Tellez verdicts.
"Dole appreciates the dedication, commitment and professionalism of the jury and the court in what was a long and complex trial," said C. Michael Carter, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Dole.
"Dole is a world leader in community development, the environment and sustainable agriculture. We provide housing, education and health care to employees throughout the world" said David A. DeLorenzo, President and CEO of Dole. "We are dedicated to constant improvements in the health and safety of our 75,000 employees worldwide. Dole sets high standards for the Company that go beyond what the law requires. Our people are our greatest asset and their safety and well being our highest priority"
Dole is a producer and marketer of high-quality fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and fresh-cut flowers, and is the leading producer of organic bananas. Dole markets a growing line of packaged and frozen foods and is a produce industry leader in nutrition education and research.
The Tellez case is not expected to have a material effect on Dole's financial condition or results of operation. This release contains "forward-looking statements," within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 199<|fim_middle|> raw materials supplies and pricing; energy supply and pricing; changes in interest and currency exchange rates; economic crises and security risks in developing countries; international conflict; and quotas, tariffs and other governmental actions. Further information on the factors that could affect Dole's financial results is included in its SEC filings, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K. | 5 that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Forward looking statements, which are based on management's current expectations, are generally identifiable by the use of terms such as "may," "will," "expects," "believes," "intends" and similar expressions. The potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied herein include weather-related phenomena; market responses to industry volume pressures; product and | 87 |
The Julius and Sophia Norton House is a historic house at 300 Pleasant Street in Bennington, Vermont. Its main block, completed in 1846, is one of the state's finest examples of Greek Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places<|fim_middle|> Historic Places listings in Bennington County, Vermont
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
Greek Revival architecture in Vermont
Houses in Bennington County, Vermont
Buildings and structures in Bennington, Vermont
National Register of Historic Places in Bennington County, Vermont | in 2021.
Description and history
The Julius and Sophia Norton House is located in the town center of Bennington, at the northeast corner of Park and Pleasant Streets one block north of Main Street. It is a large two-story wood-frame structure, built in stylistically different stages. Its main block presents a prominent Greek Revival temple front to Pleasant Street, with four fluted Doric columns supported a full entablature and gabled roof end. The west side of the block, facing Park Street, also has a single-story colonnade of Greek Revival columns. Behind the main block is a second two-story block, which exhibits later Victorian-era styling.
The main block of the house was built in 1846 for Julius Norton, owner of a major local pottery factory, and his second wife Sophia. The Norton pottery was marketed as one of the largest concerns of its kind in the country, shipping wares across New England and eastern Canada. The second owner, Lyman Abbott, was the managing proprietor of a local hosiery mill. The building has since been converted into a multi-unit apartment building; significant interior features were retained during this conversion.
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National Register of | 253 |
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